Jimmy was angry, very angry. Not that that was anything new. He was aware that he had a short fuse, and while he tried to work on it, he just snapped sometimes. Even his best friend, whom he considered a brother, had felt his wraith more times that he could count. There was only two people who he had never gotten furious at.

The first was his grandmother. Yes, he had been a brat when he was younger, but even then he could never bring himself to harbor any negative feelings towards the woman who raised him. The second person was his girlfriend, Crumbelina. He'd been head over heels in love with her since the moment they'd met.

Even when he'd gotten frustrated with her, he showed a patience that shocked everyone around him. After years of showing said patience with the girl of his dream, one would have been surprised to hear that she was the one he was currently furious with.

"You're mad at me, aren't you…?" Jimmy didn't respond to the girl who he was currently piggybacking home. It would be a waste of time while she was like this. "Oh Jimmy, you really are angry with me. I'm sorry." He might have taken the apology seriously if it hadn't been followed by a giggle.

Jimmy scowled. "I'm not mad." He lied.

Crumbelina giggled again. "Yes you are. You're suuuuper mad at me right now. I can practically feel the grumpy look on your face. You got a nasty scowl now don't you?" She asked. "I wish you weren't scowling. I think you're much more handsome when you're smiling."

Jimmy looked even more angered. He had known Crumbelina would be sad when she didn't get that modeling job, but he never thought she'd end up getting stone cold drunk. He'd almost had a heart attack when he heard from her parents that she was missing and wouldn't answer their calls. He'd tried calling himself, and thankfully got an answer.

Apparently she hadn't felt like talking to her parents. But Jimmy was just who she wanted to see. "Come out and drink with me!" She cheered over the phone.

Jimmy had to keep himself from crushing his cell phone. He couldn't do that until he figured out exactly where she was. When he got to the bar he'd wanted to yell at her. It wasn't like he didn't know people who drunk underage. Larry had the occasional sip, and Manny would share a drink with his dad every now and then.

The only reason he didn't was because he was always on a strict diet that boxing required. But going out and drinking just to get drink was downright irresponsible… and he was pretty violent when he got drunk. He couldn't afford to lose his boxing license getting into some drunken bar brawl. It just wasn't worth it.

"And you're prettier when you're not drunk." Jimmy muttered annoyed.

She hugged him tightly. "You always think I'm pretty."

He groaned. That was true. Even when she was drunk she was beautiful. Whoever had turned her down from that modeling job was a moron. "You know this was irresponsible right? What if I hadn't answered? What if I couldn't have come and picked you up? You would have been stuck drunk in the middle of the night."

"But you did come, because you're in love with me…" She slurred. "Hopelessly in love. I'm your princess, and you're my white knight Jimmy. Always there to rescue me. It's funny because you got white hair and-"

Jimmy gritted his teeth. "I'm being serious!" He said cutting her off. "You could have gotten hurt doing something this stupid! You could have been kidnapped or killed! Then where would that leave us huh?! Where would that leave your parents, and Jubileena, and me?!"

Crumbelina grew silent for a moment. "I'm sorry..." She muttered sadly.

Jimmy felt just a bit of his anger melt away. At least now she was aware that she'd done something wrong. "You should be. I've faced down boxers twice my size but I'd never been so scared in my life. I always thought if either of us did something this stupid and immature it'd be me. I got half a mind to spank you when we get home. In fact, I just might." He threatened.

Crumbelina cringed worriedly. With how mad he sounded she wouldn't be surprised if he followed through with it. They walked for a few more minutes in silence before she spoke again. "Jimmy, do you think I'm a failure?"

"What?"

"Do you think I'm a failure?" She repeated.

Jimmy stopped walking. "Of course not. Why would you ask me that?" He asked confused.

"Everyone is heading off and doing something with their lives now. Dough and Candlehead have the bakery, Sydney and the twins have their sports scholarships, Rancis is getting that movie role. You're the world heavyweight champion. Every single person from out class is coming out of graduation on fire. Everyone except me. Maybe I should just rethink my career."

Jimmy could hear her voice breaking, and felt tears dropping down on the back of his neck. He hung his head before looking back at her. "Look, I get it. You feel like everyone around you is going somewhere and you're stuck in the same place. But here's the thing… we graduated like a week ago!"

She looked at him surprised. "Well, yea I know but-"

"But nothing. We're just getting out into the world. Of course we're not going to be successful right off the bat. Even if you had gotten that job it would have just been the start. You think because the others have jobs or scholarships that they're already successful? They still have to work to get further. I'm the world champion and I still have to keep working hard every day."

She looked down in thought. "I… I never thought of it that way." Maybe it was the fact that she had was drunk, or maybe she was just going crazy. But Jimmy was actually making sense. He was giving… wisdom.

"Of course it makes sense. Just give it time Crumbelina. Your career will kick off in no time. You are the most beautiful women in the world after all. So many modeling jobs will start falling into your lap that you won't know what to do with me."

Crumbelina smiled at him and wiped a few tears from her eyes. She leaned forward and kissed his cheek. "Thank you Jimmy. I may not have a job right now, but at least I have you."

He smiled. It was rare that she gave out such high compliments or got so emotional out in public like this. "Well any decent guy has to cheer his girl up." He said as he continued walking. "Now we need to get home."

"Why?" She asked giggling. She was still a tipsy.

"Because I have to call your parents and let them know you're okay. Then I have to sober you up, get you to bed, get some sleep, and deal with the hangover you're no doubt going to have from getting so wasted… oh, and I'm still going to spank you." He said with a smirk.

Crumbelina gave a nervous giggle. "Y-you're joking about that last part right?" She asked. He just kept walking. "Jimmy? Jimmy? Oh fudge."

A/N: And another chapter! Most of these chapters are just ideas that popped into my head. The idea of Jimmy actually getting mad at Crumbelina is something I hadn't been able to come up with a solid plot for in the High School fic. Jimmy's the type of person who's rarely ever going to get mad at someone he loves.

The idea of Crumbelina not being able to get a job right out of high school was something that I actually went through. I had always thought I would have a career straight out of school, when it didn't happen I got really frustrated. Mostly a pride thing, man has to stand on his own two feet and all that.

It took my family telling me to be patience for me to calm down and focus on other important things in life.

Though I never did anything like getting drunk. Never liked the taste alcohol. And Crumbelina probably won't either when Jimmy's done ;)

Also, someone pointed out that it's been a whole year since I updated the high school fic. Now that's just unacceptable! Expect an update from it soon!