"Just one?" Jimmy's expression was not fitting for his age; of course, he knew what a kiss was, and he wouldn't mind kissing someone if it was a mutual agreement.
Of course, for kissing someone, the girl had to be attractive. They could call him whatever they wanted for thinking that way, but he was the one offering something much more valuable in return.
Ally wanted to reject the proposal her silly friend Alison had made, but she didn't expect Jimmy's response, which came so naturally.
Even Alison was left speechless. She thought Jimmy would offer to help them with the exam without any conditions, like Sheldon had. She never expected a proposal to be accepted that would make many people embarrassed. Of course, at this point, all she could think was that it was all her fault.
"But to be fair, you should teach me how to kiss first, wouldn't we be on equal terms because of that?" Jimmy didn't need anything but money, so if they weren't offering him money, there were very few things that piqued his curiosity.
But this proposal was obviously not bad, especially since he had never kissed a girl on the lips before. In fact, the experience of kissing brought him many bad memories.
At that moment, Ally wished she hadn't invited her friend to study together for the exams. Her family situation was quite complicated, which is why she was thinking of asking Jimmy for help with her homework.
She had never had a boyfriend, much less kissed anyone. She knew Alison was quite the jokester, and now that had created many problems for them.
"I'm going to the bathroom with Alison." Ally didn't dare look at Jimmy because of her embarrassment. She dragged Alison out of the self-study area.
"Ally, why do I feel like you're going to kill me?" Alison felt her hair stand on end as Ally dragged her toward the bathroom. She looked at Jimmy from afar and said, "That kid is a supergenius. He won many national math competitions, and from what we know, he even competed against adults."
"He would have helped us if you hadn't mentioned the kissing thing."
"What's wrong with kissing?" Alison felt nervous, but after thinking that kisses weren't that big of a deal, she defended herself.
Jimmy hadn't expected this to happen, and his response was quite casual. However, with Alison's words, he had a preliminary understanding of Ally's situation and what she wanted from him.
After organizing his emotions, Jimmy continued reading the book in his hand. At that moment, he was the person in the library who stood out only for his reading.
It was incredible that, instead of self-learning, he was the only one reading a book. Undoubtedly, the students in these study stages had other priorities.
Soon after, Ally returned alone to her seat. Her face was still a little embarrassed. "I apologize if I made you uncomfortable. Alison said a lot of nonsense... Please, don't mind her."
"It's not uncomfortable at all to receive such proposals from pretty girls, although maybe you were teasing me because of my young age and lack of experience in relationships between men and women."
As soon as he said this, Ally's embarrassed face, which hadn't regained its color, became anxious. She, unable to do anything else, turned her head and focused on her homework.
Jimmy smiled and returned his focus to the book.
In the morning, he read 10 books on medicine and pharmacology. It was a good result. In addition to the 6 books he had read the night before, he had now read 16 books in total.
Once he gathered the necessary data, he could start creating a formula for his private inventions.
He also found all the necessary medications for the possible development of the technology.
Soon enough, he began developing a method to enhance human growth to its maximum potential. He was in the beta phase, but if there was now a base formula to unlock human potential, it should be worked on.
It sounded a bit unreal, but to Jimmy, this was nothing out of the ordinary.
Besides, he knew that unlocking one's potential couldn't be done in the bedroom. He had to ask Sheldon if he could use the shed his family had abandoned to start the experiments.
Doing it at home was a bad idea, especially when his mother forced him to be with the family for every meal of the day.
However, if he decided to spend the night with the Cooper family one weekend, the suspicions of what he was doing could easily be avoided.
For everything to go as he wished, he had to pay George Jr. and little Missy a considerable amount of money to keep quiet. Additionally, Sheldon received some irresistible gifts that he couldn't refuse.
...
In the following days, Larry began gathering all the ingredients he needed to start conducting his tests.
All the money he had gathered over his two weeks at school was gone, which almost drove Jimmy crazy.
But now, the most important thing was to develop his physical potential, something he would only achieve by using a serum that his body would absorb according to its needs.
In the days that followed, Jimmy improved the recipe, and after continuous improvements, he started using it in the bathtub at his house.
The chemicals he had obtained with the help of others cost far more than he could afford. However, there were certain methods in which Jimmy made large amounts of money with relative ease.
In the coming days, it was time for a stronger dose.
"Are you sure about this?" Sheldon, in his biochemical suit, which surely didn't meet safety regulations, looked at Jimmy from afar as he was placing many things into a tub.
"This is science."
"It's suicide."
"At least I'll die like any great scientist, loving what he does and true to his beliefs." Jimmy knew there was no need to doubt because he never made mistakes when it came to his own safety.
Maybe some of his inventions had failed, mostly due to third-party intervention. However, this time, no one but him had touched his latest research.
He was tired of being small, weak, and, despite his age, still being compared to nine-year-olds. Although he knew growth was a cycle, Jimmy didn't want to stay a dwarf all his life.
That's why he created this potion, something chemical that would continuously and slowly alter his genes into a well-formed adult.
Who wouldn't want to have the best physical qualities without training?
"Are you sure you don't want to undergo this experiment?" Jimmy, while preparing everything, turned to look at Sheldon, who was five meters away from where he was working.
"I'd rather die now."
"You're missing out…"