Kimberly couldn't help but pace around the room that she was supposed to be trying to sleep in. She knew that Tommy was only a couple of doors down the hall and although she didn't think that it would be the smartest thing in the world, she wanted so much to go and crawl in bed with him. The last few days had hurt her, she had been through more than she had ever imagined having to go through again and it was all because of the fact that she had come back out here, to let her son meet his father. If she had left well enough alone and continued to keep Tommy away, then she wouldn't be a ranger, but she had finally given into his begging, as even she missed his father more than she wanted to admit.

"You having a hard time sleeping?" Tommy asked as he walked up behind her, as she had absentmindedly, moved her pacing from her room, outside to the deck. She had been trying to put some space between herself and Tommy, but it seemed that was not working as he had come to find her after he had walked by and saw her room was empty.

"Yeah," Kim said as she looked back at him and he stepped closer to her, before wrapping his arms around her. "There is so much to think about Tommy, so much that could happen."

"I know, but I'm glad to have you back Kimberly," Tommy whispered as he gave her a kiss on the cheek and then settled his head on her shoulder.

"Yeah, but what have we sacrificed for this? Tommy, you know that this would never have happened if Jason hadn't…" Kim began as Tommy just shook his head and she gave him a confused look. What else was going on here that she didn't know about?

"He would have found you. I've never seen someone be more determined than him and he was getting pretty damn close to finding you anyway. It was only a matter of time before you were pulled into this and I guess that I would rather it be this way. At least you are protected here, you wouldn't have been protected in Miami," Tommy said as Kim gave him a very confused look. Where in the world was this revelation coming from?

"How did he know about me?" Kim asked as Tommy just shook his head. He did not want to have to explain some of the mistakes that he had made over the years that had to include her name leaking out into his public life.

"He wasn't always this bad Kimberly, he was actually a person, a friend of mine and he knew about you. Hell, everyone in my life knows about you, when they begin asking the right questions. Why don't you have a girlfriend? Why are you thirty and living alone? Why don't you get out there and look around? All the answers to those questions boil down to one person and you are that one person, but you've known that longer than you are letting on," Tommy said as Kim barely nodded. She had suspected that he was unable to move on, but she had never thought that it was this bad. It was definitely something that she felt they needed to talk about more.

"It's nice to know that the maniacs are still after me," Kim said, sarcastically, as Tommy smiled down at her and she looked back over her shoulder at him.

"Well, those same maniacs have been after me for over a decade, so I don't think that you have too much to worry about, sweetie," Tommy said with a laugh as he looked back towards the house and Kim just shook her head.

"He sleeps through about anything, Tommy, don't worry about it," Kim said as Tommy barely nodded as he couldn't seem to tear himself away from her right now. He could see this was more than just a little bit of worry, there was something in her eyes that disturbed him more than anything.

"But you worrying about Mesogogg is not what is keeping you from getting any sleep Kimberly," Tommy said as Kim looked down at the porch and he just shook his head. He was going to have to pull this out of her. "Tell me…I'm not going to be mad at you."

"I've just…I've just been trying to convince myself to lay down in my room and sleep and not come in and snuggle up against you," Kim said as Tommy just nodded his head. He had been fairly sure that her mind had been heading that way earlier. After she made TK go to sleep, the two of them had just sat downstairs, comfortably talking with each other about things that didn't really matter. Then when they had started up the stairs, he had felt the hesitation that she had as she forced herself to go into the room he was letting her stay in.

"Come on, Kim, you need some rest after the day that you've had," Tommy said as he gently pulled her back inside and locked the door before he guided her up to his room.

"We really don't need to do this, it won't take long for him to figure out where I am if he were to wake up. I don't want to risk it," Kim blurted out as he smiled down at her and gave her a kiss on the forehead.

"I know, but you need some rest, you're shaking as it is and I know that if something comes at us tomorrow, you're going to have to be ready," Tommy said, seriously, as Kim nodded. She knew that he was right, but she certainly did not want to admit it.

"Just promise me it won't be anything like the last time we slept together," Kim said as Tommy just nodded and shook his head as she turned away and walked into his room and crawled into his bed and was asleep within moments as he crawled in behind her and pulled her close. Neither of them had had much peace since this had began and they could only hope that things would get somewhat better. They didn't know how much more they could take before they had an emotional breakdown of their own.