Chapter 5: Return to Reefside

The next day Tommy and Kimberly were getting on the plain back to Reefside together. She was a bit nervous, but content that he was near, she was given permission to travel because of her circumstances, but they had to know where she went.

Upon arrival to Reefside Kimberly realized that this town was a lot like her old home of Angel Grove, but key differences still stood out to her.

"So this is where you live now" she smiled halfheartedly as they left the airport, in his jeep. "Nice jeep".

They went to Cyberspace to see that Conner, Ethan, Kira and Trent were all there.

"Dr. O, we didn't expect you to be back so soon" Ethan said

"Oh, hi, this is Kimberly" he smiled "and Kim these are a few of the students that I teach, this is Conner, Ethan, Trent, and this is Kira"

They each gave slight reply so she could tell who was who.

"Oh, so you're Kira, I got your letter" Kim smiled "Thank you, and I liked that song a lot"

"Thank you very much" Kira replied "I'm glad you liked it"

"I'd like to talk with you, Kira"

"Sure"

Kimberly and Kira walked away and Tommy sat down beside his fellow rangers.

"Well, how is she?" Conner asked

"Better than I had first feared, but I think this is mostly put on, she is bad, and I know it, I don't think she'll ever be the same." Tommy sighed sadly.

(POV Tommy)

The rangers had no idea exactly how bad Kimberly's situation had been, the guy that hurt her had been her friend before. Kira knew that she was hurt by someone, she didn't know the depth of the situation, I hadn't even known that until I got there.

"Dr. O" Ethan said "you never told us what happened to her"

He was right, I had avoided telling them on purpose because that would mean telling them exactly how close she was to me, and that had become a lot harder than it should have been.

"Guys, I don't think this is really any of our business" Trent said "they've been through too much already we don't need to make this any harder on them"

I don't think I had been any more thankful for Trent's way of thinking, if you weren't told something it usually ment it wasn't for you to know. Kira and Kim returned to the table, Kim was smiling and I could tell Kira had told her something that she didn't know, and I was suddenly feeling uncomfortable not knowing if this was a good thing or a bad one. I tried my best to hide it, and I think it worked, oh, who am I kidding, it was obvious.

"Are you okay, Dr. O?" Conner asked

All I could think to do was leave, which might have been a mistake, but my thoughts were all over the place, I needed to get them in order and fast, but I'd see Kim again, I couldn't let her face everything she'd been through alone.

(3rd person)

"Gee, I wonder what's with him?" Ethan asked

"Don't worry, he's got a lot on his mind right now, he'll be okay" Hayley walked over "So you're Kimberly, I'm Hayley, I met Tommy in college"

"Oh, good to meet you"

"We're just friends if that's what you're worried about" Hayley smiled

"I figured that much" Kim smiled again "I've got to go find him"

"Don't worry about him, he'll be back her shortly, he wouldn't leave you stranded here"

"Good point" Kim said "I'm going to get on a computer and check my e-mail"

She got up and went to the nearest empty computer to check her mail.

"Kira, did he tell you anything about what happened to her?" Conner asked

"I promised him I wouldn't tell, and I'm going to keep my word" Kira replied

"Ah, come on Kira" Ethan protested

"You heard her, Ethan" Hayley said "she isn't going to betray Tommy"

Kimberly was surprised by the number of e-mails she had from her friends who had heard through either Aisha or Zack and sent her e-mails to apologize.

Tommy walked back in and noticed Kimberly going through and responding to e-mails from their friends. He walked over to where Hayley and the rangers sat.

"Is that really a good idea for her to be doing" he asked

"She's busy isn't she?" Hayley asked "At least she isn't dwelling on it, be happy about that"

"Okay" he paused "I'll try to be" Tommy sighed

"Listen, Tommy, I'm not going to pretend I know what you're going through, I don't, but I know you need to help her to move on, and to do so, you need to do so as well"

"I'll try" Tommy watched Kim as she finished and joined Tommy, she had yet to figure out he was a power ranger, or bring up the thing the students kept calling him. She would do that in private. They were all laughing and talking, but Kimberly stayed out of the conversation for the most part, and Tommy didn't contribute much either, he was too worried about her. No one knew that they were being watched by someone, who was hating Tommy more and more with each passing moment that Kimberly was with Tommy.

To Be Continued...

a/n: this is my first time trying to write from Tommy's pov, I hope I did good. And Kimberly seems awfully happy, I know, she's safe, or so she thinks so she has relaxed, but the plot is not over yet, not by a long shot!
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Kaitlin

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