"Looks, like our plans will have to wait."
"Tommy, I was hoping we could marry, before school started. We just had a wedding shower. Everyone knows were going to marry."
"The principal is strict. Kim, I could loose my job if we marry now. As soon as you finish your student teaching, we'll marry. There are other teachers in the school who are a married couple."
"I guess, we'll have to wait."
Tommy knew she was disappointed. He was too. He could wait, until they both said "I do," and both had a wedding finger on their finger. When that happened she'd be his wife and carry his last name. Tommy would never have to worry about another incident of loosing her. He remembered the time when she almost had to go to Paris, when her mom got remarried. And he remembered when she got the chance to be in the Pan Global Games. Kimberly had to go to Florida to train. That almost killed him because they couldn't be together every day. Tommy knew once they were married, neither one of them would have to worry about that ever again. If one of the had to go out of town for a meeting, they could go together and get a hotel room. If one had to transfer jobs, they'd both be going together. They'd never have to worry about leaving the other one behind again.
"Tommy, we could do it over Christmas. I'll have my graduate diploma mailed to me. We could marry as soon as Christmas break began."
"I'd like nothing better. We'd be able to celebrate our first Christmas as the "Oliver's" this year."
They agreed to marry, as soon as Christmas break began. Kimberly had already moved out of her apartment and didn't have anywhere else to go. Tommy wasn't going to risk loosing her again. They agreed she'd stay in their new home. Niether one of them had decided how they wanted to decorate their room. They didn't have a comforter, pillows, curtains, or a color picked out. Both of them agreed that they wouldn't sleep in the same bed, until their wedding night. Tommy suggested that Kimberly slept on the couch every night and he'd sleep in the recliner every night. They kept all of their clothes in closet in the office, until their wedding night. A few weeks later, school started. Tommy wore a pair grey dress pants, a tan dress shirt, and a red tie. Kimberly wore a pink sleeveless silk bow blouse and matching pink silk skirt.
Both of them rode to school together in Tommy's jeep. When they got out of the jeep, they meet principal Randall. She told Tommy he had detention duty. He tried to explain to principal Randall he had made arrangements to go to a museum. Randall suggested that he took the three kids with him. He met the three kids, when he walked into her office. They were all soaked. Kira Ford got detention for playing her guitar (outside before school started), Conner McKnight got detention for playing soccer, and Ethan James got detention for turning the sprinklers on. The bell rang for first period. Tommy and Kimberly went to his classroom. The three kids were in his first period class.
During Tommy's free period, Tommy and Kimberly went home long enough for her to get her car. He didn't want her to have to go to detention duty with her. At the end of the day, Kimberly went on home and started to iron clothes for the next day. When Tommy got home, he changed his clothes and went down into the basement. Kimberly followed him.
"How was detention duty?"
"I told them if they found anything dinosaur related, I would cancel detention for the rest of the week."
"Were they able to find anything dinosaur related?"
"Yes, and I canceled detention."
Tommy heard something upstairs. He went upstairs and was gone for awhile. About an hour later, he came back. Kira, Ethan, and Conner followed him in.
"They've found the dino gems?" gasped Kimberly.
"They did," answered Tommy.
"When we touched these gems, they gave us a super power," explained Kira. "I have the Ptera Scream, Conner has super speed, and Ethan was able to turn his skin tough."
"That is a sign the gems have already bounded with you," answered Tommy. "The gems chose you because they thought you were worthy of becoming rangers. I know all three of you come from three different worlds. But, you need to work together."
He handed all three of them a sliver bracelet.
"Use these to communicate with each other and with me," stated Tommy. "These will also serve as your morphers. I'll explain more to you tomorrow."
All three of the kids left the lab and headed home. Kimberly gave Tommy an angry look.
"You forgot to look the door. Didn't you?"
"I guess I did. And we are dealing with three new rangers."
"You'll be a good mentor to them. They don't know we were rangers, do they?"
"No, they don't."
"And I hope they don't know that we're engaged."
"They don't. And why would want to hide it. Everyone will know sooner or later."
"It's Randall that I'm worried about."
Tommy knew she had a point. He was going to have to hide that they were rangers and they were engaged. But, he knew the rangers would find out sooner or later. Haley already knew. She was the one that gave them the shower. The next day, school lasted no time. As soon as first period started school was dismissed early. Tommy asked Kira, Ethan, and Conner to come with him. Kimberly wanted to go with him. But, he insisted that she went to Haley's café. She quickly went to Haley's café; As soon as she walked in, Haley had the news on. It showed three new rangers. There was a red ranger, a blue ranger, and yellow ranger. They had just formed the megazord and were fighting a monster.
"That's the new team of rangers," stated Haley. "I'm surprised you didn't go."
"Tommy, didn't want me to go," answered Kimberly.
"He just doesn't want to see you get hurt," explained Haley. "Tommy realizes you are doing your student teaching and doesn't want you to have more than what you can handle."
Tommy and the rangers all walked into the café. They had defeated their first monster. Kimberly missed all the fun. She wanted to be there as well.