Summary: It's 3:00 in the morning, and something has Timmy awake and listening to the local R&B station when a song comes on reminding him of his lovely girlfriend.
Disclaimer: I own nothing (but you already knew that). Characters named and the show they are on belong to Butch Hartman and Nickelodeon. The song is "Ain't No Sunshine" and it was written by Bill Withers and performed by the great Aaron Neville. It is owned by one of them. All characters mentioned are now in between their Junior and Senior year of High School in this story.
It was 3:00 on a hot and sticky summer's night in the town of Dimmsdale, California. Most of the residents were sound asleep with their air conditioners humming along with the crickets that populated the dewy suburban lawns.
However, one resident was not so lucky in the slumber department. Seventeen year old Timmy Turner sat on his bed in a white tank top and pink boxers unable to sleep. To him, it felt like a piece of his very essence was missing. His girlfriend Tiffany "Tootie" McDonald had gone away for a week with her parents to Philadelphia for the funeral of Tootie's Great-Aunt Madeline. This marked the first time since they began dating two years prior that Tootie had gone away for an extended period of time.
Timmy growled at his inability to sleep. He had never felt like this towards any girl, not even his best friend Trixie. Yes, THAT Trixie. The very Trixie Tang that had humiliated him so many times way back when. After Timmy and Tootie hooked up, she begged him to make amends with the girl, as she had done not one year prior. They had sat down and had a long heart-to-heart talk and hashed out their problems. It took a little while for the two to be comfortable around one another, but once that awkward phase had passed, they had become the best of friends. They became so close that Timmy even hooked Trixie up with A.J., who was more then grateful to his old friend.
Timmy ran his hands through his long and shaggy brown hair and sighed. Cosmo and Wanda were asleep in their comfortable castle, and Timmy wouldn't disturb them at an hour like this. So he did what he normally did, grumbled out a couple of curses and switched on the radio.
Lately he had been getting into R&B, Soul, and Jazz music, so his dial was set to the local R&B station because they played the classics. "This is 102.9 FM KDRB radio. Serving the Dimmsdale-Brightburg Metro Area with the smoothest R&B and Soul from the 40's through today since 1989. This is Third Shift Silk rollin' on with another 40 minutes of music." The D.J. crooned through the speakers. "Coming up, we got a song by the great Aaron Neville of the world famous Neville Brothers Band with a song called: "Ain't No Sunshine". This goes out to all you guys and girls who are missing that special someone."
Aint no sunshine
when she's gone
Only darkness everyday
Aint no sunshine when
she's gone
And she's always gone too long
Anytime she goes
away.
Timmy felt himself
begin to sway along with the smooth voice and even smoother music
accompanying Neville's voice. This song really speaks about how
I feel right now. Timmy thought. I wonder this time
where shes gone I know, I know, I know, Hey I wont leave that
young thing alone
I wonder if shes gone to stay
Cause aint no
sunshine when shes gone
And this house just aint no home,
anytime she goes away
I know, I
know, I know,
I know, I know, I know,
I know, I know, I know,
I
know, I know, I know,
I know, I know
Aint no sunshine when shes gone
Only
darkness every day
Timmy closed his eyes, and if he didn't know better, he could almost feel himself being transported to some smoky, run down, soulful old jazz club down in the French Quarter of New Orleans as the song continued to speak to the young man's heart and very soul. Timmy felt as if the great soul singer was talking exactly about him and how he was feeling at that particular moment in time in regards to Tootie.
Man, I still miss
Tootie, but I somehow feel better. This is an awesome song; maybe I
should learn it and sing it at the talent show next year. he
thought. He had been taking voice lessons for four years, as well as
taking three years of chorus at school to improve his voice. His
teachers had been impressed with his improvement over the years, and
even more impressed with his range. Cause aint no
sunshine when shes gone I know, I know, I know Hey I won't leave that young
thing alone Cause ain't no sunshine when she's gone
And she's always gone too long
Anytime
she goes away
I know, I know, I
know
I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know
I know, I
know, I know
I know, I know
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
Only darkness
every day
This
house just ain't no home,
Anytime she goes away
Anytime she
goes away
Anytime she goes away
As the song ended and transitioned into the next song on the play list, Timmy opened his eyes and found that he had grabbed a hold of a picture of himself and Tootie on their very first date. Chester had been so kind as to snap the picture while he was taking a break from photographing the Varsity Boys basketball game for the school newspaper.
Timmy smiled as he set the picture back on his nightstand and went to his computer. He typed in the artist and song title into the search engine on his media player. Once he found the song, he downloaded it, and while it was downloading, he sat on his bed gazing out his window facing east. I love you Tootie, I hope you never doubt that for one single second. I can't wait for you to get home and fill this aching void in my heart. he thought as he gazed at the cloudless, star filled sky.
The song finished downloading, so he saved it to his music player, stretched out and slid under the thin sheet that covered his bed. He turned onto his side and tried to think happy thoughts as he drifted off to sleep. I still feel empty without her, but I don't feel as cold and lonely as I did. Besides, it's not like she's moving away, she's just attending a funeral and will be back in two days.
I'm so glad I got over this, especially without Cosmo and Wanda's magic. Goodnight sweetheart, sleep tight…wherever you are. was his last thought as he drifted off into a dreamless sleep, his mind and heart at peace for the first time in five days.
The End
A/N: Read and review please. I hope everyone enjoyed this half angst ridden half fluffy songfic. To all of you who reviewed and will review: thank you so much!
