1Disclaimer: If I owned it, Billy would have gotten Kat.
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When he went into the Cyberspace, he expected the teens to get distracted and leave him alone to have an intelligent conversation with Haley or sit by himself. He didn't expect Trent to make a beeline for him and tell him that some woman had been asking about him. Instantly suspicious, he had the teen point out the woman before taking their order. Even from the back, Tommy knew who it was. Leaving the confused teens behind, he made his way over to her as if in a trance. Conner, Kira, and Ethan immediately began questioning Trent, but he was as clueless as the others. The four of them watched, curious, as he stepped up behind her and cleared his throat.
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She had about given up hope of ever finding him like this when someone behind her cleared his throat. She had already been hit on nine times today in her search for Tommy, and she was not looking forward to being hit on again. She turned around, ready to kindly put this stranger off her scent, only to find the person she'd been looking for standing right next to her. For a moment, she couldn't do anything but stare. When her senses finally came back to her, she quickly stood up and smiled. "Tommy." The word was the only thing she could think of as she once more stared into those chocolate brown eyes that she had fallen in love with so long ago. When he returned her smile, she did the one thing she hadn't thought of doing when she'd been going over this moment again and again in her head. She hugged him. And he hugged her back.
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The kids watched in amazement as their science teacher hugged the beautiful woman who had been asking about him. They had thought she might be a reporter or something, but apparently, that wasn't the case. In fact, Conner, Kira, and Ethan had this weird feeling they'd seen her somewhere before. Sending conspiratorial glances at each other, the four teenagers began casually walking over to the computer games Haley had set up on the other side of the room. They took extra care to make sure their path took them as close as possible to Tommy and Kimberly.
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When the hug broke apart, Tommy remembered himself and the call last night. "How long have you been here?" he asked, amazed at the fact that she was actually there in front of him. He looked her up and down before he realized he was doing it. She was still as beautiful as she'd been when she'd left. Her hair was longer, he thought. And a bit darker. Other than that, she hadn't changed a bit. Seeing her smile still set his heart on fire.
"I got on a plane a little while after we talked and I spent the night at the hotel," she said, lowering her eyes. She had noticed while looking at him that he had grown a goatee and cut his hair. He still wore his earring, though, and he hadn't changed that much at all. She still lost herself in his eyes. She looked down at his hands, unconsciously looking for a wedding band, and inwardly smiled when she found none. She did, however, find a bracelet much like the teen who waited on her had worn. This one, though, had a black jewel in it. Black to match his shirt. Oh boy, she thought, her suspicions aroused. She looked back up at his face and saw him smile like a teenager again. "We have a few things to talk about, Tommy. And I'm not leaving until we've figured them out." He nodded with a sad smile, and took her hands in his. No wedding ring, he thought, glancing down at her long, slender fingers. Somehow, that made him extremely happy.
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The kids were almost to the adults when they saw Dr. O smile and nod, and take the woman's hands. They still hadn't heard anything, but it wasn't for a lack of trying. The three who thought they recognized her racked their brains to come up with who she was. So far, though, none of them had figured it out.
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Even as Tommy took her hands, he saw something out of the corner of his eye. Something yellow. And red. And blue and white. Sighing, he leaned forward and whispered into Kimberly's ear, "can we go somewhere else? We have company." She looked in the direction he was glancing, and noticed the boy who waited on her was with three other teenagers. They all wore bracelets that matched their clothes. Grinning, she released his hands and walked over to the small group. Tommy watched in confusion as she stepped up right in front of the four.
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The kids watched in amazement as Dr. O whispered something in the woman's ear and she turned and looked at them. With a grin on her face, she let go of their teacher's hands and made her way over to them. They glanced at each other, wondering what to do, when the woman reached into her purse, pulled out a twenty, and handed it to Trent. Without saying a word, she went back over to their teacher, who looked like he was trying not to burst out laughing, and touched his hand before moving toward the door. He looked at them, amusement written all over his face, before he turned and followed her out of the Cyberspace. Suddenly, Conner remembered where he had seen her before. "The video diaries," he said, making Kira and Ethan's eyes go wide in recognition. Trent, never having seen the diaries, looked at the three, confused. Kira grabbed his wrist and motioned for the others to follow her to a quiet corner of the building.
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As she got into his black jeep, Kimberly smiled to herself. The teens certainly hadn't known what to make of her. She looked over at Tommy and said, "they're either part of your exclusive bracelet group, or they're part of your team. Tell me I'm wrong." He looked at her, a bit of the amusement still in his eyes, and grinned a bit.
"You're not wrong," he said simply. "So, where are we going?"
"I hadn't really thought about that. I guess we could go back to the hotel, but..." Somehow, the hotel seemed too intimate for a matter as delicate as this. Tommy seemed to realize it too, because he saved the day once more.
"We'll go to my place. There's a lab downstairs where we keep everything." Kimberly knew he was talking about the things the power rangers used. She nodded her head, and he took off toward his house, leaving the teens to find their own way back to wherever they decided to go.