Jimmy noticed it was getting colder out, as Cindy buried her hands deep into her pockets. He knew it was a different season in this town, most likely Fall. Jimmy contemplated holding her hand for the sake of keeping warm, but decided he didn't want to give her mixed signals. Jimmy and Cindy had been walking in silence for over 15 minutes. Jimmy figured Cindy would start the conversation, and Cindy was trying to figure out HOW she would approach this. Finally Jimmy spoke softly,
"Cindy, whats wrong?"
Cindy turned to look at him. She looked into his big blue eyes, making her heart skip a beat. She adored them, and considered it his best feature. She slowly replied,
"Its about my parents. All they do is fight these days and it's so hard to live with it. I love both my parents, but its getting to the point where I was scream until I lose my voice at them."
Her voice started getting shaky. Jimmy could tell she was getting very emotional.
"They love you Cindy, i'm sure-"
This made Cindy snap, as she cut him off,
"NEUTRON, YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND! I WOULD GIVE EVERYTHING TO LIVE IN A HOUSE LIKE YOURS. YOUR MOTHER IS SO SUPPORTIVE OF YOU AND YOUR DAD ACTUALLY SHOWS HE LOVE'S YOU! MY MOM TREATS ME LIKE A TROPHY, NOT A DAUGHTER! AND MY DAD IS GONE SO MUCH-"
Cindy choked and cut herself off, and her eyes started watering up. She couldn't hold back and she started crying. Tears rolled down her checks as she stood there on the sidewalk. Jimmy grabbed her and hugged her as tightly as he could. He could feel his shoulder getting wet from the tears. Cindy stopped crying and looked up at Jimmy. Jimmy was now a bit taller then her, not by much…but enough. He kissed her forehead and stroked her blonde hair with his hand. She whispered in a moment of vulnerability,
"I love you Jimmy".
Jimmy and Cindy smiled at each other and continued walking, this time holding hands. They weren't sure if this mean't they were dating or what…but it meant something. Cindy softly spoke up,
"Hey, i'm sorry for snapping at you."
Jimmy turned and looked at her, and replied,
"It's perfectly okay."
Jimmy then spotted a coffee shop across the street,
"Hey look, a coffee shop! Lets go in and sit down."
Cindy nodded and they both crossed the street, and entered the coffee shop.
As they entered, they proceeded walk down the stairs into the cafe and walked over to sit down at a long table with several stools for seats. They turned and heard a voice from behind the food counter,
"I'll be right there!"
Jimmy directed his attention to Cindy again, asking her,
"Are you feeling better?"
Cindy softly smiled and replied,
"So much."
They look at each other with loving eyes. Their moment was broken up by the server coming over, she was short mole with tan fur, who actually look like the first human they had seen in this universe so far. She was holding a tray with two Ice water's. With a chipper enthusiasm, she started,
"Hey guys!"
Jimmy and Cindy both nodded and replied,
"Hello"
Jimmy blinked and asked the server,
"I don't know what to call you…what is your name?"
The server shyly smiled and replied,
"Oh my name? Oh i'm Eileen."
Jimmy smiled and replied back,
"Hi Eileen!"
Eileen noticed there wasn't any other customers in the shop, so she decided to strike up some small talk,
"i've never seen you guys before, where did you come from?"
Cindy decided to answer that question, since she figure Jimmy would give some long, pointless answer.
"We're just from out of town. We know a few people from here so we decided to visit."
Jimmy smiled and nodded. Cindy was lying, but it wasn't like they were going to tell Eileen that they came here from another dimension. That'd sound crazy. Then Jimmy continued,
"We actually know these 2 guys named Mordecai and Rigby from awhile back, so we came to visit them…for the weekend."
He added with a convincing smile.
Eileen gasped and her face changed in a matter of seconds to a wide grin,
"You guys know Mordecai and Rigby?!"
Jimmy and Cindy both nodded, and that was actually true. Eileen decided she could trust these two and replied,
"Thats so sick! Those two are like…my best friends! But why aren't you with them right now? This is like their favorite place to hang out?"
Cindy replied,
"They went to a concert with some of our other friends tonight."
Eileen nodded and replied,
"Yeah the rapper Past was in town today, that's right! I wanted to go with them, but I had work of course…"
She slightly scowled, and continued,
"But thats okay, because me, Muscle Man, High Five Ghost and Party Horse are getting together and throwing Rigby a surprise party tonight at nine!
Jimmy look at Cindy, then turned back to Eileen. He smiled and asked,
"Does Mordecai know about it?"
Eileen grinned and replied,
"Nope."