You and I Both…

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Chapter twenty one: You and I both…

" Dad, I've made my decision…,"

Tommy gazed out of the window, looking aimlessly at the darkened road. Behind the driver seat, his father had been talking about his new and innovative idea of how to boost the company's income for the last half an hour. Tommy didn't hear a single word he said.

Leaning his head against the window of Ben's white mazda, Tommy closed his eyes. He had made a choice and hopefully, it's for the best.

Kimberly and Jason - 08.14 p.m.

" Ehm, Kim?" Jason began carefully and waited for her response. When she mumbled, he went on," do you mind if I'm asking something?"

" You already have," Kim chuckled dryly. " what?"

" Tommy was absent yesterday and today, don't you feel, I don't know, worry about him? I mean, he didn't contact you, right?"

After what had happened, she didn't wonder why Tommy's not contacting her. He probably hated her so much and not wanting to ever see her again. " No, he didn't,"

" You two haven't talked about… it," Jason was stating, not questioning her.

Kim twisted her hair around her finger and wet her lips that suddenly went dry. " No. I was going to, but well, he's absent,"

" You're stalling, you know that, don't you?" Jason gently scolded her and Kim felt her face go red. This guy knew her better than she did. She hated it sometimes. " it's not like you didn't know his address or have you ever heard something called telephone? It's a plastic thing that people use for-,"

" Shut up, Jason," Kim stopped him before he could finish his small lecture. Jason sighed at the other end.

" Kim, grow up," he said matter-of-factly. Jason was probably the only person beside her parents and Trini who could say the words without ending flat on his back. "you want to talk to him, to see him and hell, I even know you want to apologize to him,"

" Apologize!" Kim scoffed. "me?"

" You're torturing yourself and yes, Miss, you make him more miserable than before," Jason continued. "you are his girlfriend, Kim,"

" Were his girlfriend maybe is the more perfect term," Kim said quietly, hating herself for everything that had happened.

The next thing Jason said was like a slap on her face. " You're supposed to be there with him when he needed you the most. He cared for you so much that he couldn't bring up himself to tell you and now, when you finally figured it out, you just turn your back on him. That's really mature, Kimberly,"

Hot tears stung her eyes and she bit her lips hard to prevent them to spill over her cheeks. She wiped it angrily. " Why don't you try to put yourself in my position, Jase? Then tell me how it feels," her voice was shaking from holding back her sob.

" It doesn't matter anymore," Jason said, startling her.

" What?" she asked, not feeling too good about this.

" Kim, you don't know?"

" Know what?" she sat straight on her bed, throwing the cover away. " Jason!"

Jason was silent for five seconds before answering, " Tommy has left Angel Grove this evening,"

The words struck her like a tidal wave and she dropped the receiver to her lap. Jason's words ringing on her ears. Tommy had left. He's gone. He left her.

"I'm always gonna be with you until you're getting sick of me,"

He promised her. But now, he left.

Jason, Trini, Zack and Billy - Billy's lab

" Kim! Kimberly? Hey, Kim, are you still there?" Jason said repeatedly to the receiver but got nothing. He then put the phone back and looked at his four friends sitting on the sofa that Billy had stored. " she hang up,"

" Damn," Zack swore, hitting the armchair.

Kimberly

Kim practically jumped out of her bed once she regained her composure back. Glancing at the digital clock on her nightstand, she grabbed her sweater and dashed out of the room.

Please, please, jut let her see him, for the last time at least. She couldn't let him go with this unsettling business between them. She had to tell him that she was sorry, that she loved him too much to be able to face him. She needed this second chance.

It's a good thing that she didn't get into an accident on her way to Tommy's house. Her mom would faint if she saw how her daughter driving that night. Kim unbuckled the seatbelt and opened the door, nearly tripped when she tried to get out with super speed.

The light on the Oliver's house was off and Kim heart sank to the bottom of her heart. Kim run to the front door and banged at the door, pressing the doorbell every two seconds. Alas, noone answered. Fighting back her tears, she stepped aside and peered over the window. No need a genius to see that the house was empty.

Sniffling, Kim inhaled a deep breath to compose herself and she dragged her feet to go back to the car.

Kim bolted the door behind her and went straight to the stairs, playing deaf when her mother called out for her. Her tears streaked down her face and she wanted to beat herself for being such a coward. She had wanted to pick up the phone so badly but no, her fears practically overwhelmed her longing to talk to Tommy. It's too late now, Jason was right. She might have hurt herself, but more importantly, she had hurt Tommy.

She threw her fatigue body to her bed and immediately curled into a ball. She took her pillow and buried her face on it. She was so stupid. So so very stupid.

Faintly she heard a song from the radio. She must have forgot to turn it off. Well, who could blame her? The prospect of not seeing Tommy again was enough to forget about anything.

That was her favorite station and now, the topic for tonight was heartbroken. Kim laughed bitterly. This fit her situation so much. She had always thought that she loved Tommy, but not until now, until he had left maybe for good, that she realized how much Tommy meant for her. Thinking about not seeing him again made Kim want to throw up.

Kim picked up the receiver and pressed a phone number.

Tommy - 09.09 p.m.

" That was a nice song," Ben commented when Love of My Life from Queen finished playing on the radio. "your mother used to love it so much,"

Tommy turned his head slightly to see his father grinning sheepishly. Ben was so rarely talking about his past relationship with Tommy's mother. Especially since the divorce. " That's cool," He thought he had found the love of his life here, but maybe it just wasn't meant to be. Thinking of Kim made his heart ache so he decided to open a new topic. " tell me again about that time when you're in college,"

Ben raised an amused eyebrow. " You interested in my college time? Since when, Son?"

" Okay, forget it," Tommy chuckled, turning his eyes back to the road. " oh yeah, David called the motel this morning when you're away. He said something about talking to you about… Jemima?" yeah, he guessed that's the name David said.

" You must have forgot about it, right, Son?" Ben couldn't help not to tease Tommy's infamous memory. "he had called my cell a few hours ago. Said that he would have to kick your butt for forgetting,"

Tommy grinned bashfully at his father but then his curiousity took over and he asked, " Jemima? David was in a hurry so he didn't have time to tell me about her. Who's she?"

Ben stopped the car when the traffic light turned red. He used the time to check his pager. " Huh? Oh, his girlfriend," that successfully dragged Tommy's full attention. " oh maybe the right word is fiancee,"

" His what!"

" I assumed that David forgot to tell you that he'd proposed?" Ben winked. " what should I do with my two terrible memories sons? Wonder where you got that gene from because your mother and I are both-,"

" O-kayy, Dad, cut it out," Tommy shook his head at the silliness. " but wow, David's enganged? I didn't even know about her,"

" That or you forgot?" Ben started the engine once the traffic light changed. At his son's annoyed groan, Ben laughed.

As the smile started to fade, Tommy beginning to think about the irony of his life. Don't get him wrong, he was genuinely happy for his brother. David was a good man and if this Jemima could make him happy, Tommy had no complain, although he hadn't got the chance to meet this girl personally yet. David's standard was pretty high so it wouldn't shock Tommy if this woman was like somekind of a model or something like that. David was one step closer to be a married man while he was… stucked in the middle, not knowing what to do about his feeling about Kimberly. Hell, he didn't even sure if she was still his to cared.

He had hurt her badly and he understood completely if she didn't want to deal with him anymore. But he wouldn't let her go without a fight, it's just not his nature to give up so easily over something. Especially not this one.

" Hey, Tommy, listen to this," Ben said, leaning over to turn up the volume. " is that Kimberly? Do you know another Kimberly Hart?"

Tommy's heart nearly stopped beating at the first mention of her name. Did he know another Kimberly Hart? As far as he knew, there's only one Kim Hart and that was the beautiful, highly spirited, caring, brave, smart, caramel haired gymnast who had had his heart since so long ago.

And now the Kimberly Hart was talking on the radio.

" So, Kimberly, do you want to share your story with us?" Kelly asked gently. His Dad had tuned in to the Night talk with Kelly and called it coincidence, called it faith. His dad NEVER listened to this program before.

Kim anwered and Tommy closed his eyes. It had been too long since he heard her much missed voice. Her voice was kind of hoarse and Tommy wondered what had caused it. It's not the bad reception either. She almost sounded like she had been crying.

" Yeah, Kelly. I just, I don't know where to start,"

" It's okay. How about from the beginning? When you first met this guy,"

Tommy found himself hard to swallow when she answered, " His name was Tommy, he's a transferred student from Texas. At the first time, being friends was the last thing we had in minds. Due to some… things, we hated each other. Even the first time I talked to him was because of a stupid misunderstanding. That pretty much what led us to our full of hatred friendship,"

Tommy could feel his Dad eyes focus on him but he really could care less.

" As the time went by, we felt that we'd got used to each other, although most of the times we're only arguing, but there's something there and we finally admitted that we liked each other. Long story short, we got together. Our relationship was complicated to say the least. It's not a smooth one but that what made us stronger. Until something happened,"

Right now, Tommy appreciated his father so much for not asking question. He didn't want to miss a single word Kim said plus he didn't know if his brain could produce an answer.

" I've made a mistake, a terrible mistake. I was being a selfish bitch and when I realized it, it's far too late. He's left now and I can't say how truly sorry I am," at her last words, her voice wavering and Tommy could tell that she was full on crying at the moment.

" Tommy left?"

" Yes. His father was offered a job back in Texas and Tommy went with him,"

" Thank you for sharing your story with us, Kim. Who knows, he maybe listens to you right now. Do you have any song request?"

Kim requested a song and when the slow song from the 80s played, Tommy turned his head to meet Ben's dark eyes. He still could feel his heart beating like he had been running in a marathon.

" What that was all about?" Ben queried.

Jason, Trini, Zack and Billy - Billy's lab

Trini wacked Zack's arm hard, making the boy in black jumped on his seat. " What did you do that for?"

" For you being so stupid, that's why," Trini said and sank deeper into the couch. In front of them, Jason was still walking in a small circle, the phone was still on his hand.

" Me!" Zack weakly protested.

" Well, yeah, this was your brilliant idea!" Trini said, her anger was only fueled by her concern for her bestfriend.

" Excuse me, but you and all of you, I mean," Zack pointed his friends one by one. " approved my 'brilliant idea' not so long time ago. How could you blame me right now?"

" You need to calm down, Trini," Billy said from his place beside Zack. He stood up and moved to stand in front of his computer. He was as anxious as the beautiful Vietnamese and dealing with things he familiar with helped him to reduce the anxiety a little. " Jason?"

The martial artist clicked off the phone for the twenty three times and took a seat on the lone chair beside the computer desk. " Still busy,"

" Okay, so now what do we do? That was a little bit harsh, what you're saying to her," Trini said gloomily.

" Well, having her to hang up the phone on me like that was not part of the plan," Jason felt the need to defend himself. Trini was indeed a calm, kindhearted person but wait until you experienced her tongue lashing. You didn't want to make her angry. Jason had gone through that once and he didn't wish for an encore. " she won't do anything stupid, will she?"

" I don't know about that. She just got scolded by her brother and heard that her boyfriend had left her without saying anything to her. Again. Are that enough reasons for us to get worried?" Zack said and received another smack from Trini. " what's wrong with you!"

" Yeah, this is a very brilliant idea. Deceiving her like that…,"

" Zack's intention was good," Billy said, giving Zack an encouraging smile. " he wanted to have Kim and Tommy talked again and it was a very creative idea. We want them to reconcile, right?"

" Yes, but Jason could just say the truth and not some bull like that," Trini insisted.

Jason got up and rubbed his hands together. " Who's up for a night drive?"

Tommy - 09.11 p. m.

" Tommy?"

Tommy would happily answer his dad if only he could find his ability to talk. Same as Benjamin, he didn't have a clue of what Kim was saying just now.

" Why did she say that-, I thought you're-, care to explain?" Ben demanded, keeping one eye to the road.

" I don't know," Tommy shook his head. " I didn't say anything to her, about my final decision to move to Texas,"

" You're not…,"

" No, I'm stick to my words. I'm staying," Tommy confirmed.

" Dad, I've made my decision,"

" You have," Ben sat on his abandoned chair and Tommy followed. " and what will that be?"

Tommy took a deep breath of air and looked at his father's waiting eyes. " I'm staying. I'm sorry, Dad, I just, I can't leave, not when I've found what I'd been looking for since so long," he smiled at his dad's changed of expression. " I finally found a place that I fit in to. All my friends here and there's Kim. I don't want to leave her,"

The determination reflected on Tommy's eyes reminded Ben of himself when he was about Tommy's age. The guy had made a decision and that's that.

" I was thinking if maybe I could stay with Uncle Ian?" Tommy suggested. " I just remember that he just got back from France and I don't know, maybe I can convince him for letting me stay? We're always close before he went for Paris," Ian Oliver was three years younger than Benjamin Oliver. His wife was diagnosed of cancer five years ago and sadly, Aunt Sharon didn't make it. Uncle Ian grieved but he moved on with his life. He went to France to pursuit his love for arts and the latest news Tommy heard, he's coming back.

The timing was so perfect that Tommy felt like kissing anybody in one meter radius when he knew the news.

" I can call him. He won't be back until next month though," Ben said.

" I know and Jason has been so generous and offered me to stay on his place for the time being,"

" I have to call the Scotts as well then,"

Tommy eyed his father closely, stunned at how easy he fix this mess. " Are you okay with this, Dad?"

" In my eyes, you're an adult, Tommy. I respect your decision, whatever it is,"

" You haven't told Kimberly, then?" Ben asked.

He didn't even get the chance to tell her about this small trip to Stone Canyon. His father had asked him to go with him and there he went. Tommy hadn't seen her for what seemed an eternity and he missed her terribly. " Not yet, but I thought Jason and the others would tell her,"

" Well, apparently they didn't," Ben said as he made a left turn.

They were about fifteen minutes drive from Angel Grove and Tommy wanted nothing to go to Kim's house and see her. He squirmed on his chair and Ben let out a good laugh at that.

Tommy turned to face his father. They had decided to stop at the local diner because they hadn't eaten anything since this afternoon but now food was not in his mind. Although the growl coming from his stomach was definitely disagree with him. " Dad, I have to make a phone call,"

" It's okay, I guess your little girl needs more than a phone call, don't you think?"

Kimberly - 09.41 p.m.

She had never cried her eyes out like this before. Okay, maybe that one time when she twisted her ankle just one day before the gymnastics competition when she was nine. But even when Max, went to France, she's not this crushed. That's because Max was just her crush, he's just a guy. But this was Tommy. They're different and Kim's feeling towards Max was not as strong as it was for Tommy. Tommy was the first guy who she wanted to be serious with. They maybe were just teenagers but what she was feeling towards him was unlike any other feelings in this world.

Kim was tired. Physically and mentally.

There's a knock on her door and Kim didn't even bulge. It probably was her mother, asking about her daughter's weird behaviour.

She's in love, Mom. And she's brokenhearted right now.

Another louder knock and she finally got up. Checking her appearance on the mirror, Kim sighed. She looked terrible. Her face looked so tired, both of her eyes were red and puffy and her hair was a mess. She ran her fingers through her caramel tresses, trying to fix the tangles.

She walked to the the door, all the while thinking about a reasonable explanation. She wiped her eyes and unlocked the door, swinging it open.

" Hey Beautiful,"

Kim blinked, not believing her eyes and her ears. Her breath seemed to catch on her throat and her mouth went dry. She was speechless.

Tommy, Tommy was standing tall in front of her. The heart-melting smile Kim loved so much was on his face. He had called her 'Beautiful' even though she realized that she looked like a total wreck right now.

He's not supposed to be here, calling her with his petname for her and gazing down at her with those warm eyes. What the hell he was doing here!

" Kimberly?" Tommy reached out his hand and was surprised when she stepped forward and punched his jaw with her small yet powerful fist. Just like that time at the Youth Center. He hissed. " Kim!"

" How dare you coming up here!" Kim shouted, her lips trembling. " you're not supposed to be here. How dare you leaving without telling me, making me miserable and suddenly you show up on my door and calling me Beautiful!"

Tommy dropped his hand from his aching jaw and grabbed her shoulders. " Kim, I'm here. I'm not leaving,"

" But, but-," she stammered as the first single of tears hit her cheek. Tommy wiped it with his thumb.

" I made you a promise, do you remember? I said I wouldn't leave you and I mean it," he pulled her into his embrace and hugged her close to him. God, it felt so good to have her in his arms again.

" But you're leaving! You're going back to texas," Kim whimpered, her hand clucthed his shirt.

" No, I'm staying," he said patiently, pulling a strand of falling hair behind her ear. " I actually kinda confused about what you're saying on the Night Talk with Kelly? I just don't understand,"

" You heard that?" her face got redder, if only that was possible. He nodded.

" I was told that you're leaving this evening and when I went to your house, it was empty and I was scared," Kim spoke like a ten year old, new tears forming in her eyes. " I was so mean to you and I hadn't even apologized to you. Now you're going and I thought I wouldn't see you again," Kim said against his muscled chest.

He kissed her forehead and tightening his hold on her, resting his chin on the top of her head. " Someone told you that I was leaving tonight?"

" Yes,"

Tommy looked down at the girl in his arms and it didn't need much time for him to realize what exactly had happened here. " Who told you that?"

" Jason,"

Tommy sighed hard at her answer. Jason Lee. That guy actually had the nerve to pull a prank like this and oh yeah, he wouldn't get away from this. " He's wrong. I'm staying. My Dad's the one leaving, but not tonight. Maybe about next week or so,"

Kim frowned. The tears on her cheeks began to dry. " Then why Jason said that-," she blinked, her mouth formed an o. " he lied to me! Jason, oh!" she groaned, stepping away from his grasp. " I can't believe he did that!"

" Er… Kim?" both Tommy and Kim turned their heads when Zack's voice cut in. All their friends were standing near the stairs, grinning like a bunch of idiots. " you two have kissed and made up already, huh?"

Tommy held Kim in place to prevent her from attacking Jason. He believed she would and she could kick his butt to the moon if she wanted to. " Calm down,"

" You're asking me to calm down? He lied to me!" Kim directed the words to Jason.

" Look, I'm sorry, we didn't mean to. I was going to tell you but you suddenly hang up like that and when I tried to call you back, the line was busy," Jason walked through Zack and Billy to stand in front of Kim. "we're really sorry,"

" We?" Kim squeaked, her eyes wandering to Billy and Trini. They smiled regretfully at her.

" Nice attempt, guys," Tommy said, slipping an arm around Kim's waist and pulling her closer until her jasmine shampoo wafted into his nose. " but not the best one,"

" At least things between you two are okay right now," Zack said, spinning one time before poking Tommy's chest. " right?"

Tommy looked at his friends smiling faces and down at Kim, who still looked slightly upset. " We're okay right now and we'll be okay till the end of time,"

Tommy and Kimberly

- The Angel Grove Park

The next day

" So you're going to Stone Canyon with your dad?" Kim asked, scooting closer to Tommy.

" Yes,"

" And you're not moving to Texas but you're going to stay with your Uncle Ian?" she leaned up and kissed his cheek.

" That's right," Tommy gazed adoringly at her. Kim glanced away so he couldn't see the faint blush on her face under his gentle appraisal. Tommy just didn't have any idea what effect he had on her.

" And since your uncle won't be back till next month, you're going to stay with Jason's family?"

It was Tommy's turn to kiss her cheek and Kim's heart bubbled with relief and glee. " Yup,"

" That's so amazing!" Kim threw her arms around him and hugged Tommy tightly. " this day is just so perfect. The sun is shining brightly, the birds are singing beautifully and you're staying. I can't ask for anything else,"

" But I can,"

Kim pulled away and questioned, " What's that?"

" These past few days when you're angry with me," her face fell at the mention of their sort-of-fight and he tilted her chin up. " hey, now, none of those sad faces here. Not now. Good,"

" I'm still going to give Jason and the others hell for doing this to me. Even Billy and Trini! Can you believe that?" Kim asked and pouted.

" Yes, I actually can," he answered honestly. Those were his friends alright. A little bit crazy but still his best buddies and he and Kim owed them a lot. " but that's later, right? Now, it's Tommy and Kimberly time,"

Kim chuckled. " That sounds like that children television program with dancing and singing rabbits in it,"

She graced him with her beauty, both external and internal, amazed him with her wittiness and humbled him with her love for him and him only. Tommy grinned. " Back to the topic. The thing I wanted to ask you is… I want to kiss you," without waiting for her response, he leaned down and sealed her lips with his. His hands moved to craddle her head while the kiss grew more intense. Lips nibbling and playing and for Tommy, this was the best feeling he had ever experienced. Being in love was indeed the most wonderful feeling in this world.

There're so many had happened between Kimberly and him and finally they came to this day. The day where everything would be alright for the two of them. He's not going anywhere and there's a bright future waiting for them. They might not know what the future held for them, but together, they could overcome anything. Tommy kissed her one last time and pulled away.

" Hmmm," Kim purred dreamily and opened her eyes. " that was some kiss,"

" Do you realize something? If your mom and my dad continued their relationship and ended up married, your name would be Kimberly Oliver," Tommy pointed out out of the blue.

" That had a nice ring to it," Kim seemed to reconsider the name. " and you'll be my brother. Ack, that's a scary thought!"

" But, even though they didn't, you're still going to be a Kimberly Oliver someday…," he stopped mid- sentence and leered at her.

" Oh you!" Kim playfully swatted his arm and suddenly her mouth was being occupied because Tommy pulled her to another lingering kiss.

THE END


: Okay… that's it. The end of this story. Twenty one chapters and it's finally over. Thank you so much for reading. I'm really having so much fun in writing this story! Thank you for your supports and let see, maybe I'm going to add one additional chapter ; ) I have something in mind. Please don't forget to leave your reviews, let me know what you think of this fic. As always, NO FLAME!

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