I don't own Jimmy Neutron. Trust me...I checked.

His azure eyes sparkled. He was thinking of a new invention, she could tell. How many times had that same look in his eyes gleamed when he thought of a potential invention during their grade school years? It had been a while since she saw had seen that sparkle of inspiration. This was one of the few classes she actually had with him. She wondered what it was about their English class could possibly cause him to think of something to invent. Perhaps it was the new teachers unique style of dress. Or maybe the way she had arranged the class into two parts with the individual desks facing each other towards a center aisle allowing the teacher to move back and forth as she spoke. Allowing the "bouncing of ideas off each other" as she described it. Or maybe it was an invention to keep boredom away. She continued to stare into is blue eyes till she heard the distant voice of their English teacher.

"…partner up and create a list of examples from the book".

'Dang it' she thought, 'Oh well, Libby will tell me what I missed.'

Cindy glanced up to see who Jimmy, or James as he now liked to be called, was partnering with and noticed that he was still gazing off into space. She giggled to herself; he was still going to be Jimmy to her no matter what he insisted on being called. 'Jimmy is gonna end up without a partner if he doesn't pay attention. Good thing I've got…' she turned around to face Libby but she was gone. Surprise was replaced by confusion as she spotted her across the room talking to Britney.

"Libby!" she called out.

Libby looked over her shoulder to her friend and sauntered back over to her.

"What?"

"Aren't we gonna be partners?" Cindy asked.

"Well I'm partners with Britney."

"Wha…why? I thought we were gonna be partners."

"We would be if you weren't busy ogling James over there".

"I was not ogling!"

"Mm-hmm. And why are you without a partner?"

She knew she couldn't argue that point anymore and now she needed to find a partner. She sighed as she scanned the room for anyone else who was without a partner.

"Looks like James is without a partner too…" Libby commented before walking back over to Britney.

It was true Cindy noted. Jimmy seemed to be in the same boat as her. Their eyes met and they understood their need and their obvious lack of a partner. Cindy grabbed her books and made her way over to him sitting down in the desk next to him.

"Soo…" Cindy started "Looks like we're partners"

"Yup" He responded.

"Have any clue what we are making a list of?"

"Nope."

"Excellent…neither do I."

"Good thing we're partners"

"Yea…"

Despite neither of them having any idea what they were supposed to be doing, Cindy pulled out her notebook opened to a blank page, took out her book and looked at Jimmy next to her. He just sat there looking at her with a black stare. Except his eyes. His eyes sparkled again. She looked at him quizzically while he rotated his desk 45°. Cindy's jaw was just short of dropping as Jimmy grabbed the front of her desk and rotated it to face his with her still sitting in it. Cindy's face was still one of shock as Jimmy readjusted himself and finally looked up at her.

"What?" he asked.

Cindy didn't respond. She didn't know how. 'Jimmy is a lot more buff than I remember. I wonder if he works out. And his hair is really a lot better than it used to be'. She shrugged and relaxed her face.

"So we have no idea what we are doing" she said, "Guess we should find out, huh?"

"Yea I s'pose"

Cindy raised her hand and their eager English teacher bounced over to them.

"Yes Cindy?"

"What are we making a list of again?" Cindy asked in her sweetest voice.

"Examples of literary uses from the book. 2 examples each, ok?"

"Ok thanks".

"The list should be on the green handout."

"Thank you".

The teacher smiled at both of them and moved on to check on the other student's progress. Jimmy pulled out his green sheet from his binder.

"Ok, so first on the list is an example of background information," Jimmy started.

"There's probably an example at the beginning…" Cindy said as she flipped through the book. "Yea here's one on page 10. Here," she passed her notebook and pen to Jimmy, "you write, I'll read".

He took it up with out complaint.

"It starts with "Not far out of Sicily…"" Cindy's voice mixed in with the classroom buzz as Jimmy and Cindy worked together on a project without fuss or complaint. Libby looked over at the couple working with a mix of awe and relief.

'Maybe they can get along…I wonder how this will work out?'

"Libby," Britney broke her thoughts, "Foreshadowing…an example…"

"Today. This class", Libby responded absently.

"What?"

"Never mind. I think in chapter 2 there's one".

OK so this is my first FanFic so be nice!