You and I Both Love…
Disclaimer : As always, all Power Rangers related wasn't mine.
: Well, as you all can see, this one is post- You and I Both fic. This is a one-shot but I've decided to divide this story into two parts. I really hope you like this one. Enjoy!
: I take it that the time frame in You and I Both was around 1993 and this one takes place eight years later, the year 2001. Tommy is 26 and Kimberly is 25.
- Part One: When the wind blows…
What's wrong with Tommy?
Kim's mind was not idle as she climbed out of her car. She grabbed the groceries from the back seat and used her hips to close the door. As she walked across the parking lot, her mind went back to the previous night.
Coming home from work and not finding Tommy, the more than slightly annoyed Kimberly picked up the phone, getting cozy at the sofa with a nice cup of herbal tea in her hand, and called her bestfriend, Trini.
The pretty Asian girl was now living in New York with Billy. Yes, that Billy. The same genius boy with glasses who used to be tutoring Kim back in high school. Just like she had predicted all those years ago, the two finally hit it off. Billy was now a famous scientist with so many degrees that she couldn't memorize all of them and Trini got a job as an accountant manager in one of the companies there. Well, she was always good with numbers. They moved in together about a year after Kim and Tommy decided to live together.
Yeah, Tommy and she had been living together for almost three years now. After they both graduated from the Angel Grove High ( it felt like a long, long time ago!), they continued to college. With different major, of course. Shockingly, and it's still the hottest topic among their friends, Tommy studied to become a paleontologyst. She remembered she nearly fell off her chair when he announced it. Tommy, always full of surprises. Since she always loved surprises, she wouldn't mind a bit.
Oh, and he wore glasses right now. So sexy, so mature and so hot. He looked much better than Clark Kent and she remembered how crazy she was about him once upon a time. Clark Kent, not Tommy. Plus don't forget the hair. He had cut the long trademark Tommy hair once they graduated from college. She was disappointed at first because she could no longer run her fingers through those long locks. However, as the time went by, she had no complain. She could feel like she was practically glowing everytime she saw him.
Oh boy. She had it real real bad. But since the feeling was mutual, it's alright.
Their apartment was located in PearlBeach, a nice place that reminded her so much of Angel Grove. And talking about PearlBeach and the population, Tommy had considered applying to be a science teacher at the PearlBeach High. Yeah, yet another surprising fact from him. They guy who used to develop a certain syndrome to forget so many things. She could say that he's getting better, but not quite because he still had the tendency to forget the milk everytime she asked him to get it.
He's not perfect but she loved him just the way he was.
" You two have been together for like, what, almost eight years now. Am I correct?" Trini asked over the phone.
Kim took a sip before answering, " Will be next week,"
" I'm so happy to see you two, you know. Me and Billy. Do you remember that you two used to hate each other? Well, but we knew better. We knew that sooner or later, you'd realize that the hate thing was actually love,"
" I missed those times. Don't you?" Kim sighed longingly. Even though she's happy with her life right now, Kim couldn't help but wanting to go back in time. It seemed that when they were in high school, there're less troubles to think of. " we were so young,"
Trini chuckled. " Come on! You're only 25!"
Kim didn't tell anyone about her little secret. When she was sixteen, long before she met Tommy and Max had already gone for Germany, she often thought about her future.
Say, she wanted to get married at 25 or 26. Perhaps around a year later, she could have a little girl (or boy) running all over the house. She was 25 now and even though she and Tommy had been together for so long and had lived together for the past three years, they never talked about it. Marriage.
It's not like she'd never imagined of what it'd feel like to be married to Tommy. She had. Many, many times, in fact. She knew she wasn't the only one. He must have thought about it as well. The Kimberly Oliver comment he made when they're teenagers was still fresh in her memory.
Kimberly Oliver… It certainly has a nice ring to it! Oh, and she didn't want a big flashy diamond ring. A simple one would do, as long as it's from Tommy.
Oh well, as sappy as that sounded, Kim was still a girl and girls were allowed to have fantasies about their weddings, the ring, the honeymoon…
" Kimberly?" Trini's voice brought her back from her daydreaming. Kim put the cup on the table and turned on the television.
" Yeah?"
" So when will it be?" Trini asked excitedly, almost giddily. " eight years are a really long time, you know. I know a couple that got married two months after they met,"
Kim's heart jumped a bit at the mention of the M word. Why did she suddenly bring up the topic? Trini couldn't read her mind, could she? Kim's voice was a bit hoarse when she replied, "Two months? They must be drunk that time and before they knew what they're doing, they ended up in Las Vegas and got married in one of those chapels,"
" It was a summer wedding and it's beautiful," Trini said simply and Kim wondered if she did this on purpose.
" Uhmm… I expect that they filed for divorce two months later?"
" They have three kids and a cute golden retriever, Thor running on their backyard," Trini said solemnly.
" They named their son Thor?" Kim just had to ask. She knew it would annoy Trini and well, it did.
" Very funny, Kim," Trini said sardonically. " you wanted that too,"
" What? Having three children and a big dog running in my backyard? That reminded me of that Disney movie, what it's called?" Kim finally gave up and turned off the TV. She rested her head on the arm of the sofa.
" Since when did you get sarcastic?"
" I didn't,"
Now that she thought about it, Trini was right. Eight years were indeed not a short period of time. Well, it's not important. What was, were, she and Tommy loved each other, had a nice place to live at ( plus that king sized bed was mighty comfortable), great jobs… Their future was certainly bright and they had each other to share it with. After all, they're still so young. There's still plenty of time ahead to do just anything. Including getting married.
And she also didn't need a big dog named Thor or whatever running in their backyard. That if they ever had one. They hadn't talked about moving into a real house, but who knows?
Kim pushed the glass door opened and walked straight to the elevator, all the while wondering if Tommy had got back from teaching. Not from the high school, he'd start that job next year. Tommy owned a dojo downtown and the school was pretty success. He's always good with kids.
When the elevator door glided open with a soft ding, Kim's mind flew to another phone call she had with her other friend, Jason Lee.
Her big ' brother' was currently stayed at Houston. He's engaged to Emily and they actually had a dog running in their beautiful backyard (he emailed her some pictures). Not a golden retriever but a cute little pekinese. Okay, forget about the dog-running-in-the-backyard thing, Kimmie! Trini was such a bad influence.
" Tommy hasn't got home yet?" Jason asked. He sounded a little concern. " have you locked the door? It's late," Kim knew right awat that he just finished watching the latest episode of Law and Order. Or CSI?
" Not yet,"
" Again?" he asked. He's right. This was the seventh times in two weeks that Tommy got home late. Sometimes he would show up when she was already in bed that she didn't even know what time he's in.
" He called," Kim tried to assure Jason. " he said he has something in the dojo so he asked me not to wait for him,"
" The karate competition, you mean?" Kim could sense the frustration colored Jason's deep voice. About a month later, there'd be a karate match in the dojo and since it's the first time ever, Tommy wanted to make sure everything's working as it planned.
" You'll come, right? Tommy has sent the invitation two days ago," Kim said. " you'll get it soon,"
" Is Tommy acting weirder lately?" Jason out of the blue asked. His voice dropped until it's almost like a whisper. " you know… weird,"
Kim cocked her eyebrows and sat straighter on the bed. " What do you mean?"
" You know, weird," he repeated again.
" Aside from forgetting to put down the toilet seat and to change that socks which has two holes on them," Kim said with mirth. " I think he's fine,"
" Good,"
" What do you have in mind? Come on, tell me,"
" Nothing," he answered shortly. There's something in his voice that made Kim frown.
She rested her head on the headboard and closed her eyes. Jason was still Jason. Never was a good liar. Not in front of her, at least. " Well, I can tell that it was not nothing, whatever you're going to say. Tell!"
He didn't say anything for a good fifteen seconds and she was about to flame him again when he said in a rush, " I just thought, I don't know… maybe he has a-," he stopped, the hesitancy was obvious.
Lightbulb! All of a sudden she felt cold inside. He didn't need to finish the sentence. She had a good idea where the stammers led into. Kim's eyes moved to the digital clock on the nightstand.
" Jase, you're not suggesting that Tommy is…," Kim swallowed hard. " having an affair, right? Cheating on me?"
" No!" he almost yelled. " I didn't say that,"
" Well, but that's what you're implying," Did his imagination just raise to a higher level tonight, thanks to those TV series on television?
But if she really, really thought about it… No. Tommy wouldn't do such thing as that to her. She shouldn't listen to Jason.
Why did he have to find solace at another woman's arms? Despite their all days fighting when they're teenagers, they're rarely ever arguing now. Even if they did, all normal and healthy couple did that. They communicate well and come on, it was so apparent that they're head over heels in love with each other. Tommy had always been an affectionate person and that hadn't changed. The daisies in the living room were the evidence (he didn't forget about her being allergic to roses, not even one time). Their sex life had been out of the world. He had made her first time really wonderful and it was simply magical, everytime they made love.
No. Jason was definitely wrong. She had never found a lipstick smear on his clothes-just like how it happened in those soap operas-, and not a woman's perfume scent either.
Kim didn't want to listen to Jason but somehow, the more she tried to kick the silly thought out of her mind, the more difficult she succedeed. She found herself watching Tommy closer a couple of times but no. Tommy was still the same old Tommy, now with the glasses and the short spiked hair, that is.
The elevator stopped at her floor and she walked towards their apartment. She put the paper bags on the floor and began searching for the key. She slipped it inside and unlocked the door.
Putting the groceries at the kitchen counter, her ears pricked up when she heard something from their bedroom. A light thump, followed by another louder one.
Could it be a burglar? In the middle of the day? He got to be kidding.
Kim grabbed an umbrella and walked carefully towards the room at the corner. The door was closed but the sound kept going. Her heart started thumping faster inside her chest. Was it a right thing to do? Or should she call for the security?
" Ughh!"
Kimberly nearly dropped the umbrella when she heard someone groaning. She would recognize the voice anywhere, anytime.
It was Tommy's!
Oh God. Jason was right. Tommy did have an affair. Who was the woman? A beautiful sexy lady from the woman defense class? Or a stunning single mother of a six year old?
He moaned again. Oh GOD. Yes. MOANED.
Kim didn't know what to do. Her mind went numb and hot tears started to blur her vision. Her hands trembled furiously and she put the umbrella on the floor. She glared at the door.
Tommy was in there, having a, she couldn't believe she said this, wild sex with another woman!
Taking a few steps forward, Kim gulped a deep breath of air and clucthed the doorknob tightly. She prepared herself for whatever she'd see. She must not faint or break down. Yeah, she had to let him know, with whom he's messing with.
Kim wiped the fallen tears from her cheek and gritted her teeth. Counting to three, she opened the door.
: Yay! Cliffhanger… thanks for reading, this is the first part. I hope I can post the second one soon. Please don't forget to leave your reviews, they encourage me to update. But No Flame please. Thank you.
- Yuuri ; )