Disclaimer: I don't own Jimmy Neutron. I keep forgetting to put this stupid thing.
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Cindy's eyes popped open. It was dark; the clock read 3 46 a.m. She rubbed her sore wrists, noting that he had taken off the tape. Looking down, she noticed her lack of clothes. That, and the throbbing between her legs, informed her of what had happened last night. Nick, much to her disgust, lay on the other side of the bed, still nude. As the tears started to slip down her face, Cindy angrily dressed.
"I hate you, I hate you, I hate you." She muttered to Nick's sleeping figure. Before storming out of the house, she hastily wrote a note and attached it to the fridge. She didn't bother to sign her name. He would understand. She ran all the way home.
Luckily, her father was not home yet. She hurried to her bathroom to shower again. Before retiring to bed, she peeked out her window. Jimmy was sitting at his window across the street, asleep. He was waiting for me...
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The sunrise woke Cindy around 5:45 AM. Why didn't I close that curtain? Groaning, she went to the window to shut out the sunlight. Jimmy was still across the street sitting in his chair, fast asleep. He will want to know what happened. Why I didn't come home. And I... I just can't tell him.
As quietly as she could, Cindy packed as many of her belongings as she could into her luggage. Grandma said I could come down any time... She carried them downstairs and noticed her father asleep on the couch, most likely drunk. She scribbled a note saying she was spending the rest of the summer at her grandmothers' and left it in the kitchen for him. Without so much as a word to her friends, she sped out of Retroville.
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Cindy stared into the waves tumbling onto the beach. They numbed her mind into thoughtlessness. The only real contact she had had with anyone from Retroville was a phone call to her father, and one to Libby.
....FLASHBACK....
The phone rang once, twice. "Hello?"
"Hey... Libs?"
"Naw this is Sheen hold on."
"Cindy? Girl where ARE you? I've been goin crazy! Everyone keeps callin me cause they wanna know where you are but I had no idea!!!"
"Ummm am I interrupting something?" She didn't want to know what they had been doing.
"No, no. We were just... watching Ultralord, yeah. Where are you, Cind!"
"I'm at my grandma's beach house. Look uh... do me a favor and don't give anyone this number. If anyone asks where I am, just say I'm on vacation."
"But-"
"I probably won't be back until college starts up. Sorry we couldn't spend the summer together like we planned. I gotta go though. Have fun with Sheen, Libs. Haha. Byes." Cindy hung up.
"Dammit!" Libby slammed down her phone. Sheen pulled her back to him.
"Okay babe?"
"She isn't comin back. What if I never get to see her again? We're going to college... so far away from each other, and she won't be back this summer or..." Libby burst into tears.
....END FLASHBACK....
Many times, Cindy had dialed Jimmy's phone number, only to hang up after the first ring. One time she had called, hoping to hear him on the machine, needing the comfort from his voice.
"Hello?" He had picked up. Cindy couldn't respond, but a sob escaped her. She hadn't heard his voice in so long. She realized that she had missed it, and as the memories returned, so did the tears. "Who's there? ...Cindy? Is that you?"
She just hung up. She felt horrible. But as long as he knows I'm still okay...
She returned her gaze to the ocean. It was so serene; it was so relaxing. She had been captivated by it ever since she had come to her grandmother's home. It had been six weeks since the night...
Six weeks? Cindy's eyes widened at the thought. It couldn't have been six weeks? Oh please let it not have been six weeks!
Cindy raced inside and straight to her calendar. Yes, it has been six weeks. Crap.
Her suspicions were confirmed a few hours later, as the test read positive. She was pregnant. With Nick's child.
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Much thanks to Just-An-Echo, TK-421, Majestic Twelve, fanjimmy, Bnice's Beanie, Dory, Retroville9, and Enlightened Angel for reviewing chapters 3&4!!