Thanks for all the reviews- I really appreciate them. Sorry it's been a while since I've written, I've just been really busy this week( It's spring break) Anyway, here goes!

"What's wrong with her?" asked Jimmy, as he glanced over at Libby. Libby shrugged and said that she would check on Cindy.

"I'll go with you," replied Jimmy. He had no idea what was going on. One minute, Cindy was waiting for the movie to begin, and the next she was tearing out of the theater. Had he done something wrong? If he had, then he would fix it.

Sheen ignored Libby and Jimmy as they walked from the theater; he was far too engrossed in the movie to care what was going on in reality.

They found Cindy in the lobby sitting one a red chair. She was crying her eyes out, and didn't even notice when they sat down next to her.

"Cindy, are you okay?" asked Libby, placing her hand on her best friend's shoulder.

Cindy looked up. Her eyes were rimmed with red.

"I'm fine," she said.

Libby gave her a dubious look; she didn't believe Cindy for a second.

"Then why are you crying?" asked Jimmy.

Cindy gave him a look as if she had just noticed that he was there.

"Please, just leave me alone." she said to Jimmy.

Jimmy shrugged and stood up. He gave her one last apprehensive look before walking back into the theater.

"Okay, now that he's gone, you can tell me what's the matter," said Libby, sternly.

Cindy sighed. "I was just thinking about all of the time Neutron and I have wasted fighting. . . and. . "

"Oh," was the only thing Libby said in reply.

"And, I don't know, maybe I'm just tired of all this competition, and maybe I. . . I don't know." said Cindy. She did know. She just didn't want to say it aloud.

"You want to be friends with him?" asked Libby.

"Yeah, I guess so. . ." said Cindy.

"Well, that's easy, just tell him that." replied Libby.

"Thanks, Libs, you helped a lot," said Cindy. She then told Libby to go back and watch the movie, and that she would be there in a moment.

Allthough Cindy had told Libby that she had helped, she hadn't. Cindy had already told Jimmy that she wanted to be friends. And that wasn't exactly what she wanted, anyway. Cindy sighed once more and walked back into the theater to watch the movie.

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"That movie was awesome!" exclaimed Sheen.

"I have to admit," said Libby, "it was pretty good."

"Come on, guys, those special effects were so fake," said Jimmy.

Cindy didn't say anything.

"Sheen and I were going to head over to the Candy Bar, why don't you guys join us," said Libby.

"No thanks, Libby." said Cindy, before Jimmy had a chance to speak. "We had other plans."

"Suit yourself," said Libby. She and Sheen made their way towards the Candy Bar, leaving Cindy and Jimmy alone outside the theater.

"Where are we going now?" asked Jimmy.

Cindy knew exactly where. It was somewhere that she had counted on going all along, she just didn't know when. Now was the perfect time.

"Follow me."

The school was locked, of course. Even though it was day time, it was still the weekend.

"What are we doing here?" asked Jimmy.

Cindy rolled her eyes. Did he have to ask that question every time?

This time, though, they didn't have to break in. Cindy just payed the janitor a few bucks to let them in. They promised him that they weren't there to vandalize the school. The janitor just shrugged. What did he care anyway?

The entered the gym. It was dark, so Cindy had to fumble a while before she found the light switch.

Apparantly the janitor hadn't done his job in the gym yet. Remnats from the dance were littered everywhere. Deflated balloons and sad-looking streamers filled the floor. A banner hung over the stage, displaying the theme- A NIGHT TO REMEMBER.

Too bad Cindy didn't go. As she glanced around, she could tell that it had been a great dance. But knowing that, she also knew that she wouldn't have had any fun without Jimmy as her date.

"What happened here?" asked Jimmy.

"There was a dance, remember." said Cindy harshly. Even though she was trying hard to be nicer to Jimmy, she was still a bit angry at him for blowing her off.

"Oh yeah. . . "Jimmy trailed off.

"Looks like they had fun," said Cindy.

"What do you mean 'they'? Didn't you go?"asked Jimmy.

Cindy thought about lying to him and telling him that she had had an awesome time and using the word 'they' had only been a slip of the tounge. But she decided against it and shrugged.

"Look, Cindy, I'm really sorry that I didn't take you to the dance." said Jimmy. Cindy could tell that he really meant it.

"It's okay, you were busy," replied Cindy.

"Yeah," said Jimmy, and he looked away.

"You said that you were staying in your lab to do some work. Did you lie to me?" asked Cindy.

"Well, I just didn't know what else to say. . . " said Jimmy.

Cindy was furious. At first she had been mad at him for choosing science over her, but now she was mad at him for choosing doing nothing over her.

"So, what was it then? Did you just not want to come to the dance with me? Is that it? Were you afraid that you would hurt my feelings by rejecting me? I'm a big girl, Neutron, I can handle myself, and I think it was really mean of you to. . . " but Cindy didn't get to finish. She was stopped by Jimmy grabbing her suddenly and placing a kiss on her lips.

"What the heck was that!" asked Cindy. She was in complete shock.

"You wouldn't shut up." replied Jimmy. "It was the only way I could get you to stop talking."

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Yeah, I know the end of that chapter was a bit cliche'd but I thought it was cute. Anyway, please reivew!