An angry man stood on the walking track above the gym watching boys and girls in leotards practicing day in and day out for the Pan Global Games that were just were coming up in six months. His eye was focused on a petite girl dressed in a red and sliver leotard. When he was in Angel Grove he thought she was the best. But, when he brought her back to Florida. She was 125 pounds, which was normal for a 17-year-old girl. But, not for him. He saw she was better than the other girls on his team and wouldn't give her any slack at all. This coach wanted perfection and mistakes weren't allowed. He watched as the girl practiced on the balance beam.

"Miss Hart!"

Kimberly turned around and saw Coach Schmidt walking towards her. His face was red, and he was full of rage. The corners on his mouth turned downward. When he frowned that meant that he was mad about something. He wasn't the coach that was friendly like he was when she met him in Angel Grove. Instead, he was mean, strict, and had a very hot temper. "Yes, Coach Schmidt," Kimberly gulped as she turned around to face her coach. "Do you need something?"

"That cartwheel was not good enough!"

"I'm sorry, I did the best I could. Honestly-"

"-I don't want to hear about your excuses. You were thinking of him, again weren't you?"

"Who are you talking about?" she asked. Kimberly knew Coach Schmidt was talking about Tommy Oliver. The one boy she loved with her whole heart. She been in Florida for nearly two months and she hadn't heard Things in Florida weren't like she thought. Originally, she thought that she'd be training for the Pan Global Games and finishing her high school education. Kimberly also thought that she'd be able to keep in touch with him; she hadn't seen him since she left for Florida. And it had been a few weeks since she last talked to him. I am focused on my training."

"Now, you are lying to me?" Coach Schmidt shouted as Kimberly started to catch her breath.

Kimberly dropping to her knees from exhaustion. Not only was her coach strict, she had to follow very strict requirements. She had to lose weight, so she'd be faster and better while she was training. She lost 20 pounds. They were required to wear special clothes given to them fulltime. Everyone was required to wear a red and sliver leotard. When they weren't practicing they were required to be in a grey tee shirt that had Schmidt's Gymnastic Facility printed in red across the front with a red and sliver warm up suit.

"Coach Schmidt, I've been at this since late last night," Kimberly said in a weak voice. "I need some rest."

"You are just making excuses," Coach Schmidt jeered watching Kimberly get to her feet. "If you don't improve after Christmas break, we'll have to do something about these distractions that are interfering with your training."

"I promise things will get better."

"Okay, I am taking your word for it," Coach Schmidt answered when he blew the whistle.

After hearing Coach Schmidt give a big long lecture about how things would get rough after the holidays, Kimberly returned to her room. Was this what she really wanted? She was living and breathing gymnastics. Yes, gymnastics was something she enjoyed. Before all this happened, she was practicing gymnastics 20 hours a week instead of 40 hours. She wasn't as good as she once was due to lack of sleep, losing weight, and not eating healthy. Kimberly stripped out of her sliver warm up suit and leotard.

"I hate this stupid outfit," she complained giving her leotard and warm up suit a good pitch across the room. Kimberly walked over to her door and locked it. She opened her closet and got out a pink floral jumper dress and a light pink tee shirt. After she got dressed, she looked at the picture on her desk. In the picture she was wearing the same outfit on her first date with Tommy after he asked her to be his girlfriend.

She picked up her favorite pink pen and started to write in her journal.

Meanwhile in Angel Grove, a group of friends were walking through the mall. "Tommy, I've never knew you enjoyed shopping at the mall," Aisha stated.

"There is an item that I am wanting to go look at," Tommy answered trying not to blush. "And I'm trying to find an outfit to wear to the Christmas Ball. Kim's coming home for Christmas."

The whole group spilt up and went in different directions. Aisha and Kat went to a clothing store, Billy went to a book store, and Rocky and Adam went to a sporting goods store. Tommy acted like he was going to an electronic store. But, once everyone was out of sight, he went straight to the jewelry store.

"Hello, Mr. Oliver," greeted Ms. Snyder who was standing behind the show case. She handed him a box. Tommy opened it and saw it was the necklace that he purchased for Kimberly a few weeks previously. It a sliver heart shaped pendant with a pink heart shaped cut gem inside. In the very center of the heart shaped gem was a February birthstone inside. It was on a heavy sliver chain. He flipped it over saw Kimberly's name engraved on it.

"Thanks," Tommy smiled as Ms. Snyder hand him the box. "I'd like to look at rings-"

"-for your girlfriend?" Ms. Snyder interrupted.

"Yeah, how'd you know?" Tommy blushed as he looked to make sure no one else was around.

"I saw Jan the other day. She said that you were looking at the Kay's Jeweler magazine. Is there anything particular that you'd like?"

"The "Ever Us" rings," Tommy replied. "I think it would be prefect since it has two diamonds in it to represent the girl who's both your best friend and your true love. I think it would be prefect for Kimberly."

"I'm afraid we're sold out and won't be getting anymore until after the holidays."

Tommy's mouth dropped in shock. The rings had only been out two months. He wished that he had pre-ordered the ring. But, at the time he didn't know he was going to buy an engagement ring. After he talked to Kimberly on the phone a few weeks previously was what lead him to think about the engagement ring.

A few weeks previously

Tommy was swimming around in his swimming pool enjoying the fresh air and the pretty weather. "Tommy, Kimberly's on the phone!" Jan shouted.

He quickly got out of the pool and dried off. Tommy went inside and took the phone upstairs to his room.

"Kim, how are things going down in Florida?" Tommy asked as he took a seat on his bed. "I hope you like it down there."

"Everything is going great," Kimberly stated. "Coach Schmidt says I'm the best on the team."

"I miss you," Tommy said while he stared at picture of him and Kimberly at a school dance. "Everyone else does too."

"You weigh 125 pounds, you need to lose 20 pounds," shouted Coach Schmidt. "And you need to get back up on the balance beam, you just took a quarter zone shot for your injured and you can't get up back on the balance beam. Ms. Hart did you hear anything thing I said to you?"

"Kim, are you okay?" Tommy asked switching the phone over to speaker mode. "Is he yelling at you?"

"No there's another girl on the team with the last name of Hart," Kimberly lied. "I'm doing fine."

"Are you sure?" Tommy asked. "You know you can talk to me."

"Tommy, I'm positive," Kimberly lied again. "Everything is going great. I'm happy here. I'd love to talk longer but my break is up. I will talk to you soon. I love you, Tommy. See you at Christmas."

"Love you too," he answered as he got off the phone.

Something just didn't seem right. It seemed very suspicious if there were two girls on the team with the last name of Hart. If that was the case, wouldn't he be addressing Kimberly as "Kimberly Hart" instead of just Miss Hart. Tommy had to check things out for himself. He took the phone down stairs and hung it up. His mom had already left for work and his dad wasn't going to be home until late at night. He was free to teleport down to Florida and check things out. Tommy didn't even bother to change out of his swimming trunks. He wasn't going to be gone long and it wouldn't much difference.

Tommy pressed a button on his communicator and a beam of white light vanished from the Oliver house. He came out in a dark hall in the gymnastic facility. Tommy heard yelling and it sound like Coach Schmidt. He looked around the corner and saw Kimberly on a scale and Coach Schmidt telling her was needing to go from 125 pounds to 105 pounds. She was weak from hurting her ankle and couldn't get back on the balance beam. Tommy knew that he'd never be able to explain how he got on campus so quick and knew he'd never be able to tell his parents that he was a ranger. That is when Tommy decided that he was going to get Kimberly an engagement ring for Christmas. Then he'd reveal what he knew, and he'd ask Kimberly to marry him and not go back to Florida. He could tell that she wasn't happy, especially after he heard Coach Schmidt tell Kimberly she wasn't allowed to talk about what went on in Florida.

"Tommy, Tommy," Ms. Snyder repeated. "Tommy, are you okay?"

He realized that he was day dreaming about what he saw in Florida. "I was just thinking about how my girlfriend isn't happy in Florida-" he couldn't believe he told his mother's best friend. Jan and James were the only people that knew that she wasn't happy. But, he told them that he heard Coach Schmidt yelling at Kimberly forcing her to lose 20 pounds, being over trained, and having to get back on the balance beam with an injury. But, he told them that he was talking to her on the phone and heard Coach Schmidt yelling at her in the back ground. "I mean I was thinking about how happy Kim will be when I give her the ring."

"I think you had it right the first time," Ms. Snyder smiled watching Tommy's jaw drop. "Jan told me about why you were wanting to purchase and engagement ring. And she told me you were looking at rings with pink diamonds." She got out a ring tray and showed him a bunch of rings with pink stones. His eye landed on sliver ringer. In the middle of the ring was a white gem and five pink heart shaped gems were all around it and it appeared to be in a shape of a flower.

"How much is that ring?" he asked pointed to the ring that caught his attention.

"Originally, it is $2,000 dollars," Ms. Snyder stated watching the corner of Tommy's mouth turn upside down. "However, when you purchased the heart necklace, you put your name in for a drawing. We are about to do the drawing to win a free piece of jewelry from the store of your choice. It's almost closing time and we're going to draw a lucky person's name out. Would you like to stay?"

"Sure," Tommy answered. He knew that there were other people who had entered their name in the box and he probably wouldn't win. Ms. Snyder reached into the box and grabbed slip of paper. He watched her unfold the piece of paper and she had a smile on her face.

"Jan Oliver is the winner," Ms. Snyder announced after opening the sheet of paper.

"Leslie, please give my son slip."

Tommy turned around and saw his mother in the store. "Mom, what are you doing here?"

"I was finishing up the last of my Christmas shopping and saw you were in here," Jan started taking a seat in the nearest chair.

"Mom, you won the certificate to win the free piece of jewelry of your choice," Tommy said when Ms. Snyder gave him the slip of paper. "There must be something in here that you want-"

"-Tommy, actually, I entered my name in the drawing last week when I heard you talking to your father about the "Ever Us" rings. I didn't know if you entered your name in for the drawing or not? So, I put my name in, so you'd have a better chance of winning. Go on and get the ring."

Tommy smiled and handed Ms. Snyder the slip of paper. She took the flower heart shape ring out of the ring tray and put it in a pink box. "I hope Kimberly likes her gift," Ms. Snyder smiled handing Tommy the pink box. "I hope you and your family have a Merry Christmas."

Tommy Oliver walked into the youth center full of confidence. He couldn't ask for anything better. A few months back he was worrying about losing his powers, after his powers were limited after the green candle incident. But, he now no longer had to worry about his powers failing him because he was official the white ranger. And these powers could never be taken away by the forces of evil. When he first moved to Angel Grove a year ago, he met this beautiful girl, Kimberly Hart. She was petite, had shoulder length Carmel hair, and wore pink all the time. A year ago, he always got butterflies in his stomach because he wanted to kiss her and wanted to ask her out on a date. When he first lost his powers as the green ranger, she came to the lake to see how he was coping. They shared their first kiss which was something they both wanted to do for a long time. After the kiss, he asked her to a dance and she accepted. And they often spent a lot of time together. When he removed his helmet to reveal he was the white ranger, his team mates were thrilled, especially Kimberly. On that same day he asked her to be his girlfriend and she accepted. Here he was a few days later, getting ready to go on his first date with her.

They would've been on their date already, but he forgot to set his watch. Okay, he could also be a little forgetful. But, Kimberly accepted it. She didn't mind waiting around, while went home and changed. "I'm back," he smiled when saw Kimberly sitting at the table waiting for him.

"You look so handsome," Kimberly compliment looking at his appearance. He was in black pants, a white sleeveless tee shirt, a tan vest, and he was wearing black head band. His hair was down and touching his shoulders, just like she liked it.

"Thanks," Tommy blushed as they laced their fingers together and they walked out of the youth center and headed to the park for their date.

"Kim," said a familiar voice. "Kim, wake up."

Kimberly opened her eyes and saw she had fainted after the taxi dropped her off and she walked into the living room and saw Tommy. She was laying on the couch in the Oliver's living room. A pair of chocolate eyes was staring down at her. After two months she was finally getting to see Tommy again. "Kim are you okay?" Ms. Oliver asked when she kneeled next to her son and his girlfriend. "You do not look so good."

"I'm just tired from all the training," Kimberly lied looking away from Tommy. She realized that Tommy put a piece of paper in his pocket. "I just need some rest."

"Mom, I'll take Kimberly up to the guest room," Tommy informed as he lifted her into his arms. "I figure that it's been a long plane ride and she need some rest."

"Okay, I'll call you when lunch is ready," Jan smiled as she went back into the kitchen.

Tommy carried Kimberly up to the guest room and laid her on the bed. She tried to avoid eye contact with him. "Kimberly, I know why you really fainted," Tommy grimaced as he took a seat next to Kimberly on the bed. "I think we need to talk."

Author's note:

This is an alternate universe of power rangers. This will also be the dragon story I was working on. I felt like it was moving a fast pace and I need to revise it.