Tommy felt lost, never, in all his life since meeting her had he ever fought with her like this? This had never happened before, Sweet Kimberly had snapped at him. He knew she had buttons and that she would snap eventually, she was after all a power ranger, but she was a pink, it took a lot to cause her to snap like that. But that meant that he had done something three or four things wrong before this. But what? Why hadn't Kim told him what he was doing something wrong?
"Dr. Oliver?" Elsa's voice called out from behind him, pulling him out of his thoughts.
"Hi Elsa, What's up?" Tommy asked.
"I think you forgot something," Elsa said, with a soft giggle as she pointed to the little girl holding onto Tommy's leg.
"Oh, Jaslee didn't want to go to school today," Tommy said shrugging.
Elsa arched an eyebrow, "Jaslee didn't want to go to school so you let her stay with you?" Elsa shook her head, "Tommy you need to learn to say no to the girls."
Tommy froze, "You watched the news last night right, if they let that guy have access to my children then they obviously can't keep the girls safe."
"Accidents happen," Elsa insisted, "But you can't keep the kids safe forever."
...
"Fights happen," Jason said slowly, trying to figure out what Kim was so work up about, so she and Tommy had a fight, that was normal. Kim had already apologized so there wasn't anything more she could do.
"Not between Tommy and I, not like this," Kim insisted, "This is how Mom and Dad started, first they were fighting then they wouldn't stop fighting and then they got divorce."
"Just because your parents got divorce doesn't mean that you will get divorced," Jason swore he could feel the signature pink ranger glare through the phone so he hastily added, "Well again," he said softly, Kim's first marriage was so taboo among the power rangers that it never was mentioned and since Tommy and Kim were the perfect couple and Tommy was so good with the girls that one could forget that this was Kim's second marriage.
"I know but he's just been acting weird lately," Kim continued, "He gets up in the middle of the night to work on something in the middle of the night, he insists that he does any and all grocery runs and whenever he leaves he insists that we turn on the security system, and now the fight over getting a doctor for something that we just have to wait out, keep this up and he might just replace you as the most annoying over protective power ranger."
"Hey, I worked hard for that title, not that it came to much use, seeing as I couldn't protect you from Luke."
"Why does everyone keep having to bring up Luke, he's gone, and it's for the better, so we should just move on."
"Just because he's dead doesn't mean that what he did to you doesn't still affect you, no matter how hard you hide it. Tommy told me you still have nightmares every once in a while."
Kim scrunched up her nose in annoyance, great now he was talking about her behind her back, "Jason," she groaned as she tried her best not to swore. She wasn't one to use profanity but every once in awhile, when she was on the edge she would allow a couple to drop, "I'm just... I love him, I do, but he's driving me crazy."
Jason simply laughed, "That's married life for you, doesn't matter how much you love each other you still get on each others nerves, don't believe me, talk to Aisha and Rocky, they are always at each others throats it seems, but at the end of the day they love each other and that is all that matters."
Kim sighed, "You know, I'm still having a hard time viewing those two as a couple, they bicker as much as you and Tommy."
"Yes, but Tommy is still my best friend, well, he's my Brother-in-law now, but still."
Kim was about to say something else, but a beeping sound informed her that she had a call waiting, "I'm sorry, Jason, someone's beeping through, I'll have to call you back later." With that she hung up and answered the other call, "You reached Kimberly Oliver of the Mighty Falcon and Flying Crane gym and Dojo, How my I help you?"
"You can help me by convincing your husband that the high school is not a daycare, though, with some of the kids I wonder..."
"What do you mean Daycare?"
"He thought that it would be acceptable to bring his daughter to work on the first day of the job just because she did not want to go to school."
Kim groaned, "It is way too early for this," she muttered, "He's driving me crazy, he wouldn't even let me get up with the baby at all last night, going on and on how we should share the responsibility, but not letting me help at all."
"Marriage is hard," Elsa offered in sympathy, "At least your husband doesn't go to a dig site for three months after an argument."
Kim laughed although it sounded kind of forced, "Okay marriage is hard, even when you are married to a wonderful guy. I just wish that he would stop blaming himself for my first marriage."
"And I wish that you could come to the school and pick up your daughter," Elsa added, feeling that the tangent on how hard marriage life could be had gone on long enough.
Kim sighed, "I'll be there in the next half hour, promise," I just need to calm down before I knock Tommy out with a fist, she thought to herself.
Just then Inya started to fuss again and Kim groaned, "Why can't you just sleep," she demanded as she picked the baby up, what was wrong with her, she never been this Irritable.