Forgotten Love

Disclaimer: If I owned any of the characters in this story then I would have changed the direction of the series completely.

Summary: Kim has moved to the small town of Reefside to open up a new gym and does not know that Tommy is in town…but she has been hiding a secret from him for ten years and is she walking back into a fight?

Kim sighed as she surveyed the many boxes she still needed to unpack. She had only two days before her gym was set to open for classes, but she had already set it up and just needed to set up her own apartment behind the gym.

Kim began at the living room of her spacious loft over the gym and worked steadily until her stomach reminded her that it was dinnertime and she grabbed a sandwich and a bottle of water and made a mental reminder to go to the grocery store so she could cook the next night. She studied her figure ominously as she noticed that her clothes hung even baggier off her than they had last week. Nothing would ever be the same she mused.

Kim had virtually no one left in her life with the exception of her stepfather. After her mother's maliciousness, her husband Paul Letart had divorced her to support Kim. To rid herself of memories better left in the shadows, Kim coached under the name of Anne Letart. The only person who knew the sordid truth was Jason and she swore him to secrecy about her whereabouts. Not that he would recognize me anyway, Kim thought. Even Jason had not seen her for years and she now wore a blonde wig and her shape was even more petite than it had been in high school ... and with her lack of appetite these days, she was even skinnier than Kat had been.

She wondered to her bedroom, started to unpack some of her clothes, and stopped when her knee started to throb and limped into the bathroom to start a bath. The one good thing about this apartment was that it had a huge tub with jets that were perfect for Kim to relax in after a hard day of training. After about twenty minutes in the bath, Kim emerged and put on the last memory she had from high school.

Flashback

Kim was getting out of the bath when two warm arms enfolded her from behind. "Ah" she squealed…you're hands are cold Tommy. I'm sorry Tommy replied, lets warm you up" and with that he wrapped her in the terrycloth robe provided by the hotel. "Merry Christmas Beautiful" he said as she snuggled into his arms for a relaxing day of intimacy.

End Flashback

Sighing silently, she strolled over to the bed and lay in bed trying to sleep. Eventually, around two or three a.m., Kim finally nodded off into a troubled sleep. Groggily she rolled over and groaned when she noticed the clock read 11:00 a.m. She was supposed to meet Jason at 10:00 at the deli around the corner.

She frowned as she wondered what had woken her up when the pounding sounded again. Groggily she went and opened the door to a sheepish Jason. 'I take it you were asleep' he said. 'Yeah' she said and someone decided to wake me up'

The two talked, ate, and caught up for a few hours when Jason dropped the bomb.

'You know that eventually what really happened is going to come out right'

Immediately Kim jumped up from the table and started to clear it 'no it doesn't have to happen'.

'Look Kim we need to talk'

'What about?'

'Tommy'

No he was a closed subject a long time ago, I screwed up any chance I had of him ten years ago and I do not want to reopen that particular Pandora's box'

'He has a right to know'

'And you said that at the time, but I made my mind up then and I have to live with what happened'

'Ok Kim' Jason sighed 'ill let it go for now but know that it's important to me that you tell him'

'O I love ya Jase but that is one thing I don't think I can ever do'

'If there is a chance for it' Jason implored 'please just promise me you will trust the love you once shared and tell him the truth'

A little bemused at Jason's sudden insistence that she promise to bare her deep dark secret she looked at him more closely.

'Just what do you know that I do not' she said

'Nothing' Jason answered, 'but I asked Kat to marry me and she said yes which means that you two will need to be in the same place at the same time'

'I'm so excited for you!' Kim squealed and hugged Jason

'But I need both of you there' he said

'I did that, remember?' Kim said, immediately saddened thinking about the loss of her closest friend Trini.

'Sorry' Jase said 'there's not a day goes by that I don't remember her, but that day was kind of a blur for me'

With a hug and kiss on the cheek Jason left to run some errands, and Kim walked to her room to put on some cleaning clothes and went to work on the rest of the apartment. Around lunchtime, Kim unloaded the last of her boxes and went around tidying up her apartment before heading towards the gym to work the stiffness out of her muscles before the start of classes on Monday.

She was unlocking the door when, unbeknownst to her, someone snuck up behind her.

Well this is my first attempt at the beginning to a story and I would love any reviews that would be offered. Thanks!