"Mommy, mommy, mommy," a young voice called out, as a force slammed into Kim's side, "Wake up, wake up, wake up!"
Kim groaned, rolling over on her side, "Not now Jaslee," she insisted, trying to ignore the little five years old who was now poking her in the side.
"But you promised that we will get to go to the park today for a picnic," Jaslee insisted, "With Zoey, and Katy and Cory and Angel and all of our cousins."
Kim groaned as she slowly pulled herself up into a sitting position, holding onto her head as the world spun around her, really what was wrong with her, first she was moody and picking fights and now she couldn't move without feeling lightheaded, "Go bother your dad," she pleaded, gesturing to the other side of the bed, "I'm not feeling too good this morning."
Jaslee propped down on top of her mother, giving her a good once over, "You're sick?" she asked concern in her voice, "Do you need to go to the hospital?"
Kim grimaced at that, she couldn't handle this, any mention of going to the hospital brought back memories, bad memories of the time she had actually given up. Her a power ranger just giving up. If Rita had been around at that time, she would have died laughing at how pathetic she was.
"Don't cry, Mama!" Jaslee cried out, throwing her arms around her, "I love you, Daddy loves you, and we're all happy, right?"
"Yes," Kim insisted, "Of course, sometimes grown-ups cry because they are happy."
"Are you happy?" Jaslee asked, tipping her head to the side.
"Yes," Kim insisted, "I've haven't been happier."
"That's good," Jaslee insisted, sliding off the bed and onto the floor, "I hope you feel better Mommy!" And with that she was gone, skipping out of the bedroom.
Movement next to her told her that Tommy was getting up, "You okay Beautiful?" he asked, peering down at her, "You look a little pale?"
"Maybe taking that midnight stroll wasn't the best idea," Kim confessed, pulling the blankets up over her head, "Gah, it's too bright!"
Tommy walked over to the window, closing the blinds, "That better?" he asked, turning once more to face the bed.
"Yes," Came a muffled reply from the pile of blankets that his wife had burrowed under.
"Do you want me to call and cancel our plans?" Tommy offered, reaching to grab his phone from the nightstand, "I mean I'll probably get attacked by savage daughters if I do, but if you're not feeling well."
"No, no, that's okay," Kim's voice called out as she moved the blankets away from her face, "I'm sure that by the time we need to leave I will be feeling better anyway. I'm just tired because I had a rough night."
Tommy nodded, "Okay, but if you're not feeling better by then I think you need to see a doctor."
"We can't afford to go to the doctor for every little sniffle you know."
Tommy smiled softly, "I know, but I don't want you to have to suffer. You've suffered enough already."
"Pain, sorrow, suffering, that's what makes us grow, makes us change into better people," Kim insisted.
"But you were already an amazing person."
"Yes," Kim agreed, "But now I know what others have been through, and my experience can help others."
Tommy leaned down and pressed a kiss on Kim's forehead, "You never cease to amaze me," he confessed, "Even when you don't feel good, you're always thinking about others."
"It's an important trait for a power ranger to have."
Tommy laughed, "Well, I hope it's nothing serious, our wedding is only a few weeks away after all."
"Tommy dear," Kim said sweetly, raising a hand up to touch his cheek, "It's next Saturday, That's why we're here, to finalize everything, remember?"
...
"Why isn't Mommy coming?" Jaslee asked, peering up at her father with true concern in her eyes.
"Your mom isn't feeling well, she had a rough night."
"She'll feel better once Willow and Z.K. arrive," Jaslee announced.
"And who are Willow and Z.K.?" Tommy couldn't help but ask, Kim had told him about this but he wanted to hear it for himself.
"My baby brother and sister," Jaslee insisted, "They'll come after the wedding and Grandma Harmon leaves."
"And when will Grandma Harmon leave?" Tommy asked, curious to know just how much of the future the little girl actually knew.
"After the wedding and Inya's birthday, but before the school trip to the Zoo. Willow and Z.K. will arrive the night before the zoo trip."
"What Zoo Trip?"
"The one we will go on at the end o the year." Jaslee explained, "Daddy why is it called 'End of the Year Field Trip' if it's in May and we go to the Zoo and not a field."
"A school year is only nine months long from September to the next May, and a field trip is where you go somewhere outside of the school to learn about something. In this case Animals."
Okay so maybe Jaslee did know somethings, but there was no way she could know how long Mrs. Harmon would hang around, and he hadn't heard anything about a field trip, then again, he reasoned, they probably wouldn't tell the children about it to early.
"Come on Jaslee," Tommy stated, picking up Inya as she toddler pass, "The Park awaits."
Was what Jaslee said true, if so what was going on, there was no way the babies would be his, by may they would have only been together five months, and it would have been eight months since she left Luke, but if she really had been pregnant why had she made a point of telling him that she couldn't have any more kids, why was she only having symptoms now. From what he understood, symptoms should have appeared a lot sooner, and by now he should have noticed a bump. Jaslee was, after all, a little kid, she probably didn't know the difference between a vision and a dream.