Author's note:
Miss me? I've been away for way too long, and I apologize. I received a lot of hate from putting this story on hiatus which I totally understand, but there were also a lot of you that supported me. So I thank all my readers for that. To make up for the long wait I've written an especially Kick filled chapter. So with further ado…enjoy!
Kim POV.
"Jack, how in the world are we going to get through airport security? We don't even have our passports." I say as we bustle through the crowd. He grabs my hand and drags me to one of the airport security men. We walk up to him and Jack pulls out a small card out of his pocket. The burly security man takes one look at it and leads us directly to the plane. He shows us two first class seats and we sit down. He walks away and I look at Jack questionably. He sighs and faces me.
"It's just a card with Kristy's name and picture on it. Pretty much like a business card. I'm just surprised we didn't have to pay for our tickets." He says as if it's a normal thing for him to just hop on a plane without needing to go through a security check or anything. I uncomfortably shift around in my chair, things have been a little distant and awkward between Jack and I since the kiss. We haven't had the time to talk about it and it's honestly bothering me a lot. That kiss felt…right. Stupid isn't it? I still love the person that has put me through the most pain, the person who ruined my life, gave me hope and happiness just to take it away from me in a flash.
We take off in silence. I stare out the window and watch everything on the ground seem to shrink as the plane flies higher and higher into the air. I watch as we fly into the sky and white fluffy clouds surround us. I remember how Jack and I would joke around and say how awesome it would be if we could walk on clouds, if we could just float around, so far from reality, and just leave our troubles and problems on the ground. I used to dream that I would escape with Jack, live an amazing life, what I didn't know was that I already had everything I could wish for. When I lost him that's when I realized that I had lot little things I took for granted; the walks to school, the genuine smiles, the nights where I would dream instead of having nightmares, I missed all of it. As I looked blankly out of the window I started to feel tired. I didn't want to sleep but I felt so weak. My eyelids were drooping shut. Jack must've noticed because he lifts up the armrest separating us and puts his arm around me. I don't even bother to resist and simply snuggle into his warm, muscular chest. I fall asleep instantly. When I wake up I see Jack staring intently at me.
"What's wrong?" I ask as I try to sit back up properly but Jack's arms hold me tightly against him. He chuckles and smiles…almost lovingly at me and takes his right hand gently strokes my cheek. He tucks a strand of hair behind my ear.
"Nothing's wrong, I was just admiring how beautiful you were." I look down trying to hide my burning red face. He called me beautiful! That was the first time in years someone has called me that. My heart starts beating rapidly; am I falling in love again? But why? He hurt me didn't he? My mind starts to ponder on a question I've been dying to ask for so long.
"Why did you do it?" I ask softly. He looks at me with a confused little puppy face. "Why did you leave and go with Lindsay?" He lets go of me and scratches the back of his neck like he always does when he's nervous.
"I…I don't know." I was incredulous. He didn't know? How could he not know? I was getting pissed, I might have ruined our little romantic moment by asking that question and blah blah blah but I deserved an answer! Two years of taking all that crap without shedding a single tear. Two years of working my ass off at the dojo hoping to somehow forget about him even though I knew it was perfectly useless.
"You don't know? You have absolutely no idea why you ran off with Lindsay? And Lindsay out of all people! She nearly killed you if I remember correctly! Did you honestly think that you were the only one who was worried sick? We were all hurting and on top of that we had lost you as well as Kristy!" He gently holds my hand and presses it against his chest. He looks at me with such sorrow in his eyes that I stop my hateful rambling.
"I never meant to hurt you. To be honest I never stopped thinking about you. You were always on my mind. Why I went with Lindsay…I don't know. I guess it just seemed like the easiest way out, it definitely wasn't the right choice but at that time it beat having to worry constantly about your safety." I look at him in confusion. My safety? I'm not the one with a serial killer running after me. He sighs and runs his fingers through his hair. "You don't get it Kim, every person that knows Kristy is in danger, especially if they also mean a lot to me. If Kevin ever killed you, my life wouldn't be worth living. I know that Kristy is strong, but I also know she's about to break down any second. She's seen her family die in front of her very eyes, she can't lose someone else. A person can only take so much grief and hurt. If Kevin killed you, he'd be killing three birds with one stone; you, me, and Kristy." Jack says with such sadness that I start to believe him. I see tears slowly well up in his eyes, Jack never cries. I place my hand on his right cheek and kiss him gently on the lips. His arms go around my waist and pull me closer to him. He breaks away slightly, his lips still brushing ever so slightly against mine. I can feel his sweet breath against me as he murmurs to me.
"I love you Kimmy. And I will never ever make the same mistake of leaving you again. Please forgive me." I give him a gentle peck on the lips before looking directly into his eyes.
"I forgive you."
Author's note:
Slightly crappy ending but bear with me, Kick is official! I'll honestly try to update at least once a week, I'm sorry but I can't do much better than that. Anyways there's probably only four or five chapters left. So how was it? Crappy, so-so, could have done better? Review!