A Dream Come True, Not!

Chapter ten:- Convincing Libby

Samuraistar- Calm down! Don't hurt her she's the only one who knows where Cindy is! lol

Jimmy started pounding on the door with both fists trying desperatly to get anyone's attention who may be inside that house. When that didn't work, he rang the door bell over and over and over. He hit the door with both fists then hit his head on the door. Tears started to coat his eyes again. This was all falling apart. Just then the door opened and he almost fell in but he caught himself before hand.

He saw Libby standing their with a robe on and completely soaked.

"What do you want I was in the shower?" She said and he could sense the irritation in her voice.

"Cindy's gone." He plainly said.

"Oh my... ummm..." She let him in and closed the door. "Wait here while I go get dressed." She pointed to the couch and he sat down just waiting for her to get back. When she returned, she was fully dressed and sat down next to him. He handed her the letter and she read it to herself. "Oh no." Tears slowly rolled down her cheeks. She threw the letter down like it was on fire or something.

"You know where she is right?" He asked hopefully. All Libby did was nod and look down at her hands. "Well? Where is she?"

"Jimmy," She started. He already knew this wasn't going to be good. "I-I promised her I wouldn't say anything to anyone about where she was going."

"Libby please, you have to tell me. I don't want to loose her." He begged.

"Jimmy you have to understand, she'll come back eventualy she just needs time to cool down. I'll go and see her."

"No! Please tell me. I need to know where she is. She needs me right now more than ever and I need her." Libby shook her head. She wanted to tell him and felt so awful to see him crying and falling apart. "Please Libby." He got down on his knees and grabbed her legs. "I need her. I don't want to loose her. I can't live without her. Don't do this. She needs me too."

"Jimmy, don't make me feel worse than I do. I can't abuse her trust. She just needs time to clear-" She was cut off.

"Libby. You and I both know Cindy well enough to know that there's the chance she'll never come back! Don't do this to me please. Tell me." He cried. She sighed giving in.

"Okay just get off my leg." He let go of her legs then got up and hugged her so hard she couldn't breathe. "Air...needed." She managed to get out.

"Oh.. sorry." He let go of her wiping the tears from her eyes.

"She told me that she was going to stay at the Retroville Jr. Hotel for a few nights until she desided if she wanted to come back home or if she wanted to go stay with her cousin somewhere in California. If that went well she was going to get a job, rent a house, and start a new life out there." (A/N: I don't know where Retroville actualy is so...)

"The Retroville Hotel? But that's the most expensive hotel in the state."

"The Retroville JR. Hotel." Libby said again. "Now go! I don't know how long she'll be staying there and if you leave now with the traffic you'll get there around eleven." Jimmy hugged her again then ran out the door with a quick thank you.

He drove as fast as he could without catching the attention of the police. He cursed eveytime he had to stop in traffic or because of a red light. Little Red Rodeo by Collin Raye came on the radio and some of the lyrics seemed to fit the way he felt. He just had to catch her.

When he arrived at the hotel, it was eleven thirty and he ran up to the front desk completely out of breath.

"Can I help you sir?" A woman said tired and a little confused.

"Cindy... Cindy Vortex." He got out before he held up his finger to signal he needed to catch his breath. Once he did, he started again. "What room is Cindy Vortex in?" He asked.

"She was in room 243." The woman answered.

"Was?"

"She checked out a few hours ago. Two and a half to be exact." Jimmy just stared at the wall with an expression on his face hard to make out. He was mad, upset, in shock, and about to cry. "Is there anything else sir?" She asked but Jimmy just kept staring straight ahead with his mouth open in disbelief. "Sir?" He just started over to a chair. He threw his head ino his hands and started sobbing convulsivly. The woman was unsure of what to do. "Sir?" She asked but he didn't respond. He just started to walk out the door with tears streaming down his face.

She was really gone. Cindy had left him. He pulled his car into an empty parking lot and climbed into the back seat then cried himself to sleep. He knew what he was going to do. He was going to chase her. No matter what it took, he'd find her. His next stop was California.

Okay one I know the time frame on how long it took him to get there isn't really realistic but I'm tired and don't really care at the moment. Let's just say Retroville is really big and traffic really sucks lol. Second obviously this story is not going to be delayed which makes me very happy and I'm sure some of you are happy too. :-) It didn't take me as long to straighten things out as I thought it would okay so... next chptr will be up asap.