Chapter 7

Friday had come faster than either of them could have imagined. Jimmy was so nervous the day of that he was sick. He had tried his hardest to not feel dizzy and forced himself to eat some kind of food. Yet everything he ate made him feel even worse. He ended up spending most of the day in bed, worried and sick.

Cindy on the other hand, couldn't sit in one place for very long. She kept pacing or twitching her leg when she was sitting down. There was never a moment when she wasn't moving.

Jimmy walked up to her door slowly, trying not to seem too eager for the date. He rang her doorbell and took a deep breathe in order to calm his nerves.

Nearly instantly Cindy was there, out on the porch next to him.

"Hey," she said softly. Jimmy smiled and swallowed hard.

"Hey Cin," he answered back.

He held out his hand for hers, which she took nearly immediately, and escorted her down to his car. His heart pounded wildly in his chest as he tried to calm his nerves. It was just Cindy. Yes, she was the one girl that he had loved since he had moved into this town, but he knew her. He knew much more about her than anything else in all the world. Why should he be nervous about her?

He knew it was because she was the one, the one girl he would ever love. He wasn't sure how he knew that. It wasn't logical to already know at such a young age. Granted they were both seventeen and seniors in high school. They were on the brink of adulthood and yet Jimmy still felt that it was illogical.

Then again, since he had met Cindy, life had gotten very illogical. And he liked that aspect of his life.

Jimmy climbed into the car, buckled the belt and turned on the car. He took a deep breath and looked over at Cindy, really seeing her for the first time. Her gentle blonde locks were pulled back in a pony tail and she was wearing an emerald green dress that echoed the green in her eyes. In fact, the green made Cindy's eyes seem to be far more green then they really were.

"You look beautiful," he said softly. Cindy smiled as her eyes wandered over Jimmy's appearance. He had slicked back his hair a bit and was wearing a very nice blue polo shirt and a nice pair of slacks.

"You don't look so bad yourself, Jimmy," she replied back just as softly. Jimmy's cheeks filled as he put the car in reverse.

"Do you have that CD still in here?" She asked him. He shook his head.

"No. I took it out. There's a surprise in there for you though. I mean... if you want to hear it," Jimmy mumbled as the drove down the road. Cindy's eyes brightened.

"A surprise? For... for me?" She asked him. Jimmy chuckled and nodded.

"Of course for you. Go ahead turn it on," Jimmy said. Cindy turned it on. Instantly Jimmy's voice filled the car.

"Sheen! Stop. No... don't touch that. Come on guys I'm in the middle of an experiment!" Jimmy exclaimed.

"Hey Jimmy how come you've got a picture of Cindy on your desk?" Carl asked innocently.

"THAT'S NOT CINDY! That's... an ... experiment," Jimmy retorted.

"It is too Cindy! Don't make us use Goddard against you. We know he knows loads of dirt," Sheen said. Jimmy sighed loudly.

"Damn it Sheen. Fine. Yes it's Cindy. Happy now?" Jimmy asked angrily.

"Why do you have a picture of her on your desk, Jimmy?" Carl asked in his confused way.

"ARG! Because I like her! Is that what you wanted to hear!" Jimmy yelled.

"Um... No we didn't want to know that. And since when have you liked her. We're only eleven. Why would you like her?"

"Ugg.. I don't know Sheen. Just leave it be. Okay?" Jimmy asked him.

"Sure dude, but it's so not cool."

Jimmy looked over at Cindy was listening intently to the cd he had made. It held countless amounts of conversations between himself and Goddard or himself and his friends about her. He wanted her to know. He just didn't know why he decided to do it this way. He wanted to smack his head against the steering wheel. She was going to think he was a dork.

"What is wrong Jimmy?" A mechanical voice said.

"Nothing Goddard. I'm good," he said.

"You just used poor English. What is going on?" Jimmy sighed once again.

"I think I'm dying," he mumbled.

"Dying? We must get you to a hospital!" Goddard's mechanical voice exclaimed.

"No... No. It's not that kind of dying, Goddard," Jimmy said quickly.

"Then what kind of dying is it?"

"It is the dying that your heart does when the person that you have always loved never sees that you exist," Jimmy answered.

"Cindy," Goddard said in a matter of fact kind of way.

"Yes. Cindy," Jimmy mumbled.

"Well maybe you should stop treating her so badly. Maybe then she would see that you exist in a whole new light," Goddard suggested.

"No. Cindy loves Nick. I'll never have a chance," Jimmy's voice said, trailing off sadly.

Cindy looked over at Jimmy, surprised. How much had Goddard recorded over his life? How long had Jimmy felt like she didn't notice he was around?

"Nerdtron! You are so infuriating!" Cindy screamed at him.

"Not nearly as infuriating as you!" Jimmy yelled back.

"Oh ho... Really? How so Mr. Big Head?" Cindy retorted angrily.

"At least I don't try to hurt you at every little moment!" Jimmy yelled, his voice slightly breaking.

"No you just try to hurt me every single nanosecond!" Cindy cried back, tears evident in her voice.

"What? Cindy. No I don't try to hurt you," Jimmy said softly.

"Oh go ahead! Go and talk to April. I know you love her!" Cindy yelled back.

"Cindy! Come back!" Jimmy called after her.

"Yeah that didn't go well," Goddard said.

"April kissed me. But it was nothing! There was nothing in it. Not like when I kissed her. You know, when I was in Carl's dream. I never felt what I felt when I kissed Cindy. I guess that will be our only kiss."

Jimmy reached over and shut it off.

"Maybe I shouldn't have played that," he said softly. Cindy grasped his hand.

"No. You should have. I'm sorry Jimmy," she said gently. Jimmy gave her a meek smile.

"I'm sorry too Cindy. Guess you know now how much I love you," Jimmy said bashfully.

"Yes and I will just have to prove how much I love you," Cindy replied. Jimmy pulled into the parking lot of the restaurant he had made reservations at, smiling brightly.

"Just the fact that you said you love me is enough for me, Cin," Jimmy replied. He got out of the car, went around to her door, and opened it for her. Cindy got out, brushed the wrinkles from her dress. Cindy took his hand and Jimmy started, but she pulled him back to her. She rose to her tip toes, for he had gotten far taller than her, and planted a soft, sweet, and gentle kiss upon his lips. It wasn't a deep, passionate kiss. Instead it was a scared, wonderous first kiss that lasts only but a mere moment in the span of the universe.

"I feel the same way when I kiss you," Cindy whispered. Jimmy smiled.

"Shall we dine, my beautiful lady?" He asked her. Cindy giggled.

"Why yes let's dine my handsome knight."