Thanks everyone who reviewed! You are my muses!
As to the flamers, yes, this is a mature story line. But thats what I was aiming for. this is James Neutron as a teen, a real teen with real problems.
Life for a genius cant be perfect, no matter how hard you try.
I am working on a thank you list for all my reviewers so please leave a signature or a name!! It'll be put up as either the sixth or seventh chapter so hurry up and review - 53 people IS a long list
I hope you enjoy number 5!!
Jimmy felt horrible. His head hurt, his eyes was swollen and he was sure his ribs were at the least fractured!!!
Or it felt like it.
Nick was just as bad with a broken nose, a gash on his head from impacting the floor, not too deep but deep enough, and a dislocated shoulder.
He was furious. The next Basketball game was cancelled and the whole team was suspended.
Nick was being slapped with a restraining order and a harassment suit by Cindy. He was, after all, 18, despite him being in the same grade as Jimmy and Cindy. That made him legally bound by the laws of domestic violence.
Thinking hurt.
Jimmy sat in the nurse's office, Cindy holding an ice pack to her right cheek. He frowned.
He prayed he'd never hit her like that.
He prayed he would be good to her.
Because Lord knew he hated Nick for the way he hit her. No one, absolutely no one, deserved that.
"You ok Cind?" he asked softly.
She nodded, offering him a reassuring smile. Her cheek was bruised with a Nick sized hand print.
"I'm sorry...." he whispered. She reached over to touch his face, about to say something when Judy and Hugh entered.
"James!!!" Judy exclaimed and rushed to her son's side. "Oh my are you all right?"
"Im fine, mom." Jimmy replied with a weak smile. Cindy shifted uncomfortably. James turned to her as Judy did.
"Oh dear..." Judy came oevr and embraced her, eyes full of tears. "How could he... i thought he was such a good young man." She embraced CIndy and held her maternally. Cindy smiled and closed her eyes.
Her mother was away so she took in all the maternal care Judith had to offer.
James sighed. "He was having a bad day, mom." he said, shifting in place.
"I wonder why, Jimbo?" Hugh asked, a weak smile on his face as he sat with Jimmy. Jimmy grinned and CIndy blushed as she smiled.
"Because Cindy and I..."
"Are an item." Cindy finsihed proudly. James blushed as Hugh elbowed him.
"You dog! I thought you'd ended up walking up the down staircase, if you know what I mean."
Cindy giggled as James rolled his eyes. "Daad!" he said in exasperation.
This felt nice. Warm.
His family.
And Cindy.
---
It was easy for Jimmy to forget his mother was sick. First of all, she did her best not to show it. And Cindy was so... time consuming?
The were sexually active but they spent most of their time hanging out, talking, enjoying each other at his house or lab. Just being a typcial couple.
But then again, all good things come to an end, right?
It was December, cold. Too cold for Judy. She fell too ill. And landed in the hospital.
James stood in the waiting room, shocked.
How could he not notice she was weakening? That she was getting more and more ill?
He closed his eyes. 'Mother....' She was everything to him. The only one who understood him... as a child, when everyone... excluded him.
He combed his fingers through his matted hair. "Where the fuck is dad..." he muttered, pacing. Clarabelle sat on Cindy's lap. the girl curled up, Jimmy's burgundy flannel shirt covering her. Her reddish brown hair in a ponytail, her cerulean eyes half lidded.
Cindy held her, stroking her hair, frowning at Jimmy, who seemed to withdraw from her again. An ornament hung low to rest on her bosoms, a small silver one with a white jewel.
Jimmy gave it to her.
She never removed it. She seemed to loose a glow, one that had been so vibrant since finally finding contentment with Jimmy. Her hair seemed darker, no longer the cascading rays of sun...
"Jimmy... this is very hard for him to-"
"I bet he's off drinking himself to an early grave." jimmy hissed. Clare sniffled, curling up.
"Jimmy... is mommy gonna.... die?" she whispered. James gasped and dropped to his knees before her, turning her to face him, stroking her cheek.
Cindy felt a pang in her chest at the small voice... so lost without her mother.
"No, babe... mommy will be just fine. I'll... I'll find a cure, I'll save her... I..." He smiled weakly. "i can fix anything.
"Promise?" she whispered, staring hopefully.
Cindy closed her eyes. 'Careful... don't make empty promises, Jimmy...' she thought softly. "Jimmy, don't-"
Jimmy stood up and glared at her. "I will... " she gasped at his stern voice and he winced, lifting his hands. "Cindy... I will... I won't let mom die..." he said softly, tears streaming from his face.
She closed her eyes and held Clarabelle close.
"You're not God, Jimmy... " she murmured.
He clenched his fist. "who cares about God! God has no power, I am smarter then God! I can save my mom! I know I can!" And he stormed away.
Clarabelle began to cry, confused, knowing only that there was pain and sadness and negativity in the air.
Cindy began to cry as well. Because she knew that Jimmy was loosing it... loosing grip.
He refused to be defeated by nature. But Cindy felt it, in her gut.... Judy would die, she had to... it was her time. Even Judith said it was time. It was a fact to be accepted.
Not fought.
But jimmy couldn't see that. He only saw rage.
"Jimmy..."
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I know its been so damn long. Bows at your mercy Forgive me... ples forgive me!!!
I'm having difficulty with uploading my work to ff net And thank you, redgem270.... you inspired me to open this thing back up again. Your review was very inspiring!! I read your bio, you like alot of what I do!! X3 Perhaps we can be pals? Im reading soem of your work ((you have os many)
Why dont you actually read my new TT fic!! ((If it shows, teh bugger....))
As to the flamers, yes, this is a mature story line. But thats what I was aiming for. this is James Neutron as a teen, a real teen with real problems.
Life for a genius cant be perfect, no matter how hard you try.
I am working on a thank you list for all my reviewers so please leave a signature or a name!! It'll be put up as either the sixth or seventh chapter so hurry up and review - 53 people IS a long list
I hope you enjoy number 5!!
Jimmy felt horrible. His head hurt, his eyes was swollen and he was sure his ribs were at the least fractured!!!
Or it felt like it.
Nick was just as bad with a broken nose, a gash on his head from impacting the floor, not too deep but deep enough, and a dislocated shoulder.
He was furious. The next Basketball game was cancelled and the whole team was suspended.
Nick was being slapped with a restraining order and a harassment suit by Cindy. He was, after all, 18, despite him being in the same grade as Jimmy and Cindy. That made him legally bound by the laws of domestic violence.
Thinking hurt.
Jimmy sat in the nurse's office, Cindy holding an ice pack to her right cheek. He frowned.
He prayed he'd never hit her like that.
He prayed he would be good to her.
Because Lord knew he hated Nick for the way he hit her. No one, absolutely no one, deserved that.
"You ok Cind?" he asked softly.
She nodded, offering him a reassuring smile. Her cheek was bruised with a Nick sized hand print.
"I'm sorry...." he whispered. She reached over to touch his face, about to say something when Judy and Hugh entered.
"James!!!" Judy exclaimed and rushed to her son's side. "Oh my are you all right?"
"Im fine, mom." Jimmy replied with a weak smile. Cindy shifted uncomfortably. James turned to her as Judy did.
"Oh dear..." Judy came oevr and embraced her, eyes full of tears. "How could he... i thought he was such a good young man." She embraced CIndy and held her maternally. Cindy smiled and closed her eyes.
Her mother was away so she took in all the maternal care Judith had to offer.
James sighed. "He was having a bad day, mom." he said, shifting in place.
"I wonder why, Jimbo?" Hugh asked, a weak smile on his face as he sat with Jimmy. Jimmy grinned and CIndy blushed as she smiled.
"Because Cindy and I..."
"Are an item." Cindy finsihed proudly. James blushed as Hugh elbowed him.
"You dog! I thought you'd ended up walking up the down staircase, if you know what I mean."
Cindy giggled as James rolled his eyes. "Daad!" he said in exasperation.
This felt nice. Warm.
His family.
And Cindy.
---
It was easy for Jimmy to forget his mother was sick. First of all, she did her best not to show it. And Cindy was so... time consuming?
The were sexually active but they spent most of their time hanging out, talking, enjoying each other at his house or lab. Just being a typcial couple.
But then again, all good things come to an end, right?
It was December, cold. Too cold for Judy. She fell too ill. And landed in the hospital.
James stood in the waiting room, shocked.
How could he not notice she was weakening? That she was getting more and more ill?
He closed his eyes. 'Mother....' She was everything to him. The only one who understood him... as a child, when everyone... excluded him.
He combed his fingers through his matted hair. "Where the fuck is dad..." he muttered, pacing. Clarabelle sat on Cindy's lap. the girl curled up, Jimmy's burgundy flannel shirt covering her. Her reddish brown hair in a ponytail, her cerulean eyes half lidded.
Cindy held her, stroking her hair, frowning at Jimmy, who seemed to withdraw from her again. An ornament hung low to rest on her bosoms, a small silver one with a white jewel.
Jimmy gave it to her.
She never removed it. She seemed to loose a glow, one that had been so vibrant since finally finding contentment with Jimmy. Her hair seemed darker, no longer the cascading rays of sun...
"Jimmy... this is very hard for him to-"
"I bet he's off drinking himself to an early grave." jimmy hissed. Clare sniffled, curling up.
"Jimmy... is mommy gonna.... die?" she whispered. James gasped and dropped to his knees before her, turning her to face him, stroking her cheek.
Cindy felt a pang in her chest at the small voice... so lost without her mother.
"No, babe... mommy will be just fine. I'll... I'll find a cure, I'll save her... I..." He smiled weakly. "i can fix anything.
"Promise?" she whispered, staring hopefully.
Cindy closed her eyes. 'Careful... don't make empty promises, Jimmy...' she thought softly. "Jimmy, don't-"
Jimmy stood up and glared at her. "I will... " she gasped at his stern voice and he winced, lifting his hands. "Cindy... I will... I won't let mom die..." he said softly, tears streaming from his face.
She closed her eyes and held Clarabelle close.
"You're not God, Jimmy... " she murmured.
He clenched his fist. "who cares about God! God has no power, I am smarter then God! I can save my mom! I know I can!" And he stormed away.
Clarabelle began to cry, confused, knowing only that there was pain and sadness and negativity in the air.
Cindy began to cry as well. Because she knew that Jimmy was loosing it... loosing grip.
He refused to be defeated by nature. But Cindy felt it, in her gut.... Judy would die, she had to... it was her time. Even Judith said it was time. It was a fact to be accepted.
Not fought.
But jimmy couldn't see that. He only saw rage.
"Jimmy..."
- - -
I know its been so damn long. Bows at your mercy Forgive me... ples forgive me!!!
I'm having difficulty with uploading my work to ff net And thank you, redgem270.... you inspired me to open this thing back up again. Your review was very inspiring!! I read your bio, you like alot of what I do!! X3 Perhaps we can be pals? Im reading soem of your work ((you have os many)
Why dont you actually read my new TT fic!! ((If it shows, teh bugger....))