Author's note: Thank you, thank you all for not giving up on me or this fic. I really do love this pairing a lot and work hard to do it justice. Shout-out to Lone Nightblade for review #200.
CoolDiva: Thanks for giving me the inspiration to push through the block!
GinaStar: Yeah, Tommy's definitely showing green and seeing red.
Tommy's Mistress: I'm glad that you were finally able to get through.
anyabar 1987: You've definitely right about Vadim.
Graceful Crane: Yeah, Vadim and Tommy are fighting like two little boys over a favorite toy.
Millicent: Tommy's determined to get the time he needs with Kat.
AJ: Loved that va-dar crack!
Lone Nightblade: Tommy just had to do whatever it took to get Kat alone.
Obsessive Love: It's nice to have such an enthusiastic reviewer!
"Um, Tommy wasn't that the exit for Angel Grove back there?" Kat questioned as Tommy continued driving.
They had been driving for a little over an hour and Tommy still wouldn't tell Kat where they were going
"Yeah, I guess it was," Tommy responded.
"Well, aren't you gonna turn around?" she asked.
"Nope, we're not going to Angel Grove because it's the first place that Vadim would look for us," Tommy answered.
"Speaking of Vadim, I can imagine he's none too pleased to discover what you and Hayley have done," she said.
"Probably not, but I could care less," he replied.
Hayley waited until Tommy and Kat had been gone an hour before finally deciding to make the trip to Tommy's house and break the news to Vadim about what they had done.
"Oh hello Hayley, I was beginning to wonder when Kat would finally be back," Vadim said assuming that Kat would be walking in the door behind her.
"Actually she's not back and I'm not sure when she will be," Hayley told him.
"What's that supposed to mean?" he questioned.
"It means that Tommy has decided to take Katherine away from here for awhile and he's not bringing her back until he's had the time alone with her that he needs," Hayley informed him.
"So if I'm understanding this clearly, this whole problem that you just had to speak to Katherine about was just a ruse so that Tommy could kidnap her," he responded.
"Don't be so dramatic, it wasn't kidnapping and if Kat had wanted to she could have refused to go but she didn't," Hayley told him.
"So that's how the game is going to be played is it, well two can play at this," Vadim replied.
"It's no use in trying to find them, they're not in Angel Grove Tommy is smarter than that, why don't you do yourself a favor and just hang out here until they return or better yet go back to Australia where you belong," she said.
"I'm sure Tommy would like nothing better than for me to run back to Australia with my tail between my legs but it's not going to happen, I will wait here until my fiancée comes back and
Tommy Oliver will wish he'd never tried to take her from me," Vadim said as he stormed upstairs to the guest room.
"Well we're here," Tommy said as he finally stopped his car.
"And where exactly are we?" Kat asked seeing that they were basically in the middle of nowhere.
"We're about 90 miles outside of Angel Grove, this cabin belongs to my Uncle," Tommy informed her.
"Have I been here with you before?" she questioned.
"Yeah we've spent some of the best moments of our relationship in this cabin so I thought what better place for us to get reacquainted," Tommy answered as he opened the car door.
"I really wish you would have told me about your plan to take me away I could have at least packed a bag or something," Kat said.
"It's already taken care of," Tommy replied as he opened the trunk and handed her a suitcase.
"I can't believe you actually thought to bring this," she said.
"I can't take credit for this, it was Hayley's idea and she packed the bag while I was a work and you were off at your dance class," Tommy revealed.
"Hayley's a really incredible friend to think of all this," Kat replied.
"Yeah she's the best but secretly I think she was tired of hearing me complain about not getting enough time with you now that Vadim is back in the picture," Tommy told her.
"Well Vadim's not here now so I'm all yours for however long we're going to be here," Kat replied.
"Come on, I'll show you around the place," Tommy said.
Back in Reefside, Vadim was driving in his rental car headed for the Reefside airport. He arrived at the airport and turned onto the road that led to the private air hanger and parked the car next to his family's jet.
"Mr. Dale was there a flight scheduled that I wasn't aware of?" the pilot questioned.
"No John, I'm sorry for arriving so unexpectedly but I need to make a quick trip and I was hoping you could have the jet ready for me soon," Vadim replied.
"Of course sir, where would you like to go?" he asked.
"London," Vadim responded.
"That was really good, I really think you're improving in the cooking department," Kat said as she and Tommy sat down on the couch in the cabin after sharing a meal.
"Thanks, I'm glad you liked it," Tommy replied.
"So, why don't you tell me more about the times we've spent here," Kat said.
"Actually, there's something else I think I'd like to tell you," Tommy replied.
"Ok, what is it," she said.
"I've spent the last month trying my hardest to remind of your past by telling you stories and taking you places that meant something to us and so far nothing's worked, so maybe it's time to try a different approach," Tommy told her.
"I'm willing to try anything you know that," Kat replied.
"Jason told me that I should remind you of the reasons that I fell in love with you, the reasons why we feel in love with each other but I guess I just didn't want to pressure you into trying to feel something that you just couldn't because I was afraid of losing you again and I just don't think I could bear that but now I realize that I can't be afraid anymore because I could lose you if I don't and I don't want to lose you Katherine, I love you too much to let you walk out of my life to be with someone else, I just want to know if you can handle that," Tommy told her.
"I want to know Tommy, I need to know, tell me what's in your heart," Kat replied.
"My parents have always taught me to believe that the person you decide to spend the rest of your life with should also be your best friend and that's exactly what you were to me, you were my friend before I even realized that there was the possibility of love for us, every time I was down and needed to someone to be there for me I would feel a hand on my shoulder and every time I turned around you were there, I never even had to look I always knew it was you, you were the most kind, compassionate person I've ever met and you always put everyone else's needs above your own and when we started dating there wasn't this need for us to go through the whole getting to know each other stage because we already knew everything there was to know, I think that I first realized I truly loved you the day that I almost lost you, we were on a mission in Africa to find Lerigot and we stopped to rest and you were sitting there drinking from your canteen and I remember looking at you and thinking how in the world was I so lucky to have such a beautiful woman in my life and then all of a sudden I was wrestling with this snake and you had fallen over the cliff and all I could think was what if I lost you before I had the chance to tell you how much I loved you but of course even after I saved you I still couldn't tell you because we were on a mission and I was the leader of the Power Rangers so duty always came first with me over everything," Tommy told her.
"So when did you finally tell me?" she questioned.
"Well Jason helped Adam and me win the national championship and of course everyone wanted to celebrate by throwing this huge party, it was driving me crazy watching you interact with everyone and I finally decided that I couldn't hold it in any longer so I told you that I needed to talk and we left, you told me later that you had been afraid I was going to tell you that I was still in love with Kim and that I wanted to work things out with her but that's not what I wanted at all, I mean yeah I was happy that she and Jason had been rescued but I knew that Kim was in love with someone else and I was too so she was the last thing on my mind that night, we went for a walk in the park and then I told you…" he explained.
"Kat, these past few months that we've been dating have been wonderful and I've enjoyed every second that we've spent together," Tommy said as they stood in the middle of the park with the bright light of the moon shining around them.
"I've enjoyed being with you too," Kat told him.
"Kat, watching you fall off that cliff was the hardest thing I've ever had to go through and I realized that if something happened that you would never know how I feel and I couldn't live with it if I never told you how much you mean to me," Tommy replied.
"You mean a lot to me too Tommy, I couldn't imagine not being with you," she responded.
"I glad to hear you say that because I love you Katherine, and I'm sorry if I don't always show it but I do love you more than I ever loved anyone and I just want you to know that no matter what happens I will always love you," he said.
"Oh Tommy, I love you too," Kat said as Tommy pull her close to him and brought his lips to hers for a kiss.
"That's so beautiful, I wish I could remember," Kat said after Tommy finished the story and she wiped tears from her eyes.
"I still feel that way Kat, even after all the years we spent apart there is no woman that I love more in the world than you and even if you never remember a single moment of our past together I will still love you, I just want the chance to prove that to you, I don't want to keep focusing on the woman that I lost, I want to get to know and fall in love with the woman that you are now, just give me that chance will you," he said.
"Ok," she said.
"Good because we are not leaving here until we've made new memories, memories that we'll both remember," Tommy replied.