Saved my life
A/N – Hey, Erin here! This is my first fanfic so review and tell me what you think.
I came up with this idea quite a while ago but I wasn't sure how to upload so, yeah. Anyway I love this song and thought I could use it for KICK, I'm going on forever now so I'm gonna shut up and start the story.
Disclaimer : I do not own KiCKiN' It, if I did there would be more KICK and also more stuff from jerry/mateo just because he's funny. I also don't own "This song saved my life" or "When I'm gone" by Simple Plan or any brand names I might mention in this story. So, here goes…
Chapter one – running away
Jack's POV
Euugh! Why is history class so boring! The exact thought running through my head as I glared at the clock on the wall, urging it to move faster. I was snapped out of my intense staring match with the clock by a neatly folded piece of paper landing on my desk. I turned around only to meet the captivating, golden brown eyes of the blonde haired beauty, otherwise known as Kimberly Anne Crawford (call her that and you'll end up in a hospital), beautiful black belt, cute cheerleader and also my best friend.
Best friend. Those words killed me inside. Ok, if it wasn't blatantly obvious by that incredibly long mental description, I am in love with my best friend, as cliché as it sounds. But she has every guy in the school chasing her she would never go for an ordinary guy like me.
I was awoken from my trance by a harsh voice yelling my name.
"Jackson Brewer! Would you like to stop staring at miss Crawford and answer my question or the both of you can see each other as much as you like in detention." Came the stern yells of our history teacher (who smells strangely like used gym socks) Mr Belling. I shot a quick glance at Kim who had a cute smirk playing across her features.
"Well , ermm, what was the question?"
"Are you paying attention to anything I'm saying!" He yelled in my face
"Yes sir, it's kinda hard not to when you're screaming in my face." I'm surprised at how calm I sounded but the surprise was replaced with laughter as I saw how red his race was. Jerry could have easily confused it with a tomato.
As soon as his back was turned I picked up the note that started all of this.
Hey Jack why is history class sooo boring ?! Anyway, what r u doing 2nite with the guys.
The last part looked rushed, like it was an afterthought, but decided not to bring it up. Quickly, I scribbled down my reply and tossed it to her desk.
Kim's POV
History. One word. Boring. Look, there's Jack, Jack Brewer even his name is perfect. That along with his shaggy chocolate brown hair that I keep telling him to get cut but really don't want him to, his warm, mesmorizing coffee brown eyes that I get lost in if I'm not careful and not to mention his amazing six-pack (what, Rudy took all of us to the beach a couple of weeks ago, it's not like he wasn't staring at me in my bikini) are just some of the things that make me love him. He is also the sweetest guy I know and knows me better than anyone, he could even make me smile when Eddie and Jerry decided it would be a good idea to let my rabbit out when the four HUGE dogs from next door came past. Poor Sparky. But Jack could still make me smile.
Another reason he has every girl in school, make that seaford falling at his feet. And another reason why he would never choose me.
Anyway, there was jack, staring at the clock and I swear if looks could kill, that clock would have exploded so bad there would be pieces on the other side of seaford. I could tell he was as bored as me, and me being the creative person I am decided to risk getting us both detention and write him a note.
Hey Jack why is history class sooo boring?! Anyway, what r u doing 2nite . I wrote. I folded it up and was about to toss it to his desk when I realized he would tease me about having a crush on him (it may be true but he doesn't need to know that) if I only asked about him so I quickly unfolded the not and added; with the guys to the end of it and tossed it at him.
It effectively snapped him out of his staring match with the clock and he turned around to face my direction and whatever he saw put him in another trance. I looked around me but could see nothing interesting. Suddenly I realized he was staring at me and started subconsciously fixing my hair. This went on for around 5 minutes and he still wasn't out of it so I leaned over my desk when mr Belling turned around and waved my hand in front of his face. Nothing. I started whisper/yelling his name but still nothing. When I noticed people looking at us, I realized I might have said it a little too loud. Crap, now the teacher is coming over. I slid back into my seat and watched the scene unfold in front of me. This was gonna be good.
Jack's POV
My reply was; Nothing much, just gonna go to the dojo after school, but not for long rudy said he had to help give tootsie a bath or something? Do u want 2 hang out later?
Almost as soon as It landed on her desk the bell signaling the end of school for 2 whole months (did I mention it was summer vacation) rang out and suddenly the building erupted in chaos.
I got out of the room and made my way to my locker. After piling the entire contents of my locker into my green backpack, I grabbed my skateboard and made my way over to kim's locker, where I found they guys already waiting for her.
"hey kim, hey guys''
I got a chorus of hi's, hey's and a yo which I assume was from jerry, who thanks to Milton, didn't have summer school and was probably the most excited out of all of us. I walked up to kim and leaned against the locker next to hers. Euugh how much stuff do girls need?
"Kiiiimm'' I whined "Why do you need so much stuff?"
she just smiled and said ''a) I took art and music so I needed extra stuff for that b) ever since jerry's oh-so-brilliant idea to throw a bucket of spaghetti on my head during prank week I always keep an extra outfit in here and c) I keep a little make-up in here because, well, hey I like to look my best."
"ok, I get the first one, I spent almost an hour yelling at jerry after the second one and as for the make-up, you don't need it you always look great anyway." I mumbled the last part but I think everyone heard because kim started blushing and eddie, jerry and Milton being the oh-so-helpful friends they are decided to start singing 'jack and kim, sitting in a tree' at the top of their voices. Thanks a lot guys.
I face palmed and opened my mouth to protest but luckily I didn't have to. On cue kim lunged forward and the guys scattered with terrified looks on their face while jerry let out his famous 'columbian war chant'. I just smirked as we watched the guys jumping over each other to get out of the door, I turned back to kim and saw her doing the same.
''kimmy are you nearly done'' I whined purposely using the nickname that she hated so much. Consequently she punched me in the chest. Hard. She may be a girl but getting punched by kim Crawford was something no-one in their right mind would inflict on themselves more than once in their lifetime. Somehow I experienced it every day and jerry probably ends up in the hospital more than once a month.
''see jack now you know how it feels when I'm waiting for you to do your hair every morning'' she retorted with a cute smile on her face.
''hey!'' I yelled defensively
''so anyway about the note, I'd love to hang out later, what do you want to do'' when she finished speaking she bit her lip which is what she does when she's nervous and I find it adorable. Wait, nervous? Does this mean she likes me back? Snap out of it jack, she asked you a question.
''um… errr…yeah'' I stuttered out whilst scratching the back of my neck awkwardly '' well maybe you could meet me in the park after practice?'' I asked hopefully
''yeah, I'd like that.''
Inside I was screaming and jumping around with happiness but on the outside I stayed calm and smiled at her. she slammed her locker shut and we walked towards the door together, just letting the conversation flow naturally.
Kim's POV
YES! Jack just asked me to hang out. I know he probably only wants to be friends but I can't help but think he might like me too. He started scratching the back of his neck, which is what he does when he's nervous which is so adorable! Anyway, on the inside I feel like a 5-year-old on Christmas eve but on the outside I kept my cool (mostly). I finally finished clearing out my locker so we walked towards the door together. OMG what am I going to wear! I need to call grace and Julie! Wait, when did I start thinking like such a girl?
Jerry's POV
Geez, kim no need to try and scare the living grits out of us we were only stating the facts, ok I've been spending a lot of time with Milton. Of course me being, well me decided to hang back after the other guys ran out screaming, just to see what was going on. I got just close enough so I could here them and hid behind some lockers. WHOOOO! Way to go jack he actually asked her out! Kinda. Wait, he needs to impress her. What is he gonna wear?! Wow I sound like a girl. Anyway I gotta go find Milton!
(Later at the dojo)
Kim's POV
Eeeeeek! I'm so excited about tonight! I had just finished warming up and the guys were still getting changed. Typical. Oh, well at least this gives me some time to call grace. I got out my phone and quickly dialed the number I almost knew by heart.
(phone call- kim = italics grace = bold)
"Hey kimmy, Agghhhh jaden will you slow down! Sorry he's eaten 14 candy bars and half of that giant box of sherbert you bought for my birthday!''
jaden is her 9 year old brother who has a tendency to eat a lot of sugar and then be hyper for the next 4 to 24 hours. Trust me, I know, I got stuck babysitting him and my 8 year old sister amber, with grace and her older brother lucas when our parents went on a three day business trip.
''ok jaden, sit there and eat your cookie…''
of course, he's on a sugar high so what does she give him? More sugar
''sorry kimmy, so watcha need?''
''hey gracie, and NEVER call me kimmy, only jack is allowed to do that and I still punch him for it…'' I began but I stopped when I heard laughing behind me. I turned quickly and saw none other than the jack brewer, leaning against a door frame, his eyes trained on mine and is lips curling up into a smile.
''so, I'm allowed to call you kimmy, huh'' he said cockily. Gosh he was still cute when he was annoying, ok kim snap out of it.
''ugghh!'' I groaned ''fine but only you and I will still hit you'' to be honest, I kind of liked the idea of having jack and only jack call me that, but that was something he didn't need to know. ''now I'm on the phone so can you go now?''
''nope'' he said popping the 'p'
''fine'' I walked past him and as I did my hand kind-of-accidentally-on-purpose brushed his. I hid the blush that was rapidly forming with my hair and walked faster into the girls locker room. Little did I know his face was getting redder by the second.
When I was sure no-one could hear, I got back to grace.
''sorry, grace just jack being, well jack.''
''oooh, girl tell me everything now '' oh grace
''I'll tell you later but I actually need your help, badly.''
''hold it right there, I'm calling Julie right now, be home in 15 minutes, GO, GO, GO!'' oh god. Grace has gone into drill sergeant date mode, wait date? Grrr get your head together kim! Any way, last time she went this crazy was when she tried to set up Kelsey with the school quaterback. The most painful 7 hours of my life. Yes, I said 7 HOURS that is how bad she gets! Well I'd better get going if I don't want to feel the wrath of the dragon known as my best friend ( besides jack of course). I grabbed my green duffel bag, stuffed my spare clothes into it, not bothering to change out of my gi. I ran out of the locker room to see jack beating a dummy senseless (a karate dummy not the other idiots I have to call my friends, who still haven't finished changing!), he saw me and turned around.
''bye jack, tell rudy I have to skip practice today, gotta get home .'' I yelled as I was already halfway out the door.
''wait, kim!'' for some reason his voice made me stop. Snap out of it kim he doesn't think of you like that.
''yeah, can you make it quick, there will be a dragon at my door in like 10 minutes'' I pleaded while he just looked at me like I was dressed as a giant banana (zoey 101 reference anyone)
'' uh kim are you ok?'' He asked, worry written over his face.
'' yeah why?''
''well you're ditching practice, which you haven't done since your amber broke her leg last year, your running off and you just mentioned a dragon which, unless you're jerry, don't exist. '' Ok the boy has a point
''Yeah jack I'm fine'' I said chuckling slightly. I saw he was still confused so I decided to explain. '' I'm just in a hurry, the dragon is grace and speaking of, she will be there in 8 minutes!'' I exclaimed while checking the time on my phone. ''I gotta go bye jack!'' I was only a few feet away when he called my name again.
''wait, kim… again''
''Yeah jack'' I was being WAY to patient with this boy
'' Are we, uhhh, you know still gonna hang out tonight?'' I thought I saw a glimmer of hope in his deep brown eyes but I brushed it off.
''Course jack, I wouldn't miss it.'' I smiled and waved shyly before speed-walking in the direction of my house OMG grace will a) freak out when she hears about this and b) kill me for being late. I looked over my shoulder to see jack smiling and watching me. I waved one last time and after he waved back I ran full sprint to my house ready to face the wrath of an angry 15 year old girl. Oh lord.
(At kim's house)
Grace's POV
ARRGGHH! Were is she?! She is 7 minutes and 43 seconds late! 44, 45, 46…
''GRACE! Stop pacing your making me dizzy'' Shouted a very stressed Julie. ''I know you want to interrogate her about jack AGAIN, and don't get me wrong I do too, but she's only like 5 minutes late calm down.''
I was about to send back a sarcastic remark but was interrupted by an out of breath yell.
''I am so so so sorry I'm late please don't kill me grace, hi jules'' kim ran up to us completely out of breath, which is really unusual for her, dressed in her karate uniform, her hair falling out of her once neat ponytail. If I didn't know better I would've thought she got that job walking her uncles 7 GIANT dogs and got dragged through the park for 2 hours again.
''kim! Thank god you're here grace was about to send out a search party'' cried Julie giving her a hug.
I rolled my eyes at her and went over to kim.
'' ummm excuse me, where have you been? You were supposed to be here exactly'' I paused looking at the time on my phone ''8 minutes and 26 seconds ago!'' now it was her turn to roll her eyes.
''if you must know I left as soon as I hung up the phone but I jack caught up with me and I was talking to him for around 3 minutes and then I sprinted here, but I took the shortcut through the park and got attacked by 5 year-olds and 7 very tiny dogs and that gracie is why I am ever so late for whatever emergency you have gathered us here for.'' I knew she said the last part sarcastically but with kim you gotta get used to it.
''ok first you know why you are both here. Kim what happened with jack. Spill everything now.'' I demanded. She was not getting out of this one…
KIM'S POV
''… spill everything now.'' Oh god
I knew I wasn't going to get out of it so I told them everything. Everything from the note in history up till the talk we had before I ran here. Once I had finished, which was 40 minutes later because they made me go into EXTREME detail, Julie spoke up;
'' Girl, you are so oblivious sometimes!'' she exclaimed while giving me a short hug
Oh no what are they thinking.
I didn't think I would like the answer but of course, I asked anyway.
''Oblivious to what?''
''Jack is TOTALLY in love with you!'' grace said (more like yelled) like it was the most obvious thing in the world
ok I was wrong. I did like the answer, but I knew they were wrong. He only wants to be friends.
'' guys I may like … ok love jack ( the girls are the only ones who know about my little crush on jack, well besides my mom) but he only sees me as a friend and I'm fine with that.'' Of course I was lying but hopefully they couldn't tell.
But Julie is Julie
'' ok 1) you suck at lying 2) jack is in love with you, your just to … kim to see it and 3) even so you have to get ready, we only have…'' she paused mid rant to look at her watch. ''3 hours and 23 minutes to do your hair, make up and pick a super cute outfit! Hurry get inside'' did I mention we were standing outside my front door this whole time? '' we need to get started!''
(2 hours and 57 minutes later)
Still Kim's P.O.V
It was about 3 hours later ( ask grace why it took so long because I have no idea, if it were just me I would be wearing a t-shirt and shorts and I would be out of the house in under 10 minutes) and I have to admit, the girls did a great job. Grace picked out a really cute, yet casual and kim enough as she called it, outfit for me which consisted of a green and turquoise patterned cami, a pair of white shorts, my light green, slightly battered converse, my sunglasses and some matching bracelets. Julie did my hair and make-up and I have to admit I looked really good. My hair was down and curled slightly while my make-up was very natural with just a little mascara, lipgloss and eyeliner ( i'm a real tomboy and have no clue about make-up and all that crap so just tell me if something isn't right or whatever).
I checked my phone after grace and Julie said goodbye. Wow I still had a half hour until I had to meet jack. Just as I was about to put my phone away, I noticed I had a new message. I opened it and almost screamed with joy!
Hey kimmybear
Just wanted to let you know that I'm coming home today! I haven't told mom and dad yet cos I wanted it to be a surprise so plz don't tell them. I missed you so much when I was away and I really want to talk to you so how bout I meet you in seaford park in like 5 minutes, cool with you?
Love kendall
OMG! Kendall's back! I haven't seen him in two years since he joined the army!
Kendall is my big brother and the oldest out of the three of us, as it goes kendall then me then amber. He joined the army two years ago and now he's back!
I quickly replied telling him I would be there soon, grabbed my purse and ran all the way to the park. Wow I think I beat my record as it was only 6:03, which means I still had 27 minutes to hang with kendall before I meet jack.
I saw him over by the swing set. I ran over and gave him the biggest hug ever he actually made me let go as he couldn't breathe.
'' wow kimmybear, when did you get so strong? I haven't seen you in forever! You didn't tell mom or dad did you?'' wow I haven't seen my brother in two years and that's the first thing he comes out with.
''for your information I'm a second degree black belt in karate, andI know I missed you so much and no I didn't tell them, now come here I need another hug before I have to act like you're my brother again'' I cried as I pulled him in for another bonecrushing hug.
Jack's P.O.V
Milton and jerry were searching my closet for something that would impress kim.
'' yo, jack this closet is huge, I think im lost bro''
of course, only jerry could get lost in my walk In closet.
''jack! I think I have the perfect outfit for your date with kim'' said Milton walking out of my closet with a large pile of clothes
''ok, thanks man. Hey do me a favour and go help jerry out of the closet.''
'' and hey it's not a date'' I yelled blushing as he walked away
''yeah, but you want it to be'' I kept quiet. What, he's Milton he knows everything
I took a look at the clothes Milton picked out for me. Wow, the guy might be a little weird but when it comes to clothes he is the man. He had picked out one of my plaid shirts, a purple and yellow one, some dark jeans and my blue supras. I put the outfit on and I looked good if I do say so myself. I rolled up the sleeves of my shirt, added a leather necklace and bracelet, a green ring my dad gave me before he … passed away and was just ruffling my hair slightly when Milton appeared dragging a very confused looking jerry out of my closet.
'' yo, dude you gotta thank Milton, he saved me!'' said, well you can guess who said that.
I was about to protest but Milton shot me a look to just drop it and said
'' oh, it's no problem friend'' he said the last part while squeezing jerry's shoulder harder than I thought was possible for the scrawny little guy.
Jerry let out a high pitched scream and started rambling in rapid Spanish as Milton led him out of the door. I chuckled to myself at just how strange my friends are before looking at my phone. Ten minutes until I have to meet kim. I'd better get going.
(at the park)
Still Jack's P.O.V
I walked around the park for a bit. I still had a few minutes to spare. I walked absentmindedly towards the swing sets while trying to figure out the sorts of things to say. I mean conversation is usually easy for us and just flows naturally but still, it can't hurt to have a few back up lines. Wow I'm thinking like jerry. That's not good.
I was still walking when I saw a tall blonde guy with green eyes hugging a smaller blonde girl. They looked really happy. I wish kim and I could be like that I thought. As they pulled away I caught a glimpse of the girl. My breath caught in my throat. It was kim. How could she do this? I mean I know we're not together or anything but I've been dropping hints for a while now and I really thought she liked me too. Well I guess I was wrong. I couldn't stop a tear escaping my eye and I never cry. Not in front of people anyway. Kim is the only person besides my mom, dad and grandfather who has ever seen me cry.
I couldn't think straight so I did the only thing I could think of. I ran away. I couldn't see properly because of crying and I didn't stop to think of anything. I just wanted to get home as fast as possible. Probably the reason that the last thing I saw before I blacked out was two bright lights barreling towards me. The last thing I heard was a loud horn and a girl scream. Kim.
A/N- ok guys the first chapter of my first story! Like I said I'm new at this so I could really use the feedback so yeah not much else to say besides the chapters will probably get shorter as I just wanted to give you a good first chapter. So yeah review please!
Thanks guys! Erin