Okay, I really need to get some things straight. This doesn't apply to all of you, just for the few of you who are confused...Cybercassie.
First of all, if you haven't noticed, this story is very OOC. Jimmy usually knows everything and never seems to struggle with his emotions. Cindy is more...well...she doesn't argue as much, but I realized that the Dusty/Cindy/Jimmy thing is sorta similar to Timmy/Cindy/Jimmy plot. Jimmy and CIndy stopped being sworn enemies, and they were the best of friends during High School. It may help if you see the movie. And the scenes with Jason and Betty, actually has A LOT to do with the story. Betty has a big part of this, she is the complete ruiner of hope. (Well, usually that's Sheen, but let's say Betty is the EVIL ruiner of hope here.) You did read Chapter 10 right?
Oh, and the "old times' sake" thing, well you really need to see the movie to get some parts. Like I said, this is OOC. They act very much like the characters in the movie, so you might wanna see it sometime soon. (Just suggesting...)
I'm sorry that this story isn't very clear for you, and I'll try to make it less confusing. Thanks for pointing everything out for me, and keep reviewing if you have anymore questions. I hope I helped you.
To the rest of you: Sorry I'm wasting all this time writing Author's Notes when I could be writing the chapter! Just wanted to clear this up.
Okay, now on to the chapter.
Chapter 11
Jimmy/Chris's POV
Jimmy was sitting in the passenger seat of Sheen's car, listening to him ramble on and on about his son TJ.
"I mean, Libby wants to take him to that daycare, and it's nice, but..."
Blah, Blah, Blah. That's what Jimmy heard. He was thinking about how he screwed up his chances with Cindy and now she was probably with Dusty now.
You're a loser Neutron. I can't believe you gave up so fast! You waited so many years during high school and now it's only been 4 days six years later and you've already given up. What a loser. You know, you might as well go back to your wonderful empty house in L.A., have a couple beers and fall asleep in your luxurious king bed...alone. Again. I hope you have a good life because you, ARE A LOSER!
Jimmy's eyes narrowed and he came to a decision. He needed to have a little talk with Dusty. He glanced at Sheen, who was still talking. They weren't far from Retroville, so they could probably make it in time if they turned around now...
Jimmy grabbed the wheel and made a huge U-Turn, running off the road and in the snow. Sheen quickly got control over the wheel again and glared at Jimmy.
"What the heck was that! You could've killed us! What were you thinking!" He yelled.
"I can't let her go Sheen."
And that was enough for him, because Sheen knew how much Cindy meant to him, so he drove back to Retroville in silence.
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Jimmy ran into the hospital, with Sheen behind him. No, nothing was wrong, except the case of Cindy and Dusty. Dusty worked at this hospital and Jimmy needed to talk to him desperately.
Jimmy stopped dead in his tracks, causing Sheen to bump into him from behind. What they saw shocked them. Dusty was singing his song, "Cindy Smiles", but this time, it didn't have the name Cindy in it.
A busty blonde nurse was in his arms, and he was singing without music, but he still managed to sound good. Damn him.
"When Janice smiles...it takes me miles...," He sang, without even noticing Jimmy and Sheen standing there, shocked.
Jimmy's shock soon gave away to anger, because he couldn't believe that Dusty would do such a thing. He acted so good, such a nice guy, caring about the environment, singing at Cindy's Christmas party...it was all a lie. A scam. Dusty was a player and Jimmy wasn't about to let him get away with it, either.
Dusty looked up and spotted Jimmy, a look of pure rage on his face. He smirked slightly and finished the song. He kissed the blonde quickly and turned her around, giving her a smack on the bottom before he said, "I'll see you at my place tonight."
Dusty turned back to Jimmy and Sheen. "Hey guys, what's going on?" He asked, as if nothing had just happened.
Sheen's mouth was still wide open with shock, and he then glanced at Jimmy. Uh oh. This wasn't good.
"So...who was that?" Jimmy forced himself to stay calm.
"That was Janice. Pretty hott, isn't she?" Dusty said with a smile.
This just made Jimmy angrier. Poor, poor Dusty.
Dusty walked right past Jimmy and Sheen, sitting on the waiting room couch. A man was sitting there, clearly asleep, a bottle of juice in his hand.
"But what about Cindy?"
"Aw...I'm just getting my revenge. You know, for back in high school, putting me in the Friend's Zone."
"No, no, you WISH you had been put in the Friend's Zone! I was in the Friend's Zone! You don't know how it feels!"
Dusty shrugged. "Well, either way, it'll all turn out good for me, right?" He took the juice out of the man's hand, opened it, and took a long drink.
"The man's juice...," Was all Sheen could say.
"Well, see ya later boys." And with that Dusty walked off, leaving Jimmy alone with his blinding, raging fury. Oh, and Sheen.
"So...what now?" Sheen asked.
"Now, we find Cindy."
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Jimmy made his way through the burned ruins of the Vortex's yard. I wonder how Mr. Vortex is going to react when he sees Jimmy.
Jimmy knocked on the door loudly. Mr. Vortex opened the door and glared hard when he saw Jimmy. He about closed the door in his face but Jimmy caught it with his foot.
"Listen, I know you're pissed off at me because of this," He gestured to the ruins. Suddenly, the robotic Santa Claus fell off the roof. "And that...but you HAVE to tell me where Cindy is."
Mr. Vortex grunted. "She's at the church, with that Dusty guy!"
The Church?
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Jimmy and Sheen raced to the Church, and they both got out. They could hear music from inside. Jimmy tried to force the door open, but it wouldn't budge. He went to the basement door and ran inside.
What he caught sight of inside didn't shock him. It relieved him, actually. The Church was full of kids and their parents. Dusty was in front of the Church, playing on the piano. It was a sing-a-long!
"I'm workin' on the railroad...," The kids sang.
Jimmy spotted Cindy on a bench and made his way to her. Unluckily, she was surrounded by kids. To make his luck worse, she was surrounded by Jacey, Michael, and Kyle. He remembered them all to well.
"Hey, I need to talk to you!" He whispered. Cindy nodded, and Michael kicked him in the leg. Hard.
Jimmy winced in pain. Dusty had his guitar out now, and was about to sing the ever so famous song, "Cindy Smiles".
Jimmy took Cindy by the hand, and she let him lead her out, but her eyes were on Dusty the whole time. He led her to a little room where they were all alone...for that moment, anyway.
"Listen Cindy, I'll get right to the point. Dusty isn't who you think he is!"
She rolled her eyes. "Okay then, who is he?"
"He's a player! He's only nice to you because he wants an anger bang! From putting him in the Friend's Zone in high school!"
"The Friend's Zone?"
Jimmy nodded. Cindy looked at him, and shook her head. "No. No, Dusty wouldn't do anything like that! He's really nice!"
"A little too nice if you ask me!"
All of a sudden, Dusty popped his head through the curtain and said, "Hey, we're about to start another song, wanna come join us Jimmy?"
Just seeing Dusty made him mad, so he let decided not to hold back this time. Jimmy let out a loud growl, and tackled Dusty to the ground. Kids were screaming, and Cindy was trying to get Jimmy off of him. When she finally did, Dusty lay on the ground, Jacey, Michael, and Kyle comforting him.
"Cindy, suckster isn't your boyfriend, is he?" Jacey asked.
"No, he's not!" Cindy snapped, glaring at Jimmy. She didn't even bother to correct Jacey.
"Good, cause we all like Dusty so much better!" Jacey said.
Then, much to Jimmy's disliking, all the 97 kids in the Church started to chant, "Dusty! Dusty! Dusty! Dusty!"
Jimmy looked at Dusty, who was still on the ground. Dusty suddenly opened his eyes and put up his hand...and waved to Jimmy. Jimmy gave him the most evil look he had. Cindy, who had been glaring at Jimmy, looked at Dusty, but he closed his eyes again and then Cindy went back to glaring at Jimmy. Whew.
Jimmy stalked out of the room, the kids voices ringing in his ears, and all he could hear was "Dusty! Dusty! Dusty! Dusty!"
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Jimmy was sitting in the passenger seat of Sheen's car, the window rolled down, and his head was leaning against the door.
"Well...at least you could say you tried..." Sheen said.
Without a word, Jimmy straightened, opened the door, and got out of the car slowly.
"Yeah, how about a 'Thank you Sheen'...okay sure your welcome...guess not...," Sheen said disappointedly, and started to drive off.
Jimmy walked into his house, while Jason was laying on the couch, playing his Nintendo DS.
"Hey, did you boink her yet? Of course not! Raise your hand if your brother's a homo..."
Jason laughed and Jimmy rushed out of the house a moment later. He was going to try...one last time.
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I should stop here. I really should. But I'm not. For your sake and mine, cause I wanna get this finished soon. Sorry for interrupting the sorry!
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Jimmy opened the door to the bar Cindy worked at, almost falling through the doorway. He spotted her up near the front. He made his way dizzily toward her.
He knew he was drunk. Drunk enough to not be able to walk straight, but not drunk enough to know what he was doing. Well, he knew what he was doing, but he didn't know if it was smart or not. Yep, he was drunk.
It looked as if Cindy was putting some banners up on the wall, or something like that. She was facing the wall, and didn't even see Jimmy coming until he put his hand on the wall and spoke, "Hey."
"What do you want Neutron?" She sighed, she wasn't in the mood for him right now.
"I really need to talk to you..."
Jimmy cast his eyes somewhere else other than her. He didn't know why, he just did. Then he kinda wish he didn't, cause he spotted someone he didn't really like. Dusty. "Hey Dusty." He hiccuped. Dusty rolled his eyes.
Cindy sighed again, turning to Jimmy, "Neutron, you're clearly drunk. Go home."
He looked around and then spotted something interesting. It was a CD case, nothing out of the ordinary, but the CD itself was a totally different story. Jimmy picked it up and showed it to Cindy and Dusty.
"Simply Dusty. Aww...how cute. So Cindy...how are you and Dusty doing these days?" Jimmy turned the CD case over in his hands.
"Jimmy, me and Dusty are just friends," Cindy explained slowly.
"Yeah, but hopefully we'll be more than that soon..." Dusty muttered.
Cindy turned to him. "What?"
Dusty sighed shortly, and turned to Cindy with a slightly annoyed look on his face.
"Listen, Cindy, I really like you. Well, actually, not really. When are you going to stop putting me in the Friend's Zone?"
Cindy shook her head. And then Dusty walked off. This was Jimmy's big chance!
Cindy started to walk off in the opposite direction of Dusty, but Jimmy stopped her.
"I kinda feel the same way. Well, er, I like you a lot, but when are you going to stop putting me in the Friend's Zone too?"
"When? Jimmy, why don't you just get over yourself!"
"Oh trust me, after all those years of you being the biggest tease in Retroville, I am SO over myself."
"Me, the biggest tease? I pratically THROW myself at you the other night and you did NOTHING!"
Cindy had walked back to Jimmy, and they were slowly starting to circle each other. But it stopped soon, cause Jimmy got dizzy.
"So now you know what it feels like. All through High School I liked you and you didn't notice. You spent all your time with Nick."
Cindy had had enough. She slapped him, but not too hard. Jimmy looked shocked for a moment, and then regained his composure, "You slap like a cheerleader."
Cindy then punched him.
Next thing he knew, security tossed him out in the street. Before the big, bulky security guy went inside, Jimmy heard him muse, "I've always wanted to do that."
Jimmy sighed. He had his chance all right. Until he blew it, anyway.
Isn't that just devastating? Made me kinda sad when I wrote that. R&R, and I'll update!
