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Saturday, November 20th, 2004

Tommy paced back and forth in the living room, waiting for her to arrive. The more he thought about it, the more ironic it became for him. He'd spent so much of his life in regret, wondering if things could have been different between he and Kim. He use to ask himself if he could have convinced her to stay, or if they could have made a long distance relationship work. He wondered who the guy was who swept Kim off her feet, that took her away from him, and now that he knew the truth, it bothered him that he wasted so much of his life concerned about the past. But now, it was time to make a fresh start.

He was no longer a ranger, and had no intention of becoming a ranger ever again. That part of his life was over, and he was ready to begin a new life… with her.

His thoughts were broken as someone knocked on the front door. He hurried over to the door, opening it. "I'm so glad you could make it. I know it was short notice, but…"

"Don't be silly Tommy, I was in town for Kimberly's competition. Besides, I planned on stopping by anyway," she walked in, wrapping her arms around him. "Its good to see you again, its been a long time."

"Good to see you too Kat." Tommy said, wrapping his arms around her, kissing her gently on the cheek.

The two of them walked over to the couch, sitting down across from one another. "Your call sounded urgent, what's going on? Is everything okay?" she asked him.

He nodded. "Yeah, everything is fine, but I wanted to talk to you about something."

"Well, what is it?"

"Do you remember when we were going out?"

His statement struck her as strange. Tommy never liked to talk about when they were going out, even when they were. He was a very private person, never saying too much about the way he felt or the things he was going through. She understood it though. Like Tommy, she too was once under a spell from Rita Repulsa, and even long after the spell was broken, she liked to keep some aspects of her life to herself. She suspected that Tommy was secretive for the same reason. Then, of course, there was her…

"Of course I do."

"You were always so sweet to me, and I really cared about you, but I always compared you to Kim. I didn't mean to, but part of me always hoped that Kim and I would end up together again. I never gave our relationship a real chance because of it, and I'm sorry," he said.

"Oh Tommy, I understood completely. She was your first love, and you never got over her," she paused. "You know, I use to imagine that the two of us would get married, grow old together, have children… maybe a few grand children. I use to imagine that our grandson would be a ranger, but he'd try to keep his identity from us. It would be funny that he'd try so hard, but we'd know. Yeah, I was hurt that things didn't work out between us, but I understood. Besides, things worked out just fine for me," she mentioned.

"I heard about you reopening the Youth Center back home, that was nice. We all use to spend so much time there, and I was upset to hear it was shut down. Besides, it gives the kids in the area a place to go to stay out of trouble."

"You'd be surprised how popular Bulk Meyers is. A lot of people hang out there. It's funny to see a group of kids sitting at the bar, and when there's a monster attacking the city, the five of them run off and the Power Rangers magically appear."

"I'm amazed we got away with it for as long as we did."

"Yeah, not to mention the fact that we all wore the same colors everyday. I'm surprised no one thought were in some kind of gang," Katherine laughed.

"Well, I did switch a few times just to throw'em off the track."

"Tommy, why did you call me all the way over here to tell me this? I'm sure I would have seen you at the competition tomorrow. It could have waited," she mentioned.

"I know, but I wanted to tell you that I saw Kim today, and we talked about it. She's quitting the Pan Globals, and she wants us to be together."

"Oh my God, that's great. The two of you can finally…"

"I told her I'd think about it."

"You what? Why? What is there to think about?"

"I'm not over her, I know now that, but I don't know if I'm ready to just stop what I'm doing and be with her either. There are… other things to consider."

"Like what?"

"Well, there's…" he paused. It was strange, but while he was in the hotel room with Kim, he could think of a dozen reasons why he needed time to think, plenty of reasons why it would be wrong to rush into something with her, but now, sitting in front of Katherine, he could only think of one. "There's someone else," he said. "I think,"

"There is? Well who…" she paused, noticing the look in his eyes. "Tommy, I know you feel guilty about what happened between us, but…"

"Its not just that, its that…" he was interrupted as someone else knocked on the door. Tommy stood up nervously, heading over to the door. "Excuse me for a second," he said, opening the door.

Katherine stood up, getting a good look at who it was as they walked in.

"Your call sounded important, what is it? Is everything okay?" as she made her way into the living room, she noticed Katherine. "Katherine, its good to see you again,"

"Same here Hayley," Katherine said, exchanging a friend smile and nod with Hayley.

"I called you both other here because there's something important I needed to tell you. I wanted to tell you before the competition tomorrow. I saw Kim today, and we finally talked about what was going on between us."

"Really? That's great. You can finally stop wondering what could have been and see where things can go between the two of you," Hayley said.

"He turned her down," Katherine mentioned.

"He what?"

"He turned her down. He said there was someone else."

"Someone else? Who?"

"I didn't turn her down, and there isn't anyone else…" he paused. "At least I don't think."

"Is it Heather, the ski instructor?" Katherine asked.

"Is it Randall?" Hayley asked.

"Who is Randall?"

"The principal of the high school. I always thought there was something going on with you two, even when she was evil."

"She was evil?" Katherine asked.

"Yeah, some kind of spell, but we broke it."

"There's always a spell, isn't it?"

"Yeah."

"I saw the way you two were looking at each other at the prom, then there was the time at the fossil dig where she fell on top of you The two of you looked cozy together." Hayley brought up.

"She was on top of you?"

"No… I mean yes, but…" he grunted with aggravation. "No, its not Elsa. At least I don't think it is. She is kinda cute though," he admitted.

"Well, who is it?" Katherine asked.

Tommy paused. It was a simple question; straight forward and to the point. There was no aura of mystery there, no hidden agendas, just a question that begged to be answered. 'Who is it?' Ironically enough, Tommy was still no closer to the answer than he was before all of it started. He hoped that talking to both Katherine and Hayley about it would help him reach some kind of conclusion, lead him to the answers he was looking for, but they'd only succeeded in adding to the confusion.

"Its late, and I need to get some rest if we're going to Kim's competition tomorrow. We'll talk about this then, okay?" he asked, buying himself some more time.

They both recognized that Tommy was under a lot of pressure, and was doing his best to maintain his sanity. Nothing good could come from pressing the issue, and after a good night's sleep, he'd be more included to have his thoughts in order and make a reasonable decision.

"Okay, I'll come pick you up on my way to…"

"No, I have a stop I have to make first. I'll just meet you there, okay?"

"Sure, that's fine."

"Okay. See ya," he sighed.

Both Hayley and Katherine wrapped their arms around him, wishing him a goodnight before they left. As soon as the door closed behind them, he flopped down on the couch, letting out a sigh of frustration.

"Aw man, what am I going to do?"