A/N: Thank you so much to the people who took their time to bother with this story. : ] You don't know how much I appreciate the reviews and the feedbacks for this and it really helped me out with my writings. (Sorry for keeping you guys waiting for chapters 1-5, but I wanted to make it up to you guys. I posted the rest of the chapters in less than a week! Yay!) But once again, thanks for sticking with it.

She stopped almost immediately and turned to face him. She could see that he still hadn't moved from his spot from the doorway, his back still turned to her. Cindy asked, "What?"

Jimmy cleared his throat, and whispered again, though slightly louder, "Arguing, I mean. Isn't that what you always get when you combine a Neutron and Vortex? But, it's all it is, its petty arguments that don't and shouldn't mean a thing, and it especially shouldn't get between us." He turned to face her, his face defeated.

Cindy sighed and sat on the top step, her hair falling over her face. She didn't look at him as she said, "I wasn't lying to you when I said that I ended us because of the amount of arguments that you and I got into. I meant that. It wasn't because I didn't love you anymore, it could never be that.

"I got scared. Most of the times that we were together, something would always come up and would more than like end up with the both of us yelling at each other. And every time we managed to work it out but…I just kept thinking about what would happen if ever we couldn't.

"If we were still together, one of these days, odds are there's bound to be an argument that might make us hate each other. Hate that was so bad that we wouldn't be able to stand being in the same proximity as the other. And that was something that I wasn't going to risk.

"So, I told you that we were done. The two of us may not have been as close as before but you were still in my life. We didn't talk much to one another, but in the end, we still did." Cindy looked up at him, and saw a thin film of unshed tears in his eyes, his jaw locked. Touching her own face, she could feel that tears were once again coming from her eyes.

She gave him a pleading look, desperate for him to try and understand where she was coming from. "James."

The boy looked away. She repeated his name again and finally their gazes met. "I need you in my life. Not want, but need. If us not being in a relationship would guarantee that then…" Tears fell much faster from her eyes. She looked down as she whispered, "I couldn't risk it. I wouldn't. Not with you."

Jimmy's face softened and he slowly made his way to her. Silently, he sat on the top step next to her, leaving a small gap between them. He lifted her chin with his finger. Cindy stared at him with red eyes. Softly he whispered, his tone light, "You know, it's ironic the situation that we're in."

She looked at him in confusion, but the sadness in her eyes faded slightly. And for the second time in so many months, he laughed sincerely. "Our roles, they've switched. Think about it, isn't it usually me who over thinks things and refuses to take risks? While with you, I constantly remind you that there are times when you need think before acting.

"Hell, you would jump not knowing where you were going to land, and would be more than willing to give me a kick in the butt to urge me to stop me from over-analyzing and to just act; and now you're saying you don't want to be that way anymore?"

Cindy laughed slightly though it did not quite reach her eyes. She remained silent. Jimmy wiped the tears off her face with his thumbs. He continued, "Well, if that's the case, then it's my turn. I'm willing to risk everything, just so that I can tell the world that I'm yours. It's my turn to jump, and I can't find a better reason to jump than for this. For us.

"For once in my life, I'm going to stop thinking things through. If we're meant for one another, which I will place my life to say that we are, all the arguments that we will have, we can work it out. And I promise you this, I could never hate you. It wouldn't matter how many arguments we get into or how bad it gets, I could never ever hate you. And whether you want me to be or not, I'm gonna be stuck in your life." He gave her a small smile.

"It's been three months... Three long months since we've both been genuinely happy. And you know as well as I do that it's the truth." He paused. He looked at her with desperate pleading eyes, and then said in a softer tone, more hesitant. "What do you say?"

Cindy gave him a slight and uncertain nod but the way his face glowed made up for whatever uncertainties that she had.

He smiled widely as he leaned his forehead against hers. And for a moment, he closed his eyes and relished the feel of her presence so close to him.

And in a matter of seconds, his lips were on hers. The moved against hers urgently, both reacquainting their lips with one another's.

Cindy wound one arm around Jimmy's neck pulling him closer, the other hand running up and down his arm; her fingers tracing the contours of the muscles on his upper arm. His own hands were on her waist, rubbing small circles on her hips with his thumbs.

When they finally pulled apart, their breaths came in small, ragged breaths, eyes now glazed with happiness. Cindy leaned her forehead against Jimmy's and gave him a small smile. After a short moment, she pressed her lips against his and gave the boy a lingering kiss.

Jimmy smiled into the kiss, and it continued to grow as Cindy pulled away and placed her head on his chest. He watched as she closed her eyes, and soon afterward he himself closed his eyes in content.

They remained on that spot for what seemed like a blissful forever, Jimmy's back against the stair rail, Cindy's head on his chest, her head resting against hers, their fingers loosely intertwined.

And for the first time in a long time, they were happy.

It's finally done... :) I hope it was a good ending for you guys and thank you again so much for sticking with it. Please read and review, criticism and or comments will help me for future writings

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