Disclaimer: I do not own Power Rangers, or any of the characters in this story. Not even the ones I made up. Go ahead and use them, I don't really mind.
Blooming
Chapter 14 / A Proper Proposal II
"Okay, who are you trying to fool, Trent? Like if my folks are strict…"
"Hey, I didn't know what else to say. I don't think quickly on my feet I guess."
Trent and Kira were now in Trent's room looking at what seemed to be a large piece of thin drawing paper which was rolled up on both sides.
"So, what do you think?"
"I think you need a better sketch" she said.
"Hey, it's the best I could do with what little time I had."
"Then why are you asking if you're just going to whine about what I think."
"Well, being my girlfriend and all, I'd think you would at least lie to me."
Kira saw a tender face looking at her now and couldn't help but smile at him.
"Okay, it's great. Best work you've ever done."
"Oh no, I've been insulted by you before" he said closing his eyes and exaggerating emotional pain.
"Oh come on…I'll make it up to you…"
"Oh really?" he anticipated with interest, "And how exactly are you going to do that?"
"Like this" she said pulling him close to her and giving him a passionate yet tender kiss on the lips, which he countered with the same heat.
As they both broke apart, Trent opened his eyes to meet her beautiful brown ones gazing at him.
"Wow" was the only thing that could be said from his part.
At that, a knock was heard at the door.
"It's open" Trent said.
"I don't know, are you descent?" came from the other side.
Conner walked in with two pizzas and behind him Ethan walked in laughing holding a six pack of Pepsi in one hand and in the other a large bag of Doritos.
"Alright, the food!" said Kira.
"I thought you were vegetarian?" asked Conner before adding, "this pizza is meat lover's and the other is ham with pineapple" he said gesturing at the two pizzas he placed on Trent's work table.
"Who said I was a vegetarian?" she asked.
"Well, I could answer that" began Ethan, "you see, you're going to become a famous singer right? So, as doing so, you're going to have to follow in famous people's footsteps…"
"Which means you're going to have to give up anything that tastes good to stay a certain physical shape, or the media and press will kill you" finished Conner.
"Tofu?" asked Trent.
Kira just looked at the guys with shock on her face.
They all instantly began to laugh hysterically at her reaction before each getting a medium hard punch in their direction.
"You guys suck! I have to get me some girlfriends" she said as she turned heading towards the pizzas.
"Ooh, can I watch?" asked Conner jokingly.
Kira turned around and gave him a look.
"Never mind" he said before turning to Ethan and Trent asking, "so, anyone want some pizza?" instantly changing the conversation after sticking his foot in his mouth for yet the umpteenth time.
The next morning, Kimberly was up before anyone else; or so she thought. She was feeling a little sleepy still, but knew that a shower was the only way she was going to fully wake up. She gathered her things and headed towards the bathroom. Upon entering it, she noticed a mirror to her instant right and examined herself in it. She didn't like what she saw. It was obvious to her that she had gained too much weight in her depression and breakdown, yet didn't know quite what to do about it. As she removed her clothing piece by piece, she noticed knew body parts that needed work. The first thing that came to her head was gastric bypass surgery, but shook that thought out quickly. Next, she thought about liposuction. When in the hell did I become so quick to take the easy way out?, she finished her thought about that quickly as well. It was when she was getting into the warm water that she got the idea she was looking for; not to mention it was more like her personality than anything.
After her shower, she went downstairs to see if anyone was awake at this point. She noticed her friend still sleeping on the couch, and silently went into the kitchen to get breakfast. She decided to cook breakfast for everyone in the house as she was in the process of cooking for herself.
A creek came from the front door which made her instincts as an ex-Power Ranger kick in swiftly. Kimberly quickly put the eggs down gently on the counter and went to see who was opening the door.
In the living room, she noticed a panting, sweaty, red-faced Kat walking past the couch at this point in spandex shorts with a sports bra for a top and running shoes.
"Um, you're up early" Kat said quietly as she saw Kim come into the living room.
"Yeah, I'm just fixing breakfast for you guys" she countered quietly as well, not wanting to wake Jason up.
"Oh, what are you cooking? It smells good."
"I'm making scrambled eggs with sausage, cheese, tomato, and onion; and buttered toast, hash browns, with orange juice on the side."
"Mmm" Kat lied an expression of likeness.
"Yeah, I'm with Kat on this one. That sounds delicious" came a voice from the couch.
Both girls looked down at Jason who had been listening in the whole time.
"And here we are not trying to wake you up" said Kim.
Katherine just laughed along with Jason while saying, "I'll be right down… to help you after I take a shower, okay?" She said before taking a deep breath and making herself up the stairs, yet couldn't help but feel like gagging at the thought of so much fattening food going inside her body. She hated the thought of so much oil being used to make this breakfast, not to mention the butter on the bread.
She went inside her room and saw that Tommy was still fast asleep. She went over to him and got a bandana which was on his nightstand from two days ago. She got it from the middle and pulled down on it until there was about an inch of bandana left on her right hand and most of it was on her left. She bent over a bit and with the tip, passed it on top of his nostrils smoothly making him move his head to his left a bit. She laughed a little at this, yet continued to play with him still. Kat then passed the tip of the bandana yet again over his nose, this time less softly. Tommy jerked his head to both sides as Kat continued to pass the tip over his nose over and over again until he opened his eyes annoyed at what she was doing.
"What are you doing?" he asked still half asleep.
She couldn't hold in the chuckles and continued to laugh, yet this time the laughter came louder.
"It's about time you woke up" she said.
Upon seeing her attire he sighed heavily, "Don't tell me you want me to go run with you again, cuz if that's what you woke me up for, then…"
"Oh be quiet. That's not why I woke you up. Kimberly's in the kitchen making breakfast, so wake your butt up." She told him patting his chest gently.
"Oh, it's awake, and someone else is awake now too" he said grabbing her by her hips and pulling her on top of him.
Kat shrieked a bit before laughing at him.
"I feel like I just got grabbed by the Hulk" she said jokingly.
"Hulk smash!" Tommy yelled while spanking her butt and grabbing it tightly.
Kat continued to laugh but remembered Rocky and Adam still being upstairs.
"Shh" she said putting her index finger over his lips, "Rocky and Adam are still asleep."
"Hey, you woke me up, why not them?"
"Because, I actually like them" she said.
Tommy gave her a look before saying, "What was that?"
Katherine shrieked as he started to tickle her while getting away with no success.
"You know, you act like a child sometimes" she said while he stopped tickling her.
"Well I have to. Until there is a real child in this house, you're gonna have to put up with me."
"Let's just hope that isn't for a while."
"Why?"
"Well, there's still a lot I want to do before having a child."
"But there's a lot you can do after as well."
"Yes, but it's just not the same."
"Kat, are you saying you don't want a baby?"
"No, not at the moment."
"But I thought it wasn't a problem for you."
"It's not, it's just that right now, it is."
"So you admit that it is a problem."
"Well, it won't be if it happens."
"Then, you're not protecting yourself, cuz I'm sure as hell am not."
"I am"
"What?"
"I'm taking contraceptives; I thought you knew."
"No, I didn't…So all this time we've been having sex for nothing?"
"Well, sorry to disappoint you" she said in a sarcastic tone.
"No, I don't mean it like that. It's just that I think we should talk about it."
"We are talking about it, and I said that I'm not ready."
"Oh, so now it's your decision?"
"No, it's both of ours."
"You're not making it out to be our decision."
"Look, if I wanted a baby, and you wanted to wait, I'd respect your decision to wait."
"But it's not like that."
"No it's not, that's why you don't like it."
"It's not that I don't like it, it's just that I want to know why."
"I just told you why."
"I need a better answer than 'I want to do things in life'"
"Well, I'm sorry if it doesn't fit in to your liking, but that's my reason."
"But things like what?"
"Like dancing, diving, surfing, rock climbing, bungee jumping…"
"Alright, alright, you don't have to go that far off and get all technical about it."
"Well, that's what I want to do."
"You can still do all those things after having babies, Kat."
"Whoa! When did a baby become into babies?"
"You mean you only want to have one?" He asked with shock in his voice.
"Well, how many do you want?"
"Four, the least."
"Four?" she asked with a yell.
"Why are you so surprised? You know I like kids."
"Well yeah, but…"
"Kat, why just one?"
"How 'bout I meet you in the middle and give you two?"
"When?"
"Much later."
"Here we go again."
"You're the one that brought it up again."
"Well, I like kids, and I want a lot."
"Oh stop being such a hypocrite!" she said while getting off of him and rolling to her left side to be on the right side of the bed while still wanting to talk about the issue at hand.
"Hypocrite?"
"Yeah, I called you a hypocrite, quick, call the police!"
"Why hypocrite?"
"You weren't too fond of Justin when he became a Power Ranger."
"I was being protective of him."
"Oh come on. What did you tell me on the deck?"
"That I was worried for the kid."
"Yeah right! You asked 'why did Rocky send a puny little scrawny kid to take over?'"
"I did not!"
"Oh, am I lying?"
"I don't know…you should know…liar!"
She gasped before yelling, "How dare you insult me!"
"Oh, I'm sorry Mrs. 'I want to dance before having a child', here in America it's not that big of a deal."
"Well first of all, it's Ms., and second of all, over there in Australia it is."
"Well, why don't you go down under and fix the problem" he said before drastically changing his voice from sarcastic to smooth in saying, "no, really, go down under" he continued motioning towards his penis, "come on, have some breakfast."
"Well" she said, although at this point she just wanted to change the subject completely so she drastically changed her mood as well, "breakfast is the most important meal of the day."
"Hey" said Tommy with a huge smile crossing his face as he went into the kitchen which smelled like heaven to him.
"Hey" said Kim, "I hope you like what I made."
"Oh, I'm sure we will."
Jason was already eating along with Adam and Rocky as well.
Tommy went over and got the plate which was handed to him by Kim.
"Thanks" he said before going over to the table to sit down. "Kat told me she was going to help you, but I held her up a bit…I hope you didn't mind," he said as he put a forkful of eggs in his mouth.
"Oh, it's okay. It wasn't all that much any ways" Kim said, while going over with a plate of food and taking a seat as well.
"Um, Hulk, could you pass me the salt?" asked Rocky motioning to Tommy.
"Hey, I'm supposed to be the green one here," said Adam before both of them started laughing hysterically.
Tommy knew all too well at what they were laughing at and instantly got red.
"Hulk smash!" Jason joined in by getting the salt shaker and putting down loudly in front of Rocky proving he had been told about Tommy and Kat's little talk in bed.
Tommy couldn't help but laugh at them as they were making fun of him. It embarrassed him; yes, but he knew all too well that these days weren't going to last very long, so he wanted to make the most out of having his friends there.
