A/N: I own nothing but Olivia. Special thanks to all those who reviewed.

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Chapter 8:

Tommy let out a sigh of frustration as he finally got Olivia to go to sleep. She had been determined that she wasn't tired and hadn't needed to go to bed yet. He had tried storybooks and singing songs, but nothing had worked. That was at least until he reminded her that Santa was watching. In which case she dove under the covers and allowed herself to be tucked in.

Tommy shook his head, it was hard to imagine that it was only a couple of weeks ago that Olivia moved in with them. He never noticed how dull and boring his home life was until it suddenly was filled with laughter and games of tag.

He found Kim in the office, paying bills. He leaned down and pressed a kiss in her hair, startling her. She gasped, "Oh," then looking up, smiled, "Tommy, you got her down finally."

"Yeah, I had to mention the big guy to do it though." Tommy stated, sitting down next to her, "What are you working on?"

"Paying bills," Kim stated, "I've paid off most of my smaller ones, which is good. I need a new car sooner rather than later. I kind of expect mine not to start one of these days."

Tommy nodded, "I see," He paused for a moment, "I heard a rumor that Ernie bought back the youth center. He's hosting a big Christmas Eve Party; I thought maybe that we could visit my parents and attend the party."

"How many of the others will be there?" Kim asked, concerned.

"I don't know, as many as all of them to as few as none of them."

Kim snorted, "You aren't being very helpful."

"And you aren't being very reasonable," Tommy countered.

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Kim was at the youth center, surrounded by all the Power Rangers, some in custom some not. They were all pointing at Kim and saying things like, "She was one of us, look at her she can't even walk on her own."

"She always was the weak link for our team. We always had to rescue her." that comment had hurt the most; after all, she could recognize the voice of Jason Lee Scott anywhere.

"No wonder Tommy turned to me instead of fighting for you. You're pathetic." Kat said in her thickest accent.

"I don't see why Tommy is willing to go out with her. He's the best power ranger ever. He could have any former ranger he wants. Why her?" Another mysterious ranger demanded.

The other rangers laughed and started chanting her name. The name became louder and louder. Until Kim shot up in bed to find Tommy trying to wake her up. "Kim, Kim! Come on Beautiful it's time to wake up."

Kim glanced at Tommy, "Sorry, I didn't mean to wake you."

Tommy shook his head, lying back down himself, "Do you want to talk about it?" he offered.

"I guess I'm worried about going back to Angel Grove," Kim admitted, "What will the others say? I haven't been back to Angel Grove since the Divatox accident."

Tommy leaned over to Kim, and then gave her a quick kiss, "I think it's time to face your past. Besides you don't have to worry, we don't have to make a decision for a while. School doesn't get out for break until Friday."

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The next day Olivia was quiet as Tommy picked her up after dance class. She barely picked at her food and then asked to go straight to bed. Kim complied, noting that Olivia looked a little pale.

As she helped her out of her clothes and into footie pajamas Kim asked her, "What's wrong Olivia?"

"Robby told me there's no Santa and the one in the mall is fake!" Olivia exclaimed.

Kim furrowed her brows, she had heard of Robby a lot from Olivia and he seemed to be made out of the same stuff Bulk and Skull were. Hopefully he finds something other than bullying for a hobby. She sat down on the bed and patted next to her, "Well, I know for a fact that Robby is lying, I've met Santa and his Elves at his workshop in the North Pole."

Olivia plopped down next to her, "Really, I thought nobody could visit Santa's workshop?"

Kim nodded, "And you'd be right, one can't visit the North Pole unless they have a special reason to."

Olivia nodded, "What was your special reason?"

Kim looked at Olivia sternly, "You can't tell anyone what I'm about to tell you, not at all. I'm a Power Ranger, Pink to be exact."

"But you can't walk without your cane." Olivia protested.

"This was a long time ago, before you were born and before I needed to use a cane." With that Kim told her about how she and the other rangers had to go to the North Pole to save Santa from Goldar and Rito.

Olivia giggled as she climbed into bed, "Those meanies shouldn't have tried to mess with Santa Claus not with the power rangers there to save the day."

"Kim didn't even tell you the best part." Tommy announced from the open door, "Kim was really sad because her mom lived far away, but Santa brought her mom home for Christmas. If you truly want something with all your heart, Santa can get it for you, but you have to really want it."

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Later that night, Tommy and Kim were woken by Olivia crying. Tommy got up and headed to her room, "Olivia darling, what's wrong?"

"My tummy hurts," Olivia stated, right before losing the contents of her stomach all over her bed and Tommy.

Tommy was glad he was wearing actual pajamas and not just a pair of pajama bottoms, he took a deep breath, everybody was certain he was great with Olivia, but he had no experience dealing with this before.

Just then Kim entered the room, and seeing the mess stated, "Tommy why don't you strip the bed and put the bedding in the washing machine while I put Olivia in the tub to clean her up."

Tommy did as Kim suggest, washing up quickly and changing clothes, as he heard the tub going in the bathroom. Tommy quickly found some spare bedding in the linen closet and making up her bed again. Soon Kim limped in guiding Olivia, who was dressed in a fresh nightgown, back to bed. After Olivia was tucked back in they returned to their room. Tommy took a quick shower before they both went back to bed.

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The next morning found Olivia on the couch watching cartoons as Kim worked on grading some papers nearby. "Mommy!" Olivia called out.

Kim hurried over to where she was, "Yes. Olivia, what is it?"

"Why don't you want to go see your friends for Christmas?"

Kim's eyes grew round, "Where did you hear that?" she demanded.

"I overheard you and Tommy talking the other day." She stated simply.

Kim sat down next to her, "It's not that I don't want to see them. It's that I'm scared to see them. I'm afraid that they might tease me."

"Did they tease you a lot when you were little?" Olivia asked.

"Only 'cause they loved me." Kim admitted.

"Why should they change that?"

Kim smiled, checking Olivia's fever, it had broken, "I guess that makes sense. Would you like to come to Angel Grove?"

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"Are we there yet?" Olivia demanded for the fifteenth time in the past five minutes.

Tommy groaned, since Olivia had gotten over her flu bug they had decided to go up early to Angel Grove and visit family and friends. Only the three hour car drive was too long for the little five year old.

"But I'm hungry," the little girl complained, now that she was feeling better Tommy was certain that she had gotten Rocky's appetite.

"Let's stop and get something to eat, we can let her out of the car and hopefully she will be good for the rest of the trip." Kim suggested.

"But we're almost to Angel Grove." Tommy protested, only for Olivia to announce her hunger again, "Fine, but let's stop at a nice restaurant, no fast food."

They pulled into Stone Canyon and started looking for a restaurant for them to eat at. Soon they pulled up at a restaurant that had a large red ape in the front. Kim glanced at Tommy, "Is this Rocky's restaurant?"

"I don't know I haven't kept in touch with any of the team after I went to college. They kept teasing me about actually getting my doctorate. Apparently I was the lease likely to go to college."

The restaurant was slow, and they were seated quickly. Soon a man wearing a shirt that stated that he was the manager arrived, "Hello, welcome to Big Ape Family Diner, my name is Rocky and I'll be your server this afternoon, what can I get you to drink?"

Tommy and Kim shared a look, had Rocky not recognized them. They quickly gave their drink orders. As Rocky returned, Kim said, hoping to clue Rocky into their identities, "I can't wait to get to Angel Grove, I haven't visit since I made the Pan Global Team."

"Oh, what team were you on?" Rocky asked, "My friend Kimberly Hart was on the Gymnastics' Team."

Tommy burst out laughing, hard. Olivia looked at him, "Mommy, why is Daddy laughing?"

"Because your Uncle Rocky is being as dense as his name. Sometimes I wonder how he ever became blue."

"What do you mean Uncle; you shouldn't randomly call people uncle. That is just weird." Rocky insisted.

"Yeah," Tommy agreed, "Just as weird as talking to a giant floating head who wants you to save the world from aliens."

That got Rocky's attention, he studied Tommy's face briefly, "You got your hair cut!"

Everyone at the diner turned to look at him as Tommy stated, "A haircut isn't as shocking as opening a restaurant."

Rocky nodded, "True," he said, pulling up a chair, "So who's your wife and kid."

Tommy smirked as he stated, "I don't have a wife or a kid, but I asked Santa for a kid for Christmas. Think I'm still on his good list?"

Kim burst out laughing, "You don't recognize me do you Rocky?"

Rocky studied her for a second before enveloping her in a large hug, "How's Florida doing?"

Kim frowned, "I haven't lived in Florida for five years."

After that Rocky filled them in with what he had been up to with his restaurant. They talked for a long time before Olivia insisted that they needed to leave, "Grandma and Grandpa are waiting for us!" She shouted loudly at them.

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A/N: There are only two more chapters left, I can't believe it.