Will their evening be ruined? How will the night end? What will happen with Kim's dad and Jack?
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Chapter 18: Surprise All Around
KIM'S POV
I looked over my shoulder and smiled shaking my head. "Hi, Dad." I said.
He almost looked like he felt bad for checking on me so I thought I would give him a break. "Are you going to come in and eat something?" I asked still smiling at him.
"No, that's alright. It looks pretty busy tonight. I just wanted to make sure that you made it to work alright." He said still looking a little worried.
"Really it is okay if you and your guys want to come in and eat. I have a booth right over there." I added pointing toward an empty booth, which was right by Jack's booth.
His eyes lit up slightly and he said, "Actually, my guys haven't eaten yet and they are probably getting pretty hungry so I guess we could come in for a little while." He smiled at me and disappeared back through the kitchen.
I laughed to myself and took another drink of my milkshake before I grabbed several menus and headed out to meet my dad and his men who were coming in the front door this time. I watched closely as he passed Jack's table and he couldn't help but glare at him. I shook my head in disapproval making sure that he saw me, but he tried to pretend like he hadn't. Sometimes my dad can act like such a kid. I handed out their menus as they all sat down smiling at them all. Then I gave my dad his and glared at him like he had Jack and he finally caved.
"Alright, I'm sorry." He said. "I will try harder."
I smiled and nodded my head in satisfaction which caused the chain around my neck to swing back and forth slightly. My dad noticed it and his eyes were as big as saucers. "What is that, Kimberly?" He asked sternly.
My dad is a bit of a traditionalist and insisted on proper protocol being followed with everything, but especially when it came to me and dating. I didn't want to make a big deal out of this with him, but I had to answer his question.
"Dad, it is Jack's class ring. He gave it to me tonight and the chain that it is on. Isn't that nice?" I said smiling sweetly.
"Kimberly, what does it mean?" He asked more seriously while he was turning slightly red waiting for my answer.
"He asked me to go steady with him. I said yes, but I knew that he needed to speak to you and he was going to do that tomorrow. We weren't expecting to see you tonight." I said looking at him with a sweet face.
He shook his head and crossed his arms. "He is supposed to talk to me before he asks you something like that. This is unacceptable, Kimberly, and you know it." He said sternly and that was about all I could take.
"Dad, you know that I hate being called Kimberly and you have exceeded your allotted number of times to do it even if you are upset. Secondly, you said that you would give Jack a chance and that is not what this is. You know that he was raised differently than me so you need to cut him some slack. I am trying here so I need you to. I really like him and I want you to like him, too. I invited you in here tonight even though I knew you just wanted to spy on me because I love you and I was going to let it slide. However, if you keep attacking everything that has made this evening special for me then I will have no problem asking you to leave." I said as I turned to walk away. I looked back and added. "I will send another waitress over to take your order."
DANNY'S POV
I watched as my little spitfire of a daughter walked away quickly with her ponytail swooshing behind her. I swear she should have been born with red hair to fit her temper at times. As I watched her, I was taken back in time for a minute to another blonde that used to stand up to me in the same way.
I sat there on the bleachers watching as the cheerleaders practiced their routines and the idiot jocks threw around the football. My guys joined me and handed me a smoke. We all were enjoying watching as they continually failed to catch the passes thrown by the quarterback. We were all laughing and carrying on so much that we didn't notice the little blonde cheerleader that was heading our way.
As she stood directly in front of me, she had a look on her face of pure disappointment. I looked at her in disbelief.
"You really shouldn't laugh at them because I doubt that any of you could do any better." She said with a straight face.
No one talks to me like this. Doesn't this little chic realize who I am? I rule this school and no one stands up to me. I stood up and towered over her, but she never moved. She didn't even flinch. She just stood her ground and waited for me to speak.
"Listen, I don't know who you think you are, but you need to go back to cheer practice and I will forget that this ever happened." I said staring down at her.
"Please. You don't scare me. I am just stating the facts that until you have tried to do what they are doing, you have no right to laugh. If you are just going to be mean, you should find somewhere else to go because you are not wanted here." She said so matter of factly that I had to be impressed.
"You can't ask me to leave. Go on and practice we were enjoying watching." I said with a smirk.
She took a step closer to me and I felt the heat from her body overwhelming my senses. "I have no problem asking you to leave." She said as she turned quickly and I watched her ponytail swoosh as she walked away.
I was snapped out of my memory as Julie came over to take our order. I quickly ordered my food, but couldn't stop thinking how much Kim was like her mother, even down to not being called by her full name. Her mom's name was Sandra Dee, but she insisted that everyone call her Sandy. She would get so mad when people would call her something other than that. Kim has the same temper about that issue. She makes me crazy, but I love her so much and I have to keep her safe. I won't fail her like I did…Oh, Sandy, I wish you were here. This would be so much easier with you here.
JACK'S POV
I felt someone's eyes on me and looked up to see Kim's dad glaring in my direction. I had seen him come in and witnessed the argument between Kim and him which I knew had something to do with me. I tried to give him a slight smile to maybe lighten him up a bit, but it didn't work. His glare deepened and I started to feel a little angry myself. What had I done to make him so angry?
As I felt my anger starting to boil and stood up to go over to talk to him, I had two arms wrap perfectly around my shoulders. I knew that it was Kim by the warmth that instantly spread through me. I turned around to face her and put my hands on her waist with a smile.
"Hey, gorgeous." I said with a smirk.
"Where were you going?" She asked.
I looked into her eyes and knew that she had caught me. I smiled at her and ran one of my hands through my hair. She smiled and said, "Jack, I handled my dad. Please don't worry about it."
"Fine, but what did I do to earn a glare from him now?" I asked.
"He was glaring at you?" She said shocked and then peaked around me to glare at him. Then she started to pull away and go to talk to him again.
I tightened my hands on her waist holding her in place. "Remind me not to get on your bad side." I said with a laugh. "Take a deep breath
She looked up at me and smiled. "He said that he would give you a chance. I'm sorry that he is so ridiculous." She said.
"Kim, I don't really care too much that he is glaring, but I could see that it upset you so what happened?" I asked.
She looked down for a minute and then back up at me. "It is silly really. He is just upset that you didn't ask him before approaching me about going steady. He is so overprotective and old fashioned about these things. He will get over it." Kim said trying to shake it off as nothing, but I could tell that there was still something about it that bothered her.
I put my hand under her chin and looked deeply into her eyes. "It actually does bother you, too. Doesn't it?" I asked.
"No. I just…Huh..." She said and then she put her hand on my cheek. "I really don't care. It's just that he is all I have and I want you two to find a way to get along. Sorry, but it's the truth."
She is so cute all the time. I don't know how I am going to be able to handle this long term, but I am going to enjoy making it last. She is just absolutely impossible to say no to when she looks at me like this. It almost makes me feel for her dad.
I smile at her as I lean forward and kiss her lightly on the lips. "I will talk to him for you." I said.
Her smile grew and the shine that was in her eyes blew me away. She jumped up on her tiptoes and kissed me before she ran off up to the stage. Brody came up beside me and rested his hand on my shoulder.
"Man, you know that she is going to be your undoing, right?" He said.
I looked over at him with a glare and he smiled. "Please. I can have it all. The perfect girl and still handle anything else that comes our way." I said.
He shook his head at me. "Jack, I didn't mean anything bad about it. I have never seen you this happy. I like Kim enough that I was pretty upset when you fell for her, but she belongs with you and I know that. Just be careful because we still have issues to deal with around here and we need a strong leader to be able to do that." He said and then we both looked up as Kim started to sing.
KIM'S POV
"Let's sing something fun. I want to dance." I said to the guys and they all smiled at me as they started to play. I motioned for the girls to join me as soon as I heard them playing the twist. We were going to have a lot of fun dancing to this one.
(Kim)
Well, shake it up, baby, now, (All - shake it up, baby)
A twist and shout. (All - twist and shout)
A c'mon baby, now, (All - come on baby)
Come on and work it on out now (All - work it on out)
The girls and I were twisting and Liam came up by us to twist with us as he started singing. We were having a blast and the crowd was, too.
(Liam)
Well, work it on out, honey. (All - work it on out)
Yeah you know you look so good. (All - you look so fine)
Yeah you know you got me goin' (All - now you got me goin')
Just like I knew you would. (All- just like I knew you would)
I moved over by Louis while he continued to play the keyboard and started to sing. I was twisting and singing right beside him and he was twisting his hips while he sand.
(Louis)
Well, shake it up, baby, now, (All - shake it up, baby)
A twist and shout. (All - twist and shout)
A c'mon, baby, now, (All - come on baby)
Come on and work it on out now. (All - work it on out)
(Kim)
Well twist-a little boy, (All girls - twist-a, little boy)
You know you twist so fine. (All - you twist so fine)
Come on and twist a little closer (All - come and twist a little closer)
Come on and show me that youre mine. (All - show me you're mine)
I made my way back over to the girls and Liam and continued singing. We were dancing and having so much fun that I was forgetting about my dad and his issues right now. I put my back up to Claire's and we were both twisting together. All of us girls bent forward slightly and shimmied and shook our shoulders while we sang the 'ahs.' We got a few 'hoots' and 'hollers' while we did it, but it was all in good fun. I did notice both my dad and Jack staring around looking to see who had been shouting.
(All)
Ah, ah, ah, ah, ahhhhhh
Niall ran in between us and jumped off the stage while he sang. He put his hand out to me and I jumped down and started dancing around the dance floor with him. He spun me around several times and then just held my hand while we both twisted to the music.
(Niall)
Well, shake it up, baby, now, (All - shake it up, baby)
A twist and shout. (All - come on an twist and shout)
C'mon, baby, now, (All- come on baby)
Come on and work it on out now (All - come on an work it on out)
(Kim)
Well twist -ar little boy, (All guys - twist-a little girl)
You know you twist so fine. (All - know you twist so fine)
Come on and twist a little closer, (All - come on and twist a little closer)
Come on and let me show mw that you're mine. (All - show me your mine)
We made our way back up on stage and I faced Niall as I leaned forward and he leaned back to do our shimmy and shake back and forth during the 'ahs.' We were both having so much fun that I saw Claire and Julie start to do it, too.
(All)
Ah, ah, ah, ah, ahhhhhh, ahhhhhhh
(Harry)
Well, shake it up baby now (All - shake it up baby),
Well, shake it up baby now (All - gonna twist and shout),
Well, shake it shake it baby now (All - shake it up baby),
A work it on -out now (All - work it on out)
Harry joined all of us with his guitar in hand and leaned his back up against mine while he sang. He did a great job and has really come a long way since he joined us here. Liam and I finished the song up while the entire place was jumping.
(Kim and Liam)
Shake it shake it baby (All - shake it up baby)
Shake it shake it baby (All - twist and shout)
Shake it shake it woah (All - shake it up baby)
ohhh ohh ohh ohhh (All - twist and shout)
ohhh ohh ohh ohhh
We had all had so much fun with that song that I told the guys to keep it going and they started playing the next song and I took off singing again.
DANNY'S POV
I couldn't help but notice that Jack and I both took notice when there were some inappropriate hoots from some of the guys in the crowd while my Kimmy was dancing with her friends in the last song. I guess it is at least impressive that he is protective of her in that way. I will have to keep a closer eye on him and see if this is all real or not.
I watched Kim dance around on the stage with her friends. She really is happy here to be able to joining in on things like a regular kid her age and I love that for her, but I have to keep her safe.
Mama said there'll be days like this,
There'll be days like this Mama said
(Girls - Mama said, mama said)
Mama said there'll be days like this,
There'll be days like this my Mama said
(Girls - Mama said, mama said)
I went walking the other day,
Everything was going fine,
I met a little boy named Billy Joe
And then I almost lost my mind
She was so good at this. I love watching her like this. She has the most beautiful voice and I am not bias at all. I am glad that she has made some good girl friends here, too. She has needed that for a long time.
Mama said there'll be days like this,
There'll be days like this Mama said
(Girls - Mama said, mama said)
Mama said there'll be days like this,
There'll be days like this my Mama said
My eyes are wide open
But all that I can see is,
chapel bells are callin for everyone but-a me
but I don't worry cause
Mama said there'll be days like this,
There'll be days like this Mama said
(Girls - Mama said, mama said)
They were all so wrapped up in the song and dancing that they didn't notice the boys from the other school making their way toward the stage pointing at them and talking. I stood up and went over to the bar to get a refill and so that I could hear them better.
They were talking about my Kimmy and her cheerleader friends. It seemed innocent enough because they were actually just wanting to dance with them. I went back to sit down and that is when I saw that Jack was paying close attention to them, too.
I looked him in the eyes and said, "They are just wanting to try to dance with the girls. It is nothing to get upset about."
He stared at me surprised and then nodded his head. He looked back at Kim and then headed over to me which surprised me some. He looked me in the eyes as he started talking. "Mr. Crawford, I wanted to talk to you about me asking Kim to go steady with me. I really didn't mean to upset you, but she is really important to me and I know it means a lot to her for us to get along. I would like to go steady with her and I haven't ever really done that before so I didn't know that I needed to talk to you first. I hope that you can look past that because I really do like your daughter and don't plan on losing her." He said seriously.
If he had just stopped, but he had to add in his little bit of a tough guy statement because he is not losing her. I shook it off and saw Kim smiling in our direction. "I can overlook it this time, but you need to ask me about things from now on." I said sternly.
"Great." He said as he started to go back to his friends, which is when two of the boys from the other school jumped up on the stage to dance with the girls.
Kim being Kim danced with the one some and so did her friend Julie. I could see the anger boiling up in Jack and grabbed his shoulder lightly. He looked back at me and I knew that boy up there was in trouble.
"Brave guy to do that if he knew that Kim was with you." I said with a light laugh.
He looked at me and couldn't help, but laugh too. "He does know and you are right that he must be brave or really stupid." Jack said.
"You know that she will kill you if you cause a scene. It is better to just let her deal with it. Trust me when I say that she can handle it." I explained.
"I know. You are right, but it goes against everything in me to let her handle this stuff." He replied.
"I know, but trust me that you need to figure it out. She is so much like her mother and you don't want to get on her bad side." I added with another small laugh.
Jack actually smiled at my comment and nodded his head as he walked back to his friends and I sat down.
Mama said there'll be days like this,
There'll be days like this my Mama said
And then she said someone will look at me
like I'm looking at you one day,
then I might find
I don't want it any old way,
so I don't worry cause
Mama said there'll be days like this,
There'll be days like this Mama said
(Girls - Mama said, mama said)
Mama said there'll be days like this,
There'll be days like this my Mama said
Mama said, mama said
Hey! Don't you worry,
Mama said mama said
Hey! Don't you worry now.
Mama said mama said,
Hey! Hey!
I watched as my daughter expertly finished singing the song while dancing some with the guy and even getting him to leave the stage. His friend joined him and they looked pleased with themselves until the one noticed Jack glaring at them. I had to laugh again because this brought back so much to me that I hadn't thought about in years.
I watched as Liam gave his guitar over to Harry and got ready to sing a song. The music started playing.
When I see my baby
What do I see
Poetry
Poetry in motion
The other girls jumped off the stage and he grabbed Kim's hand and spun her back to him. She looked a little shocked and then I saw Jack's face. This was definitely not going over as easily as the other guys.
This was personal and when I saw two of Jack's guys stand up at his side, I knew this was going to get ugly. I looked up and saw the look in Kim's eyes that she was trying to get Jack to calm down, but then she looked at me for what I could only interpret as help.
JACK'S POV
That was the last straw for me. This jock has continually stepped over every boundary that he has had in front of him. I knew that Kim was begging me not to do anything, but I couldn't let this slide anymore. I felt a hand on my shoulder and turned to see her dad. Shit!
Poetry in motion
Walkin' by my side
Her lovely locomotion
Keeps my eyes open wide
Poetry in motion
See her gentle sway
A wave out on the ocean
Could never move that way
I stood there with his hand on my shoulder and stared at him. He looked at me and then we both looked up at Kim dancing with Liam even though she was not happy with him.
"He is already screwed. You know that, right?" He said to me.
I looked at him and knew I had a disgusted look on my face. "You're right. He is pretty much dead." I replied.
"I don't mean with you. I mean with her. Look at her. She is doing what she has to to keep up appearances, but she is ticked." He explained and I looked back up at her and could see what he was talking about.
I love every movement
And there's nothing I would change
She doesn't need improvement
She's much too nice to rearrange
Poetry in motion
Dancing close to me
A flower of devotion
A swaying gracefully
I watched as Liam kept his hands firmly on her waist and was feeling more anger grow up in me. I hate this jock and eventually he is going to pay for all of this. Kim wasn't her normal bubbly self while they were dancing…she was mad…really mad.
Her dad leaned over closer to me and said, "I didn't realize how pushy he was. He will never work for my girl."
Hearing him say this actually did make me smile. I looked over at him and added. "He really is a douche."
He looked at me and I wasn't sure what to expect.
Whoa
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
Whooooooooa
Poetry in motion
See her gentle sway
A wave out on the ocean
Could never move that way
When he finally said something, he laughed first. "I would have said the same thing back in my day. You have my permission to go steady with Kim. There is one thing though. You really need to find a way to deal with the jock without killing him because she is mad at him now and you don't want her mad at you." He said seriously.
I love every movement
There's nothing I would change
She doesn't need improvement
She's much too nice to rearrange
Poetry in motion
All that I adore
No number-nine love potion
Could make me love her more
I nodded at him and then made my way toward the stage to quietly get Kim off of it. I felt like I had her dad's approval and knew how happy she would be about that. I just wasn't exactly sure how I had done it, but was just glad that it happened.
Whoa
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
As Liam finished singing, I glared at him and reached up and grabbed Kim by the waist to pull her down off the stage. She smiled at me and wrapped her arms around my neck. I had one of my guys play a song on the jukebox since I knew they would be taking a break and danced with Kim in my arms as I sang quietly in her ear with the song 'Put your Head on my Shoulder.'
She smiled at me and laid her head on my shoulder as we danced slowly and closely together on the dance floor. I know this is going to sound crazy, but I think I am in love with this girl. This is a first!