"Should we...wake them up?" Ulrich whispered, seeing the two in the bed were sound asleep, not caring about anything else, just them.
"And ruin the surprise for Jim? No way!" Odd said, and walked out of the room. He looked mad...really mad.
Ulrich rolled his eyes, and quietly walked to the bed. He put his hand onto Aelita's hand and gently shook it, making her begin to stir. He quickly walked out of the room, so he wouldn't get spotted, which would result in him being thrown out of the window.
Aelita opened her eyes, seeing she wasn't in her room, but rather in Jeremie's room. But she also felt something rising under her, and going down...like breathing.
She turned her head around, only to see she was laying on top of Jeremie, who had his arm on her back. It wasn't visible, since there was a blanket, covering Aelita slightly, but she felt it.
Okay, okay, okay...just calm down. Aelita thought, her cheeks turning red. It's just Jeremie, there's no reason to freak out.
She noticed how his hand was, and how were they laying, making her believe that Jeremie did it on purpose...not that she minded. Then she noticed the clock next to the bed...it was a time to get up. And if they won't get up, Jim will find them.
"Jeremie?" Aelita whispered, hoping he would react somehow and wake up. But no.
She gently shook him, but he still didn't even move. She was getting worried that he will miss the classes, so she did one more thing.
Aelita got closer to his face, and gently kissed him on the nose. As soon as she backed away, she saw Jeremie's cheeks turning red, and he began moving, indicating he was waking up.
Oh, I'm gonna use this to my own advantage. Aelita thought, as she herself stood up from the bed, and waited till Jeremie was awake. Soon, the boy opened his eyes, and he looked right at Aelita.
"Good morning, Jeremie." Aelita said, as he hid his head under the blanket. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah." Came from him, his voice muffled by the blanket.
"I'm gonna go and change, and I hope you do too, or Jim will be mad." Aelita said, and walked out of Jeremie's room, closing the door behind her.
/-/-/-/
Aelita was soon heading to the cafeteria after a quick shower and clothing change. When she stepped inside the building, it was nearly empty, but she quickly spotted Odd, Ulrich, and for some reason Yumi at a table in the corner. She walked up to the counter, and filled up her plate with a few cooked eggs.
"Good morning." Aelita said, sitting down at the table.
"Oh, hey Aelita, how was your first night here?" Yumi asked, finishing an apple.
"I woke up in the night due to a nightmare." Aelita said. "But other than that it was fine."
"You sure? Not even some...secret stuff?" Ulrich mocked, earning a kick in the leg from Yumi.
"No." Aelita replied. "And even if I did some "secret stuff" I am not obligated to tell you."
"Tell them Aelita." Yumi said, holding back her laughter.
"But you and Jeremie practically spending all their time together is not meant to be mentioned." Odd arrogantly said, as they all looked at him. But they were all interrupted by Jeremie himself, who sat down beside Aelita.
"Ah, mister Einstein woke up." Ulrich said, earning another hit into his leg. "Stop it."
"No." Yumi said, and looked at Odd again, who was eyeing Aelita and Jeremie. "What did you mean by that?"
"Well, these two slept together." Odd said, pointing at both Aelita and Jeremie, who nearly choked on his food when he heard that.
"What?"
Not only did Yumi blurted out that word, but also Jeremie and Aelita were surprised to hear that.
"How do you know?" Jeremie shouted in anger. Yumi quickly turned around to face him, since he didn't deny it.
"This morning." Odd casualy said, but in his voice jealousy was heard. "And it wasn't just sleeping."
Both Aelita and Jeremie looked at each other, mildly blushing.
"We...aren't together." Jeremie said, looking away.
"Sur-" Odd began, but stopped when he noticed Aelita was missing. Somehow, she ran away too quickly for anyone to even notice. "Where is she?"
"Thanks to your stupidity she left." Ulrich said, thankful he didn't earn a kick. Jeremie was just sitting there, looking down to the plate, and not speaking.
"Come on." Odd said.
"You can't possibly expect that you are going to date EVERY girl in your class." Yumi said. "It's basically impossible.
"Could you...stop...?" Jeremie said, his voice was barely heard.
"Why?" Odd said, earning a slap from Yumi. She understood Jeremie; he was picked on by his own friend because he wanted to be with Jeremie's crush, and Odd damn well knew it.
"Odd, that's enough!" Ulrich screamed at him. "It will be better that you stay quiet for the rest of the day!"
/
Aelita sat on the bench near the entrance to the forest, when she saw Nicolas Poliakoff, or "Sissi's slave" walking towards her. For the small amount of time she spent on the school grounds, she noticed the looks that the person gave her.
"Hey, Aelita." He said, stopping in front of Aelita. "Can I cheer you up?"
"With what?" Aelita asked, clearly not interested, but he continued anyway.
"I can give you my homework." He said, even thouhg Aelita knew about his marks and homeworks.
"I can do that alone easily." "Then I don't know." Nicolas said, and Aelita stood up.
"Nicolas, look. I'm not interested, okay?" Aelita calmly said. "You are just...you."
"Of course. Girl comes and thinks she's the Princess here." Nicolas scoffed. "You should be happy that even someone wanted to ask you out."
Aelita watched as the angry Nicolas walked away from her, but soon she saw the only person she wanted to see finally running towards her.
"Thank god, I thought something happened to you." Jeremie said. "I'm sorry for Odd."
"I know, he is a joker, but also sometimes dumb." Aelita smiled. "Anyway...what now?"
"Hm?" "Odd saw us." Aelita said, trying to hide her blush when she remembered how comfy and warm Jeremie was.
"Yumi slapped him so hard he will think before saying more." Jeremie said. "And...I'm sorry. I couldn't sleep, so I...wrapped my arm around you, and accidentally fell asleep."
Aelita just smiled, seeing Jeremie so flustered. She leaned closer and gave him a soft kiss on the nose, which made him freeze.
"Ael-" "Let's go, I am still hungry." The girl said, grabbing his hand, and skipping back towards the cafeteria. It somehow made sense to her why Odd was being odd...he wanted to take her out. To which she would've just said one thing...