Tommy and Jason just looked at each other as they heard her words.
"Kimmy-cub, we will figure this out." Jason said.
"How? We are only 15 and Tracey is 12. That stupid social worker is just like everybody else. She thinks she knows what is best for us, but never stops to take our feelings into consideration. Pretty soon, everything will be gone and I will have nothing left." Kim answered sadly.
"Kimberly, you will still have us and the Rangers. That is the one thing that is never going to change." Tommy responded.
"You say that now, before everything changes; what about a week from now?"
"Kimberly, even then." Jason answered.
"We'll see?" Kim replied looking at the ground.
Tommy and Jason know that they won't win this conversation with her. They know that they will have to prove it to her. Actions speak louder than words.
The boys walked Kimberly back to Jason's house. Jason and Tommy's parents were sitting on the porch talking when the teens came up.
John rushed to Kimberly when he saw her arms. "What happened?"
"I was in the park and attacked by the putties." Kim replied.
The adults just nodded, they know that nothing they say or do is going to change the fact that the teens are Rangers. If they fight and argue about what it they do, it is only going to cause more stress on the teens and they might not be able to focus and concentration is a huge apart in keeping them alive.
"Well, let's go inside and I will clean your arms up." John replied.
"How is she really?" Anita asked after John took Kimberly upstairs.
"She's depressed and feels all alone at the idea of having to leave and be separated from Kevin and Tracey." Jason answered.
"Tracey doesn't know, and I don't plan on her finding out just yet." Peter spoke up.
"Mom, what are you and dad doing here. I thought you were working late tonight." Tommy asked.
"We just came to chat and good thing, otherwise your father wouldn't have been able to clean up Kimberly's arms." Michelle answered.
John and Kimberly came back downstairs and joined everyone in the living room. Kevin was already there watching TV.
"Kevin, turn that off. We need to have discussion." Peter ordered.
Kevin flipped the TV off as the kids sat down on the couch next to him.
"I have called Mrs. Wolfie; she is postponing finding you 3 another home. At least for a week." Anita told Kevin and Kimberly.
"Why? What is going to happen in that week?" Kim asked.
"Well hopefully we'll find a bigger home and be able to move. One that will accommodate for 13 people." Anita replied.
"13 PEOPLE!!" The teens exclaimed.
"Yes, we will be moving in with the Scotts and custody of the 3 kids will go to them and to us. But, as Anita said we only have 1 week to pull this off. That is the maximum amount of time Mrs. Wolfie will give us before she goes back to the original plan of finding and separating them." Michelle explained.
"You and Anita will share custody of Kimberly. I might have wanted her to be a part of my family, but not like this." Tommy said sadly and angered. If Kim was his sister, how was he supposed to date her.
"We realize that and just because your father and I will have partial custody of her doesn't mean that you can't date. However, we will be watching your relationship very closely and there will be rules that the two of you will have to follow.
"Now, why don't you kids go start your homework; since I know you haven't because you were looking for Kimberly. Oh and by the way, do not discuss this with anybody who wasn't in this room. We want Tracey to go on believing that you will continue to be living with us." Peter ordered.
The kids got up and went to the dining room to do their homework.
"Man, I can't believe this. This is going to be too weird, and 13 people living under 1 roof, is a recipe for total chaos." Jason said.
"Yeah, don't I know it. My parents have always done their best to avoid situation that would lead to total chaos, especially mom. She is a bit of a control freak. She likes thing to be nice and neat and organized. We go along with it to humor her, because it is better than fighting with her about it. Although Starr hasn't learned that concept yet and still fights with her on it." Tommy replied.
"How are we going to handle 2 sets of parents?" Kim asked her twin.
"Same way we always did it before. We manage." He replied.
"True, but that is a completely different story. That was 2 different homes and we only had to deal with 1 at a time. This is in the same house." Kim answered back.
"As much as I would love the idea of living with my girlfriend, I never thought it would be like this." Tommy said shaking his head.
"Me either, I just hope you don't get tired of me."
"No, Never. It is too bad that we couldn't get married and that way we would have to stay together."
"Married at 15, yeah I really think my social worker would go for that." Kim responded sarcastically.
"No."
"Not so much, all it would do is paint me as extremely irresponsible in their eyes."
"Why are we even discussing this now? None of this discussion is going to matter if we don't find the house in the time period allowed." Jason spoke up.