Disclaimer: I do not own the Power Rangers or any of the weapons associated with the Power Rangers, so if you recognize it, it is not mine. I do own the characters, Ally Jameson, Fanny Abbott, Richard Myles, Dennis Alderway, Amanda Williams, Charlie Hughes, Ashley Meggs, Amy Tillery, and Todd Billingsway as well as any other characters from "Saving the World, Again" that may be brought into this story.
TrueRomantic: Thank you for the review and I'll try to keep it up.
Daisyz: Yeah, Richard is going to be a real creep, besides a few other things in this series.
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Daniaryezel: You're right, this story will be packed full of surprises, but as I said at the beginning, Richard is going to be a key character in this story and Mesogogg's evil plan.hhsmajorettearg: Alright, thanks for telling me that and I've come up with a solution to that problem, without having to redo the whole chapter.
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AN: In the previous chapter, I forgot to edit out the word 'but' after Kim appears in the beach towel. Sorry about that, but it is too much of a hassle to go back and change it.
Now, on with the Story!
In-service at the High School"This is definitely a change for the worst," Dennis Alderway said, as his fellow science teacher walked up beside him and silently listened to his complaints about the upcoming year.
Tommy Oliver had been lucky to avoid meeting the new principal until today, but she was certainly not Principal Strigner or someone that Principal Strigner would have chosen as his replacement by any means. She seemed to despise everyone and the teachers were sure that the students would not warm up to her anymore than they had over the past few days. To put it simply, she was a bitch; there was no other way to put it and they didn't try to find another way to describe her, although they had said this in the many languages that they knew. If she ever wanted to hear what they thought about her, all she would have to do was listen to them during their lunch break. She'd get the picture.
"Dennis, it can't be that bad," Tommy said, as they walked into the auditorium, for their first meeting of this long week of what could be torture. At least that was what he gathered from Dennis, as that was the only teacher he had talked to since he had gotten back. They would not be allowed to go to their classrooms until after lunch, but for some reason Tommy doubted they would even be allowed to go there then, which really ticked him off to no end. His situation with the dino gems had kept him away from school, but even if the island hadn't exploded, he wouldn't have been able to come to the school until today. He hadn't been expected to get back until last Thursday, but that was unexpectedly changed, when Mesogogg showed up and his whole world was turned upside down, again.
"You know that I'm usually optimistic, but I can't be about this. Tommy, you haven't met this woman and once you do, trust me you'll understand," Dennis said, as they took seats at the back of the auditorium.
They had always caused disturbances in the past and thought that it would be best to stay away from the other teachers, knowing that they didn't want to get anyone else in trouble on their first day with the new warden of the school. Many of the other teachers were at least ten years older than them and didn't have any of the same interests that they had, that is what brought them together at the beginning of theirrespective teaching careers. Now, it had formed into a friendship, one in which their colleagues respected and that allowed them to be more rambunctious than most others. At least they were enjoying their jobs and they planned to share it with everyone else around them, which would help brighten the day, if it got too bad.
"Dr. Oliver, how have you been?" Amanda Williams asked. She was one of the senior literature teachers and had been one of the few female teachers who had not thrown herself at him when he first started teaching there.
She was a petite woman, in her early thirties and she was single, but not desperate, by any means. Tommy had become one of her best friends and when he had proposed, two years earlier, she had been happy for him, unlike some of the other female staff, who then started avoiding him at all costs. He was obviously in love with the woman and whenever they got married, she would be there to celebrate, not to grieve for something she felt that had never been anyone else's. No, she knew that Tommy's heart had never been anyone else's, but they would not listen to her, no matter how hard she tried to explain it to them.
"I've been better, Amanda," Tommy said and she caught a hint of worry in his voice. She had heard about what had happened to him while getting his doctorate and was grateful that he had made if back to all of them in one piece. Him being the sole survivor was scary, but she was glad that he had survived, otherwise this school year might have been a living hell for her, as he happened to be his sanity sometimes. He always was able to find some bright side to most situations, but this would be a tough one, even for him, as Dennis had pointed out to her earlier this morning when they had collided with each other in the hallway. "This last summer was hell, what with the island exploding and all. I'm just glad that I got to come back to Kim, it would have killed her if something had happened to me."
"You were lucky, Tommy," Amanda said, as a woman with short black hair stepped onto the stage and glared out at the teachers, trying to make them feel her presence, which Tommy most certainly did. Tommy soon understood what Dennis had been telling him earlier and had a feeling that this went further than just being a horrible principal. She seemed to have some other reason to be at this school and being the principal was just the way to get in, without anyone thinking of her having another reason to be there. He couldn't help but be suspicious, as Mesogogg had been too quiet and that could only mean he was taking time to rally his troops or worse, create monsters that his rangers would have to battle.
"Wanna sit with us?" Dennis offered and Amanda took a seat next to him, as Tommy smiled, but held his tongue about their building relationship. It had been obvious to him before he left, but neither had mentioned their feelings to the other from what he knew.
The three of them watched as the woman began pacing the stage, in her black stilleto heels, waiting for complete silence before she started the obvious speech she was planning to make. This did not look like it was going to be good, for any of them; even the veteran teachers' looked apprehensive, which was a first.
"Hello, faculty, I am Principal Randall and that is exactly what I expect you to call me, at all times," Principal Randall said and noticed that several of the teachers were looking at her with clear disdain, others with shock at her declaration. She didn't look to be much older than Tommy and he had never had the guts to tell them to only call him Dr. Oliver, this was just ludicrous and the beginning of his dislike for Principal Randall.
They had called Principal Strigner, Mr. Strigner, or Randy, depending on how long they had worked there, but this was just ridiculous, in all of their minds. They were supposed to call her 'Principal Randall' all of the time. Had she lost her mind? The children were definitely not going to like being ordered around like this and they were sure to show it much more clearly than they were going to, for awhile. They had to give the woman some respect, but even theirs was going to be limited, as they did not like being talked down to.
"Yikes," Amanda mumbled, as Tommy and Dennis snickered at her comment. Maybe she just wanted to appear this way and then she would slack up some later, as everyone got more used to her, but her next statement laid it in stone that she was not going to change her ways any time soon.
"Now, this year is a new beginning for all of us and I hope that you will soon get used to my policies. My first policy is that there will be absolutely no tardiness to school, for anyone, under any circumstances. If you do not arrive to school on time, be prepared to pack your bags and leave within a week. My second policy is that you must give one test a week, on the subject you are teaching, no exceptions. These children should have to know what they are learning…" Principal Randall said, as many of the teachers started to tune her out.
She went on to list about fifteen more policies, each more ludicrous than the one before it. Soon she had the entire faculty ready to file out and go find the school board members, to demand an explanation for why they had hired such a crackpot principal. Then she dropped the next bomb, which thoroughly enraged Tommy and his two friends.
"Finally, there will be no working in the classroom for the remainder of the week. We are lacking in too many areas and you should have worked on your room over the summer," Principal Randall said and she saw a teacher with short black hair and glasses stand up and proceed to walk to the front of the auditorium, fists clenched in anger. Her last statement seemed to make him mad and she wanted to see what he had in store for her, after all none of them knew about her other life. This couldn't be any worse than Mesogogg's treatment of her, although she might be taking that thought back by the end of all of this.
"Principal Randall," Tommy said, as the other teachers looked shocked. They had, had some rough times with Principal Strigner, but even then Tommy hadn't gotten mad. He had always been the one to smile, take a deep breath, and then do whatever he had to do. Of course, he had not been in Reefside for the majority of the summer and had not had a chance to work on his room at all. The teacher that had replaced him had left it in decent condition, but he still had some work to do to get it back like it had been before he left and now she was telling him he couldn't work on it. There was no way he was going to sit back and take it, not this time. "You can not tell us that we are not allowed to work in our rooms, especially when some of us have been getting our degrees over the summer."
"I'm sorry, I missed your name," Principal Randall said, taken aback by the determination evident in this man's eyes. He looked positively irate and she was sure that this was the person her master had been talking to her about, at least she didn't have to go searching for him, he showed up on his own. She, however, didn't like him being mad at her, but she was sure that she could handle him without too much trouble. He was only a small obstacle in her master's plan for this planet and she knew that all too well. Tommy couldn't do anything to stop Mesogogg, from what she knew, although she was very wrong.
"Dr. Thomas Oliver," Tommy said, not offering a hand to the woman. He wasn't sure if he ever wanted to talk to her again and he didn't want to ever touch her if he could help it. She seemed to give off this aura of hatred towards him and he wanted to escape from her sight as quickly as he could. She seemed to know too much about him and he didn't want to think of what she could know, as the only secret that he held was one that could get him killed if the wrong person knew about it. "Now, I am willing to do everything else you ask, but try and fire me when I go to my room this afternoon. You see, the science department is not behind, neither are any of the other departments in this school and the county is short teachers, so you can not get rid of one, no matter how hard you try."
"Well, Dr. Oliver, you may want to watch what you do or I will make it miserable here for you," Principal Randall threatened, as Tommy merely shrugged. He had more important things to be doing at the moment and she was wasting all of their time. If she really thought that she was going to scare him with that empty threat, then he had news for her; it wasn't going to happen. He had heard far worse threats before, ones that usually ended with someone saying they would kill him if he didn't give up his powers.
"Go ahead, it can't be any worse than what happened to me a few weeks ago," Tommy said and then returned to his seat.
He was mad, no actually, he was furious, but he had somehow managed to not throw something or break something, which was definitely an improvement. Dennis and Amanda looked at him in shock, but they could tell that Principal Randall had definitely pushed his buttons this morning and she was lucky that he had not thrown anything at her. They had been unfortunate enough to see his anger in action and he had a deadly arm when he needed to have it.
"Tommy, you alright?" Amanda asked, as he sat down on the other side of Dennis. Several of the other teachers, looked questioningly at him, but looked away when they saw how mad he truly was. If this principal was able to unnerve the calmest faculty member they had, it was not going to be a good year, for anyone at this school.
"I'll be fine, as long as the bitch lets us work on what is really important," Tommy whispered, as Principal Randall had already began lecturing them on some other little problems she saw with their teaching styles. It was not wise for her to do this, as some of the other teachers were beginning to think that what Tommy had done was a very good idea and that they would follow his lead, although it might not be today. That would just be a little bit too risky for their liking.
"Told you so," Dennis muttered, as Tommy glared at him before turning his attention back to the 'principal'. Principal Randall continued to lecture them for the next three hours, but when she let them go for lunch, she told them that they would be allowed to work in their rooms that afternoon. She wasn't sure if she was ready to go up against Dr. Oliver right now, especially if she was supposed to gain his trust, which seemed to be impossible.
Elsa's Lunchtime Visit
"Master, he is one of my employee's," Principal Randall said, as she transformed into Elsa. She hated her job and was definitely going to try to make it miserable for all of her employees, especially Dr. Oliver. How Mesogogg had convinced her that this was best, she didn't know. She did know that she hated being around unruly teenagers and this Dr. Oliver character just seemed to be a teenager, who happened to have a doctorate. If he was able to make a ranger team with the dino gems, there was a good likelihood that he would be one of the rangers and he did seem to qualify for the job.
"Well, maybe you will be able to get out of him what he did with the dino gems," Mesogogg said, he had picked up the energy bursts from Tommy's home, but had determined that it was not the dino gems. It was something else, something that was not as important to him as the dino gems or so he thought. The command center under Tommy's house meant nothing to him, as he had never really thought of anyone trying to make a group of rangers to defend the Earth against him. He had heard about them, but their mentor had been dead for a long time and there was no way to make any new rangers, all of the power sources had been harnessed, according to his research. Although there was one essential piece of research missing, Tommy's. "I still have not been able to find them and I have been trying for the past three weeks."
"Yes master, I will find out," Elsa said and then returned to the high school. She would have this afternoon to make her plan and tomorrow to start executing it, as the children would start coming on Wednesday, for orientation and school would really begin next Monday. She was working on a tight schedule, but hopefully she would be able to do this, as failing Mesogogg was not a good thing.
"Tommy, you have guts," Dennis said, as they walked down the hall towards their respective rooms. Tommy had always been the strong, silent type, but he guessed after nearly losing his life that the silent part went out the window. Or maybe the silent part was just pushed aside for awhile, as something else seemed to be tearing at Tommy's nerves. That something seemed to have nothing to do with school, which was scary with Tommy. It could mean that he had anything up his sleeve from what he knew about Tommy's life outside of school.
"Don't tell me you weren't thinking the same thing," Tommy said, as he opened the door to his classroom, to find a bunch of flowers sitting on his desk. He knew Kim wouldn't send him flowers, unless she had done something wrong and she would surely leave a card if that had happened.
"Looks like you have a secret admirer," Dennis joked, before heading into his room, which was across the hall. Tommy had, had his fair share of secret admirers before he had left. So this wasn't the first time presents had been left on his desk, flowers, however, where new. He usually was given candy, which he merely shared with all of the other teachers, but he would never tell his students that. He didn't want to hurt their feelings too much.
"Not another one," Tommy moaned, trying to find a card, but there was not one in sight. That was definitely odd, usually these girls wanted him to know who they were. Obviously this one didn't. "Funny, there's no card."
"Why's that funny?" Dennis asked, having finished all of the work on his room the day before. He had been working up there on and off over the summer and had somehow managed to finish his room early, for once.
"Usually these girls want me to know who they are. Good thing Kim isn't here, she might go crazy," Tommy said, pushing the flowers to the side of his desk. He looked out at the arrangement of the desks and sighed. He hated the configuration that the last teacher had made with the desks and knew he would have to move them. After a few minutes of working, he left his room and recruited Dennis to help him with the laborious task.
"How's she doing?" Dennis asked, having worked with the brunette on a project during the last school year. She was a spunky little thing and it didn't surprise him that she had enough energy to teach school and gymnastics every day, but she was head over heels for Tommy and everyone knew that. They also knew that it wasn't a very wise thing to talk badly about him in her presence, as she was prone to letting her temper get the best of her in a situation like that, as was he, if he was pushed.
"She's doing good. She still doesn't want to let me out of her sight, after that fiasco," Tommy said, as they settled one table in its new position, they only had about fifteen more left to move. His classes rarely filled all of the desks, but they needed the extra room for some of the labs he had planned. He tried to have at least one lab per chapter, but sometimes that didn't work out so well, especially if the class was unruly.
"Do you blame her?" Dennis asked, as Tommy laughed. This was a typical answer from Dennis and he had definitely missed the jokes that the two of them had shared over their job, as well as their personal lives. "How's the dojo been?"
"Rocky's been handling that, I haven't had a chance to get back in there. I had some things I had to get done at home before I could start working there," Tommy said, avoiding eye contact with Dennis. Like most of his friends, he could tell when Tommy had more to hide, just by looking in his eyes. That was why he would often times glance away when he told someone something that was only half true.
"Honey do list things?" Dennis asked and Tommy mock glared at him. Kim probably had, had a list, but it had never surfaced, not after what he told them that fateful night. Nothing else had been worked on besides the command center and all of the other rangers knew that.
"No, not those type of things. It's stuff that I wanted to do, for once," Tommy said and the rest of the afternoon continued in the same fashion. The two of their lives mirrored each others in such detail that it surprised Tommy that Dennis hadn't been a Power Ranger as well, but him not living in Angel Grove helped explain that.
The Dojo"Mr. Oliver, it's good to have you back," Charlie Hughes said, as his sensei walked into the dojo, carrying his usual black duffel bag and briefcase. Rocky had done a good job filling in but for him, Tommy was definitely worked them a little bit harder and he liked his teaching style better. Tommy made sure that they learned something, even if it was just how to get off the floor quickly, without being struck again.
"It's good to be back," Tommy said, excusing himself to the locker room, to change out of his, uncomfortable, school clothes. There was no way he could teach a class in khakis and a polo shirt and he wasn't even going to try it. His advanced class usually worked him as hard as he did them, but he was never going to tell them that. He liked for them to think that he still had a little bit more energy than them, although they often times tired him to the point of near quitting, right before he managed to beat them. They were the ones that had improved the most over all of the time that he had been here and he hoped that Rocky had kept it up with them and it seemed that way from the first glance. "Stretch good, I plan to work you hard today."
"He's back," Ashley Meggs said with a smile, as she walked up to Charlie. She was the only female in this class, but had been working with Dr. Oliver since his very first class that he had held here. The boys were her friends, but a lot of them took on the big brother mode with her, around anyone but them. Out of the ten or so students that happened to qualify for this class, Charlie and she had been there the longest.
Three of the students had joined while Tommy was away and they weren't sure that they could take to his teaching style easily. He was a nice guy, but he would work them until they could barely move and some days she had crawled off of the mat and into the locker room. She had not missed those days at all, but she had missed Dr. Oliver, although she wouldn't admit that to most of the people in this class.
"Amy, sweetheart, if you ever want to learn this, you have to concentrate," Rocky said, as he noticed one of his students was no longer watching him, but watching Tommy go into the locker room. He had seen this happen enough that he knew it was best to address it as soon as he noticed. Otherwise, the student would get far behind, very quickly. Tommy always seemed to be the biggest distraction to new students, even bigger than Kim when she was in the dojo, but he had to admit that it was pretty close. The boys looked at Kim and the girls stared at Tommy, well some things never change.
"Who's that?" Amy Tillery asked, peering up at Rocky. She was the same age as Charlie and Ashley, all of them being sixteen, but had started taking classes much later than they had. She had been making good progress and was hoping to move up to the advanced class soon, but that would mean passing through Rocky's class and it was much harder than the last one she had been in.
"That's Tommy, the other owner of this gym," Rocky said, as a few of the students peered at him before turning back to Rocky, it had been a long time since they had seen him, but he looked the same. After awhile they got used to how he looked and no longer stared at him, although there were a few that never seemed to get over the initial shock of meeting him face to face. "Now, let's get back to work."
"Umph," Ashley muttered as she hit the floor, her long, dark blonde ponytail covering her face, before she tossed it back over her head. Charlie had just kicked her feet out from under her and she was struggling to stand back up and face him again.
Tommy hadn't been joking when he said he wasn't going to go easy on them, they had only been sparring for only ten minutes, but she was already exhausted. Of course, it didn't help that she couldn't think of hurting Charlie, some of the other guys she would not have a problem doing this to, but he was a different story.
"Charlie, go easy on her, alright?" Tommy said, noticing that one of his star students was seeming to have an off day, but that was to be expected from all of them every once in awhile.
He had been sparring with some of the newer students and could tell that they were a little bit shocked by his approach. If you did something, wrong you would wind up on the floor and Tommy would then pick you up and tell you what you did wrong. Soon, they learned to block his attacks and then he let them practice on each other. He did not want to make them hate him on their first day of practice with him, he might wait a few practices before he did that.
"Alright," Charlie said with a smile, as he helped Ashley up. He had a crush on her, but the two of them were too much like brother and sister for him to act on it, with her dark blonde hair and beautiful brown eyes, he had a hard time trying to keep his feelings completely platonic, which he was sure Dr. Oliver had noticed. He had been giving them curious glances while they were sparring and he wondered how much longer he would go without saying something. He was a lot closer to Dr. Oliver than most of the other students and he knew that meant he had noticed his peculiar actions much faster than most other teachers would have. "You want to go again?"
"Charlie, I have landed on my ass more times today than I have when I've sparred with Dr. Oliver," Ashley said, looking up at the strawberry-blonde haired boy. He was about eight inches taller than she was and he actually filled out his frame, unlike most of the boys she knew. He reminded her of a lot of good things that happened to her, because of him being there for her. She didn't know when she started falling for him, but she had and it was more than obvious to all of them, except him from what she could tell.
"Well maybe he should start teaching," Tommy said, walking over to the two of them. He had seen the connection over a year ago and was surprised that Charlie hadn't said anything to her, but it was obvious that their friendship meant more to him than to try to ruin it. He hated to admit, but they reminded him of Jason and Trini, he only prayed that they didn't make the mistake of waiting ten years to tell each other. They both regretted waiting that long, but they were not wasting any of the time that they had left. "You mind if I steal him away to spar against me?"
"Sure," Ashley said with a smile, watching Dr. Oliver and Charlie spar was one of the best events to happen in the gym, besides Rocky and Tommy sparring. Rocky had been beat on a weekly basis by Charlie, but it was obvious that he wouldn't be doing that against Dr. Oliver for awhile. He may have been on some strange island for a year, but he still had the technique down and within five minutes, Charlie was sitting on his ass, for the first time that night.
"Now, why don't you try it," Tommy said, as he paired the two of them up again. She looked apprehensively between Tommy and Charlie, she knew that he had confidence in her, but she did not have confidence in herself. Not if she was going up against Charlie. "He's just a boy, Ashley."
"Dr. Oliver, I know that," Ashley said, taking her position on the mat, with Charlie directly across from her. She didn't understand why Dr. Oliver wasn't sparring with her today, but let it go as tiredness. She sparred with Charlie for less than a minute before he had her on the floor, only this time he did not have a triumphant grin on his face. There was something else there, as he helped her up and put his arm around her, like he had so many times before. He didn't suggest that they go at it again, but just stood there with his arm protectively shielding her from the others. Tommy then called the class to an end, but pulled Ashley and Charlie aside for a moment. He had a proposition for them.
"Listen, at the end of the school year we're going to have a tournament here and I need a coed pair, would the two of you be willing to do that?" Tommy asked, as they looked at each other and then back at Dr. Oliver. What exactly did he have in mind? Had he not seen the same practice that they had today? Maybe that island had got to him, in some other areas of his life, like his usually good judgement. "You don't have to tell me today, but I'd like for you to think about it."
"We will," Charlie said and then headed to the locker room to change before he went home. He knew that it would mean more time for them to be around each other, and that was scary, as he knew that he was having a hard enough time hiding his feelings already, but it could also give him an excuse to tell her.
Home, at Last"Whew, that was rough," Tommy said, walking in at six o'clock, to see supper was already on the table. Not only was today his first day back at school, but it was also his first day back at the dojo.
Rocky had done a great job with scheduling the classes, as to not conflict with Tommy's new schedule. Tommy would only be teaching the advanced classes, while Rocky took the rest on full time. Both knew that if they were going to be able to pull off getting this new ranger team together, that Tommy could only have one class and it would have to meet mostly on weekends, although they did have one weeknight meeting and that happened to be every Monday. Kim's gymnastics lessons were twice a week and lasted for about three hours, but the gym had enough room for both classes to exist in harmony, thank goodness.
"Really?" Kim asked with a smile, as she set the other plate on the table. He looked exhausted, but it had been a long time since he had been in the gym, so she wasn't too surprised. Whenever he had not sparred for awhile, he came in exhausted and was usually sore the next day, but they were both used to this by now. He, however, looked happy to be back into teaching, at the dojo at least. "How was school?"
"Well, I got to meet the new principal," Tommy said, sitting down at the table, after giving her a kiss on the cheek. He didn't feel as if he had to censor his opinion with her and told her exactly what he thought of the woman. "Kim, that woman has to be evil. There is absolutely no way that she can be good."
"Tommy," Kim admonished, he really shouldn't be talking about his boss like this, although this wasn't the first time she had heard someone describe the woman as such. She was just surprised that Tommy felt the same. Usually he gave people the benefit of the doubt, but that didn't seem to be happening this time. There must have been something else that changed his mind about her, in only a few hours. "She can't be that bad, she might have just had a bad day."
"No, Kim, from what I have heard she is like this all of the time. She has a whole list of rules for us and she basically dared us to not follow them," Tommy said, as he served himself. This was the first real meal he had eaten since he had gotten back and he was glad that Kim had tried to fix some of his favorites. She had been especially thoughtful since his incident, but he knew it was because she was still extremely worried about him and it would take her awhile to get over that. He was used to having to deal with problems like this, although he couldn't admit that to anyone but her. She was the only one that wouldn't judge him when he got out of bed in the middle of the night to check on some little noise, they couldn't risk the little things that others took for granted and they both knew that. "Even Dennis and Amanda think she's bad."
"It'll be fine Tommy. I don't think Mesogogg would try to invade your workplace," Kim joked, but saw that even this did not lift his concern. Mesogogg had been too quiet for both of their liking and they only wondered how much longer it would hold out. He was going to get anxious one day and then they would have to get a ranger team together, whether it was them or someone else. If they could find new rangers before he came along, then they would be happy. If they couldn't, then they would go back into action, no questions asked. "Well, if she's really that bad, maybe you should just avoid her. That's what I do when I don't like someone."
"Too late for that," Tommy said, keeping his eyes on his plate. He really didn't want to see the disappointment in her eyes tonight; he just couldn't deal with it. He knew that he had to tell her the truth, but the look he would get from her was not what he needed tonight. He just needed her to listen to all of it and not try to take sides, which she might very well do. "She pissed me off."
"Well, I guess there is nothing you can do about that now," Kim said, her first day back had been easy. She wouldn't start gymnastics lessons until tomorrow and Ally had agreed to be her assistant. After they told her, about what was going on, she more than willingly took the position. It was going to be rough for the next few weeks and Ally could handle the classes if something did call Kim away, but Kim was hoping that Ally would be willing to take the job full time. Last year she had barely made it by and it was definitely going to be rough this year, as the enrollment had increased by nearly twenty girls.
"You didn't send me any flowers, did you?" Tommy asked, as Kim looked at him as if he had lost his mind. She was never going to set foot in that florist shop again if she could help it and she also knew he wasn't the flower type. He had always preferred a card or something, never flowers or candy. "That's what I thought."
"Why do you ask?" Kim asked, as she had a feeling that she didn't really want to know. The girls at the high school had done some pretty crazy things before and she had a feeling that this was another thing that had come from them.
"Well, someone sent me some flowers," Tommy said, with a sigh, "and they didn't leave a card."
"Not another one," Kim groaned, as Tommy laughed. After they finished their supper, they went into the living room and lounged for the rest of the night. It was good to have a lazy night, as it had been far too long since they had done this and they knew that it could possibly be the last chance they got for awhile. Whenever Mesogogg showed up, they would have to change their activities, to go around everything that happened with him.
AN: I have just recently found out what Principal Randall looks like, so I know that I could be more descriptive, but I don't have the picture cemented in my mind, yet. Thanks for reading and feel free to review!