secret life,
Disclaimer: I do not own Jimmy Neutron or it's characters.
Chapter 10,
Cindy had to force herself out of Robin Jarvis' world when she got to her locker. She was putting her stuff away when she thought that her binder felt a tad lighter. When she checked it, she couldn't find her notebook from earlier. She looked down at her feet and down the hall in case she dropped it, but she couldn't see it anywhere. Cindy bit her lip, worried that she might have left it in the park.
Who knows who could stumble upon it. Not to mention the fact that I probably put my name in it, so they will know that it's mine.
Cindy looked at her watch again, and she knew that she couldn't walk back and look around the park. Feeling a slight twinge of defeat, she walked to her classroom, and sat down at her desk.
"Hey Cindy." Libby said and Cindy looked at her.
"Hi, Libby." She said and Libby, sat down and Cindy could tell that she was upset.
"Well, I heard that Jimmy and his parents were at your house last night." She said, and Cindy started to panic.
"Yes, I remember telling you that his dad's car company was working with my mom." Cindy said and Libby glared at her.
"But not that you two were going to spend the night together." Libby said rudely and Cindy's heart raced.
"Mother always invites her clients to dinner. Besides, you should know that Jimmy and I hate each other. We did absolutely nothing but fight when we were forced to be alone." Cindy said and Libby looked relieved.
"Yeah, your right. I'm sorry." Libby said adding a smile, and Cindy started to relax.
"Hey, Cindy." She heard, and when she turned she saw Jimmy.
God, NO! He couldn't have shown up at a worst time.
"What do you want Nerdtron?" She asked and she was glad to see Jimmy rolling his eyes.
"This has your name inside it, you must have dropped it." Jimmy said, giving her the notebook and Cindy's eye's widened.
How on earth did Jimmy get his hands on my notebook. I guess I dropped it outside on the stairs.
Cindy thought and she took the notebook.
"Huh, ok Neutron. Thanks." she said and placed the notebook in her bag as he walked away. When she turned back to Libby, she saw her staring at Jimmy.
"So, you and Jimmy still hate each other, huh?" Libby asked when she looked at Cindy.
"Of course, don't you remember the times you had to pull me away from fights with Jimmy?" Cindy asked and Libby crossed her arms over her chest and stared at the board.
"Well, hello children." Miss Fowl said when she entered the classroom.
"Hello, Miss Fowl." Cindy and a few others said.
"Now I know that we are going to have a four day weekend but it's that time for another book report." Miss Fowl said and most of the students objected.
"I can't believe that shrew is doing this to us." Libby whispered to Cindy and Cindy refused to say anything.
"Yes, yes, I know. You don't like to have a project like this, but I decided that we were going to try something different. For this project, you will take a book that you have already read and-" The student happy shouts cut Miss Fowl off. She cleared her throat and attempted to speak again.
"Like I was saying, you will take a book that you have already read and you will compare and contrast your story with your partner's story. And you will make a diorama of what your stories have in common." She said and Cindy smiled.
"That actually sounds pretty fun." Cindy whispered to Libby and Libby rolled her eyes.
"Yes Jimmy." Miss Fowl said and Cindy bit her lip.
"Miss Fowl, what is the point of this assignment? There doesn't seem to be a point to comparing two stories such as Dracula and Moby Dick." Jimmy asked and Cindy heard two boys laughing quietly. Libby rolled her eyes again.
"Stupid idiots." she said to herself.
"Ah, Jimmy. Life will always have joy, pain, sadness, conflict, suffering, love, and even death. Life is the commonality of every story. The comparisons may not be perfect, but life is messy and complicated. And even though there is a chance that several of you will finish this up in one day, or leave it to the last second, that's basically the message. Life is more then school, or how well you know textbooks. English explores all aspects of life and helps us to understand others in a simple and yet immersive way. That's the point of this assignment." Miss Fowl said and Libby could barely hide her disgust.
"What a load." She said and Cindy rose her hand.
"Yes, Cindy?" She said.
"Well, Miss Fowl, if several people are going to do this in one day, then is there any extra credit that they could do for this assignment?" She said and the teacher smiled.
"Well, I was thinking of some extra credit. Extra credit will be for anyone who brings in a short story that combines both tales. If we have enough then we can take a day or two to listen to the stories." She said and Cindy thought that this would be the perfect opportunity to test out her writing skills
"Two days of slacking off? So worth it. Cindy, I got the perfect books for our project. I can do Lord of the Flies and you can do Pride and Prejudice." Libby said and Cindy blinked.
"But I've never read Pride and Prejudice." Cindy objected and Libby narrowed her eyes at her.
"Some stupid love story, but does that matter? Just do as I say and we will be ok. Ok?" She said and Cindy nodded.
"Well, Class let's go ahead and make a list of what everyone is doing their report on and then after you all return from your lunch break, I will tell you who you will be working with." Miss Fowl said and Cindy's muscle's tensed up.
"Should we still say 'Lord of the Flies' and 'Pride and Prejudice'? Cindy asked and Libby looked at her.
"Why not? It's not like there is a more perfect combo then that." Libby said. So when Miss fowl asked her what book she was going to read, she reluctantly said 'Pride and Prejudice'. People read off lots of book titles and Miss Fowl wrote each one on the board. She even put people's initials beside their title. When the whole class finished, Miss Fowl returned to their work with Beowolf. Cindy thought that it was interesting for a story to be as old as Beowolf. The story lasted like, 500 years before it was finally written down. Not only that, but culture changed the story of Beowolf when they printed it out. Christianity was on the rise, so whoever changed the religion. Cindy forgot what the Anglo-saxon's religion was, probably paganism, but she wasn't sure.
"You know I really like this part where Beowolf kills the monster." Libby said and Cindy blinked.
"You mean the part where Beowolf rips the arm off the monster and kills him with it." Cindy asked, looking for that scene in her paper.
"Exactly, I mean, I just keep thinking of this strong, muscled man tearing off that arm like it was a turkey leg. Destroying that pathetic, wounded creature." Libby's eyes were full of bloodthirsty excitement, and Cindy began to cripple under that weight. Libby bit her lip and touched Cindy's arm.
"I mean can you imagine it? This arm of yours being used to steal the life out of your body." She asked and Cindy swallowed hard. She knew that Libby was trying to get a rise out of Cindy, but she was never sure what Libby wanted to hear. That's why Cindy was really happy to hear the lunch bell. She basically ran out of the room, as did the rest of the class.
"You know I was kidding right?" Libby asked and Cindy smiled.
"Of course." She said, although in her heart, she knew that she was lying. She turned and opened her locker, but when she did, she saw something white fall out of her locker. She picked it up and read it.
I hear your as frisky as can be,
so do me an honor and meet me,
under the bleachers at the parents dance,
and I'll show you what's in my pants.
Cindy blushed reading this dirty poem. For a few weeks, there had been a rumor that Cindy was a stripper outside of school. She didn't realize there was a rumor until Nick started acting differently around her. Not that it made that much difference to Cindy. She stopped liking Nick a while ago, but the attention was freaking her out. She thought that the rumor had died, but this note suggested otherwise. Libby yanked the poem out of Cindy's hand and her whole mood changed.
"What the hell is this?" Libby asked and Cindy held up her hands.
"I don't know." She said and Libby twisted her lips.
"So you are a slut? I should have known. Slut is written all over your face, and has been for years." Libby spat out at her and Cindy gasped.
"Libby, you, you know I'm not like that." She said and Libby glared at her.
"You're going to pay for your deceitful lies." Libby said and then she walked away. She knew that she could have worded herself better. Now she was in trouble with Libby and there wasn't anything to do to avoid her wrath.
"Hey, are you alright?" She heard someone say. She instantly turned around and was shocked to see Jimmy staring at her. She was scared because she didn't know how much Jimmy had seen.
"What are you doing here?" She asked and she saw Jimmy step back.
"What? It looked like you and Libby had a small fight." He said defensively.
"What, Nerdtron? Now your stalking me like some creep-a-zoid? What the fuck?" Cindy couldn't control the words coming out of her mouth. She had all of her energy focused on not crying in front of Jimmy. He would probably love that. The next thing Cindy knew, she was being pinned against her locker.
"What the hell happened to you?" He said, obviously trying to not yell. Before he let go of her, Cindy couldn't help but get excited by him. Jimmy was almost always in control, so seeing him lose it every once in a while was pretty orgasmic.
"You use to trust me, and love me, and care about my opinion, and you know, it sucks that you changed. And I wish that you would just... Tell me, or something?" He looked away as he said this.
"I don't know what your talking about, Jimmy." Cindy said, and she wasn't sure if her nipples were hardening, so she crossed her arms over her chest.
"Oh?" Jimmy asked, turning his head to look at her again.
"You're talking crazy, Jimmy. Besides, my life is my life, and you don't-" Cindy froze when she saw Libby, Brittany, and Amber walking over to her.
Oh, Crap!
Cindy thought as she tried to remember places to hide in school.
"What are you staring at?" Jimmy asked, and Cindy paused because she forgot that he was in front of her.
"I've got to go." Cindy said, running away. She heard Jimmy say something about fighting, but she didn't stop to hear it. She had to get away before they got to her. She turned into a hallway and dashed into the janitorial closet. She heard Brittany and Amber run by, but they stopped when Libby whistled.
"She couldn't have gotten down the hallway that fast." She pointed out, and Cindy's heart began to race.
"Then were is she?" Brittany asked and Libby paused. Cindy guessed that she was looking around, and she was right. Cindy was completely frozen when she saw Libby's shadow on the door, and she covered her mouth to remain silent. Libby seemed to be staring at the door for a moment, but then walked away. Cindy started to relax, but kept her hand on her mouth anyways.
Then the door opened with a burst and Amber tackled Cindy, and with the help of Brittany, they were easily able to hold her down. Cindy gasped at this, and she panted as she stared at them and then at Libby who was closing the door behind her.