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A Brilliant Idea

She stared at the screen.

Jimmy hung his head in his hands.

" What have we done?"

She burst into tears, burying her head in her arms on the table.

" What have I done?"

" Cindy, it wasn't your fault!"

"But Alex will think it was!"

Five, ten, fifteen minutes passed as Cindy cried softly into her hands.

" Alex will break up with me!"

He sighed as he touched her shoulder lightly.

" We need to get you home," he said softly.

" Yes, that is the best thing," she said as she took one sip of her hot chocolate. And they left the suite together, that picture on the screen haunting her mind…

They soon landed on Alex's roof.

" Good night Cindy, I am sorry," he said quietly.

" Don't be," she responded.

He started up the hover limo.

" Goodnight," she said as he disappeared into the sky. " It's too bad you can't understand why I am crying," another tear fell down and crashed onto the roof beneath her. She walked, with her head low into the apartment. Alex was sitting there, red eyes streaked with tears.

" Hello," she said as she hung her jacket on the hanger.

No response. He wouldn't even look at her; he was just sitting there, staring at a black T.V. screen.

He then looked at her, with fury, with rage.

" You!" "You dirty piece of filth! You lied to me you slut!" He screamed. " YOU LIED TO ME!" " All of this time you told me that you loved me, all along it's been him! It's been him!"

Tears fell down her cheeks.

" Alex! It was a mistake! We just got wrapped up in the moment!"

" No! This was no mistake, this was years of waiting, and this was years of wanting, in a moment! After all, who cares about your boyfriend! I bet it was an amazing kiss, like nothing you've ever experienced before, since it's been him you've been in love with… You know, I am surprised I didn't figure it out before!"

Silence fell between them.

" Just answer me one thing, did you sleep with him?"

Cindy was just crying so hard so could barely breathe.

" CINDY, DID YOU SLEEP WITH HIM!?" He screamed.

" No," she responded with what strength she had left.

He sighed heavily. " How do I know your not lying?"

She fell to her knees at his feet.

" Alex! Please! Forgive me! I didn't mean it!"

" Cindy, you and me were never meant to be! Get out of my house!" He screamed.

" Alex! Please NO! I didn't sleep with him! It was a mistake! Please!"

He then grabbed her vase with her beautiful red rose.

" A red rose, so beautiful, a sign of love, he can have you Cindy, you mean nothing to me anymore, nothing!" he screamed and then with a force, he threw it onto the ground. Causing it to shatter into a million pieces. " Now get out of my sight."

She shuddered in fear. It was the first time Alex had been this angry. Sure, they had arguments, but never had he been this furious. And yet, she could understand. She picked herself up and saw her suitcase on the counter, packed and ready to go. "Be gone in ten minutes Cind, I mean it," And with that, he disappeared into his room.

She took her suitcase, left her key, grabbed her coat and left the apartment.

"Goodbye Alex," she said quietly and she shut the door. There was only one place she could go. She took her cell out of her purse and searched her contacts, and found Jimmy, and pressed DIAL.

She sat down in the hallway.

" Hello? Cindy?"

" He.. He didn't forgive me Jimmy! He kicked me out! I have no place to go!" She bawled.

" There, there Cindy. I'll be over soon to pick you up."

Sure enough, he was on the roof in less then a minute. She walked out to the sky roof. Jimmy stepped out of his hover car and he had a very serious look on his face.

" Oh Jimmy!" She wailed as she hugged him closely. Tears fell upon his jacket. She probably looked like a mess!

" Come on Cind, let's get you back to my apartment," he took her hand and led her to the hover car. They flew over the city, but Cindy was so tired, and so numb. Tears fell like heavy silver droplets from her eyes on to the empty streets beneath them. He touched her softly.

" Cindy, come on," he encouraged her softly, and reluctantly she followed him. Her body was so limp, she could barely move. The numbness was like a poison that was eating every muscle in her body. All she could think about was his face; his eyes showed his heart breaking.

" I broke his heart, my life is about to get very interesting, I will lose Tiffany's friendship, I have lost my boyfriend," she whispered in pain.

Jimmy brushed a bang behind her ear and softly kissed her forehead.

" Come on, you need to sleep Cindy," he said as he picked her up into his arms. She clutched onto him tightly.

" I can't sleep! I can't! Not after what I have done Jimmy! I have cheated on my boyfriend and broken his heart!"

"Cindy, it was a mistake, don't hold yourself accountable, just rest now," he said as he placed her upon his bed. She took notice that all the sheets were pulled back, and he tucked her in.

" But where will you sleep?"

" There's a hide-a-bed over by the T.V. there," he responded. " Now just close your eyes and sleep."

" But what about my dress?"

" Easily pressed by my maids, trust me there is nothing to worry about, I will take care of everything."

He kissed her forehead once again.

" Tonight you will think about nothing other then sleeping."

His words began to work their magic, and she felt tiredness creeping into her body.

" I broke his heart…"

And then her eyes finally closed and she drifted into a wonderful sleep.

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Light danced across her eyelids softly. She opened her eyes, to discover that the bedroom door was wide open to the sky roof. She stretched and yawned her eyes were so disgusting. She looked at the time. 12:00.. It was noon!!! Her eyes opened wide! CRAP! She was really late for work!!! She scrambled out of Jimmy's bed, (which she had to add, was the most comfortable bed she had ever slept in) and ran to her suitcase. Scrambling she found her work clothes and her shampoo. Jimmy appeared in the doorway. She froze, he looked so amazing, black pants and a blue shirt with a black tie, his hair perfect as usual.

" Good morning Cindy, how did you sleep?"

" Wonderfully! But right now I am like three hours late for work!"

" Cindy, I called and told them that you were ill today," Cindy froze.

" You did what? That will just build suspicions against us Jimmy!"

" But that was the point," he smiled, and Cindy froze, shooting him a very confused look. He just rolled his eyes. " After you went to bed last night, I thought of an idea that will help you get your life back," he said with a smirk.

" I'm listening."

" Simple, we'll give the media what they want, today I will announce that you and I are dating," she shot him a confused look. " We'll pretend to be dating until Friday, at which point I am going to the Mayor's Banquet, at which I will break up with you, since everyone important will be there, including Alex, and every pressman in the city of New York. Then afterwards I will say that it was just a fling, old passions trying to re-ignite, and it failed, and that you were still in love with Alex, and I didn't stand a chance."

Cindy smiled. It was perfect.

" Oh Jimmy! It's perfect! But it will ruin your reputation!"

" Ah, who cares?"

" Oh Jimmy!" She squealed happily and hugged him tightly. He chuckled.

" Your welcome." And in response she kissed his cheek softly.

" And now you should go back to bed, today is your day off, enjoy it!'

She nodded and sighed.

" Jimmy you have saved my life!" She said happily.

" Well, I'm off, I've got a press conference to attend," he assured her.

She smiled and nodded.

" You should watch it, girlfriend," he shot her a wink and she nodded again.

That term was like honey to her ears, and she could defiantly get used to it.

She turned on the T.V. and began watching what the news channel was. Regular programming? Was he not going to do a press conference? Had he been lying to her?

" And now ladies and gentlemen we interrupt this program to bring you a special news bulletin."

Wow, this was big stuff! If they were willing to interrupt programming! Cindy gulped nervously.

" Hello Jimmy," Anne said with a sad tone in her voice.

" Hello Anne, hello New York city, last night there was a news report spreading a rumor that I have now set my eyes on the local girl named Cindy Vortex," she could see that he was nervous. Of course he was! He was about to lie on national television, all just so they could save her skin! Well, the only two people in the world who knew he was lying was her and Jimmy. She smiled he looked so good! " The rumor is true, we are now happily dating," he said with a giddy smile that looked almost real! She giggled, that was her boyfriend! Well, her fake boyfriend! She couldn't help but laugh at the silliness of it all.

Anne's mouth had dropped open fury was showing in her eyes.

" Oh, really?"

He nodded, beaming, like a happy boyfriend would be.

" Yes really!"

Anne squished her mouth in an aggravated fashion. She smiled.

" Well, you heard it here first! Jimmy Neutron has got a girlfriend!"

Then the newscast stopped and flashed back into the normal programming. Cindy relaxed on the couch and took a sip of some orange juice.

Just then, her cell phone started to ring like crazy and not only that, she knew that ring tone, it was Libby.

She answered, preparing herself for the speech of a lifetime.

" It's about TIME!" She yelped happily.

The statement got her off guard.

" I was so right wasn't I? You've been in love with him this whole time!"

She sighed.

" Man, news gets around fast.."

" Hon, you are now the number one enemy for over 80 percent of the single women in this country, teenagers and middle age alike, but seriously Cind! How did it happen?"

She sighed, she had to think of a lie and fast. Could she really lie to her best friend? No, she couldn't.

" As long as you promise upon your mothers grave that not a word will be uttered."

" I swear on everyone who ever died that not a word will be uttered!"

" We aren't really dating, last night he kissed me on top of the rooftop, and it was a mistake and we weren't going to tell anyone about it! And then there was a news bulletin about us, and I knew that if I didn't do something about it, we were both going to be in trouble… but Jimmy just told me to go home, and so I did. When I got back to the apartment, Alex was furious, he had seen the news bulletin of course, and he broke up with me, and banished me from his house, and I called Jimmy, heartbroken. He came to the apartment and picked me up. Then he let me sleep in his bed, since I have no place else to go, and then this morning he came to me with this cockamamie idea, that we would pretend to go out until Friday at which point he would break up with me at the Mayor's Banquet, where Alex will be, and he will say something about the fact that I still loved Alex and not him and that he stands no chance etcetera. It's really a wonderful plan, but till then I am staying with him, making press conferences with him," she stopped. She hadn't thought about that. She was now the most famous girl in the city. Her adventures were just beginning.

Libby sighed.

" Oh Cindy, here I thought you had finally come to your senses, both you and I know that you don't really love Alex, you just don't want to break his heart, both you and I know that you are in love with Jimmy! I saw that footage girl!"

" So?"

" That was no ordinary kiss, that was the kiss of all kisses, it made me envious! It was the kiss of true love," she said softly. " You are in love with him Cindy, just admit it and move on! Tell him! Or you will lose him!"

" No! I don't! I love Alex!"

" How can you still be in denial? Think about it Cindy, who do you dream about at night? Whose kiss do you feel as you are standing, staring out at the stars, whose touch do you feel? Whose eyes do you see in your head?"

Cindy had stopped breathing; she knew very well, the answer to all those questions was Jimmy. She had realized that she loved him last night, but no one could ever know but her, and her mind.

" Libs, I promise you, I am not in love with Jimmy! Tiffany is!"

She sighed on the other end.

" If you say so Cindy, if you say so, but Cinds, you have to at least let him know how you feel, or you will lose the love of your life, but I have to go to work now, I'll talk to you later."

Cindy hung up the phone. Of course she knew that Libby was right, but she would never ever let anyone know the truth. Not even Jimmy, this was her life, this was her life, and it could never be a fairy tale. She knew that Jimmy didn't love her, and it would be a waste of her time, another broken heart.. She just wouldn't risk it, she would go with his plan till Friday, but then she would be out of his life once again and be engaged.

Just then Jimmy waltzed through the door, giddy like she had never seen.