Well, here's another "Under the" oneshot. Anyway, I was hit with inspiration, and it hurt! So I decided not to ignore, seeing as it will hit me again. Enjoy!
"Under The Stars"
"Why me?" mumbled the 15 year old genius. He was being towed along on a vacation with his parents, which, to him, didn't count as a vacation at all.
They were going camping. And not ordinary camping, as Jimmy had thought, but the kind where they actually pitched a tent, made their own fires, and, as much as he despised it, find their own food.
Jimmy's dad, Hugh Neutron had insisted that Jimmy's mom, Judy, not come, but she had demanded that the same thing from when Hugh had taken the boys camping never happen again. So she went with.
Now they were stuck in the car, Jimmy squished between their overstuffed bags, grumbling to himself. Although there was one good thing that happened; Judy had let him take Goddard along, just in case the same thing as when they went without happened. Long story short, Judy wanted Goddard along in case a bear came along.
"Hey, boy. Want some lug nuts that I found at the hardware store for half-price? Since it was so cheap, I got 5 pounds of it," Jimmy said brightly, seeing as this was probably as good as his trip was going to get. The metallic dog barked quietly before opening his mouth widely. Jimmy began throwing in silvery lug nuts one by one as the car came to a stop.
"Why'd we stop? Are we there already?" Jimmy looked outside, only to be greeted with a large sign that read 'Joe's Roadside Grill'.
Hugh opened the door to the backseat, causing Jimmy to spill out onto the gravel-y ground. "We're here for some grub before we get to the camping grounds! Now, what to order.." He walked away, rubbing his hands together.
"Mom? Why did you bring me along?" whined Jimmy. Judy gave him one side-swiping glance before looking toward the menu.
"Jimmy, this is a family vacation. That's you included. Now, I'll get you a cheeseburger and a soda, so go wait at the tables in the back."
Jimmy continued grumbling as he trudged to the dirty tables behind the small cheeseburger stand. But what he saw sitting at the table smack-dad in front of him caused him to stop abruptly.
"Cindy?" he gasped, unaware that he looked like a fish out of water. "What are you doing here?"
The blond girl barely gave him a passing glance before examining her fingernails. "I'm here with my mom. She dragged me along on a stupid camping trip... You?"
"Same here... Wow, what are the odds?"
"What are the odds, genius boy?"
Jimmy scowled before sitting down across from her, Goddard right beside him. "I would bet a billion to one, except the fact that some people stalk others, narrowing the field to ten to one."
"Shut your piehole, Neutron. Stop talking about Betty that way. Even she's not as bad as you are."
Jimmy let out a snort, barely able to hide his amusement. "Well now, we know who's jealous."
Cindy sighed before rubbing her fingernails on her sky blue tank top. "It was unpleaseant seeing you, Neutron. Hope to never see you again." With that, she was in her mother's car, pulling out of the dismal burger stand.
"What a-" He was interrupted by his overzealous father, waving as hard as he could to get his son's attention.
"Come on, Jimmy! We're eating in the car!"
Jimmy stood up, Goddard hot on his heels. He sighed before throwing another lug nut into his robotic dog's mouth. "Am I that bad?"
Jimmy had fallen asleep in the car, right after he was done with his burger from the burger stand, and now his dad was pulling into a small parking lot filled with only their car and one other one.
Judy gently shook her son's shoulder, just enough to rouse Jimmy.
"Wha'?" he mumbled. Judy smiled before shaking his shoulder again, lighter this time.
"We're here, Jimmy. Help your dad set up the tent, okay?"
Jimmy nodded as best as he could while groggy and stumbled onto his feet. As soon as his head cleared from the bizarre dream he had had in the car, he noticed the other car.
"I-Is that... No way... That can't be-"
And as his mind was working overtime, a girl stepped out from the large green tent that was set up a couple feet away.
"No way!" they shouted in unison.
A/N: Okay, this was supposed to be a oneshot, but I decided to make it a chapter story... Not too long, I hope, seeing as I have like five other stories to continue...
