Spring was in the air, and Jack and Vicky spent many days together doing mainly nothing but lay about among the grass surrounded by the almost warm sunny breeze. Vicky still hadn't gone to Jack's house, but she didn't mind too much. Although sometimes she wondered what it was like inside, as she had only seen it from the limosine window. She wondered what his parents were like. Were they nice? Are they the reason why he hasn't invited her for tea yet? Maybe he was ashamed of his bedroom and how untidy it was? No, Jack didn't really seem the messy type. He was very organized and his clothes and appearence was always pristine. It was buggering her a lot, yet she was glad that Jack had even considered even playing with her, let alone anything else. Vicky decided to forget about it, and was prepared to wait for Jack to decide whether or not he wanted to introduce her to the rest of the Spicer family. She knew how much of a private person Jack was, and thought it was best to keep quiet about the whole thing.

Jack had fallen asleep whilst she was pondering. She smiled to herself. Jack was pretty cute when he was sleeping. She remembered again that it was Jacks birthday soon, and she still had to think of a gift. She knew exactly what to get him.

She then heard Edgar, "Miss Vicky? Shouldn't you two be off to school by now? The school bus just went past!"

"Take us, Edgar?" Vicky pleaded, getting up quickly then nudging Jack with her foot. He slowly opened his eyes, blinking in the sunlight. Edgar appeared, about to head towards the limo.

"Erm, maybe the limo is a bit too flashy for school, can we just take Dads car? I'm sure he won't mind... not that he's ever around." Vicky mumbled. Edgar nodded and obediently went to the garage.

Vicky looked over at Jack. He had barely said a word all morning.

"So come on, whats up?"

He shrugged.

"You're so sleepy and you've barely said two words since we met up!"

"I just... haven't had a great nights sleep, that's all."

"Well well! Late again are we, Vicky? And Jack! Not like you to be." Mrs. Stevens said stirnly, as both children burst through the door. Jack bowed his head in shame, Vicky just mumbled an apology and something about not being able to find her socks.

They both trailed to their seat. Well, at least one of them did. Jack stood there, blinking rapidly at a small girl with long brown hair tied up in two plaits who was sitting in his seat. She swung her legs playfully. She was wearing dungarees and red wellies. An outfit almost identical to the kind of clothes Vicky wears. Vicky hadn't even realised this suddenly surprising occurance and sat next to her.

"As I was saying, before I was so rudely interupted," Mrs. Stevens cleared her throat, she said it strictly but smiled and winked at Vicky. "We have a new student joining us today, Kelly-Anne Spicer."

Vicky looked up, wondering whether she had misheard. Then she saw Jack standing there staring at his seat. His seat which had been stolen... by the girl sitting next to her. Vicky's head spun round to see the imposter.

"Spicer?!"

"My beloved cousin." Jack muttered, through gritted teeth. The girl was grinning.

"Jackie!" She chimed. The whole classroom erupted with laughter.

"Now, now class, settle down. We want to make Kelly-Anne feel very welcome here. Vicky, do you mind being her buddy for the week?"

"Err..." Vicky looked at Jack, who was still standing in the same spot, not knowing what to do. "What about Jack?"

"Oh yes! Jack, would you sit at the front?" Mrs. Stevens asked nicely. Jack stood still for a moment, moving his eyes from Kelly to Vicky. Vicky looked at him sadly. He then dragged his feet to the front of the class and flopped down onto his desk.

The new girl slipped a piece of folded paper towards Vicky, as the first lesson began. Puzzled, Vicky opened it slowly, and found she had wrote 'Call me Kelleh' with a tiny drawing of what looked like her and Vicky. On the bottom of it, it also said 'Let's be friends'

Vicky smiled at her and decided to add something to it. At the same time, she started to wonder why she wanted to be friends with her. She drew herself holding up a sign saying 'YES!' and put a speech bubble coming from her mouth saying 'I'm Vickeh'
They both giggled quietly and continued with their lesson before they got caught. After all, it wasn't Arts and Crafts yet, it was boring old Maths.
Now Vicky had realised why Jack hadn't said more than one sentance today. She didn't get why though. His cousin didn't seem so bad at all. She looked up and saw him glaring in their direction.

After school, Jack had wondered off to walk home on his own. He knew Vicky didn't even notice once the bell had rung, she was too busy talking to his annoying cousin to pay any attention. He kicked the dirt as he walked. Kelly had moved over here from England to be closer to him and the rest of the family. His parents prefered her over him. They always wanted a daughter. A daughter just like her. Now Vicky prefers too.

"HEY!"

Jack turned his head and saw Vicky running towards him. He waited until she caught up, then continued walking, not even looking at her.

"Where did you go?" Vicky asked, poking him. She was one of the fastest runners in the whole school, so it was a pointless effort to even start running away from her.

"Why do you care?" He snapped. Vicky stopped.

"Woah, okay."

"Sorry." Jack muttered, in a not-so-sorry voice. He stopped even so, but he still didn't look up.

"Kelly went home... she lives the opposite way to us."

"Yeah."

"What's the matter?"

"Look, just leave me alone, alright? Go to Kelly's house and bother her!" Jack hissed, starting to move again. Vicky followed, looking concerned now.

"I'm sorry she stole your seat, okay? I didn't know this was gonna happen. She seems awesome, I really-"

"No! This isn't about a stupid seat. No. No, she isn't. She isn't awesome. She's a stupid little girl who steals every thing from me, I hate her... I hate her!" Jack started to run, as fast as he ever did in his whole entire 9 years of his life. He didn't look back to see if she was chasing him, he ran and ran and ran until his house was in clear site. He collapsed on the pavement, gasping for air.
As soon as he had caught his breath, his eyes darted around for his best friend. She was nowhere to be seen. He guessed she ran away too, but in a different direction. Or maybe shes walking slowly towards her house, crying to herself? How could he of yelled at her like that? He felt disgusted with himself for taking his anger out on her. His started to cry, sitting on his porch with his head in his knees, hugging them tightly.

He then felt a warm sensation around him. Someone was hugging him. He knew that hug, but he stayed where he was, not even daring to show his snotty face. He relaxed a little in the embrace.

"I'm sorry, Jack. I didn't know you felt that way. But me and Kelly are friends now, and I hope that we could all have fun and play together." Vicky said gently.

Jack nodded in agreement, "I'm the one who should be sorry." He said in a tiny muffled voice. She came, even though I yelled at her. She hugged him tighter to show she had forgiven him.

Jack heard the sound of running nearby and heard another familiar voice. It was his cousin.

"Is everything okay? Is this all my fault?" She asked, sounding as if she was about to burst into tears too.

Jack stood up, his eyes red. "No, I got jealous... It really isn't your fault. I'm sorry for treating you so badly in the past. I just, my parents... well, they're-"

Kelly stopped him, "Idiots, I know." They both smiled at each other. They had an understanding.

"Okay so, we're all sorry. Let's stop this and go play hide and seek?" Vicky suggested, Jack nodded.

Kelly grinned widely. "My favourite."

A.N - I know it's been a while since I updated this, I'm so sorry! (lol) I hope you haven't lost interest and will still continue to read! I promised my chapters would be longer but I still haven't got round to it yet. I just really wanted to write this to let people know I haven't died! People were asking whether the chapter before this was THE last chapter... of course not :) This will hopefully be quite a long one. This chapter seems pretty confusing to people atm but I assure you things will start adding up soon. Like why has his cousin randomly appeared?! Why is Jack so angy?! Etc etc...

Thanks for whoever is reading, adios xoxo