Chapter 27
This Moment
The streets of Amines were alive with people walking about the various restaurants and movie theaters. It was a hot night, but the wind was blowing gently, kissing the faces of the various people on the street. The stars twinkled brightly in the skies as the moon sat on the edge of the horizon… offering lighter than even the city lights could offer. Plants and flowers along the sidewalk were just beginning to bloom and blossom as insects danced around their tops and leaves. Crickets filled the night sky with their chorus of chirps and squeals. Yet they were drowned out by the noise of a hustling crowd on a Friday night.
A young blond teenager and a pink haired girl walked down to a restaurant that had most of its seats on their sidewalk. It was one of the best restaurants in Amines. Rated four stars and so close to getting a 5th. However, it was one of the most expensive restaurants in several miles. In addition, seeing as how Jeremy was paying for the meal… it meant he would receive a stern lecture from his mother afterwards… but he was not concerned. This night… this moment was for Aelita. He was doing this all for her. She wanted this… and in a way so did he.
The pair walked up to the mat idée, who was at the moment thumbing through a guest list. He was an older man with short grey hair and a pair of thin eyeglasses that fit over his nose very gently.
"Good evening," Jeremy said.
"Bal journo." The matiredee said. "And how may I serveuh you two love birds today?"
"I have a reservation under the name Belpoise. Table for two?"
"Of course we do. This way my little payanos," The Matriedee said.
The matridee led them to a small table where Jeremy pulled out the nearest chair for Aelita. Aelita smiled and sat down as Jeremy walked over and sat in the other chair. The matirdee gave them their menus as he walked back to seat another couple.
"What kind of accent was that? Italian?" Jeremy asked.
"Well it could be worse… the guy could have been a German Redneck," Aelita said as she looked at the menu. She looked up to see Jeremy smiling from the verge of laughter.
"Did you just make that up?" Jeremy asked.
"No… remember when we were at your house for Christmas and we were watching that Mystery Science Theater 3000 special. They had that German version where they had like a Christmas tree with a bunch of fireworks on it… Like a literal fire hazard," Aelita said as the waitress brought them out some water.
"Hello. How are you two doing today?" the waitress said.
"We're doing well. And I think we are ready to order," Jeremy said.
"Uh I'll take the… Shrimp De lea' on," Jeremy said.
"And I'll have the… Lasagna de silly," Aelita said.
"Ah good choices. And what shall you drink tonight?" The waitress asked.
"Two glass's of Apple Mist." Aelita said.
The waitress took down the order as she took both menus and walked off. Aelita sat back and looked around. She realized they were the youngest people in the restaurant. People were glancing up looking at the two young kids sitting in the middle of the restaurant.
The table they were sitting at was positioned on the sidewalk area of the restaurant. It was lit with orange and green lights. Their table was glass with a clear see through top. Their table also had a series of lights underneath it that could illuminate the entire table, and their contents. Also outside with them was a man playing a violin. Although he wasn't quite good at it. He screeched every so often…enough to make Aelita want to smash his violin for being so abusive to it.
"So this is nice. How much did this cost?" Aelita asked.
"Well…. Let's just say I owe mom and dad some…. Hundreds," Jeremy said.
"Jeremy you didn't?" Aelita asked concerned.
"Actually they didn't mind. They liked the idea of us spending a little alone time. Mom always said that too much school work is bad for you," Jeremy said as the waitress brought over their drinks.
"Well it could be worse. We could just be sitting in our rooms at night playing World of Warcraft or one of those stupid Online games," Aelita said.
"Yeah. I think I'll just stick with Team Fortress 2 for right now. Mom wants to get a Wii though," Jeremy said.
Aelita remembered when Jeremy showed them Team Fortress 2. She remembered when they stayed up late playing. Her favorite was always the Demo man, with his grenade launcher and Bottle of Alcohol. She laughed every time he said something funny. She also remembered when Odd was the scout and kept dying over and over again. It was shortly after her father's death, it was one of those times when she could let go of what happened and enjoy being with her friends… and Jeremy.
There wasn't much time for any form of celebration or fun after Aelita's father died. She sat in her room for days and cried… it didn't sink in until after the super computer was turned off that he wasn't coming back. She did not eat… she did not sleep. She just sat there holding Mr. Puck and looking at his picture… crying… she was alone in the world… she had nothing and no one. She felt hollow and empty inside… she wanted to fall asleep and never wake up.
At one point, she even blamed Jeremy in an anger of hatred. It was one of those rare arguments where Jeremy was concerned for Aelita's health. However, she did not care…. She just wanted someone to feel the same pain she did. In a sense, Jeremy felt it all right. And soon so did the others…. It was a long… cold and sad winter… Yumi, Ulrich, and Odd tried their best to cheer both of them up. However, they could not. At one point, Jeremy felt as if it really was his fault for Franz Hopper's death…. It got so bad for Jeremy that he felt that was why Aelita hated him… because he didn't save him in time.
"What are you talking about Jer?" Yumi asked.
"It's why she hates me right now. It's because of what I did," Jeremy said quietly laying on his bed.
"But you didn't kill her father. Her father sacrificed his life to save us," Ulrich said.
"Yeah I'm sure Aelita knows that. She is just going through depression is all," Odd said.
"No…. it's true…. She hates me…," Jeremy said as he looked at the picture Odd drew for him on his 13th birthday.
"SHE HATES ME!" Jeremy shouted as he slammed the picture into the ground.
The others fell quiet… they had never seen Jeremy and Aelita like this. They felt helpless.
"Have you tried… talking to her?" Odd asked
"No… and I'm afraid to. Dammit all I tried so hard to save her and I couldn't! " Jeremy said. "I neglected her to try and free her from Xana. And I neglected her father as well…. I am as much to blame for his death… if not more than Xana."
"Stop it."
"I just wanted to save her. I just wanted to protect her. I just…," Jeremy continued.
"Stop it… please."
"I was gonna…. I was…,"
"STOP IT PLEASE!" A voice cried out from behind them. It was Aelita… she had heard the whole thing… tears swelled in her eyes as she witnessed the pain she had created from her anger and rage. The room fell quiet as everyone stared at the pink haired teen. Jeremy stared at Aelita… pale white and scared. He couldn't even look her in the eye due to the amount of guilt he felt.
"I'm sorry… I'm so sorry Jeremy… I should've never said that to you… you didn't kill my father," Aelita said as she sniffled.
"But I should've saved him. I should've found a way to save him," Jeremy said. "Why would he sacrifice his life for us?"
"To live…. He wanted Aelita to live. And he saw you as the only person who could give her a second chance at life," Yumi said a little emotional herself.
"He knew that if he came back. The people looking for him might discover he is alive and come for him. And in the end they would capture Aelita… he did it to set her free from his sins… from his burdens," Odd said as he put his arm around Aelita trying to comfort her.
"Without his sacrifice we might all be dead right now too. Thanks to Franz Hopper… we have a future now," Ulrich said as Yumi leaned on him.
"I'm sorry…. I'm so sorry Jeremy…," Aelita said as she walked closer into the room.
"I'm just…. I'm so scared that I'm all alone now."
Jeremy reached out and hugged Aelita… she felt warm and safe in his arms. The tears flowed harder as she felt Jeremy's tears fall on her head as well.
"I promise… I will always be there for you Aelita… I promise no matter what," Jeremy said as he cried a little too. Yumi was already in tears as she tried to wipe them from her eyes. Odd was crying as well. They had all been through too much as kids… they had done more than enough for one life time. But in the end they came together not as friends… or heroes… but as a family. They were much closer than mere friends… they were a family.
After that night the road to recovery was slow but progressive. Aelita started living with Jeremy and his parents after he explained her father's death…without explaining Lyoko or Xana. Yumi and Ulrich started dating. And Odd stayed… …Odd. The Subdigitals departed due to issues with their last album. So Aelita was a normal student again. But at night when she had the time she would sit in her room with her notebook pad… and write down lyrics to songs that came to her head… she still wanted a career in music. And she knew just what to sing about in her songs…. Imprisonment… death… anger… redemption… salvation… and her hero who saved her. Her old family… and her new family.
"In the past few months I have had with Jeremy. I have really enjoyed it… and I wanna continue to enjoy it as much as possible," Aelita thought in her head.
"Uh Jeremy… can I ask you a question?" Aelita asked.
"Sure," Jeremy replied.
"Well… it's just that you have done so much for me over the past few years. And I just got to ask," Aelita said as she looked down at her drink.
"You can ask me anything Aelita," Jeremy asked.
"…And you will be honest?" Aelita asked.
"Yeah" Jeremy replied.
"Well. Do you…. You know."
Before Aelita could finish, the waitress brought out their food. She placed it on the table as she also gave them some silverwear and napkins.
"Bon appetite," the waitress said.
"I'm sorry Aelita. What were you going to ask me?" Jeremy asked.
"It can wait," Aelita said as she began to dig into her Lasagna. She felt a little let down, she was hoping to get the answer she thought it was.
"Well I was wondering… would you wanna do this... with me every Friday night, just the two of us?" Jeremy asked.
Aelita's heart skipped. It wasn't the exact answer she wanted to hear but it was good enough.
"YES! I I mean… yes I would love… I mean, would like to… every Friday night," Aelita said, as she blushed a little from her excited outburst.
Travis, George, and Jessica entered the room as they had finally landed in Amines, France. George had reserved ahead and gotten a three room suite on the Beaureu's expense. George liked the idea of finally being able to walk on land instead of being cramped up on an airplane for several hours. He laid down on his bed and let out a sigh of relief as it felt wondrous on his back. Jessica walked over to the desk and began to unpack her laptop and the suitcase with Waldo's diary in it. She then looked around as she noticed one of the side rooms had a door on it.
"That's mine," Jessica said.
"Wha? You don't want to share a room?" George asked jokingly.
"…No," Jessica said.
"Man it is hot here isn't it," Travis said as he removed his dress jacket. "It's almost as hot as if we were in Las Vegas again," Travis said.
"Well at least it's not like cold or there isn't any sign of freezing rain," Jessica said.
"So when does our French agent arrive?" George asked.
"Tomorrow at noon. So for right now I just want to get me some sleep," Travis said as he took a pair of shorts and a shirt out of his bag and walked to the restroom.
"I want to warn you George. You snore, I'll kill you," Travis said as he threw his shorts and shirt onto the bathroom sink.
"Well it's a good thing you're not sleeping in the same room as me," Jessica said.
"You snore?" Travis asked.
"Non stop," Jessica said as she put the lap top on top of the desk and turned it on. She walked over to the TV and turned it on. She was greeted by a squeaky woman speaking French. "Yeah, we're in France."
Travis looked through a few note files. He knew they were supposed to go to France but he was not sure just what exactly it was they were looking for in Amines. He looked through all the notes and looked through all the pictures, pictures of Waldo, pictures of Antea, and pictures of Aelita.
"Ok so we are here. Now where do we go from here?" Travis asked.
George looked up from his suitcase as he pulled his dress pants from the suit case. Jessica looked in from her room as she thought about Travis's question.
"Well… I think that we might find that out tomorrow. The agent said they might be able to track the phone call back to where the call originated here. The tech boys tracked it to a small address that lies deep inside the local park area. It looks like its somewhere at the park next to a local school," Jessica said as she pulled out a sheet of paper from her suitcase.
"Tomorrow the agent will let us know who owns the cottage and what," Jessica answered.
"Well I don't know about you guys but right now. I'm going to go taste a little bit of the European alcohol and see where it stands," George said.
"Yeah I think we could all use a little bit of relaxation," Jessica said.
"You know… the bed can wait," Travis said as he put his shoes back on.
The three agents left the room. The door locked as they walked down the hallway towards the elevator. As the elevator doors closed, a man in a black suit stepped out of the corner near the vending machines. He walked over to the door and put his hand in front of it.
"Let's hurry Jerome. We can't let any of them know we're here," Chris said as he walked up behind Jerome. "And if they find out we're here, they will never lead us to the target."
The door clicked as the door handle opened. He walked in and stepped near the desk, he slipped a small disk like object under the desk. He pushed it as it beeped once. He stepped back as the small silver disk suddenly changed color, it began to look much like the same color of wood as the desk.
"Bug in place," Jerome said.
The two agents stepped out of the room as they hurried down the hallway. They turned the corner in time for the elevator door to open, revealing Jessica and George.
They hurried to their room as George pulled out his key card.
"I can't believe you forgot your wallet," Jessica said.
"I know, don't rub it in."
The two young kids left their tip and dirty dishes at the restaurant. Aelita took one last sip of her soda as Jeremy held her purse for her. Aelita guzzled the whole thing down as she put her empty glass on the table. She grabbed her purse from Jeremy as they both walked away from the restaurant.
The waitress picked up her tip and looked at it. Her look turned to a look of disgust.
"50? That's all I get? Is a 50? What poor people," The waitress said as she stuffed it in her pocket.
"220 Euros," Jeremy thought in his mind; he didn't want Aelita to hear it and feel depressed from how much Jeremy had spent. But he was sure that his mother was gonna give him a stern lecture tomorrow night.
"That was pleasant Jeremy. Thank you." Aelita said.
"Anytime Aelita. Although I think the soda was watered down way too much. But all in all it was good," Jeremy said as he led the little pink haired girl across the street. The traffic was busy for a warm late spring night. They stood next to the bus stop as they waited for their ride to the next part of their date. Little did they know, they were being watched.
Frank stood across the street from the bus stop. He was leaned next to a light post, staring at the couple. His face was twisted in light pain. "She looks just like Antea," Frank said.
By now he knew his friend was almost finished Downloading. He would get into contact with the heroes eventually. According to the plan, Frank should've walked over and explained his methods to them then and there, in order to get them on the path that Frank was told they needed to be on. He knew that the FBI might have landed in France already. So he had to work fast before "They" located the child.
Frank noticed how young Aelita looked. He knew that if what had happened had in fact happened, then that would explain why her age was completely off. He wanted to walk over and say something. He wanted to confront her.
He slowly began to walk to them when he was ready. But just then at that moment Aelita glanced over her left shoulder and spotted him…. Frank froze on the spot. His skin began to freeze as a cold sweat began to seep out of his skin. His legs buckled… he was afraid. Aelita turned around and looked at the intersection light, waiting for it to change. Frank knew then he had to explain himself… he had to say something. But he couldn't. He was afraid to say anything to her. He walked off in the opposite direction Jeremy and Aelita were going. He was scared. Once again Frank was scared of his past and of her. He needed a drink.
Then he heard it. He heard it all in his head. The screams, the car, the crying. He remembered the look in her eyes as he drove off. He remembered how that night he tried to put a bullet in his head for what happened. But what more was he remembered… How he could get a second chance.
He fell to his knees on the sidewalk. People around him started looking at him. Some stopped to check and see if he was ok. He fought back the tears as he heard it all in his head again. He had nightmares over these events for such a long time. He felt arms around his shoulders. He panicked.
"LET GO OF ME YOU MONSTERS!" Frank shouted; he pictured seeing those men again… those men who forced him to do the unthinkable. But instead he yelled at innocent people. He noticed everyone was looking at him… even Aelita and Jeremy.
He looked her in the eyes. She had a look of both concern and confusion. Frank's skin broke out into a cold sweat. His skin went pale as he felt his soul scream in pain. He stood up with the help of a few other people. He wiped his brow as he thanked and apologized to everyone.
"I'm sorry… I'm a war vet. I had a flashback," Frank said.
He peered down the street to see that Aelita and Jeremy were still looking at him. He hurried off away from the crowd; he had to get away from her. He had to. Frank ran down the side walk… everywhere he went he could still see her eyes. Those soft innocent eyes. Eyes he had almost helped to destroy once. His heart raced faster than it ever had.
Frank stopped next to a computer shop. He walked inside and looked around for the nearest store clerk and asked for the restroom. The clerk led him to the nearby restroom. He walked in and checked for anyone else in the rest room. There was no one there.
The room was white with black checkered walls and tiles on the floor. It had 2 stalls and 2 urinals. The lights overhead were dimmed light blue with a hint of neon in them.
Frank turned on the sink and washed his face off. He still felt horrible for what had happened. He was shaking from the flashbacks.
"I'm sorry," Frank whispered.
"I'm sorry."
"What was that about?" Aelita asked as she looked at Jeremy.
"Well the guy said he was a war vet. He might have been having some issues like a flash back or something like that," Jeremy said. "Remember my grandfather was enlisted as a freedom fighter during the German occupation of World War II. My father told me he used to have a lot of like nightmares and flashbacks to the invasion of Normandy. He always used to say that the sight of all soldiers and people who were killed… he said the noises and sights where… well let's just say he had problems," Jeremy said.
"Those were his pictures on the wall with the service uniform weren't they," Aelita asked.
"Yeah. Then he met my grandmother. She was an American nurse at the time. They
moved to America for a while and eventually moved back here," Jeremy said as the bus pulled up.
"Hence why you want to live in America one day?" Aelita asked.
"Well I'm not sure where I want to live. Possibly someplace warm… and not as hot as it is here." Jeremy said as they boarded the bus. Jeremy reached for his pocket to see if he had any change in his wallet. But before he could, Aelita put some change in the bus's fund canister. The bus driver greeted them as the bus drove off. They found a pair of seats near the rear. Aelita's red dress swayed over the seats. Jeremy sat down next to her. The bus jumped slightly as the bus began to pull forward again.
"What about you? Where do you want to live?" Jeremy asked.
"Uh… I'm not sure. Maybe someplace warm like a beach area or someplace like that. Maybe even somewhere next to a boyfriend, maybe one who moved into the same place I did," Aelita said as she blushed.
"Who would that be?" Jeremy asked.
Aelita giggled a little. "You're funny," Aelita said.
"So where you want to go next?" Jeremy asked.
"Well it is Friday so there is one place I would really like to go to."
The arcade was busy with several other kids out enjoying their Friday night. Kids were lined up playing anything from an arcade version of Deal or No Deal to an arcade game with a rotating cockpit to simulate the feeling of flying around. No one really noticed the blond boy and pink haired girl walk into the room. Jeremy used his credit card to buy some tokens for the pair of them. He turned to Aelita who was looking around at what they wanted to try first.
"How about that racing game?" Aelita asked. Jeremy nodded.
The racing game was a large booth with five car seats on it. The cars were shaped like formula 1 cars and were complete with steering wheels and shifter. They also had a screen that showed what was behind the current car. They also came with a special helmet that was attached to the car. When the driver got in it, the helmet would lower and the driver would be able to put it on. It would show a small map, the driver's standing in the race, and if someone was driving up to them or not.
Jeremy got into the yellow number 9 car while Aelita got into the green number 4 car. Three other kids got in as well as the arcade worker walked up and turned on the machine. He looked like a 90's grunge rocker, complete with acne and a 5-o-clock shadow. He took everyone's tokens and flipped the machine on. The helmets lowered as the drivers strapped them on. As Aelita put hers on a small screen to her left side turned on, showing her what the helmet was for and how to play the game.
The screen then showed the drivers' course. It showed Jeremy in the front and Aelita in the back. A number appeared on the screen as the cars vibrated and roared like real indy cars.
3
2
1
GO!
Aelita hit her gas petal as her car ran into the front car and pushed it out of the way. The driver of that car shook his hand and speed up.
Jeremy took the lead with no problem at all. He led for two whole laps and was on the final stretch for the last lap. …But one other kid was close behind him. He was driving the orange number 1 car. Jeremy veered to the left to block the kids attempt at the lead. Jeremy noticed a kid in the grey number 5 car and Aelita were gaining speed. Jeremy's helmet suddenly pinged as his ranking dropped from 1st to 2nd. Jeremy then realized the kid in the number 1 car was passing him. Jeremy bumped him a little with his tire. Both their cars shook hard. The kid in the grey number 5 car drove up and slammed into the left side of Jeremy. Jeremy was pinned between two cars. Suddenly the grey number 5 was hit hard from behind. Aelita hit the car again, forcing it to spin out. Jeremy pulled to the left hard as the orange number 1 car tried to hit him again. Instead he lost control and also spun out. Aelita and Jeremy drove side by side… neck and neck to the finish line. Both cars crossed at the same time… in the end the machine showed the winner….
Jeremy made it by an inch.
The cars stopped and the helmets came off the drivers. Aelita got out of the car and walked over to Jeremy.
"You know I could've won you know… but I let you…,"
Jeremy looked in shock. "You! Let me win… don't make me laugh… …best two out of three."
Aelita nodded. "You're on."
A buzzer rang out loud as the five men disguised as hotel bellhops sat in a room. The oldest one was laughing out loud at the picture on the book he had just pulled out of his desk.
"Matsumoto Out!" A voice said on the loud speaker. A man dressed in black came with a large wooden paddle. He whipped the older man on the rear extremely hard. Matsumoto let out a loud squeal, causing the others to bust out into laughter as well.
Odd chocked on his soda as he tried not to laugh. Yumi leaned back in the sofa and laughed at the noise Matsumoto made…. Ulrich wiped the soda from his nose. Sissi, who was finally understanding what was going on, laughed at first and then laughed at Ulrich's nose shot.
"He is… by far the bes…," Odd tried to say as he continued to laugh.
"I can tell he is the best one," Sissi said as she wiped the tears from her eyes.
"I prefer Yamasaki. He met my father once in Tokyo," Yumi said as she stood up to change the video on youtube to the next part of the video special.
"I think by far the best part has been the ice cream with the picture on it that looks like a cartoon like angry Hamada," Ulrich said as he got up to blow his nose. "Any more pizza left?" Ulrich asked.
"I… think Odd ate the last piece," Sissi said as she opened the empty pizza box.
"What! I only had like… a slice," Ulrich said.
"Hey, I'm a growing boy," Odd said. "Soon to be a growing man."
"The only growing you ever do is in your annoyance," Ulrich said.
"Um do they normally argue like this?" Sissi asked.
"Yeah this is normal. Ulrich argues with Odd more than me anyways," Yumi said as she leaned back in her sofa. She looked at her phone and saw a text message from William. She picked it up and read the text.
"Cut date off early. Not to impressed. Got to work on homework. Tell you guys more in the mourning," Yumi read out loud.
"Who was his date with?" Sissi asked.
"Uh… Sarah Engle?" Yumi said. "I don't know why he went out with her."
"SARAH ENGLE! The girl is such a negative dork. I mean her sister is as nice as possible, and not bad looking to. But Sarah is a couple of cans short of a six pack."
"We realized that when Odd dated her," Ulrich said as he plopped down next to Yumi.
"Why on earth do that Odd?" Sissi asked as she looked towards him.
"I was hoping maybe to get close to her sister. I mean her sister is a 10. And when I first met Sarah she wasn't that bad either… till she started making jokes about Christians and such."
Sissi walked to the rest room as Yumi pushed play on the GakI No Tuskai video. She leaned on Ulrich as Ulrich rubbed her neck a little. Odd grabbed a soda from the 12 pack of Pepsi. He popped the top and took a drink from it. He looked towards the couple on the sofa as he chose his words carefully.
"So if Sissi is going to hang with us from now on… should we?" Odd asked.
"I think that is something we should all talk about together," Ulrich said as Yumi closed her eyes. Her neck had been stiff for a while, and in her opinion, no one did a better job at relaxing her then Ulrich.
"I already talked about it with William," Odd said.
"Odd what?" Yumi said as she opened her eyes.
"Well he brought it up first," Odd said in his defense.
"I think she might have changed… but it's too early to bring her on board. Besides maybe we don't need to," Ulrich said as he continued to rub her neck.
"But what if we need the extra help. I mean this is a new villain and all. And we barely beat him twice now," Odd said.
"Ok so what if we bring her on? Then we have the same issue as William," Yumi said
"But Xana never does the same attack twice," Odd said.
"Xana, no. Xervix, we don't know," Ulrich said.
"Look what if she just stayed on earth. Like a lookout or something."
Yumi leaned up real fast. She sprung so fast she surprised Ulrich.
"Look maybe this isn't the time to talk about it Odd. She is in the other room and can more than likely hear you," Yumi said a little loudly. Ulrich shushed her.
"Remember the last time you said that. You really hurt William badly," Ulrich said.
"Look I like Sissi now to. Just not in the way Odd is suggesting. I think we should wait
and see how she plays out, Odd, before you ask her. I'm sorry I yelled. But wait a while, then ask her," Yumi said as she sat back in Ulrich's arms.
"What?" Sissi said quietly. She heard most of it. She mostly heard Yumi talking but she was confused by it. "What does Yumi mean? Wait to ask her later, Odd…. Does Odd…,"
Sissi paused for a minute. She looked in the mirror a little and looked at herself. Her long black hair was still held in place by her barrette.
"Does Odd Dellarobia… …'like me' like me?"
The time was close to 9 p.m. Jeremy walked Aelita back to her room as she was wearing his jacket. It was a little chilly outside and Aelita was feeling a bit cold, so Jeremy put his jacket over her.
"I'm sorry the music was too loud and gave you a headache," Aelita said.
"Nah, it's ok. The important thing is you had fun," Jeremy said.
"I did," Aelita said as she smiled.
"So… wanna do this again next week?" Jeremy said.
"I would Lov…," Aelita said fast and loudly. "I mean… I would like that," Aelita was lying. This was the best time she had ever had. She really needed this more than anything. And it proved to her that Jeremy was in fact the one for her. She wanted to kiss him but remembered the words Sissi and Yumi told her. Not to kiss on the first date.
"Well… Goodnight Princess," Jeremy said as he took back his jacket.
"Goodnight… uh… DR. Zoidberg," Aelita said. She always found it funny that Jeremy could do a really good Dr. Zoidberg impression from Futurama. Every time he did it she would laugh about it non stop.
Aelita closed the door and slipped off her shoes. She laid her purse on the bed and suddenly realized.
"Wait. I got some aspirin. I should run it up to him real quick," Aelita thought in her mind. She grabbed the aspirin from her top drawer and slowly walked out the door. She had to be careful though; ever since Jim caught them in Jeremy's room that one time, he had been cautious ever since. Even though kids were caught in each other's rooms making out, Jim still watched them closely.
Aelita made her way to Jeremy's room. She prepared to knock quietly when the door swung open. Jeremy frantically ran out and almost ran into Aelita. They both stopped within inches of each other. Their eyes made contact as they both began to breath heavy. Aelita's cheeks blushed bright red, as did Jeremy's. Jeremy was starting to sweat a little as he whispered her name. She whispered his back. They slowly began to move towards each other when they heard a grunting noise behind them.
"Stopped again… Dammit," they both thought in their heads. They looked over Aelita's shoulder to see a firm and angry Jim looking at them.
"And what have we here children?" Jim said.
"I was… I was…. Giving Jeremy some aspirin was all. He has a headache," Aelita said as she handed the aspirin to Jeremy.
"Uh yeah…. Thanks Aelita," Jeremy said. Jeremy took the vial from her hand as he noticed Aelita smiling and winking at the same time. Jeremy smiled back.
"Well goodnight gentlemen," Aelita said as she walked off.
Jeremy turned to the door when he noticed Jim still looking at him. With the same stance and look.
"Uh … he…. Pills," Jeremy said as he closed the door and locked it.
The two men in black suits walked to the back alley, towards a black van. They slid the door open and stepped inside. The van was covered wall to wall with computers and monitors. On the monitors were pictures of the school, and the hotel the feds were staying in.
"Looks like your old friend is in town. Mister Frank Morse?" Jerome said to Chris.
Chris looked at the photo of Frank… he noticed how much older he looked then when he… "used" him.
"Frank Morse is a washed out drunk who played his role. But thanks to him we have to follow this girl to France to clean up his mess. For that he paid the ultimate price," Chris said.
"Was it worth it? Killing his wife?" one agent asked.
"It was… such is the fate of simple fragile pawns…. When the time comes… I will send him to visit his wife."
Well here is chapter 27. every jerlita fans dream here...maybe. i figured they might have some from of romance and then some form of teen spirit moment. The show Odd, Ulrich, sissi and Yumi are watching is called Gaki No Tsukai. its a hilarious japanese show you should check into. This chapter marks the final chapter of the old order. in the next few chapters, the whole thing comes into play. everything and everyone will be explained. and the truth of lyoko. the system. Aelita and even the furture comes full OR NO CIRCLE