AN: I know that it has been a very long time since I added anything to this story, go ahead, flame me if you must, it might just put a fire in me to get me to finish it.
"Hey Dad, have you seen…" TK trailed off as he noticed his mother and father soundly sleeping in bed. He had thought that the two of them would eventually wind up back together from the moment that he had met his father, he just hadn't expected to see this. It was really no wonder that they both were sleeping so good, as it had been years since they had been able to do this.
His childhood, so far, had been good. He had friends in Miami and he hated that he was not going to be able to say good-bye, but this was the life that he was supposed to live. He had always wanted this, to walk into his parent's bedroom, not his mom's. He knew that it was probably still awhile off before the two of them finally decided that it was time to get married, but maybe that would happen sooner rather than later and he'd wind up with a little brother or sister. He was definitely tired of being the only kid, to a single parent.
"Good morning," Hayley said as TK walked downstairs and he stared at her. How had she gotten in here? "I take it that your parents are still asleep."
"Yeah, in the same bed," TK said as Hayley spit out her orange juice as TK stared at her. "Did I say something wrong?"
"No, it's just, wow…I think I owe Jason twenty bucks now," Hayley said as TK just shook his head and walked over to the refrigerator. He did not care why Hayley owed him money, he was hungry. "TK, I don't think that your dad has anything to eat."
"That sucks," TK said as he sat down and Hayley looked over at him. "You think I should go wake them up?"
"Nope…Trini is on her way over with some groceries, I think we should let her do the honors," Hayley said as TK smiled. He liked the way that sounded very much right now. It would be fun to watch the two of them squirm.
"Why aren't they up?" Trini asked as Hayley looked over at TK, allowing the boy to explain why no one had woken them up.
"We thought it would be more fun to let you wake them up," TK said as Jason gave the boy a curious look. This did not seem normal to him, in the least bit, but he was not going to question it.
"All right, I'll be back down in a little while," Trini said as she jogged up the stairs and headed for the guest room that Tommy had put Kim in the other day. When she found the room empty, she thought that maybe Kim was in the shower, but after looking in the bathroom, she could tell that was not true.
"Morning," Tommy whispered as Kim rolled over to face him, sleepily blinking her eyes open and shut. She was desperately trying to stay awake, but her body was begging her to go back to sleep. It had been a long couple of days and she was just beginning to get a foothold back in the ranger world. "Sleep, I've got to jump in the shower."
"Okay," Kim murmured as they heard the door crash open and Tommy looked back over his shoulder to see Trini standing there in shock.
"Damn it," Trini murmured as Kim looked over at her. "I owe Jason twenty bucks."
"You made a bet on when you'd find us in bed together?" Kim asked as Trini nodded her head yes and she just shook hers. She could not believe exactly how desperate their friends seemed to get them back together after all of these years.
"At least they didn't make a bet on when we'd have sex again," Tommy said as Kim looked over at Trini, trying to figure out if that had been part of the bet as well. By the look on Trini's face, that had not even crossed their minds and she was very thankful for that. It was enough to know they had bet on finding them in bed. "Get some more sleep."
"Okay," Kim whispered as he gave her a peck on the cheek and then walked over to his bathroom. As she snuggled back against the sheets his scent still lingered, the scent that was so distinctly Tommy. She could never quite put her finger on what exactly his smell was, but she knew that she loved it. It was the one thing that made her feel truly safe.
"You're not getting out of bed?" Trini asked as she took a step into the room and smirked at the sight of her best friend snuggling in the sheets.
"No," Kim said, stubbornly, as Trini let out a chuckle and then exited the room. If Kim wanted more time to sleep, who was she to begrudge her the rest?
"What did you find?" Jason asked as Trini let out a sigh and then passed him a twenty. "You're kidding."
"Nope, saw it with my own two eyes and by the looks of things Kim isn't getting out of bed anytime soon," Trini said as Jason gave her a curious look. "She's too comfortable to get out of bed."
"Does Dad always have this effect on her?" TK asked as the adults exchanged a glance.
"To a point he always has and so has she. It's not a bad thing, just proves how much they care for each other," Hayley said as TK nodded and he then sat down at the kitchen table. "Why the long face?"
"Things could have been like this for a long time, they just were afraid. I've always wanted a real dad and that's what he is, but Mama still isn't ready, she still wants to run," TK said as the adults stared at the boy in shock. They had no idea how he could have read his mother so clearly, only that he had.
"Well, I guess we're going to have to convince her that that isn't the smart thing to do," Tommy said as he walked down the stairs and looked around the kitchen. "Why do I get the feeling that I am about to get lectured?"
"Only because it's the one thing we are best at doing to you Tommy," Trini said as Tommy let out a sigh.
"I haven't done anything this time, I'm trying to be good and patient and let her come around in her own time," Tommy said as TK just shook his head.
"You need to push her, it might be the one thing that ensures that she doesn't go running back for Florida," TK said as Tommy looked down at him. "You seem to forget that I'm the one that has been living with her for the past ten years, I know her better than you do right now."
"Well, since you do, what do you suggest?" Tommy asked a smile spread across the boys face and he pointed to the seat across from him.
"I thought you'd never ask," TK said as he started telling Tommy his plan and to the surprise of the adults, the boy had thought of everything. Really, he had.