"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 Nine
"The Scan"
The next morning, Aelita woke up to find Jeremie pacing back and forth and in his regular day clothes.
"What's wrong, Jeremie?"
Jeremie looked over at her and smiled.
"Ah. Good morning, Princess. Did you sleep well?"
Aelita smiled.
"Yes. Thanks for the lullaby. It helped a lot. I didn't have a nightmare this time, but it was a bit of a disappointment when I didn't find you next to me."
Jeremie looked ashamed.
"I'm sorry, Aelita."
"It's all right, Jeremie."
She got up from the bed and walked over to him. She then stood on her tiptoes and gave him a kiss on the lips. After a moment, Jeremie returned it. Aelita broke the kiss when the door opened.
"Hey, lovers," said Odd. He came in the door followed by Yumi and Ulrich.
"Hey, Odd," said Jeremie, rolling his eyes.
"What? Me and the others just thought we'd stop in."
"Did you guys sleep well?" asked Yumi.
"Not one night terror," said Jeremie.
"Good," said Ulrich.
"Except that when I woke up this morning, I saw Jeremie pacing back and forth," said Aelita.
"Traitor," muttered Jeremie.
Aelita leaned her head on his shoulder, and then he smiled.
"What were you pacing back and forth for, Jeremie?" asked Yumi.
"I scheduled a MRI after you told me to go see the nurse about my night terrors. I'm a little nervous about it."
Aelita put her arms around him.
"Aelita?" asked Jeremie.
"Hmm?"
"I was wondering if maybe you and the others could come with us. Maybe you guys could have an MRI done, too. I'll even pay for it."
The others looked at him.
"You're that nervous about it?" asked Ulrich.
"Well, I figured that maybe if I had my friends go through the same thing…" began Jeremie.
The others looked at him expectantly.
"N-never mind. It was a stupid idea, anyway," he said. He went to walk out the door, but was stopped by Aelita speaking up.
"Jeremie?"
He turned around.
"Yes, Aelita?"
"Make an appointment. We'll get tested with you," said Aelita.
Jeremie looked a little happier.
"Really?"
She nodded.
"Are you sure?"
"We're certain, Jeremie," said Yumi. "If it will make you feel better, we'll do it."
Jeremie smiled.
"Thanks, guys," he said.
He walked over to each of them and gave them a hug, and gave Aelita a kiss.
"It's this afternoon. I'll have him pencil you guys in after me."
The others nodded, and Ulrich, Odd and Yumi left the room. Jeremie waited for Aelita to get dressed before they went down to breakfast together.
"So, what time will it be?" asked Aelita.
"Four o'clock this afternoon."
"How will we get there?" asked Aelita.
"I made sure to call the nearest one. It's two blocks away, so we can just walk there."
Aelita smiled.
"You think of everything, don't you, handsome?" she asked.
Jeremie stopped walking.
"Please, don't call me that," he said.
Aelita stopped as well.
"Why not?"
"You're the one of the two of us who's good looking. Not me." He looked sad as he said this.
Aelita walked up to him, and put her arms around him.
"Well, you know what? I think you're good looking, Jeremie. And that's all that matters."
Jeremie looked down at her and saw in her eyes that she meant what she said.
"Now, come on. Time for you to get a decent breakfast for once," she said, leading him to the cafeteria.
They entered the cafeteria and went directly to the lunch line.
"You know, Aelita, working on the computer wasn't the only thing that kept me from eating," said Jeremie.
She looked at him with confusion on her face.
"What do you mean?"
"Well, half the time, the table that we eat off of tastes better than the food."
Aelita chuckled.
"Alright, smart aleck, get something to eat and let's sit down."
Aelita saw that Jeremie still seemed sad.
"You still need proof that you're cute? Come here," she said.
He sat his tray on the table in front of Yumi and Odd. Aelita led him out of the cafeteria and pushed him up against the wall. She then stood on her tiptoes and began fiercely kissing him. She stopped for a minute to talk.
"Would I do this to anyone I didn't find attractive?"
Jeremie had an answer for that, but decided to just agree with her and enjoy the moment. Aelita stopped for a moment and hugged him.
"I love you, Jeremie, and I always will. Don't forget that, and don't doubt it. I love you with all my heart."
Jeremie knew that Aelita wasn't ever going to stop.
"I love you, too, Aelita."
Aelita smiled.
"I'd like to take this opportunity to promise you something, Aelita."
"What's that, Jer?"
"I promise that I will never force you into anything that you don't want. I will never abandon you. And the only thing that I will ever ask of you is that you continue to love me the way I love you."
That was all Aelita needed. She then pushed Jeremie in through a different door, and knocked him to the floor. She shut the door and pounced on top of him. They started kissing again.
"Odd will probably eat my food by the time we get back," said Jeremie. "Not that I'm complaining. I'm getting full already."
"Oh, shut up," said Aelita.
Jeremie chuckled.
After about fifteen minutes, they re-entered the cafeteria. Odd had indeed eaten all of Jeremie's food.
"Where have you guys been?" asked Ulrich.
"Nowhere," said Jeremie.
"Out," said Aelita.
They said their answers simultaneously.
"Jeremie, what's that on your cheek?" asked Yumi.
"What?" asked Jeremie.
Jeremie had a pair of pink lip marks on his left cheek. Aelita gave him a napkin, and he wiped it off.
"So, what's the plan for this afternoon?" asked Ulrich.
"We'll be going to the clinic two blocks away. I made sure to call the closest clinic so that we can just walk there."
"Well, we got five hours. What do you want to do?" asked Odd.
"I was thinking, maybe we could go train on Lyoko," said Jeremie.
"Good idea," said Aelita.
They then rushed out the door and to the factory. Jeremie led the way, because he wanted to get it over with.
"What's your hurry, Jeremie?" he heard Aelita yell. He looked behind him to see that his friends were far, far behind him. He stopped and let them catch up before advancing any farther.
"Jeez, Jeremie. I haven't seen you go that fast since Xana sent that giant Teddy Bear after us," said Odd.
"Sorry. Got a little carried away."
"It's all right, Jer," said Yumi.
Jeremie let everyone else go up the ladder first when they reached the manhole. As he came up the hole, he made an attempt at conversation.
"Did you guys know that the Teddy Bear got its name from an American President?" he asked.
"Really?" asked Odd. "Which one?"
"Theodore Roosevelt. He was about to shoot at a bear cub, but decided not to. As far as I know, that was the reason for their naming it after him."
"He was their twenty-seventh president, right?" asked Ulrich.
"Twenty-sixth," said Jeremie.
They went into the elevator, and Jeremie pressed the down button. He went into the terminal room, brought up all their profile cards, and launched a timed virtualization.
"You guys go first, me and Aelita will go after," said Jeremie.
The others nodded.
Before long, the gang was on Lyoko, testing out Jeremie's new training program. Jeremie was only on Lyoko twice in his entire life, and yet, somehow, he was able to destroy exactly fifteen Hornets, two Krabes, one Megatank, and five Kankrelats.
"Nice job, Jeremie," said Aelita.
"You nailed 'em!" said Odd.
"You got to them before we did!" said Ulrich.
"I try," said Jeremie.
"With you on Lyoko, Xana won't stand a chance!" said Yumi.
"Yeah, well…" began Jeremie.
"What? You're not coming back?" asked Yumi.
"See, this is why I only agreed to one more Lyoko trip. I knew that you guys would try to get me to come more than that."
"Oh, come on, Jeremie! If you come with us, it will save us a lot of time, and a LOT of lives."
Jeremie thought of this, but eventually concluded that the others were right.
"All right, I will start coming to Lyoko with you guys, but ONLY in emergencies."
"Jeremie, they're trips to Lyoko. Every one of which involves Xana trying to destroy the world in some way. By definition, they're emergencies," said Ulrich.
"Whatever. I'll start coming to Lyoko, okay?" said Jeremie.
"Aye, cap'n!" said Odd, saluting.
"We'd better get back to Earth. Our MRI appointments are up pretty soon."
He pressed a button on his targeting visor.
"Materialization: Odd. Materialization: Ulrich. Materialization: Yumi."
They all appeared in the scanners.
"Are you guys in the computer room?"
"Yep, we've made it, Jeremie," said Ulrich.
"Your turn, Aelita," said Jeremie.
"Okay."
"Materialization: Aelita. Materialization: Jeremie."
They both appeared in their scanners, and walked out.
"That was a good session," said Aelita. "Same time next week?"
"Sure," replied Jeremie.
They made their way to the elevator, and closed it. Jeremie looked up at the ceiling as the elevator started to rise. Aelita just looked at the door.
"You know," said Jeremie. "I had a dream about this once."
"About what?" asked Aelita.
"About me and you… alone… in an elevator…" said Jeremie, cautiously.
"Really?" said Aelita. Suddenly, she pulled the red switch in the elevator.
"BBBBBBRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNGGG!" went the alarm bell.
"What are you doing?" asked Jeremie.
"I'm making the dream come true," said Aelita, simply.
"Aelita, start the elevator."
"You start it," she said.
She took off her jacket, and dropped it on the floor of the elevator.
Jeremie chuckled nervously.
"Ahahahahahaha… you dropped your jacket," he said, looking to the side and frowning.
"Don't think that we're gonna take it that far," said Aelita. "Just the two of us… alone," she said. She smiled at Jeremie and walked up to him.
"There's a scientific term for this," said Jeremie. He looked up, trying to think of it. "Oh, yes, it's, 'Oooooh, my goooood'," he said, finally.
"Why are you so nervous?" asked Aelita, as she began stroking his face.
"Well, as you can easily tell, I haven't read up on the boyfriend/girlfriend regulations. We are boyfriend and girlfriend, right?"
"Well, yes. But, you don't have to worry, Jer. I haven't exactly read up on them myself. I'm actually wondering if I should be taking it this far."
"You want to… continue?" asked Jeremie.
"Of course," said Aelita.
Jeremie leaned in and kissed Aelita very gently on the lips. He felt her arms. She was wearing a pink tank top. Her skin felt so smooth… so soft… He rubbed his hands up and down her back. He closed his eyes, and kissed Aelita with all the passion he could muster up. Aelita seemed to be enjoying this. She took off Jeremie's glasses and dropped them on the floor. Jeremie heard a lens pop out, but, he was too busy to care. Aelita began feeling Jeremie's face with her hands. They both began making out. They kissed for about a half hour. When they were done, Jeremie and Aelita sat against the wall of the elevator. Jeremie popped the missing lens back into his glasses.
After a while, they finally came out of the elevator.
Ulrich, Yumi and Odd woke up to the sound of the elevator doors opening.
"What the?" began Odd. He looked at his cell phone. "What the heck? It took you two hours to get off Lyoko?"
"Well, not exactly," said Jeremie.
"What's that smell?" asked Odd, sniffing. "It smells like sweat, perfume, cologne and flowers," he said.
"Yep," said Jeremie.
"So, now what? Are we headed to the clinic?" asked Ulrich.
"Yeah, why not?" asked Jeremie.
They made their way back to Kadic Academy through the manholes, and proceeded to the clinic two blocks away.
Jeremie led the way to the clinic, since he was the one who made the appointment. He made his way to the front desk.
"May I help you, sir?" asked the woman at the counter.
"Yes. I made an appointment for four o'clock for all of us?" said Jeremie.
"You're Mr. Belpois?" asked the woman.
"The same," said Jeremie.
She stood up.
"Follow me, please."
She led them to a cleaning room where they were asked to put on patient's garments. After they were finished, they all stepped into another room where a doctor greeted them.
"Hello, Jeremie," he said.
"Hello," said Jeremie.
"My name is Dr. Jameson," said the doctor.
"M.D., or Ph.D.?" asked Ulrich.
"Both," said Dr. Jameson. "I'm going to be the one taking your MRIs today."
"Okay," said Jeremie.
"Who's going first?" asked the doctor.
"I'll go first. They can go after me."
"Follow me," said Dr. Jameson.
Jeremie and the others went with him into the room where the MRI was installed.
"If you'll lay down, please," said the doctor, as a long platform slid out of the machine. Jeremie laid down on the platform, and let the doctor prepare him.
"Now, remember to stay perfectly still," said the doctor.
Five chairs had been laid out, one for each patient. One was empty, and Jeremie's friends occupied the rest.
"All right. You should hear a clunking sound when we do this. This is normal."
The doctor slid a cage-like plastic head restraint over Jeremie's head.
"Why didn't I make Odd do this first?" asked Jeremie.
"We're right here, Jeremie," said Aelita.
"Ready?" asked the doctor.
"Go ahead," said Jeremie.
"Okay."
The platform slid back into the machine.
"Are you alright, Jeremie?" asked Aelita.
"Fine," whimpered Jeremie.
"Now, remain perfectly still," said the doctor.
The gang heard a humming and whirring as the machine turned on.
Jeremie rubbed his stomach with his hands.
"Maybe I should've removed my-"
His left hand rose up off his stomach and stuck to the outside of the MRI.
"Watch."
His right hand followed suit.
"Ring."
The gang heard something else stick to the inside of the machine.
"And glasses."
The gang dodged out of the way as Jeremie's chair flew off the floor and stuck to the MRI, narrowly missing his hands.
"I'm okay!" whimpered Jeremie.
"Would you like to start over?" asked Dr. Jameson through the other side of the glass window.
"I'm fine," said Jeremie.
After everyone had their MRIs taken, they followed Dr. Jameson to a room where they all viewed their results. Jeremie had the doctor go over his last.
"You told me that you were having night terrors. As your school nurse said, it could be stress-related."
"What else could cause it?" asked Jeremie.
"It's sometimes associated with schizophrenia or psychosis," said Dr. Jameson.
"And?" asked Jeremie.
"Well, you don't have either of those. And what's more, your brain looks perfectly normal."
He brought up an image of Jeremie's brain.
"I wouldn't know if it didn't," said Jeremie.
"Well, bottom line, you don't seem to have any symptoms of schizophrenia or any kind of psychosis," said Dr. Jameson.
"Well, we hardly know each other," said Jeremie.
"Well, more often than not, these night terrors are stress-related. How are things at home?"
"I live alone in an academy dorm room," replied Jeremie.
"I see," said Dr. Jameson, nodding. "What I would recommend is that you take a week off, maybe two. Get away from your school work. Just do something to take your mind off whatever stress you might have."
"I doubt that Mr. Delmas would let that fly," said Jeremie.
"I'll write you a prescription," said Dr. Jameson.
"And, I don't think I'd like being away from my friends."
"Well, back in earlier years," began Dr. Jameson, writing something out, "doctors who were dealing with patients used to write phony prescriptions for friends of the patients to keep them company. The hospital doesn't assign said phony prescriptions anymore. How the four of your friends managed to get one…"
He flung five prescription slips on the table.
"I'll never know," said Dr. Jameson.
"Wait," said Odd. "Are you suggesting that we should skip school and keep Jeremie company?"
"As a respected member of this hospital's board of directors, I could never advise you to do that," said Dr. Jameson.
Jeremie got the gist of what was said.
"Is there anything else you'd like me to help you with?" asked Dr. Jameson.
"No, that's good," said Jeremie. "Thanks, Doc."
The gang went back to the cleaning room to get dressed and head back to school. They just came out of the hospital when Odd spoke up.
"So, what do we do now?" asked Odd.
"We talk to the principal, and ask for a week or two off," said Jeremie.
To Be Continued…