"It was a few after Chirstmas... but I won't go into a giant flashback because it would be too long. I got a letter from Tommy every other day and they were all really sweet." Tommy blushed slightly at this. He remembered what he had wrote in some of those letters. "Then it skipped a day. All through practice I wondered what had happened, you may be late but you never missed sending me even a short note. The next day I got one that was as sweet as usual but in it you accused me seeing another guy. I was so completely shocked, it just wasn't like you."
"That's because it wasn't me." Tommy said in exasperation.
"Yeah well, I wrote back that you were my one and only but the letters just kept getting angrier and angrier. I asked about it in letters I wrote to the others too, everyone said you were as happy as ever." Adam nodded in remembrence. "Eventually the letters became the ones you read. Threatening me if I even met another guy. I was so confused!" Kim threw her hands up. "One night I was sitting in a cafe when a young man tripped and spilled my drink." She laughed at the memory. "He kept apologizing and I invited him to talk because I was bored and needed a distraction from YOU. The next day, as I was driving to gymnastics I discovered my brakes had been cut. I won't go into the gorey details of stopping the car by slamming into a _lightpost_ but when I brought it to the mechanic, he found a note near the cut that said 'I warned you' in _your_ handwriting." She pointed accusingly at Tommy who sat in awe.
"No..." He whispered and held his head. Adam placed a hand on his shoulder and gave him a reassuring glance that said, 'We'll figure this all out.'
"Oh, yes. And no matter how much I didn't want to believe it... it did make _sense_ that you could teleport down there." She choked out the last part. Kim remembered pushing that all out of her head at the time, convincing herself that he loved her and it was some prank. "I tried to think of some OTHER explanation, but I just couldn't. Then, about a week later, I was practicing late and the only other gymnast who was there was Skye. He was hardly talking to me," Kim emphasized. "He just commented when I did well on the equipment. But when I got back to my apartment...I-I found another note." She felt tears forming in her eyes but was determined not to let them fall. She sat up straighter, "It said 'This is the last time.' Once again in your handwriting. I got a little scared, not knowing what would happen this time and before I knew it smoke was streaming from my bedroom. I ran to check and close the door to contain the fire. Well THAT didn't work. I saw the fire spreading, it had started from a picture of us by my bedside." Kim added sadly. Adam and Tommy were listening intently now, thinking of their sweet Kim in a burning apartment with such emotional damage.
"Right after I closed the door, it also burst into flames. I jumped back and tripped on the floor rug." Even though it was a horrible story, Kim blushed at her own clumsiness. "The smoke filled the room and I crawled out the front door using my jacket to cover my head. After I got out, I threw my coat off and looked down the hallway for help..I'll never forget what I saw.." She faded.
"What? What did you see?" Tommy asked in a panic.
"She saw you. Am I right Kim?" Adam could feel his eyes get filmy.
"Yes." She hissed and pointed at Tommy. "I saw YOU. I saw you run around the corner and I followed! But before I got to you there was a flash of red light. I turned the corner and you were gone. All I found was a matchbook on the floor from your favorite club." She paused. "Of course you must know all this already.."
"Kim, it wasn't me! I would never...I could never.. I wish I could make you believe me!" Tommy grabbed her shoulders and shook her gently. She pulled away in fear and pushed, once again, towards Adam. Adam motioned for Tommy to calm down before Kim had one of her fainting spells.
"What night was it Kim?" Tommy relaxed.
"February tenth." She replied sternly. "Then I sent you that letter. I was nice so the others wouldn't be mad at you. No matter what I still cared. I was confused, angry, and scared.. but I didn't want to cost you your friends."
"That was.. sweet of you..." Tommy said slowly letting it sink in. Then the date hit him. "The tenth! Adam!" He nudged his Korean friend. "Wasn't that the night we were at Billy's? Everyone was?"
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Was it Tommy? Were they all at Billy's that night? Find out soon....least I hope soon if I ever get the next chapter done. Sorry this one took so long.. review or flame...w/e.. please! :)
"That's because it wasn't me." Tommy said in exasperation.
"Yeah well, I wrote back that you were my one and only but the letters just kept getting angrier and angrier. I asked about it in letters I wrote to the others too, everyone said you were as happy as ever." Adam nodded in remembrence. "Eventually the letters became the ones you read. Threatening me if I even met another guy. I was so confused!" Kim threw her hands up. "One night I was sitting in a cafe when a young man tripped and spilled my drink." She laughed at the memory. "He kept apologizing and I invited him to talk because I was bored and needed a distraction from YOU. The next day, as I was driving to gymnastics I discovered my brakes had been cut. I won't go into the gorey details of stopping the car by slamming into a _lightpost_ but when I brought it to the mechanic, he found a note near the cut that said 'I warned you' in _your_ handwriting." She pointed accusingly at Tommy who sat in awe.
"No..." He whispered and held his head. Adam placed a hand on his shoulder and gave him a reassuring glance that said, 'We'll figure this all out.'
"Oh, yes. And no matter how much I didn't want to believe it... it did make _sense_ that you could teleport down there." She choked out the last part. Kim remembered pushing that all out of her head at the time, convincing herself that he loved her and it was some prank. "I tried to think of some OTHER explanation, but I just couldn't. Then, about a week later, I was practicing late and the only other gymnast who was there was Skye. He was hardly talking to me," Kim emphasized. "He just commented when I did well on the equipment. But when I got back to my apartment...I-I found another note." She felt tears forming in her eyes but was determined not to let them fall. She sat up straighter, "It said 'This is the last time.' Once again in your handwriting. I got a little scared, not knowing what would happen this time and before I knew it smoke was streaming from my bedroom. I ran to check and close the door to contain the fire. Well THAT didn't work. I saw the fire spreading, it had started from a picture of us by my bedside." Kim added sadly. Adam and Tommy were listening intently now, thinking of their sweet Kim in a burning apartment with such emotional damage.
"Right after I closed the door, it also burst into flames. I jumped back and tripped on the floor rug." Even though it was a horrible story, Kim blushed at her own clumsiness. "The smoke filled the room and I crawled out the front door using my jacket to cover my head. After I got out, I threw my coat off and looked down the hallway for help..I'll never forget what I saw.." She faded.
"What? What did you see?" Tommy asked in a panic.
"She saw you. Am I right Kim?" Adam could feel his eyes get filmy.
"Yes." She hissed and pointed at Tommy. "I saw YOU. I saw you run around the corner and I followed! But before I got to you there was a flash of red light. I turned the corner and you were gone. All I found was a matchbook on the floor from your favorite club." She paused. "Of course you must know all this already.."
"Kim, it wasn't me! I would never...I could never.. I wish I could make you believe me!" Tommy grabbed her shoulders and shook her gently. She pulled away in fear and pushed, once again, towards Adam. Adam motioned for Tommy to calm down before Kim had one of her fainting spells.
"What night was it Kim?" Tommy relaxed.
"February tenth." She replied sternly. "Then I sent you that letter. I was nice so the others wouldn't be mad at you. No matter what I still cared. I was confused, angry, and scared.. but I didn't want to cost you your friends."
"That was.. sweet of you..." Tommy said slowly letting it sink in. Then the date hit him. "The tenth! Adam!" He nudged his Korean friend. "Wasn't that the night we were at Billy's? Everyone was?"
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Was it Tommy? Were they all at Billy's that night? Find out soon....least I hope soon if I ever get the next chapter done. Sorry this one took so long.. review or flame...w/e.. please! :)