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Summary: A week after the mind reading potion faded on Kira and Trent, Tommy ends up making another one.
Chapter 1 Truths in Dreams
Tommy Oliver had a stack of papers in front of him, not knowing where to begin. He had a least one hundred papers to grade. This was the first time for Tommy to be working on finals, and he did not care if he ever had to do another one in his life.
"Tommy, stop stressing about the finals. You're acting like Conner," Hayley laughed.
"I just want them to pass, Hayley," he sighed.
"You need a drink," she said.
"Yeah, the beer's in the refrigerator," Tommy told her.
Hayley went into the kitchen laughing. Her mind was still on Tommy's comment as she accidentally poured her and Tommy a newly redone mind reading potion.
"Here you go," she said, handing Tommy a glass.
"I thought I said to get me a beer," Tommy joked.
When Tommy swallowed it, he nearly gasped.
"Hayley, what the hell's wrong with you?" he yelled.
"What's wrong, Tommy?" she asked.
She had no clue what was going on.
"Do you have any idea what we just drank?" Tommy asked.
"No," Hayley admitted.
"The mind reading potion," Tommy yelled.
For a moment, Hayley could not speak. It was weird knowing that she would be in the mind of the dubbed greatest ranger of all time.
"How the hell was I supposed to know what it was? Why was it in the refrigerator?" Hayley snapped.
"It had to be cooled after I made it. You should know that," Tommy replied.
"Yeah, but you should've labeled it," Hayley said.
Tommy knew she was right.
"Sorry," he apologized," guess I should've taken Conner's advice."
She rolled her eyes.
"Great, a week in Tommy Oliver's mind," Hayley said. "I can only imagine the thoughts that are in that head of yours."
"Just don't be surprised," he told her.
"Meaning…" Hayley asked.
"You already know most about me," Tommy said.
"Yeah, only the things you wanted me to know," Hayley whispered to herself.
"I can already hear Kira and Trent, 'Now you're going to find out how we felt'," Tommy said.
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Day 1
Ethan James could tell something was wrong with the good doctor the next day at school. Tommy's head came crashing down as soon as the bell rang.
"You care to tell us what's wrong, Dr. O?" Ethan asked.
Tommy lifted his head from the desk.
"If I did, Ethan, I wouldn't hear the end of it," he sighed.
"Try us," Conner McKnight insisted.
"All right, Hayley and I… we drank my mind reading potion," Tommy said.
"You mean to tell me you had more of that stuff?" Kira Ford asked.
"I had made up a new one after you and Trent drank the first one. I was cooling it when Hayley accidentally thought it was a drink," Tommy replied.
"Just take it easy, Dr. O," Trent Fernandez said. "A week seems long, but it'll go by fast."
"You guys aren't going to give me a hard time?" Tommy asked.
"Not at all, Dr. O," Kira smiled. "Besides, it looks like you're going through a hard enough time as it is."
Tommy watched as the four teens walked out of his room.
"You have no idea," he said.
Hayley was soon going to know Tommy's deepest secret that he had not told her or the other Rangers.
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Day 2
Hayley could hardly keep her eyes open. The dream that she had was nothing like any of her other dreams. If she had been inside Tommy's dreams, she wanted answers. She walked over to where the team was. Even though she did not want to go to work, Hayley decided to anyway.
"Hey, have any of you seen Tommy?" she asked.
They all shook their heads.
"No, why?" Ethan questioned Hayley.
"Is it about the dream," Kira asked.
Hayley's heavy eyes shot open.
"What do you know about it?" she asked.
"Nothing much," Conner admitted.
"All Dr. O said was that he really didn't get any sleep last night, nor the night before," Trent replied.
"It was the same thing with Trent and me," Kira said. "Seeing each other's dreams was really weird."
"Well, did he say if he was coming?" Hayley asked.
"He couldn't today," Ethan said. "Maybe he'll be here tomorrow."
"I hope," Hayley sighed. She wanted to just go over there and ask him, but if she wanted to sleep, Tommy for sure was cashed out on the couch. "Well, I better get back to work."
Hayley walked away with a sigh. Ethan turned to the others.
"Do you have any clue what's going on?" he asked.
They all shrugged. Trent and Kira had never been that tired during that time.
"No clue what so ever," Conner said.
"Whatever that dream was about, it's really bothering the both of them," Kira noted.
Trent nodded at Kira words.
"That's for sure," he sighed.
He watched Hayley put one hand on her forehead and leaned forward.
"You guys, I'm going to see if she needs any help," Trent said.
It was his day off, but the place was packed. He was surprised she had not asked him to begin with.
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Day 3
It was four in the morning when Tommy woke up in a cold sweat. It was a different dream, but same theme, same people.
"Snap out of it, Tommy," he said out loud. Tommy often had these kinds of dreams. Some he did not care for and others he wished would never end. Now that Hayley was able to tap into his dreams, he really did not care for any of them. Hayley's dreams could not be tapped into because his dream, or in this case, dreams, had too much emotion for it to be let go. "Aw man."
Tommy wanted to see how Hayley was doing, but could not. In a way, you could say he was being selfish. He knew he had to talk to her sometime, but today was not the right time.
"I can't handle this," Tommy said to himself.
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Hayley had woken up in the same cold sweat as Tommy.
"No way," she gasped. She could not believe what he was dreaming about. Could it just have been that Tommy was happening to dream these dreams only now? She thought he had let it go already. Maybe it was a simple dream that happened in the past, but wait, his hair was short. That rules at that idea. Maybe it was what he still wanted, something that he never wanted to let go. She had to know. "You have a lot of explaining to do."
She let her head hit the pillow.
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Day 4
Tommy walked into the cyber café with his head down when he spotted Hayley. She had to know the real meaning of the dream. When their eyes met, she began walking towards him. He took a deep breath.
"Hey," Tommy managed to whisper.
"Tommy, please tell me what's going on," Hayley begged.
She had to know why these things were happening.
"I know. Let's sit down," Tommy said. They walked over to the couch where the team usually sat at. He turned towards Hayley and sighed. "The dreams are real. I want to live their lives."
"It's true then. You still love her. How? How can you after all this time? You never mentioned anything about wanting her back," Hayley said.
Tommy looked down. Hayley was right. She deserved the truth.
"That's the thing, Haley. As much as I want to be there in my dreams, I have to accept the fact that she has moved on, and so have I. In my dreams, I'm with the most beautiful girl in the world, but when I wake up, I'm just a high school science teacher," Tommy replied.
"Have you really moved on without her, Tommy? You seem to really want her back," she noticed.
He looked up at her. Her question was unavoidable. Tommy was not sure how to answer it.
"If I haven't moved on, then I was lying to all my other girlfriends. Hell, to you, too. That's not true. I was over Kimberly damn it! I had stopped having those damn dreams after she broke up with me. I was able to live my life without her, but when our paths crossed when I was a Turbo Ranger, the dreams came back," he sighed.
His eyes began to water. It was something Hayley had never seen before from him. She knew he wanted to get over his only love, but he seemed to be having trouble doing it.
"And you've been having those dream ever since?" she asked.
"Well, I haven't lately," Tommy admitted.
"Tommy, you really think I'm going to believe that shit?" Hayley laughed.
"You'll have to because I'm not telling you otherwise," he said.
"You really miss her, don't you?" Hayley asked. Tommy nodded. "I wish there was something I could do to make you feel better."
He looked at her as she covered his hand with hers. That had been the same thing Kat had told him, and he wasn't about to give in. Instead of just pouting, he was going to do something about his feelings.
"I don't think I can get over her," Tommy admitted.
"She was your first love. Of course you'll never get over it," Hayley smiled.
"She was more than my first love. Kim was my first real kiss. She was first everything," Tommy said.
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Day 5
Hayley was walking down the stairs of the lab when the phone started ringing.
"Hayley, could you get that?" Tommy asked.
"Sure thing, Tommy," she said. Hayley made it back up the stairs by ring three. "Hello?"
"Did Tommy get married and not tell me?" a voice laughed.
"No, this is Hayley," she said.
"Sorry, I didn't recognize the voice," he apologized.
"Hey, Jason, you need to talk to Tommy?" Hayley asked.
"No, actually, I'm glad you answered. Is Tommy near?" he asked.
"He's in the lab right now doing some tests. What did you need?" Hayley wondered.
"I want you to help me with something, but Tommy can't know," Jason said.
AN:
Find out the plan in the next chapter.
