Here's chapter 2! Thanks for the reviews :D Thank you to those who reviewed.

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Kim ran downstairs, slung her backpack over her shoulder, grabbed her lunch, and headed for the door. Her mom blocked her path.

"No way are you walking to school in the rain," She told Kim.

"Then I'll ride my bike," Kim said quickly. She knew where this was going.

"Not that either. Alan's here and he's going to take you and John to school."

"No way. I'm not letting him take me to school!" Kim exclaimed.

"Well how are you going to get to school? I have to leave for work and that's nowhere near your school. And Lucy can't take you since she left for school already." (AN: Lucy still lives with them even though she's in college since she doesn't want to live in a dorm and she wanted to make things easier for her mom by staying nearby.)

"Please can I walk? I have my jacket and I could take an umbrella," Kim pleaded.

"No. You're riding with Alan and that's final. I have to leave for work now so be good. Bye guys!" She waved goodbye to Alan and John. She tried to give Kim a hug but Kim just pulled away. "Bye Kim." Then she left.

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Kim sat in the front seat of the car and sulked. How was she supposed to avoid Alan when he had to drive her to school? Kim ignored Alan who was saying goodbye after her dropped her off and kept walking.

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By the afternoon, the rain had cleared up and she and Jack were walking home from school. John was tagging along behind them, kicking a rock down the sidewalk.

"So where are Milton, Eddie, and Jerry?" Kim asked.

"Eddie has a date, Milton's taking an afterschool science course or something, and Jerry has detention," Jack replied.

"What's he in for this time?"

"I have no idea. But I'm surprised that he hasn't run out of ways to mess with the teachers by now."

As they stopped in front of her house, Kim turned to Jack. "Do you want to come in and work on some homework or something?" She asked.

"Sure," Jack said, following Kim and John inside.

"Hey Lucy, we're home! Jack's here!" Kim called.

Lucy walked into the room. "Hey guys. Hi Jack," she greeted. "Mom's still stuck at work so she may not be home for a while. Do you guys want anything to eat?" She asked.

"We'll find something," Kim replied.

Kim, John, and Jack went into the kitchen. Kim looked through the cabinets. "What do you want?" she asked Jack

"Anything's fine."

"How about popcorn?" Kim suggested.

"Sounds good," Jack replied.

Kim pulled out a bag of popcorn and set it in the microwave. As they waited, they pulled out their backpacks and looked for something to work on.

"Let's start with Social Studies." (AN: My favorite subject :D)

They were working on Ancient Greece.

As soon as they pulled out their World History books, the microwave went off, indicating that the popcorn was done. Kim poured it into two separate bowls. One for John and one for her and Jack to share.

As they ate the popcorn, they worked on their homework on Ancient Greece. (AN: My social studies teacher this year had my class make a book about Ancient Greece where we wrote about myths we read, went hunting for Greek columns in our city, and stuff like that. I made my own full set of playing cards of mythical creatures. I decided to have them have the same assignment :D)

"What myths are you doing?" Jack asked.

"The one about Helios, the god of the sun and the one about Echo and Narcissus," Kim replied.

"How did Echo and Narcissus go?" Jack asked.

"Well, Echo loved to talk. She was a-" Kim was cut off by the doorbell ringing.

"I'll get it!" John called, running to the door to answer. He opened the door.

"Hey John." Kim groaned when she heard Alan's voice.

"Let's go upstairs." They grabbed their backpacks and Kim dragged Jack towards the stairs.

"Hey Kim."

Kim just sighed and crossed her arms.

Alan shook Jack's hand. "You must be Jack."

"And you must be Mr. Beckham," Jack greeted.

"Just call me Alan."

"Thanks." Jack was grabbed by Kim.

"Come on. Let's go," she said pulling him upstairs.

"He seems nice," Jack said as they entered Kim's room.

"I don't care if he's nice. He's not my dad."

"Kim, Alan's not trying to replace your dad. He's just trying to be a great stepfather," Jack told her.

Kim was quiet for a moment. "Whatever. Let's just work on our homework."

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Jack didn't understand why Kim didn't like Alan. Then again, he didn't know what it would be like if his dad wasn't around. He knew Jerry's parents were also divorced but he got to see his dad all the time.

But Alan seemed so nice. He seemed better than Kim's father who appeared to be so busy he didn't even call unless it was Christmas or one of their birthdays. Alan showed up for every one of Kim's karate tournaments, offered to drive her to school, and so many things that Kim's father didn't do. Jack knew that James Crawford loved his kids but he never had time for them like Alan did. So why didn't Kim appreciate everything Alan did? It wasn't Alan's fault that James wasn't the greatest dad.

It was all so confusing to Jack. Lucy seemed to like Alan. And from what Kim had told him, John was always eager to see him. But Lucy was Lucy, the girl who was nice to everyone and Alan had been hanging out with John a lot who agreed to doing things with Alan, unlike Kim.

Why did Kim hate Alan so much?

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