Elsa couldn't believe her ears, not because she found the rumor she had just been told absolutely ridiculous, although she did try to pass it off as that, she couldn't believe it because that was highly confidential information they were gossiping about, and Tommy Oliver was going to have to know before he came in for his interview with the School Board.

They had expected something like this six months ago, but defiantly not now, after they got everything settled and were starting to move on in life. She plopped her elbow on her desk and plopped her head down into her hand rubbing her forehead, what was she suppose to do now?

She glanced at her clock, if she headed to the school offices early, she could stop Tommy on the way in and warn him. Beside she was probably over reacting, just because she knew that the rumors were true doesn't mean that the board of directors would believe them, but on the other hand they might still ask him about them to put their minds at rest. No it was better if she warned Tommy ahead of time about what was going on.

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Tommy knew that the other parents were talking about him more due to the fact that they fell silent when he walked into the room then he overheard them. Had they figured it out, had they learned that Kimberly was only in the abusive situation that she was in because he had failed as a boyfriend? What would his friends say? He the leader of the power rangers and he couldn't protect one of their own from a mere human?

Jaslee looked up at her father when she felt his hand tighten around hers, he had a strange look on his face, one that Jaslee had never seen before, but it was a scary look anyway, "Daddy?" she asked, tugging on his shirt, "Wake up, you're sleeping standing up."

Tommy nearly jumped out of his skin at the sudden sound, and glanced down at his daughter, "Sorry I didn't sleep well last night," with that he turned her over to the teacher, "I'll be picking you up after school," he told her. He would no one else, just in case, nobody was going to hurt his family again.

After dropping Jaslee off at school he headed over to the school board building, he's meeting wasn't for another half hour but he didn't really have time to go home and come back.

Getting his old job back as a high school science teacher was something he really wanted, sure they were doing great with the gym but Kim could take care of all of that with the help of Zordon and Alpha. He had already hired out enough teachers to cover all of his classes. Yet there was still the chance that something could happen while he was at work and he wouldn't be there to help.

Maybe he should just turn the job down, it wasn't like they needed the extra money.

By now he had pulled into the parking lot and was just staring into outer space while he weighed the pros and cons of getting the job. Pro a steady income that doesn't depend on how many students they teach but con he wasn't going to be around to teach at the gym much any more, but he didn't teach many classes any way, only the evening class and weekend ones, so it wouldn't matter much anyway.

A loud rapping sound caused him to look up and turn his head to his door, Elsa was knocking on his window, motioning for him to roll it down.

"Boy am I glad you aren't late for once and your life," Elsa exclaimed, it was a running gag that Tommy was always late, for battles, dates, even graduation, it was one of the things he struggled with, that and remembering stuff.

"Did I forget to fill out the application?" he asked, grimacing, he had a lot on his mind but he was sure that was one of the reminders he had set on his phone.

"No, you sent it in, but you need to know about the rumors that are going around about you."

Tommy rubbed his forehead while he shook his head, "Elsa why should I care about what other people are saying, Hayley already told me about the one that Kim and I were having a secret affair and that was why she got divorced. Some even say that the kids are really mine. It's not true and I'm pretty sure that it is physically impossible for it to happen while we were leaving on opposite coasts."

Elsa snorted, yes she had heard that rumor, in fact one person had had the nerve to mention it to her, and she had been more than happy to take the air out of their sail by pointing out that it was simply impossible for them to have been secret lovers over a thousand miles apart.

"No, I'm afraid this one isn't one caused by lack of logic, in fact you will have to do a bit of lying to deny it, which I''m sure you will. No the rumor I heard is that the only reason the power rangers got involved is because you are the leader of the power rangers and Kim was one too."

Tommy stared in shock, no way, how was he going to get out of this one? It was one thing to hear rumors going on that where laughable at, but this rumor was different, it was one hundred percent true, and that only meant one thing, Luke had kept his promise to reveal their identities to the world.

"What do I do about this?" Tommy asked, debating rather or not he had time to talk to Zordon or not, but he knew what he would say it was up to him, several rangers thrive as public identity, while others preferred the more peaceful life that secret identity gave them. The true problem was he wouldn't just be revealing his identity, but that of Kim and ultimately every team mate that he had ever served with. and he knew a few of them would make a crack about that being over half the power rangers.

"You can either confirm the rumors or tell them that they aren't true, you can lie, Zordon, Kim, Trent and his friends, they would all back you up, as will Anton and I."

Tommy glanced at his watch, at least he still had twenty minutes to figure out what to say, and how to say it.