Author's note from SpecialK92:
For my half of the chapter, Tommy returns to his vacation that he was on in "Forever Red." I thought it would be neat if Tommy and Kim talked about what the other red rangers did during their ranger days.
It was an open-air swimming pool in a nice peaceful relaxing resort. It was shaped a like a wide rectangle divided into several sections. A small portion was a volley ball net in the center for its tourists to water volleyball. A volleyball flying over as each team was determined to not let the other team score a point. There was a huge section roped off for anyone who wanted to swim. Kids were laying out on inflatable mattresses, diving, spun and playing tag as life guards were looking directly at the pool.
Tommy stepped out of the changing station in a pair of green swimming trunks. Finally, after the mission to the moon with the other red rangers, there wouldn't be any more interruptions. His eyes shifted to a beautiful woman wearing a pink floral one-piece swimsuit. His "Beautiful" Kimberly, his best friend, and true love. Finding her was the best thing that happened to him, since the day he received that break up letter. But, that was history now. He knew the truth. Kimberly never wrote it and she still loved him after their long period apart. Tommy opened the palm of his hand and glanced down at the sliver with a pink princess cut gem in the center. The moment that he had dreamed of since high school was finally about to take place, which was asking for her hand in marriage. He took a seat at the edge of the pool and put his feet in the water. Proposing to Kimberly would happen once, so he wanted it to be prefect. All he needed to do was think about the words he wanted to say to her.
Kimberly walked over to the edge of the pool and took a seat next to him. "Tommy, are you okay? You haven't said a word since I picked you up from the airport. Do you have something on your mind?"
"Kim, what do you think of me?" he questioned as he held the ring in his fist.
"I think you are the greatest power ranger ever-"
"-I'm not talking about that. I know there are rangers who are better than me. Andros saved both world, Leo discovered lost galaxies, and Wes changed history. All I did was-"
"-spend a lot of time kissing on me and rescuing me from Zedd," Kimberly finished scooting closer to him. "And you did something none of the other red ranger did. You rescued me from the dimension."
"I wasn't going to let you go back there," Tommy vowed gazing into her eyes. "You never deserved to spend one minute in that horrible place. You didn't deserve to suffer from the letter your mother, step-father, and Coach Schmidt were behind-"
"-it hurt you too."
"I'm not going to lie, it hurt me deeply. I loved you and for a while, I thought I couldn't make you happy. But, I loved you enough to let you go. I thought if I couldn't make you happy, I wanted you to have someone who could."
"Tommy, you've always been able to make me happy," Kimberly assured him as she took hold of his hand. "When I was trapped in the dimension, you kept looking for me when no one else believed I was still alive. You still wanted me and were even willing to become a mermaid like I was. My mother and step father disowned me. Even my father doesn't want anything to do with me-"
"Beautiful, I love you. I had three wishes and I wanted to be with you. If I wasn't able to wish that you'd return to your human form, I would have wished to have stayed a mermaid forever with you," he stated as he opened his hand revealing that he had a ring in his hand. "The one thing I know that I always want to have in my life is you. Kimberly, will you marry me?"
Kimberly looked down at the ring in Tommy's hand. The man who truly loved her was asking her to marry him. She smiled as a single tear ran down her face. And just like that the floodgates opened. So many tears burst out of the dam pouring down her face. "Yes," she answered and Tommy slid the ring on her finger.
Their lips began to move closer like magnets. But, before their lips met there was a strong push and both of them fell into the pool. "Skull, I told you there was a skateboard!" Bulk shouted.
They sank down to the bottom of the pool, holding their breaths they took hold of each other's hand and swam to the surface. "I love you, Kimberly," Tommy purred.
Kimberly looked up at him with her tear stained face and kissed him. It was just like a romance movie. For a single moment time stopped all around them. They didn't care about what was around them. No pain, no suffering, no war, just the two of them. "I love you, Tommy," Kimberly replied when they pulled apart from each other.
Tommy pulled her into his arms and just held her. "What about next Christmas?" Tommy asked as he felt her soft Carmel hair brush up against his chest.
"That would be wonderful," Kimberly answered as she wrapped her arms around his waist.
A Few Months Later
Tommy straightened his tie, nervously, honestly he felt like a nervous kid on the first day of school, not a grown up man who was engaged to be married.
Kim, his fiancée, and love of his life, chuckled softly as she removed his hands from his tie, "It will be just fine, as long as you remember that you are the teacher and can't start goofing off like you did in high school."
"I never goofed off, I have no idea what you are talking about," Tommy protested, wrapping his arms around her.
"Sure you don't," Kim smirked, only for it to turn into a frown, most of her memories had returned, but some hadn't, "Rocky was pulling my leg again, wasn't he?" she asked.
"Maybe?" Tommy admitted, "I don't remember."
Kim shook her head, kissing him, "Have a good day at work," she said.
"You too," Tommy replied, leaning in for a second kiss, "Try not to do anything too drastic."
"Right back at you," Kim muttered, grabbing Tommy's briefcase, "Now get moving, you're going to be late, again, like usual."
Tommy laughed, grabbed his briefcase, stole one more kiss, and headed out the door, he loved that woman.
As soon as Tommy left, Kim changed into a track suit and went out for a jog. The morning air was brisk, a hint of autumn on the breeze. She loved living out in the middle of the woods, it was so peaceful and calm.
She stopped as something reflected the sun into her face, efficiently blinding her. What was that? She held her hand up to shield her eyes as she crept closer, there was something in the large boulder in front of her. She grabbed it and pulled the pink gem out of its spot.
She was just holding the pink gem when she had a strange feeling that she should look down. Which she did to discover the ground a good foot below her feet.
She gasped, but didn't have time to do anything else as something hit her across the back of her head causing her to black out.
Author's note:
The second half of this chapter was written by Catlovingmermaid.
