11 year old Jimmy Neutron sat at the head of his hover car, smiling heroically. His two best friends, Carl and Sheen, sat behind him, deeply involved in a stupid debate.
"I'm telling you, Carl!" Sheen exclaimed, his arms waving in the air violently. "Ultralord would totally kick Larry the Llama's butt in pitched-combat fighting any day!" His eye twitched.
"Shut up, Sheen!" Carl shot back. "Larry's got some moves, too!"
"Name one." Sheen said, flicking a piece of lint off of his shirt.
"Well, uh…"
"TOO SLOW!" Sheen flicked Carl on the nose and the two of them continued the argument.
Cindy and Libby sat behind the two imbeciles, wondering why they hung out with them in the first place.
"Leave it to Nerdtron to pick the two goofiest friends alive." Cindy muttered.
"Ah, they could be worse." Libby noted. "He could've picked Bulbous."
"It's Bolbi, Libby." Cindy shook her head.
Jimmy suddenly turned around, "Do you ever stop talking, Vortex?" he said as he turned the hover car to autopilot. "You don't see me insulting Libby!"
"Don't think it's the right time to start either." Libby said, glaring at Jimmy.
"Well, it's not my fault your best friends are a llama-loving geek and a doll-obsessed freak! There's nothing wrong with Libby." Cindy sneered as Libby nodded matter-of-factly.
"There's nothing wrong with Carl and Sheen!" Jimmy yelled, thrusting a hand at his friends. Carl was picking his nose and wiped the residue on Sheen's shoulder. Sheen yelped and snatched Carl's glasses off of his face. They were completely oblivious to the argument that started.
Jimmy stared at them in utter disbelief. He couldn't help but feel that Cindy was right—but only for a split second. "Okay, maybe they aren't the average friends," he continued. "And anyway, I feel bad for Libby!" The kids were now flying over Retroville. They had just come back from a brief joy ride. Although at this point, the joy was now gone.
"Huh?" Libby said, clearly confused.
"At least I don't have to put up with an angry, bossy, and inconsiderate blonde!" Jimmy crossed his arms.
"WHAT?" Cindy shrieked. "Well at least my head—"
"I KNEW YOU WERE NEVER A NORMAL BOY, CARL! SUFFER THE WORLD, MA!" Sheen suddenly burst out. The hover car stopped completely. Jimmy glanced from his hyperactive friend, to Cindy, to Libby. The two girls said nothing. Carl looked around nervously.
Cindy was seething with anger. "Ultra-freak? Shut. Up."
Sheen started to say something, but Cindy balled up her fist and held it to her chin.
"Carl, you be quiet too, or you both go overboard!" Cindy shook her fist threateningly and clenched her teeth, while the two boys just glanced at each other.
"Cind, was that really necessary?" Libby asked gently.
"See, Vortex?" Jimmy said. "Even your best friend finds you highly intolerable at times."
"Was anybody talking to you, Fudge Head?" Cindy poked Jimmy in the chest.
"Cindy…" Libby tried to calm her down.
"Oh, so you agree with him?" Cindy asked in disbelief. Jimmy smiled smugly.
"What? No!" Libby protested. Her friend wasn't buying it. "It's just that you get so angry sometimes…"
"Well it's all stupid Neutron's fault! Everything is his fault!" Cindy was practically screaming.
"Everything is NOT my fault, Vortex!" Jimmy spat. " Half of the time, it's yours! You're always trying to start some argument!"
Sheen leaned closer to Libby and said, "They fight like a married couple." Libby laughed.
"I heard that!" Jimmy and Cindy said at the same time.
"Just be quiet for a few more minutes so I can get you out of my hover car and have some peace." Jimmy told Cindy coldly.
Cindy was taken aback slightly. "Well…fine, Nerdtron. Like I wanted to spend the rest of the day with YOU anyway."
Libby shook her head. When would they stop treating each other like this?
Cindy finally sat back, wanting to jump out of the hover car right at the moment, even if it meant breaking a leg. Jimmy sure got on her nerves sometimes. She wished the two of them could get along, just like she and Libby did. But that seemed like the impossible at the rate they were going.
"I curse the day Jimmy Neutron was born onto this earth," she muttered. "If there was ever another one of him, I swear…"
