A/N: This is a song-fic chapter; 'I Should Be Sleeping' is owned by Emerson Drive, not me. I'm also shortening it a little for the sake of the chapter. You can find the full song at http://www.raynecountry.net. Please R/R.
Jimmy opened the door to his house. The sky was a deep blue, and the final pale rays of dusk were departing below the horizon. He ran upstairs and dropped his backpack off in his room. He glanced at the clock. 9:00.
I never knew there were such great movies
On TV at 3 AM
I never guessed that at midnight Tuesday
I could have pizza ordered in
I never been a real night owl
But these days I'm all turned 'round
There's only one thing I'm sure of right now
SCREEN NAME: ROCKET_MAN
PASSWORD: *******
Jimmy logged on to his favorite chat room, dismayed to find that none of his friends were there. In fact, the entire room was empty. He sighed and prepared to log off, when he saw the new message.
SUPER_VORTEX HAS ENTERED THE CHAT
Jimmy smiled. He knew who it was, and obviously, the new arrival new him as well.
SUPER_VORTEX: hey nerdtron
ROCKET_MAN: hi cindy
SUPER_VORTEX: heard you wasted the whole day watching ultralord
ROCKET_MAN: no
SUPER_VORTEX: then wat wer u doing at sheens?
ROCKET_MAN: hangin out
SUPER_VORTEX: *rolls eyes* riiight
I should be sleepin'
Instead of keepin'
The late hours I've been keepin'
I've been pacing and retracing
Every step of every move
Even though I'm feelin' so right
I'm so happy still I know I
Should be sleepin'
Instead of dreamin' about you
Jimmy looked over at a picture he kept hidden behind junk on his desk. It had a skillfully-hand carved golden frame, but inside it was a picture that, to Jimmy, was worth more than that. It was the girl who he'd had a crush on for the past few years.
Cindy Vortex.
SUPER_VORTEX: hellooo neutron! Where r u?
ROCKET_MAN: right here
SUPER_VORTEX: so, how was ultralord?
ROCKET_MAN: I wasn't watching it!
SUPER_VORTEX: oh yea? libby an I walked by ultranerds house and guess who we saw?
ROCKET_MAN: uh, so what did you do today?
SUPER_VORTEX: well, first I spent a few hours down at the candy bar, and then I went to retroland
ROCKET_MAN: no you didn't
SUPER_VORTEX: yea, no lie neutron. Just got home, in fact. Stayed 'til closing
ROCKET_MAN: prove it
SUPER_VORTEX: look out ur window
Jimmy followed the instructions and saw Cindy holding up a blue ticket stub.
"Told you, Nerdtron!" she yelled across the street. Jimmy snorted in disgust and closed his window. He then sat back down to find a message waiting for him.
SUPER_VORTEX: u kno its rude to slam windows
I never knew that I was funny
'Til I went and made you laugh
Never like a girl to call me honey
But you did, and I liked that
I keep thinkin' about your smile
Tryin' to read between the lines
Looks like I'll be up for awhile
ROCKET_MAN: well that ticket could've been from that time we sold the candy
SUPER_VORTEX: plz don't bring that up. it was bad enough that i had to go with you.
SUPER_VORTEX: if u want me to prove its authenticity, meet me at the park at 6 am tomorrow
ROCKET_MAN: 6 AM?! r u crazy?
SUPER_VORTEX: if u don't, i'll tell evry1 about your secret automatic bubblegum-making machine
ROCKET_MAN: uh, gtg bye cindy
ROCKET_MAN HAS LEFT THE CHAT
Jimmy dejectedly set his alarm to 5:30 am. He slumped off to his bathroom to get ready for bed.
I should be sleepin'
Instead of keepin'
The late hours I've been keepin'
I've been pacing and retracing
Every step of every move
Even though I'm feelin' so right
I'm so happy still I know I
Should be sleepin'
Instead of dreamin' about you
Dreamin' about you
I should be sleepin'
As Jimmy crawled into bed, Goddard jumped up and landed on him. "Get some sleep, boy. We've got to get up early tomorrow," he said as he closed his eyes and drifted into a dreamless sleep.
A/N: did you like it? This was my first Jimmy sonfic chapter and my first ever use of the chat room in my stories. Please review.