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A/N: Thank you for those who reviewed . . . here's chapter two. Oh, and feel free to review.
You Never Knew
A pair of brown eyes stared at a group shot of six close friends. The eyes focused on the pretty Asian dressed in yellow. Thoughts arose and the mind slowly filled with questions and comments. Becoming oblivious to the surroundings a person entered the small room.
"Hey beautiful" a soft voice whispered, as Tommy's head rested on his girlfriend's shoulder.
"Hey," Kimberly smiled, as the two kissed softly on the lips. She placed the picture frame back on her nightstand.
Tommy's eyes followed the object as he titled his head giving her an unsure look. "Did you talk to her?" he slowly asked, assuming her mind was on Trini.
"Yeah," nodded Kimberly, thinking back to the night before when they were at the park.
It wasn't long after Trini left did Tommy and her approach Jason. His mind seemed sidetracked and you could tell by the look of his eyes that he was deep in thought. He managed to get Kimberly to look for Trini without actually telling her what had happened between them. Within five minutes she had found her best friend, sitting under the shadow of a tree, unprepared to hear what Trini had to say.
"Hey" Kimberly weakly smiled. She wondered what had gotten Trini so upset to just leave. "I've been looking for you. Are you okay?" Her voice was filled with so much concern, but for a while there was no response from Trini and her expression was blank. "If you don't want to . . ."
"No, sit down" Trini had quietly said. Her voice seemed so monotone that it sent chills to Kimberly. Shaking it off, the pretty gymnast took a seat besides her best friend. She waited patiently for Trini to begin. "It happened so fast."
"What did?" asked Kimberly, trying hard not sound like she was prying at her.
"My conversation with Jason" answered Trini, as her mind tried hard to replay what had happened. It was easy to hear every word said and it was easy to picture every move that was made, but putting it into words was a different story.
"What happened?" Kimberly slowly questioned. The conversation had obviously affected Trini a lot, because Kimberly had never seen her best friend so out of it.
"His attitude kept changing and so were my emotions. His approach almost felt like he was confronting me. Which of course caused me to get defensive, but each time I got like that or sounded offended from what he said he would try hard to ask me in a nicer way. It kept going back and forth, if he wasn't the one raising his voice, it was me," Trini rambled, not sure how she was ever going to tell Kimberly.
"What exactly did he ask you?" replied Kimberly, trying to understand what exactly happened.
Trini looked up at her best friend, hesitant. "He wouldn't let me just drop things and leave it as is," she quietly said, as she gazed away. "So I told him."
"Told him what?" Kimberly asked, as she stared at Trini.
"I told Jason that I love him," Trini softly cried as a tear rolled down her cheek. Kimberly sat there for a few seconds allowing the information to sink in. For as long as she had known Trini that was the one thing she had kept from Jason and everyone else. She never understood her best friend's intentions to keep the crush a secret; they both knew it was something she would never grow out of. Yet, she did find sense in many girls Jason had attracted and the few that he found appealing.
"Oh, Trini" frowned Kimberly as she pulled Trini closer to her for embrace. She could only guess the hurt Trini had endured all these years and coming home to seeing Jason in a serious relationship with someone. Kimberly understood Trini's strength in being able to stay there, but now that she had told him. As her mind continued to wonder, her best friend allowed tears to fall onto Kimberly's shirt.
As Trini's tears began to cease, she slowly pulled away from Kimberly. "I might go away for a while, Kim" replied Trini as she wiped her face, turning away.
"What?" Kimberly nearly snapped. Her best friend had just arrived a month ago and now she was about to leave again.
"I know I promised I wouldn't leave again, but I can't stay here now that Jason knows," explained Trini, her reason for whispering to him 'goodbye'.
"Please, don't leave Trini. At least stay until Christmas," begged Kimberly, who was trying hard to understand where Trini was coming from.
"I'll think about it" Trini said, as she leaned against Kimberly. She held back from saying 'but, I doubt my decision would change' knowing how much that would hurt Kimberly.
"Kimberly?" Tommy repeated, as he gently shook Kimberly's arm.
"Huh?" said Kimberly as she snapped out of her thoughts. "I'm sorry, what were you saying?"
"I asked about Trini. Were you able to talk to her?" questioned Tommy, with concern. He had failed to ask about that night, since Kimberly never returned to the bridge. He had figured she had found Trini and decided to give her a ride home.
"Yeah," nodded Kimberly, her thoughts on whether or not if Trini had chose to stay for Christmas, which was only a few days away. She made a mental note to call her later on in the day. "Did you talk to Jason?" Tommy nodded his head as he looked at his girlfriend. The two wondering if their best friends had told them, on what had happened. "Did he tell you what happened?"
"Yeah," answered Tommy, as he remembered Jason bluntly telling him as soon as Kimberly was out of sight. "Did Trini tell you?" Kimberly nodded her head. "Did you know?"
"That she likes him?" questioned Kimberly, Tommy agreed. "From the first day we met."
"Why didn't she ever tell him?" asked Tommy, it was something Jason asked himself and Tommy that night.
"We were just kids in elementary school. I guess she figured it would pass. When we hit intermediate Jason had no real interest in finding a girlfriend, so I guess Trini did the nest best thing by becoming his best friend. By the time we hit high school all he seemed to see in her was a best friend. She didn't want to destroy what they already had and decided to help Jason out in finding the one he loves" Kimberly slowly explained, not really sure why exactly Trini never told Jason. There were times Kimberly felt as if Jason found a small attraction toward Trini.
Tommy slowly rested his head on Kimberly's shoulder once again as he hugged her from behind, understanding. "One more question" replied Tommy. His girlfriend carefully turned her head to look at him. "Jason didn't understand one thing. Why did she say 'goodbye'?" Kimberly fell silent as she looked away, deciding whether or not to tell her boyfriend.
A/N: Thank you for those who reviewed . . . here's chapter two. Oh, and feel free to review.
You Never Knew
A pair of brown eyes stared at a group shot of six close friends. The eyes focused on the pretty Asian dressed in yellow. Thoughts arose and the mind slowly filled with questions and comments. Becoming oblivious to the surroundings a person entered the small room.
"Hey beautiful" a soft voice whispered, as Tommy's head rested on his girlfriend's shoulder.
"Hey," Kimberly smiled, as the two kissed softly on the lips. She placed the picture frame back on her nightstand.
Tommy's eyes followed the object as he titled his head giving her an unsure look. "Did you talk to her?" he slowly asked, assuming her mind was on Trini.
"Yeah," nodded Kimberly, thinking back to the night before when they were at the park.
It wasn't long after Trini left did Tommy and her approach Jason. His mind seemed sidetracked and you could tell by the look of his eyes that he was deep in thought. He managed to get Kimberly to look for Trini without actually telling her what had happened between them. Within five minutes she had found her best friend, sitting under the shadow of a tree, unprepared to hear what Trini had to say.
"Hey" Kimberly weakly smiled. She wondered what had gotten Trini so upset to just leave. "I've been looking for you. Are you okay?" Her voice was filled with so much concern, but for a while there was no response from Trini and her expression was blank. "If you don't want to . . ."
"No, sit down" Trini had quietly said. Her voice seemed so monotone that it sent chills to Kimberly. Shaking it off, the pretty gymnast took a seat besides her best friend. She waited patiently for Trini to begin. "It happened so fast."
"What did?" asked Kimberly, trying hard not sound like she was prying at her.
"My conversation with Jason" answered Trini, as her mind tried hard to replay what had happened. It was easy to hear every word said and it was easy to picture every move that was made, but putting it into words was a different story.
"What happened?" Kimberly slowly questioned. The conversation had obviously affected Trini a lot, because Kimberly had never seen her best friend so out of it.
"His attitude kept changing and so were my emotions. His approach almost felt like he was confronting me. Which of course caused me to get defensive, but each time I got like that or sounded offended from what he said he would try hard to ask me in a nicer way. It kept going back and forth, if he wasn't the one raising his voice, it was me," Trini rambled, not sure how she was ever going to tell Kimberly.
"What exactly did he ask you?" replied Kimberly, trying to understand what exactly happened.
Trini looked up at her best friend, hesitant. "He wouldn't let me just drop things and leave it as is," she quietly said, as she gazed away. "So I told him."
"Told him what?" Kimberly asked, as she stared at Trini.
"I told Jason that I love him," Trini softly cried as a tear rolled down her cheek. Kimberly sat there for a few seconds allowing the information to sink in. For as long as she had known Trini that was the one thing she had kept from Jason and everyone else. She never understood her best friend's intentions to keep the crush a secret; they both knew it was something she would never grow out of. Yet, she did find sense in many girls Jason had attracted and the few that he found appealing.
"Oh, Trini" frowned Kimberly as she pulled Trini closer to her for embrace. She could only guess the hurt Trini had endured all these years and coming home to seeing Jason in a serious relationship with someone. Kimberly understood Trini's strength in being able to stay there, but now that she had told him. As her mind continued to wonder, her best friend allowed tears to fall onto Kimberly's shirt.
As Trini's tears began to cease, she slowly pulled away from Kimberly. "I might go away for a while, Kim" replied Trini as she wiped her face, turning away.
"What?" Kimberly nearly snapped. Her best friend had just arrived a month ago and now she was about to leave again.
"I know I promised I wouldn't leave again, but I can't stay here now that Jason knows," explained Trini, her reason for whispering to him 'goodbye'.
"Please, don't leave Trini. At least stay until Christmas," begged Kimberly, who was trying hard to understand where Trini was coming from.
"I'll think about it" Trini said, as she leaned against Kimberly. She held back from saying 'but, I doubt my decision would change' knowing how much that would hurt Kimberly.
"Kimberly?" Tommy repeated, as he gently shook Kimberly's arm.
"Huh?" said Kimberly as she snapped out of her thoughts. "I'm sorry, what were you saying?"
"I asked about Trini. Were you able to talk to her?" questioned Tommy, with concern. He had failed to ask about that night, since Kimberly never returned to the bridge. He had figured she had found Trini and decided to give her a ride home.
"Yeah," nodded Kimberly, her thoughts on whether or not if Trini had chose to stay for Christmas, which was only a few days away. She made a mental note to call her later on in the day. "Did you talk to Jason?" Tommy nodded his head as he looked at his girlfriend. The two wondering if their best friends had told them, on what had happened. "Did he tell you what happened?"
"Yeah," answered Tommy, as he remembered Jason bluntly telling him as soon as Kimberly was out of sight. "Did Trini tell you?" Kimberly nodded her head. "Did you know?"
"That she likes him?" questioned Kimberly, Tommy agreed. "From the first day we met."
"Why didn't she ever tell him?" asked Tommy, it was something Jason asked himself and Tommy that night.
"We were just kids in elementary school. I guess she figured it would pass. When we hit intermediate Jason had no real interest in finding a girlfriend, so I guess Trini did the nest best thing by becoming his best friend. By the time we hit high school all he seemed to see in her was a best friend. She didn't want to destroy what they already had and decided to help Jason out in finding the one he loves" Kimberly slowly explained, not really sure why exactly Trini never told Jason. There were times Kimberly felt as if Jason found a small attraction toward Trini.
Tommy slowly rested his head on Kimberly's shoulder once again as he hugged her from behind, understanding. "One more question" replied Tommy. His girlfriend carefully turned her head to look at him. "Jason didn't understand one thing. Why did she say 'goodbye'?" Kimberly fell silent as she looked away, deciding whether or not to tell her boyfriend.