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Chapter summary: Faith plays with them, but even when lies had separated them, there is still something true between them.
Timeline: 5 years after the night Outside the Youth Center.
Title: Never Gone
By: Mili
Chapter 4: Climbing the walls
"Stop the elevator," Tommy runs to get in, watching the form of a woman in there. "Thanks" he said smiling when he got in, his smile faded once he noted who the woman on the elevator with him was.
"Tommy!"
"Kim!"
"Oh my God, Hi, How are you? Do you work on this building?" Kim was surprised to find him there. She moved back to Angel Grove a month ago. During all this time she hasn't seen Tommy.
"Yes," He moved to push the button of his floor.
"Do you work on the sixth floor? I'm going to that floor. I have an appointment with a new client of the advertisement company where I work." She explained trying to keep a friendly mood.
"No way," he murmured surprised
"What?"
"My boss asked me to take care of everything personally, I have to work directly with the person of the advertisement company that turns out to be you, so now we are going to work together." Tommy explained her coldly; obvious for Kim he wasn't happy about the news.
"That's great," she smiled trying to low his bad mood.
Tommy hasn't complete forgotten what happened between them, after that night outside the Youth Center they never really had talked, he has avoided her every time she had tried to approach to him, when she went back to Florida everything was easier for him, they have seen each other over those years but he hasn't tried to talk to her and she apparently decided to respect his decision and hasn't made a move to talk to him either. Since Jason told him that Kim was moving back to Angel Grove he has been thinking about her and now found out that they are going to work together just make it harder for him now.
He looked at her "Look Kim, I'm not trying to be rude or anything but since we are going to work together, let's just make this clear, we work in the same office, and we are co-workers, nothing else. We are not friends; we haven't been friends in a long time, so just try to keep this relation in the professional side."
She was shocked and hurt for his words, but she hid it well "Fine."
"Let's just try to be polite with each other and avoid this uncomfortable moments alone that can lead to conversations that we don't want to have," In that moment there was a power fail and the elevator stopped.
"A moment like this one?" she murmured trying to hold her laugh, she was having fun for how faith is always playing with them; Tommy in the other hand wasn't enjoying the moment.
"Great!" he growled. He started pushing buttons but nothing seems to work, he picked up the emergency phone. There was a power problem and they are working on that. They will be out in like 20 minutes.
"What did they say?" Kim asked after Tommy hung up the phone.
"We have to wait at least 20 minute," He spoke serious and showing no emotion.
"Great!" she replied with a smirk on her face. "Are you still afraid of small places?" she tried to hide her giggling.
"What?" he was thinking on faith too when she spoke and didn't hear what she said.
Kim repeated her question, calmer and serious now. "I said if you are still afraid of small places?"
He shook his head "I've never been afraid of small places," He assured witha confidence look.
Kim chuckled "Oh come on, you were always shaking when we were in small places,"
'That had other explanation' He thought smiling, remembering the moments they spent together "You're Right" he answered shyly.
Kim saw his smile, she took a moment to think about his reaction, when she understood what he had meant; she started giggling "Remember When we hid to make up in the closet in High School? You were so scared,"
"Hey! You pulled me in there, someone could have caught us and we would have had a lot of troubles."
"But it didn't happen, and we have fun." he smiled for that, they were always so shy in public but there were moments when they just want to be with each other.
"How is your girlfriend, Gina right?" Kim asked her eyes on the elevator buttons.
"She is fine." He responded. The last time they saw each other was 6 months ago in Jason's birthday party. They avoided each other all the party, spending all the time with their respective dates. Gina, Tommy's girlfriend. A beautiful girl, tall, blonde, green eyes. They seemed very close for Kim, but she didn't care about that she had David, a guy she met in Orlando a few months before the party.
"How did you two meet?" Kim asked him.
"Kim!"
"Tommy, we are not going anywhere, let's at least try to talk,"
"Ok, I met her on a club, I'm not the guy to meet girls like that, but when I saw her, she has something that pulled me to her, we started talking, we have so much in common, after a few days wewere spending a lot of time together, we started dating, the relationship grown and we have been living together for the last 3 months,"
"Great,"
"So, how did you meet David?" Tommy remembered the guy from Jason's birthday party 6 months ago. When Jason's told him about Kim's moving back he explained how David was moving with her. Some part of him was jealous, but he pushed that away, he has Gina now.
She smiled remember the moment "It was in Orlando, I was out and it was really late, I was walking alone for one street when a man grab my arm and pushed against a wall, he asked me to give him my purse, I tried to fight him but he was to strong but then I heard someone yelling, 'Let her go now' I don't know where he came from, he fight the guy and the guy run away, Dave helped me and asked me if I was ok, that moment was just so magic," Kim chuckled "Pretty ironic ha, he saved me,"
"Great," was Tommy's replied
Again the silence between them, it's incredible how they have managed to avoid each other gaze even when they are in a place so small.
Kim broke the silence "I went to the Youth Center, last week. I can't believe Bulk and Skull are running the place now,"
"Yes, they re-opened it a few months ago,"
Kim took a moment to think before she spoke "Have you thought that if there wasn't for Bulk and Skull maybe we probably never had started dating?"
"How is that?" Tommy asked confuse.
"Think about it, I liked you since the moment I saw you in the Karate tournament but I wouldn't had had the courage to ask you to the Youth Center if you hadn't rescued me from Bulk and Skull and you wouldn't had had the courage to talk to me if Bulk and Skull wouldn't decided to bother me that day."
"I guess so,"
"If we hadn't met before all the Evil Green Ranger thing, the things between us would had been different,"
"Maybe,"
"Maybe that would have been better." Kim lowered her head, how different the things would be between them for that single moment.
He took a moment to think how exactly respond her comment "Kim, not matter what had happened between us, we have pretty good moments together and some of those moments had made us what we are today, we had bad moments too but You know what? I never reject what we had." He spoke softly.
She smiled him, that's smile that he has missed so much and that been hunting him for years.
"I'm really sorry about what happened between us,"
"I know, and I'm sorry too. I couldn't understand it in that moment. It's been years, I shouldn't keep this grudge. We were friends and I miss that." His words so softly and honest for her, she just smiled him.
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Flashback
I miss you
"I realized something," Tommy turned to hear what Kimberly had to say "If I hadn't told you those words, we probably wouldn't be together,"
"Why do you say that?" Tommy giggled remember that moment, How scared he was, and how surprised when she told him that she missed him, but happy too.
"It's true, if I hadn't gone for you and told you that I missed you, you wouldn't had kissed me or asked me to the dance."
"That's not true, Beautiful." Tommy assured her, Kim watched him with an incredulous look that made him add, "I was planning to ask you out but I couldn't find the right time. Remember when we were at the park, I was going to ask you in that moment but Goldar interrupted us."
"Oh, come on, you were stammering for 5 minutes before that, if you would have had the guts to ask me out, we would had been kissing by the time Goldar arrived,"
"Really?" Tommy asked surprised, pleased by the blush that he got form her. "You know, I'm happy that you came for me at the lake," He smiled her, that smile that always melts her heart.
"I'm happy too," she smiled back
End of Flashback
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"I miss our friendship too." She smiled him.
"I'm sorry."
"I'm sorry too.Tommy I think faith is giving us a second chance, Friends?" S She put her hand out for himtrying hardto keepit straight.
Tommy smiled and took her hand "Friends."
To be continued
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