A/N: Heeeeeeey everyone, I'm finally back! Whooooo! So, school finally ended, I'm officially on summer vacation, and I'm pumped up! Again, i'm really sorry for the delay, but I couldn't talk my parents out of the whole parental control crap. Anyways, I hope y'all don't hate me too much and still follow this story! And I hope the wait was worth it. Enjoy! :D

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Chapter 5

Picnics and interrogations

KIM

'Kill. Me. Now.'

Here she was, in the middle of a forest, wearing a skirt and heels, just 'cause she's that bright you know? And let's not forget about her more than excited best friend, who was annoying the hell out of her.

"What if he doesn't come?" Mae asked for the fifth time in the last three minutes. Kim rubbed her temples in an attempt to sooth herself, or else she was sure the date wouldn't take place. Mostly because it's hard to have dinner while you're in a coffin.

"Mae, for the last time, he'll come." She turned to face her friend, giving her a reassuring smile, which the ginger returned. She looked her up and down, admiring the outfit. After two and a half tiring hours, they had finally found the perfect one. The grey, short sleeved, off-the-shoulder dress hugged Mae's frame perfectly, ending right above her knees. It was paired up with some black wedges that matched the black diamond necklace she was wearing. Her ginger hair was down, soft waves framing her face, which had a little make up on, looking natural but flawless.

"But what if he-"

"MAE!" She yelled at her.

The ginger held her arms up in surrender. "Okay, okay. Calming down. Got it." In that exact moment, they heard rustling around the bushes. They both looked in that direction, and after wishing her best friend good luck, Kim left hiding behind some trees. A couple of seconds, a teenage boy emerged from the bushes.

"Finally." Kim muttered under her breath.

"Already eager to be alone with me, Blondie?"

Her heart skipped a bit at the sound of a male voice coming from beside her, though it quickly passed after she remembered that the deal was to stay around to check on them. With him. Fan-fucking-tastic.

"Don't flatter yourself. I'd much rather be waxing my legs right now than spend time with you."

"Oh, so you wax your legs. Anywhere else where you use wax?" He asked teasingly, trying to edge her on, but she was already ahead of him.

"I don't need it anywhere else. Anywhere." She winked at him, and his jaw dropped slightly. 'Oh yeah. Touch down! Suck it up Casanova.' Before he could retort anything back at her, she said. "And now lets go, we gotta give these two some alone time." And she turned around and left, leaving a dumbfounded Jack looking at her retreating form, cursing her in his mind.

After doing a couple of turns, Kim got to a clear from where you could hear and see the date. Jack got there a couple minutes after her, whistling, annoying her without even trying.

"Would you stop?! They're gonna hear us!" She whisper-yelled at him, and he stuck his tongue out at her. "Wow, very mature."

"Funny, the rest of the girls never complain when I do that." He said, winking at her.

"Ew, gross."

"Really? Maybe I'll have to change your mind."

'Whenever you want Casanova...Whoa! Where on Earth did that come from? Damn it, he's looking at me. Say something!'

"Not even in your wildest dreams will you ever get close to touching me."

"You'll swallow those words. Just wait."

She rolled her eyes at him. "Whatever. Let's keep an eye on these two. I hope your friend doesn't screw it up."

He got up and sat on the grass next to her. "Trust me, he won't. I've never seen Jerry so focused in my whole life."

The duo sat there, watching the scene before them unravel. Jerry and Mae seemed to be having a great time. They were having your cliché picnic date, though they didn't seem to care how typical it was, only caring about the other one.

"Do you ever think twice about what you wear?" Jack suddenly asked from beside her, making he turn her head towards him and raise an eyebrow in confusion. "I mean, stilettos and a skirt aren't exactly the best outfit to go out in the woods."

"I just wear what I feel like wearing. It depends on how I'm feeling that day, not where I'll be going." She explained. "And today I was feeling like a celebrity, so I can wear this if I want to."

"It's still stupid." He said, shrugging.

"Well, so are you, and I'm not here reminding it every second, am I?" She retorted back, earning a glare from him.

He was about to reply, but he realized something. She looked at him funny, wondering what the hell could be going on in his little mind. "Kim." She hummed her response. "Why is it so quiet?"

It was true, though she hadn't realized it until now. She abruptly turned her head in the direction of the clear Jerry and Mae were having their date, only to find it completely abandoned. She quickly stood up, crossing the clear she was in and making her way back to the set up picnic, Jack hot on her trail.

But the love birds were nowhere in sight. "Where the hell did those two go?!" Jack shrugged, as confused and oblivious as her. "I swear, if your friend has kidnapped her to ask for a ransom I will-"

"Will you calm down?! He hasn't kidnapped her! Let's just look around and I'm sure we'll-" He stopped mid-sentence, and Kim rose an eyebrow at him.

"We'll what?" She pushed him, only to have him shush her. "Hey! Don't you shush me!"

"Did you hear that?"

"Did I hear what?"

"That." She focused a bit and heard some noises, though she couldn't exactly place what they were. "Let's go, I think that's them!" He exclaimed, grabbing her arm and dragging her in the direction the noises were coming from.

As they advanced into the woods, the noises became and louder and clearer, and Kim suddenly stopped, making Jack halt as well. 'Are those noises...? Oh dear God! Please no!'

"What is it? Why did you stop?" He asked her, and she could only open and close her mouth like a fish. 'Wow, smooth and sexy as ever Kim. Wait! I don't care about being sexy in front of him!'

Instead of replying, she just started walking again in the direction of the noises, being careful to not make herself noticed, and peeked from behind the bushes, only to scrunch her face up in disgust. Jack followed suit and placed himself right behind her, his breath tickling her neck and giving her goosebumps.

"Oh God! Really?" He whispered. "Couldn't they have waited until like the third date or something?"

"What I don't get is why wouldn't they go elsewhere. Like seriously, doing it in the middle of the woods. Now that can't be very comfortable." She stated, getting up from her spot, accidentally bumping her back into Jack's chest, though she was quickly to shut her mind off before it started going wild with dirty thoughts.

"Well, I guess they won't need us to chaperone that part of the date." Jack chuckled while they made their way back to the picnic. Once they arrived, he whistled his amusement. "Damn, they didn't even got to the second plate."

Kim laughed. "Yeah well, Mae was never one to wait around."

"Yeah, I could tell."

"Hey, your friend could've been a gentleman and said that he didn't want to rush things." She shot back at him.

"He's a teenage boy. Do you really think he's going to turn an offer like that from the girl he's crushing on down? He'd probably have paid if she had asked him to."

"Yeah, I'm not really surprised. You boys are simple like that." She said with an innocent smile aimed at him.

"Ha ha. So funny."

"Yeah, I know." She sighed. "I just hope they don't go for a second round, I wanna go home already."

"What? But I thought we were having fun." He said in mock offense.

"You? Thinking? Please, don't make me laugh." She shot right back at him.

"Excuse me? Who is the blonde here?"

"Hey!" She said, standing up. "Don't you dare to use that stereotype with me!"

He stood up as well, arms crossed, confidence and cockyness emanating from every inch of his body. "Well, you really make it easy to use. Like, no one in his right mind would choose that outfit to go out in the woods. But, what can we expect from a spoiled, airheaded doll?"

She scoffed at him and flipped him the finger before turning her back on him and walking to the other side of the clear, as far away from him as possible, while he just rolled his eyes at her behaviour.

She sat down, her back against a tree and glared his way, her mind already going wild with ideas to torture him and then kill him. Like, who does he think he is to talk to her like that? He's a loser. A nobody. He ain't got nothing on her, and yet he walks around like if he owned the place.

'Mae, you owe me. Big time.'

JACK

"There you are! C'mon spill it! I want every single detail." Grace said, practically jumping them the moment they step foot in the Hide-out. She grabbed both of their wrists and dragged them to the living room, pushing them down into one of the couches and settling herself on the other one. "Well, start!"

"Are they here yet?" Eddie asked, coming down the stairs, an amused look taking over his features when he saw the two best friends on the couch, which then turned into a knowing smirk. "Well, well, well, Jerry. You have your poker face on. Which means you're obviously trying to hide something from us."

"What? No, I'm not." The latino defended childly, and Jack rolled his eyes. 'Way to make it obvious Jer.'

"Just start with the story guys!" Grace whined like a five-year-old.

Eddie walked over to the couch she was in and lifted her legs up so he could sit, settling them on his lap afterwards, making Grace blush and Jack silently laugh at her.

"So, I got there and she was already waiting for me."

"Wow, what a gentleman, making the girl wait for you." Grace said, rolling her eyes.

"Grace, if you're gonna cut me off with a snarky comment all the time, I might as well just don't tell you anything." Jerry retorted, and she held her arms up in surrender before signaling him to go on. "Good girl. So, we were having a picnic." Grace opened her mouth, only to be stooped by Jerry. "Grace, don't." She scowled and slumped further into the couch, getting more comfortable. "The picnic was going great, we were having a lot of fun, talking about anything."

"Did she ask you about your life?" Asked Eddie, and Jerry sighed.

"A couple of times. I didn't like lying to her, but it's the only way I'll get a chance with her. Anyways, we ate, we talked and we laughed. All in all, it was a great date." Jerry finished with a smile. He was about to get up and leave, but Eddie stopped him.

"Whoa, hold up there! I know you're hiding something Jerry, and you better spill it."

"Or what?" Jerry challenged him, and Eddie just shrugged, a smug smile tugging at the corners of his lips.

"Or I'll let Grace get it out of you." Jerry's eyes widened and he gulped loudly, already knowing what the petite brunette was capable of when she wanted information.

"Dude, just tell them. It's not like they don't expect it." Jack said, and Jerry sighed and ran a hand through his raven black hair.

"At some point in the middle of our talking, we kissed." Grace 'aaaaw'-ed at him and Eddie cheered him on. "And then the kiss got heated, and well, I'm not gonna get into details, so let's just say she ended up being knocked into the grass." Cue to Grace's and Eddie's mouths to hit the floor.

"You two what?" Grace shrieked, getting up.

"Dude, on the first date? In the middle of the woods?" Eddie asked. "I don't know if I have to be disappointed in you for being like that, or proud of you for getting some on the first date in the woods." He chuckled, and Grace smacked his arm, obviously grossed out by the comment.

Jack, who had been extremely quiet throughout the story, already knowing every single detail, and he means every single detail, laughed at the scene in front of him. "Jerry, you forgot to tell them you got yourself a second date with her." At this point, Eddie got up and fist bumped his friend while Grace just muttered about how she'll never understand what girls see in Jerry.

After the excitement and laughter had died down, Jerry frowned, and Grace noticed.

"Hey Jer, what's wrong?"

"Nothing, it's just that I'm curious about one thing." Everyone nodded at him to go on, and that's when he turned to Jack, a questioning look on his face. "What were you doing while I was on the date? I mean, you obviously stayed around, or else you would've taken longer to meet me after it ended."

'Crap, crap, crap! C'mon brain, think of something!' "Well, I was just chilling a bit you know? The woods really relax me." 'Really? Is that the best you can come up with?'

"Mm-hm. Nice try Jack. Spill it." Grace ordered, her arms crossed under her chest, taking a very similar stance to the one he gets when he's being serious. 'She spends way too much time with me.'

He sighed, knowing there was no way out. "Well, I was with my contact."

"And what did you two do all that time?"

"Just talk." He said, getting disbelieving looks from everyone in the room, so he just shrugged. "She's not exactly the fun type."

"Wait a second. She?" Eddie asked, and Jack smacked himself mentally for being stupid enough to let that slip.

"Yes, she. And that's all you're gonna get. No name, no description, no nothing." And with that, he stood up and left the room, barely paying attention to Jerry telling them to back off or the contact would leave and he wouldn't get to see Mae again.

That had been way too close for his liking, he needed to be more careful about her. Like, if the found out his contact was Kim Crawford, it wouldn't be pretty. And they'd tease him about crushing on her, which he already tells you he is not, and he'd never hear the end of it.

He got to his room and flopped on his bed, not even bothering to lock the door. He stared up at the ceiling, his mind going through the day's events, and he sighed. He had never seen Jerry so happy. Sure, it wasn't the best situation, let alone an easy one, but his best friend, no scratch that, his brother was happy. And so what, he had to endure a petite, feisty, snob blonde. He'd do it a thousand times again if Jerry needed him to. After all, that's what bros are for.

Kim. She was a pain in the ass. A really hot, intriguing, pain in the ass. Don't get him wrong, he didn't have any feelings for her, not at all. But any human being with functional eyes could tell you she was hot. It wasn't an opinion, it was a fact. And while he didn't like her, he felt himself being attracted to her. Of course, those were his hormones controlling his body and also the way she handled herself. She knew what she wanted, and as any other bitchllionaire, she'd get it. What made her different from others, and probably the worst of them all, was that she wasn't scared to get herself in tricky situations, like the one they were in.

He closed his eyes, willing himself to a much needed nap, before the thoughts about the blonde gave him a headache. He didn't like her, not one bit, and that was final. And if he could, he'd pay to not see her again.

What the troubled teenager didn't know was that fate had a really sick sense of humor. He was too tired to realize it at the time, but he'd be seeing a lot of Kim from now on. After all, Jerry and Mae had planned a second date. When he did realize it, his eyes snapped open and he groaned.

'Great, here comes the headache.'

KIM

"C'mon Kim! Tell me who he is!" Mae pleaded, but Kim just shook her head at her. "But I told you everything about my date!"

Kim cringed. "Yeah, I didn't need that much detail, you know? And still, I'm not revealing who he is. He wants to stay out of the radar, and if you want to keep seeing Gerardo-"

"Jerry." Mae stated, and Kim looked at her confused. "He asked me to call him Jerry, Gerardo it's too formal." She explained.

"Okay, well, if you want to keep seeing Jerry, you'll have to let it go. Understood?" Mae sighed in defeat and nodded, and Kim smiled at her. "Hey, I'm just doing what's best for your relationship okay?" Mae smiled at her and hugged her.

"I know, thanks Kimmers." She said, breaking apart from their embrace, just in time for Julie and Milton to enter the room.

"Thanks for what?" Julie inquired, curiosity kicking in.

"Nothing." They both replied, earning funny looks from the other two teenagers.

"C'mon lil' sis. Just tell me before I go to mum and make her ask you."

Mae gasped. "You wouldn't."

"Oh, you know I would." Milton replied, smirking. Julie laughed at this.

"Milton, I think you spend a bit too much time with Kim." They all laughed at this, mostly because it was true. He had just pulled off a basic Crawford threat successfully on his own sister. "Now, are you gonna tell us, or should I let Kim 2.0 over here go get his mum?"

The two girls looked at each other, guilty looks on their faces, and sighed. "Mae got a date." Kim said.

"What? With who?" Milton asked, his over protective brother side showing.

"It's a guy I met at the party the other day. We talked and he was really interesting, not to mention hot. But I lost track of him after the party, and Kim over here has found him and prepared a date for us. That's why I was thanking her."

"So you two were not trying to find new stores to buy in, you were on the date." Julie accused.

"Yep." Kim answered. "Look, I know we should've told you, but he's Mae's first crush, and the less people knowing about it the better. I don't even want to imagine what'll happen if your parents find out."

"Awwww! Mae's got a crush!" Julie cooed, and Mae both blushed and glared at her nerdy best friend.

"Well, you talk like if I was the only one, Julie." She retorted back, and Julie stuck her tongue out at her, trying to hide her own blush, which didn't go unnoticed by Milton.

"You have a crush on someone Julie?" He asked, trying to pass it off as simple curiosity, which Kim knew was in reality jealousy all over the place.

"Well, yeah." Julie said, putting a lock of hair behind her ear. "But it's not like he's ever going to like me back."

"Well, it's his loss then." He said, and quickly turned his attention back to Mae. "And what did exactly happen in this so called date?"

Mae and Kim looked at each other and then back at them. "I'm not really sure you want to know Milton." Kim said sheepishly.

"Okay, now I have to know." He stated, and Julie nodded her approval.

Mae sighed. "Fine, but don't say we didn't warn you. We had a picnic in the woods, we talked, we kissed and we...well...you know..." She said, making weird movements with her hands.

"You what?" Julie asked, her head tilting to the side, obviously not getting what the ginger was saying. Milton had a thoughtful look on his face, and suddenly, his eyes widen in realization.

"GAAAAH!"

"Milton! Shut it!" Kim ordered.

"Why is he yelling?" Julie asked, concerned.

"You...he...you two..." He trailed off, not finding it in him to actually say it out loud.

Mae grinned at him. "Told you you didn't want to know."

"Is anyone going to tell me what's going on?" Julie asked, exasperated, not liking the feeling of being out of the loop. Kim rolled her eyes.

"You know, for being so smart Jules, you sure are pretty oblivious at times." She said, standing up and going to the best friend, whispering something in her ear, a expression of realization striking the petite genius features.

"MAE! On the first date? Seriously?" Julie reprimanded.

"What can I say? The guy's pretty much asking for it, with his ridiculously good looks and hot body." She shrugged, and Kim had to laugh, being the only one that understood the ginger's situation.

"I wanna meet him." Milton stated.

"Yeah, so do I." Julie chimed in.

Kim quickly jumped in. "Nu huh. No way. Forget it."

"At least not yet. It's only our second date." Mae said.

"Mae! We don't need this to be more complicated than it already is!"

"Kim, they're our best friends and my brother. If anything, they'll help us. But you're not meeting him just yet. I still haven't figured out where this is headed."

"Fine." Milton gave in. "But not any further than the third date without meeting him, got it?" Mae nodded at him, and he rubbed his temples. "Now I'm gonna leave and try to get the image of you two doing...that...out of my head." He said, leaving the room afterwards, the three girls laughing at him.

"Okay girl! I want details!" Julie said excited, flopping on the bed next to Mae.

"Oh no, trust me, you don't." Kim said, shivering at the memory of the sight of the in the woods.

"Oh, shut up Kim." Mae nudged her before going full on with the story.

Kim tuned out, she already knew more than she wanted. She had a feeling in the pit of her stomach, a guilty feeling. Her best friend was getting excited over a lie. She was sure that if Mae really liked Jerry, she wouldn't mind him not being rich. But to get there, they had to lie, and she didn't like it. She looked over at her best friends, laughing over something Mae had said and sighed.

'I hope you can forgive me.'

A/N: Soooo, how was that? Jerry and Mae getting it on already? Ahhh, these teenagers nowadays xD Anyways, expect more to come, because I fell like I owe you guys, so I'll try to update soon.

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