Note from Destiny: Thanks for the replies, and no, obviously, the previous chapter was not the last. I'm not sure how many chapters this will have, but when it's over, the last chapter will have the words "The End" on it so that you will know.

Jimmy sat up and looked around. It was obvious to him he was in a hospital, and at first, he wondered how he had gotten there. It didn't take long, though, for his photographic memory to kick in and for him to go through the accident in painful detail.

But as he got up from the bed, he heard a loud sobbing noise outside his doorway. The person causing the noise moved forward, standing right before the entrance to his room. "Please!" Mrs. Vortex yelled. "I have to see her, now! I have to see her..." she broke down into hysterical sobs.

"Ma'am, I'm sorry," The doctor said, shaking his head. "She's dead. There's nothing more any of us can do about it."

Before Jimmy even realized what he was doing, he was out of bed and standing right beside Mrs. Vortex. Cindy couldn't be dead..this was a dream. Some really stupid dream he'd wake up from in a few minutes...but his logic argued with that presumption. He pinched himself, and yelped. It had hurt. This wasn't a dream.

But if the doctors couldn't do anything, maybe he could. He wasn't sure what, but he had to try, didn't he? He started to walk past the doctor that had just been speaking with Mrs. Vortex. "What are you doing:" He demanded, but Jimmy didn't answer. He had to see for himself..

He stared at the body on the table. Sure enough, it was Cindy. Her eyes were closed, as though she were just sleeping. For a moment, that's what he thought. She's just sleeping. Just sleeping..any moment now, she'll wake up and tell me to get out of her room, and demand to know how she got here. How did she get here?"

"Jimmy!" His mother had grabbed him from behind, hugging him. "The doctor said you were up..oh, I'm so glad you're all right, Jimmy! What's going..on?" Mrs. Neutron peeked around her son. "Oh, dear, God." She could see that Cindy wasn't breathing. It was rather obvious she was dead.

Sleeping beauty..Jimmy thought for a moment. He longed to kiss her, to have her wake up. She had to be sleeping, he didn't want to be without her.

"You knew the patient?" The doctor who had given Mrs. Vortex the news asked. "Very sad, poor girl. Drowned herself in the bathtub after something happened to the boy she was in love with."

Jimmy couldn't fool himself anymore. The doctor had used the past tense. Cindy was gone. But he was a genius, he was supposed to be the one that made everything right. Why couldn't he think of a way to make this all better, to make Cindy open those limpid green eyes of hers? His whole world was spinning out of control. He sunk to his knees and vomited.

Judy leaned down and put her arms around her son. "Sweetie, I'm sorry..I know you loved her."

"Don't say that, mom! Don't you ever say that!" Jimmy yelled, angry. He knew this wasn't his mother's fault, but she was there, and he needed to yell right now, to get everything off his chest. "I still love her!" Desperately, he ran to Cindy's body, put her cold hand in his. "Wake up, Cindy...wake up, dammit!"

She didn't wake up. Her eyes didn't open, her body didn't move..no signs of life. Cindy was gone. And, in a way, Jimmy felt it was his fault.