Title: History Repeats Itself

Summary: Basically a story about the past. Kirsten and Jimmy are the main characters. Jimmy's just moved into the OC and is having trouble settling into school. Will Kirsten help? As the title says this is showing how history tends to repeat itself.

Pairing: Kirsten Jimmy

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the OC characters. I only own Sarah (Kirsten's friend) who is really Summer's step mum and Jerry who's Summer's dad but is like Seth (BTW: Cos I have no idea what the hell Summer's mum's name is so I just sorta made them up. Even tho it's obvious I just wanted to completely clear that up.)

Chapter 1: Looks

"Hey Kirsten." Kirsten turned and saw Sarah walking towards her.

"Hey Sarah!" Kirsten called out as a smile lit up her face. She got a lot of jealous looks from around her as she walked to her best-friend. They hugged briefly and then began the standard conversation.

"I can't believe we're back at school already! I mean the only good thing is that we can drive now." Kirsten nodded and joined in,

"I mean, the summer always goes too fast. I didn't get to do my tan as dark as I wanted it."

"Yeah, I mean there was only, like, one party a week. Soo not enough."

"Yeah, cos, like...." Kirsten trailed off as the new kid walked in. She'd noticed him a couple of times in the holidays but he kept to himself. That didn't exactly stop their like for each other but he was too shy, it seemed, to do anything about it.

"Kirst, you okay?" Sarah asked as Kirsten went off into space. Sarah followed Kirsten's gaze and saw that it was on Jimmy, the new guy. He was talking to that loser Jerry (Summer's dad). Kirst had been almost...well, pining after him in the holidays after he'd arrived in Newport. It was so weird.

"Huh? Oh yeah, I'm fine." Kirsten came back to Earth with a snap and returned her gaze to Sarah.

"You sure, cos you've been in another place for like the past week. Ever since he moved here." She nodded at Jimmy and then lost Kirsten's attention to him again.

"Kirst? Kirst?!?" Kirsten's eyes managed to divert themselves to Sarah's face and she said,

"I'm sorry Sar, I just...I don't know."

"Kirst, he's like this big loser. I heard that he was born in Queens. I mean, ew!" Kirsten dropped the subject and gave Jimmy a lingering wishful look before turning her back on him.

"Coop, she was so looking at you just then." Jerry said to Jimmy and punched him lightly on the shoulder,

"She has the hots for you or something," Jimmy looked at him with a friendly death glare and Jerry got the idea and started to mumble incoherently, "Not that you have the hots for her or anything." Then Jimmy relaxed and said,

"You think that she really likes me?" Jerry replied,

"Oh yeah Coop, I mean, how obvious is it? You got that whole bad guy thing going and the chicks, like, dig it totally." Jimmy gave him a weird look,

"Okay, what's with the words? Are you trying to be cool?" Jimmy asked. Jerry shrugged and then looked at Jimmy and cracked.

"Okay, so what. Am I not allowed to be 'cool'? I want to be those kids on Dawson's Creek who only have to worry about who they're with this week or....or those guys over there playing soccer," he pointed to the 'jocks' on one of the many patches of grass which were on the side of the path they were standing on, "Or even a 'bad boy' like you."

"Jerry, calm down. You know that I don't care about that. I find it mildly amusing," Jerry shot Jimmy a look and then Jimmy added, "But I don't care." Jerry studied him before grinning and letting him off the hook,

"Okay Coop, let's go grab something from the Machine. Coke for me and water for you I'm guessing." Jerry said and Jimmy nodded. Jimmy threw Kirsten another look before going through the building into the courtyard where the 'Machine' was in the corner.

The 'Machine', as it was so lovingly called by the kids, supplied them with Coke, Sprite, Fanta, the new Coke that was currently out (whatever that might be), water and snacks such as chips, lollies and so forth. The Machine was a place where people of all social backgrounds hung out. It was the one thing that brought them together and the only thing that had stood the test of time.

Jerry put in two dollars and got a coke and then put in another two dollars for Jimmy's water and he protested immediately,

"You don't have too..." Jerry put his hand up to silence him,

"My treat." Jimmy's shoulders sagged, he couldn't let people keep on doing this because it was really embarrassing and he couldn't stand being branded the 'new kid' and be treated differently from everyone else because of it. The fact that they weren't bashing him up was good but he was wondering if this could be, in some obscure way, worse.

Jerry tossed Jimmy his water and then opened his own bottle.

"Ah, now that I've had my caffeine hit for the day let us go to the terrifying Mrs Turow (old Mrs Kim) to see if you're allowed to go to camp without that permission note." Jimmy nodded and Jerry led the way

AN: Short first chapter, sorry about that. Anyways, I realised something really weird. Jimmy and Kirsten meet when their sixteen and they both have their first kiss with each other. Somehow them both not kissing anyone before then is a bit weird....o well....cyz lataz pplz...=P

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