Hey guys, I'm going to have Jack explain what happened yesterday in his P.O.V. so that'll be an important part of this chapter. Just so you know. Oh, and by the way, this'll be kinda cliche. So I apologize.
After I saw Kim's reflection in the mirror yesterday, I knew I should have been faster. When I saw the sticky note, I knew I had to write down the message and leave the gift and run. I threw my bag in the bushes so she wouldn't recognize me by it. I was lucky she didn't recognize me by my coat or hat.
While I ran from her, I did my best not to slip up. I was so concentrated on running, I had to make sure that my hat wouldn't fall of, or when turning a corner she wouldn't see my face. I had to keep my head down the whole time while holding my hat. If she saw too much of my hair, she'd know it's me. I do believe that I'm the only guy with hair as awesome as mine is.
The note Kim left me told me how bad she felt about everything she's been getting from me and how she want's to get me something. It feels good to know she likes that I've been doing everything I have been. Not that I didn't know before. It just feels good having her tell me. Even if she doesn't know who I am. Well she does, but she doesn't know I'm him. Does that make sense? I hope it does.
After I realized that Kim stopped running after me, I found Milton and Jerry. Jerry ended up guilting me into telling him why I was running. I ended up telling him on the way to the dojo. I grabbed my bag from the bush and stuffed my jacket along with my hat into it. We reached the dojo and it turned out that Kim didn't return to the dojo. After earlier yesterday, I haven't seen Kim. And when I tried texting her, she wouldn't answer. My phone told me she saw the messages, but she didn't respond. To be honest, I've been kinda worried.
I feel pretty bad about running from her. But, if I didn't run from her, I wouldn't be able to go on with the surprise. I don't want her to know till the last day, at the least. Either way, I can't help feeling bad for running from her.
Anyway, I got to the dojo and quickly wrote down the message onto the window. I went over to the other side and set down the gift on the ledge.
"Hey Jack," Jerry said.
"Ya know, Kim's still not here yet." Milton told me. I looked at him.
"Really?"
"Yeah, and you're kinda late." Jerry pointed out.
"I know," I told him. "you don't think she's too upset, do ya?" I asked.
"I don't think she'd be that upset." Milton said. "All we can do is hope for the best."
"Alright..." I said.
"Come on Jack! Let's spar, it'll get your mind off things." Jerry said.
"Alright."
He was wrong, Jerry came close to beating me. I couldn't get Kim out of my head. She didn't come to the dojo yesterday and she's really late now.
"Hey Kim!" Milton exclaimed. I turned around, and surly enough, she was there.
"Hey guys," She said, a smile on her face. I could see right through it. She wasn't happy. Her eyes showed how miserable she was.
She walked over to her locker first instead of going over to the ledge like every other day I left something for her. I started to wonder if she actually read the window.
"Hey, Kim." I said walking over to her at her locker. She looked at me and smiled, it was the same smile she gave to Milton.
"Hey Jack." She said. Her tone showed she was happy, so did her smile. Her eyes told a different story.
"How about we go get something at Phil's later," I asked, "just you and me." I had to find out what was going on. I knew she'd tell me more if Jerry and Milton weren't around.
"I uh, I don't think so." She stared at me, it was like she was looking for something.
"Come on Kim," I whined. "Please..." I asked.
"No Jack." Ugh, so stubborn. Alright...
"Please Kimmy," I asked, coming closer and caressing her cheek. Her breath hitched and I knew it was working. It does every time. "please..." I whispered, coming in her ear. "ple-"
"Alright!" She exclaimed, taking a step away from me. "Just, don't call me that." She told me.
"Call you what?" I asked "Kimmy?"
"Yes Jack, Kimmy."
"Okay, Kimmy."
"Good, Jackie."
"Hey," I said. Kimmy just smirked at me before turning to go to the locker rooms.
"So," Kim said as we both slid into our usual booth at Phils. "we're here."
"Yup." I said, putting down the tray of falafel balls. "I wanted to ask you something." I admit.
"Well, ask away." She said, popping one of the small balls of what has been told to be meat into her mouth.
"What's up." She stopped. She stared at me, yet again it looked like she was looking for something.
She swallowed. "What do you mean?"
"Well," I began. "You didn't come to practice yesterday, and when I texted you to find out where you where, you didn't respond."
"Oh," She said. "My phone died in the afternoon."
"Yeah, well, you weren't there yesterday and you came really late today. Usually you're right on time, if not early."
"Well..." When she stopped there, I went on.
"What about just now? You're always up for falafel. Now, I had to ask a bunch of times to get you to come. What's up?"
"I..."
"You don't have to tell me if you don't want to." I told her. "But I really would like to help. I want you to know that I'm always there for you."
"I know you are. I just..." She sighed. "You really want to know?" She asked.
"Only if you want me to help." I told her.
"Well, yesterday, I got to the dojo and it was before he got there. After I came out of the locker rooms, he was there. He was putting something on the ledge. He must of saw me through the reflection of the glass, 'cause he ran. I don't know why, but I made a really idiotic decision... I ran after him."
"And how is that a bad thing?" I asked her.
"I knew he didn't want me to follow him. Yet I followed him anyway. It's not just that, but I didn't want to follow him. I didn't want to ruin his surprise."
"Kim, you really shouldn't feel bad." I told her.
"Well why not." She said, more of a statement than a question.
"Kim, anyone would have run. It's not just you."
"Yeah, but you know what the worst part is?" I shook my head.
I understood the rest, and don't think I didn't catch the part of the sticky note. I knew what she was going to say was about the sticky note.
"I don't even know him. I don't even know who he is. But I... I fell in love with him, Jack."
"You fell in love with him?" I clarified. She nodded.
"Yeah, I did." She started to smile. It wasn't much but I could see the small smile on her face.
I have no idea if I should be happy, or upset. She says she fell in love with him. But what happens when she finds out that him, is me? What if she's disappointed. What if she's mad I made her tell me all of this when I already knew so much about it? No, she wouldn't be mad. I'm her best friend. But I know she'll be disappointed. She won't be expecting her best friend. She'll be expecting the love of her life. How to I compare to that?
"Well, that's great." I told her, forcing a smile. "I'm really happy for you."
"But isn't it strange?" She asked. "To fall in love with someone, and you don't even know who that someone is. Sounds pretty impossible to me."
"I think I understand." I told her. She smiled.
"Thanks Jack. I just really needed to get that out." I smiled.
"No prob."
After that, we ended up talking about really random things. It was kinda funny. And yes, we did finish the falafel balls.
TADA! Okay, I really wanted to end it there when Kim told Jack she loved him, but that would mean you wouldn't get to hear the rest of it 'cause I have to do the next day tomorrow and you'd never know Jack's reaction! So, I don't like being evil, therefore I won't do it. Anyway, I figured that this long chapter makes up for the last short ones.
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