Zordon Says Fourteen:

Kim had gotten up at four in the morning with Tommy's mother to do some Black Friday shopping. She was excited seeing as this was the first time that she and the girls would truly celebrate Christmas. Luke had never allowed them to get a tree, but last year there had been a large wind storm that broke off several branches. Kim had taken one of the branches home and rigged a base for it out of a cardboard box and helped the kids cut out snowflakes from old newspapers and tie string from a broken kite one of their neighbors threw away around pinecones they had picked up at the park.

They had had to hide it from Luke for Kim was afraid he might burn it just because he could so it was in Jaslee's closet most of the time. Kim had managed to save a couple of dollars in recycling and was able to buy both of the girls a second-hand doll from a yard sale.

It had been the first time either of the girls had gotten anything as a present and Jaslee had been pleased. When Kim had packed to move to California she had been slightly depressed that all three girls could fit all of their toys in one average size bag. When she was that age she couldn't even fit all of her dress up clothes in that small of a bag.

When Kim mentioned this to Janet after the girls had gone to bed she suggested that they hit some of the Black Friday sales and make this the best Christmas for them yet.

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Kim stifled a yawn noting that her hand was trembling some, a classic sign of low blood sugar levels, "I hate to say this Mrs. Oliver, but I need to eat, I'm getting low."

"That's fine, I think I'm about done, what about you?"

Kim looked at her cart, she had bikes and a dollhouse with furnishing and a doll with all the accessories as well as Candyland and chutes and ladders and a push bike for Inya, "Do you know anything about the yearly party Tommy goes to with his friends."

"Only that Santa comes for the kids and there's a big sparring match and talent show."

"So what does he usually wear to the party?"

Janet pursed her lips, "He wears a button-down shirt and slacks, but brings a gi for the competition."

Kim nodded, "So I might want to bring a leotard, just in case someone talks me into showing off."

By now they had checked out and were heading to the car, "Yes, do you need to go shopping for things for the party.

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While Kim was out shopping with his mother Tommy took the kids to the park. At the moment Ellie was following Jaslee around the playground while he pushed Inya in one of the baby swings. It made him happy to hear them all laugh.

Just then Zack arrived with his daughter, a beautiful eight-year-old named Angel, "Well aren't you just Daddy of the Year?" he asked.

Tommy, however, froze, "Angel," he muttered to himself, "I forgot to tell Kim about Angel!"

Zack's nose twitched as he tried not to laugh, "That's okay, I don't have her very often just on weekends and school holidays and two weeks in the summer."

"Let's not talk about shared custody in front of Kim, she's still worried that Luke might be able to get custody of the kids."

"Impossible," Zack insisted, "Luke's nothing but bad news and there is no judge that will grant him custody."

"I know, just because Kim thinks that doesn't mean that it's possible," Tommy said before flashing a huge smile, "Want to hear something adorable?" he asked.

Zack shrugged as Tommy got Inya out of the swing and asked, "Who am I, Inya, what's my name?"

"Dada!" Inya babbled happily, "Dada."

Before Zack could roll his eyes and say that it wasn't that impressive, that most babies could say dada a little kid let out a scream and shouted, "You aren't my daddy you big stupid meany! Get your hands off my sister!"

Tommy immediately shoved Inya into Zack's arms, much to his surprise, and run towards the sound of the voices. He knew that voice, it was Jaslee, and she and Ellie were in danger, and he knew that it was probably Luke behind it all.

Tommy wasn't the only one that had heard the shouting and had come running, so had a police officer, much to Tommy's dismay it was officer Bulk, the old school bully from high school.

"What's going on here?" he asked.

"He's not our daddy and he's grabbed my sister," Jaslee stated pointing to Luke who had a firm grip on Ellie's arm.

"I don't know what game she's playing, but I am their father, you can do a DNA test if you want," Luke said sweetly, it made Tommy want to punch him in the face.

"No!" he shouted instead, "I'm their Dad, you go ahead and ask the girls who their dad is, see for yourself."

Bulk nodded, "Okay little girl, who's your daddy?"

Jaslee and Ellie both pointed at Tommy as if it was the obvious choice, Luke threw Ellie down to the ground and went as if to attack Tommy, "You turned my kids against," he snarled.

Tommy shook his head, "I gave MY Kids the one thing you didn't give them, Love and a happy home."

Bulk had figured out by this time who Luke was and had called in back up, this time they were locking him up in a specially prepared cell that had been built by a team of power rangers from various teams lead by the original blue ranger.

Everyone hoped that it would hold the criminal that had caused so much grief for Kim and her young family.

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Kim let out a sigh that night as they ate at a nice restaurant, Tommy's parents were watching the kids and Ninja for them, "I know that Billy designed that prison cell so that he can't escape, but what if he does? Tommy, I want him out of my life permanently, I need to know that I can walk my kids to the park without fear that he will find me. I can't keep living like this."

Tommy cupped her chin in his hand, "Don't worry about it while we know he is locked up, we know that this cell was built special and he won't be allowed out of it anytime soon. Focus on something else, something more fun. I saw the dress you bought for the party tomorrow."

"Is it too much," Kim asked, "I wasn't sure what to wear."

"No, everybody dresses nice for the party, until the Talent show starts, and then there's a sparring competition because half of us will end up doing Martial Arts for it and we'll start saying someone's better than someone else and that never ends well."

Kim laughed, "Not in the circles we run in, it doesn't. Did you see the dresses I got for the girls?"

Tommy nodded, "They were cute, we need to have them get pictures taken wearing those dresses before they outgrow them."

Kim nodded, "Maybe we can do a family picture, we've never done one of those, although the girls will insist that you join us."

"I don't mind at all," Tommy insisted, by now he was paying the bill, "This has been fun, why don't we go to the movies next week, Kira will be in town and I can get her to watch the kids. I'll talk to her tomorrow."

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Kim had to agree that the dresses were adorable, they were pouffy party dresses and had red tops and white skirts with candy canes on them. She had also bought white tights, which she feared won't stay white long, and black dress shoes that aren't all scuffed up from playing on the playground at preschool. She had also bought herself a pink party dress that still allowed her to pick up kids and be a mom.

The reunion was held at the Youth Center. However, as they entered the center Kim stopped and stared, "So many, it's hard to believe it started with five."

"Yes, but six were so much better, right?" Tommy asked. Kim rolled her eyes to look at the ceiling, what she saw made her eyes grew round, and from a giggle that sounded like Jaslee, she knew she wasn't the only one that knew what it was and what it meant. Jaslee was a very smart preschooler. What should she do? Traditions say that you kiss the person that you end up standing beneath the mistletoe with. Should she kiss Tommy, it was tempting, and if he didn't like it, she'll claim that it was the mistletoe. Maybe one kiss wouldn't be bad, it was under the mistletoe after all.

Tommy was going on and on with how the team just hadn't been completed before he arrived, and he probably would have continued talking if Kim hadn't kissed him on the cheek, "Was that a way to tell me to knock it off?"

Kim shook her head, "Not really, it was more of the lookup, kind of message."

Tommy slowly looked up, pretty sure what he would find, sure enough, they were standing beneath the mistletoe. "I owe you a kiss," he told Kim before slowly pulling her in for one, careful to make sure that Kim could easily break away if she didn't want it. Kim however just leaned into it, enjoying it, realizing that she had missed these kind of things.

It was Conner's shout of disgust that drew Jason to look at the doorway, where Tommy and Kim were kissing underneath the mistletoe. He smiled, he had wondered if that could spring some romance between them. Kim must be feeling more secure if she was willing to kiss him like that in front of everybody, especially so many strangers.

Jaslee ruined the moment when she said, quite loudly, "Mommy, Daddy, people are staring."

Tommy and Kim broke apart, Kim was smiling, "I missed that," she admitted.

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Later Santa, the real Santa, not just someone dressed up as him, one of the perks of being a Power Ranger arrived. Jaslee was really excited, she had never met Santa before and couldn't wait to meet him. "I just go up there, tell him that I was good and tell him what I want for Christmas?" she asked as her turn crept forward.

Kim nodded, "Don't worry, Santa's a friend of ours, he isn't scary at all."

Soon Jaslee was climbing into Santa's lap, "Ho ho ho," he said, "If it isn't Jaslee Zakira Hart, I know for a fact that you have been very very good and very very brave."

Zack turned to look at Kim with a shocked expression on his face, apparently, it hadn't got around to him that Jaslee was named after him.

Jaslee nodded her head, "I try hard to help Mommy and it's a lot easier now that Daddy lives close by, but it would be so much easier if we all lived together like all the other families."

Santa laughed, "I see, and I suppose that you want me to do something about it?"

Jaslee nodded her head again, "Yes please, I want to live in daddy's house. There I'll have my own room. Ellie's a great sister, but she talks in her sleep."

By now Kim wanted to disappear into the floorboards. She had never imagined that Jaslee would ask Santa for something like that. Tommy leaned forward, "So you want to go to the movies?" he asked cheekily.

Kim let out a sigh of relief, if Tommy could tease about it, maybe she shouldn't worry too much about it. After all, she was starting to realize that those feelings she had for Tommy in High School were returning stronger than ever, and if that kiss had told her anything he felt the same way.

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A/N: So, umm, that happened, so tell me what you think, please review.