ah, yet another oneshot. don't kill me, i'm still working on VA and H, both of their next chapters are almost

complete and ready for posting.

disclaimer- i don't own Code Lyoko

by the way, this is centered during the episode Laughing Fit, but it branches off, so don't expect it to

follow the episode. I pick up during Jeremie's conversation with Aelita about Yumi and Ulrich. The first part

is the actual dialogue between Jeremie and Aelita, i taped the episode so i'm using it as a reference.

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Lesson in Love

"It's strange that they're mad at each other," Aelita mused to Jerimie. "Yumi and Ulrich always get

along so well."

"You know, Aelita," Jeremie re-adjusted his arms on the chair he was sitting backwards on, staring at

his computer screen. "Very often people who get along well have fights."

"Really? What about you and I?" Aelita looked at Jeremie quizzically. "Why don't we ever fight?"

"You and I? I don't know really.. I don't..Anyway, XANNA's been quiet lately." Jeremie dodged the

question. "Too quiet, don't you think?"(This next line is where I branch off)

Aelita cocked her head at Jeremie, obviously thinking. "Did you just 'dodge the question'? I think

that's what Odd called it...."

Jeremie winced inwardly. 'Odd!' "Of course not, Aelita, why would you think that?" Jeremie began

blushing.

"You just changed the subject suddenly. Do you think Yumi will stay mad?" Jeremie tried to take the

question in stride; it was still dangerous territory, just less dangerous than her question on their

relationship.

"I don't think so, Aelita. If she loves Ulrich as much as he obviously loves her she can't stay mad for

long."

"How do you know they love each other," Aelita pressed. Jeremie shifted in the seat again.

"The way she gets jealous and protective when other girls flirt with him, how she always is the one

trapped with him somewhere, unless of course Sissy intervenes. In his case, it's the way he looks at her,

how he always rushs to save her. Like the time Yumi fell into the virtual void in Lyoko. Even though Ulrich

was badly hurt he insisted upon going in to save her. Or when XANNA replaced Yumi with a copy and he got so

upset when she flirted with me." Jeremie colored slightly at the memory. "Gosh, that was an embarassing

moment."

Aelita nodded, begining to understand. "Or the time when Yumi was trapped inside the Guardian. I thought

Ulrich was going to destroy that thing trying to get her out. And when she told him that he would have to

attack her to devirtualize her he looked like he was being ripped in two. In the end Odd had to shoot her

with a laser arrow because Ulrich couldn't bring himself to hit her."

Jeremie smiled. "Exactly."

"Is that always how people act when they love each other?" Aelita seemed enthralled with the idea of

love.

"No, not always," Jeremie informed her. "People show love in different ways. Some people spend time

with the person they love, some give gifts to them, stuff like that. Sometimes people don't even say 'I love

you,' they show their love by caring about the other person's safety, or telling them that they can't live

without them. There are many ways to show the person you care about that you love them. Oftentimes people

will become best freinds with the person they love."

"We spend a lot of time together," Aelita said. Jeremie froze like a deer in the headlights, helpless

as Aelita continued. "And does virtualization count as a gift?"

Jeremie fumbled through his brain for some kind of explanation that didn't include his confessing love

to Aelita, but she kept going on.

"Why do you always yell at the others to protect me in Lyoko?"

"Um...Well, Aelita...I just can't stand the thought of loosing you. You're my best friend, I care about

you too much to let anything happen to you." Jeremie stopped, realizing what he had just said. He froze again

and waited for her to process that information. Finally she smiled at him.

"You're my best friend too Jeremie," she said softly. "You better go, it's late and you have class in

the morning. Goodnight!"

"Goodnight, Aelita!" Jeremie watched the window in the screen close. "Whew."

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that was awful, talk about an episode of bad writing. oh well, at least it's out of my system.