I'm not sure I have that much to say, so...Thanks for all your reviews, everybody! (ReddistheRose, you've been as loyal to me as I've been to you! I love you!) Here we go! (Now it's Jimmy's turn to do the Happy Dance!)

Chapter 3: On the Other Side of the Street
Meanwhile, in his own house, Jimmy had just hung up his phone.

"You just had to put 'Ask Cindy' on the options, didn't you?" he said to Goddard, who gave the "Come on, give me a break!" whine. Jimmy petted him.

"It's okay, Goddard," he said, standing (then jumping) on his bed, "Because I have a date! Woo-hoo! (singing) I'm taking Cindy to the dance! I'm taking Cindy to the dance!" He paused, embarrassed.

"Right," he jumped down, "Let's go work on that tux." They went downstairs and Judy called to him, "Jimmy! Did you find a nice girl to ask to the dance?"

"Yes I did, Mom," he answered proudly.

"Ooh!" Mom said, "How wonderful! What's her name?" Hugh walked in just then and said, "I'll bet it's that little Cindy Vortex across the street, isn't it?"

"How did you know?" Jimmy asked. Hugh knelt next to his son.

"Well, Jim-Jam, there are some things parents just know," he answered, "like how to balance a check book, or whittle a duck, or travel through time in a car!" Judy and Jimmy looked freaked out at him.

"Wait a minute," he said, "That was Michael J. Fox from Back To The Future...See ya!" And he walked off to do nothing.

"Well, now!" Judy perked up, "Let's go get your suit pressed!"

While Mom ironed his tux, she coached him on how to behave on a date. Jimmy's a genius, so he already knew all this; however, he appreciated that his mother cared enough to tell him anyway. So he patiently listened to her until she was done and his tux was ready. Then they went to the florist and bought Cindy's corsage.

As Goddard lay down next to him that night, memories of their island adventure came back to Jimmy. How long had it been since that happened? A week? Two weeks? Did she even remember by now how they'd made each other feel that day? Did she still have the pearl he gave her? Why did he care?

'You're the genius,' his inner thoughts told him, 'you tell me.'

'We'll make a rain check,' Jimmy dissed his inner thoughts and turned on his right. The last thing that went through his head were his inner thoughts making a last retort before he crossed the delta waves of the brain to sleep: 'You can't hide what's inside!'

Author's Review:
Boy, Hugh sure nailed THAT on the head! LOL! His inner thoughts are conspiring against him! Okay, so this was kinda short, and the whole "island thing" was a little random, but it pays off later on, I promise. Stay tuned! FAIRIES!