As You Least Expect It

~Answers~


Kim's Pov

My heart broke as I saw the look flood into Jack's eyes. He was on the ground still, but on his elbows for support, his brown orbs glaring at me.

"Jack," I paused trying to fight away the lump in my throat threatening to push tears, "I'm sorry." I was able to say. His eyes snapped closed.

"I'm sorry I never told you. I'm sorry that he did this to you. I'm sorry." I told him. He sat up completely and before he regained his full composure I pulled him to me in a hug.

"It's okay." I knew he wanted to say more but he couldn't. Then, I immediately felt him tense and he froze. He fell backwards but I had my arms around him so he didn't fall to the tile completely. He had his hands on the side of his head.

"No- D-don't." he was stuttering.

"Uh-Oh," I whispered. I then realized that he was in a daze and the pain in his head was quickly ascending.

"Here," I turned and saw Levi come towards him. I stood up off of Jack and Levi picked him up. Jack's mom and I followed Levi as we ran upstairs to Jack's room.

After Levi turned away from his bed I sat down on it in front of him. Jack's nails were now digging into his skin and he was holding back screams.

"Jack." I exclaimed forcefully. I tried to pry his hands away but he would fight back. Then as if everything broken from that point, Jack started to yell then scream and try to get away from me.

"GO AWAY!" he screamed. I knew that he was yelling at his hallucination but it angered me. Before I could do something stupid, I got up off the bed and walked away form him. I passed his shocked mom and I walked into the bathroom. I knew about his medicine and I grabbed it off the top shelf.

I then turned to the mirror and stared at myself and listened. My breathing was becoming heavier and it was hard to contain myself. My hand immediately grabbed the medicine, I dashed out the door, and burst back into Jack's room.

He wasn't any calmer but his mom was gone. He was alone. What was the worst about it was that I felt uneasy about all of this. Why would they just leave him like this? I ignored it and sat on his bed next to him.

"NO! Stop! I won't do that!" he screamed. He then turned away from me and was biting on his blankets.

"Jack, it's okay! Please stop!" I yelled over him. He turned to his back and looked at me but his eyes were still dazed, glazed over. I moved my hand closer to him but he quickly grabbed my wrist I looked at him and his eyes were tight, tears streaming down either sides of his face. Pain stabbed at my wrist and I realized his grip was tightening. My eyes shut close and I just hugged him. I laid on top of him with my arms around his neck wanting him to come back.

I stroked his hair and after a few minutes, he calmed down. He was still breathing hard but I could tell that he was calming himself down. We just laid like that for a long time, me stroking his hair still and him trying to come back. Then, he opened his eyes and sat up. I rose to my knees as he sat against the headboard. We just stared at each other. Actually, it wasn't really a stare. It was more like trying to find words to say but not wanting to talk.

I just leaned into him and kissed him. He was taken back at first and just kissed harder. I felt his arms wrap around me and I brought my arms around his heck. I then pulled away from him and his eyes looked sad. I just grinned. After a few seconds, I rested my head on his shoulder with my lips just barely touching his neck. He hugged back and sank deeper into his bed. We then stayed like that until we fell asleep.

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"Jack?" I groaned en opened my eyes. Kim was staring at me, waking me up.

"Sorry." I told her. She nodded.

"We've been asleep since four yesterday." she informed me.

"What time is it?" I asked.

"Six thirty. It's Saturday... thankfully." I nodded.

"Kim?" She turned to me. By the look in her eyes, I immediately knew that she knew I was about to talk about yesterday.

"I know." she sighed. She laid next to me and her side and I turned towards her.

"Who is he?" I asked her.

"Well, two years ago my dad was addicted to gambling. He would sell his life away to some random stranger. Of course, I hated this. What about my mom? She died two years after I was born so I never knew her. Then, this one gambler by the name Praemecia came into the picture. Only this time he wanted more than just money. He wanted possessions. So my dad gambler through all of our stuff and finally, he came to me. He sold me to Praemecia and that was the last time I saw my father." The words sunk into me but at the same time, struck me dead in the chest multiple times.

"But who's Adelaide?" I asked.

"Adelaide is my dad's last name. Crawford is my mom's." I nodded knowing why she changed it.

"I'm just glad Praemecia didn't take you anywhere far." Kim nodded but avoided eye contact with me.

"The thing is, he did. He brought me to Jamaica and I stayed there. I was so scared, I just tried to defend myself and try to live for however long I was there for. Then, just about a year before you came to Seaford High, we moved back to Seaford."

"Well, he won't take you anywhere else. I will not let you see him again." She nodded and had no protest. I just put my arm around her and brought her against me.

"Oh, and sorry about last night." I told her.

"It's okay. I only freaked out on you a little bit." I just grinned as she fell deeper into the bed, closer to me. A few minutes pass and neither of us could go to sleep. I looked at her and her at me. We both start laughing a little bit.

"So, what do you want to do?" I asked her still chuckling a little bit. She. turned to her back and stretched a little.

"No idea." she replied relaxing. I just smirked and turned to my stomach right next to her. I just wrap my arm across her stomach and pulled her closer to me, pressing my face into her neck.

"Jaaack noooo!" she laughed. I smiled and started kissing her neck as well. Then, when she tried to get away form me and alls I did was press my fingers against her side and she yelled. She laughed as she felt pain as I tickled her.

"JACK!" she gasped.

"PLEASE."

"STOP." I then laughed in hearing her choppy sentences. I still tickled her. But, I stopped. No I froze. My laughter died as I saw her wrist. She calmed down too and in seeing my appearance, she looked at where I was looking.

"Did I do this?" I asked her grabbing her hand and lifting her wrist up.

"Um... yes but I'm fine." she replied quickly and yanked away from me.

"Sorry." I told her. She nodded. All I remember from last night was that I grabbed onto something I had squeezed it hard from the pain. I guess i was Kim's wrist. Dried blood was painted on it. I then realized our current position and my cheeks grew warm and I jumped away form her. I pinned her down sitting across her as she laid on her back. I then just turned to my side and faced her. Great, back to the position we were in earlier.

"Jack?" She asked.

"What were the numbers that Collin was talking about?" I nodded my head.

"Well, if you take the number of each letter... okay what I mean is A would be one, B would be two and so on... then H is eight, E is five, A is one, and D is four."

"Head?" she asked. I nodded.

"Yup. That's yes. Deep is no and Head is yes."

"What did Cassidy mean by 'Head' then?" I shrugged.

"I don't know. All's I know that Collin told me a few days before that if he ever leaves for more than one day, make sure to tell mom that it was something for Cassidy. So I knew that he would be gone for a little while."

"Oh. Wow." She replied. I nodded.

"Do you even want to get up today?" She asked a few seconds later.

"NoPe." I replied emphasizing the "P". She just smiled at me.

"Fine with me." she replied.

"Let's watch a movie though." I suggested. She nodded and we both got out of bed and I followed her across the hall to the movie room looking for a movie to watch.

After finding a movie, we both walked into my room. I put the movie into the DVD player to the TV and clicked play. We then laid in bed again and just spent the day with each other.

You have no idea how long I've wanted to just be with Kim; just hanging out like this. Without the guys, without karate; just relaxing. For the first time in a long time, we both forgot about our lives' situations and just had fun together.


I'm sooooo sorry It's taken me so long to update! I have been in a serious writers block situation and I'm finally getting over it. I just released a new story called Chasing Emptiness. You should read it!

I will also be posting a new story (THAT IS NOT LISTED ON MY PROFILE) called Millionaire Murderer. Yessss

So, I'm sorry again for how short this is :(

R&R

~Lee :]