Hey guys! So sorry for the wait but I have to warn you that this might not be the greatest chapter. Enjoy anyways

Chapter 12 - The Party

Kim's POV

"Kimmy, come out already! I wanna see the dress!" Grace whined from the other side of the curtain in the dressing room. I rolled my eyes as I looked myself over one last time. I was wearing a short, form fitting strapless black dress with diamond cut outs on the side. While I had to admit I looked hot, I couldn't help but start to think I was reaching the line of 'overboard'.

"Kimberly Riley Norma Crawford, if you aren't out here in three seconds, I'm coming in to drag you out by your hair!" Grace shouted again. I groaned before shoving the long white curtain to the side and stepping out in nothing but the dress and my bare feet.

"Okay Grace, I'm out now. What's the verdict?" I asked as I opened my arms and spun around once. Once I stopped Grace's face immediately lit up and she clapped her hands together excitedly.

"That's perfect! I've never seen anyone in this town look so damn hot! Jacks gonna flip when he sees you tonight!" She squealed. I giggled at her outburst.

"Are you sure this is okay? I mean I feel like I'm a little overdressed." I said as I turned to look at myself in the mirror again.

"Are you kidding? Do you see how amazing your ta-tas look right now?" She replied as she ran up behind me and spun me around to face her.

"Look, I know you're from Tennessee and you guys dress a little differently over there, but this dress is the definition of a California party and guess what honey? You're in California. Don't worry about it, every girl is going to be dressed to kill. Now, let's pay for this baby and get out butts home!" She quickly pushed me back into the changing room and shoved my normal clothes into my hands.

"I'll be right back, I'm going to get the dress I saw earlier that I liked." She said as she took off running in the opposite direction, leaving me to change by myself. I slipped the little black dress off and put my light blue crop top and black skinny jeans back on. I slid my feet into my black flats, grabbed the dress and picked up my bag before making my way over to the checkout counter where Grace was waiting impatiently with her dress choice. I shook my head at her as I placed mine on the counter with hers.

"Okay ladies, that'll be $130.65." The sales lady excitedly announced as she began bagging our dresses. I stared wide eyed at Grace while she dug in her purse for her wallet and slapped a hundred dollar bill and a fifty down on the counter.

"I thought you said mine was on the clearance rack!" I practically screamed.

"It was. It was on clearance for $64. Considering the dress is normally $180, I figured it was a good deal." She shrugged as she took the change from the woman and handed my bag to me. I angrily snatched my bag and quickly headed for the door, Grace trailing close behind.

"Where's the fire Kimberly?" She asked jokingly.

"Grace, you're insane. I had $30 to spend on a dress. I told you that was my limit and you went way over it! Not to mention you paid for both!" I exclaimed.

"Kim does it really matter? With $30 you were never going to find a dress that perfect. Jack is going to go crazy over it and I think that's all that really matters. Besides, I have tons of money. Now can you drop the attitude and get us home so I can work my magic on that pretty little face of yours?"

I stopped walking and crossed my arms. I was stubborn as hell, but the idea of being with Jack subdued me. Grace smiled triumphantly, tossed her bag over her shoulder and walked ahead of me towards the car.

"Come on Kimmy, there is work to be done!"

Jack's POV

I stood in my bedroom and stared at myself in the mirror. Tonight was the party and Jerry had been helping me look as good as I could for Kim. I had promised myself that tonight was the night I was finally going to ask her out. I just hadn't figured out how to yet.

"Dude, Grace texted me and said she and Kim got bomb ass dresses for tonight. Do you know how long that chicka's legs are?" Jerry wondered dreamily. I snorted.

"Man if you're so into Grace, why haven't you asked her out yet?" I asked as I slipped on my black leather jacket over my green and blue plaid shirt.

"Good question man, I could ask you the same thing." He replied. I rolled my eyes. The guys had bugged me nonstop for weeks about asking Kim out. According to them I was finally seeing the light. Plus, they adored Kim and were extremely happy that she was the girl that was making me see things differently.

"So how do you think Kim is gonna pull off this whole getting alcohol thing? I mean isn't the drinking age 21?" Jerry asked as he finished combing his hair and spraying his cologne.

"I have no idea. She just said it's an old trick and that the kids in Tennessee used to do it all the time." I answered. He shrugged and then looked at his phone.

"Party time bro! Leggo!" He shouted as he grabbed his jacket off the back of my chair and shoved his phone into his pocket. I quickly ran my fingers through my hair and tugged on my jacket one last time.

"Alright, let's go." I followed Jerry down the stairs and out the front door. Once we were outside we could see all the kids from Seaford High starting to cram into Kim's house.

"Looks like everyone is in on this." Jerry said as we continued to walk across the lawn to the house. We reached the house and pushed past all the guys and girls that were crowding the front door. Music was blaring from the DJ booth that Eddie had borrowed from his cousin and people were already beginning to dance. It was even beginning to reek like alcohol. I scanned the room for Kim and Grace but I couldn't see any signs of either of them.

"I don't see Kim or Grace." I announced to Jerry as he looked around hopelessly.

"Well then turn around." I heard a voice say from behind me. I did as I was told and was pleasantly surprised to find Kim dressed in a very short, tight black dress with strappy black wedges and her blonde hair waved to perfection.

"Wow, you look beautiful." I said. She blushed as she pushed a strand of hair behind her ear.

"Thank you. You look pretty good too." She smiled.

"Hey Kim." Brody walked over to us and placed his hand on Kim's back. My blood boiled. I know we weren't dating yet, but it didn't mean I couldn't get jealous from another guy wanting her too. I averted my eyes away quickly and shoved my fists into my pockets so that Kim wouldn't see.

"Hey Brody." She replied.

"You look great tonight Kim. Do you wanna dance?" Brody asked. He held out his hand to her and waited for her to accept his offer. Kim smiled for a second at him and then gazed over at me.

"I appreciate the gesture Brody, but I actually wanted to talk to Jack. Maybe some other time." Brody glanced over at me and sized me up, maybe contemplating on whether or not I was real competition, before he nodded at Kim and walked away. I let out the breath I was holding and silently thanked God for not ruining my night just yet.

"So would you like to dance with me then?" I asked her. She giggled as she grabbed my hand and led me out to the middle of her living room where everyone else was dancing too. Eddie must have took notice of us because a slow song suddenly began. Kim placed her arms over my shoulders and I grabbed her waist. We swayed back and forth to the music.

"You know Kim, you really do look really good tonight. I like the dress." I nervously complimented her.

"Well thank you. Grace picked the dress out though." She laughed. She pulled herself closer to me and laid her head on my shoulder. Now I was completely intoxicated by her scent, a mix of vanilla and roses. Everything about this girl was amazing and I was still hadn't asked her out.

"Jack, can I ask you something?" She whispered into my shoulder.

"Anything." I replied. She lifted her head and looked up at me, a little sadness appearing in her eyes.

"Why haven't you asked me out yet?" She asked. Now I was feeling kind of bad. The look on her face was enough to tell me that I was taking way too long. I was starting to make her feel like I wasn't serious about asking her out before.

"Kim I've wanted to, I just…"

"KIMMMMM!" A shrill voice screamed through the house. Everyone stopped dancing and Eddie cut the music. Kim and I broke apart and looked around in search of the owner of the voice. Soon, Donna Tobin came stomping through the crowd towards us. She stumbled a little before stopping a foot away from Kim.

"Can I help you?" Kim asked annoyed. Donna rolled her eyes at her and stuck her finger in her face.

"You! You are such a hussy!" She screamed. Everyone gasped and looked completely surprised by Donna's outburst, but Kim just stood there with the same bored expression on her face.

"And why is that? Because I put together something you couldn't?" She taunted Donna. Donna's face grew red.

"How dare you come into this town and try to take my place! You're in California now bitch, not some hillbilly town in Tennessee! And you're a liar! Your little friend Maggie told me everything. The parties, the drinking, the drugs, the sex. Everything. Everything you probably didn't tell Jack." Donna crossed her arms and smirked in victory. Kim laughed.

"Maggie told you this? Well, if Maggie, the girl who I've been feuding with since I found out she slept with my boyfriend, told you this then it must be true." She said sarcastically. Donna narrowed her eyes.

"So are you denying it? Do you not have a fake ID to get alcohol?" She asked. Kim sighed. Wait, she sighed? What did that mean? That it was true? That everything was true? Kim stepped closer to Donna and leaned closer towards her face.

"I'm not denying or agreeing with anything you just accused me of because frankly, it's none of your damn business, or Maggie's, or anyone else in this room. You're only starting this because of what I have with Jack and what you don't. Everyone else here is enjoying themselves."

"So it's none of Jack's business either that the girl he's getting involved with is a total whore?" Donna sneered. Now I was angry. I opened my mouth to defend Kim but she beat me to it.

"If Jack wants to know anything about me, he can ask and I will happily tell him. As for me being a whore, I'd like to know what your definition of that is because right now the only whore I see is standing right in front of me." She turned towards me and grabbed my hand and began to pull me away with her, but Donna quickly stepped in front of us.

"Oh no Crawford, you aren't getting away that easily." She said. Kim dropped my hand and shoved Donna back.

"Stay out of my way Donna. Seriously, you hate the fact that I'm with Jack that much that you went as far as to look up my old friends from Tennessee just to try and dig some dirt up on me? You're pathetic. Jack doesn't want you and by doing this you just proved how much of a physco you really are. So do us all a favor and get your obsessive, stalker ass out of my house!" By now everyone was laughing at a very embarrassed Donna. Hell, I hated drama but even I was.

"Or how about everyone gets the hell out of my house." A loud voice boomed. I quickly spun around to face the front door. There stood a very angry Mr. Crawford. I glanced over at Kim who stood there frozen with a terrified look spread across her face.

"Hi daddy."

Wow, you guys, that TOTALLY SUCKED. But I had to write something for you all and I honestly still wasn't sure how this was going to go. Review though, let me know how you feel about the confrontation between Donna and Kim and Kim's dad showing up.