It's kind of interesting, the way some people go out of their way just to make sure the person they have feelings for doesn't know about those feelings. Sooner or later they'll have to know about them if a relationship is ever to be formed.
"Hey Jimmy, what are you doing?" Jimmy looked up to see his best friend Carl.
"Oh hey Carl. I'm just modifying the entry system for my lab."
Carl looked confused. "Why? Weren't they fine before?"
"Yeah, but now I have to let Cindy in to my lab whenever she wants. This is just easier than unlocking all the security mechanisms when she want to come in." Jimmy said those last few words with disgust. "There, almost done. Carl, watch my project, I have to go call Cindy."
"Ooh, inviting her over already?" Carl teased.
"Sigh... no Carl, I'm simply calling her over so I can capture her voice into the computer system for her to gain access to my lab." Jimmy ran off towards his house.
"So you are inviting her over then?" Carl shouted after him. Jimmy sighed and kept running.
"Alright, Nerdtron, what am I supposed to do? Cindy tapped her foot impatiently, staring at the machine in front of her.
"Alright Cindy, all you have to do is speak your name to the machine when I activate the voice sequence, and it will record your entire overtone series into the computer, giving you," Jimmy looked to the ground and sighed, "...complete access to my lab."
Looking over at him, Cindy noticed that Jimmy looked a little, well, sad. But, even still, he had to hold up to his end of the bargain, and she couldn't look weak by backing down.
Not to mention that she really really really wanted to get into his lab whenever she wanted.
"I'll be able to see him whenever I want! Not that I want to look eager though, I don't ever want him to know that I lo-"
"Hello? Earth to Cindy!" Jimmy's voice peirced through her thougths. "Huh? Oh, right." Cindy looked at the screen hanging over the doorway to the lab. "How do I know when to talk?"
"State your full name as soon as I give you a thumbs up."
"My full name? Why can't we leave out my middle name?" Cindy asked with a pout.
"Because, that's how the computer is set up. Besides, 'Aurora' is a wonderful name. It stems from the northern lights, or aurora borealis, which is quite a spectacle when veiwed from certain parts of Canada, or Alaska. It got the name from the Roman goddes of dawn, Aurora, and the Greek-"
"Alright, I'll use my full name." Cindy threw her hands up in the air.
"Sometimes Jimmy talks way to much. He does look cute when he's excited though. Wait, what am I thinking, Jimmy cute? I might need therapy.
Jimmy stick his thumb up in the air, signaling for Cindy. "Cindy Aurora Vortex."
"There, thank you Cindy, now I just have to do some minor adjustments. This will be all set up for you tommorow morning." He turned his head back towards his work.
"Oh, alright, I guess I'll see you tommorow then." Downtrodden, Cindy started towards her house. "Goodnight Cindy." Jimmy's voice yet again peirced into her head.
"Yeah, Goodnight." Cindy replied back. "Jimmy" She added in a whisper.
"Hey girl, what you are doing out so late?" Cindy jumped up, startled. She was halfway to her house when she encoutered her best friend Libby.
"Oh hey Libs. I was just, uh.."
"Over at Jimmy's?" Libby finished Cindy's reply. "I know, I was there."
"What?" Cindy asked in surprise. "I didn't see you!"
"That's cause I was hiding. Did you hear him sneak in that compliment in there?" Cindy just stared at her. "What compliment?"
"He said you name was a spectacle, he thinks it's b-e-a-utiful."
"I'm pretty sure you're looking way to far into it Libby. Clearly he was going into one of his big headed moments." Arriving at her house, Cindy left Libby on the sidewalk and headed up her front steps.
"Alright, have it you way girl, but i know you've got the hots for Jim-"
"Goodnight Libby!" Cindy shut the door on her. *Dong!* She looked over at the clock, seeing that it had just turned eight. Trudging up the stairs to her bedroom, she couldn't help but wonder about what Libby had said. She flopped down on her bed as soon as she entered her room. Staring at her ceiling, she thought about it some more.
"There, that ought to do it." Jimmy wiped his hands together, satisfied with his work. "Well Goddard, lets go shut down the lab and get ready for bed, hey boy?" Goddard barked in agreement. Racing down to the lab, Jimmy heard the telephone ring. "Vox, phone please!" A telephone was lowered down from the ceiling. "Thanks Vox. Hello?"
"Hi Neutron" A familiar voice came through the line.
"Ciindy, hi. Is there anything wrong?"
"Oh, nothing. I was, uh, just wondering about something."
"About what?" Jimmy asked confused.
"About what you said about my middle name." On the other end of the line, Cindy crossed her fingers, hoping he wouldn't getr suspicious. She really wanted to know if he was complimenting her or not, but she really didn't want him to know, or even think, that she liked him.
Jimmy thought for a second. "What? Oh, yeah! Named after the Roman goddess of dawn, 'Aurora', and the Greek god of wind, Boreas. It was named by Pierre Gassendi in 1621, though the Cree people refer to it as the 'Dance of the Spirits.'" He heard Cindy sigh over the phone.
"Yeah, that's what I was wondering about." Cindy was both relieved and dissapointed. "The lights kind of remind me of some sort of fox running around in the sky."
"Cindy, while the fox is a prime species of Felinae, I don't think it can run around in the sky."
"Ugh, I know that Neutron. Wait, did you just say the Fox's were felines?"
"Yeah, so what?" Jimmy asked.
"Fox's are canines, that's why they look like dogs."
"No they're not, they're felines!"
"You don't know what you're talking about Neutron, their obviously dogs." Cindy rolled her eyes. How could he be that thick?
Cindy couldn't see Jimmy grin over the phone. "How much you want to bet?"
