FLASHBACK

Jimmy felt eyes on him. He turned around and saw a girl staring at him. She had light brown hair that was wavy. She began to walk over to Jimmy with a smile on her face. Jimmy could see her friends behind her start to giggle.

"Hi, Jimmy," she said with a sweet smile.

"Hi Kai," he replied with no emotion.

Kai was a girl that he met while he was on a case and she was the same age as him. The murder had taken place in her school, and that's how they met. After the case, she and Jimmy began to talk and she had told him that she was a huge fan of his dad's books. They became really good friends because they shared the same interests.

"Here, take this." She handed him a small envelope with his name on it. Jimmy took the envelope and looked at her with a confused look in his eyes. He looked down at the envelope and when he looked up she was already gone. Jimmy stood there, confused.

When he got home he took the envelope from his pocket. He wondered what lay within the little red envelope. He opened it. It was a card with a heart on it. He opened the card and began to read it.

"Dear Jimmy,

I wrote this letter because I need to let you know how I feel. Even though we've known each other for awhile just as friends, I want to take our relationship further. I really care about you and I want to be the one that you care about. I really like you, Jimmy, and hopefully, you feel the same way about me. I really care about you and I want to be the one that you care about. This might be awkward, but do you want to be my boyfriend?

Love,

Kai Mayura

Jimmy stared at the letter with wide eyes. 'Did she just as me out?'

The next day, Jimmy decided to go talk to Kai. He arrived at her house and rang the doorbell. She came out with a happy grin on her face.

"Kai, can we please talk?"

"Sure."

"Well, the letter you gave me. My answer is," Jimmy looked at her. She looked happy because she was sure he would say yes.

"..it's..no." The happy expression on Kai's face suddenly turned sad.

"WHAT?"

"No…I care about someone else."

Kai gave him an angry look and slammed the door on him. Jimmy stood there speechless. 'I did the right thing,' he reassured himself as he walked home.

The next morning he found a letter on his desk. He picked it up and opened it.

Jimmy,

It's Kai. I just wanted to let you know that I am upset because you broke my heart yesterday. I really care about you! How could you do this to me!

Kai

P.S. I am going to commit suicide.

"SUICIDE!" Jimmy grabbed his sweater and ran over to Kai's house. He knocked on the door several times, and when she did not answer he went inside. 'It's unlocked..'

He ran upstairs.

"Kai! Where are you!" He opened the door to her bedroom and saw her sitting on her bed, with tears in her eyes. She was holding a bottle of pills.

"Kai!" He ran over to her and grabbed the pills. "Don't do this!"

"Why do you care! There's no point for me to live anymore. You were everything to me. You were my whole world! But my whole world is taken away from me because of that stupid girl that you like," she said in between sobs.

"I'm sorry I can't be with you. But please don't so this! I care about you, I really do!" He took her and embraced her in his arms.

"I love you, Jimmy," she whispered, but he didn't seem to hear.

END OF FLASHBACK

"She's your girlfriend!" Rachael yelled at Jimmy again.

'Oh crap,' Jimmy thought, 'she must've thought I wanted to go out with her after that incident.' He looked over at Rachael, who was still in shock

"No!" He looked over at Kai.

"Stop lying, Jimmy Kudo!" she shouted at him.

"Kai, we need to talk!" He stood up and walked over to the door. "I'll be back, Rachael." He took Kai's arm and dragged her out into the hallway. He closed Rachael's door. He dragged Kai to his room, so that they would have privacy.

"What the hell are you doing!" Jimmy asked once they in his room. "You know I care about her!"

"Yeah, and you know I care about you! How could you just go on and love somebody else, when you know that you're breaking my heart!"

"Kai, we talked about this. I don't love you, I love Rachael!"

Kai looked down to the floor.

"So, you don't love anyone else in this whole earth?"

"Rachael is the only one I love," he responded boldly.

"Well, if she's the only one you love, then I guess I'll just have to dispose of her."

"WHAT!"

"I want her gone! I want you to love ME! Not her!" Kai reached into her purse and took out a knife and held it against his neck. "If I kill her, then all have you all to myself, and you will never love that whore again. If you see or speak to her again, she dies and so do you. Do you understand?"

Jimmy nodded.

"And, you have to act like MY boyfriend. Understand?" She gave him an evil grin.

He nodded again. He had gotten him and Rachael into serious danger.

"Good." She put the knife back into her bag. "I don't trust you in this hospital, so you're going to some home with me. I've already asked permission for you to leave. So hurry and pack your things."

Jimmy grabbed a couple of his possessions and put it into his bag. 'I can't believe this is happening. I want to tell Rachael I love her, but I don't want her to get hurt.'

Once he was done packing, they started to walk out of the hospital. When they were in Kai's car, Jimmy spoke up to her.

"Wait! I need to say bye to Rachael!" He opened the door, but stopped when he felt a sudden pain go through his other hand.

"If you mention that name one more time, you're history. Close the door!"

Jimmy closed the door. He looked at his other hand, that was now dripping with blood. Kai started the car and drove out the parking lot. Jimmy stared at the window that belonged to Rachael's room.

'Somehow, someway, I am going to tell her.'

to be continued