It was next to impossible to be inside Retroville High School and not hear the news about the adoring Cindy Vortex attempting suicide. Everywhere you walked, be it either near the lockers, or in the classrooms, or even in the teacher's lounge, the big topic to discuss was Cindy. In fact, the only time where people were not talking about her was when Libby, Sheen or Carl stepped into the room. When all of them stepped inside a classroom for their history lesson, the room got suddenly quiet, and their eyes all pinned on the sad site before them.

The usually upbeat and fashionable Libby Folfax looked a mess. Her hair messy, clothes mismatched, and her sad attempt at putting on makeup was splattered away by constant stream of tears that never seemed to stop. As she walked in the door, she basically had to be supported by Sheen, who himself did not look like himself either. The hyperactive teen with a normally odd look on his face, looked somber and way beyond his years that day. He looked around at everyone and gave them all the same stoical look. The only time that he showed any amount of compassion would be when he looked at Libby as he tried to be rock against her constant stream of tears. And, poor Carl. He looked horrible. Gone were his smile and naïve since of the world. Ever since he saw Cindy lying like that on the hospital bed, he became more serious. Every look and movement that he made was strong willed and had determination. When people looked at the three people who had been friends for years, they could see the sudden change in character that had come when Cindy was gone. But, one question was still in the back of some people in school that day. Where was Jimmy Neutron?

Jimmy Neutron was getting some good use out of his invention that he used at the hospital. At this moment, he was masquerading as the same doctor that he pretended to be yesterday. He changed some situations around so that he could be Cindy's full-time doctor as she stayed at the hospital. He spent a lot of time in that room, much more that Cindy's parents. When asked about their daughter's condition Cindy looked solemnly at them and took off his glasses.

"Mr. and Mrs. Vortex, your daughter has suffered an extreme loss of blood, which caused her to blackout. When she blacked out, oxygen was not getting to her brain which caused her to be in this coma."

Mrs. Vortex cried silently during the whole explanation of her daughter's condition. As she cried, her husband wrapped his arms around her and stroked her back, while he looked at the doctor. "So …what are looking at her doctor? Will she be okay? Will she wake up? Tell me anything. Please."

Jimmy sighed and looked over to Cindy as he spoke to the Vortexes.

"Right now, there is about a fifty percent chance that your daughter will live or die, but if she does live, there is a chance that she can live the rest of her life as a vegetable."

Hearing that made Mrs. Vortex cry even hard. Mr. Vortex held her close and rubbed her back more. "Thank you, doctor. We will be back soon. I think we just need a break."

Jimmy nodded and looked right at Cindy as soon as the door closed and clicked shut. Jimmy was still in mild shock. Here he was, standing over someone whom he thought was the strongest human being alive, laying in a hospital bed because of her actions…maybe his actions. Sighing, Jimmy turned off the invention and went over next to Cindy in his normal form to talk.

"Cindy. It's me. Why did you do it Cindy? Why? You had so much going for you. You had no reason to do this to yourself."

He slowly and absentmindedly grasped her hand and looked over at her closed eyes and he lightly chuckled while he talked to himself.

"I remember a time when those green eyes could make me feel my heart beat faster and make my stomach do back flips. I remember when those beautiful, soft lips could yell out fiery words, yet cool me down when I was feeling angry. How they could say rough and hard things to me, yet feel so soft against my own lips."

As he continued, he began to speak louder.

"How these hands could punch me and slap my face hard for saying something stupid or caress my cheek when we were acting nice to each other during those nights we laid underneath the stars. Even if they are covered in bandages, I would still feel your arms and hands around me anytime. Or, when you got mad at me for doing whatever and your nose scrunched up and I thought it was the cutest thing ever. Sometimes, I would purposely get you mad just so I can see you do that. Or when you…"

He stopped suddenly as he felt a slight grasp on his hand. Suddenly, he looked down and saw that Cindy was grabbing his hand, and as the seconds grew more, the strength increased. Looking at her eyes in shock, he smiled as her green orbs locked with his blue ones. She motioned for him to come closer with her finger. He moved in very close to her ear and waited to hear what she said.

"You are so sappy, Neutron…one of the reasons I love you."

He smiled down at her and held her hand tighter, while rubbing her fingers ever so gently.