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It's been FOREVER since I updated. Super sorry for those who really liked this story when I stopped. I hope to start uploading every two weeks at most until this story is finished.

Really sorry.

Not a lot to say. I apologize in advance for any spelling mistakes. This is a continuation from last chapter, the second part to Kims birthday. Hope you enjoy, and remember to review :)

Lightweight: Demi Lavoto

I shifted to the sound of my phone buzzing from the middle of the dojo. I didn't want to get up, but I knew I had to. It was probably my mom calling to yell at me for missing my own party - one she put so much effort into. I was comfortable though.

After a while Jack had sat down, pulling me down with him and onto his lap. He had his arms wrapped around me, cradling me in his hold, as my head rested on his chest, his chin on top of my head.

"Jack," I began, causing him to stir slightly. "my phone is ringing."

"Yes Kim, I have ears you know."

I smacked him slightly before shushing him. I rolled off of his lap, earning me a laugh from Jack, before helping myself up and walking into the middle of the Dojo to retrieve my phone. I picked it up, bringing it to my ear before pressing talk.

"Hello?" I said into the phone.

No more than a second later a voice started screaming at me from the other end. "Kimberly Crawford do you know what time it is! It's past your curfew, not to mention you're missing your own party! I put so much work-" My mom started really fast. I pulled the phone away from me because of the volume so I missed the rest of her rant.

"I know mom, I'm sorry." I attempted to interrupt. There was not stopping her though, this is where I get my stubbornness from.

"Darn right you're sorry!" She said before she started ranting again.

"I'm on my way home. Love you, bye!" I yelled into the phone before pressing end.

I made my way back over to Jack who had stood up and began leaning against the green post during my phone call. "I got to go." I told him sheeply.

"No, really?" He teased with a smirk.

I shot him daggers as he laughed at me while putting his arm around my shoulder. "Sorry you missed you're birthday." He said, beginning to lead us outside.

"There's always one next year." I joked, trying to lighten the mood. That at least got a smile out of him.

"Well yeah," he sighed. "but because of me you spent your birthday in the dojo! I ruined your birthday"

"It wasn't a total waist."

He stopped walking and turned to face me. "How on earth was that not a waist!" He exclaimed.

"Well," I began, trying to figure out how to word my thoughts. "well it's because," I continued, but paused again. "Because I was with you." I admitted. The words slipped off the tip of my toung before I had a chance to stop them. I was about to apologize or claim that's not what I meant, when I saw a smile form on his face. He slung his arm back around my shoulder and we resumed walking.

I didn't really know where we were headed until I saw the dumpster. We had ended up back in the ally where Jack and I had set up Milton and Julie on their first date. Also the ally where Jack threw Frank into a dumpster, good times.

"What are we doing here Jack?" I asked, slight amusement in my voice.

I watched as Jack grew and evil grin before letting go of me and sauntering over into the corner. "That's why." He said simply while pointing to the corner. I was about to question his logic before I walked a bit closer.

That's when I saw it.

It was a large, shiny, red metal death machine that if Jack thought I was getting on, he was crazy.

"No." I said suddenly. Jacks head snapped in my direction before rolling his eyes at me.

"Come on Ki-" He began to say, but I cut him off with another no. "Kim." He tried again while taking a step closer, but all that did was cause me to take a step away from him.

"No, no, no, no, no, no, no." I chanted while walking away. There was no way I was getting on that thing. I rather walk home in the cold, dark night alone than get on that.

I heard Jack sigh and walk over to me. That's when two arms wrapped themselves around my waist and tried pulling me towards the corner. I let out a shriek while trying to stumble away. I quickly latched on to the first thing I managed to grab - which in this case was the side of the dumpster. My legs were then lifted off the ground as Jack tried to pry me off the dumpster.

"Kim, you're being childish!" He scolded.

"Am not!" I whined.

"You're not gonna die!"

"There is no way I'm getting on it so I guess we'll never know!" I screamed back at him. I let out a shriek as Jack applied pressure to my sides causing me to let go of the dumpster. I continuously yelled 'no' as he made his way to the corner with me constantly pounding at his arms.

"Would you calm down! It's just a motorcycle!" He protested.

"Exactly!"

"Do you really think I'd let you on it if I thought you'd get hurt?" He asked me. Well he sucks, I knew the answer to that and it wasn't the answer I wanted at the moment.

"No." I pouted.

"See!"

I sighed before struggling enough to make him drop me. "When did you get a motorcycle anyways?!" I exclaimed while spinning around to face him.

"'Bout a month ago." Jack answered nonchalantly.

I smacked him once more on the shoulder. "And you didn't tell me?"

"I knew you'd freak out!"

"I'm not freaking-" I began before I realized I was yelling. I coughed, calming my voice before re-starting. "I'm not freaking out."

He looked at me with his 'are you kidding me' look, causing me to sigh again. "Mmmhmm"

I rolled my eyes at him. He let out a chuckle before reaching over to the motorcycle and pulling out a helmet, handing it to me. "Safety first." He teased.

"Not if I'm not getting on it." I commented, pushing the helmet away from me.

"I got to get you home somehow Kim." Jack said.

"No." I said sternly. I wasn't getting on it, I don't care what card he wanted to pull I was going to hold my ground.

He placed a hand on my shoulder moving so he could look me right in the eyes. When I refused to make eye contact with him, Jack transferred his hand to cup my chin gently making me look at him. "I'd never let anything hurt you Kim." He said honestly, and I knew it was honestly because of the tone of his voice and the emotions dancing across his eyes. There was no way he was lying to me. "Do you trust me?" He then asked.

"Unfortunately" I grumbled before snatching the helmet out of his grip. I secured it on my head and sighed. "Happy now?"

"Yes, Yes I am." Jack responded with a smile before grabbing a helmet of his own, putting it on his head. He went to grab the motorcycle and kick out the kick stand before he stopped and turned around. "One more thing." He began before walking towards me. For a split second I thought he was going to kiss me again, but that'd be a really dumb idea considering we had helmets on. The thoughts quickly faded when he took off his zip up black sweater, placing it around my bare shoulders leaving him in a tee shirt. "Here, the winds get cold." He finished before zipping it up while smiling down at me.

"What about you?" I asked.

"I'll be fine." He said simply. "Besides, you're more important." He added in a quiet voice. I almost missed it completely due to his volume. I'm guessing I wasn't supposed to hear that so I decided against saying anything.

He went back over to the motorcycle, turning it on before helping himself on it. "Come on."

"Oh." I whined. I really didn't want to, I had a slight fear of motorcycles for some unknown reason that even Jack couldn't make go away. I crossed my arms, embracing myself in the warmth of Jack's hoodie. It smelt like him - I don't think he was going to get this sweater back tonight.

"Kim." Jack said in a warning tone.

I groaned before accepting his warning and hopping behind him on the motorcycle. Instantly my hands went around his waist and held on for dear life before we even started moving. "Hold on tight." He teased, before he started moving, out of the ally and towards my house.

The ride wasn't near as bad once I released my death grip from Jack and stopped silently crying to myself. It wasn't as scary as I thought it would be either, somewhat enjoyable. It helped that I had Jack in front of me, telling me he had me, that I was safe and other things to calm me down.

Half way through the ride I wasn't even scared anymore. He thought I was because the grip around his waist stayed somewhat tight. That wasn't necessarily because I was scared though.

We soon made it to my house. The lights were all on, which illuminated the dark sky. It was about nine O'clock, the party wasn't over yet but I was defiantly fashionably late.

Jack removed our helmets and parked the motorcycle on my driveway before walking to my door with me. He asked for his sweater back, but I said no.

I opened the door no problem and walked in. The decorations were torn and pieces lied all over the room and the balloons were scattered on the floor. "Hello?" I called to the empty room. I was about to pull out my phone to call my mom when everyone appeared.

"SURPRISE!" They yelled. Catching me off guard I stumbled back, bumping into Jack in the process. He wrapped his arms around me as I smiled at the sight of my friends. Before me stood Jerry, Eddie, Milton, Grace, Rudy and my mom and dad.

"Thought more people would of been invited." I said with a sarcastic ring to my voice, directed at my mom.

She laughed slightly before making her way out from behind the couch. "There was, who do you think made the mess?" She retorted. "They all left after the birthday girl didn't show up."

"Hey! I was fashionably late!" I defended, raising my hands in surrender. Everyone let out a laugh. "So what are you guys still doing here if everyone else went home?" I asked them.

"Well, we knew you were with Jack." Eddie said.

"And we knew you were going to come home eventually." Rudy added.

"So we decided to stay, a party's a party!." Jerry finished. I rolled my eyes at him

"AND, it was our best friends birthday, we had to celebrate somehow." Milton chimed in.

"Awhh, Guys!" I said happily before I pulled out Jacks grip and pulled them into a group hug - one that Jack ended up joining. We stayed this way for a little while. There was no where else I'd rather be other than with them. These boys were my family, no matter what happened.

We let go of each other at the sound of Graces voice. "Now that the birthday girl is here," she began, "we can get this party started!" She exclaimed happily before beginning to blast the music.

We all laughed before we started to dance stupidly to the music. We continued that for at least an hour before my mom brought out cake. I blew out my candles making a wish. We all had a slice, and then I opened my presents.

We danced a bit more, but mostly just enjoyed each others company. Everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves - including Jack. I almost felt like I was obsessing over him right now, but considering his loss, I felt like it was my job to make sure he was happy.

I had overheard him talking to Rudy. Rudy was in the same boat I was, he cared about Jack just as much as I did and he was just checking is he was alright. The thing that made me all bubbly inside was when Jack responded "I am now, thanks to Kim." This boy had no idea the effect he had on me.

It was about 11 o'clock now, Eddie, Jerry, Rudy and Grace had all headed home. Jack and Milton had offered to stay and help clean. That would be why my mother liked those two the best. Without anyone knowing, I slipped out and onto the porch in the backyard for some fresh air, reflecting on my very eventful day. Nothing this morning could of prepared me for the day I had. It was a strange birthday, but I couldn't of asked for anything better.

The music still played in the background, my mother insisted keeping it on because she doesn't like cleaning in silence. One of my favorite songs began playing throw the speakers. I hummed along to the beat, whispering the lyrics to myself.

Oh I'm a lightweight,
better be careful what you say.
with every word I'm blown away,
you're in control of my heart

"You have a pretty voice you know that?" Someone said suddenly. I spun around to come face to face with Jack. He was smiling like an idiot as a blush formed on my face.

"Wheres Milton?" I asked.

"Giving your mom tips on how to sweep properly." He chuckled.

"There's a proper way to sweep?" I asked.

"That's what I said. Apparently I'm now an embarrassment and was banished from your kitchen." I laughed at his comment, that sounded like Milton.

I turned back around resting my hands on the railing overlooking my backyard. Jack walked up beside me and placed his hands on the railing beside my own. We stood in silence for a few moments before Jack broke it. "You mean a lot to me Kim." He said, causing me to look at him. "You're not allowed to leave."

I let out a slight laugh, "Wasn't planning on it."

"I know but," He started, but took a pause running his hand through his brown hair. "When you lose someone it puts everything in perspective and well, I never want to lose you Kim." He finished, turning to face me.

Without hesitation I embraced him into a hug, which he responded to right away. "I'm not going anywhere Jack."

He smiled down at me before commenting we should go help clean and leading me into the house.

I went to sleep that nigh,t my mind buzzing with thoughts about today. Jack had no idea how much the words he said meant to me. How the littlest thing he could say would make me fall for him in a second. He has not the slightest clue about how crazy I am for him. I'm a lightweight, just like the song. Lets just hope he felt the same way.

And lets hope that a wish wasn't wasted when I wished on him.

TADA!

I hope this chapter was good enough as I attempt to get back into this story. I'm excited for the next chapter, it's a christmas themed one with an idea I haven't seen done before, so I hope you'll like it.

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