Disclaimer: I now own Zack's girlfriend, Lindsay. I don't own the Backstreet Boys song, 'Incomplete.'

Chapter 5 Test of Time

Tommy woke up one day, only to find Kim was not there. He walked into the kitchen, but still no Kim. It had been almost two years since the two gotten back together, one and half months since Kim had moved back from Florida.

"Where in the world could you be Kim?" Tommy asked himself.

Tommy knew Jason and Kat were in town, so he decided to call their hotel room and see if he knew where she was. Then again, Kim's mom was also visiting from Pairs.

"Hello?" Jason answered, yawning.

"Sorry to wake you bro, but has Kim been over there?" Tommy asked.

"Tommy it's 9:30 in the morning. Why would she be here?" Jason asked.

"I don't know. I just woke up, and she's not here," he said. Just then, Tommy's phone began to beep. "Hold up, Jason. I'm getting another call on the other line."

Tommy's heart almost stopped when he heard the voice on the other line.

"Mr. Oliver, I'm calling from Angel Grove Hospital on a Miss Kimberly Hart," the person on the other line said.

"What happened to her?" Tommy panicked.

Tommy could hardly get the words out of his mouth.

"She was involved in a car accident this morning. She said she was on her way to see her mother who came from Paris when she finally woke up. She's very lucky that she retained her memory. We weren't sure at first," the person said.

"Is she going to be okay?" Tommy asked.

"I believe she will, Mr. Oliver," the person assured him.

"Have you already called her mother?" Tommy asked.

"Yes, I have," the person said.

"Thank you, Doctor, I'm on my way," Tommy replied.

Tommy then got back on the line with Jason.

"Jason, Kim's in the hospital, she was in an accident," he said.

"Kat and I are on our way. Just let me get ready," he replied.

"See you there," Tommy responded.

xxx

Tommy rushed to his car and headed to the hospital. While going 85mph on the highway, a song started to play.

Empty spaces fill me up with holes

Distant faces with no place left to go

Without you within me I can't find no rest

Where I'm going is anybody's guess

I've tried to go on like I never knew you

I'm awake but my world is half asleep

I pray for this heart to be unbroken

But without you all I'm going to be is incomplete

"Man, Kim," Tommy yelled, hitting his stirring wheel. "I can't believe this happened."

Voices tell me I should carry on

But I am swimming in an ocean all alone

Baby, my baby

It's written on your face

You still wonder if we made a big mistake

I've tried to go on like I never knew you

I'm awake but my world is half asleep

I pray for this heart to be unbroken

But without you all I'm going to be is incomplete

I don't mean to drag it on, but I can't seem to let you go

I don't wanna make you face this world alone

I wanna let you go

I've tried to go on like I never knew you

I'm awake but my world is half asleep

I pray for this heart to be unbroken

But without you all I'm going to be is incomplete

Incomplete

xxx

Tommy ran into the hospital out of breath thirty minutes later.

"Where's Kimberly Hart's room, please?" he asked.

"131," the nurse said.

"Thanks," Tommy replied. He took a deep breath as he opened the door. "Hey, Beautiful."

Kim slowly opened her eyes and smiled seeing Tommy sitting by her bed.

"Hey, Tommy," she weakly said.

"You had me really scared," he sighed. "With everything we've been through, this has been the worst."

"Thanks for being here, Tommy," Kim smiled.

"Now where have I heard this conversation before?" Tommy laughed, recalling when Kim lost her powers.

"Hey there," said some familiar voices.

Jason had called everyone to tell them about Kim.

"How you holding up, Kim?" Aisha asked.

"A little weak, but I'm fine," she replied.

"We're just glad you're okay, Kim," Adam said.

"Thanks, Adam. Thank you all for being here," she smiled.

The doctor then walked into the room.

"I think it's about time we let Kimberly get some rest," he said.

Tommy kissed Kim's forehead and left with the others.

"Am I going to be all right?" Kim asked.

"Now that you're up and responding, it's safe to safe that you will be," he smiled.

xxx

Kat walked outside to find Tommy alone by the curb.

"Are you going to be okay, Tommy?" she asked.

"Yeah," he answered.

The rest soon started walking out to join them.

"Don't worry, bro," Jason said.

Tommy looked down as his best friend laid a hand on his shoulder.

"Yeah," Rocky said," Kim's a strong woman. She'll make it through this. She has to."

"No doubt about that," Billy smiled.

Zack appeared in front of them with a young woman.

"Hey guys, how is she holding up?" he asked.

"She'll pull through," Trini smiled, turning towards Zack's female friend. "And who might this be?"

"Oh, I'm sorry. Everyone, this is my girlfriend, Lindsay," Zack informed them.

"Nice to meet you, Lindsay," Aisha said.

"It's nice to finally meet you all too," she smiled.

"Hey, nice hair cut," Zack said, just noticing Tommy's hair was no longer long. "Does Kim like it?"

"She's still getting used to me having hardly any hair now," Tommy laughed.

He could see her reaction now. Her eyes grew to twice its size when Tommy walked in the door that day.

"I wished I could have seen her face," Adam laughed.

"It was definitely a Kodak moment," Tommy said.

Kim's mom then came running up to them, throwing her arms around Tommy.

"Kim's going to be all right, Mrs. Hart. She's a strong woman," Tommy reassured her.

"That's good to hear," she said. "Kim was on her way to my hotel when it happened. She said she had something to tell me."

"I wondered what it could have been," Tommy replied.

xxx

A while later Tommy caught up with the doctor.

"What exactly happened this morning?" he asked.

"A witness said that a man in a truck ran a red light and hit Miss Hart," the doctor explained.

"Is she going to be all right?" Tommy asked.

"Indeed she will be," the doctor smiled, looking back at her records. "Oh dear."

"What? Is something wrong?" Tommy panicked.

"She lost the baby," the doctor said.

Tommy's face became pale. He had no idea Kim was pregnant.

"Sh… she was pregnant?" he asked.

"I told her everything was fine," the doctor said, not looking at Tommy.

xxx

Tommy's head was down as he entered Kim's room.

"Why do you look so miserable?" Kim asked.

"I can think of a few reasons," Tommy said.

Kim gave him a perplexed look.

"Well, I have some very good news to give you," she smiled.

Tommy closed his eyes tightly. He knew what she was going to tell him.

"And I have some very bad news to give you," Tommy told her.

"My news will make you cheery, I promise," Kim said. "I have to say first though I was scared. Tommy, I'm having your baby."

Tommy closed his eyes again and pinched the top of his nose.

"Kim, the doctor told you that you were fine because he didn't know you were pregnant," he said.

"No," Kim cried, "he said… the baby's…"

Tommy took Kim in his arms. He could only imagine the joy Kim must've felt finding out she was pregnant. Now, all of that happiness in her was suddenly taken away.

xxx

Kim had not been the same since the accident. It had been four months, and yet she still was in pain. She was sitting on the couch, just staring at the floor. Losing her child was something she would have never imagined would happen to her.

"Tommy," Kim called as he entered the living room.

"You need anything?" he asked as he sat next to her on the couch.

"I just want to tell you I'm sorry," Kim said.

"You have nothing to be sorry about," Tommy told her. "It was just a sign that the time wasn't right to start a family."

"When will we know?" Kim cried.

"I don't know," Tommy admitted.

Tommy covered her hand with his as he remembered breaking the news to the others.

'FLASHBACK'

Tommy walked out of Kim's room to find the rest waiting for him.

"What's wrong?" Kim's mom asked.

"She's going to fine, right? The doctor said she would be," Aisha said.

"You guys," Tommy sighed, "when the doctor told Kim everything was fine, he didn't know at the time Kim was…"

He just could not do it. She was pregnant with their child, and now this accident had taken that life from them.

"Tommy, was Kim…" Jason began.

"She lost the baby. That's why she was going to see her mom. Kim always said you would be the first to know," he said, looking towards a crying Mrs. Hart.

"My baby was pregnant," Kim's mom sobbed.

"This isn't fair," Billy yelled. "There was no reason for this. This should've never happened."

"I'm going in to see her," Kat said.

"Right behind you," Trini, Lindsay, and Aisha added in unison.

"You should go in, too, Mrs. Hart," Zack said. "Kim needs you."

With her head down, she walked in with Kat, Aisha, Lindsay, and Trini.

"Are you going to be all right, bro?" Rocky asked.

"How can I be," Tommy snapped. "Kim was pregnant, and now she isn't. She's going through so much pain that I can't even begin to comprehend how she feels."

"I understand," Adam said, putting his hand on Tommy's shoulder.

'END FLASHBACK'

"Somehow, what you just said made me feel better," Kim smiled.

"What was that?" Tommy asked, shaking off his flashback.

"Maybe we weren't ready yet to become parents," Kim said.

"Don't ever forget that I love you," Tommy told her.

"And I love you," Kim smiled.

AN:

Catch you on the next chapter!