Chapter Eight
After Kat had cried herself to sleep holding Kimberly's hand, the others began to come into the room. First was Jason, he had come to make sure Kat was okay. Then came Tanya and Adam who both lost it at the sight of Kim, then followed Rocky, Aisha, and Billy. The sat in separate chairs around the room, sleeping in shifts just in case Kim were to wake up during the night. Jason took the first shift. He pulled up a chair on the opposite side of the bed from Kat and held Kim's other hand. He talked to her quietly while the other's slept.
"You know, Kim, I remember the first time you saw Tommy. You and Trini gushed over how cute he was. I only wish she were here to help you. God, I loved her so much. He only got five years you know….the driver. He killed her, driving drunk and they only gave him five years. I never told you because I knew you'd do something drastic about it." Jason told her, tears falling down his cheeks, "She loved you more than anything. She would've done anything for you. God Kim, why didn't you ever tell anyone? Why?" Jason held her hand to his lips and let his tears fall.
Kimberly, who was still unconscious, was having her own conversation with someone she'd lost a while ago. She walked on clouds to a set of swings that seemed to come from nowhere. She sat down and wondered if she was dying or if this was just a dream. She turned her head to see Trini, her best friend who had died in a car accident three years before.
"Trini?" Kim said, the echo of her voice surprised her.
"Hey Kim." She said and Kim smiled when her voice echoed to.
"So is this you, coming to take me home?" Kim asked. Trini giggled a little, and then looked at Kim with tears in her eyes.
"No, Kim, this is a dream. I came here to tell you that you have to wake up. Tommy needs you. If you don't wake up now, he could do something that could ruin his life forever." Trini said. Kim nodded slightly.
"For as much as I want you to be with me a little longer, you need to wake up. He needs you more." Trini continued. Kim stood and hugged her best friend.
"Thank you, Trini." She said, "I love you."
"I love you to, Kim." Trini said. Kim turned to walk away.
"Oh, Kim." Trini said, and Kim turned, "Tell Jason I love him, but he needs to move on. Tell him that it's okay to fall in love again."
"I will." Kim said and she turned to see a white light.
The hospital room was dark and it was night outside. Kim looked around, Jason was at one side of her, holding her hand and crying. Kat was at the other side, holding her other hand and dead asleep. Kim turned her head slightly to look at Jason.
"Jase." She whispered. He looked up at her, wide eyed.
"Kim? You're awake?" he asked, almost ecstatic.
"Yea. Where's Tommy?" she asked. He shook his head, wiping his tears away.
"I don't know. He left here hours ago; he was so angry. I thought maybe it was something that Kat might have said, but when I came in here she was out cold.
"Jason, you need to call him. Tell him I'm awake. He needs to be here. If you don't he could do something bad….really, really bad. Please, call him." Kim begged, only in soft whispers. Jason only nodded and immediately began dialing Tommy's number into the phone next to Kim's bed.
Tommy's cell phone rang as he drove up the street to the prison. He pulled over to the side of the road to answer it. It came up "Unknown Call". What he didn't know was that "Unknown Call" saved his life.
"Hello?" he said.
"Tommy, she's awake." Jason's voice came over the line.
"Thanks, Jason, I'm on my way." He said, hanging up the phone. He turned around and headed back to the hospital.
Kim sat up as much as she could when the doctor came in to check on her. He checked her stitches and her blood and told them that a nurse was coming in to change her bandages.
"If she gives you any trouble about your guests, tell her to come talk to me, I'll take care of it." The doctor told her.
"Thanks, Doctor. I don't know what I'd do if I were alone." Kim said. The doctor left and Kim sat and looked around at all of the not so cheery faces around her.
"Jason, I had a dream." She said, taking Jason's hand, "Trini came to me. She told me that Tommy was in trouble and that I had to wake up, but before I woke up she asked me to tell you that she's okay and she wants you to move on. She wants you to love again. She said that she can't rest in peace until she knows that you're okay." Jason only nodded as Kim gave him Trini's message.
An hour and a half later, Tommy arrived at the hospital and nearly ran all the way to Kim's room. She was asleep when he got there. The others began to leave when he had come in. Jason stopped him at the door.
"She said she was a little worn out. She talked to us for a while, but they only thing she really wanted were you and Sami. I know you don't want Sami to see her like this, but I think she needs Sami more than Sami needs her." Jason told him, "I think you should call your parents, tell them to start heading back. Kim needs to know that her daughter is alright." Tommy nodded and Jason hugged him.
"Take it easy man." Tommy said.
"You too, Bro." Jason said, leaving Tommy alone with a sleeping Kim. Tommy sat at the chair closest to Kim's bed. He picked up the phone to call his parents when she turned her head and looked at him.
"Where did you go?" she whispered. Tommy looked at her and put the phone down.
"It doesn't matter." Tommy whispered back.
"Tommy, you could've been killed tonight. Why did you go to the prison?" Kim asked. Tommy looked at her with wide eyes and he sat there baffled by how she could possibly know where he was going.
"I just want all this to stop. I can't stand seeing what this is doing to you." He said, tears forming in his eyes, "I just don't want to lose you, Kim." Tears spilled down his cheeks and she reached for him. He let her hold him close to her heart and he cried.
"You'll never lose me, Tommy. No matter what happens, we will always be together. I promise. I'm never going to leave you. I'm a part of you. Just like you're apart of me. I love you. Always." She told him. He sat in his chair, his head lain on her chest, while her hands massaged his scalp and he cried. This time, it was Kimberly being strong for him and neither of them minded.