Disclaimer: I don't own JN. So, my friends, this is the last chapter. At least before the epilogue. I want to thank everyone who followed this story since the beginning. This is probably one of my best works so far and from the reviews it looks like most agree. Again, thank you for sticking with me. This chapter will switch between Cindy and Jimmy's point of views.

And on with the story!

**Tuesday, June 7th**

Jimmy stood outside the Candy Bar. He was nervous and he had a right to be. At any minute Cindy is to arrive and he would spill his deepest secret. Not much had happen since the beach trip the week before but it took one small occurance to make him see what he should do.

It was on Cindy's birthday and he had just given her a present. It wasn't anything too spectacular but her reaction brought out something in him. Over the last several weeks, they had done everything a normal couple does but it was something simple that made him realize: he really was in love with her. He handed her a locket, something he had been working on for days. Her face lit up and it was the smile that got to him. He doesn't know why but when she smile, he felt like he was punched in the gut. Since that moment, he has been constantly battling himself on whether to tell her and actually become a couple. He knew that when classes ended and Tyler was away, they will "break up". He really can't see people reacting to it well. They had been able to fully convince others that they were a couple and maybe in love. People will suspect something is up.

It had been his mother who made him see a solution.

~Flashback~

Jimmy walked into the kitchen. His mom was cooking dinner.

"Hey mom, I need to talk you about something," he said. She turned around and nodded, removed the cooking mittens and sat down at the table.

"Sure, what is it?"

Jimmy rubbed his neck; he was nervous.

"It's a personal question but how did you know you were in love with Dad?" he asked. She was taken by surprise. She had known since a young age that he was not one to talk about his feelings.

"Well, pretty much from our first date. There was something about him that just caught my eye and pulled me in. It's different for everyone. For some it could be a while and others at first meeting. It is not something that others can tell how you know but you yourself that can figure it out," she explained.

Jimmy nodded.

"Is this about Cindy?"

He blushed, "Yeah. I think that maybe I might be in love."

"Well I'm happy for you. She is a great girl. Do you plan on telling her?"

"I have no idea. I mean what if she doesn't feel the same." He raked his hand through his hair.

"In my opinion, you don't have to worry about that. I can see it in the way she looks at you that she feels the same."

Jimmy smiled at that, "Thanks mom." He reached over to hug her.

"You're welcome. Now what are you going to do about it?"

Jimmy shrugged, "No idea...yet."

~End of Flashback~

That had been last night. He had tossed and turned thinking about how he should tell her. When he woke up, he figured that he should be honest and straight with her. Just spill his guts to her. If his mom was right than she would return his feelings. If she wasn't...well he has dealt with worse and would eventually move on.

On his way to the Candy Bar, he had called her.

~Flashback~

"Hello?"

"Hey Cindy. Are you busy?"

"No, why?"

"I was wondering if you could meet me at the Candy Bar. I have something important to tell you."

"Is everything alright?"

"Yeah! Everything is great. Just something I have to tell you. It's nothing horrible, I promise."

"Okay, well I will see you in 15 minutes. I'm helping Libby with some shopping crisis."

"Cool, see you then. Bye"

"Bye"

~End of Flashback~

That had been 35 minutes ago. He was not worried for he knew that she could take care of herself. And most likely the crisis had not been dealt with. 'Women and shopping,' he thought. Plus this gave him more time to make sure his plan worked out smoothly. It was nothing elaborate: buy an ice cream and take her on a walk through the park. Then confess. Simple and to the point. Now if only she would show up.

Another five minutes pass and Jimmy decided to walk. He started to feel foolish just standing around so he headed towards the stores. About two blocks later, he bumped into Carl, Sheen and Libby.

"Hey Jimmy!" said Carl.

"Hey," he turned to Libby, "Where's Cindy?"

"Isn't she with you? She told me that she was meeting you."

"Yeah but I called 40 minutes ago and she hadn't shown up. I thought she was still helping you."

"Well she left right after your call."

Carl interrupted, "Maybe she got distracted."

"I doubt it. Cindy is punctual when she has to meet someone. No more than 3 minutes late if she can mange." Libby shook her head. "Something is wrong."

Jimmy nodded, 'Where are you Cindy?' he thought.

**Cindy's P.O.V**

Neutron had call me, saying he wanted to meet. He had something important to tell me. Of course, I couldn't help but jump to conclusion and think he wanted to end this whole fake relationship. Maybe he got tired of pretending. But he assured me that it wasn't anything horrible. I was with Libby at the time, helping with some shopping crisis. She was going on vacation with Sheen and needed some last minute shopping.

When I told her about the meeting, she like Neutron assured me that it was nothing horrible. I told her I would help her but she said she has it handled and to go meet with Jimmy. I thanked her and was out the door. The Candy Bar was only 5 blocks away so I should be there fast.

About half way there I stopped at an alley. I could hear a sound of distress coming from it. I knew I shouldn't go into alleys but I couldn't ignore that sound. As I got closer, I saw it was a kitten, it's head stuck in a plastic 6 pack can holder.

"Aww, poor kitty. Here let me take it off." It took a while for the kitten would retreat when my hand would get near. When it finally let me, I gently removed the plastic as best I could. It would have better with a scissor.

"There you go. If I didn't have a dog and mom wasn't allergic, I would keep you." I let the kitten go and it scampered off. I turned to leave as my phone vibrated. Before I could pull it out, a body slammed into mine. An arm wrapped around me in a vice grip. The person was strong. A cloth was placed over my mouth. I can feel my strength weakened and my eyes closing.

Then everything went dark.

**Jimmy's P.O.V**

I could feel a sense of dread. Something happened to Cindy. When everyone realized this, Libby decided we should head back to the store and try to retrace Cindy's movements. We had gone about 2 blocks when something caught Libby's eye.

"Hey guys! Come over here," she beckoned us to an alley. When we got there, she pointed to the floor. "That's Cindy's phone," she said. I felt my heart stop for a second. Cindy never leaves her phone anywhere, especially some alley. Then a kitten came out of nowhere and clawed at my pants.

"Do you think it's trying to tell us something?" Carl said. The cat turned and ran deeper into the alley. Seeing no other choice, I followed it. It came to a slightly ajar door before it curled into a ball. I pushed open the door, the others right behind me.

"You think Cindy is in there?" Libby said, a quiver in her voice. I shrugged. The door revealed a two way hallway. I couldn't see the end of either and that made my nerves shoot up.

"Okay, looks like we have to split up. Sheen, Libby you go to the right and Carl and I will go left. We can text each other if we find her so put you phone on vibrate. Don't want anyone to hear us." They nodded at me. Sheen grabbed Libby hands and head down one way. I started to the left with Carl behind me.

"Don't worry," he whipered, " we will find her."

I nodded. I hope he was right.

**Cindy's P.O.V**

I started to gain conscience, my head pounding. I blinked open my eyes, my vision swirled in front of me. When I could focus, I slowly absorbed my surrounding. I was in a empty room. It looked like it was not finish as pieces of building equipments laid around: pipes, wood, hammers and the like. I tried to move my arms but realized that I was tied to a chair. Duct tape was over my mouth. I can feel my fear climb when I heard someone chuckle behind

"Nice of you to join me Cindy," said a voice. My eyes shot up. Tyler! The cloth prevented me from speaking and that only made him happier.

"Aww do you want to say something?" he asked. I shook my head yes. He came around me. He was wearing jeans and black shirt. I looked up into his eyes, they had a crazed look in them. He grabbed the edge of tape and with no warning, ripped it off. I held my cry of pain.

"What the fuck is your problem?" I yelled at him. He didn't flinch.

"Honestly? You." I gave a confused look.

"Don't act innocent. You truly believe that I would fall for that whole you and Neutron being a couple." he said,

"We are-" I never finished. He drew back his hand and slapped me.

"Don't lie to me!" he screamed. My face was burning but I let it not show on my face. I turned to him. He continued, "I heard you telling Neutron how you are tired of lying to people about it."

"How can you've heard us say that?"

"So you admit it."

"No, but if we were to say something like that it would be over the phone-" I stopped. Me and Neutron did say that over the phone. But how could he have know? Then it hit me.

"You bug my phone? That is how you found out I will be here," I asked angerly. That would explain Libby seeing him at a gadget store.

"You really are smart. Now figure out how I could've done it."

I thought about it for a second and another realization hit.

"That day when you handed me back my phone. I had dropped it."

He clapped, mockily, "Good. At least you can beat all those blonde hair stereotypes." He grabbed my hair hard. "Speaking of hair, it is so beautiful. And so long. Too bad it won't be for long," Before I could say anything, he pulled out a switch knife and sliced it through my hair. I was too in shock to even scream. He held the piece that was cut in front of my face. It had to be at least 9 inches. My hair now reached just above my chest.

When my voice came back, I yelled "You sick son of a bitch."

He smirked, "Yeah, my mom can be a bitch." Before I could react, he grabbed my face. He leaned close where I could feel his breath.

What is he going to do with me?

**Jimmy's P.O.V**

Carl and I walked slowly, not wanting to cause any noise to catch any wanted attention. When we reached the end of the hall, we turned the corner to see a staircase. It seem to lead to another hallway. I turned to Carl and nodded. We went up the stairs slowly, avoiding a squeak if there was a loose board. At the top, we did see a halway way with many doors, all lit.

"Hold on," I whispered, "I think I hear something." Indeed I did. At the end of the hall, I could hear muffled screams. I took a deep breath and forged on. When i got to the last door, I looked in. The sight was horrifying. Cindy was tied to a chair, her face red and slightly bruised. A tall blonde man was in front and I knew it was Tyler. But what really horrified me was what he held behind his back. Long blonde hair. He had cut off Cindy's hair.

"Cindy's in there and so is Tyler," I whispered to Carl, "Go text the others and I'll come up with a plan." Carl nodded and walked away. I looked back in. Cindy was crying.

"Now tell me the truth. What is your deal with Neutron?" Tyler was screaming in Cindy's face. She had her eyes closed but didn't say anything. He slapped her. It took everything in me to not go in at that point. I knew I couldn't rush in, for all I knew he had a gun on him. I had to think quicker.

"I will ask again: Were you and Neutron faking a relationship?"

Cindy opened her eyes and nodded.

"I want to hear you say it."

I could see Cindy swallow before saying, "We were faking a relationship-"

"I knew it!" Tyler said.

"But my feelings for him aren't."

Tyler paused and then asked "What feelings?"

"I've always been in love with him. That is why I asked him to do this. I figured I killed two birds with one stone: get rid of you and confess my feelings. I had hope he would return them" she said.

I can feel a warmth spread through my body. She loved me back. I had waited so long to hear her say it. Of course in different circumstances. That gave me a boost.

I turned to Carl, "Okay, we have to save her. Get me that rope over there. I'm gonna catch his attention and then punch him out. If he doesn't fall, tackle him and try to rope him."

"Cool. Libby and Sheen should be here soon."

I looked into the room before I turned back to Carl, "I'll explain to you guys that whole faking thing later. Sorry for making you believe-"

He waved me off "Don't worry about that now. We need to save Cindy." I nodded and turned to the door. Tyler still had his back to us and was now whispering something in Cindy's ear. She let out a cry. She opened her eyes and locked them with mine. I placed my finger to my lips, telling to stay quiet. I inched closer, slowly.

"So, Cindy. Any last words?" He pulled out a switch knife and pressed it to her throat. She looked over his shoulder.

"Yeah, " she smiled "Enjoy the looney bin." He stood up, that was my cue. I tapped his shoulder and drew my fist back. When he turned and before he could react, I punched him in the nose. He stumbled to the left and fell to his knee. When it looked like he was to get up, Carl tackled him. They rolled around a bit and that is when Sheen and Libby showed up. Sheen jumped right in and helped Carl tie him up. I grabbed the knife and cut off the ropes from Cindy. She stood up and threw herself in my arms. Libby was on the phone with police, I can hear her giving them directions.

"We got him Jimmy." I looked and saw Tyler tied up, Sheen sitting on him. Carl was on his inhaler.

"The police will be here in 5 minutes." Libby said, wrapping her arms around Cindy too. Carl came over and it became a group hug.

"Aww, I wanna be in the group hug, " Sheen pouted.

**No one's P.O.V**

The police came and quickly filed in the room. They apprehanded Tyler. The gang followed them down to the cop cars. A lady officer took Cindy to side when learned she was the victim and ask for the details. Jimmy backed her when asked. The cops asked if they needed to contact their parents but were declined. With Carl, Libby and Sheen distracted, Jimmy pulled Cindy away from the group.

"How are you?" he had her in his arms again.

"Still shaken but doing better." They were quiet for a moment before Cindy spoke, "How much did you hear?"

"Most of it."

"Including my confession?"

"Yeah."

Cindy sighed, "Look, I wanted to tell you-"

"Lets not worry about that now. You need to recover. That talk could wait. I'm not going anywhere," Jimmy gave a small smile, and kissed her head. Cindy nodded.

"Okay, when I'm ready I will tell you." They watched as the police car with Tyler drove away.

The others came over. "Well that was an exciting way to end school." Sheen said. His friends shook their heads and walked away.

A/N: And there was the confrontation. I really hope it was to your liking. The epilogue will be out by at least Friday. Also my future plans, which do include a sequel. More on that later.

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