Chapter seven:

Kim rolled over sleepily and nestled her head into Tommy's chest. Yesterday had been fun, especially when they had found the teens in the basement playing videogames right before they all went to bed. Apparently Ethan wanted to use Tommy's gaming system, which was a nicer one than what he had, and had decided to break into the basement, knowing perfectly well that Tommy was busy entertaining his guests upstairs.

Tommy had gotten mad and started chasing Ethan, Conner, and Kira around the house much to Olivia's amusement. His parents were confused as the teens never were fully introduced to them before they went home for their dinners. The best part was when Kira had run straight into David and exclaimed, "When did Dr O. get Conner's speed?" After that the teens had left, promising that they would come over in the morning to hang out more.

Just then a small bundle of pink hurled itself onto the bed, jolting its occupants awake. "I want to go see Santa Claus. Can we please go see Santa?"

Tommy sat up groggily, "And get trampled by the Black Friday shoppers at the mall? I'd rather have to deal with a mass alien invasion singlehandedly without powers." He muttered.

Kim sat up as well coming up with an idea that might distract Olivia at least for a little while, "Why don't we help Tommy decorate the house for Christmas. That way we will be all ready for Santa when we see him."

"Yeah!" she yelled, racing out of the room.

Kim looked at her boyfriend, "You do have Christmas decorations don't you?"

"Yes, I just have to remember where I put them."

Kim groaned, "We haven't seen each other for ten years and you haven't changed at all. Your memory is still made out of Swiss cheese."

…

Tommy had found his box of decorations in the closet of one of the spare bedrooms. After carrying them down the stairs he sat them down in the living room and watched as the others dug into it. Soon garland, wreaths and mistletoe was spread across the house.

Tommy enlisted David's help on stringing lights on the front of the house. Soon they where only missing one thing.

"Where's the tree?" Olivia demanded.

Tommy rubbed the back of his neck, "I haven't had a tree of my own in years. I never saw the point seeing as I always go home for Christmas."

Olivia's lip began to quiver, nothing was sadder to her than having no Christmas tree. When Tommy noticed that she was on the verge of tears, he quickly added, "Grab your jacket and we'll go get a tree."

…

Tommy looked at the tree that his dad and David helped to stand up in his living room. Kim was helping his parents untangle the red and white lights as Sam helped Olivia unpack the different ornaments, "Dr. O must really like the original pink power ranger," Olivia stated as she unwrapped yet another pink power ranger ornament.

"He also likes Cranes, pterodactyls, and firebirds." Sam stated as he placed yet another pink crane to the pile.

Kim nodded to a small box that she had grabbed when they had swung by her apartment, "My ornaments are in that box over there."

As they went though the ornaments in Kim's box, it was obvious that she had a theme going too. While Tommy's had been Original Pink, Kim's was Original Green and White and Zeo ranger five red and the Black Dino Thunder ranger.

Tommy frowned, "And Kim has a thing for dragons, white tigers, falcons, and the black Dino Thunder Ranger, whom she didn't know existed."

"Kenny bought them for me; he claimed that the black ranger reminded him of the original green ranger." Kim shrugged, "Now I know why."

Once the tree was decorated, Tommy pulled out a tree topper. It was obvious that it had originally been an angel but Tommy had altered it so that it was the pink ranger playing her power bow like a harp.

Everyone stared at him as he helped Olivia put it on the tree. Mr. Oliver finally spoke up, "Son, have you considered getting professional help?"

…

With the tree up and the house decorated inside and out, Tommy collapsed onto the couch as his parents and brother prepare to leave for home. Olivia came up to him, "Now that the house is decorated can we go see Santa?"

Tommy shook his head, "It's too late to do that today, and it's time for dinner. We'll go tomorrow, we have a lot of errands we need to do in town anyways."

Olivia nodded her head before running off.

…

The next day Olivia woke Kim and Tommy up bright and early, "Can we go see Santa now?"

Tommy moaned as he sat up, "After breakfast, then we will go see Santa, and take care of other things as well."

However during breakfast their plans changed slightly with the arrival of the teens at the front door. When Tommy let them in Olivia demanded, "Does this mean we can't go see Santa," Olivia asked.

"Of course not Olivia," Kim replied, limping over to the door, "We'll go see Santa while Tommy spends time with his friends. We'll meet at my old apartment to pack it up."

Olivia nodded her head as she headed out the door with Kim.

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Kim watched in amusement as the line slowly crept along as children visited with Santa, took their pictures and went on their merry little ways. Soon it was Olivia's turn. She clambered up onto his lap and immediately said, "Boy am I glad I got to see you before Christmas. I have a big order this year. You see, my mommy and daddy went to Heaven without me and now I need a new mommy and daddy."

Santa gave Kim a concerned look, as though looking for a response to the strange request. "I see do you have a mommy and daddy in mind?"

"Yes I do, Miss Kimmy Hart and Dr. Tommy Oliver. They aren't married yet, so you need to get Miss Kimmy a pretty ring like my mommy use to have."

"I see," Santa said, he heard of bizarre wishes, but this had got to be the oddest wish he had ever heard, "That's a tough order; I'll see what I can do. Is there anything else you want?"

"Yes, a Disney Princess Palace." Olivia stated causing Kim to flinch, if they were to get one of those they needed to have gotten it yesterday while it was on sale. At least they had connections to the North Pole, and hopefully the old man in red still remembered her and Tommy.

…

Unaware of what was happening at the mall, Tommy had enjoyed the morning with the teens, and after seeing them out the door, headed out himself. He had a very important person to meet with.

He pulled up to the lawyer's office and hurried inside. When the Secretary asked him how she could help him, he responded, "Yes, I'm Dr. Thomas James Oliver, I have an appointment with Mr. James."

With that he was ushered into a nice office with padded armchairs. Soon Mr. James, who looked like an older version of his son Ethan, sat down next to him and started to talk.

"Honestly, I'm surprised to see you here. What can I do for you?" he asked politely.

Tommy smiled, there was a reason he had picked this man, "Yes, well, there's this foster girl that my girlfriend and I are watching for the Mercers. We were wondering about adoption. I've talked to the Mercers and they are willing to transfer custody to us and I was wondering what the steps for adoption are."

Mr. James smiled, "Let's start the paperwork now and hopefully it will get approved and finalized by Christmas."

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Kim and Olivia entered the gym together. Kim smiled, "I use to play at the gym for hours. I did gymnastics and Dr. O taught me karate."

"Can you teach me anything?" Olivia asked.

Kim smiled before instructing Olivia in a summersault. She smiled, she was enjoying this. She was finishing teaching her a simple beam routine when Olivia announced, "this is as fun as dance."

Kim nodded, "Maybe I'll try teaching you what I can and then seeing about getting you into a class. Come on now Olivia, Dr. O is wondering where we are."

…

Kim and Olivia arrived at Kim's old apartment soon after Tommy had arrived. She shook her head, she couldn't believe that she had moved in only three months ago, it seemed like a life time ago. She headed inside and started to pack her stuff into boxes that had only been half unpacked.

"What do you want to do with your furniture?" Tommy asked as he nodded to the worn out chair and couch.

"Leave them, whoever moves in next might need furniture, and I don't need it."

Tommy nodded, as he went to the bedroom to grab some boxes from there. It was there that he saw an opened box pushed into the corner, hidden from sight.

He went over to it and discovered that it was full of leotards, most of them pink. He smiled a sad smile, after all these years she still kept a box full of broken dreams. Then he remembered a similar box hidden away under the bed in the green ranger room. Everyone has their different boxes of broken dreams.

The thumping of Kim's cane alerted him that he wasn't alone, glancing over his shoulder he found Kim leaning over him. "My trophies and medals are under the outfits. I threw them in that box and threw them in the dumpster when I first moved in with Kenny. It was too hard to look at them; it brought back to many memories.

"Kenny must have found them and hid them from me. I assumed they were gone forever. Until I started unpacking, and there they were, as painful as ever."

"What do you want to do with this box now?" Tommy asked.

"Keep the Medals and trophies," Kim stated, "I don't care what you do with the leotards."

…

That weekend was used to move Kim into Tommy's house. Sunday morning the Mercers returned home and finished up the paperwork transferring Olivia into Tommy and Kim's custody. After that he helped them transform Tommy's White Ranger Bedroom into a Pink Princess bedroom.

After finishing painting and setting up the little bed the three of them sat down and played with the giant dollhouse that Anton insisted came along with her.

Olivia smiled, "When Daddy doesn't have to work and Mommy wasn't busy they used to play dollhouse with me too." She stated, "We're like a family, aren't we?"

Tommy and Kim smiled at her, "Yes Olivia, we are a family now." Tommy agreed.

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A/N: Til next time.