Only Time
Chapter Two
"Well, Tanya and I broke up before my sophmore year at Georgia Tech. She said that she had fallen back in love with Shawn, her ex-boyfriend. She was with him before me, and I guessed that, really, she had never completely gotten over him. It hurt to know that Tanya was in love with someone else, but I eventually got over her. I haven't really dated since then."
"Wow. No one ever told me that you guys had broken up. Guess I should try to make more contact with the Angel Grove world." Kim paused. "I suppose that you know about my love life at this point."
"Not entirely. No one knows who that 'other' guy was."
Kim sighed. I can't tell him. There's no way he'd ever believe me.
"There really was no other guy. I just didn't want Tommy and I hanging on to something that we couldn't see anymore. So, I ended it."
It was half the truth, anyway.
"Oh. It hurt him alot, you know. I guess it was the fact that it was so sudden. Without any kind of real explanation."
"Yeah... But he's got Kat now. Speaking of which, aren't they engaged?"
Adam nodded. "Yep. Tommy proposed about a month ago. Those two are so great together. For some reason though, something doesn't fit right."
"What?"
"It's kinda complicated. It's almost as if when Kat became the Pink Ranger, not only did she take your powers and place on the team, but she took your place in Tommy's heart."
"I know... Everything worked out for the best though. I'm glad he found love in her. She could give him a better relationship than I could. She can be there for him; I couldn't of been. I was down here in Florida training for the Pan Globals, and after that the Olympics. I would've had no time or chances to be with Tommy. That's another reason why I let him go."
"I see where you're coming from. But why end it the way you did?"
"It was the most painless way to do it... But it's in the past now. It doesn't matter anymore."
"Yeah."
Chapter Two
"Well, Tanya and I broke up before my sophmore year at Georgia Tech. She said that she had fallen back in love with Shawn, her ex-boyfriend. She was with him before me, and I guessed that, really, she had never completely gotten over him. It hurt to know that Tanya was in love with someone else, but I eventually got over her. I haven't really dated since then."
"Wow. No one ever told me that you guys had broken up. Guess I should try to make more contact with the Angel Grove world." Kim paused. "I suppose that you know about my love life at this point."
"Not entirely. No one knows who that 'other' guy was."
Kim sighed. I can't tell him. There's no way he'd ever believe me.
"There really was no other guy. I just didn't want Tommy and I hanging on to something that we couldn't see anymore. So, I ended it."
It was half the truth, anyway.
"Oh. It hurt him alot, you know. I guess it was the fact that it was so sudden. Without any kind of real explanation."
"Yeah... But he's got Kat now. Speaking of which, aren't they engaged?"
Adam nodded. "Yep. Tommy proposed about a month ago. Those two are so great together. For some reason though, something doesn't fit right."
"What?"
"It's kinda complicated. It's almost as if when Kat became the Pink Ranger, not only did she take your powers and place on the team, but she took your place in Tommy's heart."
"I know... Everything worked out for the best though. I'm glad he found love in her. She could give him a better relationship than I could. She can be there for him; I couldn't of been. I was down here in Florida training for the Pan Globals, and after that the Olympics. I would've had no time or chances to be with Tommy. That's another reason why I let him go."
"I see where you're coming from. But why end it the way you did?"
"It was the most painless way to do it... But it's in the past now. It doesn't matter anymore."
"Yeah."