Hello my Karate Kickers! This is the 4th chapter and this will take place in Paris. This will also be the chapter Kim's plan is revealed and the episode where her plan fails since something else happens. This episode also has the real reason behind Jack's cocky attitude and why the guys quit and disappeared. I'll leave it at a sad, kind of romantic moment if you don't mind. Since I'm getting quite a bit of reviews for each chapter, can we get to 50 reviews? That would be awesome! Anyway, you probably want to read the chapter now, so read and review! Oh and there is a minor swear and I'm not sure whether to change this to T or not. If I need to, let me know and I'll change the rating. Oh and this episode is a bit emotional.
KIM'S POV
Paris is amazing! I look around at the airport. Even though it's only an airport, I want to see as much as possible. Even if it's an airport, every moment is going to be spent taking in the sweet wonderfulness of Paris. Plus, the competition starts in 3 days so I want to see as much as Paris as possible before my mind gets stuck on winning.
Plus, I need to get my plan into action. If Jack is trying to break my heart, then I will just have to make it unavailable. You see, my best friend Chris lives here now. He moved a few years ago. Anyway, he agreed to pretend to be my boyfriend to see what Jack will do. Although I've told everyone except the boys, Chris isn't a very good actor. I hope he's gotten better because me and him were video chatting 3 days ago and we tried acting like a couple, but he wasn't very good. Hopefully, he can pull it off. If not, one of the girls or Rudy will cause a distraction.
When we get off the plane, Donna immediately runs to Jack and hits me. I just ignore her and look around for Chris. When I see him, I run to him with my arms wide open. "Chris!" I call out to him, and he embraces me in a big hug. Everyone looks at us, and I can see Jack has a grossed and jealous look on his face. I give him a smirk and focus my eyes on Chris.
"I missed you…" Chris says to me, and I give him a wide grin.
"Kim? Who's this?" Jack asks me, giving Chris a glare. I raise my eyebrow and give him a look that if you saw it, you could tell someone seems jealous. If that look even exists.
"This is Chris. My best friend, and boyfriend of 3 years. Do you have a problem with that Jack? Cause in case you've forgotten, you have a girlfriend!" I tell him, staring at the Blitzy Barbie, as the airplane attendant quoted it, who happened to be repainting her nails. That's the 5th time in 2 hours. Maybe she should get better nail polish.
Jack just shakes his head and makes his way to the luggage carousel to get his suitcase, and retrieve Donna's 3 suitcases since she won't bother to get them herself. I guess she didn't get the memo when Rudy said "Pack light!" and I bet you she has her whole closet in them judging from the size.
I see Jack struggling to carry the 4 suitcases and I look at my 1 suitcase. Sighing, I walk over and take two of Donna's suitcases and roll them. Jack gives me a puzzled look but I ignore it and give Donna her 2 suitcases with Jack carrying the other one. She gives me a rude look and grabs her suitcases and walks over to Jack. She takes the one he has and gives him a kiss on the cheek. I roll my eyes and walk over to where everyone else is standing.
"Okay, if Donna stares at Jack all dreamy eyed and that crap, I swear I'm going to puke all over her platinum blonde hair, take a picture of her and post it on Facebook…" Grace mutters, shooting Donna a dirty look.
"Oh I would love for that to happen…if only I could cut her hair until it becomes a boy cut. Then I'm sure she wouldn't be straitening it any time soon." I say back to her, and before I can say anything else, Jack pulls me towards a corner.
"What the heck are you doing? I was talking to Grace!" I hiss at him. He just ignores me and pulls me closer. I push him away and he gets frustrated.
"Anyway, why did you help me? I thought you hated me." he tells me, pointing at an old man carrying Donna's 3 suitcases while she puts on lipstick.
"I still hate you, but it looked like you needed help And trust me, that's a rare occasion, since you usually do stuff my yourself, so I decided to help" I say to him, looking for anyone to get me out of this awkward conversation. Violet's still reading Mockingjay, Donna's still putting on lipstick, Kelsey and Rudy are looking over our hotel brochure, Jerry and Eddie are gobbling down croissants from a stand nearby, and Chris is flirting with Grace. Wait a sec… FLIRTING WITH GRACE! I groan and stare at him. Looks like my plan didn't work.
"Looks like Chris is cheating on you. If that was a plan you came up with, then it certainly didn't work." Jack smirks, and I punch him in the arm.
"OW! What the heck! What was that for?" Jack yells at me and I wince as he slaps me across the face.
"For stating the obvious dufus! Anyway, you knew?" I ask him and I close my eyes and wait for another blow. But nothing happens. Instead, Jack has glassy eyes. He looks like he's gonna cry, and Jackson Drew Anderson never cries! Not even when he fell off his skateboard and broke his arm when he hit it on the side of the fountain. Even I would have cried!
"Yes. I knew. But why? Why did you do that?" he asks me, his eyes still glassy.
"I heard you and Ty talking. And…wait…I'm not telling you until you tell me why you and the guys quit, then left…" I tell him, and he turns angry.
"Look, I don't want to talk about it…okay? Just leave it. I don't want to talk about it…" Jack replies, giving me a dirty look that I can't ignore.
"Look, I've waited a long time for you to come back, and now that you have, I want to know why you left! And I intend on finding out…one way or another. Whether it's from your mouth or from someone else's mouth…" I warn him, but stop when a tear escapes from his face.
"I'll tell you…okay?" he asks me, and I only nod.
"Look, it's a long story, so I'll minimize it…Ty came to each of our houses, telling us to meet him at the Black Dragons dojo and if we didn't, he'd hurt someone that was really special. So we agreed. The next night, we went to the dojo. Then he erased part of our memory and changed some stuff. He made me all cocky, he wiped out some of Milton's smartness, killed Jerry's dancing skills, and made Eddie's food craving so small, he attempted to starve himself. Anyway, everyone's gotten over them…except me. So Ty took us all away and forced us to join the Black Dragons. And now we're back. And I'm hoping you'll forgive me…" Jack says, and more tears escape from his eyes.
I stare at him for a bit. Then shake my head.
"I'm sorry, but I can't. Look, I would, but I'm not going to. I know about the deal. And I know when you say deal, you mean it. And knowing you are going to follow the deal, I can't trust you anymore. I'm really sorry." I tell him, and walk away with tears stinging in my eyes. I completely ignore Jack's calls and walk out of the airport and onto the sidewalk. I walk to our hotel since it's only a 10 minute walk and cabs are quite expensive. I want to spend my money on clothes and souvenirs.
Jack keeps on calling me, but I ignore him. I have to intention of talking to him again after I left him all sad. I keep walking, since nothing Jack can say will make me stop. I'm still walking away but I hear Jack say something.
"I'm breaking the deal! You wanna know why?"
I keep walking, completely ignoring him and trying to stop tears from spilling down my face. It's a bit cloudy which isn't helping me at all. Or my mood. I stop to tie my shoelace and look around. I haven't gotten very far though. I turn around and Jack is still running after me. I quickly dash onto the road and pass through the busy streets. That's when I start crying. Tears spill from my eyes like a waterfall. And it starts raining right after, so it's even worse. I almost don't catch the last thing Jack says but I do. And when I do, I stop and stare at him. I quickly shake my head and walk away, leaving a sad and angry Jack standing on the parking lot.
When I get to the hotel, I check in and walk into my room. It's huge so the girls share it with me. It has 5 king size beds, 2 flat screen televisions and 2 bathrooms. It also has a huge balcony that overlooks the Eiffel Tower. Wonderful. Just wonderful. I can see tons of boutiques as well. Perfect places to shop this evening when the rain stops and I've settled in. Kelsey and Grace have gone to the lobby to find cute bellboys, and Julie went to the library to improve her French vocabulary. This is supposed to be a fun and a bit competitive vacation. Not a "try to add as much school related stuff as possible" vacation.
Violet is watching The Hunger Games on the 2nd television. I swear, if she was a guy, she would want to marry Suzanne Collins! I mean, she loves her! Like, OMG SUZANNE COLLINS IS THE BESTEST WRITER IN THE WIDEST OF WORLDS! But of course, she would never talk like that. She's a lot smarter than that. Thank goodness Donna gets her own room. I would never want to room with that blonde. Even though I am a blonde, Donna goes past the blonde scale. She's the "OMG, MY DADDY CAN AND WILL BUY ANYTHING I WANT SINCE I'M SUPER RICH AND I'VE GOT A BOYFRIEND! HAHAHAHA! I'VE GOT A BUTLER AND 12 MAIDS. ONE FOR EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK." type of blonde. Reminds me of London Tipton. But even that girl had heart! Donna's is dark and is oozing black blood at this moment.
I join in with Violet. At the end of the movie, there are fresh tear stains on my cheeks and on the pillow from the part about Rue. Kelsey and Grace come back with 5 phone numbers each, and Julie comes back, being able to speak fluent French. I name her as my translator and speaker since I haven't had time to look over my French speaking skills. I know a lot of French since my mom taught me, but I'll need Julie in case there are words I don't understand. And the French speak really fast.
After 3 hours, it's time for bed. Everyone has fallen asleep except me at around 1:00am. I can't stop thinking about what Jack said. He can't mean it…can he? It's not possible. People fall for Jack, not the other way around…but still, I can't believe it. I finally fall asleep, but Jack's 4 words are in my head. And they will be for a while.
"Because I Love You…"
And there you have it! The 4th chapter. So lets get to 50 reviews! WOOT WOOT! Hehehe, sorry bout that. Anyway, review and hopefully we get to 50. And I have some news. Even if I do get to 50 reviews, I might not be able to post a new chapter tomorrow. You see, my Grade 6 Graduation is tomorrow, and one of my classmates has invited everyone to a party after it, so I won't be back home until around 6:30 to 7:00pm. I will try to write a bit of chapter 5, but I probably won't post it until Thursday or Friday. So tata my Karate Kickers. And see you on Thursday!
Forever Yours,
Hiruthika