Chapter Six:

Kim woke up with a groan; she was not ready for it to be morning yet. The past few weeks had been a dream come true, but at the moment all she wanted to do was go back to dreaming. Her leg was throbbing and she just didn't feel like getting up, especially since she could tell that it was dumping buckets of rain outside. She moaned; shifting positions, perhaps if she shifts position her leg would stop throbbing.

Way too early for her liking her alarm went off alerting her to a brand new day. Kim moaned as she got out of bed, or at least she tried to get out of bed. The moment she put any weight on her bad leg it sent a sharp pain all the way up, causing her to black out for a moment.

She sat down on her bed for a moment, contemplating what to do. The weather outside was damp and her leg was being excruciatingly painful to the point that she couldn't put any weight on it, and she knew from experience that her leg won't stop hurting until the weather dried up some. She didn't have any choice; she was going to have to call in sick, again.

"Well there goes another job," she muttered under her breath, she couldn't remember how many jobs she had lost because she had missed too many days because she had been hurting too much to move. Of course things might be different this time; Elsa had made sure that she knew Kim's health concerns and problems so that she could work around them. Plus Tommy knew everything, but if the school board decided that she was unreliable then she was done for, even if Elsa and Tommy vie for her.

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"What's wrong with Kim? Is she okay?" Elsa demanded as soon as she saw Tommy enter the building.

Tommy looked at Elsa, who had acted like a little kid in a candy store when he had announced that he and Kim had gotten back together, "I don't know, she was a bit sore when I dropped her off last night, but that is to be expected when she's on her feet all day."

"Oh, really, what did you do last night?" Elsa asked perking up suddenly.

"Dinner and a movie, why are you giving me the third degree? You don't ask the other teachers about their love lives."

"Oh, but Tommy, they aren't close personal friends like we are."

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Kim slowly sat up; looking around the guess bedroom she had woken up in. She had been surprised when Tommy had shown up after school to check on her, especially after he insisted that she come home with him, at least for thanksgiving.

She had fallen asleep on the way to his house, mainly due to the lack of sleep she had experience the night before, and was now taking in her surroundings. The room's color scheme was green, from walls to bedding, and was decorated in Original Green Ranger Memorabilia. For Kim, that told her that this wasn't just a bedroom, but that it was a shrine for his original power that he had lost in the line of duty.

She swung her legs over the edge of the bed, grateful that the rain had stopped and her leg wasn't hurting as much as it had been. She grabbed her cane and limped down the stairs.

She found Tommy talking on the phone in the Kitchen, "Mom, look I want to come for dinner, but my girlfriend doesn't feel up to traveling and she has no one to spend the holiday with."

Kim smiled as she watched Tommy pace around the Kitchen as he added, "No, Mom, you don't have to come up." Silence followed that statement as no doubt his mother was arguing with him about that.

"Fine you can come up, but I'm expecting some of my former students to stop by sometime during the week and I might disappear for a while when they arrive."

Kim cleared her throat, letting him know that she was behind him. He smiled and gestured that she should sit down, as he hung up the phone.

"I'm sorry that I ruined your plans." Kim apologized.

Tommy shook his head, "Don't be, I would have probably found another excuse not to go. Like I told Mom, I expect the Rangers to show up sometime this week. I want to be here when they come."

"So your parents are coming here instead? And how are you going to explain to them why you have former high school students showing up at your house. I still don't know where Ms. Appleby lives."

"I spent a lot of time in detention with them." Tommy responded quickly.

"Elsa never lets you cover detention, something about you losing students, letting them run wild and something about a t-rex trying to eat you."

Tommy laughed, "Well now you know why I was in detention."

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Tommy entered his house after work the next day with Kim and Olivia. How in the world had Anton and Elsa managed to talk him into taking Olivia for the week? He shook his head, Trent had called and told his parents about an art exhibit that he had put together and they were going up during Thanksgiving to see it. Olivia hadn't wanted to go on a long car trip just to see some pictures someone she had never meant before had drawn.

After that all Tommy could really remember was the fact that he was being handed Olivia's Princess Suitcase and was taking her home with him.

Olivia bubbled with excitement when she was shown into one of Tommy's guest bedrooms, this one decorated with White Ranger memorabilia. Kim looked at Tommy with a knowing look, "You have one for Zeo Ranger Five don't you?"

Tommy nodded, "Yeah, all three of my spare bedrooms up here are ranger themed, no one but the teens, former rangers, and David ever spend the night."

"David?" Olivia asked, cocking her head to one side.

"My big brother," Tommy explained much to Kim's confusion, so he continued, "Met him my senior year, he's pretty awesome, and he knows our secret."

"What secret?" Olivia demanded she hated being left in the dark.

Both Tommy and Kim shared a look before responding, "Nothing that you need to be worried about."

…

The next day dawned damp due to the rain they had received the night before. Tommy moaned as he slipped out of bed as silently as possible, he knew from experience that former ranger tend to be light sleepers and he didn't want to wake Kim up. Or Olivia for that matter, the young girl had been excited the night before and had refused to go to bed.

As he made sure that the red bedroom was ready for his parents to spend the night, he made a list of groceries that he needed to get. He hadn't planned on having a big Thanksgiving meal, in fact he had planned on going to a restaurant for dinner, but with his parents and Kim and Olivia being there he might as well have the real thing.

Just then the doorbell rang downstairs, startling Tommy out of his thoughts. He headed downstairs and answered the door to find David and Sam standing on the front porch.

Tommy was surprised to say the less, David and Sam Trueheart never came for Thanksgiving, preferring to celebrate by themselves. As Tommy let them in David asked, "So where is my future sister-in-law and niece?"

Tommy's eyes grew round, he forgot about Sam's visions, were they about Kim and Olivia? "They're still asleep, it's only seven thirty."

As if to contradict him down came Olivia wearing footie pajamas, "What's going on? Who are they?"

Tommy looked at Olivia's trusting face before saying, "This is my brother David and his dad Sam."

"You can call me Uncle David." David told the little girl.

Kim was on the staircase, watching as Olivia talked to someone she assumed had to have been Tommy's brother, they looked so much alike. She laughed as Olivia dragged him off to the living room to watch cartoons with her.

As she dismounted the steps the elderly Native American man that was with Tommy greeted her with, "You must be the young falcon's beautiful crane, Kimberly. Am I right?"

Kim sputtered, "How do you know what our spirit animals are? Even Kenny doesn't know about that."

Tommy placed his arm around Kim and whispered in her ear, "I think he might be related to Zordon, the way he knows things. Just nod and act like it's common knowledge. Don't worry, he won't tell someone who shouldn't know."

Tommy ended up going to the store with David so that they could catch up and get the shopping done before everyone else hits the store. They hoped in vain to beat the last minute grocery shoppers, the store was a zoo.

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The next morning Kim was on the couch watching the Parade on TV with Olivia as Sam chased David and Tommy out of the kitchen before they ruined the Turkey.

Just then the door slammed open and an angry looking blonde young woman stormed into the house, a boy dressed in red her age following close behind, as she yelled, "Dr. O, you are in big trouble!"

Tommy ran into the front room, "What did I do this time Kira?"

"I totally made a fool of myself in front of Tanya Sloan Park. Only for her to say that I remind her of her friend Tommy Oliver! Why in the world didn't you tell me that you know Tanya Sloan? She's only the best singer I can think of and my model."

Tommy nodded, he had thought of mentioning that he knew Tanya Sloan but he never got around to it, besides he knew that Ethan hacked his video diaries, "I thought you knew from when you broke in to my basement last year and hacked my video diaries."

At this Kim entered the entryway, "Did you just enquire the wrath of a yellow ranger?" she asked.

Conner frowned, "Who are you, and how do you know that we are power rangers?"

Kim smiled, "The original pink ranger. And you just came to see Kira yell at Tommy, didn't you Conner?"

Conner's eyes grew wide, "How did you know my name."

"You're wearing red."

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Mr. and Mrs. Oliver were shocked when they arrived at their son's house, he had a house full. Not only did he have a girlfriend, which shockingly was his ex-girlfriend Kimberly, but also a little girl, his older brother David and his father Sam, and three teenagers that looked like they probably just finished high school.

The Olivers sat down in the living room as they watch Olivia beg the teenagers, Ethan, Conner, and Kira, into playing hide and seek with her. Kim laughed at the looks of bewilderment the younger rangers had on their faces, unlike the team she served on they hadn't done a lot of volunteering with younger children.

As the teens played with the little girl, the Olivers talked to Kim. Although it didn't take too long for them to learn that she didn't want to talk about her time in Florida, they enjoyed catching up with her.

"You better not let him get away from you this time." Mr. Oliver insisted.

"You might not get a third chance." Mrs. Oliver agreed.

Kim laughed, as she rubbed her leg which gave a sharp pang suddenly, "I know, I honestly didn't think that I would get a second chance. What does he see in me? I lost everything during that accident."

Tommy's parents gave each other the look parents give each other when a child is talking low about themselves, "I'll tell you what he sees," Mrs. Oliver stated, "He sees a woman who won't take no for an answer."

Kim scoffed, "What do you mean by that?" she gave them an inquiring look.

"You didn't let your injures stop you from finding away to provide for yourself, did you?" Mr. Oliver pointed out.

Kim shook her head, "They wanted to take my leg. They were worried that they wouldn't be able to save it and that it was hindering my healing, but I insisted that they try. It's not perfect but it's mine."

"And that's why he loves you so much," Mrs. Oliver finished, "You don't give up no matter what is thrown your way. He always admired the way you forget how you are suffering to help those around you. Like you are with Little Olivia, and how you were with Tommy when he went through his green ranger phase."

"What!" Kim shouted, jumping up in shock, "You knew about that!?"

The Olivers laughed, "Tommy is a terrible liar, we saw right through him."

…

That night at the big Thanksgiving dinner, Olivia announced, "I know what I want for Christmas."

"What's that sweetie," Mrs. Oliver asked.

"A new Mommy and Daddy." Olivia announced.

"Well," Tommy announced, "while Santa works on that order, Kim and I have some good news. We talked it out and decided that Kim will move in with me. We also have gotten permission to be Olivia's foster parents."

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A/N: The rest of the chapters will be Christmas.