A/N Hey All! So I know it's been a long time but I've been beyond busy with everything going on and I haven't had anytime to update. ( there have been a lot of family issues at my house.) But it's all good now so I'm updating So here you go chapter 4!

Chapter 4: Realization

Jimmy

I got dressed as quietly as I could and then tiptoed past my parent's room and out the front door. I walked over to Cindy's house and to my surprise she was sitting on her front porch.

"Cindy!"

She looked up at me, her previous stare belonging to the ground.

"Look, Cindy I'm really sorry I just…" She stood up and her hand clasped over my mouth.

"Me first," She interrupted "I was really upset that you didn't show last night, but it seems by the looks of you, that you have a good reason for not coming, so spill."

"Right, well, there was an accident in my lab last night, I must have passed out or something cause I didn't wake up till this morning."

"He's lying. He's lying. He's Lying" I realized that I had cables stuck to my head and I ripped them off.

Laughing nervously I told Goddard to shut down. "There must be something, a bug, yeah that's it. Well, anyway, do you want to reschedule that date for…now? I know it's sudden and that you probably have plans and I was rude last night…" Cindy's hand once again found my mouth and I felt my cheeks growing hot.

"Sure, I'd like that but are you sure that you're up for that, you look pretty beaten…."

"I'm, ok, I'll just go get fixed up in my lab and then I'll be ready to go, how about I'll come by your house, say around noon?"

"Kay." She turned and opened her door and looked back at me one last time before entering her house and closing the door behind her.

Cindy

By the time I took a shower, decided on my outfit, brushed my hair, did my make-up, it was 11:45. I took another look in the mirror before heading over to the window to watch for Jimmy. A few seconds later he emerged from the lab sporting a red button up shirt, a white shirt underneath, and jeans. He still had a cast on his arm that was hanging across his chest in a blue sling. His hair was slightly misplaced, but not too messy and he walked with a slight limp.

I waited in my room until I heard my mother call for me.

"I'll be right down!" I waited few more minutes before heading downstairs.

Jimmy was at the bottom of the stairs, and seeing him up close made my heart jump, he actually looked…well, hot.

"Hey Cindy." He smiled.

"Hey." I smiled back when I was at the bottom of the stairs. I told my mother that we would be back in a few hours and we left.

Jimmy's black convertible was waiting outside, which he had made himself of course. He opened the door for me and then went around and got in the drivers seat.

The ride for the most part was pretty quiet. The radio was the only thing keeping away the silent hum.

"So, Jimmy, what exactly did you do in your lab, that caused you to get so beaten up?" There was a long pause after my question, making the air around us pretty stiff.

"Well, I was just experimenting with some explosive matierials and uh, well they exploded, that's all."

I wondered whether or not he was lying to me, the way he stuttered, I mean usually I would get an entire year science lesson, and now that I think about it Goddard's lie detector mode did go off…

"Tell me the truth, you're lying I can tell."

"What? That's the truth! Let's just drop it, alright?"

I cringed slightly at the forcefulness of his voice, and I nodded. Why was he acting this way…it didn't make sense…

"We're here." I looked over at Jimmy who was all smiles as he got out of the car and came around to open my door.

"Thanks." I whispered,

He nodded

I felt my face start to flush and I turned away slightly as I got out of the car and pretended to look at something very interesting in another lane in the parking lot.

We walked through the doors at the Retrotheater.

I began pulling out my money when I heard Neutron say "Two tickets to Jet Fusion: The Return of Dr. Calamerton, Please." He paid for the tickets and I put my money back in my purse.

After getting a medium popcorn, a diet coke for me, and a root beer for him, we headed into the theater.

We got bored with the movie after about 10 minutes, (After all we lived it in our sophomore year of high school) All though, the resemblance between me and Cynthia Vertox was quite amazing, except maybe the perfect body and everything, seeing as how my role was played by Jennifer Aniston…

After we got kicked out of the movie for pretty much announcing the plot twists and turns, we decided to grab a snack at the candy bar.

"Hey Sam, I'll have a concrete sidewalk sundae please, and what do you want?" He turned to me waiting my order.

"I just want a diet coke."

"But you haven't eaten all day, aren't you hungry? You didn't even eat any of the popcorn…"

How was I going to get out of this one? I'm a horrible liar, and I'm starving…what to do what to do…

"Well I guess I'll have a small sundae." What am I doing! No! I'll never loose weight this way!

"That'll be 4 dollars and 93 cents…ok, out of 5, and 7 cents your change, your order will be up in a sec."

Too late now. We sat down at a booth. Almost immediately our number was called and Jimmy went up to get the ice cream.

We sat and talked and didn't even realize it had gotten to be 5 in the afternoon. I threw away my sundae without Jimmy noticing and we left.

"So…anything else you wanna do?" I looked at Jimmy who was glancing at me sideways as we drove down the road. Something about the way he asked, made me think he didn't want to go home.

"I dunno…" I said as I realized he was driving further and further away from where we lived.

"Where are we going?"

He smiled at me and then turned back towards the road.

"You'll see."

We drove for another 15 minutes on the main road before turning off to go down a small dirt road.

We stopped at a clearing in the trees all around us. Jimmy parked on the side of the road and turned off the car.

"What are we doing here?" I asked. He looked over at me, almost hurt.

"Don't you remember?"

I shook my head no. He sighed.

"Well, this is the place where…where we…"

It all of a sudden dawned on me…"Where we first kissed…back when we were 10…I remember now." We had come out here to research outdoor plants and fungi for a science project that we had been pared for, when I dropped the samples on the ground and we both went for them, but when we raised our heads our lips had met in both our very first kiss.

"You know that seems so long ago now…" His eyes looked distant as he said it, his voice was hollow, painful to hear, like life had been sucked out of him.

"Jimmy…"

"Well, let's not just stand here, we got things to do!" He had cut me off and started walking into the woods.

We walked for what seemed like forever and it started getting dark.

"Jimmy, do you even know where we're going?"

"Of course I do, we're almost, here it is!" He parted so brush that was in front of us as I got closer to where he was.

He stepped through the plants and I followed him.

"Wow…this is…"

"Amazing?"

"Yeah."

It was a hillside with an amazing view of the stars, with no lights to block out their beauty and just a little further down the hill was a crystal blue pond that sparkled with the florescent moon.

We sat down on the cool blades of grass at the top of the hill and just looked over the water and up at the stars.

After awhile, Jimmy started talking about all the constellations that you could see in the western Hemisphere as opposed to the other hemispheres and such and I just drifted away, until soon I found myself laying my head on his shoulder and closing my eyes. His voice carried my soul away, whether I knew what he was talking about or not, every word was like a comforting spell that enclosed and surrounded me.

The next thing I knew I was being carried away on his back, one arm underneath my thigh the other still in it's sling, my thoughts started to wonder and I soon found myself waking up in front of my house, Jimmy's voice waking me with a gentle hum.

"Cindy, Cindy, we're back."

I sat up and realized we were right in front of my house.

Jimmy got out, walked around and opened my door. I got out slowly still dazed from sleep and took the hand he offered me. HE walked me to the door and we stopped just short of the three steps that lead to the landing of my door.

"Thanks for a wonderful time Jimmy, it was really great."

"Yeah, you too."

We leaned in closer and closer, our lips were so close…

"Jimmy!"

Jimmy whirled around and I opened my eyes to find Mr. Neutron looking angry and coming towards us.

"Um, I'll see you later Cindy, gotta run." He nudged me toward the door before waving and running towards his father.

"Jimmy! What the Fuck is your problem? You shouldn't be fucking off with that girl, you're supposed to be working on a cure, ya little piece of shit!"

I couldn't believe what I was hearing, did Jimmy's Dad always say things like that to him? After a few more seconds I could only hear muffled yells and I couldn't see them so far away in the darkness of their own yard. I thought I heard Jimmy scream and I decided to walk over there just to make sure Jimmy was alright. As I started to get closer I could start to see their outlines, but in an instant one of the outlines seemed to vanish and I hid behind some bushes before creeping closer for a better look.

When I got up close enough to see, I almost screamed, there was Jimmy, lying on the ground, being pummeled by his fathers boot, again and again. Blood was leaking out his mouth and he coughed violently, as I got up to scream stop, his father gave him one last kick to the side before spitting on him and walking inside. Jimmy writhed in pain, muffling his cries, still coughing up blood, and I felt like I couldn't move I was frozen to the spot, why hadn't I seen it before? That's where Jimmy had started coming to school with bruises and cuts and soar all the time, he was always saying that they were from accidents in his lab, I never knew.

Finally I got up from my crouching spot and went over to him. He was huddled in a ball, he looked so scared, nothing like the Jimmy I knew.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, so sorry, so sorry" He kept repeating it over and over again. It broke my heart to see him like that. I stroked his head for a few minutes which calmed him down considerably.

"It's alright, it's not your fault." I whispered.

"Yes it is, it is my fault, it is my fault it is my fault, it is my fault, I'll never find it, I'm no genius…" He went into another coughing spell, blood dripping out of his mouth and falling on the cold cement.

"You can't find what?"

"A cure for mom."

"What's wrong with her?"

"She has M.S. and she might die from it, Dad thought I could cure it, but I can't, I'm not a genius, I'm not."

"Jimmy, you're the smartest guy I know!"

"But I'm not smart enough! Not smart enough, it's my fault." He started crying again and I put his head up into my lap.

"It's all gunna be ok, you're gunna be ok."

A/N Well? Well? Ho was it? It's been forever since I've updated, but here it is the new chapter! Thanks for reading and I hope that you will review! Thanks!

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