A/N: New chapter! Sorry if you think it's too long! (it was actually supposed to be longer but I decided it was already super long I needed to cut it short, next part in another chapter) I know.. this will be Tommy/Kim.. but I'm more for angst and suspense... And yeah. I have to get a good foundation! anyways! I'm excited! Thanks for reading! Thanks for reviewing! Thanks for following (and or) favoriting! It's what keeps me going! Hope you enjoy!


Kim walked down the empty hallway. She was at the school early, before the students arrived, as most teachers did, but she was a bit early even for that. She felt her heart racing, she was nervous; it was like she was starting high school all over again.

What if her students didn't like her? Would her colleagues like her? What if she couldn't do this? What if she was awful at teaching? All these thoughts raced through her mind as she continued down the hall. She took a deep breath, Relax, Kim. She thought to herself, expelling the breath she was holding.

She was searching for the faculty lounge, but she was so frazzled she couldn't even remember where it was.


Tommy was sitting in the teacher's lounge; the room had a small couch, a couple armchairs, and a small table with a few plastic chairs around it. There was a coffee machine, fridge, and a small microwave along with a large sink. It was small, but sufficient.

He was sitting in one of the chairs around the small table, where he had a stack of papers messily arranged in front of him. He sat tapping a pen against the table while he waited for the coffee to brew. He was the only one there, which wasn't unusual; he was always the first one in. He liked having time to look over and grade student's work before school started. It was nearly impossible to get any grading done when he was home; he was always distracted at home, working in the Dino lab. He needed to be away from all of that to focus on the teacher side of his life.

Today he had a hard time focusing even at school, away from his other work. He couldn't stop thinking about yesterday. He had seen a sudden boom of energy on the radar, which had then picked up the energy of a new dino-gem.

Why had it been hidden under a force field? Where did it disappear to? Who hid it in the first place? Who had it now? He shook his head; he needed to focus on being a science teacher right now. There was nothing he could do about the dino-gem right now.

He glanced down at the papers on the table, lab reports. He stared at them blankly, attempting to read the first one of the pile.

Kira, Connor and Ethan had gone to check out the area, but they had been to late, they came back empty handed. No dino gem. They had all been there when the energy blast that broke the force field which had been hiding the dino-gem had been picked up on the radar. He had called them all there to talk about a strange reading he was picking up.

Was there really another dino-gem? Who had it now? What did this mean?

He suddenly was shaken from his daze when he heard footsteps coming down the hall.


Kim finally found the room she wanted, the teacher's lounge. She let out a sigh of relief as she reached for the door.

"Ah, Ms. Hart" she turned around to see a woman approaching her. Kim smiled.

"I'm principal Randall, I wanted to have a talk with you," the woman said sternly.

Kim looked at the woman confused, "Uh, I thought I already met the –"

"No, you're thinking of Mr. Johnson. He was just filling in for me while I was… out… and I come back to find he's hired" she paused looking Kim up and down "you" she said with obvious disapproval.

"Oh, uh, I didn't –"

"Lucky for you, we do need a new gym teacher, so you'll just have to do." she said giving the fakest smile Kim had ever seen in her life.

Kim was relieved, she was worried for a second that she was out of a job before she even started.

"Walk with me Ms. Hart" she started walking briskly.

Kim followed the unfriendly woman down the hall trying to keep up with her.

"I believe students need a great level of discipline, the harder of a teacher you are the better, …" the principal continued with her speech as they walked towards the gym.

Kim wondered why on earth this woman would ever be working anywhere near children.


Kim was sitting in the gym teachers' office, thinking about her bizarre conversation with the principal. She heard the first bell ring, which meant that the kids should head to their first period class. She gulped; the conversation with Randall had really shaken her. There was something seriously off about that woman.

Kim wasn't the only gym teacher, the school had a few different teachers, she was however the only one with a first period class.

The students started to come in to the gym slowly. There were the students who came right after the first bell, most came a few minutes before the late bell rang, and there were always the ones who arrived late to class. Kim stood on the side of the gym opposite the bleachers and watched the students come in and go sit down on the bleachers.

Among the students who entered the gym were Kira and Connor.

"So who's the guy?" Connor teased

"Not this again! There is no guy! I'm going to kill Ethan!" Kira huffed

"Hmm is it the kid who works at Hayley's?"

"Trent? No, it's not Trent" Kira replied without thinking

"So there is someone!" Connor said triumphantly.

"Would you just stop" Kira walked away from Connor and sat on the first bench of the bleachers in front of her.

Connor rolled his eyes at Kira and went to join her on the bleachers, when suddenly something caught his eye.

"Damn! Who's that?!" he asked sitting down next to Kira and pointing towards Kim.

"I don't know" Kira shrugged not really paying much attention to who he was talking about.

"She's hot" he said not taking his eyes off Kim.

"Of course you like her, she's wearing pink." Kira rolled her eyes.

Kim approached the bleachers from across the room, she was looking at all the students sitting, talking amongst themselves. There were about 20 students in the class; just at a glance she'd guess there was about 15 of them there right now. She took a deep breath.

"Alright class," she shouted to make sure that one, they all heard her, and two that she got their attention. "I'm your new teacher, my name is Ms. Hart, you can call me Ms. H if you prefer …" she continued speaking to the students about the class.

"I think I'm in love," Connor whispered to Kira.

"Pathetic." Kira scoffed

"…So how about we start off with walking a few laps around the gym and go from there," Kim said cheerily.

And to her surprise they all got up and started walking around the circular track on the floor.

Everything was going to be all right after all.


It was last period, Dr. O's class, the only class Kira actually looked forward to going to. She walked in the door and went to go set her stuff on a desk, the class was pretty empty only a few people in the room, she was always early to this class. Everyone else always milled about in the hall until the late bell rang. She looked over and saw Dr. O writing something on the board. In front of his desk, Connor and Ethan were talking; she walked over to join them.

"But did you see the new gym teacher?! She's a total hottie!" Connor said to Ethan

"Oh God, you're not still on this." Kira walked up behind Connor.

"Sorry Kira, I'm going to have to agree with Connor on this one" Ethan continued, " Ms. H is very pretty. Not what one thinks about when they think of a high school gym teacher."

"Pretty?!" She's a total babe!" Connor replied

"You both sicken me" Kira rolled her eyes.

"What are you guys arguing about now?" Dr. O asked, turning around and joining their conversation.

"They're just being pigs" Kira said looking at Ethan and Connor.

"Am not" Connor replied quickly. "Why am I a pig? Because I said Ms. H was hot?" Connor questioned her.

"Because you judge everyone on their looks, that's what makes you a pig." Kira smiled, feeling she proved her argument.

"Dr. O, what do you think? Is Ms. H a babe or what?" Connor looked at his teacher.

He laughed, "Haven't met her, but I'm sure she's very nice regardless of what she looks like." He said trying to please both Kira and Connor.

The bell rang and they all went to their seats, the room had filled up while they were talking up at the front.

"Okay, so today we'll be starting a new lab…" Dr. O continued to go over the details of the lab and went on to explain the purpose of the lab.

"… And since we have a new student in class, we finally have an even number and we can break up the threesome lab partners. Kira would you mind working with Chris?"

Chris? Her Chris?! He was here? In the class? She hadn't seen him… She looked around the class quickly and spotted him.

"Sure, no problem Dr. O" she replied.

"Well then, now that we've settled that, you can all go to your lab stations and get started."

Everyone got up and started to slowly move to their lab stations.

"Chris, can I see you for a second" Dr. O called out.

Chris walked up to Dr. O's desk.

"Chris, yes, first, I wanted to introduce myself. I'm Dr. Oliver. Now I see that you were in a similar class in your old school, so you should be up to speed with what we're doing, but just in case I put you with Kira, she's a great student, so she'll help you with anything if you need it. And of course, I'm always here if you need help, or have questions about any of the stuff we're doing." He looked up at Chris and smiled.

"Thanks Dr. Oliver" Chris nodded and walked towards Kira.

Christopher T. Hart – He stared at the name on his newly revised class list.

Hart

He couldn't help but think of her.

Kimberly Hart. His first love.

He thought about her sometimes, more often then he'd like to admit. What was she doing now? Was she happy? Was she married? Did she ever think of him? He smiled, thinking about her.

Then the darker side came in to his mind. The Letter.

She broke his heart; he never quite got over it, although he wouldn't admit it, not even to himself. He had tried to be with other girls, it just wasn't the same. None of them were her.

"Hey" Kira smiled at Chris as he walked over to the lab table.

"Hey, yourself." He sat down next to her.

"Hmmm, let's see" Kira said picking up the lab assignment sheet and reading over it.

They started to work on their lab. Thirty minutes passed, and they were working on the lab. Only flirting a little bit.

Connor looked over at Kira, he was pissed, this meant he had to do more work, or well any work. Usually he would just watch Ethan and Kira do everything.

"Look at this kid. He looks like a tool." Connor said motioning towards Chris.

Ethan turned around and looked at Kira and Chris.

"Oh My God! That's him! That's the kid!" Ethan exclaimed dropping a beaker on the table. Lucky for him it didn't break.

"What are you talking about?" Connor gave him a confused look.

"The kid from the café!" Ethan replied.

"No… the one she was drooling over!?" Connor laughed. "Well isn't that something, now they're lab partners, how cute." Connor rolled his eyes.

They continued with their lab work and tried not to be distracted, but Connor couldn't help but glance over at them every once and a while.

Before everyone knew it the bell rang and class was over. School was over. Kira was slightly sad to hear the bell. She sighed.

Maybe I should ask him if he wants to hang out with us after school. Or would that be weird? Stop! just ask! She thought to herself.

"Hey, do you want to get together after school, I mean, with a couple friends of mine, since your new and don't really know anyone." she looked up at him meeting his eyes.

There it was again, that feeling, he seemed so… familiar.

"Oh, don't make excuses, you know you just want to spend more time with me." He grinned confidently.

"Ah, you caught me" she smiled " so.. what do ya say?" she asked nervously.

"I'd love to." He smiled

"Cool, meet us at Hayley's café."

"See ya there." He walked out of the classroom.

What the hell was she doing? Connor and Ethan would be so annoying about this. Well, Connor would be at least. He'd totally make her look like an idiot in front of Chris. She was just trying to introduce him to more people, because he was new and didn't know anyone. Yeah, that was it.


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