Alive and Well

~Convincing~

"Thank you for joining us." I heard Mrs. Kozuch greet. I nodded my head and lit it fall a little in embarrassment of attention. Once I made it to my seat, which was in the very back right corner, I plopped down and opened my book. I looked out the window in boredom. Okay, I'm usually not like this. I'm usually giving my teacher full attention, but when she teaches us the same thing everyday for two full weeks, it gets old. Fast. I look out and I remember all the memories we had with our friends and how we... protected them, for the most part. Then, the vivid memory was settling in my head. My eyes snap shut and I hear the pleading voices of many students,

*Flashback*

"KIM!" I whip around in hearing my name. About 20 students were banging on the glass front door of the school. I knew Jack was already escaped with our friends and they were fleeing to Jack's house. I let a tear fall and I raced away. I wanted to get them free but they ignore me all year and bully me then, when they are in a risky situation they come back to me for help. Tears overflowed my eyes and they painted my sweaty skin. Finally, with my lungs burning, my knees shaking, and my face crusty with sweat and tears, i made it to Jack's house. I opened the door and Jack stood there like he just arrived. He whipped around to me.

"Where are they?" Jack asked. My eyes widened.

"I thought they were with you!" he said scared. My eyes widened.

"You need to tell me these things!" I yelled and raced out the door. Jack sped to me and held me from going back.

"JACK! WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU DOING?! We need to go back and help them!" I felt his chest against my back move quickly as his breathing became short and quick. I felt him struggling to even keep himself back from saving our friends. I fell against him and just relaxed. He picked me up, set me on the wood floor right by the front door and then shut it. He sat in front of me and looked at me. Feeling his gaze on me I looked into his blue eyes. Tears fell onto his cheeks and his breathing wasn't slowing down. His eyes told me a thousand words that he's never said. My lip trembled as he just practically told me his life story in his eyes.

"Jack." I groaned and threw my arms around his neck. He hugged me back.

"KIM!" the teacher yelled. I jumped and looked at her, ever eye in the room was on me. I lost my breath quickly jumped up and without hesitation ran out of the room. I felt something fall out of my pocket but was too scared to look back. I raced out the door. As I ran, I heard my name and whipped my head around without stopping. Oh no. Someone in the classroom found it. I turn back and run into someone. I felt a strong grip around my waist and we never fell. I knew it was Jack from that.

"Kim! What happened?"

"We were in class then something happened then they were staring at me then they scared me-"

"Kim." he said wanting me to talk like a normal person.

"They found it." his eyes widened.

"How?!" He exclaimed in a yell-whisper.

"I ran out the room ignoring whatever fell out of my pocket." I relied mad at myself. I put my hands in my black jean pockets and it wasn't there.

"Jack Kim! Principal office. Now." We whip around and my teacher stood there hanging out of the class room. I turned back to Jack. His eyes gave me a reassuring happiness that I grinned to. He turned around as I did, grabbed my hand, and we walked into the office.

"So, what you're saying here is that, this is all fake?" Principal Savoija asked.

"Yah! It, you know, all is!" I replied in my usual, "Make stuff up as we go" voice. Jack's arm around my waist tightened and I looked up to him. My eyes widened at his gaze. I turned back to the principal.

"It's all real." I sighed. Just before she looked down to write things down I stopped her. I bolt up and put my hand under the tip of her pen. She looked up to my gaze annoyed.

"I think you'd want the whole story first." her eyes widened. We told her our story and what happened to us since that day.

:..:..Right Before Lunch..:..:

"Meet you in the lunch room." Jack whispered, lowering his chin onto my shoulder. I smiled and nodded. I walked up to my locker and started to stuff everything in.

"So," I heard the dreadful, barbie behind me. I closed my locker and with a groan turned to the one and only, Dona Tobin.

"What do you want Tobin?" I asked shrugging.

"You mean, what do you want?" I laughed and leaned against my locker just waiting for her to make a fool of herself. Too late, she already has!

"I know you and Jack are all," she hesitated trying to find a word as I nodded and acted like I had the greatest come back ever, which I did.

"Best friends and all, but you need to know something-"

"Actually no, no I don't." I started putting my hand in front of my nose and lips. Her barbies behind her had eyes the size of baseballs.

"First of all," I brought my hand down, "me and Jack are brother and sister," Dona's eyes widened with shock. "Second, I'm a very protective younger sister and I won't let Jack ever date a barbie like you, and third," I paused "You may want to change makeup some day because if you wear the same set every day, you'll start looking like a clown." her other friends snickered while holding back laughs.

"Oh wait," I started again, "You already do."

"UGH! C'mon girls." Dona said. She pushed me hard against my locker and I watched her leave. I pulled my hands down, since they were thrown over my head as Dona pushed me, when Jack came back into view. I turned to my locker and opened it shoving everything back into it's original spot.

"So," he started and leaned against the locker by me, "What's going on between you and french braid girl?" he asked. I glared at him. He laughed.

"Sorry, couldn't pass the moment." I smirked at his 'come back'.

"She just wanted to tell me to stay away from you." he looked at me.

"But I told her that we were siblings, and that I'd never let my brother date a barbie and that she should change her make up because she's look like a clown." he laughed and looked at me.

"And finished with the best finale," we both shut our lookers.

"You already look like one." he just chuckled and grabbed my hand as we walked into the lunch room.

"Do you really think it's true?!" I over hear Ember exclaim to her friends.

"What do you think they're talking about?" Jack whispered. I shrugged and we walked up to their table.

"So Kim," Ember said looking up at us, "Do you think the whole shabang about December 21 is real?"

"I don't think so." I replied laughing a little. Ember has always been... the techie of the group.

"Well. it's the 20 today and I'm sooooper excited." she said jumping up and down in her seat. I laughed.

"Have fun." I muttered as Jack and I walked away from them. Once we got our food, we sat down at a table where no one was. We usually never sat with anyone. It's been hard to trust anybody since that day.

"So, you told Tobin we were siblings?" Jack asked.

"Yah, besides, it's the perfect way to keep our cover." I replied as he looked down. Lunch went by pretty fast and so did our next two classes. I was in every class with Jack except for the third period and seventh. I hugged Jack then he walked to his class and I walked to mine. He always hugged me or told me it was going to be okay. I never trust anyone. Only Jack. I walked in and sat in the very back as usual.

"Okay everyone, today we're," I turned her out as I saw the teacher set a cookbook on the desk. Gah, I hate cooking. Then, out from the main road, I heard and saw an ambulance fly by. Everyone ignored it as if they never had any memories with one. I closed my eyes and tried so hard to listen but the memories kept coming back. I felt vibrating in my pocket. I looked to the teacher who was writing on the board. I instantly pull out my phone and read the text from Jack:

Don't freak out. It's okay.

I smiled and instantly put the phone back into my pocket. The class went by swiftly.

"So you survived then." I turned to Jack.

"Yes, yes I did." I replied dumping everything in my locker then pulling out the things I wanted for the weekend. After I shut the locker, me and Jack walked slowly waiting anxiously who would start first.

"That's it!" I yelled. I pushed him and let my skateboard down as we walked through the front doors.

"HEY!" he yelled. We raced and skated down the street and towards the mall. Once we reached the dojo, we slipped in un-noticed. I flipped on the lights as Jack locked the doors.

"Will we ever tell anyone the truth?" I asked as I sat on the bench. Jack turned into the training room and sat in front of me.

"I don't think we should. Not for another few years. We have to prove that we can live on our own and not get into any trouble." Jack replied. I smiled and hugged him. He hugged me back

R&R

~Lee:]