Chapter 3
A/N Hey guys! Another chapter! And no…we aren't at the dinner yet! Hope you like it, though! And thanks for all your nice reviews!!
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN JIMMY NEUTRON! BUT IF I DID, I'D FORCE CINDY TO WEAR HER HAIR DOWN!!
He tapped nervously with his fingers on his desk. Where the hell were his friends?
"I swear if they say one word about llamas, Ultralord or music I'm gonna kill myself!" He swore, glancing several times at the watch.
Jimmy was in his lab, always the place he felt most comfortable. And god knew he had to relax. Three and a half hours till the dinner… and he was already a nerve wreck. Why did Cindy have to insist that he meets her parents? All he knew about them was that they were capable of ripping him off or anything even worse…
"Why couldn't she just marry me? I'd say 'hello Misses Vortex, bye Misses Vortex, and have a nice life!'"
It could have been so simple. But… nothing was ever simple with Cindy. She always had been the one that whirled like a hurricane through his life. Like a vortex… he smirked about his lame word joke. Cindy would tease him for his lack of creativity right now. He threw another nervous glance at the watch.
'Ten minutes too late, already…'
From the rational point, he surely was acting ridiculous. Just a dinner… with two persons he barely knew… BUT these were Mrs. and Mr. Vortex! The very ones who hated his guts since he was nine years old! He loved Cindy with all his heart, but he wasn't sure whether he could deal with that. What if they chased him away? Would Cindy ever talk with him again then? Or what if they stared at him with this gaze full of hatred? How could anyone expect him not to run away? Or what if they tormented him...maybe Misses Vortex would poison his meal…or stab a knife through his back…or … 'STOP' he demanded. Just two adults in a pink house…wait…what normal person would paint a house pink? Maybe they wanted to look innocent…so no one would expect them to be as evil as they were…no one would suspect a corpse in a pink house…Oh dear lord, he was dead! Why hasn't he noticed the ominous color before, in all these years? He began to panic. What if this was his last day on earth?
"Be sensible, Neutron!" he commanded sharply.
"Cindy trusts you and you want to marry her! Stay calm…for her!"
Where were his friends?!
Fifteen minutes too late, the bell rang finally. Jimmy rushed to the door open knob and pressed it, awaiting his friends to chew them out!
A few seconds later they fell through the trapdoor.
"OW! Jimmy…what happened to the mattress that used to lie here?"
Libby asked while she stood up, rubbing her leg. Sheen and Carl staggered dizzily around, holding one hand on their foreheads. Jimmy replied coolly:
"Oh fifteen minutes ago, there was one but I thought it needed a real good washing…"
Libby rolled her eyes.
"Jimmy, I don't wanna offense ya, but I do have a life next to your troubles with Cindy's …what was it this time, again?"
Sheen raised excited a hand:
" Take me, take me I know!!"
Jimmy stared blankly at him.
"Sheen... how old are you?"
The Mexican seemed to think very hard for a moment, before he replied frustrated:
"Aw man, I liked the other question more…"
Carl interrupted:
"We're here because he's gonna meet…her parents…" he flustered in a dramatic voice.
Out of nowhere a flashlight appeared and thunder growled. Libby, Jimmy and Carl looked surprised around. Jimmy buried his head in his hands.
"See…that was a bad omen… I'm so dead…"
Libby chuckled in disbelief.
"Wow…the day I see Jimmy Neutron believe in omens… Am I dreaming or what?"
Sheen jumped eagerly to her side.
"Oh yeah, I am a dream…my queen…just for you!"
He wagged his eyebrows. Libby smacked him on the head.
"You, mister are lucky that you have a girlfriend! From all I know, I am the only girl that is able to stand you."
Sheen thought about that.
"Hmmm…. But it makes our relationship unique, doesn't it?"
He awaited hopefully her answer, with such a cute pout, Libby had to laugh.
"Oh yes I guess so, you little geek!"
She kissed him on the cheek. After he snapped out of his dazed expression that was caused by her kiss he told them:
" Oh by the way Jimmy, the weather machine is awesome!"
Libby smirked at Jimmy:
" So much to the omens…"
"Excuse me guys, but aren't you aware this is probably the last time you see me? How could you be so late?"
"Llama channel…a special about…"
"Who cares?! Ultralord episode 375 was on and it was soooo…"
"Blablabla…I was listening to the new CD from…hey Jimmy where are you going?"
"Searching for a river, to throw myself into it…" Jimmy replied nonchalant.
"But you'll get a flue, Jim!" Carl cried worried.
Jimmy turned around to face him.
"Carl…" he started slowly "I was speaking of drowning myself…"
"Ahhh…why didn't you say that?" Carl nodded relieved. Jimmy rolled his eyes. Wasn't it good to have friends that cared so much about him?
Libby clapped her hands.
"So you guys…now that we've exchanged the newest geeky talks, why don't ya tell us what you want Jimmy?"
Jimmy frowned:
"I need your help guys! I'm not able to stand through this evening by myself!" he looked begging at them. Libby rolled her eyes and crossed her arms.
"Though this is pathetic… I already bought the wedding present, so I'm in here!" she assured him with an annoyed voice.
"Me too!" Carl said smiling.
"Me three!" Sheen screeched.
Jimmy shook his head.
"Sheen…do you always have to do this?"
"Say what?" Sheen asked oblivious.
"Forget it…what is that college that took him?" Jimmy mumbled to himself.
"Well… Jimmy do you have the presents?" Libby asked curious. Jimmy looked bewildered at her.
"Presents?"
Libby slapped her hand on her fore head.
"Oh my goodness… you can't arrive there without pralines and flowers, genius!"
"Why not?"
"How dense are you…do you want them to get furious at you just at the first moment?"
Jimmy shuddered.
"Hell no…but what shall I buy?"
"I'll get you the flowers! It's important to buy the right color; you know…I have a theory, which flower is perfect for which event…"
At the look at the expressions of his friends, Sheen trailed off. Suddenly he snapped:
"This is manlier then you think!"
Jimmy nodded slowly.
"Whatever you say…Sheen gets the flowers…"
"Oh…oh! I'll buy the chocolates!!" Carl cried excited.
The other three exchanged glances.
"NO!!" the shouted simultaneously
"Why not?" Carl asked hurt. Jimmy patted his friend on the back.
"Carl…I'm sure Mrs.…Vortex… would like to have the chocolates in the box…"
Carl shouted angrily:
"I will not eat them, I promise!!"
Jimmy pondered that. Finally he decided to trust his friend. In the end he was dead anyways, so what could it hurt to make his best friend happy?
"Okay, Carl…you'll get the pralines…" The red haired beamed widely at him.
"Are you insane, dude?"Sheen shouted disbelieving. Carl raised threateningly his fist, and Sheen hid behind Libby.
"Soooo… that's the preparation…but what do I do when I'm in this death trap?"
"Just be polite and smile whatever they say!"
"Do I have to smile when they're trying to rip me off?"
"Ya know, you're really ticking me off at the moment!"
Sheen made an attempt:
"You know in the episode of Ultralord, that one he got married, he used his nuclear knees to knock down the evil clone of his mother in law, took his laser bomb, shot down the dog of his father in law, who tried to attack him and bored the mother in law with a laser spear, after she tried to push her daughter down a skyscraper, cause she didn't want her to marry Ultralord and then…"
Libby looked strangely at her boyfriend.
"I always thought this was a children's series…"
"…the curse was broken and everyone was alive again and nice and happy AND Ultralord saved the daaaay!" Sheen shouted excited.
Jimmy nodded sarcastically.
"So you're saying I should shoot down their dog with a laser bomb and bore a spear through Cindy's mom, right?"
Sheen shrugged and answered in a deathly serious voice:
"If it works for Ultralord, it'll work for you…"
"Okay…back to the point. What do I say so they won't kill me till the dinner started?"
Carl said quietly:
"To bad we can't tell you what to say during the dinner…Libby always knows what to say…"
Jimmy shrieked happily:" Carl! You're a genius!"
Carl waved nonchalant: "I know, Jim, I know…ahem what was my fabulous idea, again?"
Jimmy pulled out a headset and gave it to Libby.
"Here, wear this and tell me what to do…okay?"
Libby answered:
"So you're saying I hafta listen to the whole thing…I don't know…oh okay, I'm in!" She couldn't wait to gossip about what would happen.
"So…and now I need to check, what inventions to take with me!"
"Inventions?"
"Do you really think I'm going defenseless into that hell?"
Sheen and Carl went eagerly through his drawers.
"Cheese ray…old but still nice…bubble mobile…even older, but if you have to escape, it has to be with style…unconsciousness pistol…one person airbag…the tiny monkey army…" Sheen listed. Jimmy was so desperate; he listened to him and put all the things in his hyper cube.
"Dream controller…plant growing thingy…turn flesh into chocolate thingy…parallel dimensions creator… several chemicals… "Carl continued.
Libby raised one hand to stop them. "Guys…do you really…"
But none of them listened. After a few minutes, the half lab disappeared in Jimmy's hyper cube.
Jimmy sighed uneasily.
"Thanks guys… In the end they'll kill me anyways, but I still feel safer now…" Sheen patted his back.
"That's what friends are for, dude!"
Libby rolled her eyes.
"Listen Jimmy… I still think this whole thing is totally stupid…but you're my friend, so listen now carefully…There's a tree in front of Cin's house…we will watch from there and check the situation, okay?"
Jimmy hugged her happily.
"Thanks, Libby thanks!"
Sheen spoke through gritted teeth:
"Get away from my girlfriend, dude!"
Libby rolled her eyes and patted Jimmy on the shoulder:
"You'll make it Jim. Or I'll march in and smack you!"
Five minutes till nine. Jimmy nibbled his finger nails. He held the flowers (which were packed in, so he didn't know what they looked like) tight together with the chocolates. The microphone was in his ear. He had have a shower, had combed his hair…wore nice clothes. And felt sweat running down his forehead.
Judy and Hugh appeared and looked worried at him.
"Jimmy dear, are you ready?" his mother asked quietly.
Jimmy gulped.
"I guess so, mom…"
Hugh patted him on the back.
"You'll make it Jimbo…okay this might be the most horrible day of your entire life…"
"HUGH!"
"…yes sugar booger! But I'm sure you'll make it…I survived it too…"
Judy hugged her son tightly.
"Oh Jimmy, we'll pray for you…"
Jimmy gasped:
"Mom…uh…need… oxygen…NOW!"
His mother let immediately go and smiled sheepishly.
Jimmy smiled weakly back and told them with a shaking voice:
"Okay…gotta go…see you later, guys…"
He went slowly through the door and shut it.
Judy and Hugh stared at each other.
"Poor Jimmy…" they sighed.
A/N: That's all for today! Do you like it? Hate it? Please review, so I know whether I should continue!! And does anyone have some nice suggestions for the dinner? This was just a filler chapter; the dinner will start in the next chapter!promise But the next update won't come before Thursday…please do not forget me pouts! ...And greetings to all who updated! I still can't review you…life is cruel!
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