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Revenge and the Romance

A story written by rottendoll


Chapter 3: The Lab

Cindy's POV

The sound of the dismissal bell finally echoed throughout the school, and after the long day it had been, it was a pleasant sound to hear. First, Jimmy asking me to meet him at his lab! Then a food fight, started by some creep in a cape! What a day! At any rate, my head hurt just thinking about the events that had occurred.

I ran to the bus without another thought and saw that everyone was already aboard. Libby motioned for me to sit by her, and that's just what I did. I spotted Jimmy and Carl sitting in the same seat, and Sheen in the seat in front of them. The bus was jam-packed; I couldn't wait much longer to get to the lab! Honestly, I was actually excited.

"Cindy, what do you think Jimmy wants to show us?" Libby breaks the silence between us.

"I have no clue, probably something stupid. You know, the usual dorky stuff he has in store," I giggle and she joins in. Fortunately, Jimmy doesn't pay any attention to us due to the fact that he was in a conversation with Carl.

The bus comes to a standstill, the majority of the students exit the over crowded vehicle. I notice Jimmy waving toward Libby and me to follow him. Finally, Jimmy, Sheen, Carl, Libby, and I are in the lab. I look around, this place never ceased to amaze me, even if it was only a few times that I've actually been in here. "So Neutron, what do you want to show us?" I ask, getting straight to the point.

"I was just getting to that Vortex, hold on," he replies and walks towards some shelves. After some time, he comes back with a slender tool. "Guys, I'm going to introduce to you one of my best inventions yet," he boasts. What could be so special about that? "It's the Pen-of-Life 3000!" He pushes a small button at the end of the pen-like invention and it begins to glow.

"What's so special about a glowing stick?" I ask, giggling slightly. The others are silent as Jimmy starts drawing in mid-air. I was confused at first until I realized what the invention was capable of, it was amazing! He drew a banana, the outline of the banana glowed in the air. What happened next was what really got me, Jimmy held out his hand and a REAL banana slipped into his hand! Now I understood what an astonishing invention this truly was, what you draw comes to reality. All of us, apart from Jimmy, had our mouths hanging open at what our eyes just experienced.

"Now, you know why it's special," I nod in agreement. As stubborn as I could be, even I couldn't argue with that. "I'm planning on doing some more tests with it, but so far it's been working efficiently," Suddenly, Sheen grabs the pen. "No, Sheen! Only I can use it for now, until I've finished testing it," Jimmy informs the dorky weirdo.

"Jimmy, your invention is.. is.. is.. the best thing ever! I CAN BRING ULTRA LORD TO LIFE!"

"No way Sheen, we're gonna draw llamas! I want so many, Jim!" Carl jumps in.

"You both are crazy! Money's what we're going to draw!" I yell. Jimmy rubs his temples, while closing his eyes at our reactions.

"See, this is why I wasn't sure if I should show any of you this. If not handled properly, it could prove fatal," Jimmy looks extremely serious.

"Fatal, what do you mean Jimmy?" Libby questions his statement, her big brown eyes showing a hint of fear.

"If we abuse its powers, it could cause major problems," Jimmy restates and Libby seems to agree with him.

"Then why did you make it, Jimmy? DO YOU REALIZE WE CAN DRAW ULTRA LORD TO LIFE!" Sheen's outburst causes Jimmy to laugh.

"Sheen, we can only draw things that already exist!" Sheen frowns and crosses his arms.

"Jimmy, Ultra Lord DOES exist!" He yells.

"That's not my point, the only things we can draw are things that exist now and that existed in the past, nothing that's make-believe," he confirms.

"So Jimmy can you draw a llama for me?" Carl pleads. Jimmy sighs.

"Fine, but I'll trust Cindy to draw this one, I'm not a talented artist anyway," I smile at the gesture. He hands me the Pen-of-Life and I begin to outline a llama's body and just like what happened with the banana, the outline glows and it turns real. I was still absolutely mesmerized. I was also happy that Jimmy let me try the invention out even though he said he wasn't completely done testing it.

"Jimmy! He's so cute! Can I please keep him, pretty please with sugar lumps on the top?" Carl makes the puppy dog face.

"No Carl, this was just another example. I'm going to zap him back to nonexistence," Jimmy points the pen in the direction of the llama and presses the other end of the invention and rays of light shoot towards the llama, and he's gone.

"What now, Neutron?" I ask simply.

"Well, I want to test the invention on the moon. I know it works here on earth, but I'm not positive it will work outside of its atmosphere. I believe it will come in handy one day, if I ever do need to use it in space," he explains. "I wanted to know if you guys would like to join me, a trip to space wouldn't be the same without all of you guys," he grins. Sheen and Carl jump up and down with excitement, while Jimmy waits for me and Libby's answer.

"As long as I'm not killed, I'm in," I reply.

"Me too," Libby adds.

"Then it's settled, we meet here tomorrow morning at 9. I'll have Chip call our parents letting them know we're going on a weekend field trip," he concludes. Everyone but Jimmy head towards the lab exit, me last. I wait behind a little to tell him that I really liked his invention. This was very unlike me, but hey he trusted only me to test the invention, which was unlike him.

"Neutron," he turns around from his computer, he looks nervous.

"Oh, uhm hey Cindy, what's up?" he asks a little shocked that I, out of all people, stayed behind to talk.

"I just wanted to say that your invention is pretty cool. I have to admit I didn't expect you to let me test your invention since, you know… we're not the best of friends," I feel a slight sadness as I say this.

"Thank you. It's nothing Cindy, I know we fight a lot and everything, but that doesn't mean I don't trust you. I do consider you one of my best friends now, not to sound weird or anything," he blushes. "Besides, I don't think the others would use it accordingly," he adds quickly, his deep blue eyes captivating me once again, and for the first time I really wanted to tell him how I felt. My mouth refused my heart, though.

"Heh, well good night Jimmy, see you tomorrow," I didn't know what to say. I was dreaming, he basically told me he trusted me, Cindy Vortex, his rival!

"Good-," he froze. "Did you just call me Jimmy?" his face frozen.

"Yeah, well bye!" I quickly rush out, waving one last time.

Jimmy's POV

Cindy actually admitted she thought my invention was cool. I really couldn't believe it; I was glad to have let her use my invention first. Hopefully, the others hadn't gotten suspicious about that, though. To top it all off, she called me Jimmy; in Cindy's book that was a compliment. Recently, I've been thinking about Cindy more and more, almost more than science. Why was I always thinking about her? I loved science, did I really love her? What does love feel like anyway? I kissed her before, and it felt like the most magnificent thing ever. I was stranded with her on an island before. I just couldn't grasp the concept. I was at a loss; I tried avoiding these bizarre feelings for a long time. Usually being a boy genius meant I essentially knew everything, why didn't I comprehend this?

After trying to figure it out, but failing miserably, I decided it was time to program Chip to call our parents at exactly 7:30 AM tomorrow. First Chip needed to call my mom and dad, next Sheen's dad, Carl's mom, Libby's mom, and lastly Cindy's mom. I never liked Cindy's mom, partly because she wanted her daughter to be perfect. This was probably one of the causes of our constant fighting; she had to be the best to please her mother. Being a genius, it wasn't possible for her to be the best in the class anymore. Don't get me wrong though, I love competing with her, school would be boring without her trying to be better than me. She gave me something to look forward to, even when she could be harsh at times. I was used to Cindy's antics.

I yawned. I was exhausted after a long, but kind of good day. I began switching my thoughts to earlier, the food fight. I still found it strange how Carl and Cindy both claimed to have seen something "scary" and "in a cape". I laughed to myself. It had to be their imagination. I took off my white lab coat and placed it in a closet I had just installed in my lab a few months ago. I turned the lights off in the lab and slowly crept out into the night.

-Jimmy's POV Ends-

Little did he know, a pair of bright red eyes was stalking him through the bushes.


*intense music comes on* 0_0

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