Disclaimer: I do not own the Power Rangers or anything related to the series. I do own the character of Alex Myers.

speakofthetruth: I hope that this will become interesting in this chapter, as you get to see Kim's side of things.

Traveling Reviewer: I thought long and hard about your review and I came up with some things that I think I agree with you on. Kim's boyfriend is going to be a good guy, but Tommy is going to continue as is. I think that I need to follow that much in order to make the ending I have seem plausible. If you continue to read, I hope that you enjoy it.

forevercrane: I'm not too worried about it, I think I've been a victim of this person before. But Kim's situation is going to be somewhat stickier than I first planned, although so things will not be changed, like Tommy's general disposition right now.

Kim's POV

This last week has been one of the most rewarding and hurtful weeks I have ever experienced in my life, thus far. I broke up with Tommy Oliver and started dating Alex Myers. He is a member of the male gymnastics team her and unlike Tommy, he understands the pressures of being in this place.

Tommy just didn't understand what it was like to be pressured to always do your best and know that if you didn't do your best, then you might suffer the consequences of never having another practice to make it right. But enough about the rewarding, I can't help but say some things about the hurtful. They are going to be emblazened in my memory much longer than the good things that have happened.

Jason flew down to see me before he went back out to California. He told me about why he is going back, but he also gave me a good, old fashioned, scolding. I know I was not the most humane person in my way of breaking up with Tommy, but Jason was almost cruel with what he had to say.

He said that Alex was in this relationship for one thing, but I can't really imagine that being so. Unlike the other guys here, he took an interest in me from day one, before he even knew anything else about me. He showed that he cared when no one else around here did. Jason just must be wrong in his read of Alex. I think it just bothers him that I broke his best friend's heart, but I really didn't mean to do that to Tommy. I just couldn't think of another way to break up with him.

"Hey, you've been quiet tonight. Something on your mind?" Alex asked, situating himself in the chair next to her in the lounge. Other gymnasts were sitting around, but most had gone on to their dorm rooms to do their homework. Their intense practice schedules only left the evenings open for homework and there was nothing that they could do to change their coaches ways. They had to work long hard hours in order to have a chance at the team, but right now Kim was taking a little break to recover from this week.

"Just thinking about what Jason said to me," Kim said, as she could not help that the admonishment still rang in her ears whenever she was around Alex.

Jason had always been a good judge of character and she knew he could take or leave her relationship with Tommy. It had always been that way and she was surprised to see that he had changed his mind on that point. If Tommy was really taking it that bad, she was worried, as a lot more people would suffer besides him.

"Why does it bother you? He'll get over it, eventually. Tommy is his best friend, Kim. What did you expect out of him?" Alex asked, as he had heard what Jason said, although Jason had not tried to make it to where no one could hear him.

"Not this. He has never acted like that before when I've told him about someone I am interested in. He was going out to California after he left here and he may tell Tommy everything that is going on. I don't know if he needs to hear it," Kim said, although she doubted Jason would do that. She knew he was going to be busy enough with his new appointment and she doubted he would really have the time for that sort of conversation. He was probably going to only have time for classes and fighting.

"Why does he mean so much to you?" Alex asked, as he tried to find out more about her past. He had never been able to get her to open up to him about that.

He didn't know much about what she had done before she came to Miami and he felt it was something he needed to know. He, however, did not have the slightest clue what his prying might do to him if he found out the truth. There were some things that she could share with him, but that had never been one that she had even thought of talking about. It went without saying that she was not supposed to talk about her time as a ranger and although Jason was one of her best friendss, her ranger career had a lot to do with their bond.

"You wouldn't understand," Kim said with a smile as she stood up. She knew she had some work to do before she went to sleep for the night.

She also didn't want to admit to Alex that she was going to call Trini. He knew that she took comfort in calling her, but he also didn't know that her other friends had shut her out because of her decision. They had to loyal to the team leader and Tommy still held that position with an iron clad hand, despite his impaired mental shape.

"Do you have early practice tomorrow?" Alex asked, as he stood up and reached to give her a hug.

"Yeah, but that means more time to rest and I need that right now," Kim said as she turned to go to her room and she felt his eyes on the back of her neck as she walked away, but she refused to look back. He didn't have the pull on her that other people had, had in the past, but one day he would develop that pull. It had taken Tommy awhile to do that, but she knew now that if she saw him, she could not help but turn around and look at him.

"Hello," Trini said as she picked up the phone and knew it could only be one of two people. If it was Kim, she might refuse to talk about Alex. She really didn't want to hear anymore about him. She had dealt with it when she heard Kim was breaking up with Tommy, but she couldn't continue to act as if she was just fine with it.

If was Jason, she would happily listen to the complaints that she was sure that he had. He loved being a ranger, but the situation he was in now, pushed his own limits. He came in knowing that it was going to be hard, but he had not expected to find Tommy in the mental condition that he was in. That was just one more obstacle he was going to have to work against and they didn't need anymore of those right now.

"Hey," Kim said in a perky tone as Trini settled herself in to listen to whatever was said. Kim was her friend, but she was not sure what sort of judgement Kim now had. She had not met Alex and she couldn't really judge him, but Jason had her worried, although Jason was biased. He was going into a situation that had disaster spread all over it. "Trini have you talked to Jason?"

"Yes, why?" Trini asked as she had heard from Jason what he saw and thought when he went down to Florida. She had to admit that she was worried about the situation. Jason's character checks were some of the best and she was confident that he was right, but she knew Kim probably wouldn't listen. Alex had seemed to sweep her off her feet and she knew that it took Kim awhile to come back to Earth after something like that happened. From what she knew, Kim still hadn't landed from Tommy's sweeping her off her feet.

"Do you know why he came down so hard on me?" Kim asked, as she knew she would not be able to truly go on until she knew what had caused him to act that way.

"Because he just has this feeling about Alex, Kim. You know how he gets when he has feelings like that, plus he is under a lot of extra stress. He is going back out there to be with him and you kinda made it harder," Trini said as she placed her book on her nightstand. She was going to have to head to class in a few hours, but she hadn't been sleeping well since Jason left, not that she told anyone that. She could never admit that to others when she couldn't even admit it to him.

"But Trini, it was worse than normal," Kim said, as Trini sighed.

Jason had really told her everything, but she felt that Kim should be talking to him instead of her. He was the one that said it to her after all and he should be explaining to her why he did it. Trini just knew that Kim couldn't take another lashing from him, though. She had been hoping that Jason would be supportive, but he just said he'd be there as a friend, he couldn't agree with the relationship.

"Kim, you've got to trust me when I say that Jason just has a feeling. He may be wrong, but think about it, okay? He's only saying it because he's your friend and he cares about you," Trini said, as she knew that if Jason was right then Kim might be going down a road that she was not going to like the end of, but she was in charge of her own life. They had to let her live it the way that she wanted to.

"Alright, Trini. Have you been doing okay?" Kim asked as she was one of the few people that knew how Trini felt about Jason and she could only hope that time would treat the both of them right.

"As good as can be expected. Zack keeps on trying to cheer me up, but it's been rough. He calls every day and I just pray that I have the strength to make it through these next few months without him. I'm coming back to the States in about a year and I'll hopefully straighten out this mess," Trini said, as she wiped away a few stray tears that were leaking from her eyes.

"I wish you would have told him before he left. He would have wanted to know," Kim said, as she knew that the long distance was going to kill Trini and she knew that Jason must be pained by it to call every day. She just hoped that they two of them would be able to keep themselves afloat during this rough time in their lives. If they were able to make it through the distance, which could hurt their friendship, then they could make it through anything. "I gotta go, Trini. You need to get some sleep and I need to go take a shower. I'll talk to you whenever I get some more time."

AN: I know that this is a very short chapter, but I wanted you to get Kim's mind set on things and how everything seems to be going in Florida to her. I hope you enjoyed this chapter and feel free to review.