It's These Moments

James Neutron sat by the fireplace in the living room, slowly rocking his chair and reading his newspaper while enjoying the warmth of the fire and the ice cold Scotch which he casually sipped. Albert and Leo were already in bed, so all else was quiet. His beautiful wife Cindy was sitting right beside him organizing the family photo album, and Goddard was sound asleep by Jimmy's feet.

"Jimmy, everytime I look at this photo I can't help but notice how handsome Albert is."

Jimmy leaned back in his chair and glanced at Cindy.

"Both our boys are good looking Cin, thanks to you."

"Oh, i'm alright, but Albert gets his looks from you which gives him a boyish charm that I know turns to manliness later in life." Cindy said seductively

"Nonsense, we all know the beauty gene comes from you boyish charm or not," Jimmy chuckled. Cindy pecked him on the cheek for that comment.

"You know, he also gets his smarts from you."

"That may be so, but he shows no interest in inventing," Jimmy commented

"That's true, it's kind of unexpected," Cindy sighed.

"So, what your class like this year?, any notable students?" Jimmy inquired, changing the subject.

"Yeah, Nick Dean's kid."

"Uh oh, i've heard plenty about that kid," Jimmy chuckled.

"Yeah," Cindy said, paying more attention to the album in her hands.

There was a short pause before a picture in the album caught Cindy's attention.

"Jimmy, do you remember when we took this photo?"

"Let me see" Jimmy requested, taking the album from Cindy to better look at the picture.

It was a picture of him on the Strato XL waving toward the camera with a huge grin on his face.

"Of course I remember this one, how could I forget?"

-Flashback to Neutron Lab-

"We were eleven and it was the last day of school. You and me were publicly still rivals but privately lovers."

Cindy walked toward Vox and plucked a strand of her hair.

"Access granted, welcome Cindy Vortex"

She walked into the clubhouse and entered the elevator Jimmy had installed earlier that year. The elevator brought her down to the ground level, right over the walkway above the machines. After crossing the small bridge, the small door on the other side opened and Jimmy was waiting for her.

"Hey Cindy."

"Hey Jimmy, why did you call?"

"Is it a crime to want to see your girlfriend and give her a little gift?

"A gift? What is it?" She spluttered in excitement.

"C'mon," He said, guiding her to the rocket room.

"Ok, close your eyes," he was teasing her and she knew it, but she went along anyway.

"Jimmy, the suspense is killing me, can you jus-"

"Ok! Now open!" He exclaimed excitedly.

When she opened her eyes her jaw dropped. In front of her was her rocket from when they assaulted Yolkus, totally refurbished.

"I took the liberty of taking not only the Strato, but this rocket as well. I figured it could make itself useful," he said with a smirk.

"Oh my god, this is just...Incredible!" She said while hugging him tightly.

"Well, you wanna take it for a spin?"

"um...OF COURSE!" She answered, earning her an ear to ear grin from Jimmy. With that, Jimmy handed her the keys to her rocket and then hopped into the Strato XL.

"Atomic batteries to power," he started

"Turbines to speed," Cindy continued, to which Jimmy smiled.

"Three."

"Two."

"One."

And the two rockets shot into the blue sky over Retroville.

"Where do you wanna go Cin?" He asked after they broke earth's orbit.

"Let's just hover," she replied.

"Crap!" Cindy exclaimed, remembering something.

"What's wrong Cindy!?" Jimmy said with a worried expression.

"Wouldn't zero gravity break my phone?"

"No, it should actually still work fine," Jimmy explained with relief in his voice.

"Whew, that's good cause I got this phone yesterday," Cindy said, pulling it out and looking through it.

"Oh, cool," he replied.

"Yeah, it's a camera phone, my dad got it for me so we can stay in touch when he has his business trips."

"Did you take any pictures with it yet?"

"Nope, but hey no better time to start, smile Jimmy!"

Flash!

"Any good?" He asked.

"Very handsome," Cindy affirmed, Jimmy just blushed.

-Back to present-

"Those were the days," Cindy said nostalgically, flipping though the album to see more photos.

"I remember that one, that was the most embarrassing moment of our lives," Jimmy said with a notable blush.

-Flashback to Jimmy's Lab-

Jimmy and Cindy are both fourteen and still aren't publicly dating, but privately is a whole different story. Despite both not having matured physically much at this point, they could be downright frisky. At eleven years old, Jimmy had already kissed on the lips twice and Cindy once. Who knows how many times they kissed each other after three years of dating. Nevertheless, neither of them were in a very romantic mood due to the disappearance of Sheen. Nobody blamed Jimmy, not even mr. Estevez but Jimmy took it hard and with a lot of guilt. Jimmy had very good control of his emotions, but with Sheen missing he had violent mood swings and periods when his depression was so bad he spent days in the lab. Nobody abandoned him, especially Cindy who often brought him meals and dealt with his mood swings.

"It is my fault Cindy! I know Sheen, of course he would ignore the signs!" Jimmy exclaimed, slumping down into his chair.

"Jimmy, you had no intention to send him and you couldn't have baby proofed that rocket more!"

"I know Cin, bu-"

"No buts Jimmy! It's not your fault" Cindy lectured.

"I know, you're probably right, when it comes to emotional issues you usually are," he sighed.

A short silence hung in the air and Jimmy put his head in his palms.

"Look, Jimmy when I have a big stressful task i've gotta complete, I simply get rid of any little problems and stresses that surround it. You're overworking, losing weight, you've got dark circles, how do you expect to deal with this situation if you have no energy." Jimmy lifted his face out of his hands and thought for a while.

"Do you have any other frustrations you wanna get rid of? School, your enemies, failed inventions, you can tell me you know" Cindy coaxed.

"Not really Cindy, all my frustration is targeted at the incident. I mean this whole ordeal has made me frustrated in many different ways but not for different reasons," he murmured.

"In what ways Jimmy?" Cindy asked kindly

"You know, emotionally, physically, mentally even sexually."

"Sexually, Jimmy we haven't even….you know."

Jimmy's face turned beet red.

"I know, but being a fourteen year old guy I tend to….well….settle urges myself," Jimmy said, his face a deep shade of red.

"So," Cindy said, getting closer to him, "you haven't had any time to settle your urges."

"Um...no, not really," Jimmy replied in a nervous voice as Cindy slowly unbuttoned his jeans.

"And have you told anyone else about this problem?" Cindy continued, pulling down the zipper.

"N..n..nno," Jimmy replied, his eyes glued to Cindy.

"Ok, well, let me help you with that."

"Um, Cindy are you sur-"

"Shh." Cindy said, silencing him as she finally pulled down his boxers and "got to work."

"Cindy I really think we shouldn't I mean..oh," his eyes rolled back as he felt a surge of euphoria go through him, his knuckles white from holding onto the arms of his chair. Suddenly, a voice rang out, which had him rushing to throw his boxers back on.

"Now now Neutron old bean, somebody was having a little too much fun! Well, time to ruin it!" The unmistakable voice of Eustace Strych taunted.

"VOX, apprehend," he called out, and giant mechanical arms held down Eustace, who was holding a camera.

"Mind if I borrow that picture Eustace?

-Back to present-

"Oh god, it was worse for me than you." Cindy said

"How? I was caught with nothing but my drawers on," Jimmy replied with one eyebrow raised.

"Well, at least you got to enjoy the moments before that!"

"Ok Cin, then why don't we go upstairs and i'll make up for it?"

"Agreed," Cindy replied with a smirk

A/N: If you have any more short story suggestions, I will be doing more of these photo album chapters