I was watching some of my younger cousins and showing them cartoons that I watched when I was a kid. Jimmy Neutron, of course, came up and I just got inspired to write this and to take a break from writing for a current project on the site and just wanted to see how this would turn out. I was always a supporter of the SheenxLibby pairing and decided to base this around them with JimmyxCindy ofcourse and I don't think there is enough fanfiction dedicated to this pairing. This is basically set about 6-7 years after the Love Potion 976/J episode but the events that followed being altered from the show slightly being that Sheen and Libby are still just friends in high school and Jimmy and Cindy still being in absolute denial of their feelings with each other. I hope you enjoy it. :)

(Libby's POV)

I was still unpacking in my room.

Just before Sophomore year ended, I was listening to the radio and they were having a contest to win an all expenses paid trip to follow Graystar on their European tour for the past 6 weeks, also spending my 17th birthday out there.

Talk about the greatest birthday ever for me.

It was only for the first four callers and there was no way I was missin' out on it… and I WON!

It was so way beyond incredible! I saw them play at so many different and really cool venues and I was front row at all of them.

Luckily, I also still had 6 more weeks of summer left before school starts to still chill and do my own thing.

I was still unpacking stuff and I was sorting out everything I got on the trip. Okay, when I was in Milan in Italy, I might have maybe possibly gotten a few things…. Oh come on! Milan is one of the fashion capitals of the world and there was no way I was passing up that opportunity.

In the middle of hanging up some of my new things from the trip when my phone started going off. I picked up instantly when I saw who was calling; Cindy.

I mainly txt but talking on the phone is an old grade school habit we still can't kick.

"Hey Cind, what's up?" I ask as I kept putting things away. "Eh, nothing really. How was the end of the tour?" She asks. "It was insane! You should've been there. I'm just putting stuff away, you should totally come see the new stuff I got when we were in Milan." I practically gush, I seriously couldn't help it.

"Ugh, I wish. I'm on my way to nerdtron's right now to see his latest invention, at his request, that'll probably just end up destroying the town. Want to come as a witness with me in case authorities are involved?" She offers.

I smirked and rolled my eyes. She's still in total denial.

No matter how many times her and even Jimmy say it after all these years, they are both still too stubborn to admit they have feelings for each other. Cindy especially is definitely the most vocal about her denial out of the two of them.

But Cindy's always been stubborn about almost everything ever since we met in Pre-K.

"Tempting but, I'm still unpacking and I gotta do some laundry from the trip, so I think I'm gonna pass on this one." I say. "Still want to hang out later then? You can just come over to hang out whenever you want, you know the drill." She says, knowing I'd get what she had in mind.

"Knock or use the key in the fake rock?" I reply. "Yup, see ya later." She says.

"See ya." I reply before hanging up.

I was done with everything and I'm sure Cindy probably wasn't back yet. But we have an open door policy with our houses.

Cindy and I have been best friends for 12 years and we're practically sisters and adoptive daughters to both our families. If I told Mr and Mrs Vortex I was just going to stay for a week they wouldn't even question it and it was the same for Cindy at my house.

Eh, I might as well just go hang out at her house and watch TV until she gets back.

I started to make my way to Cindy's and it was so hot out. I could feel myself sweating just from walking already.

I was flip flopping on the idea of going back to my house to get my swimsuit so I could hang out in the pool as I turned the corner where the Adler's house was when I saw something in their driveway.

It was a beige van that I knew all too well with 'Estevez Heating and Air Conditioning'.

Mr. Estevez must be on a call.

He's probably been busy with this heat wave and everyone's air conditioners breaking down.

I smiled a little and shrugged, thinking I'd just say hi.

I was walking to find Mr. Estevez when I heard, "HEY! GET BACK HERE!"

What?

I looked in the Adler's backyard and my confusion was confirmed when I saw Sheen.

Wait, what's Sheen doing here? And… why is he chasing a squirrel?

"Get back here you stupid squirrel! I didn't hear a bell! GET OVER HERE AND FACE ME LIKE A MAN!" He yells as he kept chasing this squirrel.

I was biting my lip and didn't know whether to laugh or feel completely embarrassed.

I was still watching as Sheen jumped and was able to grab the squirrel. "HA! Got ya you stupid, furry tailed rat! Whatcha gonna do now?" He taunts smiling winningly at the squirrel.

Well, he did have it until the squirrel bit him, causing Sheen to yelp and let go.

"OW! HEY! I'm not done with you!" He yells and runs after the squirrel again. I quickly glanced over my shoulders to see if anyone was watching me… or what was going on with Sheen as I walked into the yard.

As I got closer, the squirrel ran up a tree and Sheen was looking up and yelling, "That's right! Run you coward! I bet you're the same squirrel that stole my Ultralord and used it as a nutcracker that one time! Or… maybe you're his brother, or his uncle, or a third cousin 4 times removed… either way you're going down!" He kept yelling up the tree and it wasn't until I was close that I realized what Sheen was wearing.

Or at least what was written on the back of his dark blue shirt that gave me a hint, 'Estevez Heating and Air Conditioning'.

Wait, what?

"Sheen?" I say, inflecting my voice. He came out of his irrational squirrel episode thing and looked at me. He whipped his body around. "Oh… uh, hey Libs, what's… oh, uh… okay, this isn't what it looks like." He says putting his hands up, probably knowing I saw what just happened.

I was still looking him over still not entirely believing it. Sheen was wearing dark blue jeans with a dark blue short sleeve polo with his name etched into the right pectoral and black sneakers.

"Look do you wanna just keep what I just saw between us?" I offer. He smiled at me a little at me and said, "You got it."

I smiled back. "So… what's going on? I see you got some new duds." I point out.

"Yeah, I'm working for my dad now." He explains, wiping off his forehead.

He really was drenched in sweat. His shirt was completely pitted out, definitely from the heat and probably from… whatever that was I just saw with the squirrel.

"You're working with your dad? When did this happen?" I say. I was a little surprised and curious.

"Sheen, are you done with the Adler's? I'm closing up soon son." I heard and realized it came from a walkie talkie attached to Sheen's belt. Sheen whipped it out and said, "Yeah dad, pretty much. I'm coming back."

We were just standing there and I smiled a little at him again as he smiled and rubbed the back of his neck.

"Guess I should probably get my stuff?" He says and tried to walk away. "Hey wait, when did this happen?" I ask, wanting to know when he started working for his dad. "Eh… Couple weeks ago." He says.

I knew there was more to it than that, but I'll ask that later.

But, now it was making more sense since Sheen always seemed like he was up to something halfway through this past year and c'mon let's face it, Sheen's not exactly a mysterious kinda guy.

Yeah, he's eccentric and extremely... unique but definitely not mysterious.

"So… what went on before the squirrel situation?" I ask a little teasingly and smirked a little at him.

I was still trying not to laugh.

"Hey, don't judge me. Well, I was just replacing a wire in this when that thing jumped at me. Stupid rat was living in the unit and probably chewed the wire." He explains, and it surprisingly made sense for something involving Sheen.

"Hey, you were at that concert thing, right?" He asks as he was packing up his tools. "Yeah, it was so cool you have no idea. I just got back today." I explain as Sheen stood up and then he put a black cap on his head.

I couldn't help but smile a little again. I don't really consider this… ensemble he's wearing fashionable by any means but I did have to admit that he did look pretty cute in the uniform.

"Well, I gotta get going." He says and then starts to walk away. "Hey… Sheen, are you doing anything later?" I ask. "No, why?" He asks.

"Do you want to maybe hang out at my house and just chill later?" I ask. "Yeah, yeah sure! But, uh… I think I'm gonna shower first." He says looking at himself.

"Just come over whenever. It doesn't matter." I say with a shrug and smile at him. He smiled back at me.

"You got it chica!" He says and gets closer to me. "Uh Sheen, wai…" It was too late. He was already hugging me and I could feel my shirt soaking up his sweat from his.

Ugh, gross.

But I knew it was hopeless to try and stop it. I just shrugged it off as much as possible and gave in as I tried to ignore it and smiled as I hugged him back.

I was back at home and washed up so I wasn't completely disgusting for the rest of the day.

I was getting something out of my closet when I saw something lodged in the corner on my closet that made me glance back. It was a box. I grabbed it and opened it slightly as I smiled a little to myself. It was the valentine and Ultralord action figure that Sheen gave me several Valentine's Days ago.

Okay, I'll just admit it. I maybe kinda have a little thing for Sheen.

Before that Valentine's Day, I really didn't know what to call Sheen and I.

I mean, we were kind of sort of friends-ish.

It was still elementary school and those things were complicated.

But then I didn't know what happened.

The day before that Valentine's Day, I was reading a magazine in my living room and I kept hearing a weird sound coming from outside my house, only for me to go into shock, confusion, and total embarrassment when I saw Sheen spazzing out and leaping around in front of my house in his Ultralord mask.

Of course it was some Ultralord related thing that he was doing, but I was just so initially embarrassed that I just wanted him to go away… until he stopped me and gave me his favorite Ultralord action figure and asked me to go out with him on Valentine's Day.

That was when I kinda felt something… change. I really did feel a little touched that he gave me his favorite action figure. Sure it was just an action figure and kind of juvenile, but I knew that for Sheen this was kind of a big deal with him giving that to me.

Then we had that kind of sort of date the next day and sure it had it's very bizarre qualities like most things that involve Sheen. But I knew he was only doing what in his mind was romantic and I thought it was sweet.

A geeky and really weird kind of sweet, but still sweet.

It also ended with us working on just being friends and we got to be really good friends after that, especially in middle school. Behind Cindy, as shocking and weird as it still is to me, Sheen is my next best friend at this point.

Like I said, it's still totally crazy to think about. Especially considering how completely different Sheen and I are in almost every way possible.

I'm pretty grounded, mature, chilled out, and rational.

Sheen is spastic, eccentric, irrational, off the wall, and a little geeky with his still obvious Ultralord obsession. But other than that… we get along really well and kind of balance each other out.

While I try to stay grounded and conscious of what everyone thinks of me... Sheen really doesn't and he kind of pulls me into that mind set sometimes.

Like with that first Valentine's Day thing where he practically built me that shrine in front of his house and not caring what anyone else in his neighborhood thought about it.

Meanwhile, I try to do whatever I can to keep him from flying to high off the handle... or you know, as much as I can do.

Also… there's something else… I like him.

Like a little beyond just some crush and just thinking he's cute.

Ever since the beginning of Freshman year, my feelings toward him kind of went a little past the line of just being really good friends. Also, I take back what I just said about having a little thing for him.

Like I legit have a thing for him.

Cindy knows and still thinks I'm totally insane for thinking about him in that way, which I understand where she's coming from. Sheen, even though he's 18, is still pretty immature for a guy his age most of the time, is still completely clueless, naive, obnoxious, and like I said before with him being pretty much maximum ADHD.

But, at the same time, I also really don't care.

I want to be more than friends with Sheen. There, I said it!

Aside from all his quirks, to put it nicely, I do really like him in that way. He's gotten even cuter and a little more mature looking since back then.

He's sweet, he's a really nice guy, and he's always had my back.

Now that we've worked more on our friendship, I really would want more with him, but there's just one little, irritating, and flustering problem… Usually guys gain confidence with girls as they get older and learn to take hints better.

But… not with Sheen.

For a guy that still likes to flirt with me on an almost daily basis, he's still clueless when it comes to hints when it was just the two of us.

Especially when it is just us alone.

For the past year, I have been trying everything to let him know I'm interested… and yet he seems like he just doesn't get it.

One time me, Sheen, Carl, Jimmy, and Cindy all went to the movies and I was sitting in the chair next to the wall of the theater and Sheen was in the only seat next to me and I literally tried everything.

I tried scooting as close to him as possible, resting my head on his shoulder a little, trying to brush my hand against his… and I got zip, zero, zilch, nada from him.

But I know, why can't I just tell him I'm interested in him?

Because I don't want our relationship to start that way. I want it to be entirely mutual and natural when something happens with us and not be forced.

But I'm far from giving in or up.

I just hope I can accomplish it before I go completely insane and maybe when Sheen comes over tonight… I might have a chance at a little possible progress this time.

I hope...

What did you think? Thank you so much for reading and please let me know if you would like me to continue. Reviews are always appreciated. Have a great night!

-Dexter1995