"…There is a difference! I SAAAID I find you distracting!" Jimmy shouted."
Cindy smiled conceitedly, "but you also said I smell nice, I'm pretty, and sma-"
"AND DUMB for siding with Eustace and almost costing all of us our lives on a FOREIGN PLANET!" Jimmy concluded.
Jimmy, Cindy, Carl, Sheen, Libby, and Eustace travelled the rest of the flight home in silence. With minor turbulence re-entering the atmosphere, Jimmy piloted the rest of the gang back to Retroville safely. Jimmy opened the glove compartment and pictures of Betty Quinlan spilled out. Immediately, he hid the pictures in the aircraft safety manual as he put some essential supplies back in the glove compartment. The aircraft gently lowered onto Jimmy's backyard lawn.
"That was quite the adventure Jimmy, I had a blast! Thanks for having me," Libby exclaimed.
"Me too! But I don't know what my mom is going to say about my stretched pants…" Carl added worriedly.
"That's okay Carl! Leave your stretched pants here with me and I will return them to their normal size with my shrink ray. You'll have them back tomorrow morning. In the mean time, you can borrow these pants. Not to worry, they expand to any length."
Seeming more re-assured, Carl replied, "Thanks Jimmy. I'll see you soon."
"See you later Carl"
"That was awesome! Thanks for the ride back though Jimmy. Public airspace transit is suuuuuuuuper slow," Sheen blurted out.
Libby rolled her eyes, "Sheen, what are you talking about. You better get to bed; I don't think you know what your talking about anymore."
"RIGHT WITH YOU CHICKIBAAAABE!" Sheen left with Libby, shaking her head.
Eustace turned to Jimmy, "I must say Jimmy, this was quite an exquisite excursion. Do note the next convenience my presence is welcome," Eustace remarked as he stroked his hair back and started walking home. "Ta-Ta geek boy!"
Jimmy shook his head as he walked around the aircraft, inspecting for any damage or repairs it would need before its next departure. He left to get a toolbox to make some minor adjustments and prep for major overhauls at a later date but noticed something ruffling about inside. Cindy was stalling. He returned with his tools.
She dusted her self off as she emerged, and jumped out of the aircraft. "Sooo, what are you doing for the rest of the evening Jimmy?" Cindy asked softly, rubbing her shoes against the dirt.
"Well I was thinking of making some minor adjustments to the aircraft so that leaving and re-entering the earth's atmosphere is a bit smoother." Jimmy began to walk to the front of the aircraft and propped the hood up. "How about you?"
"Oh nothing…" Cindy trembled with anxiety, "I was just wondering to see if, well maybe, you wanted to spend some time together?"
Jimmy's eyes opened wide as he paused with his tools in the air. She wants to spend some time with me?! Hopefully it's alone. But just to make sure… He put them down and turned to her slowly. "Oh okay, I'll get back to you on that tomorrow and let the others kn-"
"For just the two of us…" she said turning away to hide her red face and fidgeting eyes. "Tonight. If you're not doing anything…"
"YES! I mean, er yes, I do have some free time. I could actually use some downtime. Do you wanna go to the Candy Bar?"
"HAHAA, uuum no. YOU can walk me home."
I like when she's sassy with me like that… but I have to pretend I'm annoyed. "Okay, I'm sorry for suggesting that." Jimmy looked down at the floor between his feet and kept silent.
Oh no! I didn't mean to hurt his feelings… "Hey, are we just going to stand here? Or are you going to take me home? My mother doesn't want me to walk alone, and its getting dark out!"
"R-right!" Jimmy stammered. They started walking around the side of Jimmy's house.
Cindy held out her hand expectantly. Her hand, lusting for Jimmy's warmth, was met with a disappointing cold night wind. "Aren't you going to hold my hand Nerdtron! It's not very becoming of a gentleman."
I take that back… Sometimes the Sassiness can be a little too much. Jimmy rolled his eyes and held her hand softly as they crossed the street. But I forgot how soft her hands were from that time we went to the Candy Bar after defeating the league of villains. His eyes widened, and his heart rate tripled.
Mmmmh, I like when he holds my hand, and our hands get sweaty together, Cindy thought.
They arrived at Cindy's front door. "Well, here we are! Thanks for coming with us today Cindy; I enjoyed having you with us on our journey to Mars."
Cindy stopped peering into her house windows and turned her attention back to Jimmy. She was blushing. "Thanks Jimmy. I just noticed the hydro quantum flares and thought you might want to check it out…" she paused to turn around and look through her front door window. My parents must be upstairs, she assumed.
"Well I guess that's that. Thanks for the fun time an-"
"Excuse me? Aren't you forgetting something neutron?"
"N-no. Not to my knowledge…"
"Really? Think about it…" Cindy stood there crossing her arms and tapping her right foot."
Jimmy stood there and scratched his head. I'm not sure what she wants… I hope I don't get a slap in the face for this. He leaned forward and planted a small kiss on her soft, pink lips.
Their lips briefly pressed together, and broke away slowly.
Her pink lips feel like soft cotton candy. So soft… huhuh.
I can't believe he kissed me. It's exactly what I wanted, and for so long too. "Jimmy…"
"Yeah."
In a soft and low voice she spoke, "Meet me in the park tomorrow after school. An hour after classes end at 3:30, say 5pm?" That will give me some time to get ready after school, Cindy thought as she stared at the night stars, and started blushing.
"Uuum I think I can make that work. Where in the park?"
"Don't worry, you'll find me" Cindy said confidently.
"And what will we do th-"
"Shhhh" Cindy interrupts as she puts a finger to Jimmy's lips, and moves closer to him. Her voice slips into a whisper. "You'll just have to wait to find out tomorrow wont you nerdtron! He-he-he"
Immediately she returns Jimmy's kiss. With her lips perched and her arms straight held straight out behind her back with her fists in a ball, she musters up all her courage and kisses Jimmy with all her might for just a bit longer than the kiss before. He's so dreamy. Jimmy's eyes are left wide open from the unexpected kiss, but slowly close.
Cindy breaks away. "Goodnight Jimmy"
"G-g-goodnight Cindy" Jimmy stammered as he scratched his head and watched Cindy close her front door.
Jimmy returns to his secret clubhouse lab to put his tools away. Dumbfounded by Cindy's kiss, he struggles to focus. Jimmy notices an envelope lying stuck under the front door of his lab… he picks it up. After resting his toolbox on his lower workbench table, Jimmy takes a closer look. To, Jimmy? From your SECRET ADMIRER?! This couldn't have been from Cindy, since I just walked her home…
He paused to think. Someone must have come by and delivered this in between the time I left my tools here to walk Cindy home, and now… hmmm. He began to open the envelope to read the letter…