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JIMMY'S POV.

I have been devastated when I realized that I like Cindy. I don't know how I got into that realization, it just happened after the incident with Betty. After she said that words to me, I suddenly felt something that I never knew I have for a long time for this certain blond.

And I'm devastated because I know that Cindy will never accept my feelings for her, and I'm also disappointed to myself for liking a girl who I supposed to hate.

She looked at me with wide eyes that made me nervous. I brace myself for an expected laugh, tease, insult or anything worse that she could do.

But it seems like she froze and wait.

Is that a blush that I'm seeing on her face right now?

"R-really?" she suddenly asked and all I could do is nod in response.

She looked down while cupping her cheeks. "Y-you really mean it? You're not joking or not making fun of me, are you?"

I looked at her while cocking my eyebrow. Hmmm.. she's acting strange. "Yes, I'm telling you the absolute truth."

Then she looked at me with a sparkle on her eyes. Uh oh.

"B-but I know it's stupid and don't worry, I don't want these feelings as much as you do. That's why, I'm trying my best to fix this." I suddenly said defending myself, while grabbing the research paper that I'm working on and I handed it to her.

She looked at it first before grabbing it.

"You see? I'm making progress."

I looked at her and her reaction was not what I'm expecting her to react. What's with her today?

"I see." She said, while still looking at the paper.

"Are you okay, Cindy? You're acting strange." I asked, frankly.

She paused for a few second then she looked at me.

"Of course, I am. I'm just shocked. That's all." She said, but her answer did not convince me.

"If you succeeded, will you be back to normal again?" she asked.

"Of course, I am." I answered honestly.

She paused for a few second again, then she let out a small smirk.

"That's good." She said, then she crossed her arms.

"Then hurry up on doing that experiment of yours. I don't want a big-headed loser like you to like me." she said in her usual tone.

Now that's the Cindy that I know and expecting. I smiled and nod at her, but she just rolled her eyes on me.

"I don't know why I came here to waste my time on you. Oh well, I'm getting out of here now." She said, then started to walk away.

"Cindy, wait." I called, then she turned her head on me.

"Please don't tell this to anyone. Tell them, I'm working on something that I'm lacking in sleep." I said. She just looked at me then turned her head away from me.

"I don't plan to shame myself to others." She simply said then she started to walk away.

Phew! Finally! Now I can think straight now.

But, why does my chest hurt?

Oh well, this feeling will fade anyway. So, nothing to worry!

Oh, another thing…

I will work on tightening the security in the lab later. It's been giving me pain these past few days.

The next day:

"Are you really okay now, Jim?" Carl asked me, while we are walking in the hallway of the school.

"Yeah. I'm alright now, I got enough sleep last night."

"So, what's the experiment that you have been working on?" Sheen asked me. I paused for a bit to think of something.

"Well… I'm just trying new things based on the book that I have read in the library. I'm finally making a progress, that's why I got a good sleep last night." I answered.

"Why didn't you call us? We can help you, you know." Carl said.

"Yeah, but I wanted to do that thing by myself this time."

"So, what's your experiment?" Sheen asked. Ugh. Why did he have to asked questions that are hard to answer?!

"I-it's confidential." I answered.

"Is it dangerous?" Carl asked.

"Yeah." I simply answered. I looked at Sheen and it looks like he's thinking something. I hope it's not another question.

"I have been thinking about what you have said earlier, and I want to ask a question about it, if you don't mind." Sheen said. I cocked my eyebrow at him. He's acting weird again. "Uhm, Sure."

"What does confidential mean?" he asked. I paused for a bit to looked at him then Carl and I looked at each other and Carl just shrugged his shoulders.

We arrived at the classroom and my heart skip a beat when I saw a certain blond that is talking to Libby. Oh Edison, I hate this feeling.

She suddenly noticed me that makes my eyes widened for a second. She crossed her arms then raised one eyebrow at me.

"What are you looking at?" she asked that clear all the noises in the room. Now, everyone's attention is on us.

"W-who said I'm looking at you huh?"

"Well, you probably know that I have eyes that can see clearly, and these eyes clearly saw that you're looking at me." She smirked, and everybody cheer up for her. I furrowed my eyebrows and gritted my teeth at her.

"Oh, I see. So that's what really happened. Thank you to your big mouth." I said while smirking. Her smirk disappeared, and she cocked one eyebrow, not getting my point.

"You just said that I'm looking at you right? So that means that you're looking at me too with that clear eyes of yours." I said while smirking and now the table has turned, everybody cheers for me now.

This time, her eyebrows furrowed, and she gritted her teeth on me.

"And that just revealed that you really were looking at me, dork!" she yelled.

"No, I don't! You're the one who's looking at me, blondie!" I yelled back.

We started to argue again, and Mrs. Fowl just came in time to stop us from fighting. Ugh. I don't know what I saw in Cindy that makes me like her!

The class begun, our rivalry and fight begun too.

After that class period, I headed to my locker to put some things in before I eat lunch. I saw Cindy heading my way and I decided to just ignore her. I'm too hungry and tired to fight with her again.

"Hey Neutron." She called, but I just ignored her like she's not there.

"I'm calling you, nerdtron." She said in her usual tone, and again, I just ignored her and walk away from my locker.

"Are you deaf, Neutron? Or are you ignoring me like a big loser you are?" she said then she started to laugh teasingly. Ignore her Jimmy. Ignore her.

"Oh, so you really are being a loser huh. Well, go on! Ignore me as much as you like! I don't care!" she screamed behind me. I looked at her but she's walking away now.

And again, I feel pain inside my chest.

CARL: Hey, where's everybody?

SHEEN: Libby went out to some spa to relax and I don't know where Jimmy and Cindy are, but I saw them walking out of the studio, holding hands.

CARL: Wow, they're going out already?

SHEEN: Yeah *phone beeps*. Oh, I got a text from Libby, she wants me to go with her, so ciao!

CARL: *sigh* I'm all alone again. Please, review everyone. Thank you!