"Did you try to call him?" Rudy asked.

"Well I could but that wouldn't do anything" I said as I held up Jack's phone in my hand.

"I know he will come back"

"Ok well I'm leaving and the doors lock themselves when the mall closes so if you are still here our spare key is in Jack's locker.

"Does he know that it's in there?" I asked.

"No.. You're the only person who knows where it is now" Rudy said as he left. I just hope Jack comes back.

Everyone had left but me. I ended up finishing all my homework and cleaning out my locker. I will wait here as long as it takes. I just know he will come back. This is the only way to find out if he's okay, since I can't call him.

I was still in my gi and was still sitting against the lockers, just bored. And I fell asleep........

*Brody's pov*

"Ty, I don't know how I am supposed to do this now. Jack and Kim are dating. I was close to getting in, but the only way I can is to get Kim to forgive me. And Jack isn't going to let that happen"

"Then try to get the girl to forgive you and Jack. They are our only threat" Ty said.

"Yes sir.."

*Jack's pov*

I felt bad about what I said to Kim and how I ran out. She doesn't like it when I freak out and try to kill someone, not literally. I was about to go back to the dojo but then I realized that practice was over. I was going to call Kim but then it occurred to me that I left my stuff in the dojo so I would have to go back.

When I got back the mall was closing soon and Kim was asleep leaning against the lockers. I would have thought she would have went home, why did she stay? I didn't want to wake her up so I just sat next to her and leaned her against me instead of the lockers. I guess she recognized me and opened her eyes and looked up at me.

"Jack?" She said.

She looked like she had been crying.. And I told her I would never leave her...

"I'm right here. I'm staying right here"

I picked up both our stuff and Kim and I walked her to her house. I had to ring her doorbell and I waited for her dad to answer it. It sucks because her dad still doesn't like me for some reason, I have tried and tried.

"What are you doing with my daughter?" Kim's dad asked.

"She fell asleep at the dojo so I thought I would bring her home" I said softly.

After he let me in to bring Kim into her room I left and walked to my own house.

...The next day at school

I still felt bad about yesterday. I wish Brody stayed away from us.

I saw Kim at her locker so I walked up to her.

"Kim, I am so sorry about yesterday" I said.

"Jack, you ran off and didn't come back for hours, and over two words" Kim sighed.

"I know, I feel so bad about it. I shouldn't have stormed off, I just can't get over what he did to you"

"Maybe that's a good thing. Me and Rudy were talking and he thought that Brody was up to something. I mean why else would he randomly come back into our lives?" Kim said.

"That would make sense" I said. "But Kim?"

"Yeah"

"Are we okay?" I asked.

"I can't stand not being"

"I promise I won't run off like that again, I just needed to calm down and I know how you don't want me killing someone"

"I was just worried about you" Kim said as she looked into my eyes.

I assumed the kiss that came after that said that we were okay.

When we broke apart I whispered "I love you" And I when I heard it back, I couldn't even explain it.

...

Frank was about to punch Milton for no reason and I couldn't get over there in time but surprisingly Brody stopped the punch and made him leave.

"Oh, he is definitely up to something" Kim said walking up from behind me.

Milton walked over to us and said "What, why, what just happened?" He said very confused.

"We think he's up to something?" I said, still trying to figure it out.

"Oh, well, I gotta go before I'm late to class" Milton said practically skipping to his next class.

...

Lately Frank has been trying to punch Jerry, Milton and others but Brody has been stopping most of them, the ones I wasn't able to. It makes me wonder if Frank is doing it on purpose so Brody can stop it. But Frank can't be stupid enough to let Brody hurt him on purpose, right? Well he is like 20 and still in high school so never mind. I should tell Rudy.

We need to figure out what the Black Dragons are up to. This can't just be nothing.

Eventually lunch came and we were all sitting together and I felt like we were being watched. I looked around and saw a bunch of Black Dragons trying to secretly watch us, and they didn't hide it very well.

"Yo Jack you okay? You haven't said a word" Jerry asked while playing with his food, well it's not like food at school is actual food but, you know what I mean.

I nodded while pulling out my phone and starting a group chat with all of us in it.

Jack (me): The Black Dragons are spying on us

Kim: I knew they were up to something!

Jerry: not cool..

Milton: Let's not assume anything. I don't judge a book by its cover

Jerry: Milton, ugh not this speech again.

Jack: Milton, look for yourself then.

Milton looked up from his phone and looked around, just like I did earlier and saw that they had been watching us.

Milton: oh, yeah, they are definitely watching us, and Jerry, what was that supposed to mean?

Kim: guys stop it!

Jack: we need to figure out what they are up to

~Rudy added to group message~

Kim: ok so we all know that the Black Dragons hate us, and mostly toward me

Rudy: ugh, guys I'm on a date what do you want?!

Jerry: Phil's goat doesn't count as a date

Rudy: okay so I'm not on a date, but I could be! Hey aren't you guys in class?

Milton: lunch actually

Jack: this is about the Black Dragons. They have been watching us all of lunch. Also I think Frank is purposely plotting fights and then having Brody stop them.

Jerry: why would they go through that trouble?

Jack: that's what I'm trying to figure out

Milton: well maybe Brody is trying to get Kim to forgive him

Kim: maybe? But why?

Jerry: if they are going to spy, then why don't we?

Rudy: that is actually a good idea

Jack: but who would do it?

Jerry: well what about Sloane? Brody doesn't know her.

Kim: that would work with Brody but Ty knows her.

Jack: well Ty doesn't know that Sloane is at our dojo

Rudy: that's good. We can use that to our advantage. Nobody say anything about Sloane and our dojo

Rudy: I gotta go, my date is eating the toilet paper

Jerry: it's a goat, not a date!

Rudy: shut it Jerry, I gotta go

Jack: ok, so how would this work?

Milton: that is a good question. Hm.

*Brody's pov*

"Ty, they know something is up. Why do we need to close them down anyway? We have always been the better dojo" I said.

"Jack is better than all of us and Kim is getting there too. We need to do something" Ty said.

"I say as long as they don't get any new black belts or students at all we should be fine. The more I try to get them to forgive me, the more they all get suspicious. And with Jack and Kim together, it's going to be impossible" I said.

"Fine" He gave in "But I still need to keep a look out for them. Make sure they don't get any new students"

"Deal" I said as we shook hands.

This just made this a lot easier.

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Sorry for not updating yesterday. Emotional personal reasons, I didn't even write yesterday. I will hopefully update before next Tuesday (7/14). Because that's when I start drivers ed. That's when the month gets crazy for me. and then I will have to do volunteer hours in august(I didn't do anything bad, I'm talking about my high school volunteer requirement) but that shouldn't take very long. Once that one Tuesday comes that I mentioned, you guys will know why I may not be updating daily.