Chapter Five
Kimberly eagerly hopped off of her bed and rushed to her vanity to brush her hair and retouch her make up. She had to straighten her pigtails. She wanted to look nice for Tommy. She always wanted to look nice for Tommy. She wanted him to be interested in her. She wanted him to see her and ask her to the dance.
The dance, she wondered if someone was going to ask her to the event. Well, actually someone did ask her, Skull, but he didn't count. He was always asks her out and she never took him seriously. She was hoping for someone else to ask her out this time, someone like Tommy.
She had liked the Green Ranger from the first moment she saw him. She had shown him her affection towards him often in the pass weeks and she wondered if he was catching her signals. It seemed like he was, then again he never made the first move. She always did, well except for when it came to escorting her home, but Tommy good just be being a gentleman.
Kim paused her primping and stared blankly at her reflection. She didn't want to think about that, but her mind went back to the dance and Tommy's unexpected phone call. Tommy didn't sound like he wanted to ask her to go with him. He sounded too serious. Maybe, he wanted to ask someone else. Maybe, he only needed her advice.
Kimberly bit her lip at the thought. She didn´t think she could handle that. She didn't want to be the one who helped him date another girl. Well, she would help him, what kind of a friend would she be if she didn't, but she didn't think she would be able to handle the emotions that she would feel because of it. If the Green Ranger wanted to ask out another girl, why didn't he call one of the guys?
Kim walked to her bed as if in a daze and sat heavily up its surface. Her eyes began to glass over with tears. She didn't like the thought of Tommy liking some other girl. It hurt her to no end and made her want to lie down and curl into a tight ball and cry. She knew she could do this. She had to face the issue; she was a Power Ranger, after all.
Kimberly stood. She had better things to do than sit in her room in self-pity. She wiped away the tears from her cheek. She hadn't realized her tears had fallen. She approached her vanity once more to clean up her face. She couldn't allow Tommy to see her crying. She didn't lie to him if he asked her what was bothering her.
Kim sighed as she, again, straightened her pigtails, reapplied her minimum make-up, and ran her hands over her dress to straighten it. With one last glance at her mirror, she decided she looked presentable enough to venture out into public.
As she stepped outside of her house, Kimberly took on final breath and glanced up at the sky. It was overcast gray, depressing clouds, but it didn't look like it was going to rain. She had believe that was good sign.
Another heavy sigh and Kimberly pushed away her thoughts of despair and began to think confidently. Tommy could very well ask her out. Trini and her other friends seemed to think he would. He was probably just sounding brave over the phone. Now, it was her turn to be brave and find out why the Green Ranger wanted them to meet.