Jack's POV

We were all sparring; Eddie with Milton, me with Kim, and Jerry was practicing some new moves with a training dummy.

"Guys, it's about to be closing time," said Rudy as he came out of his office. "Get ready to go home!"

Everyone went to their lockers and packed up for the night, nobody even bothering to take off their uniforms.

"Bye guys! See ya tomorrow!" called Milton as he and Eddie headed out of the dojo.

"Hey Jack," said Kim as she closed her locker. "Walk me home? It's dark out and I don't want to walk all the way home alone…"

"Uh, sure. Why not?" I said. "It can be pretty dangerous in the dark when you're alone…"

As I shut my locker, Jerry shot me a look that said, "Score!" and I stuck my tongue out at him.

So what if Kim had asked me to walk her home? Its not like it meant anything, we're just friends.

"Bye Jerry," said Kim as she slung her bag over her shoulder.

"Bye Kim, bye Jaaaack," he said, hopping out the door before I could lunge at him.

Kim's POV

"What was that all about?" I thought.

Jerry was always sort of weird but Jack usually took it in stride. So why'd he tense up at that comment?

"Come on Kim," said Jack, who was already at the door.

"When did he get there?" I thought again, and I walked out the door with an absentminded goodbye to Rudy over my shoulder.

It was already pretty dark, so I was glad Jack had agreed to walk me home. I'm a tough girl, but even I'm not comfortable walking alone in the dark.

"So… Good job today Kim," said Jack breaking the silence between us. "You've been working pretty hard lately."

"Uh, thanks Jack, you too," I responded.

We grew silent again and I became aware of how awkward this was becoming. I searched for something to say but he beat me to it.

"Did you finish that science project we have?" he asked, fishing for a way to keep the conversation going.

"No, actually. I haven't even started it to be honest," I said sheepishly.

"Good, neither have I," he said, and I could see him smile in the darkness. "Want to come over tomorrow to work on it after practice?" he asked as we approached my house.

"Sure, why not? I unlocked my front door. "Thanks for walking me home Jack," I said.

"No prob Kim, see you tomorrow," he said as he turned and walked away.

Only when I closed the door did I realize how much I had been blushing.

What was up with that?

A/N: Hey guys I hope you liked the first chapter! I promise the next one will be longer :) and there'll be sexual tension XD