CHAPTER 8 - "Tickets doesn't work"
The big night came for both Jimmy and Cindy. He went out of his house and, at exactly 8 PM, he was knocking the door of Cindy's house. Jimmy couldn't believe his eyes when he looked at her. She looked gorgeous with that sparkling red dress, those earrings that perfectly matched the color of her hair, down by the way, and not in the usual ponytail. He couldn't even speak. His mouth remained hang open.
'What's wrong, Jimmy? C'mon! Say something!'
"Duh... duh..." was the first it came from him. "You l-look... excellent... beautiful... really, really... beautiful..." he said with a dreamily face.
"Thanks". She kissed him on the cheek and he instantly fell down, trembling like a poor hurted dog. Cindy chuckled a bit.
"Are we going to the party or you'll just stay there?" Cindy asked.
"Y-yeah... I'm coming..." Jimmy replied with a nervous grin, as he tried to stand up.
Nick's house was only a few streets away. So, they went all the way to the party walking. They met Sheen and Libby, and Carl and Samantha. While walking to the party, Cindy and Samantha exchanged glares.
'You bitch. You and Betty threw me on that locker'
'Ha. You're going with her guy. I'll tell Betty, you'll see'
'I don't know how Carl was stupid enough to bring this monster from the-'
"Girls, girls... stop!" Jimmy said to Cindy and Samantha, breaking up their thoughts.
"What's wrong, Jimmy?" Cindy tried to say in the most sweet voice as possible.
"I don't like fights" Jimmy replied.
"Where did you get that idea?" Cindy asked confused.
"I don't know, maybe because you're glaring at Samantha?" Jimmy whispered to her.
"You remember what that bitch did to me, right?" Cindy whispered.
"Hey, I thought Betty was the only one. Because when I got there-" Jimmy whispered but was cut off.
"Guys, what's all the secrets!" Libby asked.
"Nothing!" Both Jimmy and Cindy said.
"I know what you're up to" Libby said with a big grin from ear-to-ear.
Jimmy and Cindy only blushed and looked embarrased. Carl looked thoughtful for a while, then speaked.
"Samantha told me she did a very bad thing and she said she's sorry, right?" he said, as he looked at Samantha.
Samantha nodded and rested her head on Carl's shoulder. Cindy let out a heavy sigh. 'Yeah, right... great news'. Jimmy seemed a little nervous.
"What's the matter, Jimmy?" Sheen asked.
"Oh... errr... nothing! I'm just... so excited to..." Jimmy said as he looked at Cindy. "...dance with the girl I like".
Cindy's eyes looked at Jimmy like a little puppy. Then, she rested her head on Jimmy's shoulder as well, with a dreamily face. Jimmy, knowing that would calm down Cindy's nerves, placed a hand through her hip. Samantha let out a horrible scowl when she looked at that. The gang went to the party calmly until they reached the front door of Nick's house. Nick was receiving the guests, examining the tickets he delivered.
"Carl and Samantha! You two look groovy! C'mon in!" Nick said with a fake smile, trying not to vomit.
He continued checking the guests.
"Sheen and Libby. You guys are in!" Nick said, with another fake smile.
"Thanks!" Sheen said. "See? I told you he would let us in!" he said to Libby.
Libby sighed and shook her head.
"Neutron? Ok, ok, there must be a mistake" he said when he checked Jimmy and Cindy.
"What? What are you talking about? You gave me this tickets, remember?" Jimmy said, as he showed Nick the tickets.
"Ha! See?" Cindy said, her hands on her hips.
"Sorry, those are fake" Nick said, sweating.
"Well, we'll see about that!" Jimmy said.
He used his watch to analyse the tickets. The watch showed 'SCANNING NICK'S FINGER PRINTS ON TICKET'. Then, it showed a 'REAL'.
"See?" Jimmy said, with a smirk.
Nick looked embarrased, and mad. He was sweating like a pig now.
"I-I told you those ones are fake!" Nick said. "Now, get out!".
"Ok! I get it! C'mon, Cindy" Jimmy said, trying to hold his dignity and letting Cindy a hand. But Cindy wasn't there at all. In fact, she was walking faster from him. "Cindy! Hey! Wait!" he said, running to her. "What's wrong?" he asked.
"What's wrong! You invite me to a party and then we can't go in because the tickets are fake!" Cindy said.
"W-wha-Hey! Did you look at Nick's face? Did you look at his sweat? He was a liar!" Jimmy explained.
"No! You're the liar!" Cindy said, angrily.
"Oh, yeah? You're just angry because you couldn't enter to the party! Don't try to deny it! I know it because you are thinking that right now!" Jimmy said.
Cindy looked at him, then, she opened her mouth to speak. But nothing came out. Instead, she continued walking.
'What am I doing!'
"Cindy! Please! It's just a stupid party!" Jimmy said, as he tried to follow Cindy.
Cindy sighed heavily in defeat. She looked at Jimmy.
"I-I'm sorry... I-I just... wanted to go with you for... so long!" she apologized.
Fresh tears were brimming out of her eyes. He rubbed her hair. She buried her face on Jimmy's chest.
"No, it's ok. It's not your fault. Something was wrong in there. I don't know why" Jimmy said.
"What are we going to do?" Cindy asked.
"We don't need that party. We have each other. C'mon, let's go to the Candy Bar. The date it's still on, right?" Jimmy said.
Cindy nodded happily. "Right!" she said.
They walked through the streets on direction to the Candy Bar. They walked past Nick, who was still standing there.
"Guys... I-I-" he tried to say.
"Hold your words, ok?" Cindy cut him off.
Nick sighed heavily. "Betty, I think your plan failed" Nick said to Betty.
"Dammit!" Betty said. "Don't worry. I still got plans for that couple" she said.