Disclaimer: I do not own JN. This is AU so Jimmy and Cindy have never met. Also they are mid 20s here, I'd say about 25.
'This is going to be a long ride,' thought Jimmy.
He was currently sitting in a bus heading to the Austin, Texas Convention Center for a science expo. Normally he would take his car or even his hover car but unfortunate circumstances had him bound to a bus. It wasn't so bad, just hard to concentrate on his speech for the expo. He was the guest speaker this year and it would look great on his resume for a NASA job.
Jimmy shifted slowly in his seat, trying not to disturb the woman next to him. If he had to say, the perk of being on this bus was his attractive seat mate. She had gotten in on the last stop and it took all restraint to not openly drool over her. She was fairly tall, with long blonde hair and deep green eyes. She was dressed professionally with a brown pencil skirt and a cream colored button down shirt. Jimmy thought it was his lucky day: for all the empty seats that came before his, she decided to sit next him. He snuck a quick glance at her and saw that she was reading the current issue of Science Now magazine. Jimmy was in the main article so it wouldn't be long until she recognize him and maybe talked to him. At least he hoped so. He may be a science genius who can invent incredible gadgets but he was mildly inept when it came to women. It was just something about them that made him nervous.
The woman turned a page and stealing another glance, Jimmy saw that she was reading his interview. Looking up at her face quickly, he didn't see a look of recognition.
'Darn,' he thought, 'she doesn't recognize me.' He sighed softly and shifted to lean away from her.
"I do recognize you." The woman spoke. Jimmy was so startled that he could only stutter "W-what?"
"I know who you are. Sorry I didn't announce it to the whole bus," she smirked.
"Oh well thank you for not doing it." Jimmy replied. He mentally smacked himself 'Lame!' he thought.
The woman chuckled "I knew before I even read the article. I'm the coordinator for the Science Expo in Austin. My old Chemistry partner from college is also doing a presentation, Henry Scott?"
"Yes, I know him. Brilliant mind," said Jimmy. 'Wow, beautiful and smart? Really is my lucky day.' thought Jimmy.
"He is. Oh sorry, I never introduced myself. I'm Cynthia Vortex." She stuck out her hand.
He shook it, "Pleasure to meet you Ms. Vortex."
"Please call me Cindy." She smiled. He could feel a wave of heat go up his neck. This has never happened with any other woman before.
"Okay…Cindy. How did you come to get the job of coordinator?" Jimmy asked.
"One of my professors highly recommended me. I did a similar job last year and the people of the expo asked me to do it again." She said.
"Cool, so what school did you go to? What did you study?" he asked.
She said "I go to the University of Texas here in Austin and I'm going for my PhD in Astronomy."
He gaped at her. With every word that came out of her mouth, he became even more attracted to her.
"T-that is impressive. I'm guessing you've always been fascinated by the universe." He said.
She nodded and shifted in her seat, "Yeah, as far as I can remember the universe, the stars and planets have mesmerized me. There is so much we don't know about what is out there and it excites me whenever we discover something new." She finished.
"Likewise, though I'm more for the physics. I did think of going for a degree in Astronomy."
"Why didn't you?" she asked.
"Well a lot of things came up and I-"The conversation continued as the bus headed to the convention. Soon they arrived and they parted with a promise to meet again after his speech. Jimmy walked to the entrance and was happy to see that his parents made it on time. They had a tendency of being late because of some crazy antic from his father.
"Hey mom, dad; did you make it okay?" he asked hugging them.
"Yeah we did. Thankfully your father didn't have any mishaps before we left." Mrs. Neutron turned to her husband with a playful glare.
"Ah Sugar Booger, I told you we would make it fine." Mr. Neutron replied.
Jimmy interrupted "Look I have to go. Here are some V.I.P passes if you want to hang around backstage." He handed them the badges and left to the stage.
After a quick introduction, Jimmy got on stage and spoke. The speech went rather well with little interruption. There was a mishap with an invention, shockingly not one of his, but everything else went smooth. Jimmy preferred these venues since the people attending were interested in the subject and not likely to fall asleep. Leaving the stage to a standing ovation, Jimmy headed backstage to see his parents. They each gave him a hug and spoke for several minutes. He told them to walk around as he had a certain blonde woman in mind. Just as his parents left, he spotted Cindy near the break table.
"Hey there." He said. She jumped slightly and turned around, a slight flush ton her face.
"Hi, great speech you did. Really caught my attention, I couldn't pull away." She said. He grinned and could feel his face heat up.
"Thank you. Say, you're not busy now are you?" he asked. Jimmy's heart sped up as he awaited her answer.
"A little bit, I need to sign a few papers. But it won't take more than 10 minutes. Why?" she raised an eyebrow.
"Well I thought that you might want to get coffee or something with me. That is if you are interested." He said. She smiled at his offer. Normally she would reject the offer quickly, but he was different.
"Sure, I would like to." She said. They stood in an awkward silence until her boss called her. She told Jimmy of a coffee shop two blocks away. He agreed and restrained him from jumping in glee.
"I am so sorry. But boss was talking my ear off." Cindy said when she walked into the coffee shop twenty minutes later. She sat at the chair across from Jimmy, her face flushed from sprinting over.
"It's okay. I just got here, no worry," he said.
Cindy ordered her coffee and then turned to Jimmy.
"So, you know about me. Tell me about yourself. Where do you come from." He asked. Cindy chuckled and leaned back on her chair.
"It's really boring to be honest."
Jimmy smiled "I don't mind."
"Well, I was born outside of Austin, a small town called Retroville-"she started.
The spent the next 2 hours talking about anything and everything they could think of. She was someone that he could totally date. She was an overachiever and nothing turned him on than someone who is secure in what they wanted.
"I almost joined a sorority in college." She was saying.
"Really? I almost joined a fraternity. It was when I went to college at 11 and I wanted to make some friends. It wasn't a good time." He said.
"Did you have to do some crazy stunt?"
"Yup, they had me run around butt naked." Cindy burst into laughter causing the other customers to look her way. She coughed and turned bright red.
"You actually did it?" she asked.
"Yeah and I will probably never forget it. Of course having photographic memory doesn't help." They laughed at that.
Cindy looked down at her watch and gasped. She had to be home soon to start her dissertation. She had everything and wanted to start right away.
"What's wrong?" asked Jimmy.
"I need to get home. I'm starting my dissertation so I need to prepare." She said. Cindy stood and gathered her stuff. Jimmy stood as well.
"You know I can help." He said.
"Thanks but I can handle it."
"Oh come on, when are you ever going to have a genius like me ask to help."
Cindy shook her head "Wow you are cocky. Fine you can come over and check over my research." They headed to the bus stop. "Oh and you should know that I am a 2nd degree black belt so if you try anything-"she let the thread hang in the air. Jimmy put his hands up in defense.
**Cindy's Apartment**
Thirty minutes later they were in front of her apartment. She led them to the 2nd floor. Once inside her place, she led him to her couch. Piles of books and paper lay scattered on the table.
"Not really neat." He observed.
"Normally I am but I was in a rush. Stayed up late night getting my research done." She replied. Once they settled, they started an outline of her paper. As they did, the conversation continued from the coffee shop. They were there an hour before calling it a night.
Cindy led him to the door. "Well this was an exciting day. Got to work with one of my idols. That doesn't happen often." She said. Jimmy chuckled.
"It was great working with you. You obviously know your stuff. I can send in a good word about you."
Cindy face lit up "Really, thank you!" Without thinking she threw her arms around him. He slowly returned the hug, wanting to savor it. When they pulled away, they stared into each other's eyes.
"Jimmy…" she started.
"Yeah?" the word barely left his lips when she crashed her lips to his. He wrapped his arms around her back as she sunk her fingers into his hair. The kiss got heated quickly as they slowly inched their way to her room. Hands were frantic with removing clothes, throwing them anywhere. They landed on the bed and were soon lost in the passion.
"Well, I've never done anything like that." Cindy stated. They were lying under her covers, Cindy on her side with her arm across his chest playing with the scant hairs there.
"Neither have I. But no regrets from me." Jimmy said.
"Me either," she said. She leaned up and started a slow kiss. He mumbled his appreciation.
"You have a thing for nerds?" he asked when the kiss ended. Cindy laughed and nuzzled her face into his neck.
"Weirdly, I dated mostly the jock types in high school. But I always had a secret thing for nerds." She replied.
"Aren't I lucky." He said. They shared a laugh and sunk deeper into the covers. Soon they were both asleep and happy they got on the bus that morning.
A/N: Oh my gosh, I am so sorry for the delay in an update. I couldn't think of anything to write. When I did think of something, it took me a while. Add the fact I had issues with school (still do) and that my computer went a bit weird a couple days ago. Thankfully I could log into it as a guest. Anyways, I figured I make it up with this one shot and it is J/C of course. Since I am done with school this week, I will update faster. I will need some ideas so suggestions will be nice.
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