A/N I want to thank Ashsmilelove for the review, I found it
funny. And to answer Pugluver64's question. I didn't put part
2 up because I wanted the surfing lesson to be by itself, but this
is part 2 So enjoy.
Kim's P.O.V.
When Jack and I got back to the shore, he put back on his shirt and returned
the board while I put on dry shorts and a purple tank-top. Then sun was
setting, so it was starting to get cold. Even though we were in the limo, I
started to shiver. Everyone in the car either had on a long sleeve shirt of a
sweater except me and Jack. And it wasn't because he didn't have one, he
did; he just never got cold for some reason. Jack noticed me rubbing my
hands back and forth on my arms to try and generate some heat.
"Kim, your freezing." Then Jack went into his bag to get his sweater. "Oh
that's okay I don't need-" he cut me off handing me the sweater and a face
that showed he wouldn't take no for an answer. He waited until I had the
sweater on before he draped one his arms around my shoulders and pulled
me closer. I felt warm immediately and it wasn't Jack's sweater doing the
job, it was Jack himself. I'm glad no one in the limo noticed because I don't
think my face could have gotten any redder at the moment.
Jack's P.O.V.
When we got to the hotel, everyone was pretty tired. I wasn't at all, so I
offered to take Jezz back to her hotel in our limo. While we were on our
way, Jezz started talking about her day. "I had so much fun with Kim and
the guys. Even though I almost drowned Jerry." When she said this I just
looked at her in shock. I didn't know if I should be proud, worried, or
disappointed that I wasn't the one to do it, but then she quickly added "By
accident of course, he's still living." I let out a sigh of relief then when she
laughed I joined in with her. "I had a lot of fun too. I taught Kim how to surf
today." She laughed even harder. "What?" I asked her confused. "You
taught her? How'd she take that?" I couldn't help but laugh with her "What
do you mean? I'm a good teacher!" "Yeah okay." She said nudging me
playfully. "Whatever." I said nudging her back. She looked out the window
for a while then said. "Hey, do you want to go to the Amazon River? It's
only 2 miles from my hotel." I took out my phone and checked the time. It
wasn't late, but to be sure I sent a text to my grandfather asking him if I
could go, when he replied yes. I turned to Jezz. "Yeah sure." I looked at my
phone. Maybe I should text Kim to tell her that I'm going out. But then
again, she's probably asleep.
When we got to our destination, I thanked our driver and we walked onto the
boardwalk. Jezz and I stared in awe at the river. Saying it was beautiful
would have been an understatement. "Have you ever been here before?" I
asked her as we walked. "No, but I heard a lot of people taking about it, and
since we were close I thought we might as well go." We walked until we
saw a place where you could get on a boat and take a ride down the river. I
pointed it out to her. "Want to go take a ride?" she looked uneasy. "I don't
know Jack; I'm kind of frightened of boat rides like these. Thanks to you."
She scowled. "What did I do?" She folded her arms and looked at me.
"Remember when we were 8 and your dad took us on that canoe ride and we
were play fighting and you pushed me off." I rubbed the back of my neck
and blushed with embarrassment. "Oh yeah." she still glared at me. When
the boat came around I sat down inside and stretched out my hand. "Well
this time is different; you can trust me this time. I won't anything happen to
you. And even if I do, I could always blame it on Jerry." That last sentence
seemed to do the trick because she laughed and took my hand and I helped
her get in. While we moved down the river, I noticed that while the sun was
sitting, it's reflection on the water reminded me of Kim's hair. Then I looked
over to Jezz, whose hair was sparking like glitter in the light of the setting
sun. I liked being with Jezz, but I liked being with Kim too. When I'm with
Jezz, I miss Kim. But when I'm with Kim, I miss Jezz. But I just felt like I
needed Jezz a little bit more. This had me frustrated, but I couldn't think of it
for long because I noticed Jezz tense up as we got deeper into the river. She
was practically shaking. I felt the need to comfort her so I scooted over
closer to her and put one of my arms around her just like in the car with Kim
and she hid her face in my chest. Her breathing was speeding. "Jezz, please
just calm down." She took a while before she answered. "Easy for you to say
Mr. 'I'm not afraid of anything'." I laughed, "That's not true. Just don't
think about being on the river, let your mind go somewhere else. Here, let's
play a game. Ask me any question you want." She fell quiet as she thought,
and then she said. "Do you like being with me as much as you like being
with Kim?" I was a little baffled at this question, but it wasn't hard to
answer. "Yes." She looked up at me. "Why?" then I told I told her the same
thing I told Kim a few days ago. "I like being with you because you help me
remember all the good times. Times before my dad left. It was always hard
remembering those. You make it easier." She looked at me and I looked at
her until she put her head back on my chest. She took a breath in then let it
out. "Yeah, I know. I'm glad I found you after all these years." I smiled.
"Yeah, me to." It was quiet until I got curious. "So why do you like being
with me?" I asked as the boat made a circle to go back to the entrance. Jezz
sat up before she answered. "I guess the same reason as you. I feel like all
the stress that the world has put on my shoulders goes away when I'm with
you." She smiled as she ended and I looked in her eyes and smiled back. I
noticed that some of her hair had gotten into her eyes from when she was
lying on my chest. I leaned over and brushed her hair out of her face while
my stomach did a 360. "Thanks." She said laughing. "No problem." I was
still close to her face and just when I thought something was going to
happen, the ride ended. Then she said "Looks like it's time to go."
We stepped off, and walked back to the limo, it was a short ride to her hotel
and on the way back I thought about the boat ride.
Did I want something to happen? It's not like I was going to kiss her. I was
just doing her a favor.
I sighed.
I was relieved that nothing happened… but if I was to tell the whole truth,
I'm also disappointed.
A\N Sorry to all you Jack\Kim fans. I promise, Kack will
prevail, just not as yet. I just wanted this chapter to focus on
their relationship and it's foreshadowing how hard things will
get for Jack in the furture. Right now Jack is a little confused,
and
trying to find his place in between.
`Jayy`
