Chapter 1, A new Love Sparks

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Dear Diary,

Summer, summer, summer. It's that fabulous season during which we get two-months of school-free freedom. Summer is when we get to relax on the beach, inhaling the scent of a sparkling blue jewel known as the ocean. With sand tickling your toes. But, honestly it looks like we need a reality check. My summer is far from my clichéd dream of relaxing on an Oceanside paradise. Unfortunately, I am stuck in a plane, traveling halfway across the country to the middle of nowhere in Kansas for Rudy's Aunt Bertha's wedding. Let's just say I'll be lucky if I get picked up by a tornado and land in Munchkin Land while we're there. Yeah, this trip is not my ideal summer vacay.

Xoxo- Kim

I tucked my black and white composition notebook into my tote bag. I got to sit with Jack, which I guess made the trip a little better. Not that I like him or anything. Ew, no. It's just that anything's better than sitting with Eddie and Jerry as they have a very opinionated debate about falafel.

I repositioned myself to face the front. I had been sitting with my back against the window so that Jack couldn't see what I was writing in my diary. I don't want him to think that I was one of those girls who only care about boys, gossip and clothes. Sure, some of my cheerleader friends are like that, but I'm not the kind of girl who wants to be labeled as typical.

"Really Kimmy? A diary?" Jack was eyeing the corner of my diary which was stickng out of my bag.

"Um…uh…no. I was just um writing that paper thing. Yea, I was um doing that social studies homework." Yup, that's me, Dr. Smooth.

"Really? Cool! What's it about?" Immediately my face flushed. I was never good at lying.

"Ya know. Um Finand?" My supposed answer ended up turning into what sounded like a question.

"Kimmy?" Jack said.

"Hmm?"

"Were studying china."

"Right." I said, as I yawned. I was exhausted. This morning, I had to wake up ant 4:30 a.m. so that we could make our 7:15 flight. I am not accustomed to waking up at such early hours. I usually prefer to sleep till noon.

I felt my eyelids getting heavy. I struggled to keep them open, but my fatigue won me over and I eventually dozed off, my head falling onto Jack's shoulder.

Jack's POV

Kim doesn't like me. Yeah, right. And pigs can fly. Suddenly I felt weight on my left shoulder and looked to find an asleep Kim on my shoulder.

Yup, she sure doesn't like me. But why do I care so much? Because she's my friend. A really close friend…literally. And it wouldn't even matter if I happened to like her because she had thousands of guys come to her with their hearts in their hands, so why would she choose me. Of course, I'm figuratively speaking, right?

I shook those absurd thoughts out of my head. Time for a little math: Kim + Jack= Friends. Right. I say to myself. Kim and I are just friends.

Kim's POV

When I woke up, the first thing I saw outside of my small, little airplane window was corn…lots of corn. I guess we landed. I thought. The only place that was free of corn was the runway for the plane.I sat up and realized that I had been sleeping on Jack's shoulder. My face turned about three shades redder.

"Did you sleep well, Princess?" asked a grinning Jack.

"Don't call me that." I said, glaring at Jack. I hated it when he called me

"Princess." L.A.R. with Milton is something that we all agreed to never speak of again. I guess Jack had some trouble comprehending that.

"Okay guys. Time to go to our hotel." Rudy said, smiling.

"Woah we get a hotel? I call a drawer for my car fresheners!" Eddie said. I raised my eyebrows.

"What? They need to remain fresh or else I'll smell like Forest Death instead of Forest Fresh!" Eddie said, holding his hands up.

"Whatever. I just can't wait to meet the Wizard of Oz! Ya know, some people say that he's a fake, but I'm gonna meet him for real and then wish for a lifetime supply of corndogs!" Jerry said, an excited look on his face. I rolled my eyes and laughed. Typical Jerry.

Jack's POV

When we arrived at the hotel it was almost one o'clock. Rudy got lost on the way there, and we somehow ended up in Oklahoma for a brief moment, but we're finally here.

When we got to our rooms, we found two beds in each.

"I automatically get my own because I'm the only girl!" Kim shouted, and before anyone could argue, she went to start unpacking.

"Hey! No fair! I'm getting my own, also1" I protested.

"Alright, fine. You and Kim get this room, and the rest of us will take the other." Eddie said, making his way to the other room, followed by Jerry, Milton and Rudy. When they were gone, I turned to Kim, who had managed to fill up the whole bureau.

"Looks like we're roommates." I said.

"Okay here are the ground rules," Kim started. I sighed, knowing that this wasn't going to be easy. "We individually change in the bathroom and knock before we exit."

"What sane person knocks before they exit a bathroom?" I inquired.

"Jack, you've known me lone enough to know that I'm not sane. And besides, I might have a fashion crisis and need to change!" I'd never heard Kim sound so girly in my life. She must have seen the surprise on my face, because she quickly replied by saying, "I'm a girl! Just because I do karate doesn't mean I can't be stylish." I held my hands up in surrender, looking around the room for a quick second. But my eyes landed back on Kim who was walking back and forth, folding and organizing everything.

Kim's POV

When I looked up from my suitcase, I caught Jack staring at me. I was about to question his stare, until I was pulled into his gaze. I found myself swimming in a pool of chocolate. I was drowning in his eyes. I was falling into an endless abyss of warmth. I suddenly realized that we were a mere foot away, when I could have sworn he started to lean in when along came Jerry.

"Yo Kim? Have you seen Jack? I gotta ask hi-" Jack and I quickly jumped apart. "I guess you found him…" Jerry said. "I'll just leave you guys alone" and with that, Jerry shuffled away.

By now, my face must have resembled a tomato. Jack was blushing too.

"How about all that corn?" jack said, trying to cover up the awkward moment.

This trip was going to be…..interesting.