Right, oysters. Buries head in sand, SORRY! AHAHAHH! Hope you like it! All my love, -katie- No own Jimmy!

Maybe

The sun cast a glow on her golden hair. She was dressed in a her outfit from yesterday, but her hair was a little bit different, and a little bit straighter. Nick would be here in five minutes. She stared at her reflection in the mirror. Just then the door bell rang, he was early. When he saw her, he lightly kissed her cheek. " Looking beautiful as always." She just smiled and took his hand.

When they got to the game guys were staring left and right. Her heart was pounding so loudly in her chest she could barely hear anything else. She couldn't even hear the screams of the crowd as the first touchdown was scored by Senior Lenny King. Her grasp on Nicks' hand got tighter. He looked at her and raised an eyebrow.

" You okay baby?"

" Yeah." she replied softly as she brushed her curled hair behind her ears.

" So I heard about this morning.." he said as they sat down on the quilt that he had brought. She looked up into his brown eyes and he smiled.

" Awesome acting Cinds."

" What do you mean?"

" I can see it in your eyes."

" Urm. Sure," she replied as she studied the list of names.

" Oh! Hey, there Jimmy is!" he whispered in her ear, and Cindys' eyes shot up immeadiatly. Sure enough, her gaze spotted chesnut colored hair. She smiled, and her heart flipped a tiny bit. Finally his electrifying blue eyes met hers, and he smiled at her. She waved him over and he sat down next to her.

" Hey there Neutron."

His black jacket with the gold atom on the right pocket was slightly open to reveal a white shirt underneath with another small little atom on the right side. She smiled as she noticed his hair seemed extra shaggy this night, which was just the way she liked it.

" Hey."

" So, how was the rest of your day?" He smiled.

" Oh, there were wild rumors sparking I'm sure you know that, that I seduced you infront of the whole class.. And of course there's the rumor that you, or we, actually enjoyed our little encounter this afternoon."

" What do you mean?"

" People were saying you seemed perfectly fine and too happy with the kiss to be under the effects of the love potion.. But I convinced them of the opposite since we both know how much it alters ones' affection for someone of the opposite sex."

" Wow, you did that for me?" she scooted a little bit closer to him.

" Who wouldn't? After all it is entirely a fabrication of the cruelest kind, I mean you were under the affects of the love potion, the only way you couldn't have been affected was if you loved me already, which both you and I know isn't the case." Load screams filled the fall air and the two broke away from their conversation and turned their attentions toward the game and Cindy let a dissapointed sigh escape her lips. Lenny had just scored again, and for the first time she truly hated that kid.

" So, where is Betty?"

At the mention of her name, Nicks' grasp on Cindys' hand loosened quite a bit, but after a moment another hard squeeze surrounded her hand.

" Ah, Betty." " I don't even like that bimbo anymore.." she noticed that Nicks' grip was really feirce on her hand, and it almost hurt.

" Bimbo?" Cindy could barely hide the interest in her voice. He looked back into her eyes.

" Yeah, she.. Er.." he stole a glance at Nick. " She likes someone else." He looked back at Cindy and threw a glance at Nick again. Her mouth dropped and he nodded. She giggled slightly.

" Well she's a stupid head then."

" Yeah, so, did you like the presentation this morning?"

" Oh, it was interesting to know that chocolate can also trigger feelings of being in love." Cindy scooted a little tiny bit closer to Jimmy again.

" I know! The chemical it releases.." he gestured and accidently placed his hand on hers. She smiled softly as her eyes slid down to their hands making solid contact and back up into his eyes. He blushed as he pulled his hand away.

" Sorry."

" Ah, it's alright."

He smiled." Well, I'm off, I promised that I'd meet someone here."

" Oh please! Not Ms. Honey!"

" Her name is Angel, and yes, she wanted to discuss my presentation with me."

" Sure she did," Cindy muttered under her breath.

" What was that?" he asked.

" Oh, nothing, nothing of consequence."

" Alright, see you later then Cindy," he stood up and walked away from the benches. Her heart sank.

" Jimmy."

He turned around and looked at her with a smile on his face.

" I just wanted you to know that you were good today." Hoping stupid Neutron would not pick up on the double meaning of that sentence.

" Thanks Vortex. Well, gotta blast!" and just like that he disspeared into the sunset, off to his princess. She just scoffed and studied the field as the other team scored a touchdown. She let go of Nicks' hand and hung her head.

"Oh my gosh." A familar voice cooed from behind her.

" What?" she turned around to see Betty's eyes piercing through her. Cindys'eyes got very wide and her heart dropped through the cold bleachers to somewhere on the hard ground beneath her.

" Vortex that was so obvious it made me want to puke,"she made a gagging gesture and rolled her eyes.

" What are you talking about?"

" That you are so into him! I saw that look in your eyes! You and Nick aren't really going are you?" Cindy hung her head.

" That's what I thought." she said as she waved at Nick, who winked at her. Cindy rolled her eyes and motioned for Nick to go sit with Betty. Stupid Nick, how had she not seen Betty sitting not even three rows behind her? Her stomach growled angrily as she realized it, Nick had seen her! It made perfect sense, why he was trying to get her and Jimmy to talk. He was making sure Betty knew that they weren't really going out! Boys were so stupid!

Furiously she got up from the bench and straightened her jeans. As she walked under the bleachers she heard Ms. Honey distinct laugh with a snort at the end and stopped dead in her tracks.

" So, do you want a Hot Chocolate James?"

" Mmm. That sounds miracoulously wonderful. Don't you love the way it soothes even the worst situation your in?"

" Oh I know! Your presentation today was amazing. Cindy was absolutly hilarous!" Angel cried.

" Yeah, I couldn't believe that the love potion would have such an intense reaction but I guess I must of altered it more than I thought I did."

" Or she wasn't affected."

For a moment, Cindy couldn't remember how to breathe.

" Well, that kiss." he paused. " That kiss was way to," He couldn't describe it! Cindy's hopes shot up, had he felt the connection as well?

" Intense?"

" Yeah. Intense only lightly touches it."

She smiled happily.

" Yeah, she really attacked you."

" And she did it in front of the entire class, I really do believe that the love potion was immensly affecting her social behaviors and her mental understanding."

Butterflies formed in her stomach.

" If you could've seen the look on her face," Ms. Honey spoke softly.

Silence.

" What do you mean?"

" It was portraying true elation Jimmy, that's why some didn't believe she was under it's affect."

" Elation?"

" You know, happiness, euphoria? When she kissed you Jimmy. She was so happy it was evident! She was enjoying it way too much for it not to be real. You see, the other day she was making eyes at you while you weren't looking. I think she's got something for you."

" This is Cindy Vortex we are talking about, all of my experience proves that your hypothethis is wrong."

" Or she's just a really good actress."

" Right."

" Now about this mystery woman," Ms. Angel was nearly whispering.

" What about her?"

" Describe her."

" She's very pretty and mature, and she's my intellectual equal. Which is very hard to find indeed for a guy like me."

" Wow, sounds like a regular dream girl."

" She is. One day I may even want to marry her."

" Wow! That is amazing Jimmy, does she have any idea of the intensity of your feelings for her?"

" About as much a blind man knows about the color of a rose."

" Oh Jimmy! You need to tell her!"

" I can't, I care about her to much," he paused for a moment.

" Well, I mean, you could always come to me for advice on how to make her jealous."

" Oh trust me, she's not jealous of me at all."

" Oh really? Is that so? You have to at least tell me if I know her."

" Yes you do know her. You know her pretty well I should say."

" Ah yes. You know Jimmy, any girl who doesn't like you is crazy, you're smart and intuitive and creative, and good looking. You're eyes are electrifying!" she beamed. Cindy couldn't believe what she was hearing.

" Well, thanks I guess," he responded as he took a sip of his hot chocolate. " Well Ms. Honey it appears that we are half time, and I think it's time I go back and sit with Cindy. I don't think she was happy with me when I left her there by herself," he quickly changed the subject.

" She didn't come with Nick?"

" Yeah she did, but he went with Betty, I saw him go up there. I think she heard us slamming her," Ms. Honey and Jimmy laughed at the same time. As she heard him saying good night Cindy took the que and ran back up to her spot. A few seconds later Jimmy joined her, blushing heavily.

" Hey Cinds, I'm back. I see our dear friends got together," he said motioning towards Nick and Betty.

" Yeah."

" Isn't he your boyfriend?"

" Not anymore he's not," she said coldly. Ms. Honey had just basically told Jimmy what she felt for him! Cindy could barely think.

" What did Ms. Honey have to say?"

" Oh nothing."

" You liar, something kept you down there for more then ten minutes!"

" Ten minutes is that all I was gone?"

" Ug. Good night Neutron! Now will you excuse me?"

" Cindy what's wrong?" But she didn't listen to him she just stormed off to go sit in a different area.

After they had won the game, the bleachers had emptied and the score board had been cleared. Cindy just stood there, in the brisk night air. Breathing slowly, her heart felt like it weighed ten million pounds. Tears softly slid down her face.

Yet somehow there was something in that conversation that suggested that Jimmy wasn't falling for this crap. Maybe it was a false hope, or maybe like this game, or like the love potion, maybe it all would turn out like she hoped.

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