Chapter 2
"I Just Wanted To Say Hi"
The party was bumping. It was hip. Cool. Fresh. However you wanted to say it. But Jimmy was none of those things. He was just Jimmy.
"Hey Jimmy! Glad you could make it!" yelled Sheen over the overly loud music.
"Yeah, but I might leave after a little bit! I don't like the music, and I was totally unaware there would be alcohol!" shouted Jimmy right back over the overly loud music.
Sheen shook his head. "Don't leave, Jimmy! Have fun! And if you go by the pool, the music's not so loud!"
Jimmy shrugged but he waved good bye to Sheen and walked to the side door. As he passed the couch, he saw Carl, making out with his new girlfriend, Tori. He shook his head in disapproval, but went on to the pool.
"Hey Cindy." Jimmy shook his head. That wasn't the right way to say hi.
"Hello Cindy, having a fun time?" Jimmy considered for a moment. Then he shook that greeting away. It was too long for his liking, she might walk away before he even finishes the sentence.
"So, What's Up, Cindy?" He stood there, thinking about it when he heard a shout from the pool house.
"GET OFF ME NICK! I DON'T WANT TO SLEEP WITH YOU, YOU SICK BASTARD!"
Jimmy heard a different voice. "WHAT? CALLED ME A SICK BASTARD, HUH? WELL, YOU'RE A BITCHY SLUT!"
He heard a gasp. Then more yelling. "YOU FUCKING BASTARD!"
SLAP!
Jimmy jumped a little bit, shocked by the noise of hand on cheek. Then, he heard sobbing.
"You neverYou never call me a bastard again. You do, and I kill you."
Still surprised by the fight, Jimmyhardly glanced up as he saw Cindy run out, hand over her face, followed by the infamous Nick Dean.
And then something happened. Something that confused all.
Jimmy punched Nick in the mouth.
Everybody gasped, not knowing what could happen. But most of them hoped for one thing.
A fight.
And a fight they got. But not from the person they expected.
It was Jimmy who broke the silence. "Don't you ever call Cindy a slut again. You bastard."
He spit in front of Nick. He glared at him with force. Nick stood up slowly.
Then, he punched Jimmy back.
The crowd around them, erupted in cheers, chanting, "FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT!"
Nick and Jimmy circled each other, waiting for the moment to strike.
Jimmy got the first chance. He swung his right arm, stopping it mere centimeters about 2 seconds before his left arm swung from the other direction, catching Nick full in the face.
"Uh!"
Jimmy had a fire in his eyes now.A fire that had burned for five long years.
The fire of love.
Nick tried to fake Jimmy, but without success.
He tried again to punch Jimmy, but was blocked by Jimmy's arm.
Jimmy reached his leg out and tried to trip Nick. Nick just jumped back, wiping his nose before jumping back forward.
Jimmy threw his left arm straight out, aiming for Nick's forehead. Nick, thinking it was another feint, tried to block himself from Jimmy's right arm.
How wrong he was. Jimmy, in fact, was not at all trying to pull off another feint, but geniunely trying to punch Nick, square in the forehead.
And his target was met. Just as if slow motion was suddenly turned on by God, Jimmy's arm went slowly, ever so slowly, toward Nick. And Nick. He was moving his arm slowly from the middle, and up to his face.
Too late.
Even with the slow motion like movements, Nick was knocked out.
Spitting on Nick's unconcious form, Jimmy walked away slowly, trying desperately to avoid the stares.
Too late for that too.
Cindy stopped Jimmy and led him to the pool house.
"Why did you do that, Neutron?"
So it was true, Cindy never decided to call Jimmy by his first name. He knew it was a rumor that she was calling him 'Jimmy' at school.
"I-I just wanted to say hi."
The surprised look on Cindy's face was priceless.
A/N: This is for you, jimmy's 1 fan!
