You and I Both…

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Chapter Five: F for Feelings

Tommy rolled on his bed, burrowing his face into the pillow. Zack was wrong. So wrong. How could he initiate something like that in the first place?

" Hey, Tommy man, what happened?" Zack asked, taking a seat in front of him.

" Nothing," he said simply.

" Then why did Kim look like she wanted to slam that textbook at your face? But of course, it's so not lady-like, so she used the table instead of your handsome face," Zack spoke again. His eyes shining with highly amusement.

It began innocent enough. He was no master at Biology so he let Kim decide what disease they would do. AIDS. Cool. Everything was fine until she started asking questions.

" So, Tommy, how's your school back in Texas?" she inquired, her fingers absently drew an imaginary circle on the table.

That was a starter. He answered them without giving too much information. But damn, did it hard. She's trying to be nice at him and somehow Tommy found it intimidating. A lot.

Then here came yet another question. " So I heard from Jason that you're into martial art, right? Too bad you didn't come two weeks earlier. There's this karate expo in town and of course, you could participate. Jason did and he-,"

" Look, Kimberly," he heard himself saying. He turned his head slightly to look at her smiling face. " could you, shut up?"

Then it happened. She blew up like a volcano, sending him and the entire class to a full silence mode. He was astonished. He didn't think she would actually do something like that in the middle of the class, but well, she did.

The next thing was, Jason and Zack came over and interrogating him like he's somekind of a criminal, which in someway, he thought he was.

" She asked questions and I got upset. That's all,"

" Boy, you're lucky she didn't land that book on your face. Look at this!" Zack lifted up the 5cm thick textbook. " and hardcover too,"

" Tommy, you two have known each other before today. How that happened?" Jason brought the topic Tommy hoped nobody would ask. Studying Jason and Zack's faces, it was apparent that Kim didn't tell them about the incident yesterday.

He had no intention to tell them. At all. But he found himself opened his mouth and words flew out, forming a perfect, complete story about how their files were switched until the time he gave Ms. Monique Kim's file.

Seeing at Jason and Zack's eyes, he felt like he can trust them. No. he knew he could trust Jason and Zack. He really could use some help right now because he too was oblivious why he seemed couldn't control his emotion everytime Kimberly Hart was around.

" Why you didn't tell us about the file?" Jason asked, crossing his arms over his chest. This was his little sister they're talking about. A little mistake almost ended up fatal. She might be not being in the contest because of Tommy.

" I didn't know at that time what it was," Tommy felt the need to defend himself. " and you're not asking, in case you forget,"

Zack felt the situation getting intense and he quickly changed the topic. " Cool. At least you're sane enough to give it to Ms. Monique,"

" That's only because I met him," Jason said darkly.

" I didn't know, okay," then Tommy's eyes drifted to the floor. " I'm sorry," he didn't even say the words to Kim, the person he knew deserved the apology.

" So, now you're getting all crazy about Kim. What with that? She just asked you where you live, that kind of stuff that I and probably every people you meet here will ask you," Jason said, his knuckles knocking the surface of the table impatiently.

That was a very good question, Tommy wanted to say. Why?

" I know," Zack piped up. " you like her," he grinned at Jason. " he like her,"

He liked her. Like. Zack said that he liked her so that he treated her like that.

Come on! Be rational here. If he liked her, why would he treat her like she's not more than garbage?

" There's a type of people, you know Tommy, who has difficulties in expressing their feelings. You might be one of them," Zack nodded with satisfaction.

He couldn't believe that Zack really did say that to him. Tommy looked at Jason for help, but only getting a shrug.

" He could be right, bro,"

Now the weight on his shoulders doubled, thanks to Zack who's so kindly told him all that crap. He couldn't be right, right?

Liked her? What're there to be liked about her?

First, he knew so many girls who in fact were much taller than Kimberly. Ouch.

Second, he accidentally saw in the cafetaria this afternoon that Kim actually ate a full plate of chilly with red pepper. That red, disgusting vegetable on it. That's just totally gross.

Third, she used jasmine shampoo. Tommy was allergy at that flower. He figured that out because when she stumbled at him, the scent that in the different situation could make him dizzy in one blink of eye was practically-.

Wait. What the hell he was doing? Oh God. He actually noticed all that about a girl who could elevate his temper everytime he saw her.

This was not right. So not right. Yeah, he's thinking like this because Zack poisoned his mind. It had nothing to do with feelings.

: Trini and Kimberly:

" Trini... I hate him. Really, really hate him," Kim nearly whined into the phone. "that unreasonable jerk,"

" Geez, Kim. You use that word a lot lately, don't you," Trini chuckled.

" You blame me?"

Teasing a very pissed Kimberly was never a wise thing to do. " No,"

" Good," Kim pressed her back against the headboard of her bed, sighing. After ten peaceful seconds, Kim felt her anger rising again. " You know, I asked him about whatever a normal person would ask! And he answered just with one syllable. Two top. I'm talking like a parrot and he didn't even-, gosh!" her left hand hugged her stuffed animal closer to her chest. " I totally made fun of myself. It's not like I asked him if he already had a girlfriend or not, now that was totally out of line and I won't complain if he told me to shut up,"

Kim breathed harshly, supressing her anger. In the same time, Trini cocked her eyebrows with pure curiosity while Kim's still babbling and protesting about the tragedy in biology lab.

" Hold on," Kim said to Trini when she heard someone knocking at her door. " yeah?"

The door was opened and Kim's mother came in. " Hi, honey,"

" Hi, Mom. Are you going somewhere?" Kim asked, covering the receiver with her hand. Caroline Hart wore a dark blue dress that came all the way down to her ankle. Her hair was curled and pulled up to the top of her head. It was a silly question, Caroline wouldn't dress up like that if she only wanted to buy cherry cokes in Jonny's.

Caroline stepped closer to her daughter's bed and sat in the edge of the fluffy, comfortable bed. " I am. Will you be alright, Kim?"

" Of course I will," Kim assured her mother. " is it a date?" she could swear that her mother was blushing.

" No, just a dinner with an old friend," Caroline said somewhat shyly.

A loud honk cut the mother-daughter night conversation and Caroline got up carefully, her hands smoothed down her dress. " That's must be him. Good night, Kim," she leaned and kissed Kim's head.

" Have fun, Mom," him. So it was a date. Just who was this, old friend, Kim didn't have a clue. She waited until her mom closed the door and Kim quickly pulled her hand from the receiver. " Trini! My mom's dating someone!"

" What? Say it again," Trini asked.

" My mom. She said she's having a dinner with an old friend. But come on, she's totally on a date!"

" Well, your mom is an attractive, young woman, Kim," Trini pointed out gently. When Kim's parent divorced about four years ago, it was a tough moment for Kim. After fighting over and over again, visiting almost dozen of marriage counselors, they finally decided that splitting was the best solution. Darren, Kim's father had moved to Miami once they signed the divorce paper. However he would pop up all of the sudden every three or four months. Despite the divorce, Darren was a good man and Kim loved him dearly.

" I don't need a new guy in my life," Kim mumbled, biting her lips when he heard the sound of a car driving away. " that Tommy Oliver is enough for me,"

Trini smiled and Kim soon realized that her words could be taken more than one way. " That's not what I meant! What I'm trying to say is-,"

" I understand," Trini generously finished.

" Yeah. That. Good," Kim looked into the mirror and a very red faced Kimberly looked back at her. She's blushing! God!

" Thanks for listening, Trini. I guess, I'll see you at school tomorrow?" Kim said, mentally kicking herself for blushing at something that's so silly.

" Yeah. Good night, Kim,"

" Night,"

Kim put the phone away and lay back on her mighty comfy bed. What are you thinking, Kimberly?

:Trini and Zack:

Almost as soon as Trini put the phone back on the table, it's ringing again. " Hello?"

" Do you have plans for weekend?" Zack asked, not even returning her greeting.

" Wow, slow down. Weekend? Why you asked?"

" How about we go to that island. What it's called? Covenant Island? Weird name. I never went there before, so did Jason and Billy. What'd you say?"

" Well, how are going to go there?" Trini walked to her desk and put back her books back to the shelf.

" There's a ferry from Angel Coast. I just know that actually. My Dad told me,"

" What's exactly there in that island?" Trini plopped down on her bed. Zack had gained half of her interest.

" Not much. But my Dad said that the beach is beautiful, and there're like small shops… it has a nice view, so maybe we can have a picnic there," the fact that the idea came from Zack tickled Trini to no end.

" Sounds nice," Zack was the sweet talker alright, but somehow it didn't feel right to have him holding this… trip. " Zack, why don't you tell me what you have in mind. You get something up on your sleeve, don't you?" she asked, a soft smile playing on her lips.

" What?" she could picture Zack pacing on his room, panic striking him with her question.

" Nevermind,"

" I thought this might be a good chance for Tommy to get a good look at Angel Grove and its surrounding,"

" Of course," Trini complied, stiffling her laugh. She had this feeling that Zack was playing cupid here. Who were the persons was no longer an issue. At least not after Kim's slipped of words just now and of course with the thing happened this afternoon... Zack had a very good instinct. Although it seemed to Trini that whatever Kim and Tommy's experiencing right now was so far from something called 'love'. They hated each other. Or so they admitted." so, Tommy comes too?"

" I haven't ask him,"

" How about Kim? Have you told her about this?"

" I was thinking maybe you can talk to her? She'll listen to you,"

The feeling that Kim would say NO as soon as she knew that Tommy was tagging along was so strong, but still, Trini answered, " Yeah, maybe she will,"

" Cool. Night, Trini,"

" Night Zack," Trini pushed the off button and sighed. What game did he have in mind this time?


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- Yuuri