A Long Time Ago
Last year of high school were either a seniors easier or hardest year. For Cindy, she hoped it was going to be the greatest year because for three straight years she had been working hard and now this semester she had pretty simple classes.
As she began to drive home her eyes always glanced at the newly built house, her life rival had lived there, Jimmy Neutron, the house had exploded blown to bits, one of Jimmy's experiments had finally become too much and caused an awful explosion, Jimmy had never been the same after his mother's death. They moved right after the funeral, Jimmy told no one were he was going and no one has heard from him since.
Noticing the "SOLD" sign in front of the house someone had finally decided to move into the house. After she parked her car Cindy decided to investigate and find out about the new neighbors. She brought a small house warming gift, as she approached the moving truck she notices a guy with a bunch of boxes in his arms.
"Excuse me; do you know the people that are moving in?" The guy put the boxes down, "Yup that would be me and my dad" Cindy did a double take as she stared at the young man in front of her, he was handsome muscular and well just hot, there was no way this guy was who she thought he was. "Neutron?"
The smirk never left his face as he noticed how him childhood rival had matured, "He crossed his arms, "Well I usually don't go by that, and I don't go by Jimmy either, It James now." Cindy had yet to gain all her senses back as His father walked back to the truck. "Well hello there Cindy good to see you again."
"Now come on Cindy, I'm sure you are smart enough to say hello to my dad." Cindy snapped put of it, "Shut up Neutron, Hi Mr. Neutron how are you, it's good to see you back." Cindy gave him the housewarming gift, and her eyes narrowed as she looked at Jimmy or James, as he still smirked at her.
High school was such a bitch James thought as he found his locker, as a few girls passed him; he nodded towards them and watched them blush and giggle away. But at least the girls here are pretty cute. As he passed through his classes he found his two childhood best friends.
"Well look who I found." Jimmy sat down with his two former friends, Carl and Sheen looked up at the familiar stranger. Carl took off his glasses and made sure that he wasn't seeing things, "Jimmy?" James laughed "It's not Jimmy anymore, Its James now, it's good to see you guys again."
Carl and Sheen were ecstatic to see their genius friend again, they noticed that he was well built and he no longer wore his hair in the crazy swirl but more of a punk rock style. And the most interesting thing was the ring in that hung from his lip. Jimmy noticed that Carl had finally gotten control of his appetite and slim down, while sheen still hyper but he had turned into the fun crazy party guy. It turned out that Sheen and Libby continued to date.
Jimmy headed to his first class after he finished talk with his old friends; he had decided to walk in late, and not really caring about the nasty look the teacher threw him. "And you are?" James took his seat and got comfortable before answering the teacher, "James Neutron."
The class was quite as they realized that the delinquent was the genius Jimmy Neutron. The teacher looked at the roster and then back at the boy, not believing he was a genius at all. "Well Mr. Neutron, I don't know what kind of rules you had at your old school but here we like to come into class on time." James just leaned back in his seat and waited for the teacher to continue with his class.
The scene rolled in Cindy's head again and again; she really could not believe that James was the same as the old Jimmy. Jimmy was an annoying smart guy who loved being well a goody two shoes. James fell asleep in class and didnt bother paying attention to the class. Even joked with some of the guys about the teacher, He spotted her looking back at him and winked at her.
She walked to her locker to get some books for her next class and noticed her boyfriend Nick waiting for her as he talked to some of his jock friends. She and Nick had been going out since freshman year. After Jimmy moved away so did any feeling she had for him.
As Nick watched his girlfriend approach him, he wondered when would be the best time to push their relationship to the next level. It had been fucking 3 years and still nothing, come on he was a man he had needs, mostly sexual needs. But he could always find a good girl to fuck.
"Hey baby, how are classes going." He kissed her gently on the lips, Cindy wrapped her arms around his strong neck, "Good, pretty boring what about you." Nick said hello to some of the other footballs guys as they walked by, "Alright but coach has us working hard, so I got practice till late."
When it came to football Cindy always made an exception, it was Nick's only meal ticket to college. Everyone knew there was no way he was getting in to a good college with his grades. The coach was lucky the guy even make it to his classes.
He also had a very possessive and jealous side, Cindy really didn't have any guy friend's cause her boyfriend saw them as threats. He was all into the macho thing and wanted to be the only guy in her life. And since Nick was the schools star quarterback most guys respected him and avoided Cindy.
The next day, Jimmy strolled into class and spotted Cindy out of the corner of his eye; He quickly dropped his stuff at his locker and headed in her direction. "Well Cindy, good to see you this morning." He said as he strolled over to her and leaned against the lockers. Cindy rolled her eyes, "Neutron, good to know you can still remember names." James laughed, "Lets drop the formalities shall we Cindy, I never liked calling you Vortex." James watched as some of the people around them began to stare.
"I must be doing something wrong with all the stares I'm getting" Cindy also seemed to notice this. "They are just worried about Nick, he is the jealous type." James nodded, "I heard of the famous couple." He came closer enough for her to hear him whisper, "Thought you were smarter than that." He smiled back at her as he walked away.
Going to his locker and getting ready to head to his class after lunch, suddenly someone pushed him harshly in the lockers. James turned around to face his attacker only to find an enraged Nick. "What the fuck is your problem?" Nick grabbed James shirt, "I don't want you talking to my girl, you hear that asswipe."
He could feel his blood boiling but Jimmy held his temper, He quickly grabbed Nick's wrist and twisted it hard enough to force Nick to let go of his shirt and force him to the ground. "I'm not the same wimp that I was back then, I could easily break this wrist and there goes your football career, you listening to me Nick." Nick nodded as James released his hand and walked away and out of the school as the bell rang.
James jumped into his black mustang and headed to the local hangout, and took a seat with his friends, they laughed and goofed around, then Sheen noticed his girlfriend Libby walking in along with Cindy. He waved them over and they all sat down. "First round is on me guys." Jimmy said as the waiter took their orders.
Sheen elbowed James in the ribs, "Look who's checking you out dude." He looked over at the hot brunette giving him a good look over before catching his gaze, as he smirked at her and turned back to the waiters. "And can you send a drink to the girl over there."
The brunette took the drink and then walked over to the table, "Thanks for the drink." James lifted his drink, "No problem Betty." Betty did a double take, "Jimmy Neutron?" James winked at her. "Go by James now." Betty and James began to flirt as the other watched, Cindy grinded her teeth just watching the two.
The couple began to date just a week after they meet, wherever James seemed to be Betty appeared right at his side. She refused to let any girl within 50 yards of him. James was getting a little tired of it, but what could he say she was hot.
The alarm went off as James woke up; he got up to take a shower leaving a nude Betty in his bed. After he took his shower Betty was waiting for him. "Come back to bed, baby" James sat on the bed in his towel, his hair and body still wet from the shower.
Betty straddled him, Running her nails through his six-pack and then kissed him as she tangled her fingers in his damp hair. Then Betty's cell phone when off, she automatically got off of him and answered her phone, "Hey Stacy, yeah I'm over here with him, yeah we totally did it." James shook his head, next thing he knew she was going to be blogging about it. James got dressed as he called Sheen and Carl to hang out. Betty kissed him goodbye and left.
James met the guys at the bowling alley, just to hang out and have some fun. They bowled a round before the girls showed up to play. They were having a blast just hanging out. "Does you owner know your out having fun, Neutron." James laughed, "I could as you the same thing Cindy, and what did I tell you about the formalities." Cindy took a sip of her drink.
"I don't need Nick's permission to hang out with friends." Cindy said as she went up for her turn. James felt his phone vibrate and noticed that it was Betty calling him, "Hey baby what's going on." Cindy noticed that James was on the phone, he frowned slightly as he walked away from the group.
"What the fuck is your problem, yeah of course I'm allowed to hang out with my friends without your permission. Fuck you, why are you being such a bitch right now, you've never had a problem with me hanging out with my friends before." James rubbed his temples as the yelling on the other end became louder.
As the game went on for about 20 minutes, Cindy decided to check on James, she spotted him sitting on a chair with one hand in his hair and the other holding his cell phone. "What do you mean, you don't want me hanging out with her, and I don't know, I told you that I don't know about me and her."
Even through the wall Cindy could hear her name come out if the cell phone, yet still hidden from James's sight. "So what, it's not like you're actually serious about us anyway, you just want a tool, and I'm tired of being your tool." The yelling became louder, James got angry. "Fuck you, don't you ever say that about her, we are done Betty!" James hung up the phone stood up and sends the chair he was sitting on flying.
Cindy ran back to the group and acted as if she had heard nothing. James came back and smile. "Sorry guys, so who's turn is it." Cindy wasn't sure what to do or how to handle this kind of situation. As they where leaving Cindy asked James for a ride home since they live so close to each other.
"You heard us fighting, didn't you?" James said as he drove then home. Cindy looked at him, trying to figure out how he knew. "Yeah, how did you figure it out?" James looked at her, "I just know, you were a little more tense when I got back." Cindy fidgeted in her seat. "Do you want to talk about it?" James really wasn't sure how to answer that. "Nah not really, I was just tired of her shit."
James pulled up to her house, "Don't worry about it, goodnight Cindy, see you tomorrow" Cindy got out of the car and watched him pull up to his driveway, he got out and waved at her as he walked into his house.