Um.. What can I say but thanks for the lovely reviews! Um. I don't own Acceptance or their song So Contagiously from which I got this title.. No own Jimmy! Okay. Have fun reading! All my love!XKaTiEX!
Working Girl
She woke up in Alex's bed, all alone and she groaned. Her head felt like it had been hit by an anvil. She rolled onto her side to discover a note posted on the night stand.
Went to work, there's some eggs in the ref. for you, and the coffee is for you as well. P.S. the robe is for you to keep.
I love you baby! A.C.
She smiled as she rubbed her forehead again and slipped on the robe hanging by the bed, it had a huge red AC embroidered into the red silk. She yawned and stepped into his kitchen. It was like the size of her entire bedroom and totally stocked up with everything 'technological'. On the coffee table was a newspaper open to the funnies. She rolled her eyes, Alex knew that was the only part of the paper she ever read. She stuck the coffee on and pulled out the eggs, and stuck them in the microwave for a few seconds. It beeped a few seconds later, and she threw the plastic that had been covering them in the garbage and began to eat. They smelled so heavenly. After she was done reading the funnies, she decided to turn on the TV that was sitting across from her.
A friendly woman smiled at her.
" In other news, Jimmy Neutron has announced that he will be coming to New York very soon."
Cindy dropped the fork in her hand and it fell with a crash to the floor.
" He will be staying with the mayor and they will be doing some research for an upcoming project. So all girls should get themselves ready." She winked and fixed her hair stupidly. " I know I will." She blushed and then she regained her composure and continued. "He hasn't given us the exact date, but he did say it would be in the next month. And now, lets go to Scott to see what weather Jimmy Neutron can expect while he's in town."
She was sure she had dreamt it. She had to make sure she had dreamt it! She hurried over to Alex's computer.
" Password." The computer stated.
" Cindy Caldwin."
And it started up, it was a cheesy password but Alex liked to be cheesy.
She moved the mouse around, and she turned on the radio sitting next tothe computer and turned it to her favorite station KISS 89.
Stuck by Stacy Orrico was playing at the moment. She clicked on the news bulletin about Jimmy Neutron. She wasn't crazy! There it was in plain sight. She read it again and again, but every time it said the same thing.
'Last night while talking about the Space Station and new developments in the Advanced Physics department, he says that the Space Station is doing well and that the occupants enjoy living in space. He funds the Space Station with his technological advances and a lot of companies have invested a lot of money in this Space Station. Jimmy says that he is developing another one that soon will be sent up. He has not released the name, or when it will be sent up for sure. Also he has revealed that he will be coming to New York city very soon.'
" This is Lacy for KISS 89, and that was Stacy Orrico, next up we've got an interview with Jimmy Neutron himself, trust me you don't want to miss this, but for now we'll play you a few more songs, right now it's Beautiful Love by the Afters."
Cindy sighed. She couldn't even listen to the radio without him being there! Just then the phone rang, and she let the answering machine get it because she figured it wasn't anyone she knew.
" Hey Cindy! It's me Libby!" She hurried over to the phone, how did she get Alex's home phone number?
" Hey Libby."
" Girl, did you hear the news? Jimmy is going to New York!"
" Yeah, I heard."
" Isn't that shocking? New York of all places."And then she sighed deeply. " Cindy, answer me truthfully do you think he knowsyou are there?"
" Well he knows I went to school here, but I don't think he knows I still live here."
"You should get together and have coffee or something," She suggested. Cindy had to admit, it did sound nice. " I mean you are both adults now, I think it's time you got over your little squabble and start talking again."
" Yeah, maybe."
" Well, anyway enough about that subject, you have to tell me about last night!"
" It was perfect in every way!" She laughed.
" That is great news Cindy. What are you doing now?"
" Just sitting here, eating the eggs he made me and drinking coffee. Why, what are you doing?"
" Waiting for the kids to wake up."
" By the way how did you get Alex's phone number?"
" You gave it to me for emergencies."
" And this is an emergency how?"
" It's not! I just wanted to see how last night went over."
" Oh, anything else you want to talk about?"
" Nah, I'll let you go."
Cindy rolled her eyes.
" Okay, bye!"
She got dressed after she hung up in the uniform for the Café' she worked at. It was just a black skirt and white blouse. She threw her hair up in a messy ponytail and grabbed her purse. She went outside to discover one of his extra hover-cars sitting outside and she rolled her eyes. She got inside and read the note stuck to the steering wheel.
This is for you to keep.
She gasped, she couldn't believe he'd wasted his money like that. She started it up and it moaned underneath her, almost instantly it brought back memories. She sighed, and took off into the sky.
She arrived to work just on time. Her boss Nick Deche' gave her the evil eye, and walked over to her.
" Cindy, I was getting worried." He said handing her the custom pouch that the waitresses had to wear. She grabbed a pad and pencil, sticking it in the pouch and then sent her boss a wink. He just rolled his eyes and went back to his desk work.
She went out to work. The first table she had was the Mayor of New York. It wasn't a surprise, he often came here, it was one of his favorite places. She had to admit these days it was a pretty high-to duty place, but the waitresses still got paid poorly because most of the money went to Nick and the keeping of the restaurant. Nick claimed he came here so often because he liked to support small business, but personally she thought it was because of Tiffany, the waitress that he always flirted with. Sure enough when he saw Cindy, he looked disappointed.
" Where's Tiffany?"
" She had to work another table today, sorry you get me."
" Well then," he eyed her and she rolled her eyes as she tucked a loose bang behind her ear and he read her name tag." Hello Cindy."
" Hi. So what will you have?"
" Um, I'll have the Truffle Cheesecake, and the Special please."
" All right, anything to drink?"
" Um, a brandy will be good." He said, Tiffany had mentioned that he always ordered a Brandy with his meals.
" All right, that will be out shortly."
" Great, oh and Cindy," she turned towards him. " I would appreciate it if you would take my table again sometime soon." She just shot him a smile and turned away.
The restaurant (café)was a pretty small place, but it was nice. Lots of candles, and decorations everywhere, if she could afford it, she would come here to eat every now and then. She got back into the kitchen and handed Cook the order.
Just then Tiffany appeared from around the corner. She looked stunning today, her red hair was pulled back, which brought out her bright blue eyes (which unfortunately always reminded Cindy ofJimmy..)and she wore a nice pair of earrings that Cindy had never seen before.Tiffany was a very pretty girl, and she could understand why every guy who met her was entranced by her.
" You look great today Tiff!"
" Thanks Cindy," she said as she gave her a smile.
" You owe me one, that freak called our Mayoris hitting on me now," Cindy teased " Where were you?"
" I got caught in traffic, honestly, it's worse then it usual, apparently there was an accident."
" Nick didn't kill you?"
" No, you just gotta bat your eyelashes a few times and he forgets why he's mad."
" Maybe for you." She teased.
" Oh shut up, so how did your audition go?"
She was referring to the audition Cindy had done a few days for the new musical Try It On.
" Oh good, but I don't think I got a part, they said they'd call me if I got a part, and they haven't yet, so.." She let the sentence fall. " But enough about my failures, how did that session go?" Tiffany had recently had an offer from a modeling agency to do a few sessions and if they liked her, they would hire her to do poses.
" Actually it went really well," she responded with a smile.
" Good!" Cindy smiled and went back out the door to her next table. First she dropped off the Mayor's brandy then headed to the happy couple who were gazing at each other lovingly.
" Hi, I'm Cindy, and I'll be your waitress for tonight." She said. " What will you have?" The little woman, (she was really small actually, she only had to be about 5'1 or 5'2) spoke first.
" I want a White Wine, and Jack here will have water," she spoke sweetly and quietly. She seemed like a nice girl. Cindy nodded. " And what else?"
" We'll have that fish thing." Cindy nodded and wrote it down. Obviously these two weren't very high ranking socially or they would know how to pronounce the menu. Cindy worked here, and she couldn't pronounce it or understand what it meant, but that really didn't matter because all she had to do was write it down. She nodded and took off to the kitchen to find that the Mayor's order was up when she took it to him and he winked at her.
" It was nice meeting you Cindy."
" Yeah, thanks."
And as she walked away, she could feel him checking her out. It was going to be a long day.
She arrived home from work, deader then a doornail. She checked her messages, one from Libby, and one from Alex.
" Hey baby, you can move in tonight if you want, just bring your stuff to my house. I know you don't have that much. Last night was amazing by the way. Love ya."
She sighed and grabbed a few boxes that she kept under the sink and began packing.
A few hours later, her apartment was dry and empty. With her arms full, she locked the door behind her and then told her Attendant that she would not be returning any time soon and gave her the key. The lady smiled, and nodded. And with a moanCindy worked her way down the stairs. With a push and a shove she got her stuff into the hover-car her boyfriend had let her borrow. Finally she arrived at his apartment and unloaded all her stuff. He still wouldn't be home for another few hours, so she decided now would be a really good idea to try and cook for him.
Cindy went into the kitchen and found a recipe book even though she knew she couldn't cook, she promised herself if she was going to live in Alex's house the least she could do was cook dinner for him. She lit the table with candle light and roses. She tried to cook some fish, but she made a huge mess of her self . . . So she picked up the phone and ordered a domino's pizza with one of the tips she had made that afternoon. Alex arrived home about an hour later, to the table set beautifully and two slices of Pepperoni Pizza on both plates. He smiled as he looked at her, hair falling out of the messy ponytail she had put in.
" You look adorable," he greeted her with a small kiss on the lips.
" Thanks." She said, and shot him a smile. " I tried cooking, but.." He interrupted her by kissing her again.
" It looks like you did okay, it smells wonderful." He winked at her. " I'm going to go get changed, I'll be right back, you can start eating if you want," she shook her head no and reached into the Wine cabinet to pull out some wine. He soon returned and sat down in his chair across from her.
" So how was work today?" He finally broke the silence.
" Oh fine, except the Mayor kept checking me out." She responded, he stared at her with wide eyes.
Alex laughed and tickled her.
" Well you are worth checking out my dear, trust me," he winked at her and finished his pizza. Cindy winked right back, then got up, crossed the room, and kissed him flat on the mouth.
- Well? Good? Bad... Terrible? lol! Okay! Katie!-
