Kim woke up with her head reeling. She felt like someone had hit her in the head with a brick. She turned over and nearly had a heart attack when she saw who was right next to her…shirtless.

Jack.

She quickly got out of bed and ran into the bathroom, hoping to get away from him. Did she have sex with him? He had boxers or some type of piece of clothing, covering his…area. Kim looked at her own clothes and her dress was just covering her bum while her hair looked like she just got electrocuted.

What the hell happened?!

Kim closed her eyes and tried to recall the things that happened the moment she left the house. The obvious walking because they were sophomores. The music, mystery drink that didn't seem to help anything, and Jack. He was dancing with some horny senior and then…the kiss.

Gosh! I kissed him! I actually kissed him! What the hell is wrong with me?! What the hell is-

"Kim? You in there?" said Jack from the other side of the door. No way in hell was she going to open the door. No way in hell was she going to talk to him after drinking that stupid liquid poison that gives you confidence to do stupid things.

You drank alcohol, stupid. Her subconscious said, annoyed. That would explain the massive headache. Did she really drink that much? She just remembered up to the kiss and then the rest was blurry. Kim looked in the mirror again and tried not to cringe at the sight of her hair and makeup. Her lipstick was smeared and her lips were swollen.

Did that mean she…?

"Kim? Can you come out so we can talk?" He said, his voice cracking. It was probably because he just woke up, but Kim almost felt like he was begging her to open the door. And her stomach dropped.

She couldn't open the door. It seemed impossible, she just ruined every moment of friendship they built up. She just ruined something that brought her happiness and she couldn't help but feel like it was all her fault.

A sob made its way past her lips and she soon found tears streaming down her face. Gosh, she was crying. Crying! Over something so stupid!

The bathroom door opened and Jack stood in the doorway with a key in his hand. He looked down at her and soon rushed to her side to comfort her. Kim put her head in his shirt and continued to cry. It felt like centuries before anyone spoke up again.

"This is all my fault. I'm so sorry." Kim said in between hiccups.

"No it's not. It's mine, if I would've just tried to be- or just did something. Gosh, I'm such an idiot."

Kim pulled away, bemused. What did he have to be sorry for? She was the one who basically threw herself all over him. It obviously didn't go far because she didn't feel like she did anything serious and all their clothes were on, save Jack's shirt which Kim didn't care to know where it was.

"How is this your fault?"

"I just-you're. Ugh!" He groaned and put his head in his hands. It seemed odd but Kim felt the need to comfort him, as he did her.

"You didn't do anything-"

"But I did, Kim! I did, that's what you don't understand! I screwed up everything, you were just part of the conflict. You didn't do anything wrong, you're perfect."

Her cheeks felt warm and she looked away from him. In that moment, she saw that the towels and shower, were something she didn't recognize.

"Jack?"

"Yeah?" He answered bitterly.

"Where are we?"

"At the party. Yesterday, you were-nevermind. I just grabbed this room to get some privacy. We can get going if you want."

I nodded, "Let's go."

[*]

The walk to Kim's house was silent. She just couldn't shake the fact that she actually kissed him. What kind of idiot kisses their ex? Jack didn't try to strike up conversation with her, Kim thought it was because she was having an internal battle with herself. Kim definitely enjoyed kissing Jack, she's always liked kissing him. But doing it while they were finally making progress and Romeo…

Romeo! How could she be so blind? How could she be so…fickle? She felt like dirty and itchy. Probably because she smelled like sweat and eyeliner.

It seemed pretty obvious that Jack was on edge as well, by the way he avoided looking at her. And she still couldn't understand why. It's not like he was the one who kissed her first. Beer wasn't a really good mixture with Kim and jealousy.

The walk finally came to an end as Kim saw the large glass door that welcomed her into her home. She turned to look at Jack, trying to think of some way to not make this the beginning of another awkward friendship but nothing came.

Jack came closer and dipped his head. She thought he was going to kiss her again and braced herself, but it was only a featherlight kiss and it was to her cheek. Somehow, it seemed more ntimate than kissing her on the lips, causing her to blush.

"See ya' later, Kim." He whispered then turned around and walked away. Kim immediately ran into the house to yell at Mika.

This was all her fault after all.

[*]

"You did what?!"

"I didn't mean to-"

"Clearly you did. Kimberly Crawford, you bad girl. I didn't know you had it in you." Mika smirked. This wasn't the way the conversation was supposed to go. Kim thought bitterly.

"You know if I paid enough attention to what I was drinking, I wouldn't have done that."

"No, you probably would've imagined kissing him and ruined everything."

"Everything, meaning your new soap opera! Mika, this isn't some stupid show, it's my life and even if Jack kissed my cheek and seemed perfectly okay with me kissing him, I'm not. Kissing him felt…"

"Good? Amazing? Mind-blowing or all of the above? I don't see why this is such a big deal. One little breakup and he's the Green Goblin?"

"No. You don't understand." Kim shook her head. No one understood because she didn't tell anyone. She didn't want to. Her and Jack's past belongs there and bringing it up just makes everything a whole lot worse and real.

Though, the memories felt as real as memories could get.

"Then help me to, Kim. What happened to you and Jack?"

Author's Notes: Cliffhanger, ooohhh! ;D

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