"You never know Shay, you never know."

Jack's P.O.V.

As we walked out of the Math classroom I continued my thought.

"How about we split them up and see what we can find out from them."

Shay nodded.

"Okay, how exactly are we going to carry out that plan of yours?" she

finished as soon as the school bell had rung, signaling the end of the school

day. I looked back to see Jerry, Milton, Eddie, and Kim walking towards us.

"Okay, you stick with Jerry, Milton, and Eddie to see what you can find out

and I'll stick with Kim, but we have to finish all this before it's time to

report to the new headquarters to start the new training." She nodded her

head, understanding. She looked at her watch as the gang gained closer.

"It's 3pm and we have to be at HQ at 7pm. That gives us 4hours." She times

her watch to set off at a direct time, and then she took my wrist which held

my watch, to also time it.

"I'm going to set it to go off 30mins before 7 so that we will have time to get

to HQ." I nodded my head as she set my watch in sequence with hers. By

this time Jerry, Milton, Eddie, and Kim were already next to us.

"Well here you are, you guys ready to go?" Scarlet asked them.

"Go?" Eddie asked. I nodded.

"Yeah, since we already told you guys about the wonders and spectacular

things about New York City, we thought that you guys should show us

around Seaford." Scarlet smiled at Jerry, Eddie, and Milton.

"Kind of like our personal tour guides." She said, finishing up my thought.

"Sure, sounds like fun to me." Jerry said who was usually up for anything.

"Okay cool. Let's split up then, Jack with Kim and I'll be with the rest of

you guys." Scarlet ordered, but done so delicately no one thought anything

of it. They all nodded as we walked out of the school together, and then went

our separate ways.

I was uneasy about leaving Scarlet alone with three strangers, not to mention

them being males. But I know she can handle anything. I looked over at my

partner; the slight wind of the afternoon blew through her blonde hair.

No, not just blonde, blonde with a little brown touch.

Her hand made a swift touch to mine.

Her hands feel like- WAIT! What am I doing? I looked down to my

watch as the seconds passed.

Get your head back in the game. I cleared my throat and turned to her.

"Kimberly right?" she nodded and turned to me.

"Yeah but, I like Kim better, Kim Crawford."

"Okay cool."

"Is Jack your full name?" I took a moment here to think. Tell her my real

information or not and don't take chances. I decided I should tell her, I

needed her to gain trust in me.

"Jackson Anderson. That's my full name." she smiled and nodded again.

"Cool I like it." I perked up, but of course I had to hide it.

"So Kim, where exactly are we going?"

"I thought we should go by the old Seaford dock." I looked at my clock.

Us walking was going to take us forever.

"We should hurry up though."

"Why? Got somewhere to be?"

"Oh no, I just want to get there quickly so we can sit, look at the water and I

can get to know you better." I saw a slight blush as I finished my sentence,

but it seemed to do the trick. We broke into a sprint and after a few minutes

we reached the dock.

"Take off your shoes and socks." I looked at her weirdly.

"My shoes… and socks. Why?" All Kim did was laugh.

"Just do it." to stay on her good side I followed her.

"Now put your feet in the water." I did as I was told and oddly, it was the

best experience I've ever had. With water that is, life as an agent has it's

perks.

"So tell me about yourself." She took a deep breath.

"Okay, well I'm 13. I love karate and cheerleading. But don't get things

wrong, I can still kick your butt when it comes down to it." I laughed

knowing she was probably wrong.

"I live with my mom," she sighed as she continued. "My dad is…gone." I

looked up.

"Gone? Where'd he go?" she looked down.

"Jack, don't make me talk about it…" she said shaking her head. I looked at

her and saw myself. The way I was when anyone asked me about my own

father. I know what it was like when someone asked you and you didn't

know how to explain without having to hurt yourself, but you never found a

way. I took her hand in my own, maybe cause it was shaking or maybe I

took hold of it because I knew my own would start to shake. She looked at

me, I shrugged my shoulders. She let go of my hand and drew me into a

strong hug, it's been a long time I've come in contact with anyone in this

way. I forgot how it feels. I liked it; I embraced even more until I was afraid

I would break her.

"Jack, I know it's early, but promise we'll be close friends?" I didn't know

what to say, or how to answer. Because this was totally against what I'm

supposed to be doing, I just embraced her even closer as my answer.

I think she understood.