Disclaimer: I own NOTHING! Yet anyway.
Summary: This may be out of order in whatever way, but hey, its my story, I get to decide how it goes. ;-) Sorry if it takes a
while for me to get it posted, but I've been writing it in whatever time I get between classes and stuff and I'm laptop less so
its all scribbled down on paper and I've actually gotta find time to type it all up. But hopefully I'll find enough time
somewhere. =) Happy Reading!
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Back To Reality
"Hello?" Kimberly said, answering her cellular phone a couple weeks later.
"Kimberly, where are you?" Tommy asked in a rushed voice.
"I'm at the mall with Trini, but we're headed over to the youth center in a little while. Is everything ok?"
"I'm on my way there, meet me in the food court, in 5 minutes."
"Tommy, what's wrong? Are you ok?" Kimberly asked, but he had already hung up.
"Is everything ok?" Trini asked, seeing Kimberly's puzzled face.
"I'm not sure . . . . . That was Tommy."
"What did he say?"
"He didn't really. He asked where I was, then said to meet him in the food court in 5 minutes . . ."
"Is he ok?"
"I don't' know. He hung up . . ."
"I guess we're hitting the food court then!"
"I guess so!" Kimberly said dropping her phone back into her purse, as she headed down the mall with Trini.
"Tommy didn't tell you anything?" Trini asked as they headed through the mall.
"No, which is really weird. Its not like him."
"Well, did he seem ok?"
"I don't know. He sounded rushed."
"Interesting . . ."
"I don't' know Trini . . . I'm getting a little scared. What if he's hurt?"
"I'm sure he's ok. Maybe he's just stressed out or something."
"I don't know . . . Its really not like him." Kimberly said setting her bags down on a table. "I'm really scared!"
"Well he's right there, so go find out what's going on. I'll watch your stuff." Trini said as she noticed Tommy walking down the mall toward them. Tommy smiled when he saw Kimberly coming toward him.
"Tommy, are you ok? What's wrong?" Kimberly asked when she reached him.
"I"m fine . . ." he said trying to keep a straight face. "I bought you something . . ." he said pulling a white rose from behind his back.
"Tommy, its beautiful!" she said taking the flower and putting it to her nose.
"Happy Anniversary Kimberly." Tommy said, a bring smile spreading across his face.
"Oh Tommy . . ." Kimberly said smiling brightly. "How did you know?"
"I woke up about an hour ago, and realized what day it was. And all I could think about, was being with you, so here I am! I love you Kimberly Hart!"
"I love you too Tommy." Kimberly said standing on her tiptoes to kiss him.
"I have one more surprise for you . . ."
"Ok?"
"Remember our first date?"
"Your memory is back!!!" Kimberly said excitedly, throwing her arms around him.
"Ok, so two surprises! . . . We're going to Café De Luís at 8:00."
"You're serious?"
"I am!"
"Oh my gosh! I love you!!!!!" she cheered excitedly, hugging him tight.
"Happy Anniversary Kimberly!"
"Happy Anniversary to you too!"
"Ok, Sweetie, I love you, but can you loosen up a little?" Tommy asked in a joking voice.
"Oh, I'm sorry, did I hurt you?"
"No, of course not! I just need some air."
"I'm sorry, I just . . . I'm so happy!"
"I know. I woke up this morning, walked into the kitchen smiling, and gave my mom a hug. Then I asked for the name of a good florist and when I told her why, she figured out that my memory was back and explained everything to me. And then the only think I could think about, was how much I love you, and I just had to see you!"
"I've missed you Tommy. I've missed you so much!" Kimberly told him. "I mean, you've been here with me since you woke up, but your memory was gone for 2 weeks, and even though you were here, a part of you wasn't . . . . . But now its back, and I'm so glad you're here! I love you so much!!!"
"And I love you! Even more than you know! You've been my rock for the past month, and its because of you that I'm standing here today. I have no clue how you put up with me the last few years, and I really don't know how you stayed sane while I've been out of commission. But as usual, you've done nothing more than amaze me, and I love you so much for it!"
"I don't know how I survived without you either. I've been so scared since you gut hurt!"
"I'm sorry Kimberly. I wish I had been here for you."
"You were . . . 2 weeks ago, you told me you were falling in love with me . . . And it was exactly what I needed! . . . I wasn't doing too good while you were in that coma. And it was even harder for me after you woke up . . . . . But knowing you loved me gave me hope when I through I didn't have any left . . . . You were there, even when you weren't. I'm just really glad you woke up when you did!"
"You're not glad I got my memory back?"
"No, I'm more than glad you got your memory back. I'm ecstatic!!!"
"I love you Kimberly, I really do!"
"I love you too Tommy!" Kimberly said as he leaned in to kill her.
"Hello?" Tommy said, answering his cell phone a minute later.
"You two done yet? I'm bored over here!"
"Trini?"
"I'm bored! You stole my best friend from me! Can I at least get some company for a while?" Trini teased.
"Yeah, I"ll bring her back right now."
"Thank you!" Trini said, then hung up.
"Trini is getting anxious."
"Oh really?"
"She says I stole her best friend!"
"No, just her heart."
"I guess I should share."
"Probably."
"Let's go over there, I don't need Trini killing me."
"She wouldn't kill you. She'd just punish you for a while."
"Come on, let's get you back." Tommy told her.
"Finally!" Trini said as her friends rejoined her in the food court. "Its about time you brought her back!"
"Trini, guess what!" Kimberly said happily.
"What?"
"Tommy's memory is back!"
"Really? That's great!"
"I know! And guess what else!"
"I don't know."
He's taking me to Café De Luís for dinner!"
"That little french place you went on your first date?"
"That's the one!" Tommy said proudly.
"Lucky Duck!!!"
"I know!" Kimberly said excitedly.
"Well Happy Anniversary to both of you!"
"Thank you!"
"Ok Trini, I've got an important job for you." Tommy told her.
"Find Kimberly a hot outfit to wear?"
"Yes please!"
"I'll do my best!"
"Good! Do you want me to take some of your bags?"
"Up to you!" Kimberly told him.
"Ok! Load me up and I'll drop them off at Kimberly's on my way home."
"No problem!" Trini said smiling.
"Thank you!" Tommy said as the girls handed him some bags. "Trini, take care of her for me."
"I will!"
"I love you Tommy." Kimberly told him.
"I love you too Sweetie! I'll pick you up at 7:30." he said giving her a quick kiss.
"Bye Tommy!" Trini said grabbing their last few bags.
"Bye girls! Have fun!" he said, then kissed Kimberly again before leaving with their things.
"Damn girl! You're so lucky!" Trini told her as her phone rang. "Hello?"
"Don't say my name. I need a favor." Tommy instructed.
"Ok?"
"In 30 minutes, I"m sending either Jason or Zack in to distract Kimberly for a while. While they've got her helping them, I need you to run down to the jewelry store."
"Are you?"
"No, not yet. I want to, but not right now. But anyway. I was there a while ago and picked out 10 rings I think Kimberly will like. But I need you to narrow it down to the two you think she'll like the most, so I can choose between them."
"Are you sure about that?"
"You're her best friend Trini! Please?"
"Ok, I'll do it. Are you gonna be there?"
"I'm not sure. I'm meeting my mom in 5 minutes, so we'll see. But if you can do this for me, I"ll owe you forever!"
"Ok, I'll do it."
"Thanks Trini! You're the best!"
"Yep! See ya later! She said, then hung up the phone.
"Ok, so what am I going to wear tonight?" Kimberly asked as they walked into the Fashion Boutique.
"Something totally HOT! Tommy will love you for it! Although he loves you anyway, so it wouldn't really matter what you wear. But he requested hot, so we're gonna find hot!"
"I'm so excited Trini! I love him so much!" Kimberly said excitedly. "This is gonna be the best night ever!"
"Hey Ladies! I thought I'd find you here!" Zack said 20 minutes later, as he joined the girls in their favorite store.
"Hey Zack!" Kimberly said cheerfully.
"What are you doing here?" Trini asked knowingly.
":Actually, I was hoping to get some help with a present for my cousin, and I heard you two were here."
"Yeah, Kimberly has a date tonight, so we're looking for a hot outfit. Wanna help?"
"A date? With who?"
"With Tommy of course! Its our anniversary!" Kimberly told him.
"His memory just came back, so they're going to Café De Luís for dinner." Trini explained.
"Excellent! Happy Anniversary to you!"
"Thanks Zack!"
"Hey Trini, I'll help Kimberly find a hot outfit for tonight, if you'll do me a huge favor and run down to Viki's and get something for my cousin. I hate going in that place! Too many women looking at me like I'm prey!"
"Sure! No problem! Just make sure its something totally hot!" Trini told him. "Kim, I'll be back in a few minutes."
"Ok!" she chirped happily.
"Thanks Trini!" Zack said as she headed out of the store, to check on the present.
"Thank you Trini!" Tommy said happily as Trini entered the jewelry store.
"Hey Trini! Its good to see you!" Mrs. Oliver said cheerfully.
"You too Mrs. Oliver! I take it you know what your son is up to?"
"Unless there's more, he's buying out the mall!"
"Great!" Trini laughed. "He's pretending he's Kimberly!"
"Oh come on, she's not THAT bad!" Mrs. Oliver told them.
"Yes she is!" Tommy and Trini both said in unison.
"But I love her anyway!" Tommy said with a guilty smile.
"Here you are Mr. Oliver." the jeweler said placing a flat of rings in front of him.
"Ok Trini, you know her best. Pick two." Tommy told her.
"Tommy, you know she'll love anything you give her."
"I know, but still."
"Ok, I'll try."
"So Zackary is with Kimberly right now?" Mrs. Oliver asked.
"Yeah. He sent me to Viki's to get a present for his cousin."
"Probably the only thing he could think of." Tommy commented.
"So Zack is helping Kimberly pick out a dress?" Mrs. Oliver asked.
"Yeah."
"Is that safe?" Tommy asked.
"Actually, I'm not sure! But Zack does have good taste."
"Question is, do I want him looking at my girlfriend?"
"Oh please! You picked him!"
"He's he first person I thought of."
"She'll be ok with him. If anything, I"ll have to yell at Zack for trying to get her to go skanky. But Kimberly will keep him in line. You actually chose the right person."
"Well I want everything to go perfect tonight. Kimberly deserves it after everything she's done for me lately."
"Things will go great, I promise!" Trini told him. "And in all honesty, Kimberly would kill for any of these rings! I really don't' know what to tell you!"
"I like this one." Mrs. Oliver told them, pointing to a silver ring with small diamond in the shape of a heart.
"Me too." Tommy agreed. "That's actually the one I was leaning toward. What do you think Trini?"
"I like it."
"What about Kimberly?"
"She'll cry."
"I don't want her to cry!"
"She'll love it Tommy! She's going to tell you its too much, and that she doesn't deserve it, but she'll love it anyway."
"Are you sure?"
"Am I her best friend?"
"Trini . . ."
"She loves you Tommy. And Kimberly will love any of these rings. But I agree with your mom, that one is beautiful!"
"Ok . . . What size is she?"
"Five."
"Thank you Trini, I owe you!"
"You're welcome! I'm gonna head back, but you know how to reach me if you need anything else."
"Tommy!" Kimberly said a couple hours later, as she ran into him in the mall.
"Kim! I didn't know you were still here."
"I think we're almost done. Hey Mrs. Oliver!"
"Hi Sweetie! How are you?"
"I'm good! I didn't expect to see you here today."
"I begged Tommy to come shopping with me, but I know he hates it. He's being a good sport about it though."
"You raised him well!"
"I like to think so!" Kimberly smiled as she gazed at Tommy. "So, what are you girls up to today?"
"Just shopping. We finally found a dress for tonight, so I think we're almost done." Kimberly told her.
"Very cool! I'd like to see if, but I'm sure you want to surprise Tommy."
"Follow me!" Trini said reaching for Kimberly's bag, and stepping away.
"So . . . . ." Tommy said as he stood with Kimberly. "Are you excited about tonight?"
"Yeah. I'm really glad to h ave you back! I just wish your arm was better."
"Don't worry about my arm. I'm ok. And tonight is going to be great!"
"Yeah, you're right. I guess I'm just a little worried about you."
"Well don't' worry about me, or anything else. Let me do all the worrying. You just concentrate on being happy."
"Awesome dress Kimberly!" Mrs. Oliver said as she and Trini rejoined the couple.
"Thank you!"
"You're going to look beautiful, as usual!"
"Thank you! That means a lot to me!"
"Kimberly, we should get going." Trini told her. "We've still got a lot to do.
"She's right." Kimberly started. "We'd better hurry, or I'll never be ready by 7:30."
"Well you guys get going." Mrs. Oliver told them. "Call me if you need anything."
"Thanks, we will!" Trini told her.
"Bye Tommy." Kimberly said cheerfully.
"By Kim, I love you."
"I love you too." she said giving him a quick kiss, then leaving with Trini.
"Tommy," Mrs. Oliver started. "Always remember just how lucky you are to have her."
"I'm the luckiest guy on the planet!"
"Just be sure you remember that"
"I will." he said as he walked with his mom down the mall, to finish their shopping. Hey Mom? Why did you let her stay in the hospital with me? She should have gone home."
"I know. But she was there first, and she saw you get beat up. I've never seen anyone more scared than Kimberly, and every time I wanted to sen her away, I saw how scared she was and my heart just broke. I couldn't ask her to leave, no matter how much she needed the rest. And you would have done the same thing, had it been her in the coma."
"Well I'm glad it wasn't her in the coma. She was getting pretty beat up too. I don't' know what I would have done, had Kimberly gotten hurt."
"Let's just hope you never have to find out."
"Yeah . . ."
"You know Sweetie, I wouldn't be surprised if you asked her to marry you someday."
"I want to. But I'm not ready for that yet. Maybe after next year."
"That sounds like a plan."
"I was thinking of asking her to marry me tonight. But I know its better if we wait."
"Are you having doubts?"
"No. I just know that even though I really love her and want to be with her, I'm not ready to be married. And I don't think that Kimberly is either.
"What makes you say that?
"She's been through a lot with her parents . . . They haven't even seen each other since their divorce, and it really ripped Kimberly apart. She still doesn't completely trust anyone, or believe that love can last. I don't' want to scare her by asking her to marry me. Her parents were 19 when they got married, and look what happened to them. I don't want Kimberly to ever go through that again. If anything, I want to be the one constant in her life. So right now, promising to love her as long as she'll let me, is the best thing I can do."
How did I get such a great son?" Mrs. Oliver asked.
"You hand picked me!"
"Yes I did! And I couldn't possibly have done a better job!"
"Hey Mom? Did I ever say thank you for being there this last month? For both me and Kimberly."
"You don't have to thank me Tommy. I'm a mom, its what I do."
"Its weird, I never thought I'd be able to talk to you about my personal life. But now, its like you're not just my mom, but my best friend."
"Three years ago, you hated me!"
"I know. But I"m really glad we moved."
"I know you are. Everything worked out, just like I told you it would."
"Yeah. Thanks for that!"
"You're welcome Sweetheart. Are you hungry? I feel like grabbing something to eat."
"Only if you let me buy."
"Tommy . . ."
"Mom, I have money."
"But you should be saving it for college."
"Ok, my karate classes are always chalked full, with 50 or 60 students. With 3 classes like that, at $150 a kid, every 3 months, I'm making $18,000, which is $6,000 a month. College is pretty much paid for!"
"Don't you have to divide that in half with Jason?"
"No. Jason and I have a separate class, and I get about $3,000 a month from that. But we usually use that money for supplies and stuff. And we give a lot of it to Ernie for letting us use the youth center."
So basically, what you're telling me, is that my little boy is rich!"
"I wish!"
"Ok, Sweetie, multiply $6,000 by 12 months. You're 17, and making about $72,000 a year. And its not even taxable income."
"Great, isn't it!?!"
"I'd say!"
"But you know Mom, when I marry Kimberly, I'm going to need all that money!"
"Are you by any chance planning on getting an apartment or anything during college, or are you going to stay in the dorms?"
"Actually, I was sort of hoping I could live at home and go to AGU, if that's ok with you and Dad. I like living at home."
"You can live at home as long as you would like to live there. I"m not about to kick my baby out."
"Thank you Mom!"
"You know what Sweetie, why don't you pick a restaurant and call you r Dad and ask him to meet us there. There's something we've been talking about that I think we should discuss with you."
"We're not moving are we? Because the last family meeting we had, was for you to tell me to get packing."
"No Sweetie, we're not moving. But call your Dad and tell him where to meet us."
"Ok. You feel like going to Nemo's?"
"Sounds good!"
"Ok." Tommy said as he dialed the telephone. "Dad? Mom wants you to meet us at Nemo's for a family meeting."
"What time?"
"Is 10 minutes ok?"
"If not, it'll be 15. But 10 should be fine. I'm just working on a car with Jeff, but he had to run out for a while, so I'll go wash up and give him a call, then I'll meet you guys at Nemo's."
"Ok, sounds good!"
"Great! See you soon!"
"Wait, Dad?"
"Yeah?"
"Mom said we're not moving, and she better be right or I'm going to have a heart attack!"
"Don't worry, we're not moving. I promise!"
"Good!"
"Tell your mom I'll be there soon."
"Ok. Bye Dad."
"Bye."
To Be Continued . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .