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Chapter five:- Guilt

This was the first time that Jimmy and Cindy thought it was okay to run from their problems. They were able to live a simple life together and no one could tell them what was right or wrong or what to do. The next few days past by with non stop fun including swiming, exploring, and believe it or not they shared interesting things about their friends thinking they'd never see them agian. Sure there were some things they missed but it was worth it.

"This is great...just you and me." Cindy sighed as she took his hand. She couldn't think of anything better.

"Yeah I know. What could be better?"

"I don't know...well I have to admit that I do miss Libby a little."

"Really? After that story you told me I have a different look on her."

"No really, I miss her a little....She never really made fun of us." Libby always understood well almost always."

"Yeah I know, I miss Sheen and Carl a little bit."

"What about Goddard?" Cindy asked a little curious why he didn't mention his mechanical dog.

"Well he did make fun of us a little. He taped a kiss of ours and kept replaying it." Jimmy said looking down. Cindy growled...

"I never did like him." They laughed a little then Jimmy stood up. Cindy followed since he still had her hand in his own. He led her over to the waterfall, their saviour. Cindy sighed remembering what had happened the last time they were at the waterfall; good and bad. Shaking all thoughts from her head, they changed into their swimsuites and hopped into the water.

They both started laughing until Cindy yelped out in pain. "OWWWW!"

"What?"

"Something bit me!" She ran out of the water only to see a bite on her foot then a snake slither around and get out of the water itself. "Jimmy...." She pointed to it and once he saw the snake, he examined her foot quickly. "How bad is it?"

"Well if bad means I have to suck poison out of your foot then it's really bad." Cindy's head snapped up.

"You mean that snake is poisonous!?" She yelled "Then save me NEUTRON!" Jimmy backed off a little from shock of her voice then sucked as much poison out of her foot as possible. It didn't help all that much though. "Jim-my...I f-feel dizzy." Cindy said in a few moments

"Oh no..." Jimmy took Cindy's hand just as she fainted "The poison's already working and very quickly." He knew what he had to do...

Jimmy sat outside of the emergency room at Retroville hospital waiting to hear any news about Cindy. He looked over at Libby crying on Sheen's shoulder. He couldn't help but feel guilty. He was the one who wanted to go back to the island. If he would have just delt with life or agreed to keep their relationship hidden, Cindy wouldn't be in pain. Carl came over and sat next to Jimmy.

"She'll be okay Jim." He said shakily

"It's my fault..." He said "It's my fault she's in there!" Jimmy jumped up and started yelling. "It's my fault anything happens anyone in this town! Everything's my fault! If' I was never here you'd all be better off!...and Cindy wouldn't be in this mess." He finished in a whisper.

"I...You...I have to go." Carl said unsure of how to comfort his friend now. Jimmy looked around to find everyone staring at him.

"You know it's all true!" He yelled before sitting back down. He buried his head in his hands.

"Mr. Neutron, Mr. James Neutron." A doctor said coming out into the waiting room.

"Yes?" Jimmy said looking up.

"Can I talk to you in private for a minute...I have some...er news." Jimmy did nothing but nodd and get up. He slowly walked over to the doctor. "We've injected the antipoison but she's in pretty bad condition...we're not sure if it will work in time."

"Can I see her." Is all Jimmy could say

"In a minute. She's not fully awake and with the pain medications we've given her she won't be able to say much if anything at all. There's also something you should know..."

"What is it?" He said a little annoyed

"If she does pull through... there's a slight chance that she'll have some sort of medical blood problem for the rest of her life." Jimmy closed his eyes for a minute hoping to wake up with Cindy beside him but all he saw was the doctor. "You can go in while I go talk to her parents."

"Thank you." He barley managed to say. He walked into Cindy's room and closed the door behind him. "Oh..." Cindy's foot was swollen and she was so pale. Her eyes were closed and every now and then she'd twitch in a sudden pain. "Cindy..." Jimmy felt a tear roll down his cheek as he looked at her. He pulled a chair up by her bed and sat down. He saw the nurse in the corner but ignored the fact she was there. "Cindy...You gotta pull through for me. I can't live without you. I'm sooo sorry." Jimmy said between sobs. "Everything's my fault but I promise that if you pull through nothing like this will ever happen agian. You can't leave us like this. If you die here and now I couldn't live with the guilt. I just couldn't...Don't leave me..." He leaned down and kissed her hand.

The line went flat.

(There will be one more chapter)