Thankful for a Kick

Chapter 1

A Kickin' It Fanfiction

Kim Crawford, that's my name and I'm the only girl in the Bobby Wasabi dojo. The guy that I like also goes there, but he doesn't really see me as a girl more like I'm one of the guys. I love that he feels comfortable enough to be himself around me, but it still makes me a little sad to think about it.

The reason that I'm thinking about it in the first place is because homecoming has come and gone and I was hoping that he would ask me to go with him, but no. He asked Donna Tobin, the same Donna who on more than one occasion has out right insulted me in front of him, me his best friend. But I guess Jack Brewer is denser than a rock. I thought that things, my feelings namely, were obvious.

It was almost Thanksgiving and I was still waiting. I know that a lot a girls would've given up a while ago, but there are things that give me hope. Like the way that he calls me when I miss practice or school. I remember one time that he came over when I had a really bad cold, and he came over with a container of his mother's homemade chicken noodle soup. It was really sweet, then there are the things that he does that break me, for example he's currently dating Donna. The rest of the guys in the dojo know how I feel about Jack so they're really quick to change the subject when Jack brings up his girlfriend. Jerry, Eddie, Milton, and Rudy are still angry at Jack for hurting me, unknowingly, but hurting me none the less. Apparently the guys thought that Jack and I would make the prefect couple. The reason that I'm thinking about all this though is because of the fact that Jack just made an announcement that Donna was going to be joining to the holiday dinner at his parent's house and meeting the rest of his family. When I heard this I congratulated him with a huge fake smile on my face, that if he had been in his right mind he would've seen through, but before he could go any further I grabbed my things and left. I didn't want to hear about his little girlfriend. I know that that sounds petty, but can't help it I love him so much and everyone knows it, but him.

After I had left the mall I went to the park and sat down on a bench underneath a weeping willow. I sat there imitating the tree with my face in my hands, my hair hiding my visage from everyone that any one that looked in my direction. I sniffled and sobbed quietly thinking about how much I cared for my best friend, and how I should've known that he wouldn't be mine.

Suddenly I heard footsteps approaching me. I quickly then dashed my tears from my face and stood my head held high. I wasn't going to deal with anyone while I looked weak and vulnerable. The person that was coming toward me was that last one that I wanted to lay eyes on, Donna. "Hello, Kimmy, how are you?" she asked snidely with a smug smirk on her face.

"I'm doing wonderful," I replied with pep that I did not feel. Her smile didn't even slip because the evidence of my tears was still shown on my face. My eyes were red and my voice was rough. It must've made her happy. She had accomplished her goal, making me miserable.

"Lovely, now Kimmy, I have something to tell you so listen closely," she said her voice taking on a tone that I didn't like never mind her calling me Kimmy, which I hated.

"What do you want now?" I asked tiredly.

"I want you to stay away from Jack. I don't even want to hear your name again, ever got that!" I stared at her wide eyed for a moment then turned picked up my bag and started walking away without answering her. As I walked past her she grabbed my wrist tightly, I could've broken her hold easily, but I was too drained so I stared at her and waited. "I didn't finish, I also want you to leave the dojo. I don't even want to know that he spends time with you when he's with the guys." I glared at her then.

I tore my arm from her grip, a bruise clearly forming where she had grabbed me. I turned on her my eyes blazing with fury. "I will put up with you dating him, and not hanging out with him. One thing that I will not do, however, is leave the dojo. The very fact that you thought to tell me to is an insult of itself. You won Donna; you won whatever sick game you were playing with me. I'm going home now, and you stay away from me." I turned away from her then and through the glaze of tears I saw Jack standing there, but I had had enough, I ran.

Jack called to me and yelled for me to wait, but I didn't listen. I got home. When my mother saw me she didn't even ask me what was wrong, she just grabbed a tub of rocky road ice cream and the fixings for tea as I ran up to my room. As she set the tray down containing the ice cream and tea I was already writing in my diary. My mother left the room as soon as I had acknowledged her. I then finished writing and turned on the first of many romantic tragedies, then prepared to cry myself to sleep. I was half way through "The Notebook" when my bedroom door opened and Jack came in, taking a seat on the foot of my bed. I knew that I looked terrible, but Jack didn't comment on my appearance. He just sat next to me waiting until my movie was over before he spoke. "Kim, tell me the truth about something will you?"

I looked at him my hazel eyes puffy and red from crying, but I nodded. I was so drained at the moment that lying was nigh on impossible for me at the moment, not that I could lie to Jack to save my life anyway. "Was Donna using me to hurt you? She always got mad whenever I mentioned that I had plans with you and the guys, come to think about it," Jack said after a few moments.

"Jack, I don't know for sure what she was doing, but I do know that she's wanted to hurt me for a while. She always did take pleasure in my pain," I said in reply not meeting his eyes. I don't know what I would say if he and I locked gazes and I didn't want to ruin our friendship.

"Good to know that I made the right choice then," he whispered. My head jerked up to look at him in question as I pulled my long sleeved shirts sleeve over the bruise before he could notice it. "I dumped her; I can't believe that she could say those things to you and not expect me to find out. I was going to dump today any way though. She was way too controlling." I blinked in confusion as the words sunk in. 'He dumped Donna.' I almost couldn't believe it that is until he took a bite of my ice cream, he smirked at me as he did so knowing that I didn't like to share my sweets. When he noticed that I wasn't trying to throttle him for touching my desert, he put his hand on my forehead and in the process knocked my diary out of my lap. It landed open on the most recent entry, which among other things had the words, "I love Jack" written on the page. My face turned bright red in embarrassment and I covered my face with my hands as Jack picked up the little purple book and read the words there. I waited to hear a joke about how cute it was that I had a crush on him, but nothing came. I peeked between my fingers to see that Jack's face was almost as red as my own. He then choked out, "Is this, is this true?" I nodded unable to speak due to the fear that I had possibly ruined our friendship. I then saw Jack smile widely. "Kim, I- uh-, I l-l-love you too," he stuttered as he told me his feelings. I grinned because I was so happy, but I was in for a surprise, Jack leaned forward then and kissed me softly.

I blinked in surprise for a moment before I returned the kiss. We stayed like that for a while and as we continued I thought, 'Well I know what I'm thankful for this year.'