Chapter 2: Rivalries Rekindled
Minutes later while we were still kissing, my dad caught us red handed. We pulled away with both of us blushing. He then spoke with a knowing grin, "Well Jimbo. Hehe! Didn't expect you to escalate that quickly. Just don't go too fast for the lady if you know what I mean, or you'll-"
"Dad!" I said feeling emberassed. "Don't say things like that now!" I could hear Cindy giggling beside me.
"Now son. Show her to the guest room. You're in charge since sugar-booger went grocery shopping and I gotta do some 'Hugh Time'," My father says with a mischevious grin, as he leaves.
"What's Hugh time?" Cindy asks me.
"Don't ask," I answer. Then I attempt to go off topic, "Anyway, what do you wanna do now?"
"Well, I've just noticed how much acne your face has," Cindy says without hesitation.
"Thanks for noticing," I respond sarcastically. Not what I meant by going off topic.
"No problem." Cindy draws her hand closer to my face. "Let me take care of those zits for you."
"Er... I don't think that's necess- OW!" I say as she pinches without remorse. I've always known she was aggressive, I just didn't think it would be like this.
"Don't tense up Neutron. It'll take longer," She said. "Oh this big one looks ready."
"Wait, please don't. OWHOWHOW!" I wail in pain due to the pinch and all the white bacteria and blood coming out.
"Hold still. Just a few more and we'll be done," Cindy says as she continues popping them.
"OW! You know for a lady, I never expected you to do something this disgusting." I say somewhat surprised.
"It's a habit of mine." Cindy explains like it's no big deal. "Whenever I see zits on people I'm good friends with, I pop them."
"And they let you!?" I asked very surprised now.
"Yeah, they get used to it."
"Good to know- OW! Why so painful? I could've just used acne products." I say as she continues.
"Those don't work until you already popped them. It's usually best to get it over with anyway," Cindy said. "Now, I am almost done so don't move."
After 53 more seconds of misery, it was done; or so I thought. "Is it over?" I ask hesitantly.
"Almost. I just gotta disinfect your face and my hands."
3 minutes of burning later...
"Whew. Thankfully that's finally over," I say in relief.
"So what do you wanna do now, that doesn't include harming me," I then ask.
"Oh quit whining," Cindy said. She then looks over to my Wii, (AN: Set 2 years after show ended so it's July 2008) "Wait, you play video games?" She asks with an expression I couldn't recognize.
"Eh sometimes, but only when Sheen and Carl are here," I say slightly emberassed. I was cut off when Cindy ran straight for the couch.
"Get it set up for Smash Bros. Brawl!" Cindy demanded. I was kinda shocked to hear that from her. I never thought of Cindy as a gamer.
"Sorry, I don't have that game. It's sold out at my store for some reason," I apologetically say.
"Well what do you have?" Cindy asked.
"Mario Party?" I say unsurely.
"YOU'RE ON!" Cindy said with determination.
"Alright, I'll get it ready." After setting up, we choose our characters. I was Mario and Cindy was Yoshi.
"So what board do you wanna go to?" I ask.
"Just select random," Cindy answers. The board was DK's Treetop Temple.
"May the luckiest person win," I say as the game starts.
After a 19 turns, (We went for 20 turns), I take a star after passing her as she was one spot before. "Try that one out for size," I gloat.
"Just remember who you're playing against Nerdtron," Cindy warns.
"I thought we were done with name calling Vortex," I countered.
"Old habits die hard."
"That much is true," I shrug. All of a sudden, I land on a Bowser spot, causing me to lose my all of my stars to Cindy.
After the mini-game, the results were in and Cindy won the board.
"Ha! take that, Neutron. Just when you thought you could beat me," Cindy gloated.
"Beginner's luck!" I defend.
"You're just mad because you lost to a girl!" Cindy said with a smirk.
"It's Mario Party. It's a game solely based on luck!" I counter.
"I won against you at the minigames."
"...Touche. It won't happen again though," I say.
"You asking for a REMATCH?" Cindy asks, with that smirk still on her face.
"You bet!" I respond with determination.
2 Hours Later...
"Not again..." I say ready to give up.
"I beat you 4 more times!" she gloated.
"I at least beat you once," I say while mentally facepalming myself.
All of a sudden, we both hear knocking on the door.
Who could be knocking on the door? Is it anyone good or bad? Will Jimmy ever learn that Cindy's better at Mario Party than Jimmy is? What exactly is Hugh time? Find out tomorrow. Same Fan Time! Same Fan Channel!