Chapter 3: Seeing him Again

Kimberly dropped Kylie off at her new school and went to Reefside High School. Kimberly parked in the parking lot, but she just sat there, staring at the school. "Okay, this is it. You have to do this, Kim. You have to talk to him about what really happened," she murmured. She turned off her car and got out. She closed and locked the door.

She walked into the main office and was about to speak to the woman at the desk when the Principal walked over to her. "Hello, I'm Principal Randall may I help you?" She asked.

"Uh...yes, I'm here to speak to a...Dr. Tommy Oliver," Kimberly replied.

"Oh, yes, Dr. Oliver. May I ask who you are ma'am?" Principal Randall asked.

Kimberly stared at the woman and felt a chill go down her spine. "Uh, Kimberly...my name is Kimberly Hart," she replied.

"And how do you know Dr. Oliver?" She questioned.

"We used to go to school together," Kimberly replied.

"Well, you're just going to have to wait. Dr. Oliver has a class right now, but I'm sure when he gets out of class that I'll have him come down here to talk to you during his lunch break."

"That's okay, Principal Randall. During his lunch break I could go down to his room."

Principal Randall looked at Kimberly before leaving. Kimberly let out the breath she didn't realize she was holding.

When the bell rang, Kimberly had his room number and went down to his room.

She stood and stared at the doorway before opening the door. She saw Tommy at his desk looking over some papers. She took a deep breath and closed the door. "Hello, Tommy," she greeted. Tommy looked up to see her standing there.

"Kimberly, what are you doing here?" He asked.

"I just moved to Reefside and Aisha told me you teach here," she replied.

Tommy stood up and walked up to her. Once he stopped in front of her, they were quiet. The room was quiet, too quiet for her taste. She was nervous, and she knew that he knew it. "How are you doing, Kim?" He asked.

"I'm doing great. I'm training my own team for the Olympics. I'm making a fresh start," she replied.

"That's great to hear," he commented.

She then decided to try and strike up a kind conversation before trying to get him to see Kylie.

"How about you?" She asked.

"I'm hanging in there," he replied.

Kimberly sat down in a chair and Tommy sat across from her. "Why are your you really here, Kim?" He asked.

"I came to say that I was sorry about the whole letter thing," she replied.

Tommy was quiet, the memory of the letter was still lingering in his head. The pain still in his heart. The promise he made her was still there, but he wasn't going to tell her that. This was the girl that broke his heart and did it in the worse way possible. He wasn't about to tell her anything else about what he was doing now besides being a high school science teacher. He wasn't going to tell her that he was the mentor for the Power Rangers.

Kimberly felt a little uneasy with the silence in the room. His brown eyes almost piercing holes through her. "Tommy, I understand why you were so angry with that letter," she assured.

"Kim, can we talk about this some other time? I mean, right now is not a good time to talk about this," he stated.

"Yeah, but where can we talk about it?" She asked.

"We can talk about it at my house."

"Where do you live?"

Tommy wrote his address down and handed it to her. "Come by around five this evening," he informed. He then walked to his desk and sat down. Kimberly stood there holding the paper that had his address.

"I'll see you at five," she confirmed.

Then she left.