Here is chapter 5 of Tough Choices. Since it was my summer holidays I thought I should be able to update more regularly but there were many distractions. Please don't hate me! I was going to update it last week or before that but my parents told me we were going to Holland for a bit and I got excited so I forgot to finish and post this latest chapter. Again! Sorry! But to make up for it, here's a really long chapter!
Anyway here's the latest chapter of Tough choices, please please please! REVIEW because... I want to know what you think and how it could be better.
While I'm talking about reviews, those who reviewed the last chapter asking for more KICK and stating that there isn't KICK in current chapters you're right there hasn't been much but there will be in future chapters as this Fanfiction is about their love being put to the test when obstacles (e.g. Taylor) is put between them. Enough rambling for now, enjoy!
18 days later in the Dojo
"I can't believe Prom is in less than two weeks!" Taylor said excitedly walking over from her smoothie station to where the boys were sitting "Ten days to be precise!"
"I can't believe I still don't have a date!" Milton sighed sounding slightly annoyed
"I'm sure you'll find someone perfect for you."
"Meanwhile I have three girls that I've narrowed it down to, to choose from. You do not want to know how many there were before I narrowed it down!" Jerry sighed "What should I do?"
"First off, No I would rather not know how many there were before and poor you having to choose from three girls, all of whom want to go with you. While I have nobody to go with but no! Let's focus on Jerry's problem! Who to choose, hmm?!" Milton nearly shouted oozing sarcasm
"Thanks Milton for putting my needs first." Jerry said patting Milton on the shoulder not realising Milton's sarcasm "So the three girls are: Carol Thompson, Sue Lin and Donna Tobin. What do you think?"
"Whichever ones you don't have, do you think you could set them up with me?" Milton asked hopeful but Jerry replied by laughing in his face
"Oh you were serious. Yeah, I'll try." Jerry replied to Milton realising his mistake and when Milton turned around Jerry turned to Jack saying "I don't know if it will work though?"
"Didn't you say that Carol is too clingy?" Jack asked
"Yeah but you've seen her! She's so!"
"Oh yeah." Jack replied smiling then noticed Taylor gave him a look "Sorry."
"It's okay. I have to go." Taylor said looking at her phone "My mum's just texted me, she said she's found a possible prom dress for me and I have to go try it on. Now I don't know if I'll see you before our cinema date tomorrow because of the competition you're in. So I wish you good luck and see you for our date tomorrow." Taylor carried on getting up and then kissed Jack on the cheek.
"See you later." Jack replied waving to Taylor
"So how's it going with you and Taylor?" Jerry asked as soon as she left
"It's good. Sometimes it's awkward when I don't know what to say but I cover it up... well enough." Jack replied then went back to Jerry's earlier question "I say go with Sue Lin because you don't like clingy girls, and I heard that Donna Tobin is now going with Brock."
"Great. Well, I've wanted to go on a date with Sue Lin since the bidding... Yeah she'll do." Jerry shrugged "And Milton I'll ask Carol Thompson if she wants to go to the prom with you but you know I can't guarantee she'll say yes right?"
"Thanks." Milton said sarcastically again
"You're welcome." Jerry smiled then walked away
"I was being... never mind. Anyway Jack, have you spoken to Kim since you've started going out?"
"I tried but every time I wanted to talk she was busy with something."
"You need to talk to her to see if she's okay with this?"
"I know and I've tried." Jack replied
"She'll want to know about this, you need to keep trying."
"Will it make you feel better if I try now."
"Yes." Milton replied getting up
"Fine." Jack said exasperated getting his laptop and trying to communicate with Kim and nearly instantly she replied
"Hey Jack?! How are you?" Kim said panting
"Hey Kim, I need to talk about somethi- are you okay? You seem a little out of breath." Jack replied "And why are you in a dress?"
"Oh... That's because it's a school dance tonight." Kim panted again
"Still why are you out of breath... and slightly wet?"
"It's a bit of long story. You see it's because of my friend, Casey. Who's right here actually, Casey this is Jack."
"Oh so you're Jack. Kim's told me all about you." Casey said
"Funny, she's never told me about you. Hi." Jack replied a little bitterly
"You're probably wondering why I'm not wearing a shirt." Casey replied looking down to his shirtless body and patted at his six-pack
"Yeah, I am a bit."
"That's actually part of the story." Kim intervened "What happened was that, lots of girls here are totally crushing on Casey and today is the annual end of year dance, sort of prom thing. Naturally, all those girls asked him if they could go together and he turned down all of them, the girls who he turned down decided that they would all crowd around him and steal his shirt. They then saw me with him and decided to spray water at us using a hose and water guns. And we've been hiding in my dormitory for about 5 minutes before you requested a VideoChat. Crazy, huh?"
"Yeah... crazy." Jack said while subtly rolling his eyes
"Anyway, Jack what did you want to talk to me about?"
"It's nothing. I'll tell you about it later. You seem busy." Jack said spitefully "Go and enjoy the dance."
"Okay..." Kim replied "I'll talk to you later then. Bye."
"Bye." Jack replied
"It was nice meeting you." Casey said
"Same here." Jack said sarcastically then noticing Kim logged off and he slammed his laptop shut making Milton come over
"So, did you talk to her?"
"I talked to her."
"And?! Did it go okay?"
"It went great!" Jack said gritting his teeth " I need to go practise for the competition tomorrow."
"Okay... That was weird." Milton said after Jack went to go get changed into his gi
The Next Day
"We won!" Jack shouted walking into the dojo where Taylor was working
"Congratulations." Taylor smiled giving him a hug
"Of course it was going to happen." Rudy marched in and snatched the trophy from Jack's hand but he was okay with it since he was being hugged by his girlfriend
"Are we still on for tonight?" Taylor asked
"Of course. What time?"
"Um, it starts at five thirty but do you want to get something to eat before?"
"Sure. Circus Burger, Captain Corndog, Phil's or maybe somewhere that has good food?"
"I wouldn't mind eating somewhere that serves actual food maybe."
"Great, Portaccini's at around five so we can make it to the movie on time even though we'll have to run there after eating."
"It's a date."
"Yeah, it's a date. Man, I thought you were smart Taylor?!" Jerry questioned coming over
"No, Jerry. It's an expression."
"What is?"
"It's a date."
"What's a date."
"The thing Jack and I were talking about that you obviously were eavesdropping on."
"What thing that you and Jack were talking about that I obv-" Jerry began soon to be interrupted by Taylor who nearly shouted 'never mind' at him sighing afterwards as they all knew how slow Jerry was at times, which was nearly always. After being thoroughly annoyed by Jerry, Taylor left to go finish the last 10 minutes of her shift before getting ready to go on the date with Jack.
"So what movie are you going to take her to see?" Jerry asked
"Why are you so interested in my relationship with Taylor? It's weird, you weren't like this with me and..."
"Kim? That's because you were going out with one of us so you would never tell us any details that Kim could easily hear and her reply would be an immediate punch in the gut, high kick to the head or lunge and go on attack mode. Basically, we wanted to stay alive. Plus, we didn't need to ask, it was obvious you two were made for each other and were fine without us butting into your dating life all the time."
"Wow. That's is officially the smartest and kindest thing you have said today. And after your discussion with Taylor a few minutes ago, you needed something to make you look good again."
"Thanks... what did I talk to Taylor about again?"
"Nothing." Jack said grimacing "And about the movie. I don't know, it's always hard to pick for a date. You see, I want to see Bobby's latest movie-and I still can't believe he didn't invite us to the premiere for that - and what if she wants to see one of those romantic girly movies."
"She may not be into chic flicks man. But want my advice? I'd go for a horror movie."
"A horror movie... why, it's not really for a date?"
"Are you kidding, a horror is more romantic than a RomCom starring Julia Roberts."
"Okay, how?"
"Okay, when girls are watching a horror they always jump and get spooked by some parts and bury themselves in their dates shoulders and chests. The guys get to protect them from the scary movie and the girls feel safe and secure in the arms of their dates. How brilliant is that?" Jerry asked gesturing with his arms out as if the world was going to give him the award for the best way to cheat girls into cuddling.
"It's good." Jack admitted
"It gets better. If she gets really scared and buries herself in you and asks why you aren't scared, it's the perfect opportunity to kiss her. But you have to avoid some lines to respond to her with, such as; 'because I'm with you', 'I'm not able to concentrate on it because your beauty is so distracting', 'I'm terrified but you just can't see it,' - they can tell that's not true - and the last one um... 'because I feel safe when I'm with you' Just avoid those and you're good to go." Jerry said in a serious tone as if the entire future of Jack and Taylor's relationship depended on this "Maybe I should find a date and we could go with you and Taylor, you know a double date."
"Maybe, then I have someone to back me up on the horror movie idea and I can just watch what you do with your date. I'm going to have to text Taylor to see if she's okay with this." Jack replied
"I'm sure she'll be fine with it. Oh I just remembered, Kathy Davis just broke up with Brad so I'll ask her to go tonight."
"Wouldn't it make more sense if you asked Sue Lin, since you're going to go to prom together?"
"That's actually a great idea, thanks Jack." Jerry replied then hearing Jack's phone beep he asked "What did Taylor say?"
"She says: It's fine as long as Jerry's quiet and I don't have to explain anything else to him today."
"Explain what to me today?"
"Never mind." Jack said before his phone beeped again "She also said: Will he and his date come to eat with us?"
"Yeah sure, where are you two eating again?"
"Portaccini's."
"Yeesh! Man, that place is expensive!"
"Jerry, this is your first date with Sue Lin before taking her to prom. I don't think for the first one she'll want to go to Phil's and smell all that's there, eat barely edible food then see you get over-competitive with bowling then find out it was all free because you work there and dump you for being a cheap skate."
"Maybe, you're right." Jerry replied
Later that day at Portaccini's at 5pm
"So why did Jerry want to do a double date, you never told me in your texts?" Taylor asked Jack while the two of them were waiting for Jerry and his date to show up.
"First of all there's this movie he really wants to see and he wanted to go on a date with the girl he's going to prom with before they actually go."
"Oh so he eventually picked one, who was it?"
"Sue Lin."
"Let me guess, Milton asked Jerry to ask... Carol Thompson to be his prom date?"
"Spot on." Jack said making Taylor smile
"I usually am." Taylor grinned "When is Jerry going to get here? If we don't go in soon, they're going to give our table away."
"I know. I just texted him and he should be here..." Jack said checking his phone
"Hi guys!" Said Jerry walking up to Taylor and Jack with Sue Lin on his arm looking overly cheerful
"Right now. What took you so long?"
"Sue Lin suggested we take a walk through the park, it's romantic."
"I know but we have to eat quickly so we don't miss our movie." Taylor said irritated
"Calm down girl! It doesn't take long to order, wait for the food, chew and pay." Jerry said making Sue Lin laugh but made Taylor get more annoyed
"Jerry-!" Taylor began but was quickly interrupted by Jack
"Taylor, Jerry. Why don't we just go in and eat so that we can make it to the movie." Jack said practically pushing them into the restaurant
Later waiting for the movie
"I just don't like horror movies, sorry." Taylor said
"I know. To be honest I'm more of an action movie kind of person not really into horror."
"And I'm into comedies. So why are we watching a horror flick?"
"Jerry really wants to see it and we couldn't decide on one, could we? So he picked the movie."
"Fine but next time we double date he will not be there with us."
"So it'll just be us two?"
"Exactly." Taylor joked making Jack smile "Here he comes."
"Here are your tickets." Jerry said passing them "See we're not late, we still have 5 minutes."
"Oh goodie!" Said Taylor sarcastically "And by the way, thanks for picking the movie!"
"You're welcome." Said Jerry oblivious to the sarcasm "It's supposed to really really good."
"I hope it's not too scary." Flirted Sue Lin to Jerry "Will you protect me if it gets really scary?"
"Of course I will, I take karate."
"You're a green belt." Taylor said to annoy Jerry "It's not like you're the best like Jack who's a 2nd degree black belt." Taylor bragged showing off her date
"Did you know that Sue Lin entered the Seaford Pearl contest and won. Yeah, she's that hot!" Jerry bragged making his date blush and get embarrassed
"Well all the girls at school flirt with Jack, I've even seen Sue Lin flirt with him before."
"Did you know also about Sue Lin-"
"You know this about Jack?" Jack asked "He just wants to go see the movie so you two don't sit next to each other and argue about their dates who are now embarrassed."
"Fine, you're right." Taylor agreed before they walked into the movie theatre
During the movie, Taylor saw Sue Lin flirting with Jerry by snuggling into his chest when the scary parts happened and did the same. Making Jerry snigger to himself and getting hit by Jack in the stomach which made Taylor laugh.
Soon the movie was finished and straight after they left the movie theatre, Jerry told Jack that he was going to take Sue Lin through the park again.
"It'll be romantic right? Or is twice too much?" Jerry asked
"I don't know, why don't you ask her what romantic thing she wants to do right now?"
"That's a good idea man! You're so smart!"
"No, Milton's so smart. I'm normal."
"Then what am I?" Jerry curiously asked
Jack hesitated not knowing what to say "Don't you need to ask Sue Lin what romantic thing she wants to do now?"
"Oh yeah thanks man." Jerry said walking away towards his date and Taylor seeing that Jack finished speaking with Jerry came over and gave him a surprise hug from behind
"Wow. He's so smart!" Taylor said sarcastically
"Okay, he may not be the brightest but he's a good guy."
"Whatever you need to tell yourself to stay friends with him." Taylor joked "What do you want to do now?"
"I don't know. But I know that I left the keys to my house in the dojo."
"I'll go back with you." Taylor suggested then turned flirty "Then maybe we can take a romantic evening stroll through the park."
"If you want." Jack smiled
They walked the way to the dojo talking about how lame the horror movie was. And when they took the detour through the park there was a man playing romantic music for money, Jack and Taylor danced and twirled through the park until they got to the courtyard outside the dojo.
"I had a great date Jack."
"Me too. Sorry that we couldn't do anything this evening to make up for the terrible movie."
"It's okay, the walk through the park was enough to make it up. Jerry was right for once, it was romantic." Taylor said "Though I have a feeling it was Sue Lin who suggested it to him."
"Probably." Jack chuckled
They suddenly stopped and both looked deeply at each other for a moment just getting lost in the other's eyes. They leaned in slightly closer until their lips met. It wasn't the same as the first kiss, since Jack was angry it made the kiss passionate and spontaneous but this one was soft and sweet and special. After they looked at each other again and chuckled slightly, but they weren't laughing at the kiss; they were laughing at the fact that they were together and kissing.
Suddenly the moment ended between them, when they heard a voice say a name.
"Jack?"
"Kim?"
Sorry to leave it there and again sooooooooooooo sorry that I haven't updated sooner but it was really hard to write this one with so much writers block. Again sorry. I'll know that my apology's accepted by your reviews. So I guess for now, byeeeeeeeeee!