Chapter 5

Two weeks.

Two weeks since they've gotten back, and they haven't spoken since. And school started in a few days.

"Jimmy!" shouted Sheen. "Can we play with your hovercar?"

He bounced around, clutching his Ultralord figure. Carl sat on the couch over on the other side of the lab, shoving cookies down his throat.

"Yeah, Fimmy, lefs gro!" Jimmy gave Carl a look of distaste and Carl swallowed, finally creating enough space in his mouth to say, "I said, yeah, Jimmy, let's go!"

Jimmy sighed and grabbed the keys from his pocket and hurled them at Sheen. "Go and start it... I don't feel like getting up."

Carl looked at Jimmy, and then at Sheen. And back to Jimmy. Carl wheezed over to Jimmy.

"Jimmy, are you sure? You know what happened last time when Sheen took the hovercar out by himself..."

Carl's eyes misted over with rememberance, and crumbs from the cookies he was eating fell off his cheeks.

Jimmy shook his head at Carl, and settled back into his chair. "You guys can do what you want..." He had become increasingly depressed, and no one knew what to do. Especially not Cindy, since they hadn't spoken since they'd gotten back.

He sighed again and closed his eyes, rubbing his temples and tried to make the headache go away. "You go ahead guys, I don't want to go... Besides, I have a massive headache."

So Sheen merely shrugged and sauntered out the door, Carl lagging behind, glancing back at Jimmy worriedly.

Jimmy sighed once again and cracked his neck. Pop, pop. It sounded like a cap-gun going off in the lab.

He visualized her face, one that was shining with laughter and smiles. He never saw that anymore... They used to have fun together, at least until something had happened...

(Flashback)

They were finally going on their first date, both of them 13 and cheerful. They were planning on going to the movies, and when they had gotten there, they had had their first real arguement. It was about whatmovie they were going to watch.

In the end they chose a comedy, something both of them liked, and all arguements were thrown in the past. But then, at their seats, another arguement had begun.

"Jimmy, can I have those Milk Duds?"

He had refused, saying he had bought them for himself.

"Why can't you just share with me?"

"I don't want to."

"Please?"

"No."

So Cindy had walked out to the lobby, telling Jimmy she was just going to get some Milk Duds. But when she failed to come back after ten minutes, Jimmy had gone to the lobby...

To see her making out with a new guy, James Levy or whatnot.

"Oh, hey Jimmy," he had said, unaware that Cindy was here with Jimmy.

Jimmy had gone in a fit of rage, throwing his fists around and breaking James's nose. After a little bit of destruction, Jimmy was escorted outside and thrown out.

Cindy standing triumpantly at the door holding onto James, she had smirked.

(End Flashback)

He wasconfused now, he knew something had happened between him and Cindy at the campsite, when they had laid and looked up at the night sky on that hill.

But he had no idea what it was.