Do you guys not like these? Please review! My entry for Fairy Tale it's not all that great, but enjoy.

Love, Katie

Fairy Tale Princes

As Cindy stepped into the spotlight, Jimmy's jaw dropped. She was wearing a beautiful white strapless gown that shimmered with jewels. Her golden hair was pulled back by a pearl comb, the ends falling into soft curls. He had never seen anything more beautiful in his life.

"Who is that? I must dance with her!" Nick announced.

As Nick woke him from his daydream, Jimmy realized that he was sitting in the sound booth, not on the stage. "Yeah, right, me playing the part of the Prince," he muttered darkly. He was just the techie for goodness sakes. He hadn't even gotten a part as a townsperson!

"Good lady, won't you please favor me with a dance?" Nick asked.

"I would be honored," she answered.

There was an uncomfortable twinge in his chest as Nick took Cindy's hand. Libby cued him to start the music and he did so. Nick's hand cautiously rested on Cindy's waist and he whispered something in her ear and she laughed.

He shifted uneasily in his chair. It was the longest three minutes of his life he watched Cindy and Nick twirl around on stage. Finally, the time came to make the clock chime. Just before their lips could touch, he pressed the button and the sound of a clock striking twelve filled the theater and Cindy disappeared off stage.

He took a deep breath.

No matter how many times he'd seen the show; his jealousy never failed to catch him off guard. For some strange reason tonight was particularly bad. To make matters worse, they hadn't even gotten to the kiss yet!

Libby raised an eyebrow and leaned towards him. "Jimmy?"

"Mmhm?"

"Are you okay?"

"Why wouldn't I be?"

"You're gripping your chair so tight your knuckles are white."

He quickly moved his hand from the arm of the chair and turned on the cue lights for the next scene. Libby seemed to get the hint that he didn't really want to talk about it.

As the final scenes began to wrap up, he tensed again. Nick bent down and fit the glass slipper on Cindy's foot.

"It's you!" Nick exclaimed.

"My Prince," Cindy replied, tears of joy running down her face.

"Marry me?"

"In a heartbeat!" With that Cindy threw herself into Nick's arms and their lips met in a passionate kiss. The audience was whooping, but Jimmy felt like he was going to puke. He stood up so quickly that it drew Libby's attention.

"Jimmy, are you okay? You look like you're going to be sick!"

"Yeah I'm fine," he muttered as they finally broke the kiss and the curtain fell.

Libby smiled at him. "Whatever you say, Jimmy."

The cast came out on stage and got their applause, Nick and Cindy even took a bow of their own. As the cast walked off stage, he finally sat back in his chair and ran his hands through his hair.

A few awkward moments of silence passed, and then Libby stood up.

"Well, I'm going to go tell my best friend what a good job she did," Libby said as she gathered her things. "Can you handle shutting things down?"

He nodded and began to check things off on the checklist that the theater had provided them with. He had gotten to shutting off the last few switches when there was a knock on the sound booth door. He turned to see Cindy, dressed in her regular clothes and her hair frizzy from hairspray.

"What do you want, Vortex?"

"I heard my boyfriend was acting a bit jealous, so I came to see if he was all right."

"I was not!"

She put her hands on her hips.

"Okay, I was. It was just so weird seeing fawning over him like that, it's like we were back in Elementary."

"Jimmy Neutron, the king of Science and logic got jealous? I thought that was impossible."

"You kissed him so passionately," he responded with a deep blush as he began to fiddle mindlessly with a button on the sound board.

"Can I tell you a little secret?"

"Sure, go ahead."

"I never kissed Nick."

"What? Of course you did!"

"Yes, I physically kissed him. But every single time I imagined it was you."

"What do you mean?"

"Nick is actually a really bad kisser." He frowned, but Cindy continued. "You have nothing to be jealous of, okay?"

"How do I know that? Nick is so much better looking and he's always been your fairy tale prince, plus he is way better looking than me and-HMPH!" He was interrupted by Cindy throwing herself onto him. Her lips began to move desperately against his and bright colors began swirling in his brain. She smelled strongly of hairspray and she tasted of lipstick.

It was intoxicating.

When his hands began roaming over her body he wasn't sure, when they ended up in the chair with her on his lap he wasn't sure. The next thing he was sure of was Libby clearing her throat. Cindy instantly shot off his lap, breathless and red faced.

Libby stepped into the room, grinning stupidly.

"What?"Cindy hissed.

"Girl, your parents are wondering where the heck you are."

Cindy glared at her best friend.

"I'll tell them you are busy," Libby replied nervously and practically ran out the door.

Cindy turned back to Jimmy and smiled. He felt like he had gone on a mission to Mars and forgotten to bring the proper equipment.

"Now are you going to walk me home or not?"

He turned off all the lights, locked up the theater and then finally took his girlfriend's hand in his own as they walked outside into the clear evening.

"And just so you know, Neutron, I outgrew fairytale princes."

"You did?"

"I guess I sort of have a thing for the nerdy, egotistical type now."

He smiled gratefully. "I'm relieved to hear it."

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