A/N: So I wrote this in two days so I hope it's okay but I really wanted to get it out. I wrote the outline to this chapter and was excited about it. This story is coming along. Let's just hope I update sooner than before.

Disclaimer: I don't own Code Lyoko

A month had passed since Uni had started and the Lyoko gang were finally settling in. Yumi had gotten a job as a hostess at a restaurant near campus. Ulrich tried out for the soccer team and made it. Odd finished his script and started filming his short film, starring Yumi and Aelita. Jeremy continued to avoid hanging out with the gang, spending more and more time with Vivien. Aelita continued to try and repair their relationship but was failing with Jeremy. On top of that, her nightmares were getting worse.

Aelita laid awake one night after another terrible nightmare. Every time she tried to close her eyes, she watched her mother get kidnapped over and over again.

She sighed, looking at her phone to see it was two o'clock in the morning. Knowing sleep wouldn't happen anytime soon, she got up, put on her pink, silk robe then made her way downstairs. She went into the kitchen, her mind on making some peppermint tea.

"Hey, princess."

Aelita jumped and turned to see Odd sitting on the bar stool. "Odd, what are you doing up?"

"I'm editing my movie. What about you, princess?" Odd asked, closing his laptop and turning towards her.

"Couldn't sleep. Thought I would make some tea, you want some?" Aelita opened the cabinet and pulled out the peppermint tea bags.

"Sure," Odd replied. "So you couldn't sleep? More nightmares?"

Aelita sighed and leaned against the counter. "Every time I close my eyes, I see my mother being kidnapped over and over. It won't stop."

Odd shook his head and stood up, taking the tea bags out of her hands. Aelita sat down and watched him make the tea. "How long?"

"They never stopped," Aelita answered, putting her head in her hands. "It's either my mother or father. I haven't had a dreamless sleep since I was in Lyoko."

Odd poured two mugs of tea and handed one to Aelita. "Even during your travels?"

"They were a little better after I learned more about them but being back in this house, all the nightmares are coming back."

"I wish I could make them stop, princess."

"Thanks, Odd." Aelita smiled at him, finishing off her tea and putting the empty mug in the sink. "How's the movie coming?"

"I'm actually stuck on this one part." Odd opened his laptop and found the part he was stuck on.

"Need some help? I am a computer science major."

"Don't you want to go back to bed?"

"Just to see my mom get kidnapped and my dad get killed? No thanks. Now show me what you having trouble with." Aelita sat down beside him, trying to distract herself from the continuous dreams.

Meanwhile upstairs, Yumi had just woken up from another nightmare. This time the dream was about the time she and Ulrich were stuck in the boiler room in the basement. Like Aelita, this house brought back things she wanted to forget.

She groaned when she saw the time. Knowing sleep wouldn't come back, she pulled her laptop out and pulled up the next episode of Game of Thrones. She was about to put her headphones back in when she heard Ulrich scream across the hall. Jumping up, she ran across the hall and opened the door. Ulrich was sitting as his desk as the credits of Arrow rolled.

"Ulrich?"

"What the hell was that? They can't kill him! He's the main fucking character!" Ulrich cried, slamming his laptop shut and spinning around. "Oh, hey, Yumi. What are you doing up?"

"I was going to ask you the same thing."

"I couldn't sleep so I started season three of Arrow," Ulrich replied. "You?"

"I had another nightmare. I was about to finish season one of Game of Thrones when I heard you yell."

"Oh, sorry about that. That end of the episode was so frustrating!"

Yumi giggled, sitting down on his bed. "Yeah, I know. I finished Arrow over the summer. Season three was a train-wreck but you can't give up just yet."

"How can it continue if Oliver is dead?"

Yumi smiled. "Not telling you that. You'll just have to watch and see."

Ulrich opened his laptop back up. "Now I have to know."

"You aren't going to bed?"

"Nah, I don't sleep at night," Ulrich answered, pulling the next episode up.

"You don't?"

Ulrich shook his head. "That's why I scheduled my classes in the afternoon. I can only sleep during the day."

"Man, Lyoko really screwed us up," Yumi mused.

"You're telling me. I can't even imagine what Aelita is going through living there for so long."

"She tries to hide it and pretend it doesn't faze her but I know it does. I know she wakes up from nightmares every night. I know that she left because of Lyoko. She didn't leave to find herself, she left to escape from herself," Yumi told him.

"Did she tell you all this?"

"She didn't have to."

Ulrich thought about what Yumi said, letting it sink in. Of course she was right. Aelita went through hell for so long. Of course she was affected by XANA the most. Ulrich shook his head. "Want to watch the next episode with me?"

"Sure."

Ulrich grabbed his laptop and joined her on his bed. He gave her one of the headphones to put in and put in the other. She smiled and got comfortable as he started the next episode.

As Yumi and Ulrich watched the next episode of Arrow and Aelita helped Odd editing his movie, Jermey was video chatting Vivien and working on his program.

"Okay, I'm sending you the code," Vivien said, her typing heard through Jermey's headset.

"Got it." Jeremy took her code and pushed his chair over to his other computer. Combining his code with Vivien's, he ran it.

"Well?" Vivien asked, excitedly.

"Still running but keep your fingers crossed. This is the closest we've ever gotten." Jeremy watched as the code debugged. "But if this works, we have a skeleton for the next three parts."

"What about the fifth?"

"I haven't decided on that yet. It would be too complicated."

"True." Vivien agreed, typing again.

"What are you typing?"

"My English paper. Might as well finish while waiting."

Jeremy nodded, still watching the code. "I need to finish my physics homework."

"That would be a good idea," Vivien tried to scold him but knowing she would fail.

"I'll do it tomorrow," Jeremy promised as the code beeped. "It's done."

"Well?"

Jeremy pushed himself to his third computer and started typing. Finally a small window popped up, showing that they succeeded. "It worked!"

"It did?" Vivien screamed over the headset. "Send it to me! I want to see!"

Jeremy pushed himself back to the second computer and started typing. "There you go."

"Oh my God. We actually did it. It's better than I imagined!" Vivien exclaimed.

"It's better than the original, thanks to you."

"You're making me blush, Jer."

Jeremy grinned as he pushed himself in front of the computer with the video chat. "At this rate, we'll be done by Christmas."

"But first we need a new super computer."

"Don't worry about that, I have that cover," Jeremy replied, glancing at the time. "Look at the time, Viv. You need to go to bed."

"So do you, Jer," Vivien responded.

"I will, I just want to work on the super computer for awhile," Jeremy promised again. "I'll see you tomorrow."

"Bye."

Jeremy logged off the video chat, stood up and stretched. He went to his closet and pulled out his toolbox and the laptop he had been hiding. He opened it up then started to work on the new super computer.

Yumi shifted in her sleep, wondering why her neck hurt so much. She sighed and opened her eyes. Instead of her black and white walls, she saw dark gray walls. She scrunched her eyebrows in confusion, noticing her head was on Ulrich's shoulder. She sat up, rubbed her eyes, and looked at Ulrich who was asleep next to her, his laptop paused on the credits of an episode. She escaped from the window to look at the time.

"Ulrich, wake up."

Ulrich groaned and opened his eyes. "Yumi, what time is it?"

"It's 7:00."

"What happened?" He asked, putting his head in his hands as he felt a headache coming.

"We fell asleep."

Ulrich lifted his head. "Wait, I fell asleep?"

"Yeah. Did you have any nightmares?"

"No. You?"

Yumi shook her head, smiling. "It's been forever since I haven't had a nightmare."

"Same here." Ulrich stretched. "Did you say it was 7:00?"

"Yeah, I need to go get ready for class."

"I'm going to go make coffee."

They both got up and went their separate ways. Ulrich made his way down to the kitchen, thinking about his morning coffee and cigarette. In the kitchen, Aelita and Odd were sitting on the bar stools, looking at Odd's computer.

"Morning. You two are up early," Ulrich commented, going straight for the coffee maker.

Aelita yawned. "We never went to bed."

Odd motioned to Ulrich. "Make me a cup."

Ulrich turned around and leaned on the counter. "You two never went to bed?"

"I woke up around 2:00 to make some tea and Odd was up working on his movie so I helped him," Aelita told him. "Can you fix me a cup too, Ulrich?"

"Of course, princess." Ulrich pulled out a cigarette and was about to light it when Aelita snatched it out of his hand. "Hey!"

"I told you no smoking in the house, especially in the kitchen," Aelita scolded. "Outside."

"Okay, okay." Ulrich held his hands up in surrender, heading to the door.

Aelita rolled her eyes. "Why does he smoke anyway?"

Odd shrugged as he pulled out a box of cereal, several bowls, and milk. "You're asking the wrong person, princess. Is Honey Nut Cheerios okay with you?"

"Yeah, sounds good. I'm going to take a quick shower. I'll be back."

Odd nodded as Aelita made her way upstairs. Ulrich came back in a few minutes later and fixed four cups of coffee.

"Do you think Jeremy will want some?" Ulrich asked Odd, sitting down next to him and handing him a cup.

"Who knows with him nowadays," Odd responded, taking a sip.

Yumi came down in black pants, a denim shirt with a brown cardigan, and brown boots. "Morning, Odd."

"Morning, Yumi."

"Your coffee's done," Ulrich pointed to her cup.

"Thanks." Yumi grabbed her cup and leaned against the counter. "Where's Aelita?"

"She's getting ready."

"And Jeremy?"

Odd shrugged again, taking a bite of cereal.

Yumi sighed and shook her head. "I have to work at the restaurant tonight so please don't make Aelita do all the cooking."

"Gotcha." Odd promised.

Aelita came down in pink pants, a grey long sleeve shirt, a matching pink scarf, and grey flats. "Morning, Yumi. Oh, coffee." Aelita grabbed the last mug and took a long sip. "Do you have to work tonight, Yumi?"

"Yeah. I may be late since it is Friday night."

Aelita nodded, looking around. "Where's Jeremy?"

"Still not down yet but if we don't leave, we're going to be late," Odd replied.

"Um, Odd?"

"Yeah, good buddy?"

"I would suggest pants," Ulrich pointed at Odd who was still in his pajamas.

"Right. I'll be right back, girls."

Aelita giggled as Yumi shook her head in disgust.

"This looks incredible, Jer. I've never been so excited!" Vivien exclaimed, looking at the computer screen in Jeremy's room.

"It looks good," Jeremy commented, crossing his arms and leaning back.

"How's the other three coming along?" Vivien asked, looking over the skeleton program for others.

"Slowly until the new super computer is up." Jeremy motioned to the laptop on his bed.

"How long will that take?"

"I just need to find the rest of the parts then I can finish it," Jeremy told her.

"Need help with those?"

"Actually yes." Jeremy pushed his chair to the part of the desk that had no computers on it and wrote down some stuff. "Here's what I need."

"Oh, I can get these," Vivien said as she read the note.

"And that's why I love you," Jeremy smiled kissing her.

Yumi smiled as she walked away from the party she just seated and went back to the hostess stand, making out the name. She tapped her pen as waited for the next table to be free.

"Hello, Dunbar part of two."

Yumi looked up at the person who walked up to her stand and gasped at the familiar face. "William?"

The black haired young man smiled in recognition. "Yumi, what a surprise! How are you?"

"I'm good. I haven't seen you since we graduated Kadic."

"Yeah, I just transferred to Uni this semester. My other Uni was too expensive," William explained.

"Great. So party of two?"

"Yeah, thanks, Yumi." William smiled and went back to the girl he was with.

Yumi turned around and sighed. Why William? Why now? She shook her head then turned back around, faking a smile.

A few long hours later, Yumi opened the door to the Hermitage, slipping her shoes off. She made her way to the kitchen, putting the leftovers in the fridge. She grabbed her water bottle then made her way to the living room. Aelita was sitting on the couch, watching Once Upon a Time on the TV while messing around on her laptop.

"Hey," Yumi greeted, sitting down beside her.

Aelita paused the episode and smiled. "Hey, how was work?"

"You'll never believe who came in the restaurant tonight." Aelita shrugged. "William."

Aelita closed her laptop and sat up. "Wait, William as in William Dunbar, William? William as in obsessed with you William? William as-"

"Aelita, I get it. Yes, that William."

"Woah, what did you say?"

"I just asked him how's he been," Yumi shrugged. "He asked how I was. I'm pretty sure he was with his girlfriend."

"That doesn't sound bad. I'm glad he got over his obsession."

Yumi nodded in agreement. "So where are the boys?"

"Odd and Ulrich went out to see some new horror film. Jeremy had Vivien over for awhile but they left to go eat awhile ago."

"You didn't go with Odd and Ulrich?"

"I hate horror films," Aelita mumbled.

Yumi tucked her feet under her. "How are you feeling, Aelita? With Jeremy and Vivien?"

"I'm okay."

Yumi laid her head on Aelita's shoulder. "You know you can tell me anything."

Aelita placed her head on top of Yumi's. "I know."

Jeremy made his way down a familiar elevator after dropping Vivien off. The elevator creaked as it went down. He hummed, tapping his fingers against his backpack. He pushed off the rail as the elevator came to halt. He pulled a flashlight out of his backpack before walking in the room. The memories started flashing through his head.

Jeremy shook his head, setting his backpack down and pulling out his tools. "Let's do this," he smirked, turning on the super computer.

A/N: So anybody want to guess where Jeremy is and what he's doing? And what do you think about William coming in?