Living but not loving

"JACKSON!" I groaned and flipped to pillow over my head. I felt it be ripped from my grip and was slapped by its soft plushness. "Jack, help me!" I groaned and tried to open my eyes. A blurry Latino stood in front of me and bit his nail nervously.

"What now, Jerry?" I asked, rubbing my eyes. "It's the Saturday what do you want?!" I groaned. I sat up and looked outside. The sun shinned on my face and I groaned.

"First of all, its one o'clock and you were still in bed." I turned and saw Jerry was all dressed and pacing around the room. "Second, WHAT AM I GOING TO DO?!" He wailed his hands everyone and fell face first of him bed. He mumbled something and I rolled my eyes. I walked to my closet and grabbed my normal black jeans and white top. He flipped over and groaned. "I want to ask Grace to dinner at to that restaurant down the street but I'm scared I'm going to fail!" I crossed my arms and stood over him. He removed him hand and saw me. I hit him hard and grabbed the phone on him nightstand.

"Call her"

"Bu-."

"Call her" I said more sternly. He sat up and dialed the number. It rang and he looked at me.

"Hello" A voice came from the other end. It didn't sound like Grace's peppy voice or Kim's beautiful angelic one. He threw the phone at me and I caught it. I sat down next to him and held the phone up to my ear and glared at Jerry. "Hello?" Came again over line, more sleepy and tired.

"Kim?" I asked, knowing it defiantly wasn't the happy cheerful Grace.

"Oh," She coughed awkwardly and came back with a somewhat more awake voice. "Hey, Jack. What's up?"

I laughed, "Why so sleepy?" She groaned.

"Grace just woke me up" She mumbled. I let out a chuckle. "IT'S ONE O'CLOCK!" I heard from the background. Kim groaned again. "So what's up?" She asked. I looked over at Jerry and saw him begging. I rolled my eyes and turned back to the phone.

"Jerry wants to go to the restaurant for dinner with Grace" Jerry smiled.

"So why are you calling?" She asked. Jerry froze and I patted him on the back.

"Because he was thinking a double date" I said, through my teeth. 'THANK YOU' Jerry mouthed. I rolled my eyes. 'You owe me' I mouthed back. He smiled and nodded.

"Hmmm, I'll see." Kim said. "Tonight?"

"Yeah" I said. I heard whispers from the other line.

"But grace" I heard a mumble.

"Please" Another voice begged. There was a groan.

"Whatever. Sure. Pick us up at 8?" She said.

"See you then" I hung up the phone and glared at Jerry.

"THANK YOU SO MUCH!" He gave me a hug and ran around the room. I laughed as his joy turned him into different animals. Seeing go from a butterfly to a chimpanzee is very entertaining.

"You so owe me" I laughed. He stopped and glared at me. "What?" He rolled his eyes and crossed him arms. "You're making me go on a double date with the enemy!" I complained.

"Enemy" He said putting up air quotes.

"Yeah, enemy! It's Kim, man!" She walked over to me and sat on the couch.

"It didn't seem that way at the beach party" I glared at him.

"That was for you." I spit out.

"Sure it was" He said sarcastically. He turned the television on and I leaned back on hims bed watching it and thinking about tonight.

I pulled on my black fancy pants and white classy shirt. I looked at my phone and saw it was already 7:40.

"Jerry, you ready?" I called, fixing my hair in the mirror. I heard footsteps and turned to see Jerry in the same thing as me, which was surprising. "You clean up nice" He smirked and danced around. I laughed and pulled him out the dorm room. I looked at our door and saw neat writing on our board. It read, 'Nice try, Jackson' with a wink face. I laughed and pulled Jerry across the campus.

We stood in front of the door and I smirked at my recent vandal of Kim's name. I held in a laugh as Jerry knocked on the door. Grace opened the door and smiled. Jerry smiled as he saw Grace in her short pink sparkly dress. She checks Jerry out and her face lite up. He put him arms out and she jumped into them. He gave her a peck on the lips and I heard a stiff laugh. I looked into the door and saw a familiar blonde. Her eyes were a dark shade of red and she looked like she so didn't want to be here. She smiled at the happy couple but when her eyes landed on me she glared and her eyes turned darker.

What's her problem? She wore a green dress with white flats. The dress was short and tight. She stood with her hip popped and her arms crossed. She walked to me and pushed me and the flirting couple out of the doorway and closed the door. We began walking down the hall, Jerry and Grace in front of me and Kim. Kim hasn't said a word.

"What's your problem?" I asked. She glared at me and kept walking. "Mad you can't see yourself in the mirror?" I teased. She groaned but didn't say a word. "You're going to have to talk to me" She turned to me and sighed.

"Listen here; I'm doing this for Grace. So please cut the shit alright?" She took a deep breath and her eyes turned back to their normal chocolate brown.

"Had to cancel a date?" I teased more, knowing I annoyed her.

"Yes, I did." I smirked as we walked into the elevator.

"Did I mess up your plan on making everyone love you?" I said in a baby voice. Her foot landed firmly on mine and I groaned, gripping my foot and hopping. "Ow, Kim!" The elevator dinged and she was the first one to walk out. She pushed open the doors to outside and looked as if she was about to make a dash for it. Grace groaned next to Jerry and stuck her finger out. She stuck out her tongue as she concentrated. With a poof Kim stood in front of the three of us.

"That's so cool!" Jerry said, hugging her as she smirked. Kim growled. Her eyes were red again. Grace's hand stuck out and pulled Kim outside. "She's not in a good mood." Jerry whispered.

"You think?" I asked, sarcastically.

"Good luck" He patted my back and we made our way out side. Grace and Kim stood outside and Kim had a fake smile plastered across her face. Grace grabbed Jerry's hand and he led her to my car. Kim linked arms with me and held the fake smile.

"I'm doing this for Grace not you." She said, through her teeth. I led her to the car.

"A guy takes what he can get" I said, shutting her door and walking to the driver seat. Jerry gave me a nodded and jumped in the back seat. I slide into the driver side and turned the car on.

"You wish" Kim mumbled, leaning in her chair. She let out a deep sigh as I pulled out of the parking lot. She held a steady glare on me as I drove down the street. I looked over at her and she held it as we made eye contact.

"Would you stop glaring?" I asked. She just kept glaring. "Seriously?" Her eyes were there normal shade but I could still feel the anger in her stare. We pulled into the restaurant and I watched as Jerry ran over to open the door for Grace. When I got out, Kim stood in front of the door with her arms crossed. I grabbed her hand and pulled her behind Jerry and into the restaurant.

"Martinez" Jerry told the hostess. She gave him a sweet smile and ushered us through. I put my hand on the smalls of Kim's back as we walked. She turned to me and glared. I smiled at her and she whipped her hair back so she focused on the hostess. She walked us to a small booth in the back corner. Jerry sat down and Grace sat down next to him. I sat across from Jerry and Kim, Grace. It was quiet as we took our drink order and the waitress left.

"So!" Grace cut through the silence. She sat up straight and turned towards Jerry and I. "How'd you two become friends?" Jerry laughed and leaned back, falling on the cushioned back.

"Well…" I continued. Jerry sat up and shook his hands in my face.

"Don't tell her!" He argued. I rolled my eyes and swatted his hands away.

"It's not bad! So I was you know, popular and Jerry here wasn't." I brushed the hair out of my face and grinned at Jerry. He crossed his arms and glared. "One day, I was walking in the halls and Jerry was being bullied." Grace gasped and her eyes flickered, for just a second to Kim but went back to Jerry. She uncrossed his arms and intertwined they're fingers. She smiled at him.

"It wasn't like I was being bullied… These guys were just messing with me because I was one of the only boys that could mutant." Jerry shrugged. From besides me a cold laugh slipped Kim's lips and she leaned over the table. The waitress came back and dropped off our drinks.

"That's bulling… anyways! I went and called the guys out and we became friends after that." I said taking the paper off the top of the stray and took a sip. It felt as if a foam dart hit my hair and a giggle came from besides me. I turned quickly and Kim looked down as she stuck the stray in her drink and took a sip. I laughed and took the paper out of my hair. "How did you guys meet?" I asked, turning to Grace. Kim sat up straight, as did I and Kim laughed.

"We went to a human school so no one knew about us." Grace said. Kim laughed and interrupted.

"I had 10 missed calls from my mom so I went to you know, speed home." Grace chuckled and took a sip. Jerry and I leaned in close to listen better.

"That same day, I was practicing in my backyard." Grace said.

"I went to take a short cut-." Kim burst into laughing and signaled Grace to continue.

"I was sending out a light ball when she ran in front of me and it hit her." We all laughed together.

"I still have the mark!" Kim complained. She continued laughing with us all and hides her head in my shoulder. My shoulder vibrates as she laughed. I put my hand on her bare knee and patted it. She lifted her head and let out her last chuckles. I laughed as she whipped a fake tear from under her eye.

Our food was placed in front of us and we dug in. I looked over and saw Kim getting frustrated with her fork and knife. I sighed and pulled the plate closer to me. I leaned over and cut it into small squares. She smiled at me.

"What vampire can't cut meat?" I asked, quietly. She glared and took the fork from me, eating the small squares. She popped one into her mouth and swallowed.

"I don't usually eat meat" She looked at her plate and continued eating the squares of steak. I let it go and ate my steak and pork.

"How's your food?" I asked the table. Everyone nodded or said 'yeah'. I nodded and took my last few bites.

"Would you like to go get ice cream?" Jerry suggests. Grace nodded and looked at Kim. She shrugged and I smiled. We stood up and Jerry and I split the bill. We walked out and towards the car. The girls walked in front of us and Jerry hit my shoulder and mouthed 'watch this'. I laughed as he ran behind and swept her up in his arms. He swung her around and you could hear her screams of joy. I sped up so I was besides Kim. I watched as she whipped out her phone and took a few pictures.

"Aren't they adorable?" I whispered in her ear. She jumped a little and looked up at me. She put her phone away and smiled at the laughing couple waiting at the car. I put my arm around Kim's shoulder and she laughed. She quickly slipped from my arm and walked backward in front of me. She winked and started running around me quickly. You could hear her laughs as she ran. I squinted and stuck my arm out, catching her as she ran. She was hysterically laughing as I held her in my arms.

"You had no idea was what was going on!" She said between laughs. I laughed along and carried her to the car. She opened the passenger side and sat up straight. I sat in the driver's seat and started the car.