Tommy looked up to see what time it was, 6:15 pm, he knew that they would be arriving at any moment. Thankfully he had just finished making up the beds for his guests. He slowly made his way downstairs just as Jason's truck was pulling up to his house.
Tommy smiled and quickly made his way to the door and opened it. Jason was the first to exit the car. "Bro you have got to get with civilization, this spot is so secluded I passed your laneway twice!" Jason laughed as he went to hug Tommy hello.
Tommy laughed, "You must be getting old Bro, those eyes of yours are failing you!" Jason shook his head and laughed, moving out of the way so that his companions could greet their friend.
"Oh fearless leader, you have summoned us and we are here to do your bidding, what shall you have us do, oh great leader of ours?" Rocky said bowing down to Tommy with a smirk on his face.
"Nice to see you too Rocky." Tommy laughed and hugged his friend, "You missed me" Rocky said. "Rocky I know that you are secretly in love with Tommy, but I would like to say hi, if you don't mind." Aisha said winking at Tommy and Rocky.
Rocky looked at his girlfriend with a glare and said, "You suck" Aisha shrugged and said, "You weren't complaining last night." Which left Rocky as red as his old uniform, while Tommy and Jason were gasping for air they were laughing so hard.
Trying to catch his breath Tommy said, "You… have been.. Hanging out… with him way too much." She laughed and went to hug Tommy, "Hey, it's good to see you, I've missed you." He nodded, "You too, it's been way too long." SHe nodded, and felt herself being pulled away, "Hey dino-boy, get your own girlfriend."
"Dino-boy?" HE said with a raised eyebrow. Jason laughed and slapped his friend on the back, "Ya, I mean you no longer fly, your into the whole dino thing, and I mean your love life, is been extinct longer then the dinosaurs have." The rest of the began to laugh. "It fits" Rocky added.
Tommy shook his head and glared at his friend, "extinct my ass." They all began laughing even harder, "Oh Bro, you are too easy sometimes." Tommy just shook his head. "So Tommy, seeing as how you are a bachelor and all , should we be afraid of your cooking?" Jason said, while Rocky nodded, "Ya man, cause I have to tell you, I'm starving!"
Tommy and Aisha laughed, "Your always hungry Rocky." He nodded, "Your point?" Tommy laughed, "Get your stuff and bring it in, I will start up the BBQ and throw on some burgers. Sound good?" Everyone nodded and went to grab their stuff.
Kim sat on her deck looking out onto the water, her feet were lightly grazing the water, as she was too short to fully reach the depth of the water. She sighed, wondering how her life had gotten so messed up.
Back in high school, she would have never questioned herself, or her friends. They were her strength, her home, her family. She knew giving up her power coin was probably one of the biggest mistakes of her life. In her gut she knew Kat couldn't be trusted, but her naïve nature, she wanted to believe that there was good in Kat, she wanted to give her a chance to redeem herself.
That was my mistake. I trusted her too much, she wanted Tommy, I knew that before I left for Florida, I just never thought she would ever act on it. Kim knew that she had sent Tommy the letter breaking up with him, but Kat was the puppeteer, her and Tommy, merely the puppets.
She knew there wasn't a day after that, that she didn't regret sending the letter, she was still in love with Tommy Oliver, though she tried to deny it, she knew that she always would be. He was her soul mate, her other half. They complimented each other, where Tommy was shy, Kim had been out going, when he strong physically, she had been his rock through hard times, she was his emotional strength, and he in turn had been hers.
When she sent the letter, she was secretly hoping for Tommy to call her, even be on the next flight to Florida, to try and convince her that she was being stupid, that he loved her and would fight for her. Tommy, however, had made no contact. They had become strangers. Tommy had more confidence then he did growing up, Kim, however, had lost most of hers.
Though she tried to put on a tough front, she knew, deep down inside her, that she was scared. Scared of everything. To let someone in, to love her. It's what she craved most in life, but also what she feared most.
Her parents divorce had scarred her at a young age, then the slow abandonment of her friends only added to her fears. Kim knew that she didn't want to be alone, she hated it. Yet it's all she's ever known.
She laid down on the dock so she was looking up at the sky. The sun had begun to set and the sky was changing from blue, to pink, to purple, to red, to yellow and orange, back to red, and then finally, the darkness would come.
Despite the anger she felt towards her friends, she wondered what they were up to. Where they happy in their lives, without her? Had they been able to find the one thing Kim hadn't felt in years? She wondered if Jason had bought his own dojo. If Zack was successful at his dancing. If Aisha was back from Africa? Most of all, she wondered if they ever wondered about her.
Shaking off her thoughts Kim got up and headed into her house. When she walked in, she couldn't help but notice the silence, it was almost eerie. Deciding the silence was enough for her, she went to her TV and turned it on, hoping to find something to entertain her.
She had thought maybe to drop by and see what Tommy was up to, but decided against it. She would see him tomorrow, she was still unsure about where they stood in their relationship/friendship, and she didn't want to push it. She had missed Tommy, and was thankful to have him back in her life, whatever way it came.
Rocky and Aisha had decided to head to bed early, they both knew that they had a long day ahead of them, and they wanted to be well rested. Jason and Tommy sat down in his living room talking about what there plans were for tomorrow.
"So do you want me to head over to Kim's with you?" Tommy asked.
Jason sighed, "Ya, I think that would be best. I don't want to upset her too much, and if your there, you may be able to calm her down a bit."
Tommy nodded, "alright I'll come, but you got to explain something to me Bro, what happened between you and Kim?"
Jason looked down at the ground, "I, guess it's mostly my fault, if not all. Things were going great between me and Kim before Divatox. I would go down to Florida to visit her, take her out and stuff. She never mentioned the team or you, so I thought it best not to bring it up. Rocky had told me that no one had heard from her since your letter, he wrote her letters, but they always got returned. So I went down there, and she seemed to be ok. I could tell she was lonely. When I first saw her, man, it broke my heart, she looked so weak and broken. I didn't understand it, but you know Kim, she'll always put on a brave face. So I tried to cheer her up with the time we spent together."
Tommy nodded, the comment that Jason had made about her looking weak and broken, sent pain to his heart. Jason got up and started pacing.
"She asked me to teach her to drive standard, man that was an intense day. She was so frustrated with me, and I with her, but when we finished she bought me ice cream and gave me a hug and said thanks. Sometimes I think she wasn't saying thanks for teaching her, but I never knew what. After Divatox, and had some personal stuff to deal with. You know how you were after Rita. Being under that spell, it threw me for one, and I knew I had to deal with things. So I left. I went to Europe for a bit, toured around, and I saw Trini. I hadn't seen her since I left the Peace Conference, so I just wanted to stop in and say hi. She was the only one I had any contact with during that time. I just felt that I needed to get away, you know."
Tommy nodded, knowing all to well why Jason had left, he had done the same thing after he lost his green powers. "So why not get in touch with her afterwards? I'm sure she was probably going through the same thing, she probably could have used a friend to talk to."
Jason nodded, "When I came back, it was time for Kim to compete in the Pan Globals. So I booked a plane ticket to Florida and bought myself a ticket to go see her. I was there for when she won gold, but she never saw me. When I went to her dorm room two days later, she was gone. Her roommate said she had left suddenly and she didn't know where she was, but knew she wasn't coming back. So I left it at that. After that, I bought my bike, and decided to go on a tour of America. By the time I had gotten home to Angel Grove and got Kim's messages, she had been long gone. She never said why she needed to see me, just that she did."
Tommy nodded, "You went to see her?" Jason nodded, "Ya, I knew no one else was going to go, so I figured she at least deserved to have someone cheering her on. She was awesome man, you should've seen her." Tommy nodded, he wished he had.
"I think you two will be ok when you explain it to her." Tommy said looking up at his friend. Jason shook his head. "I'm not so sure man. To Kim, it's not going to be so cut and dry, as it was with you. You she can understand not having contact. Me, I broke my promise to her that I would never abandon her like her parents did. I swore to her I would always be there. To her, she feels like I broke that promise, she's not going to trust me for a very long time. I know we've probably lost what we had growing up."
Tommy looked at his friend, he had never thought about Kim's parents before, she had told him once what their divorce made her feel like, so when they all stopped contact with Kim, it was like she had no one left in the world, her mother in Paris, her dad, who she never saw, who was now passed on. "Oh man Jase, I never thought."
Jason nodded, "Ya, I know, me neither. I tried to find her after I got her messages, but it was like she had disappeared off the face of the planet." Tommy sighed, "It will be ok Jase, you and Kim, your family." Jason sighed, "Ya. Anyways Bro, I'm going to head up, I got some stuff to think over, I will see you in the morning."
Tommy nodded, "Ya, we'll leave around 9 am, I want to be there before Kim comes over here." Jason nodded and went up the stairs to the guest room he was staying in. Please understand and forgive Jason like you forgave me Kim. He never meant to leave you. Just like I would've never left you if you hadn't sent that letter. Tommy thought back to Rocky, how his letters had been sent back, he wondered what that was all about. Kim would've never sent the letters back, no matter how mad she was. She wanted the contact, so why were the letters being sent back? Tommy would have to ask Kim about it later. After he and Jason went to talk to Kim, they were going to try and persuade her to come back to his place, and Rocky and Aisha were going to surprise her, hopefully she will agree to come, hell. Hopefully she'll even open the door to Jason.
Pinching the bridge of his nose, he felt a headache coming on, tomorrow was going to be a very long day. With that he headed up to his room, determined to get some sleep, despite the impending doom he knew he was going to face tomorrow, a pissed off Kimberly.
Sorry about the delay, studying for finals is coming slowly! Thanks for all the comments, they are appreciated ! Hope you enjoy:)
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