You Look, But You Don't See

[Barbara]

Glad her brother's ok.

Her brothers love her. How sweet!

Martha's grandmother and Kim could be best friends; they both don't like Martha.

Yay she came back to Summer Bay. At least, until the end of the year.

More please.

[pamy]

Ok. I got a bit carried away. I know three chapters is a lot, but I was really bored and well I thought since I've already written them why not post them to? I hope you like it and please don't hate me for the next chapter. Thanks for all the great reviews.

Chapter 24: the bet

Everything was going well. It had been a couple of weeks since her brother had woken up. And everything was going well. She talked to them every day on the phone. She dated Jack. She hanged out with her friends. She went to school. Everything was going ok. Even things with Kim seemed to be calm. He wasn't exactly what you call nice, but it was close enough. She didn't understand. Maybe he had just realised that he would lose Jack if he hurted her again. Maybe.

Jack looked at the ocean. He was good. He had a girlfriend who he cared for a lot, two new best friends (Tasha and Robbie) and things with Kim seemed to have calmed down. But somehow he wasn't calm about the last thing. He knew Kim and he had seen him act like this before. He was almost waiting, expecting Kim to do something again. It was like calm before the storm.

Tasha looked at Robbie who was sitting next to her. She was happy. She never thought she could be this happy. Sure she had been happy as a cheerleader, but this was so much better. She was glad Brooke had like him. That was all that really mattered. She didn't care what the other cheerleaders thought. She really didn't care.

Robbie smiled at Tasha. He couldn't believe how lucky he was. Last year Tasha had not even known his name, now she was his grilfriend. He looked at Jack and Martha. They were also great together. He smiled. Everything was going well.

Kim smiled. They seemed so calm together so happy. But he wasn't done yet. Nobody said no to Kim Hyde and got away with it. She didn't belong here period. Little did they knew that Huricane Kim was about to destroy everything.

Martha walked to the gym. She was supposed to meet Jack there. But when she got in Jack wasn't there yet. Kim was. And two more members of there team. I think their names are Jonathan, Chris and Leo. And two girls from the cheerleading squad. Martha looks in the gym. She'swondering if she should go in. Part of her doesn't want to, she can't quit explain it but she has the sence that walking in there would make things bad. But she walked in anyway.

'Hey Martha.' Kim smiled. This was it, now he would make sure that Martha and Jack would stop dating. Even if it would coust him a lot of money. Which is what it was going to do. He promised everyone in this room twinty bucks if they helped him convince Martha. 'What are you doing here?' 'Looking for Jack. He said he'd be here.' 'Really did he? Apparently he got his hours mixed up.' Everyone around him laughed.

'Look do you know where he is?' 'No.' Kim started to laugh. The three guys joined in. Martha looked at them. She debated. Should she ask them what was going on? Or just walk away. But then she came to a conclusion: she couldn't just walk away. 'What's so funny?' 'You really think he cares about you don't you? You love him.' Kim laughed. 'Of course he likes me.' 'Oh poor girl.' Jonathan smiled at her. 'She really believes it. Damn.' Chris trew the ball he was holding away. Frustrated. 'Great, that's going to coust me all my money.' Leo sighed. 'Well guys, I guess Holden won.' Kim smiled.

'What are you guys talking about?' 'Oh, poor girl. Well bets over anyway. We might as well tell her.' 'Bet.' Martha heard her voice, but it didn't really sounded like her own. She knew at that precice moment she should have walked away. But she was standing there. 'Yeah. Last year, you know after the whole getting to know each other thing. We made a bet. Cause I said, you would never trust him enough. You would never fall for him. So we made a bet, that by today you would have fallen completely for him and believe every word he said. We bet like fiftly dollars (sorry don't know what money they have in australia) on it. That's why I was being such a pain. But well he won.'

Martha fell her hearth literelly break in two. This is what she came back for. No. It couldn't be true. It couldn't be. Jack really cared, right? Jack wasn't like Kim at all. Right? 'No. I don't believe it. No.' 'Oh the poor girl. Well I'm telling you the truth girl. Told you he'd never really like you.' Kim laughed. 'He's telling you the truth girl. You might as well believe it.' Jonathan added to her pain. 'Sorry girl, I feel bad myself. I'm fifty dollars poorer. Damn.' Chris stood up and walked to the ball. 'Sorry girl. We just thought you should know.' Leo was looking at the ceiling. 'No. He wouldn't do that do me. No.' 'Oh poor girl. You need more convincing he doesn't care?' Kim had a devilish smile on her face.

'Tell her girls. You know I'l tell her. Tell me girly were you with Jack last night?' 'No. Jack was with his dad and Luke and I was with Tasha and Rob.' 'Really. You sure?' Kim laughed 'Listen to the girl guys she believes every word. He really did win the bet.' 'I don't believe you.' Martha turned around and wanted to walk away. 'Oh. Wait girly. He wans't with his dad and his little brother. He was with Tracey here. He was having fun. The kind of fun he didn't have with you. Not part of the bet you know.' 'No.' Martha looked at Tracey. 'Sorry girl. It's truth. He was with me. But Kim is exagerating. We didn't go that far.' Tears appeared in Martha's eyes.

'poor girl. You gonna cry? Didn't he tell you that he was with his dad and bor last week to? Yeah that would be when he was with Casey over here. Poor girl she's really crying isn't she.' 'Sorry. We were having fun.' Casey smiled at her. Martha felt her hearth breakin again. She couldn't believe it. Jack was just like Kim, and it wasn't just Kim who was telling her. It was all of them.

Martha turned around and ran away in tears. Carla had been standing in the doorway the whole time. She tried to stop Marhta to calm her down. But she didn't know how. The thing is that Kim and the other ones were actually convincing. She believed every word of it. That is untill Martha had run out of the building. Then everything changed.

'Alright guys. I think we convinced.' 'You think.' answered Casey. 'The poor girl was in tears. I think we might have been a little harsh.' 'Hey. You were in on it girl.' 'Only because you promised me twenty bucks and that you'd leave ma alone for the rest of the year.' 'I guess what she's trying to say is that we didn't expect to hurt her this much.' 'Here's your money. Get lost girls.' They took there money. And walked away. Tracey stopped and turned around. 'You're a big jerk you know. I would have never thought you could do this to your best friend. Bye.'

Martha ran out of the building. She wanted to get away. As far away as she could. She never wanted to see anny of them again. She heard somebody say her name and she looked up. Jack. Unbelievable. He was the last person she wanted to see. Jack stood in front of her. He looked at her and saw inmeaditaly something was wrong. She was crying and she looked mad. At him. 'What's wrong.' He tried to hug her but she backed away. 'How could you do this to me. Bastard. You thought it was fun didn't you. Your just like Kim. I hate you.' she slapped him. Hard. Then she ran away.

Marhta ran away. She wanted to run away from her problems her pain. How could he do this to her. How could he hurt her like this. She loved him so much. It had all been a game. Why?

Jack just stood there. What was going on. He had no idea what he had done to upset Marhta. She had come out of the gym. No. Kim wouldn't have done anyting would he have. Anger rose inside him. It was better to be angry then to feel the pain. He turned around and walked in the gym. He would let Martha calm down before talking to her.

[Barbara]

Ok. I got a bit carried away. I know three chapters is a lot, but I was really bored and well I thought since I've already written them why not post them to? I hope you like it and please don't hate me for the next chapter. Thanks for all the great reviews.

I don't mind reading 3 chapters on the same day. I'm not very happy with you at the moment. You better make sure Martha and Jack get back together and Kim gets what he deserves.

Kim really is a jerk. I can't believe the others agreed to do this. They're practically as bad as Kim.

Poor Martha. But why does she always listen to Kim?

Poor Jack. I hope he'll never be friends with Kim again.

More please.

PS: The Australian currency is the Australian dollar (AUD).

[pamy]

[valli]

Poor Martha But why does she keep listening to Kim? He's only telling lies anyway.

I agree with Barbara, Martha's grandmother and Kim should be friends. They have a lot in common.

Kim's a jerk and he always have been, but I can't believe that the rest just went along with it, just for cash

Glad her brother is okay. But now Jack should hit Kim

More please!

[EmmaLovesJack]

i really don't like Kim, more soon please xx

[katie343]

I wish she had slapped Kim instead of Jack!!

Can't wait to read more!

xx

[pamy]

Chapter 25: Not my friend

Jack didn't understand what was going on. He saw that Martha was really upset and wanted to run after her, but decided that that was probably a bad idea. Whatever she was upset about it would be best to let her calm down first. But he knew one thing she had come out of the gym and mentioned Kim. He better not have hurt her.

She ran as fast as she could. She wanted to run away. Verry far away. As far as she could get. But she could hardly run to her brothers. They were to far away. And she couldn't call them, they would probably come and kill Jack or something. So she ran as far as she could. Just away from everything.

Jack ran into the gym. Angry, confused, hurt. He stopped when he saw Carla. 'Did you see what happened?' Carla hesitated. Should she tell him? He would probably kill Kim. Not that he didn't deserve it. 'Promise me you'll stay calm.' 'I can't do that. What happened?' 'He paid some of your teammates and two cheerleaders to help him convince Martha it was a bet.' 'What was a bet?' 'Everything. He told her you would make her fall for you by now. They all said it, she believed it. And then...' 'Then what?' 'He told her you cheated on her with the two girls in there.' 'Who? Which teammates, which girls?' 'Jonathan. Chris. Leo. Casey and Tracey.' Jack walked past her and into the gym. 'Jack wait...'

Jack was furious. He couldn't believe that Kim would do this to him. To Martha. Wasn't he supposed to be his best friend? Care for him? Why would he do this to him. 'You.' 'Hey Holden' 'Don't act all inocent. Bastard.' 'Calm dawn man. It was just fun.' Jack hit him. Hard. Kim fell on the floor. He was bleeding and his nose was probably broking. 'Why would you do this to me? You're my friend. SHe's my girlfriend. Why lie to her like this?' 'Come on. You'll forget about her in a week. She's not important. She's just a stupid, idiotic girl.'

That was it for Jack. He couldn't take it anny more. All the anger inside him just came out. He lunged himself on Kim and they started to fight. He wanted to kill him, he really wanted to kill him. He didn't care annymore. Chris and Leo ran in and grabbed Jack. Together with Jonathan they tried to break them appart. Jack wasn't letting them. Eventually they broke them appart. Jonathan ducked next to Kim to see if he was alright. Chris and Leo were holding Jack.

'Holden listen to me...' 'No. I'm done listening to you. You don't care about me. You don't care about anything but yourself. You're a goddamn bastard. And I don't know why, but I just realised I don't care. You proved today you are nothing more then... I don't even have a word for it.' 'Holden..' 'No. I'm not listening to you. I don't care who you think you are. I don't care about anything anny more. You are not my friend. You were never my friend. Stay away from me. Don't ever look at me again. Don't talk to me. Because I won't talk to you. And if I never talk to you again, it will still be too soon. Never ever talk to me again.' 'Jack...You're my best friend.' 'No. You are not my friend! You are nothing!'

Jack screamed everything at Kim he had been wanting to say for a long time. And everything he said was true. He never wanted to talk to Kim again. He didn't care about it annymore. The only thing he cared about was Martha. He tried to get Leo and Chris of him but it wasn't really working. 'Let go of me. Guys, now I mean it.' 'Ok. Calm down.' 'I hate you. Stay away from me. And while you're at it stay away from Martha to.' Jack turned around and ran away, leaving a beaten and bleeding Kim speechless on the floor.

[martha-jack]

YAY go Jack kim deserved that,

hate him for doing that to them he must be really sad to break his 'friends' relationship up and doesnt even have a girl himself.

[pamy]

Chapter 26: go away please

Jack ran out of the gym and wend strait to Martha's appartement. He had no idea if she would be calm yet, but he needed to talk to her. He couldn't believe this was happening. He couldn't believe Kim did this. Idiot. He kept running, he didn't care if people were looking at him. He had to talk to Martha right now. He had to tell her the truth. He had to tell her.

Martha was alone in the appartement lying on the couch. She had not gotten to her room. Her eyes were red and puffy from all the crying. Her cheeks were wet from the tears. She was shaken. She didn't know who she was more mad at, Kim or Jack. Before she had gotten to the appartement she had talked to Robbie. She didn't even know why. Somebody started knocking on the door.

Jack knocked on the door as hard as he could. He didn't care he could break it. If he would he would at least be inside. He could always buy Mr. Stewart a new door if it was necesary. He kept knocking. There was no answer. ' Martha! Martha! Open the door. I know you're in there. Open up!' Martha looked to the door. She didn't know if she should open the door. 'Open up. Please.' She suddenly she knew she had to open up. He wouldn't never leave untill she did.

'What do you want?' 'Martha listen to me. I have nothing...' 'No. Stay away from me. I don't care.' 'Kim was lying to you.You know him he lies constantly listen to me.' 'Right. And now you're going to tell me that he somehow convinced the guys to go with him on it.' 'It's the truth!' He tried to grab her arm to tell her he loved her. That he was not lying. 'Don't touch me. Ever again. You're gonna tell me to that the girls were lying to right?' 'Martha...I care about you.' 'I want to believe you I really do. But I don't. I'm sorry. I want you to go. And never come back.' 'Martha.' He moved closer to her and stroke with his finger across her cheek. She grabbed his hand and pushed it away. 'Go away Jack. Please.'

Jack looked at Martha and saw that he would get nowhere right now. Slowely he turned around and started to descent the stairs. He stopped halfway and turned around. 'I'm not lying. I really do care.' Martha said nothing. He kept descending the stairs, when he turned around once more she was gone. All he saw was a closed door.

Martha fell her hearth break again as she saw Jack walk away. But she couldn't do it. Not right now. She was to hurt. She wanted to keep watching untill he was gone, but she couldn't. Slowely she closed the door. She broke down on the ground. Crying her eyes out. She didn't care. Not annymore.

Robbie and Tasha were standing on the beach. 'You ok?' Tasha tried to get Robbie to look at her. 'How could he do this.' 'He didn't do this.' 'You don't really believe that do you?' 'Of course I do. This is Jack we're talking about. And Kim who told her this. THere's no way he's telling the truth.' Robbie laughed. 'Of course you would believe him. you're just like them.' 'Like what?' 'Just like the rest of them.' 'Robbie. 'Just get away from me. Go take care of you lovely friend Jack. Get away from me.' Robbie turned around and walked away from her.

Jack felt really bad. Tears were rolling down his cheeks. He had never really cried but right now he couldn't stop. He ran in his house, when he saw his dad and brother eating he realised he hadden eaten anything at all. He didn't say anything to them just ran into his room and fell on his bed. With his head in the pillows he let the tears roll down. He felt somebody come into the room and knew without looking up that it was his dad. His dad didnt say anything just sad down next to him. He felt his dads hand on his shoulder. He didn't need to say anything his dad was just there for him.

Tasha lied down on her bed staring at the ceiling. She didn't understand what was going on. Actually she did. But she didn't know how he got this far. Robbie was mad at her right now. She knew that. She kept staring at the ceiling when tears appeared in her eyes. How was it possible that Kim had screwed up everything in less then a day?

Robbie trew one of his pillows trough his room. He had told Tasha to get away from him. He wanted to protect Martha, he was really mad but how stupid could he get? He had just gotten Tasha and now he had ruined everything. How was it possible that one person could screw thing up this much? He just wished Tasha could forgive him.

Martha grabbed a teddy bear her dad had given her when she was young. Everytime she held that teddy bear she felt like her dad was close to her. She didn't knew what to think annymore. A part of her wanted to believe Jack more then anything. She knew what Kim was like, maybe she should believe him. But a part of her was just scared. Scared that it might be truth what Kim had told her. Scared of being hurt again. She wasn't strong enough to take another blow. But the part of her hearth that loved Jack was screaming to her to believe him. What was she supposed to do? What?