Memoria Sonata Chapter 5: The Truth Doesn't Make a Noise, a power rangers fanfic

Chapter 5- The Truth Doesn't Make a Noise

Author's Notes: For any disclaimers, the character of Courtney Hart is owned by me and not of those who work for the show. Second, my penname has now been changed from cmel to flipgurlpink11 for here on out. To the readers out there, this chapter will be a tearjerker for everyone. On a further note, Katherine will be introduced in this chapter to all readers. I'm working her involvement in the story later. Enjoy!

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"Kimberly you better get a move on!" Courtney replied, "You don't want to be late!"

"I know Courtney I got to go!" Kim yelled running out the door again towards the bus stop around the corner, "Eight o'clock…for once I'm on time for the bus!"

The New Year was already coming into full swing and with that a lot of changes once again happened. Time flies fast and one minute it's December, now it's February. For starters, Kimberly's cousin Courtney moved in with the Hart family while her mom was touring with her gymnastics team. The Ranger business has been quiet with the low count of monster attacks around the city. There were other things on Kimberly's mind. Recently she's been trying to compete for a spot in the Pan Global Games doubling her gymnastics practice at the Youth Center. There were tryouts being hosted in Angel Grove and Kimberly is anxious than ever to try out. As she waited for the bus, she was reading a plantlet containing information about the Pan Global Games when she noticed a blonde girl waiting at the bus stop too.

"You're reading up about the Pan Global Games?" the girl asked, "I'm sorry if I disturbing you I just find it fascinating you're reading up about the games. Are you competing to be on the Pan Global Team?"

"Actually I am for gymnastics," Kim smiled, "I'm trying to see if I can earn a spot on the gymnastics team. I've been working hard as of lately."

"Well I see you're working hard to earn a spot in the games," the girl replied, "Actually I was once in the Pan Global Games as a diver back home in Australia. If you want to earn a spot in the games all I can advise you is to keep applying yourself and keep your focus. Sorry for not introducing myself, my name is Katherine Hillard I just transferred here to Angel Grove."

"I'm Kimberly Hart it's nice to meet you," Kim replied, "So is it your first day of school?"

"Yeah my dad was supposed to drive me for registration but he had an early business meeting so I have to take public transit to school," Kat said, "So this is the right bus that goes to Angel Grove High is it?"

"Yeah welcome to Angel Grove Katherine," Kim replied as they got onto the bus, "One word of advice…beware of Drill Sgt. Kaplan. He's the Principal but he's really strict and doesn't like tardy students like me for that matter. He deems me as being the Queen of Tardiness because I'm always late. Anyways I want to hear more about the Pan Global Games if you don't mind?"

"Okay I can tell you more," Kat smiled at her new friend, "I'll give you some heads up on it."

At school Kimberly introduced the others to Katherine after she came out of the office for administration purposes. Kat began to tell them about her life back in Australia and they all began to bond once they reached homeroom. Tommy came in a few minutes later as he took his normal seat next to Kim.

"Hey Beautiful," Tommy smiled giving Kim a kiss, "For once Miss Tardy is early for class."

"Well I got Courtney to thank for that," Kim said, "Blasted kid woke up at 6:30am just to watch the Mickey Mouse Club with her! Ever since Courtney moved in it's been nothing but hectic at my place. My brother's wedding is coming up next week."

"I see you guys are busy," Tommy replied, "How is your brother doing with pre-wedding jitters? Is he excited or nervous?"

"A bit of both," Kim said, "Anyways are we still on for the movies next Friday?"

"You bet on it," Tommy answered as he didn't notice Kat sitting behind Kim trying to talk to Kimberly, "Oh I'm sorry I must be interrupting something."

"No problem it's my fault for interrupting," Kat replied.

"Oh I forgot to introduce you," Kim said, "Katherine, this is Tommy Oliver, my boyfriend."

"Nice to meet you," Kat smiled shaking his hand, "Kimberly must be a lucky girl. How long have you been dating?

"Almost six months," Tommy smiled, "We're celebrating our sixth month anniversary tonight."

"Yeah I'm glad to have a guy like Tommy," Kim smiled.

"That's good you two are together," Kat replied as she turn to face the front. She kind of found Tommy a bit attractive, but also she felt a bit of uncomfortably seeing Tommy and Kimberly romantically interact with one another. "I wonder what he sees in her. They're completely opposite from each other. But at least Kim has good taste in men. Tommy does seem attractive."

"Katherine?" Tommy called, "It was nice to meet you. Maybe you can hang out with us some time after school. We can show you around Angel Grove."

"Same here," Kat replied, "I would take that to consideration."

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Kimberly and the others decided to take Kat to the Youth Center after school. Tommy said he was going to meet up with them later on. Kim was putting some extra time to practice her gymnastics while the others watched. They noticed that Kim was working extra hard if she wanted to earn a spot in the Pan Global Games. They watched as she did her routine on the balance beam. Kat found it impressive and she decided to help her new friend out with her application to compete in the games next year. After an two hours, Kim finally stopped.

"I must say Kimberly that is very impressive," Kat complimented, "You must have some talent on the balance beam. How long have you been doing gymnastics?"

"All my life," Kim replied, "I was hoping to make it for the Pan Global Team next year."

"If you want I can help you," Kat said, "I'm planning to tryout again for the Diving Team next year. We can apply together."

"That would be great," Kim smiled.

"But I got to ask Kimberly," Billy asked, "If…it doesn't work out with the Pan Global Games, do you have any other plans of what you'll consider for next year?"

"Well…I haven't thought much about it," Kim replied, "All I can think about is competing for a spot on the Pan Global Team. I do want to do other things besides gymnastics. If this gymnastics thing doesn't work, well…I might plan to do something in architecture, interior designing or contracting. I actually took a few courses in landscape designing and architecture. But you'll never know. Maybe I might stick to gymnastic, maybe take up a career in music, but you'll never know what can happen in the future."

"Can't believe that graduation is coming up soon," Rocky replied, "At times like this you would have to consider your future career."

"You could say that again," Kat added, "Just like Kim said…if I can't make it on the Pan Global Team next year, I'll probably continue dancing. I was thinking about studying ballet aboard next year if I lose my opportunity. You have to at least have a backup plan."

"Oh shoot!" Kim yelled as she looked at her watch, "I lost track of time! It's already 5:15 and I need to pick up Courtney from her friend's house! We're suppose to head down to the church for the wedding rehearsal! I got to go guys!"

"And imagine how your cousin will react if you don't pick her up?" Aisha teased.

"I know," Kim replied as she packed up her stuff and left, "I got to go. See you later guys."

"Don't be late," Adam replied as Kim left.

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When it was half past five, Kimberly managed to arrive on time with her cousin Courtney for her brother's wedding rehearsal. She was going to be a bridesmaid and Courtney was going to be a flower girl at the wedding. She met her brother Kenny's fiancée Demi. But soon in less than a few weeks, Demi was going to be Kim's sister-in-law. Her mother was there to facilitate the rehearsal at the church making sure everything was in order. The wedding was taking a lot of stress on the family preparing everything from invitations to reception, to clothing. By 9pm, the rehearsal was finally done. Kim's family went ahead first, while Kim herself left half an hour later from the church. Suddenly, she saw Tommy across the street hanging out with an older man. Without being seen, Kim decided to follow them from a far distance.

"If you want to talk anytime you can come by the university," David said, "I work as a TA with Dr. Scott. I'm working to get my teacher's license. Dr. Scott is neurologist at the hospital but he teaches also at the university. He's your friend Jason's father. My dad and him go back a long way. That's why he knows me because of my dad and my birth parents."

"That's pretty exciting," Tommy replied with a sigh, "I need to ask you something."

"I wonder what they're talking about?" Kim wondered as they sat at a nearby café.

"Let me guess…you found out the truth didn't you? Is that is what's wrong?" David asked.

"Maybe…I shouldn't have known, but how can they have lie to me all these years? David…I just found out an hour ago that I was adopted. My parents were talking about you and how we were related. Is it true? Did you come to Angel Grove…looking for me? I need to know. Am I your half-brother?"

"Everything that I told you is true," David replied, "I came to Angel Grove…looking for you. I know this is all a shock for you, but you said you wanted to know. Your parents should have told you this a long time ago. Tommy? Are you okay?"

"I didn't believe it at first," Tommy sighed, "After 17 years…I find out. It hurts so much to know the truth. I always…wondered why I felt this sort of emptiness inside. I…felt resentment towards them…for the fact that I grew up as an illegitimate adopted child."

"Which part hurts the most? The fact you were kept in the dark about this, or who you are?"

"That's the problem I don't know who I am now. But…I can't blame them. They raised me as their own son, and the fact that we're brothers at least there's some sense of closure. I then asked my folks who were my birth parents. My mom told me a bit about my birth mother, actually about our real mother Rose."

"Rose and Janice were best friends in high school. But…however there was this one incident that occurred 17 years ago. I was maybe 4 years old at the time. My birth father and our birth mother were sort of having some marital problems. The whole thing blew up during a friend's wedding. What happened were my parents got into a huge argument and after that my birth father left the reception that night with me in tow. Rose stayed behind but she was too upset to talk to anyone, except for my adopted dad, Grant and some guy that they used to call Nate. Your mother left the reception early that night because she was upset that her ex-fiancée married some other woman. She went to talk to James to try to work things out."

"What happened?" Tommy asked, "You seemed young…but you were there at that wedding reception? Was this…at the time our real mom got pregnant with me?"

"Yeah…it happened at this wedding reception 17 years ago. During the reception, things got out of hand. Rose got a bit wasted that night and she started hitting on one of her schoolmates there, one of the guys in the picture, except for my dad and Sam. It resulted in a surprising one night stand and about 3 weeks later, she found out she was pregnant. The only person she told about the pregnancy was Janice. But Rose was afraid. Knowing the full extent of infidelity, Rose made Janice swear not to tell James about what happened at the wedding reception that night. Eventually, she convinced James that she was pregnant with his kid."

"So…you're saying that my mom may know who my real father is? How the hell could this have happened that I ended up being created from a accidental one night stand? It's hard enough to grasp the fact that I'm adopted, but being born out of wedlock is another story!"

"That's only half the truth," David added, "Whoever your real father is…he must have meant a lot to Janice a long time ago because your father was someone that Janice knew well. She kept Rose's secret because of the consequences of Rose's infidelity being exposed and your mother's involvement on keeping this secret. You already know the truth Tommy about your true origins…if I were you, just accept the fact of who you are. But looking for your birth father…that is one thing I shouldn't suggest. Our mom may have her reasons to keep him a secret for your own protection and our family. If you were to ever find out the truth…it would hurt you in ways you couldn't imagine. I suggest you go home and patch things up with your folks for now. Ask them questions you want to know."

"Thanks David," Tommy replied as he left, "I guess…I'll be seeing you around." As soon as Tommy departed from the café, Kimberly slowly hid around the corner.

She couldn't believe what she just discovered. As Kim walked home, the latest revelation she just overheard surprised her. She had just discovered that Tommy was adopted. Kim went home and went up to her bedroom. She pulled out her old photo album and found a picture of her dad when he was in high school with his honor roll friends. Courtney came into Kim's room a few moments later.

"I can't believe it! That's why it explains everything!" Kim thought to herself, "No wonder why Tommy is the way he is. I shouldn't have followed him tonight. Okay I just have to forget what I heard and pretend that I wasn't there ease dropping. It wasn't my place to hear it at all. Okay I won't tell Tommy I was there."

"Hey Kimberly what's you looking at?" Courtney asked, "Can I see?"

"Hey kiddo you're still up," Kim smiled at her cousin, "Anyways I'm just looking at an old picture of my dad when he was in high school You see? That was him with his friends from high school. He had a lot of them. It kind of reminds me of my friends in the picture a bit but still…I always find it intriguing as to why is that girl in the picture has her arm around dad's."

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By next Friday, Tommy and Kimberly were out on their date. Kimberly pretended everything was normal and that she didn't hear the latest revelation of Tommy's true fraternity. But somehow, it was still in Tommy's mind. However, he didn't want to alarm Kimberly about his latest personal trauma. His parents were trying their best to help him cope with the fact he was an adopted illegitimate child. But just as David advised him, Tommy's mom told him just cope with the terms of what has happened and stop. The two tried to make their date to the movies as normal as possible without any disruptions. They were cuddling up to one another and for Tommy, cuddling up with Kimberly was all he needed. After the movies, the two were walking around Downtown Angel Grove hand in hand.

"Okay Mr. Gloomy something's the matter," Kim replied in a concern voice, "You haven't been yourself all night. What's the matter?"

"You might have probably known the truth by now," Tommy sighed, "Even though I didn't notice you following me a couple of days ago when I met up with David, but it's okay. It didn't bother me that you followed me…but the latest shocker in my personal life did. You probably overheard me and David talking. That's why I feel like I need to open up to someone. It's been killing me for the last couple of days and I need to find some closure…with you to talk about it."

"How did he know I followed him? Maybe he felt my presence or something," Kim thought as she finally found her voice, "Tommy? What's the matter?"

"Can I ask you something Kimberly?" Tommy asked, "Who do you think I am? Who am I really to you? Who do you see me as? I don't know how to cope with all of this!"

"It wouldn't matter what I see on the outside," Kim said as she squeeze his hand, "It's what is what I see on the inside that matters to me Tommy. I wouldn't say it out loud and I know what you're going through."

"Just a couple of weeks ago I thought everything was normal. One minute your living life normally and the next minute you find out that not only you were adopted, but also an illegitimate child. I don't even know who I am anymore. Am I'm going to be known as Tommy Oliver or not? Am I going to be carrying this resentment towards my folks for the deceiving me from my true fraternity? I feel like all my life everyone has lied to me. I don't know what to believe anymore!"

"You want me to tell you who I see?" Kim smiled, "It wouldn't matter to me whether or not you are adopted or not. To me, I still see you as Thomas James Oliver, a black belt in martial arts, and a devoted leader of our team. Listen to me. I know this is all a big change for you and it's going to take some time to adjust. You have people you care and love you a lot. Even though you found out your true fraternity, it doesn't change who you are or the person you grew up to be. I still see you as the person you always were, and the person I became attracted to when I first you at the expo. Believe me when I say this…no matter who you are, in my eyes you will always be Tommy Oliver."

"It wouldn't matter…because at least you still see for who I am long before all of this and I'm glad of that," Tommy slowly smiled, "Let's keep this between you and me for now okay Beautiful? I know I can always trust you because you know what to say at the right time. I don't know what I'd do without you around? I'm glad to have you around."

"I will always keep my promise since the day at the lake," Kim added, "And if you're dark and moody…I promise to bring light to your day."

"And I promised you if you fall…I'll be there to catch you," Tommy smiled as he put her arm around her, "I will never let you fall down. I promised to keep you on balance."

"So what happens afterwards?" Kim asked, "What are you going to do? The truth is now out in the open. Are you…finally at ease?"

"Well…I know the truth of my fraternity…but it's only half the truth I know. Now I realize why I ended up here in Angel Grove…to find out the truth of my mother's past. If I figure out the truth, then I can get more answers to the truth of my fraternity. The first one being is I want to know who my real father is. I'm going to make it a vow to find out who my real father is…but I think he might be dead from what I heard from my mother."

"Why is it so important to find your father? If I were you…if it means this much to you to know who he is I suggest you find him. What can't stop from you from knowing who he is? Your parents must understand why you're doing this."

"My parents, or should I now say my adopted parents think that I already know too much Kim as it is. My mother is dead against of telling me more information on my birth parents. I think…I already said too much about my problems. I don't want to put a damper on our date Beautiful. I know I'm glad that I got you to talk to."

"You'll always have me to talk to Tommy," Kim smiled, "I assure you of that."

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After finishing talking about Tommy's issues at home, Tommy and Kimberly continued to walk around downtown Angel Grove on their date. Kim even insisted on showing Tommy the place where they were going to host her brother's wedding. The two ate out and did a bit of window shopping to Kim's insistence. Kim bought a record of Mi Lee Kang for Tommy as an early Valentine's Day gift. They found themselves near the central plaza of downtown where the two had some ice cream.

"I hope you like your present," Kim smiled, "I know it's early for Valentine's Day…but since it's my brother's wedding that day I decided to buy it since were here."

"I like it thanks Kimberly," Tommy replied, "I promise I will listen to it. You got the record for me…First Time. Now this will be added to my collection."

"At least I can start getting you to build your record collection," Kim said, "And I promise I won't tell anyone about it okay? It will be our little secret as usual."

"So do you still want me to come to the wedding on Valentine's Day?" Tommy asked.

"If you don't mind," Kim replied, "But it's no big deal if you come or not Tommy. But I would like it…if you did come. Just call me if anything changes."

"I got an idea," Tommy smiled, "Okay I'm going to ask you some questions just to get to know each other better and then you answer back and I'll do the same when it's my turn okay?"

"Alright," Kim smiled, "Fire away!"

"Let's see…huh favorite sport?" Tommy asked.

"That's easy gymnastics. What's favorite sport?" Kim replied.

"Martial Arts of course," Tommy replied, "What is your number one hobby?"

"Music and your favorite hobby?"

"I don't know…I really don't take up hobbies besides martial arts."

"This is getting boring Tommy," Kim sighed, "Ask something more personal."

"Okay…huh favorite color?"

"I have two…pink and white. How about you?"

"White…and maybe sometimes green. Let's see what else I can ask...huh favorite season?"

"It's winter…although I don't see much of it here," Kim smiled, "Alright let me ask you one, what is your favorite animal?"

"What?" Tommy replied, "You're supposed to answer first! What is your favorite animal?"

"Let's see…huh the crane," Kim replied, "Your turn…favorite animal?"

"My favorite animal," Tommy replied as his answer surprised Kimberly, "It's…a person."

"A person is your favorite animal?" Kim asked confused, "Who is it? Can you tell me?"

"Meet me here," Tommy answered, "Meet me here…on Valentine's Day and I'll tell you my answer. This way…at least I can give you a gift by then. Promise me you'll come?"

"It's the day of my brother's wedding," Kim said, "But…I promise I'll come and meet you. Will you tell me your favorite animal then?"

"I promise I will," Tommy smiled as he held Kim's hand, "I wouldn't break a promise to you anyways. Besides, have I broken any yet? Just meet me here at the downtown plaza if you can sneak out of the reception for awhile. I know the church is only 5 blocks away but I promise you…I'll be waiting for you and I'll come."

Looking at the clock, it was time for Tommy to take Kimberly home. When they arrived to Kim's house, they saw that Kim's mother was leaving. She informed the two that she needed to meet with Demi's parents for last minute preparations with the wedding. Unfortunately for Kimberly, Mrs. Hart left Courtney in Kim's care, but Tommy insisted on staying with Kim for awhile to watch Courtney. After Mrs. Hart left, the two went inside to watch Courtney as Kim called her cousin downstairs to introduce Tommy.

"Okay munchkin, aunt Caroline left me in charge of you tonight," Kim replied as Courtney stared at both Tommy and Kimberly silently, "Now you mind your manners and be nice to our guest. This is Tommy, and this is my cousin, Courtney Hailey Hart. What do you say?"

"I like him," Courtney smiled as she walked up to Tommy and hugged him playfully, "I want to keep him…and I'm going to marry him. I think you're cute."

"At least I'm well acquainted with your cousin," Tommy teased, "I got to deal with the affections of a 7 year old now. But it's nice to meet you Courtney. Kim has talked about you."

"I know because she knows I'm adorable," Courtney teased, "And people like me."

"I'll tell you what squirt," Kim said to Courtney, "I am going to feed this handsome young man some snacks and we're upstairs for a little while, if you behave I'll let you stay up past your bedtime as long as you don't tell aunt Caroline okay?"

"Fine," Courtney snarled, "I know you two are going to get mushy and smooch each other all night. That's what most teenagers do."

"Good girl," Kim smiled as she and Tommy went upstairs, "I'll feed you some snacks later."

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Kimberly took Tommy upstairs and she showed Tommy her bedroom for the first time since they started dating. It was a typical girl's room in Tommy's point of view. It mostly contained a lot of Kim's trophies and ribbons from her gymnastics competitions, her music stand and her guitar, furniture, a bed, and everything that makes a girl's room. They kept the door opened just in case Courtney was up to no good, but all they heard coming from downstairs is the 7 year old playing piano. The two then decided to head downstairs in the living room to relax when Courtney came in with a photo album while Kimberly was preparing some nachos in the kitchen for the three of them.

"Hey tiny what do you have there?" Tommy asked the little girl.

"It's Kimberly's family photo album," Courtney replied, "Aunt Caroline was showing me pictures in there earlier. I got to see pictures of Kimberly when she was small. No offense to Cousin Kim but she looked ugly when she was small!"

"I heard that Courtney!" Kim yelled, "You're unbelievable you little rugrat! When I'm finished with you, oh you wish you didn't mess with me!"

"Don't mind her," Tommy laughed, "She's just a little uptight!"

"I don't think she eats her vegetables unlike me and aunt Caroline yells at her for not eating her vegetables," Courtney laughed as she placed the album on the table, "Do you want to see how ugly she looks?" (AN: quote taken from an actual episode of Winter Sonata.)

"Okay why don't we take a look," Tommy smiled as he started flipping through the pages.

"So what are you showing Tommy this time?" Kim asked as she brought the nachos out.

"Just pictures of how ugly you are," Courtney teased, "That's all."

"Very funny," Kim sneered, "Ha ha ha Courtney."

The three of them were flipping through the photo album looking at various pictures of Kim's family. Some had pictures of Kim's first gymnastics competitions, and pictures with relatives, her mother and her brother Kenny. However, as Tommy flipped from page to page, he suddenly stopped at the second last page of the album and stared completely shocked and frozen at the picture right in front of him. It left him speechless as he come to realize it.

"That's one of my dad's old pictures of his high school days," Kim commented, "It kind of reminds me of the six of us now. I couldn't imagine that my dad was friends with Jason's father in high school. They all look so close. They all graduated as honor roll students. Jason's dad always used to tell me stories about what my dad Nathan Hart was like in high school.

"He met up with them about maybe 17 years ago my parent's wedding. Apparently that was the last time they were all together as a group…because some big fallout happened the last of my parents' wedding reception. My mom told me that dad's friends James and Rose got into an argument and so did my parents at the reception for the scene his friends caused. Mom took off for a few hours while my dad stayed with Rose to convince her to work things out with her husband James. "

"Who's that pretty lady?" Courtney asked as she pointed to Tommy's mother in the picture.

"I think she's a friend of my dad's but for some reason…she has her arm locked around his apparently," Kim said staring into the picture, "It seems like…they were pretty close or something. Mom said that she must have been dad's high school sweetheart before. But I find it odd that she has her arm around him like that."

"I want something to drink," Courtney asked, "Can we get some iced tea?"

"Yeah I was going to say," Kim replied as she and Courtney went into the kitchen, "I'll get you something to drink Tommy."

Tommy just stared at the picture speechless and shocked. He had just discovered the other half of the picture and the missing person…Nathan Hart, Kimberly's father. It was like all of a sudden everything around him started spinning. He finally found the missing piece of the puzzle, but unfortunately it was possibly in the last place he imagined…Kimberly's house. He had to come to grips that Kim had the other half of the picture…the complete photo and now everything was coming together. Now he was feeling anxiety and regret that he'll now be forced to live with the consequences of discovering his mother's vivid past.

"It…can't be true? Not Nathan Hart?" Tommy was thinking to himself, "Kimberly's father…used to be mom's high school sweetheart? No way! He…can't be the one that Rose slept with? It means…I'm not going to think that! This is impossible!"

"Here Courtney give this to Tommy okay?" Kim replied while they were in the kitchen, "It's iced tea so don't spill it?"

"Okay?" Courtney replied as she went into the living room only to find it empty, "Hello? Are you there? Tommy? Where are you?" She knocked on the washroom door, but no one replied and she looked all over the living room and upstairs floor, but Tommy was nowhere.

"What's going on?" Kim yelled, "Courtney?"

"He's not here," Courtney said in a confused voice, "He's gone."

"What?" Kim replied as she went into the living room to find Tommy gone, "Tommy? Tommy? Hello? Are you still here? Tommy, where are you? Where did he go?"

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Apparently Tommy was running to the bus stop still trying to come to terms with the revelations of the last couple of days. Now that he has seen the complete picture, all that ran through Tommy's mind were the images and memories that somehow pointed out being clues that eventually led him up to the events of tonight.

FLASHBACK

(Angel Grove Park)

"Listen I already came for what I'm looking for," the man said as he quickly took off, "I don't want to jeopardize things as it seems. Its best you don't get yourself involved young lady because there are some things that shouldn't be kept a secret. I advise you Tommy is control that curiosity of yours. There are some things you don't know about your life…and your parents are not what they seem to be."

(The Library)

"I don't think…there is another reason of you being here in Angel Grove," Tommy suddenly said, "From a few days ago when we ran into you at the park…you said you were looking for someone."

"I don't think that would be something you shouldn't know," David said, "Because you wouldn't believe me if I told you. I came to Angel Grove…looking for my brother. My dad told me he survived the car crash that killed my biological mother, but after she died, the hospital arranged to have him put into a children's home. My biological father believed that he was killed 17 years ago in that car crash. From what my adopted dad told me…he'll probably be around your age by now. But there was one more thing he never told me about my brother…"

(Oliver Residence- Christmas Holidays)

"Well you could say that," David continued, "But although you're a bit too young and mother should be telling you this, not me. However, I will take up your request. Anyways your mother in fact was in love with a high school sweetheart long before she met your dad. Your mother met this guy who was also a friend of my parents, but I don't know who he is. From what I heard your mother was madly in love with this guy until he left her and married another woman. It left your mother devastated, but someone else was also in love with your mother too. The only difference is that it was a one sided love from the heart. After your mom's high school sweetheart left, my real parents married a few years later."

"I couldn't help but wonder," Tommy said, "You said you came to Angel Grove looking for your brother you haven't seen in 17 years. Why all of a sudden you want to find him now?"

"Because…I want to meet him and get to know him," David said, "Actually, the whole mystery behind our parents' past will also affect him too. My brother that I'm searching for is in fact…an illegitimate child my biological mother had. You see while my real parents were married, my mother had a one night stand by accident with one of her high school friends in the picture you're holding. My real father wanted to raise him as his own son, but also he wanted to know the truth my brother's fraternity. When my mother died, she left behind a bunch of entries in her journal that there was only one person who knew my real father believed knew my brother's true fraternity."

(Downtown)

(Kimberly's House)

"Who's that pretty lady?" Courtney asked as she pointed to Tommy's mother in the picture.

END OF FLASHBACKS

When Tommy arrived home, he went straight to his room and opened the record Kimberly got him for Valentine's Day. David was apparently right about one thing…the truth can lead to some serious consequences. As the song kept playing, Tommy thought to himself…was the price he was going to pay was his relationship with Kimberly? He was lying down on his bed thinking back a couple of days ago when he overheard the truth of his fraternity.

FLASHBACK

"Janice he has a right to know about your past!" Thomas Oliver replied, "The more you keep this hidden from him…the more he'll resent us."

"Thomas you don't know half of the truth!" Janice replied, "If Tommy finds out David is actually his half-brother, it will tear him apart. Not only Tommy will discover he's adopted, but an illegitimate one too!"

"Do you think he has a right to know Jan?"

"He's our son…but he's also Rose's son too. If all of this didn't take place at Nate's wedding, none of us wouldn't have winded up in this predicament. For 17 years Thomas…I had to live with keeping my best friend's secret about her illegitimate child, our son."

"She was your best friend and you two were like sisters. I know how much your friendship with James and Rose meant to you."

"I couldn't bear if anything happened to Tommy on their account. Tommy doesn't know how much more complicated this situation gets. Why was our son so persuaded on coming back to my old hometown? It just brings back so many memories I want to forget. Our son can't ever know about my past, nor his fraternity Thomas for his own benefit and sake."

"Now he'll know he'll live with that burden of being an adopted and illegitimate child as a result of a one night stand?"

"Yes Thomas. I can't…never let Tommy find out the truth."

END OF FLASHBACKS

After the record finally finished playing, Tommy went downstairs quietly and he picked up the telephone. Although they told him the truth about being adopted, Tommy couldn't bear to tell them about the events concerning tonight. He looked at the number next to the telephone. It contained a number to the hotel his dad was staying at in Manchester and waited for a dial tone until he finally spoke.

"Yeah dad it's me," Tommy sighed as he spoke into the phone, "I made a decision. I'm…ready to move to Manchester with you guys. Tell mom…I will go when she returns from the book tour. I'm ready…to leave Angel Grove now." After Tommy finished, he hung up the phone and he quietly sulked his head down thinking to himself about the one person that he'll probably hurt from all of this.

"Kimberly…I'm so sorry," Tommy thought to himself, "Please…god forgive me for what I do to her. Please understand beautiful…why I am going to do this."