Please read the author's note at the end of the chapter! SUPER IMPORTANT!

Disclaimer: I'll own Kickin' It when Milton drops out of school. So it's never gonna happen...

Kim got home and went upstairs to her room to find her dad sitting on her bed with a belt, a bat, and his clenched fists.

"Kim?" He started. "Why did I get a call from your school saying they have hundreds of witnesses saying you started a food fight?"

Kim gulped. She had a feeling where this was going. But all she knew for sure was that if she saw that bright white light, she was running to it and never looking back...

"Look. It's not what you think." Kim stuttered. "I was framed by everyone at school. I didn't do anything!"

"Cut the bullshit, Kim! Nobody's buying it!"

Kim quickly turned around and made a mad dash for the door, but David closed her bedroom door before she could leave.

"Where you running to, Kimmy? I'm not through with you..."

He grabbed Kim by the arm and slammed her down on the bedroom floor. Kim looked up at her father as he grabbed the bat and pounded her with it. Everything turned into a red blur...

"AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

Kim jumped up from her terrifying nightmare. It scared her so much, that she fell off the couch. Jack came running with a baseball bat in his hands.

"What?! What?! What happened?!" He yelled, frantically.

Kim saw the bat and the dream came back to her.

"Aaaaaahhhhhh! Get that bat away from me!" She yelled.

"Ok. Ok." Jack said, putting the bat down. "It's ok, Kim."

Kim realized where she was and she saw Jack, Jake, Mindy, and Becka looking at her concerned. She sighed.

"I'm sorry, guys." Kim said, looking at everyone. "Nightmare."

"What was the nightmare about?" Becka asked.

"Becka!" Mindy scolded. "She obviously doesn't want to talk about it!"

"Sorry..." Becka said.

"It's ok, Becka." Kim said, getting off the floor.

Becka smiled and went back upstairs with Mindy.

"Women..." Jake muttered before going upstairs with the others.

Jack sat next to Kim and put his arm around her.

"Are you ok?" He asked.

"Yea. It was just a nightmare about the night I ended up in that hospital." Kim said, still shaking.

"Do you want to talk about it?"

"No. It's too soon..."

"Well whenever you wanna talk about it, I'm here."

Kim smiled.

"Thanks."

*Awkward Silence*

"Well, uhh..." Jack said, breaking the silence. "I'm going to go upstairs."

"I'll be down here."

Jack went upstairs and about 5 minutes after he left, Mindy and Jake came down.

"You know he like you, right?" Mindy blurted out.

"What?" Kim asked, confused.

"Jack. He likes you." Jake said.

Kim looked at them nervously.

"It's kinda obvious, we thought you would know by now." Jake said.

"Surprised you didn't!" Mindy said.

Kim was quiet for a second, but then she just started laughing hysterically. Mindy and Jake looked at her confused.

"What?" Kim asked. "You guys were kidding, right?"

They shook their heads and Kim stopped laughing.

"Oh." Kim started smiling very faintly. "He does?"

"Yup." Jake answered.

"And we know you like him, too." Mindy added.

Kim's mouth practically dropped onto the floor. She started shifting uncomfortably.

"What?!" Kim screeched. "Wha... I don't 'like' him! Why would you..."

"Kim." Mindy interrupted. "The jig is up!"

"Yea, Kim. Your secret's safe with us." Jake reassured.

"Ok! Fine!" Kim gave in, throwing her hands in the air. "I give up! Maybe I do kinda like him... But if you guys tell him that, I...!"

"Don't worry, Kim. You can trust us." Mindy said.

Kim glared at the two, then sighed. Then she stomped upstairs to look for Jack. There were 4 doors and she didn't know which one was his until she saw the one with the sign that said: "Beware: Teenage Boy Ahead" on it. She turned the knob expecting to see Jack on his bed doing who knows what. But...

She saw Jack with wet hair, wearing only his jeans.

"Aaahhh!" Kim screamed, shutting her eyes shut and putting her hands in front of her face.

"Kim. It's ok. It's not like I'm naked." Jack said, smirking at Kim.

"It doesn't matter! Point is, you're almost naked! And I'm not opening my eyes until you're fully clothed!"

Jack walked up to Kim and pulled her hands from her face.

"Kim. Open your eyes."

Kim hesitated for a few seconds, but then she finally opened her eyes to see Jack in front of her, still with no shirt, grinning.

"You're too funny, Kim." He said.

He picked up a towel and started drying his hair when he noticed Kim staring at his abs. He started laughing when Kim realized he caught her and looked somewhere else.

"Like what you saw?" He asked her.

She didn't reply, she just blushed.

"Ok, fine. I'll put on a shirt." Jack said, sensing her awkward state.

Once he did, Kim let out a mental sigh of relief and plopped herself onto Jack's bed.

"Kim. Can I ask you a question?" Jack asked.

"You just did."

"What?"

"Technically, that was a question."

"Ugh. Whatever, you know what I mean!"

"Oh, fine. What is it?"

Jack sat down next to Kim and tried to think of a good way to ask this. He finally just blurted it out.

"Why doesn't Grace like you?" He asked, finally.

Kim's eyes widened in shock.

"I mean, what did you ever do to her to make her hate you so much?"

Kim sighed and sat there for a few seconds before turning to Jack again.

"You're probably not going to believe this once I say it." Kim warned. "But, when I first came here... I was Grace."

Jack looked confused.

"What I mean is, I was the popular girl at school. The head cheerleader. The girl that all the guys love. The girl that had a million people who wanted to be my best friend. But back then... Grace was my best friend."

Jack's eyes widened. It was hard for him to believe. Kim? Popular? Who wouldn't be shocked?

Kim saw that Jack didn't know what to say, so she just continued with the story.

"Ok, so it all started when Grace and I met in kindergarten. I remember Grace was the shy girl and I was her outgoing best friend. But when we got to Middle School, things changed."

"What kind of things?" Jack finally said.

"The rules. I became the girl that all the other girls wanted to be BFFs with and all the guys wanted to date. Me and Grace joined the cheerleading team and I became Head Cheerleader. Everyone knew me as the smart blonde girl and the hottest girl in school, and they knew Grace as the shy girl who lived in my shadow. Whenever we would go to the mall together, someone from school would recognize me and Grace would get so upset, she would go home, leave me at the mall, and then call me later saying she was ok. It just sorta went on like that for a while and Grace was fine with all at first, but then one day it became too much for her to bare. So she started spreading secrets and lies about me to the whole school. Everyone laughed at me and looked at me differently. I overheard Grace telling some lies to some other girls at school and I confronted her. She just stood there, watched me yelling at her, and after I was done she said 'I only did it because I want my best friend back!'. But once I told her I didn't want to be friends anymore, she went ballistic. She spread more secrets and lies and I went from being the most popular girl in school, to being the most tortured."

Kim paused for a second.

"Then what happened?" Jack asked.

"Eventually Grace was nominated for Head Cheerleader and she kicked me off the squad. Things started getting really bad at home and, well... Things just got worse from there."

"But how were you able to deal with being the popular girl with everything going on at home?"

"Easy. Hide my cuts and bruises, put on a fake smile, and never mention anything about my family. Ever."

Kim looked at Jack. He clearly still didn't know what to say. She grinned.

"It's ok, Jack. You don't have to say anything. I've had a lot of time to adjust to it."

"Well, thank you for sharing it with me." Jack said.

"Thanks for listening. And, umm... Everything I say to you stays between us, right?"

"Of course."

"Ok, thank you." Kim sighed in relief, hugging Jack.

"No problem, Kim. You know I love you."

Jack's eyes widened and he let go of Kim, realizing what he had just said.

PLEASE READ!

You guys probably hate me right now don't you? First I don't update in a couple weeks and when I do, I leave that HUGE cliffy. Well here's my excuse for the cliffy: Sorry! It was just so tempting! My excuse for the long delay on this chapter: I barely get to see my dad since he and my mom split and I wanted to enjoy it with him while it lasted. I only get to see him for Christmas and Summer (Maybe a couple times in between). But I'm still very sorry you guys had to wait that long. A lot of you guys PMed and reviewed, freaking out.

Anyways... The moment you've waited for... The results! And the winner is...

MY SECRET LIFE!

My Secret Life: 33

Oh Brother!: 25

Forbidden Love: 11

It was SUPER CLOSE! Thank you everyone for voting! But that's not even the MAJOR news. The MAJOR news is...

I'VE THOUGHT OF ANOTHER IDEA FOR A STORY!

Big surprise, huh? We're having another poll! This time, it's between My Secret Life and, wait for it...

My Best Friend's Boyfriend!

So you already know what (A) My Secret Life is about, so here's what My Best Friend's Boyfriend is about...

B- My Best Friend's Boyfriend: After a harsh and cruel end of school year breakup with her boyfriend Brody, Kim decides to have some flings with a bad boy jock named Jack Brewer. But when Summer ends, so does their flings. But when Kim discovers that her best friend Grace is now dating Jack, can Kim control her emotions?

Sum sucks, but again you guys get it. Last poll, I promise! Remember choices are (A) My Secret Life or (B) My Best Friend's Boyfriend.

Vote away!

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