Title: Holeigh: BIG SECRET
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: 'The Gang' (Billy, Trini, Jason, Zack, and Aisha included (like I said, I changed things around a bit)) belongs to Saban, Tommy and Kimberly belongs to Saban. Cara, Claire, Anna, Holeigh were my idea.
Authors Notes: In this one, Tommy and 'The Gang' meet Holeigh's babysitter, Claire.
"Hey, why are we heading towards Kim's place?" Zack asked Tommy. Tommy's race was tomorrow and he had two more practices, one that day and one the day of the race.
"To see if she'll want to come to practice with us." Tommy told him. Aisha and Billy looked at each other with concern.
"Uh, we're just wasting our time, she told us yesterday that she had something to do." Aisha told him.
"Maybe she can put it off," Tommy said, "Besides, you said she was off all this week." A confused look grew on her face.
"No I didn't." Aisha told him.
"Billy did." He said while stopping at a red light. Aisha nudged him and looked out the window.
"I don't think she'd wanna be bothered with us anyway." Billy said.
"I think we should go, I think she's hiding something from us." Adam said.
"Oh Boy." Billy whispered to Aisha.
"Did she say anything to you guys last night?" Trini asked them.
"Nothing out of the ordinary." Aisha told her.
"She was acting a little weird." Kat said. Tanya nodded.
"Yeah, let's at least go check on her." Tommy said as he parked the car.
~-*-*-~
While walking towards Kim's apartment, they ran into Claire again. Tommy just stared at her; she stared back.
"Hey Tommy, it's your little friend." Kat whispered. The rest of the group laughed at his comment.
"Hello." Tommy said to her.
"What is it?" She answered.
"I'm sure you know this answer, is Kim home?" He asked her. She looked at him for a second. Billy and Aisha, standing behind everyone else, looked at Claire and shook their heads no.
"Yeah, so." She told him. Aisha and Billy stopped shaking their heads and dropped their heads towards the ground.
"We're going to see if she can hang with us today, like it's any of your business." He told her as he walked away.
"I thought she was going to spend the day with Holeigh?" Claire whispered to herself.
"Who's Holeigh?" Tommy asked her while turning around. Claire gasped; she turned around to see him very confused.
"Huh?"
Claire asked him.
"You said she'd be spending the day with Holeigh, who's Holeigh?" He asked her. Claire thought for a moment, she needed a lie and quick.
"She's her next door neighbor's kid." Claire said.
"Weird, why don't I believe you?" Rocky asked while stepping forward. Claire thought again.
"Because you're dense?" Claire said.
"Come on guys, let's find out what's going on." Said a very worried, concerned Tommy. He walked towards Kim's apartment building with the gang following; Claire included.
~-*-*-~
"KIM, IT'S ME TOMMY OPEN THE DOOR." Tommy yelled while knocked.
"What is it, Tommy." Kim said, while opening the door, but leaving the chain on. Tommy, surprised, by the way she answered him. He pushed on the door.
"What's your problem? What are you hiding from me?" Tommy asked her. Kimberly thought for a moment. She hid by the door thinking of what to say. 'He can't even remember what he had for breakfast this morning, how did he figure it out?' She asked herself.
"What makes you think I'm hiding something?" She asked him. He pushed on the door one more time as if he could break the chain.
"Cause you are." He told her. He looked through the crack looking to see if he could see her. She turned around to face him. For the first time in almost a year, she looked him in the eye. She couldn't lie anymore. She couldn't look him in the eye and say, 'I'm not hiding anything from you.' She could only think of one thing to say.
"Kiss my ass, Oliver." And it came out as she slammed the door in his face. He hit the door with the palm of his hand and walked away.
"What's with her?" He said to himself. His face turned beat red. He was not only angry at Kim, but at Claire for not telling him her secret.
"She can't help it you're a jerk." Claire responded. Tommy turned around looking for her and saw her standing next to him.
"How am I a jerk?" He asked her. "It's so obvious, I'm surprised you don't notice." She began. He looked at her in mystifyingly.
"When Kim's around, you're all over her. But when she's not around, you're all over the super dumb blonde over there." Kat turned around.
"I don't know what you see in her, she's not that pretty." Claire said while looking at Kat.
"Hey, watch it." Rocky said. Tommy thought for a second, 'She's right, I did. Better yet, I do. But what is she hiding?' At that very moment, an old lady came walking up the stares.
"Hello, hello Claire." She said.
"Hello Mrs. Patterson." Claire said. Mrs. Patterson started at Tommy.
"Yes?" He said. Claire shook her head, hoping she would get the message. She caught on.
"Nothing, you just look like someone I know." She told him. He nodded his head and went back to thinking.
Claire looked around and noticed that everyone had made themselves comfortable.
"Are you people gonna leave now?" She said.
"You guys can go. I'm staying here. I'll make up the practice tomorrow." He said.
"Are you sure?" Kat said, sounding pitiful.
"LEAVE ALREADY!!!!" Claire yelled at her.
"You really need to dump her." Claire told him. Claire Alexander sat next to him, trying to figure out what he was thinking.
"What is she hiding from me?" He asked her.
"She'd have to tell you that. And when she does, don't get mad, just think about the things you did to her." She told him. She looked on her arm for a watch and remembered she left it at home.
"What time is it?" She asked him.
"3:47." He said.
"I'm hungry, see ya." She said while running down the stairs.
He got up and tried knocking on Kim's door again.
"Kim it's me, just me this time." Tommy said. She opened the door but left the chain on.
"What?" Kim asked him.
"Kim, we need to talk." He told her. She closed the door, took the chain off and opened the door. He walked in and sat on her couch.
"What do you wanna talk about?" He asked her.
"Everything. This 'secret,' Kat, us." He told her. A sick look came over her face.
"You have some nerve," She said. "You hang all over that blonde crack-head, but you still call me your girlfriend, or you referrer to me and you as us." She sat on the couch opposite him and crossed her legs. She tried her best not to look at him, but she couldn't help it.
"Kat was my friend, Tommy. You were my friend, my best friend. I trusted you; I loved you. How could you do that to me?" She said as the tears began to fall.
"I missed you so much. You weren't there. Nobody was, but Kat. We got close to a point where we were in a relationship." He said. He could feel the tears starting, but he didn't want to cry in front of Kim.
"You could've called me, you dip-shit!" She said. She got off the couch and into the kitchen for some water.
"Look, I'm sorry. I know it doesn't mean anything now, but maybe someday. I'm gonna take your little friend's advice and dump her." He told her. Kim laughed and said.
"If you were wondering, her name is Claire. She's a sweet little girl." Kim came back in with two glasses of water. He thanked her and took the glass of water.
"I hate you." She told him.
"That's kinda cold there, Kim." He said as the tears came out of his eyes.
"What's this big secret?" He asked her. This was it, the big question, well it wasn't the question she was thinking of, but it was close enough. She took a deep breath and walked down the hallway.
"Ever wonder why I haven't called you for almost a year?" She asked him from down the hall.
"Yeah, sometimes." He responded.
"Well this is why." She said as she appeared from behind the wall with a baby in her hand. Not just any baby, but her baby, Holeigh. Tommy's bottom lip dropped.
"Remember that Christmas?" She asked him. Tommy didn't respond; he couldn't take his eyes off the little baby, sleeping so soundly in Kim's arms. He stood up to get a closer look.
"Tommy this is Holeigh, your daughter. Holeigh, this is Tommy, your daddy. You finally get to meet your daddy." Tommy finally looked up at her. He ran his fingers through his hair. Kim was standing there waiting for him to scream at her. She was waiting for his first reaction. All he did was drop his arms. She looked at him; he looked at her. They looked in each other's eyes.
Kimberly Hart walked towards him and placed his daughter in his arms. Tommy looked at Kim, and then at Holeigh. To him it was like a mirror. The baby girl, that resembled him so much, looked back at him; she looked him in the eye. 'I'm a daddy!' He said over and over in his mind. He felt like he had to say something, but he was speechless. The only thing he could think of was, "Hey Holeigh." And then he smiled.
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: 'The Gang' (Billy, Trini, Jason, Zack, and Aisha included (like I said, I changed things around a bit)) belongs to Saban, Tommy and Kimberly belongs to Saban. Cara, Claire, Anna, Holeigh were my idea.
Authors Notes: In this one, Tommy and 'The Gang' meet Holeigh's babysitter, Claire.
"Hey, why are we heading towards Kim's place?" Zack asked Tommy. Tommy's race was tomorrow and he had two more practices, one that day and one the day of the race.
"To see if she'll want to come to practice with us." Tommy told him. Aisha and Billy looked at each other with concern.
"Uh, we're just wasting our time, she told us yesterday that she had something to do." Aisha told him.
"Maybe she can put it off," Tommy said, "Besides, you said she was off all this week." A confused look grew on her face.
"No I didn't." Aisha told him.
"Billy did." He said while stopping at a red light. Aisha nudged him and looked out the window.
"I don't think she'd wanna be bothered with us anyway." Billy said.
"I think we should go, I think she's hiding something from us." Adam said.
"Oh Boy." Billy whispered to Aisha.
"Did she say anything to you guys last night?" Trini asked them.
"Nothing out of the ordinary." Aisha told her.
"She was acting a little weird." Kat said. Tanya nodded.
"Yeah, let's at least go check on her." Tommy said as he parked the car.
~-*-*-~
While walking towards Kim's apartment, they ran into Claire again. Tommy just stared at her; she stared back.
"Hey Tommy, it's your little friend." Kat whispered. The rest of the group laughed at his comment.
"Hello." Tommy said to her.
"What is it?" She answered.
"I'm sure you know this answer, is Kim home?" He asked her. She looked at him for a second. Billy and Aisha, standing behind everyone else, looked at Claire and shook their heads no.
"Yeah, so." She told him. Aisha and Billy stopped shaking their heads and dropped their heads towards the ground.
"We're going to see if she can hang with us today, like it's any of your business." He told her as he walked away.
"I thought she was going to spend the day with Holeigh?" Claire whispered to herself.
"Who's Holeigh?" Tommy asked her while turning around. Claire gasped; she turned around to see him very confused.
"Huh?"
Claire asked him.
"You said she'd be spending the day with Holeigh, who's Holeigh?" He asked her. Claire thought for a moment, she needed a lie and quick.
"She's her next door neighbor's kid." Claire said.
"Weird, why don't I believe you?" Rocky asked while stepping forward. Claire thought again.
"Because you're dense?" Claire said.
"Come on guys, let's find out what's going on." Said a very worried, concerned Tommy. He walked towards Kim's apartment building with the gang following; Claire included.
~-*-*-~
"KIM, IT'S ME TOMMY OPEN THE DOOR." Tommy yelled while knocked.
"What is it, Tommy." Kim said, while opening the door, but leaving the chain on. Tommy, surprised, by the way she answered him. He pushed on the door.
"What's your problem? What are you hiding from me?" Tommy asked her. Kimberly thought for a moment. She hid by the door thinking of what to say. 'He can't even remember what he had for breakfast this morning, how did he figure it out?' She asked herself.
"What makes you think I'm hiding something?" She asked him. He pushed on the door one more time as if he could break the chain.
"Cause you are." He told her. He looked through the crack looking to see if he could see her. She turned around to face him. For the first time in almost a year, she looked him in the eye. She couldn't lie anymore. She couldn't look him in the eye and say, 'I'm not hiding anything from you.' She could only think of one thing to say.
"Kiss my ass, Oliver." And it came out as she slammed the door in his face. He hit the door with the palm of his hand and walked away.
"What's with her?" He said to himself. His face turned beat red. He was not only angry at Kim, but at Claire for not telling him her secret.
"She can't help it you're a jerk." Claire responded. Tommy turned around looking for her and saw her standing next to him.
"How am I a jerk?" He asked her. "It's so obvious, I'm surprised you don't notice." She began. He looked at her in mystifyingly.
"When Kim's around, you're all over her. But when she's not around, you're all over the super dumb blonde over there." Kat turned around.
"I don't know what you see in her, she's not that pretty." Claire said while looking at Kat.
"Hey, watch it." Rocky said. Tommy thought for a second, 'She's right, I did. Better yet, I do. But what is she hiding?' At that very moment, an old lady came walking up the stares.
"Hello, hello Claire." She said.
"Hello Mrs. Patterson." Claire said. Mrs. Patterson started at Tommy.
"Yes?" He said. Claire shook her head, hoping she would get the message. She caught on.
"Nothing, you just look like someone I know." She told him. He nodded his head and went back to thinking.
Claire looked around and noticed that everyone had made themselves comfortable.
"Are you people gonna leave now?" She said.
"You guys can go. I'm staying here. I'll make up the practice tomorrow." He said.
"Are you sure?" Kat said, sounding pitiful.
"LEAVE ALREADY!!!!" Claire yelled at her.
"You really need to dump her." Claire told him. Claire Alexander sat next to him, trying to figure out what he was thinking.
"What is she hiding from me?" He asked her.
"She'd have to tell you that. And when she does, don't get mad, just think about the things you did to her." She told him. She looked on her arm for a watch and remembered she left it at home.
"What time is it?" She asked him.
"3:47." He said.
"I'm hungry, see ya." She said while running down the stairs.
He got up and tried knocking on Kim's door again.
"Kim it's me, just me this time." Tommy said. She opened the door but left the chain on.
"What?" Kim asked him.
"Kim, we need to talk." He told her. She closed the door, took the chain off and opened the door. He walked in and sat on her couch.
"What do you wanna talk about?" He asked her.
"Everything. This 'secret,' Kat, us." He told her. A sick look came over her face.
"You have some nerve," She said. "You hang all over that blonde crack-head, but you still call me your girlfriend, or you referrer to me and you as us." She sat on the couch opposite him and crossed her legs. She tried her best not to look at him, but she couldn't help it.
"Kat was my friend, Tommy. You were my friend, my best friend. I trusted you; I loved you. How could you do that to me?" She said as the tears began to fall.
"I missed you so much. You weren't there. Nobody was, but Kat. We got close to a point where we were in a relationship." He said. He could feel the tears starting, but he didn't want to cry in front of Kim.
"You could've called me, you dip-shit!" She said. She got off the couch and into the kitchen for some water.
"Look, I'm sorry. I know it doesn't mean anything now, but maybe someday. I'm gonna take your little friend's advice and dump her." He told her. Kim laughed and said.
"If you were wondering, her name is Claire. She's a sweet little girl." Kim came back in with two glasses of water. He thanked her and took the glass of water.
"I hate you." She told him.
"That's kinda cold there, Kim." He said as the tears came out of his eyes.
"What's this big secret?" He asked her. This was it, the big question, well it wasn't the question she was thinking of, but it was close enough. She took a deep breath and walked down the hallway.
"Ever wonder why I haven't called you for almost a year?" She asked him from down the hall.
"Yeah, sometimes." He responded.
"Well this is why." She said as she appeared from behind the wall with a baby in her hand. Not just any baby, but her baby, Holeigh. Tommy's bottom lip dropped.
"Remember that Christmas?" She asked him. Tommy didn't respond; he couldn't take his eyes off the little baby, sleeping so soundly in Kim's arms. He stood up to get a closer look.
"Tommy this is Holeigh, your daughter. Holeigh, this is Tommy, your daddy. You finally get to meet your daddy." Tommy finally looked up at her. He ran his fingers through his hair. Kim was standing there waiting for him to scream at her. She was waiting for his first reaction. All he did was drop his arms. She looked at him; he looked at her. They looked in each other's eyes.
Kimberly Hart walked towards him and placed his daughter in his arms. Tommy looked at Kim, and then at Holeigh. To him it was like a mirror. The baby girl, that resembled him so much, looked back at him; she looked him in the eye. 'I'm a daddy!' He said over and over in his mind. He felt like he had to say something, but he was speechless. The only thing he could think of was, "Hey Holeigh." And then he smiled.