Hello Everyone! This is a little fanfiction I wanted to write for a while. I don't know if it is very good, so if you do read it, please review.

Disclaimer: I own absolutely nothing.

Cindy Vortex, the second smartest person in school, hesitated as she walked up the steps to Retroville High School on the first day of her senior year.

Shifting the weight of her backpack she stared up at the big cold doors wondering about how the year would turn out. Her mother made her get up and head out the door very early, so she wasn't worried about heading inside yet. But she was worried about something, and she couldn't quite put her finger on it.

Sure, the past few years had delivered a lot of change to the Vortex family. Her parents got divorced and her dad moved across the country. Her Aunt Suzy had recruited her mother to help with her new health supplement business, so her mother was often preoccupied.

It had been a rough year for her family. If she could even call it that anymore.

Slowly she walked up the cracked and aged cement steps. Maybe she was just tired of putting on a happy face and trying to fit in with EVERYONE at school. It had worked too. She was considered to be one of the prettiest and most popular girls and school. But she wasn't happy. She didn't really like most of the people she hung out with. They were too superficial and they didn't care about her.

Sighing, she pushed open the doors to the main entrance. It was fairly empty yet, and she still had plenty of time to organize her new locker.

As she walked down the hallway, she fretted about her own upcoming schedule this year. It would certainly be a challenge! She was taking four AP classes, participating in three school clubs, fighting in several martial competitions, and trying to finish up her gold award for girl scouts, the highest rank there was.

Finding her new locker she banged some supplies down and sighed again. What had happened to the easy days in elementary school with no responsibilities? When she and Libby could just…

Libby. It seemed like the two of them had barely gotten a word in edgewise the past few months. If she wasn't busy with all of her activities, it was Libby who was busy with hers. All of her musical talents had finally been recognized and her best friend was making the most of it. Attending every single event and camp she could find. Not only that, but Libby had found a modeling job at the local department store over the summer. No wonder she hadn't seen much of her.

The halls were filling up with people now. Class would start in about ten minutes.

As she turned her head she noticed a trio of three walking past her with one rather tall and handsome Jimmy Neutron leading the way followed by his friends Sheen and Carl.

Wait? What was she saying? Tall, yes, but handsome? Ugh, it was true. With the loss of his tall ice cream shaped hair and the buildup of some nice (yet small) muscles he wasn't so bad to look at.

But it didn't matter. Jimmy hadn't really spoken with her much over the past few years.

Why was that? She pondered. They still lived right across the street from each other. She guessed it was because he stopped inviting her on his adventures. Hmmm…or maybe it was because SHE stopped inviting herself on his adventures.

Honestly? She had many years ago grown tired of pursuing that boy. He only caused her trouble and wasted her time.

She couldn't help but secretly watch him out of the corner of her eye. What on earth was he doing? He was pulling out something…a new invention? Yes, he was showing off. She could tell that arrogant prideful stance anywhere.

Something deep within her wanted to march over there. Why? She shook her head, closing her locker. "Don't do it!" She told herself. She didn't have time with all of her classes, peers, and family problems to start trying to deal with that jerk again. Cindy bit her lip trying to push down the inclination.

"This is the greatest invention of all time," She heard him say. That was it. She was NOT going to stand there and take his bragging, his annoying (yet somehow attractive) arrogant stance. She was going to do something about it.

"NERDTRON!" She shouted moving over there. "Pu-lease tell me you are NOT planning on blowing up this school on the first day with your piece of crap!"

He looked up at her, with a surprised look, which quickly faded into a smirk. She squinted at him. Finally he answered.

"No, Cindy, of course it's not going to explode. If you knew anything about science you would know that!" He retorted, smirking at her all the while.

"Oh really, like the last time you brought your 'invisi-ray' to gym class!"

"Not the same thing!" His smirk faded.

"Well I think it is!"

"Well I KNOW it isn't!"

She heard a slight giggle come from behind me and spun around to Libby standing behind them...with Sheen? "Wow, you two are still going at it after all these years?" She said. It was funny she would ask that, after all, Cindy hadn't even spoken to Jimmy in the longest time. In fact, what was she doing here now, the bell would ring soon...

Cindy grimaced and said "I just don't want Jimmy's stupid inventions to blowup the entire school, some of us have to survive!"

Oh crap, she said his name. She never say his name!

She looked up only to have both Libby and Jimmy looking at her intently. Oh crap, they noticed.

Cindy definitely did not want to explain, and did she really need to? He had a name for God's sake and they weren't in the 5th grade anymore! But as she opened her mouth to add a comment, she found no words coming out.

They were still staring at her.

BRRRRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!

She scooted away quickly to her locker to grab her last things and dashed to class.

Phew! Saved by the bell!