Livin' Life To It's Fullest Chapter Two Problems and Solutions
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Nobody's POV
"Out of all people in the world, I can't believe you didn't tell me something so important."
"What do you mean? Just because you're my best friend, doesn't mean I absolutely need to tell you everything! Sometimes people want to solve problems on their own, without assistance."
"Oh, well I'm sorry I wanted to help Brewer!"
You might be wondering what exactly is going on here… good question.
Neither Kim nor Jack knew exactly what was going on or what caused the current tension between themselves.
Recently, Kim and Jack have been running into some bad luck.
No matter the topic, Jack and Kim always seemed to start up and argument at least once a day minimum… and that's if we were lucky.
One day it was "Why did you wear that to school?" another, "Why don't you have an extra pencil just in case?"
They ranged from reasonable arguments, to arguments people would call stupid.
People in their school, Seaford High, saw it too.
Because everyone knew both Jack and Kim were both black belts, they also knew not to mess with them when their angry.
In all honesty, people knew not to mess with Kim in general when she's mad.
She's different than the girls in her school just because she's strong.
Not as much physically, but more mentally.
When her mind is set on something, there's no stopping her.
The only people that didn't apply to would most likely be their friends if anything.
It also didn't help that Jack and Kim and several classes together.
Their friends tried to help in those classes and their names are Jerry, Mika, Eddie, Julie, and Milton.
By getting involved, they've ended some disagreements.
Even they were confused.
Why were they arguing so much?
Milton guessed that it must have started with a stupid argument that led to more, but nobody was for sure.
Right now, Jack and Kim were currently engaged in another one of those arguments outside of school over where the gang was gonna go eat today.
After leaving their last class, both Kim and Jack bolted to their locker, ignoring one another as they grabbed their stuff including their skateboards which they rode to school today, then angrily pushed the doors with so much force, the doors swung open and knocked someone to the ground nearby.
Ignoring the person who now laid on the floor, they stormed off.
Since many people were exiting the building, the person and the surrounding people thought it was a crazed maniac trying to leave in a hurry or something.
They both unwillingly stood in the spot they always met their friends in and stood there silently until one would eventually talk, starting the next argument.
Jack's POV
"So, did anyone tell you where we're gonna eat?" Kim asked, looking at a nearby tree in order to keep her eyes away from me as I did the same.
"No, I'm guessing one of us will just randomly pick again."
"Well, I think we should go to Circus Burger."
"Why Circus Burger?" I asked.
"What's wrong with Circus Burger?"
"Everything. You know we always go to Falafel Phil's and it should stay that way."
"What's wrong with a little variation, Brewer?" she asked, venom sinking into her words as she turned to glare at me harshly.
"Again, everything, but it doesn't matter. You just wanna go there for the obvious reason."
"And what would that be, Brewer?"
"Because you and Carson used to go there before I moved."
"Ok, for one, that is not the reason-" she began before I cut her off sternly.
"Yes it is! You just want to canoodle with Carson!"
"Canoodle?"
"Yes, canoodle! Look it up Crawford."
"Make me Brewer!" she countered as I turned to her, meeting her glare head-on.
We were now so close, that an only a few inches of space lied in-between us.
Because she was slightly smaller than me, I looked her down while she scowled up at me, anger written all over her face.
Luckily, before it could get any worse, Jerry stepped in and squeezed himself between us, spreading us apart in the process by a few feet.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa guys. Chill. What's got you worked up this time?"
At the same time, both Kim and I simultaneously started rambling on about how we were trying to pick a restaurant with a twist to each story.
Though I blamed my story on Kim, she blamed her's on me.
Most of the people standing in front of the school turned to all the commotion, but once Jerry took a look around, seeing this, he quickly shushed us.
"Ok, we're gonna go to Honey Buns and there's no changing it." He explained, leaving both Kim and I standing there wide-eyed.
"You can't be serious." Kim said, forcing a quick laugh as she looked at Jerry and realized he wasn't kidding.
Just as Kim said that, a chuckle sneakily escaped my lips just loud enough for Kim to hear.
"What so funny?" she asked, her brown eyes turning to black ones as she turned to me.
"You're acting like it's a big deal." I laughed as she raised her eyebrows up at me.
"At least I'm not acting like a three year old." She said smirking as we once again, met closer to have another stare down.
For the second time again, Jerry separated us with his arms and exhaled loudly after making sure we were a good ten feet from one another.
Eventually, Kim couldn't take it and just hopped on her skateboard and left.
Speeding crazily down the pavement as I followed, ignoring Jerry's orders to come back.
Kim was hurtling at unrealistic speeds down the concrete and I tried to catch up, but didn't get close enough as I needed to be.
She quickly turned her head around to see me, which in turn made her go even faster.
Just then the unthinkable happened.
All of a sudden, the skateboard came to a complete halt and she went flying from it into a nearby lawn.
Seeing this, I quickly sped up and stopped just before where she fell, observed the ground to see a giant crack which trapped the first two wheels, then ran to her before crouching down.
Kim's POV
One second I'm trying to get away from Jack, the next, I feel the skateboard slightly drop before I flew into the air.
I tried to catch myself, but simply blacked out when something hard hit my head.
I instantly felt my body go numb and my vision faded to darkness.
The next thing I know is I forcefully open my drowsy eyes to see a side of Jack nobody's seen in a very long time.
A worried one.
He was on both knees on my right and had both hands on my shoulders, most likely trying to wake me up.
My head pounded with agonizing pain as I felt my vision go slightly blurry.
"Kim, are you ok?"
"Does it look like it?" I mumbled as I put a hand to my head, praying the pain would decrease.
"What's wrong?"
"My head's killing me… what did I hit my head on anyways?"
Quickly, he scanned to the left and right before he used one hand to pick up a small rock wedged in the ground.
"Perfect." I muttered as another strong wave of pain made me close my eyes for a few seconds.
"We have to get you to a hospital Kim. Do you think you can walk?"
"Yeah, I'm not crippled you know." I said, trying to joke around as he seemed not to laugh.
Yeah, bad moment, I know.
He then outstretched a hand to me which I took, but the second I got myself on my feet, I felt myself falling back again.
Seeing this, he caught me and pushed me back up to my original standing position.
"Are you sure you can walk?" he asked, concern written across his face.
"Yeah, I'm fine."
Once I got my balance, he told me "My house isn't far away. Let's go there and call the ambulance."
After saying that, we both did as Jack said and in just mere minutes, we made it to his front door.
Since apparently he was the only one home, he had to use his key to get inside.
Immediately after unlocking the door, he swung the door open wide enough so we could walk in.
After entering, he quickly locked the door while I took a seat in a stool beside the island in the kitchen.
Because we haven't spoken to one another since the accident, it was awkward for us to sit beside one because we weren't talking.
Cutting off the silence, I told him "Why are we fighting so much?"
Unsure what to say, he tried to force some words out, but couldn't.
Finally, he pulled himself together and was able to tell me what he was trying to say. "Honestly? I don't know."
"I just don't get it how we just all of a sudden started arguing with one another. We're best friends aren't we?"
Turning to me, he nodded, urging me to continue on with what I was saying.
"Then, why did this happen in the first place? Best friends never fight this severally and/ or this repeatedly."
"I don't know Kim… I don't know."
Just then I saw him reach for the phone.
Just before he could actually lift it off the countertop, I slammed my hand down on his.
After shooting me a confused look, I knew and explanation of my actions were required.
"Please don't call them, it was only a little pebble." I begged as he understood who I was anonymously referring to.
"You have to, it could be something serious!"
"What a bruise?" I asked as I raised an eyebrow to him.
"Maybe, I don't know! I'm not a doctor you know… And yes, I am calling."
Just after dialing in the simple number, I knew only of one thing would hopefully prove how serious I was.
"Jack, please."
Ever since we started arguing, I always called him by his last name, along with anyone else who annoyed me.
Just by habit, whenever I get mad, I always refer to the person by their last name.
Because he knew this as well considering he was still my best friend, he quickly turned to me in surprise as I heard a woman's voice on the other line of the phone.
After a few moments of silence as he just stared at me in shock, he politely ill-informed the lady that he hit the wrong number on his speed dial and apologized before hanging up.
Without looking, he again put the phone down and raised an eyebrow to me as he studied me, most likely thinking I was on some sort of drug.
Jack's POV
Did Kim really just say what I think she said?
My mind tried to process what happened, but took a few seconds for my brain to register that it really did happen.
She actually used my first name… unbelievable.
She never uses someone's first name when she's angry.
Not ever.
So the fact that she did say it made my heart stop beating.
As she said that, she placed one of her arms on mine, gently gripping a spot a bit above my elbow on my arm closest to her.
I then turned to her, her big brown orbs begging not to call an ambulance.
We just stared at one another for a good minute as I finally gave in and said "Ok, fine. But you do have to rest and take it easy for the time being."
The second I began with my sentence, a smile grew on her face that grew by the second.
Honestly, it's been so long since I've seen that big, beautiful smile of her's.
It killed me inside when we fought, knowing I probably won't be able to see it ever again if we continued to fight like this.
Soon that smile turned into laughter as I stood there, eyebrows slightly scrunched together in confusion.
"Sorry, you just had the weirdest face, ever."
She laughed as I rolled my eyes and countered "Like you've never made a weird face."
The second I said that, she just laughed again as she began to tell me something else.
"Yeah, I have. And it was the best weird face on this planet."
She then added on in a quieter voice "More like weirdest."
"What? Why would you think you look weird?"
"It's just when I do that face, it just feels so unnatural."
She explained as I nodded.
I wanted to tell her something else, but held myself back since I didn't think it was the best idea.
Seeing through me, she took a glance at my face and immediately knew something was up.
"Ok, what are you hiding?"
"What do you mean?"
"Jack, we know each other like the back of our hands. Don't be surprised that I know something's up. Now, what's wrong?"
Hoping to avoid what I wanted to tell her originally, I made up something else that fit the situation in hopes she would believe me.
"I just hate why we've been fighting."
"Jack, what were you gonna say."
"Wha-at do you mean?" I asked, my voice accidentally going up two or three octaves as I managed forced it back down to its normal tone with a single clearing of the throat.
"Jack, just tell me. I won't do or say anything, promise."
After taking a deep breath so I could relax myself, I then told her what I truly intended to say.
"I was going to say you never look weird."
"Really?" she asked, a smirk grin spreading across her face.
My face turned slightly red from her serious yet goofy look towards me…
Due to the fact I was put in an awkward position, I began to rub the back of my neck in nervousness as she then chuckled.
"I'm kidding." She laughed as I forced a quick nervous chuckle in response.
Just then, I thought I saw an imaginary light bulb pop up above her head.
"Hey Jack, what's that on the wall?" she asked as she tilted her head slightly, eyes looking behind me most likely on the wall closest to me.
Just as I turned around, I knew I fell for her trick.
When I turned back around in my chair to ask her what she had meant, I realized she was gone and my sentence came out shorter than expected.
"What are you-?"
I spun in my chair only to see she was completely gone.
I should've known Kim wouldn't listen to me about being careful.
It's just her personality to be outgoing, I can't change that.
Seeing I wouldn't be able to find her sitting on my butt, I quickly got up and scanned the house for her, one room at a time.
Living room?
Nope.
Kitchen?
Was just there.
Bathroom?
No way, she's the best at this game.
I can guess what game she played a lot when she was younger.
Ok, I'm gonna follow my hunch that says she's in my room somewhere.
After opening the door to my room, it was quiet… too quiet for my liking.
After looking in the obvious places like behind the door, under the bed, and so on, I knew now there was only one place left for her to hide in here.
The closet.
Kim's POV
Wow Jack…
Slow much?
Though my head still hurt a little from the skateboarding accident earlier, I decided to mess with Jack like old times.
And by old, I mean like a few weeks ago.
I tricked Jack into looking at the wall and the second he turned his head, I sped off around the corner and up the stairs to his room.
I took me a second or two to decide where I was going to hide, but once I did, I already had a plan thought up.
Only a few feet in front of the closet door in which I decided to hide in, there was a pillow.
It was perfect for my simple yet effective plan.
I would usually tell you this, but for the moment's sake, I think I should just let you wait and find out for yourself.
After quietly sneaking in his closet door, I silently slid the door shut to its original position and began mentally counting how long it took him to find me.
Minutes passed, then some more, then one more…
We were now at the five minute mark when I finally heard Jack open the door to his room.
I heard little sounds of shuffling through the door as he scanned his room for any sign of me.
Knowing any second he was about to check the closet, I quietly squatted down and prepared myself to run.
The second he opened the door, I mumbled "Aha!" in victory, only to be tricked again when scrambled out the door and threw the pillow at his face.
After mentally telling myself "Aha!" in victory, I knew what Jack was about to say next as I ran out the door, everything done in one swift movement.
"You probably shouldn't have done that!" he hollered from his room as I hopped on the stair's guiding rail and slid down the heap of steps.
As I turned to run out the back door and into the back yard, I saw Jack at the top of the stair case.
Just a second or so later I heard a light boom echo in the house.
I could only assume that was because Jack either jumped the staircase, or ran down and jumped at the end.
Either way, I was now in pursuit.
Without bothering to look back, I sprinted my way to the door, quickly unlocked it, shut it, and then continued to run as I finally turned around.
Jack was struggling to open the sliding door, which in turn, gave me more time to make my escape.
Once he did, he shut the door in record time and came after me.
Because I had a good ten to fifteen second head start, he'd really have to kick into high gear to catch me.
For minutes on end we ran widely like this, the wind brushing through my hair as tried my best to lose Jack.
The sun made me feel like my heart was pounding out of my chest from the heat it was giving off.
Just then, I felt a pair of arms snake around my waist and pull me back.
Knowing it could only be Jack, I laughed in amusement as he swung me around in circles while I could practically feel the presence of a smirk grin plastered on his face.
I felt as if I was in slow motion.
My vision slowly began blur from the dizziness of spinning at the speed Jack was spinning me in.
Knowing I couldn't take much more of the spinning, I managed to mutter out "Jack, please stop. You're gonna make me throw up."
He chuckled, a goofy grin on his face as he playfully laughed at my light-headed expression trying to stand up straight.
"Shut up." I muttered as I stumbled back a step.
Seeing this, Jack quickly came closer and stopped laughing in respect.
"Five minutes."
"What?"
"It took you five minutes to find me."
"Well, I've improved haven't I?"
"If you call searching the entire house before finding me improvement, sure." I said, faking a sarcastic smile.
"I'm tired…"
"Well, what happened to relaxing?" I asked as he helped me sit down, arms put behind me so I could prop myself up to face Jack.
Just as he joined me in the thick, green pool of grass.
"Ask yourself Ms. I-Love-To-Ignore-People. You're the one who ran off in the first place."
"That's just because I love to mess with you." I smirked as I let out a purposely loud exhale in exhaust as I fell back completely into the grass underneath us.
From the bright light of the sun above us, I closed my eyes only for a moment before I felt a wave of cool air hit my face only seconds later.
Jack's POV
As Kim fell backwards into the fluffy grass under us, she let out a purposely loud exhale to silently tell me she was exhausted from our chase just moments ago.
Matter of fact, I was still tired too.
It was a hard workout chasing after her.
Don't believe me?
You try it.
See how long you can even keep up!
I saw her put her hand on her forehead, checking her temperature as the sun gazed down at us.
Seeing she shut her eyes for the slightest moment, I repositioned myself carefully above her in a pushup position, keeping my distance while at the same time, being close enough so we could talk normally without any issues.
She then opened her eyes, her big brown eyes staring at me in surprise as I had a smirk grin on my face.
As we both continued to eye one another, Kim more specifically watching me in suspicion, she raised her eyebrow at me in confusion.
"Jack, what are you doing?"
"Providing you shade since you're whining."
"I am NOT whining!" she protested as I gave her a 'Really?' look.
"I'm not!"
"Sure Kimmy…"
"Don't call me that."
"Or what Kimberly?"
"You seriously want to die don't you?"
"Well, if I go, I might as well have fun with it." I said, sneering at her as she rolled her eyes.
We both knew she hated being referred to by both her nickname and her full name.
Both made her feel, well, girly.
Being more of a tomboy, she made it clear that only specific people who get her permission can call her by one of those names, and I was not one of those people.
Heck, she even had the principal of the school call her by "Kim".
That proves how much she got to people about that.
I remember the time as if it was yesterday when a substitute almost called her by her full name in front of the whole class and also in front of me for the first time.
Kim, Jerry, Eddie, Milton and I were all engaged in a dispute about something completely irrelevant as the sub was taking roll.
Kim and Jerry were currently the two that were both arguing the matter when Kim did something that completely amazed me.
As Kim's name was called, she immediately stopped arguing and over all the loud noise and disruptions, Kim looked over to the teacher.
Seeing her lip curl to say the second half of her name which Kim did not want, she took immediate action.
Not only did Kim cut her off, politely of course, she also made sure it was just before the last two syllables of her name could be said.
Because she raised her hand at the same time, the teacher quickly recognized her signal and smiled to her before moving on to the next student on the list.
From that day on, she's always introduced herself first-hand to the teacher to inform her to mark her name then and there.
Snapping out of my thoughts, I blinked a few times to see Kim snapping her finger in front of my face, calling out my name in annoyance.
I shook my head slightly to clear my head then asked "Yeah?"
"Are you gonna get up off me or stare at me?"
Kim's POV
What was Jack's deal?
Was he in like some sort of trance or something?
Jack's been hovering over me for the last minute or so without saying a word or moving a muscle.
His eyes remained glued to me as I stared back, puzzled from his strange actions.
Since he seemed too frozen, I tried calling out his name.
Of course I got nowhere, so I then started calling out his name louder, snapping my finger in his face as he finally snapped out of whatever he was in.
He then asked me after shaking his head "Yeah?"
"Are you gonna get up off me or stare at me?" I asked, folding my arms as he smirked.
"I chose the second one."
"Flattering? Yes. Right answer? No."
"Aw come on, it's not a bad option!" he protested, a laughable grin taking over his face.
"I'm serious-"
"I'm serious too!" he countered, cutting me off.
"Don't make me hit you."
"Hey, you hit me, I fall on you. Not a good idea." He laughed as I took a nice, deep breath in irritation.
"We both know you can handle a hit Jack."
"Yeah, but I haven't been feeling good this morning and-"
"Shut it Jack." I muttered as he laughed in amusement.
"Man, I'm starting to miss when you rarely talked to me."
"Your mistake." He smirked once again.
Ok, I'll tell you this.
If he wasn't my best friend, he'd have a knee to his "Happy Meal" right about now.
"Jack, please get up. I've got better things to do than be on the ground. I don't even have a good reason to!"
"Ok one, that hurts Kimmy. Second of all, I can give you plenty of good reasons why you should be here."
"Name one."
"I'm awesome."
"And?"
"We're best friends."
"I'm gonna need better than that Jack."
"Because you should remember how many people would die to be in your position right now."
"Ooh! Being trapped underneath an idiot is real enjoyable!" I said, sarcasm smeared over my words as I gave him a fake smile to enhance my point.
"Seriously! We both know you've seen people do weird and funny stuff to try and get to me."
"Ok, I had to admit, seeing Lindsay trip down the stairs at school was gold…"
"See! I gave you three incredibly good reasons! Now be appreciative Crawford."
"Yeah? Well because of you, I'm gonna have to take a shower early."
"Either way you'll have to since your lying on grass."
"Can you be any more infuriating?"
"Actually yes, want to see?"
"No! I'm good…" I said, suddenly alarmed as he laughed once again.
I just wanted to get off the ground and with him being so annoying at the moment, it was hard enough as it is to even attempt to get up.
This was becoming enough.
I lightly banged my head back on the ground in exasperation repeatedly, Jack looking at me oddly as I continued to do this.
"What are you doing?"
"I'm hitting my head."
"Why?"
"I'm hoping I'll get a concussion and you'll take me inside."
Just then, he balanced himself on one arm and held my head still for a few moments with the other, keeping me from doing this.
"Ok, if you want me to move just ask."
"Ok then." I calmly told him as he put his arm back down.
"Jack, will you please move?"
"No."
"Dear God Jack! Will you move?!"
"I'm good."
"Don't you ever get tired of holding yourself?"
"Not really. Have you seen these guns lately?" he asked, referring to his arms which he moved slightly to let me know he was talking about them.
"Yes I have actually. You like to flaunt them around in the dojo by being the only guy to not wear a shirt half the time."
Jack's POV
"Oh, so you've noticed." I said, winking at her as she pushed me lightly with the palms of her hands in my stomach.
After taking a new breath to re-collect the air I previously had inside me before I was hit, I asked her "Sheesh Kim! Do you want me to get winded out and fall?"
"No, I want you to MOVE!" she argued as I chuckled.
This was so fun messing with her.
I guess bottling up all my irritation really takes its toll when I have nobody to aggravate.
Wanting to know what she'd do to move me, I told her "Make me."
With a smirk and a wink, she returned the favor as she grabbed my shirt, pulled me down, and did the unthinkable.
She kissed me.
She actually kissed me!
Because I was so flabbergasted from her anomalous behavior, I thought I was dreaming.
Even I, being her best friend, couldn't resist the fact that it was just incredible.
Laugh if you want, but I felt like I was cloud nine.
More specifically, I felt... right.
To my disappointment, about ten seconds of bliss later, she let go of my shirt and pushed me back, making me fall flat on my butt in front of her.
As I stood there astonished from what just happened, she leaned back up, stood up, then smirked as she began to walk away.
It took me a few seconds for my mind to accept what just happened and when I did, I sprang up from my spot and jogged to meet up with Kim who was almost at the back door to my house.
Just as I saw her put her hand on the door, I yelled out her name, hoping she'd stop.
When she heard me call her name, she froze in her spot until I caught up to her.
As she heard me closely approaching, she turned around to meet me as I came to a stop.
"Kim, what was that?"
"A way to get you off me." She smirked as she turned around, putting her hand on the door.
Before she could pull open the door, I pressed my hand on the door beside her.
From at behind her, I couldn't see her facial expression which made me nervous.
"Kim, I need to know…"I began as she turned around, smirk wiped clean from her face.
"Was that real?"
"What do you mean?"
"What do you mean? Kim, what just happened back there! What else would I be referring to right now?!"
"I don't know. What?"
Ok, I knew now she was trying to avoid my question.
Knowing she probably wouldn't answer, I did the first thing that came to my mind.
I kissed her.
Simple as that.
In one swift movement, I quickly came close to her, making her stumble backwards into the door where my lips met her's.
Gently holding her back by her hips, I leaned her against the door as eventually a few seconds later, she moved her arms around my neck.
The temperature of the air seemed to rise around us as we continued this for probably a straight minute before the need for air became unbearable.
At the same time, we both separated, breathing hard as I stared down at her.
I knew she could tell I was awaiting her answer, but I also knew she was at a mixture of words.
Referring to the kiss we had just shared, I answered her last question.
"That. Was THAT real?" I asked, bringing up the question for the second time.
"Does this answer your question?"
Answering my question without another word, she kissed me again, this time only for a few seconds.
Though it was short, it still felt the same as the first.
Like heaven… literally.
When she broke the kiss, this time waiting for what I was going to say next, I told her "You know I really like apples?"
After laughing at my random response to the kiss, she responded "No, why?"
"Because, that's what led me to my best friend, the girl I fell in love with." I grinned as her smile grew wider.
"You know, I actually like skateboards."
"Why?" I asked, confusedly staring at her.
"Because it led you back to me." She smiled back as she kissed me once again.