Hey ya'll! The Frog Princess here! I have had this idea
jumping around in my head for a while now, and have finally
gotten the time to put it on paper.
I'm not sure if anyone else noticed all the similarities between Kim and Jason but I sure have. This is NOT a Jason/Kim fic, nor will it be a Tommy/Kim fic. I do read Kim/Tommy fics, but I don't write them. I try to stay away from them. I'm not telling who she will fall for, but I'll give ya a hint. It's someone you should expect from me.
This is only the first chapter, hope ya'll like it. The second chapter is almost finished, I'll post it when I get done. I don't own the rangers or anyone else you will recognize, I do own the names for Jason's parents.
This is probably the longest first chapter I've ever written. I'm dedicating this Fic to my good friends, Ibonekoen and Dingo, my two Adam/Johnny loving friends. This is dedicated to you guys. Hope ya like it! Hope ya'll like this, Yours till I see the applesauce, The Frog Princess.
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Family Secrets: Chapter One
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Jason sat on the floor of his attic, dirty, sweaty, and tired. He looked over at his friend and chuckled. Billy was laying flat on his back, his eyes closed, and a smudge of dirt on his nose. Billy opened his eyes and looked at Jason. They locked eyes and simultaneously busted up laughing.
"Billy you should see yourself." Jason chuckled. Billy ran a hand through his hair, making his hair stand on end. Jason laughed harder at Billy who gave him a puzzled frown. Jason tried calming down, but the smile was still on his face.
"Your hair is standing up on end." He explained to the perplexed genius, who blushed slightly at the revelation. Jason sighed as he noticed all the boxes his parents wanted him to go through and take down to the storage room in the garage.
Sarah and Jack Scott wanted to clean out the attic and turn it into an apartment. Jason did not know why his parents all of a sudden wanted an attic apartment, but they had been acting really strange for couple weeks now, really secretive. Jason looked over at his best friend and ginned again. *At least I get to spend time with Billy. I really missed him.*
Billy had been on Aqualand, as Rocky had jokingly called it, for about three months until he had realized he could not live there any longer. He missed his friends, father, and just plain Earth. Jason and Billy had been spending a lot of time together ever since he had gotten back. Jason smiled as he thought of how, if someone had told him eight years ago that his best friend would be a genius, he would have probably laughed in there face. *A jock and a genius, best friends, who would have thought?* Jason thought to himself.
Jason sighed, stood up and stretched. He held out his hand at Billy who groaned, but grasped his hand and let himself be pulled up. Billy looked at all the boxes they still had to go through and sighed.
"Jason? Why did your mom want you to go through all these boxes, and how many boxes are there?" Jason shook his head.
"Mom asked me to go through all the boxes and save everything that was on the list I gave you. She is a pack rat, she saves everything. My parents are making the attic into a apartment. They won't tell me why though." Jason quickly explained to his friend who nodded and sighed. They each lifted a box and opened them. Jason quickly closed his box and took the black marker and marked it, 'X-Mas Ornaments.' He put it on the side and peaked into the box that Billy was looking into with interest.
It was his school papers. Jason and Billy quickly went through the papers, Billy laughing at some of them, Jason grimacing at others. Just as he was about to close the box Billy found a folded up piece of paper lying at the bottom of the box. He lifted it up and opened it. Together, Billy and Jason read it. Billy's eyes grew wide as he quickly scanned it.
At first Jason did not see the top. It had all the stuff that a birth certificate would have, hair color, eye color, name, time of birth, but when Jason read the top he almost stopped breathing. 'City of Angel Grove Adoption Certificate.' Jason shook his head and read it again. The words had not change. Jason looked at Billy, his eyes wide, confused and frightened.
"Billy? Please tell me this isn't what I think it is." Jason choked out through his tears. Billy swallowed nervously. Jason grabbed his shoulders.
"Tell me this is fake! Tell me this isn't real!" Jason pleaded. Billy sighed.
"Tell me I'm not adopted! Billy tell me!" Jason demanded. Billy just gave him a long and sympathetic stare.
"I'm so sorry Jason." Billy said softly. And with that, Jason fell on his knees, and sobbed.
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When Jason had sobbed himself to sleep, Billy took his communicator and contacted Zordon.
"Zordon? This is Billy. I need a favor." For a few minutes all he heard was static, then Zordon's voice boomed out of the tiny watch.
"What do you need, Billy?" Billy sighed and glanced at his distraught friend.
"Could you teleport Jason to his room? He just found out some bad news and he fell asleep crying in his attic. I cannot carry him to his bedroom. I might be strong, but I'm not that strong." Billy watched as Jason disappeared in a streak of white. His attention turned back to the watch as he heard Zordon sigh.
"I am sorry about what Jason has discovered. Please inform him when he wakes up that if he wishes to talk, I'm always available. Also, Billy you are the only one who knows right now. He's going to need you." Billy nodded and sighed.
"I know Zordon, I just hope I'm strong enough. Also, I will tell him of your offer. Thanks Zordon, Billy out." Bill stood up and stretched. He started down stairs, remembering to grab the certificate on the way.
He walked into Jason's room quietly. He sat in the desk chair and made himself comfortable. He was sitting there, thinking about what Jason had discovered and how it was going to change a lot of things, when he soundlessly fell into a troubled sleep.
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"Kimberly, Billy and Jason are in the attic. There supposed to be cleaning it out." Sarah Scott told the short, young brunette. The way she said 'supposed to be' made Kim giggle. Sarah smiled and motioned to the stairs,
"Why don't you go and make sure they are doing there job?" Kim smiled, grabbed her crutches, and wobbled upstairs. When she reached the second floor landing, she let out a deep breath.
"I am never going to get the hang of these things, no matter what 'Ne says." Kim grumbled to herself. Two weeks beforehand, Kim had sprained her right ankle on the uneven bars when she had landed. It was then she had realized Florida just was not for her. She could not concentrate there. So apprehensively she had talked to Coach Smitde and he had arranged for her to be trained by his sister, Elizabeth Chasmen, in Stone Canyon. Leaving her Florida friends had been hard, but she noticed it had been a lot easier then when she had left her Angel Grove friends.
She had called her mother and told her what she had decided. Surprisingly, her mother had understood. Kim had also told her father of her decision and he had asked where she would live. She had then called Sarah and Jack, asking if she could stay with them. They had been more than happy to have her stay with them. She was like a daughter to them. Kim had asked Sarah and Jack not to tell Jason and the others that she was coming home, she wanted to surprise everyone. She smiled as she thought of the last two weeks. She knew it was the right decision.
She passed Jason's bed room and noticed the light was on, again. She smiled and shook her head. *That is so like Jason, always forgetting to turn his light off.* She opened the door and was startled to see Jason asleep on the bed and Billy asleep on the desk chair. Her eyebrows wrinkled into a frown as she noticed that they did not seem to be sleeping comfortably.
She wobbled in and sat on the edge of the bed. She quickly studied Jason noticing that he was not under the covers, he was wearing extremely dirty clothes, and that his face was twisted in a frown. She turned her observances on her blonde friend and saw that, like Jason, he was wearing dirty clothes and he was wearing a frown on his face. She saw a piece of paper clutched in Billy's hand. Her curiosity and concern for her fiends getting the better of her, she leaned over and softly took the paper from Billy's hand. But before she could read it, she heard a slight whimper from Jason. She turned to him and saw a single, crystal like tear fall from his eye.
Putting the paper between her teeth, she stood up and wobbled to the head of the bed. She put all her weight on her left foot and placed her crutches up against his trophy case. She lifted Jason's head gently off the pillow and moved the pillow. She sat down Indian style where his pillow had been, put his pillow on her lap and gently placed his head on the pillow. She gently started to caress his head. He calmed down immediately, just like she had hoped he would. She took the paper from her teeth and opened it.
Her eyes went wide as she read what it said. She took a deep, unsteady breath, and let it out slowly. She looked down at Jason with tears clouding her vision. *Why didn't he tell me? I'm his 'little sister,' I deserve to know these things!* her mind screamed at her. She quickly wiped her tears away and sniffled.
"Kimberly? What are you doing here?" Her head snapped up and she saw that Billy had woken up and was staring at her, bewildered. She saw his gaze go down to the paper in her hands and his eyes went wide. She looked him directly in the eye and asked in a no nonsense voice,
"Did you know? Why didn't he tell me?" Billy sighed and wiped a hand over his face. He looked at Jason sadly.
"Jason didn't even know till this afternoon. We were cleaning the attic and had found a box with a ton of his school papers in it. We went through the box and found it on the bottom. Jason sobbed himself to sleep." He slowly locked eyes with her and Kim held his stare. She had a feeling she knew what he was going to say,
"You can't tell anyone. Let Jason do it. He still has to face his parents and deal with the fact that they kept a big secret from him for years. Right now the only thing we can do is be there for him. He's going to need us Kim, now more than ever." Kim silently nodded. Billy suddenly frowned,
"Wait a minute, you never said why and how your here." Kim smiled and chuckled. She motioned towards the crutches.
"I sprained my ankle. When I was getting it bandaged, I realized I couldn't stay there. So I told Coach, he understood He said he felt the same way when he fist came to the US. he went back to France, then came back a couple years later, when he was older." She shrugged, "He made arrangements for me to work with his sister, Elizabeth Chasmen in Stone Canyon. She is a former Olympic silver medalist. I made arrangements with the Scott's to stay here, I was going to ask your dad, but I'm glad I didn't no offense. I just think I'm going to be needed here." Billy nodded. They both stared at Jason as he slowly began to wake up. He stared at Billy, totally oblivious to the fact that his head was in Kim's lap, and asked puzzled,
"How'd I get down here? No offense Billy, but I know ya can't carry me. I'm too heavy." Kim snickered, startling Jason and making him fall off the bed. That was all it took for Kim and Billy to start laughing hysterically. Jason just stared at Kim in bewilderment for a few minutes until finally, he too busted up laughing. When they finally calmed down, Kim explained what had happened and her decision to move back to Angel Grove. Jason tensed when she mentioned that She had talked to his parents about her staying with them, but she pretended not to notice. Jason smiled and the two hugged. Billy watched, happy that Kim was going to be there for Jason.
They had always had an interesting relationship. Out of all the rangers, Jason and Kim were most definitely the closest. Some times Billy swore they were twins. In fact, when they were twelve, Billy had read real life stories about twins that had these connections. One story was that that they were almost able to read each others mind, and another story that a twin had been hiking and had broken his leg. The other twin had somehow known and had gotten help.
After reading all the stories about twins, Billy had made a list of all the similarities the Jason and Kim shared. Brown hair, brown eyes, although Jason's were darker. They had almost the same personalities, with only a few major differences. Jason was more moody than Kim, who was almost always happy. If Kim was the sun, then Jason was the moon. They both were leaders, Jason more so than Kim. Billy shook his head, *why am I suddenly thinking about twins and the list of similarities about Kim and Jason?* Billy mentally shrugged. If his subconscious mind wanted him to know something he would figure it out eventually. He smiled as Kim pulled him into the hug. Billy looked at Kim's smiling face and then at Jason's smiling face and smiled as well.
The moment was ruined however, as Sarah knocked on Jason's door and poked her head in and smiled at the three
"Dinner's almost done, Billy do you want to stay for dinner?" Billy looked at Jason who was silently pleading him to stay and nodded,
"Thank you Mrs. Scott, I'd like that." She nodded and went back downstairs. Jason glanced at Billy, silently asking if he should tell Kim. Kim took his chin and turned hi head so that he was looking at him. She held up the piece of paper.
"I already know. I'm sorry, but both of you were sleeping uneasy, and Billy was holding it in his hand and I read it." She hugged him, and whispered in his ear, "I'm here for you, Jason, Your not going to go through this alone." She pulled back, kissed him on the cheek and pulled him onto the bed. Billy sat on the other side of Jason and after a moment of silence asked,
"Are you going to talk to them?" Jason shrugged. Kim frowned.
"Jason you know you have to talk to them sooner or later. Maybe they have a logical reason. Did that just come from my mouth?" she asked, skeptically. Jason chuckled and nodded. Kim and Billy knew he was not only nodding about what she said but about how he would have to talk to them sooner or later. He sighed and stood up. He glanced at Kim, then Billy and sighed. He started to the door and muttered under his breath,
"Better get this over with." Kim and Billy shared a glance and quickly followed there former leader.
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"This is delicious, Mrs. Scott. Thank you." Billy said after he had taken a bite of the spiced chicken. Kim nodded and Jason grunted. Kim and Billy shared another glance and shook there heads. Suddenly Jason looked up at his parents and asked,
"Why didn't you tell me? Don't you think I deserved to know? When were you going to tell me? Never?" He asked in a hurt, angry, confused voice. Kim saw Sarah and Jack share a small glance and then turn to Jason. Jack was the first to speak.
"What do you mean, son?" he asked confused but with a tint of worry. Jason turned to his father, his eyes blazing,
"Don't you call me your son! Your not my father! All these years you've lied to me! You let em believe I was your son, when you knew it wasn't true!" With that Jason fled from the room, throwing the adoption paper at his 'parents'. Kim took a quick glance at Billy who nodded and Kim went after Jason. When Jack and Sarah saw the paper there faces fell. Jack looked at Billy who was the only other person in the room, and asked
"How? I mean, when did he find out?" Billy just stared at them. Finally he spoke.
"This afternoon. He found it in a box of school papers. I don't know what to tell you. I personally think you should have told him yeas ago, but that's just me. He feels lied to, threatened. Also scared. I think you should just let Kim calm him down before you try talking with him. She knows what he's going through." At that moment, he realized exactly why he had started thinking about the similarities earlier. He shook his head. Jack and Sarah wee nodding and looking at the stairs worried. Billy got up and walked upstairs.
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Billy knocked softly on Jason's door and poked his head in. Kim was comforting Jason who was sobbing on her shoulder. She shared a long look with him, then abruptly looked away. Billy watched her console Jason until he had fallen asleep again. She laid him down on the bed and stated undoing his jeans. Billy knew what she was doing and went to his dresser and got a tank top. With Billy's help they were able to get him out of his dirty clothes and into his boxers and a clean tank top. After they were done she got him under the covers and tucked him in. She motioned for Billy to stay with him and quickly went to her room. When she came back she was wearing a pair of black woman's boxers and a snug purple tank top. She sat down on the edge of his bed and stared at Billy. Her voice was soft as she asked,
"You remembered my secret didn't you? The one I know you learned when we switched body's." Billy nodded.
"You were adopted. Your parents told you when you were ten. They told you right before you moved with your parents to Angel Grove. You can help him more than I can, Kim. I have no experience in this type of matter." Kim nodded, but kept staring at him. She tilted her head to one side.
"There's something your hiding from me. What is it?" She asked, gently. Billy shook his head.
"I can't tell you, not yet. I'm going to think about it and when I figure things out I'll let you know." She nodded. They both looked at Jason as he whimpered softly. Billy turned back to Kim,
"I'm going to get going. I have to do a lot of thinking and such." Kim smiled. Just befoe he reached the door he turned to her.
"Kim? When are you going to tell the others your here?" Kim looked at him and sighed.
"I have a feeling Jason's going to want a nice punching bag tomorrow, so we'll probably go the Youth Center. The others will no doubt be there, so I'll let them know tomorrow. Could you come with us? I'm going to be worried about Jason and the others are going to wonder why I'm home and ask questions. Then when they see something's wrong with Jason they'll want answers. I could use some help." Billy nodded. He smiled, said good night and went home.
Kim turned to Jason and sighed. She quietly climbed under the covers and wrapped her arms around Jason. She laid her head on his chest and he instinctively wrapped his arms around her. She heard him sigh deeply. Kim looked up at Jason, kissed him lightly in the cheek, rested her head against his chest, closed her eyes and fell fast asleep.
I'm not sure if anyone else noticed all the similarities between Kim and Jason but I sure have. This is NOT a Jason/Kim fic, nor will it be a Tommy/Kim fic. I do read Kim/Tommy fics, but I don't write them. I try to stay away from them. I'm not telling who she will fall for, but I'll give ya a hint. It's someone you should expect from me.
This is only the first chapter, hope ya'll like it. The second chapter is almost finished, I'll post it when I get done. I don't own the rangers or anyone else you will recognize, I do own the names for Jason's parents.
This is probably the longest first chapter I've ever written. I'm dedicating this Fic to my good friends, Ibonekoen and Dingo, my two Adam/Johnny loving friends. This is dedicated to you guys. Hope ya like it! Hope ya'll like this, Yours till I see the applesauce, The Frog Princess.
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Family Secrets: Chapter One
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Jason sat on the floor of his attic, dirty, sweaty, and tired. He looked over at his friend and chuckled. Billy was laying flat on his back, his eyes closed, and a smudge of dirt on his nose. Billy opened his eyes and looked at Jason. They locked eyes and simultaneously busted up laughing.
"Billy you should see yourself." Jason chuckled. Billy ran a hand through his hair, making his hair stand on end. Jason laughed harder at Billy who gave him a puzzled frown. Jason tried calming down, but the smile was still on his face.
"Your hair is standing up on end." He explained to the perplexed genius, who blushed slightly at the revelation. Jason sighed as he noticed all the boxes his parents wanted him to go through and take down to the storage room in the garage.
Sarah and Jack Scott wanted to clean out the attic and turn it into an apartment. Jason did not know why his parents all of a sudden wanted an attic apartment, but they had been acting really strange for couple weeks now, really secretive. Jason looked over at his best friend and ginned again. *At least I get to spend time with Billy. I really missed him.*
Billy had been on Aqualand, as Rocky had jokingly called it, for about three months until he had realized he could not live there any longer. He missed his friends, father, and just plain Earth. Jason and Billy had been spending a lot of time together ever since he had gotten back. Jason smiled as he thought of how, if someone had told him eight years ago that his best friend would be a genius, he would have probably laughed in there face. *A jock and a genius, best friends, who would have thought?* Jason thought to himself.
Jason sighed, stood up and stretched. He held out his hand at Billy who groaned, but grasped his hand and let himself be pulled up. Billy looked at all the boxes they still had to go through and sighed.
"Jason? Why did your mom want you to go through all these boxes, and how many boxes are there?" Jason shook his head.
"Mom asked me to go through all the boxes and save everything that was on the list I gave you. She is a pack rat, she saves everything. My parents are making the attic into a apartment. They won't tell me why though." Jason quickly explained to his friend who nodded and sighed. They each lifted a box and opened them. Jason quickly closed his box and took the black marker and marked it, 'X-Mas Ornaments.' He put it on the side and peaked into the box that Billy was looking into with interest.
It was his school papers. Jason and Billy quickly went through the papers, Billy laughing at some of them, Jason grimacing at others. Just as he was about to close the box Billy found a folded up piece of paper lying at the bottom of the box. He lifted it up and opened it. Together, Billy and Jason read it. Billy's eyes grew wide as he quickly scanned it.
At first Jason did not see the top. It had all the stuff that a birth certificate would have, hair color, eye color, name, time of birth, but when Jason read the top he almost stopped breathing. 'City of Angel Grove Adoption Certificate.' Jason shook his head and read it again. The words had not change. Jason looked at Billy, his eyes wide, confused and frightened.
"Billy? Please tell me this isn't what I think it is." Jason choked out through his tears. Billy swallowed nervously. Jason grabbed his shoulders.
"Tell me this is fake! Tell me this isn't real!" Jason pleaded. Billy sighed.
"Tell me I'm not adopted! Billy tell me!" Jason demanded. Billy just gave him a long and sympathetic stare.
"I'm so sorry Jason." Billy said softly. And with that, Jason fell on his knees, and sobbed.
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When Jason had sobbed himself to sleep, Billy took his communicator and contacted Zordon.
"Zordon? This is Billy. I need a favor." For a few minutes all he heard was static, then Zordon's voice boomed out of the tiny watch.
"What do you need, Billy?" Billy sighed and glanced at his distraught friend.
"Could you teleport Jason to his room? He just found out some bad news and he fell asleep crying in his attic. I cannot carry him to his bedroom. I might be strong, but I'm not that strong." Billy watched as Jason disappeared in a streak of white. His attention turned back to the watch as he heard Zordon sigh.
"I am sorry about what Jason has discovered. Please inform him when he wakes up that if he wishes to talk, I'm always available. Also, Billy you are the only one who knows right now. He's going to need you." Billy nodded and sighed.
"I know Zordon, I just hope I'm strong enough. Also, I will tell him of your offer. Thanks Zordon, Billy out." Bill stood up and stretched. He started down stairs, remembering to grab the certificate on the way.
He walked into Jason's room quietly. He sat in the desk chair and made himself comfortable. He was sitting there, thinking about what Jason had discovered and how it was going to change a lot of things, when he soundlessly fell into a troubled sleep.
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"Kimberly, Billy and Jason are in the attic. There supposed to be cleaning it out." Sarah Scott told the short, young brunette. The way she said 'supposed to be' made Kim giggle. Sarah smiled and motioned to the stairs,
"Why don't you go and make sure they are doing there job?" Kim smiled, grabbed her crutches, and wobbled upstairs. When she reached the second floor landing, she let out a deep breath.
"I am never going to get the hang of these things, no matter what 'Ne says." Kim grumbled to herself. Two weeks beforehand, Kim had sprained her right ankle on the uneven bars when she had landed. It was then she had realized Florida just was not for her. She could not concentrate there. So apprehensively she had talked to Coach Smitde and he had arranged for her to be trained by his sister, Elizabeth Chasmen, in Stone Canyon. Leaving her Florida friends had been hard, but she noticed it had been a lot easier then when she had left her Angel Grove friends.
She had called her mother and told her what she had decided. Surprisingly, her mother had understood. Kim had also told her father of her decision and he had asked where she would live. She had then called Sarah and Jack, asking if she could stay with them. They had been more than happy to have her stay with them. She was like a daughter to them. Kim had asked Sarah and Jack not to tell Jason and the others that she was coming home, she wanted to surprise everyone. She smiled as she thought of the last two weeks. She knew it was the right decision.
She passed Jason's bed room and noticed the light was on, again. She smiled and shook her head. *That is so like Jason, always forgetting to turn his light off.* She opened the door and was startled to see Jason asleep on the bed and Billy asleep on the desk chair. Her eyebrows wrinkled into a frown as she noticed that they did not seem to be sleeping comfortably.
She wobbled in and sat on the edge of the bed. She quickly studied Jason noticing that he was not under the covers, he was wearing extremely dirty clothes, and that his face was twisted in a frown. She turned her observances on her blonde friend and saw that, like Jason, he was wearing dirty clothes and he was wearing a frown on his face. She saw a piece of paper clutched in Billy's hand. Her curiosity and concern for her fiends getting the better of her, she leaned over and softly took the paper from Billy's hand. But before she could read it, she heard a slight whimper from Jason. She turned to him and saw a single, crystal like tear fall from his eye.
Putting the paper between her teeth, she stood up and wobbled to the head of the bed. She put all her weight on her left foot and placed her crutches up against his trophy case. She lifted Jason's head gently off the pillow and moved the pillow. She sat down Indian style where his pillow had been, put his pillow on her lap and gently placed his head on the pillow. She gently started to caress his head. He calmed down immediately, just like she had hoped he would. She took the paper from her teeth and opened it.
Her eyes went wide as she read what it said. She took a deep, unsteady breath, and let it out slowly. She looked down at Jason with tears clouding her vision. *Why didn't he tell me? I'm his 'little sister,' I deserve to know these things!* her mind screamed at her. She quickly wiped her tears away and sniffled.
"Kimberly? What are you doing here?" Her head snapped up and she saw that Billy had woken up and was staring at her, bewildered. She saw his gaze go down to the paper in her hands and his eyes went wide. She looked him directly in the eye and asked in a no nonsense voice,
"Did you know? Why didn't he tell me?" Billy sighed and wiped a hand over his face. He looked at Jason sadly.
"Jason didn't even know till this afternoon. We were cleaning the attic and had found a box with a ton of his school papers in it. We went through the box and found it on the bottom. Jason sobbed himself to sleep." He slowly locked eyes with her and Kim held his stare. She had a feeling she knew what he was going to say,
"You can't tell anyone. Let Jason do it. He still has to face his parents and deal with the fact that they kept a big secret from him for years. Right now the only thing we can do is be there for him. He's going to need us Kim, now more than ever." Kim silently nodded. Billy suddenly frowned,
"Wait a minute, you never said why and how your here." Kim smiled and chuckled. She motioned towards the crutches.
"I sprained my ankle. When I was getting it bandaged, I realized I couldn't stay there. So I told Coach, he understood He said he felt the same way when he fist came to the US. he went back to France, then came back a couple years later, when he was older." She shrugged, "He made arrangements for me to work with his sister, Elizabeth Chasmen in Stone Canyon. She is a former Olympic silver medalist. I made arrangements with the Scott's to stay here, I was going to ask your dad, but I'm glad I didn't no offense. I just think I'm going to be needed here." Billy nodded. They both stared at Jason as he slowly began to wake up. He stared at Billy, totally oblivious to the fact that his head was in Kim's lap, and asked puzzled,
"How'd I get down here? No offense Billy, but I know ya can't carry me. I'm too heavy." Kim snickered, startling Jason and making him fall off the bed. That was all it took for Kim and Billy to start laughing hysterically. Jason just stared at Kim in bewilderment for a few minutes until finally, he too busted up laughing. When they finally calmed down, Kim explained what had happened and her decision to move back to Angel Grove. Jason tensed when she mentioned that She had talked to his parents about her staying with them, but she pretended not to notice. Jason smiled and the two hugged. Billy watched, happy that Kim was going to be there for Jason.
They had always had an interesting relationship. Out of all the rangers, Jason and Kim were most definitely the closest. Some times Billy swore they were twins. In fact, when they were twelve, Billy had read real life stories about twins that had these connections. One story was that that they were almost able to read each others mind, and another story that a twin had been hiking and had broken his leg. The other twin had somehow known and had gotten help.
After reading all the stories about twins, Billy had made a list of all the similarities the Jason and Kim shared. Brown hair, brown eyes, although Jason's were darker. They had almost the same personalities, with only a few major differences. Jason was more moody than Kim, who was almost always happy. If Kim was the sun, then Jason was the moon. They both were leaders, Jason more so than Kim. Billy shook his head, *why am I suddenly thinking about twins and the list of similarities about Kim and Jason?* Billy mentally shrugged. If his subconscious mind wanted him to know something he would figure it out eventually. He smiled as Kim pulled him into the hug. Billy looked at Kim's smiling face and then at Jason's smiling face and smiled as well.
The moment was ruined however, as Sarah knocked on Jason's door and poked her head in and smiled at the three
"Dinner's almost done, Billy do you want to stay for dinner?" Billy looked at Jason who was silently pleading him to stay and nodded,
"Thank you Mrs. Scott, I'd like that." She nodded and went back downstairs. Jason glanced at Billy, silently asking if he should tell Kim. Kim took his chin and turned hi head so that he was looking at him. She held up the piece of paper.
"I already know. I'm sorry, but both of you were sleeping uneasy, and Billy was holding it in his hand and I read it." She hugged him, and whispered in his ear, "I'm here for you, Jason, Your not going to go through this alone." She pulled back, kissed him on the cheek and pulled him onto the bed. Billy sat on the other side of Jason and after a moment of silence asked,
"Are you going to talk to them?" Jason shrugged. Kim frowned.
"Jason you know you have to talk to them sooner or later. Maybe they have a logical reason. Did that just come from my mouth?" she asked, skeptically. Jason chuckled and nodded. Kim and Billy knew he was not only nodding about what she said but about how he would have to talk to them sooner or later. He sighed and stood up. He glanced at Kim, then Billy and sighed. He started to the door and muttered under his breath,
"Better get this over with." Kim and Billy shared a glance and quickly followed there former leader.
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"This is delicious, Mrs. Scott. Thank you." Billy said after he had taken a bite of the spiced chicken. Kim nodded and Jason grunted. Kim and Billy shared another glance and shook there heads. Suddenly Jason looked up at his parents and asked,
"Why didn't you tell me? Don't you think I deserved to know? When were you going to tell me? Never?" He asked in a hurt, angry, confused voice. Kim saw Sarah and Jack share a small glance and then turn to Jason. Jack was the first to speak.
"What do you mean, son?" he asked confused but with a tint of worry. Jason turned to his father, his eyes blazing,
"Don't you call me your son! Your not my father! All these years you've lied to me! You let em believe I was your son, when you knew it wasn't true!" With that Jason fled from the room, throwing the adoption paper at his 'parents'. Kim took a quick glance at Billy who nodded and Kim went after Jason. When Jack and Sarah saw the paper there faces fell. Jack looked at Billy who was the only other person in the room, and asked
"How? I mean, when did he find out?" Billy just stared at them. Finally he spoke.
"This afternoon. He found it in a box of school papers. I don't know what to tell you. I personally think you should have told him yeas ago, but that's just me. He feels lied to, threatened. Also scared. I think you should just let Kim calm him down before you try talking with him. She knows what he's going through." At that moment, he realized exactly why he had started thinking about the similarities earlier. He shook his head. Jack and Sarah wee nodding and looking at the stairs worried. Billy got up and walked upstairs.
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Billy knocked softly on Jason's door and poked his head in. Kim was comforting Jason who was sobbing on her shoulder. She shared a long look with him, then abruptly looked away. Billy watched her console Jason until he had fallen asleep again. She laid him down on the bed and stated undoing his jeans. Billy knew what she was doing and went to his dresser and got a tank top. With Billy's help they were able to get him out of his dirty clothes and into his boxers and a clean tank top. After they were done she got him under the covers and tucked him in. She motioned for Billy to stay with him and quickly went to her room. When she came back she was wearing a pair of black woman's boxers and a snug purple tank top. She sat down on the edge of his bed and stared at Billy. Her voice was soft as she asked,
"You remembered my secret didn't you? The one I know you learned when we switched body's." Billy nodded.
"You were adopted. Your parents told you when you were ten. They told you right before you moved with your parents to Angel Grove. You can help him more than I can, Kim. I have no experience in this type of matter." Kim nodded, but kept staring at him. She tilted her head to one side.
"There's something your hiding from me. What is it?" She asked, gently. Billy shook his head.
"I can't tell you, not yet. I'm going to think about it and when I figure things out I'll let you know." She nodded. They both looked at Jason as he whimpered softly. Billy turned back to Kim,
"I'm going to get going. I have to do a lot of thinking and such." Kim smiled. Just befoe he reached the door he turned to her.
"Kim? When are you going to tell the others your here?" Kim looked at him and sighed.
"I have a feeling Jason's going to want a nice punching bag tomorrow, so we'll probably go the Youth Center. The others will no doubt be there, so I'll let them know tomorrow. Could you come with us? I'm going to be worried about Jason and the others are going to wonder why I'm home and ask questions. Then when they see something's wrong with Jason they'll want answers. I could use some help." Billy nodded. He smiled, said good night and went home.
Kim turned to Jason and sighed. She quietly climbed under the covers and wrapped her arms around Jason. She laid her head on his chest and he instinctively wrapped his arms around her. She heard him sigh deeply. Kim looked up at Jason, kissed him lightly in the cheek, rested her head against his chest, closed her eyes and fell fast asleep.
