Chapter 6
Jimmy had nothing to say. He couldn't deny it, but he was too much of a coward to tell her the truth.
"Cindy..."
Cindy looked at him, lips curling into a smile.
"Yes?"
He sighed and decided there was nothing he could do but this.
"I'm...gay."
Cindy scowled and scoffed at his measly attempt to cover up his true feelings. She sniffed the air.
"I smell bullshit."
Jimmy looked timidly at the ground.
"If you knew I liked you, why did you ask?"
Cindy thought about it for a second.
"I wanted to hear it from you. Not from myself, but you."
He smiled at her nervously.
"So, you're not going to freak out and kick me or something?"
Cindy returned the smile and stood up.
"Why would I do that?"
Jimmy stood up also and began following her as she strolled down the trail leading to the small pond.
She continued. "On the contrary..."
Jimmy gasped lightly as she leaned toward him. Gently, she pushed her lips onto his.
'Why am I so damn nervous? I've been waiting for this for five years...Goddamnit!'
"Cindy, I don't know what to say..."
She smiled mischiviously at him.
"Then don't say anything."
Cindy pushed her lips onto his lips again. When she seperated from him, she was as chittery as a chipmunk. (A/N: I don't know why I said this, but I felt like using the word 'chipmunk'.)
"You know, I only went out with all those other guys because I was just trying to forget about you. Why didn't you go out with anyone? How come you turned all emo on us? Damn, I have a ton of questions I want to ask you."
Jimmy smiled and held her close to his heart.
"I didn't want to forget about you. I turned emo because I got emotional. And it's not my fault you have so many damn questions you want to ask me."
Cindy just smiled up at him.
"Can you answer all of them?"
He pursed his lips together and looked at the stars.
"Yes..."
Cindy just continued talking.
"And can you get a haircut? For me?"
Jimmy laughed.
"Yes, and of course for you."
She smiled and for the last time that night, kissed Jimmy.
They stood there, next to the small pond in the park, holding onto each other.
'Damn he's a good kisser!'
Similar thoughts in Jimmy's mind.
'Finally! We're together! Wait, are we together? Ah, fuck that. I'm kissing the girl of my dreams.'
Holding onto that thought, he just held Cindy even closer.
"Does this mean we're together?"
Cindy cocked her head to the side and looked at him.
"I suppose...Unless you don't want to be. Or are you too scared to tell me that you want us together?"
He scowled playfully.
"Of course I want us to be a couple. God, I mean, I've wished for this happening since we were ten years old. Come on! I mean, Look at you! You are the hottest girl in the school. You are smart. You are the best student in your karate class."
Cindypeered at him curisously.
"How'd you know that?"
Jimmy cleared his throat and rubbed his nose. He muttered something at the ground.
"What?"
He coughed and repeated what he said, but it still wasn't audible.
"Hmm?"
Jimmy sighed in a frustrated manner and practically shouted at Cindy.
"I said, I sort of STALKED YOU!"
Cindy covered his mouth with her hand.
"Not so loud! It's 11:46 right now, I don't think anyone wants to hear about some dude stalking some girl. Anyway, it's not that weird. I would have stalked you too, but I had to be with my mom practically all the time. She finally loosened up when I started yelling back."
He laughed, as if what she said was incredibly funny.
"So, what now?"
Cindy looked at him quizzically.
"What do you mean?"
Jimmy cracked his neck. POP, POP.
"I mean, will you want people to know about us? The popular, smart, pretty, and ultimately perfect girl with the freaky 15 year old genius hermit?"
She shook her head.
"You are not a freaky 15 year old genius hermit. You, on the contrary, are one of the hottest,sweetest guys in school. You almost beat Nick when we, as in we, I mean the girls, voted for the hottest guys. I mean, I had to keep telling everyone you were crazy or something so they wouldn't ask you out. I'm talking girls and boys."
He choked on his laughter.
"Guys? No wonder I thought guys kept checking me out in the locker room."
Cindy snorted and she wrapped her arms around Jimmy's waist.
"That's messed up."
"That is messed up."
They kissed again. But then, out of nowhere, a fist flew out and landed on Jimmy's shoulder.
"That's right, you bitch! I got you. I told you I would."
It was Nick.
"Nick, you son of a fucking bitch! Why do you have to be such a fucking bastard!"
He sneered and placed his foot on Jimmy's crotch.
"Move, and I squish your 'nads to outer space. Since you like it so much."
Cindy screamed and tried to knock Nick down.
"You fucking---"
One of Nick's goons had knocked her down and knocked her out.
"Damn it, Nick. You are such a fucktard. I mean, you need five other people to look after you. What are you, some kind of deaf, dumb, mute retard?"
Nick pressed his foot down. Jimmy groaned and clenched his fist.
"Damn."
Nick smirked and motioned for one of his gang members to hold Jimmy down.
"I rather like Cindy. You know that?"
He walked over to her unconscious form. Something clicked in Jimmy's brain.
"No!"
Nick just grinned wildly and leaned down. He ran his hand down her face.
"You don't want this beautiful face to be ruined, do you?"
Jimmy inhaled and grabbed the leg of the boy who was holding him down. Apparently, he was too weak to actually hold Jimmy down. Too bad Nick was such a retard.
Jimmy knocked this boy down and raced to Nick's side. He knocked Nick down and began punching him ferociously.
The little gang members just ran away. It was 2 hours later when the cops finally came, seperating Jimmy from Nick's limp form.
Cindy had awakened a few minutes before, but when she saw Jimmy beating up Nick, she had just inched to the side.
"Hey Cindy. You okay?"
Jimmy had only minor scrapes, a bruise on his shoulder. That was it.
But Nick. He was battered and bruised and bleeding. The doctors reported two broken bones. One rib and one arm.
"Will you go to jail?"
A look of shock appeared on Jimmy's face.
"Of course not. Why?"
Cindy's eyes began watering.
"I don't know why...But seeing Nick after what you did with him...It was..It was just scary...You know?"
"I'm sorry, Cindy. But he was going to..."
Cindy narrowed her eyes and looked at him.
"He was going to do what?"
Jimmy swallowed. A lump stuck in his throat.
"He implied that he was going to rape you."
Cindy gasped.
"Really?"
Jimmy nodded.
"But I couldn't watch that. I had to stop him."
She nodded along.
"I guess I understand."
A/N: Don't worry, there's still an epilogue-ish thing left!
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