A/N: Hey guys! Sorry I took long to update, but life's been crazier lately. I hope I'll be able to update again this week, but my account is also messing with me a little, so sorry if I take long :/ Anyways, I hope you all like this chapter! :D

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Chapter 3

Sneaky people

JACK

He turned around, smile plastered on his face, ready to charm yet another girl with his life story. Well, Leopoldo DiMarco's life story. However, he was taken aback with what he saw.

Right there in front of him stood one of the prettiest girls at the party for sure, and maybe one of the prettiest he had ever seen. Blonde hair in some kind of intrincated bun, big, brown eyes staring at him slightly narrowed, and nude, full lips in a thin line. Nonetheless, he didn't let this girl's beauty faze him. 'She probably is the biggest brat of all.'

"Well, hello. My name is Leopoldo DiMarco. Who do I have the pleasure of meeting?" He asked, taking her hand and kissing it, gagging mentally at his own speech. 'I feel like such a dimwit.'

"I'm Kim, Kim Crawford." 'Whoa! Crawford? As in the Crawfords? Isn't this her party?' "And I'd say it's also a pleasure to meet you, but you just stole my cupcake." 'Yep, total brat.'

"Really? But I didn't see your name on it?" He challenged.

"I don't know if you've noticed, but this is my house. So pretty much everything here is mine. I'm just letting you borrow it."

"Then, why don't you let me borrow the cupcake?" He asked, smirking down at her. She seemed to read his mind, because her eyes narrowed even more.

"Don't you dare."

But it was too late, since he was already gulping down the whole cupcake, licking his fingers in a mocking manner afterwards. He could feel her stare, more like a death glare, but he was too busy taking delight in his task of pissing her off to actually care. "Yep, delicious. Give the chef my congratulations."

"You are nothing but a-"

"HEY!"

His head snapped in the direction of that scream. 'Grace!' "Listen Blondie, your complains will have to wait for another time." He said before dashing off to find his sister. And he did.

She was struggling with a tall, curly haired guy who was holding her by the wrist. Jack's nostrils flared and he was instantly by her side, breaking her free from the guy's grip.

"Hey dude! Stay out of this, will ya?" The guy said.

"Frank! What's going on here?" He turned his head to see Blondie standing there, hands on her hips as if she was scolding a five year-old for stealing cookies.

"Nothing! I was just dancing with this pretty girl over here, and this dude came to interrupt us."

"Listen Frank," He snarled. "this is my sister, and she wasn't having a nice time, mostly because of you. So, before this gets ugly, I suggest you leave her alone."

"And what if I don't?"

'This guy wants a fight. Well, he just got himself one.'

KIM

So, turns out the cupcake guy was a total jerk. She was about to make him wish he hadn't been born, but he flew out of the scene. So, she followed him, and found him taking Frank away from a girl. 'Huh, so pretty boy here has a girl? How does she put up with him?' After asking Frank what was happening, the jerk threatened him, warning him to stay away from his sister. 'Oooh, they do look alike.' Frank challenged him though, and she was sure that cupcake boy wasn't about to back down, so she decided to step in. After all, she didn't want her party ruined.

"If you don't, you'll probably end up in a hospital or in the police station, being accused of harassment and aggression. And you don't want that, do you?" She asked him, and he gulped and shook his head. "Well, then. Leave the girl alone, and while you're at that, why don't you just leave the party?" Frank looked at her, then at the cupcake boy and his sister, and then back at her, so she glared at him, making sure he received her message, which he did, and instantly left the party.

She turned to the two siblings. "Hey girl, are you okay?"

"Yeah." She replied, smiling lightly. "Thanks for that."

"No problem. If someone bugs you again, just say you're a friend of mine, they'll go away instantly. Sorry, but I didn't get your name."

"Emma, Emma DiMarco." She said, extending her hand, which Kim took and shook. "I'm gonna go grab something to drink, okay?" She said, directing her head towards her brother, who only nodded, and the girl left.

"Thank you for that." His voice startled her a little.

"It's okay. Frank's a jerk like that."

"Yeah well, he's just lucky you stepped in, or else I'd have drop kicked him back into his mom's womb."

"Oh really now? Are you sure about that? Because as much of a jerk he is, Frank knows how to fight. I've seen him fight before, and he'd have snapped you in two." She stated, arms crossed and a smirk on her lips, challenging him.

"Listen Blondie, I could take that douche down in my sleep, with an arm tied to my back." He stated, taking a step towards her, though that didn't faze her at all.

"And here I thought you couldn't get anymore egocentric." She said, rolling her eyes.

"And here I thought you couldn't get more annoying. Guess we were both wrong." He replied, smugly, and all she wanted to do was rip that smirk of his face, probably with a fork.

"You're lucky this is my party and I don't want it ruined, or else you wouldn't be smiling like that." He was about to respond, but she cut him off. "I don't wanna hear it. Wanna know why? 'Cause I don't care! And now, I'll go and try to find my friends, you should do the same. That is, if you have any friends." And with that, she left him there, dumbfounded, and went to search for Mae, Milton, Julie or just anyone to keep her mind away from that cocky bastard.

'Stupid cupcake boy.'

JACK

He couldn't believe it. 'That brat.' She had left him there, his mouth slightly open, with his reply caught in his throat. He huffed at her retreating form and went to find his friends, who he had lost the moment they had stepped in the party.

Looking around, he spotted Grace talking to some girls. She looked like she was having a nice time with them, and after the little incident, he decided to let her have fun. Continuing his scanning of the room, he saw Eddie, surrounded by three girls, full charm on, openly flirting with the three of them. Though they didn't seem to mind, since they were giggling and blushing and smacking him playfully every now and then. He rolled his eyes. 'That kid needs to control his hormones.'

He was about to look for his latino best friend, but he didn't have to, since he was abruptly dragged out of the crowd by said friend, who had appeared out of nowhere.

"Ge'ez dude! Let go!" He said, freeing his arms from Jerry's grip. "What has gotten into you?"

"Dude, I've met the hottest girl ever. Seriously, and she isn't some air headed doll. I had been talking to her this whole time." Jerry said, excitement clear in his eyes.

"Really? Good for you man." Jack said, patting him in the back. "Who is she?"

"I don't want to say her name, someone might hear. But I'm meeting with her out in the gardens in a few minutes, so maybe you can walk by and see her." Jerry winked.

"And what exactly are you two gonna do in the gardens?" Jack said, slightly confused, though all that confusion flew away when Jerry wiggled his eyebrows up and down. "Wow man, already scoring. I'm proud of you." Jack said, laughing, to which Jerry joined.

Truth be told, the both of them had always been the player type. It's not that they thought of girls as mere objects, actually quite the contrary. But, they had always believed that being teenagers is about experiences, and so, tying down to just one girl wasn't exactly in their plans.

It was also true that Jack had always had more females after him than Jerry, even though that never tore them apart. Jerry was the loud, partying type, while Jack was the mysterious, you-don't-know-me-yet-you-want-me type. So, Jerry hooking up with this hot chick while Jack didn't have any girl swooning over him, was a kinda big deal for the latino, and Jack knew it.

"Okay, I'll go sneak a peek. Just keep it PG 16 bro. I don't want to have nightmares." He chuckled.

"Dude, when we were sixteen we had done a whole lot more than what I intend on doing in those gardens."

"You're right. PG 13 it is then." They both laughed again.

"Gotta go now. Remember, try to be sneaky, don't want her parents finding out."

"Got it." He replied, though his best friend was already gone. He waited for a couple of minutes, giving Jerry enough time to have made it to the gardens, and then proceeded on making his way out himself, careful that no one saw him and decided to follow him.

Though he highly doubted nobody would notice. All these people were so stuck up in themselves that they wouldn't notice anyone leaving, unless they needed something from said person.

'Gosh, I hate these people.'

KIM

"Kim!" She turned in the direction of the voice, and found her ginger best friend practically flying towards her, her heels clicking loudly on the tiled floors.

"Hey Mae, I was actually looking for you. You wouldn't believe wha-"

"Whatever." Mae cut her off. "I found this really cute guy. We got to talking, and he's so funny. He's really rich also, and did I mention hot? 'Cause trust me, he is. And...we're meeting now in the gardens, to, you know, get to know each other better. Can you please come check him out? You know I don't like to hook up with guys you don't approve. Pretty please?"

Kim was at a loss of words. If she had gotten this right, Mae not only did not care about what had happened to her with cupcake boy, but wanted her to approve of her new hottie, since she had this weird OCD about guys that she didn't like not being enough. She was about to say a huge, round 'no' when Mae pulled the puppy dog eyes card, breaking any defense Kim may had put up.

The blonde beauty sighed. "Okay, I'll go check him out. Just make sure I don't see anything I'll have to tell my therapist about."

Mae squealed – yeah, she did that a lot – and hugged Kim. "Thank you, thank you, thank you! Just make sure no one sees you, okay? If my dad finds out, I'm doomed." She said, before taking off straight for the gardens.

After giving Mae enough time, and checking that her parents were completely out of sight, she quietly made her way to the gardens. She arrived there, and found her best friend giggling at something the guy had said. 'Okay, let's see what this dude has.'

He was tall and broad, but not over-sized. He had raven black hair, cut short with a kind of toupee. Black eyes and defined face, he was wearing a simple yet fancy tuxedo, with a light blue shirt and a navy blue tie. He was cute and hot, as Mae had said, and he seemed to be entertaining her best friend, so Kim had to approve of him. When Mae discreetly looked her way, she only nodded and winked, and Mae's smile grew bigger before turning back to her date, and shutting him up with her own lips.

Kim rolled her eyes at her. Mae was never one to wait for things to come, she'd go around looking for them, or just plain old did whatever the heck she wanted to, and apologized afterwards, only if she had to. She was about to leave when she heard rustling around, and when she turned, she saw a shadow. 'Crap, someone saw.' Kim quietly followed the shadow, ready to bribe or threaten whoever had seen Mae and this guy, knowing that if Michael and Kathy found out, she wouldn't see Mae again until next year when they were both eighteen.

It's not that they didn't want her to date, of course they did. Actually, all of their parents wanted the four teenagers to find someone already, hence this party. But none of them approved of hook-ups. And, being honest, that's all Mae and Kim did. Milton and Julie were not the type, they were waiting for the right person to walk through the door, and funny enough, their person was right next to them all this time.

But not Kim and Mae. No, they believed in being free. They had never actually dated anyone, though that didn't mean they hadn't done one thing or two. But, their parents didn't know. They believed they were two little, virgin, and naive angels. They were not none of the above. So, it was a secret. And a secret Kim was willing to go overboard to protect.

She finally reached the owner of the shadow and grabbed his arm, stopping him and spinning him around, only to come face to face with the one person she wasn't so sure she could bribe or threaten.

"You?"

"What do you want?" He asked, annoyed.

"Listen Casanova, I don't like talking to you either. But you just saw something you weren't supposed to see."

"What are you talking about?"

"Back in the gardens, you saw those two kissing." She stated, crossing her arms under her chest.

"Yeah, so?"

"So, you weren't supposed to. What were you doing out there anyways?"

"For your information, I was supposed to see that, since my friend asked me to go check on the girl he was about to hook up with."

"Wait, you're friends with him?" He nodded, and she sighed. "Good, so, you're not telling anyone what happened back there right?"

"No. Why so interested, Blondie?" He asked, raising an eyebrow at her.

"The girl is my best friend, and if her parents find out about that, I'm never seeing her again." She explained.

"Okay then, you don't have to worry." He was about to leave when something caught her eye. He was wearing a necklace. But not just any necklace. A leather one with a badge that said 'Jack, born in Mayville and proud.'

'Who's Jack? Wait a second...Mayville? As in the losers neighbourhood? Why would he...OMG!'

"You!" She yelled, pointing at him and slightly backing away from him. He turned back around and looked at her like if she had gone crazy.

"What's up now, Blondie?"

"You're a liar! You're not from Italy! You're from Mayville!" She accused, and instantly saw the fear flash through his features. She was about to start screaming at him when he put his hand over her mouth and dragged her out, where no one could hear them.

When he finally let go of her, he said. "Don't scream or I'll dive you in that fount. How did you figure it out?"

She composed herself, not showing any fear whatsoever. "Your necklace, you genius." She said, rolling her eyes. He face-palmed and she had to resist the urge to laugh at him. She narrowed her eyes. "Who are you and what are you doing here?"

"My name is Jack, Jack Brewer. And I'm not here to do anything, we just wanted to have fun."

'We?...OMG! Mae!' "That guy Mae's hooking up with is also one of you, right? And your so called sister! Oh my Gosh! I can't believe you were able to sneak in!"

"Well, it wasn't that hard you know. No guest list, and you people are really easy to imitate." He said, shrugging. He was calm, and she didn't like that one bit.

"Why are you so calm? I could rat you right now, you know?"

"But you're not going to."

"Oh really? And why are you so sure about that?"

"Because then I'd tell Mae's parents about her and Jerry." He smirked at her, knowing fully well he got her, and got her good.

"Listen Casanova, I'm not gonna rat you out, but as soon as this party is over, you take your little friends with you and never, ever, step foot in my property again, got it?"

"Got it. I didn't even want to come, they dragged me in. I have no interest whatsoever in brats like you." He said, grinning at her.

"Well, is that envy I'm hearing?"

He laughed. "As if."

"Look, I don't have any interest in you and your losers either, so if we never see each other again, the better."

"You're finally saying something that makes sense. Good job, Blondie!" And with that, he left her there. She observed him on his way out, with a bounce to his step and whistling. 'Such a shame he's both a loser and a bastard, he's pretty hot.' Okay, so she was hormonal. So what? She was seventeen, and she was never one to deny what was obvious, and the guy was just simply sexy.

She went back to the ball room, and found him there, talking to his 'sister' and an African-American guy Kim had saw earlier. 'Oh great, there are more.' He looked at her from across the room and winked at her. Any other situation, Kim would have certainly blushed at a cute guy winking at her. But he wasn't just a cute guy. He was a loser that had crashed her party with a bunch of friends. So, she rolled her eyes at him.

'Mae really needs to Google her hook-ups from now on.'

A/N: So, how was that huh? Kim found out! Looks like Kim and Jack already share a secret hehe.

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