A/N: Thanks to top20fan13, Angels n' Dreams, and eternal-reaper-kid.

-Lyoko 8:45am-

"Jeremie," Aelita was happy to hear from her friend on earth, "Is everything all right?"

"Yeah, but do you think you can look something up for me?" Aelita smiled. The walls of the tower she currently occupied be came covered with information as they sensed she would seem to look through it.

"Sure. What do you need?"

"I need an energy scan of Maria from the last battle." Jeremie's browed furrowed as he looked at the figures in another window. The character card the scanner had created was missing a few critical elements to Lyoko survival. One was a power. An energy scan might reveal just that.

"Here you go."

"Thanks, Aelita. Can you help me figure this out?"

-The Courtyard 8:52-

I stared down at my writing and thoughtfully bit my lip. Christon is running around out there and I'm having writers block. Great. We had been assigned a creative writing assignment for language class and I was stuck. What I need is someone to read this and tell me what's missing.

My cell phone ringing cut off my thoughts. I pulled it out and answered. "Hello?" "Hi… You need me to come now? … Yeah. I'll be there." I hung up and stood, heading to wards the dorms. When I got to Jeremie's dorm I knocked on the door. My only reply was the door opening in front of me. He looked up from the computer.

"Come over here." I walked over to the computer and saw he had a few programs open.

"I need to put in some information so the computer can come up with a more complete program," he said hitting a last few keys. He stood and I took his vacant place at the computer. As I began typing in the information into the boxes, I asked something that had been on my mind.

"Jeremie?" I asked my voice hesitant.

"Hmmm?"

"Why did you help me yesterday? What I mean is-," I stopped and sighed.

"I think I get what you're trying to say," I could hear him slide off his bed and start pacing, "What happened to your room is just wrong. If it had been me I know my friends would have helped me. Just like I said I'm your friend, or I want to be. We all do, if you would let us." I could feel him staring at my back. I typed a couple more characters before replying.

"If I could I would be your guys friend in a heartbeat," you're getting to close Maria! "But that would just put you in danger." He laughed a little.

"In case you haven't noticed, we're in danger everyday," I could almost see him shaking his head at me, like I was some sort of little kid that didn't understand. I started to cry.

"This isn't some kind of monster from another world! It's not some thing you can just destroy! It's-" I clamed my jaw down tight. I had nearly told him. By now my tears were running down my face.

"I didn't mean to upset you," Jeremie whispered, "It's just, you don't really seem like you want to open up. That's makes it hard for us to understand." I shook my head. I wiped my face on my sleeve and stood up.

"No, it's my fault. This is just something I need to deal with on my own. I'm finished, by the way." I grabbed my notebook from where I had dropped it on his bed. "I'll see you around." I left the room. Jeremie frowned. I had given him a lot to think about.

-Maria's Dorm-

Turning on my stereo I pick up my notebook again. Sigh. As the words to Kelly Clarkson's Breakaway came to my ears, the gears in my head started to turn. That just might work. I smiled and put my pen to the paper.