Rush Part 2

Six am my alarm went off. Groaning, I hit the sleep button. I heard someone open my door and quietly shut it. I opened one eye to see Nikki standing there in a tank top and shorts. She seen me awake and ran over to the side of my bed.

"How are you feeling?' she asked. Psh. How am I feeling? I was just woken up at 6 am again.

"I'm fine." I somewhat muttered trying to get out of bed. She backed up a bit giving me room.

"You sure?" she asked, a look of pure concern on her face. Yawn. Gods. She acts like I'm going to die. Oh wait.. Heh heh.

"fine."

"you sure?'

"Yes Nikki positively sure. Can I go take a shower now?" she sighed and stood up.

"yeah. I have to go get dressed. See you in class." she left as quietly as she came in. Throwing myself back onto my bed, I started coughing. Jeremy will find the anti-virus. He will. Finally, I got up and took a shower and made my way to class. I made my way to Algebra 1 and found Nikki sitting in the middle row. I sat down next to her. Before I could open my mouth, Kai Lee was next to me.

"Hey Jason where's Dyl?" she asked. I tried not to laugh.

"he's having family problems. I think a relative is sick. He'll be here tomorrow though." I answered. She looked a little disappointed. Walking around, she sat down on the other side of Nikki. The last bell rang and the teacher started class. I was paying attention and taking notes. There's a first. About half way through the hour, Nicole launched a paper star at my head, I could never figure out how to fold those.. Anyways, I opened it up quietly so the teacher wouldn't notice it. I put it on my note book so it looked like I was still taking notes.

'Jas,
How ya feeling? U r such an idiot.. Wait till I tell Dyl what you did. Haha.

Heart,
Nikki'

Why doesn't she pay attention in class? I hid my smirk.

' I'm fine. For the… 74524 time today? I am not an idiot. …. Dylan is gonna tease you. .. Probably me too.

Jason

I attempted to fold it up, which didn't work, so I threw at back at her in a ball. It bounced off her head and Kai lee tried to hide her laugh. Nikki opened and read the note, then rolled her eyes. Finally, the bell rang. Coughing, I gathered my books.

(POV change)
Della Robbia House

Sam stood up on a chair in the kitchen. Reaching up for the fan cord, she started to lose her balance.

"Hey!" Odd shrieked. He steadied her.

"what ARE you doing?" He asked. Sam sighed, stepping down off the chair.

"Thanks. I was…" she trailed off. Odd leaned against the counter.

"you're worried about Jas." he said. Sam dry washed her face.

"why is Xana so annoying?" she asked. Odd chuckled.

"I'm sure Jer is almost done with the anti-virus. I talked to him earlier, Lita's working on the scanners, so if Jer can't get the anti-virus in time, we could always deactivate the tower." He explained. Sam let out a whine and buried her face in his chest.

"they'll get it." he whispered.

School

When the lunch bell rang, Nikki and Jason sat down at their usual table. Nikki had out her science book and was flipping through notes. Jason on the other hand, was sitting quietly amused at her attempt to cram all the things she was suppose to remember, into her head.

"Mind if I sit here with you guys?" Kai lee was holding her tray. Nikki looked up.

"Sure." she said with a bright smile. Kai lee sat down next to her.

"science cram?" she laughed. Nikki groaned.

"we were up studying until 11 last night." she said closing her note book.

"Really? Wow, I only studied about an hour."

"And you know all the info by heart?"

"yeah."

"no fair!"

"Uh I hate to interrupt.." Jason smirked. "but Jer just called." Nicole looked over at him.

"and?" she asked.

"and he should be done around 11 tonight." Kai lee blinked in confusion. Nikki covered for them quickly.

"He's working on something for Jason's computer." Kai lee seemed to buy it.

"oh how's Dylan?" Kai lee asked.

"do you like Dylan?" Nicole asked. Kai lee blushed.

"ok, talking about my best guy friend, leaving now." Jason said standing up from the table.

"later girls." Nicole turned her attention back to Kai lee.

"well?" she asked. The red head's face was crimson.

"maybe." she responded.

"you do." Nikki smirked.

"Nick, don't say anything to him!" Kai lee said nudging her with her shoulder.

"we all know he's crazy about you." Nicole said stacking her books.

Factory

"how's your program's coming?" Aelita asked, not looking up from her own programs.

"alright I guess. I wish they would go a little faster." he replied typing furiously on the keyboard.

"yes!" Aelita pumped a fist into the air. "I got one of the scanners working, a few more hours and I'll the third one up as well."

"that's great Lita!" Jeremy smiled. "we can send everyone to Lyoko if I don't find the anti-virus in time." The rest of the day seemed to pass to quickly for everyone.

At six o'clock, there was a knock on Nicole's dorm door.

"come in." Jason opened the door. Nicole was sitting on her floor in front of a full length mirror. She was dressed In a red v-neck top, and a pair of light blue jeans. She had the top part of her hair pulled up and was curling the bottom.

"you look nice." Jason commented, walking over to her. Nicole smirked.

"getting ready for our date." Jason laughed.

"oh yeah, how could I forget?" Nicole stood up and straightened her top.

"so where are we going?" she asked. Jason rolled his eyes.

"I knew this was gonna cost me money." he said. Nicole shrugged.

"I'll surprise you." Jason said opening the door.

"shall we?" the started walking away from the school. Jason noticed Bryan following at about a block distance. He wrapped an arm around Nicole's waist. She smiled.

"So wanna tell me where we're going?" she asked looking up at him.

"Uhm.. No."

"why not?"

"I told you, it's a surprise." They rounded the corner.

"laser tag?" Nicole laughed. Jason nodded.

"you said.."

"I know what I said but I didn't think we'd go play laser tag on a date." she emphasized 'date'

"well this is only part of our date." he mocked her, also emphasizing the word.

"Glad you find it funny." she rolled her eyes. Out of the corner of her eye she noticed Bryan.

"Why is he following us?" Nicole whispered. Jason shrugged.

"Jealous." He whispered back. They reached the door of the arcade.

"do you think our parents would consider this training?" he laughed.

"Jas, if we could pass laser tag off as training," she stopped and blinked.

"They actually may fall for that." they laughed and walked into the back room.

"play up to ten?" Nicole asked putting on a blue chest sensor. Jason put on the red one.

"works for me." Nicole put her laser gun in the holder she already had around her hips.

"this place has two levels. Meet ya up top." She took off towards the stairs. Jason grabbed his gun off the wall and ran after her. The top floor was a mirror image of the bottom floor. It was dark with glow-in-the-dark half walls and blue and white rope lights everywhere. Nicole was no where's to be seen. He scanned the left side of the room.

"zip"

A blue beam shot him from his right side. He pulled out his laser gun and fired back before diving behind a half wall. He looked down at his gun holder. On the side were the numbers 0/1. He heard Nicole laughing.

"Jas where are you?" she asked in a sing-song voice. A few beams shot over his head. Returning fire, he smirked to him self. 1/1. The numbers on his holder changed.

"oh man." he heard Nicole yell. Jason jumped up from his spot and fired. 3/1. Nicole ran in the direction of the stairs. Jason ran after her. When he reached the bottom of the stairs 3 shots hit him in the middle of his chest. Nicole glanced down at her holder as she ran farther back into the bottom floor. 4/3.

"I'm winning JT." she taunted. A red beam hit her in the back. 4/4.

"not anymore." Jason called back. Nicole stopped and dropped to the ground firing 5 shots. 6/4. Red beams fired in return. She dived behind a half wall. Nicole looked at the top of her gun

Reload

To reload she had to get back upstairs.

"great." Nicole whispered to herself.

"found ya." Jason stepped around the wall and fired at her. 5/6 came up on his holder. Nicole made a run for it up the stairs. Jason fired after her but missed. Some where in the top floor was a reloading station. All Nicole had to do was find it.

"Oh Nikki." Jason taunted coming up the stairs. Nicole quietly hid behind a half wall.

"hmm.." she listened to Jason look for her. She cheered inwardly when she finally spotted the reloading station about 30 feet away. She peaked out from behind the wall, becoming face to face with the back of Jason's legs. She pulled her head back quickly. Rollin over on to her knees, she started crawling towards the station. She stuck her gun under the sensor. The top flashed green. She popped up and fired at Jason. He spun around and returned fire. 10/9. Nicole pumped her fist into the air as the lights came on.

"I beat you!" she laughed. He shook his head.

"luck." she shrugged.

"talent." Jason rolled his eyes and they walked down the stairs. They hung their stuff up on the wall and walked out of the arcade.

"so where are we going next?" Nicole asked. Jason smirked. Bryan was still following them.

"to eat." he answered simply wrapping his arm around her once again. Bryan growled to himself.

Bryan's pov

What right does he have? I'm much better for angel than him hands down! What does she see in him? There are a hundred girls at Kadic who would kill for a date with me. And yet she picks this loser. Mom was right, Stern's do have poor choice.

A/n Part 3 will be up in no time! thanks guys.