A/N: The second to the last chapter of Genuinely Happy. I'm actually kinda iffy about this chapter so for this, I really need to know what you people think. : ]

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Cindy let out a breath that she didn't realize that she was holding in. Tears were rolling down her face after she read. Tears from the realization on how much she hurt him, on how much she made the both of them suffer. It was like a slap in the face when it dawned upon her that it was just her life that she was ruining, she brought Jimmy with her.

Hastily, she wiped her eyes and ran out the door. She quickly made her way across the street and was about to knock on the door when she realized that the Neutrons' door wasn't closed all the way.

Taking a deep breath, she opened the door silently as she could and closed it behind her. Nervously, she walked up the stairs, her heart hammering in her chest with every step that she took.

When she finally made it to the second floor, she could see the bathroom light on, the door open. Not hearing any noise, Cindy slowly made her way there, fighting the urge to turn around and flee.

Slowly, the girl walked into the steam filled room and saw that the boy wasn't there. As she was about to walk out, Jimmy walked in, standing underneath the doorway; a towel draped around his neck, his short brown hair matted to his forehead, dressed in nothing but shorts, and eyes looking down.

Despite the situation that they were in, Cindy couldn't help but stare at the boy standing in front of her. In her mind, there were so many things that she wanted to stay but her traitorous mouth wouldn't comply.

The boy ran his hand through his hair and finally looked up. When their gazes locked, he visible froze.

Cindy stood awkwardly as his gaze continued to be fixed on her, she stammered, "H-Hi. Um, your door was unlocked and I kinda just decided to come and thank you p-properly.

"So… thank you for being there. I don't really get sick that often but when I do it's pretty short in duration but my symptoms are just so much worse to compensate for the short time," she babbled. "I-"

Realizing what she was doing, Cindy blushed furiously. It was one of the few times where Cindy Vortex actually got nervous in talking to someone.

She took a deep breath and then said, her voice much calmer than previously, "Thank you Jimmy. I appreciate everything that you did."

Jimmy remained silent, refusing to speak and continued to look at her with guarded eyes. Cindy sighed and fought back the desire to run away (and to cry) and slowly walked past the boy.

Once she reached Jimmy's side and was about to walk out of the bathroom, Jimmy grabbed her wrist. He continued to look straight forward but he said in a rough whisper, "Why'd you end it between us?"

Cindy knew that by coming to his house, she would be hearing those words. But now that they have been said, she didn't know how to react.

She took a couple of steps back so that she was standing a few feet away from him. She raised her head to look at him. Then, before she was about to answer, Jimmy said, his voice strained, "I know that I told you that I would wait till you were ready to talk about it, but I need to know.

"Was it because your feelings for me stopped? If that's the exact reason why, then by all means, I'm sorry for keeping you here and you can leave if you want to. And I won't bother you any longer."

Cindy's face was filled with shock, and finally said, "No! No. It was never that Jimmy. How could you think something like that?"

"'How could I think something like that?'", he repeated, his tone suddenly jumping to anger. "Well, I don't know Cindy! What am I supposed to think when a girl walks up to her boyfriend and says, 'We're over', with hardly a tear in her eyes? While her boyfriend is the one struggling to keep it together, wondering what in the hell he did wrong!"

Cindy flinched slightly at the small hint of hostility in his tone. She understood that he had every right to be angry, but it took everything that she had to prevent herself from yelling back. With forced calm, she replied, "I ended things between the two of us because...in the years that we've dated, the two of us have gotten into more fights and arguments than we've ever had as friends. It was like our relationship was clouded by these arguments; yes, we were happy but we fought so much and I-"

She stopped when Jimmy snorted and shook his head. He said with a hint of mockery, his feelings unraveling with every moment after so many months of keeping them at bay. "So, you ended things between us because Cindy Vortex couldn't take the arguing anymore? That's really…selfish of you."

Fists clenched, Cindy tried to stop the anger that was building up in her. She really could understand why he was angry, she could. But she couldn't fight against her nature of being short-tempered and impatient. She yelled back, "Well then, seeing as you have your own opinion and you don't want to hear my reasons, then fine! Think whatever you want Neutron!

"And if you must know, I broke up with you because I was afraid of our constant fighting! I didn't want to risk having a fight that would make things so bad between us that we wouldn't be able to stand being around each other!"

She let out a heavy breath, her fists still clenched. Cindy stared at the boy, who after hearing her words had turned his head away, his mouth in a set line. She shook her head and walked past him. She made it to the first step and was about to make her way down until she heard him whisper, "Isn't that what you always get though?"

Hey, so now you know why I was kinda iffy about it right? I couldn't really think of anything else that would apply to breaking up Jimmy and Cindy other than what I wrote up there. If any of you guys have any comments to say about it, please let me know so that I can keep it mind for the future. Anyways thanks for reading this rather long author's note.

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