The next day at school, Jimmy came into school more coldly then usual. People didn't know why, he just seemed like it. And lately, after school he went into the direction of the downtown area. One day, Cindy, Libby, Sheen and Carl decided to follow him. After school on Friday, they waited until Jimmy walked through the large metal doors of the school and followed him throughout the city. Occasionally, Jimmy would look behind him between giving people nasty glances, sometimes his glance would last a little longer, as if he was searching for something. At last they saw him reach his destination: the library. The small group of friends breathed a sigh of relief and thought that he would get back to normal but they were far from the truth.

On Friday, when Cindy was walking to school, she heard the soft sound of a woman crying in the Neutron house. She walked awkwardly into the house and looked around. It did not take long for her to find Mrs. Neutron crying there silently at the foot of the stairs. The only time Mrs. Neutron looked up was when she heard the door close behind Cindy. What Cindy saw was a very sad sight. Ordinarily, Mrs. Judy Neutron was known for always being well-kept and looking very neat. Now she looked a mess. Her red hair was not combed in its signature retro-fifties look. Her make-up was running down her face due to the massive amount of tears going down her face. Her also signature style, her green dress, looked disheveled and un-ironed.

When Mrs. Neutron looked up, she threw her arms around Cindy lovingly.

"Oh, Cindy," Mrs. Neutron cried wildly, "he's gone!"

Cindy had to strain to hear what Mrs. Neutron was saying because it was near impossible to hear her.

"Mrs. Neutron," said Cindy calmly, "calm down and tell me what happened."

What news Cindy heard Mrs. Neutron say was so massive that she had to sit down herself.

She ran to school after sitting down with Mrs. Neutron and consoling her for a few minutes. She ran through the large metal doors of the school and headed straight to the classroom of Mr. Condotti.

The teacher looked from his desk and waved Cindy to her seat. Mr. Condotti was always Cindy's favorite teacher. He really never cared if someone was late. But she was not thinking about how great a teacher Mr. Condotti was. She was more concerned about Jimmy. She knew Jimmy was angry, but she did not know that he would go to that great of lengths to get away from them all.

During lunch, Cindy told Libby, Sheen and Carl what Mrs. Neutron had told her and they could not believe it either and they wanted to confront him about it. They walked from one end of the cafeteria and sat down at the lone table that only sat Jimmy.

Without even looking up from his plate, he said, "What do you want?"

The small group looked at Cindy for help. Cindy took a deep breath and said, "Jimmy, your mother told me about what you want to do."

Jimmy stopped eating and looked at Cindy dead in the face. "And what do you propose to do about it, Ms. Vortex? You can not tell me what to do."

Cindy looked at Jimmy with pleading eyes. "Please Jimmy, don't do this. I know that we have wronged you in just about everyway possible. But this is too much." At this point she was crying.

Jimmy looked at her with angry eyes. "You have no right to even give me a suggestion of my life. I have already made up my mind and I am going through with it. I am getting emancipated."

So you now know the next chapter in the series of Jimmy's unfortunate life. I know that this is long overdue but I have been busy with college classes. I need your help more than ever to continue this story that so many of you seem like.