"Kim!" Emily shouted, running down the hall to catch up with Kim at her locker. "There you are. I've been calling you all night."

"Hey, Em." Kim mumbled, shoving books into her locker.

"Kim, I think you should talk to Jack about what happened yesterday."

"There's nothing to talk about." Kim sniffled, feeling the tears well up in her eyes again. "Jack and I are over, that's it."

"But it can't be." Emily frowned. "You love him, and he loves you."

"He doesn't love me." She shook her head. "If he did, he would have believed me when I said I didn't have any feelings for Brody."

"He's just worried." Emily reassured. "He's just scared that Brody might steal you away from him."

"Are you kidding me?" Kim wiped a tear away from her eye. "Brody would never."

"But Jack doesn't know that."

"If he doesn't trust Brody, the least he can do is trust me." She slammed her locker closed and walked away before she broke down completely.

Emily sighed as she felt an arm wrap around her shoulders. "Hi, Jerry."

"Hey. How'd it go with Kim?"

"Not so good." She slumped her shoulders. "This can't happen, Jerry. They can't be over."

Jerry frowned. "Well, how do we think we should help?"

Emily's eyes brightened. "You'd really help me get them back together?!"

"Of course." He smiled warmly at her.

"Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" She jumped up and down, clapping her hands and flinging her arms around his neck.

He laughed, winding his arms around her waist. "You're welcome."

She squealed and ran off, leaving Jerry with a huge smile on his face.


Jack slammed his locker closed, catching Brody's eye. He glared at him, making Brody shift uncomfortably.

"Brody!" He heard a girl call and watched in jealousy as he realized the blonde haired girl who ran up to Brody was Kim.

She jumped in his arms and dug her head into his neck, clinging to him.

Jack balled his hands into fists and stomped away.

Kim had been crying all night and all she wanted was some comfort; she felt that when Brody held her tight. She also felt it with Jack, but since they weren't together anymore, she had no one else to run to.

"Kim, it's okay." Brody soothed her.

"It's not okay." She sniffed. "I can't believe he just didn't trust me."

"I know." He sighed. "Look, if you want, I'll stay with you today and you don't have to worry about facing Jack alone."

"Thank you." She mumbled. "You're the best."

He nuzzled his face in her hair and kissed the top of her head. "Everything's gonna be okay, I promise."

Kim groaned into his shirt as she heard the bell ring, reluctant to let go of him. So he walked her to class and she scolded him for walking her across campus and that he'd be late to his class.

Brody simply smiled and kissed her cheek, jogging away after he saw her sit in her assigned seat.


At lunch, Emily had been looking around the cafeteria to see if she could spot Kim and she did. She called her name and waved her over, only to catch her frown as Jack sat at the table with Emily.

Kim looked away from them and followed Brody to an empty table.

Jack stabbed at what looked like food on his tray as Milton, Eddie, and Jerry came up to the table.

"Hey, man." Jerry said as he sat next to Emily.

"Hey." Jack mumbled. He scanned the cafeteria and found Kim leaning on Brody. His heart felt as though it'd been ripped from his chest. He wanted to cry, kick, scream, and punch anything that got in his way; whatever it took to get out all the frustration.

"Kim and Brody again?" Milton said, looking over at them.

"Who cares?" Jack spat. "Glad to see she 'doesn't have feelings for him'." He mocked.

"Jack!" Emily snapped. "Don't whine about it! Go over there and talk to her if you're so upset!"

"She doesn't want to talk to me!"

"Of course she does!"

"Then why is she with Brody?!"

"Obvious!" Emily slapped him upside the head. "YOU got her angry, YOU accused her of having feelings for another guy, and YOU let her walk away without talking any of it out. Brody never did ANY of those things, and that's why she feels like she can confide in him."

"Well, she doesn't have to be so…affectionate." Jack lowered his voice, realizing she may have been right.

"Affectionate?" Emily raised an eyebrow. "Affectionate."

"Yes, affectionate."

"Jack, do you hear yourself? 'Affectionate'." She mocked him then scoffed. "She isn't like that, Jack, and if she is, she only gets like that with you."

Jack pointed in the direction of Brody and Kim, who had her legs propped over his and her head on his shoulder. "THAT isn't affectionate?"

Emily wanted so badly to yell at him, but she wasn't one to make a scene. "Forget it." She sneered, pushing her chair back violently and storming out of the cafeteria.

She was mad for two reasons; one being that Jack was the one who started the fight with Kim, yet he was acting like it was all Kim's fault. Two, Jack just didn't understand that Kim was only being like that with Brody because she missed Jack.