It was a cold day in Retroville. The town seemed pretty calm today. It was nearing the end of fall and it was reaching winter, hence mother nature made it colder and colder by the day. Inside of one home, a teenage boy was upstairs in his room. The room had a space theme in design. The bed had a rocket ship frame with star patterned blankets. A telescope was setup by his bedroom window, and his shelves were lined with personal belongings, as well as books and a lot of trophies too. There was a teenage boy sitting at his desk in front of a computer monitor. He had brown hair and a bigger than average head, and he was wearing a red hooded jacket with a symbol on it that was depicting an atom. He was Jimmy Neutron, the boy genius, one of the smartest people in Retroville, and for his age. He spent his spare time designing his next big invention right now. His computer monitor was displaying complex blueprints on the screen.
"Ugh… this is beginning to get annoying," Jimmy commented, pushing his chair away from the desk before rubbing his hurting head. This was one of his more complicated inventions that he had been working on and off lately, but he had prioritized it, feeling very close to having the device almost complete. His train of thought was interrupted by a barking noise. Jimmy turned around, seeing a robotic dog. He was the teenage boy's proudest invention, Goddard, an advanced robotic companion. He had upgraded and updated the robotic animal a lot over the years so he could do a lot more than just regular canine tricks.
"Oh hey there, Goddard. Don't worry, I'm alright," Jimmy reassured while petting his dog, though he couldn't deny that he was excited to nearly have this invention done. He thought it could do a lot of good for people, though it was hard to keep his excitement up when he was putting entire nights into it at times. His somewhat damaged sleep schedule didn't help his current mental status. Thankfully, no one had noticed so far at school or at home. The boy and dog just then heard a knocking on his room door.
"Come in!" he said, though he immediately regretted accepting the unexpected guest when he saw a girl about his age. She had light blonde hair done up into a ponytail, and she was wearing a green long sleeved sweater. She was Cindy Vortex, his half friend, half rival. The two often bickered amongst one another, but they had been on a number of adventures with each other and all of their friends. Even if not all of them were enjoyable, they were still good memories.
"Hey, Nerdtron," Cindy greeted in her usual passive aggressive way, though she seemed pretty happy today, dropping the backpack that was on her shoulder onto the floor.
"Nice to see you too, Vortex. What are you doing here?" Jimmy questioned, getting up from his chair. Goddard was on the side of the bed, somewhat pretending to sleep, doing his best to not upset Cindy. She didn't mind Goddard but still wouldn't tolerate the mechanical dog annoying her.
"Your mom called the school and said you weren't able to come in today, so I had to bring your homework," Cindy explained, not looking entirely too happy to be doing the work herself, though she did love the autumn weather. Jimmy tilted his head while she handed him his few pages of paperwork.
"Uh, thanks, Cindy. Why didn't you just get Sheen or Carl to do it?" he asked. Cindy sighed, looking a little baffled, just recalling it with a small smile, though clearly it was amusing to her.
"Sheen somehow got a huge amount of gum and got himself stuck to Carl, so the two are up at the hospital trying to get separated," she answered, trying to do her best to suppress a laugh, though Jimmy did notice that this homework wasn't just his. It was also her homework.
"Hey, Vortex, I think you accidentally gave me your homework, too," the boy in red pointed out, but she shook her head.
"Nope. Consider it the way you can pay me back for bringing you your homework," Cindy retorted. Jimmy gave an unamused glare, though he saw Goddard rummaging around Cindy's bag like something had gained his attention, or at least wanted something to help his master. His robotic dog pulled away to hide whatever he gained, Jimmy chuckling.
"I'd be more than happy to do your homework, Cindy. I needed a break from the invention I was working on," Jimmy lied while resting the papers on his desk. This only seemed to add onto her good mood as she picked her backpack back up.
"Thanks. I'll be by later. You can show me this invention then, as well," she bid him farewell before leaving his room to get back to her own activities. Jimmy whistled Goddard over, his loyal companion coming over with something clutched in his mouth. His owner took it away, though realized what it was briefly after.
"Goddard, this is one of Cindy's earrings. Her mom gave her that. I can't use this against her, boy," Jimmy exclaimed, sighing. He had his own limits when it came to trying to get revenge on vortex whenever she did something against him. He couldn't go destroying jewellery. He would just lie and claim she dropped it when she came back later. Jimmy assumed that she had to get her ears pierced again since she hadn't been wearing it. There were some of her blonde strands of hair in the earring, as he could examine. He put it in his pocket before turning to the invention's blueprints on his monitor.
"Then again…The hair on it is perfect for the test."
Authors note: I hope you all enjoyed reading, this is my first attempt at a jimmy neutron fic, I haven't decided whether or not to continue yet. Either way have a good day.