How are they going to live? Will Kim be able to keep them away from Samantha? Will Kim and Jack be able to move past what happened and relax again?

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CHAPTER TEN

JACK'S POV

I just leaned up against the wall in the hallway waiting for them to come back with Kim. My food came and I sat down to eat it, but I just couldn't relax with the guys until she was back and I knew if the tests had come back alright. I know I sound ridiculous, but she had a brain bleed and so many other serious problems. I just have to know that she is ok.

Hours passed and still no news, Grace came out to where I was and sat by me. "Jack, I know you are worried about her. We all are, but you have to relax some. Kim is not the type of person to need or want someone watching over her every minute. Please try to relax. I am sure they are just getting her set up in her new room and I'm sure she is groggy from all of the tests."

"Ok. I will try. It's just really hard because I can't get the image of her lying there in the floor of that room dying. I watched Milton pound on her chest and I knew I couldn't live without her. I love her so much, Grace." I tried to explain.

"I know and I can't imagine what you all saw, but I know how scared I was. I know that I still wake up now with that same nightmare sometimes. But I know that Kim will kill me if I don't find a way to move past it because she has to or she won't be able to live." Grace told me with a smile.

"Well, we went ahead and set her all up in her new room. It is on the third floor, Room 305. It is one of the bigger ones that we have, but we wanted there to be plenty of room for everyone to visit. It is also right next to a private waiting room. You guys can go on up and see her, but she is still pretty groggy." The nurse smiled and went back to her station.

"Thank you," I told her as I ran for the elevators.

Grace just waved me on and said she would get everyone else. I thanked her as I loaded up on the elevator and the doors closed. I got off on the third floor and went into Kim's new room. She was lying on a nice bed and looked a little more comfortable. Her leg was just in the cast and lying on pillows on the bed instead of held up in the air by a harness. Some of her bandages were removed and I could see more of her bruises and cuts. I looked at her for a moment and crossed the room and sat in the chair beside her bed.

"Did you eat?" She whispered at me.

"Some. I lost my appetite when they took you away." I told her.

She just smiled sleepily. "Jack, I am fine. You need to relax and not worry so much."

"I know that's what Grace told me too." I admitted.

"She's smart that's one of the reasons she is my best friend." Kim told me.

"How do you feel?" I asked her.

"Ok. Just tired and hungry. They are going to change some of my bandages in a little bit and I don't want you to see me like that, ok?" she told me while a tear ran down her cheek.

I caught it on my finger and looked her in the eyes, "Kim, nothing is going to change the way I feel about you."

"I know, but I am still a girl and we like to look nice when our boyfriend sees us. Sutures and a shaved head are not what I consider looking nice so just humor me, please." She said.

"Ok, if that is what you want." I told her.

Everyone else finally made their way up to the room and loved all the space that we had now. The nurse came in with bandages and said, "Hey guys. I need to change her bandages. If you can just step out for a minute, we will let you back in when we are done."

Everyone exited except for Grace who wanted to learn how to change the bandages so she could help Kim. I started to leave, but Kim reached out to grab my hand and motioned for me to sit back down.

"You can stay if you want. You might need to help me sometime, too." She said and looked at me with some concern in her eyes.

"Are you sure?" I asked her.

"Yes. As long as you are sure you won't change your mind about me." She was serious.

"Kim, I told you that nothing is going to change the way I feel about you. I love you." I told her and I grabbed her hand.

The nurse told us to pay attention and went over what we need to look for as signs of infection or any other problems. She started with the bandage around Kim's abdomen. I held Kim's hand the entire time, but couldn't believe how extensive the bruising was on her beautiful body. Once the entire bandage was off, we looked at the sutures and made sure it was all healing properly then wrapped it back up. The next bandage was on Kim's chest from the collapsed lung. Kim was covered, but what I could see was black and blue. The incision looked like it was healing well, but still had a long way to go. The nurse let Grace rebandage Kim's chest so that she made sure we knew how tight to apply the wrap. Grace stayed very quiet and focused through this entire process. The final bandage was on Kim's head. They had shaved half of her head to alleviate the hematoma. Kim looked down like she was embarrassed and I pulled her chin up and looked into her eyes. She is gorgeous with or without hair. I am just glad she is still here to love me. Once we had checked the sutures, the nurse had me put the new bandage on. I was as careful as I could be. I love her no matter what, but I can't believe how much damage her little body has endured and is still here functioning. Thank God she is so tough.

KIM'S POV

I kept looking at Jack to see a disgusted look in his eyes, but I never saw it. He looked me in the eyes the entire time except when he was rewrapping my head. He really does love me. I have to be the luckiest girl in the whole world. I am lying here in this hospital bed, beaten black and blue pretty much head to toe and this amazing guy not only saved me, but still loves me and wants to be with me. This just seems unreal.

The nurse walked out and Grace followed her to get everyone. I looked at Jack and I had to ask, "Why, Jack?"

"Why what?" he asked me back.

"Why me? Why do you care so much about me? I am really not anyone that special." I asked him.

"Kim, you are the most amazing girl I have ever met. I have never met anyone like you. You drew me in from the first moment I saw you, but you hooked me when I heard you stand up to those idiot guys and when you opened up to me and we talked for hours at school. I love you, no one else, just you! There will never be anyone else, just YOU!" he was so sincere and he leaned forward and kissed me.

"I love you, too! I guess I was just scared that you would all feel I was too much trouble with all of this. And now I look like a monster, too. So I am sure that doesn't help people to want to be with me." I let a tear fall and in true Jack fashion he caught it on his finger and wiped it away.

"Don't you know anything, you silly girl!" He smiled at me and continued, "Even with all of this, you are the only one for me and you are still the most beautiful girl in the world. This just gives other girls an opportunity to try to catch up to how you rank, but they still can't even come close. I am so lucky to have you in my life and I am not letting you go ever."

"Thank you, Jack." Is all I could say.

Everyone filed into my room and before I knew it they were laying stake to couches and chairs. They all started to get comfortable and then turned on the TV. We were watching "Fast and the Furious" and Jack was holding my hand. I was getting really tired and closed my eyes for a moment. As soon as I started to drift off, the nightmare started and I was shaking. Jack woke me up and tried to calm me down. I looked at him and felt calmer under his touch. I scooted over as much as I could in my bed, which was challenging with my leg and bandages, but I did it.

I looked at Jack with begging eyes and patted the bed. He looked at me with concern, "Are you sure, Kim? I don't want to hurt you."

"I won't be able to sleep unless you hold me. I don't feel safe unless you are here." I looked at him sadly.

That was all it took. He climbed in the bed as carefully as he could. I cuddled up to him and laid my head on his chest. He wrapped his arm around me and I was finally able to fall asleep. Jack was my savior, my hero. As much as I hate to admit it, my life right now was going to depend on Jack being here to help me to move through all of this. I am actually glad that he refused to leave me tomorrow; I don't know how I would have handled it. I don't just love him, I need him!

JACK'S POV

I woke up with Kim in my arms. It was the best night of sleep I have had in a few days. Milton and Julie were the first ones up and working on hooking up the laptop so that we could see and hear all of the classes we were going to miss today.

"I am going to carry this webcam with me to every class so you will be able to view and hear everything that is going on at school." Milton explained.

"We will bring assignments as soon as we can so you guys can get them done." Julie added.

"Thank you, guys. I really appreciate this. I need to be here with her." I told them and they just nodded their heads.

They went and got cleaned up and ready for school. Grace followed after them. Kelsey was the next one up and getting ready. She woke Eddie up, but no one wanted to wake Jerry because he is such a grouch in the morning. Eddie finally drew the short straw and woke Jerry up and they were all ready and heading out. Kim slept the entire time so I didn't move because I didn't want to wake her up. After everyone was gone, I actually decided to lean back and just close my eyes again. At 8:30, I was woken up by my mom.

"I thought you were going to go to classes?" My mom asked.

"I am going to class via computer. Milton and Julie rigged it all up this morning. I won't miss anything and the teachers are fine with it." I smiled at her.

"Ok for now. We will see how this goes." My mom replied.

"Thanks, Mom." I replied.

"How was your night? Did the doctor say anything about how she is doing?" Mom asked.

"Well, they took her away for about 2 hours of tests and then I guess they all looked good because they moved her up here from the ICU. I got to help change her bandages last night. At first, she didn't want me to be in here, but she changed her mind at the last minute. It is a miracle that she is still with us, Mom!" I told her.

"Was it hard for you to be in here?" Mom asked concerned.

"Kim thought if I saw her like that I wouldn't want to be with her anymore, but all I could think about was how I wish I could have done more to keep her safe. I hate what she has been through, Mom. I love her and nothing is going to change that." I answered.

"Jack that is not what I meant. I am just worried about how hard it was to see the girl you love like that. I know you want to be the hero all of the time, but you were her hero, Jack. You saved her from David killing her. None of you should have ever had to deal with this situation." My mom explained.

"You don't have to worry about me, Mom. I am going to be fine as long as she is safe and with me." I looked at my mom really seriously. "Mom, do you know that this girl can do anything? She really is amazing. She is a black belt in karate, gorgeous, popular, and nice to everyone. And as if that isn't enough, she can sing. The DJ invited her up to sing at the party. I couldn't believe how good she was. Mom, she is perfect in every way. I can't lose her. I need her in my life and I need you to understand that."

My mom leaned up and kissed me on the forehead, "I know, Jack. I knew that this girl was the one for you when I met her. I was worried and unsure due to this whole situation; but once I met her and saw the way she is with all of you and the kids, she won my heart too, Jack! She is a very special young lady and it is remarkable that she is the way that she is with what she has been dealing with. I don't want you to lose her, son. I just want to make sure you are ok, that's all. Do you want some breakfast? Your classes will be starting soon. You don't want to be late." She said with a laugh.

"Sure, breakfast sounds good." I smiled back.

KIM'S POV

I laid there for a minute trying to wake up when I heard Jack talking to someone. It was his mom and they were talking about me. I hate it when people snoop, but I didn't want to interrupt their mother-son discussion. I can't believe that I am so lucky to have so many people that care about me so much. I start to stretch slightly letting them know that I am waking up. I stretched too much though because I felt some pain and unfortunately it showed on my face. Both Jack and his mom turned to look at me with concern.

"Kim, are you ok?" his mom asked.

"What's wrong, Baby?" Jack asked while looking to see what could be the source of my pain.

"I'm not sure just moved wrong while stretching. I'm fine. I just have to get comfortable again." When I said that, Jack started to get up out of the bed. "No, don't move please. Just stay still for a second while I try to just get adjusted real quickly." I didn't want Jack to get up and leave me yet. I guess I am not above using my pain to keep him right here for now.

"Ok. Can I help you at all?" Jack had concern in his voice.

"No. Just stay still, Hun. I'm just going to scoot my hip a little this way and then if I lean back, I think we will be good." I laid my head back down on his chest and tried to relax. "Sorry, I just moved too fast. What time is it?"

"It is almost time for our classes to start. Are you up for listening?"Jack asked.

"Of course, that is the only way that you got to stay here, right?" I teased him.

"Ok. Well I am going to let you two get started and will go get you some breakfast. The nurse sent in a menu for you to look at, Kim." She told us as she scooted the table with the laptop on it closer to us.

"Thank you." I told her as I looked over the menu. I called the kitchen and actually ordered enough food for both Jack and I so she didn't have to get him anything.

Jack opened up the laptop and logged in. All of the sudden, there was our whole group. Jack texted Milton and told him that we were online now.

JACK'S POV

Milton turned the camera and mic toward himself and announced, "I spoke to the office and our teachers and they are all good with you guys attending classes this way. The only thing I need to work on for tomorrow is setting up speakers so that you can be heard and fully participate in classes that way."

To Milton: Sounds gr8 man. Thanks.

"You are welcome. This is going to be a fun day. We wish you were here with us, but at least we can still sort of be together." Milton continued.

"Hey, guys. How is Kim doing?" I knew that voice and Milton turned and I saw Brody. God, I hate that guy.

"She is doing much better. She's at St. Mary's if you want to come visit her." Kelsey answered.

"I definitely will have to do that. Besides, I know that seeing me will make her feel better instantly. I could even stay with her all night and give her a real man to cuddle with." Brody said cockily.

I turned to look at Kim laying her head on my chest and wrapped my arm around her and rested it on her shoulder. I could tell she was smiling up against me. "I really hate that guy. You know that don't you?" I asked her and she giggled.

"I kind of got that feeling." She looked up at me and smiled at me. "You don't have anything to worry about, Jack. You are more man than Brody will ever be." Kim rubbed her hand across my chest and winked at me.

"I know that, but it doesn't change the fact that I really hate him." I lean down carefully and kiss her.

To Milton: Tell Brody to dream on. I have that covered. N fact right now, I m holdn Kim n my arms! ;)

Milton turns the camera to himself, "Holy Christmas nuts, Jack. I am not going to say that."

"Say what?" Brody grabs Milton's phone and sees Jack's message. "You know what, Brewer, you are really getting on my nerves. Kim needs a real man like me. You can't keep a woman like her happy for very long. Trust me."

"Jack, settle down. He doesn't know what he is talking about and he is at school, you are here." While Kim was talking to me, we heard a commotion in the hallway and looked back at the screen.

"Kim, you are not going to believe this." Grace yells in the mic. "Look at this video." She holds up her phone to the webcam and on it is a video of the girls singing at the party. She pulls it back. "Everyone is going crazy here. We have gone viral, Kim. This is insane. They want us to perform at Homecoming in a few weeks. We have to get you better as soon as possible. I didn't think it was possible, but you have become even more popular than you were. Thanks for taking us with you this time." She laughs out loud.

"Oh my God, Jack. Where is my cell? I need to see this." I hesitate because I haven't checked her phone in awhile.

"Kim, you don't need your phone right now. Here just look at mine." I hand her my phone, but she is not happy with that.

"Jack, what's up? Give me my phone." She is looking at me with a death glare.

"Ok, but listen you have been getting some messages that I didn't want you to have to deal with so I have just been taking care of them." I looked at her and knew I had to hand her the phone.

She took it from my hand and started looking at it. I saw tears forming in her eyes and then she looked up at me and said, "Jack, its fine. I knew that Samantha would be mad at me. I didn't know that she would send such hateful messages, but I guess they will help me when I have to fight for the kids. Now, help me find us on online so that I can see how much we are loved." She forced a smile on her face.

She is the most amazing person I know. I don't understand how she does it, but she surprises me every moment. I type in the link that Grace sent us and we see the videos of the girls singing at the party. I almost forgot how gorgeous Kim looked that night. We watched them all and then looked to see how many views they had and I almost couldn't believe how popular they were already. She is so perfect in everything she does and everybody ends up loving her, but she doesn't even realize it.

Grace turns the camera towards her again. "Kim, I almost forgot to tell you that I called in the Calvary and there will be several packages arriving today. You have to let me know as soon as they arrive and I will come there to go through them all with you. We have to get to class, but there are some exciting things I have to tell you when I get there. I will give you a quick preview…We are going to be FAMOUS!"

While Kim was occupied with Grace, I am looking at all of the comments for these videos and realize real quick that I am going to have to get over my jealousy issues. There are only about 20,000 guys that have commented about how they are in love with Kim or how hot she is. I can do this because she is mine and I know I have nothing to worry about.

"Jack, what is wrong?" She asks me in that voice that tells me she already knows what the problem is, but she wants me to admit it. Well I am not going to give her all of the cards, "Nothing is wrong, this is awesome. You guys have around 35,000 some comments and over 500,000 views already. You are going to famous! I am going to have a famous girlfriend." I lean over and kiss her again. "We better pay attention. Class is going to start any minute. I know you are perfect, but it would be good to at least try to listen in some."

"You are terrible. I never said or act like I am perfect. I am far from it." She looked almost hurt by my statement.

"But you are perfect. I have been told that there is nothing that you can't do and I believe it. There is no telling when Grace's packages will start to arrive so we better get some work done." I wink at her and she smiles at me.

Our breakfast comes in and we sit there and start eating while Milton makes his way out of the crowded hall and into Science. "I don't know if you guys are getting all of this, but people really are going crazy over the videos. You guys are famous around here now." Milton says while sitting down.

I laugh and shake my head. This could get really interesting. I look down at Kim who is just smiling and thinking about what she is going to do next. I can literally see the wheels turning in her head. Our teacher starts her lesson. I try to pay attention, but laying here in bed with Kim makes it a little difficult to focus. Kim takes some notes and after about 20 minutes Mrs. Dugan hands out a worksheet for everyone to work on. Grace holds hers up to the camera and Kim writes down all of the questions so that we can work on them.

KIM'S POV

Jack helps me to sit up slightly so that we can work on the assignment. It actually is pretty easy and I don't even need the book for it. We answer all of the questions quickly and I start daydreaming about what we are going to do with our singing. Milton heads to our next class. French went even better than Science. So far we were staying up with everything. This was going to work and I was not going to fall horribly behind. Precalculus was a breeze. Mr. Banner went over the new section and then gave us homework. Our next class was Home Ec and there wasn't much we could do in there. We sat back and looked over the menu for lunch. The door opened and the nurse came in with a box.

"Kim, there were some packages delivered for you. Someone will bring the rest up when they get a chance. This one is from Paris. I can't wait to see what is in all of them." The nurse said excitedly.

"I can't open any of them until my friend, Grace, is here. She is the one that arranged to have them all sent." I told her.

To Grace: Packages here. I m w8n 4 u, girl!

From Grace: Perfect. B there soon.

The nurse sits down the package and leaves the room sadly. I promised her we would call her when Grace finally arrives.

"So what do you think is in it?" Jack asked.

"With Grace there is no telling." I tell him and then the door opens again. There are three guys with their arms full of packages. "Oh my gosh, what in the world did Grace do?"

After they sat everything down, Jack and I looked over the packages. There were a total of 25 of them and they were from everywhere – Atlanta to Paris. This should be interesting. Hopefully, Grace hurries up and gets here so that the suspense doesn't kill me.

Grace comes running in just a few minutes later and is squealing like a little kid. She had a big manila envelope in her hand. She was waving around the envelope.

"Kim, wait until you read this. You are going to flip out. We are being offered a recording contract. We have to come up with a name and a look and songs!" Grace was screaming she was so excited.

"Grace, calm down. What are you talking about?" I asked her. She handed me the envelope.

"It is from a Universal Music Group in Santa Monica, California. They want us to become their newest singing sensation. This is our contract. Then we are supposed to get started as soon as you are feeling good enough." Grace went on to explain.

I looked at her completely stunned. "How did this happen?"

"Well we became an overnight sensation and they contacted the school and then Brody's mom, who told them where to send the information. So here it is. They are offering us a 5 year contract. I am so excited!" Grace started shouting again.

"Slow down, Grace. Has anyone looked over these documents yet?" Jack asked her.

"No one has looked it over yet, but I am sure that we will be well represented. I can have Milton's mom look at it if that would make you feel better. Don't you see Kim; this is our way to support ourselves? This is perfect for you and the kids." Grace answered back.

I hadn't thought about that, but Grace was right. This could be the answer. I just had to think about this and get it all figured out. I looked at Grace and then at Jack and just smiled.