Disclaimer: I don't own the Power Rangers, or the settings where they have taken place. They are owned by Saban. I don't wish to get sued.
Authors Note: Here is the next chapter of a story that I have neglected unfortunately. It will not be neglected any more! Please R&R!
The girls all head out to the mall and begin to shop. Kimberly was staying fairly quiet, but having a good time none the less.
"So when did you all of the sudden start wearing purple?" Aisha laughs.
"When my pink color got taken over." She says, playfully glaring at Kat.
"Not my fault." She smiles.
"I still wear pink, just not as much as I use too."
"So, only half your wardrobe is pink?" Aisha giggles.
"Something like that." Kim winks.
"You use to wear pink Kimberly?" Hannah asks.
"All the time." She remarks.
"Wow, that's odd."
"Why?" The girls ask.
"Usually pink isn't seen that often."
"Kim could make it work." Trini smiles, "Right girls?"
"Right." Kat and Aisha smile.
"But I always thought it looked better on me." Kat smiles, winking at her friend.
"That's because you're blonde, but hey, just remember, I started it." Kim laughs.
Kat giggles, "Yeah, I know."
The girls head into another store, "I need a new bathing suit." Aisha says, "I'm sick of seeing the ones I have."
"I could go for a new one too." Kim says, thumbing through the selection of two pieces.
"We should all get new ones." Kat smiles, getting a nod from Trini.
"It's a shame the guys aren't here now." Aisha teases, "I'm sure they would love watching us try these on, especially Rocky."
The girls laugh, "I'm sure of it." Kim replies.
"That boy needs a girlfriend." Aisha smiles, "It's been far too long for him."
"What about you Kim?" Hannah asks.
"Me what?"
"Date him?" She says slyly. "You two seem to be quite close…"
"He's one of my best friends."
"If I didn't know you…"
"You don't know me." Kim shouts, "So before you go presuming who I would date, don't. You have no idea who I am, you only know my name, my friends, and that I'm a gymnast…"
"I know your type…"
"What the hell does that mean? My type?"
"Girls… come on, chill." Aisha says, frowning at Hannah, "Let's not ruin the day."
"This day was ruined from when Hannah wanted to come." Kim grumbles."
"I should have stayed with Tommy." Hannah sighs, "I'd have had more fun with him and the guys."
Kimberly grabs a suit off of the rack and quickly goes into the dressing room, locking the door. She sits in there and wipes a lone tear from her eyes.
"Are you crazy!" Trini asks Hannah.
"What?"
"Recommending that she dates Rocky! Hannah, please tell me you aren't that stupid."
"I didn't mean anything by it, just that he was single and so is she."
"Because of you! This is all because of you. You had to get involved with Tommy, flirt with him while his girlfriend was away, and then fight to keep him."
Aisha and Kat stand back and just listen to Trini. They have never heard her so outspoken before and were quite shocked. "I am really beginning to not like you."
"What have I done to you?"
"You are purposely going out of your way to ensure Kimberly knows that Tommy is not hers anymore! There is no reason for you to do that Hannah! That would be like Kimberly flaunting it in front of you, when she knows you care about Tommy that they are dating!"
"But they aren't dating! We are dating!"
"You don't get it do you girl." Aisha says, "It doesn't matter that you are dating Tommy. Kimberly will get use to it sooner if you didn't flaunt it! It's just like Trini said; there is absolutely no reasoning for you to continue to be up Tommy's ass in front of Kimberly. It is pissing us all off."
"That is how I am though. When I like a guy, I'll go at them full force."
"Well, it's time to change little girl, because all you are doing is making enemies."
"And don't you EVER recommend Kim dating one of her best friends. She is closer to Jason than her own brother, and Rocky is second in our group of friends." Trini says, "She talks to all of us girls, but with the guys, they are the two she confides in."
"Humph…" Hannah sighs. "Kim has done nothing but ignore me the entire trip. I try to get to know her, she shuts me out…"
"Do you blame her?" Kat shrugs
"Yes I do!"
"Why?" Kat asks.
"She should want her ex boyfriend to be happy. If she loves him that much, she should give him up for what makes him happy, which happens to be me right now."
"Would you?"
"Yes, because I am not selfish. Tommy wasn't happy with the way things were going between him and her. They were a long distance relationship, which never works out! He said that he wanted to make it work out in the beginning then met me."
"You are convenient." Trini says. "That is all you are. Don't you see the way he still looks at Kim? Don't you see that he has no idea what the hell he wants?"
"You should get your hopes up for them getting back together."
"We aren't, what we are saying is that YOU are mainly at fault for how Kim is this trip. You are flaunting your relationship and it has to stop." Kat exclaims, her Australian accent flowing, as she grabs the suit she wants to try on and heads into the dressing room.
"I think she said it the best…" Trini says, and follows Kat.
"Aisha?"
"Don't ask for my opinion, you aren't gonna like it girl."
Hannah follows the girls into the dressing room and they all try on their clothes.
"I don't know about this one…" Aisha sighs, "Kim, what do you think?" She says, knocking on her dressing room door.
Kimberly wipes her eyes, and opens the door, "It's not bad, but it's not my favorite."
"Ah, the honesty of a friend." Aisha smiles, "Do you like yours?"
"Yeah, but I dunno. I think I'm gonna go get that purple and blue one that was out there."
"I'll grab it for you. I think this suit is awful." Kat says.
Kim takes a deep breath, "Hannah, how about yours? Do you need a new suit or a different size?"
"No, I think I like this one Kimberly, thanks."
"Well, let's see it." Aisha says, still annoyed at the girl, but wants to be civil.
"What do you think?" She asks, as she comes out in a two piece pink and blue bathing suit. The bra was as long as a sports bra with cris-cross straps. The bottoms were a bit longer and thicker than usual, but it looked cute.
"I like it." Kim says, looking her up and down, "That's a good shape for you."
"Thanks." She smiles.
"What did you find Trin?"
"I'm thinking that green isn't my color… and that I'm going with my signature." She smiles, "Kat, can you grab me the same size in the yellow suit?"
"Sure. I'll be right back girls." She smiles, and walks out. Within minutes, she is back with all the suites they asked for and passes them around.
"Alright, let's try them on."
"This time, no hiding, if you don't like it tough, come out and show us." Aisha smiles.
"Ok." Kim smiles. She puts on her bikini. The bra part includes two lavender triangles trimmed in aqua. There are four thin blue stripes across each cup. It ties up around the neck and the middle of the back. The shorts are bikini cut matching the above triangle color. She looks at herself in the mirror and is quite pleased. She has a matching pair of sandals back at the hotel, and a pair of shorts that would go quite nicely too.
"What do you think Kimberly?" Hannah asks.
She clenches her fists once before answering, "I like it."
"Show us Kimberly." Aisha says, coming out with hers on.
"What do you think?"
"I love it." She smiles, "Mine?"
"Great! The color is so you." She smiles, seeing the multi-colored top and matching pants. "You're up Trini and Kat!"
"Well?" Kat says.
"I like it. The pink and green look really good together."
"Me too."
"So do I." Trini smiles.
"Thanks, yours is really cute too!" Kat smiles at her friend.
"So, what do you girls think, are we done shopping for bathing suites?" Hannah asks.
"I think we are good." Aisha says, as they change and then purchase their new suites before walking back to another store to buy more. By the end of the day, they are ready to get home.
"I wish the guys were here." Aisha says.
"Why?" Trini asks.
"So they can carry our bags." She giggles.
"Oh, yeah. I could just see that, all the guys with a girl so they can carry our things." Hannah says.
"We've done it before." Kim says, "We just have to buy them dinner."
"That doesn't sound like too shabby of a deal."
"Unless Rocky is around…" Aisha groans, "That boy can eat."
"Speaking of eating, what time are we meeting Tommy and the others?" Hannah asks.
"Around 7:30 at the hotel." Kat says. "They want to try this new restaurant, so we should probably get going soon, it being 6:30."
"Sounds like a plan." Kim says, "Aisha, you want to drive now?"
"Sure." She smiles. Jeff gave them his convertible to drive around for a while, and the girls were having a blast in it.
They get back to their hotel and see the guys pull up on their bikes, "Perfect timing guys." Aisha calls to them, "Come over here and grab our bags."
"We do, you are buying dinner." Rocky smiles.
"I don't think so."
"That's our deal."
"If you came to the mall and carried everything around for us you get dinner, upstairs is just common courtesy." She smiles.
The guys reluctantly grab the girls backs from the trunk of the car and take them up to their rooms.
"Which bags are which?"
"Just bring them into our room." Kat smiles, "We'll figure that out in a second."
"What did you girls buy?" Tommy asks.
"Bathing suits, clothes, sunglasses, you name it, we bought it." Aisha smiles.
"You guys should have brought an extra suitcase." He groans.
"I told you we should have Ish." Kim smiles.
"Well hurry up girls, we have a reservation at the restaurant at 7:30." Jase smiles.
"Alright, we will." Kat laughs, and they head into the girls room to distribute their bags.
"What are you girls wearing tonight?" Hannah asks.
"Probably just a skirt and a shirt." Aisha replies.
"Ok."
"Well, I'm heading in to get dressed. I need a shower anyway." Trini says.
"I think I'm gonna use Adam and Zack's if they aren't using it." Aisha says.
"I'll grab the other one then." Kim says, "It's a good thing we have so many showers."
Kat smiles, "Yeah. Mind if I jump in first Hannah?"
"No, go ahead. I'll see if I can use Tommy's when Kim is out."
"I won't be that long." Kat says.
"We'll see." Hannah smiles.
Kim goes into her room and grabs her stuff, before knocking on their joint door, "He guys."
"Hey." Jason says, opening the door.
"You guys using your shower?"
"No."
"Good, I am then." She says.
"Don't go leaving your shit in the bathroom this time Kimmy!" Rocky shouts.
Kim laughs, "I'll leave it right on your pillow Rocco. Thanks guys." She says, completely ignoring Tommy. She felt his eyes on her as she walks into the bathroom and sighs locking the door.
"She could have used her own…" Tommy grumbles.
"Trini is in there."
"She could have waited…"
"Tom, knock it off…" Jason says.
He stands up and goes into Kat and Hannah's room.
"Well hi there." Hannah smiles, giving him a kiss.
"Hi. Kat in the shower?"
"Yeah, but she'll be out in a bit." She smiles, moving over so he could sit on her bed next to her.
"Did you have fun shopping?"
"Yeah."
"Get to know Kim any better?"
"No. I don't think I ever will… she is just such a snob sometimes! Every time I say something she yells at me, and then the other girls do too. It's almost like they are banding together so they all hate me." She sighs.
"I'm sure that's not it…"
"They treated me differently before she came."
"What happened today?" He asks.
"They were talking about Rocky needing a girlfriend, so I said that Kim and him should get together, and they flipped out on me."
The hair stands up on the back of his neck at the hearing that, "You shouldn't have said that…"
"Why not? It was just a suggestion…"
"Because Kim isn't…"
"She has to start getting over you!"
Tommy goes silent, he doesn't want her to get over him, because he can't get over her. No matter how hard he tries. "She'll come around… they all will. It was just a shock to all of us." He shrugs.
"I just don't understand why they can't accept the fact that Kimberly and you aren't getting back together." This bothered Tommy more than he thought it would, and he keeps quiet, trying to figure out an answer to that question. Then, he hears the shower turn off, and jumps up, "I better get going, so Kat can get dressed, and you can get a shower."
"Can I use yours?"
"Kat's out of yours, and I think Kim is still in ours."
"Ok." She sighs, giving him a kiss. "I'll see you in a bit."
He walks back into his room just as the shower turns off. She walks out of the bathroom in a long towel and thanks the guys before walking into her room. When she gets into her room, Aisha was there, looking through her clothes, "Hey Trini?"
"What?"
"Did you by any change bring that long yellow skirt? The one that matches Kim's?"
"Yes, would you like to borrow it?"
"I would, if you weren't going to wear it."
"No, I was actually thinking about wearing your yellow one." She smiles.
"Well good thing I brought it." She smiles, tossing the skirt to Trini. "What are you wearing Kim?"
"My lavender and turquoise skirt and my lavender halter top… what do you think?"
"I think that's going to look nice." She smiles. "The turquoise one may be pretty too…"
"Yeah, I was thinking about that one." Kim says, taking out both shirts and laying them on top of the skirt, "Which one Trini?"
"Wear the turquoise one. It will bring out the blue in the skirt."
"We so better not be taking the bikes…" Aisha says.
"No, we aren't, not in skirts. I'm taking the convertible." Kim replies, putting on her outfit. There is a knock at the door, "Who is it?"
"Adam."
"Hang on." Trini says, as the girls finish dressing. She then lets him in and he sits in their living room, "Bored?"
"Very." He smiles shyly.
"You look nice Adam." Kim smiles, noticing the black jeans, and the white collared shirt.
"Thanks." He blushes even deeper, "You girls clean up nice." He smiles.
"Yeah, we do don't we?" Aisha laughs.
"Are you girls almost ready?"
"We're dressed aren't we?" Kim says.
"Yeah, but your hair isn't done… and I'm not sure about the makeup." He smirks.
"We'll be ready on time. And you do know that we aren't taking the bikes don't you?" Aisha asks.
"The guys are." He smiles, "You girls are on your own for finding a way if you don't wanna ride on the bike."
"We have Jeff's convertible." Kim smiles.
"Oh yeah, like that won't mess up your hair just as much…" Adam smiles.
"We can put the roof up genius." Aisha laughs, putting her makeup on.
The girls finish up their makeup and then wait for the rest of the guys to come. At 7:00, they were all ready to go. The guys jump on their bikes and the girls get into the car. Hannah decides to ride with Tommy, despite her skirt, and he seems to have no objections to it. She looks up at him and says, "Honey, do you mind if I ride with you?"
"You're in a skirt!" He says, shocked.
"That's fine. I want to spend time with you, myself." She smiles.
"That's fine." He smile back at her, shooting a glance over at Kimberly, "It's nice to have a girl who isn't afraid to get dirty." And he hands her a helmet. Kimberly wants to scream at him, but keeps it inside. She quietly gets into the car and puts up the roof.
"What about you babe, you wanna jump on?" Zack asks Aisha.
"As if. I am perfectly fine being a wuss and will stay in the car." She says, shooting a look at Tommy who flinches at that comment.
"Follow us." Jase says, as the girls get into the car.
"We will." Kat smiles, getting into the drivers seat. Trini gets into the back with Kim, and Aisha takes shot gun. Trini looks at Kim's blank expressing and nudges her. Kim looks at her and smiles sadly.
"There better be dancing here." Kat smiles, "I need to dance, even if it is with one of the guys."
"That would be fun… but if there isn't we can always go to the club tomorrow." Aisha smiles.
"That would be a lot of fun." Kim smiles.
"Well, that's what we'll do tomorrow, go to the club." Kat smiles wider.
They arrive at the restaurant and get out of the car, Tommy and Hannah walk over to the door first, his arm wrapped tightly around her waste. They are seated almost immediately and Kim ends up in-between Jason and Tommy. She was extremely uncomfortable. For most of the night, she played with her napkin, not making direct eye contact next to her. Jason watches her, and he hates what he sees. His best friend sitting there, uncomfortable, in a way that he has never seen her before. The light from her eyes is gone, and Tommy wasn't making it any easier on her. He was mad and Jason knew it. He wants Kimberly to just accept the fact that he is with someone else, and he is beginning to take it out on her. It is almost like he was the one being dumped instead of the dumper. They were both hurting, and neither one wanted to admit it, and at the club the next night, it got worse.
The girls spent an hour getting ready again. Kimberly was in a tight pair of jeans, platform sandals, and a violet midriff tube top. "You look great Kim!" Trini smiles.
"Thanks." She says, messing with her hair, "So do you." Aisha has on blue jeans and a spaghetti strap yellow tank top that hung just above her bellybutton. She was in yellow sandals that made her about two inches taller.
"What are you doing with your hair Kim?" Aisha asks.
"I don't know…"
"Can I try something?"
"Sure." She smiles, sitting down on the floor so Aisha could play with her hair.
"How about this…" She says, taking her ponytail band and putting her hair half up, "What about half up in curls, and the bottom straight and lying at your neck?"
"That sounds cute." Kim says, as Aisha begins to do her hair. "What are you doing with yours Trini?"
"Just keeping it down."
"I wonder what the other two are doing." Aisha asks just as Kat opens the door and comes in with a brush in hand, "Speak of the devil."
"Kim, do something with this hair PLEASE." She practically begs.
"Sit down." Kim smiles as she puts Aisha's hairdo on hold to get a chair. "Sorry Kat, but there is no way in hell I'll be able to reach your head while I'm on my butt."
"Shrimp." She smiles and winks.
Kim sits in front of Aisha on the chair, and Kat was on the floor in front of Kim. They all pas the curling iron back and forth before the two girls hair is done. "Where's Hannah?" Kim asks.
"In the room with Tommy." Kat sighs. "I have to finish up my makeup though, thank you." She says admiring the curls tied up into a neat ponytail.
"No problem. Thanks Aisha."
"No problem, but now it's your turn to do my hair."
"What the hell do you want me to do with it? It's in braids."
"I know, but what should I do with it?"
"I don't know, which is why I can't do anything to it." She smiles. Kim rolls her eyes and French Braids her braids. "There you go." She says, admiring her masterpiece. "What do you think?"
"It's boring…" Aisha smiles, "but it will do. Thanks."
"No problem. Trin, you sure you're just keeping your hair down?"
"Yeah, I want to be a bit different." She laughs, pulling on her yellow, orange and blue striped shirt. She has matching flat shoes and a pair of black jeans.
Kat looks at herself in the mirror, "What do you girls think?" She asks, turning around in her pink jeans with a black tank top trimmed in pink.
"I like it, but not with those shoes." Kim says honestly. Her shoes were flat, but she should have some type of a heel on them, "You brought those black and pink sandals didn't you?"
"The 3 inch ones?"
"Yes."
"Yeah."
"Wear them."
"They make me close to 6 foot."
"So? They'll look cute Katherine."
"Well…"
"Go get them, then report back here." Aisha smiles.
"Alright…" she sighs.
"I wish she was the same size shoe as me…" Kim says.
"Why?" Trini asks.
"I'd so wear those shoes."
"She's about 3 sizes larger than you. You'd look pretty funny 5 foot 2 inches with size nine feet."
Kim laughs, "I guess you're right."
"Ok, how does this look?" Kat asks, walking back into the room.
"I like it a lot better." Aisha smiles.
"I agree." Kim smiles.
"That goes for me too." Trini nods.
"God, I feel so tall in these…"
"Kat, you are tall to me anytime." Kim smiles.
There is a knock at the door, and Kim opens it, "You girls ready?" Rocky asks.
"Yeah, can you go get Tommy and Hannah?"
"Where are they Kat?"
"My room."
"Sure." He says, knocking on the door, "Let's go you two." They come out of the room, and meet everyone in the hallway.
"Alright, it's our turn to drive the bikes." Aisha says smiling.
"I have never driven a bike before." Hannah says, "I don't know if I'll feel comfortable…"
"No problem, I'll drive it for you." Tommy says, with his hand on her lower back.
"Alright, we need to pair up with the girls…" Jason says, "I'll ride with Kat, Zack with Aisha, Adam with Kim, and Rocky with Trini. That should balance out the weight and height."
"If it gets too tough girls, say too tough." Tommy replies.
"I'm sure we'll be fine." Kim mumbles.
The girls take the keys from the guys and they mount up. Each helmet was fitted with a headset so they could hear one another. Tommy takes the lead and Kimberly heads up the rear. They get to the club around 9:30 and park their bikes, strapping their helmets down and then walk into the club. It was filled and the girls were excited. The guys were too, though they wouldn't show it.
"This is going to be so much fun." Aisha smiles, grabbing Kimberly's arm as they walk into the club.
"Yeah." She sighs, watching Tommy and Hannah walk arm in arm.
The group finds a table to put their things down, and they order a drink. After a couple sips, the girls stand up and head over to the dance floor. Immediately, guys swarm around the girls, especially Kimberly. Tommy sees this and gets jealous, very jealous, but doesn't say anything.
"I can't turn up a chance to dance." Zack smiles, "The Zack-man needs to get his groove on."
"Go get 'em Zack-man." Adam laughs.
He goes down with the girls and does some of his world famous moves, and the girls are having the time of their lives. Kim was laughing and smiling, which was something she hasn't done in a while. You can tell when Kim is faking and when she is truly laughing by the way her eyes shine. Kim points to Rocky and Jason, and uses her finger to pull them down. They shake their heads no. "Come on guys." Kim pouts, "Don't make us come up there."
Jason and Rocky look at each other, "There is no way out of this." Jason says, "But if we go down, everyone has to."
"Fair enough." Adam says, and they walk to the dance floor.
About an hour into the dancing, Kim gets taped on her shoulder, she turns around and sees a guy around the age of 20 standing there, "I'm Dave."
She smiles, "Kimberly."
"You here with anyone?"
"Just my friends." She sighs.
"Can I buy you a drink?"
She smiles, "Sure." Half way through the drink she excuses herself and goes back to dancing with her friends. Tommy watches her every move, and every guy who came over to her he wanted to punch. He was getting angry at her as the night went on, and finally, he blew up. Hannah, Tommy, Kim, Zack, Aisha and Kat were dancing still, while the others were sitting up at the table talking and watching the six dance.
"You're popular tonight Kim." Hannah says, smiling at her. "All the guys want to dance with you."
"Yeah, that tends to happen when you dress and dance like a slut the entire night." He sneers.
Kimberly's face goes white. She stares at him in disbelief, "I…" She says, "I…" She can't find the words for him, so instead she turns on her heals and runs out of the club, her hand over her mouth, tears flowing from her eyes. She doesn't stop until she reaches the beach. She falls to her knees, wraps her arms around her and cries, burying her face in her hand.
Back at the club, Zack, Aisha, and Kat were beside themselves, "What the FUCK is wrong with you Tommy!" Zack asks.
"What?" He asks, still reeling in anger.
"HOW COULD YOU CALL HER A SLUT!" He yells, grabbing his shirt. "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU THINKING?"
Jason and Rocky come down to see what is going on, "What happened! Why did Kim leave?" Rocky asks while Jason pulls Zack off of Tommy.
"What the fuck is your problem Tommy!" Zack says again. "Lemme go Jase, I'm cool."
"Why would you call her a slut?" Aisha asks.
"You called her a WHAT!" Rocky says.
"Didn't you see how she was dancing? Didn't you see how she had every guy in here?" Tommy says, pointing.
"So did Kat, so did Trini, so did every girl who wasn't with a guy!" Jason shouts. "Where did she go?"
"I don't know." Tommy says, his anger turning into fear. He pulls away from Hannah and starts for the door, before Zack grabs his arm.
"I don't think so." He says, "You stay here. I'm sure you will be the last one she wants to see."
"I don't care." He says, pushing Zack away. He walks outside followed by Rocky, Jason and Zack.
"Did anyone go after her?" Aisha asks.
"Trini." Adam says, following them outside.
"I hate you right now Tommy… I really do." Aisha says, walking down to the path that leads out to the beach.
"You stay here." Jason says to Tommy. He walks to the beach and looks around. He sees Trini with her arms around Kimberly, Aisha on the other side of her, and Rocky bent down in front of her, trying to talk to her. Adam didn't know what to do so he stays back a bit with Katherine and Zack until they were needed. Jason watches her shoulders bobbing in the moonlight, and could hear her gasping for breath. He storms back to Tommy, "Come with me." He says, grabbing him by his upper arm, "I want to show you what you have done. You stay here." He points to Hannah, "We'll be back in a few minutes."
They get to the end of the path and he sees Kimberly with her friends around her. He hears her crying and immediately feels sick.
"What… did I…. d… do… t.t.t… tooo… deserve this?" He hears her ask in between her tears. "What did I do?"
"You didn't do anything." Rocky says.
Tommy looks away from her, his face grimacing. "It hurts doesn't it?" Jason asks.
"I didn't mean…" He says, wiping a tear away from his eye. He felt like he could just throw up.
"But you did." Zack says. "You had NO right calling her a slut. You know something Tommy, you broke up with HER, she didn't break up with you! This was YOUR doing, not hers."
"I know…"
"So stop being a sick fuck, and treating her like she broke up with you."
"I just get so…" He starts, "Mad at her."
"Why?" Jason asks.
"Because she left for Florida, because she hasn't said two words to me after our argument yesterday."
"Do you blame her?"
"I guess not… but I hate it. We never use to fight."
"Bro, you're talking to the wrong people." Zack says.
"I'm with Hannah now though, that is what I chose, and that is who I am staying with."
"Are you happy with her?" Adam asks. Tommy nods and looks away, back to Kimberly who was still crying, "Well that's good, because I think you hurt Kimberly more than anyone has hurt her before."
Jason walks over to where Kimberly was sitting. Trini looks up at him and sighs.
"You're gonna make yourself sick Kim." Trini says rubbing her friend's back in circles.
"I know…" She sobs. "I didn't think I looked like a slut. I didn't think I was dancing like one either."
"You weren't." Jason says, standing behind her, "He is just mad that he broke up with you. He wants to apologize to you though…."
"I don't want to talk to him, ever again." She says, beginning to cry again.
Tommy hears this, and walks down the beach alone, "Where are you going?" Kat calls, but he doesn't answer. He kicks up the sand as he walks, mad at himself for how he treated her. "What the hell was I thinking!" He sighs, sitting down on the sand. "I just miss her so much… and it's my fault." He will only admit that to himself. "Stupid."
Back up with the others, Kimberly is slowly calming down, "I just want to go back to the hotel." She says, standing up.
"I'll take you back." Jason says, "Why don't you guys stay here and finish the night out?"
Aisha sighs but understands what he is saying. She knows that Kim won't want to ruin every ones fun. "Alright, that sounds fine, unless you want me to come back with you guys."
"No. Go ahead and enjoy your night." Kim says, "I'll see you guys later. Thanks a lot."
"No problem." Rocky says, kissing her cheek, "You'll be ok?"
She nods and heads up the path to the bikes.
"I don't know if I'll be back or not, but do me a favor and keep an eye out for Tommy." Jason says to Adam, "I think he's beginning to realize what he has done."
"He should." Adam says, "He's screwing up any chance he has getting Kimberly back, even as a friend."
"Will you?"
"Yeah."
"Thanks."
"Jase, you coming back?" Trini asks.
"That depends on Kimberly."
"Alright, we'll see you later on then." Kat smiles, as they head up to the club.
Zack hangs back with Hannah, "Are you two coming?" Kat asks as she turns around.
"I'll be up in a minute." He says, starting down the beach.
"I'm going with him." Hannah calls, as she follows Zack, "How far down do you think he went?"
"Pretty far, if I know Tommy." Zack sighs, and they walk for a few minutes before seeing his figure in the sand. "Maybe you should hang back."
"No, he's my boyfriend, and I want to see if he's ok."
"Ok, I warned you." Zack says, walking towards Tommy and he sits next to him, looking out into the ocean. Hannah comes up behind him and wraps her arms around his neck, affectionately. He shrugs her off.
"Tommy…" Hannah says.
"If you guys don't mind I'd like to be alone." He says, not taking his eyes off the ocean.
"Tommy…" Hannah begins.
"Alone please."
She sighs and Zack gets up. He walks her back to the club, and heads inside.
"Is he ok?" Rocky asks.
"I'm gonna give him a few minutes. I'm probably the last one he wants to see right now."
"No, Kim probably is." Aisha sighs, wrapping her arms around Zack.
Back outside, Kimberly puts on her helmet, and hands Jason his. "I'm gonna drive Kim." Jason says, taking the keys from her. She mounts the bike after him and leans against him. He could feel her body shaking as she cries. "Hold on tight." He says, and backs the bike out. They were back to the hotel in minutes. They pull their helmets off and walk into the hotel. Jason has his arm wrapped around her tightly as they walk through the lobby, bypassing Jeff. Jason and Kim say hello to him and head upstairs. He could tell that Kim was crying, and was concerned about her, but pushed it out of his mind. He figured it had to do with that nephew of his.
Jason and Kim step off of the elevator, and head down the hall to their rooms.
"Are you going back to the club?" She asks.
"That's up to you. Would you rather me stay?" He asks. She nods, "Well, then I'm staying. Come on into my room, we'll see what's on the TV ok?"
"Thanks." She says, as they go into the 'red' room. She lies down on Jason's bed and immediately begins to cry again.
Jason sits next to her, "Kim…"
"I have never had been so hurt by someone's comment Jason… I don't know why this is affecting me so much." She says, with her back to him, "I'm sorry."
"Kim…"
"I know, but I am. If I didn't come you guys would have had a better time. I wouldn't be in here crying, you would be at the club hanging out, and not having to deal with my emotions."
"You're like my sister. I'd do anything for you." He says.
"I feel so weak Jason. I feel like my world is collapsing right before my eyes. I hate her. I hate her so much." Jason sighs, and rubs her back. She needs to get all of this out of her system. "I hate him too, but I love him so much. I can't get over him." She looks up into his eyes, "Why do I have to love him so much Jason? Why?" She then leans into his chest and cries against him. Jason knows from being in this position before that all you can do is let her cry it out. He wraps his arms around her and holds her. "I wish I could stop loving him." She cries for almost an hour and a half before exhaustion sets in.
It was almost 1:00 when she fell asleep against him. He rolls her onto her side, so she is more comfortable and covers her up with a blanket. He then turns on the TV and leans back. He finds an interesting movie and awaits the return of the others. Kimberly rolls back over and curls up against Jason. She has always trusted him, and when ever she was extremely upset over something she would find herself sleeping on him, that was until she found Tommy. Years ago, Jason once would have thought about asking Kim out, but now, they were too close to even think that way.
Back at the club, it was getting late, and Tommy still wasn't back. Adam goes down to where he was seen last and sits next to him silently. Tommy was still looking out over the ocean, staring into the darkness.
"How's Kim?" Tommy asks after a while.
"Jason took her home about two hours ago."
"Is she…"
"When I last saw her, she was crying." Adam says, but stops as he sees Tommy tense up.
He knows that Tommy hates when anything bad hurts her, or when ever she is crying. Tommy looks down at the sand, "You need to talk to her Tommy."
"She doesn't want to talk to me…"
"Do you blame her? I mean, you did call her a slut."
"I didn't mean it. I was just so mad at her. I was so…"
"Jealous?"
"I guess I was."
"Talk to her… not tonight, but just talk. She needs you Tommy, just as much as you need her."
"I have a girlfriend now."
"No one is saying go back to her, but just be civil. You two owe each other that much."
Tommy sighs, and Adam continues, "Are you going to come back up to the club?"
"Yeah, I guess. Are we leaving soon?"
"Yeah, it closes in an hour."
"Alright. What's Hannah doing?"
"Dancing with the girls, and asking about you." Adam says, standing up, followed by Tommy.
"Let's go."
"Right." He says, and the two make their way back to the club. Hannah is attached to Tommy throughout the entire night, until they get back to their rooms.
By 2:15, they are all upstairs. Rocky and Tommy go into their room, "Hey Jason?" Tommy calls.
"Shh." He says, pointing to Kimberly who was still sleeping with his head on his chest, "She wore herself out." He says, sighing.
"You aren't moving her are you?" Tommy asks.
"When you guys got home I was going to wake her up…"
"No, let her sleep here. I'll sleep on the pull out…"
"Why? Kim knows you sleep in that bed." Rocky says, "Why change it?"
"Well… I…."
"Because you called her a slut and feel bad about it?" Rocky asks bluntly.
Tommy just hangs his head and changes the subject, "What are you watching?"
"Some movie." He smiles. "I don't know the name, but it interested me, so I figured what the hell."
Tommy smiles, slightly and then looks at Kim sleeping on Jason. He felt jealousy surge through his body again, but he dismissed it when there was a knock on the joining door. Rocky opens it, "Can I help you?"
"Is Kim here?" Trini asks.
"Yeah." Rocky says, pointing to her on Jason's bed.
"Ok, we were just making sure." She smiles, "Good night guys."
"Good night girls." Rocky smiles.
The next morning Kim wakes up with a start. She looks around and sees where he was, "You ok?" Jason asks.
"Yeah." She says, brushing a piece of hair out of her eyes, "Sorry, I guess I fell asleep."
"Not a problem." He says, "How you feeling today?"
"Like I cried all night." She says, looking over at Tommy's bed, "I think I'm gonna go for a run. Thanks Jason, I'll talk to you in a bit." She says, and leaves to get changed and go on her run. She thinks a lot about what Tommy said to her last night, and how she hates him right now. She just wants to keep on running, and never look back, but after an hour she turns back and goes into the room to take a shower and get dressed for breakfast. She looks at herself in the mirror, "Great Kimberly, you look like you've been in a fight." She exclaims as she looks at her puffy eyes. Her eyes were red too, and her skin was dull. She jumps into the shower and gets dressed, just as the other two girls were waking up.
"Are you alright?" Aisha asks Kim.
"I'll have to be won't I?"
"Did you talk to him?" Trini asks.
"I have nothing to say to him." Kim replies.
The girls sigh, and take their showers, before dressing for breakfast. Kimberly sits as far away from Tommy as she can, and on the same side so she can avoid eye contact with him. This is beginning to take toll on him, and when they go cliff diving, he is going to have to take the time to talk to her.
Cliff diving
"Let me check out the depth first." Kat says, jumping of a 12 foot rock and into the water. She if anyone could judge the depth of the water better than anyone from the 12 foot rock. When she surfaces, she says, "I think it looks good."
"I don't know if I like this." Hannah says, holding onto Tommy's hand.
"You'll be fine. Its only 12 feet up in the air."
"Still… that's pretty high."
"Well, you stay here, and everyone else will jump." Kim says, annoyed at how much of a baby she was being. She dives off of the cliff into the water, and comes up smiling, "that was AWESOME!"
"Well, if you can do it so can I." Hannah sneers, jumping off of the cliff. She was followed by Tommy and so on until everyone was in the water. They swam around the bottom for a while before heading back up to the next height. Tommy pulls Kimberly aside as they walk up the hill, "Can we talk?"
"No." Kim says.
"Why not?"
"I can't do it anymore. I am sick of fighting." She replies, tears welling up into her eyes.
"Kim, we need to…" He says.
"No, we don't. Lets just say we are done, done with being friends, done with everything."
"No. I am not throwing away 4 years of friendship Kimberly…"
"You already did." She says, before running off the 15 ft cliff and diving in.
Tommy follows her, thinking "She is not going to get out of talking to me."
"Listen to me Kimberly…"
"No you listen. You call me a slut and expect me to talk to you?"
"I didn't mean to call you that…"
"What did you mean huh?" Kim asks, the tears falling now, though with the water on her face, you couldn't tell, "I was a whore? A bitch? What Tommy?"
"I was mad ok?"
"At what?"
"At all the guys paying attention to you! I was jealous, and I love that outfit you had on last night. You know that. You wore it the last date we had. I was mad Kim. I am with Hannah now but… Kimberly…" He stops and collects his thoughts for a second.
TBC…
Bit of a cliff hanger, and yeah I hate them too, but it was needed.
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