"Hey Kimmy! How was schoo-why the long face?" Minny asked as Kim stepped into the house, more like stomped. Minny cleaned the flour that was stuck to her hands, onto her apron and Kim hung up her jacket.

She turned slowly, a frown still hanging on her lips, "We're having a guest over, Minny."

"Guest, but I-I didn't make enough food, I-who is it?" Minny put her hands in her bundle of grey hair and began to pace rapidly. It would've made Kim laugh if she hadn't been so annoyed as to who her tutor was.

"Minny! He's only one person, it's no big deal." Kim said. This made Minny stop pacing and raise her eyebrows so high, Kim thought it would disappear under her hairline.

"I'm sorry, he. You're having a boy over? Is it Romeo?" She whispered happily and Kim held up a hand to stop her. Romeo was not coming and probably never will. The thought made her stomach clench but she shook her head, thinking that it would be best to act happy or Jack would question her all day.

"No, Minny. It's my English tutor, Jack Anderson."

At this, Minny turned very pale and muttered something like, "I gotta get back to the kitchen. Have fun."

Kim didn't bother going after her, knowing that she wouldn't get an explanation for her maid's odd behavior. Instead, she went upstairs to shower.

She let the hot water run down her back and relax her. Somewhere in the back of her mind, she hoped that this was all one horrible dream. Jack was not her tutor and Minny was not acting so weird when she mentioned Jack.

But the doorbell rang and Kim thought she would've broke a world record for highest jump in fear. Though the hot water was still running, Kim got goose bumps all over her arms. Then she shut off the hot water and bolted to her room to get changed.

She ended up wearing a light blue Harvard University sweater that her mother once owned and some grey sweatpants that were just hanging by her bed.

Only when she got downstairs did she remember to comb her hair. She squeaked when she saw Jack and ran up the stairs to at least put it up. Her hair process was done fairly quickly, due to the merciless combing styles that she had developed herself.

Her scalp hurt from all the brushing but she managed to get it into a ponytail and walk down the stairs nonchalantly, as if the fact that the ex that ruined her life wasn't here.

"Hey, Kim." Jack said from the table. She thanked anyone in the sky that he didn't ask if that was her actual name. He was dressed in the same clothes he wore to school, she passed by him to sit across the table.

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"Do you get it now?" Jack asked her for what felt like the millionth time. Kim didn't answer but merely nodded her head. She was surprised when Jack didn't agree with her this time but looked at her.

"You don't get any of this, do you? It's an easy summarization of the flood in Gilgamesh. Ms. Canavan just wants you to explain what Enlil was dreaming of."

"No, I don't. I know you must think that I'm a complete idiot that I can't even summarize a stupid paragraph. The words are kind of complicated to understand but I-"

"Kim!" He said sharply. She stopped talking immediately. "I don't think you're an idiot, you're smart. I'm amazed that I even get this." He said encouragingly.

"You're in Honors English. It's not surprising, it's inevitable." Kim muttered. He got out of his chair and bent over the table to see her closely.

"Kim, you've-"

She actually looked forward to what he had to say until a loud honking outside interrupted him. He looked almost as disappointed as she did.

"Probably my mom. See ya' tomorrow." He said and began to shove a bunch of things into his bag. Jack bolted out the door and into the dark green minivan. When he left, her imagination began to wonder about what he needed to tell her.

Maybe he would apologize for acting like a complete ass for the first two months of school or maybe he would just say that she had cake in her hair. She ate Jack's because he said that he really didn't like sweets that much and she goes overboard when it comes to chocolate.

"So, how did the tutoring go?" Minny asked from the kitchen and she jumped out of her seat.

"Fantastic, Minny. He even forgot his notebook…CRAP!" She said and grabbed the notebook and ran to the door. The minivan was long gone by the time she reached the front door. She stepped out into the frosty October night and sighed.

Goosebumps made their return to her arms and her teeth began to chatter. She turned around, telling herself that she could just go up to Jack tomorrow at his locker give him the stupid notebook.

When she walked back, however, her foot hit a package and almost made her fall face first into the concrete floor. She yelped and held her toe, cursing the mailman for being such an idiot and putting the packages right by the door.

Kim picked up the package and she solemnly sweared to drop pins in front of the mailman's door. It was probably one of Minny's cookbooks. In that case, Kim thought, it wouldn't hurt to open the thing that almost killed her.

She opened it as she went back inside the house, the cold already nipping at her nose. Inside was a black velvet box that she hoped wasn't an engagement ring. It wasn't.

Inside was a gold necklace and she didn't care what price it was, it was breathtaking. The thin chain lead to a medium sized heart that Kim thought was incredibly cheesy until she saw the little note that stuck out from the bottom of the heart.

Happy Birthday!

-Romeo

That's it. But those three words meant everything to her. It meant that her one friend didn't forget about her and was looking for a gift to give her.

She blushed as butterflies began to form in her stomach.

Kim put it around her neck immediately and smiled at her reflection. She shut her eyes happily, knowing that there were more letters to come.

Author's Notes: I am so mad! I missed the new episode of Kickin' It with Booboo Stewart who I have to say is yummy ;D. So to anyone who saw it, don't spoil it but was it really good? I just wanna know…

Anyway, Review por favor!