-1Disclaimer: I own nothing.
A/N. Jeremie's room is right across from Aelita's room for those of you who don't know.
It was about 6:55 when Jeremie woke up. He blushed as he saw their backs to the wall and Aelita's head on his chest. It was as though it was a familiar position to her.
"Hey Aelita," whispered Jeremie, "Wake up."
Aelita stirred and blushed bright pink when she saw their awkward position.
"I guess we must have fell asleep while we were talking," blushed Aelita.
"Well, I gotta go before Jim catches me here," replied Jeremie awkwardly, "I don't think boys are allowed to sleep in girls' rooms in the school rules."
"I'll be seeing you soon," said Aelita as her blush lessened
"Probably in a few minutes," laughed Jeremie.
"Thanks Jeremie," said Aelita.
"For what?" asked Jeremie in confusion.
"For being there for me," replied Aelita, "You've been by my side ever since we first met."
"I'll always be with you, Aelita," said Jeremie as he looked into her eyes, "I love you far too much to leave you."
Aelita hugged him tightly. It may have not been as fiery as a kiss, but they both enjoyed it all the same.
Jeremie then kissed Aelita on the cheek and opened the door to find Odd with his trademark grin.
"Oh hi, Odd," greeted Jeremie as he and Aelita blushed deep crimson.
Odd couldn't take it anymore; he fell down onto the floor laughing.
When he finally stopped he said, "I knew you guys would get together. You guys are about as obvious as Ulrich and Yumi."
"Did you hear the whole thing?" asked Aelita, who was recovering her normal skin tone at last.
"The end mostly," replied Odd, lightheartedly.
"What are you doing here anyway?" asked Jeremie.
"I was looking for you," replied Odd, "I needed some help with my calculator so I went to your room. You weren't there so I looked in the cafeteria, but you weren't there either. So I came here. And it looks like you guys had fun. What did you do last night?"
Before he could continue Jeremie hit him. It wasn't hard, but it wasn't a soft hit either, "Odd. Don't even think about what you were about to say."
"What was he going to say?" asked Aelita in confusion.
"You don't want to know," answered Jeremie, "Let's go to the cafeteria."
At the Cafeteria
Jeremie, Aelita, Ulrich, and Yumi were eating breakfast at their usual table. Odd had, of course, been joking about Aelita and Jeremie being together (which made Aelita and Jeremie blush like mad)
Then a new boy walked over to the gang's table. He looked at Aelita and she shivered, though she didn't know why. He seemed friendly enough as he sat down next to Odd.
The boy was about Ulrich's age and he had cold blue eyes. There was something the matter with the boy, but Aelita decided to ignore it and think of Jeremie instead.
"Hi," said the boy, "My name is Tom."
"I'm Odd," said Odd introducing himself, "That is Ulrich, the soccer player; that's Yumi, Ulrich's love interest-"
"Odd!" said Ulrich as he and Yumi blushed (though both of them were worrying too much about what the other would say about that comment to notice each other blushing.
"Anyway," continued Odd, "The couple sitting next to me are Jeremie and Aelita, aka Mr. and Mrs. Einstein.
Tom said there wasn't much to him and that he was nervous about being at a new school. Odd assured him there was nothing to worry about and before the gang knew it, it was time for class. Yumi dumped her tray and joined the ninth graders on their way to class and Odd, Aelita, Ulrich, and the new kid headed towards the eight grade classrooms.
Surprisingly, Tom had almost every class with them and despite being, according to himself shy or because of it, he seemed to stick to the group like glue.
Finally, after a pretty uneventful day, Jeremie and Aelita found themselves looking at a poster on a wall advertising a carnival. It was going to be in the city and free for all Kadic students the next Saturday evening.
"Uh.. Jeremie," said Aelita as her face began to turn red, "Yumi told me that couple like us go on dates. What's a date?"
"It's when couples just spend some time alone together," blushed Jeremie, "You know like seeing a movie or going to a carnival together.
"Do you want to go to the carnival with me," continued Jeremie.
"Of course Jeremie," giggled Aelita. Jeremie blushed and walked to his room, but not before awkwardly kissing Aelita on the cheek
Unknown to the couple, they were being watched. Tom grinned when he overheard them. It was not a kind grin. It was tainted with malice.
Tom quietly sneaked up into his room where a dark presence was waiting for him.
"Tell me what you have learned of our enemies on your first day at this school?" asked the dark entity that was known as Xana by the few people who knew him.
"I have learned something valuable," replied Tom, "Mr. Jeremie Belopois and Ms. Aelita Hopper have found love between them."
Tom looked at the dark mist. "How would this be an advantage to us?" asked Xana in a dangerous tone."
Realizing this Tom continued, "Love is a major human weakness. If two people who love each other as much as I suspect Aelita and Jeremie to love each other, if tone of them should ever be hurt, the other would be greatly crippled in the most painful way. Next week there will be a carnival. They would be alone and vulnerable."
If Xana had a face, he would have been smirking at that moment. This was a start of an evil plan.
A/N. Xana is up to something. The next chapter will be featuring the carnival, and of course, a good deal of JeremiexAelita fluff. Review please!