A/N/ I realized that my stories have a little bit of mystery and
confusion in them so if you have questions or anything like
that, write them in your review and I'll answer then in my
author's note. iluvkickin'it was the first to do so :P
Jack's P.O.V.
I walked inside the gym and sat on the bleachers and waited for Dawn to
come out of the locker room. In reality, it only took her 5 minutes to change
but in my mind it felt like 5 hours. She slung her bag over her shoulder as
she walked over to me. She studied me "Something wrong?" I rose from the
bleaches, as though I didn't hear her. "Come on, let's go." I started to walk
towards the door but she stood still. "Jack I'm not leaving until you tell me
what's wrong." I sighed and turned back around. Why am I always friends
with the stubborn girls? I went and sat back on the bleachers. I really don't
like sharing my problems with anyone, but this is Dawn. "I had another fight
with Kim during our free period." Dawn dropped her bag and came and sat
down next to me. "What happened?" I ran my fingers through my hair.
"Well she was on the swings and I was pushing her, and I asked her
questions about John. She told me that she was trying her best to keep me
and John apart. She seemed fine until I told her that she shouldn't have
protected me so much, that I could take of him on my own without her help.
By this time we were yelling at each other, and then at the end she yelled at
me saying that she only did it because she cares about me." While telling
this to Dawn, I felt like I was also telling this to myself, barely believing that
it just happened. "Wow." was all Dawn said, clearly not believing it either. I
turned to face her, looking for help or advice. Either would do just fine. "I
don't think you should bring up John when you and her talk. She doesn't
walk her worlds colliding." I was confused. "Her worlds?" Dawn nodded.
"Yes her worlds. One world is full of John and the other is filled with you.
She wants to keep you guys as separate as possible because she knows that if
you two ever come in contact, something terrible is bound to happen." I
thought about what she said, and she was completely right. I huffed out a
breath. "Wow, your good." She smirked, "I know," she said standing up and
picking up her bag in the process. "Now come on let's go to lunch, I'm
starving." She said walking out. I laughed and followed her out. She's a
good friend to keep around.
When school ended I skated over to the dojo, but of course I was late. I
rushed into the locker to room and changed into a gray vest and blue
basketball shorts, today was too hot for sweats. When I walked out the
locker room Rudy was announcing the sparring partners. "Okay today's
sparring partners are Jerry and Eddie, and Kim and Milton," he turned to me.
"Jack your going to spar against who ever wins between the two first." I
nodded. I sat outside the mat and watched the matches but they didn't go
past the 5 minute mark because Kim had around beaten Milton. "Okay Jack
your up against Kim." Rudy called out. I stretched before meeting her on the
mat. "You ready?" I asked her. She didn't look at me, but nodded her head. I
sighed. Clearly she was still mad at me. I decided it was best to look past
that and to just focus on the match. I didn't think about Kim and John. I
didn't think about what Dawn had said and I blocked out the sound of Jerry,
Milton, and Eddie cheering me on. Rudy called it and Kim lunged at me first
but I duck down and swung one of my legs under her. She was smart and
grabbed my foot at the last second bring me down. Almost. At the last
second I jumped up. She was still holding my leg, so I took her other arm,
swung it around my shoulders and flipped her onto her back, thus ending the
match. Through the entire match, I felt as though I was fighting John, not
Kim. When my thoughts came back to me, I looked down at Kim and held
out my hand. Even though she looked a little mad, she still took my hand
and let me help her up. "Good job." She mumbled. "You too." I replied as
she walked away.
An hour later class was over and when everyone had
changed and left, I was still there waiting for Kim to come out of the locker
room. When she finally came out she looked surprised. "What are you still
doing here?" "Waiting for you obviously." She smirked at my comment, but
then it quickly exited her face. "Why?" "We had plans to go over to my
house today for the project. I just thought it would be easy if we just walked
over there together." She looked at me for a while. I could have sworn I saw
her blush. "Sure." I smiled and walked out after her. We laughed and talked
as we got nearer to my house. When we got inside we went straight to my
room, I called Dawn. "What did she say?" Kim asked when I got off the
phone. "She said that she'll be here in a few minutes, she had to do
something with her mom." Kim nodded in understanding. While we waited
we went on the computer, then we argued over which song to play, then we
wrestled because Kim claimed she was stronger, and then it all ended in a pit
of laughs. When it go quiet, we were both on my bed staring at the ceiling of
my room. I turned to her and spoke the thoughts that were circling my head
the whole time I was with her. "Today was great" She was still looking at
the ceiling when she answered but I still saw her smile. "What about it was
so great?" I shrugged my shoulders and looked back up at the ceiling. "We
finally got to hang out like old times before everything happened." I turned
to her. "I finally got my best friend back." She finally faced me and smiled,
she held up her hand for me to hold and I did.
A/N I know it's a tad bit short. This wasn't the original story
line, but I decided it would be perfect to end it right here. It's a
nice little best-friend moment ( or more ) The next chapter is
where the secrets come out and friendships are tested.
REMINDER: If you have any questions, write them in the
review and I'll answer them in the Author's Note of the next
chapter (which will be up by Saturday night, which is enough
time for all your questions )
-Jayy's out!