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Chapter Five

Jess's POV

I woke up to Mo shaking me. I groaned and asked tiredly, "What is it, Morgan?"

"Jack told me to wake you up for dinner," she replied.

"Ok, then you tell him that I'll be there in a minute," I told her and she skipped out of the room.

I got up, put my hair in a messy bun, and grabbed a sweatshirt before walking out of the room. I put on the sweatshirt as I went into the kitchen. I looked at the table and saw my favorite food, Chinese take-out.

"I see that your ability to cook hasn't developed since I've been gone," I said teasingly.

"Well I seem to remember you burning everything you tried to cook when we were teenagers," he said back.

"Yeah well since then I've learned to cook pretty well," I sat the table.

"I'm sure," he mumbled sarcastically.

I rolled my eyes and sat across from. We talked as we ate and after a while Morgan went to watch TV.

"Jack... have you spoken to my uncle lately?" I asked hesitantly.

He seemed uncomfortable. "Yes..." he replied slowly.

"Has he said anything about me?"

He stood up, picking up his plate as well as mine and walked to the sink. "Well, he has," he told me as he set the plates in the sink.

"What did he say?" I asked.

He didn't reply. "Jack, what did he say?" I asked again.

"Does it matter?" He kept his back to me.

"Jack," I said angrily, "Tell me."

"Well, he said that if he ever saw or heard from you again it would be too soon," he explained.

"What else did he say?"

"...He hates you for leaving," Jack mumbled, "because you were the only family he had..."

I looked at my lap. "Oh," I muttered.

He sat back at the table and after a few moments of silence I said quietly, "I heard you and Kim fighting..."

Jack sighed, "Oh... I'm sorry about that, Jess..."

"Don't be..." I told him, "I'd be jealous too, but... when I came here, I didn't think about you having a girlfriend, much less a fiancée. It was bad planning on my part, I just didn't know where else to go... I'm sorry."

"Sorry for needing help?" he shook his head, "Kim will get over it, she knows we're just friends."

"I don't want to impose," I stood up, "I... I'm a lot of trouble. Kai is the only one that can control me and he's..."

"Jessica," he stood up and put his hand on my shoulder, I tensed, "Where is Kai?"

"He... he's missing," I whispered, "No one knows where he is or... or if he's even alive." I wiped away the tears forming in my eyes.

"Why do you care about him so much?" he asked me.

"Same reason you're marrying Kim," I replied quietly, "I love him with all my heart."

"But does he deserve your love?" he asked.

"Of course he does," I said, anger laced my voice, "I... I'll look for another place to stay tomorrow." I turned and walked out of the kitchen.

Later that night, I woke up in the guestroom at about midnight with Morgan standing in the doorway. She had fallen asleep on the couch in the living room while watching tv and usually when she was fell asleep at night she wouldn't wake up until the next morning.

"Babe, what's wrong?" I asked her quietly.

"I had a bad dream," she replied a shaky voice.

I sat up and patted the spot next to me. She ran and jumped onto the bed. "It's ok, Mo, it was only a dream," I told her soothingly, "You wanna tell me about it?"

I put my arms around her and she laid close beside me. "I dreamed that Daddy never came back," she said and a tear slipped down her cheek.

My breath hitched and I tensed. "Nonsense," I rubbed her arm comfortingly, "Of course Daddy's gonna come back. Now try to go back to sleep, Mo."

I started to quietly sing a lullaby to her, the same song my mom sang to me when I was scared.

Morgan relaxed in my arms and was soon fast asleep. I didn't know what I would do without her; she was what made me keep going.

Jack's POV

I heard talking from Jess's room and groggily sat up. I walked out of the room and saw that Jess's door open. I walked quietly to the door and peeked inside. Jess was singing to Morgan. She looked at Mo and smiled when she saw that the little girl had fallen asleep. Jessica kissed her daughter's forehead and closed her eyes.

I smiled. She really did love Morgan and I had never seen her so happy. But Morgan was just like Jess, and that scared me, Jess had always been cunning and sly, I wondered what Morgan would do to get something she wanted...

I shook that thought and went back to bed.

Jess's POV

I woke up at 8 o'clock feeling a bit ill. I got out of bed and rushed to the bathroom just in time to be sick. I stood up and rinsed my mouth out at the sink.

There was knock on the bathroom door and I heard Jack ask, "Jess, are you ok?"

"Uh, yeah," I replied, "Just ate something last night that didn't agree with me."

I rubbed my back and opened the door. "You sure you're ok?" Jack asked me.

"Yes, I told you, it was something I ate," I told him defensively.

"You don't have to get defensive, I was just asking," he said with an eye roll as if to say 'women...'

I sighed and went to the kitchen while Jack went into the bathroom and I heard the shower turn on. I decided to make breakfast to thank Jack for letting me stay with him, even though over a course of just one day I had already caused a mild rift between him and Kim.

When Jack walked into the kitchen, he saw pancakes, toast, bacon, and fresh orange juice on the table. "Good morning, Jack," I greeted as I used a spatula to take a pancake off of the griddle and onto a plate.

"Um... morning," he said, slightly confused, "What's all this...?"

"I didn't feel like leftovers," I said jokingly, "Nah, I wanted to thank you for letting me stay here."

"It looks great," he sat at the table and I smiled.

"Thank you," I set the plate on the table and called Morgan into the kitchen.

As we ate our breakfast, Jack and I chatted a bit. After a while, the doorbell rang and Jack went to get it.

"Ok, where is she?" I heard from the living room and I stood up.

I walked to the living room and saw Kim, Jerry, and Milton. Jerry being the one that I heard talking. I grinned and said happily, "Guys! What are you doing here?"

"We heard you were back and had to come see you," Milton replied and I hugged both of them.

"Yeah, I am," I said in slight shock, "I've missed you guys!" I called for Morgan and she skipped out of the kitchen. I picked her up and said to the guys, "This is my daughter Morgan, Morgan, these are my old friends, Jerry and Milton."

Mo made a face at them.

"Whoa, it's a mini you!" Jerry said and I laughed, "She also looks like someone else I know..."

"That would be Kai," I told them.

"Wait, what?" Milton asked, "Kai's her dad? Are you two married or something?"

I avoided answering the question, let them know one thing at a time. I already told Kim and Jack that was Kai was missing and that he was Morgan's father, telling them we were married might be a little much.

"How've you guys been?" I asked them, "It's been so long!"

We talked for a while, laughing about when we were younger; like when I first met Jack and the others and beat Jack in a Bo staff fight in all of five minutes.

It was wonderful to be with them again, it just felt right. I was glad to be back home in Seaford with the people that made me feel safe. But there was still one person missing from that group: Kai...

The end of the chapter is always rough.

Erica- Dude, Kai is one of my favorite characters and I wish he were in more episodes! Anyway, I want to add Kai in soon, but it doesn't fit with the idea I already have. But, I will try to alter it a bit to get him in sooner and still end the way I want to.

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~Nydroj

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Surprise, surprise, I have a Kickin' It story posted there too... with Jess... -.- I write about her way too much. Anyway, the story is supposed to be a redone version of 'Jessica Wasabi' but Kai's one of the main characters in it. So yeah. That's all I got today, Peace!