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!
Around 5:00, California time, Kimberly calls Tommy for the second time that day, not that he minds. He called her three hours before to see how everything was fairing. He wasn't doing much today. "This sucks." She says, looking out at the white scenery.
"I know beautiful, but there is nothing anyone can do about it."
"I know." She sighs."
Tommy looks over at his clock and sees that it is almost 6:00 at night, "What time is it there Kimberly?" He asks.
"Um.." She says looking over to the clock on the night stand.
"Three?"
"Almost. It's like two fifty-one."
"You should be sleeping."
"I should be there now…"
"See how it is tomorrow. Maybe they will have the airports open."
"I hope it is open. If it is, can you come pick me up?"
"Of course I can," He says, "I'll cancel anything I have to do so I can."
"If you have something to do let me know, and I'll ask, "She stops in mid sentence to yawn, "Excuse me. I'll ask one of the guys to get me."
"I'll be there on one condition."
"What's that?"
"You get off the phone and get some sleep."
"Tommy…"
"Kim, I can hear how tired you are, so go to sleep and call me in like 16 hours."
She smiles, "My time or your time?" She jokes.
He laughs, "I love you."
"I love you too." She smiles, "Good night."
"Night." He says and hangs up his phone.
"Was that Kimberly again?" Jan Oliver asks her son.
"Yeah." He smiles.
"Don't you two ever get sick of talking to each other?" Jim asks.
"No dad." He smiles, "She just wanted to talk. This weather situation has her pretty down."
"It's three in the morning there!" Jan exclaims.
"Mom, she was up, she called me. It was her decision."
"Still, three am!"
"Is she coming home?" Morgan asks.
"Hopefully, once the airport is cleared."
"Good! Is she staying here?"
"Yes, I think so."
"Where is she staying!"
"Guess room!" Both parents exclaim.
Tommy laughs at his parents comment, "I'm heading out for dinner."
"Are you driving?" Jan asks.
"No, Hannah is picking me up."
"Not her again!" Morgan groans.
"It's not like that at all. She's driving like four of us, and Adam has the rest." He laughs, "She's a friend, sort of. We are better off that way."
"Yeah, you are."
"Well, that's her. I'll see you all later." He replies as he walks to the door. To his relief it's Kat standing there, "You ready?" She asks, smiling.
He lets out a silent breath of air, "Yeah, let's go." Over the past few months, Tommy and Hannah have slowly gotten back to being friends as have the rest. The gang hated her for flaunting her relationship with Tommy around, but once they broke up, she changed. She became the girl they knew when they first met her. It was similar to Katherine. When she came, she was all over Tommy, to the point where she would do anything to get him, the spell only went so far, but after she was over Tommy, they were able to start being friends again, and now they are best friends. They may never get as close to Hannah as they are too Kat, but, who knows. Tommy is aware that Kim will never be close to her. She will be nice and deal with her presence, but no one is forcing her to like Hannah. Tommy doesn't blame her, because there are times where he will avoid being alone with Hannah, not because he doesn't trust himself, but because he doesn't trust her.
"Any news on Kim?"
"She's still stuck in France. Hopefully she'll be able to get a flight tomorrow, but it's not looking good."
"I hope she gets in soon. I really miss her." Kat sighs.
"So do I." Tommy says, "She's gonna be calling me tomorrow to let me know what's going on. I talked to her a few minutes ago, and it really wasn't looking too good."
"She's up late."
"Three AM." He laughs, "Do we need to pick anyone else up?"
"Yes. Rocky. His car is in the shop." Hannah replies.
"Cool, well, not for him."
"Definitely not for him." Hannah laughs as they pull onto Rocky's street.
"I'll go grab him." Tommy says, getting out of the car. He walks up to the house and knocks on the door.
One of Rocky's sisters opens the door and smiles when she sees who it is. "Hi Tommy!"
"Hi Jackie." He smiles at the ten year old. Rocky has five siblings, all younger than himself. Three sisters and two brothers so their house was always busy, "Where's your brother?"
"ROCKY!" She shouts down the stairs. "TOMMY'S HERE!"
Rocky pops his head out of the basement, his cell phone glued to his head, and holds up a finger, "Can you have it fixed in a couple days? I really need it soon… no, I understand that, but it seems like a lot of work for… fine… no, I can pick it up on Tuesday. Thank you. Bye." He sighs, "Hey."
"How's the car?"
"It needs a new battery, which should only take a few hours, but the jackasses down at the shop can't find the damn battery, so they have to send out for it."
"OOOO Rocky, you said two bad words." Jackie giggles.
"Goodbye Jaclyn." He says, before calling out to his mother, "I'm out of here mom."
"Bye honey." She calls, as the two guys walk out the door and into the car.
"So anyway, it's gonna cost me at least five hundred dollars to fix… and I haven't got the money." He sighs, getting into the car, "Hi girls."
"Hi Rocky." They reply.
"So, where are we going for dinner?"
"Just downtown to get some pizza I think. Aisha, Adam, and Zack are going to meet us, along with Trini, Jason and Billy. It will be pretty cool." Kat smiles.
"Well, I don't care where we go really, I am starving, but I was curious." He laughs.
"Rocky, you're always hungry." Kat laughs.
"Too true." Hannah smiles.
8:00 in the morning, Kimberly's mom quietly goes into her daughters room and gets her up, "Kim…"
"Hmm." She mumbles.
"Kimberly, wake up." She says, sitting on the edge of her bed.
"What time is it?"
"Eight."
"I've only slept like four hours…" She mumbles and turns her head.
"Well, you're flight leaves at eleven, so you better get a move on it."
"The airports open!" She asks, immediately waking up.
"Yup, so you better get up, get a shower, grab your bags and we're out of here."
"Ok!" She smiles.
"Don't forget to call Tommy and have him pick you up…"
"I don't need to. I'm gonna surprise him. I really don't think he expects me to come home. Besides, he has a class to teach at one."
Sarah laughs at her daughter, "Alright then, get moving."
Kimberly quickly gets her shower and by 10:00 she was saying goodbye to her mother and heading through customs. She has been picking up a bit of French since her visits, making it easier to talk to people. Her mother has taken to speaking mostly French around her daughter, helping her develop her French, which frustrates the hell out of Kimberly, but she was learning faster than she would if she didn't.
They board the flight around 10:30, and Kimberly finds her seat easily. It was by the window which she was happy about. She nervously holds onto the armrests as the plane takes off, praying for a smooth ride. Once she felt a bit more comfortable on the flight, she falls asleep. She sleeps almost the entire plane ride, hoping to adapt better to the time change, or at least have a few hours extra that she was awake with her friends. She awakes an hour before they touch down in Angle Grove Airport. She looks at her watch and sees that it is 12:00. At 1:05, they touch down and by 1:30 she has her bags and is heading outside to hail a taxi. She was only about ten minutes away from the youth center. She gets out of the taxi, thanks him, pays him, and smiles at the warm temperature. It was 60 degree's out. She has her black leather jacket on, but it isn't a very heavy material. She sees Rocky walking over to the Youth Center and smiles. She picks her bags up and brings them up closer to the Youth Center. Rocky turns and gets within 15 feet past her, when she makes her move. She runs over to him cautiously and jumps onto his back, scaring him in the process.
"WHAT THE HELL!" He says as he feels the weight of a person jumping on his back.
"My hero." Kim laughs, as she jumps down off him.
"What the hell are you doing here!" He ask, hugging her.
"I got in an hour ago."
"I thought you guys were snowed in."
"We were, but they plowed the airport and I'm back!"
"It's good to see you." He says, hugging her again.
"You too." She smiles, "Where's my boyfriend?"
"In teaching a class."
"How about the others?"
"They'll be here soon."
"Good."
"Tommy's gonna flip when he sees your home."
"I'm just glad I got out."
Rocky laughs, "It sounds like you were in prison."
"A snow prison." She smiles.
"Let's go in." He says, walking back to her suitcases and reaching for them, "Is this all you got?" He asks, lifting the two bags.
"Yes."
"Alright." He smiles and they walk inside.
She sees Tommy focusing on his class and smiles, "I should go over there."
"I'm sure he wouldn't mind." Rocky smiles. Most of the kids in the class were between the ages of 11 and 13. "He only has like ten minutes left.
"Alright." She smiles, taking off her jacket, reviling a long-sleeved lavender shirt, V-necked with quarter length sleeves. Her jeans barely touched her hips, but the shirt covered to her waste. She walks up to the class and smiles at the girl she stands besides. She mimics Tommy's moves along with the rest of the class.
"It doesn't matter how strong or big you are. You can win if you use your head."
"Tommy's right." Kim smiles as she watches him quickly turn towards her with a smile on her face. "See, Tommy has about an eighty pound advantage on me, and is almost a foot taller, but I can match him for a while and even beat him every so often."
Tommy watches his students snicker or comment quietly disagreeing with the comment from Kimberly. "I see some of you are non believers. Come on up here Kim." He says.
"All you need is focus." Kimberly says, bowing to Tommy. They spar for a few minutes before calling it a draw. After they bow to one another, Tommy pulls her close to him and kisses her. "OOOOHHHH." He hears from his class, and he stops, looking back at the smiling kids.
"Class dismissed." He smiles, bowing to them, "What are you doing here?"
"Paris cleared out." She smiles as he hugs her again.
"You should have called me. I would have came and picked you up."
"Then it wouldn't have been a surprise."
"Does everyone know you're home?"
"KIMBERLY!" Aisha squeals, running over to her with Trini hot on her tail.
"Does that answer your question?" Kimberly laughs, getting attacked by both Aisha and Trini, "You girls are gonna knock me over." She says hugging them.
"I missed you so much!" Trini smiles.
"That goes for me too." Aisha replies, placing her hand on her chest, like she always does.
"I missed you girls too."
"I didn't think you were gonna make it!" Kat calls seeing her friend.
"The snow let up and they cleared the airport. I took an early flight." She smiles, hugging Katherine.
"Are you tired?"
"No, I slept most of the plane ride."
"Where are you staying?" Aisha asks.
"I figured I'd stay two days at your house and three at Tommy's."
"Cool." Aisha smiles, "Come on, let's go get a smoothie."
"Ok." She smiles.
Zack comes in with Hannah and smiles at Kim, "I missed ya girl." He smiles, hugging her.
"I missed you too." She smiles hugging him back.
"Hey baby." He says, kissing Aisha.
"Hey." Hannah smiles.
"Hey, to the both of you." Aisha says.
"How are you Kim?" Hannah asks.
"I'm good, how about you?" She says, clenching her fists as she speaks.
"I'm ok."
"Wonderful." Kimberly says, a bit too fake. Tommy places his hand on the back of her neck, affectionately rubbing it.
"How's gymnastics going?"
"Alright."
"Alright! When I went down there you were better than alright, you were amazing!" Tommy says, causing her to blush, but smile.
"So tomorrow we're doing our Christmas stuff?" Rocky asks.
"Sounds good." Kim smiles, as the rest agree.
"How about we do it at my house?" Jason asks, "My parent's are out till around ten."
"Sounds good Jase." Billy smiles coming into the room.
Kim smiles, "BILLY!" She runs up to him and hugs him.
He smiles, "You're looking well Kim."
"So are you." She says. They haven't much of seen each other since she left for Florida almost a year ago. They hung out only two days when she was home.
"So what are we doing tonight?" Rocky asks.
"Well, I'm up for shopping." Aisha smiles.
"Oh hell no. Girl, there is no way you are dragging me back to that mall and making me carry all of your bags."
"I'm sure she dragged you kicking and screaming." Adam teases.
Kat smiles, "I heard you wanted to go."
"He didn't mind it, and boy, you will go and you will like it IF I want you too." Aisha teases, jabbing him in the side.
"I'm out for the mall today I think." Kim says.
"WHAT!" The guys say in mock shock, getting a death glance from the girls.
"I just flew like twelve hours, and it is right now, nine at night where I have been living for the past two weeks… I don't think I'll make it if I shop all night." She says, "But tomorrow, I'm all for shopping."
"That's better." Kat says, winking at her fellow pink ranger.
"So, what options do we have tonight?" Billy asks.
"We could just do our usual, renting movies and getting food at my place." Adam suggests.
"That works." Kim nods, "I just have to head over to your place and drop off my bags." She says to Tommy, "But after that, I'm ok."
"Right." He smiles.
"Alright, so around five at my house?"
"Sounds good." Tommy says.
"Hannah, you are more than welcome to come too."
"You know what, I think I'm gonna skip that. I have work tonight till around eleven. Thanks though Adam."
"Aww." Kim says. "That's too bad."
"I can go shopping tomorrow though." She says, shooting a glance at Kimberly. She really doesn't blame Kim, but she didn't like her and she knows that the feeling is mutual with Kimberly.
"We'll let you know what time we are heading out tomorrow." Kat reluctantly says.
"Great!"
"Well, what do you say we split for a bit Kimberly?"
"Ok." She smiles at Tommy.
"We'll see you guys at six."
"FIVE!" The guys shout at him.
Kim laughs, "He'll be on time… he has no choice, I'm home."
"Thank god for small things." Rocky laughs, the pun intentional. Kim throws a bottle of catsup at him and laughs.
"See you later." Kim smiles as they walk out hand in hand.
"Are you going to be too tired to do anything tonight?" He asks, opening the car door for her.
"I dunno…" She sighs, "I'm not tired yet, but who knows when it hits 11:00 my time." She smiles.
"Good point." He smiles as he gets into the car and drives the short distance over to his house. They get to the house and walk through the side door, leading them into the kitchen.
"Hello!" He calls.
"Hi honey." He hears his mom call from the living room. "Did you hear from Kimberly?"
"Yeah." He smiles, looking at the girl next to him.
"Well what did she say?" She asks, before she gets into the kitchen and smiles, "Hi sweetheart! When did you get in!" She asks, hugging the gymnast.
"Hi Mrs. Oliver. I got in around an hour and a half ago."
"It's so good to see you!" She smiles, before hugging her son, "My son didn't tell me you were coming home."
"Hey, I didn't know she was coming home, so don't blame me." He smiles.
"Well come in, have a seat, and tell me everything that is going on with you Kimberly."
They talk for about a half hour before Morgan comes in, "KIMBERLY!" She smiles, running over to her and hugging her.
"Hey kid, how are you?"
"Good how are you?"
"I'm good." She smiles. "You've gotten taller since the last time I saw you." She tells the fifteen year old.
"Yeah, a few inches." She smiles.
"Dancing going well?"
"Yup! I have a competition in March! Can you come?"
"Let me see what my schedule is like and I'll see."
"Ok." She smiles happily.
"Well, we better get moving soon." Tommy says, looking at his watch.
"Yeah." Kim says.
"Where are you guys off too?"
"Adam's house. We're all getting together." Kim smiles, standing up, "I'm gonna go put my things upstairs, and I'll be right back down."
"Ok." Tommy smiles, as she heads out of the living room and up the stairs.
"So, she looks good."
"She is good."
"Did Hannah and her see each other?"
Tommy sighs, "Briefly, but I really think that it's gonna be bad for a while…"
"I don't blame her." Mrs. Oliver says to her son, "Don't worry about that now though…"
"I'm not."
"You ready?" Kimberly says, coming back into the room.
"Yes." He says, standing up, "We'll see you girls later." He says, kissing his mother.
"Have fun you two."
"Bye." Morgan says as they walk out of the house and get into his car.
"Still awake?"
"Yes." She says, slapping his arm.
"Good." He laughs. They arrive quickly at Adam's house and walk right in. The group knows better than to knock at each others houses, because their parents wouldn't have it any other way. All the kids had to do was walk in and say hello. "Where is everyone?" He calls.
"Downstairs!" He hears Rocky shout up.
The two walk downstairs and smile, "Good lord, Kimmy's still awake!" Jason teases.
"Hey, it's only eleven in France! Give me some credit!" She smiles, sitting on the loveseat, awaiting her boyfriend. "What movie are we watching?"
"You pick Aisha." Adam says, since she was closest to the selection.
"It better not be a cheesy chick flick either." Rocky says in mock disgust sitting on the floor across from Katherine. Jason sat next to her.
"Have you ever known me to pick a chick flick?"
"Yes!" Adam and Rocky shout at her.
"Well I ain't in the mood tonight for a chick flick." She says smiling.
"Good." Zack says.
They put in a movie and eat. By 10:00, Kimberly was exhausted. She was having a tough time staying awake. They chose yet another movie from the massive selection and sat back to watch it and comment on it. The only thing that is keeping her awake is her not leaning against Tommy.
"You tired?" He asks her.
"Yeah."
"Do you want to head home?"
"No, I'll be ok." She says, smiling warmly at her boyfriend.
"You sure?"
"Yeah." She says, not quite sure of herself, but fooling her boyfriend.
"Alright, just let me know when you wanna leave."
"I will." She says, as he wraps his arms around her, pulling her against him. She leans her head on his chest and yawns.
The movie ends at midnight. Kimberly's eyes were closed, but she wasn't sleeping.
"Kim's out." Kat says, looking up at her friend.
"No she's not." Kimberly replies. "I'm resting my eyes."
"You checked out with no return address." Rocky quips.
"I was awake the whole time."
"Oh yeah?" Rocky challenges, "What happened?"
"Which conversation?" Kim asks, "The one where you made comments of Jason and Kat, or the one about how awful this movie was and we are never allowing the guys to pick one again?"
"Ok, so you were awake." He smiles.
"I can honestly say I am astonished at you staying awake so long." Billy says.
"Me too. I mean it's six AM in France…" Trini smiles.
"I'm surprised too." Kim admits looking up at Tommy.
"You ready to go?"
She bites the inside of her lip… she really doesn't want to make him leave before he is ready, "If you are."
"Come on." He says, standing up, pulling her along with him. "We'll see you all tomorrow."
"Right." Trini smiles.
They all say goodnight and the couple leaves. Kimberly leans back in the seat but doesn't fall asleep. They walk into the house, say goodnight to the parents, and go upstairs. "Do you want to put in a movie and relax for a bit?"
"That's fine, but I'm most likely going to fall asleep."
"Well, we could watch it in your room."
"What ever Tommy." She says, shrugging her shoulders. She goes into her bedroom and changes quickly, pulling on a pink and white tank top with matching shorts. By the time she finishes getting dressed, Tommy comes back. She gets into bed and he sits next to her, pressing play. She lies against his chest and almost instantly falls asleep. Tommy kisses her head and turns his attention back towards the movie. He eventually falls asleep, with his arm wrapped around her. The next thing he hears is Morgan coming into the guest room, "Tommy!" She says firmly yet quietly so she doesn't wake Kimberly.
"Go away Morgan."
"Get up."
"What?" He says, opening his eyes.
"Mom's pissed."
"Don't use that language, and why?"
"Because you and Kimberly slept in the same bedroom."
He looks down and realizes she's right, "Great…"
"Dad's talking to her, but she is really mad."
"It's not like I meant to sleep in here… if I did don't you think we'd have locked the door?"
"Hey, what do I care? You're the one in trouble, not me." She says, as Tommy reaches out to slap her gently, but she dodges it, "I suggest you get up and go downstairs, and act like your dumb self."
"What time is it?"
"Ten." She says.
He groans, and gently moves Kimberly off his chest, she quietly groans but stays asleep. He gets up and stretches, uses the bathroom and heads downstairs. He can already hear his parents from the kitchen, "Morning." He says, walking over to the refrigerator.
"What the hell do you think you are doing Tommy!" His mom says.
"What?"
"You and Kimberly staying in the same room! We have NEVER allowed that here before…"
"Relax mom… nothing went on. We got home, we went upstairs, turned on a movie, and we fell asleep."
"You know the rules Tommy! You are 17 years old for Christ sake."
"Nothing happened!" He says, throwing up his hands in disgust. "Don't you think we would have closed and locked the door if something did happen? And why didn't you wake me up when you came upstairs? You obviously knew I was in there."
"Because your FATHER didn't think it was that big of a deal."
Tommy looks over to his father as he shrugs, "That's because it isn't mom. We were watching a movie, we fell asleep, I don't see why you are getting so bent out of shape about this."
"It better not happen again."
"We've fallen asleep on the couch downstairs together before, what's the difference?"
"The difference Thomas James, is that downstairs I trust you, upstairs in the bedroom is…"
"Not different what so ever?" Jim Oliver smiles at his wife. He knew she was being unreasonable and he was waiting for her to blow it, "Don't worry about it Tommy." He smiles.
Jan looks at her son, "Don't let it happen again."
"I'll try not to." He says smiling.
"Is she still sleeping?" Jan asks.
"As far as I know. I'm suppose to wake her up soon though."
"You better let her sleep."
"If she isn't up by noon, I'll get her up."
"Are you hungry?"
"I'll wait for Kim." He says, grabbing an apple, heading back upstairs. He hears his father laughing as he approaches the top step. He checks on Kim who was still sleeping and goes into his own room, flopping down on the bed. He ends up falling asleep while watching TV until 11:30 when Kimberly walks in and curls up next to him, "I thought you were suppose to wake me, not the opposite." She smiles, kissing his cheek.
He looks at the clock, "I woke up at ten and got yelled at."
"Why!"
"Because I never left your room last night." He smiles.
"Oh." She giggles, "Not like anything went on."
"My dad thought it was funny, my mom wasn't happy."
"So should I apologize?"
"No, she's ok with it now. I think she realized how stupid she sounded." He says, pulling her down next to him, "You still tired?"
"No. I feel quite awake. In fact, I am thinking about heading over to the Youth Center and practicing for a while. Do you wanna come?"
"Yeah, sure." He says, standing up, "I'll give the guys a call and see if they wanna join."
"Sounds good." She smiles. She jumps into the shower and then puts on black shorts and a violet tank top. She ties her hair back into a tight ponytail and calls to Tommy to hurry up. She then proceeds to walk downstairs and sees the Oliver's. "Morning." She smiles.
"Good morning honey." Jan says smiling back at her, "Did you sleep well?"
"Yeah I did." She smiles, pulling on her white and blue sweat jacket.
"Where are you off to?" Jim asks the girl.
"I'm dragging your son to the Youth Center to work out with me. I need to practice, and I think the gang is going to meet us there."
"Are you hungry?"
"I'll just grab something there." She smiles.
"So what is the rest of the night going to consist of?"
"Well, we're heading over to I think Jason's tonight for our gift exchange, then I'm going to stay at Aisha's tonight. She wanted me there last night, so I told her I'll stay tonight."
"Ok, so we'll see you tomorrow then."
"Yeah." She smiles. "TOMMY COME ON!" She calls.
"I'm coming." He says, walking down the stairs, his cell phone at his ear, "Yeah, we're going over now. Ok, I'll see you the. Oh, call Adam for me ok? Thanks bye."
"Who was that?" Kim asks.
"Jason, then Rocky. Trini, Aisha and Kat are already over there. Kat is teaching a dance class and Aisha is working out with Trini."
"Cool." She smiles. She was glad that Trini and Aisha got along so well. Aisha calls Trini her 'fellow yellow' all the time. Kimberly replies how cute that is, corny but cute. "We're off." He says, kissing his mother. "See you later."
"Bye guys." Jim calls.
Tommy takes Kimberly's hand and grabs their bags, before walking out of the house.
They get to the Youth Center and see Trini and Aisha sparing a bit. Trini was giving Aisha a run for her money. Finally, in the last second, Aisha throws a combination that Trini has never seen before, and gets caught off guard.
"That's game!" Aisha smiles, wiping her forehead.
"Where the heck did you learn that move from?"
"From our pink princess." Aisha laughs, pointing back to Kimberly.
"That's a good move."
"That's her only move." Aisha teases her.
"Hey, my moves are always good." Kim laughs.
"Maybe on Tommy." Aisha quips.
"Oh that's it, it's on now." She says, kicking off her shoes and pulling off her sweat jacket, "Let's go bear."
"Oh bring it on crane." She smiles.
Kimberly can match Aisha for a while, but it is rare that she ever beats her. Sparing has become one of Kimberly's favorite things, besides gymnastics. It makes her feel like a ranger still. She misses being taught new moves by the guys, and Aisha, and hates not having anyone to keep up her skills with, so whenever she gets the opportunity to spar she takes it. "Oh that's a good move, but check this out." Kim smiles, doing a terrific series of round house kicks and punches, which was blocked by her.
"Oh please girl, Rocky has tried that on me so many times, it's not even funny." She smiles brightly, "Here, try this move on for size." She smiles, doing a little dance kung fu number, getting knocked down by Kim.
"Girl, leave the dancing to your boy." She giggles, "And don't even try any of Adams moves." She says seeing Adam coming into the youth center.
"Please." Aisha says, smiling, "That boys moves are old and tired. He couldn't even beat a putty with them." She says, giggling.
"Old and tired huh? I could take both you out with my moves, with my eyes closed."
"Oh, as if." Aisha and Kimberly says, as they stop to look at him, and smile.
"Alright, well listen you two, I have to practice." She smiles, "My beam routine is gonna be really bad when I go back if I don't."
"Don't over do it Kim." Kat says, with concern coming over on her five minute break with her girls. She can't memory of her friend lying on the mats, hurt, because of her.
Kim smiles kindly, "I won't."
She stretches and mounts the beam, slipping off the first couple of times, "Damn… if my mount is this bad, what's my dismount gonna look like." She groans. Finally after the fourth time, she stays on the beam. The rest of her routine was almost flawless until the dismount. The twisting double front flip didn't go as well as she had hoped and she fell right on her back, "OOF." She says, getting the air knocked out of her.
"Are you alright?" Aisha asks, running over to her friend.
"Yeh, fine." She says standing up.
"You scared the hell out of me!" Tommy says.
"Don't worry about it. I just wasn't concentrating." Kim says, "I've done it before."
"I'm going to spot you…"
"That's going to make me even more nervous." She says.
"I don't care."
"Tommy…"
"No, I'm spotting you."
She mumbles under her breath but lets him stand by the end of the beam. She completes the dismount and looks at her boyfriend, "See, I didn't need you there."
"Well, I'd rather be there than you land on your back." He groans.
"I'm fine now, I have the rotation down. Go back to working out." She says, standing up on her tiptoes to give him a kiss. She gets up and works on the beam for an hour and a half before stopping. She walks up to the juice bar and asks Ernie for a smoothie. He smiles and hands it to her. She relaxes for about fifteen minutes at their usual table and talks to Billy before she heads over to the floor.
Christmas for the gang went very well. They set a $50 limit this year since they all had jobs. Aisha was thrilled with the outfit that Kim got her and the perfume. Rocky had Kimberly and he gave her a mall gift certificate. He knew that would be the one thing that she could use. Aisha had Adam and got him a slue of DVDs that he wanted to add to his collection. Adam had Zack and got him a few CD's that he wanted. Zack had Trini and he gave her a book on the different martial arts along with a yellow workout outfit. Trini had Kat and got her a gift certificates to the mall just like Kim had gotten. Kat had Jason and she got him a new scuba outfit. After their attack with Divatox, Jason always wanted a new outfit. His old one was ripped to shreds. Jason had Tommy, and got him a saber to add to his collection. Tommy had Billy and gave him a gift certificate to a computer store. Billy had Rocky and he gave him cash with a note saying "Spend only on food." They all laughed. At ten, they all said their goodbyes. Tommy was driving Aisha and Kim over to the Campbell's house. Aisha thanks Tommy and walks over to her house, Kimberly kisses him and says she'll see him tomorrow and then he drives away. By 11:30 Kimberly was exhausted again. The girls were laying in Aisha's bedroom, on her bed watching a movie.
"Can I ask you something?" Aisha asks her best friend.
"Sure." She mumbles half asleep.
"Why did you take him back?"
"Huh?" She asks instantly waking up.
"I mean, why did you take him back, no questions asked? He breaks your heart Kim, dates another girl, and then realizes almost five months later that you're the one he wants. He comes down to Florida and you take him back instantly."
"I love him Aisha…"
"Yeah, but Kimberly, even love…"
"I know what you're saying Aisha. I thought about it too. I just can't live without him. You saw how bad I was…"
"But you were getting over him."
"I was fooling myself. I love him so much, there is no one else for me. He made a mistake, and yeah I was really annoyed and hurt and angry at him, but I still loved him. People make mistakes don't they?"
"Yeah."
"And this was his mistake. He deserved a second chance."
"I'd have let the bastard suffer for at least a few days." She says, looking at her best friend.
"AISHA!" Kim laughs.
"What? It's true. Ain't no way he'd have gotten off that easy."
"He didn't in a way. We talked about it for a while, actually we talked about everything the entire time he was down there. It just felt right to forgive him."
"I guess." She sighs, "Well, as long as you two are happy."
"We are." She smiles.
"And as long as he doesn't do it again…"
"He wont." Kim smiles.
"Alright. I guess I understand."
"I knew you would." She says smiling.
'I'm really glad you're home Kim."
"Me too Aisha…"
"It's just not the same around here without you. Our senior year, and the only time I'll probably end up seeing you is for the prom."
"I just don't want to go back to Angel Grove for two weeks, ya know?"
"I understand." She smiles, "And it would be about a month."
"I know, but still, transferring and all that other crap, it's too time consuming. I'll just graduate from Miami High and get it over with, and then…"
"You'll be on your way to the Olympics." She smiles.
"Haha, as if."
"Do you not want it? The games are in two years…"
"Yeah, it would be great, but I also want college…"
"You could do both. You are doing everything with Pan Globals."
"I know. I was thinking about it actually. I mean, I could go to the University of Miami and get what ever degree I want there."
"Think about it Kim." Aisha smiles.
"I am… believe me I am."
"Anyway, lets turn this movie off and go to sleep."
"Good idea." Kim smiles. The girls sleep in the same room tonight. They have a normal slumber party like most girls do. That was the last time Aisha questioned Kimberly's motives with Tommy. She got the answers she needed, whether she agrees with it or not.
The next night Kimberly was back at the Oliver's. Her cell phone was in Tommy's room and went off at 10:00 in the morning to his annoyance, "Hello?" He asks.
"Tommy?" Aisha questions.
"Yeah."
"Why are you answering her phone?"
"Because she left it in my room and she's in her room." He grumbles, "What do you want?"
"I want Kimberly." She laughs.
"She's still sleeping."
"Well, let her know we're going to the mall at noon, if she wants to come, meet us by our usual entrance."
"Alright Aisha, will do." He yawns. "Talk to you soon."
"Right, bye." She says hanging up.
Ten minutes later, his phone goes on, "What is this!" He groans, answering the annoying ring, "Hello?"
"Hey Tommy."
"Hey Zack. What's up?"
"The girls are all going shopping, the guys are gonna go to the park and shoot some hoops. You interested?"
"What time?"
"Noon."
"Yeah, sounds good."
"Oh and tonight I think Aisha and I are gonna go out to dinner, you wanna make it a double date?"
"Sure, sounds good."
"It may be a triple."
"Oh? Who else?"
"Jason and Kat."
"Really!" Tommy asks almost shocked."
"Yeah, he's gonna ask her I think."
"Well, that will be an interesting couple." He laughs.
"Nawh, they are crazy about each other… they just don't realize it." Zack smiles.
"Still interesting." He smiles.
"So you're in?"
"Yeah, count me in."
"Cool, see you at noon."
"You got it Zack." He says. By this time it was almost eleven so he jumps into the shower, and gets dressed before he wakes Kimberly up at 11:30, "Hey beautiful, time to get up." He says kissing her forehead gently.
"I don't wanna." She says, smiling slightly.
"Well I don't care. Aisha called you today, you left your phone in my room, and she wants you dressed by noon and at the mall. I am going to head over to the park to shoot some hoops with the guys."
'What time is it now?"
"Eleven thirty."
She groans, "Alright." She jumps into the shower and quickly dresses. "How am I going to get down there if you have to be at another place around noon?"
He thinks for a second, "You take my jeep. I'll have Jason pick me up on the way, and then you can pick me up when you and the girls are done your girl things."
"You sure?" She asks him, shocked that he is going to let her drive his precious car.
"I'm sure." He smiles throwing her the keys.
"Thanks baby." She smiles.
"No problem. You better hurry up."
"Ok." She says, giving him a long kiss, "I'll see you in a bit."
"Right." He says, calling Jason as she runs out of the house. Within two minutes, he is on the road with his best friend.
Friday was the last time they saw Kimberly until after the games. It was crunch time and she barely got a chance to call everyone once a week, let alone have the time to talk to Tommy more than three times a week. When the games came on everyone was nervous. They watched from the Youth Center as they had a Good Luck Kimberly party. None of them could get down to the games because school was packed. They watched her warm up and she looks good from the beginning. Her first even was the vault and the group watched nervously as she completed her two vaults. They cheered when she stuck it and were even more thrilled when she got a 9.8 on it.
"That's it Kim!" Rocky shouts, smiling widely.
"She'll be fine for the next rotation." Aisha smiles, "Its beam."
"Yeah, she's a shoe in for that one." Tommy says, "I'm just worried about bars for her."
"She never did like them." Trini says, "Even when she was younger."
"I know." Jason and Zack said.
As they watch her on the beam she looks like she was at ease. This was her event and she was not nervous about it at all. From start to finish, through every mount, jump, flip, pose, and dismount she was flawless. She earned a 9.9 on the beam.
"What's up with her not getting a 10 on that!" Aisha says.
Kat replies, "She had to have done something to get that .1 deduction."
"I didn't see anything." Rocky replies.
"It doesn't matter. She looks happy with it." Tommy smiles at his girlfriend.
"Kimberly Hart is having an excellent day so far! She leads the pack with her score! If she keeps up this pace with her last two events, she's a shoe in for first place." The commentator says.
"Yes, this beautiful high school senior from Angel Grove looks like she is going to win it so far. She has the personality and attitude of a gold metals. Her teammate Renee Weaver seems to be holding on strongly to second place.
After a perfect rotation in her floor routine, Kimberly advances to the bars.
"She looks nervous."
"She is…" Tommy replies, looking at the tension in his girlfriends back.
"This is Kimberly's least favorite event tonight, and it is her final event. She slipped off the bars once during a tricky combination." The first commentator replies.
"Her second time though she held on, so hopefully it was just a fluke. Kimberly is one routine away from winning gold in this even, as well as her teammate for winning silver."
"I pretty much say that Kimberly is a shoe in for at least one metal, but you can tell she wants gold."
"Oh definitely."
"God I hate commentators." Adam groans.
"They are definitely irritating." Billy replies.
The routine on the bars seems to go on forever as the friends watch on the TV set. They hold their breath with every release there is, but by the end of the routine, when she sticks the landing, all the friends cheer. They knew that she had won first place. She had truly brought the gold back to the United States, and in a matter of moments it was official.
"ALRIGHT KIM!" Aisha squeals hugging Tommy.
"She did it!" Kat replies.
"Of course she did!" Jason smiles, high fiving Zack.
"SHH GUYS!" Ernie says, "She's coming on."
"Kimberly, how does it feel to bring the gold back to the United States?"
"I'm amazed. I mean I just into the games about nine months before, but I've been training with a great coach, and a great group of gymnasts. My roommate Renee and I were competing against each other but we were able to bring back the gold and have another year of the silver. It's an amazing feeling. I don't think I could have done it without the support of my friends, family and teammates back home either." She says winking to them. "They have been my support line all the way from Angel Grove, and I love them all. Tommy, Jason, Trini, Aisha, Zack, Billy, Rocky, Adam, and Kat, I love you all, thank you all so much for getting me to follow my dreams. I'll see you all soon!"
"Thank you so much Kimberly, and congratulations."
Kimberly and Renee hug, "We did it Renee!"
"Yeah we did!" Renee says, hugging her again. "Yeah we did."
The celebration was cut short however. Everyone was watching ESPN on coverage of the Pan Globals when the news hit. It was One AM in Angel Grove. They were all at their respective homes. They saw the headlines at the same time and went white. "Pan Global Gymnasts Kimberly Hart and Renee Weaver were involved in a horrific car crash approximately 11:00 when a drunk driver plowed into the Pontiac Grand Prix, holding the gold and silver medallist. The driver blew through a red light and hit the passenger side of the car. Both gymnasts were unconscious when the ambulance arrived, but Ms. Weaver was waking up. Ms. Hart remains in critical condition. NO further information has been given out. Once again, Kimberly Hart and Renee Weaver were involved in a car crash, when a drunk driver plowed into the passenger side of the car.
Zack and Aisha stare at the TV, "No…" Aisha says, "It's not true.. It' can't be. I didn't just see that. Zack! Tell me I didn't see that."
"WE gotta call Jason." He says, standing up, as his girlfriend breaks down in tears. Jason already heard the news as well as the others.
"Mrs. Oliver, is Tommy there?" Jason asks, when he calls his best friends house after he doesn't answer his cell phone.
"He's already on the way to the airport." Jan says, her voice cracking.
"Does he know anything?"
"She's in critical condition at Miami General. It doesn't look good."
"Thank you." HE says, as he hangs up the phone and rushes into his mother and fathers room. He tells them what happened, packs a bag, and picks up everyone he could in his car, which was Adam, Rocky, and Kat. Zack picked up the others. They catch up with Tommy and get plane tickets to Miami. Aisha and Trini were crying. Jason sits next to Tommy staring. "This plane better be on time." He grumbles.
"She'll be ok." Adam says, trying to be positive, "She's a fighter… she'll be ok."
The entire plane ride was full of tears and fear that they would never see their friend alive again. Tommy stays silent for the entire plane ride, sitting next to Jason. As they get off the plane he says, "I'm not going to lose her again… I can't. We aren't over, I can't be over with her." And they get a taxi to the hospital. She was in surgery when they got there and she would be for a while longer. No one knew anything. Cooper was there, as was a few of the other gymnasts and they all said what they heard is it's not good. They sit in silence for three hours before they hear news on her. It was the longest three hours of their lives, but they had to wait. The rangers sat around, grouped together, like they had so many times, feeding off each other. They sit and wait and hope and pray for their friend to come out alive. When the doctors come, out to talk to them he has a look of fear on his face.
"Is she dead?" Aisha blurts out.
"She is in critical condition. I don't know if she is going to make it till tomorrow… she had several broken bones, a lot of internal bleeding. We had to remove her spleen and patch up her liver. Her ankle was broke in two different places. Her cheek was also broke and is lacerated. The bleeding is what is worrying me. She was bleeding everywhere. We did all we could, now only time can tell. If we have to go back in, which is very likely, then, we will, but right now, she's in ICU hooked up on a lot of machines. I'm very sorry."
"How's Renee?" Cooper asks
"She'll be ok. She needs surgery on her legs, and has a few concussions and broken bones, but other than that, she came out clean. Kimberly was hit directly by the other driver. Her side took all impact. The only reason she is still alive is because she was wearing her seatbelt."
"Was he drunk." Tommy asks.
"Yes he was."
Aisha falls back into her seat, crying. Trini grabs onto Billy for support. He pulls her into a hug and she clings to him. Jason wraps his arm around Kat and kisses her cheek, crying himself.
"Can I see her?"
"Not yet." The doctor says, "We still need to do some things before we allow visitors. Maybe in an hour."
Tommy sits back down in his chair, looking down at the ground, before he succumbs to tears. He was furious at the driver who would walk out of here, leaving his girlfriend in the ICU. He didn't know if he'd ever see her awake again, and it was too much. He covers his eyes as the tears flow out. Aisha sees him and walks over to him, pulling him into a hug. They all cry for their friend who was hurt in a senseless accident, "Is this going to be it? Are we over?" Tommy asks, "I can't lose her again… I can't." Then an hour later, he could go in and see her. What would he see? He didn't know, but he has to see her, even if it is one last time. No one could give him the final answer, and he was scared for the life of the woman he loves. He slowly opens the door and looks in on her. It was a site that he wishes he never has to see…
TBC….
I'm so sorry for this being so late… yeah, another sad moment in my favorite TV couples lives, and who knows what's gonna happen :-) Anyway, forgive the mistake in this, I have been sick for the past week, and I tried my best to correct any grammar mistakes I have.
The last chapter may have been far fetched, but I wasn't sure exactly how else to get them back together, hopefully Kimberly's explanation to Aisha cleared it up!.
The next chapter will be coming very soon!
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LUNA