A/N: I appreciate all the reviews and view. This is the second chapter. I'm sorry for the 'year' delay.

Disclaimer: I don't own James Isaac Neutron or any other names or places that are said in here.

LOVE'S JOURNEY

Chapter 2: Depths of Friendship.

Jimmy was on his way to his class when he suddenly bumped into Cindy. "Can you not see where you're going Nerd - Tron? Don't you dare make me late on my first period. "She taunted him, she got up and looked at him with a face full of anger.

"Ok Vortex, I'll look when I'm going, next time." He answered, and the presence of anger began to build within him as he got up and start picking up his books.

They both quickly walk towards their classes. But little did they know they were in the same class. As they both entered the room a couple woos was coming from behind and continued to the front. "It's nice of you two to finally join us. I know you two are together since you guys came to school. Am I right?" Said Mrs. Alice as she welcomed them in. "We're not together. "They both exclaim and the class just went completely silent.

"Ok now we're gonna do a project. I'm gonna call out who are you guys pairing up with." She said it then continues until the last three couple "Libby and Nick, Carl and Sheen, and lastly Jimmy and Cindy."

Foul words came out as she said "Fuck no."

"No! I object." Jimmy exclaimed it angrily.

"Watch your language young lady. Jimmy this isn't your typical court with judges ok?" She replied it and gives each couple a piece of folded paper about the project and continues "The project is due two weeks. So prepare with your projects it's for your own good."

After class Cindy met up with Jimmy to discuss about how, when and where are they gonna do the project. "Where are going to discuss about the project?" Cindy asked.

"Meet me at my locker after school then we'll go and discuss about the project." Jimmy replied without even looking at her.

"Ok then." She said. When a smile was forming on her face but it quickly fades out before Jimmy could even notice it.

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After her last period was over she immediately packs her stuff and was on her way to meet up with Jimmy but suddenly she felt someone put its hands over her. "Guess who?" he asked.

"Nick?" she responded.

Lifting his hands over her eyes and telling her "How'd you know it's me?" with a sense of baffled.

"I know it's you ok? We've been together for two years and I know all your tricks." She told him confidently with a cheeky smile.

He hovered over her lips for a few seconds and it was a long and lecherous kiss. When they broke the kiss, she cracked a smile.

"I love you." Cindy whispered as she looked down.

"I love you too, but I got to go I've got my project you got yours, so see you tomorrow." As he lightly kiss her on the cheek and went off. She quickly makes her way to Jimmy's locker. She barely made it in time as Jimmy arrived.

While keeping his stuffs in the locker, he asked her "How long have you been there?"

"Like forever. You're late." She said that with anger.

Jimmy noticed what was going to happened after this. He quickly changed the subject and said "So shall we go to my house?" as he started walking.

"Don't change the subject Neutron, if you're late again I'm going to..." She said

"You're going to what call your 'boyfriend' to beat me up?" As he cuts Cindy's sentence and begun walking. Cindy was pissed but she was not far behind him.

"Mom I'm home and I brought someone with me." He said that upon reaching home and entering the house.

She entered the house and saw Jimmy was picking up her little sister. "Hey bro .glad you're back." Said Alexis Neutron.

"I'm glad to see you too." He replied as he kissed her on the cheek and put her back down.

They move to Jimmy's room as Mrs. Neutron gave them a plate of cookies.

"So what's our project?" Cindy asked as Jimmy unfolds the piece of paper.

"Well we have to research about lung cancer." He told her.

"So I asked Mrs. Alice about any tip on how to kinda Ace it and she said if you want extra marks present it in front of the class." He pauses while thinking of how much should they do on this project and continues "So I've made up my mind, I'm gonna do a part of it, and you the other part but make sure you make yours kinda have a connection to mine and you have to present." He said.

She nodded in agreement. Suddenly Alexis came in to Jimmy's room, and said "Mrs. Vortex came over just now and asked Cindy to go home."

"OK Vortex you hear where you got to go right?" Said Jimmy as he was looking for something in his stash.

"Ok see ya tomorrow Neutron." Cindy replied

Alexis suddenly fell down. Jimmy quickly picks her up and went downstairs to see his mom and said "Mom it's happening again." Cindy was frozen. She didn't know what happened to her.

"Hurry get her inside the car we'd have to go to meet your uncle." Judy exclaimed. Jimmy didn't bother about his surrounding, all that he knew was to make sure that his little sister is alright.

Judy gets her car keys while Cindy helped Jimmy with his sister getting into the car. Cindy sits up front with Mrs. Neutron while Jimmy was sitting at the back with Alexis's head on his lap.

It was a complete silence. Nobody turned on the radio nor talk along the way. They were all worried about Alexis.

As they reached a clinic they stopped. Mrs. Neutron went into the clinic to meet her brother which was a doctor. Cindy was helping Jimmy getting Alexis out. After Jimmy sends Alexis inside he said "Go home! I don't need your help anymore, anything you do will just make it even worst than before." He shouted at her.

She was slack-jawed, but she stood her ground and replied "I'm not going anywhere until I know that she's okay even if it means that I'm gonna stay here all day for the results."

Jimmy just ignored her when he saw his uncle, Dr. Michael standing beside her mom and calling him. Cindy ignores Jimmy's threat and followed him to meet up with the doctor.

Jimmy's expression quickly changed from anger to worried.

"So Doc how bad is the diseases this time? "Judy asked Dr. Michael." It's worse and getting worse by the few coming months." Dr. Michael replied.

"What's her problem anyway doc?" Cindy asked. "Pneumonia. Who are you by the way, haven't seen you around before?" Dr. Michael asked.

"Cindy. Cindy Vortex Journalist of the Pinehearst Wells High School also friends with Jimmy. Right Jimmy?" Cindy said while pinching Jimmy's back.

"Ouch! What was that for Vortex?! "Jimmy reacted from the pinch. He said "Yeah she's my friend and we're stuck on an assignment about lung cancer and other stuffs related to that."

"Well you don't have a look of a journalist though, you look like one of those popular groups' cheerleaders and jocks with those outfits." Said Dr. Michael while smiling.

"Yeah I kinda don't wanna drag any attention about me being a journalist and such or it'll be a quite a commotion and people'll say bad things about me and, my boyfriend would probably dump me after hearing the rumors." Cindy replied.

Jimmy interrupts their conversation and said "Well enough about the introduction, questions and all of that good stuff, you can ask her later, but now, is she ok?"

"She's fine please don't wake her up she needs all the rest she can get and yeah you can see her." Dr. Michael replied Jimmy's question.

They moved further back into the clinic and entered a room .As Jimmy opened the door, he saw Alexis, sleeping, resting, unawaken on the bed.

Jimmy quickly entered the room and kneel beside Alexis's bed and said "Hey there sis, It's me your bro, I hope you're alright and I brought my friend too Cindy, you remembered her right she's our neighbor who came by just now, she's worried sick about you, everybody here is .Please sis I'm counting on you to fight come back to us safe and an unharmed." As he finished his sentenced he broke down into tears and ran into the nearest bathroom.

Cindy tried to go after him but Mrs. Neutron hold Cindy's arm and shook her head as sign of don't go after him.

After awhile Jimmy finally came out looking strong and bold for his sister.

Cindy asked "You feel better Jimmy?"

Jimmy didn't respond. Jimmy sat down on a chair beside Alexis's bed joined by Cindy with another chair that she could find

Out of curiosity Cindy asked "Neutron how long has she had this and how many times have she pass out because I overheard you said that it happened it again."

"It started happening a few months back when she was first hit, we didn't know what to do, with Hugh gone and she fainted we got less money back then than before and it was just hard for me, the family and, especially my mom. She was really affected by the leave and she still is. It's hard for us we've made it this far and can't give up for the sake of Alexis." Jimmy replied Cindy's question

Jimmy stare at Alexis on the bed sleeping he was about to burst into tears but he hold It and pretended to act as if it was just a mere scratch but in fact it was a massive cut in his heart.

Jimmy said "Didn't your mom called you before she fainted?" She replied"Yeah she did but Judy explains everything to my mom and here is where I am now."

"Guys it's time to go home, it's getting late you guys have school tomorrow. And your project has not even started yet." Judy said after calling them both back.

Jimmy asked Dr. Michael "Can we bring Alexis home?"

She replied "Sorry Jimmy how things work I need to watch her day and night until I can fully discharge her. Sorry Jimmy, tomorrow you'll have her back. Just one night I promise you."

"OK, just for tonight I'll let you take care of her and find out anything about what's making her faint and why is keep occurring quite frequently now." Jimmy said

He felt someone was pulling him and turned around and it was Cindy she said" Jimmy it's just for one night and then it'll be all good."

He nodded and they went out of the clinic. Judy manages to thank Dr. Michael for the help he has done.
Judy drove them back to their house and before parking leaving the car Judy said "Thank you Cindy, for all the trouble that we brought we owe you. And I don't know how I could thank you for all of the support you give for Alexis, Jimmy and mostly me." She broke into tears and Cindy hugs her as a way of comforting her."

Cindy left the car and quickly crossed the road as she saw her mom on the doorsteps, before she entered the house, she look back and saw Jimmy and Judy leave the car. She only saw Judy waved her hands to Cindy while Jimmy was just so down looking.

She knew how Jimmy was feeling because she had lost her little brother awhile ago. All the pain, suffering and hurt that she had been through.

She walked in as her mother closed the door behind her. She walked up into her room and changed. She laid down on her bed in her underwear and white thin shirt. She began to think how Jimmy's feeling was as same as her all those years ago.

Cindy yawned as a sign of being sleepy after being up till 2 a.m. It was tiring but she enjoyed it even though it was an emergency that couldn't almost make it in time. She dozed off and within her last thought of was Alexis and her younger brother Samuel.

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Jimmy, walking down on the pavement, staring at the bricks, led by her mother into the house. The house was quiet as the wind. Even then, the wind was louder. He walked up into his room and just slammed his whole body face down on to his bed with the felt of sadness, and worry of his sister well-being.

He flipped over and began to wander in his thought of how the world was going to be when Alexis is gone. The thought of Alexis passing away always comes to his mind.

He had always thought that Cindy was the kind that was heavy handed in helping people around her. But that was changed after today's incident. Jimmy finally saw a part of Cindy that anyone rarely sees which was the good side of her. Jimmy was felling sleepy and, yawn after yawn he finally fell asleep.

The night was silent. Sometimes the silent was broken by a moving car or such but most of the time it's as quite as it can be.

A/N: Have fun and review it if you agree with it and I'll shall continue on it and I'll post it in the late of November or early of December. Have fun and good luck with your studies. Also if u want to know more about Cindy be sure to leave some review and maybe you'll get some of that along with your gifts.