Five Years Later…
I know it's been a while since I've updated this but I got a little side tracked with school and all. I've this chapter planned for ages, I just never had the time to type it out and upload it. Anyways, I hope you like it.
Chapter 3:
Kira rolled over and stared at the ceiling. For some reason she just couldn't sleep. She was tired but when ever she closed her eyes and tried to sleep she would feel wide awake. She sighed and rolled over again. It bright numbers on the digital clock on the bedside table told her that it was one in the morning. She had been lying in bed for more than an hour already.
The 6 of them had gone out for dinner at some fancy place of which she couldn't remember the name. There she caught up with Connor, Ethan and Trent while Tommy and Adam talked about their old ranger days. After dinner they drove to the convenience store to pick up some snacks before her, Adam and Tommy went back to Tommy's house while the others went to their own places. They had decided to end the night early because she and Adam were tired from the drive and Ethan had to get up early to check something at work.
This was how she ended up staring at the ceiling. When the clock blinked 1.30 am she threw of her covers, giving up on getting any sleep, and padded downstairs. She went to the kitchen, grabbed a pint of Ben and Jerry's Cookie Dough Ice Cream and went to the living room to watch some TV. She spent about 10 minutes flicking through the channels before settling on a rerun of The Nanny.
A couple of minutes later she heard someone behind her, she turned and saw Tommy standing there.
"Hey, sorry I didn't mean to wake you." She apologized.
Tommy shook his head, "Don't worry you didn't. I couldn't sleep. Looks like we had the same idea" he said pointing to the tub in her hand, "Want some company?"
"Sure." She said moving to one side to give him room. When he was finally comfortably seated she passed him the ice cream. They sat in silence, just watching the show and passing the ice cream back and forth.
Tommy looked at the girl next to him. She was a vision and it took every ounce of his strength to not reach over and touch her. Instead he decided to ask her something that had been bothering him since he saw her.
"Hey Kira, could I ask you something?"
"Sure."
"Why did you quit singing?"
Kira did not answer. Instead she gave Tommy a measuring look, like she was checking to see if he were worth answering.
"Let me ask you a question first. You've heard my songs, what do you think of them? The songs not my singing…"
Tommy thought back to the numerous times he had heard her perform. "They were pretty good."
"Well, the label didn't think so. They said that if I were to become a star the music I sang had to appeal to the audience. And that my stuff was just not what people wanted to hear. It was, to them, too amateurish and unappealing. But when I first went o New York I told myself that no matter what, I would only sing my songs. I didn't mean it in a self obsessed kinda way; it's just that I sing best if I know where the lyrics came from and why it was written." She paused to take a spoonful of ice cream. "So my producer and I got in to a fight and I quit. That was it. I tried looking for others but I felt so…demoralized about them not wanting my originals that eventually I just gave up."
Tommy was quiet, he had no idea that Kira had been through so much. He looked over at her and saw tears glistening in her eyes. He took the ice cream out of her hands and placed it on the table before reaching over and pulling her into a hug.
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Adam stretched his arms as he walked downstairs quietly. He didn't want to wake Kira or Tommy up. He walked to the living room, intending to watch some TV but realized that was impossible. There were already two occupants on the only couch in the room. And they were sleeping. Kira was lying against Tommy's back with her head in the crook of his neck and Tommy had his head buried in her hair. He glanced at the clock; the others would be arriving soon. Kira would be after his blood if he allowed them to see her like this and on top of it they would tease her mercilessly. He was about to reach over and wake her up when an idea struck him. He quickly dug into his pocket and took out his cell phone and snapped a few pictures of them. Just because he wasn't going to let the others tease her, it did not mean he couldn't.
Grinning her put his phone back in to his pocket, reached over and gently extricated Kira from Tommy's grip without waking either of them up and carried her upstairs.
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Kira walked to the kitchen rubbing her sleep filled eyes. It was just past 12 in the afternoon. She couldn't believe that she slept for so long. She was a little confused though, as to how she ended up in her room. The last thing she remembered was talking to Tommy in the living room.
She saw a cup of coffee on the counter and made a bee line for it and gulped it down. Ah…Coffee, just what she needed. As she put her cup back on the counter she noticed a note next to it addressed to her,
Good morning/afternoon Kira!
Hey sleepy head! If you're wondering why the house is so quiet it's because we're all in the sound proof basement. Dr. O felt like showing Connor that age doesn't matter when it comes to fighting so be challenged all of us to a sparring match. Yes, all of us include you Kira.
So as soon as you've drink the cup of coffee that I've left for you come and join us. Only you can beat him! You have to! I already placed a bet on you! I can't loose 100 dollars to Connor of all people! My financial life is in your hands!
Trent
Kira groaned a sparring match against Tommy! She had a feeling today was not going to be a good day.
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When Kira entered the basement she saw that Tommy and Adam were the ones fighting. She joined Trent and Connor on the other side of the room.
"Hey sleeping…I was going to say beauty but I realized how wrong I was."
"Shut up Connor. It's your fault the first thing I have to do today is fight the person who's a ranger like five times and was at one point of his life a fighting champion."
Connor grinned at her, "You could take it easy and let him win…"
Trent looked at her alarmed, "You won't do that! Right?"
Kira sighed, "Relax Trent, I have too much at stake to let him win."
"Dude! There's no way you can beat Dr. O!"
Now it was Kira turn to grin, "Ah, but forget who I've been living with for over a year…" she nodded towards Adam who had just pinned Tommy down and was now helping him up. "I have a few new tricks up my sleeves" she said winking at them as she approached the fighting mat.
"Hey, old man."
Tommy glared at her, "I am not old!"
"Prove it…"
"Oh I am…"
They stood facing each other and bowed.
First they started by testing each other out, to judge their strength and after a couple of kicks and punches Tommy realized that they were evenly matched, which was not how it was 5 years ago. That meant…
"Guess you've learnt some things from frog boy…" Punch
Kira grinned, "Yeah, I have. My lessons were entitled how to kick an old man's butt" Dodge, Kick
"Ah, so before that you couldn't even beat an old man…" Block, Sweeping kick.
"Well, I could but I had to find the right way to bring em' down properly." Jump
"Right…Kira I had no idea you were so full of excuses…" Punch, Punch, Kick
"Say what you will but I'm not about to let you win." Dodge, dodge, dodge, jump kick
"Oh you don't have to let me win. I will win!" back flip
"That's what you think…" step forward
"That's what I know" High kick
"For someone who has a PhD you sure know very little!" Duck, sweeping kick
"Well, at least I've been to college…"
"Aw…did you really think the 'go to college' line would work me up?"
"Work you up? I was merely making an observation"
"Right…well not all of us need to go to college just to graduate and create monsters and become a ranger again" Both circle each other…
"Well…at least I…at least I don't live with a frog!" Continue circling
"Ha! Is that the best you can come with? Dr. O you're losing you're touch…"
The others were now getting bored with their banter, Connor and Trent were discussing some soccer match and Adam was looking at his watch wondering what time the two of them would end. He was getting hungry…
"Well, at least if I were to right songs they wouldn't be rejected by-" he was unable to complete his sentence because Kira had given him a hard kick in the gut and he landed on the floor across the room.
"At least I give a shit about other people's feelings and not continuously put my foot in my mouth" she snarled before storming out.
Tommy turned to the others. Connor and Trent looked as confused as he felt but Adam was glowering at him. Tommy stood up, brushed himself off and headed towards the door fully intending on going after Kira but he found his way blocked by Adam.
"Oh no you don't. I think you've done enough." He growled.
"Look, I just want to go and see if she's ok!"
Adam narrowed his eyes at his former leader, "Could we talk? In privet?"
Tommy ran a hand through his hair in frustration, he wanted to go after Kira but he knew that he wouldn't be able to get past Adam. He turned to Connor and Trent. The two of them got up and left immediately.
"She told you? About what happened with the label?" Adam asked.
"Yeah…why?"
"Well, that brings the total amount of people she's told to 2. You and me!"
"Wait, she never told anybody?!"
"No, why I don't know. I do know that she doesn't like to talk about it." He paused, "Personally I think those labels were nuts for turning down her music but no matter what I say I can never convince her." His tone softened a bit, "Look Tommy, Kira's like a little sister to me…"
"Little sister?" Tommy scoffed.
"Yes, sister."
"Don't tell me there was never a time you wanted more than that…"
Adam glared at Tommy, "It was a long time ago. We could have been more than just friends, but…"
"But?"
Adam sighed, "But I wasn't the one she wanted. The guy she wanted hurt her a long time ago and she never forgot it."
He glared at Tommy again, "As far as I'm concerned he doesn't deserve her. But it's what makes her happy." He stood aside to let Tommy pass, "Do me a favor and don't screw it up." Tommy nodded at Adam, "Thanks" he said and raced up the stairs but he could have sworn he heard his ex teammate say, "Don't mess her up again…" What did he mean?
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