Part Two
Tommy turned off the engine to his brand new black Jeep Cherokee. He was happier than he had been in a long time. He was doing well in school. Dr. Anton Mercer was thinking about taking him on an exhibition in a month, after graduation and he was seeing the most beautiful girl in the world.
Speaking of his beautiful girl, he was now walking from the parking lot of her apartment complex about to pay her a visit.
Things with Kimberly was going great. It had been a month since they decided to begin a romantic relationship. They were around each other as much as possible. Tommy had even taken the liberty of staying over at her place a night or two. There sex life was wonderful and not at all getting old. The other day, Kim had surprised him with an romantic scene in her living room.
She had moved the furniture away from the center of the room. One of her light pink comforters was lain on the soft, white carpet. Pillows covering its surface. Wine was set on the coffee table, two flute wine glasses by it. The air was scented with fresh roses. The red, white, and pink petals were littered on the floor. To complete the scene a beautiful young woman.
Kimberly's attire consisted of a white push-up bra with matching thong and a sheer white robe. She was lain across the floor in the middle of the pillows in a seductive pose.
Needless to say, it was a very pleasurable night.
When he entered Kimberly's apartment today, Tommy was greeted with a huge smile, a hug, and several endless kisses. Not caring if the door was opened the man kissed his girlfriend with equal enthusiasm.
"Hi," Tommy said with a charming smile as he looked down into her sparkling eyes.
"Come in." Kimberly invited. "And shut the door."
She walked towards her small kitchen.
"Why?" the ex racecar driver asked doing as he was told. "You planning on doing something you don't want your neighbors to see?"
Kim smiled at the kitchen's entrance. Her pose was oozing sensuality. She looked him straight in the eye.
"Maybe," the woman said playfully.
Tommy just chuckled as he followed her to the kitchen. He watched her intently as she pulled open her refrigerator door. Kim bent over to grab two bottles of water giving her boyfriend a perfect view of her ass.
Standing and closing the door, Kimberly moved from the kitchen into the living room. She handed Tommy a bottle as she passed him.
"There's something I want to talk to you about." Kim said somberly as she sat on her cream colored sofa.
"What about?" Tommy asked taking a spot next to sofa.
He knew by her tone that she was serious.
Tucking her hair behind her ear, Kim faced Tommy. She bit her lip nervously and place a hand on his. They both set their unopened bottles down onto the floor.
"You remember a month ago when we first decided to start over?" Kim asked.
"Yeah."
"Do you also remember what we agreed on?" Kim continued.
"Yes," Tommy said confusion written all over his face. He looked at the woman he loved. she was expecting him to continue. "We will not tell our friends about our new romantic relationship until we were prepared to."
"Right." Kim said. "Well, I was thinking…"
She allowed the sentence to hang.
"Yeah?" Tommy encouraged her to go on.
"We should tell them now." Kim said.
Tommy went to disagree, but Kim stopped him.
"Hear me out." She said tucking her legs under her and brushing her hair back behind her ear. "It's been a month now and everything's going great. We're happy and it's like we never broke up."
Kimberly bit her lip at that. She wasn't sure Tommy felt the same way.
"Yes, it is." The former Red Ranger confirmed.
It was true, it was like they had never went their separate ways. It Kimberly had never went to Florida and written that letter, their relationship would be like it is now. Who knows, today they would probably be married.
"I think we should share our happiness." Kim finished.
Tommy stared into her lovely eyes. He knew he couldn't say no to her on this. A thought came to him at that moment.
"Trini and Aisha, they know you're seeing someone." He asked.
It wasn't a question.
Kim laughed and nodded.
"Yeah," she said. "It's hard to keep such a big secret from them. Especially when I'm smiling so much and singing happy little tunes."
Tommy couldn't help but laugh.
"Jason and Adam are suspicious too," he told her. "I'm way to happy to be a man who, not too long ago, broke up with his long term girlfriend; especially on the days of or after we have sex."
A blush showed on the woman's cheeks.
"Glad I make you happy." Kim said with a giggle.
"Same here." Tommy said brightly. "You always have."
Kimberly was about to say something about Florida and the letter, when Tommy kissed her to show he had forgiven her and the letter was just a thing of the past.
Several days later, Tommy, Jason, Adam, and Rocky were playing basketball at Angel Grove Park. It was shirts versus skins. Adam and Rocky were shirts and Tommy and Jason were skins. Skins were up by one point. All Rocky had to do was make this last shot and he and Adam would win. With Jason blocking him, the former Blue Ranger released the ball. It flew towards the basket and with a swish, the ball went through the net.
"Yes," Rocky exclaimed.
"Woo," Adam yelled right in Tommy's ear.
Tommy rubbed his ear and glared at his best friend. Jason just shrugged as he made his way to the sports bottles at the side of t he court. Each a different color. Red was Jason's, green, Adam's, blue, Rocky's, and white was Tommy's. Each a trademark of their former Ranger colors.
"Sorry man," Jason apologized half heartedly to Tommy as they all stood at the side of the court, bottles in hand. "I tried."
"Yeah, yeah," Tommy said off handedly.
"Good game," Adam said ever the good sport.
"Yeah," Rocky agreed after swallowing the water in his mouth.
Back when they were the Zeo Rangers, the former Zeo Ranger III would throw the win at their faces, but after getting hit so many times for his gloating, he learned to keep his pride to himself.
"Hey, guys," Tommy said seriously. "There's something I want to tell you."
His three companions all looked at him expertly. They still had no clue about Tommy's relationship with Kimberly. At least, not the true relationship.
"What is it, bro?" Jason asked.
"Yeah, Tommy," Adam said.
"You can tell us anything," Rocky said.
"Yeah, I know," Tommy said nervously.
This was a lot harder than he imagined.
"It's about Kim." he said right out.
"What about her?"
Jason was first again.
"Is something wrong?" Adam asked.
"No, nothing's wrong." Tommy said honestly.
"Then what is it?" Rocky said his impatience showing.
"We've been seeing each other." Tommy confessed.
"What!" All three of former Zeo Ranger V's companions exclaimed.
"Since when?" Rocky asked excited that his two friends found each other again.
"Around the time we said we were just friends." Tommy answered.
"A month ago?" Jason asked.
A question ignored by the other former Red Rangers who were now smiling.
"That's great," Rocky congratulated.
"Yeah," Jason said not too happy with the news.
Adam remained silent. A month ago, Tommy and Kat's break up was still fresh. Kat was his friend and her best friend the former Green Zeo Ranger's girlfriend. He wondered how Tommy could move on so quickly, while Kat was still hurting.
Jason's thoughts were similar. The first leader of the Power Ranger's didn't like the fact that his best friend was already back dating and Kat, Tommy's girlfriend for nearly five years, had yet to get over the break up. Jason was being bias, he knew that. Kat was beautiful and smart. He also had had a crush on the girl since he first laid eyes on her, but seeing she only had eyes for Tommy, Jason moved on. So, he felt it was pretty understandable for him to be a little angry.
"Jase, Adam," Tommy asked shaking them from their thoughts. "You two okay?"
Adam nodded deciding it was good Tommy was back with Kimberly. They were soul mates. Real life true loves. Billy had told him that when Tommy and Kim had first laid eyes on one another it was love at first sight. The former Zeo Ranger IV wanted to be happy for his friends; even though, he knew when Tanya found out, there would be hell to pay.
"Yeah," Jason said weakly.
Seeing his best friend smile the way he used to before Kim's first letter melted his heart. Tommy was his best friend and Kimberly was his longest friend. He couldn't stay mad at them for wanting to try to find happiness with each other again.
Four women were seated in the middle of the food court of Angel Grove's largest mall. They were only taking a lunch break. After they filled their stomachs, they were going to head to the next floor of the building.
"Ok, Kimberly," Trini Kwan said. "You promised us you would tell us who has gotten you so happy."
"What, Trini, not who," Kimberly corrected knowing the Vietnamese friend was correct.
"Come on, Kimberly," Tanya whined her chocolate hand touching the smallest woman's shoulder. She shocked her slightly with some static electricity from her sweater.
"Tell it girl," Zeo Ranger II said.
Kimberly rolled her eyes. Her friends could be so impatient. She knew Trini and Aisha were going to be happy, but Tanya was Kat's best friend. Kat was Tommy's ex. Kimberly knew the blonde wasn't over the breakup. The former Pink Pterodactyl steeled her resolve. This conversation was going to go down the hill after her announcement.
Kimberly took a deep breath.
"I've been seeing Tommy for the past month," she let out quickly.
It took the other women a moment to register the information. Trini and Aisha's shock quickly turned to happiness.
"That's wonderful," Trini exclaimed.
"I can't believe it," Aisha said and moved to embrace Kimberly.
"Neither can I," Tanya mumbled.
"Tanya, what's wrong?" Trini asked.
One to always speak her voice, Tanya immediately answered.
"She's dating Kat's ex boyfriend," she said. "What happened to the rule that says we don't date each other's exes?"
Aisha couldn't believe the former Yellow Zeo Ranger's nerve.
"Hey, Tommy dated Kimberly before he dated Kat," The Yellow Bear countered.
Kimberly bit her lip nervously as Trini nodded.
"Well, he dated Kat longer," Tanya returned.
"So, Kim was his first love," the second Yellow Ranger threw back.
"She broke his heart," the third Yellow Ranger yelled.
"Obviously, he got over it," Aisha yelled back.
Passersby and people seated at the tables near the former Rangers' turned to stare at ehm. Aisha and Tanya immediately calmed down. Their audience began to turn away when they saw no more commotion was going to happen.
After a minute or two of silence and eating, Tanya sighed.
"Tommy got over Kat too soon," she said quietly.
"That may be true," Aisha said just as softly. "But you weren't there when he and Kim were together, they were inseparable."
Tanya nodded taking another bite of her food. She couldn't help but to agree. Seeing the hurt in Tommy after he received Kim's letter was a terrible sight. His pain effected the whole team.
"Tanya," Kim said gently. "I am not expecting your acceptance. I just felt you should know."
Another nod and Tanya placed down her fork. She dabbed the sides of her mouth with her napkin.
"It's okay," she said. "You and Tommy deserve to be happy. It wouldn't be right for him to move on. It's just Kat hasn't yet and she's going to be hurt when she hears about this. I'm just trying to be a good friend."
"Understandable," Kimberly said.
"Come one guys," Trini said. "Let's cheer up and finish eating so we can shop some more."
Aisha, Tanya, and Kimberly smiled. Trini knew them all too well.
"Alright," Aisha agreed. "But before we leave, I say we order some ice cream. I can sure use some comfort food."
They all laughed and continued their day on a happy note.