Thank you so much for the wonderful reviews! You're all too lovely! So I've decided that the chapters for this story are going to be as long as I can make them, for the sake of updating daily.
I ran as fast as I could to the dojo. I got quite a few strange looks from some people. Usually, people don't have a reason to be in such a rush.
My little brother thought it would be a good idea to mess with me and find out how much trouble I would go through just for getting to the dojo early by unplugging my alarm clock. I was only ten minutes late but I could make up for that later in the morning if I rushed. My grandfather (yes, he lives with us) asked why I was in such a hurry so I told him. If it weren't for the speech he decided to give me about how his alarm clock would never fail on him because it didn't rely on electricity (well, how about a brother) I would have made it with much more time to spare.
I finally reached the dojo and I could tell from the other side of the window that I was the first one there.
I sighed before writing down my message on the window, using the fog to my advantage. I stopped before I began. I've been thinking of a way to write it all night last night. It's the first day of Christmas, meaning if I mess up, I won't be able to change it later. After running it through my head a few times, I wrote it down, ending up to be pretty satisfied with what I wrote.
I went to the other side of the window and placed the small box on the ledge where she'd be able to see it from the other side.
"Hey, Jack." I hear. I turn around to find Rudy. "So, you're Kim's secret admirer?" He had one of those really big, goofy smiles on his face.
"Yup, and I need you to do me a favor-" He cut me off.
"Which is..."
"I was about to tell you." I told him. "Anyway, if Milton, Jerry, or Kim ask about how the box got in, tell them you saw someone come in. The door was open so they didn't really have to go through much trouble. They just came in and left. If they ask, tell them all you saw was he had a coat and hat on."
"Wow, you really thought this through, didn't you." We both know it was meant to be a question but came out a statement. I decided to answer the question anyway.
"Yup, I've had all year."
His eyes widened. "All year? You waited all year?"
"Um... yea, Christmas is in December, and December's the last month of the year. So it would be all year."
"Um... yea, I know that." He mimicked, using an, 'I'm not an idiot so don't treat me like one' tone. "I mean that you really waited all year to do this, you didn't want to do anything else?"
"Of course I wanted to do something else. I've had a bunch of ideas, but this ended up being the one I thought she'd like the best."
"Wow Jack, that's- Shut up! Kim's coming!" He cut himself off, pushing me into the lockers.
"You were the one talking." I said, to no one in particular, but still aimed at Rudy.
I went to my locker and put in the combination. Just as Rudy said, out of the corner of my eye, I saw Kim jog up to the window, looking around, my guess is trying to see if she could find someone who would be guilty of writing it. I decide to sneak up on her.
I walk out of the dojo and sneak up behind her.
"Guess who!" I ask, my hands covering her eyes.
"Jack," She says, absolutely no emotion in her answer.
"Eeeh! Wrong! Jerry!"
"Jerry?" She asked, grabbing my hands, and pulling them off before turning around. "Jack," She complained.
"'Jack'?" I ask, using the same tone as she did. "Why 'Jack'? Why not 'Jack!'?" I asked, exclaiming with the last, 'Jack'. I noticed she already turned back around, starring at the message on the window. "Kim, It's the first day of Christmas, so I give to you, one way to say, I love you, Your Secret Admirer." I read aloud. "Aw, your secret admirer has a heart." I tease her. I can see her eyes in the reflection.
"No shit sherlock." She said. "I just don't get it. 'I give to you, one way to say, I love you.' What way?" As if to answer her own question, I watch her eyes find the box through the reflection. "Hey," She said before walking into the dojo. She dropped her bag by the door and just barely managed to reach the box without knocking over Rudy's display of baby Jesus. She opened the box and surly enough found the locket I got for her. "How'd he know?" She whispered to herself.
"How'd he know what?"
"I've always wanted a locket. It has to be from someone special. If not, it has no value. I can't buy it myself, it wouldn't have that sentimental value."
"But, how do you know that it's so special? You don't even know who it's from." I asked her.
"I don't know, I..."
"You..."
"I know it sounds strange but, I can just feel it." I couldn't help but smile hearing this.
"Here, let me." I took the locket from the chain and lift it from the box. I pull it up to Kim's neck and she pulls her hair out of the way. I fastened the small clip and she let her hair down.
"Did you see him?" Sheasked
"See him?"
"Did you see who wrote it?" I don't know what it was, but something about her not being able to think that it was me, just tore me down.
"No, I didn't." I told her.
"Is Rudy here?" She asked.
"I heard my name!" Rudy exclaims, coming out from his office, but I knew he was standing behind the door, listening to every word we said.
"Did you see who-"
"Came in and wrote something on the window? Yup! He had a coat and a hat!"
"Do you know who it was?" Kim asked.
"Yeah, a guy with a coat and a hat." Rudy said.
"I mean did you see-"
"Oh! Hold on! I've got to go call mother!" Rudy yelled, cutting Kim off before running back into his office.
"What?"
"I have no idea." I told her.
"Hello Kimberly, Jackson!" Jerry said, skipping into the dojo in an unusually happy mood.
"Jerry?" Kim asked him.
"Yes?" He asked, turning around to face us.
"Why?" I asked.
"It's the first day of Christmas! We've all got to be cheerful and happy!"
"Carry on." I told him. He smiled before heading to the changing room.
I made my way over to my locker with my bag and took out my phone. After what Jerry did to my phone, I've learned to always put it somewhere with a lock and to keep a long password on it.
"Hey guys," Milton said, walking in. "I saw the message on the window. Sounds like the song."
"What'd you mean?" Kim asks.
"You know, On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me, a partridge in a pear tree!" He sang.
"Oh yeah," I said.
"It's true love!" Milton exclaimed, as if it were happening to him instead of Kim, before walking off to his locker.
Just wait till tomorrow, Kim.
I apologize for the cheesiness of the chapter. theditor is writing a story based off of my idea on her story for her collection of one-shots! I suggest you look at that!
So I'm in need of help for some gifts, I've already got 2, 3, 6, and 12. Do me a favor and drop something in the reviews or just PM me if you have any ideas. It'd be really helpful. It doesn't have to be anything fancy. Maybe just a joke from the past! I'll tell you that 2 is an obsession that Kim has. (A rather strange obsession) Maybe packs of things? Like, golf balls come in packs of three. (No, I'm not doing that, I doubt Kim does golf. She's already a black belt) Thank you all my lovelies and please review! Your review yesterday made me so happy!
