Well here it is, one of the last chapters, maybe even the last. Enjoy and review!

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Time travel had always been one of Jimmy's favorite aspects of science. He loved the fact that he could reverse time, to change something, or go forward to see what was going to happen. It was also one of the scariest things that came with being a genius. He could twist fate any way he'd like.

Jimmy stared up at his Time Booth. He hadn't traveled in it but a few times, and he still hadn't gotten all of the bugs out. But, this was an emergency. He had to save Cindy.

He was uncertain whether or not he should be doing what he was about to. Jimmy had read the story of The Monkey's Paw and he knew what could happen if he brought a person back to life. But, he wasn't bringing her back to life. He was going to make it so she had never died.

Jimmy had contemplated on just how far to go back. He could go all the way, and prevent Cindy from ever going on all of the adventures that they had encountered, and prevent her from ever getting cancer and pneumonia. But then, all of the memories that they had made together would no longer be there. Besides, he felt that overcoming cancer would be good for Cindy's attitude. So, instead, he decided to go back to that fateful day at the hospital, when he had lied to Cindy and sealed her fate.

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"Why do you want me to get better?" Jimmy could hear Cindy asking. He could also see himself open his mouth and spit out some lame excuse.

He had to do something, and quick, or she wouldn't take it.

Jimmy knocked on the door, and hoped that his past self would be smart enough to answer it.

"Hold on a second." said the past Jimmy, getting up and going to the door.

"What the. . . " he said, as he reached the door.

"Yes, I'm you, from the future." Jimmy said, quickly. "I don't have much time to explain. But listen, Cindy's going to die."

"She's going to what. . . .?"

"Unless you get her to take the pills. You have to convince her that it's the only way that she's going to get better." replied Jimmy.

"How am I going to do that?" asked past Jimmy.

"Just tell her the truth. Tell her that you love her, and that you couldn't bear it if she died. Tell her that's why you want her to live." Jimmy said simply, it was the only thing that he could think of to say.

"Are you sure?" his past self asked.

"Yes, now go!" urged Jimmy.

His past self nodded and walked back into the hospital room.

Jimmy watched through the screened window at the scene that was taking place. He saw himself talking, and then a very shocked expression formed on Cindy's face. He then watched as she said something, his past self's eyes widened. Then, Cindy took the pills.

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Jimmy awoke in his bed. He had no idea how he got there, but then all of his memories began to flood back. It was strange, because, even though it wasn't him that had told Cindy in the hospital how he felt, he still had the memory as if it was him. Then again, it was him. . . . Jimmy shook his head, trying to get those thoughts out of his head.

He would have gone straight over to Cindy's house when he returned from his trip to the past, but he had skipped ahead by a few hours by accident. The clock had read 11:30 when he had returned, so he figured sleep was his best option, and he would visit the Vortex's house the next day and see what happened.

Jimmy's plan wasn't going quite the way he wanted. He kept thinking about Cindy. If his plan had worked, he would see her again. She would be alive. That thought sent shivers down Jimmy's spine. He could take it no longer. He had to find out if his trip back in time worked.

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Jimmy strolled slowly down the street. He had no idea what he was doing. In his rush to find out if Cindy was alive, he'd forgotten that it was late at night. There was no way he would go to her house, and knock on the door. Because, if she wasn't alive, that could prove to be a morbidly awkward situation.

So, instead he just walked. He didn't know where he was going, but he knew that he needed to get there soon. His legs were growing increasingly tired by the second, and he needed to find a place to sit down. Then, he thought of a place where he could go. He needed to rest his legs, but he also needed to think. So, Jimmy went to the observatory.

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It was Jimmy's good fortune that stars were best viewed an night. That meant that the observatory was open, and he would have no problem getting in. Sure enough, within a few seconds, Jimmy was on his way to look through the large telescope. It wasn't the best technology around, but it was alright when he was just star gazing.

"Sorry, someone else is using it at the moment." said the guard outside the door.

"How much longer will they be?" asked Jimmy, impatiently.

"Not much longer. I guess you can go ahead and go up, if you'd like."

After giving his thanks, Jimmy walked up the stairs to the telescope.

Jimmy could tell that whoever was star gazing was really enjoying themselves. He could hear the telescope move ever so often, and audible gasps were coming from the room. Jimmy couldn't resist, he had to see who would be enjoying the telescope so much.

Although it was humanly impossible, Jimmy was sure that every part of his body was completely motionless when he peeked around the corner. He couldn't believe it! His plan had worked. There Cindy stood, with one eye looking through the telescope, the other looking down at a piece of paper she was writing on.

She looked the same as she had before she died. Some of her hair had grown back, since it had been a while since she'd taken the pills that had obviously helped her get better. Jimmy couldn't believe that she was actually alive. She was alive, and standing directly in front of him. All of the sudden, Jimmy felt self concious. What would he say to her? After what had happened in the hospital, how would he be able to face her? He had to find out.

"Cindy?" he asked, walking forward, into the room.

"Hey, Neutron, what's up?" she asked, looking from her paper to him.

"Nothing. . ." he replied cautiously. Everything seemed so normal.

"What are you doing here?" she asked. "I'd think you'd be at home looking through your own high-powered telescope."

"Yeah. . . " said Jimmy. He couldn't take his eyes off of her. He couldn't believe that she was there, and talking so normally. After what had happened, he expected things to be different, but they weren't.

"What's your problem, Neutron? Do I have something on my face?" she asked, raising her eyebrows in question.

"No, it's just. . . ."but he couldn't think of what to say.

"Okay. . . "replied Cindy. "But, if your going to stand there, at least let me finish my paper."

Jimmy decided that he would leave. He no longer needed to think. Now that he knew Cindy was alive, there was only one more thing left to do.

Without hesitation or the tiniest bit of doubt, he kissed her. She was shocked, sure, he could tell. Her wide eyed expression was priceless.

"What was that for?" she asked, finally after a moment of silence.

"No reason." he replied, and then without another word left.

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Jimmy expected to walk home, get in his bed, and then go to sleep. His plan didn't work quite that way. Halfway down the stairs, he was stopped by Cindy.

"I know what you did." she said, catching up with him.

Jimmy gave her a confused looked, and let her finish.

"You saved me." she said. "Libby told me tonight what happened. That I died, and then you went back and time. . . and anyway, at first I didn't believe her. How could I? But then I thought about it, and it made sense. So, I just wanted to say thanks."

"You don't have to thank me. It was my fault in the first place. I was the one who didn't tell you the truth at first. . . "started Jimmy, but he was soon interrupted by Cindy.

"Shut up, Neutron." she said. "I'm ready to go home. Why don't we walk together." she suggested, taking his hand.

For the first time in a while, Cindy felt as if things were going her way. Little did she know that Jimmy was thinking the same thing.

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Well, there it was. Please review.