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Chapter Thirteen-Meet the Kids

The next morning, Kim woke up in her new room. It took her a second to remember where she was. She had never spent the night in the command center before, and she was not accustomed to waking up in an unfamiliar room, on an unfamiliar bed. But she had to get used to this room and this bed. She would be waking up in it for the next two and a half years. After a while, it would start to feel like home. Kim got out of bed, and started to get ready for the day, in which she would meet the future children of her best friends.

Same Time at Oliver Home

Ann woke up suddenly. The sun was streaming into her room through the open curtains on her windows.

Oh man, Ann thought to herself, I forgot to shut the curtains, then

"Oh no!" Ann shouted, really loud, when she realized that she hadn't shut her curtains, she knew why the sun had never bothered her before today, because she had slept in. Then, Ann heard running footstep in the hall, before her twin brother and Ted came running into her room, still in their pajamas.

"Ann what's wrong?" David asked his sister as she sat there staring at them with her mouth open.

"Um, what are you talking about?"

"You yelled." Ted said, looking at her strangely.

"Oh, that." Ann said. Then she realized that she too was in her pajamas and pulled the covers up to her chin. "Nothing is wrong. I just, um, slept in."

"You just slept in." David repeated slowly. "You were yelling like a maniac because you just slept in? What the heck is wrong with you?"

Before Ann could answer, they heard laughter from the door that the two boys had left open after rushing in. Jason walked into the room, still laughing.

"I agree with him." Jason said after he had stopped laughing, finally. "What the heck is wrong with you? Most people want to sleep in, during the summer, when they don't have to wake up the next morning and go to school, and when there is nothing else to do."

"Just so you know, there is absolutely nothing wrong with me. And I do have something to do. We all do. And you know what it is."

"Oh yeah, I forgot about that." David said. "And yes, there is something very wrong with you."

"I agree." Ted said. "There is something very wrong with you. First of all, it is barely eight am, and we don't have to be anywhere until ten, and second of all, who gets up early during summer vacation anyway?"

"I do." Ann said defending her self and jumping out of her bed at the same time, forgetting that she was still in her pajamas. Then, suddenly remembering, she started screaming at the three boys who had been staring at her. "GET OUT! GET OUT OF MY ROOM RIGHT NOW! OUT, I SAID OUT!"

Ann started throwing her pillows at the boys as they fled her room, fearing for their lives. Ann slammed the door behind them. She had totally forgotten that Ted had spent the night. Ann was so embarrassed. She was wearing a very short pair of shorts and a tank top as pajamas, and she had just jumped up right in front of all of them. Ann would never be able to get over that embarrassment.

Ann hurriedly got dressed, and ran from her room. Hurrying to avoid the boys that would soon be coming downstairs. She grabbed her purse from the kitchen table, and ran out the front door, just as she heard the boys starting to come downstairs. Ann dialed Kimmie's number, on her cell phone as she dug for her car keys in her purse.

"Hello?"

"Kimmie, are you up?"

"I've been up for over an hour. What's up?"

"See, there's nothing wrong with me." Ann said angrily.

"What?" Kimmie said, she was very confused.

"Never mind that. I'll tell you later. Can I come over right now?"

"Uh, sure. I'll be out front waiting for you."

"Good." And Ann hung up the phone.

It took Ann twenty minutes to drive from her house, into town, and to Billy and Trini's house. Sure enough, Kimmie was waiting for her on the front porch.

"Hey Ann. Are you ok?"

"Um yeah."

"You sure don't sound ok. And you sure don't look ok. You look like you just saw a ghost."

"It's not really about what I saw. It's more like what saw me."

Kimmie looked at her in a very confused way. "I have absolutely no idea what you are talking about. But maybe we should walk around the park for a little bit, and you can explain."

Ann smiled gratefully at the younger girl. "That is a very good idea."

An hour and a half later, the two girls teleported themselves into the command center, to find the boys and Kaylie already there. Ann ran off.

"Uh, hi guys." Kimmie said, before going to look for her older friend.

As Ann was running out of the main room, she ran right into Kim.

"Hey Ann. What's up? Is something wrong?"

"No." Ann said quickly, just as Kimmie walked out. The boys had stayed behind, looking very embarrassed. Kaylie just looked confused.

"Oh no you are not ok Ann Trinity Oliver. You were about to have a hysterical breakdown in the park before."

"What happened?" Kim asked her daughter with concern. Ann looked at Kimmie pleadingly.

"Ann sort of started yelling the moment she woke up and realized that she had slept in. Ann likes to be up very early every morning to take a run. Well anyway, David and Ted, who had stayed overnight with David, they came running into her room, and they were still in their pajamas and all, and obviously she was too. I don't know if you know this, but you probably don't, but Ann really likes, and I mean really likes Ted, like a lot."

Kim smiled at her daughter at this point. "Ann there's nothing wrong with having a crush on someone."

"It wasn't just Ted being there." Ann said quietly. But she wasn't going to anything more, so Kimmie continued.

"Anyway, they asked her what was wrong, and she told them she slept in, and they sorta started making fun of her, and here enters Jason. He heard them making fun of her for sleeping in, and he started laughing. When they continued making fun of her, she got mad, and jumped up from under her covers, and well…" Kimmie drifted off. Kim looked at her daughter knowingly.

"Oh Ann. I see what happened now. Still in your pajamas, huh?" Ann nodded her head, blushing. "Ann, I completely understand what's going on here. You'll be fine you were just embarrassed. Don't worry, I'm sure the boys were just as embarrassed. Maybe even more so, but you'll get over it. It was just one little thing, it won't ruin the rest of your life. And you shouldn't make it. But we should be going back in there now. You don't have to talk to the boys if you don't want to."

"Wait a minute." Kimmie said suddenly looking at Kim, and for the first time, really seeing her. "Who are you?"

"Oh, I'm sorry. The name is Kimberly Hart. You can call me Kim. Let me guess, Kimmie?"

Kimmie nodded her head. "Don't worry Kimmie, I'll explain everything, as long as everyone else is here?"

"Their all here." Kimmie said shortly. So the three of them went back into the main room, Kim going first, and Ann last, trying to avoid the boys at all costs. Kaylie was giving her a very confused look.

"Hello everyone." Kim said brightly, drawing their attention away from Ann. "I'm sure that all of you recognize me. Ted, we met yesterday. My name is Kimberly Hart. You can call me Kim. I know all of you recognize me, because you all know me, but not as the way I am now. I am from the year 2004. I do not know why I am here, the only thing I can tell you is that I am here for a very important reason, and you cannot tell any of your parents that I am here. I already know. God that sounds weird. But I was expecting myself, so, you know what I mean."

Everyone just stared at her. Well, everyone except for Ann and Jason, who had already met the woman. Ted really wasn't that interested in her either they had met the day before, so the initial shock had already worn off. He was focusing his gaze upon Ann instead who was focusing her gaze upon the floor. She had never seen such a clean floor before.

Jason was staring at Kimmie, it was so obvious he liked her. Kimmie saw him staring at her out of the corner of her eye, and she smiled at him. He smiled back, then looked at Kim again.

"I really don't have anything else to say right now, but if you really want to hear everything you can talk to Jason and An-." Ann shot her a warning look. "-And Jason." Everyone looked over at Ann again.

"But Zordon wanted to show all of you something, if you would please follow me."

So Kim led the six teenagers through the halls of the command center, and into the zord bay. She heard a gasp behind her. It had come from Kaylie. Purple, rabbit, Jason and Kat, Kim thought to herself, trying to remember who everyone was.

"These are your zords." Zordon said, coming from behind one of them. "Each of you will have one to command separately, but when needed, the six of them can combine to form the megazord."

"That is so cool." Jason said in a loud whisper. Zordon smiled appreciatively at the boy.

"Ann." Ann's head jerked up and the boys and Kaylie looked at her again. Kimmie put a supporting arm around her shoulder. "This will be yours to command, the dove zord." Ann nodded her head and walked over to examine her new zord.

"Ted, this is the crow zord.

"David the eagle zord."

It continued like that for the other three, and they each examined their zord carefully. Jason looked around at everyone, before walking over to Kimmie.

"Hey Kimmie."

"Oh, hi Jason. What's up?"

"Nothing. Um, is Ann ok?"

Kimmie bit her lip. "I'm sure she'll be ok. She just got really embarrassed."

"Yeah, I could tell. You should have seen Ted. He was so red he resembled a tomato. He likes Ann a lot. Like really a lot."

Kimmie nodded. "She likes him a lot too."

"That explains it." Jason said. "She never feels uncomfortable about anything around us. Well, not until today that is."

"I know what you mean. But she'll get over it. Kim told her she would."

"Kim is a very smart person. Very, very smart." Kimmie nodded her agreement.

"Of course she's smart. She ends up being your mother." Jason looked up at her. "That didn't come out right, I think. She is your mother. And your mother is a very smart person. Everyone knows that."

Jason turned his head to face the other way again. "Yes, she is very smart. Hey, look, Ted is going over to talk to Ann. I bet Kim made him do it."

Kimmie looked to where he was pointing. "I bet she did."

Ted and Ann's Conversation

"Uh, hey Ann."

Ann glanced over at Ted quickly, and muttered something he couldn't here.

"Uh, we, me and your brothers, we wanted to apologize for this morning. We're really sorry, about everything."

"Oh." Was all that Ann said, not looking at the boy in front of her.

"So, are you ok now? You seemed pretty upset before."

"I'm fine." Ann said quickly, turning back to her zord.

"No, you're not. But if want to talk, I'm here." And Ted walked away.

Ann turned around again to look at his departing back. "Thank you." She whispered under her breath.

Ted, Kim, and David

"I don't think it worked." Ted said as he walked back over to Kim and David.

"It worked." Kim said. "You just have to wait for her to realize it. She'll come and talk to you David, soon." And Kim walked away.

"Your mom is so strange." Ted said to David.

"I know. I just can't think of her as my mom though. She is so, well, so young. Not that I'm calling mom old or anything, it's just that I'm not used to her like this."

"I know what you mean. So, do you think she was right? Do you think Ann will be ok?"

"She'll be fine." When Ted continued to look worried, David continued. "Come on Ted. She is my twin sister. I have known her my entire life. She will be fine."

"If you say so." At that moment, Kim walked back over to them.

"I just remembered something I wanted to ask you Ted. Do you like Ann?" Ted just stared at her.

"Do I what?" David just shook his head at his friend.

"She wants to know all about you having the biggest crush in the history of the universe on my twin sister. And how you are too shy or whatever to admit how you feel about her. And how you really, really wanna ask her out, but you don't know how."

"Oh, that." Ted said.

"So you do like her?" Ted nodded. "That's great. That's all I wanted to know."

"Very strange." David said to Ted. "Very strange indeed."