So here we are, there's one more chapter and then we're done!

I don't own Jimmy!

Worth It

When the school day was over and everyone had gone home, Cindy went into the gym. It was dimly lit and it smelled like sweat.

She had found the song they had danced to the night before and downloaded it onto a CD. So she nervously pressed play on the CD player. She walked to the middle of the floor to wait for her mystery guy.

A few minutes passed, then a few hours. Cindy had moved to the bleachers, and was soon sitting with her head buried in her hands. He wasn't coming.

Just then gym door closed and Cindy turned around to see a figure in the shadows. Her heart skipped.

"Hello?" She whispered.

"Cindy?" Libby's voice came from the shadows. "There's someone here who needs to talk to you."

Libby pushed Amber into the light.

"Now tell her exactly what you told me," Libby commanded to the blonde girl. The blonde girl glared at them. "Now," she hissed.

"Fine," Amber sighed. "Jimmy is the one who kissed you at the Bash."

Cindy stared at her for a few moments, her brain reeling. She was almost lightheaded.

"What?"

"I saw him kiss you and I was jealous. So that night after the Bash I tried to convince him to go out with me but he refused. When I saw the Love Potion packet, he tried to explain that it was dangerous and not to be used. All I had to do was push a little button and it tore the packet in which it was contained. He instantly fell in love with me. I just wasn't counting on it being so strong." She sighed but then continued. "Yesterday night after you came over, the effects of the Love Potion wore off and he remembered the kiss in the gym. He tried to tell you in the hallway this afternoon."

"Why are you telling me this?"

"Because Libby overheard me telling a friend of mine so she made me promise I'd come with her and tell you. She threatened to use physical violence."

"If it was him, why didn't he come?"

"He doesn't remember writing the notes. All he knew after you confessed was that he kissed you at the Bash and he had to tell you."

"If he doesn't remember writing the notes how can you know it was him?"

"I caught him with a note the other night."

"Oh," Cindy replied.

"I really think you should talk to him. He'll be able to explain it better then I will."

"I highly doubt it, for a genius he's pretty clueless," she hissed.

Amber nodded nervously.

"Now please can I go?"

Cindy nodded as she stopped the music.

"Promise you won't hurt me?" Amber asked nervously.

"Just don't get in my way again," Cindy hissed and Amber's eyes grew wide but she nodded.

"He's all yours."

"You'd better believe it," she nodded. "And now I'm going to go find that stupid genius and pulverize him within an inch of his life."

Libby chuckled knowing that she really meant to kiss him until he was blue in the face…

-x-

Cindy walked straight to Neutron's lab and buzzed.

"Neutron, let me in this INSTANT," she hissed. A second later she was falling down the tube and had landed on her butt with a THUD.

"Okay, Neutron, you'd better start explaining right NOW."

"I know," he replied. "Well, Amber used the love potion on me."

"Yeah, your girlfriend did say that."

Jimmy smiled.

"You're cute when you get jealous."

At this a light blush covered her cheeks.

"I'm so confused," Cindy replied.

"Well, I guess in some unconscious part of my brain, I knew what really happened. So when you awoke the real memories, my body had a physical reaction. Thus, the sickness you saw. Last night when I confronted her, Amber told me about everything, even catching me with a note. But, she never stopped me from giving them to you. Which says something, I guess."

There were a few uncomfortable moments of silence.

"Just out of curiosity, what made you remember?"

He smiled as he moved a little closer.

"Well. Your confession made me remember that I… well I..." He paused.

"What are you trying to say Neutron? Spit it out."

"I love you, Cindy. I'm really sorry about all this, HMPH!"

He could not speak anymore because Cindy had completely thrown herself at the poor boy genius, kissing him with a ferocity that outmatched even the previous night. When his lips began moving against hers she actually began to feel like she could cry from pure happiness. His arms wrapped around her waist, and there they stood, lost in their own private world.

Cindy pulled away and smiled.

"I've been waiting forever to hear that," she muttered against his lips.

Jimmy chuckled, pulling away from her, his eyes filled with a devious sparkle.

"Why is that?"

She rolled her eyes.

"You know why."

"Remind me again," he added.

"I," she pointed to herself, "Love you," she pointed to him. With a chuckle he took her finger in his hand. He was leaning in to kiss her again when he stopped. She grunted in frustration.

"What's wrong Jimmy?"

"What are we going to do about Amber?"

"She won't be a problem anymore," Cindy grinned and Jimmy smiled knowingly.

He then seemed to notice that she was openly staring at his lips and he smiled.

"Hmm, I think I might just enjoy this a little bit too much, Vortex."

Then he softly pressed his exquisite lips against hers. Her head felt like it had been stuffed with cotton balls and that his lips were POSTIVELY jumping with electricity. Her heart was beating so fast it could probably fly right out of her chest.

She felt so free! She didn't have to hide behind her façade anymore. She could love him, openly and totally. Libby was right; this vulnerability thing was 100 percent worth it.

He was worth it.

Maybe going to that Masquerade Bash hadn't been such a bad idea after all.

-x-