So, here's the next chapter of my story, yay! UM OKAY YOU GUYS ARE EPIC!

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"Kim!" yelled Jack.

He woke up, frightened. It was all just a dream. It was too real to be a dream, yet it couldn't have been real. That would be ridiculous.

He had been doing one of those Instagram tag people things, except he wasn't tagging anybody. He was really just doing it by himself for entertainment.

Someone who you couldn't live without.

Jack shook his head. There was nobody he couldn't live without. Everybody was just a slight addition to his life of lovely. At least, that's what he told himself. Some added more than others, sure, but nobody meant that much.

'Are you sure?' an annoying voice asked. Was it his conscious? Did he need medical help?

"Yes, I'm sure," Jack said, looking like an idiot.

'Is there, I don't know, maybe a special girl who you love?'

"No."

'That beautiful black belt?'

"Wha-but-ju-no," Jack muttered, "anyway, she wouldn't care if I died anyhow."

'Maybe not-'

"Maybe not? What kind of consolation are you?"

'Maybe not, but that's not what I'm asking you. I'm asking if you care about that girl.'

"I don't care that much," Jack lied. It was obvious he was lying.

'Fine. We'll show you what we want to do to your girl then.'

Two black shadows showed up right in front of Jack. They looked large, muscular, bulky, mysterious, and definitely intimidating.

Then Kim was visible. She appeared to look like an angel, gorgeous, dressed in white, and floating on a cloud. The shadows started attacking her.

One grabbed her and dragged her off to some place. Kim looked up in fear.

"Jack! Help! What are they doing?"

Jack tried to help, but the other man was holding him back.

"You don't need her, remember?"

He snickered as they walked off, Kim giving Jack the most scared look he had ever seen.

Then he was shown a new image. Kim was lying there, lifeless, cold, surrounded in dirt. He tried reaching her, at least to say goodbye, but he was chained back.

'Want to see the rest of the warriors?'

He woke up at that. So, obviously, he did care a lot about Kim. And the others. Was there a point to that dream? He had always known there was a connection, if nothing else, between him and Kim, and he always knew that the warriors were like family.

But, he'd never really thought about his existence if one of them were to go. Would he see a point in surviving? He'd never preferred to think of...dying.

That dream, it seemed so real. Ridiculously real. Not that his conscience could magically turn into two men. Or that Kim could actually be floating on a cloud. Just the fear. And the emotion. That had been real, even in slumber.

That influenced Jack to call Kim. He always did, before school, but it was only five in the morning. He knew Kim hated waking up early, and would probably hate him all day for it (what, he had a crush on a drama queen!), but he needed to a) make sure she was alive, and b) let her know how much she meant to him.

Kim's phone rang on her nightstand. She didn't have an alarm; Jack would call when she should get up, and if one of her other friends happened to call earlier than that, well, she would get up then. But Kim had come to be afraid of her phone.

She had received many texts by then about what she should do. She wouldn't tell anybody, not even Jack, whom she told everything to because he was her ultimate best friend. Best friend and something more. She wouldn't tell Milton either. Jerry and Eddie were never her go-to guys for situations. They just, probably wouldn't help.

Regardless, Kim picked up her phone. It was Jack. She was grateful for that. She had clarification last night, or, rather, earlier that day. She was allowed to speak to Jack as long as he didn't find out what was going on, the fake dating, the Todd, the money, the overthrowing plan, and the tempting plan.

"Hello?"

"I'm glad you're not grumpy. I was afraid you'd be mad."

"I wasn't even asleep."

"Ooh, rough night?"

"You were there...half the time. I'm still kind of mad at you for, y'know..."

"I know, I'm sorry. But you're alive, right?"

Did he get stupider over night? Was this a new teenage boy phase? A trend?

"Yeah...that's why I'm on the phone with you..."

"Right. Kim, I just wanted to tell you, you mean a lot to me. Like, a lot. I don't know what I'd do without you."

Kim was shocked. She always knew Jack cared, she just didn't think he'd ever say it, or admit it. It wasn't like saying he liked her, although she had a pretty good idea that he did, it was more of a confirmation that he really did value anything they had together.

"...Thanks, Jack. You mean a lot to me, too."

"Okay, well that's all I've got to say. See you at school?"

"Yeah."

"Bye."

"Bye."

Kim hung up. Sure, it was a little strange that Jack just called her at five to tell her that. But it's not like she minded. She wondered what influenced him to open up, as he was never very good at showing his emotions. Granted, by then Kim was already good at knowing the little signals about him, but as a whole, he just wasn't very emotional.

"Bye."

"I love you." Jack muttered this into the phone, but he knew Kim had already hung up. He sort of just needed to get that off his chest, and it wasn't like it was anything new. He loved Rudy, Eddie, Milton, and Jerry just as much as he loved Kim. Just maybe not in the same way.

Jack sighed as he started to get ready for the day. Soon, he received a text.

You love your little princess, right? Well, if you love her, I suggest finding out what's wrong with her.

Jack was confused. Nothing was wrong with Kim.

Except something was. She picked up her phone at the third ring, not the second, as usual. That meant she was reluctant to get to the phone. So, who would have noticed? Was someone stalking him? How did they know he loved Kim? He was suddenly frightened.

But he would find out what was wrong. Probably not by asking, but by noticing.

So here it is! I sorta just wanted to add this in as a reminder that they are really close. I wonder who the texter to Jack is though ;).

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