CHAPTER 12: "Team work, Part 2"
Luckily, the hospital was very near to Jimmy and Cindy's sake, so, they carried Betty together and, after they filled some papers from the recepcionist, a nurse put Betty in a wheelchair and dragged her to a room. Jimmy and Cindy waved a goodbye to Betty, not leaving without first receiving an horrible scowl from her that startled them. They shrugged shoulders and both looked each other in confusion. Before leaving, the recepcionist called them and snarled a "Hey, who's gonna pay all this?".
"Her parents will take care of that, after all, she did all her wounds by herself" Cindy responded.
The receptionist nodded and let out a heavy sigh. "Ok, but if her parents don't show up in an hour, I'll have to left her in tha nice cold street".
Jimmy looked thoughtful for a while, then, he walked over the receptionist's desk and pulled 20 bucks out of his pocket. "Let be 2 hours, please".
She grabbed unhappily those 20 and put them in on the counter. "Now, get out of here, and don't come back without a bruise, 'k?", she said, with a blink of her tired eye.
Jimmy and Cindy finally reached their homes. "Well, I guess this is it. Too bad the date's over, huh?" he said.
"Yeah..." Cindy said, with a sigh.
"I'll see you tomorrow at school, then" Jimmy said, as he started to walk to his house.
"Wait! Uhmmm..." Cindy called, looking thoughtful.
"Yes?" Jimmy asked, turning around.
"Can I have a good night kiss?" Cindy said.
"I don't see why not?" Jimmy said with a smile.
They both leaned closer and kissed for a little while. Without any more interruptions. Until she decided to broke it.
"Good bye, my charming little genius".
"Good bye, my princess".
And so then, both returned to each other's houses.
The next morning, Jimmy went to the school in his HoverCar, because he missed the bus again. He parked it in the roof, and went downstairs to tell Sheen and Carl about last night. He found them. Sheen had his hand on Carl's shoulder and was talking to him, like trying to comforting him.
"Hey, guys!" Jimmy waved.
"Hi, Jimmy" said Carl, very sad.
"Jimmy! Where were you last night? We were looking for you and Cindy everywhere!" Sheen said, as he retired his hand from Carl's shoulder.
"Did you take a look outside? Like, the street?" Jimmy snarled, trying not to remember when he and Cindy were dumped from the party by Nick. "Anyway, how was your night?".
"Mine was awesome!" Sheen said. "I danced with Libby and it felt so great! Then we... well...".
"Yeah?" Jimmy asked.
"We kissed..." Sheen said, embarrased.
"Oh! Congratulations, Sheen!" Jimmy said, with a fake smile, knowing that he kissed Cindy, so he knew how it felt, too. "And how was your night, Carl?".
But Carl didn't respond. He only sighed.
"C'mon, dude! It couldn't be so bad, huh?" Jimmy said, trying to raise Carl's spirit.
"Ok, but just don't laugh, promess?" Carl pleaded.
"I promess, Carl. Now, tell me what happened" Jimmy said.
Author's note: Cliffhanger! The next chapter in a couple of days.