#3 Distractions

So, generally in one night with minimal breaks and just a couple hours of sleep Jeremie could get a lot done. He programed all four nav skids in one night one time after Odd just about dumped the whole program into the digital sea during a test drive.

He rewired all three scanners in six hours after a spector induced electrical fire. Basically, if he was distraction free he could get a lot done. And it was really easy in the lab during the day, with all of the equipment and the chair, and the headset- he could finish just about anything he'd laid out to get done.

But when he got back to the dorm it was another story. The scale of things he could get done without the supercomputer was well, limited. And the others would pop in and out all the time to insist on things like eat, and sleep, and sunshine. Odd and Ulrich were the biggest offenders. They'd drag Jeremie down for dinner some nights, or make him bring his laptop outside at least while they played soccer in the courtyard.

Yumi wasn't as much of a distraction but she was far from innocent. The girl would come lay on his bed and read sometimes, try to get homework done because his dorm would be quiet. But other times she'd had it up to here with Ulrich, or could no longer stand dragging around William Clone and she'd vent.

Jeremie didn't mind, he knew there was just as much pressure on the warriors as there was on him-and it was a much more physical pressure given the nature of their jobs on the team. So he didn't mind, really. He'd listen and give her the back channeling she needed. And some nights he wouldn't get a lot of work done.

Laura became a new distraction when blackmailed her way into the group. Maybe it was her higher intelligence that made her recall what had happened with the returns, or maybe it was just her undying want to, but no one trusted her. And Jeremie, while he appreciated the work that she was doing, was constantly distracted by her. She was always in files she shouldn't be touching, copying codes that she didn't need- she was way too interested.

All of that led to Jeremie having to backdoor her tablet like, once an hour to make sure she was doing what she said she was doing.

But even Laura wasn't his biggest distraction. Aelita won that award. From the moment he'd found her on Lyoko she'd been reason number one he never got any work done. It started innocently enough. She'd ask questions about Earth. About emotions, and sensations, and holidays. Before he knew it he was up all night explaining everything she could think to ask.

And then when she got to Earth she had even more questions.

And then when they found out her history she had less questions for him and more questions in general. He listened to her vent readily. It wasn't just the back channeling that Yumi needed. He sat next to her on the floor or on the bed, and held her hand, or wrap his arm around her shoulder, or simple listened to her try to make sense of it all.

He was a sucker for her. And he couldn't even be upset that he needed to listen to all she had to say. He loved to listen to her talk. He loved to listen to her talk codes, or to explain things. So, he was happy to turn his attention away from his work for her.

She was his favorite distraction.