Tommy slowly drove up to Kim's house. It looked like she chose his idea, in having a house set away from everyone. It was a small house, but over looked the water. Tommy smiled, they both loved the water, it was there place to think. He pulled up into her drive and sat there for a moment, trying to figure out what he was going to say to her.

He got out of the car and made his way to her front door. He took a deep breath before he knocked. He waited for Kim to answer the door, hopefully she's not in the shower, he thought to himself. When he knocked again, he began to worry, maybe she passed out again, or she fell and can't get up. He tried the door but it wouldn't open.

He walked around the back to see if that door was open. As soon as he turned the corner, he heard her crying. He quickened his pace until he saw her. She was sitting on a rock over looking the water. "Why do I still have feelings for you after all this time. Why did you stop loving me." Before Tommy could say something he heard Kim start to sing.

I feel these four walls closing in
Face up against the glass
I'm looking out, hmmm
Is this my life I'm wondering
It happened so fast
How do I turn this thing around
Is this the bed I chose to make
It's greener pastures I'm thinking about
Hmm, wide open spaces far away

All I want is the wind in my hair
To face the fear but not feel scared

Tommy smiled, she always did have a great voice, he thought. Then he began to slowly make his way to her, not wanting to disturb her, just wanting to be closer to her. Then he began to listen to the lyrics of the song.

Ooh, wild horses I wanna be like you
Throwing caution to the wind, I'll run free too
Wish I could recklessly love like I'm longing to
I wanna run with the wild horses
Run with the wild horses, oh

Yeah, oh oh, ye-yeah

I see the girl I wanna be
Riding bare-back, care-free
Along the shore
If only that someone was me
Jumping head-first, head-long
Without a thought
To act and down the consequence
How I wish it could be that easy
But fear surrounds me like a fence
I wanna break free

Tommy sighed, what happened to them? They shared something so special, he thought they were meant to be, that they would always be together. Did she really believe that he stopped loving her?

All I want is the wind in my hair
To face the fear, but not feel scared

Oooh, wild horses I wanna be like you
Throwing caution to the wind, I'll run free too
Wish I could recklessly love like I'm longing to
I wanna run with the wild horses
Run with the wild horses, oh

I wanna run too
Oooh oh oh oh
Recklessly abandoning myself before you
I wanna open up my heart
Tell him how I feel, ooh ooh

Tommy stepped closer to her, he was almost close enough to touch her, but he didn't want it to end. He knew when it did, he wouldn't know what to say or do to make their pain go away. All he wanted to do was take her into his arms and never let her go.


Oooh, wild horses I wanna be like you
Throwing caution to the wind, I'll run free too
Wish I could recklessly love like I'm longing to
I wanna run with the wild horses
Run with the wild horses
Run with the wild horses

Ooh ooooh ooh ooh ye-yeah yeah oohh
I wanna run with the wild horses, ooooh

When the song was over, Kim let out another sob, "God I still love you." Tommy smiled, that was all he needed to hear, so he made his presence known. "Kim? He said softly. He saw her jump.

"Tommy?" she said, not knowing if he was actually there or not. He nodded, "It's me." She stood up and looked at him. He could see all the pain that she was feeling. "What are you doing here?"

He sighed, she's not going to make this easy, he thought. "I wanted to see if you were ok, and to apologize."

She looked at him confused, "Apologize? For what?" He ran his hands through his hair, "For the pain I caused you, for making you doubt my feelings for you."

She shook her head, "I don't understand Tommy?" He looked at her and gave her a small smile, "I heard you talking to Kira." Kim sighed and nodded, "What about it." He gave a small laugh, and ever thought I was dense "I had no idea that you felt that way Kim. God If I had known, I would've been on the first flight down to Florida to see you."

Kim wiped away the fresh batch of tears that were falling from her eyes, "Why?" He couldn't help but laugh at that, "Because I loved you silly! You meant the world to me! Didn't you know that?"

She shook her head, "I thought I did, but after Christmas, I never heard from you. All I heard from was Kat, and she kept telling me how good things were between you." Tommy shook his head, what game was Kat playing? "She was lying Kim. Her and I barely spent time together, unless it was with the gang."

She looked at him, not knowing whether to believe him or not, "What are you saying Tommy? Kat was sending me those letters to try and break us up or something?" Tommy shrugged, "I don't know, but it sounds that way Kim." She gave him a bitter laugh, "So it was all for nothing. My heart was broken for no reason! GOD!" she screamed. She wanted to get out of there, she couldn't face him, knowing that Kat had been playing with her mind.

"I'm sorry Kim, I had no idea she was doing that. I guess it makes more sense now why you sent that letter. When I got it, I didn't understand. I couldn't believe that we were over, that you had found someone else. God, it broke my heart to think that you didn't love me anymore."

Kim turned back around to look at him with tears in her eyes. "I know, that's how I wanted you to feel, cause that was how I was feeling. I thought you had fallen out of love with me, and in love with Kat. I didn't know what to do."

He shook his head, "Well you did a damn good job of it." She nodded, "I'm sorry Tommy. I really am. It broke my heart even more to write that letter, deep down I knew it was wrong. There never was another guy. There never has been anyone for me but you."

He gave her a sad smile, "Me neither. Kat tried to replace you, but she couldn't. You were it for me Kim. I know I took you for granted. I thought you would always be there for me, no matter how many times I screwed up. I guess having those 3000 miles between us showed me that. I only wished I had realized it 10 years ago."

Kim smiled and nodded, "I know, so do I. I should have trusted you more, and trusted your feelings for me, and not believed what Kat was saying. But it was hard not to, seeing as how no one else would talk to me." She sat back down on the rock.

"I felt so alone. I had no one, I had only made one or two friends at the gym, and I was miles away from my friends and family. I didn't know what to do. All I wanted was to get on the next plane to Angel Grove, but then I thought you would all be so disappointed in me, I didn't know if I could handle that. Then you all stopped talking to me. I didn't know why. I thought that maybe I had done something wrong to make you all mad at me. Then I wrote that stupid letter. After I sent it, I couldn't stop crying, all I wanted to do was take it back. I even called your house a few days later to try and take it back, but your dad said you were on a skiing trip with Kat. I felt so stupid, I couldn't believe that I had been so dense to think that you still wanted me."

Tommy shook his head, "I did want you, I still do! Can't you see that. Your everything to me Kim! Even after all this, your all I think about. When I drift off into space all I think about are what ifs, What if you had never gone to Florida. What if I had gone after to you, after you sent the letter! It took me a while before I could start to date Kat. I went on that skiing trip with Kat and Billy, they were trying to cheer me up. But it didn't work, all I wanted was you. I never loved Kat, Kim. I was with her merely for companionship, I never felt anything more for her, I know she did, but I didn't."

Kim gave up on trying to wipe the tears from her eyes. "I'm so sorry for all this Tommy! If I had only trusted you more, we never would have gone through this." She began to cry harder.

Tommy went o her and pulled her into his arms, like he wanted to do the first moment he laid his eyes on her. "I know beautiful. We both made mistakes, we were kids, we didn't know how much of a commitment we were making. I don't think we fully understood what would be involved, we just assumed things would remain the same."

She nodded and pulled his closer, "I wish they had. I wish I had never gone to Florida. It wasn't worth it. Losing you wasn't worth it." Tommy kissed the top of her head, "But you didn't lose me, I'm right here, and I'm not going anywhere. Someone decided to bring you back into my life, and I'm not going to let you go."

She gave him a small smile, "Tommy, I don't know if we can. We've both changed so much, we are different people now. We can't just pick up where we left off. How do you know you still want me after all this? We hardly even know each other any more."

Tommy sighed, he knew she was right, but he didn't care, all that he cared about was that she was here in his arms. "I know Kim, there is a lot we still have to talk about. We can take it slow, get to know each other again. You don't ever have to worry about me not wanting you Kim. That's never going to happen."

She smiled, "Well I'm glad you think so, but if we want another chance at this Tommy, we have to do this right. We have to take our time, get to know each other again. Most importantly, we have to talk. We have to be able to be honest with each other, and not shut one another out."

He nodded, "I agree. I want this to work Kim, I'm tired of just going through the motions, I haven't been happy since I put you on that plane to Florida." He pulled her tight, "I know, neither have I."