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Denny's Restaurant
Monday Morning:
After the initial buzz wore off from seeing that their friends were back together again, most called it a night due to some having to got to work in the morning and Aisha having an early doctor's appointment.
"I'm telling you it's a boy Aisha," said Rocky as he ate a piece of his blueberry pancakes.
"And just how do you know?"
Placing his silverware back onto his plate, Rocky began to give Aisha his theory on how he could tell what the baby's gender is going to be. "One night when you were sleep, I laid there and watched you for a while. After about 20 minutes, I saw the baby move. I was just over whelmed."
With a faraway look I his eyes, Rocky continued in a voice just above a whisper. "I couldn't help but think, wow, one day I'm gonna be able to hold my baby in my hands. So I started talking to him. You must have been really out of it because you didn't wake up at all. I remember placing my hands on your stomach, and while I was rubbing it, he gave the hardest kick ever. And all I could say was... that's my boy. I think that after a while of listening to me, he kind of got bored and went to sleep because he stopped moving. But then all I could think was that, I had put my son to sleep for the first time."
After hearing the lovely comments that Rocky told her, Aisha wiped the tears from her eyes. As she opened her mouth to respond, Aisha couldn't find the words. So instead, she stood up and leaned across the table and gave Rocky a tender kiss in which she repeated "I love you" over and over again.
Moore & Moore Law Firm
Monday Morning:
Even though Trini was all sugar and spice to her friends and family, she was nothing but pure evil to anyone she went against in the courtroom. With a record of 15 wins and 1 loss, Trini had the right to walk in any courtroom with the confidence of a woman who knows she is about to win. Sitting at her desk looking over the divorce files of her newest client, Trini was soon interrupted when the voice of her secretary came over the intercom to announce that she had a call.
"Ms. Kwan you have a call on line 1."
"Thank you Leslie," said Trini as she answered her phone.
"This is Trini speaking, how may I help you?"
"Hey Trini I got your message last night saying to call you at work this morning. What's up," said Zack.
Pushing her papers to the side, Trini got right down to business explaining to Zack just why she had him call her.
"You didn't by any chance happen to catch Tommy's race yesterday did you?" asked Trini.
"Sorry, I didn't have a chance to watch it. I had practice all day yesterday. Since we leave to go on tour with Usher Thursday, we had to make sure all the dancers knew their routine down pact," explained Zack. "So, what did I miss?"
"You only missed the reunion of a life time. When Aisha and I couldn't find Kim all weekend, we got kind of worried. But once we saw Tommy's race, we realized that we had got all worked up for nothing. When Tommy jumped out of his car at the winners circle, guess who was there to greet him with a big passionate kiss. None other than the one and only Kimberly Ann Hart. That's right, you heard it here first. Tommy and Kimberly are back together," finished Trini with a satisfied smile on her face.
"Wow! That's great. But after what you told me about how they had been treating each other since Nick's birthday party, I thought they would never get back together. At least not this soon."
"Well they are. And we are just waiting to drill them about it when they get back."
"I better get an update on all the juicy details. And I mean all the details. Look Trini, I gotta go; but keep me informed okay," said Zack as he prepared to hang up.
"Not a problem. Talk to you later. Bye."
"Bye."
American Air Flight 1907
Monday Afternoon:
Sitting in first class, the couple sat snuggled together each in their own thoughts. Contemplating over the events of the last couple of days, both were brought back to reality by the voice of the flight stewardess.
"Let me guess, newly weds."
Looking at each other, Tommy and Kimberly both replied at the same time. "No."
"Maybe not yet, but I can tell that you both are very much in love," said the stewardess.
"Yes we are," said Kim as she lovingly rubbed Tommy's cheek.
"Well then congratulations anyway. Can I offer you both some champagne."
"Yes. Thank you," they both replied.
After taking their glass, Kim and Tommy both made a toast to each other.
Looking into Tommy's eyes, Kim started off first by saying, "To you Tommy the love of my life. The last couple of years without have been lonely and sad. I don't ever want to feel like that again. That's why I don't ever plan on letting you go again. So whether you like it or not, you're stuck with me forever."
"Wow! I don't know how I can follow up a speech like that," stated Tommy. "Okay, okay." With a serious look on his face, he began with, "Beautiful. First off it feels great just to be able to call you that again. I am so happy that you feel the same way I do, that I can't even put it into words. But what I can put into words, is how I am not going to let you or myself, walk out on us again. I plan on telling you that I love you everyday so there is no way that you could forget. You and Nick are my world Kim. There is nobody and I do mean nobody that is going to split us up."
"To us."
"To us," echoed Kim.
Pressman Inc.
Monday Afternoon:
After not seeing Kim at her desk all morning, Tyler finally decided to go looking around the building for her. With his search turning up empty, Tyler asked a fellow co-worker about Kim's where abouts.
"Hey Susan, have you seen Kimberly at all today?"
"No. I believe Cindy said that Kimberly called in sick this morning. She'll probably be back in tomorrow."
"Thanks a lot Susan. I'll call Kim later on to see how she feeling," said Tyler. Once Susan was out of ear-shot, Tyler replied, "Or maybe I'll just go by her home and check on her in person."
With a mischievous smile on his face, Tyler had decided that one way or another, he was going to see Kimberly Hart today.
Angel Grove International Airport
Monday Evening:
"Mommy," yelled Nicholas as he spotted his parents coming towards him.
"Hey baby," said Kim as she bent down to pick up her son. "I missed you so much sweetheart. Have you been a good boy for your grandmother?"
"Yes."
"Hey little man. What's going on. Can I have a kiss?" asked Tommy as he took Nick from Kim's arms.
"Thanks again Mrs. Oliver for watching Nick over the weekend for me. I hope he was not too much trouble."
"Nonsense dear. He was no trouble at all. And please call me mom," said Jill Oliver.
"Well in that case, thanks mom," said Kim with a smile as collected her son from Tommy.
"Let's get our bags and get out of here," stated Tommy as he went in search of their luggage.
"I am so glad that you two are home and together again," said Mrs. Oliver as she stood with the couple at the baggage claim in the airport.
"Not as happy as we are," replied Kim.
"Okay, I believe this is all of our things. Let's get out of here," said Tommy as he and his family made their way out of the airport.
Oliver residence
Monday Evening:
With Kimberly up stairs packing up Nicks things, that gave Tommy and his mother a chance to talk privately.
"So Tommy, is this it. Is this time going to be for the long run."
"Yeah mom, I think so. I'm actually thinking about Kim and me long-term. I've even thought about getting rid of my condo apartment and buying a house. So I can ask her to move in with me. That way we wouldn't have to drag Nick from place to place. I really wanna make it work with us mom," said Tommy.
"Then if that's what you want Tommy go for it. No matter what happens, you have my support 100," replied Jill as she leaned over to give her son a hug.
Hearing the two making their way down the stairs, Tommy and his mother went into the living room where they met up with Kim and Nicholas.
"So, you got everything together?" asked Tommy.
"Yep. All of Nick's things are packed and we are ready to go," answered Kim as she held Nicks hand.
"Alright you two let's get out of here," Tommy said as he gave his mother a kiss on the cheek and ushered his family of two out of the door. "I'll talk to you tomorrow mom."
"Bye dears."
"Bye grandma," yelled as Nick as Tommy put him into his booster seat inside his truck.
Kim's Apartment
Monday Night:
Pulling up and parking in the empty parking space in front of Kimberly's apartment building, the Oliver's and Harts proceeded to go into the building.
"I'll grab the bags. You just take Nick inside," said Tommy as he went to the back of his Escalade and grabbed Kim's and Nick's luggage.
Once Tommy came inside and closed the door, Kim asked, "Do you want Chinese or pizza?"
"Chinese," answered Tommy as he took a seat on the couch.
With the menu of a local Chinese restaurant in her hand, Kim asked, "What do you want?"
"Beef lo mien, orange chicken, and an extra order of fortune cookies," answered Tommy as he sat on the couch watching cartoons on the Disney Channel with his son.
"Alright dinner should be here in 20 minutes," said Kim as she took a seat with them on the couch.
"Well in that case, I'm gonna take this little man and give him a bath," stated Tommy as he picked Nicholas up and tickled him all the way to the bathroom.
"Okay. I'm just gonna check my messages."
"You have 10 new messages," said Kim's voice mail after she entered in her security password.
First message, "Hi darling this is your mother. Give me a call when you get this. Love you."
Message #2, "Hey Kim this is Kendall. Give me a call."
Message #3, "Kim this is Aisha. I guess I'll try your cell. Bye."
Message #4, "Kim it's me Trini. Aisha and I have been trying to reach you on your cell all day. Give us a call will you."
Message#5, "Okay Kimberly. This so not funny. We haven't heard from you in two days. Call me ASAP."
Message#6, "Kim could you please call Aisha. I already have to deal with her mood swings. Now with her panicking over you is making my job ten times harder."
Message#7, "I have been wrecking my brain trying to figure out where you were. Not to mention having heart attack after heart attack from worrying whether or not you were ok. And all this time you were with Tommy possibly creating another little Tommy. If I go into premature labor over this, it is going to be all your fault."
Message#8, "Kim it's me Adam. We all saw what happened. I'll harass you two when you get back. Enjoy your selves."
Message#9, "So, you had me and Aisha worried to death while all the time you were with Tommy. If anybody you should have called your best friend Trini and told her what was going on. But since I am a lawyer, you will be put on the stand. And you will tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. Got it. Good."
Message#10, "Its Jase Kim. I just thought that I would warn you. Aisha and Trini have been worried about you all weekend since you haven't been answering your phone. They saw that you were with Tommy. They both were very pissed that you didn't tell them that you were going down there with him. Of course you know that they are going to want to know how it all happened and everything in between. But all in all, we're all happy that you two are back together. I'll talk to later. Bye." End of messages.
15 minutes later there was a knock on Kimberly's door. Thinking it was the Chinese food they had just ordered, Kim proceeded to answer the door. As she opened the door, Kim was shocked to see who was on the other end.
"Hey Kim."
"Tyler. What are you doing here?" asked Kimberly.
"Susan told me that you called in sick today. So I thought that I would bring you some chicken noodle soup," answered Tyler as he held up the brown paper bag and walked inside Kimberly's apartment.
"You really didn't have to do that," said Kim as she looked from Tyler to the bathroom door that was closed and back to Tyler.
"It was no problem at all." Rubbing his hand up and Kim's left arm, Tyler continued by saying, "Besides, you shouldn't be alone when you're not feeling good. You should have someone here to those little things for you while you're laying down resting."
"She does."
Turning their heads in the direction the voice came from, neither Tyler nor Kim heard Tommy approaching them inside her kitchen. Looking between Kim and Tyler, Tommy was trying to figure out what was going on. Before he could say anything else, there was a knock at Kim's door.
As Kim went to se who was at the door, Tommy and Tyler were locked an intense stare down. While Kim was paying for the food, Tommy decided to break the silence by asking Tyler, "Why are you even here?"
"A co-worker informed me that Kim was out sick. So I thought it would be nice of me to bring her some soup," answered Tyler.
Stepping a little bit closer to Tyler, Tommy stated, "Well as you can see she doesn't need you or your soup."
"How about we let Kim decide whether or not she wants me around," replied Tyler as he also moved a little closer.
"I think she made her decision when she dumped you."
"She also dumped you once before. I guess history has a way of repeating itself. So maybe I'll get my second chance also."
Before anyone could say anything else, Kim walked back into the kitchen with three bags of food. Seeing the intense anger in Tommy's eyes and the arrogant smirk on Tyler's face, Kim knew without a shadow of a doubt that there had been an exchange between the two.
"So, what did I miss?" asked Kim looking at the two.
"Nothing," answered Tyler as he flashed Kim a thousand watt smile.
"Yeah nothing," replied Tommy not taking his eyes off of Tyler.
"Tyler as you can see I am feeling much better and will see you at work tomorrow."
"Are you sure you don't need anything else?" asked Tyler as Kim escorted him to the door.
"She's sure," answered Tommy as he followed behind the pair.
After giving Tommy an angry scowl, Kim replied, "I'm sure. Thanks for coming bye and closed her door.
"Okay. What the hell was that all about," asked Kim once she and Tommy were alone again.
"Simple version, he wants you back. He didn't come over here just to bring you soup."
"Yeah right," said Kim as she went into the kitchen to start fixing their plates.
"I'm telling you the truth Kim. He all but admitted it when we were in the kitchen. I'm telling you Kim, there is something about him that I just don't trust."
Sitting three glasses down on the table, Kim turned facing Tommy putting her arms around his neck and responded, "Tyler's harmless Tommy. Besides what are you gonna do. Guard my body 24/7."
With his hands on her waist, Tommy replied, "Even though that does sound like a great offer. I was thinking more along the lines of tonight and then we'll see what happens," as he finished off in a whisper starting a trail of wet kisses along her neck.
"Tommy…….Tommy," pushing him away, Kim was able to finish her sentence, "Tommy go and get your son. Dinner is getting cold."
"But my dinner was just heating up."
"NOW TOMMY," shouted Kim in a joking manner.
"Alright, alright I'm going jeez," said Tommy as he exited the kitchen.
The three sat down to have a nice family dinner. It seemed as id everything was finally going according to plan and they were going to live a simple and happy life. But as everyone knows, nothing in life is ever that simple.
"Enjoy your family now Tommy. Because by any means necessary, your family will soon be mine."
I hope you all enjoyed that as much as I did writing it. The plot now thickens. Who is this mysterious person that is trying to take Tommy's place? As always read and review.