A/N: I don't own any of these characters
There was no reason to be jealous, Kim thought to herself. None at all. Kim sat on the cold mats of the Bobby Wasabi dojo, using her stretching time to contemplate the odd experience that had been the first week back at school.
Jack. Kim isn't sure what changed, but now all the girls at school can't seem to stop whispering about him. The first year he'd come to Seaford High, he'd managed to stay relatively under the radar. He'd established a reputation as the friendly skater kid, who was even better than Frank when it came to karate. Girls typically overlooked him and went for the flashy flirty guys instead. Kim had been fine with that, and she had managed to keep her micro-crush on him under the radar while hanging out with him at the dojo every day after school.
For some reason though, when school started after the summer holidays, this dynamic had changed. Girls who previously wouldn't have given Jack a second look last year were suddenly trying to get a seat next to him in biology. At Wednesday's cheerleading practice Grace had overheard Kathy and Donna gushing over Jack. It was as if Jack had suddenly blossomed into existence.
At first, this development had confused Kim. Why the sudden interest? As the week progressed though, she had figured out what the catalyst had been. Kim had spent a good portion of the summer at the dojo with the boys, and therefore hadn't noticed the vast change before. Over the summer, all the boys at the dojo had grown quite a few inches, and their voices had lowered at least half an octave. On top of growing at least five inches, Jack had grown his hair out so his bangs now brushed near his ears. He'd lost the last bit of baby fat in his cheeks,so now his cheekbones were more prominent, creating nice contours along his face. In other words, he was now considerably more attractive than he had been in freshman year. Plus, she supposed it helped that he was also nice, loyal, polite, and all those things that existed only in the movies.
If Kim had counted right, she had overheard at least eight conversations about Jack's "dreamy brown eyes" or his "cute little moles", and at least four girls had asked her for Jack's number. Eddie, Milton, and Jerry had been asked as well, and after the initial surprise, they'd begun to use Jack's newfound popularity amongst the girls for their own benefit. Kim was pretty sure she'd heard Jerry selling Jack's number to one girl for ten bucks.
In contrast, when the initial confusion had worn off for Kim, she had felt slightly annoyed by all the attention that Jack was now receiving. She wasn't annoyed with him, not at all. It was just frustrating that all these girls seemed to have claims on him now, when they hadn't given a second glance at him last year. She had been his friend before any of the them even acknowledged his existence. Now they were pushing her aside to try and get closer to him. Kim had every right to be annoyed about that.
It's not like she could bring this fact up to anyone. Grace would just tell Kim she was being jealous. Eddie, Milton, and Jerry would probably say the same thing, or they wouldn't understand at all. She definitely couldn't tell Jack, he would get the wrong idea. She wasn't jealous. Not at all.
Her micro mini crush on him definitely wasn't the reason for her annoyance. Definitely not. Plus, it was a little satisfying to know that none of them knew Jack as well as she did. None of them knew about how Jack's eyebrows would furrow together when he was concentrating or when he was annoyed. None of them knew about how his nose would wrinkle when he was embarrassed. None of them had ever seen him laughing in the most carefree way. None of them had ever seen the look of pure joy that graced his features when he landed a new move. None of them understood the determination on his face in a fight, and she was pretty certain none of them knew the feeling of his arms wrapped around them.
So there was definitely no reason for her to be jealous. Definitely not.
A/N: Hi :) I've been sick for the last three days, and I seem to have developed an affinity for rewatching all the Kickin' It episodes, and I figured I should try writing some stories again...it's been awhile and I'm rusty. Anyways, I'll be updating this with some one-shots sporadically. :) Review with any feedback or ideas you have for me!