Chapter 2

Jimmy(Starting from)

"Hey, What's up, Brittany?" asked James suavely while resting his head on his hand.(A/N: He's looking to his left.) Brittany blushed. It was not often that Jimmy would speak to her, but he WOULD speak to the other girls.

"Nothing much, Jimmy..."she replied while smiling sweetly at him.

Jimmy sighed, "Tsk, Tsk...After all this time, you still don't know I prefer to be called 'James', do you?"

Brittany's smile disappeared. "I-I didn't...I mean, I f-forgot...I'm s-so sorry..."

Jimmy shook his head and faced the other that sat to his right. Brittany frowned, knowing that was the last chance she had with him.Jimmy had changed a lot since the last 7 years. He obviously had a different haircut, but he was also a running back on the Retroville High School football team. (A/N: I mentioned he was on the football team with Nick in Chapter 1.Sheen is also on the football team. Carl, unfortunately, isn't.) Jimmy usually wore a T-shirt and jeans with his blue and white letterman jacket.

"Hey, what's up...Um...What was your name again?" said Jimmy to the red-headed girl to his right side.

She turned around and replied carelessly, "I'm Stacey."

Jimmy cocked and eyebrow. Usually, girls were nervous when speaking to him. But not this one.

Cindy absentmindedly sat down on her chair at the beginning of her History class, not noticing a note on the surface of her desk. It was folded up in quarters, so it was very small. After 10 into Cindy's class, she finally noticed the note. It was from Libby. It said, " Cindy, I know you're all sad and stuff, but I think you should forget about the past. Ask someone out! I heard the new boy from Italy has a little thing for you. Love, Libby." Cindy shrugged and stuffed the note in her jeans as Mr. Johnson looked at her.

"Miss Vortex, are you listening?" he asked.

Cindy looked at him innocently. "Yes, Mr. Johnson."

He cocked his head to the side. "Oh really? Then what did I just say?"

Cindy looked around the class. When she saw Jimmy staring at her strangely, she took it as an opportunity to show him that she was over him and doing fine.

"You asked if I was listening." she replied smartly.

Laughter erupted from the class. Cindy grinned widely and looked at Mr. Johnson.

"Did I do something wrong, oh, dear teacher?" she said with a hint of sarcasm.

Mr. Johnson scowled and said, "You may be off the hook today, but we'll see tomorrow."

Some people were still snickering as the bell rang. Jimmy hurried to the door, trying to catch up to Cindy.

"Cindy, Can I talk to you?" he asked quietly.

Cindy recognized the voice and did not turn around. "Sure, you can--"

But when Jimmy opened his mouth to say something, she continued,"--But I won't allow you."

Jimmy stood, dumbfounded as Cindy walked away with her head held high. His mouth gaping open, he stared at her disappearing form.

"Hey, Jimmy, You better get toPhysics...There's only 2 minutes left till the class starts." saidCarl while passing by Jimmy.

Jimmyturned to look at him. "Uhhh, sure..Thanks for reminding me, Carl."

Carlsmiled and entered his Art class. Jimmy shook his head and ran to the classroom.

Panting, Jimmy dropped his backpack on the floor and took a seat at one of the shining black, granite tables.

"Mr. Neutron, I assume you have an excuse for being late." said Miss Aida.

Jimmy sighed, " Sorry Miss Aida, but I just got caught up."

Miss Aida raised an eyebrow. "I see. And how did you get caught up?"

Jimmy tried to reply, but he couldn't.

"He was talking to me." said a voice from behind him.

It was Cindy. Her face bold, she stared at Miss Aida, but refused to look at Jimmy. Shocked, Jimmy could do nothing but stare. In fact, everyone in the class stared at her. The story from last Valentine's Day had spread quite easily.

Miss Aida was the first to speak. "Then...Mr. Neutron, You're lucky you have a friend to save you."

She walked to her desk and started her lesson.

After class, Jimmy copied his actions from that morning.

"Cindy!" he said, louder than intended. 'At least she looked back this time...'

"What?" she asked quite rudely.

Jimmy stopped in front of her. "Um..I-I just..Umm..I just wanted to thank you..."

Cindy shrugged and walked on. Jimmy grabbed her arm before she could go any further.

"Umm..Cindy? Why did you do it?"

TO BE CONTINUED...

A/N: Yay! I finished a very short chapter! This is for DramaQueen2000! My first ever reviewer! Thanks to anyone still reading my story! I'll try to continue as fast as I can! (Maybe a week or so until the next chapter.)