Ready Or Not, Here Comes Love!
Chapter 6
Two teens cuddled unabashedly in a front yard. The brown-haired boy had his arm wrapped protectively and lovingly around a blonde girl as she read aloud.
Cindy had just finished the last page and looked up into the ocean blue eyes of her boyfriend.
"So, what did you think of book six?"
"You're going to ask this about every one in the series, aren't you? Fine then. To put it barbarically simple... I was sad at the death of the old man. I applaud the bravery of the kids. The writing is exemplary- the lessons are valuable and the vocabulay is marvelous. But! I still don't believe in that type of magic." Jimmy stared meaningfully at her.
"That type?" One eyebrow was raised as she waited for an answer. He grinned at her before responding.
"The only magic I see is in your emerald eyes... they're enchanting." He laughed as she giggled at his line then kissed him soudly. Cindy snuggled back into his chest as she reached for book seven.
"That was so corny..." she smiled ...but so cutely romantic.
Hours later, they finished the seventh, and final, book. They had sat there, simply enjoying eachother's company for a while.
The sun was going down, creating the perfect picture; two people in love, bathed in the romantic hue of the setting star.
"So why did we always fight? It seems like a tremendous waste of our precious time." Jimmy whispered in Cindy's ear, his arms snaking around her waist.
"I, don't really know..." She thought long and hard. Why did they? Hmm...
"I shouldn't have even brought it up. It doesn't matter now. Remember that saying? 'You gotta put your behind past ya.'" Cindy rolled her eyes.
"Jimmy, its 'you gotta put your past behind ya.'" He sqeezed her tight.
"I knew that." They held eachother in a comfortable silence.
"Cindy-Bear!" Cindy groaned as she heard her dad call her by the old kiddie name she had. She rolled her eyes good-naturedly as she waved at her father. He smiled warmly at the pair.
"Hey dad!"
"Afternoon Mr. Vortex!"
"Afternoon Jimmy. Mind if I take my daughter back? Its nearly seven, and her mother's damn close to having a heart attack. Sunday dinner, you know. Save me from becoming a widowed man, kids!" The three chuckled as Jimmy stood up. "I'll let you two say good-bye, Cindy-Bear. Night Jimmy."
Jimmy reached down and pulled his girlfriend up. He took her arm, as any gentleman would do, and walked her to her door. She turned to him.
"Guess this is goodnight, Vortex." Pulling her into his embrace, Jimmy felt her arms around his neck. He hugged her tightly, then loosened to kiss her sweetly.
"Guess so, Neutron." They smooched again before she hugged him.
"Pick you up for school tomorrow?" She laughed and pulled away. She had stepped over her threshold and was closing the door as she answered.
"Of course."
"I love you"
"I love you too, Jimmy"
"I hate Mondays. Every Monday an angel dies. Every Monday a puppy gets kicked. Every Monday we have to go back to the vicious world of school after a lovely weekend spent on a group date Saturday and a whole Sunday uninterrupted with my Ultra Love!" His rant ended, breathing hard and heart beating fast.
"Sheen, cut the dramatics."
"Leave it to you, Libby Folfax?"
"Exactly." She grinned. "I'M the future actress, not you, baby."
"Just wait and see, Libs," Sheen threw his arm around his girlfriend and pulled her close, his free arm sweeping the space above them. "I'm gonna have my own show one day, with... uh, um, with a monkey! Yeah, that sounds good..."
"You guys are so cute, ja!" Elke sqealed. Sheen tensed at her words.
"She's not 'in love' with you anymore, boy!" Libby said as she hit him lightly on the arm. "Carl fixed the problem he caused."
"I'm so glad he did!" Libby smiled at the tall platnium blonde. She had truly grown fond of her. After the raiders burt her farm back in her homeland, she had moved up here with a cousin. Elke was so glad none of them had moved, and the group accepted her with open arms. Ever since then, she's been on of the gang.
"I'm sure you do, seeing as how you and Carl became an official couple on Friday!" The two did the incredibly girly jump and squeal. Libby hugged her. "Its a good thing too, otherwise the group date to the Candy Bar wouldn't have included you two!"
"Sheen, Libby, Elke!" They all turned to the voice of Jimmy. Holding the hand of Cindy, he was running towards them, Carl right behind.
"Carl!" The freckled boy was nearly toppled over when Elke had thrown herself into him. She kissed him tenderly. "I missed you!"
"I missed you to Elke." Carl's face was flushed as he held his Swedish girlfriend lovingly.
"Aww..." was the collective sigh of the group.
"Alright guys, let's head to class. Wouldn't want to be late."
"No fair Jimmy! Your babe is IN your first class... AND you don't have math." Sheen sulked.
"Hush up Sheen. Let's just go, Jimmy." Cindy hugged Libby and Elke goodbye as she pulled her boyfriend away. "Bye guys!"
"C'mon Sheen. I'll walk you to class, baby." Libby dragged her man off, leaving Carl and Elke. "See ya!"
"Let's go to art Carl, we get to paint today!" They held hands all the way to class.
Betty Quinlan waited for Cindy to arrive. She shared fourth period with her, Libby, and that sugar-addict who's name escapes her. Waiting in the seat closest to the door, Betty grew impatient.
"Where IS she?" Growled Betty under her breath. Just then, Cindy and Jimmy walked through. Her knuckles clenched as she watched them.
"I'll see you after class, okay?" He pulled her into his embrace and kissed her.
"Of course."
"I love you, Vortex."
"I love you too, Neutron."
Cindy waved as Jimmy disappeared. She sat down in her seat, pulling out a notebook to doodle. Betty stared as he walked out.
Once he left, she stood up and made her way to Cindy.
Going through her plan in her head, she thought back to Friday, to when she learned how they got together...
Betty checked out her reflection in the mirror. Making sure her make-up and hair was perfect, she exited the bathroom.
Her boyfriend Nick waited for her at their usual table in the cafeteria. She sighed. He was cute, popular... definatly a catch. But he was such an accident-prone idiot. Not to mention she didn't get enough attention from him. Betty rolled her eyes. He won't get anywhere in life...
She looked around outside the cafeteria, sizing everyone up. Unfortunatly, there was no blue-eyed genius around; he was to busy macking on his... she mentally spat out the word. Girlfriend.
"Too ugly... too stupid... too, oh gross." Her eyes landed on Sheen and Carl. "How do Libby and Elke put up with those fools? At least Nick is cute."
She walked towards the cafeteria entrance and, by pure chance, happened to catch Sheen's words.
"Using the love potion was a brilliant idea Love Muffin! Much better than mine... having them attacked by killer bunnies, forcing them to cooperate." The spaztic freak gushed to Libby.
Betty was throughly interested. Not in the killer bunny part though; she couldn't have cared less. She stopped and listened, pretending she was checking her cell phone.
"I know Sheen... I know." Libby was positively gleeful. "I'm gonna be honest and say I am awesome for comin' up with such a badass plan!"
"The Elke thing was scary though..." Porky Pig spoke up. The petite foreign girl hanging on his arm blushed.
"I am sorry, my Carl."
Gross! When did they start dating? Betty was momentarily stunned at the Swedish girl's poor judgement. She made a mental note to help Elke... if she ever got around to it.
"Anyway guys, since giving Jimmy the love potion, they haven't fought at all!"
"Yeah. Speaking of that, let's go meet up with my girl."
"Let's hurry, with the way the act now, we need to get there before they become..." Sheen raised his eyebrows suggestively. "Indecent."
Betty openly cringed at the thought of Jimmy and Cindy... together. Jimmy had once hung on her every word. At the start of the year, she realized that he hadn't done that for so long.
Truly, she missed the attention. Jimmy was smart, sweet, and cute. He would go so far with his brilliance; she needed him if she wanted the life of her dreams.
Shaking her head of the thoughts, Betty walked into the large building shortly after the laughing group did.
Grinning evilly, her mind was in a whirl. Ready or not, here comes evol...
Ah, such memories...
Betty stood over the blonde's desk, seeing her doodling little hearts with "J&C" in them all over her page. Cindy realized someone was above her and quickly shut her notebook, looking up.
"Betty Quinlan..." Cindy's smile was forced, Betty could tell that; Both girls knew that the blonde had never liked the brunette. "How... er, nice to see you."
"The pleasure is all mine Cindy." Betty had to make nice, to pretend to be sympathetic. After all, she has to be sincere when she breaks Cindy's heart. "I just wish we could speak under better circumstances..."
It was all she could do to not laugh at Cindy's confusion. Betty adopted a sincere expression as she spoke.
"I'm so sorry Cindy." For dramatic effect, she sat next to Cindy and hugged her. "I wish I could say it wasn't true... but it is." She let her voice break slightly.
Cindy stiffined and her face paled, much to Betty's delight. Pushing Betty away, she demanded an explanation.
"What?" Cindy's face was immidiatly worried.
"I... heard Libby talking..." She bit her lip, as if she didn't want to say anything. On the inside, Betty grinned. Her acting was damn amazing! "She spoke of a... love potion?"
Stifling a (fake) sob, she told Cindy of what she heard. Betty watched as a multitude of emotions flashed across her face.
"You're... you're lying...?"
"'Fraid not, Cindy... I'm so sorry."
Disbelief... hurt... anger... more that were too quick for Betty to identify. They settled on a perfect blend of furious gloom.
"Thanks for telling me." She stood up as her eyes glowed a sad, angry emerald. She reached towards her desk and tore the thick spiral notebook in half, then in half again.
Betty watched as her rival ripped papers, she watched as two tears fell out of her eyes... she watched as Cindy broke down. Feeling a pang of real sympathy as she shot out the door, Betty quickly squashed it.
She felt so light, her plan worked! It really worked! She couldn't hold in the laughter that bubbled out of her mouth. Betty sat in her chair, holding her stomach, laughing like there was no tomorrow.
Jimmy waved goodbye to his girlfriend- HIS girlfriend!- feeling on top of the world. He had the most pulchritudinous, most prehensile, most perfect girl there was.
And, she was his.
He clutched his jacket in his arms closer to him... before he realized it was Cindy's. Jimmy had been holding it for her earlier. Turning around, the boy walked on to return it, as he didn't want her to get cold.
Nearly at the door, his girlfriend- he'd never get tired of saying that- sped past him towards the facilities. He shrugged, guessing she had to pee badly. Glancing into the room, he saw Betty laughing like a loon.
Jimmy decided he'd return her jacket when he saw her after class. Whistling a jovial tune, he slung his girlfriend's jacket over his shoulder and headed back to his class.
"I... heard Libby talking..." Betty bit her lip, as if she didn't want to say anything. "She spoke of a... love potion?"
Betty was nearly crying when she told Cindy of what she heard.
"You're... you're lying...?" She couldn't- wouldn't believe that Libby would do that... but it would explain why Jimmy had done a complete 180...
"'Fraid not, Cindy... I'm so sorry."
Disbelief... hurt... anger... more that were too quick for even herself to identify. Cindy felt her face take on a perfect blend of furiocity... and gloom.
"Thanks for telling me." She stood up as her eyes glowed a sad, angry emerald. She reached towards her desk and tore the thick spiral notebook in half, then in half again, feeling as if her heart were breaking.
Cindy felt the brunette watch as she ripped papers, watching as she let herself go.
She couldn't take the look Betty was giving her. I'm a VORTEX! I'm too strong for this! But at this moment, she felt... vulnerable and weak.
Cindy dropped everything and ran out of the classroom, strait into the restroom, not noticing the curious boyfriend she passed. She went into the handicapped stall and slumped down to the floor.
Those three little words that made her heart stop and her head spin... weren't true. Cindy realized she had not only lost her boyfriend, but also lost Libby. Her best friend, playing with her emotions...
She pulled her knees up and wrapped her arms around them. One tear escaped her eye before she sqeezed them them shut, willing herself to be strong.
SORRY for the wait... :( Hope it was worth it?
Bet none of you expected that! :0 JazzGirl123 was right about Miss Quinlan being involved. :) The killer bunnies are dedicated to Randomnessgirl1 :) you likey? Ha ha~
This idea popped in my head when I was brushing knots out of my hair. I was all like "tra la la, just brushin' mah hair" and then there was this pingy noise and I was like "BAM! I-freakin'-dea! :D" and this was brought into existance~
By the way, the "evol" thing was a purposeful mispelling. Get it? L-O-V-E is E-V-O-L! :0 Also, does anyone know what book they're reading? or what the "put your behind past ya" thing is from? CB
Hope you enjoyed reading, please reveiw!
Thanks! This is Miss Awesome signing off~