Well, here we go peops! Enjoy! LOL! I am evil.all my love,-katie-
NO OWN JIM!
A Meeting
Thump.
" Jimmy? Are you alright? Jimmy?"
Thump.
Jimmy knew that voice, it was his mom! The only question was, was he dead or alive?
Thump.
He knew that sound, it was his heart beating, slowly but it was beating alright.
Thump.
Finally he weakly opened his eyes. He was greeted by his mothers kind green eyes. He looked around at his surroundings and he figured that he was in a hospital of some kind.
"Mom, where am I?" he asked weakly. She smiled at him.
She patted his hand softly in silence. " Your in the Retroville hospital dear.." she replied to his question.
" How did I?"
" Libby brought you here.."
" Cindy! Is Cindy alright?" he asked nervously and quietly.
" Cindy is fine, You saved her life somehow.. And she went home a day ago.."
" How long have I been out?"
" Three days.." His mother replied, her eyes glancing downwards. " I thought you wouldn't wake up.." she said quietly. " But I guess that's what I get for having a genius who wants to save the world for a son.." she smiled as tears brimmed in her eyes.
" How much longer do I have to be here?"
" They say you can return home in two days if the tests are alright.." she replied. " Now go back to sleep my dear, you need all the rest you can get.." She squeezed his hand tightly. What had happened? Had he really passed out? How pathetic was that!
" Go to sleep my son.." she said calmly as she stroked his hand softly. Finally he let his eyes droop and let himself surrender to the weakness of his mind and body.
He awoke to the bright daylight a few hours later. A doctor came in and helped him out of bed and led him down several hallways, tested him and thankfully all the tests were normal, but he would not be going home until the next day just to make sure. Jimmy was allowed to walk by himself this time, but the doctor followed close behind, but Jimmy made it. He crawled into his bed and just as the doctor left Jimmy entirely to himself once again, a soft whisper of a voice came into his presence.
" Hey Jimmy.." He turned his head, and sure enough there in the doorway stood Libby. Dark hair falling over her eyes and a single scar on her right cheek.
" Hey Libby.." he spoke softly, smiling as she sat in the chair next to him.
" Sheen is coming, he had a little car trouble on the way.." she smiled as she sat in the chair next to him.
" Jimmy! You were so brave, what you did for Cindy.. She is really grateful.. I just can't believe that they used her like that to kill you..I can't believe April would betray you like that.." Libby said quietly.
" I know Libby, but tell me what happened after I passed out.." he asked as he worked himself up to a sitting position in his bed and Libby helped him adjust his pillows.
" Well you know you destroyed the White Crystal, and then Meldar fell to the floor and Goobot , who was in hiding the entire time became a puddle of icky green gloop, and then the Yolkians just basically surrendered considering they had lost their leader and no one was willing to face us.. April was locked up along with her father and others who were involved in the conspiracy, umm.." she paused. " I found you, unconscious on the floor a long with Cindy who was at least breathing.. Jimmy you really had us scared.." She admitted as she brushed a bang from out of her eyes. " You had no brain waves for almost three days.."
" Cindy, how is Cindy?" he asked concerned.
" Oh Cindy is fine Jimmy she really is. Sure, at first she was a bit weak, but she's fine now." Libby smiled. " She's fine I promise.."
" How did you get back?"
" We figured out the autopilot thanks to Goddard.." Libby explained. "Oh! And here this is for you.." Libby reached into her purse and pulled out a small little black string bag and opened it. She took his hand and dumped a small gem onto his palm. It was clear and beautiful..
"What is this?" he asked.
" It is a piece of the white crystal.." she smiled. " I figured you would want it.." she smiled once again.
Just then Sheen walked into the room.
" Hey dude!" he walked over and patted Jimmy on the shoulder a little bit hard and Jimmy winced at the pain, but said nothing.
" Hey Sheen.. How are ya?" he asked. Sheen looked practically untouched.
" Oh I'm good Jim, the question is how are you?" he asked as he pulled up another chair next to Jimmy.
" Oh! How are Carl and Christy?" Jimmy brought up the names that he had forgotten. " How is everyone?" he asked feeling stupid.
" Everyone is fine Jimmy! It's you we've been worried about! You almost died, don't you get it!" Libby cried as she buried her face into her hands. Sheen wrapped his arm around his girlfriend tightly. She sniffed lightly. " You almost died.."
" Ya Jim, you seriously almost died dude! In the name of Ultra Lord!" he smiled. Just then Jimmy remembered his battle with Meldar.
" Oh and Sheen thanks for making me watch all those years of Ultra Lord, the move that saved us all came from that movie.." Jimmy admitted.
Sheen beamed with pride. " See I told you that one day it would come in handy Jimmy!"
" Neutron, now we'll never hear the end of it!" a voice spoke from the doorway and there stood Cindy, her hair disheveled like she had just recently taken a shower, and scars on her cheek, and her eyes were sort of dark. She was wearing a light pink top and denim jean and to him she had never looked more beautiful.
" Hey Cindy.." he spoke just above a whisper.
" How are you today?" she asked as she walked into the room and pulled up another chair and sat down on the other side of Libby.
" I'm good, I'm glad to see your okay, I was pretty worried that you know.." Jimmy stated.
" Yeah, I'm just fine, but, what happened in that chamber Jimmy? How did you defeat him? Why did they take me? How did you find me? Did April betray you?" she asked all these questions as her green eyes intensely met his blue ones.
" Well we are out of here!" Libby announced as she grabbed Sheen by the arm.
" What? What's going on? Where are we going?" and with that, they were gone out of the room and down the hallway. Jimmy and Cindy looked at each other. Jimmy could feel his cheeks heating up.
" Cindy, I don't know what to tell you, I fought Meldar and I beat him.. They took you for a lot of reasons.. And I know that they wanted me.. And yes, April betrayed me after she helped me find you.. "he admitted, leaving half of the story out.
" Why Jimmy? Why?"
" Oh Cindy.. I don't know how to.." just then she raised her hand to stop him.
" You need to rest Jimmy.." As he watched her go out the door he knew he was going to have to thank her for all that she had done, she had been through so much.. He stared at the white crystal in his hand that Libby had given him and he had an idea. If he began to work as soon as he got home.
" And I believe I owe you something.." she smiled devishly as she leaned over him, her hand now had worked it's way into his. He looked up into her eyes, and before he could comprehend what was happening she leaned down and touched his forehead softly with her lips. The world began to spin and his skin began to burn where her lips were touching..
" See you on Friday..." She smiled as she pulled away. He tried to speak, but nothing would come.
" Hey Jimmy.." a voice said from the doorway. Had Cindy forgotten something? No, that wasn't Cindys' voice.
" Hey Betty," he returned to the skinny, tall looking model figure in the hall.. She walked up to the chair Cindy had been previously been sitting in. He looked back out in the hallway, and Nick was standing there.. It was time.
" Jimmy, I was so worried when I heard about your state.." she smiled at him, and he weakily smiled back. She softly touched his cheek, where he figured there was a scar or two, judging by the way she was staring at him. " I heard you risked your life for her, I wish someone was brave enough to do that for me, it's so romantic, she likes you- you know that don't you?" she smiled.
" Betty, why are you here?" he asked.
" I came to say hello! You almost died, I'm sure you've been told.."
" Yeah, several times, but why are you here?"
" You almost died for her! How cute is that and just to think they stole her because they know you love her.."
" How did you know that?" Jimmy asked.
" Oh a little bird told me!" she beamed.
" April, you talked to April?"
" Yea, she told me the whole story of how the plan was cooked up when we locked her up on the deselote planet.."
" You stranded her?"
" With about three months of food, then the wild animals on the planet can have her.."
" Wasn't the planet destroyed?"
" No, you would think so wouldn't you, but no, the planet went untouched," she responded.
" How on earth?" he replied, she just smiled.
" We have other business to attend to at the moment my darling.." Jimmy cocked his head to the side.
" Darling? Betty, you know I don't feel anything for you, I've told you so, why do you keep pressing the issue? Nick likes you, loves perhaps, is that not good enough?" he replied, wincing as pain shot through his left arm.
" Jimmy, do I have to keep reminding you that Nick means nothing to me anymore? It is you that has captured my heart and this adventure only helped to further my feelings for you.." he looked out the door, Nick made a gesture that said do it now.
" Right.." just then she did something that surprised him.. She fiercly brought her lips down upon his.. He got that feeling like there were butterflies flitting around in his stomach.
"Nuetron!" Nick cried, no that wasn't Nick, it was.. CINDY! Jimmy tossed her backwards off of him " What the heck are you doing?" Betty turned to face Cindy. Neutron stared at the blonde who had a look on her face like she had seen the sky falling.
" He's kissing me, that's what he's doing.."
" Oh really.." Cindy said emotionlessly, eyes studying him.
" Yea, we had an interesting conversation and then he kissed me..." she smiled devishly. Jimmy was feuding with himself inside, why wasn't he saying anything?
" What? It's not true!" Cindy cried. " NO! IT'S NOT TRUE! YOU LIE!" she screamed. Jimmy couldn't speak. Cindy took a look at Jimmy. " You.. You.. Kissed her.." she said blankly. Jimmy could not believe what he was seeing and hearing, for down Cindys' cheek rolled a tear. " You kissed her.. Her of all people, first the stupid Alien, now Betty, gosh Neutron! You don't get it do you!" she waved her arms furiously and just then Nick poked his head from around the corner.
" Cindy, your right, she's lying, I asked him to, but it was really Betty that did the whole kissing thing.."
Silence fell over the room.
" What are you talking about Nicky poo?" Betty asked. Cindy was now looking anywhere but at Jimmy.
" I'm talking about the fact, Jimmy told me what you've been doing, I had my suspicions, but now I have the proof Betty, we are through, so now you can have Jimmy all to your little cheating slut self!" Nick cried. Cindy was now staring at Nick.
" Fine I never liked you anyway you self interested jerk!" she shouted back. " I NEVER DID! NEVER! Not even when we went to your cabin a year ago, remember that? Well guess what, I didn't actually enjoy a second of it, I took acting lessons you know, and I did all just to get to Jimmy.." Cindy was know glaring at Betty, she looked about ready to either attack her, or throw up on her.
" You slut! Get out of here! NOW!" she cried. Jimmy could not believe what he was regresting in his mind. " NOW!" she yelled as she furiously pointed out the door. Nick just smiled at her, and then looked at Jimmy, smiling.
" No.." she replied.
" Don't make me throw you out Quinlan.."
" What did you even come back for?"
" To talk to Jimmy, which is what I intend to do.."
" Planning to confess your love for him?" she mocked, and to his surprise, Cindy did not retiliate, instead she turned towards Jimmy.
"Meet me at the park on the bench nearest the entrance on Friday night at seven okay?" she smiled softly. He nodded. " That gives you plenty of time to think of how to tell me what you need to tell me.."
" And I believe I owe you something.." she smiled devishly as she walked over to him and worked her hand into his. He looked up into her eyes, and before he could comprehend what was happening she leaned down and touched his forehead softly with her lips. The world began to spin and his skin began to burn where her lips were touching..
" See you on Friday..." She smiled as she pulled away. He tried to speak, but nothing would come.
Then it was just Betty and him. Betty stared like she had seen a ghost.
" I guess I'm out then..." Betty spoke quietly and exited, leaving Jimmy totally alone. What was Betty talking about? Did Cindy really like him, like that? Impossible, yet Cindy hadn't denied the fact, she had simply told him to meet her.
He stared at the ceiling and listened to the silence, with one question. How did he get two girls that he didn't like to love him, but he could not get the woman he loved to even like him?
What if Betty was right, what if Cindy did love him? He smiled and decided that he would let the impossible idea play inside his brain for the time being.