Author's Note: Hey! I'm finally updating. I actually wasn't going to till next week, but I thought, "hey, why not, I finished writing it up anyway, let's not let it go to waste." So I posted up my new chapter. I loved all of your reviews. It means a lot to me thank you all so very much. And I don't want to sound like a weirdo, but I checked out some of your profiles. I like to know about the people who read my work. Sorry if it weirds you out. Anyway, I'm sure that you all are fed up with my rambling, so here it goes. Enjoy! And please, do review. By the way, you are all one chapter away from finding out the root to Jimmy's anger and the root to Rebecca's breathing problem. Just to let you know. Enjoy!



He sighed as he walked to the hospital. He didn't understand it, damnit! Cindy deserved what she got and yet, he felt guilty. Jimmy Neutron was feeling guilty! Why?! Why, God, why?! Many had congratulated him. They even said she had it coming that she indeed deserved the humiliation. Others looked down on him, but they dared not to say a word, for they feared that it would've been the end of them. It was a good thing they hadn't said a word. Jimmy wouldn't have been able to control himself he would've jumped on them without so much as a thought. He'd just pounce on them and beat them down. It's what he was known bets for. Other than his short temper.

Sheen and Carl offered to come along with him, but he had declined. He wanted to go alone. He needed to convince himself that what he did was nothing bad. It was his opinion and it was in the constitution! He had the right to speak his opinion! He soon arrived at the hospital. He walked in and past the receptionist at the front desk. He walked into Rebecca's room. His aunt wasn't around and Rebecca seemed to be sleeping. He sighed as he walked to the chair beside the bed. As soon as he sat down, Rebecca opened her eyes. She shot up out of bed.

"Jimmy!" she exclaimed happily. She jumped into his lap and hugged him tightly. He stood and placed her on her feet. She smiled at him and he smiled in return, but her expression changed to concern when she looked into his face.

"What's the matter?" she asked.

"Nothing," Jimmy replied. "Ready to go home?"

Rebecca nodded.

He took Rebecca's hand and led her toward the door, but came to a halt when Meryl stepped into the room.

"Uh, Jimmy?" she spoke with uncertainty.

He looked at her and shook his head. He knew she didn't have good news. He gently squeezed Rebecca's hand. He looked down at her and she smiled half-heartedly. She didn't want to talk about it.

"Becca has to stay an extra night." Meryl looked down. "Sorry, Jimmy."

"What? Why?" he asked, his anger building.

"Just until I know what's causing her lungs to sometimes fail," she replied, quickly. She paused. "Last night Becca had trouble breathing again. It hit her pretty hard too. She was struggling to reach the button to call me over when I went to check up on her. She clutched her chest. Tears were streaming down her face. She couldn't breath. I don't know what was worse the silence or the look on her face." Tears began to well in Meryl's eyes.

"Silence?" Jimmy asked, forcing himself not to cry.

Meryl looked at him. The tears rolled down her cheeks. "She wasn't making a sound. Nothing. Not even a wheeze."

Jimmy took in the information. She hadn't been making a sound? 'Not even a wheeze', the words played back in his mind. That couldn't have been a good thing. But what exactly did it mean. How could he be so smart and yet not at the same time. Why couldn't he figure out something to do for her? If he was such a genius then why couldn't he figure out how to help his sister. No one knew exactly what she had. No one even had a clue as to what it might be. Not even him. It angered him.

He walked home alone. He didn't want to leave without Rebecca, but he had no choice. He promised her he'd be back to see her the following day and he'd d spend the whole day with her. After all it would be Saturday. He sighed as he walked up to his porch. He sat down as he looked up at the sky. He shook his head as he lay down on the porch. He put his hands behind his head. His mother came out and sat beside him. She looked down at him. Concern washed over her. He sighed as he rolled his eyes.

"Where's Rebecca?" she asked.

"Not here," Jimmy replied.

"Where is she?" she repeated.

"She had to stay the night again!"

Jimmy looked up at his mother. Tears threatened to escape. He looked into her face. He knew what she wanted to know, but he didn't want to talk about it. He just wanted to be left alone. It seemed that whenever he wanted to be left alone, his mother would always come by, wanting to talk about things. School. Homework. Sarah. His feelings. It pissed him off how she wanted to know every single detail about his life. There was no need for her to know. It wasn't her life and it wasn't her business. It wasn't anyone's business, but his own.

"Call up aunt Meryl and ask about Rebecca. She'll explain. I don't want to talk about it."

Mrs. Neutron stood and hurried into the house. Jimmy got up just then. He moved into the house. Goddard excitedly pounced on him. Jimmy patted him on the head and led him through the livingroom and the kitchen to get to the backyard. He sat on a chair outside. He shut Goddard down and began to fine tune him. He picked up a red box by the chair. His tool box. He liked to keep it by his chair. He worked on the mechanical dog until he was finished. He hadn't notice Cindy coming out. She watched him. He wiped the sweat off his forehead. His eyes looked up as he did so. That's when he finally noticed Cindy. Her arms were crossed over her chest. She looked angry. She walked to him and stood before him. Jimmy ignored her as he finished up with Goddard and started him up again. Goddard excitedly ran to Cindy. She smiled as she patted him lightly on the head.

Jimmy leaned back in his chair. He watched as Cindy continued to walk toward him. He wondered what she wanted. She probably wanted to give him a piece of her mind. What he had said to her only hours ago really affected her. The girl actually had feelings. She stood before him with her arms crossed over her chest for a while. Neither of them spoke. His eyes eased over her body as he looked up at her. She exhaled sharply as she opened her eyes. He hadn't realized that she had them closed.

"What do you want, Vortex?" Jimmy asked as he stood up and walked away.

"I want to come up with some kind of agreement for this project," she answered. "Your mom told me you'd be out here before she left to the hospital. She told me she was going to visit Rebecca. Look I know you don't want to work with me and I know I don't want to work with you, but on Monday we'll have to finish this stupid thing so we don't have to see each other at all next week just Monday."

"Whatever."

"We should work on half today," she said as she followed him inside. "I didn't want to see you at all today after what you said to me."

"Then what are you doing here?" he asked as he turned to her. She looked away from him.

"I wanted to get most of the project done," she said, simply.

Jimmy turned to go upstairs and Cindy followed him up. He walked into his room with Cindy right behind him. He moved toward his desk and pulled out one of the draws. He fished inside and pulled out a folder. He threw it at Cindy. "It's the project. The information half of it," he explained. "There. Half is done. Now go home."

He looked at her. She stared at the folder in her hands for a long time before she looked back at him. "And you're expecting me to do what? Finish the project by myself?"

He nodded.

"I'm not gonna create a poster for the information and create a diorama by myself!"

"Why not? I looked up the information and printed out the pictures. You can do the rest."

Jimmy looked at her. She scowled. She whirled around and began her way down the steps. "Be at my house on Monday. Five thirty sharp."

"What?" he asked as he came out of his room. Cindy turned to face him.

"I'm not gonna work on the poster and the diorama by myself. You have to work on it too, Neutron. So be there or then I'll - "

"Then you'll what?" he cut her off. "Make me sit around watching you do your stupid little cheers."

"Yeah, right! And actually let you enjoy yourself?!"

He laughed at that. "Don't flatter yourself, Vortex. You're not that good looking."

She huffed and climbed down the rest of the stairs. She opened the front door and slammed it shut. Jimmy smiled as he walked back into his room and shut the door.