A/N This is just a short little story I wrote a few weeks ago. I was going to post it as a one-shot but it seemed a little too long. I decided to split it up into 2-3 chapters. I left off at a weird place, so right now I am just trying to find a way to end it on a somewhat good note.
Jack's POV
Kim ran in late to the dojo about 10 minutes late, again. Well, there's Kim for you, always fashionably late to practice. The guys and I started talking when Kim came back out. Still dressed in her clothes, she stomped to her locker and grabbed her gi.
"Wow somebody's mad," Jerry said.
"I wonder what's wrong?" I said. It's not super unusual for Kim to be mad, but she gets over things pretty fast.
Kim's POV
I walked into the locker room and was about the get dressed when I noticed my gi wasn't in my bag. I put my shirt back on and grabbed my stuff from my locker, as the boys all stopped talking and just stared at me. Then I got back into the locker room only to walk straight into a pole, great! Can today get any better?
I finished changing and stuffed everything back into the bag. I walked out of the locker room to see the boys still talking, but they turned their attention to me once again. I was about to give them a death glare when I slipped on some water. I put my hand down to brace myself. My hand gave out before I hit the ground, causing my head to hit first, hard. Then everything went black.
Jack's POV
We all turned towards Kim as she came out of the locker room when she slipped on something. She put her hand down but it didn't support her and she hit her head.
"KIM!" I shouted. I waited for her to pop up but she didn't.
I ran over to her and laid her down on a pile of mats, with her head resting on my lap.
"Kim, can you hear me?" I said.
"Oh no! What have we done!" Milton worried.
"Milton, we didn't do anything! She just slipped!" I reassured him.
"Yeah, that's what happened…" Jerry said as his voice got higher, an obvious indicator that he is lying.
"Jerry what did you do-" I started to say when Kim stirred slightly.
"Kim! Can you hear me?" I asked her.
She opened her eyes and looked around before seeing where she was. Once she did she bolted up, causing her to blackout again. As she started to lean dangerously far off the bench I pulled her back up. "Are you okay?" Milton asked.
"Do I look okay!?" She said, struggling to stand up. She threw a punch at Milton which he easily sidestepped and instead went straight into Jerry.
Kim's POV
Those boys were going down! Just as I was starting to regain balance and teach those boys a lesson I felt Jack grab my waist, pulling me away from Jerry.
"Kim, call down! It was a harmless joke," Milton said as I leaped out of Jack's grasp. I started to run after him when Jack constrained my arms to my side and put me behind him, so Milton and Jerry were safe. As he did so, I felt a shooting pain in the wrist I caught myself with.
"Ow!" I let out. Jack and I then sat down on a bench and the guys nervously came back.
"Are you okay Kim?" Jack asked me. I wanted to say I was okay, but it didn't come out. His voice was so comforting I could tell him anything, right?
I tried to get the words out, "I- I'm…" then I just couldn't help it. With everything going on, I started to cry. Yes, me, the girl who never cries, crying. It was uncontrollable so I just sat and cried. Jack hugged tighter while the others just looked at each other with blank faces.
Jack's POV
All the sudden Kim started crying. I looked at the other two but they just shrugged and took a step away.
After a few minutes when Kim had calmed down we had to know. "Kim listen, if it's about the water, Jerry and I are really sorry!" Milton told her.
"No, it's just, I've had an awful day! My dad called and he won't be home next week like he said and I already saved up money and bought our tickets to go to Disney! And then I failed my math test and I forgot my gi in the locker and I bumped my shin in the locker room. On top of all that I blacked out and now my wrist hurts!" She said as she fell into her sobs once more.
"Well dude, where is your dad?" Jerry asked.
"He's in Afghanistan, where he's been the past 2 years. I haven't seen him in forever and now he's not coming back!" Kim explained. "What if he never comes back?"
"Kim! Don't think like that, I'm sure he'll be home soon!" I tried to reassure her.
Just then Rudy walked in. "What's happening here?" He mouthed pointing to Kim.
Milton went over to tell Rudy what happened while I continued to help Kim. After a few minutes, she got up and leaned on me for support. I grabbed her wrist, forgetting she said it hurt. She cried out in pain and quickly pulled it away.
Kim's POV
As I stood up Jack tried to help by grabbing my wrist. It hurt so bad I had to pull it away and a cry escaped my mouth.
"I think it might be broken," I started to say. Jack took it more carefully this time and examined it.
"Rudy!" He called. "Can you look at Kim's wrist?"
"Sure, but what happened?" Rudy asked me.
I gave Jerry and Milton a glare before saying, "I fell."
"I see," he continued to look at it. "Well, how bad does this hurt?" He asked as he pushed down and bent my hand ever so slightly.
"OW! A lot! Rudy!" I yelled, yanking my hand away.
"Sorry, Kim! It's definitely broken, I think I have an extra brace, hold on." He told me as he ran into his office.
I sat back down and sighed. Rudy came out from his office empty-handed. "No brace?" I asked.
"Sorry, I couldn't find one. I'm sure they aren't that expensive at the store." Rudy told me.
"I have one! It's just at my house, but I can give it to you. I mean, if you want," Jack said.
"Sure, thanks," I told him.
"Okay, Kim, why don't you go home and get some rest and we'll see how you're doing tomorrow?" Rudy told me.
I have to admit, I was pretty tired. Maybe it was all that crying from earlier. Ugh, why did I have to cry? In front of all the guys too!
Jack's POV
"Do you want me to take you home? We can stop by my house to get the brace," I told Kim as she started to leave the dojo.
"Yeah. Thanks, about earlier. I don't know what happened, it just- came out." She explained.
"It's fine, I'm really sorry about your dad though." I started, not really knowing what to tell her.
We walked to my house and I led Kim to my room where the brace was. I had set it on my trophy shelf, as a reminder of the good times, we had in China. And that we beat Kai.
"Here. Give me your arm." I told her.
"Wow, you have a lot of trophies…" She said as I fidgeted with the brace. She kept rambling on and I kept tightening but it wasn't still too big.
"Uhhh- hold that thought," I told her.
"Jack, it's too big-"
"I know, I have another you could try," I told her while digging through my closet. Just then the big blue bear I had gotten for Jerry when he was at the hospital fell out. I quickly tried to stuff it back in but Kim was already pulling it out.
"Aww, is wittle Jackie embarrassed?"
"No… anyways here is the other brace." I tried it on Kim's wrist and this one fit just right.
"Thanks, Jackie." She said.
"No problem Kimmy," I told her. She glared at me for calling her Kimmy. Just then she threw a well-meaning punch with her injured wrist. I didn't want to block it and hurt her more, but she still punched me, in the ribs.
"OW!" She yelled.
"You probably shouldn't have done that," I said, helping her to sit on the bed as she smirked at my comment.
"Yeah, I guess I'm not used to having a broken wrist…"
"Should I walk you home?" I questioned.
"You could. With my luck though I'll probably trip in the way over, get locked out, and need to use the bathroom." She sighed.
It was really upsetting to see her like this. I gave her a hug and she rested her head on my shoulder.
"You could stay over a little longer if you'd like…" I suggested.
With that Kim and I watched a movie while we helped each other with homework. Really, more like Kim helped me with mine and I attempted and failed hers.
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