A/N: Here I'm back! I had to be gone for a while cause of
testing and things of that nature but now that it's over I can
update more often. Anyhow, I got this idea for this new Kickin'
story. I'm really ecstatic to start working on it, but I'm not
going to publish it until I get farther along in my other stories.
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we'll talk about it.
Two words sum this up.
"You're forgiven…"
Jack's P.O.V.
After what seemed to be an hour of immense hugging, we pulled apart. Kim
wiped her cheek to hide her fallen tears.
"Hey…" I said poking her cheek "don't cry, I already forgave you for
everything." She nodded smiling with a hint of laughter.
"I know Jack, I'm just a little "overwhelmed"" she said putting the word in
quotations with her fingers.
"Well get underwhelmed, because this whole crying-thing is freaking me
out." I said while pointing to her face, she laughed and shook her head.
"Shut up, under all the karate toughness, I'm still a girl Jack, and losing my
best friend is pretty overwhelming." I nodded, taking in her words, almost
shocked because it's the first time Kim has ever said anything like this to
anyone. So there was a mix of honor, weird, surprise, and shock inside of
me.
"You never lost me Kim, I was always here. You were kind of just…"
How do I put my words correctly, in a way that won't start a fight of some
sort?
Be careful Jack.
"Just… blinded by John." Kim nodded immediately.
"Yeah I know sorry again." she said rubbing the back of her neck with a
slight blush on her cheeks. I smiled.
She was still cute when she got embarrassed, even if it does have to do with
John.
"Kim it's cool, enough with the apologizing." I said laughing, but purely
serious with the matter at hand.
As she nodded, the voice that's usually quiet in the back of my head made
me realize that I wasn't satisfied at all.
I didn't want to push Kim when I see her so happy now, but I still need to
know what made her this way.
I looked at Kim as continued down the street. It was almost 1:00 and the sun
was at the top of the sky shining right down on her. Much like she belonged
to the sun's rays. When she saw me staring at her, she smiled shyly and
found interest in the ground. I smiled.
Look at her Jack; clearly she's happy just being here with you now. Don't
mess it up by bringing up your problems with John or any ridiculous
questions.
There's a time and place for everything.
With this new thought, I decided to take a daring move. I reached down to
where her hand swung by her side, grabbed it and held it softly. Gladly, she
didn't pull away, I half expected her to considering the fact she held my
hand a mere 20 minutes ago. I swung it between us as we finally reached the
city avenue.
"You still up for the mall?" Kim asked, as we slowed our walk. I nodded.
We continued through the city for quite some time until we finally reached
the Seaford mall. As soon as we walked in, we were hit with a brush of
conditioned air. Kim lit up like lights when she saw all her favorite stores,
accessories, and of course, sales. It wasn't too long before she was dragging
me in and out stores and dressing rooms, and having to tell her which dress
looks good and which shoes make her legs look bad. After the 6th store I was
beat.
"Okay Kim, I think I'm all out and ready to go." I said sitting down on a
pink sofa inside one of her favorite clothe store. She walked up to me with a
pouty face, as soon I saw it coming I shielded my eyes.
"Come on Jack, you know this one of my most favorite stores. And I need a
new dress for the cheerleaders formality dance." I shook my head as she
tried to pull away my fingers. I put up a good fight, but unfortunately, she
won.
"Come on Jackie. Just let me try on a few things and you just sit here and
tell me how I look in them." She said with a small, little girl's voice and her
pouty eyes that I could never, ever, say no to.
"Fine," I said with a scowl. "But not for too long." But she vanished
between racks before I could even finish my sentence. It didn't take her
long to walk out of the walk out of the dressing room in the first dress. It
was aqua blue and mermaid style, which I personally hate. She rose up her
arms as if to say. "Whatcha' think?" I shook my head and gave it thumbs
down. She sighed and walked back into the room, soon she was back out in
ten minutes, with a red ruby dress that had a slit going up the leg, and my
mind was baffled. As much as that turned me in ways I couldn't even
understand I shook my head. I didn't need any more guys looking at her, and
besides red really isn't her color. She sulked when I said no, but didn't
argue. She walked back into the room but this time she took more than
10minutes to change, I figured it would be a bad idea to go in there and
check on her but soon I became restless. I began to wonder if she was in
there making the dress. But soon as I was about to stand she came out of the
dressing room, and then I began to understand why it was taking her so long.
The dress was the definition of elegant, it was royal white and it was down
to her feet and it flowed nicely with gold sparkles all around and a gold belt
to match it. I watched intensively as she walked towards the 3 way mirror to
get a better look of herself.
"So what do you think?" she asked, turning to different angles in the mirror.
I walked over to her, so that I was behind her as she faced the mirror.
"It-I mean you look beautiful in it." I almost chocked on my last words, but
at least they came out in a language that Kim would understand. I saw that
she was having trouble with her hair.
"Here, let me help." She dropped her hair to her sides while I tried to free
her golden blonde locks for their bondage. When I finally got the rubber
band out, she fixed her hair so that it fell gracefully beyond her shoulders.
The golden parts of her blonde her proved that the dress was made for her,
she was like a modern day Cleopatra. She was a goddess.
I wish she could my goddess… I said to myself, only because it's too true to
be said aloud and she also had a boyfriend, and I have to respect that. The
only thing that I could say was that she's beautiful.
"What do you think of it now?" she said pointing to her hair.
"You look even more beautiful now Kim." I said smiling to her. She turned
to me, cheeks in full blush. The next thing she did surprised me, she hugged
me. I didn't dare hesitate to return it. her next action was even weirder, she
began to giggle.
"Is there something funny?" I asked, beginning to laugh myself from her
infectious giggling. She shook her head.
"Because of your nice compliment, I'll let you call me Kimmy, but only for
today." She ended her sentence in a serious tone to let me know that this is
for one day and one day only. I nodded.
"Okay, just for today you'll be my Kimmy." I said. Still embracing her hug,
I kissed her forehead again, but longer, and this time she leaned into me. I
smiled and hugged her tighter.
…If she couldn't be my goddess because of John, I'll let her be my Kimmy because that's something John will never have.