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Kim's POV
The best way to get Jack to trust me more is to get his friends to trust me. I decided to start with Eddie, since we had Home Economics together on Mondays. I slid into the seat next to his, earning a surprised look from him.
"Hi," I said bluntly, getting my stuff out of my bag.
"Uhh, hi Kim?" Eddie answered while looking a little confused. I understood really, I never really talked to them unless I was their partner on a project of something. "Not to sound rude but, what are you doing?" I turned a smile on him and he visibly jumped.
"Just sitting next to my favourite player," I said sweetly. His face lit up at the word player.
"Really? You think I'm a player?" I fought to keep the sincere smile on my face.
"Of course, now how about we start on today's project?" I said.
"What's the project?" Eddie asked, looking a little worried. I grinned.
"Cookies." My mom did always say, the fastest way to a mans heart was through his stomach.
The lesson went by really well, surprisingly enough. Eddie was actually a really nice guy and I actually had some really good conversations with him. He was also pretty good at baking. Once we were done cooking and our cookies had been graded (A+, Eddie was really happy since it was his first A in the class) I packed half of them into my plastic container while Eddie took the other half in his hands.
"This was fun Kim, we should work together more often," Eddie said, his mouth full of cookie. I giggled at the chip stuck on his bottom lip, flicking it off. He held up his half cookie. "Cheers to teamwork," he said and I butted one of my cookies with his.
We walked out together, still chatting as Eddie walked us over to his friends.
"Hey guys! Check out these awesome cookies me and Kim made!" he said excitedly, handing them out. Unfortunately he dropped Jack's before he could hand it to him. "Sorry Jack," he mumbled sadly, staring at the shattered cookie on the floor as someone stepped on it. Jack patted his shoulder.
"It's ok Eddie, I'm sure they were great." I handed him one of mine.
"Here," I said. He smiled, taking the cookie and biting into it.
"Wow, these are great! Thanks guys!" he said as he continued to eat it. I shrugged.
"Come on, I think we have Math now Milton." Milton looked a little scared as he emerged from the back of the group, crumbs on his mouth.
"Y-You want to walk with me?" he asked and I nodded.
"Sure, now lets go before we're late." at the word late Milton grabbed my arm and dragged me down the hallway. I would have laughed if not taken by such surprise. He was quite strong when he wanted to be.
He dragged me through the door and sat down at the front of the class. "The front? Seriously?" I asked and he nodded.
"Of course, it gets me seen by the teacher the most and-"
"And an easy target for spit balls," I finished and he shrunk in his seat, looking a little ashamed.
"That too unfortunately." I gave him a sorry smile.
"You know Milton if you sit just a couple rows back then the bullies who pick on you, the ones who come in late, will have to take the seats at the front that no one wants. That way they can't spit ball you without turning around and then you'll see them coming and they'll get caught." Milton's head tilted to the side.
"But what about the teacher?" he asked and I smiled.
"She'll wonder who's is the hand at the back and ask them since she'll probably think it's one of the dumber kids," I said. Milton smiled brightly, standing up and taking a seat one row from the back. I followed, taking the one next to him.
"Are you sure you want that seat? Bad things tend to happen to people who sit with me," he warned but I just shrugged.
"It'll be worth it," I said simply.
The rest of the class was boring, but Milton managed to make it go by a lot smoother. If I got stuck on a hard problem he helped me like it was 2+2. His brains were really helpful but he was smart in a lot of other ways too. He knew when to keep his head down and when to talk. He was also fashion smart (But only for girls-which worried me slightly), hair smart (Same thing) and family smart. He had the brains for everything (Except on girls, just on what they look like).
When the class let out, he ran excitedly over to his friends. "Guys, I didn't get hit with a spit ball once and it's all thanks to Kim!" he said in one breath. The others looked at me surprised, Jack and Eddie smiling while Jerry looked confused.
"Wait, why would she help?" he asked. All eyes turned on me.
"Because you guys are my friends," I said simply. Three pairs of eyebrows shot up while one just formed the expression into a smooth smile.
"See, I told you guys Kim was cool," he said. He talked about me? I almost blushed but managed to keep it down.
"Did you tell them about the other night?" I asked Jack and he nodded. Milton smiled.
"From Jack's telling, you were pretty good to him despite our dojo's feuding," this time I did blush.
"It was nothing," I said but Jack just shook his head with a humoured smile.
"Ok? Well I gotta go to English. Come on Jack," Jerry said as he walked off. Jack turned to me.
"You're in our class right?" I nodded and he smiled. "Come on, we'll go as a trio." I smiled slightly as I followed, Jerry letting me slip between them. As we walked I noticed Jerry hitting Jack's shoulder while pointing to a girl.
"Hey hey look, it's Kelsey man. Dude she is smokin'." I rolled my eyes at the downgrading way he described how pretty Kelsey was.
"How about instead of telling your guy friends about how 'hot' Kelsey is, you go up and say you couldn't help but notice how pretty she looks today." Jerry looked like I was speaking French.
"But what if she laughs at me?" he asked.
"She may laugh, but now she knows that you're paying attention to her. That's one of the things a girl wants most of all," I explained.
"Really?" him and Jack asked at the same time. I giggled as I nodded to both of them. Jerry rushed off to Kelsey.
"Hey Kelsey!" he called and she stopped. Me and Jack crouched behind some lockers near them. I could feel Jack's hands on my back as he leaned on me for balance. I could feel warmth creeping up my neck but I ignored it, choosing instead to watch Jerry. "I just wanted to say that I think you look exceptionally pretty today," he said with a smooth smile. Kelsey blushed while all her friends awed.
"Thanks Jerry, what made you notice?" she asked in a shy voice. Jerry's confident expression faltered and he quickly shot me a look. I motioned to my hair.
"Your hair, have you done anything different with it?" he asked and Kelsey smiled brighter.
"Yeah (that was so lucky) I can tell you on the way to English if you want?" she said, twirling a lock of hair around her finger. Jerry nodded, placing an arm over her shoulders as they walked away.
Jack and I slowly emerged from our hiding spot.
"That, was genius," Jack said. I shook my head.
"It was simple communication," I said and he shrugged.
The rest of the day I hung out with the guys, telling them stories, hearing their jokes and correcting them whenever they said something stupid in front of a girl. By the end of the day I think we all agreed that I made a pretty good friend.
We all walked to the mall, the guys offering to buy me something for all the help I gave them today.
"Guys really, you don't have to," I said but Jack insisted.
"Come on, you've helped us all today and you deserve something. At least let us get you a burger," he said.
"I'm not hungry. Maybe some other time," I said, which was the truth. He thought for a moment.
"A soda?" that did sound nice.
"Ok, sure." Jack smiled.
"Great, there's a soda machine in the dojo. Come on," he said as he pulled on my hand. I halted at the doors. "What's wrong?" Jack asked and I pointed at the Bobbie Wasabi sign.
"I can't go in, I'm not aloud." Jack raised an eyebrow.
"Why? Just because you're a Dragon?" I nodded. Jack chuckled. "Kim, we don't care that you're a Black Dragon. You're our friend." I felt a little stirring at the bottom of my stomach at the word friend. It didn't feel good though, I felt guilty.
"Ok," I mumbled, suddenly not feeling very happy. Jack lead me through and to an old soda machine standing near the door way to an office.
"Bobbie Wasabi's Kickin' It Lemonade?" I said and Jack chuckled.
"Yeah, it's really just limeade with an extra flavour," he explained, putting in four quarters that the guys all gave him. The can clunked down and Jack handed it to me. "You're soda M'Lady," he said while bowing slightly.
I couldn't help but giggle slightly as I took the soda, opening it and taking a gulp.
"Uh Kim I wouldn't…" but I was already coughing harshly from a burn at the back of my throat.
"What is that?" I choked.
"Ginger, that's the extra flavour," Jack said sheepishly while patting my back. "Better?" I nodded as Jack sat me down at one of the benches. As I sipped my soda, taking it slow this time, I watched Eddie, Milton and Jerry fumble around. I smiled at their goofy nature as they did a three way spar, resulting in all of them landing on the ground with a thud. I giggled while Jack chuckled. We were interrupted by a throat clearing and turned to see a short blond man in a sensei outfit. Jack smiled. "Rudy, this is K-"
"Kim Crawford, I know. She has to go Jack," he ordered and I stood up. I'm glad he was throwing me out, I didn't want a chance to get to know these guys any more when all I would be doing is hurting them.
"Rudy that's not fair!" Jack defended, standing up to face his sensei. My eyes widened at how disrespectful he could be to his sensei. I would never dream of doing something like that.
"I'm sorry Jack but as long as she's a Dragon, she's not welcome here," Rudy finalised. I bowed to him.
"Of course Sensei," I said before turning and walking out, placing my empty soda can in my bag. I'll throw it out later. I could hear Jack calling my name but I ignored him as I headed for my dojo.
"I'm sorry Sensei but I can't get further with the plan," I told him as he paced in front of me. He sighed.
"The contest is in three months and you need to earn their trust then break the boys heart," I flinched at the last part. I didn't want to break someone's heart, especially someone as nice as Jack.
"Well I can't continue as long as I'm a Dragon because the sensei won't trust me." Sensei turned to me, an unnatural glint in his dark grey eyes.
"Well we'll just have to fix that won't we?" he said and my heart dropped.
"You're…you're kicking me out of the dojo?" I asked, tears filling my eyes. The black Dragons might me heartless at times and Frank was getting on my nerves lately, but they had trained me to the black belt I am today.
"Not exactly. Call it a temporary leave of absence until the contest," I didn't like where this was going.
Can't wait for your amazing Reviews. If you can spot the Kickin' It name reference I added in I'll give you a shout out...and possibly a cookie made by Kim and Eddie :)
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