Chapter 3- Postcards and diaries.

Jimmy woke up and smiled, he had done this every morning since Cindy agreed to be his girlfriend. He went down stairs and found a letter addressed to him, he picked it up ashe sat down. Judy Neutron served her son breakfast, noticing he was reading a letter she asked who it was from.

"It's from Carl, he is having a great time and everything is fine." Replied Jimmy casually, his eyes still skimming over the letter.

"What are you doing today then? Going out with Cindy again?" Questioned Judy, she liked Cindy Vortex and always had done. Although Jimmy had used to complain about her, she had known that he had liked her. Even when he did not. The genius looked up.

"We're meeting in the lab at twelve before going on to The Golden Swan together." Judy was very surprised; The Golden Swan was one of the best restaurants in town. The food was to die for, but the prices were for the rich and powerful.

"How are you going to afford it?" She asked, her sons allowance definitely would not cover the bill.

"Well remember when Eustace's accounts were taken control of?" Said Jimmy quickly.

"Yes of course."

"Well as a reward for stopping him, Retroville bank gave me some of the money from his accounts." He finished acting as if it was not a big deal.

"But he was a millionaire; does that mean you are a millionaire now? And why weren't we told?" His mother inquired. Jimmy shook his head.

"They just gave me a sum of money and put in my private account." Judy's eyes went wide.

"You have a private account?" She said. Jimmy stared at her.

"Do you know me at all? Yes I have a private account you cannot be the smartest kid in the world and not have one, second I assumed you knew about the bank giving me the money. Now any more questions?" He replied out of breath.

"How much did you get?" Judy asked him. Jimmy shrugged his shoulders.

"Fifteen thousand dollars." Judy almost fainted; Jimmy just walked past her and went to have a shower.

Cindy woke up and simply went downstairs. Her mum and Dad greeted her, and she grabbed her toast. Her mum was cooking bacon and eggs, whilst her dad read the paper. She ate her toast and checked the time. Only 11:15, plenty of time before she had to meet Jimmy. Kicking back, she grinned and grabbed a book. Only forty-five minutes to go.

Jimmy finished having a shower and put on a suit, there was a dress code at The Golden House. He checked the time, only 11:30 he had ages. He decided to read his postcard again, just to kill some time. Only half an hour to go he thought. He began to read the postcard and felt he was missing something. He read repeatedly, and finally saw it. He grabbed the telephone and dialled.

Cindy finished the chapter and turned the page. It was 11:45, not long now. The phone rang twice before her mum answered it.

"Cindy its Jimmy." She said simply and went back to cleaning; she liked Jimmy and knew that Cindy was happy with him. That was all that mattered to her. Frowning Cindy picked up the telephone, why was he ringing this early?

"Hi Jim, what's up?"

"Cindy get over here now." She tried to interrupt but was stopped. "Just get over here now, I got a letter off Carl you need to see it." The phone hung up. Cindy grabbed a coat and went straight to her Jimmy's house. She went straight to the lab, and found Jimmy waiting for her.

"Quick read the letter." He said, Cindy nodded and began to read.

Hi Jimmy,

Everything is fine,

Lately things have been boring, my

Parents are always busy so I am on my own.

My parents basically leave me to do what I want,

Everything here is really cool Jimmy you should see it,

The hotel is really big,

Hotels aren't normally this big, or at least I don't think so,

Everyone here is really nice and kind,

Yossouf he's the waiter lets me sample the food,

Cooking in a hotel must be hard work it is

Annoying though when people don't say

Please and

Thank you my mum says manners are of the

Utmost importance, I don't think Libby would like it here

Rock and roll music is not played often here

Eating here is fantastic the food is lovely you

Do not want to eat too much though you will get a stomach-ache

Understanding the foreign language is hard anyway

See you soon- Carl. Cindy finished reading and shrugged her shoulders.

"Seems like an ordinary postcard the only thing I see wrong with it is Carl's appalling layout and punctuation." Jimmy brought something up on the screen.

"Take a look at this then." Jimmy pointed toward the screen, and Carl's postcard came up. The computer highlighted the first letter of every word, and it spelled a message. HELP ME THEY CAPTURED US. Cindy looked shocked, Carl was in trouble and it sounded like big trouble.

"What do we do now?" Jimmy thought for a second.

"Well no point discussing it on an empty stomach, let's go to dinner we can talk there." Cindy nodded and grabbed her coat, and they exited together.

"What do we tell the others?" Asked Cindy as they sat down for dinner.

"We don't on point getting them worried, we have to handle this ourselves." Cindy frowned; she did not like keeping secrets from her friends.

"Why don't you tell them they can handle it." Jimmy shook his head.

"I know this may sound harsh, but I don't think I can trust Sheen with this kind of information. We need to keep this secret and I do not think he could." Cindy understood that, Sheen did have a nasty habit of revealing information that was meant to be secret. Their orders came and they ate in silence. After they both finished their meal and left. Walking back to their houses; they both agreed to keep Carl's predicament to themselves.

Cindy came into her home and grabbed her diary, she began to write.

Dear Diary,

Today Jimmy took me out for lunch at The Golden Swan. It was lovely; we both had the fillet steak, I had never tasted food so nice. Mum cooks lovely, but this was heavenly. Anyway, before that we read a postcard sent from Carl. It seemed like a normal card, but it contained a hidden message that said he had been captured and needed help. I am worried, what if he is hurt? I know I have treated him badly, but I do really like him. It is not his fault he had so many allergies, I would feel bad if he got hurt. And I cannot even begin to comprehend what Jimmy would do. What's worse is I have to keep this a secret from Libby and Sheen, I can handle Sheen, but Libby's my best friend. How can lie to her? I will just have to try, if Jimmy wants me to do it they I will do my best. I will write again tomorrow.

Cindy Vortex- A.K.A Mrs Cindy Neutron. (One day hopefully anyway!)

Cindy finished writing and lay down her pen. She went downstairs and got a drink, an hour later she went to bed. As she went to sleep Cindy thought about what was happening to Carl, where was he now? What was happening to him, she hoped he was all right. An image of Jimmy flashed in her mind, and a smile lit her up her face. He would get her through it, he always had. And Jimmy had never let her down, and she knew he never would.

A.N. I released this quicklyI know, butI felt that after having to wait so long for chapter two you were owed chapter three. By the wayI have a new email address which you can use. Remember to check my profile for info on up coming fanfics and new chapters.