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Chapter 9: Jack's Dream Come True

"Hey!" Caroline said as she sat on the bus on the way back to school and saw Jack. He looked down and away. "Jack?" She stood up and sat down next him, "Oh, Jacky! What happened to your face?"

"Um," He said, he didn't want to tell her the truth, 'Your boyfriend and his friends beat the shit out of me.' So he went with an easy lie. "Someone threw an elbow in practice. It'll be fine." She touched it gently and he flinched. "Ow."

"Sorry," She laughed. "So how do you like school?"

"It's good," He nodded, "Better than middle school." She laughed. "It's good though. That girl you hang out with, Emma?"

"Emmy?" Cara said.

"Yeah her," Jack said, "She asked me out." Caroline looked at him. "I said no."

"Why?" Caroline said a little too perky, "Emmy's great, she's sweet, and funny, she's a virgin, so it wouldn't be weird on that front." She didn't want Jack to go out with Emmy, "She's a little horse faced, but she's great." Jack laughed.

"She's your friend," He said, "It would be weird." They sat in silence for a minute, "Richie and I are making tacos on Sunday, and my mom's going to make a pie."

"Oh I love when you two try to cook!" Caroline laughed as the bus stopped, "It means we get Chinese food."

"Haha," Jack laughed hugging her around the waist and spinning her. She squealed and laughed. Jack dropped her and they were staring right at Jeremy.

"Hey Jer," Cara smiled sheepishly and kissed him.

"Where were you?" He asked.

"I had dinner with my mom," She said, "I met with Chloe and it really made me want to be with her." Jeremy looked oddly at her.

"And him?" He nodded at Jack.

"We were on the bus," Jack said defiantly, he was sick of getting the third degree from this guy. "Then we were talking about our plans for this weekend."

"Your plans," Jeremy said. Caroline took a deep breath and looked between the two boys. She hated the way they were staring at each other. Like they wanted to kill each other. She loved Jack, he was inside of her, he was her family, and she liked Jeremy in that fresh exciting new boyfriend way, and she wanted them to like each other.

"Family dinner," She said grabbing his arm he shook her off, "I, I told you about that."

"You OK Cara?" Jack looked at her. She nodded silently, but she was afraid. "It's OK, I'll go." She wanted to scream "Don't! Don't leave me here, can't you see I'm scared?"

"No," She managed to squeak, "Jack, it's fine, Jeremy, come on," She pleaded grabbing onto his arm, he shook her off harder this time, and she lost her balance.

"Cara," Jack grabbed her hand. "What the hell, man?" He shoved Jeremy once he saw she was steadied.

"What the hell do you think this is freshman?" Jeremy shouted and punched Jack in the face. The much smaller boy fell quickly. "Oh come on, get up," Jeremy laughed and kicked him.

"Stop it!" Caroline wailed getting in between them, "What is wrong with you?" She said angrily staring at Jeremy for a second. He blinked at her.

"Cara, come on," He laughed. She exhaled and turned around whipping her long blond hair with her.

"Jack are you OK?" She asked crouching down and helping him sit up. He smiled and winked at her. "You son of a bitch!" She pushed him to the ground again and walked away in a huff.

"Caroline!" Jeremy followed after her.

"Don't talk to me," She said angrily.

"Baby come on!" He groaned, "I was just beating on a freshman, it's not a big deal."

"Not a big deal?" She looked at him, "I've known Jack my whole life, he's practically family,"

"I don't like the way he looks at you," Jeremy said gruffly, "You're my girl, he needs to know that."

"We're going out, you don't own me," She snapped. "And who cares? I don't see him that way," Her mind jumped to when he'd caught her as she tripped down the stairs last week. The way his arms were so strong around her. "And since when is 'beating on freshmen' an acceptable use of spare time?"

"You think you're so good?" He laughed, "You think just because you're Caroline fucking Vanderbilt, and your family's name is on the gym it makes you less of a slut when you open your legs to anyone in a letterman's jacket?" He grabbed her, "You're just another little piece of pussy baby." She stared up at him. "You don't let me screw you enough for all the trouble you cause." He kissed her. She tried to push him away. "Oh hell no," He pushed her to the ground.

"Jeremy, stop," She yelled squirming. He laughed holding her down easily with one arm and undoing her fly with his free hand. "Please don't," She whimpered.

"Get off her!" She heard a familiar but at the same time strange voice and then felt Jeremy get pulled off. She stood up and dusted herself off.

"You'll both be sorry," Jeremy pointed at her and then at Jack. Caroline started crying and threw herself into his arms.

"Oh Jack," She buried her head in his chest. "I'm so sorry."

"Shh," He whispered rubbing her back. "It's OK. You really didn't know huh?" She shook her head furiously, although he could only see her hair. He didn't believe that she had known about the rather cruel hazing that all of the freshman had been put through. Especially him, because of his feelings for Caroline. "Are you alright?"

"I feel so stupid," She whispered, "I mean, I had sex with him."

"Yeah, you clearly have bad taste," He teased her. She looked up at him. "Too soon?"

"A little," She nodded. He kissed her, which took her by surprise, just like how firm and toned he was, that he was such a good kisser was so unexpected. She wrapped her arms around his neck and he put his hands in the small of her back pulling her close.

"I love you Cara." He whispered, looking down at her with those big brown eyes of his. Connie's eyes. She swallowed.

"Jack," She whispered, "This is crazy."

"What's so crazy about it?" He asked.

"Well," She sighed, "You're two years younger than me, we've known each other since we were in diapers. My boyfriend just kicked the crap out of you and then tried to rape me," He nodded, "You can see how this isn't exactly an ideal situation right?" He kissed her again. "Oh Jack," She whispered coming up for air and he quickly captured her lips in another kiss. She felt like a girl in an old fashioned movie. The beautiful girl saved from peril by the handsome rogue. Jack really did look the part of the dashing old Hollywood hero too, with his flowing blond hair that he got from his father and those same big emotional brown eyes. And he was such a good kisser, all power and domination, but just soft enough that she felt safe surrendering herself to him.

"I ate dirt for you," He said, "I think I've earned a few minutes of craziness." She nodded and reached up to kiss him again. "Caroline," He said firmly and shook his head.

"No, but I agree with you," She smiled, "Let's do it. I love you too," She looked up at him, "Kiss me again."

"You've been kissed enough today I think," He smiled letting go of her.

"Fine," She said, "But don't be surprised John Joseph Germaine when I never let you kiss me again." She crossed her arms.

"Oh you'll let me kiss you again," He smirked, "You looked way too happy a second ago. I haven't seen you that happy since Ducky had puppies when you were ten." She smiled shyly. It was so like Jack to remember when Ducky had her puppies. "Which I appreciate, being held anywhere near the same level as her."

"Well you know," She shrugged, "I trained you both." He laughed. "Jack," She whispered and hugged herself close.

"I've got you Cara," He said softly. She felt safe, Jack had her.

The next morning Caroline woke up and stretched and then giggled. She couldn't wait to see Jack. The three kisses were fresh in her mind, and she wanted more. Not more than kissing, she wanted to take it slow, but she definitely wanted more kissing. She giggled again and pulled her covers over her head.

"What are you so happy about?" Pam said from her bed, "Did Jeremy like fuck you extra special or something?"

"Jeremy, that stupid prick, can rot in hell," She said pulling her covers off her head and popped out of bed. Pam looked at her as she landed next to her on the bed, "OK, so you can't tell anyone."

"OK," Pam laughed.

"Last night, I broke up with Jeremy," She said, "And I had the three most amazing kisses of my life." She squealed.

"You little skank," Pam tickled her, "Who with?"

"This is the part you can't tell anyone," Cara said simply. Pam nodded, "With Jack."

"Jack who?" Pam said, Caroline looked at her. "Wait? Jack Germaine?" Caroline nodded. "Cara! Ew!"

"Why ew?" Caroline frowned.

"Um, because he's a freshman," Pam said, "Duh!" Caroline sighed, "Plus you've known him since like he was a fetus."

"That's what's so amazing about it," Caroline sighed, "It's like, I don't need to worry about anything because he already knows everything about me." She closed her eyes, "And he loves me anyway. And I don't have to pretend anything with him, you know like, I don't have to pretend I'd never even consider some Friday nights I'd rather just curl up and watch an old movie with Ducky than go to a party. "

"But you can't tell boys things like that," Pam frowned, "They don't think it's sexy."

"But Jack already knows that stuff about me," Caroline tried to explain, "And he loves me anyway."

"And think about Jack," Pam said, "I mean, Jeremy and those guys were being really hard on him anyway because he liked you, now he stole Jeremy's girlfriend, they might kill him."

"Well, I'll let Jack make the decision," Caroline said. She stood up and got dressed quickly.

"Wear something conservative!" Pam said. "You don't need everyone calling you a slut today." Cara sighed and pulled on a sweater. She walked outside, and felt herself get pulled close to someone, she already knew his body by heart.

"Hi," Jack whispered.

"Hi," She giggled and he kissed her. "Mm, Jacky," She mumbled, "Not here, everyone will see."

"So?" He laughed, "I don't care? Do you?"

"I'm just worried about you," She shook her head. "Jeremy,"

"I can take care of myself," He whispered and kissed her again.

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