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Ch. 9- Isn't it Romantic
February 9th 1994
Saturday
The Scott House
At practice Kim was doing better than ever. She had perfected just about everything. Saturday was her eight hour day. She spent 2 hours on each of the four events. Coach Schmidt had said that she was looking better than she ever. The Pan Globals were coming up next month and she was more than ready. There was a Magazine article in February's Inside Gymnastics Magazine, she was featured on the cover where they called her the favorite for Gold.
As Kim walked up to the house after practice, she noticed Jason in the driveway working on the car. He was covered in grease. She had walked home from practice, planning to stop at the video store on her way.
"Where is winter already?" she said to her brother as she leaned up against the car
"Ah, who needs winter?" Jason said
"Me, I need a season I can sulk and be depressed in"
"Don't tell me, you're babysitting tonight and every video store is out of Dirty Dancing."
"Do you know I had to go to three different places to find it."
"As many times as you've seen it you should have it memorized by now"
"Well whatever gets you through the night. Isn't that what you always say." Kim said
"That's what I always say" Tommy said as he appeared from under the car.
"Tommy hi, I didn't see you there"
"I saw you" he said as Jason gave him a look to back off.
"Kim, telephone" Carol yelled from inside the house.
"Excuse me" she said then walked in the house. Tommy just looked at Jason who threw the rag he was using at his head.
"Bro will you relax" Tommy said "I'm just messing with you"
"Are you interested in my sister?"
"Maybe a little"
"Well you better be sure because if she gets hurt I'm going to kill you"
"Point taken" Tommy said
As Kim walked in the house, Carol handed her the phone. "Mrs. Ross doesn't need you to baby-sit tonight, Kelsey has chicken pox" she said. Kim took the phone and told Mrs. Ross to tell Kelsey to feel better and she would see her next time. After she hung up, she decided to call Aisha who had been begging her to go out.
"You rang" Aisha said as soon as she answered the phone.
"Alright, I'll do it, I'll go out with your dweeb cousin" Kim said
"You don't have to, I convinced Kat to go. Do you want to come over?"
"No, I think I'll stay home and sort my socks" she said walking out to the balcony in her mother's sewing room. The great advantage to this balcony is the fact that it overlooks the driveway.
"Kim you don't sound so good, you need a bubble bath" Aisha said
"That's not all I need" Kim replied staring at Tommy who looked up at her and smiled back.
Aisha just laughed "Okay then, bye" she said
"Bye" Kim said then walked back inside.
While Tommy finished cleaning up, Jason walked into the house. "Hey dad, check out what we did to the car."
Mike walked outside to find Tommy putting the lid back on the bottle of oil. "So where did you learn to work on cars" he asked
"My uncle owns a stock car team on the NASCAR circuit, so I pretty well grew up around cars."
"Ah, well Jason tells me you that you have a Porsche"
"Yes and it is an awesome car"
"I see, did you buy it with your paper route earnings?" he asked
"Something like that" Tommy said "Listen would you mind if I take a shower, kind of freshen up, before I go"
"Not at all, tell me do you take that thing out first" Mike asked pointing to the earring Tommy was wearing.
"In the shower, usually" Tommy answered then went inside. Jason told him he could use the bathroom he and Kim shared.
When Kim walked into her room , she heard the water running but the door to her room was still open. "Jason can't you ever shut the door" she said walking into the bathroom "It's hot enough in here already" when the shower curtain was pulled back her jaw dropped and eyes just about popped out of her head.
"I'm sorry" Tommy said as he poked his head out. She tried not to think about that sexy long hair and his chiseled chest and how the water was running down him 'oh my god the hottest guy at school is naked in my bathroom, using my shower' she thought.
"No….it's….okay" she said with nothing else coming to mind then turned around, smiled and walked back into her room still picturing naked in the shower 'Kim stop' she thought. "So uh, you just keep popping up today" she said once she was in the safety of her room.
"Yeah, so, you said you're into videos huh?" he yelled as he got out of the shower and wrapped a towel around his waist. She had to resist the urge to look in the mirror which she could have clearly seen him in from the position in which she was standing.
"Yeah, I like movies" she answered
"Have you ever seen Animal Cracker, you know, the Marx Brothers" he asked
"I think so, on TV" she said
"Oh it's so much better on big screen" he said walking to her doorway. At this point he had the towel around his waist and was using a second on to dry his hair. "It's too bad you're on duty tonight, you could see what I mean."
"Well actually my plans were canceled" she said
"Do you want to come along with me and Jase" he asked
"Yeah" she said shaking her head gently then turned around and smiled as he went back into the bathroom then into Jason's room and shut the door.
Later that night Kim, Jason and Tommy were at the consession stand ordering popcorn when a very pretty blonde approached them.
"Hey Tommy" the girl said
"Hey how have you been" he asked to be nice
"Great" she said reaching around him to grab a straw, then turned and walked back to her friends. Jason couldn't help but notice how gorgeous the girl was.
"Friend of yours" he asked
"Well we used to hang out a bit, you know. I would have introduced you guys, but, I forgot her name" he said
"Nice" Kim said grabbing a piece of popcorn.
"Wait it's not my fault. She kept changing it to Mary or Blue or something because her real name is like Gertrude or Linda or Beatrice or Kimberly" he said looking to the girl standing beside him. She punched him in the shoulder, glared at him then turned and walked into the theatre. Tommy watched her walk away then turned back to Jason "That girl's got a mean right hook" he said rubbing his shoulder.
"Who do you think she practices on" Jason said as the two followed Kim into the darkened theatre.
When the movie was over they decided to go back to the condo Tommy was now living in. They put on some music so he could test out his new sound system. They were all hungry so Tommy had called for some burgers and fries.
"Jason thanks for letting me come with you guys tonight" Kim said as Tommy got up to answer the door.
"Well if you play your cards right, maybe we'll let you come again." He said "Isn't that right Oliver?" he asked as Tommy came back into the room
"Absolutely" Tommy said
"Absolutely, one hundred percent" Jason said
Tommy came back from the door with three bags of food, they each took one. "Hey these taste like the fries from the hotel" Jason said
"That's because they are from the hotel, every since my father closed out the suite, Henry sends then to me because he knows I need my fix." Tommy said
"Why did your father close out the suite" Jason asked
"Long story" Tommy said. The three continued to take turns picking out CD's to listen to and continued to talk for a few hours until Jason and Kim had to leave.
February 11th
Monday
AGH
"It's not like it was a date or anything, I was just tagging along." Kim explained as she and Aisha were walking down the hall. Aisha was having a bad night Saturday so she and Kat had decided to end the night early, when she called Kim, Carol had said she was out with Tommy and Jason, so today Aisha was determined to get all the details.
"Yeah well, I'm telling you right now, Tommy Oliver doesn't waste his time on just anyone." Aisha said. "He's known as a man of action"
"Well I swear, it was just a friend thing." Kim said "I mean, I'm not even his type"
"We can work on that" Aisha said
"Why don't you work on getting me out of health class this semester instead" Kim said
"Sorry, everyone has to suffer through it. You can't graduate without it. Have you gotten to the sex education part yet?"
"Two weeks" Kim said "It's so cute to watch all the hormonal little boys counting down the days" she said with a laugh. As if right on cue Rocky walked up behind them.
"Excuse me ladies" he said cutting in between them.
"Don't tell me he's in your class" Aisha said
"Oh yes, he's already worked his way through the freshmen girls, I think he's on to the sophomores now." Kim said and girls shared a laugh.
Two other hormonal boys in the class were Adam and Scott. Zack was also in the class but Kim was pretty sure he was mature enough to handle it like an adult.
"Why does this class have to be co-ed" a very shy Scott asked his best friend
"Because it's better that way" Adam said as he smiled at one of sophomores and she rolled her eyes.
"Why is that" Scott asked
"Because, when girls start talking about sex with guys around, it gets them in the mood" Adam said.
Kim was sitting in front of Zack. "So are you counting down the days, like all the other guys in this class?" Kim asked
"Are you kidding me? The Zackman doesn't need sex education, I learned that years ago. The only reason I'm in this class is because I can't graduate without it. Besides all they talk about is STD's and how and why to use a condom, what's to get excited about?"
"You aren't like most guys, do you realize that"
"And you aren't like most girls. Sometimes being different is a good thing, don't you think?" Zack said
"Yeah, I do" Kim said as the teacher passed out a piece of paper.
"This is a consent form. You can not participate in the sex education seminar without your parent's okay" he said
"Did you ever notice that when the subject turn to sex Mr. Kravits starts playing with his beard" Zack said. Kim turned back to look at her teacher and sure enough he was running his hands through his beard, she just laughed.
That night Kim was supposed to go out with Jason and Tommy again, however Jason had come down with a bad cold and decided not to go, that left just Kim and Tommy. "You sure you don't want to come" Kim asked walking into the living room, where Jason was on the couch reading a book, and Mike was watching TV as Carol sorted through the cold medicine.
"Yeah, I'm sure it would be real fun, you could be the nurse and Tommy could be the orderly"
"Well I hope you feel better" she said as a car horn honked from the driveway. "That's him I've got to go" she said then ran out the door.
"Wait a minute she's going out with him alone" Mike asked suddenly concerned
"Apparently" Carol said
"Terrific" Mike said sarcastically then got up and left the room.
"I take it your not pleased" Carol said following her husband into the kitchen
"No, I'm most certainly not. His father is known in financial circles as an unethical bastard and that's putting it politely"
"But why judge Tommy by his father" Carol said
"From my experience, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree" Mike said. Carol rolled her eyes and walked back to the living room.
Kim and Tommy were supposed to go to a movie but they opted to go to his condo instead. When they walked in the door, hand in hand, they heard voices coming from the other room. "Great" Tommy mumbled "Dad" he said as they walked into the living room to see about five guys sitting around the coffee table. "When did you get back into town"
"TOMMY" he said getting up and grabbing him by the arm "I need to talk to you" he finished then pulled Tommy into the other room. Kim was left standing there not sure what to do. She could hear the argument between the two men.
"I asked you to do a few things of vital importance to me" Jack yelled
"Oh really, vital importance" Tommy yelled
"Yes, is that too much to ask" Jack yelled
"I went to that bar and I sat there with those guys for hours and you didn't even call me, where were you?" Tommy yelled
"Did it ever occur to you that I might be tied up. The whole world does not revolve around Tommy Oliver." Jack yelled
"Did it ever?" Tommy yelled then walked out of the room and slammed the door walking past Kim straight to the whisky and pouring a glass.
"You don't drink do you?" Kim asked
"Only at family reunions" he said. He started to drink it but Kim pushed his arm aback down. "Tommy don't you're driving me home."
"Come on let's get out of here" he said as he turned and left, she followed him.
"Look you don't have to talk about it if you don't want to" she said
"Good"
"Look, do you want to take a walk on the beach or something" she offered
"Oh yeah check out the homeless people, that would be great" he said sarcastically.
"Tommy I don't know what happened up there-"
"That's right you don't" he interrupted
"If you would let me finish-"
"Excuse me, I have a knack for interrupting things" he said
"Tommy-"
"I'm real good at interrupting things because I've had just about enough crap for one night okay" he said
"Excuse me can you get me a taxi" she said to the doorman who walked by.
"No forget the taxi" he said to the doorman
"No I want a taxi" Kim said "I'm leaving" she said then took off running. He caught up to her and put his arms around her "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to take it out on you"
"Tommy what happened" she asked turning around
"He just gets to me, he always gets to me" he said when he looked back at her he had tears running down his face "I don't know what I'm supposed to do" he said desperately. She wrapped her arms around him and let him cry. "It's okay" she said. When he pulled back, he stared at her for a moment before they both leaned in and began passionately kissing.
On the drive home Tommy explained the relationship between him and his parents. He told her everything, about his parents divorce, his father's multiple wives, his mother moving to Hawaii just to escape his father's temper to his father kicking him out then allowing him back in.
"I couldn't imagine being cut off like that" Kim said as they pulled up in front of the house "I mean, I tell my parents everything"
He turned to her and gave her a skeptical look "Everything?" he asked
"Well, not everything" she said
"Kim, don't tell Jason I lost my cool, okay?" he said
"I won't" she said as she kissed him gently on the lips "I wouldn't"
"So are you sorry we missed the movie?" he asked
"Oh yeah" she said sarcastically. He leaned in and kissed her back.
"So what do you say, we try for a movie again Friday night" he said
"I suppose I can give you one more chance" she said "Goodnight Tommy"
"Goodnight Beautiful" Kim laughed and got out of the car. Tommy didn't pull off until she was safely inside the house.
February 12th
Tuesday
AGH
"Aisha, why are you making such a big deal out of this. It's not like we're going steady or anything" Kim said
"Girl, you went out alone with the hottest, most wanted guy in this school and he kissed you, twice. I'd say it's a pretty big deal. Besides you had a date, and he asked you out again, that's dating, plural."
"Uh huh, so what's next do I get pinned or something" Kim asked sarcastically
"Yeah, preferably to the mattress" Aisha said
"Sha" Kim said shocked. Aisha just smiled and they parted ways for the next class.
As Health class ended Mr. Kravits reminded everyone that the consent forms needed to be signed.
"My mom is never going to sign that thing" Scott said
"Why not" Adam asked
"She thinks I'll be getting the wrong message at school"
"Well what kind of message are you getting at home, she has six kids" Adam said, Scott just shrugged his shoulders and the two walked out of the room. Zack and Kim were the only two left.
"Look, he's doing it again" Zack said as he and Kim walked up to turn in their quizzes in. "Mr. K, penny for thoughts" Zack said. The teacher just stared at him dumbfounded. Kim looked from him to Zack then started laughing. Zack followed her out of the room also laughing.
Jason was walking down the hall as Tommy came out of a classroom. "Tommy, how's it going"
"I'm getting by" he answered
"So how was the movie" Jason asked
"We didn't make the movie" Tommy said as Kim walked up to them and kissed Tommy on the cheek as he put his arm around her shoulders and pulled her close.
"Kim, why didn't you tell me you didn't go to the movie" Jason said
"What movie" Kim asked innocently, Tommy whispered something in her ear. "Oh, that movie, right" she said
"Is that supposed to be funny" Jason said
"Sorry, it's no big deal is it?"
"No I guess it's not." Jason said
"Catch you later Jay" Kim said pulling Tommy up the stairs "See you later bro" Tommy said. Jason still wasn't sure how he felt about the two of them dating.
That night at dinner Carol was talking about a couple she had met who went to a spa for the weekend and came back so relaxed and how she would love to go to a couple's weekend at a spa.
"Oh hey, come on you should do it dad" Jason said sarcastically
"Definitely" Kim said "I mean Jase is working this weekend and I have plans you guys should just go"
"What are you doing?" Mike asked
"What" Kim asked
"What are you plans, where are you going?"
"Oh, I'm probably going out Friday night, to a movie or something."
"With who"
"Tommy" she said. Carol and Jason instantly knew this conversation was getting ready to go downhill.
"Is there a problem?" Kim asked
"I really don't want you getting involved with him honey" Mike said
"Well it's a little too late for that dad" she said
"What do you mean?" Mike asked
"Well, what do mean" she countered
"I mean, I don't want you dating him, period."
"Jump in anytime Jason" she said looking at her brother
"Well-" he started but was cut off before he could say anything else
"He has no say in this" Mike said
"Oh, I see, okay well, I'll make plans with Aisha instead. Thanks for dinner, it was a real treat" she said then got up and went to her room.
"I have a right to my opinion" Mike said when he noticed Jason and Carol glaring at him.
"And I have a right to mine" Carol said
"Which is" Mike said
"I like Tommy" she said then threw her napkin down and started clearing the table
Mike turned to Jason after Carol walked into the kitchen. "Why don't you do us all a favor and tell your friend to watch his step"
"Dad, I can't do that"
"Yes you can, unless you want me to do it." Jason shook his head and walked up the stairs saying nothing to Mike.
February 15th
Friday
Coach Schmidt's Gym
While Kim was stretching out she was talking to one of the other girls, Holly and telling her about the situation with Tommy. "It's like they're all in this conspiracy to take away the best thing that's happened to me since I moved here." Kim said
"That's why you're keeping your date and spending the night with a friend." Holly said
"What are you suggesting" Kim asked slyly
"I think you know what I'm suggesting. Lie to your parents and spend the night with Tommy." She said
"I guess I'm more into romance like in the movies." Kim said
"Well that's all good for the movies, but you do have protection right." Holly asked
"Well no" Kim said
"Basic rule # 1" Holly said walking over to her purse and pulling out some condoms, then put them in Kim's purse "Never rely on the guy"
"You sound so clinical." Kim said with a laugh
"Dear clinical is what time should we schedule the procedure."
"Holly, that's awful" Kim said
"Would you rather sit around thinking up names….how about Tommy Jr."
"Fine I'll take them, but this is not the part I want to think about."
"Kim if things go well you won't be thinking at all."
At school later that day, Jason walked onto the quad at lunch to see Kim and Tommy kissing and playing around. They looked like they had been together for years, not a week. He just couldn't bring himself to say anything in front of his sister.
In health class that day, Rocky was being his usual immature self, Kim and Zack just rolled their eyes.
"Alright, anyone who didn't get their parents to sign the consent form will not be able to join us at the special assembly next week." Mr. Kravitz said
"Mr. K, would that be the special, special assembly where the sex expert is coming" Rocky said
"You know its funny Rocky, I was just getting to that" he said. "We are fortunate to have Ms. Stacy Sloan coming to address the student body"
"Did you say undress the student body, I'm there" Rocky said as the bell rang and everyone filed out of the classroom.
Jason ran into Tommy practically running down the hall. "Hey man, where you going so fast" he said
"I've got someplace to be, what's up." Tommy answered
"I was hoping you could help me work on my car this weekend"
"I'd like to bro, but my old man's back in town and he's got…..it's a long story"
"You don't have time to tell me about it."
"Not really" Tommy said and tried to walk away but Jason grabbed his arm.
"But you do have time to make out with my sister, or is that just until next month when suddenly you won't have time for her either."
"What's your point"
"My point is you better really like her. Like I told you the other day she wears her heart on her sleeve and she's not going to move on that easily."
"What kind of jerk do you think I am?" he said "Have a nice weekend"
That night Kim was waiting outside the theatre. The plan was to meet there. Aisha and Kat had come over to help her get ready, then dropped her off at the theatre. She waited for hours but he never showed. 'This doesn't seem like him' she thought. She waited a little longer and when he still didn't show up and she received no message from him, she flagged down a cab to take her to Aisha's house. She was upset at this point and in no mood to wait any longer.
February 16th
Saturday
The Scott House
Jason walked into Kim's room to find her sitting on the window bench, staring out the window with tears in her eyes.
"You want to talk about it" Jason asked, sitting down next to her.
"I've been talking to 'Sha all night and it didn't get me anywhere"
"Well, I'm open for the morning shift" he said.
"He didn't show up Jason. I was ready to spend the night with him and he didn't show up. What a jerk huh"
"He sure can be" Jason said
"Not him, me, I thought I was special"
"You are"
"Not to him obviously and then finally I call him and this man told me he was there, but he wouldn't speak to me."
"Kim you can't beat yourself up over someone like him"
"Why do you say that?"
"I don't know, I thought he was different, but he doesn't let people in." Jason said
"I don't understand, Jason. We were so there, even yesterday in the quad, we were together, we were in sync. I was so happy. I don't know what happened, but something happened."
"I'm really sorry Kim" Jason said knowing deep down he may be the reason Tommy didn't show up.
"I have to find out what I did wrong. I need to know what happened." Kim said thinking back to the conversation she and Tommy had about his father and how he would sometimes get physical when Tommy didn't do what he asked. She had skipped gymnastics today and the rest of the weekend wasn't any better.
February 18th
Monday
AGH
Kim had told Carol that she wasn't feeling well after gymnastics and didn't want to go to school. Honestly she hadn't wanted to go to gymnastics either, but she knew it could help her clear her mind. Though things didn't work quite as well as she thought they would. She had been so wrapped up in her thoughts that she wasn't concentrating and she rolled her ankle on a vault landing. It instantly started swelling and by the time Carol came to pick her up the entire outside of her ankle and foot was black and blue. The trainer advised Carol to take her to the doctor for an X-ray to make sure it was nothing more than a sprain. She was told to stay off of it for a couple days and alternate from ice to heat to help the swelling and inflammation. She would only get a few days off from practice, then she would just have to do light stuff, like work hand stands, arm and abdominal strength. Carol decided to just call the school and tell them Kim wouldn't be in at all. She didn't think it was a good idea for her to be walking around on it and Kim had already said she didn't feel good. As soon as the doctor's office opened Carol took Kim in. They did an X-Ray and said there was a severe sprain in the ankle and a stress fracture in her foot. They put her in a removable cast and gave her crutches. She was none to happy and she blamed Tommy for the whole thing.
The first thing Jason noticed second period was Tommy's absence. 'He better not be avoiding me' Jason thought. After deciding that he was going to murder Tommy for hurting his sister, he decided that it couldn't wait. In between school and work, Jason headed over to the condo to see if Tommy was there. He knocked on the door but the man who answered said Tommy had moved and he didn't know where to. Jason took a guess that he went back to the hotel and headed over there. He asked the front desk and they told him which room Tommy was in. The first thing he saw when Tommy opened the door was the black eye, when he looked over to the hand that was resting on the door frame, he noticed the cracked knuckles that had started to scab over.
Jason was temporarily distracted from the reason he had come over in the first place. "Dude what happened to your eye?"
"Oh it's nothing, one of my students got in a good shot, I misjudged what he was going to do and he got me." Tommy answered quickly
"Bro, I've fought you and I've watched you, you don't misjudge, you never misjudge anything. In fact you read people better than anyone I've ever seen."
"Yeah well everybody slips up from time to time."
"Not you-"
"Jason drop it, okay. I told you I wasn't paying attention and he hit me, it happens."
"And what about you hand, did your student do that too."
"No, that was my stupidity. I got mad at my dad and punched a wall instead of bag, not my brightest move. So what do you want, I'm sure you didn't come here to ask about my bruises"
"You're right, I didn't come here for you, I came here for my sister, remember her?"
"Jason don't start that with me, I got the message, you don't want me to hurt her"
"Than why is that exactly what you did. Was it just to spite me?"
"Look, it had nothing to do with you okay. Something just came up that's all" Tommy said
"So you couldn't even call and let her know."
"You've got to believe me; things happened, I got busy and I forgot, that's it."
"You know it's one thing not to talk to me, I'm not going to cry about it but when you do it to her she feels like it's her fault, like she did something wrong."
"It wasn't her, it had nothing to do with her"
"Then why don't you tell her that. She was so upset she lost her focus and got hurt at practice this morning. She's not at school today either." Jason said. When Tommy heard that she was hurt concern filled his face.
"Is she okay" he asked
"I don't know, she had to go get an X-Ray, I won't know anything until I get home." Jason said "You know you say this has nothing to do with her, it has nothing to do with me and yet you're not talking to either of us. That makes a whole lot of sense." He said then got back in his car and left. As soon as Jason was out of sight he got in his car and headed over to the house to talk to Kim and make sure she was okay.
Tommy pulled up in front of the house and walked up to the door. He didn't see Carol's car in the driveway and he was kind of thankful for that. The front window was open and he could hear some of the music from Dirty Dancing. He knocked and waited he could hear Kim moving behind the door, but she was moving very slowly. She opened the door, then slammed it in his face.
"Kim, please talk to me, let me explain"
"I'm not interested in your explanation" she yelled from behind the door.
"Please, let me explain, Please" he pleaded.
She opened the door back up. "Fine explain"
"Are you okay" he asked noticing the cast and crutches.
"No Tommy, I'm not. I have a sprained ankle and a broken foot. But what do you care, you have better things to do right." She said then noticed his eye and hand. "Oh my god Tommy, did your dad do that."
"Yeah" he said quietly "He told me to go meet some guys for him and I told him I had a date with the most beautiful girl I've ever met. He said I was stupid to choose a girl over him. We got in a fight and I decided to move out. I didn't want you to see this he said pointing to the bruise. I'm sorry Kim. I was just going through some stuff and I didn't want to get you involved with that. I was thinking about you the whole time, I just had to deal with him, please don't think that I didn't care. I did, I do."
"I wish you would have called" she said
"I just couldn't" he said
"I called you"
"When…Kim they didn't tell me you called"
"Now I fell terrible for yelling at you." she said
"I don't want to make you feel terrible, anymore" he said
"I forgive you" she said
"You do" he asked in shock. When she shook her head he lifted her up and spun her around then sat her back down gently. She winced a little from the sudden movement.
"Are you okay" he asked "I didn't hurt you did I?"
"No, it just hurts if I move to suddenly or try to put weight on it, then it throbs."
"So how long are you out of gymnastics and what about your competition next month?"
"I can't go back to practice until next week and then I can only do light stuff. I should be fine by the competition, maybe a little pain but that's nothing I can't deal with. Wait how did you know about Pan Globals?" She asked surprised, she didn't recall telling him about it and she was pretty sure Jason hadn't said anything.
"After your competition last year, I bought a subscription to Inside Gymnastics Magazine" he said "Wait did I just admit to that" he asked as Kim laughed.
"You subscribed to a gymnastics magazine for me?"
"Yeah, I subscribed to all of them, I didn't want to miss anything. I want to know everything about you."
"That is the most romantic thing I've ever heard" she said as she pulled him into a kiss. He deepened it as they fell back on the couch. They were making out when Kim heard a car pulling up in the driveway. She got up as fast as she could and looked out the window. "Oh god, it's my dad. Come on" she said grabbing her crutches. Tommy grabbed his jacket. She wobbled and he half ran to the kitchen trying to get him out the back door before Mike came in, both forgetting the fact that Tommy's Porsche was out front. But they were too late, Mike had decided to come in the back door, instead of the front, thinking he would probably catch them if he went this way.
"Dad hi, you remember Tommy" she said quickly
"Yeah, hi, I was just leaving" Tommy said
"I'll tell Jason you came by, alright" she said
"Yeah thanks" he said as he couldn't get out of the house and away from Mike fast enough.
"Do you think I'm stupid Kimberly. Are you going to pretend he was just over here fixing cars."
"Why are you so mad" Kim said
"You want to learn about your pal. His father's exploits would make a great novel someday. Maybe he could write it from prison." Mike said handing Kim a copy of the newspaper. Jack Oliver was front page news.
"Was he arrested" Kim asked
"Not yet, he skipped town. Great role model huh?"
"Dad you can't judge Tommy by his dad anymore than I can be judged by you"
"What the hell is that supposed to mean"
"Tommy is nothing like his father. He's just trying to get by like the rest of us. Do you think he enjoys living around that life, because let me tell you something he doesn't. You don't know half of the things he's been through because of Jack."
"That's exactly my point Kimberly, you deserve better than that?"
"LIKE WHO" Kim yelled "Someone younger, someone quieter"
"For a start" he said
"Dad, those nice guys may look better on the outside, but mostly all they think about is sex."
"Who said anything about sex, I'm talking about a person's values. I'm talking about their character."
"Are you really worried about my character. Why is it with Jason you just wanted to make sure he knew about birth control but my whole value system is on the line."
"Kimberly, it's different with girls, that's just how it is. You need to know who your dealing with."
"Then let me get to know him, that's all I want to do"
"Is that really all?"
"What do you want me to say? That I'm going to wait until I get married, you're so worried and I haven't even done anything yet."
"I'm not worried, I just don't know if I'm ready…I mean if your ready to-"
"And if I'm ready first, then what. Do you want me to sneak around and lie about it or are you going to trust me to know what I'm doing." She said handing him the paper back and wobbling up to her bedroom. Mike knew he had a lot to think about and that his little girl was growing up faster than he was ready for her to grow up.
February 19th
Tuesday
AGH
"I can't believe you actually said that to your father" Aisha said after Kim told her every detail of what had happened the previous day. She had called Holly right after practice would have been over and they both laughed their asses off. Holly, Kat and Aisha were all bad influences on Kim and she knew it.
"Neither can I but it just kind of came out"
"Well what did he say?"
"Well, he didn't give me his blessing or anything like that, but at least Tommy's not totally off limits anymore"
"That's cool" Aisha said as they walked into the auditorium for the assembly.
Jason and Tommy were standing together at the back of the auditorium. "So if you need help working on your car, I could do it this weekend."
"It's alright, I can do it" Jason said
"Look man, I'm sorry if it felt like I checked out on you" Tommy said
"I guess it bothered me more than I thought. I'm sorry I opened my big mouth about Kim." Jason said
"Would you have felt better if I would have asked you first, about seeing her I mean."
"No man, it's cool, we're cool"
"Alright, so you want help this weekend"
"Sure"
Across the auditorium Rocky was flirting with the speaker before she went up to the microphone. He asked her out but she turned him down, then walked away, he was a little crushed but decided he wanted someone younger anyway. Stacy walked up to the mic and began her speech.
"Hello I'm Stacy Sloan, it's nice to come in from the cold weather of Chicago. I have an experience that I'd like to share with you all. Before this assembly today a young man asked to take me out on the town, show me around, get to know me better. But the timing wasn't right and I told him that. It was a shame too because he was very handsome, he had incredible blue eyes" she said. Rocky looked back at Jason and Tommy and smiled they both laughed and rolled their eyes. "What I didn't tell him, is what I'm going to have to tell every guy who's interested in me for the rest of my life, that I have AIDS" Rocky's jaw dropped, Jason and Tommy stopped smiling and everyone in the auditorium became suddenly quiet.
"Now you may think you know all you need to know about AIDS, but these people will make sure of that" she said pointing to the people behind her from planned parenthood "They'll tell you how to get tested for it, how you won't get it, like from hugging someone, or sitting on a toilet seat; and how you can get it. I'm just here to tell you about one way, they way I got it. I was 16, he was a law student at the University where I went to summer school. One weekend he arranged a beautiful romantic weekend for us and we made love. It was my first time and after awhile we found out we didn't really have that much in common and we went our separate ways. He died last year…of AIDS. It's funny how your battles change. I used to fight to stay fashionably thin, now there's some days I struggle to keep anything down. I used to fight with my sister over who'd get to stay up later, and now she's always telling me to get enough rest. I try not to dwell on the grim statistics; and they are indeed grim. But I'm a fighter and a talker and I will go on fighting as long as I have something to say to people like you. Which is this, you shouldn't have sex because of what your friends think or because you drink to much one night and if you're in love and your going to have sex, make sure you use a condom. And know that the only safe way to have intercourse is with someone you know hasn't been exposed"
This statement hit home with everyone, Jason, Aisha, Kat, Adam, Scott who had snuck in, Rocky and Zack. Billy and Trini were both virgins and knew they would marry someday, so they didn't really have to much to worry about. But it hit home the most for Kim and Tommy. Tommy wasn't exactly a virgin and Kim knew that. "I'll be around later for questions, but that's really about all I can do right now" Stacy finished. Jason was the first to start clapping then everyone else followed.
Rocky immediately walked over to Stacy. "I hope I didn't get you into too much trouble" she said
"No, I can do that all by myself" he said "Stacy, I'm sorry. I hope I didn't…I don't know what I'm trying to say"
"Tell me you heard what I was trying to get across here today and I'll go home happy"
"I did and my offer for dinner's still open next time your in town." He said. She hugged him before she turned to leave.
That night Tommy came by to see Kim. "Tommy, how are you holding up" Mike asked after he let him in.
"Okay, I just don't talk to the press much. Mr. Scott, I've never felt comfortable being known as Jack Oliver's son, especially since I hardly know the man."
"It's a shame it has to be that way" Mike said
"Jason and Kim are very luck to have parents like you."
"Hey" Kim said coming down the stairs slowly "Night dad" she said and kissed him on the cheek before walking out the door with Tommy. She had ditched the crutches but was still limping and wearing the cast.
"Goodnight sweetheart" Mike said
Tommy took Kim up to a cliff in Angel Grove that looked out over the city and Los Angeles.
"This place is beautiful, very impressive" she said
"Well I'm an impressive guy" he said
"What I want to know is how many times have you come up here with other girls."
"You don't like the view" he asked changing the subject.
"I love the view" she said and kissed him.
"Why is it, that when I'm with you I can just forget about everything." He said
"Tommy I have to ask you something and please don't get mad"
"I never get mad…well almost never"
"Have you ever had sex when you weren't protected?"
"Not lately" he answered
"But have you ever?" she asked
"Yes" he said slowly after a couple of seconds. "Are you worried about that" he asked
"Well I'm assuming that you want to with me. Am I totally blowing this, am I thinking too much?"
"Kim, I love it that you think. Not a lot of people do. So what are you saying, do you want me to get a test?"
"You would do that for me?"
"I guess I'd be doing it for me" he said. She turned away from him "Are you okay?" he asked putting his arms around her and kissing the top of her head.
"Tommy, I need us to slow down, I'm scared"
"Of what, of me?"
"I'm not used to these feelings and I want to be sure, and I'm afraid you'll say no"
"I didn't say no" he said turning her around to face him.
"You didn't?"
"No, I didn't" he said
With that settled Tommy decided that he would get a test for all STD's tomorrow as much for himself as to reassure her. They enjoyed the rest of their night and agreed that they would take it as slow as Kim needed to. He assured her that he didn't want her to feel uncomfortable around him and that he didn't want her to do anything until she was absolutely sure.
So there it is, the long awaited chapter. Hope you enjoyed!!! Next chapter Carol and Mike are out of town so Kim and Jason throw a party and Jason gets in a lot trouble!!! I have some ideas for new fics floating around in my head, but I'm going to hold off until I finish my other fic. Thanks for reading!!