Disclaimer: I do not own Kickin' It.
Kim closed the book and clutched it against her chest. Jack stood next to her, still looking shocked.
"Kim... I don't know what to say." He said.
"There's nothing you can say." She said. "It's already too late!"
With that said, she ran out the room, upstairs, and into her room. She took off her sweater and threw it across the room. Tears slipped out of her eyes. Kim threw herself on her bed and screamed into a pillow. Jack entered and sat next to her. After a few seconds, Kim sat up and wiped away her tears. She looked at Jack.
"I can't live like this." She said. "What should I do?"
Jack opened his mouth to say something, but it was cut off by the sound of his phone.
Ring!
Jack looked at the caller ID. It was Jerry.
"Hang on one second, Kim." He said. "I have to take this."
Jack stepped out of Kim's room and closed the door. He answered the phone.
"Hello?" He asked.
"Yo Jack! Where are you man? Practice started like a half hour ago!" Jerry yelled.
"Oh man! I'm sorry, I'm not going to be able to make it. Something came up."
"Hey, by the way, why did you ditch school? Me, Milton, Eddie, and Grace all saw you this morning, but you weren't there for any of your classes. We looked for you at lunch, but you weren't there either."
Jack started to panic. He didn't know how to respond to that.
"Umm... Uhh... There was an emergency at home. My mom broke her ankle so I had to go to the hospital. My dad left work early to pick me up."
"Oh. Sorry to hear that. Well, you weren't the only one that ditched. Kim Crawford wasn't there either. And we all know that she was here, considering what happened this morning. Grace told the principle on her. She hopes that Kim will get expelled."
"Oh, wow. Grace really doesn't like her, does she?"
"No way, man! Kim could burn in hell for all Grace cares!"
Jack heard Rudy yelling in the background.
"Jerry! Hang up the phone! This is karate practice not free time!"
"Sorry, Jack. Gotta go. See ya!"
"See ya, Jerry."
Jack hung up the phone. He wasn't surprised that Grace would do something like that. She was very vicious. The only thing he was worried about was if Kim was going to get expelled. Jack turned around and walked back into Kim's room.
"Who was that?" Kim asked.
"Oh, it was just my mom. I told her I was going to be back home later."
"Ok. Can you go back downstairs with me?"
"Why?"
"I want to see what else is in that room that I don't know about. I can use it to comfront him!"
"I don't know, Kim."
"Please! I can't go down there alone! If I find something else, who knows how I'll handle it?"
"Which is exactly why I don't think we should be going down there again."
"But if you go with me, I'll be fine. I'll handle it better with you there!"
Jack thought for a moment.
"Please, Jack! I need you!"
"Well... Okay."
"Yay!"
Kim hugged Jack and smiled from ear to ear.
"Thank you so much!"
Kim ran downstairs and Jack slowly followed her. When he got there, Kim was already going through David's closet.
"Don't make it so obvious that you were in here! He'll... You know!" Jack said.
"Relax! I'll clean the mess up! I just need to-"
Kim stopped and stared at something in her fathers closet.
"What?" Jack asked.
Kim grabbed the object and showed it to Jack. It was a gun.
"Why would he have this?" Kim asked. "You don't think he used it to-"
"Don't jump to conclusions. Let's just keep looking."
After an hour of tearing the room apart, Kim and Jack both started to clean the mess up.
"I can't believe we didn't find anything but that stupid gun!" Kim said.
"You put it back right?" Jack asked her.
"Well..."
"Kim!"
"I don't know if I should! If I do, imagine what he'll do with the thing!"
"And if you dont, imagine what he'll do with you!"
Kim hated it when Jack was right.
"Alright, fine! I'll put it back!"
Kim grabbed the gun and put it back in the closet exactly where she found it, while Jack looked outside the window.
"Kim! Your dad's home!" He yelled.
"Alright! Go hide up in my room! I'll be there in a second!"
"Hurry!"
Once Kim put the gun back, something caught her eye. It was a little, white, torn piece of paper in one of David's shoes. Kim didn't have enough time to look at it, so she took it, shoved it in her pocket, and ran to the kitchen. Just in time for her dad to come back inside the house. Kim peaked from behind a wall as her father entered his room. She saw him look around. After a minute, he closed the door and Kim knew he didn't find anything. She ran back upstairs to her room with Jack. She closed the door quietly.
"Thank god!" Jack said, pulling Kim into a hug. "I thought he caught you!"
"It's okay, I'm fine. I was just making sure he didn't look suspicious, and he didn't."
"That's good. Well, I better get going."
"Ok. Bye."
"Bye."
Jack climbed on to the tree outside Kim's window and climbed it down. He waved goodbye to Kim and started walking home. Once he was gone, Kim took out the torn piece of paper and read it. It had a phone number and the name: "Adam Reese" on it.
"Adam Reese?"
Kim thought for a second and then her heart dropped.
"That's the guy who killed mom!"
Meanwhile...
Jerry, Grace, Eddie, and Milton all were walking to Jack's house with flowers and a card saying: Get Well Soon. They felt bad about Jack's mom, so they wanted to pay a little visit. When they got to the front of the house, they noticed there was no car in the driveway.
"Maybe Jack's dad went back to work." Eddie suggested.
"Maybe, but somethings not right." Grace said.
She walked up to the window and peaked inside with the others. They all saw a woman (whom they concluded to be Jack's mom) walking with a cup of coffee in her hands. She was also wearing high heels. All of them walked away from the window.
"Why would Jack lie to us?" Milton asked.
"Let's just ask him. Here he is now." Grace said.
They all glared at Jack, who was walking towards the house.
"Hey, guys! What are you doing here?" He asked.
"A better question would be: Why did you lie to us?" Jerry said.
Jack's smile faded.
Meanwhile...
Kim stared at the piece of paper. She was conflicted whether to call it or not.
Don't call him! He could kill you, too!
Oh, please! He's in jail! What can he do?
Kim pulled her phone out of her pocket, and dialed the number. She took a deep breath.
"Come on, Kim. Now or never."
She pushed the button on her phone saying "call". She heard a few seconds of ringing, then someone picked up.
"Hello?"