What really happened to Kim with her ex-boyfriend bad boy and will Jack find out? Her date with Liam is coming…How will that go?
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Chapter 5: Cheer Practice With Attitude
KIM'S POV
I served up all of my final orders and helped Phil and the rest of the staff clean up. I changed quickly and took my uniform with me to clean it up for later in the week. I grabbed my second uniform that I was supposed to wear tomorrow. When I came out of the changing room, I almost ran right into Jack.
I looked at him shocked and then asked. "What are you doing back here?"
He smirked at me and said. "Phil doesn't mind. Besides I knew your dad would be keeping an eye out for me if I talked to you so I had to find another way."
I hated to admit it, but having him willing to break the rules to talk to me was actually quite thrilling to me. I just looked at him calmly and smiled. "And just what was so important that you had to talk to me right now?"
"A few things actually…" He started with his cute smirk. "I wanted to talk to you about what happened outside and to know more about why your dad has already decided I am a threat."
He looked at me and I didn't know what to say. I definitely didn't want to talk about my past or Dylan at all so I focused on what happened earlier to try to get his mind off of my past. "I said I was sorry about my dad and what happened outside. I really don't know what else there is to say."
"Kim, I want to get to know you better. I don't know why, but you seem very different from all of the other girls around here and I like that." He explained.
I was shocked at how genuine he seemed, but really liked seeing this side of him. "There isn't that much to know." I said with a smile and then added. "Is this why you are warning everyone to stay away from me so that you can decide if I am worth your time or not?" I looked at him with a slight smile showing him that I was not thrilled about it, but wasn't mad either. I didn't understand how I could let go of my anger towards him about this, but it just happened.
He looked at me and ran his fingers through his hair trying to decide how to answer that." Who told you that? Liam?" He asked finally.
"Maybe." I replied. "It really doesn't matter who told me. What matters is that you did it!"
"Don't believe everything that the jocks tell you. I merely wanted to get to know you. That's all. I don't really get along with the jocks that much so I didn't want them in the way." He said with that same smirk.
I laughed lightly and took a step closer to him. "Jack, I have no problem getting to know you better, but I don't think it is very nice for you to be telling other people to stay away from me. It is hard enough making new friends when you move around all the time. I don't need you bullying people into ignoring me. Understood?"
I think he was shocked by the fact that I stood there looking up into his face and said what I needed to say. "You are really something else. There aren't many people, especially girls, which would ever talk to me like that. You act like you aren't scared of anything." He said.
I was definitely scared of things, but growing up with my dad I had to find a way to work past my fears. Even after Dylan….I just had to move on. I looked into Jack's eyes and said. "I know I am not like the other girls because I am not going to fawn all over you and do whatever you say. It will take a lot more effort on your part if you want to really get close to me. I also won't ever come back to you begging for another chance if you ever break my heart. I am definitely not like those pathetic girls that you are used to. As far as being scared, you are just a guy like any other guy. You wear a leather jacket instead of a letterman jacket and you ride a Harley instead of driving a car, but that doesn't make you scary. I have met much scarier guys than you hanging out at my dad's base before." I smirked up at him.
Jack laughed and shook his head at me. "I definitely want to get to know you better. You really are fascinating. I want to explain something to you about this jock issue." He said.
"Alright explain." I replied.
"You may have gotten what you wanted this time, but you know this isn't over between all of us. Right?" He said.
I took one more small step closer to him and we were starring into each other's eyes. "I know, but I hope that you can all figure it out without fighting because I would like to get to know you better, too." I picked up my bag and started to walk out the door to meet my dad. I looked over my shoulder and continued. "I would hate for my dad to kill you before that could happen, all because you had to fight with the jocks about something so silly." I smiled at him as I continued to walk away.
Jack quickly moved up behind me and wrapped one of his arms around my waist pulling me away from the door. There was a moment of panic that ran through my body and then I relaxed in his hold. Before I knew it, I had relaxed enough that he had pulled me all the way up against him. My back was resting up against him and my head was on his chest and I could feel his warmth against me. His heart was beating faster as he held me there and mine increased in response.
He leaned down and whispered in my ear. "So if you want to get to know me, what are you doing tomorrow afternoon?" I felt a slight shiver run through my body and I knew he felt it, too.
I looked over my shoulder and into his eyes which were so close. I calmly said. "I have plans tomorrow and then I have to work again. I will be here if you are planning on coming back, but no trouble here, Jack. Promise me."
JACK'S POV
The way that she was against me made me feel warm all over. I have never felt like this before. This girl is making me crazy. I was starring into her eyes as she spoke to me and her face was just a few inches from mine.
"What are your plans?" I asked.
She looked at me and took a deep breath. "I am going to the movies with Liam. He asked my dad and everything." She said with a smile that made me think that she liked that Liam followed appropriate protocol, but also there was a look in her eyes that said she wished maybe he hadn't stuck to it so strictly. I am starting to figure out little pieces of her the more I am around her.
I could feel the anger boiling up in me. Just the thought of that douche taking her out on a date was crossing so many lines. I looked at her and her gorgeous doe eyes calmed me down instantly. "What are you going to see?" I asked.
"I don't know, but he is picking me up at two. Jack, please don't fight with him. I am not ready to date anyone right now. I want to get to know people and just have fun with all of my friends." She replied. "It really isn't a big deal. It is just a movie."
"No worries. I won't fight with him." I said with a smirk. I can keep that promise. I won't fight with him, but I didn't say anything about anyone else. I know that this will still make Kim mad, but we have to make sure that they respect us and listen from here on. I can't let this slide or it will just get worse next time. Besides, I have definitely decided that this girl is special and I don't really like sharing.
"Ok. Now do you think you could let me go? My dad will be wondering where I am." She asked with that sweet smile of hers.
I started to loosen my grip on her and as she started to slip out of my arm, I quickly pulled her back facing me this time and looked into her eyes. "Save me a dance tomorrow." I said more as a statement then a question.
She surprisingly smiled at me and nodded her head. "Yes, I will do that. We can get to know each other a little better, too." She replied.
I knew I had to let her go, but I really didn't want to. I wanted to kiss her and have her kiss me. I just looked into her hazel eyes and was hypnotized. I had my arm wrapped around her waist and could feel her heartbeat against my chest. She was so tiny and still so tough acting. It was amazing to me.
She got up on her tiptoes as high as she could to look me in the eyes which made me smile and she said, "Jack, I need to go or he will come in here. From what he said to you earlier, I don't think he would like finding us here like this. I will see you tomorrow." She smiled and I finally had to loosen my grip as she wiggled her way out of my arm.
"I will see you tomorrow." I replied as she walked out the door.
She was going to be a challenge and different from anything I have ever experienced, but I wanted her. Right or wrong, I wanted to hold Kim in my arms and know that she was mine and no one else's. I just had to find a way to put these jocks back in their place and protect my rep while making her mine.
I waited until I knew that her dad and her had left to head out to my bike at the back of the building. I jumped on and rode over to Brody's for the after hour party. I pulled up and the place was packed already.
"Where did you disappear to, Jack?" Jerry asked when he saw me walk in the front door.
"I was riding around to clear my head and figure out how we are going to deal with these idiot jocks." I replied.
"And what did you come up with?" Bobby asked.
"We are going to divide and conquer." I said with a smirk as Brady handed me a beer to drink.
"Sounds like the beginning of a plan so what are the details?" Brody asked with a smile.
"Well, I promised Kim that I wouldn't fight with Liam, but I didn't say that I wouldn't fight with some of the others or that you guys wouldn't fight with Liam." I smiled and they all nodded their heads.
"So where are we doing this?" Sam asked.
"Well, Liam is picking Kim up at her house to go to the movies at two tomorrow so I think he will be a sitting duck at the drive in. Don't you? You just have to make sure that it is when he is away from Kim." I explained.
"Sounds perfect, yo." Jerry agreed.
"So part of us will take care of Liam and whoever else shows up at the drive in and the rest of us will have already sent a message by dealing with Harry and few of the other jocks." I continued.
"Then we will all meet up at Phil's for an evening of celebration." Brody said laughing.
"Yep." I replied. I just hope that Kim will still give me a chance after this.
We partied for a few more hours and then I headed home to get some sleep. I like spending time with the guys, but all of these girls are exactly the same and I can't stop thinking about Kim anyway. She is proving to be one of the best challenges I have ever had and so much more than that.
KIM'S POV
My dad and I had a quiet ride home. I wasn't really mad at him anymore, but I couldn't get it out of my mind what had happened with Jack. The way that I felt when he held me was different from anything I have ever experienced. I had to try to wrap my head around this and get it under control. I can't go down that path again unless I am sure that it will be different from the last time.
When we got home, I gave my dad a hug and went straight up to bed. I had cheer practice in the morning and then had to get ready for going to the movies with Liam. I also had to be able to work and sing later so I needed to try to get some rest. As soon as my head hit my pillow, I fell asleep.
When I woke up, I got ready quickly and headed out the door to get to practice. I was walking down the sidewalk when I heard a motorcycle pull up behind me and stop.
"Where are you going?" the voice from behind me asked and I knew it was Jack.
I turned around with a smile and said, "Cheer practice. What are you doing up so early?"
"I don't know. I just couldn't sleep so I thought I would go for a ride to clear my head." He said with a smirk.
I walked over closer to him and said, "I thought guys like you partied all night and slept all day." I giggled lightly.
"Very funny. I actually get up early a lot. Do you want a ride to the school?" He asked with a smirk that was challenging me to take him up on his offer.
"That would be great. I don't want to be late." I replied without skipping a beat.
He looked slightly shocked, but then scooted forward slightly giving me room to sit on the back of the bike. I moved towards him and took one of his arms off of the handle and scooted in between him and the front of the bike. As I jumped up and side straddled the bike in front of him, he looked surprised, but then put his arm back on the handle around me.
"Are you ready for this?" He said with a big smile.
I leaned slightly into his chest and nodded my head. He revved up the motor and took off trying to scare me. I sat up slightly and put my hands on top of his which made him smile. He nuzzled his neck making me laugh as we drove to the school.
When he pulled up to the school, he wrapped one of his arms around my waist and held me to him for just a moment. It felt so nice and then he spoke. "Hi, Kimmy!" It wasn't Jack anymore and I jumped in his grip. I turned my head and was looking Dylan straight in the eyes. I felt my heart stop and started to scream…
"Kim! Kim, sweetheart, wake up! It is just a bad dream!" I heard my dad say as he was lightly shaking me awake.
I opened my eyes to see that I was in my bed safe and sound, but my dad had a panicked look on his face. "I am fine, Dad. Sorry it was just a bad dream." I said.
"Do you want to talk about it? I mean you haven't woken up like that in months. I knew this new guy would bring stuff back up for you." He hugged me in his arms and kissed the top of my head. "I am not going to let anything happen to you. That Jack guy won't get anywhere near you."
I leaned back and looked at him. "Dad, Jack is not Dylan. He shouldn't be treated badly because of what Dylan did. You know that. I had a bad dream. It had nothing to do with Jack. I actually think it is being back here in California." I told my dad.
"Kim, we are so far away from where Dylan and his gang are. They will never know that you are here. We moved to New Orleans and then Brunswick before coming here and he never came after you there. He doesn't know you are back in California and if he ever came around, I would make him regret it." He told me sincerely.
"I know. I am fine. I promise. You really need to let go of the stuff with Jack, for me!" I added trying to use the sympathy he felt for me to soften him up.
He looked at me reluctantly and then nodded his head. "Alright, Kimmy. I will not be so hard on Jack, but you have to talk to me about everything. No keeping secrets or sneaking around. Understand?" He had his stern face on.
"I promise. Dad, I won't ever make that mistake again. Jack did come to the back of the soda shop to talk to me before we left. He just wanted to talk and we are going to get to know each other, but that is it." I told him as I saw the look of concern on his face.
"Alright, sweetheart. Thank you for telling me. I love you. Get back to sleep." He said as he stood up and kissed me on the top of the head before he left the room.
"Dad, I really do like it here. I just need to adjust some. Do you think we are going to have time to do that?" I said sweetly.
"We are not going anywhere for awhile. I am hoping to let you finish high school here, but we will see." He said with a smile. "Sweet dreams."
I fell back asleep and had nothing but happy dreams for the rest of the night. When I woke up, I got dressed quickly to go to practice. I had already decided what I was wearing whether anyone would like it or not. I just wanted to be me again and have fun.
I grabbed a pair of white sweatpants out of my drawer and slipped them on. I got my yellow and white checked halter top out of my closet. Then I put my hair in a high ponytail with a yellow ribbon. I pulled the pants up slightly so they were about halfway up my calf. I slipped on small white socks with yellow sneakers. I grabbed my white hoodie and ran out of my room.
When I came downstairs, I was not expecting my dad to have company, but he did. It was the same five officers from last night. I smiled at them and ran into the kitchen to get an apple. My dad came walking in the room and looked at me skeptically. "Where are you going?"
I smiled at him and said, "I have cheer practice, remember?"
He looked at me and nodded. "Right. I remember. You are going to make it very hard for all of those football players to concentrate on their practice dressed like that, young lady." He scolded.
"That is what I have my hoodie for, Dad. I didn't know we had company." I replied.
"We have a lot to discuss so I had them come over early this morning. I have a mission coming up and am going to be out of town for a few days. I will have to try to find someone to stay here with you." He explained.
"I am old enough to stay by myself. You can have one of your guys check on me, but that is it. Understood?" I said strictly.
He smiled at me and said, "Alright. You are so much like your mother. I will see you after work tonight." He leaned over and gave me a big hug.
I walked out of the kitchen with an apple in my hand that I was tossing up in the air and catching. I wasn't paying attention and almost ran into one of my dad's team members. "Oh. I'm sorry. I should have been paying attention." I said biting my lip slightly.
"No, it is my fault. I was just coming to get the coffee pot for everyone." He said with a smile.
"I am Kim." I said holding my hand out to him.
He shook my hand lightly and said, "I am Justin. It is nice to meet you officially."
The way that he was staring at me made me blush lightly. "I better get going to practice." I said as I side stepped around him.
I rushed out the door and started almost skipping down the sidewalk. I was going to have a good day today and nothing was going to mess it up. I got a few blocks away from my house when I heard motorcycles coming up behind me. I twisted my head slightly to see Jack and some of his guys coming down the road.
I just kept walking focusing on my destination and nothing else. The bikes pulled up beside me. "Well, Kim, you look different. What are you up to?" Jack asked driving slowly beside me.
"I am going to cheer practice. I have to hurry up and get there so that I am not late. I would hate to give Claire and Donna another reason to hate me." I said with a smirk.
"I can give you a ride. You will get there a lot quicker." He said. This was almost too much like my dream, but I do love riding on motorcycles.
I stopped and looked at him. "Really? You will give me a ride." I said.
He looked a bit shocked, but nodded his head. "Absolutely, jump on." He said.
The other guys were all smiling. I walked up to the bike and swung one leg over to sit behind Jack. Luckily, I had pants on today unlike in my dream. "Hold on." He said as he revved up his bike and took off.
JACK'S POV
She wrapped her arms around me and held on tightly as I made my way to the school. When we got there, I pulled up to the sidewalk to let her off. She climbed off carefully and said, "Thank you very much, Jack. I will see you later." She walked off toward the football field with the best sway I have seen in a long time.
"How is it that you always get the girls?" Brody said with a smirk.
"Please. I told you that you didn't stand a chance if I was interested." I replied.
"So you are interested then?" Jerry asked.
"Yeah. I think I am. This is going to be a fun challenge and who knows maybe more." I said. "Let's go watch some practice."
"Sounds good to me." Brody replied.
We parked our bikes and headed off toward the field. We sat up in the bleachers waiting for the other guys to show up so that we could take care of the jocks. I looked over toward the cheerleaders and could hear Claire and Donna bossing them all around. The cool thing was that they were not all just cowering down to them anymore, especially Julie. Kim had changed a lot of things around here already.
"Nice outfit, Kim. You must not be working too hard to impress anyone." Claire said snidely.
Julie started to say something, but Kim put up her hand to stop her. "Please. I don't need to wear anything to impress anyone. I am here for me and I wear what I want to. I did think that this would make it easier to do my flips though." She said with a smirk.
I smiled listening to her.
"Well, I hope you don't fall down and get grass stains all over your white clothes." Donna replied.
"I don't fall, but thanks for your concern. Now what are we starting with?" Kim asked.
They did several cheers and a bunch of the girls were getting tired and hot. They all started tying their shirt tails up so that you could see just a hint of their bellies and this was always the part of practice that all of the guys liked the most. What happened next was what I never expected.
"Poor, Kim. You must be so hot in that sweatshirt." Claire said. "Too bad you are too embarrassed of you figure to take it off."
Kim laughed and said, "Actually, I just didn't want to embarrass you when I did, but since you don't care." Kim unzipped her hoodie and slipped it off. She had on a yellow and white halter top. Her entire stomach was exposed because her sweatpants were below her belly button. She looked amazing. She was not just skinny, she was built. Her abs were perfect and her figure was blowing my mind. I knew she was good looking, but not like this. HOT!
I looked up to see that I was not the only one staring at her. Pretty much the entire football team and any guy in the vicinity had stopped what he was doing to look at her. This is going to be harder than I thought, keeping all of these idiots away from her, if she was going to be walking around like that.
"Hello." Brody said. "She is so hot." He was checking her out. "Forget it, Jack. I don't care if you want to fight me now, but I really want to spend some time with her."
I punched him in the gut and he laughed. "I don't think so." I told him.
I looked toward the other side of the bleachers and saw all of the rest of the guys frozen in their tracks with their eyes glued on Kim. Kim did a string of flips down the side of the football field and back. "See, I didn't fall and…" She slowly twisted in place. "I am not embarrassed about any of this."
She walked over to Julie who was smiling with delight at her sister and Donna being put in their place. "That was perfect. I want to learn some more flips, too. Can you help me?" Julie asked her.
"Absolutely." Kim said.
"Go get those, guys and we will decide exactly what we are doing with these jocks." I said to Brody.
He walked over and got them to come back up with him. They were all having trouble focusing on walking with their eyes never leaving Kim. I yelled. "Get up here." And they all finally snapped out of it and walked up to where we were sitting.
The coach started yelling at all of the football idiots who were standing there watching the cheerleaders instead of paying attention to him. Well, watching Kim. I looked over the jocks quickly and saw Liam being slapped on the back by some of his buddies. They were congratulating him on getting a date with Kim. That jerk has no idea what is coming for him and he definitely doesn't deserve Kim in any way. I looked back at Kim who waved out onto the field and watched Liam wave back to her. I hate that guy and I will make him pay.
KIM'S POV
I felt a little bad for getting the guys in trouble so I waved out to them as they started getting back to practice. As Liam waved back to me, I looked up at Jack and saw the anger in his face. I have to make sure to find a way to try not to cause anymore problems between all of them. I was just not sure how to do it yet.