HL: Thanks for all the reviews even if there is only a few but oh well! This chapter will mostly be in Kimiko's point of view, but some may be in 3rd person but I will tell you before I switch it.
For the summary look at the first chapter.
Disclaimer: I own nothing but my own characters.
It's September 22 and only a month before my stupid surgery for my pacer. It's also the first day of fall, great, cold nights, short days, more homework, homecoming, practice, just about everything happens around these few months of the year. I sat in Math class clearly not getting anything, Jag is next to me staring off into space, Chase is starting to fall asleep, and Kicker is asleep in front of me. I quickly look at the ground seeing a piece of paper there I notice Kicker open an eye, look at me, the note, and then me again, I start sinking in my seat so my foot can reach it. My foot landed on it as I pulled it towards me then bent over seeing Jag looking over as I open it inside my book.
Kim,
Meet me at the lake by the tire swing at midnight tonight.
Midnight! I look at him like he's nuts but he's faking sleep again. Kicker is such a guy, but then again, so is Chase. When the bell finally rings half the class gets up and runs to the cafeteria, but me, I pick up my books, walk out of the class, and go to my locker to put them away to get my money for lunch only to see Jag and Chase making out from the corner of my eye since Jag's locker is next to mine, "Augh, save it for the locker room!" I say closing the locker door making Chase pull back making a sound that sounded like a plunger. Jag just smirks at me like she knows it gets on my nerves, which it does, but if I ever had a boyfriend and she didn't, which was true at one point, I'd do the same thing to her. The three of us walked down to the café, Chase had one arm around Jag's waist, and the other around mine, I can't help but smile, "So what did the note Kicker give you say Kim?" Jag asked when we finally got to our table after all three of us had paid for lunch, "He wants me to meet him at the lake by the tire swing tonight at midnight," I say as Jag grins, she knows all about that tire swing, "Ooooo! Kicker's going to smooch ya again!" Chase chokes on his sand witch, "Again?" "Yeah, last summer, Kicker, me, Kim, and Jason went to the lake on the tire swing. When Jase and I came back to check on them they were smoooooching in the swing!" Jag said with a girlish giggle which scared the hell out of me and Chase.
I shook my head, so what if Kicker and I kissed? It didn't mean anything to us, well, it meant something to me, but I don't know about him, it ended when we heard Jag start laughing her head off nearly busting a gut. I see Kicker walk in with Mischa, both were keeping their hands to themselves, finally, I took a bite of my sand witch as Jag threw something at my head I turned to face them again only to see Jag batting her eyelashes. I rolled my eyes at her as I looked over at Kicker and Mischa again who were now sitting with the people that they normally hung out with, except they weren't really laughing, in fact, they seemed quiet. I still looked as Jag reached over to go pull my hair I looked at her, "What?" I asked as she sat back down, "Why are you staring at him?" "He seems quiet, I don't know," I answer as Jag rolls her eyes at me. I can't wait for school to be over with at this point so I can find out what the hell is going on with Kicker and company.
As school ends I pull on my jean jacket then sling my bag over my shoulder as Jag pulls her jacket on, Chase walks over in his black leather jacket, "Ready?" he asks as the two of us nod all three of us head out into the cold watching the leaves fall as many of the younger kids run around trying to catch them as they laughed. The older grades were sitting in circles waiting for their rides, sitting under trees with their girlfriends or boyfriends, or standing talking and laughing. I looked at a hill to see kids rolling down it, I smiled, Jag, Chase, Kicker, and I used to roll down that hill when we were little, and then we always went sledding there during the winter time. Ah, the good old days! How I wish they'd be the same, sharing coco on cold winter days, play in the snow, play board games, sit under blankets, cuddle with Kicker to get warm. Wait, did I just say cuddle with Kicker? I did not mean that!
When I got to my house, after seeing Chase and Jag off at their houses, I walked upstairs threw my bag onto my bed, pulled out my homework, then started on it. My plan, get my homework done as soon as possible, eat a rather large dinner, then go to bed early so I can get up for midnight. As I'm just about to finish the last of my homework, the phone rings, I pick it up, "Hello?" "Kimiko? It's me, Kicker," I smile, "Hey, we still on?" "Yeah, I just wanted to ask you something," "okay, go ahead," a long silence passed, "Kicker?" "Yeah, I'm still here. Kim, do you think you could bring the gift I gave you at the end of the summer last year?" I went silent. He wanted it back? What is going on here? Whatever it is, I'm going to find out, "Yeah, yeah, I can bring it. Kicker, what's going on?" I ask as he sighs, "I'll tell you later. Remember where to met me, I'll see you later." He hung up. I sighed clicking the off button on the phone as I finished my homework, I went downstairs, ate as much as I could, made my way back upstairs, then laid on the bed, closing my eyes. I looked at the clock, "Digger," I say drowsily as he looks at me, "wake me up at midnight." He nods as I fall asleep.
At midnight, okay, I have no clue what time it is, but I feel someone shaking me as I open my eyes I see Digger hovering over me, "It's ten past midnight," he says as I jump up, grab my jacket, open my window, then jump out of it, and run down the street. As I run I' breathe hard watching my breath rise in front of me as I turn down the road to get to the lake. I turn and run into someone, hard, and before I fall they catch me, "I figured you'd be late," "Kicker! I'm so sorry! I---I fell asleep and," he chuckled as I gasped for breath, "Kim, it's okay, it really is, come on," he says taking my hand in his as he pulled me to the tire swing as he sat in, I put my legs around his back and pulled myself in. He smiled as I smiled at him, "Did you bring it?" I looked at him for a minute until I put my hand in my pocket and pulled out the necklace, he took it from me then slipped it into his jacket pocket. The two of us sat there as the swing swung slightly from the push of the wind and our movement on it, "Clear night huh?" he asked clearly wanting to break the silence between us, "Yeah, it is," I say looking up at the sky as he looks up also we noticed a shooting star, "you don't see those often," he said as I looked at him. He got off the swing making me unwrap my legs from his back, I watched as I spun around in the swing as he stood by the lake with his hands in his pockets, I got off, and I walked over to him giving him a hug on his side as he shook his hand free from his pocket putting his arm around my shoulders.
I rested my head against his shoulder closing my eyes as the wind blew leaves around us I let go as he let go of me then he took his jacket off then jumped into the lake. I watched as he came up then shook his head, "Damn its cold!" he said treading the water, "Then get out! What are you? A moron?" I ask with a smirk as he chuckled, "Come on Kim! We used to do this when we were kids, just jump in," I shook my head, "I hate to break it to you Kicker, but I'm not a kid anymore," "so? There's no one else here, just me," he said as I shook my head again he came to the edge as I sat down near him, "your no fun," he whispered as I sighed. Normally I'd do something like this, but I was sort of worried a bit more about my heart stopping from the sudden shock of the cold water on my clothes and flesh, "I'm here, nothing's going to happen," he says as if he read my mind as he places a hand on mine. I stand up taking off my jacket and throw it on top of his as put my hand in, I pulled it out, it was cold, but I jumped in anyway, when I came up I gasped for air then took an icy breath into my lungs before Kicker swam over and grabbed me by the waist. I shivered violently in his arms, "Damn it Kicker, I'm freezing!" "I told you it was cold," he said as I splashed him he let go, but when I swam to the edge he followed after me so that when I turned around he was right there, a few inches from my face.
The two of us just look at each other as the clouds from our breathing occupy us, until he moves closer to me so that he's right against me now, as I look up at him he looks down at me, I slowly put my arms around his neck as he put his forehead against mine, then we kissed, just like we had during last summer. We were locked in the kiss for awhile until he broke away turning his head away as I opened my eyes, "Kicker, what's wrong?" I ask looking at him while he's still looking away from me, "Nothing's wrong," he says, okay, now I know something's bothering him. I took a hand from behind his neck, touched his cheek, then slowly turned his head to face me again, "Kicker, tell me that nothing's wrong to my face, look me in the eye," I say softly as he looks at me again, "nothing's wrong, Kim," he says. I search his face to see if he's lying, I can tell he is, but he just isn't telling me, before I can ask again, we're once again locked in a kiss, it feel's right, but then again, it feels wrong, and I don't know why, this time I break away, "Kicker, I…" "KIMIKO!" Before I can say anything we both turn to see my parents standing there. I'm officially dead meat, it also looks like the police are there, yah, their here too.
I let go of Kicker and I hang my head, "What do you think your doing young lady! Get out of that water! It's the first day of fall and the water's freezing!" My mother says as I get out, Kicker gets out after me, "come here!" I go over to my mother as she wraps my jacket around my shoulders, then the police go and grab flannel blankets to wrap around the two of us. To add to this, my mother comes over, and rubs my shoulders, hard, so that I warm up quickly, "It's almost one in the morning, how dare you sneak out of the house and to see Kicker!" my mother says. Well, this is embarrassing, I'm freezing, I'm sitting in the back of an ambulance, Kicker's next to me as the EMT's rub his shoulders too to get him warm, and my mother is saying this in front of Kicker, "You are grounded young lady, for being out past curfew, for sneaking out of your room, and breaking almost every rule in our household! Grounded! You will not go to the mall unless you ask your father or me, the movies, no cell phone, no computer, no phone at all for two weeks!" I feel tears gather at the sides of my eyes as Kicker looks at me, I look away, I didn't want him to see me cry, not again. I couldn't help it, tears started falling down my face as my mother went on and on with her ranting, I could feel Kicker looking at me with a frown on his face, I hate it when he saw me cry, seeing as I hardly cried, not since my dog got hit by a car when I was probably ten-years-old then she died, small sobs came out as the tears still fell. My mother finally stopped when the police said that they needed to talk to her, she walked away from me as I looked at my feet, tears still falling, Kicker moved closer to me, put a finger under my chin lifting my head as he kissed me softly again on the lips, it must have been bad, because my tears were falling still, it was obviously wet, and salty.
I sobbed silently as he put his forehead against mine, "Kim," I looked at him, "I have to leave, as in, away from our home," "for how long?" I asked silently swallowing down a sob, "I don't know, as long as it takes me, I just wanted to tell you, that I love you," He says quietly in my ear kissing my cheek. Is this for real? I look at him as I feel more tears fill up in my eyes, "Kicker…I…" I seriously can't say anything, what am I? A stumbling idiot! Well, obviously I am if I can't say anything to him, plus he sees this problem seeing as my eyes are now spilling new tears, and I can't seem to get my words out, "Kim, you don't have to say anything," well seeing as I can't say anything, I won't, thanks Kicker. I look at the police car seeing my mother still talking to them, so I take advantage of this and grab Kicker's head, so that the two of us kiss again, this time it's longer as he pulls me closer so that our two bodies are touching, after a good few minutes we break away resting on our foreheads against each others, our hands on the others cheek, finally I could talk, "Kicker, I lo…" "Kimiko!" DAMN IT! Damn my mother and her sucky timing! Kicker chuckles, knowing what I was going to say, "I won't see you for awhile, I'm sorry to leave you like this, I have to go tomorrow, well, today, actually." He says as I sigh he kisses me again for the final time for how long, only he and God know.
I went back home with my mother, looking out my window, seeing the rain starting to fall, and the clock flashing 6:00 at me, school started in an hour, to tell the truth, I wasn't even tired. I took a quick shower, got changed, put my homework into my bag, and pulled my jacket on before taking off to Jag's house where she was waiting for me. When I got there, she jumped up, "SPILL!" she said as we walked to go get Chase, "Well, Kicker got me grounded for two weeks, we went swimming in the freezing lake, swung on the tire swing, my mom flipped on me, we sat in the back of an ambulance for the last three hours, wait, four hours, then he said he had to leave to go somewhere, that was it," I said skipping the part about us kissing, multiple times, and the whole part of not being able to tell Kicker that I loved him, because I was unable to speak, and when my mother interrupted me with her sucky timing. Jag knew I was skipping the juicy parts, because I could tell by the look in her eyes, "I think MUCH more went on then what you just told me," she said raising an eyebrow at me, "Fine, we kissed," "you kissed?" "Yes, we kissed," "How many times?" "I don't know," "Yes you do," "fine! We kissed six times," "HA! I KNEW IT!" She said pumping her arm in the air, "Heh heh, ooooooh I knew he wouldn't let me down," "What?" "What?" she asked looking at me probably realizing what she had just said, "Who?" "What?" "Who wouldn't let you down?" she bit her lip and chewed on it, "Jag," she still wasn't looking at me.
I could tell she wasn't going to tell me, but I was going to make her, I dropped my bag, shoved her into a tree and held her there, "Who did you have following me Jag!" there must have been something in my eyes because she seemed to shrink against the look, "No one was following you, what kind of person do you think I am?" she asks. I look at her face again, but she wasn't lying, the two of us kept walking as Chase met up with us then we walked to school. As we did, however, we noticed half of the East Wing missing, "What in the name of…" Chase muttered before Jag let out a scream, the two of us looked, Chase went wide eyed covering Jag's mouth with his hand before pulling her down onto the ground, then he pulled me down with him. The three of us crawled behind a bush and watched seeing, what seemed to be robots, fighting, the three of us stared when a hand quickly covered my mouth I jumped three feet in the air then turned seeing Kicker there, "Kicker?" "Shhh!" he whispered making sure we weren't being watched, "C'mon, its not safe here, I'm bringing you guys home," he said to the three of us as we watched Chase grabbed Jag's hand tightly as Kicker did the same to mine, we still watched, then stood slowly, stopped, then made a run for it. We were trying to be as quiet as possible as we ran on the ground that was still wet with morning dew and we were slipping on the leaves, but we still kept going, then it started happening again, my heart was going faster than normal draining the color from my face, Jag saw this apparently, "Kicker, slow down! Kim's going to pass out if we don't!" Kicker stopped as I felt my eyes close, heard someone say my name, then all went dark.
HL: second chapter! Okies, thanks to the people that did review on this story sorry if Kicker's a little OOC but in the next chapters I'll try to keep him in character as much as possible.
TBC…