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Chapter Twelve : Heart To Heart

The day that Kim was sent home from hospital, Tom and Kate told Jessica and Kim that now they had made up, they needed to have a conversation about what had happened. "You can come out whenever you have resolved it." Kate smiled kindly, shutting their bedroom door as she backed out of the room. Jessica and Kim looked at each other almost shyly, as they sat crossed legged on Kim's bed, facing each other. "Um…" Kim began.

"Look, Kimmy. This was all my fault and I completely understand if you don't want to be best friends anymore." Jessica interrupted. Kim frowned. "Of course I still want to be best friends, Jessica. Why would you think that?"

Jessica looked down at Kim's pink, butterfly patterned bed sheets, then at her matching lilac ones across the room. "You have Jake and Mike. Their your favourites now."

Kim shook her head. "Their my favourite brothers." She spoke very slowly and clearly, as if she was talking to a very young child. "You're my favourite sister, and my favourite sibling overall. Not to mention my favourite twin."

Jessica looked up at Kim, grinning. "You're not mad?" She asked. Kim laughed. "What would be the point? I mean, when you were mad at me I felt so low, like I just wanted to die. All I wanted was for you to talk to me. I'd be a little stupid if once you made up with me, I decide I'm not interested."

Jessica giggled. "I guess."

"However." Kim said. "There is one thing that I'd like to ask you."

Jessica bit her lip nervously. "What is it?"

"Why were you so angry at me, Jessie? I wasn't to know that I was adopted, I was as shocked as you." Kim said gently, as if she thought just by mentioning it, Jessica would get mad at her again.

Jessica looked around the room in thought. "Well… you know that book we read by Dr Alkins, about psychology – the part about sometimes, when people get terrible news, they take it out on someone closest to them?"

Kim nodded. "Well, I guess that's how I dealt with it." Jessica continued.

"Well, that's okay then. I really just want to forget about all of this." Kim shrugged.

"Me too." Jessica replied, smiling. "So from now on, no one mentions the past two and a half months."

Kim nodded. "Deal. But wait a second, what about your new best friend, Clelia?"

Jessica rolled her eyes. "Can't stand her, never could."

Kim smirked. "Boy, I'm glad to hear that."

They went downstairs arm in arm, Kim wearing a purple vest top, and dark denim jeans, and Jessica wearing the exact same top in pink, and the exact same jeans but in light denim. They opened the door into the family room.

"SURPRISE!" People shouted, jumping out from various places. Well except Mike, who swung past the window on a rope yelling surprise, then accidentally dropped the rope he was holding, trying to wave. Everyone looked around nervously, but were relieved when Mike ran in seconds later, yelling "I'm okay!"

Kim looked around the room for a moment, taking it all in. There was a big, pink banner saying "Welcome Home Kim!" and balloons and streamers everywhere. It was like she had been away from home for months, not two weeks.

She turned to say something to Jessica, before realizing that she had gone to put some music on. Jake and Mike ambled over to her. "Like the decorations?" Mike asked, grinning. "Yeah, it's all really great!" Kim exclaimed. Jake rolled his eyes. "Mike helped to put it up, and all of this was his idea." Kim turned to Mike, surprised. "It was?"

Mike smiled, and nodded. "Uh huh."

"Aww, Mikey!" She exclaimed, and lifted him up, which wasn't hard – he weighed 20 pounds less then Nigel and Kyle. Kim gave him a big kiss on his forehead. "Okay, you can put me down! This isn't good for my reputation!" Mike shouted, but he was laughing. "I helped too." Jake told Kim, wanting some attention. "Okay, thanks to you too Jake." Kim smiled, and gave him a hug.

She felt a tap on her back. "Present for you." It was Lorraine. "A present? Who from?" Kim asked, confused. "From us, duh! Boy, smart people are dumb!" Mike exclaimed. Kim opened it, and smiled. It was a brand new copy of her favourite book – Gunner had eaten her old copy a while back.

"Jessica's idea." Lorraine said, before she got all of the credit. Kim hugged Jessica. "You're the best sister a girl could have, Jess." She whispered.

That night, Kim went to bed feeling on top of the world. And she knew that now she could say to Jessica that never got replied during the argument.

"Night, Jessica."

"Night, Kimmy."

"I love you."

"Love you more, Kimmy."

Aww! I thought that was a cute ending! And it wasn't a cliffhanger – so I'm not being too evil today. Review! Love Kaylee xxx