Kim knocked on the door and waited for someone to answer. From the cars in the driveway and parked on the street, she was the last one there. It didn't take long for the door to open.

"Hey, Kim," Jason said, holding it open for her. "We were starting to think you were going to miss dinner."

"Sorry," she smiled, stepping inside. "Got a little tied up. Now—where's the baby?"

Jason rolled his eyes, shutting the door behind her.

"Oh, good to see you too," he said.

"You know I'm happy to see you too," she said. "But seriously, where is she?"

"She does have a name," Jason said, raising an eyebrow as Kim kicked off her shoes.

Kim rolled her eyes.

"Ok," she said. "Where's Rose? I want to hold her."

Jason chuckled, shaking his head as he led the way down the hall.

"She's in the living room," he said. "Tommy's holding her. But good luck getting a turn. No one except Trini has been able to pry her away from Tommy all afternoon."

"Oh, is that so?" she said as they walked in.

The living room was full of people. Rocky and Adam were lounging on the couch while Zach was sitting in one of the arm chairs. From the voices coming from the kitchen, Kim guessed that Trini, Tanya, and Aisha were all working on dinner. The kids were running around, laughing and playing with their toys. Rocky and Aisha's identical twin boys, Jacob and Jonathan, were laughing and screaming as they ran around. The three-year-old terrors were having the time of their lives chasing six-year-old Mark around the couch in circles. Four-year-old Kenneth, Kat's son, was watching them with wide-eyes while one-and-a-half-year-old Trevor, Tanya and Adam's little boy, sat on the floor playing with a pile of blocks. But it was Tommy, sitting in the corner in another armchair, who caught Kim's attention. Kat was perched on the arm of his chair, cooing over the baby in his arms. Dodging around the kids, Kim headed straight for Tommy.

"Hey, Kim," he said, glancing up and smiling at her.

"My turn," she said, holding out her arms expectantly.

Tommy raised an eyebrow, making no move to hand over Rose. Kat rolled her eyes, standing up.

"Good luck," she said, shaking her head. "I've been here for hours and this is the closest I've gotten. He hasn't put her down except to let Trini feed her—he's even been changing diapers."

Kim looked at Tommy in surprise, but he just grinned as Kat walked away toward the kitchen.

"Tommy," she said, crossing her arms. "You can't keep her all to yourself."

"Sure I can," he said. "She's my goddaughter."

"So?" Kim said. "Just because Jason asked you to be godfather doesn't mean no one else gets to hold her. You know, there's a godmother, too."

She frowned, turning to look at Jason.

"So why didn't you ask me to be godmother?" she asked, the thought just occurring to her.

Tommy scoffed behind her, smiling down at Rose. Jason was looking at Kim, trying to come up with a quick answer.

"Like he'd ask anyone but Hayley," Tommy said. "Besides, you're Mark's godmother."

"You asked Hayley to be Rose's godmother?" Kim exclaimed.

"You know what?" Jason said. "I'm going to check on dinner."

He quickly spun and hurried out of the room as Zach, Rocky, Adam, and Tommy laughed. Kim turned back to glare at Tommy. But before she could start scolding him about monopolizing Rose again, Trini came walking in.

"Dinnertime," she said.

A short time later, they were all seated around the table in the dining room. Jason and Trini had purposefully chosen a large table when they furnished their house. It sat twelve, which accommodated the eleven rangers whenever they got together. It was harder to fit now that most of them had kids, but they made it work. Tommy didn't follow everyone else into the dining room, staying with the kids in the living room. The rangers had planned a late dinner, but made sure to have the kids eat earlier so they'd make it to bed on time.

"Isn't Tommy going to eat?" Kim asked, frowning as she glanced back in that direction.

Trini and Jason both shook their heads.

"He started a new pain medication for his ribs when he got back from Briarwood," Jason said. "So he really hasn't been hungry…"

"Tommy did eat lunch though," Trini quickly reassured the other rangers, seeing the looks on some of their faces. "He was the first one here today and joined us for lunch."

"And Hayley will make him eat something when he gets home," Jason chuckled. "But right now he's going to keep the kids busy so we can enjoy dinner. Besides, I can handle him not eating once in a while. I'm just glad the pain meds aren't knocking him out anymore. He's awake and that's what's important."

"Speaking of him being awake," Aisha said. "What exactly happened in Briarwood? I never did get the full story."

The others chorused in agreement.

"No kidding," Zach grumbled. "All I got was an email from Kim saying to get ready for Jason's funeral. No explanation. And I had to call four different people before someone finally picked up. It ended up being Jason who answered—and he didn't even give me the full story. Just told me something about Tommy and a spell and then gave me some lame explanation about wanting to spend time with his sisters before he died."

Jason shot a glare at him.

"Hey," he said. "I had threats coming from everyone—especially once they found out I wasn't planning on leaving Briarwood."

Kat and Kim smirked.

"So what happened then?" Rocky asked.

Jason sighed.

"Alright," he said. "Let me start from the beginning…"

"You two really shouldn't be allowed to go anywhere by yourselves anymore," Tanya said a little while later, shaking her head.

Jason had just finished going over events in Briarwood. He'd made it through with minimal interruptions, mostly because he'd ignored the outbursts of the other rangers.

"Tanya's right," Kat agreed. "Tommy's a magnet for magic—"

"And Jason's one for trouble," Kim inserted.

Everyone laughed, nodding in agreement.

"Well, it shouldn't be a problem anymore," Jason said, glaring around the table. "Cause Tommy isn't going back there."

Trini sighed, rolling her eyes.

"Jason, you can't keep him away from there," she pointed out. "He's a grown man who will do what he wants—and he's just as worried about Vida and Madison as you are."

"Not to mention he's part of the standby team," Adam added.

"But I'm not saying a chaperone would be a bad idea," Trini continued, smirking. "For you, too, if you decide to go for another visit. I do not want to get another phone call telling me you've been injured—or worse, captured or brainwashed by some spell."

Jason sighed. They were pretty much done with dinner, so they started helping Trini clean up and get things in the dishwasher.

"So we all agree, right?" Aisha said, looking around.

"Agree with what?" Rocky asked, frowning as he handed his plate to her.

Aisha rolled her eyes, taking a pile of plates over to the dishwasher.

"That Jason and Tommy need to be supervised if they go to Briarwood again," she said.

"Right," Rocky agreed. "I'll go!"

Sighing, Aisha went back to cleaning up.

"So, where's Hayley tonight?" Adam asked, grabbing the rest of the dirty dishes off the table.

"A pipe burst at the café," Jason answered, helping Trini with the leftover food. "She was planning on coming, but she had to wait for the plumbers."

"So why didn't she just come later?" Rocky asked, frowning.

"We would have waited to eat," Tanya added.

"Her car isn't working right now," Trini answered. "And Tommy didn't want to wait for the plumber—he wanted to get here first so he wouldn't have to share Rose."

The rangers all shook their heads.

"I'll bet Hayley isn't too happy about that," Zach snorted. "He's going to be in so much trouble when he gets home."

"You said it," Jason laughed. "And this time she can't blame me—it's all on Tommy."

Once they were all done putting things away, the whole group headed into the living room. They all still wanted a chance to hold Rose before they left and it was getting close to bedtime for the kids. But when they walked into the living room, no one was there.

"It has been quiet, hasn't it?" Kat commented, looking around. "Where did Tommy take the kids?"

"They can't have gone too far," Adam said. "Maybe upstairs?"

Jason shrugged. Turning, he led the way up the stairs toward Mark's room—the most likely place for Tommy to have taken them since that was where most of the toys were. The door to Mark's room was open, as was Rose's room across the hall. When the rangers peered into Mark's bedroom, they found Tommy and the boys. Tommy was sitting on the floor, his back against the wall. There was a rather large collection of toy dinosaurs on the floor in front of him and he was playing with Mark, Kenneth, and the twins. Trevor was asleep curled up in Tommy's lap.

"Ohh…That's so cute," Kim smiled.

The other girls nodded in agreement as the guys shook their heads. Tommy glanced up at them, putting a finger to his lips.

"Shhh…" he said, nodding toward the door. "Rose is asleep."

Trini looked at him in surprise, glancing behind her toward her daughter's room.

"Thank you," she said gratefully.

"Aww…but we never got to hold her," Kat sighed.

"Well we aren't waking her back up," Trini said firmly. "You'll have to wait until next time."

"Besides," Jason said, chuckling as he watched the kids with Tommy. "You've all got kids of your own that look ready for bed."

Mark was the most awake out of all four of the boys. Kenneth, Jacob, and Jonathan were all starting to droop, though the twins were fighting really hard to stay awake. They were determined to stay up and play.

"Alright," Aisha said, walking into the room. "Time to go home."

Her boys turned, giving her identical looks of displeasure. Identical in nearly every way, most days it was hard for some of the rangers to tell them apart. Aisha and Rocky almost always knew which twin they were identifying, as did Tommy. Everyone else generally went by the color the boys were wearing. Jacob had a fondness for red while Jonathan preferred blue.

"Mom is right," Rocky agreed, following. "Come on, Jake. You too, Jon."

Reaching down, he scooped both of them up.

"We'll come play again soon," he promised.

But the boys, despite protests, were already nodding against his shoulders. Aisha smiled as she took Jonathan from him.

"We'll see you guys later," she said. "It's almost past their bedtime."

As they moved out of the way, Tanya moved forward to get Trevor from Tommy.

"Come on, sweetheart," she murmured. "We're going to get you in your own bed."

He just snuggled in closer to her shoulder, his eyes staying firmly shut.

"Thank you, Tommy," she smiled.

"Anytime," he said, slowly getting back to his feet. "Mmm…Foot is asleep…"

Adam chuckled, reaching out to help Tommy the rest of the way up. Once he was sure Tommy wasn't going to just fall back over, he and Tanya said their goodbyes and headed out the door.

"Alright, sweetie," Kat smiled, crouching down and holding her arms out to Kenneth. "It's your bedtime, too."

Kenneth stood up and walked over to her, wrapping his arms around her neck. She hugged him close as she got back to her feet.

"I'll walk out with you," Kim said. "Bye guys. Take care of yourself Tommy."

He just smiled in response, watching them go.

"Guess I'd better be heading out, too," he said to Jason, starting to limp toward the door.

Jason frowned as Trini moved to start getting Mark ready for bed.

"Hey, bro," he said. "You're not going to fall down the stairs, are you?"

Tommy rolled his eyes.

"No," he said as he kept going.

Jason kept following anyways, leaving Trini to laugh at the pair of them.

Downstairs, Kim and Kat got their things together and walked out to the cars. Kenneth was mostly asleep against Kat's shoulder.

"So how long are you going to be in town?" Kim asked, glancing over at Kat.

"Just the rest of the week," Kat said. "I have to meet back up with my dance company for the rest of our tour. I already missed one show to come back for Tommy…Though I guess the timing worked out well."

Kim laughed, nodding.

"It did, didn't it?" she said. "You got to see the baby—well, sort of…And we all got to spend time together."

"Mmm hmm…" Kat said. "Alright, Kenny. In your car seat now."

She opened the door. As she started to get him situated, he woke back up a little.

"Wanna play with Uncle Tommy…" he mumbled, yawning.

"Next time," Kat promised. "And then we can stay longer, ok?"

The little boy nodded sleepily. Once he was buckled in, Kat shut the door.

"Tommy really is great with the kids," Kim commented, glancing back toward the house.

"Yeah, he is," Kat agreed softly. "He really should be a dad…"

Kim's face lit up.

"We should talk to Hayley," she grinned. "Do you think she's still awake?"

"Probably," Kat said. "But I don't think tonight would be the best time to bring that up…"

"Why not?" Kim frowned.

Kat smiled, shaking her head.

"She's bound to be mad at Tommy for leaving her in Reefside, remember?" she said.

"Oh, right," Kim said. "How about this weekend? Before you leave, of course. We can get together for lunch and give her a call."

Laughing, Kat nodded.

"It's a deal," she said. "We can set plans tomorrow, alright?"

Hugging each other, the two women said goodbye for the night.

Back inside, Tommy had made it down the stairs without an incident—even with Jason hovering right behind him the entire way.

"You good to drive home?" Jason asked as he watched Tommy putting on his shoes.

"Yeah," Tommy said. "Besides, if I don't come home tonight Hayley might come out here after me—car or no car."

Jason chuckled.

"She'll just take one of those cycles you have hidden away," he said. "Or one of the raptors."

"Or she'll call Anton and borrow a car," Tommy said drily, glancing up at Jason. "Anyways, you need to stop being so paranoid. I'm fine. And you and Trini both need to get some sleep before Rose wakes you up in a few hours."

"Yeah," Jason sighed. "I'd forgotten how little sleep there is in a house with a new baby…"

Tommy laughed, straightening up with a slight wince.

"Well, then get sleep while you can," he said. "And I'll be by again soon—with Hayley this time."

"Alright," Jason said, nodding. "Good luck with Hayley."

Tommy rolled his eyes as Jason grinned.

"She won't kill me yet," Tommy said over his shoulder as he headed for the door. "I haven't finished fixing her car."

Jason started laughing, following him to the door.

"And why not?" he chuckled. "It used to just take you a few hours to fix up a car."

Tommy paused, shrugging.

"Waiting on a part," he answered. "Her water pump is shot and they didn't have the right part at the store. We ordered it but it hadn't come in as of this morning. So there's not a whole lot I can do until we get that part."

Jason nodded in understanding.

"Anyways," Tommy said, heading toward his Jeep. "I'll see you later, Rex."

"See you later, Falcon," Jason said.

Turning, Jason headed back inside as Tommy climbed into his Jeep and drove away.