Aelita and Jeremie were walking through the forest. It wasn't much of a forest. It was always seemed a little thin, not like those lush, beautiful, life-filled forests you see in Vermont. It was pretty small, but at least there were trees. Jeremie turned to look at Aelita and remembered something.

''Hey, remember when I asked you out?''

''Of course,'' she replied. ''How could I forget?''

flashback

It was a cloudy, stormy day. Everyone was inside doing something. Some kids were inside the cafeteria, drinking hot cocoa. Some were in the gym playing sports or practicing their martial arts. Most students, though, were in their dorm rooms, doing homework, calling their parents, or searching the Internet for random sites (try hard not to think too preverted, okay?) Yumi and Ulrich were practicing their Pencake Silat in the gym with the instruction of their sensei, Jim. Odd was playing 1-2 basketball with Herve Pichon and Nicolas Poliakoff, totally creaming them in the process. Jeremie was in his dorm, clicking around on his computer trying to develop new weapons and rides for the team when a thought occured to him.

''Y'know,'' he thought, ''I haven't seen Aelita today. Maybe I should check up on her.''

Aelita, however, was just staring out the window. She didn't know how to play basketball or any martial arts, and Jeremie was probably busy with research of some kind. She had finished her homework, she doesn't have a computer, she can't call her parents (her mother's dead and her dad is still on Lyoko, nowhere to be found), and she already had hot cocoa twice that day. She had nothing to do. All of a sudden she he heard her door open and close. She flipped around in her martial arts stance. She was relieved to see that it was Jeremie. ''Phew, just Jeremie,'' she thought.

''Hey, Aelita! How's it going?'' he asked.

''I'm bored.''

''How bored?''

''Bored enough to end up staring out a window.''

''That bad, huh?''

''Yeah,'' she sighed.

''Mind if I stare with you?'' he asked.

''...Really?''

''Sure.''

He then sat indian-style next to her on the floor. She scootched over to him more, which made him look at her with curiosity. She blushed a little and moved back. However, he only smiled and pulled her close to him, wrapping her tightly in his arm. She smiled lovingly and put her head on his shoulder.

''Jeremie?''

''Y-yes?''

''I don't want to get up.''

''Me neither. Aelita?''

''Yeah?''

''Will you be my girlfriend, so we can do this every day?''

Aelita gasped, suddenly sending him backwards into the chair he was in front of.

''Of course, Jeremie!'' she shouted happily. ''I love you too!''

''Aelita, don't scare me like that!'' he shouted. ''I'm usually nervous about you on Lyoko. Please don't make me worry in the real world!''

''Oops, sorry.''

end flashback

''And I still worry,'' Jeremie said, now hand in hand with her in the forest, ''because I'll always love you.''

''You'll always be my Prince Charming, Jeremie,'' Aelita said, holding both of his hands, now facing him.

''And you, my Princess,'' he answered. Then they kissed passionately as the voice of crickets filled the sky.