"I Can Love You"

Summary: Kimberly knows that she can love Tommy better than Melissa ever can.

Disclaimer: Don't own anything. The lyrics used are by Mary J Blige.

"Why does she have to come down here Aisha?" Kimberly asked. They were outside for P.E laying in the shade hanging out together. And all she could talk about was Melissa. "I mean Tommy always went down to see her. Why not keep it that way?" Aisha shrugged as she put on her sunglasses.

"Are you sure you want him alone with her? At least they'll be around us so we can know what they are doing together" Aisha replied. "I know for a fact that you'll be like 'Oh what's Tommy doing? I bet he's kissing Melissa'" Kim looked over at her shocked and she put her hand to her chest as she gasped.

"I don't sound like that! And maybe your right, I don't want him alone with her" Kim said. Aisha laughed. "Okay then not maybe, I don't want him alone with her" Kim corrected after Aisha laughed. Aisha smiled as she tilted her glasses so she could look at her.

"Yeah that's more like it" Aisha said. Kim rolled her eyes and she laughed. "Ya know I always wondered what she looked like" Aisha turned to Kim as she said that.

"She's probably Irish with a name like Finnegan. Red hair, green eyes, tall…." Kim said. Aisha started to laugh as she heard Kimberly. "What?"

"Okay you are seriously a psycho for even saying that" Aisha said laughing. After a few minutes of her laughing fit Aisha finally calmed down. "Let's stop talking about her for now. Movie night is at your place this week right?" Movie night was something that the gang had started back when they were in middle school. Every Friday night they would go to one of there houses and watch movies together.

"Yes my place in two days" Kim replied. Kimberly looked out onto the field and she saw Tommy playing football with the guys and she let out a sigh. "He is so cute"

"And he's taken" Aisha replied. Kim rolled her eyes and she smirked as she looked over at Aisha.

"I can love him better than she can" Kim said. Aisha shook her head. "Come on let's go walk around the track" Aisha and Kim stood up from the ground and they started to walk around. Kimberly often looked at Tommy as he played. She looked at Aisha as she felt her nudge her shoulder gently.

"So Kimmie are you going to the dance?" Aisha asked out of the blue.

"I doubt it. I don't have a date" Kim said with a pout. Aisha sighed knowing just who Kimberly wanted to go to the dance with.

"Don't worry you'll find someone to go with" Aisha said putting an arom around her shoulder. Kimberly smiled and the two girls countinued to walk along the track. It was last period and Kimberly was sitting next to Tommy working on her english assignment. "So do you know what you are going to do your essay on? Tommy? Tommy!" He jumped slightly as he heard her yell his name.

"Sorry what were you talking about?" Tommy asked. Kim sighed.

"What are you doing the essay on?" Kim asked again.

"I'm doing it on betrayal. Sorry I wasn't paying attention to you before. I was a little distracted" Tommy replied with a grin. Kim smiled and she tilted her head slightly.

"Distracted by what?" Kim asked as she poked him with her pencil eraser.

"I'm really excited about Melissa coming down here" Tommy replied. Kim nodded faking like she was intrested in hearing about her coming down for the third time that day. "I haven't seen her in two weeks and I just can't wait to see her when she get's here Saturday" Kimberly rolled her eyes as she wrote her essa, she didn't feel like hearing about Melissa at the moment in fact she didn't feel like hearing about the girl period. Kim finally looked up at him.

"Tommy you talk to her almost everyday" Kim said.

"I know I do but it's still not the same Kimberly. Once you fall for someone like the way I did with Melissa you'll understand what I'm talking about" Tommy said. Tommy looked over at her then he stood up and walked over to the teacher so she could look over his essay. Kimberly looked at him for a moment then she looked down. If only Tommy had known that her feelings for him ran deeper than just friendship. What would Tommy say if he knew that she cared about much more than Melissa did? Kimberly seriously needed to speak to Aisha about this so after school they met up with each other and they went to Kim's house.

"So what's up?" Aisha asked sitting on the pink chair in Kim's room. Kim flooped down on her bed and she put her hands over her face and let out a frustrated groan. "That bad?"

Kim looked up at the ceiling and then towards Aisha. "No...well yeah...I mean"

"Well which is it?" Aisha asked with an amused smile on her face.

"It's not really all that bad it's just something Tommy said to me in english class" Kim replied as she sat up on her bed. Aisha gave her a look telling her to go on. "Oh well he told me that when I fall for someone like he did with Melissa I would understand what he means when he say's that he misses her"

"If only he knew huh?" Aisha asked.

"That's exactally what I was thinking when he said it to me!If he only knew that my feelings went deeper ...oh this is just complicated!" Kim screamed into her pillow. "I hate this Aisha"

"Which part? The part where you're bestfriend is youre secret crush? Or the part when you are too afraid to tell him? Or that he has a girlfriend? Or his girlfriend is coming down here?" Aisha asked with a smile. Kim glared at her hard.

"All of the questions actually" Kim replied. Aisha reached over and patted Kim's leg."Three my days until my life is over"

"You are so dramatic" Aisha replied. Kim pulled her pillow to her chest and she sighrf, she wanted to prove to him so bad that she could love him more than his current girlfriend could but she didn't want to ruin anything. She had to come up with something to show him that she cared for him more than Melissa did and he had to it all by Saturday...

I can love you, (I can love you)
I can love you, (I can love you)
I can love you better than she can

Sitting here,
Wondering why you don't love me
The way that I love you

An: And there is the second chapter, thank you to everyone that has reviewed or that has put this story on there favorite/alert list. All of the questions will be answered in later chapters, and also in the next chapter there will be Tommy/Kim moments. So please read and review.