the punishment
Disclaimer: I do not own Jimmy Neutron or it's characters.
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Jamie- Jimmy
Maria- Sheen
Chapter 6,
Mrs. Neutron was probably a little too happy to go shopping with Jamie and Maria. It had been a long time since she had good old fashioned 'girl time'; and boy did it show.
"Oh, girls!" The mother called in a melodic way.
"We are going to have a grand time. We'll find some cute clothes and shoes- Oh, maybe a dress or two and then we can check out make up and get all spruced up at the spa." Judy said and she hesitated when she was met with silence.
"And to top it all off we can end the evening at the Candy Bar." Judy said and Maria smiled.
"Mmm, a Choco-Ultralord Sunday Split sounds good to me." She exclaimed.
Jamie stared out her window, nervous about showing her face to the world. Currently her biggest fear was someone realizing exactly who she and her friends were and that would be difficult to explain.
"Look, there's the mall now. Oh hey, Mrs. Neutron, before we get inside can you explain how bras work, in term of size?" Maria asked and Judy paused.
"Well, that's pretty easy, actually. There are numbers and letters, as most people know, but some people get them mixed up. The numbers indicate the size of bra that you need around your body. That's why most measure directly under the breasts for a more accurate number. As for the letter, this is the actual size of the breast itself. For example I myself am a 22C, so-"
"You're a C? I thought that would look bigger." Jamie spat out before thinking and then blushed at her reaction.
"Yes, well I don't flaunt it like others. My breasts are strictly for your father. But yes, I am a C. And that's another thing too girls. Different bras can cause a different feel of breasts. Most sports bras do make you look smaller because they press the breasts to the body so that they stay as still as possible. Running or any other physical activities can cause the chestal area to hurt from it's shear movement, which is why it's good. But you can wear a push up bra which has a bump of padding on the bottom of it so that you can appear to look perkier and I suppose bigger too." Judy parked the car so she paused her speech for a moment. But it was at this time that Jamie noticed that Marie didn't laugh or joke on any of the 'breasts' that Judy said. Odd that Sheen would have laughed instantly and Marie doesn't even smile. Walking up to the mall Judy wrapped her arms around the shoulders of Jamie and Marie.
"You know, this 'girl thing' will take you both some getting use to. So it's ok that you don't know everything." Judy whispered and Jamie took a deep breath to calm her nerves.
"Thanks mom, but I think that I'm more worried about changing my behavior. I don't want people to know it's me." Jamie said and Judy actually rolled her eyes.
"Please, Jamie, relax. After all, there are several different types of boys. Honesty except for a few minor biological differences, men and women are the same. We are all just human." She said and Jamie found this difficult to believe. Entering the mall, Maria felt an uncomfortable pressure within her lower regions.
"I'll be right back, I've got to go to the bathroom." Maria said and Jamie whispered,
"Remember the girls bathroom." Maria scoffed at that remember and left.
"I know you mean well sweetie, but she isn't stupid." Judy said and Jamie blinked at their display. After all she thought that it was perfectly logical to remind Maria this fact. Judy and Jamie walked over to the bra section, which was pretty close to the bathrooms and Jamie instantly felt uncomfortable. It was bad enough that Jamie was paranoid, but now drop her in the middle of potential undergarments and she could have died from embarrassment.
"Ok, so you and Maria seem to be a B-cup or possibly a C-cup so we need to get a couple of those..." She drifted off as she pulled six bras off the shelf.
"We also need to get you girls more appropriate underwear because boxer-briefs can't be that comfortable. The underwear will be the determined by the size of jeans you wear; but we should probably get the jeans first since the women and men sizes are different. And-" Judy froze as realization hit her.
"Oh, Marie could get a infection. I got to hurry to her, Jamie, please hold on to these bras and grab a cart." She said throwing the garments into Jamie's arms and running off to save Marie. Blushing horribly, Jamie ran to the front of the store and threw the clothes into the first available shopping cart she found. She whipped the cart around to rush back to the bras, but she accidentally hit someone entering the store.
"Oh, no, are you ok?" Jamie asked instantly more worried about the random person she hit instead of what was in the cart.
"Ok?" They said insulted and they looked up at Jamie.
"Do I look-" The boy, Nick Dean, froze when he saw Jamie. Curiosity and some recognition crossed his face.
"Actually I'm ok. I'm still alive anyways." Nick said with a flawless smile and Jamie blushed. Logically, Jimmy knew that Nick was flirtatious, accident prone, and a complete fraud when it comes to bravery. But emotionally, Jamie finally understood why he was the most wanted boy in school.
"Well, I'm still sorry, I should have been paying more attention." Jamie said and Nick shrugged.
"Hey, it happens to the best of us. Even me." Nick said a bit obnoxiously and Jamie smiled.
"I'm sure of that." Jamie said and Nick chuckled.
"You're a funny chick. What's your name?" Nick asked and a customer walked past the two teenagers and Jamie realized that they were still in front of the main doors.
"I should move." Jamie said pushing the cart and Nick watched her for a second.
"Hmm." He grunted our and he looked at his watch.
"I got some time." He commented and he easily caught up to the girl.
"Hey, chick, do you go to Retroville High?" Nick asked and Jamie blinked at his presence.
"Um, I will on Monday." Jamie said and Nick smiled.
"Oh, you just moved here?" Nick asked and Jamie shrugged.
"You could say that." She said, rounding the corner to the bras.
"Ok, cool. Have you had the chance to check out the town yet?" Nick asked.
"A little." Jamie said, quickly determining that it was the best answer.
"Well let me be the first to say welcome and if you want a tour, I'll be happy to give you one." Nick said and Jamie smiled.
"Thanks. But you don't have to do that. I mean, you don't even know me." Jamie said and Nick shrugged.
"I know that, but the strange thing is that I feel as if we have met before." Nick said and Jamie blushed briefly.
"What did you say your name was?" Jamie asked, hoping to change the subject.
"I didn't, but I did ask what your name was and Jamie smiled then scoffed.
"Well, who should answer first?" Jamie asked and Nick smiled at her scoff.
"Normally I would say 'ladies first', but that only works when I hold doors. So... my name is Nick." He said holding a hand out to her.
"Ok, my name is... Jamie." She said, before taking Nick's hand in her and shaking it. Jamie was impressed at how seductively soft his hands were and she swallowed the drool formed from his natural heat.
"That's pretty. So why are you here at the mall today?" Nick asked and Jamie pulled her hand away so that she could answer.
"Um, they lost my luggage so we needed to go shopping. What about you?" She asked and Nick shoved his hands into his pockets.
"I came to visit my mom, maybe help around her shop." He said and Jamie blinked.
"That's... nice of you." Jamie commented and Nick tilted a smile at her.
"Odd that you're surprised at that. We just met." He said and Jamie blushed ever so slightly.
"Oh, well, I just... uh... got the impression that you were a popular kid. And typically popular males just want to impress females with macho-ness." Jamie said and Nick paused.
"I can see why you may come to that conclusion. But the odd thing about living in a semi-small town like Retroville is that most people know everyone in town. The good thing about that is people are more willing to help out their neighbors. The bad part is that once people have 'figured you out' then you need to stay in your bubble of personality otherwise people are completely and utterly confused. That's one of the reasons why people enjoy talking to strangers. No expectations, no limitations, and typically some understanding or sympathy. Maybe that's why I like talking to you." Nick said and Jamie blushed and smiled.
"Well, thank you, Nick." Jamie said and Nick shrugged.
"So, judging by your cart and the isle, I say that your shopping for bras." Nick said easily and Jamie was once again confused at Nick.
"Well, yeah. Like I said I've had a luggage mishap." Jamie stated.
"Well you know, your boyfriend would love it if you got a, uh, red lacy bra and a matching thong." Nick said and he loved the way Jamie's eyes grew.
"O-oh, I-I don't know about that. B-besides I don't have a boyfriend." Jamie said and Nick's smile widened.
"Really? That's a shame." He said and Jamie turned slightly and shrugged.
"Oh, it's not bad. I'm sure you've been single in your life." Jamie said and out of the corner of her eye, she saw Nick bite his lip ever so sweetly.
"I'm single right now." He said half suggestively and Jamie was actually beginning to wonder if Nick was hitting on her.
"Oh, should I say sorry?" Jamie asked and Nick shrugged.
"No, I guess not; I ended the relationship." Nick said and Jamie glanced at him.
"What made you quit?" She asked and Nick looked as if he wasn't expecting this question but answered anyways.
"I guess I just thought our relationship would be different. But then she acted like she owned the whole school because she was with me. She turned into a colossal jerk and ignored me. I didn't like that so I ended things." Nick said sadly, indicating that this happened a few things and Jamie wasn't sure of what to say.
"I'm sorry to hear that, Nick. But I doubt that you have to head to worry about finding someone else." Jamie said and Nick shrugged.
"Finding someone to date and finding some one true, can be two very different tasks." Nick said Jamie contorted her face slightly.
"Well-"
"Jamie there you are." Marie said when she saw Jamie and Nick instantly leaned back and cleared his thought to look cool and capture attention.
"I should probably go. It was nice to meet you, Jamie." Nick said walking off and Jamie watched him leave.
"Did I miss something Jimmy?" Marie asked and Jamie rolled her eyes.
"No, and don't call me that; call me Jamie." Jamie said and Marie cocked an eye at her.
"Maybe I developed women's intuition, but I could have sworn that I interrupted a moment between you and Nick. Do you like him?" Marie asked and Jamie blushed.
"Don't be ridiculous, Marie. Do you have any idea how hypocritical it would be for me to like Nick of all people. Besides I should still like girls." Jamie said and Marie giggled.
"Well, I'm still dating Tavon, but Nick looked a little scrumptious to me." Marie said and Jamie was thrown at this.
"Stop it, ok. We are just burning daylight, let's try some of these bras on." Jamie said gesturing to the cart.