Unavoidable Secrets Part 2


Summary: Kim and Trini get the chance to catch up, but someone's not spilling.

Rating: Again an R for what's going to be discussed later on. This chapter is, again, not too bad.

Disclaimer: I don't own anything. Yet. So watch out people...she's coming.

Author's Notes/Thank you's: I'm neglecting my revision to write these stories, and the reviews make it all worthwhile. However, bad news people, I'll have to tail off a bit in about a week or so, because I simply NEED to revise. Hey, do you want me to get into college or not? Thanks to all those who have reviewed my fics, whether they be Roswell or PR. Keep reviewing them!!!


Trini placed the two drinks on the table, and careleesly discarded the tray which she had used to carry them. Kim grabbed her drink and took a long swallow. The longer she kept her mouth out of action, the longer Trini would refrain from asking questions. Or so she thought.

"So Kim, what are you doing leaving the Sunshine State? I thought you'd never leave as long as it was warm weather, and as far as I know, there weren't any sudden ice storms a month ago," Trini said, taking her drink closer to her. Kim's prolonged drinking gave her cause for concern, and she said more carefully, "Kim, you aren't in any kind of trouble, are you?"

"No, I'm not," (Anymore) "I just wanted to come home. I'd done the whole college thing, and I just thought I'd come back." (Oh if you only knew. you'd look at me in a different way, and I don't want that. But how can things ever be the same again?) "And what about you? Don't I remember reading in a letter that you loved Europe and it's culture so much you were going to make friends with my mother and go to live in Paris?"

Trini smiled, and held up her hands in surrender. "Okay, you got me. Europe was great, but not what I want just yet. I need to stay in America for a while, make some money, and then think about Europe again. Maybe when I'm thirty or something, I'll spend a year out there."

"Sounds good," Kim said, looking over Trini's shoulder to watch a man that was just going in line for food at the tiny KFC. Ifr she hadn't known better...

'Stop these thoughts Kim. It's not possible for him to be here. they told you that you would be safe, you never in the whole three years, told him where you came from.'

"So, what are you planning to do here? Or have you got a job here already? In which case I will hate you forever, I've been around for three months and haven't found anything."

Kim rolled her eyes, and said "Yeah, the markets a dead loss at the moment. I'll probably end up commuting to Stone Canyon or something, there aren't really the facilities here for what I want to do."

"Which is?"

"I took a degree in Sports Psychology. Basically I have to look for a position at one of the giant training places that are big enough to want to have a psychologist working for them full time." Kim didn't tell her friend the reason why she'd chosen sports psychology, one more of the taboo subjects that littered her life at the moment. "You never told me what you did in your final year," she said, hoping to get the heat off her again. Some things had been given the ok for sharing, but others were strictly out of bounds.

"Chemistry. 24/7 chemistry. It got boring after about three months, but I stuck it out, and now I really enjoy it. Billy's looking at getting me a position at the university doing research."

"Tell me about the rest of the gang," Kim urged. After a few letters during her first two years at the college, her contact with her friends had been completely cut off during her final term. Apart from what Trini had told her in the e-mail which she wasn't supposed to know about, she had no information about the friends whom she had been so close during her teenage years. Despite her being in the wilderness, she still loved her friends, and was secretly looking forward to seeing them on the dinner date. (Just why did it have to be at night, and in such a formal place? If anything should happen...It won't Kim. Stop worrying.)

"Okay, I'm looking for a job here, Jason's working at what used to be Ernie's as a sensei, Zack's been taken on as one of the principals in one of the Stone County dance companies, Billy's engaged to some chick at the university-"

"Ouch," Kim sympathised. Even though she was intrigued as to why Jason's name was continually cropping up in the conversation, Trini and Billy had been very close once upon a time.

"Yeah, it was a shock to me too. I came to Angel Grove, Billy was one of the first to come over- accompanied by Cara. But they seem very happy together, and I don't think I still want him in that way anyway. I've moved on, as has he."

Both Trini and Kim were silent for a while, each lost in private thoughts that even best friends don't share. Then Trini brightened, and said,

"Yeah, so anyway. Don't you want to know about Tommy?"

Kim did what she had to do, and had been doing for the past three years, pushed the hurt somewhere deep inside her, and forced a smile.

"Sure, what's he doing these days? Still racing?" Kim had followed her ex-boyfriend's racing career avidly, but with events of the last year, she had had other things on her mind.

"No, he gave it up about six months ago. He's working at the Surf Spot with Jason, they're the two professional sensei's there. It's really good for the both of them, actually. They get to do what they love, and get paid for it!"

"What about Rocky and the rest? Where are they?" Kim asked, trying to get the subject of her love before she started to cry.

"Rocky's working in some sort of accounting office until he figures out what he really wants to do. Adam's moving to New York as soon as he can afford it to be with his girlfriend Tanya, and Aisha's coming back to Angel grove in a week. Which reminds me..." Trini put her drink down and looked at Kim. "This was all in the e-mail, so I'll have to say it again. We're having a re-union dinner two weeks today at Tullo's. At eight o'clock. Can you make it? Everyone's going to be there."

Kim didn't pull out her diary, it had too many things in it that were off limits for Trini to see. And she didn't have any excuses. How was she supposed to go to a restaurant without the police escort wanting to come along too? She'd managed to get away from him today, and he left her alone on weekdays for the most part. But normally she had an ever present shadow at the weekends, and he wasn't supposed to be obvious.

She made a snap decision. She'd go. You only live once, and she wanted to see her friends so badly. They'd help her make a fresh start, without hopefully realising that they were helping her. And if the memories kept away for long enough, she could have a realy nice evening.

"Will it just be us lot?" Kim asked. She didn't know whether Tommy was still with Katherine, and didn't really want to watch them together.

"Yep, the original five, plus Tommy, Adam, Rocky and Aisha. Katherine's in England still, and from what I heard she and Tommy wouldn't last five minutes in the same room without tearing each other to pieces." Trini noted Kim's heigtened interest, but told her, "I don't really know the whole story, except that their break up wasn't exactly happy. So, will you come?"

"Yep, Tullo's two weeks today, eight o'clock, I'll be there," Kim babbled, having just taken a quick glance at her watch. She wanted to get home before anyone rang on their daily check up and started to panic. This meant leaving the joyous reunion with Trini then, and she said apologetically, "Trini, I'm really sorry but I have to get back to my place now. I'll give you a ring some time in the week if you give me your number."

Trini pulled out a notebook, scribbled down her home phone number, and gave it to Kim. "Are you sure you can't wait for Jason to get here? Knowing him, he'll get here half an hour before he thinks I'll be here, eat enough for an army, and then see me, and pretend he's starving. I plan on staying here to destroy his illusions. Won't you stay?" In reality, trini was worried about Kim, she'd hardly told Trini anything, and they'd only been together for about ten minutes. Kim wanted to stay and see her surrogate big brother, but needs must.

"Sorry Trini, I have to go. I'll give you a ring before the big day. Bye!" And with a quick wave Kim had gone, and disappeared in the crowds. Trini watched the spot where Kim had been sitting until Jason came, and she explained it all to him.

"Are you as worried about her as I am?" Jason asked her after Trini finished her story.

Trini looked at him oddly and said, "Why do you say that?"

"From what you've just told me, she doesn't seem herself, too quiet by far for the Kim what we know. And she didn't say why she'd come back?"

"No..." Trini said, understanding what Jason was getting at. She'd been so ecited by seeing her friend again that she hadn't noticed what Jason was pointing out to her. "Now I see what you're getting at. I want to talk to her again, but she didn't leave any contacts, and she didn't get my e-mail, her computer isn't set up properly yet."

"So basically it's up to her when she wants to speak to you," Jason deduced. "Sneaky. Well, shall we go? There's no point in hanging about here when you've already visited every single shop in the place twice when you were with me."

Trini whacked Jason on the arm, but got up and followed him from the food court. "Is that it? I thought you'd force me to traipse around the place at least four more times."

"I'm still in shock that you decided to leave the food court without ordering anything."