AN/ Here I am with another update. Once again thank you for all your reviews.

This chapter isn't exactly the most exciting one, but it's gonna reveal some of Kim's thoughts. Yeah that's right, for the first time in this story Kim is going to have a say...

DISCLAIMER: I do not own kickin it.

Chapter 7

Where is he?

Kim's pov.

The morning sun let its warm rays fall on me as I walked along the sidewalk. I've been so used to walk with Jack to school for the past year that it felt kind of strange to be walking all by myself. I wondered where he was. He hadn't answered any of my calls or text messages all morning, which wasn't like him. I had been waiting for him for almost ten minutes before I had given up and walked off by myself, not wanting to be late…

It made me wonder if he was mad at me for Austin. I mean he has made it quite clear that he doesn't like him, and when I started to spend some more time with Austin instead of Jack…. That's when I saw a real change in Jack's attitude. Was he jealous? No matter how much I'd like to think that, he's probably not. I think that maybe Jack's feels a bit threaten by him since he did such a good job at the show and he was actually more popular than Jack. And to add-on Jack had seen him with Frank, which I thought just had been a misunderstanding. I hadn't actually believed Jack when he told me. Not until I returned from the dojo yesterday and I caught Austin joking around with Frank in the courtyard of the mall, did I realize that Jack was telling the truth and he had been sincerely worried about it. Austin had awkwardly introduced me to Frank and told me that he'd just met him. Pfft… like I was going to believe that. I had just played along though not wanting Austin to realize that I had him all figured out. Frank had actually blushed when he saw me, it made me wonder if he truly did have a crush on me as Jack always use to joke about… I smiled at the memory as I kicked a small rock that happened to be in my way.

Jack… I hadn't seen him since we walked out from Falafel Phil's yesterday. Austin had told me he'd left in a hurry. Now, when I think about it, that was kind of strange. Jack never leaves without a single word, but yesterday I hadn't given it a second thought. I was too occupied with Austin. We had ended our 'date' there since I 'had' to go home and meet my aunt. Mum had actually told me that it was okay if I didn't show up, but I had nothing better to use as an excuse for not going to the beach…

After my talk with Jack in the dojo after the show I had realized that Austin was seriously hitting on me and it actually freaked me out a little. I mean Austin have said a lot of sweet things to me ever since we first met and what girl doesn't like to get compliments, especially from such a cool guy like Austin. I'd appreciated his words and all the attention that he'd given me, but when he started to get a bit physical and clearly showing that he wanted something more than friendship (just as Jack had said…) I was getting uncomfortable. That's why I had pretended to get a phone call in the middle of the movie, when in reality I had gone out to call my mother, for her to pick me up.

Yesterday Austin had been really difficult to be around since he constantly was trying to make a move on me and I was constantly trying to prevent him from doing so as smooth as possible, keeping him busy by showing him new things. When it was time for us to grab some food I was quite worried about him trying more seriously. I can't tell you how glad I was that Jack happened to show up just in time.

It makes me kind of sad that Austin only seems to be after one thing. I really like him as a friend, I mean he's a nice guy but to hang out with him now will be kind of complicated. I have no such feelings for him at all. I simply don't fall for boys that easily, I really need to get to know them first…Ok I may had a small thing for Ricky Wiever (who I actually didn't know…), but hey who doesn't have a celebrity crush. My feelings for him had quickly disappeared though when I found out that he was a big jerk, just like Jack had warned me that he was…

My thoughts went back to Jack… He's different from all the other guys. He's always by my side no matter how stupid I am sometimes… I still recall the first time I saw him in the cafeteria. I had liked him instantly and kind of hoped that maybe we could be more than just friends. But I still haven't got the courage to tell him about my feelings for him. Even though I thought that he suspected something after constantly mocking me about me having a crush on him in the beginning… It would be awkward to hang out with him if he knew and didn't feel the same way about me and I can't simply afford to lose him. He's my best and closest friend; he knows stuff about me that not even Grace knows. I would trust Jack with my life and yet I didn't believe him when he told me about Austin. I felt horrible, no wonder he was ignoring me… He's done everything for me and I just ditched him for someone like Austin who I don't even know.

I wanted to talk to Jack about Austin so bad right now…

The school building came into view and I speeded up my pace. Maybe Jack was already inside. I looked for him as I walked through the glass doors. The hallway was packed with people, making my search for the brunette harder then I thought it would be. I saw our lockers kind of expecting Jack to stand by them, but to my disappointment he wasn't there…

A glance at the clock on the wall made me hurry to throw my jacket in my locker and to grab my math book. I hat to have math on Monday mornings. My brain is never fully functioning after the weekends… The lessons never seem to end, and today was no different…

I had a really hard time concentrating on the equations in my book as my mind was constantly thinking about what had happened yesterday. Why had Jack left? And why hadn't he answered any of my calls? And why hadn't I seen him yet? Wonder if Austin had said something to him? And if he had what did he say? These and probably a hundred other questions went through my head. I'm soon gonna get some answers though. Next class was social studies, a class that both Jack and I took, so I could talk (or whisper…) with him then. When the bell finally rang I got my stuff and headed back to my locker. Still no sign of Jack. I switched books and headed of to my next class. A bunch of students were already waiting outside the classroom as I got there. To my surprise Jerry was among them, as he's actually supposed to be. That doesn't happen too often as he has a bad habit of always being late…

"Hey Jerry." I said approaching him.

"Oh, hi Kim" He put on a goofy smile.

"What are you doing here so early?" I said sarcasm.

"I thought I just swing by." He shrugged. "Oh have you seen Jack? I've found a n…" He was cut of as Mrs Palmer greeted everyone.

"Good morning." She said as she opened the door that led to the classroom. "Today we are going to start to talk about how the government works."

Ooo, Sounds exiting…not…

I wanted to talk more to Jerry about Jack, but the next thing I knew we were all making our way to our seats. There were still no sign of Jack. I kept throwing glances at the door every now and then hoping that it would open up and a boy with chocolate brow eyes would make an entrance, making up some lame excuse for being late before getting to his seat. But the door remained closed and the chair remained empty…

By lunchtime I had given up my hopes… Jack wasn't gonna show up today. I was sitting in the cafeteria with Eddie and Jerry as Milton headed over to us.

"Guess who qualified to the chess finals." He said proudly as he put his tray on the table.

"You did." Eddie said in between bites.

"I sure did." Milton was smiling from ear to ear. "You should have seen Logan's face when I checked his King." He noticed the empty chair next to me. "Hey, where is Jack?"

"Don't know. He's not here, anyway." Jerry shrugged. Milton looked confused at him.

"We haven't seen or heard from him the whole day." I explained. "Last time I saw him was yesterday. But he didn't say anything then about not coming to school today."

Milton seemed to think about that for a moment before saying "Maybe he's ill."

I looked at him. I hadn't thought of that, but that actually made sense. Jack had been feeling dizzy when we were about to leave Falafel Phil's. It had quickly disappeared though, but he still looked a bit pale… What if he's gotten worse?

"Yeah you're probably right." I said.

After putting on my GI I entered the dojo. Milton was already standing on the mats ready to spar with me. Jerry and Eddie were sitting on the floor unusually quiet. It seemed as the absent of Jack affected everyone. It most certain affected me… The thing that worried me the most was the silence. None of us had been able to reach him. That meant that he wasn't just ignoring me, which I had thought at first.

"Okay, let's get going." The sound of Rudy's voice snapped me back to reality again. He was rubbing his hands together with enthusiasm, before looking kind of dumbfounded. "Wait a minute… Where is Jack?"

"We don't know." I answered. "He wasn't in school today either."

"We believe he's sick." Eddie said.

"Oh… you've heard anything from him?" Rudy sounded worried.

"No." Milton shook his head. "He hasn't answered any of our calls or text messages all day."

Rudy had a troubled expression on his face. It looked as if he was going to say something when a very familiar melody started to play from inside my locker. The sound of it made me react before I could even think. I opened my locker and started my frantic search for the source of the sound. I dug my phone out from the pocket of my jacket, looking at the number on the screen. I drew in a short breath when I saw the number of Jack's home phone number all over the display. I quickly answered.

"Hello." The rest of the Wasabi Warriors stepped in closer to listen.

"Oh, Hi Kim. I'm so glad I could reach you. I've tried to call Jack but he didn't answer." A female voice that belonged to Jack's mom said on the other end. "Could you please remind him to get the package from the post office before going home?"

"I would if I could" I answered her. "He's not here….hang on… is he ok? Why wasn't he at school today?" The questions just poured out of me.

"What are you talking about?" Mrs Brewer asked worriedly. "Of course he was at school today. Didn't you guys walk together?"

"No" I said.

"But he was staying at your house tonight, right?" I could hear her getting more anxious. "He sent me a text yesterday evening, saying that he was going to, since you two had so much to work on on your project." A wave of fear went through me as realization hit me… I took a deep breath before saying "He hasn't been staying at my place and none of us have seen him all day…"

Sorry about the cliffhanger... again... and that you didn't get to find out anything about Jack...

So the question still remains... What has happened to Jack and where is he? Well, you're all gonna find out in the next chapter so hang in there and please don't forget to review;)

/MJ