*Yaay! My second writer's note, ever. I felt like responding to the reviews that most of you guys left. Haha. The things that you guys post are very interesting, seriously. No sarcasm. No lie. Anywaaaays. Seth will be added to the fanfic soon, don't worry. You just have to be patient. Keep in mind that this is a Jared & Kim fanfic. Also, Paul will have an imprint. I'll be creating Paul's very own fanfiction soon, so be sure to look out for that. I'm going by the original imprint couples and their stories that Stephenie Meyer wrote about in Twilight: Eclipse, when Jacob had told Bella about imprinting. & in response to Ashton Girrll: Wow. Just... wow. I don't really know how to respond to this, because I kind of assumed that most of my old readers wouldn't remember me, especially because I changed my name and just completely abandoned that fanfic. I am actually planning to bring the fanfiction back. I deleted it because in my opinion, I thought it sucked. I wanted to edit it over, but I thought it was still completely terrible. And that was a year ago, so even now I can't even force myself to read my old writing, because I feel like my writing had gotten better over time. Now, here's Chapter 9.
Kim
Throughout the day, time seemed to past by slowly. I just drifted from one class to the next, just making an appearance in class. I'm normally a good student in all my classes because I'm such a quiet student, and nobody bothers to try and start a conversation with me, anyways. But I just kept thinking about what had happened between Jared and Paul earlier in the day. It was difficult to even bother trying to do any work and pretending to pay attention to what the teachers even said, so I just gave up.
I wanted to believe what Jennifer and Katie had said were true, but I also couldn't not agree with what Miles had to say. Each of them had their own opinions on what I should do, but I was terrible at making that decision. I wanted to believe that Jared really did know I existed all along, and I really wanted to believe that he knew who I was-and deep down, he would return the same feelings. But there was also Miles, he knew what it was like to be rejected and ignored, he understood me the most-and as a friend who had gone through almost the same thing, it was right of him to want to protect me from getting hurt.
Both of the choices had consequences.
I could give in and decide to listen to Jennifer and Katie, but that could work both ways. I could really give in, and just hope that Jared would return the feelings, or I would be humiliated knowing that it was a bet all along-and that I could have prevented that by listening to Miles when he had told me the first time. Or, I could give in and Jared didn't like me as much as I thought, and he would compare me to Tiffany and go back to her. Or Tiffany would murder me before I even made a choice.
Once the final bell rang, I quickly got out of my seat and darted out the classroom, even if the teacher hadn't even dismissed us yet. I headed outside, waiting for Jennifer to show up to give me a ride back home. I waited impatiently, watching as other students came out of the school building and met up with their friends, got in their cars, or just walked home.
What's taking that girl so long?
"Jennifer!" I shouted happily when I saw her familiar face, walking out of the school's building. "What took you so long? You're always on time. Did something happen? "
"Jeez, Kim. One question at a time, please." She said. "For starters, I got in detention. Don't give me that frown, Kimberly Connweller. Not everybody happens to be a good student like you, Kim. And besides, sometimes I'm not always early for everything, no need to look all surprised. Sorry Kim, but I have to get to detention soon."
"But aren't you supposed to be in detention right now?" I asked.
"I kind of snuck out…." Jennifer said. "But in my defense, if the teacher didn't want us sneaking out, she shouldn't have left the classroom. I have to go back, Kim. Sorry."
"Wait. How am I getting home? You were my ride, Jenn." I reminded her. "I'm not taking your keys either, I'm not leaving you here without a ride."
"But Kim, how else are you going to go home?"
"I can call my mom or someone. How will you get home? It's not like you could call your parents when they're barely around." I told her.
"Okay… Well, bye Kim. Call me when you get home?" she said hesitantly, before turning around and running back inside the school. I remained outside, a few other people had remained on school campus as well, so I wasn't too worried about being kidnapped or anything like that.
I pulled out my cellphone, dialing my mom's phone number. It went straight to voicemail. I did the same thing with my dad's number, but it also went to voicemail. I sighed, I guess it meant that I had to walk home from school. I rarely walked home from school because it was twenty minutes away, and I always just had someone to give me a ride. The few times that I did happen to walk home was only when my parents worked too late, or if my mom worked an extra shift or something.
However, I was immediately thankful that out of all days, La Push's weather today was slightly warmer compared to every other day, where it was always raining or just cloudy. I had probably only been walking for five minutes (since the school had just disappeared from view) when I saw a car nearing me. I stopped, assuming that the driver just happened to be driving really slow, but the car also stopped when I did. I continued walking again, quicker this time, hoping that it wasn't a kidnapper when the car pulled up beside me again.
"Kim!" The driver called out. I turned around, expecting to see Jennifer and then, start shouting about how she just ditched detention to drive me home. Or, I expected to see Katie or one of the guys in the driver's seat, that maybe Jennifer had called one of them to come back and pick me up. But the person I saw was someone I hadn't expected. Someone I would have never expected-not in a million years. It was the one and only, Jared Cameron.