A/N: I hope that everyone likes this chapter.

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"Kat what are you doing up here when everyone else is downstairs watching the girls compete?" Trini asked from the doorway.

The assistant coaches had all agreed to let the girls watch the sportscast if they wanted too since it was the Event Finals.

"I'm arranging flights for China for the National Team. Kim was supposed to do it when she got back but the National Committee asked me to do it today." Kat stated as she clicked print on the computer. The printer hummed behind her as it print off the boarding passes.

"But they don't know who is going to China yet." Trini pointed out as Kat nodded.

"That's true but they do know that six girls are going so I am stuck doing this." She said grabbing the paper off the printer and putting it in a folder for Kim to look over later.

"Well I think that you need a break, you have been at it all morning. Now come on and watch." Trini said walking over to her. She grabbed her hand and pulled her out from behind the desk.

"Okay, okay, man you are strong for being such a little thing. Anyway I guess I can finish this when the meet is over." She said as Trini nodded.

"Come on, its about to start." Trini stated as Kat sighed.

Sometimes she wondered how she was ever friends with the other rangers. They were all pushy and liked to get their own way. It really was a good thing that Kat was so even tempered or they would have a fight on their hands.

Walking downstairs she noticed that the girls had dragged out chairs from the parent's section so that they could sit in them. Smiling Kat sat down next to Trini and watched the screen panned across the arena before stopping on Kim and the girls. She also noticed that Tommy was standing beside Kim and wondered how he had managed that. Kim must have pulled some strings to get him down there.

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"You know that you have three surgeries today." Aisha's Vet Tech, Rachel informed her as Aisha turned from the TV in the corner.

"I know but I can at least listen to the broadcast." Aisha replied with a smile. All the Vet Techs knew that Aisha loved to watch the meets even though her best friend wasn't competing any longer.

"Well at least the surgeries are routine." Rachel stated with a shrug.

"Nothing is ever routine around here." Aisha commented before grabbing a chart so that she could start seeing her patients. Something always goes wrong on the surgery table.

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Alex took a breath before raising her arms and smiling to the judges. Today had been hard because she was a little sore from yesterday. She didn't know why but she thought that she had come down wrong on her ankle when she landed her dismount from the uneven bars. It wasn't unbearable though and she didn't want to sit out the finals because of a twinge. Lowering her arms, she took off running toward the vault. She hit the springboard and sailed over the vault and landed with only a small hop.

Since it was the finals, this one vault would count. She wished that she could perform one more time but at least she had landed the vault. She raised her arms and smiled at the judges once more but walking off the mat. Her ankle was killing her now but she wasn't giving in. Once she got back to their team's area, she sat down next to her bag and rolled her ankle slowly to work out the pain.

She didn't want Kim to know about it though so she moved her bag to block Kim's view of her movements. They had only one event to go and that was the beam. She, Kaylie, and Sara would perform on it. She wondered why Coach didn't have Whitney performing on the beam since she was really good on it but Sara had posted top scores the first day on the beam. Sighing she rubbed her ankle just a little harder to ease the ache.

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Kaylie watched as Whitney waited for the judges okay to begin her vault. Looking over at Alex, she almost spoke but stopped. Alex was in pain. It had to be her ankle because she was trying to hide the fact that she was rolling it slowly. Rest was the only thing that would work but she knew that it wasn't her place to tell Alex to sit out.

Besides she had pushed through pain several times in the past and knew that Kimberly had done the same thing. Uncle Tommy had told her that Kim had pushed through pain, injuries, and much more when she working with her Coach before she left for Florida. Sometimes it still amazed her that her Uncle and Coach were a part of the Original Power Rangers.

She didn't know how they had done it at their age because she couldn't even dream of doing regular school and try to save the World every day. They also had outside activities that they still did.

Sighing she turned back and watched Whitney landed her vault. It was a good vault but a little off-center and she had to take a step back. It would cost her but not too much, Kaylie hoped. Moving around Alex, she made her way up to the mat. It was her turn to attack the vault and she was ready. She took her place and got the judges' nod before taking off.

Pushing her fears to the back of her mind, she cartwheeled onto the springboard, made her turn, touched the vault and finished her rotation before planting her feet on the blue mat. She was a little unstable but she held her ground and finally stood up with her arms raised high. It was the best feeling just to stick that landing on the vault.

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"She stuck the landing." Tommy stated as Kim nodded.

Kaylie's vault had been the most difficult out of the three girls and she had been worried about Kaylie sticking the landing. Up until now, she had always taken a step back or hopped a little. Kim grabbed Kaylie into a hug before they moved to their next and final event, the beam.

Tommy smiled and grabbed Kim's stuff before following them. One of her assistant coaches was out so he told her that he would help her out today. He really just wanted to stand beside as her girls competed in the final events.

Thankfully she had agreed to let him stand beside her. He knew that she didn't want to shift her focus from her girls to him and he understood that. She was there for them, not to hang onto him. They made their way around the floor to the seats behind the beam. Setting Kim's stuff down, he watched as Sara unzipped her jacket and slipped out of her pants.

This was her first event of the day and she had been waiting for it. He stayed back as Kim talked to her girls and gave them one last pep-talk before they closed everyone out and focused on their routines. He had watched Kim do the same thing plenty of times. She had explained it to him that she always wanted a mental picture of her routine before she got on the beam. She said that it helped her land each element flawlessly most of the time. The times that she had messed up, she told him that she hadn't pictured her routine before-hand.

Looking back at the beam, he almost wished that he could watch her perform. He knew that she got on the beam back at her gym but competition was different. She would put on a show during a competition.

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"You know I think Kim's girls end almost every competition on the beam. I wonder why that is?" Rocky said from behind the girls. He had made his way to the gym so that he could watch with the others. Some of the girls had shushed him loudly. Sticking his tongue out, he received dirty looks from the girls.

"I don't think you want to make them mad." Kat said beside him. "They are teenage girls." She pointed out as he laughed. He received more dirty looks then. What he couldn't understand was why they were giving him those looks. It was on a commercial break at the moment.

"You know I hear that you are dating some guy but I haven't met him yet. Is he a ghost or something?" He whispered as the sportscast came back on.

"You know very well that Greg exists and yes you get to meet him." Kat whispered back to him.

"When? You know I'm not getting any younger." He stated quietly.

"Soon and why would that matter?" She asked wondering.

"In case I need to have a talk with him, he can't just play with you heart." He said folding his arms across his chest.

Smiling she slipped one arm around his waist and squeezed. "I do love you, ape-man but Greg is not playing with my heart and you will meet him soon, I promise." She whispered as he smiled and wrapped an arm around her shoulders. They stood like that while they watched Sara dismount and Alex get ready to take her turn.

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"You know, if I didn't know Katherine that well and if he wasn't married, I would be a little bit jealous." Greg said to Karen. They were at the back of the gym watching one of the other TVs.

"Well if it's any help, I know that she is not in love with him. They are all just really close friends." She said as he nodded.

"Some of them are married." He said with a smile.

"Very yeah that's true but she likes you." She replied.

"Well I like her or really more than like but it's too soon. We haven't known each other that long." He confided.

"If it helps, Kim knew the moment that she saw Tommy she was in love. These people apparently fall in love at first sight; it just takes them a little while to figure it out." She stated.

Looking down at her, he had to smile. "You know way too much about them to not have been around them for years."

"Yea I know but Kim is a talker and she just wants everyone to be a part of the group." She said.

"Kim is one of a kind." He stated looking back at the TV. Alex had just gotten her scores and now it was Kaylie's turn to rock the beam.

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Kaylie took a breath as she heard the beep. She began her dismount and touched the blue mat seconds later. Holding her breath, she tried to hold her ground but had to take a step forward to balance herself. It wasn't a stick but at least she didn't fall. Raising her arms in the air, she smiled and headed back to her coach. She couldn't wait to see her score.

"Good job, Kaylie." Whitney said as soon as she neared the team.

"Thanks, you should have been up that too." She said hugging her teammates as they announced her score.

"You got a 9.5, awesome." Kelly said.

"What? A 9.5, that means, that means…" She said trying to breath.

"That means that you are taking home the Gold." Kim said from behind her.

The judges for the beam today had been very strict with every move. Most of the other girls had scored a 9.4 or lower. Alex had come in second with a 9.4. Two of Kim's girls were taking home medals on the beam. It was the only event that the USA team had medaled today but they had performed well throughout the entire competition and Kim was proud of them.

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"Welcome home." Trini said hugging Kim as soon as she walked through the gym doors.

"Thanks and I hope that nothing happened while I was gone." Kim said looking over at Kat.

"No but we are having a cookout tomorrow so that Rocky can meet Greg and give him the talk while he is still young." She said laughing.

"You know Rocky gave me that talk." Trini piped in causing Kat to look over at her.

"When was that?" She asked as Kim sat down on the couch and flipped through the folder that Kat had handed her.

"Right before she was to walk down the aisle I thought that we were going to have to call the EMTs." Kim said without looking up.

"What? Are you serious?" Kat asked. Sometimes her friends still shocked her with their timing.

"Yeah." Trini confirmed.

"Wait, why did he warn you and not Jason?" Kat asked.

"Because apparently I was the one that could break his heart since he claimed that I would never let a man even Jason break mine." She said sitting down next to Kim on the couch.

"He's right." Kim commented.

"Whatever, anyway how was Spain?" Trini asked as turning the subject.

"Spain was great and the girls did very well." Kim supplied shutting the folder and placing it on the table.

"We saw that Tommy was standing beside you. How did he pull that?" Kat asked with a smile.

"One of the assistant coaches got sick and couldn't make it so Tommy asked if he could help out." She informed them. "It was actually sort of nice to have him down there beside me."

"Yea we could tell." Kat said as Trini laughed and nodded.

"What? What do you mean?" Kim asked clearly puzzled about what they were talking about.

"Well you sort of stand a little different whenever Tommy is beside you, its like you let down your guard. You know that he is there to catch you when you fall." Trini supplied as Kim thought about what she said.

Now that she thought about it, they were right. It was something that she had always done even in high school. There was some part of her that knew that Tommy would protect her and just be there. It was just second nature to her now so she didn't think about it anymore. The girls talked for a while longer until Kim walked downstairs to see how practice was going.

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"Kim, you finally made it." Aisha said almost dragging Kim out of her car.

"Ouch!" Kim stated. "You know I can get out of my car all by myself." She said as Aisha released her arm.

"I'm sorry, it's just that you are late." She said looping her arm through Kim's.

"Aisha, I had to unpack and grab a shower before I came over here. You know I know that Rocky eats a lot but he always makes sure that I have food." Kim said trying to figure out what was going on with Aisha.

"Oh I know that and besides the boys just fired up the grill." She said causing Kim to really wonder what was going.

"Aisha, what is going on?" She finally asked as Aisha pushed her through the front door.

"I have some news and before you get mad, the others already know." She stated.

Kim sat down on the couch and waited for Aisha to explain what had her up in arms. After several minutes of Aisha pacing Kim sighed and grabbed Aisha's hands. "I'm not going to get mad about the others knowing but I will blow my top if you don't stop pacing and tell me what's wrong." She informed her.

"Sorry, it's just that, well, uh… I'm pregnant!" She said as Kim jumped up and pulled her close.

"I can't believe it! This is awesome." Kim said releasing Aisha before hugging her again.

"So you're not angry that the others knew before you?" She asked pulling back.

"When did you tell them?" Kim asked.

"Two days ago and really it was Trini's fault. You know that woman has a way of just figuring things out." Aisha said as Kim laughed. She knew that well enough.

"Yes she does, oh you know maybe I should ask her to figure out if Tommy had bought an engagement ring?" Kim asked sitting down again.

"You want him to propose?" Aisha asked sitting down beside her.

"I love him and want to spend the rest of my life with him. I mean we have been apart some many years and I don't want to lose him again." She said as Aisha nodded.

She knew what Kim was talking about. She and Tommy had a love that had survived a break-up and thousands of miles apart. They had finally rediscovered that the fire was burning and she wanted to take the next step.

"Maybe he has a ring and is just waiting on the right time but I would have Trini to find out for you. I mean who can say no to the Original Yellow?" She asked as Kim laughed.

"What are you two doing in here?" Rocky asked from the doorway. He had a 'Kiss the Cook' apron on that had Aisha shaking her head.

"Please tell me that Tommy, Jason, or Adam is supervising you." Aisha said standing up.

"Okay I am a grown man and can grill, you know woman you have so little faith in me." He said turning around and walking back through the kitchen to the backyard.

"I think you've hurt his feelings." Kim said with a smile.

"Nah, Rocky has a tough skin and besides he loves it when I tease him about grilling." Aisha stated with a laugh.

"How is the proud papa?" Kim asked.

"Ask him but be prepared for his answer." Aisha warned as Kim nodded and went in search of former Red Ranger.

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"Okay so are you ready for this?" Kat asked as she pulled into Rocky and Aisha's driveway behind Kim.

"Kat, they are your friends and I know some of them already. Don't worry so much." He said leaning over and kissing her cheek. He had finally agreed to Kat driving him over here because her other suggestion had been to drive separately.

She was just so independent sometimes but it was one of the things that he liked about her.

"Come on." He said opening his door and getting out. He made his way over to her side and helped her out. They walked hand-in-hand to the front door and was greeted by Aisha.

"I'm glad to see that you could make it." She said opening the front door. "Everyone else is out back watching over Rocky and the grill." She said stepping aside so that they could come in.

"Thanks Aisha." Kat said as she led Greg out back. Aisha followed them out back. She noticed that Kim had cornered Rocky. A split second later, Rocky had grabbed Kim and swung her high up in the air while she screamed in delight.

"Don't drop my girlfriend or I will have to make Aisha a widow." Tommy warned with a laugh. Jason just shook his head and went back to grilling.

"Why are you manning the grill? I thought that that was Rocky's job." Aisha asked placing her hands on her hips.

Jason looked up at her and she saw a twinkle of humor there. "Oh please, you know that I always grill when we get together. I saw Rocky grabbing his special sauce from the garage."

"What special sauce? And from the garage?" Aisha asked trying to put two and two together.

"Anti-freeze." Adam piped in as Aisha just stared at him.

"What?" She asked.

"He claims that it makes it taste better. He saw it on some show or something." Jason said flipping the burgers.

"Anti-freeze is poisonous." She said as Jason and Adam nodded.

"We know and that's why I took over." Jason said as she looked back at her husband.

She was really going to have to cut off that exotic cooking show. He was going to kill somebody someday if he followed them. Looking over at him, he had finally sat Kim back on her feet and was hugging the Original Pink Ranger tightly.

"Kat, are you going to introduce us?" Jason asked looking up from the grill.

"Greg this is Jason at the grill, Adam standing beside him, and Aisha, guys this is Greg." She said as Greg shook their hands. "You already know Tommy, Trini, and Kim but the guy who picked Kim up was Rocky." She said as Tommy, Trini, Kim, and Rocky walked over to them.

"It's nice to meet everyone." Greg said.

"Yeah well my wife is going to be late her name is Tanya and Zack and Angela couldn't get here." Adam informed him.

"Well I'm just glad that you invited me." Greg said as everyone asked him questions and answered his.

Standing back, Kat wondered why she had been nervous about him meeting them. They were her friends for a reason. They didn't shun anyone from their group.

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Okay so what did everyone think? Please let me know. Also the bit about the ant-freeze and grilling comes from The A-Team movie. Rocky reminds me so much of Murdock.