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: KirstenJimmy

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the OC characters. I own Jerry and Sarah. Not really but I own the names and the personalities cos I don't know what the actual characters are like.

Chapter 6: Bringer of Good and Bad News

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Jimmy stood there feeling empty. His head was in his hands and his shoulders were slumped and he was studying the ground. He was sitting on the step at the end of the corridor and he felt tears prick his eyes. He was so weak, his father was right. He wasn't the strong man which his father was.

Jerry was sitting next to him and felt the tension in the air. He was about to say something but decided not to. Then he wanted to say something else but that wasn't right to say either. Then something else popped into his mind. No, that wasn't right either. He'd opened and closed his mouth so many times in the last few seconds he could've been mistaken for a gold fish. He shook his head, he may as well say what first had come into his head.

"You should go after her Coop." Jimmy lifted his head and looked at Jerry. He was about to swear at him, saying what did he think was his first instinct to do when Kirsten ran off crying. Then he controlled himself and said what had come into his mind after his first instinct that had stopped him,

"She doesn't want to talk to me. I hurt her." Jimmy returned his head to his hands. Jerry looked over his friend's head to see Sarah standing with Kirsten just within earshot. Kirsten's head was resting on Sarah's shoulders and he could hear her sobs. Jerry's eyes locked with Sarah's and he cleared his throat.

"You do like her right?" Jimmy's head snapped up and he gave Jerry a look,

"Yes, I like her. I wish that she could be my girlfriend. Happy?" Jerry looked to the side of Jimmy's head to see that Kirsten's head had lifted and she'd turned around. Jerry patted Jimmy's shoulder,

"You soon will be." Jerry got up and went back inside the building. Jimmy looked after his retreating figure and wondered what drugs he was on. Then he heard footsteps to the side of him and saw Kirsten walking towards him. She was wiping her eyes and he got up and made to follow Jerry.

"Jimmy, wait." Jimmy turned around and he was expecting to be yelled at or told off. Especially because of what he'd told her before this incident.

"I'm-"

"I-" They said at the same time. They both blushed and looked away. Jimmy was the first to speak after a few seconds,

"You go first." Kirsten looked at him and said,

"I heard what you just said to Jerry." Jimmy's face was swept by a look of confusion.

"You-you did?" Suddenly he got what Jerry had said just a bit earlier. He was shocked, but at the same time relieved that he wouldn't have to explain everything over again to Kirsten. Of course what he'd told Jerry wasn't the complete truth, he liked Kirsten more than he was willing to admit.

"Yeah," Kirsten stepped closer to him, "You know, when I heard you at the cabin you really scared me."

"Scared you?" Jimmy was looking straight down at Kirsten, their faces would've been touching if not for the height difference. Kirsten nodded and continued, not breaking eye contact,

"I thought that you were a liar, that all the things that you said to me earlier was just stuff to make me happy." Jimmy didn't have to think hard to remember what he'd said, all this stuff about how she was different from anyone else he knew and how he wanted to go out with her more than anything. He was speechless now so he just smiled down at her and asked,

"So is your answer any different from before?" Kirsten smiled up at him,

"No, it's still a maybe." Jimmy grinned,

"That wasn't what you said, you said probably," he stated formally.

"Hmm, did I? Okay then, probably when you get rid of the goatee." Jimmy's hand went up to the offensive goatee.

"Well I don't know, I've had this little fella for a year. He's like a part of me, he's worth more to me than my earthly belongings. He's like my connection to the far out spiritual world man." He said doing a mock-hippie. Then he pretended to ponder the loss of his dear goatee.

"Hm, okay then. Whatever you say m'am." He grinned and then said,

"If you say yes I will go and shave it off now."

"Now?"

"Right now." Jimmy confirmed and smiled down at her. Kirsten thought for a second,

"Kay then. I will go out with you." Jimmy's eyes widened slightly,

"Seriously?" Kirsten's smile widened,

"Seriously." Jimmy grinned and then leaned down to kiss her when...

"COOP!" Jimmy breathed out in frustration. He then spun around and said,

"WHAT IS IT JERRY?" Jerry came running and Jimmy saw the tears coming down his face. Jerry was hysterical,

"She...I....cliff...fell...broken....sorry...."

"Calm down Jerry. What happened?" Jimmy said, his frustration had disappeared and his voice was calm now. One of the things that he'd learnt throughout his long, experienced life was that there was no use to get hysterical when someone else was already hysterical. Jerry was trying to talk but his sobs were stopping him.

"Take a breath, calm down and try and talk again after you've calmed down." Jerry took deep gulps of air and managed to steady his breathing.

"It's Sarah. She fell. Off one of the cliffs. She's on a ledge. Her leg's broken. I'm so sorry. It was my fault. I made her pissed. I asked her out. Repeatedly." Jimmy took in all of this information and then grabbed the nearest teacher who happened to be sitting around drinking coffee.

"One of the students has fallen off a cliff and is on one of the ledges with a possible broken leg. Her name's Sarah." The teacher was panicked, after all they were meant to look after the students. Jimmy was the only one who could contain his feelings. Kirsten was sobbing beside him and Jerry was crying on the other side. He enveloped Kirsten in his arms and patted Jerry on the back softly with a free hand.

"I'm sorry Jerry."

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AN: Sad, sad, sad. Don't worry it'll all get fixed soon. I hope. (... Luv yaz all, I'll fix it if you wanna....if u don't ill 'get rid' of her... Ahem, okay I gonna go now...

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