A/N: Sorry it took me so long to update. I had my whole trip to the east coast and then school which was crazy. But now I'm back. Thakn you to renayumiand Top20fan13.
Dreaming
Yet awake
Running
Yet walking
Hiding
Yet seen
A millions different scenes
But just one picture
One word
But a million different meanings
-Lunch 12:45-
I looked down at my work. It was easy to see that I would rather be doing anything else but sitting here eating lunch all alone.
But you can't just go up to some one and say "Hi can I sit here?" can you?
No matter what I did I seemed to end up alone. Even with Andrew I was alone. He never knew everything. The tears that had been threatening to come out since choir starting to run down my face. I stood up and walked out into the courtyard. I saw a shape running through the trees not to far away from me.
It's not your business so stay out of it.
I turned and headed for history.
Boxed in streets,
High rise apartments,
Low mournful tunes,
Watching the darkness,
Lasting seconds on the clock,
Tick tock,
Rebelliously free,
Running farther then before,
Tick tock,
In a split second,
A life is lost in the rain,
Tick tock.
History 12:50-
Life is weird. You know that? Even as I sat in history listening to the teacher talk about a war, I couldn't help but wonder who was running in the woods earlier. I looked down at my paper. As I read the words that were there I started to think.
If I had taken one more step I might have been able to save him. One step was all that stood between his life and me.
Walking towards my dorm later I don't know what came over me. All I knew was that I needed to find something- anything- to keep me from thinking about Andrew. To keep me from thinking about Christon. That's all I needed.
Maria's Dorm 2:25-
I set my book bag down on my bed and turned on my CD player. Soft music filled the air. I took a deep breath and turned on my computer. A soft hum came from it as it started up. I opened my e-mail.
Nothing new Like that's a surprise.
The Factory 2:30-
It took me longer then I had to find the tower in Lyoko. Now Odd and Ulrich were there battling about 20 blocks. Yumi was on her way, but I don't know if that will be enough.
"Is there something wrong Jeremie?" Aelita's face appeared on the screen, she had safely made it to the tower, "I can't deactivate the tower."
"What! That's impossible."
I franticly began to type away on my computer. It was no good. Aelita was right. The tower had a fail-safe that I couldn't easily break.
"Hey guys? We got a problem," telling them to hold on was all I could do at this point, "I need you to hold on until I can fix the tower."
" 'Fix' the tower? How can you break a tower," Odd, as always, wanted answers.
"Aelita can't deactivate it," I said as calmly as I could, "It'll take me a little while to figure out how to fix that problem."
"I think we can hold out here until Yumi comes," Ulrich sounded like he didn't mean it, but I appreciated the intent all the same.
"I'll call her and tell her to hurry up."
I dialed the number as I attempted to find a fix for the tower.
Somewhere in the city 2:35-
Ring! Ring! Ri-
"Hello? Jeremie? Is everything all right? I'll see if I can get there any sooner. I don't know though. I'll try. Ok"
I hung up with a heavy heart, knowing I wouldn't get there in time.
Wait that girl. She might be of some help. Maybe, if I can just.
I changed my coursed and headed for the dormitory building.
Maria's Dorm 2:37-
There was a knock at my door.
Strange. I don't think anyone would visit me.
I opened my door to reveal Yumi standing there, slightly panting.
"Please. I need your help."