Yeah! Here it is. Stinky-ness and all. :D No Own Jimmy. -XKaTiEX-

A Fairy Tale Boyfriend

The next morning she woke up in their bed refreshed and simply happy. She crawled out of the bed, and read the note from Alex. She made some toaster waffles and got ready for another day at stupid work. She sighed as she turned over a magazine sitting on the counter.

A few hours later she was working again. It sucked up every moment of her time pretty much. She had to work like every day so she could afford food and such. She sighed and Nick smiled at her.

" Morning Cindy," he said giving her the thumbs up and she just smiled and grabbed her pad and paper. To her surprise, the Mayor wasn't there this fine morning. She almost felt a little sad.

One of her costumers stopped her abruptly.

" Miss, is it true that Jimmy Neutron was here?"

" Why, yes he was, I was his waitress."

The lady stared at her, entranced by what she said.

" Is he as handsome as he looks in pictures?"

" Even more so Ma'am. May I take your order?"

After lots and lots of orders, and hours of work, she walked out of the restaurant dead tired. Tiffany was walking with her on this lovely evening. Well not so lovely, the sky was grey and it threatened rain. But with how she felt today, the sky was blue and the sun was shining for all she knew.

" So you doing anything with your boyfriend tonight?"

" No, I'm not, I don't think. Why?"

" Well I was kind of hoping you could catch that Jimmy and we can talk some." She smiled at her.

" Why?"

" Because I really liked him and would love to talk to him some more, and he seemed to like you so," she smiled. " Please?"

" Oh, well I don't even know his phone number."

" I don't think you'll need to." She said pointing just ahead to The City Gazer which was the best hotel in town, it had all the luxuries one person would ever want. And there standing in the pouring rain in all his glory was Jimmy Neutron, flashes going off every minute or so.

" Look at all that press, we'll never get to him! So I'm just going to go."

" CINDY!" He cried out to her and Cindy sighed. He had seen her all the way from his hotel? He scurried over to them, press following close behind. "I didn't think you'd take up my offer this early."

" Hey Jimmy."

He smiled.

" No one has called me that in a long time," just then a few drops of rain fell down.

Great, they were going to be caught in a rain storm now! But Jimmy had come prepared and pulled out his umbrella and gave it to the two girls. For a moment Cindy's fingers made contact with his. A rush of emotions and memories came back, she closed her eyes trying to fight them off.

" There now you two won't get wet." He said with a slight smile as the rain poured down on his head. " Do you guys want to go inside?" He gestured towards a nearby Starbucks and Cindy nodded. When they got inside he chose a booth right away.

" Now, you're Tiffany right?"

Tiffany nodded, entranced by the man that was sitting with them.

" I'm James Neutron, and as Cindy has it, Jimmy for short."

" Hello Jimmy," she quietly responded. He smiled at her and the two began talking and Cindy got up to order. When she got back the two were locked in conversation, she just listened and put in a word or two every so often.

It was official, Jimmy didn't feel anything for her anymore. A little twinge of pain flowed through her, and she scorned herself. Why should she care

She looked up from her Iced Coffee into his extremely blue eyes. He smiled at her and went back to talking with Tiffany. Just then Tiffany's cell phone rang and she hurried out of the Lobby into a deserted hall.

" That's quite the interesting friend you have there."

" Yeah, and she really likes you," Jimmy blushed deeply.

After a moment of awkward silence she re-directed the conversation.

" So how is life Neutron?" She asked as she stirred her drink.

" Oh life is great I suppose."

" What does it feel lie to be the richest man in the world?"

" Well the money is kind of fun, and so is being treated like a King. But I didn't get everything I wanted. I mean I am single," his eyes averted her gaze. Obviously he wasn't comfortable so she re-directed the conversation again.

"So have you talked to anyone back home, your mom, your dad?"

" Well my dad died a few years back in an auto accident, but my mom is great."

" Oh," she reached out and squeezed his hand, it was an action she really hadn't been planning. "I'm so sorry!"

" Oh it's okay, how about you, do you still talk to your family?"

" Oh yeah, my mom calls me every other week and I tell her things are just fine, even though sometimes that's a lie."

" Yeah, I think we have all pulled that one at one time or another," he laughed and looked down at his hand, and at that exact moment Cindy realized that her hand was still holding on to his tightly. She immediately withdrew it but it was tingling annoyingly.

"Libby and I are still best friends of course, she and Sheen are so happy together. How about you, do you still talk to any of our friends?"

" I talk to Carl a lot, he's really good, he's got a wife and a few kids, he works at an Allergy 911 Help Line place, I actually think it's doing pretty well. Sheen and I talked a while back, he sent me an email with a family photo."

" Their kids are so cute!" Cindy squealed.

He nodded and for a short second there was silence.

" So, how is your romantic life, you seeing anyone lately?"

The question was so out of the blue it almost caught her off guard.

" Well, yes actually. I am dating Alex Caldwin, we've been dating for two years, and I moved in with him just recently."

" Wow Cindy! That's so great, I'm happy for you. You deserve it, so do you have any wedding plans yet?"

" No, he hasn't proposed, and I'm sort of getting sick of waiting for him to," the statement stunned her, she hadn't known she felt that. But then again Jimmy had always had that affect on her. He could make her tell him anything with just a smile. Well, maybe not everything.

" Well I can understand why," he said with a smile.

" So, I heard that you came here to find your true love?."

" Well," he paused for a moment, looked out the window and then back to her. " In a way, yes."

Just then Tiffany rejoined them.

" Sorry about that! My agent." She said as she sat down across from Jimmy and he smiled at her warmly.

" Nice to have you back Miss," he said politely and Tiffany blushed a dark crimson.

Cindy took the hint and stood up.

" Well I'm off, I'm sure Alex is wondering where I am at." She said and winked at Tiffany. Jimmy waved as she left.

That night she went to the house to see Alex watching the TV, he shot her a smile as he muted it.

" Where were you?"

" Oh I just ran into an old friend, that's all.," she replied as she leaned over and gave him a small peck on the cheek.

" That's great! Who was it?"

The question made her stop for a second.

" You won't believe me when I tell you," she teased as she sat down on the couch next to him.

" Try me."

" Jimmy Neutron."

He stared at her.

" The James Neutron?"

" Yes, the James Neutron."

" You know him, personally?"

" Yes, I am one of the only people who knows him as Jimmy Neutron."

" Do you think that you could introduce us? I mean, he's like the world power, I mean do you think you could put in a good word at least?"

Cindy smiled and kissed him.

" Anything for you."

He laughed.

" You are way too easily manipulated," she laughed as she leaned in to kiss him, and just then the phone rang. Alex sighed as he got up from the couch and answered it. From the couch she licked her lips and sent him a wink. He smiled, rolled his eyes and held up a finger.

She sat back down and faced the TV. Then all of a sudden, it flashed to her and Tiffany standing next to Jimmy, talking happily. Then it showed him kindly offer his umbrella and as Cindy took it, and she watched the screen as their skin made contact. Almost instantly her hand started tingling.. She shook it off and the screen showed all three of them walk into Starbucks.

" Who are these mystery girls? How are they involved with Mr. Neutron? We will report more tomorrow night."

Alex laughed as he hung up the phone.

" Guess you weren't lying after all baby," he said as he embraced her.

" Who was that?"

" Yeah, that was the Mayor, he wants me to come down to his office for some business stuff, so yeah, you know where to find everything right?"

Cindy pouted.

" Now, now, no unhappy faces," he said and then kissed her.

" Fine." She said as he waved goodbye and hurried out the door.

She sighed, she had the house entirely to herself now, so she turned off the TV and decided to take a nice long bath.

As she laid in the tub, she thought about Alex. About everything that he had given her over the years. Love, affection and understanding. He had given up his 'fiancé' that his mother had designated him for who was like some princess of Spain or something. It was the nicest thing anyone had ever done for her.

She loved his family, His father John Caldwin was a sweet heart, his mother Shelly Caldwin loved her, and she all ready considered her a daughter. His younger brother Steve was a sweetheart too. She had only talked to him once though, and it was over the phone, but she did like him.

It was kind of nice to know she had people who cared about her so much. She frowned, how could she have even thought that she had been ready to give that all up? To go for an ex-boyfriend? She shook her head as she washed the soap out of her hair. His mother loved her, his brother loved her.

She was not going to let Jimmy just waltz in and re-arrange her life. Again.

Alex was everything to her. But once upon a time. Jimmy had been as well. Just then she made a silent agreement with herself. She was not going to give up her fairy tale boyfriend for an ex-boyfriend who left her high and dry. No, indeed she was not.