1Disclaimer: Okay, if I owned power rangers, I'd be rich and I'd be married to Jason David Frank. He also wouldn't have cut his hair.
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Once in the lab, Kimberly was immediately taken in by the wonders of the place. Everything down to the raptor cycles made her remember her own days as a ranger. Tommy graciously stood back and gave her a few minutes to take everything in. He knew that she hadn't seen anything like this in several years. After the initial shock wore off, though, she looked back at Tommy and sat down in one of the chairs.
"There's something I never told you about the letter," she began quietly, trying to figure out how she was going to say this. She had gone over everything she wanted to say in her head about a million times, but all that seemed to be completely erased from her mind. Tommy pulled up a chair in front of her and dropped down into it, letting out a breath as he did so.
"You don't have to explain, Kim. It's okay." Kimberly looked at him, grateful for a moment, but she shook her head.
"No. I do have to do this, Tommy. I have to explain, because you deserve to know the truth." She looked in Tommy's eyes for a moment, and found reassurance there. Taking a few seconds to gather her courage, she continued. "The letter was a lie, Tommy. I was scared. I just knew it wasn't going to work out, and we'd end up just like my parents, living together, and having a kid and everything, but secretly hating it. You deserved someone who could be there with you, someone who could know what was going on and experience things with you. You deserved so much better than me." Her shoulders shook and tears ran down her face as she said this. Tommy's heart broke all over again. She broke up with him because she wanted him to be happy, and he never even tried to stop her. He raised her chin with his hands and looked into her teary eyes.
"Kim, there is no one better than you. Do you even get that? God, every time we went out on a date, I couldn't help but think of how lucky I was, and how much better you deserved." Tommy found himself saying all the things that he should have said ten years ago. "That's why I didn't call, Kim. That's why I didn't chase you down and bring you back to me. I thought you were happy. That's all I wanted for you, Kimberly. I never wanted to break up with you. You deserved as much happiness as you could possibly find. You still do. We're not your parents, Kimberly. Your life doesn't have to be like theirs. If you could just see yourself like I see you, you'd understand that." Kimberly looked at Tommy like he'd just saved her life from a moving, dinosaur skeleton that wanted to eat her. Pulling her close to him, Tommy whispered in her ear. "I should have done this ten years ago." Moving her hair out of her face, he leaned down and kissed her.
The teens walked into the lab just in time to see their science teacher kiss the woman from the Cyberspace. Kira squealed, and the two pulled apart and looked at the teens in shock. Kimberly laughed a bit, embarrassed, and Tommy glared. "Whoa," Conner said, looking at the two in wonder.
"I'm scarred for life," moaned Kira, turning her back and racing out of the room. Trent looked at the others and took off running after his girlfriend. Ethan, genius that he was, decided that he was better off leaving quickly, and ran after them. Conner, a bit slower than the rest, stood stock still and stared at the adults, who were still standing extremely close.
"Leave, Conner," the man growled. Conner took the hint and backed out of the room, turned, and used his super speed to get away as quickly as possible.
Laughing, Kimberly looked up at Tommy and said, "Nice team you have there. I think you've managed to officially gross the girl out."
"So THAT'S what it takes to get them out of the house," said Tommy, grinning evilly. "Maybe I better do it again for good measure." With that, he leaned down and kissed her again, this time making sure the door was locked against all intruders.