Lost in Paradise
Chapter two:- Bad News
Cindy sat down in the sand just out of the tide's reach and looked over at Jimmy. He was over by a tree with coconuts in it trying to reach one. She laughed a little as she watched him uselessly jump up at them. It was getting dark and they were both getting hungery. She turned back to look at the never ending ocean.
"Cindy..." Jimmy said tapping her on the shoulder. She didn't even turn her head. "We should go into the middle of the island and look for any signs of people."
"I elect you to do that. So go..." Cindy said still staring at the ocean.
"Cindy...We don't know what's out there. I don't...." His voice started drifting off. "...want to go alone."
"What?" Cindy said turning her head to look at him. "I don't think I heard you. Are you scared to go out there alone?" She smiled a little and raised her eyebrows. "Jimmy Neutron scared of something? Ha! Now that's a first!"
"No it's not! I'm human! I get scared! Now will you just come with me to search this stupid place?!"
"No! It's your fault we're here to begin with! Besides, there's a storm coming and I don't want to get stuck in there!"
"It's my fault!? You're the one who kept following me!" Jimmy yelled getting more upset.
"Yeah but you rolled over the switch to open the door!" Cindy yelled standing up to face him.
"It's still your fault." Jimmy said a little more softly. Cindy growled a little, shook her head, then grabbed his shirt with both hands and pulled him close to her.
"I hate you..." She almost whispered. Her eyes softened as she looked into his deep ocean blue eyes. Cindy losened her grip and then just placed her hands on his chest. Jimmy didn't know what happened to him at that moment but his hands had somehow gotten placed on her waist.
"I hate you too..." He whispered as he pulled her close to him. He tilted his head and moved his lips closer to hers. Jimmy paused when he felt a drop of water hit his forehead. They both looked up to find to start to pour down rain.
The moment was lost.
They both pulled away and ran for cover under a tree. Jimmy started looking around then heard his stomach grumble. He was hungery and he needed to eat something soon. Same went for Cindy. She looked up and then started to climb the tree. She fell a few times and Jimmy just laughed but when she got to the top, she was the one who could laugh. She 'accidently' dropped a coconut on his head.
"Get down here so I can hit you for that!" He yelled up while rubbing his head. Jimmy stared up at Cindy laughing at him. The flash of lightning lit up the sky and her face. She was a mix between a devil and an angel. But to him the angel part shown more often.
Cindy slowly climbed down and cracked the coconut aganist the tree. She drank the milk as did Jimmy but they never really spoke to each other. The wind was speeding up and starting to blow the sand and waves into their faces. Being damp caused them both to be cold and it wasn't helping that it was getting colder out.
"So how about going into the middle of the island!?" Cindy yelled through the wind.
"Not a bad idea afterall huh?" Jimmy yelled back. They made their way into the island and unfortunatly all the trees didn't really stop the wind. They were able to talk without yelling as much though. "Look! There's a cave over there." He pointed while looking backwards.
"Great! Let's go!" They both ran into the cave which had it's opening going with the wind. Sure some wind still got in but not as much. "Another moment in heaven for a moment in hell."
"What?" Jimmy asked sitting down in the very back of the cave.
"Did I say that out loud? Oops." Cindy went and sat in the back as well but as far away from Jimmy as possible. She couldn't see it but he was smiling. It was now so dark that they couldn't see anything. "Jimmy? Where are you?" Cindy asked
"I'm over here...look why don't we just go to sleep." He said laying down on the cold ground.
"Have you felt the ground? It's ice cold. I can't sleep on that!" She yelled. Their eyes were starting to adjust and they could now see outlines of each other. "Are you looking at me?"
"Maybe...Why, do you have a problem with that?"
"No it's just, weird." She shook her head and hugged herself to try to stay warm. "Are you sure you don't have anything that could help us?"
"No. Just the flying chip and that will take at least a few days to fix. More if we want to be able to fly home, well depending on where we are." He squinted trying to see her better. "You're cold, aren't you?"
"What? Why would I be cold in this summery weather?" Cindy said sarcasticaly. "Duh I'm cold! I'm freezing! Now I really wish that Libby didn't mix the seats up."
"Oh yeah...because it's completely her fault and not one bit yours...right."
"Look! I don't want to be here anymore than you do so the less time the better. I'm not going to talk to you so you can hurry up and fix that stupid machine thing! Don't talk to me and I'll stay out of your way got it?!"
"Yeah whatever."
"I said don't talk to me!"
"But you just....Grrrr..." Jimmy made fists then released them and layed back down to fall aleep. Cindy did the same but it took her longer to fall asleep. She ws worrying that if she fell asleep she'd never wake up, or Jimmy wouldn't and she'd be left here to die alone. Finaly she fell asleep though.
Jimmy was awakened by the bright sun. He looked over at Cindy who was still sleeping. Her hair was tangled up in that pony tail she always wore and she was still a little damp. He still looked at her with admiration though. He hated to admit it but he did admire her, a lot. Jimmy supported his head with his hand and his weight on his elbow.
He just lay there staring and studying her sleeping face. He saw she shiver and decided to wake her up. He crouched down and gentily shook her just enough to make her open her eyes.
Cindy opened her sleepy eyes and looked up at Jimmy's face. She smiled to find he had woken up. She shut her eyes tight when she saw the light from the sun.
"Ahhhh! It burns!" She yelled covering her eyes. Jimmy just laughed and walked to the front of the cave. "Where are you going?"
"I'm going out to shore, you coming?" He said as he walked out. Cindy quickly got up and ran to his side then squinted her eyes to try to see through the bright sunlight. "It's so calm...You would never have thought that a storm came through here. It's strange."
"So do you want to figure out where we are? I'm going to sit by the tide." Cindy went and sat in the warm sand just in the tide's reach. Jimmy shook his head and got to work.
He grabbed a stick and started writing things in the sand. "No that can't be." He said as he recalculated. Jimmy kept shaking his head and trying to get around his impossible theory. He looked up to find Cindy taking her shoes and socks off and stepping into the water. He smiled when he saw her laughing and smiling as well. "Focus." He said to himself.
Cindy dipped her feet into the water and smiled at the feeling. She had always loved the ocean, the way it looked and felt. So calm and understanding...just like Jimmy's eyes. That's why she loved them so much. She twirled in the water and laughed. Then she saw Jimmy come up to her with a not so pleasent look on his face.
"I have bad news..." Cindy's smile dissapeared. "I've done multipul calculations and I keep coming up with the same answer...The island we're on isn't on any maps or in anyone's knowledge alive. This island is uncharted."
"What?" Cindy walked up onto the beach and sat in the sand agian. "Are you positive that the island isn't on a map? I mean maybe you just don't know about it."
"I'm sure Cindy. I am a genius. Besides if it was of someone's knowledge, wouldn't there be peole here?" He sat down beside her. "Right now our only hope is to fix the Flying Chip and to be completely honest, I'm not sure if I can." Cindy sat quietly just staring out at the ocean. "Cindy...say something."
"Get away from me." She said calmly. He could tell that she was upset so he put his hand on her shoulder. "DON'T touch me. Just leave me alone." She didn't even turn her head.
Jimmy removed his hand and said "I'll get to work." He stood up and left her there sitting.
By nightfall she still hadn't moved. Jimmy didn't even think that she moved her eyes away from the ocean. He had been trying all day to get the Flying Chip to work but was having no luck. He walked over to where Cindy was and sat down.
"I thought I told you to leave me alone."
"Cindy...C'mon. Let's go back to the cave. We both need sleep and I'll try agian in the morning." Jimmy took her hand and tried to pull her to the cave but she wouldn't move. "Cindy!"
"You can go...but I'm staying right here."
"Then this is where I'll be. I'm not leaving you here alone." She finaly looked down but still didn't move anything but her eyes. "Good-night Cin." He said as he laid down and fell asleep.