Chapter 19

Kimberly cried out as she woke up. Trish screamed as well, as Rupert sat up as well at the end of the bed where he laid with his mother's screams.

"Oh, baby I'm so sorry!" Kimberly hugged Trish. She pulled her babygirl into her lap to calm them both down.

"Mommy, scary." Rupert crawled up and Kimberly hugged him as well.

"Mommy, sorry." Warren and Darren came running into the bedroom.

"Mommy!"

"I'm fine boys."

"Why were you screaming?"

"Just a bad dream."

"Like before?" Warren asked as he sat on the bed.

"Before…before…"


Just about less than 2 years ago, Kimberly woke up screaming. Rupert was just 2 years old, at that time. She could still feel the heartbeat pounding as she was running through a jungle, much like the one Tommy was on. Kimberly could sense the danger, feel every punch, kick. Her husband was running for his life. Kimberly woke up just as she could almost feel the cold water hit her face.

There was an explosion at the island base were Tommy was working. The island sunk into the depths of the ocean. Kimberly refused to believe her husband was dead, since he wasn't found like Dr. Mercer, who was presumed dead as well. Tommy was able to drift to the shore of to another island after the explosion. Coast guards couldn't find his location, so were about to give up. Kimberly was the only one able to locate him with help from the children, Darren and Warren pointed out their father on a map. It was a beautiful sight as Kimberly and their children ran toward him after the ship docked. Tommy hugged them all, happy not only to be alive, but also to be saved by his family.


"No, this is different. Very different." It was June now. Trish was about to be 2 years old on July 4th. Kimberly and Tommy had been fighting since February earlier this year. Kimberly had overheard Tommy talking on the phone of Valentine's Day with Hayley, and then he had to leave halfway through dinner on another urgent call. That was the first strike. Then came Easter, another mysterious disappearance early in the morning, with no good explanation once he returned before church. Strike 2. Now, June, Tommy had finished his teaching degree, earning his Master degree, but wouldn't tell Kimberly if and where he would be working, telling her it was a surprise. But Kimberly hated that.
Grandma Oliver arrived to take care of the children that day. Kimberly was going to be doing some investigating today. Tommy had left last night for a weekend 'conference' or so he said.

"So, what's going on with Tommy? I heard you two fighting over the phone."

"It's nothing Mom, just silly fighting."

"Sounds like more than that, especially with last month and my son sleeping in a motel."

"He is lying to me, Mom."

"Tommy would never lie to you."

"Then where is going with Hayley? And how come he has all this research on Reefside?"

"I don't know."

"You are his mother has he mentioned anything, please this is driving me mad!"

"No, he hasn't mentioned anything about Reefside."

"I wonder why."

"Maybe that's where his job will be."

"Then why not tell me that! No, something is wrong here, something is off!"

"So, is the trouble Tommy or…?"

"Either Tommy is in trouble and not willing to tell me or he is going to be in trouble."

"He loves you."

"He doesn't know love if he won't tell me what's going on." Darren was shoving Rupert. Kimberly picked up her purse and jacket. "Dare! Stop that!" Darren laughed and shoved Rupert to the ground again. Warren shoved his twin brother to the ground next. Then they started fighting. "Boys! Stop that! Please, be good for Nanna!"

"Mommy, I wanna go."

"Sorry, Trish, but you can't."

"Why?"

"Because Mommy has to go alone."

"NO!" Trish started whine.

"Maria Trish Rose Oliver, if you shed one tear, so help me, I will really make you cry." Trish pouted and stomped upstairs.

"Go, she'll be fine."

"I know. Thank you." She went and kissed each boy goodbye. "Love you." Kimberly kissed Rupert after Warren and last Darren. Trish stood at the top of the stairs. Kimberly looked up at her little girl. "I love you honey." Trish blew Kimberly a kiss. Kimberly did the same and left.


Just a month ago back in May, Kimberly followed Tommy to Reefside. She kept her distance as she found the dirt road that led to a house. Hayley's car was waiting outside. Kimberly had parked on the road and walked down the dirt road and came to a house. She walked around; the house was practically empty from what she could see. Tommy didn't come out for an hour. He hugged Hayley at the door and left her standing there. Kimberly never wanted to kill someone as much as she wanted to strangle Tommy and Hayley.
Kimberly arrived in Reefside finally. She pulled up to the house. First thing, she noticed what the home was nice, too much for Hayley, it was more of family home. She knew Hayley had opened her shop in Reefsidea year ago, but she could have sworn Hayley lived in town, not in the middle of the woods. Tommy was smiling as he carried a few boxes. He stopped on the porch as Kimberly stood there with her hands on her hips.

"Honey! What are you doing here?" Tommy pulled the door closed. Kimberly walked up to him with a smile.

SLAP!

Tommy turned his head to the hard slap and dropped the boxes. Kimberly slapped him as hard as she possibly could.

"You lying bastard!"

"What the hell is your problem!"

"You! You are my problem! How dare you!" Kimberly started slapping and hitting him.

"I don't know what you are talking about!"

"You fucking bastard! How could you! We have 4 children!" Tommy blocked her hits finally. Kimberly stepped back, she covered her mouth to her cries. "How could you cheat on us?" Kimberly went hysterical with tears.

"What?"

"Why? I love you!"

"How could you believe I would…" Tommy went to touch her arms.

"Don't touch me, you fucking asshole!" Hayley appeared in the doorway.

"Kimberly, listen to me…I could never…."

"Liar! You fucking liar…I trusted you.., I trusted you and you go of..ff…"

"Kimberly? Kim!" Tommy caught her as she passed out. "Kimberly!" Tommy checked her pulse. "Hayley call 911!"

Tommy picked up Kimberly with ease and rushed to the car. Hayley barely got to the phone as Tommy sped off down the dirt road. He drove as fast as the car would to a nearby hospital. Tommy parked right outside the emergency doors and carried Kimberly through the doors.

"Help! Help me! Help my wife!"

"What is wrong?"

"She passed out and I can't wake her!"

"What was she doing?"

"We were arguing and she collapsed!"

"Were you fighting?"

"NO! Just yelling at each other, it was an argument that's all!"

"Okay, okay. We have a bed here." A nurse showed Tommy a way to a bed.

"Please help her!"


Kimberly woke up a few hours later. Tommy sat up and got on the bed.

"Hey, you. How you feeling?"

"What happened?" Kimberly asked as she looked around, she found a line going out her hand as she felt her forehead.

"We were arguing and you passed out."

"Arguing?"

"Yeah, it was pretty bad. You were hitting me."

"Our marriage is pretty bad."

"Our marriage is fine, Beautiful." Tommy rubbed the top of her head with a smile. Kimberly sat up, pulling away.

"Are you sleeping with her?"

"God, no! How could you ever think that!"

"You disappear for hours with her, what else am I supposed to believe! Is she better than me? Is that why, because she's prettier and smarter…"

"NO! Kimberly, don't even think that. You are the only person I have and will only love. I am not having an affair!"

"Then what the hell is going on!"

"Hayley and I…"

"Oh god."

"She's helping me, move us."

"What?"

"I'm moving the family to Reefside. Hayley is helping me with the gems and some other things."

"The gems?"

"I know Mesagog is out there. We need to prepare ourselves. We need to protect our family and the gems."

"What? But the island, it was completely destroyed!"

"I survived, and know he did too."

"How?"

"I have this eerily feeling, he's out there, waiting."

"We have a family, Tommy. This can't happen now."

"I know that, but it might happen." Tommy put his arm around her. "I will everything in my power to protect you all. You have my word." Tommy kissed the side of her head. Kimberly sighed and wrapped his arm around her.

"I thought I was going to have to kill you." Tommy laughed.

"I would never cheat on you. I'd be dead."

"Damn straight."

"I'm sorry I was so secretive."

"Why were you?"

"I didn't want to risk many people knowing, especially Mesagog, if he is out there."

"I guess I can understand that."

"So, what did you think about the house?"

"The house?"

"Do you like it?"

"Well, I hated it the first time I saw it, thinking you were having an affair there, but…"

"But what?"

"As angry and upset I was with you, I couldn't help but look at the house and think, what a great place it would be to raise our family." Tommy smiled.

"Good. You will love it."

"I love our home now, why do we have to move here?"

"I got the job here at Reefside High. Science teacher."

"You did?"

"Yes. I start this fall."

"Why didn't you tell me!"

"I wanted to surprise you!"

"I'm so proud of you!" They hugged and kissed.

"I love you."

"I love you too." They kissed softly on the lips. "Why Reefside?"

"It's a lot like Angel Grove."


Kimberly helped carry one of the last boxes into the house, as the boys were running around the new house. They had moved into the new place before Trish's 2nd birthday, giving her a big birthday bash to celebrate the new home and beginning of new life. The house was on a secluded road, in the mist of the woods on 1992 Valencia Road, Reefside, California. It was a beautiful brown house with white panel around the windows panels. A 2-story house with 4.5 bedrooms upstairs, master bedroom for the parents, twins and Rupert shared a room, Trish got her own little princess bedroom, and 2 spare rooms (a room turned into an upstairs playroom with a couch, most of the toys, and tv wall unit) and one room downstairs, that Tommy turned into an office with 2 computers, a desk for him to work, and art area for Kimberly to work. It had a basement, opposite Dino Lair, where mostly storage was kept, not big enough for anything else.

"That is it," Tommy said closing the door behind him coming into the house with the last box. His home filled with boxes.

"Yay!" Trish said.

"I got some take-out menus, why don't we order food?"

"Pizza!"

"Pizza!"

"Fine, pizza," Kimberly said. "I just want a salad."

"A salad, you hardly ate lunch on the way here."

"Take the children for pizza, I'll do some unpacking."

"No, Beautiful. We should order the pizza for here and eat in the living room."

"On the bare ground?"

"There are blankets around, it can be like a picnic."

"A picnic!" Rupert repeated.

"Yes, a picnic!" Tommy picked him up and swung him around.

"Me Daddy!"

"Of course my princess!" Tommy reached down for Trish as well. They unpacked a bit more, waiting on the pizzas. Kimberly wanted the first thing to be their beds made up for the night.


After dinner, Kimberly was covering up Trish in her Princess room, still boxes around, more unpacking in the morning. They all had changed for bed and waiting for their parents to tuck them in. Kimberly covered up Ariel as well. She had already said goodnight and given her kisses to the boys in their room, and Tommy was putting the boys to bed.

"Now, sweet dreams, baby." Kimberly reached over and kissed her many times.

"Night Mommy." Kimberly had finished "Goodnight Moon" book to Trish, who surprising could recall the book with Kimberly.

"Aww…man, did I miss 'Goodnight bears, goodnight chairs'?"

"Yes." Tommy came into the room, moving easily through all the boxes to the bed.

"Goodnight princess."

"Night Daddy." Tommy kissed her and clicked off the lamp. Kimberly was organizing some boxes on her way out. Kimberly barely got the door closed when Tommy cupped her face and kissed her. She moaned, as he suckled at her bottom lip. Still holding her face, Tommy moved them about down their hall to their bedroom. Kimberly slightly giggled as they bumped into several boxes on the way. Tommy stayed holding Kim's face as he never wanted to stop kissing her. The door closed behind them. Kimberly felt the bed hit the back of her knees, as she held him by the waist. They slowly fell to the bed. Tommy slid the nightdress up to Kim's thighs as he laid on top of her. Their lips were locked in the most heated of passions. Tommy rolled Kimberly on top of him. She pinned her hands at the sides of his head, while still kissing him. Tommy moved his hands to her waist, making her straddle his lap. Tommy forced Kimberly to grind against him. She smiled and pulled him to sit up. Tommy's legs hung off the bed. Kimberly wrapped her arms around his neck, kissing her husband still. Their passion unmistakable now.

All of a sudden, a knock at the door, causing Kimberly to stop kissing him.

"No!" Tommy groaned and held her in place. He went back to kissing her. "No, they'll go away if we don't answer."

"Tommy…" Kimberly moaned, as he held her tight kissing her again.

"No!" The knock came again. "Go away!"

"Tommy!"

"NO! This is our first night here, and I am not sharing my bed with them!" Kimberly giggled.

"Them? They are our children in a new home, Tommy." Kimberly went to move off him, but Tommy held her there.

"No." The knock came again. "Go aw-!" Kimberly covered Tommy's mouth quicklu.

"Stop being mean and go let your children in, so they can get some sleep." Kimberly moved off him. Tommy groaned and went to the door. He flung it up. Darren held up Trish, who was pouting her bottom lip with puppy eyes with the rest of them. Kimberly laughed. Tommy looked back at her, which made her stop briefly. Warren made his bottom lip trembled with the rest.

"Please, Daddy!" Kimberly snorted and bowed her head as she laughed again.

"I'm sorry," she muttered before laughing again. Tommy sighed. He stepped aside and held the door opened.

"Yay!" Rupert yelled running inside after Darren and Warren. They ran into Kim's arms before getting into the bed. Kimberly crawled with them.

"I'm gonna go check things downstairs." Kimberly was helping the children into the bed with her, covering them.

"Okay."

"Is this going to be our home for a long time?"

"I hope so, Warren."

"I hate moving!"

"We have only done it once," Kimberly said helping Rupert under the covers.

"But I liked LA!" Darren said.

"Me too."

"What if I don't like the school?" Warren asked.

"Reefside will be fine for us. You will love it."

"And what about my friends?"

"Yeah!"

"You will make new friends, both of you."

"In second grade?"

"Yes, don't worry."

"Mommy, there is a scary tree outside my room!"

"Oh, baby. I'll have Daddy cut it down tomorrow." Rupert smiled as Kimberly kissed the side of his head. Trish moved against Kim's chest, as they all laid down.

"Do you think Daddy is mad?"

"Probably."


Tommy came upstairs into the bedroom after checking all the rooms of the house. He pulled off his shirt and slippers. He found barely room on the bed for him as their children surrounded Kimberly. Tommy got under the covers. Kimberly turned her head to him. She smiled. Tommy glared at her. Tommy turned off his back to his stomach facing her.

"I love you." Tommy's anger faded immediate with those short words. He slowly rose up over Rupert and Darren to kiss Kimberly. Kimberly tugged on his bottom lip as he pulled back. Tommy smiled and kissed her again. They shared several peak kisses.

"Daddy, your armpit is in my face." Kimberly laughed.

"Sorry Dare." Tommy kissed Kimberly one last time before moving back. "Goodnight," Tommy said to Kimberly.

"Night Daddy." Tommy looked down at Darren.

"Goodnight," Kimberly whispered. Tommy moved to his stomach at the end of the bed, after rubbing Darren's hair aside on his forehead. The Oliver family let the sleep fairies take them.


About a month later, mid-August now, Hayley was working downstairs as Kimberly was helping. School for Tommy was about to start in 2 weeks, twins going off to 2nd grade, because they will be 7 years old in October and are very smart for such a young age. Rupert was just heading to his first year in organized school with kindergarten, at only 5 years old; he had been in daycare for a year.

Trish was napping in her room, the boys were supposed to be outside playing. Tommy had to go pick up some equipment for Hayley. Warren came down the secret steps, having seen his father pull the dinosaur mouth down and disappearing downstairs before. Warren made Darren and Rupert hush. Kimberly looked up as the steps appeared.

"Tommy shouldn't be back so soon?" Warren appeared. "Warren Stevens Oliver, you little monster!" Warren rushed back upstairs with his brothers. They were laughing. Kimberly rushed upstairs after them

She brought the boys downstairs, carrying them with her.

"Wow, Mommy. What is this place?"

"It's a place for grown-ups only." Hayley smiled and turned back to the computer as Kimberly them down, to let them explore. "But I want you to see so you won't be tempted to want to see it again. No touching."

"What are you doing?"

"Working on the mainframe computer."

"That's our house," Darren said.

"Yes, it's monitoring the woods around our house right now."

"Why?"

"To make sure the system is operating correctly," Hayley said.

"What's this button?"

"Don't touch that," Hayley said slapping Warren's hand and holding it away.

"Sorry."

"Don't touch anything, guys." They all walked around. Rupert walked over to a smoking standing rock. Kimberly quickly picked him up.

"What did Hayley and I just say? No touching!"

"What is that Mommy?"

"What are those rocks for?" Warren asked.

"Not for you," Kimberly said pulling Warren away with Rupert.

"But what are they, are they special?"

"Yes, special rocks not for little bad boys to play with. Now, you have seen the place. Time for you to go back upstairs, and outside to play."

"Aww, man!"

"Aww, Mommy!" Darren said.

"I want you 3 to promise me, never to touch the dinosaur's mouth again," Kimberly said squatting to their level.

"Aww, Mommy!"

"No, aww Mommy. Promise me."

"I promise."

"I promise too," Rupert said.

"Me too." Kimberly put her hand out. Each smiled and put their hands on top.

"Swear it."

"We swear."

"Good, go."

"But…"

"Go!" They boys slowly went to the stairs.

"Will you come play with us!"

"Maybe later."

"Now!"

"Later, go! And don't wake up your sister!"

"Okay." Kimberly patted the boys' backs and made them go back upstairs.

"Think it was wise to bring them down here?"

"Eventually one of them would have found it, especially curious lil Rupert. It's good they know some things, and though they might not understand what is going on here. I don't feel the need to keep it from them. They are smart little boys, and I can trust they will be fine." Hayley nodded and went back to the computer.

Thanks for all the continuous reviews. As you know, reviews always welcomed...I love to see what you think. Dino Thunder series starts next...not going into as dept as I did once before, because, well, I did it once before. Only focusing on key episodes, so expect a breeze through of most the Dino Thunder series. We have just passed the half-way point..into the final acts of the story. Taking a few days to review Dino Thunder episodes so I can do things right...so expect updates soon hopefully.

until next time...babyee