Aelita lay on her bed, flipping through the book Yumi had given her. Some of the stuff seemed like common sense, some of it was a lot like what she had learnt in her anatomy class, but there were a lot of things she didn't know. "Why does Yumi want me to know these things?"

She closed her eyes, growing tired. Jeremie had seemed so confusing earlier, and she just wished she knew what was going on in his mind. "Mommy, what is love?"

It was a memory. Aelita had crawled into her mother's lap, her green eyes matching the woman's blue ones. Antea marked the place in her book and set it aside. "Why do you ask, Aelita dear?"

Aelita shrugged. "Daddy always says he loves me. And he loves you too. Do you love me, Mommy?"

"Of course I love you," the woman laughed, tickling the child and kissing her cheek. "I love you with all my heart."

"What is love though? What does it mean?"

The pink haired woman thought for what seemed like forever to the child. "It means I would do anything for you, darling. I would give you the world if I could, and would never want to see you get hurt."

"Oh." Aelita curled up against her mother's chest. "I love you, Mommy."

"I love you too, Lita," Antea replied, laughing a little.

Code Lyoko -

Aelita jerked awake, looking over at her clock. She had only drifted off for half an hour. She got up from the bed, shaking her hands through her hair to get the messy look that only she could pull off. Jeremie was bound to still be awake.

She walked quietly down the halls, knowing it was close to the curfew, and she didn't want Jim catching her on the boys floor. "Jeremie?" She knocked on the boy's door, pushing it open slightly. Jeremie lay half off his bed, his glasses askew. She smiled, kicking his hand with her boot. "Jeremie!"

"WHA-!" Jeremie jumped up, his glasses falling off his face. He picked them up, wiping the lenses on his shirt before putting them back on. "Aelita? What are you doing here? Is something wrong?"

Aelita shook her head. "You know, you're really jumpy when you sleep. Why is that?"

"I grew up with some pretty mean cousins," he grumbled. "So what's up?"

"I was just thinking." She invited herself into his bed, wrapping his blanket around her. She liked that it smelled like Lynx. "Do you love me?"

"Of course I do," Jeremie answered, pulling her close. "More than anything in the world."

"Forever?"

"What do you mean?" he asked.

"I mean, I don't want to love anyone else. But I don't want you to either. I always want to be with you."

"Angel, I'll love you until the end of time and longer."

Aelita giggled. "That's impossible."

"Not for me," Jeremie answered seriously. Aelita sighed, curling up closer to him. She knew she should return to her room, but he was warm and comfortable. She felt better knowing exactly how he felt about her and what her future could hold, and with those final thoughts, she drifted to sleep.

The End