Fireworks

Chapter Three:- A Good Time

Cindy closed her curtains before she changed into her pajamas. It was getting dark out so she climbed into her bed. As hard as she tried, she couldn't fall asleep. She kept thinking about a few days into the Mars trip.

Flashback

Cindy had forgiven Jimmy over dinner two nights ago. Libby had forgiven Sheen as well actualy she forgave him about 3 minutes after eating. It was a little sad how quick she always forgave him. They had gone off to 'explore' some more. Cindy was laying on her sleeping bag in her tent.

Jimmy 'knocked' on the door. She told him to come in. He walked in and closed the door behind him. She sat up and looked up at him.

"Cindy..." He sighed. He kneeled down beside her side. Before she could say anything, he leaned down and pressed his lips down on hers. Once he realized she wasn't pulling away or protesting, he pushed her down so she was back to laying on her sleeping bag. He pulled back a little. "I love you."

Cindy woke up at the sound of a scratching at her tent door.

"Only a dream." She told herself. 'Man I really do like him.' She thought.

"Cindy." Jimmy called.

"Uhh...Come on in." She said rubbing her head. She had to pull herself together and get the image of him kissing her out of her head quick. She watched him unzip the tent and walked in. "What do you want Jimmy?" She asked still rubbing her head trying to get the image out of her head. But every time she looked at him, she imagined him leaning down and kissing her.

"Umm...You just called me Jimmy..." He said

"You're not gonna start with that again are you?" She asked a little annoyed. They had gone over this before. "What did you want?"

"I was going to explore the planet a little bit, do you want to come with?" He asked. Cindy eyed him carefuly. She wasn't a hundred percent sure what he ment by that. "No! Ewww! I didn't mean the way Sheen and Libby explore. I ment actualy explore the planet."

"Sure why not?" She followed him out of the tent. They walked a while without talking. Well Jimmy was talking but mainly to himself. He kept writing down notes on the planet. Cindy sighed.

"What's wrong?" He asked noticing.

"I'm just bored. There's nothing to do out here." Jimmy was at a loss of what to say. It was true there was really nothing for her to do. "I'd go back to camp but that'd leave you alone." His head shot up.

"It doesn't matter. You can go back if you want to." He went back to writing down notes.

"No it's okay. Knowing you, you'll get lost." He shook his head at her. "Can we stop to rest for a minute? There's a rock in my shoe and it's killing my feet."

"Yeah I guess so." He put down his notepad and pen and sat down on a rock while Cindy removed the rock from her shoe. She sat down on the ground and looked up at the sky.

"It looks so different than back home." She said. Jimmy didn't know what she was talking about.

"What?"

"The sky."

"Oh..." He looked up. "Yeah I guess you're right. I never really looked at it." He went and sat next to Cindy on the ground.

"It's really pretty." She said still looking up. 'C'mon say it...who am I kidding?' She thought.

"Not as pretty as you..." He said softly so softly she barely heard it. 'Oh my god...he said it...' She thought.

"What?" She asked just to make sure. "What did you say?"

"Cindy..." He turned toward her. "After we left that island, things went back to normal, our fighting I mean."

"Yeah so..."

"Why?"

"Why what?"

"Why did we start fighting again?" Jimmy was starting to get nervous. He didn't know what he was doing. "Why didn't we just stay friend-like?" Cindy thought for a moment.

"I-I-I don't know." She looked back to the sky and layed on her back. "I guess it's just at home...we fight. It's just natural." Jimmy leaned over her blocking her view.

"Why?" Now he was in way over his head. He really didn't know what the hell he was doing. She sat up so that his face was a few inches from hers.

"I don't know okay?" She lied. She knew why she fought with him.

"I think we both know why we fight..." He said not moving at all. He could feel her warm breath on him and it made his whole body tingle. They sat there like that for a minute or two. "Nevermind..." He gave up. "I don't know either." Jimmy backed off and stood up. "We should get going. I forgot to tell Carl we left and he'll get worried." He dusted himself off. Cindy stood up. She watched him start walking toward camp.

"Jimmy!" He turned toward her and raise his eyebrows. "I'll try not to fight with you when we get home as much." He smiled and waited for her to catch up to him.

"I'll do the same." She felt him take her hand in his. She blushed slightly but relaxed and smiled. She tightened her grip around his hand and brushed her arm up against his which caused him to blush.

End Flashback

Cindy closed her eyes and fell asleep snuggling her pillow dreaming it was her love Jimmy.