"Code: Insomnia"
By cdc100
Summary: Jeremie is having fits in his sleep. Aelita wants to know what's wrong with him and he insists that nothing is wrong. Find out what happens.
Disclaimer: This is a work of pure non-profit fan fiction. I do not own any of the characters, their weapons, their abilities, or any of their universes, nor do I own any of the lyrics that will appear in later chapters, or any of the products mentioned in the story such as Coca-Cola, or Playstation. If anybody is wondering about the night terror thing, I got it from Boston Legal. I might use more story points from Boston Legal.
Note: I don't know if I'm spelling Jeremie's name right. I've seen it spelled, "Jeremie," and "Jeremy," so just bear with me. If anyone thinks I should change the spelling, send me a review. Yolande is pronounced, "Yo-lawn-duh." And if you're going to read this story, PLEASE at least have the decency to leave a review!
Chapter Eight
"Lullaby"
Jeremie was sitting with Aelita in his room. Aelita was in her bed reading "The Power of Positive Thinking" by Norman Vincent Peale. She looked up from her book, turned to the right and saw Jeremie sitting in his bed reading his own book.
"Looks like it worked," said Jeremie.
"It seems so," said Aelita. She put her book down, walked over to Jeremie, and put her arms around him.
"What's up?" asked Jeremie.
"I'm just so glad you're all right," said Aelita.
Jeremie stayed still for a moment, and then wrapped his arms around Aelita, embracing her in a warm, loving hug.
They were interrupted by two knocks on their door.
"Who is it?" asked Jeremie.
"It's Odd," answered a voice.
"What's odd?" asked Jeremie.
"Me," answered the voice.
"You? What makes you say that?" asked Jeremie, gaining a giggle from Aelita.
"Would you just let me in already?!" asked the voice impatiently.
"Okay, fine, come on in," said Jeremie with a smile.
Odd opened the door, and came in followed by Ulrich and Yumi. When they came in, the formed a line in front of the door and folded their arms.
"What?" asked Jeremie. He sat there with a puzzled look.
Odd piped up.
"You have a lot of explaining to do, Einstein," he said, putting on the same play-scowl that the others had.
"What about?" asked Jeremie.
"How did you learn to fight like that on Lyoko, Jeremie?" asked Ulrich.
Jeremie suddenly knew what they were talking about.
"Oh, yeah. About that…"
Fade out
Jeremie was standing in front of a target about five hundred yards away. He was holding a pistol in his right hand, and he had a pair of Silencios over his ears. He looked down at the pistol, then at the target.
"You all right, Jeremie?" asked a voice.
"Yeah, I'm fine, dad," answered Jeremie.
"Is the safety on?" asked his dad.
"Yep," answered the boy.
"Now remember: Keep it on safety until you're ready to shoot, aim, click the safety off, and then squeeze the trigger. Don't pull it."
"You got it," said Jeremie.
He looked at the target one more time. He aimed. Suddenly, the target seemed to change shape. It became wider, taller, and it had clothes on. It was the bully that had stolen his homework.
"Hey, hey, hey, Jeremie! Jeremie, come on!" he said. "Can't we work something out?"
Jeremie took aim at the target, clicked off the safety, and squeezed.
PFFFFFFFFFWWWWWOOOW!
The bullet landed on the bull's-eye. He aimed, and shot again, and again, and again, even after the clip was empty, he kept squeezing the trigger. He wanted to make that kid pay.
"Very good, son!" said his dad. "You hit the target like you've been shooting for years!"
"Well, I did okay, I guess," said Jeremie.
"Okay!?" said his incredulous father. "You hit the bull's-eye every time! Shooting skills don't get much better than that!"
The next moment, Jeremie was standing in front of a seven-candle candlestick. All of the candles were lit.
There were people all around him. He picked up the six-shooter in his hand, and shot off four of the candles.
"Nice job, Jeremie," said a man observing him. "But how are you going to get the rest of them? There are three candles left and only two bullets."
Jeremie shot at the candle on the end, turning the whole candlestick ninety degrees. He then shot again, taking out the remaining two candles.
Everyone around him applauded. Jeremie put the western-style six-shooter on a table next to him.
"So, that's how you learned to shoot?" asked Yumi.
"Yeah. I was pretty good at it," said Jeremie.
"Well, anybody could see that," said Yumi.
The others looked at each other, and then back at Jeremie.
"So, why didn't you come help us on Lyoko sooner?" asked Ulrich.
"Oh, come on, Ulrich! I was dead scared of fighting any monsters, add to that I thought I'd be nothing short of useless on Lyoko," responded Jeremie.
"Useless?" asked Odd. "What are you talking about? I mean, you may not be much of a threat in the real world, but on Lyoko, you're Billy the Kid!"
"Or the Sundance Kid," said Yumi.
"Well, I suppose you have a point there," said Jeremie, looking down at the floor.
"Butch Cassidy," said Odd.
"Yeah," said Jeremie.
"Jesse James," said Odd.
"Alright, I get it!" said Jeremie.
"And you destroyed the Scyphozoa," added Ulrich.
"And you got rid of William before Ulrich could," said Odd, earning a death-glare from Ulrich.
"I know what you guys are doing," said Jeremie.
They all looked at each other.
"And I'm not going back to Lyoko. Forget it."
"Oh, come on, Jeremie!" said Ulrich.
"No," said Jeremie.
"Jeremie!" said Odd.
"Nein," said Jeremie.
"But, Jeremie," said Yumi.
"Niet," said Jeremie.
"Einstein!" said Odd.
"Non," said Jeremie.
"Jeremie!!" said Ulrich.
"Nunka!" said Jeremie.
"Jeremie," said, not Ulrich, not Yumi, not Odd, but Aelita.
Jeremie stiffened up at the sound of his name.
"Will you please come to Lyoko with us again?"
Jeremie looked into her deep green eyes. He loved looking into those beautiful emeralds that were her eyes. His mouth draped open.
"Well, I, uh…"
Aelita came over to him, and sat down in his lap.
"Please?" she asked, kissing him on the cheek.
"For me?" she said, fake-pouting.
Jeremie looked at her. She knew that he knew that he couldn't say no to her. He closed his eyes and conceded.
"Alright, Aelita," said Jeremie. "I'll go back to Lyoko with you guys."
Aelita smiled, and then leaned in and kissed him on the lips.
"Just this once. That's it."
"You're the best, Jeremie!" said Aelita.
They spent the next hour or so talking in Jeremie's room.
"Well, I think we had better turn in," said Yumi. "and I had better head for home."
"Good night, Yumi," said Ulrich.
"Good night, everybody," said Jeremie.
"Good night, Einstein," said Odd.
Everybody went back to their rooms, and Aelita and Jeremie went back to their respective beds. Jeremie picked his book back up, and continued reading. Aelita looked over at him, and then picked her book back up. She finished reading Mr. Peale's book in about four minutes, and she turned over and looked at Jeremie. She lied down to go to sleep when Jeremie spoke up.
"Hey, Aelita?" asked Jeremie.
"Yes?"
"You said, in the elevator, when we were headed back to Kadic yesterday- pardon- two days ago, that you loved me the way that I love you."
"What of it?" asked Aelita.
"I was just wondering, did you mean that?"
Aelita smiled at this.
"Of course I did."
Jeremie got up from his bed an made his way over to Aelita. He grabbed her hand and pulled her out of her bed.
"What is it, Jeremie?" she asked.
Jeremie slipped his arms around her waist and pulled her into him. He put his hands together on her back.
"I'm glad you did," said Jeremie.
She closed her eyes, and smiled. Jeremie leaned forward, opened his mouth, waited for Aelita to open hers, closed his eyes, and gave her a long, loving kiss. When the need for air was too much for them, they parted.
"I love you, Aelita," said Jeremie. "Like a fat man loves cake."
Aelita chuckled at this. It wasn't like Jeremie to make a joke.
"I love you, too, Jeremie," she said. "More than a fat man loves cake."
With that, they leaned in for another kiss. This one lasted longer than the first. After about a half hour, they parted.
"Well, I think we'd better head to bed, Princess."
"Yeah," said Aelita. She looked down at the floor.
Jeremie put up his book, and made his bed. He looked behind him, and saw that Aelita looking at the floor where he was standing a moment ago. She had a dispirited look on her face.
"What's wrong, Aelita?"
"Jeremie…" she began, looking at him, but then looking back at the floor.
"What is it, Princess?" he asked. He came over to her, put his hand on her chin, and lifted her face up to see him.
"I…"
She looked at Jeremie. She loved those sapphire blue eyes of his.
"I was wondering if you wouldn't mind… me… sleeping… with you… tonight?" asked Aelita.
Jeremie smiled.
"Aelita, you don't even have to ask for that."
With that, he pulled the covers partway open, and skooched over for her to lay next to him.
Aelita smiled, and walked over to the bed. She sat on the bed, and tucked her legs underneath the covers. Jeremie pulled the covers over her. Aelita thought that it was sweet how Jeremie paid close attention to her and gave her enough room. Jeremie put his hand around Aelita's waist, and pulled her closer to him. He grabbed the covers, and pulled them over her so that she was perfectly warm.
"Jeremie. You're so sweet," said Aelita with a smile.
"It's nothing, Princess, really," responded Jeremie.
Aelita put her chest to Jeremie's side, laid her head on his chest, and spoke.
"Oh, but it's everything, Jeremie. Ever since you got me out of Lyoko, you've done everything you could to be helpful to me, and you continue to do so. But, I don't know how I can ever repay you for it."
"You don't have to, Aelita. Just spending time with you is enough."
They laid there for about a half hour.
"Jeremie?" asked Aelita.
"Hmm?"
"How would you feel about taking a training session on Lyoko with me tomorrow?" asked Aelita.
Jeremie looked into the emeralds that were her eyes once again, and answered.
"Sure, why not?"
Aelita rolled on top of him, and surprised him.
"Whoa-" started Jeremie, but he was cut off by Aelita's soft lips.
"Thank you, Jeremie," said Aelita.
They lay there for another hour, enjoying the warmth of the other's body.
"Aelita? Are you still awake?" asked Jeremie.
"Yes, Jeremie, what is it?" answered Aelita.
"Would you mind if I sang you a…" he hesitated. "Oh, never mind."
"What? Sang me a what?" asked Aelita gently.
"Nothing. You probably wouldn't go for it."
"What is it, Jeremie? You can tell me. I won't laugh."
Jeremie closed his eyes.
"Would you mind if I sang you a lullaby?" asked Jeremie.
Aelita was confused.
"What's a lullaby?" asked Aelita.
Jeremie remembered that she had no idea what a lullaby was.
"It's basically just a song used to put people to sleep. Mothers often do that with their babies."
Aelita smiled at this.
"Why not? See what you can do," said Aelita.
"All right, but just so you know, I'm not much of a singer," said Jeremie.
"That's all right, Jeremie," said Aelita.
Jeremie began singing the song, but contrary to what he believed, he was much of a singer!
(Author's note: It would probably be better if you listened to the song while you read this, so look up, "It's My Life (slow)" on YouTube)
"It's My life"
Bon Jovi
This Left Feels Right [2003
Jon Bon Jovi, Max Martin, Richie Sambora
Island Records
This ain't a song for the broken-hearted
No silent prayer for the faith-departed
I ain't gonna be just a face in the crowd
You're gonna hear my voice when I shout it out loud
Chorus:
It's my life
It's now or never
I ain't gonna live forever
I just wanna live while I'm alive
It's my life
My heart is like an open highway
Like Frankie said, "I did it my way"
I just wanna live while I'm alive
It's my life
"You have a beautiful voice, Jeremie," said Aelita.
"Well, I wouldn't go as far as beautiful," said Jeremie.
Aelita knew he was being modest, because to her, he sounded exactly like Jon Bon Jovi. He nailed every single note like it was on the record.
This is for the ones who stood their ground
For Tommy and Gina who never backed down
Tomorrow's gettin' harder make no mistake
Luck ain't even lucky, gotta make your own breaks
(Repeat Chorus)
You better stand tall when they're calling you out
Don't bend, don't break, baby don't back down
(Repeat Chorus)
(Repeat Chorus)
End song.
Jeremie looked down at the pink-haired angel lying beside him. She was sound asleep. She must have really liked it. She was smiling.
Jeremie bent down, and gave her a kiss on the lips.
"Buenas Noches, mi princesa hermosa."
To Be Continued…
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