Getting Back A Lost Love
Preface/Chapter One
Preface-Part I
"Promise me this will be a secret between us," Kim said as she slid her shirt over her torso
"I promise, Kimmy," Jack smiled as he said it.
"And we'll go to being best friends, just like before this happened."
Kim hugged Jack and Jack held her tightly.
"There's one thing I'm not comfortable with, though," Jack said.
Kim lifted her head from Jack's shoulder.
"What is that?" her voice trembled and she wondered what it was that bothered him.
"The wasabi code. We're not being honest with the rest of the wasabi warriors.
We'll be breaking the code that we live by."
Kim hid her face in his shoulder again and sighted, letting out a shaky, relieved laugh.
"Why are you laughing?" Jack asked, tightening his grip on Kim as if it would make sure she wasn't crazy. "I'm serious, Kim. I mean it, what are we going to do?"
She raised her head from his shoulder with a smile on her face.
"We don't tell them, it's that easy. I thought it was going to be worse."
"But-" he started, but was caught off by Kim putting her hand over his lips.
"But nothing, mister. If we don't bring it up, then we won't have to lie about it. Got it?"
He nodded and put a hand under her chin, lifting it.
"You're so smart," he said as if he were in a trance. He kissed her forehead lovingly.
Kim laughed nervously, her heart beating fast.
"Thanks," she said, then added, "I know."
Jack hugged her tightly and and she hugged him back with all the strength she had.
"Come on, lets clean up," she said and glanced at the bed.
Jack let go of her and she of him, but she could still feel his arms around her, holding her tightly and lovingly.
As Kim moved the blankets around she noticed that the mess was much more than she had anticipated.
"Jack, we need to wash this, get the... blood out of them and... get the smell of," she cleared her throat in embarrassment and discomfort, "sex to go away."
She surveyed the scene and felt Jack's arms hug her waist from behind and rest his chin on her shoulder, also surveying the mess.
"We'll need, um, Clorox and air freshener and a new set of blankets. We have to do all of it before your mom comes home."
They only had two hours.
As Kim began to bunch up the blankets she noticed a substance on the floor.
"Oh, crap."
"What?" Jack asked.
She pointed at the brown carpet.
As they began to work, something popped up in her mind.
"Jack," she said, "if you're mind's not at rest, about breaking the the wasabi code, just know that he guys wouldn't really enjoy hearing about us in bed."
Jack grinned from ear to ear.
"You just don't want them to hear about all he sounds and words the almighty Kim said." He laughed as Kim started turning red. He put his mouth next to her ear and whispered, "I'm glad I was he one that made you feel those things."
He made a noise that sounded like a cat meowing.
She turned around and buried her face on his chest to hide her laughter.
XxX
"Are you sure?" the girl on the phone said, anxiously waiting for the answer.
"I got five tests, Grace. They all say the same thing. I'm positive," Kim said.
"Meet me somewhere private so we can talk," Grace said.
XxX 20 Minutes Later XxX
As the girls sat down on opposite sides of a booth (which was in a quiet, not very crowded restaurant), Grace notices Kim's puffy red eyes.
After the hostess left them alone, Grace said, "Okay, Kim, spill."
"I dont even know where to start," she said.
"When did it happen?" Grace asked.
"About five or six weeks ago."
"It was your first time, right?" she asked to confirm that her friend hadn't hidden anything else from her.
"Yeah."
As Grace took it in, what she had been wondering became something she needed to know or she would die.
"Who?"
Kim didn't need to ask her what she meant, she immediately knew.
"Let's see," Kim said, tapping her her chin as if she was thinking. "He's one of my best friends from my dojo." Kim could see how much her friend wanted to know in her face and how she was leaning forward. "His name starts with a 'j'."
Grace digested the information hungrily.
"Okay, keep going."
"Followed by an 'a'."
"Jack?" Grace asked with wide eyes.
"Yeah, him. Who do you thought it was? Jerry? Gross." Kim made a face at the thought of doing what she had done with Jack with Jerry. It was not a pretty thought, and something she couldn't imagine either.
The waiter came along and they ordered food. When he left to get their food, Grace broke the silence.
"So... when are you going to tell him? What are you going to do wih the baby?
Are you guys secretly dating or something?"
"We're not dating, Grace. We did it wih no thought beyond it. Living in the moment, ya know. I'm not going to tell him about my predicament. I have a plan. But you asked something else right? What was it?"
"I asked what you're going to do with he ba-" Grace was cut off by the people coming with the food.
Kim told her her plan over dinner.
As they got up and left the restaurant, Grace said, "So does his mean it's a definte? Can't I even try and change your mind?"
"I'm sorry, Grace, but yeah. I think that it'll be the best for everyone."
"So," Grace drew out the word the word. "Are you going to keep the baby, give it up for abortion or abort it?"
Kim smacked her friend's head.
"I think that I pretty much made my decision clear."
Grace glared at Kim and Kim gave her a half-hearted glare back.
"And what is that decision? I still am confused. Is that a crime?" Grace complained.
"I already ruled out abortion. I'm still thinking about it, though I'm leaning toward keeping it."
"Hmm," Grace said and hooked her arm onto Kim's.
A couple minutes passed by in silence as the two girls walked to Kim's house.
"Wow. It must be a lot to take in, huh?" Grace said.
Kim nodded.
"On the bright side," Grace continued, "I get to be an aunty. Yay!"
Kim rolled her eyes at her best friend's enthusiasm and smiled.
"You have to let me see all of the ultrasounds and everything," Grace continued.
"Of course," Kim replied. "You'll be my kid's godmother..." then to ** her off, Kim added, "if someone better doesn't come along that is."
Grace narrowed her eyes at her and Kim laughed.
"I'm just kidding, Gracie. You're my best girlfriend."
The girls talked and talked until they fell asleep. By the time Kim started dozing off, her best friend had planted a little seed in her head that quickly grew. That seed was that having a baby might actually be a good thing.
XxX
Two weeks after Kim found out she was pregnant, she glanced around he house a last time. She made sure to have pictures of everything and everyone in the house (and of course her friends).
She would miss her family, but it was worth it. Her parents wouldn't support her and the kids at school would endlessly tease her, especially since she was the head cheerleader. She wouldn't be able to do karate and Jack...oh Jack, she didn't even want to think of her best friend. She already missed him too much.
She brought her suitcases and bags to the front door. She waited for her taxi and clutched Mr. Wuvy-Dovey (a gift from Jack) to her chest.
Kim met Grace at the airport.
The two planned how they were going to keep in contact without anyone finding out. Grace said she would find a way to visit her and be there fir her whenever she needed her. The time finally came for Kim to leave and for the girls to say goodbye. Grace cried as they hugged but Kim cried when she was alone. She cried for Grace, for her parents and brother and her friends... and Jack and her tiny little baby.
Oh, Jack, if only you knew what's going on through my head. As her plane took off, she rubbed her stomach for the first time and thought of a little Jack forming in there.
But for a new life, she had to pay a high price-to leave her old life behind.
Preface-Part II
Jack got a call from Mrs. Crawford. She sounded so sad and broken that Jack's heart broke at the thought of what might have happened to Kim.
'Please let Kim be okay. Please let Kim be okay,' he said this in his head over and over again, like a prayer.
Jack got to Kim's house and was greeted by Tyler, Kim's brother.
Mrs. Crawford explained that Kim might had probably ran away, but she couldn't open the letter that Kim left until everyone she wanted to be present was present.
Eddie, Milton, Jerry and Grace were already there.
Jack took the note from Mrs. Crawford's hand and read it twice. Not getting the meaning of any of the words the first time around.
XxX
The note said:
Dear Mother of Mine,
In the envelope there is an explanation why I am not here with you, but please gather my friends first. Their names are Jack, Grace, Eddie, Jerry and Milton.
I also want you to get Daddy and Rudy (my sensei) on speaker phone, as they will probably not be able to be there.
I left the cellphone numbers on the back of this paper. Please remember I love you and don't be too impatient as to open the envelope before time.
Love,
Kim.
XxX
As the night progressed, Grace wanted to speak out her and Kim's secret. She didn't because she promised her she would never say a word of her plan, but the others' pain was almost too much for her to handle.
The letter was something that was also read various times as none of them except Grace wanted to believe what was written on the paper.
XxX
The letter said:
Hello,
me again.
Here's the deal: I have ran away (I never thought I'd be one to say, or rather write that). Do not feel bad about this. I have ran away to a safe place. I have a good feeling about this. I have left because of my own actions and their consequences.
My wording may not be the best, but when I come back to Seaford (which I promise I will sometime in the future) I will explain everything.
You can email me and leave me texts and stuff if there is an emergency or if you want to talk to me but I won't reply.
To Eddie, Jerry and Milton: by the time I come back you guys better have a black belt, or at least that you have won a couple. Even though you guys are total goofballs, you guys are three of the best friends I've ever had and hope that when I come back we will still be good friends :). You guys are like brothers to me. Don't forget that. (Seriously, don't. I might find a way to beat you guys up over the Internet ;).)
To Grace: please take over the cheer team for me please? Since I won't be able to beat Donna's butt, I would love it if you do it for me ;). (Oh and email me about it. If you have pictures, it'll be all the better.) Love ya for always being here for me and keeping my secrets safe. See ya when I see ya sista :D.
To Rudy: you are the best sensei in the world (even though you aren't all that serious, which makes you fun to be around :p ). Please never change. I hope that someday I'll be able to tell my children about you and have them go to our dojo :) and I hope that when I come back I'm not too behind and welcomed back into our dojo :). Good luck with everything and please don't forget me soon ;).
To my parents: don't worry about me and remember that I love ya with all my heart. I'll be fine and I hope this isn't too ** you. Remember I'll be back before you know it :)
To Tyler: be a good boy for mom and dad. If you aren't, you know Daddy'll kick your skinny white ** for me.
To Jack: I remember the first days that we met every time I'm in a bad spot or having a rough time. My favorite parts? When I got to threaten everyone who dared to suggest I had a crush on you and when I got to join the Bobbi Wasabi dojo. Like everyone else, I hope you forgive me and we can still be friends when I get back (whenever that is). You taught me many things that I'll always remember. You've always encouraged me to try new things (even when you did it indirectly), like the catch the apple with your foot trick. Remember? I love ya and please don't forget me. (Oh and don't let the the beginning of that sentence get to your head or your big ego ;).)
Well, that's all everyone. I'll be back before you know it :).
Love,
Kim.
P.S. Uh, guys, I forgot to say that I got almost everyone extra early Christmas presents. (Sorry Tyler and Rudy.) They got tags and they're in my closet and under my bed.
XxX
Kim got Jack a skateboard she knew he would love. She got Eddie pine cone air fresheners and a Falafel Phil's gift card. To Milton she gave a new outfit that had a note that said: I hope they fit and they look well :). To Jerry she gave a dancing video game. And to her parents she gifted a photo album full of family pictures and a couple photos of her and her friends.
Jack asked Mrs. Crawford for one that was of just the two of them before she went on stage with Ricky Stinkin' Weaver. Mrs. Crawford smiled although she was crying and handed it to him.
After eight, everyone went their separate ways.
Jack thought often of his best friend who was no longer in Seaford.
He often wondered why she had left, and even as the time passed, he
remembered their good times together a lot. Especially when they decided that nobody was better to give such a precious piece of themselves but each other. They had been each other's first times, and even though Jack had been close to getting that close to his girlfriend, he always felt that it wasn't right. When he did this, he remembered their night together. It had been so special and wonderful nobody else could ever replace that.
He slowly, unwillingly forgot about Kim almost completely until that fateful afternoon.
Preface-Part III
Kim's pregnancy went smoothly except when she was about four or five moths along when she almost had a miscarriage.
It had been two years or so since she had flee her home and was now living with her aunt back in Tennesse.
The day of her car crash she had been in a hurry.
She had been taken by surprise. She had never expected to be in a car crash, just like she had never expected to be a teenage mother.
Just as Kim blacked out, she caught sight of her baby and thought, 'please don't let her be harmed.'
XxX
It had been a hot summer afternoon. Jack had casually been watching tv when a woman pounded on his front door.
He opened the door after he put a shirt on.
The woman said his full name and asked him if that was him.
He nodded.
"Ms. Kim Crawford said you would take care of her," she said and pointed to the backseat of her car, where a dirty blonde head could be seen, "in case anything bad ever happened to her."
'What? Kim?' Jack thought. 'Why would she want me to take care of a girl I've never met before? What happened to her? If I have to take care of a girl then something really bad must have happened to her. Wait, I'm taking care of a girl? How is this happening so fast?'
Concern and confusion turned his body numb.
The dirty blonde-headed girl turned around, opened the window, waved and smiled. The thing was that the girl wasn't some random little girl. She had Kim's smile
XxX
Author's Note:
I hope you guys like that cuz I sure as heck spend a really long time writing it. I usually won't make my chapters this long, just the first chapter.
This is my first multi-chapter fanfic in the Kickin' It section so wish me luck and tell me your thoughts.
If you don't know who Mr. Wuvy-Dovey is, check out my one-shot: I Wuv You Very Much. (Reviews are appreciated.)
If I have fifteen or more reviews by March 15, 2012 or earlier, I, emeralgreenlove, hereby promise I will update by then.
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