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!
"I love you Kimberly." He says.
"You came here to tell me that you love me?" Kim says, her voice raised.
"Yes."
"What about Hannah?"
"It's over between us, I was just fooling myself… she wasn't you Kim. I can't live without you. I am so sorry." He says, looking her in the eyes. The tears were poring out of her, staining her cheeks. "I had to tell you this, and if you don't feel the same, well it's something I can live with, but I want you to know that dating Hannah was the worst thing I have ever done. I was fooling myself Kim. I love you, and you're the only one for me…"
"Can I ask you something?" Kim says, taking off her sunglasses, looking him directly into his eyes.
"Anything."
"What took you so long?" She cries. They walk over to eachother and she wraps her arms around him crying against his chest, "What took you so long?"
"I was lost." He says, holding her, as he kisses the top of her head. "I hate myself for putting you through the past four months. I thought that having another girl closer to home would help the hole you caused when you left, but it only made it worse. I love you Kimberly. I'd rather have you here as my girlfriend rather than here with me with another girl closer to home. I'm so sorry it took me this long."
Kim looks up into his eyes, "Please, don't ever leave me again." She begs as he bends down and kisses her lips.
"I promise." He says.
"Don't think that you don't have to make this up to me buster, because you have no idea what you put me through." She says, putting her sunglasses back on.
"Can I start by taking you out to dinner?"
"And then lunch to tomorrow." She says.
"So dinner is off for us." Cooper asks.
"Oh…" Tommy says, "No, you three go ahead, I'll…"
"Nonsense." Renee says, "You two have a lot to catch up on. We'll go grab Shawn and Tara ok?" She says to Cooper.
"Fine." He says.
"I'll see you two tonight." Renee says, "It's nice to finally meet you Tommy."
"You too Renee, I've heard a lot about you."
"All lies." She smiles, "See you tonight Kim."
"Thanks Renee." She smiles, hugging her friend.
"Have fun." She smiles.
"Bye Cooper."
"Bye Kim." He smiles, before looking at Tommy, "I want you to be the first to know, that if you ever hurt Kim again, I'll be at your door."
"Cooper…" Kim warns.
"I'm just saying, but it's nice to meet you." He says, extending his hand to Tommy.
Tommy could tell that Cooper still doesn't like him, but he doesn't care. He has Kimberly, and that is all he needs right now. "Yeah, you too." Tommy replies as they walk away. "So, where too?"
"I need to get changed first so let's go back to my apartment." She says.
"Alright." He says, taking her gym bag and then her hand. "I love you Kim."
"I love you too." She says, as they walk back to her apartment. "Are you hungry yet?"
"I'm getting there." He smiles. "It's only 2:00 back home."
"I keep forgetting that." She smiles.
"But, you know I can eat almost any time." He smiles.
"Yeah, I know." She laughs. "We can wait for a while. I need to get a shower anyway."
"Alright." He laughs.
Kimberly takes her time in the bathroom as he relaxes in their living room. The apartment was small but nice. Each girl has their own room and shared a bathroom. The living room was in the front of the apartment, attached to the kitchen. It was like a college dorm.
Around 6:00, Kimberly and Tommy are on their way out the door to dinner.
"What are you hungry for?" Kim asks.
"I don't know what's around, so how about you pick, and I'll pay."
She laughs, "Alright. There is a place that I like down town, if you wanna try it."
"Sure. I'm up for anything. We need to talk afterwards though." He says.
"Ok." She sighs.
He needs to explain to her exactly what was going on in his mind, so she totally understands where he is coming from.
After dinner, Kimberly and Tommy walk out to the lake that was diagonal to the gymnastics complex. "Sit down." She says, patting the spot next to her on the bench. Her and her friends would always come down here, "It reminds me of home here. A park with a lake in it. We all come down here to relax, and just hang out, just like back at home."
"It's nice to have someplace that reminds you of home when you are on the road." He smiles.
"Yeah, it really does." She says.
"I am really sorry Kim…"
"I know."
"No, I mean, I feel awful about how I treated you in Hawaii. I didn't realize it, well, maybe I did. I couldn't even begin to count how many times I wished it was you who I was taking those rides with, or walking down the beach with, but I was fooling myself." He starts, "I know what I did to you because I saw it in your eyes, but I just couldn't stop. I thought that I like Hannah, but, I didn't. I like the fact that I was with someone all the time again, like it was with you, but she wasn't you."
"I forgive you Tommy, on one condition."
"What's that?"
"That you forgive me for treating you the way that I did, and the way I treated Hannah."
"Deal." He smiles, "However, when you get back, I would like you to try and get to know her better. She reminds me a lot of both you and Kat."
Kim smiles, "Well, I will probably like her better now that she is not the reasoning for us not being together. I'm not sure if I can totally open up to her or not."
"Just be civil towards her." He laughs.
"I will." She smiles. "I'm not coming back till probably New Years though."
"That long eh?"
"Yeah. Mom wants me out in Paris for Christmas."
"Ugh." He sighs, "Well, that's ok. New Years will be ten times better."
"What time is it?"
"Almost eight."
"We should probably head back to my apartment." She says.
"Alright." He smiles, standing up. "Let's go."
"Right." She smiles as they take their time walking back. When they get into the apartment, Renee was already there.
"How was dinner?" She asks.
"Fine." Kim smiles, "How about you?"
"Fine. I got breakfast tomorrow ok?"
"Yeah, that sounds good."
All three of them talk in the living room until around 10:00 when Renee says, "I guess we should turn in soon."
"Yeah, that's probably a good idea." Kim replies, "5:00 am comes early, especially with a day full of practice. If you aren't tired, you can chill out here…"
"I'll go to bed too. I don't want to keep you girls up." He says.
"Alright, well, night you two." Renee smiles and heads into her room.
"Where do you wanna sleep?" Kim asks him.
"Where do you want me to sleep?"
"With me." She smiles, innocently.
"Well then, let's go." He says, as they head into her room.
After their nightly rituals, they climb into bed. Tommy wraps his arms around her and kisses the side of her head, "Night." He smiles.
"Night." She replies, however, she can't sleep. She looks at the clock for the hundredth time, and back over to Tommy. It was 1:00am, and he was sleeping. She decides to get out of bed and sit out on the porch for a while. She carefully pulls out from his grip, not to wake him and heads out the door, quietly shutting it. She goes onto the porch and sits in one of their lounge chairs. There was a cool breeze blowing in Miami tonight, which made it easy to sit outside and think, like Kim wants to do. She is glad that Tommy came to his senses, but she is still hurt that for four months she wasn't good enough for him. She knows that that isn't an issue, and she always has been good enough, but how does that make her feel? She sighs and looks up at the stars for a while, before she hears the sliding door open.
"What are you doing out here?" Tommy asks, placing his hands on her shoulders.
"I couldn't sleep." She says. "What are you doing awake?"
"I realized that you weren't next to me." He smiles. "You ok?"
"Yeah, I'm fine." She sighs.
"That doesn't sound convincing." He says, gently coming around and helping her sit up a bit so he can slide in behind her. She lovingly leans back on him, as he wraps his arms around her. She sighs, "What is it?"
"All this is just really taking a toll on my emotions…" She tells him.
"Don't you want to get back together?"
"Of course I do, but it still bothers me that I wasn't good enough for you when I was down here. I'm going to still be down here Tommy and…"
"Kim, you were never not good enough for me. It was me, not you. Don't you ever think anything different. I realized this, and I don't know what I would have done if you said that you weren't interested in coming back to me. I was the idiot, and I don't think I can ever apologize enough to you." He says, kissing her cheek, "I love you beautiful." He says, running his hand down her face.
She smiles and looks up at him, "I love you too." That was the first time he has called her by her nickname and she loves it.
"It's almost two. You have practice at six tomorrow." He says, "You should probably go get some sleep."
"Just stay here with me a little longer." She says, not wanting this feeling to end.
"Alright." He says, wrapping his arms around her tighter. He doesn't want to let go of her tonight, or ever.
"Tommy?"
"Yeah?"
"When do you have to fly back?"
He sighs, "Saturday. School starts back up on Monday, and I need to get use to the time change."
"Oh, ok." She says, "At least I have almost a week with you."
"Yeah. Are you happy here Kim?" He asks her point blank.
"Happy?"
"Yeah, do you like it here?"
"Most of the times, when I am not missing you guys back home, or my family. It gets hard around birthdays and holidays, when I know that I can't get home because I have a gymnastic competition or practice."
"But you're happy?"
"Usually." She says.
"I'm glad. Do you think I could come down to the gym and watch you practice?"
"Yeah, I don't see why not. People do it all the time."
"Will it distract you?"
"No, but don't come down the first few hours, because I'll be half asleep."
"I plan on sleeping in until almost nine." He laughs.
"So, come down around nine then." She smiles.
"Maybe I will. I haven't seen you in full gymnastics mode in a while."
She laughs, "Well, here is your perfect opportunity."
"Come on, let's go inside. You really need to get some sleep."
She sighs, but agrees, "Ok."
They go back into the apartment and lie down in Kimberly's bed. She curls up to him and lies her head against his chest, feeling his arm wrap around her, like it has so many times before. He kisses the top of her head and they fall asleep until the alarm clock rings at 5:15.
"Ugh." She groans, turning it off, "That came too quickly." She stands up and goes to get a shower, hoping that it would wake her up enough. She gets out ten minutes later and heads into the kitchen, "Morning."
"Morning. You want a cappuccino?"
"Anything with caffeine in it." She says, yawning.
"Long night?" She smiles.
"No, it was nothing like that, I just couldn't sleep."
"I hate when that happens."
"Me too." Kim sighs, "But I'll live. Not the first sleepless night that I've had before practice."
"That's for sure." Renee smiles, "Where's Tommy? Sleeping?"
"Yeah. I didn't bother waking him. He came out last night with me and sat with me. We had a talk."
"Are you two perfectly fine now?"
"Not yet, but after a few days, I think we will be." She smiles, "I'm still hurt, and he knows that. Everything will work out though…"
"It always does." She smiles at her friend, "Eat up and let's run. Can you grab our waters?"
"Yeah, if you grab my Ibuprofen."
"You're ankle bothering you?"
"Since yesterday's practice." She says, "I'm not going to use it unless I have too though."
"Right." Renee replies and the girls head off to the gym after grabbing their respectable items.
"Wait up girls!" They hear calling from behind them.
"Hey Cooper, I didn't think you were early today."
"Well, Coach says that I better get my ass back here early today and work out my horse routine. We can't all be as perfect as you Kim."
"As if." She giggles.
"So, how was your night?"
"Pretty good. We went out to dinner, and then over to the lake, and then back to our place."
"Is he forgiven?"
"For the most part. I am still a bit hurt, but I'll get over that."
"How long is he staying?"
"Till Saturday, and he's taking the 10am flight. He'll get home around noon."
"So I have time to not hate him as much as I do?"
"Yes." She says, slapping him.
"Ok." He smiles.
They stretch out for fifteen minutes before the Coach appears, "Alright. Kimberly, I want you at Vault, Cooper, Horse, Renee, beam, Lindsey, bars, Shawn, bar, Tara, floor, and Devin, Vault. The rest of you will be on what you worked on yesterday.
Jamie was the assistant coach, "How's your ankle doing Kim?"
"It's ok, but a bit sore." She says, looking at the tape job she did before practice.
"Alright, don't force it. If it gets too tough, say too tough."
"I'll be ok. I brought Ibuprofen."
"Alright. Go through some easy vaults first, then we'll move onto your vault you will be competing."
"Right." She smiles. Kimberly was right on today, and it was all because of Tommy. "Excellent Kimberly!" Jamie smiles at her, "I haven't seen you vault like that in almost five months! What's the change?" She sees Tommy walk into the complex and smiles, causing Jamie to laugh, "Oh, him?"
She smiles, "Yeah."
"Was that your ex?"
"Was." She smiles back at Jamie. It was only 8:30, but he came and sat down to watch her. "And he's early for a change."
"Well that's good. Alright, two more vaults of your choice, and then, we'll work on your competitive vault again."
"Right." She smiles. Her next two were almost flawless.
"You're legs came apart a bit Kim…"
"Yeah, I felt that."
"You won't get your vault around right if they don't stay together."
"Ok." She smiles.
"Alright, let's see the gold medallist vault." She smiles.
"You got it."
Kim does five in a row that are flawless, before she hears her coach's voice, "Kimberly!" He calls to her, coming over, "That was incredible! I am so proud of you! If you keep up this work and skill that you are doing now, you will bring the gold home to America!"
"Thanks." She smiles.
"I want to work with you on your bar routine, will you come over with me?"
"Yes." She smiles. She glances up at Tommy who is watching her with great interest. He smiles down at her, and she nods and smiles back.
"Alright, let's see how you do with this ok?"
Kim lets out a deep breath, "Ok." She chalks up her hands and looks at the bars.
"Concentrate Kim." He says to his gymnast. He watches her complete all of her passages with ease. "Excellent!" he says, and then when her dismount came, he was thrilled, "I am very pleased with how you have been practicing Kimberly. I am thrilled to see your improvement, and you back to your old self."
"Thank you coach." Kim smiles brightly.
"I want to see this one more time, and then you are to work on your beam routine before Lunch."
"Right." She says still smiling.
Kim finishes up her routine and then heads over to the beam. Tommy always loves to watch her on the beam because she seems at ease. That was her routine, and she had it down pat. He smiles as he watches her. He hears a door open behind him and he turns to the sound. He watches two people walking over towards him. They smile at him and he returns it.
"Hi!" The girl smiles at him.
"Hey." Tommy replies.
"You here to watch a friend?"
"Girlfriend." Tommy smiles.
"Me too, well boyfriend." She laughs.
"What about you?" Tommy asks the guy with the girl.
"Yeah, my girlfriend too."
"I'm Kiley."
"Nice to meet you, I'm Tommy."
"Brian." He says, as they all finish introducing themselves.
"Who's your girlfriend?" Kiley asks, interested.
"She's on the beam," He points, "Kimberly."
"You're with Kim!" Brian asks.
"Yeah." He smiles.
"Lucky guy. She's a doll."
"You've met her?"
"A few times. My girlfriend is Lindsey. She and Kim are good friends. She's over on the bars."
"Which one? The blonde or the brunette?"
"The brunette. The blonde's Tara."
"Who are you dating?" Tommy asks.
"Ryan. He's the blonde on the horse. I drive five hours to see him. We haven't seen each other in about two weeks."
"That's rough. I haven't seen Lindsey in a week and I was going crazy!"
"Do you live around here?" Tommy asks.
"Three hours away. What about you?" Brian questions.
"Six hours away." Tommy smiles.
"Where do you live?" Kiley asks.
"California, so I took me six hours by plane."
"When's the last time you two saw each other?"
"We see each other every few months. I saw her in June, so it's been about four months."
Tommy laughs, "I do, but we talk almost every night."
"Well, that's better than nothing." Kiley says.
Tommy stops and smiles at her, "You know what Kiley? You are absolutely right." He says, and goes back to watching Kimberly. Around 11:00, he turns his phone on to see if anyone called him, and he sees that he has four voice mails. The first one is from Jason, then Aisha, then Rocky, and lastly Jason again. He laughs as he listens to his friends yell at him. At noon, the gymnasts were finished for lunch. Kimberly, Ryan and Lindsey come up to where their significant others are sitting. Tommy smiles as Kim approaches, "Hey babe." He smiles, "Looking good out there."
"Thanks." She smiles. He reaches over to take her hand and sit her down on his lap,
"Tommy, I'm all gross and sweaty." She groans.
"I don't care." He says, kissing her cheek, "I have four voice mails."
"Oh?" She asks, her eyes shinning, "Who from?"
"Jason, Aisha, Rocky, and Jason."
"And why do you have phone calls from them?"
"I regretted to inform them that I was coming down here." He laughs, kissing her shoulder.
Kim laughs, "Oh really now? And, what do they have to say?"
"Why don't you listen." He laughs and passes his phone over to her after punching in his password. Kimberly listens to the voice mail and laughs. "Well?" He asks when she finishes listening.
"I think Rocky is gonna yell at you, Aisha's gonna flip out at you, and Jason's gonna kill you."
"My thoughts exactly." He says, smiling brightly.
"Kim!" Renee shouts across the gym at her.
"Yeah?"
"You hungry?"
"Yeah."
"You guys coming?"
"Sure." Ryan and Lindsey shout back at Renee as they all stand up and head across the gym and out the door.
"You should call Jason."
"You're probably right." He says, dialing Jason, "Do you think he's up? It's only nine."
"Yeah, they are practicing for a competition or something." Kim shrugs.
The gang was all at the youth center when Jason's cell phone starts to ring.
"Jason! Your phone!" Adam yells, grabbing it and running it out to the mats for him.
Jason looks at the number and sighs, "who is it?" Aisha asks, stretching.
"Where the hell are you! What the hell do you think you're doing!" Jason shouts.
"It's Tommy." Zack and Rocky say, laughing.
"Hello to you too Jason." Tommy says, laughing.
"Don't give me that crap. Where are you?"
"Florida."
"Why?"
"You know damn well why."
"Well? How is it?"
"It's alright." He says, smiling down at Kim, taking her hand.
"Did you talk to Kimberly?"
"I did."
"And?"
"Well, here, talk to her." He says, passing the phone down to Kim, "Here, talk to him."
"Hey Jason." She says.
"Don't you hey Jason me Kimberly Ann Hart." Jason says, firmly, "Well?"
"Well what?"
"What happened?"
"Well…" She begins, "He came down, apologized…"
"And?"
"And, we've decided to give it another go."
"You're back together!"
"We're back together." She smiles.
"Oh that's great!" He says, looking at his friends, "They're back together."
"It's about time!" Rocky shouts so Kim hears him.
"You hear that?"
"Yeah. Tell Rocky to shut up."
"She says shut up."
"She better call me." Aisha says.
"You hear that?"
"Yeah."
"It was Aisha. And Trini also says you better call her."
"I will. I'll call everyone soon. I'm gonna give you back to Tommy."
"Alright, I love ya Kim."
"Love you too Jase." She smiles, passing the phone back to Tommy.
"Hey."
"You better treat her right."
"I am. I'll give you details later ok?"
"Right, bye."
"Bye." He smiles, hanging up the phone and putting it in his pocket.
"Well?"
"He's mad."
"He'll get over it." She laughs.
"Who will?"
"Jason, you remember him?"
"Yeah, how is he?"
"Mad." Tommy laughs. "Have you met him?"
"Yeah, about four months ago, he came down." Renee smiles.
"How's your ankle shortie?" Cooper asks.
"Sore today, but I'll be ok."
"What did you do to it?" Tommy asks.
"Remember in Hawaii when I turned it?"
"Yeah."
"Well, I did it again last week on vault, but this time, I felt it pop."
"Ouch."
"Yeah, it hurts, but it's better."
"Good." He smiles, wrapping his arm around her waste.
"Where do you all feel like eating?" Ryan asks.
"I just want a salad." Kim says.
"So Kim's ok with anywhere." Cooper laughs. "How about we head to the diner? They have almost anything."
"Sounds good." Tommy shrugs.
"I'll pay today." Kim says to Tommy.
"The hell you will. When was the last time I had you pay for me and you when we were together?"
"When I forced you." She giggles.
"I still have a lot to make up to you, and buying a salad is only one way." He laughs.
"Hey, watch it, Kim may really spring and buy a water, in a bottle." Cooper laughs at his friend, "Right squirt?"
"I hate you guys." She says, laughing, brushing a piece of hair away from her eyes. "So I can't eat much…"
"Now that's a lie. I have seen you eat a ton of things." Lindsey smiles.
"Have not."
"Have too." Renee smiles, "Remember our binge fest and we each ate a medium pizzas and candy bars?"
Kim laughs, "And I threw up right after?"
"It was a few hours later." Renee smiles.
"Yeah, I remember that."
"It was fun."
"It was delicious, but I should have stopped after the pizza." She smiles.
"I'm sure it was the candy that pushed you over Kimberly." Lindsey laughs.
"It was! I was fine after eating the pizza." She laughs.
"Yah, ok."
"You actually ate a full pizza?" Tommy says in shock.
"Yeah, all six slices…" Kimberly smiles.
"Big ones too." Renee laughs.
"I can't believe that."
"Believe it." Kimberly laughs, "It happened, and then I had to diet like crazy…"
"No you didn't, you puked it back up." Ryan laughs.
"Way to be so graphic Ryan, just what we needed." Kiley slaps him.
They grab lunch and then head back to the gym. Tommy decides that he has spent enough time there, and goes back to the girls apartment.
Friday night, Kimberly and Tommy spent all the time they could together. It was the last time they would see each other until New Years Eve. Thanksgiving, she was staying down there because they have mandatory practice, and Christmas, she would be in Paris. They go for a walk by the lake and watch the sunset.
"I hate this…" Tommy sighs.
"What?"
"Having to leave already."
"Oh, that. It never seems like we have enough time does it?"
"No, it doesn't. " Tommy replies, "Especially when I haven't had you for four months, I'm really…"
"We've been through this Tommy. It's ok. If it wasn't, I wouldn't be here with you." She says, "I love you so much."
"I love you too." He says, kissing the side of her head, "But, I'm going to feel guilty about this for a while."
"That's fine." She giggles.
"Oh is it?" He asks.
"Yup, you can suffer a bit." She jabs him in the ribs.
"Well, fine, if you want to be that way…" He says, walking away from her.
"That doesn't work on me Tommy." She laughs, sitting down, waiting for him to walk back to her.
"Damn." He smiles, walking back to her and sitting next to her.
"You know sympathy never works on me."
"Bull! What about when my ranger candle burned out huh? You came looking for me, and dated me because I wasn't green anymore."
"No, I dated you because you asked. You just figured that was as good of a time as any to do that." She laughs.
"True." He smiles.
"I wish you didn't have to go home yet…"
"Me too, but it's only two months before you are home. It will be fine. We'll do the whole Christmas thing with the group on New Years Eve ok?"
"Alright." She smiles.
"When do you leave for France?"
"December 15 is my flight, I'll get there late at night France Time." She laughs.
"Do you have practice tomorrow morning?"
"No. I have off until that afternoon." She smiles, "So I'll see you off at the airport."
"Great, and we can sleep in a bit."
"Remember Mister, you have a plane to catch at 11:00, and you have to be there by 10:00."
"So we can sleep in till 9:00." He says.
"Yeah, I guess we could." She smiles.
They sit and watch the sunset, and then the stars come out. "You ready to head back?" He asks, watching her yawn, "You look like you are ready to fall asleep."
"I'm awake."
"Yeah." He laughs, "I can tell. Come on, let's head back." He takes her hand and they head back in the direction of Kimberly's apartment.
"Hey Kim!"
"Hey Samantha, where are you off too?"
"Home, I was practicing."
"This late?"
"Coach was annoyed with my vault. I couldn't stick it, so he kept me there until I did."
"Ugh. You've had the late practices all week. I haven't seen much of you."
"I know." She smiles, before looking up at the man standing next to her holding her hand, "Are you going to introduce us?"
"Oh, yeah, sorry. Samantha, this is my boyfriend Tommy, Tommy, this is Sam."
"Did I miss something!"
"What?" Kim asks her confused friend.
"Boyfriend! Hello, last time I saw you, you were single."
"Well, that's changed a bit." Kim smiles up at him.
"So you finally got over that asshole from back home! I am so..."
"Actually," Tommy begins, trying not to laugh, cutting the girl off, "I am that asshole from back home."
Samantha's mouth drops, "Oh my gosh, I am so sorry. It's just, I heard what…"
Tommy laughs, "Its fine. No hard feelings." He smiles.
'What are you guys doing tonight?"
"Well, I think we're jut hanging out. Tommy has to head back home tomorrow, so we are probably just going to watch a movie or something at home."
"That sounds like fun."
"Yeah." Kim smiles, subconsciously sticking a piece of hair that fell into her face behind her ear.
"Well, I gotta get going. I'm meeting Cooper at the diner. You guys hungry?"
"I'm not, but if you are." She says to Tommy.
"Nah, I'm fine."
"Alright, it was nice meeting you Tommy. I'll see you tomorrow afternoon Kimberly."
"Nice meeting you too." Tommy smiles.
"Bye Sam." Kim says, smiling up at him, "So asshole from back home, shall we go to my place?"
He smiles, "Yeah, let's go."
They get home around 10:00, and put on a movie. Twenty minutes later, Renee walks through the door, "What are you guys watching?"
"A movie." Kim says, smiling.
"What kind of movie?"
"One you watch." She smiles again.
"Funny Kim." She says, rolling her eyes, sitting down on the chair across from the pair. Kim was on her side, lying down across Tommy's lap, "I didn't interrupt anything did I?"
"Does it look like you did?" Tommy laughs.
"No, what it looks like is that Kimberly is going to fall asleep." She says, noticing her friend's exhausted look.
"I am not" She says, looking over at Renee, "I'm just watching a movie." She sits up and lays her head against Tommy's chest. He wraps his arm around her shoulder, and smiles.
"What time are you out of here tomorrow Tommy?"
"Probably around nine thirty. My flight is at eleven, and I wanna get there by ten."
"Well, if I don't wake up in time to say goodbye, it was nice meeting you."
"You too." He smiles, looking down at Kimberly. She was sleeping like she usually does on him. He brushes a piece of hair out of her face.
"I was so right." Renee laughs, seeing her friend sleeping.
"I'm surprised she lasted this long." Tommy says, "She was pretty tired about an hour ago."
"Listen, I have to tell you this, but I don't want you to take it the wrong way…"
"What's that?"
"Hurt her again, and I will personally see to it that you don't see another day."
"How am I suppose to take that?"
"I like you Tommy, now, but I can't see her go through another breakup with you. You have no idea how much pain she was in. She was so bad that she actually began to not care about gymnastics. The coach was furious."
"Believe me. The only way that we are breaking up is if she breaks up with me."
"I doubt that will happen."
"Me neither." He says, "I should probably get her to go to bed…"
"She won't unless you do, but I think you know that."
He looks at the clock, "It's almost eleven thirty, I think that's late enough to be up." He smiles.
"Well, I know I'm going to bed, because I have practice tomorrow afternoon. Night Tommy." She says.
"Night Renee." He replies before looking down at the girl sleeping on his chest, "Hey beautiful, it's time to wake up." He says, gently shaking her arm.
She looks up at him and then at her watch and yawns, "Alright."
"Why don't you go to bed?"
"Will you come with me?"
"Of course." He smiles, and follows her into her bedroom. They get into bed and Kimberly resumes her spot on his chest. He wraps his arm around her and closes his eyes. They sleep like that until the alarm rings at 8:30 the next morning. They each get a shower and then head to the airport at around 9:30. Tommy checks his bags at the gate and Kimberly follows him to where he needs to board. They sit down on the chair around 10:30, and wait to be called. When it finally is they stand up, "Two months, I'll see you in two months." He says, looking down into her eyes.
"Yeah." She smiles, her voice wavering.
"It's not that long Kimberly…"
"I know, it's only two months." She sighs, looking down at her feet. He gently cups her chin and raises her head, bringing his lips down to hers, gently.
"I love you." He says, watching the tears come to her eyes, "Don't cy ok?"
"I love you too." She says, "I'm just going to miss you so much. We are back together after like four months, and you have to go after one week…"
"I know, it sucks, but you have gymnastics, I have karate, and we both have classes to keep up with."
"Yeah, you're right." She says, hugging him tight, "I'll see you in two months."
"I'll call you when I get in ok?"
"You better." She smiles.
"I will." He says, kissing her again.
"Last call for flight 234, non stop to Angel Grove California." The announcement calls.
"Well, that's me. I love you Kim."
"I love you too. I'll see you in a couple of months."
"Right." He says, kissing her cheek, before heading onto the plane. He turns around and waves at her one last time before walking in and taking his seat, "God, I don't know what was harder, me coming here, or me leaving here…" He sighs. He knows that she is standing there, watching his plane taking off, which makes it 10 times worse. He couldn't begin to wait for December, when he could see her again.
She wipes a tear away from her eye as she watches his plane take off, "Quit it Kimberly." She tells herself, "You'll see him in two months. That's not that long." She just got him back and now he left. December seems so far away, but it really wasn't, especially with all the days she has practice. Before she knew it, she was on a plane to France. Her mom would be picking her up at the airport.
"Hi baby." Sarah says, as she sees her daughter walking off the plane.
"Hi mom." She smiles, hugging her, "I missed you so much."
"I missed you too honey. My gosh, you look prettier than the last time I saw you."
Kim laughs, "You have to say that… you're bias."
Sarah laughs, "Maybe, but I'm allowed to be. Come on, let's get your bag and get home. Are you hungry?"
"Yeah, a little. I have to call Tommy in a little while to tell him I am home, but I'll wait for an hour or so, when it's not when they are at the youth center, teaching."
"Good idea." She smiles. "It's good to have you home again honey."
"Thanks mom, I've missed you."
"We covered that already Kim." She smiles, kissing her daughter.
Christmas Eve, Kimberly was down. All of her stepfather's family was over, but she couldn't celebrate. She says hello to his friends, and then goes back upstairs to her room where she can be alone, that is until she hears a knock. "Yeah?"
"Are you ok Kimberly?" Her mom asks as she comes into her room.
"Fine, why?"
"You just don't seem yourself. What is it honey?"
"Nothing mom." She sighs and turns her head over to a picture of her friends. Sarah follows her glance and sees what's bothering her.
"What did you end up getting Tommy for Christmas?" She asks, trying to put her daughters mind at ease.
"I got him a leather jacket. The one that I got him a few years ago is totally shot. He wore it EVERYWHERE!" She says, "He needed a new one."
"What about the others?"
"We do a gift exchange. I have Aisha this year, and I got her bunch of clothes from Paris and a bottle of perfume."
"Are you getting the Oliver's anything?"
"Yes, I got them something." Kim says.
"Good. Where are you staying when you get home? With your father still?"
"Actually, I am probably going to be staying with the Oliver's. Dad isn't sure where he
is going to be, so I'll either be at the Campbell's or the Oliver's."
"You'll be out of here in three days."
"It's not that I want to be out of here mom. I love being here with you. I just miss my friends and my dad, just like I missed you last year when I didn't think you were coming for Christmas. This is tough for me not spending Christmas with them when I am barely ever home."
"Well, next year, spend Christmas with them and New Years up here."
"We'll see."
"Why don't you come down for some food honey?"
Kim sighs, "Alright." She says, standing up and then following her mother down stairs.
On Christmas day, around 9:00, Kimberly calls her friends and leaves them voice messages. She wishes them all a merry Christmas and hopes that they are all well. They all return her phone call and say the same to her, and they talk about how they can't wait for her to come home.
She has a great Christmas there, but is ready to get home. On the 27th, a snow storm hits Paris, dumping a foot of snow onto the ground. This was the day Kimberly was to leave for home.
"Oh my gosh!" She says, as she hears the airport is closed. She was ready to cry. "Why can't anything ever work out for me!"
"The airports are gonna be closed for a while honey, I think." Sarah says to her daughter, as she walks into her room, "I don't know if you'll be able to get home or not. You may have to just fly right down to Florida."
"Is there any chance the weather will clear tomorrow?"
"I guess there could be, but the snow will still be on the ground. You better just hold tight here. You'll be fine honey."
Kimberly calls Tommy and leaves him a message on his phone, in tears about how she can't get home. He hears the message and immediately calls her back.
"I can't get home I don't think.
"Don't worry about it Kim. There is nothing you can do about this. It's beyond our hands."
"I wish I brought my communicator…"
"What good will that do? Your mother would realize that you were gone, and you'd be in California without having to fly…"
"I hate this."
"We'll figure something out ok?"
"Yeah…"
"I have to go now. Aisha needs a sparing partner. I'll see you soon ok?"
"Yeah, I love you."
"I love you too."
Kimberly hangs up the phone and sighs, as she looks out the window. Everything was white, which was pretty, but it ruined her plans.
Meanwhile, Tommy was talking and sparing with Aisha about the situation, and the two of them were trying to come up with some alternative.
"I think she needs us there." Tommy says.
"We could always ask Zordon if we could teleport there. I mean it's not totally for personal gain, because Kimberly really needs us."
"I don't think that's an option, and besides, what are we going to tell her mom? That we took a flight into Spain and drove down?"
"We could say something like that…" Aisha says, "But I don't think it will work."
Tommy sighs, "I just wish there was something more I could do. I want to be out there with her, or I want her here."
"The weather there really screwed things up, but it will work out Tommy, it always does."
"I guess you're right."
"Of course I'm right. I'm a girl." She smiles, throwing a kick at him. "Ok, I'm done sparing, let's go get a drink." She says, as they walk up to the juice bar. Tommy still is trying to think of a way to get to Kim or have her come to him. He needs her just as much as she needs him.
TBC….
I couldn't sleep tonight, so I decided to stay up really late and finis this chapter. If there are small mistakes, I wanna apologize. I am now to the point of exhaustion where I can't sleep. I am probably still really wired from my friends wedding today. Anyway, I hope you enjoy this!
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