Disclaimer: Okay I really only do this once, mostly because I only remember to do it once, but also because everybody reads the first chapter so why do it more then once? Anyway I do not own the Power Rangers, Disney has that pleasure. I also mention Disney in this story at some point, well I don't own them either. Obviously since I don't own the Power Rangers and the Power Rangers are owned by Disney.
A/N: This story is going to be told in first person point of view from the view of Kimberly. Anyway read, enjoy, review! Oh and it is finished already though I haven't decided on a posting schedule yet. Any input into that is appreciated and taken under advisement. This is not a long story, it totals out at this prologue and 5 chapters, just to give you a heads up.
The one person you never forget is your first love. You may forget your best friend from kindergarten, unless you stay friends with them forever, which is rare. And you may not remember everything about the kid next door. But you never forget a single thing about your first love, no matter how hard you may try, no matter how bad your memory is, no matter whom you find later in life you will always remember your first love.
Sometimes your first love is your only love. You meet, fall in love and stay together forever. But this doesn't happen that frequently. Sometimes your first love is your final love as well but there are others in between. For some reason you and your love split up, see other people and at some point realize that you're better together. And sometimes your first love is merely a memory and not the person you spend your life with.
There was a time when I thought Tommy would be the first of these, that he would be my only love. But then I left to train for the Pan Globals. In Florida I met Alex and I was so lonely without Tommy that he filled a hole in my life. So I sent Tommy a Dear John. Definitely not my brightest move. But at the time it seemed right. It killed me to do it but I knew if I was finding people to fill the hole caused by our separation then Tommy would to and I wanted to free him to explore those connections.
The funny thing is Alex and I only went out for a few weeks before we broke up. He wasn't a fan of me keeping my big secret a secret from Tommy. But I knew he would flip if he found out and well, I'd freed him, it wasn't his problem. Plus he was starting something with Kat. I couldn't ruin that. I was going to tell him, really I was, but then Murianthias happened. When he took his helmet off to try to get through to me I knew he still loved me and I was determined to share with him my big secret but then he spent all his time after we got back wrapped up in Kat and I couldn't do it.
Jason found out my secret about a year later and he too urged me to share it but now I was terrified about what would happen if I did. It had been so long. How could I tell him so late what had happened because of our one night together? How could I tell him about Amanda and Taylor so late after the fact? And while he wasn't with Kat anymore now he was in college, he was doing something with his life. I couldn't add the burden of twins he'd never known to his heavy academic workload and already strained finances. Jason, of course, disagreed but I prevailed. For a time anyway.
After Tommy earned his Ph.D. in Paleontology, imagine that, my Tommy was now Dr. Thomas Oliver who'd thought it would happen, Jason urged me, again, to tell him about the twins. Before I could get my courage together to tell him I found out he was a Ranger again. Even Jason agreed with my decision to postpone telling him this time. Neither of us wanted Amanda or Taylor caught up in Tommy's fight with Mesogog. We'd been Rangers so we were well aware of the danger anyone who made us vulnerable was in. And we didn't think Tommy needed any distractions from training his new team to save the world. And they did, as we knew they would. After all, they had Tommy Oliver, one of the greatest Rangers to ever wear a morpher on their team. They couldn't help but win with him on the team.
After Mesogog was defeated Jason, who'd been living with us for years, insisted we move to Reefside. He was tired of my excuses, and to be honest so was I, and he'd decided the time had come for action. Reefside is not a large town. We'd run into Tommy eventually. And even if we avoided him for the next couple of years when the girls started high school he'd figure it out then. Taylor especially looked just like him and I'd given them their fathers last name. And given them names I knew Tommy's always wanted to give his kids. So basically the move to Reefside started the countdown. The question was, how long did I have?