Jimmy's POV
It
was now Wednesday of the following week, and things were going pretty
good. The dance was coming up on Friday (I'm still dateless…) and
here I sit with my good friend sheen, enjoying a nice lunch. Yeah
right. Actually, I was watching Cindy from two tables over.
Eating her lunch delicately with Carl talking about Llamas. She was
so cute.
Either way, the only good thing was
that yesterday in Chemistry, Cindy and I made plans for her to come
see my lab tonight. I was really excited to show her that I finally
grew out of being a big head, and now spend my time developing
theories, and thus my lab has evolved into a sitting room and a
library. She doesn't seem to talk to her cronies anymore,
but that didn't stop that Pinhead, Nick, from flirting with her
constantly, and what's worse, is she seems to really enjoy it. What
girl wouldn't? School had finally ended and my lady
Cindy and I were just on our way to check out my wonderful, amazing
lab. Hah. We got in a fight during chemistry, and she's been mostly
silent. I want to apologize… but I also don't… the silence is
nice. I think she likes it too. We finally made it to my
house, and I led her to the new entrance to my lab. It was now a
staircase with a railing. I really think she likes my new
lab, because she's been looking around in admiration for some time
now.
I nodded in acknowledgement of my name.
"Remember how I said I'd change your mind?" I nodded again. She was now closing the distance between us by taking slow, small steps.
"Well, I'm almost there." She got a bit closer…
"There's just one thing I have to correct. You said that you think I hate you like they do." She was now less than a meter away from me. "Well, I don't…"
Oh my god. This was it. She was going to kiss me… Shut up Jimmy, that's wishful thinking, she could be about to hug you or beat you up or… kiss you.
She was now right in front of me. And she moved her head a bit closer and lifted her arm like she was going to cup my face… and…
She poked me in the center of my forehead. "Of course I like you, Jimmy!" She laughed, but in an innocent way, like she didn't know what she made me think.
And then she must have understood because she kissed me on the cheek, really quickly. She smelled good…
Cindy's POV
Wow, Jimmy has a really stupid look on his face. Like, he's trying not to smile, but failing. It's kind of cute, actually.
"Well, I'm gonna go meet Libby, thanks for finally letting me in your lab," I giggled at that, and started heading for the ladder.
"Wait, um, Cindy?" He waited for me to nod, and he swallowed rather loudly. "Do you want to um, maybe, go to the dance this Friday with me?"
I felt bad now. Was I giving off those kinds of signals? "I'm going with… N-nick." He looked devastated so I continued, "I thought you…"
"Just forget I asked," I decided it was best to leave so I headed for the ladder again, "Why are YOU going with HIM, anyway? HE'S AN IDIOT!"
"I know…" I stopped, "He's not as dumb as you can be, I mean, he understands how to be sweet and…"
"He's an IDIOT. I.D.I.O.T? Do you even like him?" He accused.
"What does liking someone have to do with it?" I settled on it, "DO YOU EVEN LIKE ME?"
He stopped talking, and looked rather stunned. "I asked you because I'm SMART, and I realize that you're pretty smart too. So I figured that maybe you'd like to go with someone more in your league, and not a fucking pinhead!"
"I realize he's a little," why was I being so calm? "But it doesn't matter, I mean, he must understand some things… he's smart in other areas…"
"He can't be that smart, Cindy," He smirked. "I mean, he only started noticing you when you were plastic. Why would anyone intelligent like a PLASTIC?"
Jimmy's POV
Now I've done it. Way to go, genius.
"Cindy, I…" I reached out to her to the best of my abilities, but she just shook her head and left.