CHAPTER 8
Title: What happened to my dad
"Cynthia! What are you doing with that kid Neutron over there? Get over here now! It's time for dinner!", Cindy's mom called from her house.
Cindy sighed. "Coming!", she shouted in response. She turned to Jimmy. "I'm sorry I can't stay much longer. I really wanted to know your lab, but...", she said.
"Tomorrow, maybe?", Jimmy asked.
"That would be ok, I guess...", she said. "Bye". She gave him a quick peck on the lips and she walked to her house.
Jimmy walked the few steps to his house, and he opened the door. He closed it, and he looked at the windowwhen he saw Cindy getting into her house. He sighed, dreamily. He touched his mouth to sense once more the sweet tickle of her lips against his.
"Oh, hey, Jimbo! I didn't see you coming", a voice said from behing, making Jimmy startle.
"Hey, dad", he said, as he approached to Hugh who was sitting on the couch. He looked at the TV. "What's going on?".
Hugh frowned, as he looked at the TV. "Argh... Nothing that matters, Jimbo... Duh-it's tha news saying a comet just... passed over Canada, and I forgot to tell you".
"A comet passing over Canada!", Jimmy realized. "Oh, no! I was supposed to get into my lab and see it!", he said as he slapped his forehead with frustration.
'Stupid Libby! Thanks to her, I'll have to wait 74 more years', he mumbled under his breath.
"So how's your girlfriend, huh, Jim-Jam?", Hugh said. He winked asheelbowed Jimmy in the arm.
Jimmy sat in the couch next to Hugh.
"Huh... bad... actually... she's not my girlfriend",Jimmy replied, not quite sure of what to say.
"Why? I saw you two making the kissy faces", Hugh asked, while scratching his head. He stopped scratching, and he took arubber duck from the table to play with it.
"Dad! Please!", Jimmy said, embarrased. A look of crimson red was noticeable on his cheeks. "She has amnesia...".
"Amnesia!", Hugh screamed.
"Yeah...", Jimmy said, as he looked down at the floor.
"You know, Jim-Jam... this habit of ducks and pie... and all this 'Jimbo-Mambo' things... aren't mine", Hugh explained.
"What?".
Jimmy did not understand.
"You see, Mark DeCarlo has this habits. He's a guy like me, he has this 'goofy' voice, he likes pies and ducks and he's got flat feet", Hugh confessed.
"Why did you steal those habits from him?", Jimmy asked.
"Your mother told me I got this huge bump on the head", Hugh said, as he showed Jimmy a huge red bloody bump on his head. "Duh-tha thing is, she told me I was a genius also", he explained. "I lost all my memories and my study capacities when at my 15th birthday I had an accident with my bike". As Hugh commented his problems, Jimmy's eyes opened wide. "I broke my right leg, that's why I have this two left-legged shoes. They're prosthetic", he said, as he showed him his right leg with a left legged prosthetic shoe. "The doctors said there were a high possibility of recovering my memories. But, I didn't".
'Cindy has the same problem!', is all that Jimmy could think about.
"Your mom and I used to fight a lot, ya know. I didn't love her when we fought those days, but she told me my hormones changed with the run of the days. We fell in a truly deep love. That's why you're here. Your a genius 'cause your father was a genius and your mother was a mechanic monster", Hugh told him.
"You were hiding this from me all this years?", Jimmy asked.
"What did I tell ya before?", Hugh asked as he looked at the floor, and he sighed deeply.
"Right... you had amnesia and you can only remember when someone tells you about your life", Jimmy said.
He realized. He opened his eyes wide.
"Why is this that I can't call you by your first name?", Hugh scratched his head.
"Wait a minute! That's it!", Jimmy interrupted, as he got up from the couch and raised a finger in the air.
A/N: Yeah, well, here's a 2nd version of the chapter... I know, I know! The finger stuff! There ya go.