Jerry's P.O.V
It was like the weight of the world on my shoulders. Everyone expected me to try harder and harder. I had finally excepted that I would never be as good as Jack. I just wanted to give up. I looked over and saw Jack showing off for everyone. As I contiued to punch a dummy. Kim noticed how sad I was. "Hey, Jerry!" She walked over to me. "Kim, I'm busy." I punched the dummy harder. "What's wrong?" Kim asked again. "Nothing, leave me alone." I punched the dummy again. "NO!" Kim punched my dummy's head off. "Well..." I said looking at the dummy head in the middle of the dojo. "...that was rude..." I finished. The whole dojo was staring at Kim and I. "Sorry Jerry, but really, what's up with you?" I didn't look at her, and I just sighed saying, "It's Grace." I lied. "Oh, well, okay." Kim said knowing that I was lying. "I'll see you dudes later." I said grabbing my bag and heading out of the dojo, there was no way in hell that I was going to tell Kim I liked her, I mean, she practicly belongs with Jack. I was not going to mess that up.
Kim's P.O.V
I was watch Jack practice, like always, but that's when I saw Jerry. He was being kinda rude so I knocked off the head to his dummy. He said Grace was the issue, but I didn't believe him. I guess I'll have to wait till tomorrow.
The Next Day
Jerry's P.O.V
I woke up and put on a shirt and jeans and went to school. Kim was leaning against her locker with Jack. So, I sighed and went to class. In Home Ec. Kim was my partner. "OK, so get the dough made Jerry we only have an hour!" I made the dough, knowing that I'd messed it up in some way. Kim mixed the dough and added choc. chips and we cooked the cookies and the teacher came by to try them. "These...are nasty, disgusting and every other word that means EW! You get a D!" Mr. Walksz (Made that up.) walked to another group. "I'm sorry Kim. I messed up." Kim knew that I had but she smiled instead. "It's oay, so did I!" She was trying to make me feel better. I could see the fury in her eyes.
Kim's P.O.V
Grace and I sat with the cheerleaders today. I didn't feel comfortable around the usual group. It was probably because of Jerry. I stabbed my meatloaf with my fork. "Grace? What's up with Jerry lately?" I said, remembering the talk Jerry and I had at the dojo. Grace looked at me, weirdly. "I have no clue, I asked him yesterday if he wanted to go see a movie, and he said NO." Grace said. "What! No way!" I said in shock. "Yeah, he said he liked someone else..." I looked around the cafetria, "Who?" I said looking everywhere for a girl out of Jerry's league. I turned around to see that Grace was staring right at me.