A/N:

Hey guys! Pretty slow update, I know. My laptop is being just a little slow. I'm powering through the small glitches though so it's all good. By the way, can someone teach me how to make a line break? Last chapter was so messy and confusing and icky because I can't line break.

ON A TOTALLY OTHER NOTE, 14 REVIEWS! My heart literally burst looking at that. I am so happy right now! Yay! This story is definitely my favorite that I have ever written and I feel like it's a bit more mature than my others. It's getting better as it goes on so thank you guys so much for everything! You're literally like my second family and I don't know any of you! Drop me a PM by the way! I have no school tomorrow and I feel lonely XD

One more thing, I have a 7th grade Outdoor Ed trip from Wednesday to Friday. No electronics. I'll try to update over the weekend though because I'll probably have no homework this week. So sorry if I don't update any more this week. I will DEFINITELY try.

DISCLAIMER: I do not own any songs used in this chapter. I also don't own Kickin' It.

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God.

Kim loved God. The concept of Him. It wasn't like Kim was 100% sure she believed in God. She knew for a fact, though, that she believed in something. Something somewhere that gave her strength.

Kim knew her mom believed in God. Her brother believed in Him for the most part. Kim? She just found it interesting. She loved The life that everyone put into praying. Whenever Kim walked into that building, she felt the love radiating off of everyone's skin.

It was a big family. A big diverse family. Blacks, Hispanics, Caucasians, Asians, everyone. They all gathered in that church and celebrated the one thing that always made Kim happy.

So walking down the dirt path to that building, Kim wore a bright smile. She didn't smile a lot. She smiled when she was with her family. When someone was nice to her. When she watched old videos of her and her dad.

When she met Jack.

He wasn't something to focus on though. What Kim was focusing on right then, was church.

When she walked in the congregation was already in full swing. Her family sat down in a row near the back. The pastor wore a cheeky smile, his robe fitting his rounder shape perfectly.

"We gather here today, to worship the Lord!" (I don't go to church but I love the concept of it. I've only been once and I loved it. It was when I was little though so I don't really know how any of it starts off. By the way, this isn't to offend any other religions. I LOVE ALL OF YOU! Whether you're Jewish, an atheist, or not even a religion. Remember that! You all rock :D)

The organ began to play louder and louder as he spoke. Eventually one of her favorite songs started up. They barely played it in church, but when they did everyone went silent. Kim closed her eyes and hummed to it. There were no vocals but even without vocals it was beautiful.

When she opened her eyes she noticed everyone staring at her. Had she sang by accident?

Oh crap.

A woman walked down the aisle to stand next to her. The woman's hand was out offering an opportunity to sing the song for the church. Kim would've said no.

If it wasn't music.

She loved music. And this was her favorite song. How could she say no? So Kim smiled in return and got up from her seat.

The music started over again In a perfect loop. Kim breathed in, closed her eyes, and started.

"There's a song that's inside, of my soul. It's the one that I've tried to write over and over again…"

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Kim shivered a little as the wind blew through her straight blonde hair. Her mom and little brother were inside the church socializing. She opted to go outside to be alone. Singing in front of a church wasn't her thing.

She couldn't figure out why she did it. Obviously something was fogging over her brain.

Her bare feet dangled over the side of the bench she was sitting on. She had taken off her flats after the service, preferring comfort to fashion.

"You were really good," a voice said.

Kim jumped, scared.

"Jack! You scared the living grits out of me!" Kim shrieked.

Jack just smirked and took a seat next to her. His tie was out and the first button on his shirt was unbuttoned.

Kim had to admit he looked pretty cute with his hair all messed up like that. He was laid back and calm. She liked him more that way.

"You don't strike me as that type, you know," Jack said after a minute of silence.

Kim raised her eyebrow. That type?

"The type to do what?" she asked.

Jack ran his fingers through his hair. He didn't know how she would react. He knew Kim to have a short temper.

"The type to go to church, sing in the choir, and…I don't know…be…"

"Normal?" she suggested.

Jack shrugged. Maybe that was the word he was looking for. Kim wasn't normal. She chose to stay away from people, she wore different clothes than the other girls, yet she still managed to be perfect.

Jack shook his head, as If knocking those thoughts out of his head.

"I haven't seen you at church before. Is this your first time coming?" he asked.

Jack was desperate to switch the subject. He could tell Kim was uncomfortable talking to him about stuff like that anyway.

"No. I'm just usually in the back. I'm not actually part of church choir, you know," she replied.

Jack nodded. The sun was still out. It was bright and as he looked at Kim, he noticed it reflected off her face. It almost made her look like magic.

"Beautiful," he whispered.

Kim turned to look at him with widened eyes as he blushed a deep red.

"I m-meant the s-sun um…yeah," Jack stuttered out.

And for one of the first times, he saw Kim Crawford smile. A full out grin.

"Sure," she teased.

So Jack smiled back. As Kim and he gazed at each other, smiling, he felt his brain get fuzzy.

So much for not falling for her.

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"Jack, that doesn't count!" Kim called out.

She and Jack had raced across town. Jack, however, cheated and took a shortcut.

"I think it does, Kimberly!" he teased.

Kim rolled her eyes. Jack and she weren't technically friends. But she felt safe in his presence.

She almost trusted him. As absurd as it sounded. Once Kim caught up with him, she punched his arm.

"Ow! Was that really necessary?" he cried.

Kim smiled sinisterly.

"Did it cause you pain?"

Jack nodded in response, rubbing his arm gingerly. Kim broke out into a full-fledged grin.

"Then yes, it was necessary," she laughed,

Jack rolled his eyes at the blonde in front of him. She always had an answer to everything. And it always was offensive.

The two teens turned around as the sun began to set. They were planning on going home. Or somewhere.

"Do you wanna hang out?" Jack asked.

He and Kim had never really hung out. Before and after school they would walk together but in school, it was like they didn't even know each other.

Jack wanted to be her friend. He really did. And maybe she wanted to be his.

"Can't. My little brother is having a stupid sleepover. Maybe some other time?" Kim said, kicking a pebble on the dirt road.

The next thing Jack said was the stupidest suggestion ever made in the history of the earth.

"We could hang at my house."

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"JACK!" Miri screeched. Kim covered her ears as a chubby little 7 year old sprinted into the room.

"Hey, Mir! How's my little ninja doing?"

Jack flipped the little girl onto his back in one swift move, tickling her stomach on the way. Miri continued to giggle until Jack finally put her down, letting her scurry of to wherever.

"You and your sister are pretty close, huh?" Kim said softly.

Jack shrugged airily walking into what looked like the living room. Kim followed.

"Here, I'll show you around. This is the living room…"

After about 30 minutes they finished their tour right where they started it. The house wasn't big. In fact, it was rather quaint. But it had this nice homey feel to it that Kim loved.

"And last but not least, my favorite room in the house!" Jack announced cheerily. He grabbed Kim's wrist in an attempt to drag her down to the basement. She wasn't that easy.

"How do I know you're not trying to murder me down there?" she asked, a smirk sneaking its way onto her face.

Jack rolled his eyes giving her the look.

"Okay! Fine! Let's go!" Kim passed by him, hitting his shoulder as she ran down the steps.

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Kim stood there. Her knees felt weak and her stomach was ready to barf up her lunch. As her brown eyes blurred over from the tears all she could think of was the sight right in front of her.

"Dad?" she choked out.

Daniel Crawford's head snapped up and his eyes dilated.

"Kimmy! What are you doing here?" he asked.

Kim's lip quivered. It felt as if the world was against her. What was going on? All she had been doing was going outside for some fresh air.

She had told the teacher she was going to the bathroom in desperate need to get out of that stuffy room. Ricky and Grace were in there holding hands and making out and she couldn't take it.

"I think the better question is what are you doing? How could you?!" Kim snapped. And with that Kim ran away from her dad trying to erase the image from her mind.

Her mom found out about her dad. Kim had told her. That night was the scariest of her life. Words (and objects) were thrown and a divorce was practically finalized. Kim thought about that moment as she fell asleep that night.

She wishes she never saw.

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"Hey, Kim!" Kim whipped her head around to come face to face with Jack Anderson.

She bit her lip cutely and smiled.

"Hi, Jack. What's up?"

Jack took her books from her hands and walked her to her locker. Kim blushed in return.

Once all of Kim's stuff was put away, Jack turned to face her.

"Remember how you told me you like karate while we were in the training room?" he asked.

Kim nodded. Apparently, the room Jack had wanted to show her the other day, was a karate training room. It was magnificent.

Training dummies, bo staffs, and a bunch of fresh wood boards stacked up in the corner.

"Well, I thought maybe you wanted to join the Bobby Wasabi dojo with me. Eddie, Milton, and Jerry are a part of it, too!"

Kim had never been happier in her life. It was one of those eye-opening moments. She squealed and wrapped her arms around Jack's neck.

After overcoming his initial shock, Jack hugged her back.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!"

Jack chuckled a little bit. He had never seen Kim so happy. It was actually pretty cool. She was being normal. Unlike her usual moody isolated self.

The pair broke apart awkwardly, blushing a bright shade of red. That definitely wasn't expected.

"Cool. See ya there after school," Jack said under his breath.

Kim nodded, shutting her locker door.

"Definitely," she said. Jack began to turn but before he could walk away she tugged at his forearm. "Oh and Jack, I trust you."

Hmmm…. Interesting place to leave it off. Jackson has earned the fair maiden's, Kim, trust. I have no idea why I'm talking like this…huh. Anyway I think this story is almost at a wrap despite it being like 4 chapters so far. The chapters are pretty long. No? Oh. Well I guess I should step up my game. It should be about a 9-10 chapter story. TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK KIM'S DAD DID!

It's pretty obvious sadly ): I didn't want to make it obvious but I really liked where I was going with the whole dad thing and there was no other way to write that part without flat out telling you. Anyway, Kim should be opening up to Jack a bit more now that he has GAINED HER TRUST.

So you see a bit of maturing in Kick's relationship. I think I wanna throw in Millie to this. They're just so darn cute ;) By the way, sorry this went a little fast. I just didn't know what other pace to write at. I mean, how long is Kim gonna hate him? I'm such a Kick shipper this is impossible.

By the way, I may be a bit MIA lately. I told you this but I just wanted to make sure you all know I'm not dead. Probably just hating the responsibilities that come with playing 2 sports, doing theatre, and having to wedge in school between everything. Haha. Anyway I think I wanna sign off now. This chapter took me about 10 hours to write. I just wanted this to be perfect since I don't know when the next time I can update will be. Sorry for über long A/N. I'M OUT!

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