Chapter Six
"Remind me why we got that movie again," Kimberly said once Jason switched the lights on.
"Cause of the suspense, gore, and violence?" Justin asked.
"Kim's right, that movie was way too scary for my taste!" Tanya said. "Justin, I don't think your dad would've approved of that selection."
"And I don't think he would approve of you staying out so late," Adam said, yawning.
"I guess that means we should head on out," Tommy told them, stretching as well.
Everyone stood up while Kimberly remained rooted on the couch.
"Come on Kim!" Jason said. "It wasn't that bad!"
"Yeah, keep that in mind when a hand suddenly grabs me from under your bed and takes me to who knows where and does who knows what before killing me!"
Tommy felt a small smile come on his face. He remembered how terrified Kimberly was of watching scary movies. He always had to stay a little longer to console her before she was calm enough to let him leave.
Zack noticed his smile and nudged Kat.
"Hey, why don't we stay a bit longer?" Kat suggested. "I mean, we have no school tomorrow so why not?"
"Well, we might as well make it a sleepover!" Zack exclaimed. Everyone, including his new friend Kat gave him a strange look. "We'll be up watching movies anyway, so might as well stay here instead of going home early in the morning right?"
All the rangers looked at one another as if giving the idea some thought. Jason's mind began reeling with ideas to get his two best friends together.
"Great idea!" Jason said. "What do you say guys? The girls can take my room and us guys can crash in the living room."
Tommy looked nervous about the idea.
"Okay."
"Sure."
"That sounds good."
"Alright!" cried Justin.
"Sorry, Justin," Tanya said. "But I think I should be getting you home."
"Aww, but-"
"Don't worry little man," Zack said. "We'll hang again tomorrow."
Justin nodded and headed out the house with Tanya.
"I'll just stop by my house and get my things," she told them.
"Yeah, I need to get my stuff too."
Rocky and Adam followed Tanya out the door.
"Kat?" Tommy asked, hoping that she would change her mind and she could be his way out of the sleepover.
"I need to get my things too," she told him.
"I'll drive you!" Zack said.
The two hurried out the door leaving Kimberly, Tommy, and Jason alone in the living room.
"I guess I'll just go and fix your room for the girls Jase."
The two watched Kimberly limp her way out of the living room.
"So…Tommy?"
"I think I'll go get my stuff too," Tommy sighed.
Jason smiled as he watched his best friend leave the house. He whipped out his cell phone and dialed a familiar number.
"Hey, it's me," he said.
"Oh, hi Jase! What's up?" asked a female's voice.
"Listen…you know that Kim and I are here in Angel Grove right?"
"Yeah…" the voice replied.
"And Kim she's only gonna be here for about two weeks and after that she's gone."
"Uh huh," the girl on the other line said, wondering what her friend could be up to.
"Who knows when she'll come back or-"
"Jason…your point?" the female asked annoyed.
"Trini…we gotta do something about her and Tommy."
Trini remained silent on the other line.
"Tri-?"
"How can I help?" she answered, smiling though she knew he couldn't see it.
"Well, call her and see if she hints anything about Tommy and update me."
"And what are you planning to do?"
"Well, first things first, I wanna clear the subject matter of the letter up. She still hasn't told him the real reason. You try and convince Kim to talk to Tommy and I'll try and convince Tommy to finally ask about the letter."
"Plan sounds faulty. We only have less than two weeks Jase and those two can be pretty stubborn."
"I know, that's why we gotta work fast! I gotta go," he said quickly when he heard Kimberly's limped footsteps down the hall. "Talk to you later."
"Bye."
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"Tanya?" Justin asked.
"Yeah?
"Have Kimberly and Tommy always been like that?"
"What do you mean?" she asked him.
"Well, he seemed like he really cared for her when we were at Muiranthias, but now he's ignoring her. And she…well she's not exactly ignoring him…but she's not exactly jumping at the chance to talk to him either."
"Certain things happened between them, Justin."
"Like what?"
Tanya bit her lip, not knowing if the younger ranger should know.
"It's not my place to tell," she told him.
"Did they break up?"
Tanya nodded her head. "A few months ago."
A few minutes of silence passed and Tanya pulled up to Justin's driveway. Justin unbuckled his seatbelt and got out. He began to slam the car door but stopped.
"We should do something," he said.
"What?"
"About Tommy and Kim. We should get them back together again."
"Justin, I don't think that's really any of our business."
Justin shrugged, but Tanya could still see Justin forming a plan. "Well, it was just a thought," he said a small smirk on his face. "Good night Tanya."
"Night Justin," Tanya replied smiling and shaking her head. 'Maybe Justin's idea is a good idea,' she thought as she drove towards her house.
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AN: I know, I know, you all hate me for making you all wait for Tommy and Kim to talk. But next chapter, I promise! Just need to find a way to get them to start talking. Like I said, I'm just going with the flow.