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When ninth period finally let out, Cindy breathed a sigh of relief, thanking god that school was over for the day. This thing with Jimmy was really bugging her and she needed a well deserved bubble bath. She couldn't wait to get home and just relax. She really needed it to get her thoughts together. Jimmy had really upset her, during fourth period in the library. Did he really think of her that way? She didn't think that it would hurt her so much, but now that she. . .She shook her head. She knew now that it was a waist. She had seen him with Sarah, his ex-girlfriend during seventh period when she went looking for Nick. She had wanted to ask him about the restraining order which she had only moments before heard about (she missed everything). And there She was with Jimmy.
When Jimmy had spotted her, she froze. The ache in her heart at the moment had stopped all of her actions. Jimmy stared at her, regret in his eyes and something else that she couldn't quit put her finger on, but then She turned around and that's when Cindy was able to move again and she walked off. There had been a nasty look in her eyes.
Jimmy had gone outside for the remainder of the period and Sarah popped into the cafeteria again. She payed Cindy a little visit.
"Stay away from Jimmy, Vortex!" She had warned. "He's not your's."
"And he's not your's." Cindy replied, nonchalantly.
"Listen, to me," she began. "If I see you touch him. . .or even talk to him, I promise you that your life will become hell."
"You don't scare me," Cindy said, challenging her. Sarah took a step back and smiled.
"I don't think you know who you're talking to, Vortex," Sarah replied. "Why do you think people feared Jimmy and I both when we we together? Huh?" She placed her hands on her hips. "Because we were an unstoppable force together. Sure, Jimmy's scary on his own and I'm pretty scarey myself on my own, but together, we're a nightmare that doesn't end."
Cindy scoffed. "I'm sure you were."
Sarah narrowed her eyes. "I'd watch myself if I were you, Vortex. Because Sarah Warren does not do mercy."
Cindy looked at her in the eyes. "What makes you think Jimmy still likes you?" she asked, though she knew that there was still something there. It was small, but she knew it was there.
"Why?" Sarah inquired as she laughed. "You think he likes you?" Sarah laughed again. "Please! Look at you and look at me! You're not his type! Face it, he could never like you!" She laughed again and with that walked away.
Was Sarah the type of girl Jimmy went for? Cindy recalled the day in the hospital more than a month ago when Rebecca had needed medical attention. Meryl, Jimmy's and Rebecca's aunt, had insisted that Cindy was Jimmy's girlfriend, though Jimmy protested. He had said that Cindy was not his type. Cindy sighed as she thought about it. Then Sarah is his type? She questioned herself. She scowled. She not all that pretty. But that wasn't true. Because she was. She was beautiful and Cindy knew it. Cindy could not compare to her, or so Cindy thought.
True, Sarah did not have the angelic features that Cindy had, but she had a devilish charm about her that Cindy figured Jimmy had liked. Sarah was Cindy's opposite. Her pale skin was flawless and her hair was as black as the night. Her dark eyes held anger, mischief, and somewhere deep inside, sadness. But most of all her eyes held mystery and the dark circles around her eyes (which Cindy was sure was make-up) added to the mystery they held. She wore blood red lipstick, which stood out on her pale skin and emphasized the fullness of her lips. And I'm sure Jimmy found her appealing with that short, mini, black skirt, and those stupid (but cool) knee high boots with those dumb (but cool) fish-net stockings, she thought with the scow still on her face. Hmpf, I can dress like her. I can be just like her! Cindy looked down at her clothes and sighed dejectedly. Abercrombi and Fitch. No, I can't. Her tone suddenly changed. Who wants to be her anyway? I'm fine the way I am, she thought. I just need Jimmy to see that.
As she walked outside she spotted Libby, Sheen, and Carl with Jimmy. They were laughing about something. Allo except Jimmy.
"Come on, Jimmy, you know you wanna laugh," Sheen urged.
"Yeah," Libby agreed. "At least smile. We know you want to. We know you know that we know you want to."
"I don't. . .get it," Carl said.
They burst with laughter as Carl scratched his head, a smile formed on Jimmy's face as he held back his own laughter. He's smiling. It had been the second time today she had seen him smiling. In Mr. Wilmington's class after he had said something and now. She smiled to herself. He looks so much better when he smiles. Her cheeks warmed and Cindy figured it was the sun shining down on her. Libby spotted Cindy and waved her over.
"Cindy!" she called. "Hey, girl!"
Cindy smiled as she waved. Jimmy looked at her and Cindy attempted to smile. He rolled his eyes and began walking off as she approached the group. Libby looked back and forth from Jimmy to Cindy. Sheen and Carl called to Jimmy, but he did not turn around and so they ran to him. Libby sighed as she shook her head.
"What is it?" Libby questioned. "What happened? You didn't explain very much during lunch."
"Jimmy thinks of me as this cold-hearted person who cares more about my own things, then other people."
"That's what got you upset?"
"Well, I don't want him thinking that way about me! I'm not like that! I can admit that I use to be somewhat, sorta, not really like that. . .but I'm different. I've changed. I care about people," she said as she folded her arms over her chest. "I care about Becca. I care about him!"
Libby smirked. She placed her hand an her hip as she lifted an eyebrow. "I know you do, but stop telling me that and tell him that!" Libby shoved Cindy in Jimmy's direction.
"What?! No! Are you crazy?!" Cindy whispered. She felt a bit frantic now.
"I just might be," Libby replied.
"Libby, come on!" Cindy pleaded.
Libby continued to shove Cindy toward Jimmy, calling him to hold on. She called Sheen and Carl over and the three of them stopped ahead. Cindy could feel her palms begin to sweat. Her heart beats increased and her blood rushed in her veins. She finally managed to pull herself away from Libby. Her knees felt like jell-o and she almost lost her balance, but she picked herself up again.
"Carl, Sheen," called. "Do you think you guys can assist me?"
"With what?" Carl asked.
"Anything," Sheen replied.
Libby almost laughed. "I'll tell you about it while we walk to the public library. Is that ok?"
"Yes!" Sheen exclaimed, taking Libby's hand in his and dragging her in the opposite direction. "Come on, Carl!" Sheen shouted. He turned to Libby. "Will I be getting Ultra Lord popsicles like when we did that health project?"
Cindy almost laughed as she watched them go.
"See you later, Jim," Carl said.
"Bye," Jimmy responded.
Cindy slowly turned to Jimmy. He took one look at her and turned away. She walked behind him. "Why are you following me?" Jimmy asked without turning around.
"I'm going to see Rebecca and I don't care what you say." She stuck her nose in the air as she quickened her pace. "I need to talk to her." They walked side by side for a long time without talking and Cindy could feel the tension growing by the second, so she did what she thought was best to lighten the mood, which was to start up a conversation. "So I saw you with that Sarah Warren girl during eighth period."
She made a fatal mistake. From the corner of her eye she could see Jimmy's eyes narrow.
"Yeah, so," Jimmy responded.
Not what she had expected, but she breathed a sigh of relief.
"You two. . .back together?" she asked, looking at him from the corner of her eye.
"What do you care? I thought you were mad at me."
"Well, I was. . .I mean I am."
"What is it? You are or you aren't." Jimmy turned to her. She stopped.
"I am, just not as mad as I was," she answered. "It just upset me a little to know that you thought of me as this person who only thinks about herself."
Jimmy looked at her with his eyes wide open, his mouth open slightly. "A little!" he exclaimed. "You through that book at my. . ." His voice trailed.
"So I was very angry," she agreed. "So sew me! But I had a good reason! I'm not the way you described me to be! I'm a very caring person! You just don't take the time to see it."
"Yeah, well, you don't give me the time to notice," he said as he began walking again.
It was true. Over the years she hadn't. She had kept him at a fairly far distance. She didn't even give him the time of day. It disappointed her whenever she thought about how much time they had lost only because of her. If she had known that Jimmy's father had left, she would've been there for him. She would've re-thought about everything and that time lost could not be restored. She looked down, suddenly wondering what Jimmy's feelings were about her. About. . .Sarah.
"Jimmy," Cindy said, her voice sounded unusually out of place. "Do you still like Sarah?" She turned to look at him. Jimmy looked down. There was something in his eyes that Cindy recognized as regret and heart ache and she knew that he still had feelings for her.
"It doesn't matter," he said. "Because she doesn't like me. She broke up with me. That says it all."
Cindy looked at him. She never knew what it was like to be dumped, but she knew what it felt like to do the dumping and it wasn't any easier. "I can't say I know how you feel. Cause I don't. But I can tell you that Sarah does still like you and it must've hurt her all the same to dump you."
"Yeah, right. How would you know that. Did you ask her?" Jimmy sneered.
"No," Cindy replied simply. "But it was hard for me to dump Nick."
Jimmy turned to her. He stopped. "You dumped him?" Cindy turned to him and nodded. "Why?"
"Because my heart isn't with him anymore. It really never was." Cindy paused. A dreamy sigh escaped her. "My heart belongs to someone else and Nick knew it. There was nothing he could do."
She could feel his eyes on her and she blushed, but grief suddenly filled her. Jimmy did not like her. He still had feelings for Sarah and as much as it hurt her to even think about it, she would get the two back together. It was the best thing for Jimmy. She wanted nothing more than to see him happy and if that meant him being with Sarah, so be it and she'd be keeping her promise to Rebecca as she did so.
When they arrived Mrs. Neutron greeted them joyously, obviously happy to Cindy again. She hugged her.
"I'm so happy to see you. I'm sorry I didn't let you see Jimmy when you came. He needed to be punished and that meant no visitors," the woman pleaded.
Cindy nodded. "Of course. I understand."
From the corner of her eye, Cindy could see Jimmy's surprise at his mother's words. She knew what he was thinking. Cindy? Came here? For me? She fought to keep a smile from surfacing. Oh, yeah. It's written all over his face, she thought.
"Becca, look who's here!" Mrs. Neutron shouted as she turned toward the kitchen.
Rebecca came out, she looked the same yet different at the same time. She was tired and she looked a bit upset. Anger flashed in the small girl's eyes. She rolled her eyes at the sound of her mother's voice and Cindy frowned a bit. "Please, don't call me that anymore," Becca replied. She looked at her mother with serious eyes and then her eyes shifted. The moment she spotted Jimmy, she brightened. "Jimmy!" She ran to him and he welcomed her with open arms. He lifted her and swung her in his arms. She giggled as she kissed his forehead. "How was your first day back?" she asked.
"Fine." He said after a small moment of hesitation. Rebecca looked at him. "Ok, not as good as I hoped." She nodded. "And you?"
"Same," Becca replied with a shrug.
"Bec. .Rebecca, look who else is here," Mrs. Neutron said, pulling Cindy close. Cindy smiled sweetly at the young girl in Jimmy's arms and waved, but Rebecca did not look excited as Cindy had thought she would. Instead she just looked at her and said nothing. She turned her attention to Jimmy again and asked him about his day. Jimmy looked over at Cindy and then back at Rebecca. Cindy could feel her heart sink. Rebecca was mad at her.Cindy looked over at Mrs. Neutron, but the woman was just as confused as she. Mrs. Neutron looked at Cindy and shrugged. Concern crept in her eyes as she looked at Cindy and Cindy felt concern washing over in heart just the same. She stood beside Mrs. Neutron, both of them left out of the conversation between Jimmy and Rebecca, wondering what could possibly be wrong.
"How has she been acting around you?" Cindy whispered, pushing the thoughts away in her mind and concerning herself about someone other than herself.
"She goes back and forth with me," Mrs. Neutron replied. "One minute she'll talk to me like she use to and the next she won't. It's constant. She's confused. And with her father. . .she doesn't even give him a chance. She's still so afraid of him. She doesn't know what to think about him. I think that because she has spent so much time with Jimmy, she has now convinced herself that her father is the enemy. I don't know what to do anymore and now she seems to be mad at you. You were my only hope, Cindy."
Mrs. Neutron looked at Cindy with pleading eyes.
Cindy didn't have the heart to tell Mrs. Neutron the truth. I don't know how to make things better for you, Cindy thought. Her heart seemed to sag. There was so much pressure on her. She felt as if the weight of the world were on her shoulders. She was the one who held the power to change the lives of four people. A whole family. I am not a savior! I can't save you! She looked away from Mrs. Neutron as she cast her eyes down. What am I suppose to do? I can try to help, but will trying be good enough? No, you have to help. Jimmy's future lies in your hands. His life, his whole being, is in your hands! You have to do something. Mrs. Neutron and Becca both have faith in you. She looked at Rebecca. Or at least she did. Cindy's shoulders sagged and she sighed.
"I'll figure something out," Cindy finally answered.
"I hope so," Mrs. Neutron prayed. She placed a hand on Cindy's shoulder. "I hope so." The woman walked away and disappeared into the kitchen. Cindy turned her attention to the couch where Jimmy and Rebecca now sat, giggling and tickling one another. Cindy took a deep breath and walked over. She stepped in front of the two and slowly they looked up at her, turning their attention to her. Cindy could feel her heart pounding. I hope this works well, Cindy hoped.
"Becca, do you think we could talk?" Cindy asked, her voice sounding nervous. "Outside. In private. Please."
Becca looked at Jimmy, as if waiting for his permission and he shrugged. He looked at Cindy and then back at Becca and nodded. Becca sighed and jumped off the couch. She walked toward the front door, not bothering to wait for Cindy to follow. Cindy had stopped. She looked at Jimmy and thanked him silently, but he said nothing. He only took a deep breath and turned away from her, turning on the t.v. A sorrowful sigh escaped her and she turned to walk away. She met with Rebecca on the porch and closed the door behind her.
"What is it?" Becca asked, her arms across her chest. "You wanna know why I'm mad at you, right?" Cindy nodded. "Well, you told me–no, promised me, that you wouldn't give up on Jimmy and you didn't show up the next day or the day after. Or even the day after that! You lied and you brought my hopes up!"
"No, it wasn't like that!" Cindy protested.
"Then tell me what it was like!" Becca demanded.
Cindy was taken aback by Rebecca's anger. Some times she couldn't believe that this small girl was only four years old. Her voice was small, but it was unforgettable and full of knowledge and suddenly Rebecca reminded Cindy of Jimmy when he was younger. She held many of his traits. "I did come back the day after. And the day after that. And even the day after that. And believe it or not the days following that," Cindy began. "But your mom wouldn't let me in. She siad Jimmy was punished and he therefor she could not allow me to see him. I even stayed out her, waiting for her to let me in, waiting until she finally gave in. Carl, Sheen, and Libby even spent time out here with me, but she never gave in." Cindy offered Rebecca a sheepish smile, but Rebecca's anger did not fade. Cindy soon continued, "And even when I stopped showing up after some time, I didn't give up on Jimmy. I waited for him in school, at my house, the library, wherever I was, I was waiting for him."
"Is that true?" Becca asked, her arms falling at her sides. Cindy nodded. "So you haven't given up on him?" Cindy shook her head. A smile curled on Rebecca's lips. "Does this mean you love him?" Cindy was startled by the question, but she soon felt her cheeks become warm. "Oh, come on, don't be embarrassed. I think it's a great thing that you have the hots for my big brother."
"I don't know what you're talking about," Cindy said.
Rebecca bit her lower lip and clasped her hands as if praying. "I can see it now," she said. "You walking down the aisle, in a wedding dress, your daddy giving you away to. . .dun, dun, dun. . .! Jimmy!" Rebecca laughed. Cindy rolled her eyes, trying to hide her smile as she attempted to stop the red color on her cheeks from spreading. "And I'm the flower girl! Tossing flowers on the right. . .and on the left as you walk behind me, holding on to your daddy's arm." Stars seemed to be forming in the small girls eyes. "Flower girl. . ." she said her voice trailing. "I would look sooo cute as the flower girl!"
Cindy laughed and Rebecca soon joined her. The front door opened and Jimmy soon joined them on the front porch. He stared at them and Cindy slowly stopped laughing. Rebecca continued. Cindy could feel her insides churning as a knot formed in her throat. She suddenly felt like throwing up. How much did he hear? She wondered, feeling horribly sick.
"Jimmy," Becca exclaimed. "Hey!" Becca's laughed subsided softly. "How long have you been there? How much did you hear?" A smile formed on the girl's face, but Cindy did not feel any joy as Rebecca did.
"Rebecca was just fooling around," Cindy suddenly blurted. "She didn't mean what she was saying. She was just being funny and wasn't it funny." She began to laugh, but neither Jimmy nor Rebecca joined her and she shut up. "Hmm." She looked at him, concern washing over her like a wave. Just say something already!
"What are you talking about?" Jimmy asked. "The only thing I heard was laughter, so I came out here to check it out. Why? What was Becca saying?"
Cindy felt relief wash over her concern. She laughed a bit. "Oh, nothing."
"Nothing?!" Becca repeated. "But we were laughing about the wedding-"
Cindy quickly covered Becca's mouth with her hand and embraced the little girl. She laughed. Jimmy's eyes widened at the word, "wedding." He scratched his head. "It was this new reality series on t.v. Another wedding thing."
Becca mumbled. Cindy smiled. Jimmy looked confused. "Becca doesn't watch any reality t.v. shows but Albert Eienstein For A Day," Jimmy replied. Now he was skeptical and he waited for a better explanation as he crossed his arms over his chest and leaned in the door way.
Cindy smiled. "Hm. . ." She took a deep breath as her mind raced with thoughts. Becca pulled away from her.
"I told her about my role as flower girl in-" Cindy clasped her hand on Becca's mouth again, but Becca pulled free once more. "In Aunt Meryl's wedding!" the small girl shouted. Cindy looked down at her and Becca grinned, devilishly. "We laughed about you being the ring bearer."
Cindy looked up at Jimmy, he blushed from embarrassment and Cindy smiled. He stood upright, no longer leaning in the door frame. "Don't remind me," he said.
"You're aunt is getting married?" Cindy asked as she turned to Becca.
"I told you all this, Cindy," Rebecca played along. "You remember Aunt Meryl. She was the doctor you met at the hospital."
Of course Cindy had remembered. The woman was sweet. Cindy nodded as she remembered. She was Mrs. Neutron's sister. "Who's the lucky guy?" Cindy asked.
"Chase Bergon. One of the doctors who she works with. He's a really nice guy," Becca replied. "Aunt Meryl and my soon-to-be-uncle, Chase have been planning this for a long time now and about two weeks ago, Aunt Meryl remembered that she still did not have a flower girl or a ring bearer. So she called us up and we accepted."
"No, you accepted and I was forced into doing it," Jimmy corrected.
Becca shrugged and replied, "Same thing."
"When is it?" Cindy asked just as the phone rang inside. She looked inside and caught Mrs. Neutron coming out of the kitchen. She walked to the phone and picked it up. She spoke joyously into the receiver.
"In two weeks," Becca answered. "They're doing some last minutes things." A huge, mischievous grin formed on Rebecca's face and Cindy wondered what the little girl was thinking. "Well, Jimmy doesn't have a date and I'm sure Aunt Meryl would just love to you again. Why don't you two go together?" Cindy's cheeks brightened. Me with Jimmy at a wedding? A pleasant chill ran through her, but she said nothing. She shook her head. "Why not? I could call up Aunt meryl now and ask her to make some room for you."
"No," Jimmy said. He blocked his sister from entering. "Cindy's got better things to do."
"Actually," Cindy began, shyly. "I wouldn't mind. It's no big deal." Her heart pounded as the warmth on her cheeks spread. She bit her bottom lip. Jimmy looked at her for a moment and he turned away. Becca only grinned. "But of course it would be up to Jimmy and more importantly up to your aunt."
There as a long silence, but Rebecca soon broke it. "I don't get it," she said. "You guys like each other so much and yet neither one of you wants to give in and tell the other."
"It's like a game of cat and mouse," Mrs. Neutron sighed. She joined them and smiled sweetly. "I just finished speaking with Meryl. She called for Cindy's phone number."
"What for?" Cindy asked.
"You're invited to the wedding," Mrs. Neutron responded. Cindy smiled. She was invited to the wedding! "She said she just wouldn't bare to see Jimmy looking more depressed than usual without his, uh, girlfriend there to comfort him."
Rebecca turned to Cindy and she could feel all eyes on her. The blush came back in her cheeks and Becca laughed. "Oh, she still thinks you're Jimmy's girlfriend!"
"She's not my girlfriend," Jimmy protested, under his breath, crossing his arms again. He leaned against the door frame again as he looked in the house, away from everyone else.
"She also said she wanted to see you again. She'll most likely be calling you later today to properly invite you herself," Mrs. Neutron added.
"That's great!" Cindy exclaimed.
"Now Jimmy won't have to be so gloomy!" Becca said. "Because his girlfriend will be there."
"She is not my girlfriend!" Jimmy shouted.
"Oh, calm down," Mrs. Neutron replied. "Rebecca is just playing around."
Cindy looked at Jimmy. If only he'd just let loose a bit, she thought. Be as he use to be. Things would be great. She thought for a moment. Though, she said to herself, he still wouldn't like people saying that I'm his girlfriend.
"No, but really," Rebecca said. "Why don't you guys just go ahead and tell each other. Everyone knows you guys like each other! If one of you would just admit to the other then the other would admit it too. I don't understand why you make it to be this big thing!" She turned to Cindy. "Cindy, you love Jimmy!"
Cindy's heart pounded. What the hell was Becca doing?! Mrs. Neutron and Jimmy turned to look at her, their mouths dropped wide open as Cindy's eyes grew with fear. She tried to speak. "I-"
"Just tell him!" Becca encouraged. "He's right there!"
Cindy's eyes moved toward Jimmy's and his arms fell to his sides. His eyes seemed to be asking her, but she looked away. She couldn't tell him. He liked Sarah. He would never go for her. She'd just be rejected if she admit it her feelings for him. He is not to know, a small voice said to her.
"Tell him!" Becca urged.
"Rebecca, sweetheart," Mrs. Neutron said. "I don't think that this is any of our business."
"Your right it isn't," Jimmy said as he took a step forward. "Cindy likes some other guy. She told me herself. She broke up with Nick for him."
Now it was Rebecca's turn to be shocked. Her jaw seemed to drop to the floor and Mrs. Neutron was just as surprised. They turned to Cindy.
"Is that true?" Rebecca asked.
"Yeah, but-" Cindy didn't know how to tell Rebecca it was Jimmy without saying it was Jimmy. Oh, she was confused!
Rebecca crossed her arms over her chest as she shook her head. She opened her mouth to speak, but someone had beaten her to it.
"I hope I'm not interrupting anything," another voice joined. They all turned.
You've got to be kidding me, Cindy said as she looked toward the lawn. Sarah stood in front of the house. She smiled sweetly, but her eyes found Cindy and were anything but sweet. Cindy wondered what Sarah had in store for her, but she would try to get past it. She had to bring Jimmy and her together some how. Do I really want to do that? She asked herself. She's so. . .not good for Jimmy. But he likes her and she likes him. She sighed.
"What are you doing here?" Jimmy asked.
"I wanted to see my favorite family," Sarah replied.
"Get off of my property!" Jimmy shouted.
Cindy took a step back. I thought Jimmy liked her. What's going on?
"Jimmy," Mrs. Neutron scolded. "Don't be rude." But Jimmy payed no attention to his mother.
"I think we need to clear a few things up, Jimmy?" Sarah said.
"We have nothing to talk about!" Jimmy answered. "Just leave and don't bother me at home again or at school or anywhere else for that matter! I don't want to hear you, see you, or anything!"
Cindy almost laughed. I guess I can completely forget about hooking them up, she thought to herself. A wave of relief over took her. Jimmy might still like her, she concluded, but there is no way that he wants to give her another chance. She fought the smile she felt coming on. She so badly wanted to get in Sarah's face and laugh, but she held herself back. Now she would just have to keep Sarah away from Jimmy. Jimmy obviously didn't want to see her and yet Sarah wanted to see him. Hm. . .Cindy didn't know the girl well, but she could tell that she wouldn't be an easy girl to get rid of.
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Author's Note (# 2):
Dory, yes, it does seem a bit random to just start talking about Sarah, but she was talked about in an early chapter. Rebecca had said herself, "Oh, Aunt Meryl, Jimmy and Sarah broke up weeks ago. Jimmy didn't want to talk about it." It was all that was mentioned about her, though. You could find this quote in chapter 3 if you're wondering. And now I can understand why it just seemed so random. It was a bit random if you think about it. Lol! Thank you for the review!
And LT8, sorry for kinda ruining it for you, but you don't have to worry because I have no intention of having Jimmy fall for Sarah again and then figure out that Cindy is his "one and only" at the very last minute. Sarah does serve a a good purpose, though, but she and Jimmy will not be getting back together. I don't want my story to be like so many others. I like to think it's a bit different from the others, but thank you for your review and I appreciate it. I just wanted to let you know.