Final chappie and Epilogue.
Don't own it.
Chapter 11: Like a Fairy Tale
When they got to the Candy Bar, they could hear Sheen pestering Libby and saw Carl at the counter trying all of Sam's new ice cream flavors.
Jimmy motioned to Cindy to stay outside. He wanted this to be a surprise.
"Hey guys," he said as he approached the table, trying his hardest to surpress his grin.
"Hey Jimmy." replied Sheen. "I was just telling The Libster here - ooh, Look!"
Getting distracted by an Ultra-Lord movie poster across the room, the hyper kid barreled towards it, knocking anyone and anything down that was in his path.
"So how's Cindy?"
"Well...how about you ask her yourself?" He stepped aside to reveal none other than Cindy Vortex walking towards them.
"Cindy!" Libby rushed to greet her friend, embracing her in a big hug.
"Hey Libs. What's up?" Cindy replied casually.
"Nothing much. I'm just so glad that you are okay and Jimmy was able to cure you."
Turning to Jimmy she asked, "How did you cure her? I thought there were no known cures?"
"There aren't," he replied.
"So how did you cure her then?"
Jimmy looked at Cindy. "Let's just say it was like a fairy tale."
Cindy smiled and Libby gave her a questioning glance. She was about to ask her about it when Sheen came back.
"Aww man! The new Ultra-Lord movie doesn't come out for another three weeks! What will I do until then?"
"We'll hello to you too Ultra-Dork," Cindy teased.
"Hi Cindy. What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be at Jimmy's paraphrased or something?"
"Its 'paralyzed' Sheen" corrected Libby. "And besides, Jimmy somehow found a way to cure her."
"Whatever. That still doesn't tell me what to do for three weeks!"
"How about we go to the lab and watch some movies?" Jimmy suggested.
"Can we watch the walk through for Llamapalooza again?" asked Carl as he walked over with a quadruple scoop sundae.
"Not this time Carl. I was actually thinking we could revisit your guys' childhood and watch some of the Disney animated films. You know, the fairy tales."
Cindy smiled again and this time, Libby couldn't hold back her confusion. "What is going on with you two?"
"I'll tell you later," Cindy told Libby. "But for now, let's go watch some movies!"
With that the five of them went to the lab.
As they watched the movies, Libby kept glancing at Jimmy and Cindy, trying to figure out what went on between them. After a while, she gave up, figuring Cindy would undoubtedly tell her in her own time.
After the last movie, they said their good-byes. Sheen, Carl and Libby went their separate ways. Cindy stayed behind.
"Thanks Jimmy."
"What for?"
"For everything."
"Are you going to tell Libby? She'll find out sooner or later."
"I'll tell her tonight. My mother wanted me to stay at the Folfax's while she was away, so I will be sleeping over there tonight." Cindy turned and started walking away.
"Cindy, wait."
Cindy stopped and turned around. "Yes?"
"Thank you."
"What for?"
"For showing me what I missed out on as a child. I always thought fairy tales were nonsense. I see now that they are more. Much more."
"You see Jimmy, life isn't just about science. It's also about having an imagination and spending time with those you care about. Even if there is a dragon in the way."
Jimmy stepped up next to her. "I've already faced the dragon. That dragon was denial and logic. But I fully accept my feelings now, and realize not everything has to be logical."
He paused for a second.
"Cindy, will you be my girlfriend?"
"Of course Jimmy. You know I will."
Jimmy pulled Cindy into a hug and held her for a minute.
"Now go. Libby will be wondering what is taking you so long."
Cindy pulled out of the embrace and gave Jimmy a big smile.
"Whatever you say Nerdtron." She said, an even larger grin etched across her face.
"Get out of here Dorktex. I'll see you tomorrow." He watched as Cindy turned around and ran to her house to grab her stuff to go to Libby's.
Things will definitely change around here now he thought, watching her retreating form. I'm the luckiest guy in the world.
Epilogue
When Cindy's mother got home the next morning, it was as if nothing had changed:
Carl was fantasizing about Llamas, Sheen was ranting to Libby about Ultra-Lord, and Jimmy was in his lab messing with his inventions.
Libby hadn't been too surprised to hear that Jimmy and Cindy were dating. It was almost as if she had expected it.
When her mother asked her how things went while she was away, Cindy replied quite simply: "Neutron's invention blew up in his face and I had to help him fix his mistake."
Her mother would never know what really happened while she was away, and Cindy didn't care. Her life had been changed. For better or for worse, Cindy was still unsure (but she was leaning towards better).
All she knew for certain was all that was left of her and Jimmy's rivalry was their academic standings, and not even that could reverse what they had. Sure, they still teased each other, but they knew that nothing could ever get in between them.
And they all lived happily ever after (for the most part anyway).
Author's note:
I apologize if anyone was offended by the use of paralysis in this story. That was something that came up in reviews the first time around. I meant no offense by it. I understand that it is not to be taken lightly, and it was not intended to be portrayed as such.