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Kim's POV

Even though I managed to hit my head pretty hard I still didn't get the pleasure of blacking out. Instead I just sat uselessly in Jack's arms as he walked us back to his house. When we got there I was really out of it by then.

I could barely remember Jack's dad, a doctor, checking my head and concluding that I just needed to rest for a bit. And finally I now have Jack sitting beside me while I'm lying on his bed, waiting for the spots to clear from my eyes.

"Kim will you just fall asleep already?" Jack begged. I rolled onto my side, facing him.

"Well if I could do that then we wouldn't be in this situation!" I snapped. Jack sighed, rubbing his face with his hands.

"You've been complaining about how tired you've been for the past couple weeks! What's wrong?" he demanded.

"I've already told you! I don't know!" I yelled back, sitting up sharply. That was a mistake as I instantly fell back, my head swimming while purple dots filled my vision.

"Kim!" I could feel Jack hovering over me, his hand against my forehead.

"Get away Jack," I moaned, pushing weakly against his chest. He moved back but stayed close to me.

There was a long pause and I could feel a little drowsiness settle in. The softness of Jack's bed, the familiar feel of the room I had spent many nights in before, even the smell brought me into a calmed state. My eyelids started to droop and I snuggled further into the covers.

"Kim?" I groaned, rolling over to face Jack again with murder in my eyes.

"What do you want Jack! I'm trying to sleep!" I snapped at him and he flinched back. I didn't feel bad for snapping at him. I had been awake for over two weeks and I had finally started to drift off. When Jack could see I wasn't prepared to apologise his concerned look turned into an angry one.

"You know what Kim? I was just trying to help but since you're not willing to except it you can just go about it on your own!" he yelled before storming out of the room.

Normally this would be the part where I would get up and follow Jack and apologise…but as soon as he left the room my eyes dropped and for the first time in two weeks I fell asleep.


"Kim? Kim wake up." my eyes fluttered open to see Mrs. Anderson standing over me, looking slightly worried.

"Wha-what's going on?" I mumbled, sitting up and rubbing my eyes.

"It's almost midnight Kim and your mom called. I told her you were sleeping over here," she explained. My eyebrows furrowed.

"Then where's Jack?" I asked, my voice groggy.

"He's downstairs on the couch. He's been tossing and turning for hours," she said. I sighed, getting up.

"Let me talk to him," I said, already heading out the door and down the stairs. "Jack?" I asked as I walked into the living room. I could see a shape on the couch roll away from me.

"Go away Kim, I'm trying to sleep," Jack mumbled snarkily. I sighed, walking over to the couch.

"And let me guess; you feel your heart beating, your stomach feels sick and all you can do is think about what you did wrong instead of anything else that could have done it?" I asked. Jack rolled over, looking at me with confused eyes.

"Yeah…how did you know?" he asked. I sighed, sitting down on the edge of the couch.

"Because it's the reason I haven't slept in over two weeks," I mumbled, rubbing my eyes. I felt two arms wrap around my waist and pull me down onto the couch cushions.

I was instantly surrounded by Jack's scent, the smell taking over most of my senses since the lights were out.

"Is that why you've been so snappy and grouchy lately?" Jack asked as he stroked my hair. I nodded, burying my face deeper into his neck.

"Yeah, sorry about that," I said.

"Do you wanna talk about it?" he asked. I shrugged.

"Not really much to say really. I don't know why but I haven't been able to sleep," I explained.

"But you've been asleep upstairs in my bed for nearly four hours," he said.

"That's the most I've slept in a week." there was a pause.

"Wanna try now?" Jack asked and I could tell by the thickness of his voice that he was tired. Not wanting to keep Jack up anymore I just nodded, snuggling down.

Within twenty minutes Jack was asleep. I just lay there in his arms, watching him. When that became boring I shifted so that I was looking out the window. The moon was out, streaming between the curtains.

Here I am again only this time now I have to watch someone else sleep. It's getting worse. I don't know what to do about this and now that Jack knows he's not going to let it go.

Maybe I can fake it…

When the sun started to replace the moon, Jack's eyes fluttered open. I quickly shut mine, pretending to be asleep.

"Uhh…Kim? You awake?" he asked. I pretended to groan, opening my eyes. He looked at me for a minute. "You didn't sleep did you." it wasn't a question and I couldn't lie to him. I shook my head and he sighed heavily. "Kim…what are we goanna do?" he asked.

"We?" I asked and Jack gave me a stern look.

"Kim, you're my best friend. You're problems are my problems," he said, stopping me before I could comment. I sighed.

"Fine, if you wanna stay up and try and sort out my messed up sanity then that's you're call," I said. Jack grinned.

"We'll start tomorrow night."


Can Jack find the cause of Kim's insomnia? Will she accept it it's something she can't stand? Most importantly...Will Kim ever sleep again?

Review and find out...