Halloween was just around the corner. Of course like most High Schools Angel Grove's was throwing a Halloween dance. This meant that Ursual and I now had to get costumes.
That wouldn't be too hard, after all I knew that Kim could probably take us somewhere to get costumes that she would help us pick out. Kimberly had a good fashion sense that was easy to tell. Still I had a weird feeling that something bad was going to happen. Tommy still was the green evil ranger and I still owed him a good kick in the rear end for giving me a bruise. Apparently I wasn't the only one that was having an off time with Tommy as well.
"Hey have you guys noticed anything off about Tommy recently?" Kimberly asked as I stood beside the balance beem she always practiced on.
Looking over at Tommy I could see a serious look on his face. One that was a bit scary even for me. Yes even I knew he was evil because of Rita but the way he started to act was going evil now as well. No one deserved to be treated like that.
"How do you mean Kim?" Jason asked from my left as she looked at us a little depressed.
"Like when I try to talk to him he is just mean. I mean I don't know he might be having a hard watch when I try to talk to him." Kimberly tells us then walks off and tries to start off a conversation with Tommy, judging by the look he was giving her it wasn't going well.
He said something to her that I really couldn't here and just pushed past her. Ok now he was being a jerk and I was going to call him out about it! Following Tommy out of the gym and right to the outside entrance of the school a part of me knew this wasn't a good idea but he hurt a good friend of mine's feelings.
"You know you shouldn't pick on girls, that just shows how weak you really are!" I call out to Tommy somehow hoping he wouldn't ignore me.
Tommy stopped in his track. Well he didn't ignore me. Turning back to me I could see an evil smile on his face as he started walking back my way and my body was about to go into panic mode but I knew I needed to stand up to him...why? Well I didn't have an answer to the why question but still I would stand up for Kimberly.
"You show courage little girl." Tommy tells me almost getting in my face.
"I show loyaltly unlike the person standing before him." I challange him showing him I won't back down. "Just because the green ranger is evil doesn't mean you have to be Tommy."
His face goes from anger to shock. Yeah buddy I know who you are. Seriously I am surprised the others haven't figured out either. All he wears is green! Tommy grabs a hold of my wrist and pushes me back into a tree but I manage to kick him off of me. That caught his attention...in a bad way. I forgot how high Tommy could kick. Lucky for me I remembered how to do the splits just as his leg soared above my head.
"Fast one aren't you?" Tommy said in his evil voice.
Ok I may be in over my head here. Literally! Jumping up I try to take him on but he is a lot stronger than me! I miss one punch and he sends me flying backwards. Just as he was about to hit me again another hand grabs him and stops him. Looking up completely surprised I see Jason is the one holding Tommy's hand while Billy is behind him looking scared to death. Jason pushes Tommy backwards away from me as Billy runs to my side and helps me up.
"What do you think you're doin' man?" Jason questions Tommy.
"Nothing that concerns you man. She isn't your girl is she?" Tommy asked with a sarcastic laugh as he turned and walks away from us.
Billy helped me to stand up as Jason walked up to us. To my surprise Jason looked me over to make sure I wasn't hurt or didn't have any other bruises or cuts. Sighing I watch as Tommy leaves probably going to report to Rita that I know who he is. I just created a lot of trouble for myself.
"You alright?" Jason asks me as he puts his hand on my cheek, the heat from his hand somehow comforts me.
"Yeah, I just came out to talk to him and somehow we ended up fighting one another." I tell Jason as I look him in the eye.
"I think I know what Kimberly means about Tommy acting odd now. Why in the world would he want to fight Katie?" Billy questions as he looks at both Jason and I.
Shaking my head we head back inside where Kim looks at me shocked. Ursula and Kim run to my side and start to ask me if I am alright. I am but turns out my orange clothes will now have grass stains on them. I tried to convince them I was alright but Kim wanted to find Tommy and find out what was really going on. Still I was able to convince her that she needed to focus on something else. So I told her that Ursula and I still needed costumes for the Halloween dance. That got her attention quick.
"Sure I know a totally awesome place! You wanna come with Katie or should I just pick something for you?" Kimberly asks me taking into the account I just had my butt kicked by her...well I don't know what to call Tommy and her relationship right now.
"Surprise me, I think I'll relax here." I tell her as I smile at her letting her know that I am alright.
Kim nods as she, Ursula and Trini head off to go shopping. Whew I dodged that. Zack starts to show Billy some moves when I notice that Jason hasn't left my side. Looking over at him I begin to wonder why just as he looks over at me and smiles. That looked like a pretty nervous smile as well. Jason sighed as he looked down at the ground.
"I don't want to see you get hurt Katie, please be more careful alright?" Jason asks me returning his gaze to mine.
"Yeah, sorry I relaly just wanted to talk. Something is really wrong with Tommy." I reply as I sigh this time.
"Well don't worry about it now, I would worry about what Kim is going to make you dress up as for the dance." Jason replies to me with a chuckle.
"As long as it's not a princess I think I'll be good." I reply as Billy comes up to us.
"Well you could play maid Marion, she wasn't a princess but I think she had red hair like you do." Billy tells me and then looks to Jason. "That way she would match you Jason since you're going a Robin Hood."
Looking over at Jason I can now see him blushing as he turns to try and hide his epression. A part or me couldn't help but be happy at his reaction to what Billy just said. Smiling I look back to Billy who winks at me. Did he do that on purpose? Still Billy was the smart one so I wouldn't put is past him.
"I already told Kim you would be a perfect maid Marion so now worries." Billy whispers to me as he walks off with a big smile on his face.
Part 2 coming soon