C is for Clueless

"WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU? YOU ASSWHOLE," Kim screamed at Jack when they walked in the dojo.

"Language, Kim," Sensei Rudy said to Kim. Kim glared at him.

"I DON'T CARE. JACK IS THE STUPIDEST PERSON IN THE WORLD!" Kim ran out of the dojo. Rudy looked at Jack.

"What did you do?" Rudy asked. Jack shrugged.

"I don't know! We were at school and I saw the new girl, Lesley, and I said that she seems nice and she looks kinda cute. Then Kim got all mad," Jack explained. Rudy sighed.

"Jack, you are so clueless!" Rudy blurted out. Jack looked confused.

"What?" he asked. "What did I do? You're just like Kim."

"She's jealous," Rudy said calmly. Jack was still confused.

"What? Why would she be jealous?" Jack asked. Rudy shook his head.

"You're impossible," Rudy walked away.

"Wait, Rudy. Kim's jealous of Lesley? Wow, that's kinda lame," Jack said. Rudy shook his head.

"Are you really that rude? Kim likes you! That's why she got all mad,"Rudy explained. Jack's eyes widened.

"Oh," he said quietly. "She likes me?"

"Yes, she does. She told me herself. She was too scared to tell you because she was scared of rejection. She also told me not to tell y- oh snap," Rudy blurted out.

"What?" Jack asked.

"Nothing," Rudy squeaked.

"Kim was scared of being rejected?" Jack repeated.

"OH FOR THE LOVE OF PETE STOP REPEATING THINGS. YESS OK? SHE WAS. AND SHE KNOWS YOU DON'T FEEL THE SAME WAY SO WHY DON'T YOU JUST GO HURT HER AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN!" Rudy shouted. He didn't see Kim by the door. A tear came out of her eye. She whimpered and they looked at her.

"Oh no," Rudy mumbled. "Hey Kim!" He said weakly.

"Kim, I-" Jack started.

"Rudy! Why did you just- why did- how did-" Kim stammered.

"I know but he was being-"

"Kim, I really didn't know-" Jack was cut off again. Kim ran outside, and didn't turn around when they called her name

"What have I done?" Jack muttered. "KIM!" Jack ran outside after her. He caught up with her and grabbed her by her arm.

"Kim, stop. Please I need to talk to you," Jack panted. Kim struggled to get out of his death grip.

"Jack, let go!" Kim kept trying to pull away. Jack kept his hand on her arm.

"Kim, I'll let you go in a sec, just let me say something. I don't really like Lesley. I just said that to make you jealous. I'm not that stupid, I know you were jealous. And, now that I realize what I did, I shouldn't have. I shouldn't have hurt you, Kim. It's not worth teasing you if you're going to get really mad at me and stop talking to me, so... I'm sorry," Jack finally said quietly. Kim's eyes widened. They first looked confused, then hurt, then angry.

"So you just did that to make me jealous?" Kim asked, getting angrier. "WHO THE HELL WOULD DO THAT?"

"I'm sorry Kim, I just wanted to have some fun, but I realized it wasn't fun at all," Jack said honestly, noticing how mad Kim was.

"Fun," Kim repeated softly. "FUN? YOU THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE FUN? WHAT ABOUT ME?"

"Look, I'm sorry, I've repeated that a thousand times," Jack apologized again. "Why are you getting so mad anyway? I told you it was a joke. I don't actually like Lesley."

"I know, and that's a good thing," Kim said smugly.

"A good thing? And why is that?" Jack asked. "Well, maybe I do like someone. Actually I do."

"What? Who?" Kim snapped. "I mean, uh. Fine. Like who you want to like. But who is this girl?"

"Aww, Kimmy a little jealous?" Jack teased. She glared at him. "Well, she's blonde. I never really liked blondes, but when I saw her, my heart just stopped. Her laugh is adorable, and her smile is beautiful."

"Oh, ok," Kim said quietly. She was a little jealous, but she didn't want Jack to know.

"She's also really sweet, but when she's provoked, she will hurt you," Jack added. "She has the cutest brown eyes, and she's also a second degree black belt."

"Wait what?" Kim was confused. She was blonde, she had brown eyes, and she has a second degree black belt... wait what?

"Uh, I gotta go," Jack said quickly and ran off.

"No wait, Jack, are you talking about... me?" Kim asked. Jack looked down, "Uh, yeah. I'm sorry about everything I did. But yeah, I really like you."

"Really? Well um, I like you too," Kim replied, blushing.

"C'mon, I wanna take you somewhere," Jack said taking her hand.

"Where?" Kim asked curiously.

"My favorite place. You're the only one I'm going to show it to. No one else has ever seen it, and I want you to be there with me," Jack said smiling. Kim grinned, "Sure." She bit her lip. Jack took her by the hand and walked hand in hand.