Kim looks out her flat's window at the sparkling lights. She loves living in Paris but she misses her friends. Talking every other day was not the same as seeing a smiling face. Kim considers moving to Reefside where most of her friends live.
Ring. Ring. Ring. Kim picks up her home phone and answers it. Her mother is calling to see if she can make it to the dinner party at the Chateau Palace.
"Kim are you still coming to the dinner party?" "I need to make a head count of my guests."
"Yes mom, I will still come." " I have nothing better to do."
"Good dear, wear that pink strapless dress."
"Okay, sure mom, see you soon." "Bye."
"Bye Kimmy."
Kim takes a luxurious bubble bath, does her hair up, slips on the dress, and applies her make up. She looks at herself in her full length mirror in her bedroom and smiles. I look hot and now I am ready to go.
The limo pulls up and Kim steps inside. She is looking forward to going out even if it is a stuffy dinner with people who liked to discuss their money and many homes. As she arrives her mother and stepfather telling her about their plan to add more bedrooms to their seven bedrooms and six bathrooms mansion greet her.
Kim nods and says that would be nice at the right times but then she excuses herself and goes to sit at their reserved table. As she is seating, she sees a tall man with long dark brown hair and for a moment thinks Tommy but she stops herself from saying that name when the man turns around and is a stranger. Kim thinks duh why would he be here. Oh well I wanted to see at least one familiar face even if it is the guy whose heart I broke some years back. She was so focused on her thoughts that she did not see a man walking towards her.
"Hey Kim, are you having a pleasurable time."
She thinks huh and looks up. "Oh hey Chad, I was just thinking about yachts," Kim joked.
Chad sits down and asks, "So what brings you here?" "Boredom or you knew I was coming?"
Both, she said before laughing. "Seriously I miss my friends and my dad." "I am thinking about moving back to the states." "I thought that coming to the party would help but it does not seem to be working too well.
Chad frowns then puts on a charming smile and uses his French accent to his advantaged. "Kim, what will I do without my partner in crime?" "I was getting used to having a fun person to spend time with at these snotty parties." Kim was the only one who could not see that Chad was in love with her. Kim's mother had tried on many occasions to get her daughter to see the man advances but she never could get her daughter to see that he liked her more than just friends.
"Don't worry you will meet a pretty woman and forget all about me."
He looked at her like uh I already have and it is you, silly. However, he said, "Maybe someday I will." "So want to dance?"
Kim agrees and the two start dancing. A photographer comes over and snaps their picture. Kim mother Joan thinks yes now that is a wedding invitation picture. Soon after a few dances she excuses herself and is handed a glass of wine.
While she is drinking a glass of wine a group walks over and Kim thinks oh great, not who I wanted to see. As the group nears Kim thinks to walk to the ladies room but knows that the women will just follow her in. So she stands there.
"Hi Kim, wow love the dress is it Versace or Valentino." Angie asks.
"Versace and the shoes are as well." "Thanks," Kim said.
"I was thinking about buying some Versace curtains to go with my new mansion," said Allen.
Kim had to stop her eyes from rolling and thought here it comes. The group began to talk about materialistic things and she wanted no part in it. So she began to talk about the one of the many subjects that would make them leave.
"I had taken those classes on Paleontology and think that I might want to go on a dig or two," Kim tells them.
Ally looks appalled and says, "Why would anyone want to play in the dirt." I would never let my clothes or hands get filthy."
Allen nods and whispers, "Maybe I should show her what having money is all about." "Kim darling, do you want to hang out sometime and shop?"
Kim looks at Allen and thinks finally a man who likes to shop, too bad, his is too full of himself and he had better stop looking at me as if I am his last million. Stop calling me Kim darling, yuck. She thinks of a plan to say no. "Sorry Allen, I would love to go shopping but I have to decide if I still want to live here come next year." Or maybe to night, she thought. "Plus I have that dig to think about."
Allen looks pissed but tells Kim "Oh too bad Kim darling I wanted to show you what a good time really is about."
Before Kim can answer him back which may have included a slap; Chad walks over and tells them "I need her for more dancing" and whirls Kim away.
The women give Kim an evil stare, seeing as how they all wanted Chad but knew he only had eyes for Kim. The men give Chad the same evil stare for taking the sexy Kim away from them.
Kim thanks Chad with a little innocent peck on the check which both he and Kim's mother take the wrong way.
Tommy is hanging out with a few of his best friends. Jason who had been flipping through the television channels checked his phone. He had received a text from his wife Trini showing him a picture of Kim and a guy, stating that he was Kim's mother next project. Jason laughs thinking Joan has not changed a bit and still wants to control her daughter's life. Before he had the chance to exit out of the text Tommy looked at the person sitting next to him on the couch and saw the picture text.
Damn she looks good, he thought. He has a few different emotions such as happiness that she has found a nice looking guy, anger that she dumped him through that shitty letter, pain that she was not with him, and regret that he did not make her stay in Angel Grove or swoop her up once she had written him that letter.
Jason notices his friend's face and hurries to exit from the text. "Hey man he is just a friend of hers." " Trini told me that he is Kim's mother latest project."
Tommy nods but still looks a little upset. He thinks damn it has been almost five years I need to get a grip.
Adam who was watching the whole interaction thought to talk his friend into going out with him and hopefully he would find a girl like he had found his Aisha.
Rocky is too busy eating to notice anything and is sometimes the last to know information which makes his wife Tanya upset.
Tommy tells his two friends who were paying attention that he is fine and that both Kim and himself should date other people. Although he did not believe it for even a second. Tommy had always loved Kim and would never stop. He thought about that shitty letter she had sent him. Tommy had been so upset he had went into a depression but with the help of his friends and being a power ranger he was able to overcome the depression and get on with his life; well sort of. It had been six months since he had found out the real reason behind Kim's letter and thought about going to Paris and claiming her back as his own but decided against it.
Rocky who finally notices the stiffness in the air asked what happened, making the three men laugh and say sarcastic comments to him.
Kim, who had sent the picture to Trini as a joke, did not think that Tommy the man she would sneakily get information on had seen the text. Felt a sudden chill and went to get her wrap.
Chad hands Kim his jacket and holds on to her arms a little too long making Kim uncomfortable and she thinks uh oh he has a crush. She thought of Chad as one of her guy friends like Billy and Adam. Kim spots a pretty woman who is not too full of herself over and starts a conversation with her including Chad into the mix.
Kim is exhausted from all the food, dancing, and silly chatter that she falls onto her bed and slowly takes off her shoes and dress before snuggling up in the covers and going right to sleep.
The next morning one of her best friends calls and asked her what did she do yesterday.
"Aisha I went to one of those stuffy dinner parties again and found out an interesting fact."
"Which is," Aisha asks as she waits for her friend to continue.
"Chad has a crush on me!"
Oh I knew that once he sent you all those flowers, gifts, and seemed to be wherever you were."
"Really it was that obvious, boy I must have been so blind."
Aisha thinks duh of course you were blind because you have Tommy on the brain. Kim was not as sneaky as she thought she was asking about her ex. "Well maybe that is a sign that you should move back home where your friends are."
Kim tells her friend, "I was thinking the same thing but my mother would freak if I left."
"Kimmy you are twenty-five years old." Tell her you need to spread your wings and grow."
"I will she just needs time to fuss over me for a little while longer."
"Kim I will give you a month and if you are not here than I will come there and get you." "Understand baby cakes."
"I read you completely." "One month."
Kim cannot believe it. She is on a plane to Reefside, California; Kim looks out her window and sees the sunny sky of her home state.
She grabs her carry on back and thinks yes my mother finally let me breathe.
Aisha is looking at the people un-board the plane and smiles widely when she sees her friend.
"Kim over here." The women hug and hug.
"I missed you so much."
"Me too, now where is the rest of your luggage because I know you brought more."
Kim points to a few big suitcases and a few small ones. The women grab the bags and leave.
Aisha tells Kim that everyone is at her house waiting to welcome her to Reefside. Trini and Jason are there, Adam of course, Rocky and Tanya, oh and Tommy. She waits and looks at her friend to see her expression. Kim figured he might be there and played it cool.
"Oh wow, I cannot wait to see everyone and seeing what they have been up to."
"Pretty much the same minus a few new things." "So single woman, want to hit up a new bar with a few married women?" Aisha had thought Tommy and Kim would be the first of the rangers married. When the stuff happened and the two broke up and begin seeing other people she thought for a split second maybe they were not meant to be but seeing how the two both have had failed relationships she now thought that the two belonged together again.
Soon the women arrived at the house and get out. The women grabbed her bags because Kim would be staying with her and Adam for a few weeks till Kim found either a house or apartment.
As Kim enters the house she has people surrounding her and hugging her.
"I missed you all too but please I cannot breathe," says Kim through a muffled voice.
Oh sorry says the gang and they back up and hug her one at a time.
"Lil sis, look how big you have gotten," Jason jokes.
"I will take that as a compliment," Kim tells him playfully punching him in the arm.
Billy asks Kim how was the weather in Paris because he was thinking about taking Beth there.
"So nice this time of the year." "She would love it."
Adam tells her he needs to see her in private a little later Kim agrees and has a feeling of what is it about seeing that Aisha and his anniversary is coming up soon,
Rocky asks how was the food there which makes everyone laugh.
Tanya shakes her head, tells Kim to excuse her husband since she should remember how he always is, and laughs.
Trini asks her about those yellow Gucci shoes she had seen in a magazine. Kim tells her I knew you would love those and tells her that she can help her get a pair with a sly smile.
Finally Tommy speaks and asks how her visit to Greece was. Kim was not the only one keeping tabs. Kim looks a little shocked and surprised but tells him that it was amazing.
"I was thinking about going on a dig there. They have these places that have yet to be touched so there is plenty of room for discovery." It was funny that both Kim and Tommy had taken an interest in Paleontology about the same time and it took a while before the other figured out that juicy piece of information about each other.
He looks at her and smiles. "Maybe we can both go, that sounds fantastic."
Kim agrees. "We should so do that."
The two are lost in their conversation and do not notice the others looking at them with huge smiles on their faces.
The rest of the day and some of the night went by as though the group were still power rangers and still in high school.
Kim and Aisha were in the living room discussing how the mini party had felt just like old times.
"I know right and seeing how cozy you and Tommy got it felt just like high school."
Kim blushed and told her friend, "Really now we are just two friends who share a similar interest."
Aisha shakes her head at Kim and gives her the I know you two want each other look.
"Okay, okay he is hot and I still care for him but since he has found out the real reason behind the letter, he has yet to come and talk to me about it. So I will not get tangled up in a lost cause. "
"A lost cause huh?" "Then way was he looking at you with those puppy dog eyes all night and he has been keeping tabs on you as well." Kim you know that you cannot pull a fast one on me, yes I figured out about you two keeping tabs on each other."
"He was keeping tabs on me then maybe I should rethink everything."
"You really should, so you both can be happy." "When he saw that picture that you sent Trini, he nearly had a crazy attack."
Kim just stares at her friend.
"Yes, he had so many different emotions going through him Adam thought he might need to be given medicine to help him sleep but then considered what kind of dreams he might have and just changed the subject."
Kim tells her friend she is going to go to sleep but stays up most of the night thinking about her ex-boyfriend and her dreams were of him.
Tommy was on the phone with Jason discussing different topics when Kim's name was mentioned. He thinks damn I wanted to be alone with those thoughts.
"Kim is back for good."
"Yeah I know the first two teams together again finally." Tommy was trying to play it cool.
Jason caught on and told him "Bro just ask her out because if you don't then some guy will come and snatch her up."
He tells him "Well I thought I would just kidnap her and force her to marry me but no seriously she has made no move to tell me she wants me back."
Don't make me laugh; she was basically asking you to ask her out." "Oh Tommy we could go shopping for new Paleontology equipment then maybe have dinner." "Man it was right in front of your face call her tomorrow and ask her out, so that we are not waiting another five years before you two get back together."
"Okay, alright I will." "Don't get your panties in a bunch." "Bye dude."
"Bye, time waster." Jason hangs up the phone and shakes his head. Gee those two need to stop being so stubborn and tell each other how they feel and quick.