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A/N: This is a one shot deal, and there are no plans for a follow up or a sequel. All of these are short stories dealing with some of my favorite rangers and some of the most infamous situations throughout their respective series. Each of them is much too short to be a stand-alone fic, so I bunched all of them into one big story. Take a few minutes to leave a review; they're greatly appreciated.
MMPR: The Letter
Kim stood in front of the mailbox, letter in hand, debating on whether or not to drop it in the slot, or rip it up. It took her days to find the right words, to come up with the right things to say, and even after writing several rough drafts, none of them seemed to be right. 'There isn't going to be an easy way to let him down. Either way, its going to break his heart,' she thought to herself.
She loved Tommy with every ounce of her being, she had from the moment she met him. He was everything she could have asked for in a man; warm, caring, sensitive, brave and kind. The time they were able to be alone together was very brief, but still very special to her, and because of that, it made her decision a difficult one. Leaving Angel Grove to train for the Pan Globals was the hardest thing she'd ever had to do, but it was the chance of a lifetime. Her coach was convinced she had what it took to win a gold medal in the gymnastics division, and though it meant giving her power coin and morpher to Katherine and stepping down as a power ranger, she knew it was the right thing to do. Still, she soon realized that leaving Tommy behind was one of the hardest things she'd ever done.
She had been miserable without him; being away from him was much harder than she thought it would be. After all, she was with any almost every moment of the day. Whether they were in school, or when Zordon contacted them about another monster in the city, they were together. It was rare that they were ever alone, but it didn't matter, she enjoyed every moment was with him. Leaving him broke her heart, and though she hadn't spoken to him since she left, she knew it was hurting him as much as it was her. Sure, there were a few people who approached her, and she even found some of them attractive, but she knew she wasn't ready to get into anything else. Though she and Tommy never made anything official, never really talked about the way they felt, they both knew how the other felt. 'Maybe we couldn't find the words, or maybe it was never the right time,' she thought. Still, her love for Tommy was the purest love she'd ever experienced, and it hurt her to think that somewhere out there, Tommy was as heart broken as she was.
That's why she wrote the letter.
The letter went into great detail about the new person in her life, how she always loved Tommy, but like a brother. There was no one else, there never was, but she though it was best that Tommy thought so. She knew that initially, he'd be hurt, even mad at her, but she also knew that his anger would allow him to get over her and move on with his life. Her schedule was a hectic one; training 12 hours a day, constantly on the road, competing in different events in preparation for the Pan Globals, and the last thing she needed was distractions. Thinking about Tommy constantly was a distraction, a big one, but she knew that if Tommy moved on with his life and found someone else; at least he would be happy. The decision to leave the group and follow her dream had left her lonely, and there wasn't a moment that went by that she didn't think about giving it all up and going back to Angel Grove.
'I'll go back, eventually,' she assured herself, but she knew it wasn't fair for her to have Tommy waiting months, possibly even years for her to return. He deserved better. 'Besides, I saw the way he looked at Katherine. Maybe those two will hit it off,' she tried to tell herself. She hated the thought of having to lie to him, knowing that the letter she wrote would devastate him, but she knew it would be better for everyone involved. Now, Tommy wouldn't wait for her, clinging to the idea of them being together again. Now, Tommy would find happiness, even if it wasn't with her.
With a tear in her eye and a reluctant sigh, she pulled back the hatch on the mailbox, dropping the letter into the slot. "I love you Tommy," she sighed, slowly walking away.