When Mira woke up the next morning she felt terrible. Her throat was sore, her eyes were watery, and she had the worst stomach ache. She couldn't even sit up without feeling a wave of nausea. Mira clicked the alarm on her iPod off and laid back onto her bed. There was no way she was getting out of bed today without help.
She picked up her phone and decided to call Aelita, hoping she could help her. Aelita picked up on the third ring.
"Hello?"
"Hi Aelita" Mira croaked.
"Mira are you okay, you don't sound to good."
"I don't feel to good either. Can you help me feed Angel and get ready?"
"I'll be right over."
Aelita put on her slippers, not bothering to get dressed, and raced down to Mira's room. "Mira?" She called, knocking on her door. "It's open."
Aelita stepped in the room to find Mira on her bed. She was pale and shaky, trying to get up. Aelita rushed over and gently pushed her back onto the bed. She put her hand on Mira's forehead to feel it way hotter then it should be. "Mira you're burning up! You've got to stay in bed."
"I can't, I have to go to class." Mira protested with a cough. "No you don't now stay in bed you aren't going to school." Aelita ordered. "Aelita I'm fine." Mira insisted. She tried to get out of her bed again only to be stopped. "Mira get into bed or I swear I will call reinforcements."
"I'm fine."
Aelita grabbed her phone and started calling Odd. "Aelita do you know what time it is? I could have gotten another hour of sleep!" he complained without a hello.
"Odd Mira's sick and she won't stay in bed. Can you and Ulrich come down." Mira's eyes grew as wide as saucers. Aelita called Odd?! "I'm okay! No need to come down!" Mira yelled, but it came out scratchy and she had to cough again, which Odd heard.
"We're on our way, don't let her get up." Odd ordered.
He got out of bed fully awake. He put on some sweatpants and a purple shirt before picking up Kiwi and placing him in front of Ulrich's face. Ulrich shot out of bed covered in dog slobber.
"What the hell Odd!" Ulrich shouted. "Yeah, sorry about that. Aelita called saying Mira's sick and won't stay in bed. She needs reinforcements." Odd replied. Ulrich sighed but got up and put on a clean shirt, leaving his plaid pj pants on. "Let's go."
They crept silently through the girls dorm hallway. Most of them were just starting to get up so they had to hurry. Odd stopped at Mira's door and pulled it open.
Aelita was literally sitting on Mira's legs to keep her from getting up while Mira was weakly trying to push her off. Both boys noticed how pale she was. "Aelita I'm fine." She said.
"No your not squirt." Mira heard from the doorway. She turned and saw Odd and Ulrich step into her room and close the door. "U-ulrich, O-odd I'm fine. It looks worse then it really is." That was a lie. Mira actually felt worse then she really looked, but she still wanted to go to school.
"Your staying in bed." Odd informed her. She sighed. "Aelita can you please feed Angel then?" Mira asked. The dog yipped in excitement when she heard 'feed'. "Yeah." Aelita got up off of Mira. Mira took the chance to get up and dart for the door, trying to slide between Odd and Ulrich who hardly even saw her move. "No you don't!" Odd yelled. He and Ulrich each shot out a hand, each getting one of her shoulders. They pushed her back causing her to fall back onto her bed.
Odd walked over and put a hand to her forehead. "Damn you could fry some eggs on your forehead with it that hot. You're definitely not getting up." He commanded, gently guiding her back onto the mattress. He pulled the blankets over her since she was shivering.
"Wan't me to get Yolanda?" Ulrich asked. "No!" Mira shouted. They all looked at her for an explanation. "If you get Yolanda she'll see my scars and think I'm some mental freak! Just give me the day to rest, I'll be back on my feet tomorrow. Please?" Mira begged.
Aelita sighed. "Fine, but if you aren't better by tomorrow we are getting Yolanda and that's final."
"Thank you!" Mira squeaked. She finally gave in one trying to escape and accepted she was sick, laying back onto her pillow.
"You guys should go get ready for class and eat breakfast, I promise I won't get out of bed. Really."
"You promise?" Ulrich asked. "Because I don't want to come back here to find you running around and trying to get ready."
"Promise." She swore. "Cross your heart and hope to die?" Odd added.
"Yes, cross my heart and hope to die." She replied. Odd was now satisfied and sure that she would stay in bed. "Fine we'll go get ready and come visit you after breakfast. I'll let the teachers know your getting some bed rest."
The teens piled out of the room leaving Mira to herself. Angel jumped onto the bed and curled up on the pillow next to Mira's head. She could tell she didn't feel well. She wined.
"It's okay Angel, I'll be fine. I'm just gonna rest for a while." Mira murmured the last part falling back to sleep.
Odd, Aelita, Ulrich, and Jeremy all sat at their usual table in the lunchroom. It felt kind of empty without Mira sitting with them laughing at their jokes or trying to force herself to finish her meal.
"How come you didn't call me?" Jeremy asked, feeling left out since his friends hadn't call him to help with Mira.
"Sorry Jeremy, I just thought three people would be enough to keep Mira in bed." Aelita answered.
"Besides, I doubt you could have done much Einstein. You not very strong." Ulrich added. They all laughed at his joke. Aelita still sensed that Jeremy was a bit upset. "You can come with us to visit her now though." She told him.
He agreed. The four friends put their trays away and made there way up to the girls dormitory. Aelita knocked on the door. "Who is it?" Mira asked. They could hardly hear her.
"It's Aelita." Aelita answered. "Come in." They all walked into the room. Mira hadn't improved since the last time they saw her. "How are you feeling?" Odd asked gently.
"Awful. My throat hurts and I have a stomach ache." She wined. Odd frowned. He hated that she was lying in front of him suffering and he couldn't do anything to help her out. "Hey Aelita, could you put Angel in your room for the day. I don't want one of the teachers to find her if they come in to check on me. She's really well behaved." Mira croaked. Aelita nodded. "Of course."
"Sorry about this. If X.A.N.A attacks I'll be to weak to help out." Mira frowned. She broke into a coughing fit. Odd rubbed her back gently, trying to help her calm down. "Don't worry about it. These guys can handle it." Jeremy said, signaling to the other teens in the room.
"Guys, we'd better get going." Ulrich informed. They all said their goodbyes as they exited the room. "We'll visit you soon." Odd promised. Angel yipped goodbye as the others snuck her over to Aelita's room.
With nothing better to do, Mira aloud herself to sleep again.
Odd couldn't focus in class at all. Everything the teacher said went in one ear and out the other. He usually at least heard what the teachers were saying, it just sounded like a foreign language.
He was really worried about Mira. What if she got worse? Or needed to get some water or something and couldn't do it herself? He should be with her.
At the end of second period he couldn't wait any longer. "Guys, I'm gonna go check on Mira. Cover for me please?" He begged. Ulrich frowned, but he understood that Odd really wanted to be with Mira.
"Just go before I change my mind."
"Thank you!" Odd shouted, already running towards the dorms. Ulrich rolled his eyes but smiled. Odd really was serious about her. He just hoped everything worked out for the two of them.
Mira was surprised when there was a knock on her door. She had sat up now feeling a little better, and was playing temple run on her iPod. Weren't the others supposed to be in class? Maybe it was a teacher. "Come in."
Odd stepped in the room smiling at her. "How are you feeling?" He asked, placing a water bottle next to her bed. She took it gratefully and took a few sips, letting the cool water sooth her burning throat.
"A bit better. I'm sure I'll be fine by tomorrow. Shouldn't you be in class?"
"Nah, I was to worried about you to pay attention anyway." He admitted. Mira blushed. Odd couldn't focus because of her?
He went over and sat on the end of her bed. "Anyway, glad to here your getting better. What have you been up to?" He asked.
"I slept for a little while and played with my iPod but that's about it. I've been pretty bored."
Odd smiled. "Then it's a good thing I'm here. You wanna play a game?" He asked. Mira nodded. "Okay, what game?" Odd scouted up so he was sitting on the bed between Mira and the wall, fingers brushed up against hers. She felt his hand on hers and blushed a bit, but didn't mover her hand away.
"I'll set a timer and you ask me as many questions as you can. I have to answer them all sincerely until the timer goes off. Then we switch. Deal?"
"Okay sure. So I start by asking you questions right?"
Odd nodded. He grabbed her iPod and set a timer to go off in one minute. "Ready, set, go!"
"Umm, what's your favorite food?"
"Any kind of junk food."
"Who's your favorite super hero?"
"The hulk. He's freakin awesome!"
"Favorite band?"
"The sub digitals."
"What's your favorite thing to do?"
"Play video games or kick ass on Lyoko."
"Do you like being a purple cat on Lyoko?"
"At first I didn't, but it's grown on me, plus my laser arrows are awesome!"
"Umm, what's your favorite monster to fight on Lyoko?"
"Megatanks. There a bit of a challenge but also easy to destroy."
"If you had to chose between only getting one serving of lunch a meal for a week or listen to Jim talk about his past for 2 hours, which would you chose."
"Listening to Jim."
"What's your best memory?"
"Meeting you."
The alarm went off, signaling that Mira's time to ask questions was up. That was fine because she was speechless anyway. Odd laughed. "My turn to ask you questions. Are you ready?" She nodded. Odd reset the timer.
"What's your favorite color?"
"Blue"
"Favorite show?"
"NCIS"
"Favorite song?"
"Bring me to life by Evanescene"
"Favorite pass time?"
"Reading"
"Favorite book series?"
"The darkest powers series."
"Best decision you ever made?"
"Going to Lyoko for the first time"
"Why?"
"Because I'm now friends with all of you"
"Would you go out with me?" The last question surprised Mira, setting her cheeks on fire. She was silent for a minute. Mira knew her answer, but she didn't want to say it out loud. She had to answer though, it was part of the game.
"Yes" She whispered.
The alarm signaled the end of the game.
A/N thanks to everyone who is reading my story! It means a lot to me, especially those of you who are giving me reviews. You guys know who you are. You wouldn't believe the smile I get on my face when I read them or the inspiration it gives me. I'll try to update at least 1 once a day so just keep on reading!