I personally like this story. And I really needed a break from the depressing angsty-ness of Just What the Doctor Ordered...so I decided to write another chapter for this story. Yay!

Disclaimer: God, no. But when I have dozens of my own published books, my own talk show, and I'm as big as Oprah and Dr. Phil put TOGETHER...then, I won't need one of these. But only then.

Reunited

Chapter 7 - Ignorance is Bliss

"I see babes. Two of them. RIGHT over there!" Wade pointed excitedly in front of him with one hand, holding the binoculars with the other.

Jimmy sighed, leaning his head back against the building and shutting his eyes. It was starting to get sort of hot out here...

"I'm bored. Can we do something?" Ryan picked up a rock near him and threw it at a person walking across the street. Said person turned and glared at him before continuing down the sidewalk.

"I agree. We can't stay out here for much longer..." Jimmy replied.

"Hm, maybe you guys are right. We could go babe watch somewhere else." Wade said thoughtfully.

"Is that ALL you think about?! Is girls?" Jimmy shot at him, lifting his head to glare at him.

"No, I think about other things! I mean, just the other day I was doing my math homework and I was GOING to finish it, for once, but then I saw this really hot chick outside my window walking her dog and I got distracted, so I didn't finish and I didn't get a good grade on my test because I didn't know what I was doing. And that's how I failed math."

Jimmy stared at him blankly before saying, "What does that have to do with anything?"

"I thought you failed math because you missed so many days of school that time you decided that school shouldn't be required for any normal human to do since we are a free country. And then your mom found you hiding in your room and made you go back." Ryan peered over at him.

Wade shook his head. "No, man. That's why I failed English."

Jimmy repeatedly hit his head on the concrete building behind him.

He really needed someone intelligent to talk to.

Cindy stared at Sheen suspiciously, eyeing his somewhat dreamy grin. "What's your problem?"

He glanced at her and then at Henry. "Ah...nothing. Let's just say I finally know what 'Victoria's Secret' really is." He nudged Henry and his grin grew. Henry just rolled his eyes and smiled.

Libby gave off a disgusted noise and Carl looked confused.

Cindy sighed. "Yeah...right. So, uh, what now?" She was more tense than she would have liked right now. Going to the convention would be no big deal if she knew that Jimmy wasn't going. She was so...nervous. And she did notever get nervous. It just wasn't her nature. But there was something about seeing Jimmy again made her stomach feel all butterfly-ish and her palms sweaty and her heart racing.

She figured that any average human felt that way on certain situations, since it was a normal emotion.

But, damn it...Cindy had thought all this time that she wasn't average.

"Hey, where are you going?" Wade looked up from his argument with Ryan and saw Jimmy standing up and starting to walk down the sidewalk.

"Uh, just for a walk. I'll be right back. Stay here." He said quickly.

Wade and Ryan exchanged glances. "He's hiding something," Ryan said simply.

"It's a chick, man. It's always a chick problem."

Jimmy looked around for any signs of Wade or Ryan and stepped into the tiny, glass phone booth and dug some change out of his pocket, and a little slip of paper. He read the number off the paper after putting the change in and waited for someone to answer. He tapped his foot impatiently and took deep breaths to calm himself down. Then, he heard:

"Hello?" A bold, yet sweet feminine voice said and Jimmy closed his eyes for a moment, his brain temporarily shutting down at the sound.

"Hey."

On the other end, Cindy was confused by the somewhat familiar voice. Was it...no, it couldn't be...could it? Was it Jimmy? And if it was, how the hell did he get her number?

"Uh, hello? Who is this?"

Jimmy could hear the confusion and hesitation in her voice.

"Cindy...? It's Jimmy." He stated quietly, wondering how she would react.

There was a burst of noise and talking in the background and Jimmy could hear Cindy hushing them. It had to be Sheen, Carl, and Libby.

He heard her whispering, "Shut up! It's Jimmy! ...Yes,that Jimmy, Sheen! ...I don't know, but if you would SHUT THE HELL UP then maybe I could find out you stupid little-"

And then nothing.

Jimmy pulled the phone from his ear and stared at it before hanging it up and sighing. He would have to try again later. He shoved the little piece of paper that held Cindy's number on it in his pocket again and stepped out of the phone booth into the bright sun. Sheen had given him the number earlier on the phone.

Her voice was just like he remembered. Still loud, and mean. But yet she still seemed somewhat hopeful and sweet at the same time. It was like she had two personalities.

Jimmy trudged down the white sidewalk and slid down the wall in between Wade and Ryan and shutting his eyes while leaning his head back. His two friends were silent as they watched him.

It was going to be a long day.

Cindy stared at her cell phone in horror.

It said "LOW BATTERY" on the small screen, and then it went black. Why couldn't ever remember to charge the damn thing?!

She stared at Sheen, at a loss for words, until, "How did Jimmy get my number, Sheen?" She asked in a deadly calm voice.

Sheen visibly gulped as every heard turned towards him and he answered shakily, "Uh, well, I might've given it to him when I talked to him on the phone..."

Cindy shut her eyes, closing her eyes and squeezing the dead phone in her hand. She forced an obviously fake smile on her face. "Okay." She said in fake cheerfulness.

Sheen looked around with wide eyes...did a miracle just happen to him? "Really? You're okay with it?" He asked hopefully.

Cindy opened her eyes and glared at him. "No, but we're in a public place. I can't kill you yet." She growled.

Sheen looked at her with pure terror on his face.

He was screwed.

More people were starting to show up at the place where the Convention was supposed to be held. As Jimmy examined the people that were sitting or standing behind them, forming a long, winding line, he realized something.

Only total nerds like Ultralord.

Of course, he knew this before today, but he hadn't REALLY noticed it until now. There were plenty of people who were far worse then Sheen was, dressed in full Ultralord attire, holding posters and dolls (excuse me, action figures) that looked just like Ultralord. It was insane.

Jimmy realized that they were first in line, and he didn't even like Ultralord. And as far as he knew, Wade and Ryan weren't even that crazy about it, either. They just went on a whim.

Jimmy wondered if he knew exactly what he was getting into. His old friends were so unpredictable. This could end being the best day of his life, or the worst.

Maybe it would be a little bit of both.

Seeing his old friends (and especially Cindy) would be a good thing, but he knew Libby was mad at him when he talked to her on the phone, and the thought of seeing Cindy made him sick to his stomach with nervousness.

He was a genius. He didn't need to be nervous. He could do anything.

And if he kept telling himself that, then he could do anything...face anything he wanted to.

Right?

The reunion is coming up soon...sorry this chapter was a little boring...it's kind of a filler. The interesting part is coming up when the Convention actually starts. So bear with me, okay? Please review!