Disclaimer: Well, uh... Adam and Rocky actually helped me to write this chapter... NOT! I wish this was the truth, but no... Everything related to the Power Rangers, including the Rangers themselves, belong to Saban. On the other hand, I own the character of Tyler.
Note: Exactly a week after chapter 4, here's chapter 5! School's almost over here so there's some classes where I didn't have anything to do and I took the opportunity to write! This chapter is a little longer than the last one.
I'd like to thank hartfelt, Nellie, craneandfroglover, zee, goldstranger and Bashful C for reviewing! Thanks a lot!
Bashful C- I emailed you about your proposition, but I dunno if you got my e-mail so please contact me at disco_hippie382@yahoo.ca! Thanks!
And now, on with the chapter!
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MIXED EMOTIONS
By ~*DiscoHippie382*~
Chapter 5: More Talking
"Alohomora!" Tyler cried out, waving his arms in the air.
Rocky and Jason looked at each other, grinning. There wasn't anything good playing at the movie theater, so they'd gone to Rocky and Adam's apartment where Jason and Rocky had took turns reading Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone to the four-years-old. They had read over half of the book when they'd decided to stop and go back to Jason's apartment. Not before promising Tyler to sit with him later to resume their reading, though.
"Here, Ty, put your jacket on," Jason said, handing the little boy his dark blue jacket.
"Where are we going?" Tyler asked.
"To see your Mommy," Rocky answered as he put his own jacket on.
Tyler grinned, then looked at Rocky with a serious expression. "Will I see Daddy?" he asked hopefully.
Rocky and Jason exchanged a glance. "Yes, you will see your Daddy," Rocky finally said, smiling down at Tyler, who returned the gesture as Jason sat him on his shoulders.
"You holding on tight?" Jason asked Tyler.
"Yes!" Tyler said happily.
"We can go, then," Rocky said, following Tyler and Jason out of the apartment and locking the door behind him.
"So, how have you been?" Adam asked Kim, scratching the back of his neck.
"Great, you?" Kim replied.
"Good." Adam let out an exasperated sigh, running a hand through his black curls. "This is crazy," he muttered. "I…"
He stopped short. Kim had spoken the same word at the exact same time. They both laughed. "Go ahead," Adam said once the laughter died down.
"No, after you," Kim told him.
"No, I insist, go ahead!"
"No, you started talking before me!" Kim argued.
As they were fighting, their eyes suddenly locked; they both leaned in. At that moment, footsteps were heard outside the apartment and they quickly pulled away from each other. The front door opened and Rocky, Jason and Tyler barged in. Tyler was sitting on Jason's shoulders.
"Uncle Jason, put me down!" Tyler demanded.
Jason did as said and the little boy ran up to his mother. "Mommy!" Tyler said, climbing onto her lap.
"Hey sweetie," Kim said, ruffling his curly hair. "Did you have fun with Uncle Rocky and Uncle Jason?"
"Yeah!" Tyler said. "We read Harry Potter!"
"That's great!" Kim said, smiling.
Adam, Rocky and Jason watched in silence, smiling to themselves. Suddenly a loud noise coming from the kitchen. Somehow sensing a curse coming, Kim covered Tyler's ears.
"Freakin' hell!"
"Tommy!" came Kat's shocked voice.
A minute late, Aisha's face appeared in the doorway.
"Oh, hey guys," she said to Jason and Rocky. "Dinner was ready, but Tommy just had to drop it."
The boys and Kim tried unsuccessfully to stifle their laughter. "Well, can always order a pizza and split the cost between us," Rocky said. "I'm starved!"
His friends laughed. "You always are, Rocko," Jason said, patting his shoulder.
"Yay, pizza!" Tyler said, clapping his hands.
"The Master talked," Rocky said, picking Tyler up. "Pizza it is!"
Then Jason turned to the kitchen door. "Tommy, clean up your mess!" he ordered.
"He's already on it!" Kat said as she and Aisha walked out of the kitchen.
After they agreed on pizza toppings, Jason called the pizza place. Tyler looked shyly at Tommy, who he hadn't met yet. "Mommy, who is he?" he whispered to Kim.
"That's your Uncle Tommy," Kim answered.
"Hi, Uncle Tommy," Tyler said shyly. Tommy smiled and gave a little wave.
"And him?" Tyler asked, pointing at Adam who was returning from the bathroom. Kim and Adam looked at each other.
"Honey, remember when I told you we were going to see someone special?" Kim asked. Tyler nodded. "Well, his name is Adam and he's… your Daddy."
"My Daddy?" Tyler repeated slowly, his brown eyes wide.
"Your Daddy," Kim confirmed, nodding.
Adam glanced nervously at Kim. Suddenly he stumbled backwards as a little form threw himself at him. A pair of small arms encircled his legs. "Daddy!" Grinning, Adam scooped Tyler up in his arms.
"That's my son alright," Kim said proudly, grinning as well.
Jason disappeared down the hallway into his bedroom and came back seconds later with a camera. "Say cheese!" he said, snapping a picture of father and son.
"Aw, that's cute," Aisha said, sitting down on the couch beside Kim.
Kat sat down on the other side of the former Pink Ranger. "I agree," she said, tucking a strand of blond hair behind one ear. "Can't wait to have kids myself," she said, glancing meaningfully at Tommy.
Tommy widened his eyes in mock horror. "I'd like to wait a few more years," he said seriously. The others just laughed.
After dinner, Rocky, Adam, Aisha, Kat and Jason somehow managed to ditch Kim and Tommy, knowing that they had to talk. Jason went off to Tyler to bed, Rocky and Aisha went to Aisha's house and Adam left to go home as well, offering to drop Kat off on his way.
"Okay, I see that we're loved," Tommy joked. He noticed Kim staring at him. "What's wrong?" he asked.
"Sorry," Kim apologized. "I have some difficulty to adjust to your new haircut," she said.
Tommy grinned as he ran a hand through his now short, spiked brown hair. "Yeah," he said, "I decided not long ago that it was time for a change."
Kim eyed him suspiciously. "Okay," Tommy admitted, "Kat decided it was time for a change. But I actually like the result," he added as Kim laughed.
"Hey, wanna go for a walk?" she suddenly asked. "We can talk then."
Tommy nodded. "Yeah, sure," he said.
"Let me just get my jacket and tell Jason that I'm going out," she said.
She tiptoed into the guestroom, making sure of not to wake Tyler up, grabbed her coat that hung from the back of a chair and walked out of the room, closing the door behind her. Wandering further down the hallway, she knocked lightly on Jason's bedroom door.
"Come in," came the lazy reply.
Kim stuck her head in the doorway. "Tommy and I are going for a walk," she said.
Jason looked up from the stack of paper he was thumbing through. "Okay," he said. "Don't worry, I'll keep an eye on Ty for you. Just don't stay out too late!"
"Okay, Daddy," Kim teased.
Jason stuck his tongue out at her just as she closed the door.
At Kim's return, Tommy was waiting for her by the door, his white and red jacket on. "Ready?" he asked.
"Yeah," Kim said, putting her own pink jacket on.
Tommy opened the door. "After you," he said gallantly.
"Thank you," Kim said sweetly. Laughing, they walked out.
They walked in silence for a moment. It was only once they'd reached Angel Grove Park that Kim spoke up. "I'm sorry, Tommy."
"For what?"
"Everything I put you through," Kim explained. "The letter, Tyler, all of it. I know you're probably mad at me now, but -"
"I'm not mad, Kim," Tommy interrupted.
"Oh."
Silence. Tommy sighed.
"Why?" Kim asked.
"What?"
"Why aren't you mad?"
"I… don't know," Tommy confessed. "I'm not, that's all. I'm just… hurt."
"By what?"
"I'm hurt because you didn't trust me enough to tell me the truth!" Tommy finally spat out, anger clearly showing in his voice.
"I was scared, okay?" Kim shouted, her temper rising. "Did something I shouldn't have done, found out I was pregnant with my one of best friends' child, been told that it was too late for an abortion… Hell, my parents almost disowned me when I told them! Besides, I knew that if I'd told you about it, the first thing you would have done is beat the hell out of Adam or something, telling the whole gang by the same occasion! You don't know how much I dreaded coming here and telling you guys!"
Tears glistened in her eyes. She blinked them away. Tommy stood there for a moment, looking at her, letting everything she'd told him sink in. "Something you shouldn't have done?" he finally said. "Kim, do you regret all that? Having Tyler?"
Kim sighed. "No, I don't regret having Tyler," she said. "He's my son and I love him. He looks so much like Adam that when I was back in Florida, it was like having a part of you guys there with me. What I meant by something I shouldn't have done is that I was dating you at the time, which means I cheated on you. That's why I said I shouldn't have done it. I didn't have any right to do this to you. But no, I don't have regrets," she finished.
Tommy's face softened and he pulled her into a hug. "I'm sorry for blowing up at you," he said.
"Don't be sorry," Kim told him. "You had the right to."
They stood on the path for a few minutes, not talking, just hugging. Finally, Kim pulled away and glanced at her watch. "Holy shit! It's almost midnight!"
"Guess we both should go home, huh?" Tommy said. "Come on, I'll walk you."
"You don't have to," Kim said.
"Oh yes, I have to," Tommy told her. "Firstly, I want to be sure that you make it home safely. Second, my car is still at Jason's."
Kim smiled, but her expression soon changed. "I think I will really need my sleep tonight," she said. "Tomorrow will be one of the hardest days of my life."
"Why that?" Tommy asked as they started to walk out of the park.
"I'm gonna finally tell my parents who's Tyler's father."
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A/N: Chapter 5 is done! Chapter 6 should be written soon, but I have 4 finals coming up so I have to study for 'em.
Please, please, please! Go join my MMPR Ships Fanlisting! It's called Power of Love and it can be reached at WWW.GEOCITIES.COM/MMPRSHIPSFANLISTING. It opened on June 2nd, 2003, but so far the only member I got is myself so please, go join! I want members! All you need is a name, a location and a valid e-mail address, you don't even have to have a website! Go check it out!
Also, I'd like to thank everyone who gave me their opinion on whether bringing Billy and Justin in the story or not! I now know what I'm going to do with them, but I'm not telling you guys now, so stay tuned!
Well, now go and REVIEW! And I'll catch ya on the flipside!
Marie, a.k.a ~*DiscoHippie382*~
Note: Exactly a week after chapter 4, here's chapter 5! School's almost over here so there's some classes where I didn't have anything to do and I took the opportunity to write! This chapter is a little longer than the last one.
I'd like to thank hartfelt, Nellie, craneandfroglover, zee, goldstranger and Bashful C for reviewing! Thanks a lot!
Bashful C- I emailed you about your proposition, but I dunno if you got my e-mail so please contact me at disco_hippie382@yahoo.ca! Thanks!
And now, on with the chapter!
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By ~*DiscoHippie382*~
Chapter 5: More Talking
"Alohomora!" Tyler cried out, waving his arms in the air.
Rocky and Jason looked at each other, grinning. There wasn't anything good playing at the movie theater, so they'd gone to Rocky and Adam's apartment where Jason and Rocky had took turns reading Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone to the four-years-old. They had read over half of the book when they'd decided to stop and go back to Jason's apartment. Not before promising Tyler to sit with him later to resume their reading, though.
"Here, Ty, put your jacket on," Jason said, handing the little boy his dark blue jacket.
"Where are we going?" Tyler asked.
"To see your Mommy," Rocky answered as he put his own jacket on.
Tyler grinned, then looked at Rocky with a serious expression. "Will I see Daddy?" he asked hopefully.
Rocky and Jason exchanged a glance. "Yes, you will see your Daddy," Rocky finally said, smiling down at Tyler, who returned the gesture as Jason sat him on his shoulders.
"You holding on tight?" Jason asked Tyler.
"Yes!" Tyler said happily.
"We can go, then," Rocky said, following Tyler and Jason out of the apartment and locking the door behind him.
"So, how have you been?" Adam asked Kim, scratching the back of his neck.
"Great, you?" Kim replied.
"Good." Adam let out an exasperated sigh, running a hand through his black curls. "This is crazy," he muttered. "I…"
He stopped short. Kim had spoken the same word at the exact same time. They both laughed. "Go ahead," Adam said once the laughter died down.
"No, after you," Kim told him.
"No, I insist, go ahead!"
"No, you started talking before me!" Kim argued.
As they were fighting, their eyes suddenly locked; they both leaned in. At that moment, footsteps were heard outside the apartment and they quickly pulled away from each other. The front door opened and Rocky, Jason and Tyler barged in. Tyler was sitting on Jason's shoulders.
"Uncle Jason, put me down!" Tyler demanded.
Jason did as said and the little boy ran up to his mother. "Mommy!" Tyler said, climbing onto her lap.
"Hey sweetie," Kim said, ruffling his curly hair. "Did you have fun with Uncle Rocky and Uncle Jason?"
"Yeah!" Tyler said. "We read Harry Potter!"
"That's great!" Kim said, smiling.
Adam, Rocky and Jason watched in silence, smiling to themselves. Suddenly a loud noise coming from the kitchen. Somehow sensing a curse coming, Kim covered Tyler's ears.
"Freakin' hell!"
"Tommy!" came Kat's shocked voice.
A minute late, Aisha's face appeared in the doorway.
"Oh, hey guys," she said to Jason and Rocky. "Dinner was ready, but Tommy just had to drop it."
The boys and Kim tried unsuccessfully to stifle their laughter. "Well, can always order a pizza and split the cost between us," Rocky said. "I'm starved!"
His friends laughed. "You always are, Rocko," Jason said, patting his shoulder.
"Yay, pizza!" Tyler said, clapping his hands.
"The Master talked," Rocky said, picking Tyler up. "Pizza it is!"
Then Jason turned to the kitchen door. "Tommy, clean up your mess!" he ordered.
"He's already on it!" Kat said as she and Aisha walked out of the kitchen.
After they agreed on pizza toppings, Jason called the pizza place. Tyler looked shyly at Tommy, who he hadn't met yet. "Mommy, who is he?" he whispered to Kim.
"That's your Uncle Tommy," Kim answered.
"Hi, Uncle Tommy," Tyler said shyly. Tommy smiled and gave a little wave.
"And him?" Tyler asked, pointing at Adam who was returning from the bathroom. Kim and Adam looked at each other.
"Honey, remember when I told you we were going to see someone special?" Kim asked. Tyler nodded. "Well, his name is Adam and he's… your Daddy."
"My Daddy?" Tyler repeated slowly, his brown eyes wide.
"Your Daddy," Kim confirmed, nodding.
Adam glanced nervously at Kim. Suddenly he stumbled backwards as a little form threw himself at him. A pair of small arms encircled his legs. "Daddy!" Grinning, Adam scooped Tyler up in his arms.
"That's my son alright," Kim said proudly, grinning as well.
Jason disappeared down the hallway into his bedroom and came back seconds later with a camera. "Say cheese!" he said, snapping a picture of father and son.
"Aw, that's cute," Aisha said, sitting down on the couch beside Kim.
Kat sat down on the other side of the former Pink Ranger. "I agree," she said, tucking a strand of blond hair behind one ear. "Can't wait to have kids myself," she said, glancing meaningfully at Tommy.
Tommy widened his eyes in mock horror. "I'd like to wait a few more years," he said seriously. The others just laughed.
After dinner, Rocky, Adam, Aisha, Kat and Jason somehow managed to ditch Kim and Tommy, knowing that they had to talk. Jason went off to Tyler to bed, Rocky and Aisha went to Aisha's house and Adam left to go home as well, offering to drop Kat off on his way.
"Okay, I see that we're loved," Tommy joked. He noticed Kim staring at him. "What's wrong?" he asked.
"Sorry," Kim apologized. "I have some difficulty to adjust to your new haircut," she said.
Tommy grinned as he ran a hand through his now short, spiked brown hair. "Yeah," he said, "I decided not long ago that it was time for a change."
Kim eyed him suspiciously. "Okay," Tommy admitted, "Kat decided it was time for a change. But I actually like the result," he added as Kim laughed.
"Hey, wanna go for a walk?" she suddenly asked. "We can talk then."
Tommy nodded. "Yeah, sure," he said.
"Let me just get my jacket and tell Jason that I'm going out," she said.
She tiptoed into the guestroom, making sure of not to wake Tyler up, grabbed her coat that hung from the back of a chair and walked out of the room, closing the door behind her. Wandering further down the hallway, she knocked lightly on Jason's bedroom door.
"Come in," came the lazy reply.
Kim stuck her head in the doorway. "Tommy and I are going for a walk," she said.
Jason looked up from the stack of paper he was thumbing through. "Okay," he said. "Don't worry, I'll keep an eye on Ty for you. Just don't stay out too late!"
"Okay, Daddy," Kim teased.
Jason stuck his tongue out at her just as she closed the door.
At Kim's return, Tommy was waiting for her by the door, his white and red jacket on. "Ready?" he asked.
"Yeah," Kim said, putting her own pink jacket on.
Tommy opened the door. "After you," he said gallantly.
"Thank you," Kim said sweetly. Laughing, they walked out.
They walked in silence for a moment. It was only once they'd reached Angel Grove Park that Kim spoke up. "I'm sorry, Tommy."
"For what?"
"Everything I put you through," Kim explained. "The letter, Tyler, all of it. I know you're probably mad at me now, but -"
"I'm not mad, Kim," Tommy interrupted.
"Oh."
Silence. Tommy sighed.
"Why?" Kim asked.
"What?"
"Why aren't you mad?"
"I… don't know," Tommy confessed. "I'm not, that's all. I'm just… hurt."
"By what?"
"I'm hurt because you didn't trust me enough to tell me the truth!" Tommy finally spat out, anger clearly showing in his voice.
"I was scared, okay?" Kim shouted, her temper rising. "Did something I shouldn't have done, found out I was pregnant with my one of best friends' child, been told that it was too late for an abortion… Hell, my parents almost disowned me when I told them! Besides, I knew that if I'd told you about it, the first thing you would have done is beat the hell out of Adam or something, telling the whole gang by the same occasion! You don't know how much I dreaded coming here and telling you guys!"
Tears glistened in her eyes. She blinked them away. Tommy stood there for a moment, looking at her, letting everything she'd told him sink in. "Something you shouldn't have done?" he finally said. "Kim, do you regret all that? Having Tyler?"
Kim sighed. "No, I don't regret having Tyler," she said. "He's my son and I love him. He looks so much like Adam that when I was back in Florida, it was like having a part of you guys there with me. What I meant by something I shouldn't have done is that I was dating you at the time, which means I cheated on you. That's why I said I shouldn't have done it. I didn't have any right to do this to you. But no, I don't have regrets," she finished.
Tommy's face softened and he pulled her into a hug. "I'm sorry for blowing up at you," he said.
"Don't be sorry," Kim told him. "You had the right to."
They stood on the path for a few minutes, not talking, just hugging. Finally, Kim pulled away and glanced at her watch. "Holy shit! It's almost midnight!"
"Guess we both should go home, huh?" Tommy said. "Come on, I'll walk you."
"You don't have to," Kim said.
"Oh yes, I have to," Tommy told her. "Firstly, I want to be sure that you make it home safely. Second, my car is still at Jason's."
Kim smiled, but her expression soon changed. "I think I will really need my sleep tonight," she said. "Tomorrow will be one of the hardest days of my life."
"Why that?" Tommy asked as they started to walk out of the park.
"I'm gonna finally tell my parents who's Tyler's father."
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A/N: Chapter 5 is done! Chapter 6 should be written soon, but I have 4 finals coming up so I have to study for 'em.
Please, please, please! Go join my MMPR Ships Fanlisting! It's called Power of Love and it can be reached at WWW.GEOCITIES.COM/MMPRSHIPSFANLISTING. It opened on June 2nd, 2003, but so far the only member I got is myself so please, go join! I want members! All you need is a name, a location and a valid e-mail address, you don't even have to have a website! Go check it out!
Also, I'd like to thank everyone who gave me their opinion on whether bringing Billy and Justin in the story or not! I now know what I'm going to do with them, but I'm not telling you guys now, so stay tuned!
Well, now go and REVIEW! And I'll catch ya on the flipside!
Marie, a.k.a ~*DiscoHippie382*~