Chapter Seven
"Hurry up Rocko!" Adam shouted at his best friend. Rocky came running out of his house with a small duffel bag.
"Sorry, I had to grab a quick snack," he said holding out a big sandwich. "Want some?"
"No…" Adam said, disgusted with Rocky talking with his mouth full. "It's alright."
"Adam, I've been thinking," Rocky said in between bites. "I think it's time for you to talk to Tanya."
"What? No!" cried Adam. "I'll talk to her when you finally talk to Kat."
"No can do, she's Tommy's."
"No, Kim is Tommy's."
"No, Kim is that one guy, Josh's, and Kat is Tommy's," Rocky argued. "Kim broke up with Tommy remember?."
"Yeah, but you heard Jason! She had reasons…good reasons may I add."
"She broke up with him because he was being a ranger."
"Well, she felt lonely," Adam reasoned. "I mean, Tommy meant everything to her. It must've really been hard on her when he couldn't be there for her."
Rocky looked down at his sandwich, unsure of what to say.
"You're right, but I don't understand why they just can't talk about," Rocky said.
"Well, the letter was pretty harsh. I mean, she could've done it over the phone."
"Yeah, but we were all probably busy fighting while Kimberly was trying to call Tommy. Besides, Tommy could've called her after he got to letter and ask her about it."
"Wait, so now you're defending Kim?"
"And you're defending Tommy!"
The two best friends fell into silence again.
"You know, what I just realized?" Rocky said. "They're both idiots."
"I gotta agree with you on that one."
"So..are you thinking what I'm thinking?" Rocky asked his best friend.
Adam looked at Rocky and nodded with a smile.
"Operation Crane and Falcon on the go!"
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"Hey bro help me move the couch," Jason said letting Tommy in the house.
"Where's everyone else?" he asked, getting suspicious.
"Relax, they're still getting their things. I mean, aside from Kimberly, you live the closest."
"Oh yeah," Tommy said. He entered the living with Jason and moved the couch to make room for the rangers.
"Make yourself at home," Jason told Tommy. "Nature calls."
Tommy nodded and sat down on the couch, bring his hands up to his face. He laid back and closed his eyes, letting the visions of the past days invade his brain. He remembered how he felt when he saw Kimberly's face on the screen. He remembered how his stomach turned with fear and how his heart began to beat faster. He remembered how close he was in asking her about the letter while they were in the Megazord. He had always hoped that the letter was just a lie. But he let go of that hope when he heard Zack and Kimberly's conversation earlier.
His thoughts were interrupted when he heard footsteps coming down the hallway.
"Hey Jase, do you think you can-" Kimberly stopped when she saw Tommy sitting on the couch.
Tommy, who snapped his eyes open once he heard her voice, nervously shifted on the couch.
"Uh…he-he's in the bathroom."
"Oh, okay," Kimberly said. She turned to go but stopped and faced him again. "Uh, Tommy…do you think you can help me with something?"
"Sure," Tommy replied, not meeting her eyes.
"Do you think you can bring down the fold out mattress from Jason's closet? I…um…I'm kinda…short," she said, giving a small laugh. Tommy couldn't help but laugh with her.
'God, she's so cute,' he thought as he stood up. He followed the limping Kimberly back to Jason's room.
"Are you sure your ankle is okay?" he asked, beginning to feel at ease around Kimberly.
"Yeah, I'm fine. It's getting better."
Tommy entered Jason's room and headed straight for his closet. He opened it and saw Jason's many red shirts. He reached up and pulled out the fold out mattress.
"You need help with anything else?"
"No, that's about it. Thanks Tommy."
Tommy nodded and slowly made his way back to the living.
'Maybe things will be okay after all,' he told himself.
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Kimberly stayed in Jason's room, replaying her short conversation with Tommy.
'He seemed to ease up after a while,' she noted. 'He's really trying to be a good sport, especially after what I did. And me…I'm so terrible, acting like the break up had no affect on me.'
She looked at her cell phone which was charging on the bed side drawer. She knew who she could call but she wasn't sure f she was ready to talk about her feelings. Sure, she had Jason to talk to, but he was in a pretty bad position, being her closest friend and Tommy's best friend. Plus, she needed a girl's point of view.
Kimberly jumped when her cell began to ring loudly.
"God!" she said, placing her hand over her fast heart beat. She picked up the cell phone and answered, not bothering to look at who the caller was.
"Hello?"
"Kimberly!"
"Trini! Oh my God, I was just thinking of calling you!"
"Really? Well, I see we still have that connection thing going! Anyways, how are you?"
"I'm…fine. And you?"
"Eh…bored. I'm going crazy now that Zack and Jason are gone," Trini said. "But…I also wanted to talk to you about something."
"Yeah?"
"Well, I spoke with Jason earlier and…he told me about what happened. Everything from the scuba diving to evil pirates to human sacrifices to you and Zack going at it."
"Oh…that. Well, Zack apologized to Kat."
"That's good."
Kimberly remained silent. She knew that tone in Trini's voice. "Okay, what do you really want Trini?"
"Just to talk. I mean we haven't talked on the phone for a while and-"
"You want to know about me and Tommy don't you?"
"Well, I am curious but I don't wanna twist your arm about it."
Kimberly sighed and told her best friend about her conversation with Tommy earlier.
"That's it? I'm calling you long distance just to hear that?"
"What did you expect? For us to forget everything and fall madly in love with one another again?"
"Uh…yeah," Trini said. "Kimberly I know you didn't wanna break it off with him, so I know that you still have feelings for him."
"Maybe I do Trini, but he's moved on and I don't' want to live life moping around. I need to move on too."
"Are you sure he's moved on?"
"Honestly, I don't know… But if he hasn't, he should. I was horrible to him…"
"Kimberly, if you sit down with Tommy and tell him everything…he'll understand."
"You're starting to sound like Jason," Kimberly said pouting.
"Well, just telling you what you should really do Kim. I gotta go. Work calls!"
The two friends bid goodbye and hung up.
Kimberly fell back on the bed and cover her face with a pillow.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" She screamed into the pillow.
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AN: I hope you guys aren't disappointed in Tommy and Kim's conversation. I promise, things between them are going to get better.