Kimberly could remember her child hood days when her mother used to read her fairytales before she went to bed. She could remember asking her mother when she was six or seven if stories like Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Beauty and the Beast, and Aladdin could happen in real life. Her mother told her that they were just stories that the author came up with that would make a good story for people to enjoy reading. But, Caroline told her that the only thing that happened to real people and story book characters was that some day when they grew up, they would meet the someone and they would fall in love.

She asked her mother how she met her father. So, her mother told her the story about how they met. During their Freshmen year, they had most of their classes together and they even had to sit next to each other in English class. They started talking and became really good friends. A few months into the year, Andrew asked Caroline if she'd date him. And she said yes, of course! Caroline went on about how much she knew he was the prefect boy for her. They dated all through high school and they got engaged on their graduation day. About six months later they got married. They had been married for only seven months and they learned the Caroline was pregnant with Kimberly.

However, Andrew and Caroline's marriage began to fall apart, when Kimberly was in seventh grade. Caroline was chosen to be a fashion designer for the Runway Fashion, a fashion company that was well known in Angel Grove. She was gone all the time to attend fashion shows and red-carpet premieres. But, she could remember the night her mom came home after a fashion show. Andrew confronted her and said he learned that she was also asked to be model. When the divorce was final, she was asked which parents she wanted to live with and she chose to stay with her mother. Ever since then, she did not see her father very often.

He didn't show up for the wedding, but neither Tommy or Kimberly sent him an invitation anyway. And it was the same way with her mother and step-father. Andrew knew about their marriage. But, he learned about it from his new wife Miranda who he had married a week after the Oliver's Christmas party. And he even sent Kimberly an e-mail.

Dear Kimberly,

My wife, Miranda was at the Oliver's Christmas party. She didn't come to the party to spend time with her co-workers. Instead, she came to find out who find out who Tommy Oliver had married. I told Miranda when she started working at Angel Grove Hospital, that she was to get close to Jan Oliver. For one reason and one reason only. On her first day of work, she came home and told me that Tommy Oliver was attending MIT and a friend from school was there with him. Back two years ago, Jan told Miranda that she was excited that you were coming home for Christmas with Tommy. She said that you hadn't seen your father since your parents' divorce and your mother had married a French Painter went off and left you. Let me tell you something, the reason why your mother and I got a divorce was because she became an art model for Pierre Dumas. Yes, the guy she married. She didn't want you to know she cheated on me. So, she lied to you and told you she was dating other men. She dated Pierre the whole time.

Let me warn you that when people get married for the first time, their marriage always ends in divorce. All men are the same. They want a prefect woman. Tommy is no different. He wants a trophy wife that he can show off. And he wants a prefect wife, one who can give him anything he wants. He only fell in love with you because you are good looking and attractive. But, if he's smart he will realize that marrying you was the biggest mistake of his life. I know that because that is how I felt about your mother. Don't say I didn't warn you when Tommy falls in love with another woman and tells you that he is in love with someone else. Don't say I didn't warn you and don't come crying to me when he leaves you. But, I have nothing to worry about because Miranda goes out of her way to please me. She's prefect, she wears the right type of clothes with no wrinkles, applies her make-up perfectly, everyone hair in her head is in place, she goes to tanning beds, nail salons, and puts everything away very nicely. And it is important that you look nice on the college campus too.

Your father

PS everyone who have parents who are divorced are cursed with the same fate.

Maybe her father was right about marriage. Her father's parents were divorced and even her mother's parents were divorced. She remembered during her health class; the teacher asked the class to raise their hand if their parents were divorced. At least half of the class raised their hands. She wondered how her mother's marriage with Pierre was? But, after she got back with Tommy, they decided to have nothing else to do with her.

On the other hand, maybe she stood a better chance of not getting a divorce. Both sets of Tommy's grandparents weren't divorced and his parents were living a happy life together. If Tommy could come from a background like that, maybe things could be different. She put the e-mail away in her purse and opened her suitcase. She had to find an outfit that looked neatly folded and no wrinkles. Most of her clothes were in Tommy's truck. So, she'd have to make do with the few outfits that she had in her suitcase. It was always a long drive back to college and they always had to stop and rest in a hotel every night. Kimberly started to go through her suitcase which and pulled out a dark pink juicy couture velour tracksuit and a solid light pink long sleeve tee shirt.

Tommy let out a yawn and noticed Kimberly was out of bed and was heading straight to the bathroom to get dressed. He couldn't help but notice that she was acting ever since they left Angel Grove to return to Boston. All he knew was that he'd never believe her when if she told him who she thought Miranda was.


Several cardboard boxes with "Tommy and Kimberly Oliver" written on it with black felt-marker, suitcases, and boxes of pictures frames were placed on the floor of their new dorm room. A double bed was sitting in the middle against the right side of the wall. In the back of the room was a large window with closed light grey window blinds. Below the window was a window seat and it could even be used a day bed.

"I've had enough!" shouted a woman. "I'm filling for a divorce!"

"If you weren't so messy, we wouldn't have fought all the time!" screamed a man.

"What do you expect?!" shouted the woman. "You took up all the space in our dorm and I had nowhere to put my stuff."

"That's a lie!" hissed the man.

Jan stepped out of the room and watched a dark-haired man throw a glass vase outside of the dorm room. Within seconds it hit the wall and shattered into many pieces.

"That was the vase cost money!" shouted a blonde-haired woman. "And you are going to replace it!"

"I'm not replacing anything!" screamed the man.

The blonde-haired woman had walked out of the dorm room with suitcases and all of her belongings. "I'm leaving you and I'm not coming back!" she warned. "I'm moving in with my best friend like I should have done in the first place."

"What are you doing?!" asked the man. "We can work things out?"

"Johnny, we've tried so many times," the woman said wiping tearing from her face. "You never want to try."

"Julie, I love you," Johnny cried. "Please don't leave."

"I'm sorry, Johnny! "Julie apologized as she walked down the hall and turned the corner. "I'm filing for a divorce!"

"What's going on here!"

"Mrs. Bidwell, we were having one of our fights," Julie declared.

"All you two have done last semester is fight and disturbing all of the other couples!" Mrs. Bidwell screamed. " You are the only couple in Dillard Hall who fight all the time! And I hear you two are throwing glass objects outside your dorm room again. This is the third time this has happened. I told you both that if it happened again, both of you would be expelled-"

"-but, it's not what you think!" Julie interrupted.

"Julie, I've heard that you've been causing trouble for the other couples!" Mrs. Bidwell announced. "I want you to go downstairs and wait for me. After I bring Johnny downstairs, we will be visiting the dean of the school. I've gotten other complaints against you two."


Jan walked back inside the dorm room and closed the door. Tommy and Kimberly had finished putting their new sheets and new comforter on their bed. She opened a suit case and Kimberly started to put hers and Tommy's clothes away in their closet.

"At least you two won't have to listen to them fighting every night," Jan said taking a sigh of relief. "If they were behaving like that, they should have been expelled a long time ago."

"Sounds like those two should never have married," Kimberly added.

"At least that won't be us," Tommy assured his mother when he put his arm around Kimberly. "All married couples have disagreements off and on. But, even if I was mad at Kimberly, I'd never throw a glass at her or harm her in anyway. I love her way too much."

"I know you love her, Tommy," Jan smiled as she hugged both of them.

"I love your son more than he knows," Kimberly stated as she started to hang up hers and Tommy's clothes away in the closet.

"Tommy, are you sure that you didn't want to return to Angel Grove?" Jan asked.

"Mom, Kim and I had already signed up for our classes," Tommy answered. "And we both had already paid for them. There was no way we could back out."

"Well, I better go catch my flight back to Angel Grove," Jan announced as she started to walk out of their dorm. "You two take care of each other and have a good semester."


"Beautiful, what would you like to do about dinner?" Tommy questioned when they finished putting their groceries in the freezer and refrigerator. "It's been a long busy day and I'm too tired to cook anything. Are you in the mood for Pizza?"

"Sure," Kimberly answered.

"I'll order us a pizza from the Papa Johns on campus and I will go pick it up since it is only a short distance from our dorm room," Tommy decided when he pulled out his cellphone. "Same as usual, hand tossed sausage and an order of cheese sticks?"

"Sure, that sounds great," Kimberly answered when she went to put up hygiene items in the bathroom.

She could recall when she was little that her father used to tell her "Everything you put in away in the closet must be put in a very good straight line, otherwise people will complain of how you put in little effort."

Many times, Kimberly tried talking with her mother about her father while they were all still living under the same roof. Caroline just told her that Andrew was the one who ran the house. Finally, she just told her, "Your father works in a sporting goods store. He knows how to put things away and how things should be. I'm a fashion designer and I model in my newly designed clothes. No one wants a slob; they want you to look your best. Just something a little uneven won't cut it. Now, I never want to hear you question your father's or my opinions. We know what is best, you don't."


A few weeks had passed since Tommy and Kimberly had moved into their new dorm. Tommy loved the fact that he didn't have to say good bye to Kimberly when it was time to return to the dorms before curfew. It was also nice to have someone in the dorm with him, because at times it could be lonely being in the dorm alone. However, he noticed that Kimberly had been acting even more strange ever since they moved into their dorm room. Not only was she wanting her clothes to be neatly pressed off, she was going to nail salons every week on campus, she was waking up two hours early just to get a shower and get ready for class. And now she was getting on him. They over slept on their first day of class and only had an hour and twenty minutes to get ready. It was his fault because he had forgotten to set the alarm. Tommy had suggested to Kimberly that she could start showering together every day. But, she didn't seem to take it well. She told him it wouldn't work. He asked her how she knew it wouldn't work when they had never even tried it before. That was the wrong thing to say because she told him that her parents had done it a few times and they complained over how little space there was in the shower, her father was hogging all the hot water, and her mother didn't have a chance to rinse her hair out before the water got icy cold. So, he let her take the first shower and he put some waffles in their toaster since they didn't have a time to go eat breakfast in the cafeteria or at one of the restaurants on campus. However, when he got back he noticed that she was wearing a pink long sleeve quick dry long sleeve workout shirt and a pink satin adidas tracksuit since she couldn't find anything that was already pressed off.

He could remember that afternoon, they came back to their dorm and Kimberly found his pajamas laying on the floor and had noticed that his clothes weren't neatly hung up in the closet. She was even frustrated if things weren't in a straight even line in the refrigerator, freezer, or bathroom closet. He kept telling her that everything was fine and not to worry about it. But, she always told him that they weren't had to be prefect. Every time he asked why, she just told him that he wouldn't understand.

They did run errands for each other often. Anytime, Kimberly was gone, Tommy just watched TV or was on the computer. But, when he was running an errand for Kimberly, he'd often find her reapplying make up, using a curling iron, or ironing clothes.

As Tommy laid in bed, he pulled Kimberly close as she started to shiver in her sleep. She kept mentioning her parents and the name Miranda. Then he realized that she was acting strange could be connected to how her parents raised her and how about an e-mail she refused to show him. When they woke up the following, he'd address the issue. But, for now he wasn't feeling too well. Maybe, he was just stressed and worried. He had felt a little sick to his stomach before he went to bed. For the time being, he let out a yawn and went back to sleep. Little did he know, the following morning Kimberly would be taking care of him.


Author's note:

Do you think Kimberly will finally tell Tommy about her father? I wasn't going to reveal this until the next chapter, but I feel like I need to foreshadow an event. Tommy will be ill and Kimberly will be taking care of him. On top of that schools will be canceled due to snow? How will she deal with taking care of Tommy while he's sick and dealing with her secret? What will make her confess her secret? Find out in the next chapter!