I Need You

Chapter 2

Kim sighed as she looked at her true love. Tommy. Could she tell him her feelings since she wrote that fake letter imposing that she never loved him anymore? She remembered it and knew he definitely remembered it. She knew the risk the letter would do when she wrote it. The letter that probably haunts and has given her Tommy scars of the past between them. She never meant to impose the letter to be so dreading. All she ever really wanted in life was gymnastics and Tommy. She always intended that love for Tommy came first but he disagreed otherwise and told her to follow her dream. That was what she had done until when winning a few gold medals, she needed someone there in the bleachers grinning massively and cheering her on till this day. She pictured that person to be Tommy but she drove him away.

Now, she looked at Tommy, nervously, and for the first time in years, she was nervous at the sight of him. They were talking on the sofa in Tommy's living room, drinks on the coffee table and Kim looking down at her fiddling hands as she tried to answer probably the most simplest question coming out of Tommy Oliver's mouth, 'What brings you to Reefside?'

"Uh..." Kim started; looking up at Tommy, then went straight to admiring her nail polish. She did this for several amounts of time and Tommy was getting a little irritated. He really wanted to know exactly why she was here.

"Kim, what brings you to Reefside?" Tommy asked again.

Kim breathed lightly before speaking. "I told you." she insisted.

"Told me, what? That you love me?" Tommy urged.

"Yes."

Tommy lifted Kim's chin, having her eyes linger to his lips, then his chocolate brown eyes. Like other times, she got lost in them. "I love you, too." Tommy whispered causing Kim to blink, once, twice, three times.

"You-you do?" she asked and he nodded. She smiled. "I'm sorry."

Tommy's eyebrows furrowed. "For what? Kissing me full forcedly?" he chuckled but Kim shook her head.

"For dumping you." she answered.

"Oh."

"Look, I know you need explanation... about everything after I sent you that letter." She looked at Tommy and he shook his head.

"You don't have to, Kim. Give me another chance to work this relationship out. Please, give me a second chance." he begged of her.

She shook her head and tears spilled out from her face. How could he blame himself for thinking this was all his fault because of his actions. It's hers and he blames himself for something he hasn't done. "YOU WEREN"T THE PROBLEM!" she almost yelled at him and at his antics. She was angry that he blamed himself for the letter. Which was ridiculous. He always called. He always wrote letters and sent her amazing packages. He still did that until she told him she met someone else.

"Kim, I don't understand." Tommy shook his head, confused.

"Tommy, the reason I wrote that letter was... I was worried I'd lose you." Kim confessed, wiping tears from her face.

"Lose me?" Tommy questioned, still confused.

"You see, my parents' relationship didn't end well. My mom ran away after giving birth to me and up until I was five my dad did the same. I only had my uncle and back then, when I started out as a ranger, him and my aunt were still in good terms. Then, I found out that my mom never really ran away, my dad took me from her. He's always wanted a daughter and their love wasn't real so he left her. And when my aunt told me about it, it really didn't matter to me, Tommy. It didn't. But then, I started observing my aunt and uncle's lives together. They drifted apart. That was the problem that I wanted to solve." Kim explained.

"Solve? What problem?" Tommy asked, still uncertain.

"I was afraid that if our relationship was so good that we might not want it anymore, like, it was too good and mellow. I thought you would get bored of everything we did as a couple and when I went to Florida. I thought if you and I were to break up like my aunt and uncle that would kill me entirely. I hated the mention of us breaking up. I love you, Tommy. I wrote the letter so that, you'd be shocked that I did this to you for a man I met that doesn't exist. I knew you'd dread for me and I knew if the time comes, you'd come back and we'd be together again. So, even though we broke up, we actually really didn't. I only saved my feelings and I never did yours. And I'm sorry." Kim sobbed at how cruel she was to Tommy and couldn't shake the feeling he hated her. He probably did. "I was so scared, Tommy. If you were going to break up with me. I only wrote that letter because I was selfish. I was selfish of you. Because when I heard that when you and Kat tried dating, it didn't work out, so I thought my plan did work. I was gonna show up at your door until I heard you disappeared and I thought..." Kim sobbed once again at the mention of thinking Tommy died. "I thought you died in that island, Tommy. I kept tabs on you over the years. Your race car driving career, graduating college, the Forever Red mission. And then the digs. I heard about the island explosion too. I would've come as soon as I heard you were okay. But you just… you were gone. No one knew where you were. Not even Jason knew."

"Look, I understand now what your letter was to only make our bonds stronger, but if you had told me at first that you were having doubts or that you didn't seem fit with the relationship we were in, I would've done something to not make you feel so self conscious and unsure about our relationship. Kim, I love you. I've never stopped. And most importantly, I never will. Honestly, for the last eight years, there isn't a day in which I haven't thought of you." Tommy breathed and pressed his lips to her forehead and looked back at her. "I know you're hurting, I am, too. But surely, we can make this work, Beautiful. The Falcon can never be whole without his Crane."

Kim looked up at Tommy and smiled, laughed a little, as well. She snuggled nearer her Tommy. Funny, she just called Tommy hers when he hasn't been hers for a long while, an almost decade since they had seen each other. "How can you forgive me like that?" Kim asked as her tears welled up through her eyes.

Tommy put his hand under her chin. "Because I believe in us, Kim. We belong together. We're soul mates, right?" Kim nodded and buried her face in his chest. He hugged her tightly and brushing her hair with his hand.

"Tommy, I felt so lonely in Florida. For the first week, it seemed like I was being judged. All eyes on me, like I was a stare down clown misplaced and alone. Everyone seemed to not like the idea of having a newbie being in the centre stage. I was in a new town, with new places to explore, I didn't have anyone. All I had was my gymnastics and you. But I knew that I couldn't have both at the same time in Florida so I wrote that letter so that I could focus on one thing. And for a few months, I did just that. But as the months flew by, gymnastics just wasn't fitting for me. And I knew I made the worst decision of choosing gymnastics over you." Kim bowed her head.

The light-haired ex-gold medalist burst into tears as Tommy embraced her and held her. All she did was just cry. He understood what she meant. By giving him that letter, only made him realize he loved her so much he never wanted to let her go. So, by the intention of the letter, the letter helped him seek through the inner feelings he was feeling for Kim. Tommy kissed her hair and carried her to his room. She hesitantly realized Tommy going up the stairs, him carrying her. He laid her in his master bedroom. And passionately the two kissed as they settled into Tommy's bed. Kim unbuttoned her shirt first as Tommy kissed her neck and finding a weak spot, Kim giggled before moaning loudly Tommy's name. She lifted his shirt over his head and threw it against the door to the bathroom, connected to his bedroom. Kim bit her lip, flirtatiously as she looked upon the topless well-toned with abs science teacher's chest.

"Thomas Oliver, thank god for keeping yourself sexy after all these years." Kim remarked and Tommy smirked as he lay on top of her.

"Guess working out was a habit." he replied and she grinned as she started to take his pants off. She wiggled her shorts of her and settled in again, kissing Tommy's chest several times before letting him roam her body. She couldn't fantasize any other way of Tommy forgiving her like this.

Tommy slipped a hand underneath her bra and Kim quickly slapped it away. "Oh, come on, you can't seriously be that naughty." she shook her head, teasing him.

He grinned. "You don't know, maybe I've been like this for years and haven't noticed."

Kim smirked as she flipped over and now she was on top of him. "Maybe... maybe I'm just gonna do something nasty to you if you do take it off." Tommy saw the red-pink glint of evil in her eyes, from the temple years ago, but shook it off as he showed her his green glint of evil.

Taking the hook of her bra, she entangled it and sent it flying across the floor like the other clothing that belonged to the first power couple and Tommy brushed his lips at Kim's perfect curves, motioning him to come closer.

At one point, both of them, taking all their clothes off and settled in under their covers. Kim's giggle came out as Tommy hungrily kissed her neck before moving down her breasts and stomach. He drew perfect little circles as he roamed her body, Kim letting him and enjoying his company. And before they knew it, they were covered in sweat, breathing heavy as they looked at each other, smiling. Kim snuggled into Tommy, as he held out an arm for her. She rested her head on his chest as they both fell asleep. And for the first time in almost eight years, the power couple were back together. Let's just hope that this time, Kim doesn't change her mind.

A/N: This is to inform you that I might carry this story on with the episodes but tell me your opinions on what I did wrong, what I should put in and that sort of stuff. And yes, I am not good at writing making out scenes. I did my best people! So, deal with it.