New Girl in a New Town
Chapter 2: Meeting New Friends
The following day, local boy genius, Jimmy Neutron, was hard at work on yet another experiment, not expecting anything unusual to occur in the slightest. He was in his front yard, trying ever so hard to cancel out any distraction that would cause his experiment to backfire & explode.
Wrong! Cindy Vortex, his bratty, know-it-all neighbor, walked right up to him & caught him completely off guard by saying, "Yo, Nerd-tron! !"
He yelped, causing his experiment to fall to the ground & explode on contact right in his face, slightly blackening his countenance & making him quite mad.
"Vortex, are you NUTS? ! You just scared the living leptons outta me, causing my experiment to fail & explode all over me! ! !" Jimmy snapped at her sternly.
"Well, excuse me for not knowing that!" she retorted, "What are ya tryin' to do? ! Make PIGS fly? ? !"
"No way! I was trying to cure the common cold, but YOU caused it to explode on me! !" Jimmy shot back.
"You're saying that this was MY fault, Freak Brain? ! No way! Your experiment, your fault! !" Cindy shouted.
"You scared me, so it's your fault!" he barked.
"Is not!" she hissed.
"Is, too! !" Jimmy snarled.
"Is NOT! !" Cindy growled.
"Is, too!"
"Is not!"
Libby, who'd seen the whole thing, shrieked, "SHUT UP! ! ! !"
All the commotion attracted Jessica's attention. "I'll be back later, Mom. I'm gonna meet our new neighbors!" she hollered as she made her way next door.
"Be sure to come home for supper!" Glenda replied.
"I will!" Jessica promised, walking up to the squabbling teens & clearing her throat.
No answer, so she said fairly loudly, "Um, excuse me! !"
Still no response, so Jessica practically yelled, "Hello? ? ! ! I'm talking, here! Pay ATTENTION! !"
That got their attention!
"Excuse us, miss! My deepest & utmost apologies!" Jimmy sincerely apologized, "With all this commotion going on between us, we didn't notice you walk up! You must be new here!"
"Yeah!" Cindy agreed, "May we have your name, please?"
"Certainly!" Jessica said, "I'm Jessica Griffen! May I also have your names?"
"Sure! I'm Jimmy, & these are Cindy, Libby, Sheen, & Carl(who'd just then showed up)," Jimmy introduced them to her. Then he exclaimed, "Oh, I almost forgot! C'mon, boy!"
Goddard obediently bounded up to his master & cocked his head curiously.
He gestured to his dog & added, "This my dog, Goddard! Made him myself!"
She thought for a few moments, then her mind clicked. "So you're the Jimmy Neutron I've heard so much about! !" she suddenly exclaimed, "Dude, you're like a world-saving LEGEND! !"
"I don't mean to brag, but I am sort of a hero in this town...!" he shyly admitted, blushing.
"When you're not annoying everyone with your stupid inventions!" Cindy interjected rudely, "Or causing mondo destruction!"
"You're not helping, Vortex! !" Jimmy hissed under his breath.
"Well, that aside, I've heard all about your heroic acts online, on the news, & in the paper, Jimmy! I admire you so much! !" Jessica happily informed him.
"I'm glad to hear that. Wanna see my lab?" he offered.
"Sure!" Jessica practically squealed out of excitement.
"Great! Let's go, guys!" Jimmy told the gang, motioning for them to follow him inside, which they did.