AN/ Sorry for the late update.

Once again I like to thank everyone that reviewed on my last chapter: PersonNatalie, fluffyfluffyboomboom, zebragyrlie, crystalsoda1, AbberzzzCain, Maddy, Livy.G, Guest and Captainawsome42.

The story is still going a bit slow here but it will soon change... Anyway I hope you like it.

DISCLAIMER: I do not own kickin' it.

Chapter 3

An unexpected expected visitor

Wednesday, the middle of the week, I like it because the weekend finally starts to get closer again…

We all sat in the cafeteria just like any other day. The tragic event was put behind us and everything was back to normal. At least the school was anyway, the karate training had become a lot more intense as we really pushed ourselves to the limit for the open house thing on Friday and also for the tournament against the Black Dragons.

We would never let them win that easily.

"It's gonna be so much fun kicking their butts." Kim said referring to the Black Dragons. She never had the chance to compete against them before and she was really excited about it.

"I bet Frank's gonna get furious if we win."

We giggled.

"Yeah, he's gonna hate us forever." I said. "Not that he doesn't already."

"Speaking of whom…" Kim trailed of nodding towards a dirty blond guy that looked a bit older than everybody else, coming in our direction. He was flanked by two Black Dragon members.

"I've heard that we're up against you losers next Saturday." Frank said with a stupid grin.

"Yes, that's right, and we're gonna crush you." Milton said with the kind of overconfident tone that only he could pull off.

"Yeah, we're totally gonna take you down." Jerry added as he high-fived Milton.

"Like that's gonna happen. You're all just a bunch of …" Frank searched for the right word.

"Losers" One of his friends filled in.

"Oh really…Well you're just a bunch of jerks with an IQ lower than the average goldfish." Milton countered.

We all burst out laughing.

"You won't be laughing next Saturday. In fact you're all gonna wish you'd never been born." Frank said in an almost threatening tone. I rose from my chair and went to stand in front of him looking him strait in the eye.

"What's that suppose to mean?" I said confidently. "You know I've never lost a fight against you."

I seemed to have pushed his buttons with my words, because he sent a fist flying through the air. I caught it as I quickly stepped aside. With a forceful movement I twisted it, flipping him over. He landed on his back looking a bit confused. When will he ever learn? I leant over him.

"As I said, you've never beaten me and you never will." I smirked.

His confusion quickly turned into anger and he started to get up. I mentally prepared to defend myself if necessary. I didn't have to though, because Principal Burke just entered the cafeteria. I quickly returned to my seat and acted as if noting happened.

Frank stood up glaring at us like crazy. He wouldn't do anything as long as Principal Burke was around. We all knew that. Instead he said almost whispering.

"I'm gonna get you, Jack. Your dojo is a joke. They would be nothing without you." He turned around leaving the cafeteria, his friends following behind him. One of them turned and mouthed to me.

"You better watch your back, Jack." I rolled my eyes. Yeah right, as if any of them could take me on. I wasn't scared of them, but as much as I hate to admit it, they were right about my friends. The chances of them winning the tournament against the Black Dragons without me would be very slim. Kim would do alright but the rest of them…They would need all the help they could get.

"I can't believe I used to hang out with them" Kim said before shoving a fork full of potato into her mouth.

"We can't believe it either." Milton shuddered as he said it. She shot him a glare. The thought was kind of strange… My best friend used to be friends with one of the people I despise most in the world.

"So, Kim" I started. "Eddie, Jerry and I are going to have a movie night on Saturday. Do you wanna come?" I was silently hoping that she would. "We're gonna be at my house." I added.

"Sure, that'll be fun." A smiled curved her lips as a wave of excitement rushed through me.

"Aren't you coming Milton?" Kim asked.

"No I have a chess tournament." He answered. "This time Larry Williams is going down."

"Okay… sounds like fun…"She said with a hint of sarcasm in her voice.

"Too bad you're missing the movie. It's gonna be awesome." Eddie said.

"It's okay, I'm not really into action movies anyways." Milton said casually. "Wait a minute, isn't your cousin coming on Saturday?"

"Why do you think I've insisted on having a movie night?" Eddie looked at Milton, waiting for him to catch on.

"Oh…" Milton breathed as he realized Eddie tried to avoid his cousin in any way possible. In fact Eddie had practically begged us ever since he found out that Austin was coming, to keep him occupied every day for two weeks starting on Saturday. He was pretty desperate. Was Austin really so bad?

The school day had seemed longer than usual and when the bell finally rang we rushed out of the classroom, heading toward our lockers. There was no time to dwell, if we didn't want to be late for the extra practise that Rudy had put in for us.

All of a sudden Eddie stopped abruptly causing Jerry to bump into him. He stood frozen to the spot looking as if he'd seen a ghost. Tracing his gaze our eyes fell upon a black woman and a tall muscular guy just a few years older than us. They both kind of reminded of Eddie.

"SURPRISE!" Eddies mom shouted in excitement. She came running towards us stretching her arms out to embrace her son.

"What are you two doing here?" Eddie managed to gasp out from her obviously very tight hug.

"Oh we just wanted to surprise you. Austin came a few days earlier than planed. I just picked him up at the airport." She smiled.

"Great." Eddie tried to sound enthusiastic but failed.

The guy who must be Austin approached us.

"So you must be Eddies karate friends…Hey, I'm Austin" He introduced himself holding a hand out for Milton to shake.

"Nice to meet you. I'm Milton."

Jerry was the next in line to introduce himself.

"Sup man? I'm Jerry the cool one." He shook Austin's hand. As they let go Austin seemed to notice Kim and a smile appeared on his face.

"Who is this pretty lady?" He asked. Kim smiled shyly.

"I'm Kim."

He took her hand and kissed it in a gentlemen fashion. She blushed.

"Very nice to meet you, Kim." He said looking her in the eyes. I was a little taken aback by his actions, and by my own feelings as well, as I saw Kim warming up to this guy. Did she like him? And if so, why was I feeling so bad. A mixture of sadness, disappointment and jealousy filled my guts.

I cleared my throat causing them to break their eye contact.

"I'm Jack," I said offering my hand. He shook it politely.

After the awkward introduction we all quickly made our way out. I couldn't help but notice how Austin kept looking at Kim until he finally reached the car. We weaved at him and Eddie before leaving the parking lot.

Austin actually seemed kind of nice and I would probably get along with him quite well if it wasn't for Kim. I know that I'm probably overreacting a little, they just greeted each other, it's not as if they have a thing for each other or anything. But still, I can't help myself from thinking about how Kim hadn't shown any hint of rejection towards him and how he had so obviously flirted with her.
I haven't felt like this ever before. I didn't like Kim like that but the thought of her dating someone made me a little jealous. What if she wouldn't have time for me anymore? Once again I told myself that she wasn't actually dating anyone, and she most likely wouldn't date Austin. There were really no needs to worry. But still…

Kim and I had taken a detour to the post office to pick up a package for my mum. The package had been delayed though, so we had to leave empty-handed. In other words, a complete waist of time… And in a time were there was no time to waist, this was very frustrating.

We entered the dojo, trying to catch our breaths after the run from the post office. Milton and Jerry were already there.

"Where have you two been?" Milton asked. "We were worried you wouldn't come."

"We just had some business to take care of…" I said casually.

"Well you better go and change. Rudy's gonna be here any minute." Milton said.

Kim and I quickly went to the dressing rooms to change, not wanting to be the ones to delay our lesson. When we were done we returned to the dojo. Four pair of eyes met us as we entered. Jerry, Milton and Eddie sat on the mats. It took me a few seconds to recognize the tall guy sitting on the bench as Austin. Yay…he was here…and just when I was starting to forget about him. His face lit up as he saw Kim.

"Hey Austin." Kim greeted him in an all too friendly tone. "What are you doing here?"

"He's just dropping me of. He was just about to leave." Eddie explained before Austin had a chance to answer her question. What a relief… For a moment there I thought that he was going to stay to watch our practise or worse, participate in it…

"Actually I'm not in that much of a hurry." Austin said. "I wanted to see the great karate dojo that Eddie's been bragging about ever since he got kicked out from Mrs King's Dance Academy." He tried to suppress a laugh at his own words but failed. "Is it ok if I stay and watch? I would so much want to see if Eddie's moves have improved since his dancing career."

"Dancing wasn't my thing and I never wanted to go in the first place. It was mums idea and you know that." Eddie said.

"Yeah at first but as soon as you saw Mrs King you quickly changed your mind." Austin smirked.

Milton, Jerry and Kim laughed as Eddie's cheeks turned red. I would have laughed too, but since Austin's already getting on my nerve, his jokes about Eddie only made me dislike him even more.

"What's so funny?" Rudy's voice came as he closed the door to his office behind him. He approached us, realizing that we were one too many. "Excuse me, I don't think you have introduced me to your friend." Rudy said.

"Oh I'm Austin." Austin said getting up from the bench. "I'm Eddie's cousin. I just wanted to come and see the place and meet the man who's been teaching Eddie so many great things."

"Nice to meet you. I'm sensei Rudy." Rudy shook his hand obviously flattered. "Do you do karate as well?" He asked.

"No." Austin answered casually. "I dance."

The corners of my mouth formed into a smile as I raised an eyebrow. He dances? Rudy looked surprised at him. Dancing wasn't the kind of thing that you would expect a guy like him to do.

"I'm a dancer too." Jerry said but no one paid any attention to him.

"Please show us somthing, Austin?" Kim asked.

"I don't think we have time for that." Eddie said. "We've already lost some time by chatting around."

"I think we can spare five minutes." Rudy said. "That is if you want to dance for us."

"Yeah sure, I'll do it." Austin walked up on the mats. "Give me a beat, Eddie."

Eddie reluctantly did what he said and started beatboxing. The next thing we knew, Austin was moving flawlessly in a popping/locking kind of way all over the place…

Ok guys that was the third chapter.

I promise that I will be quicker to uplode the next chapter and please review:)

/MJ