Tommy couldn't believe his luck when he got up to his room. Trent was already in his sweats with his pillow and a sheet in his arms. "I'm going to spend the night in the other room." Trent said cheerfully. Tommy's relief must have looked like abandonment because Trent quickly added, "We're just going to watch a couple of scary movies, I'm sure the guys won't mind if you want to join us."

"No, that's ok. It's your spring break, I don't expect you to want to spend it all with your teacher. I was actually just going to excuse myself anyways, I was thinking about going on a jog." Tommy figured it was best to acknowledge he didn't plan on staying in the room even if he didn't tell his temporary roommate where he was going or that Kimberly was also going.

"Oh, alright. Well you'll have plenty of privacy to change with me out of the room. See you in the morning." Trent called as he knocked on the door that connected to the other hotel room.

"Are you that lazy?" Conner called as he opened the second door. Trent only offered Tommy a parting grin as he rushed past Conner clearly eager to share the room with his classmates instead of his mentor.

Tommy waited only a few seconds to ensure Trent didn't come right back before he headed back towards the lobby. When he got there Kim was standing near the door looking out of a wall of windows. He noticed she was holding a guitar and wondered why she had brought it.

"Hey." Tommy said as he approached her. "You ready to go?"

"I am. But I was wondering how you planned on getting to the park since you have no car?" She was only playing with him, she could drive and really the park was rather close to the hotel.

"We could always call a cab but I figured we could just walk since you obviously don't drive on dates." Tommy caught the playful sound of her voice and went along with it.

"Oh, so this is a date?" Kim asked. Tommy merely shrugged as he walked past her and out the door. She followed him, it was a nice night for a stroll.

"Let me carry that."

"I've got it. So are you answering my questions now?" Kim was growing impatient. She was really confused because she was receiving mixed signals although she realized Tommy probably felt like she was sending some of those herself.

"One on the walk over, but you have to tell me why you brought the guitar."

"Because I plan on using to answer your questions. Now do you know me or not?" Kim figured if she only got one question right now she at least needed to know if he really wanted to act like they had no past at all.

"You're Anne Crane." Tommy began. He could visibly see it as Kim let that hit her as her head lowered and her pace slowed. "But I really hope it's ok if I still think of you as Kimberly." he added after a minute.

"Depends on how you think of Kimberly." She said with a sad smile. 'Well at least he's willing to acknowledge we know each other without wanting nothing to do with me' she thought, a little more hopeful than she'd been a moment ago. They walked the rest of the way in one of those strangely peaceful silences.

"Here we are." Tommy said as they reached the small park." Maybe you should play me your answer to whatever you think my question is before I tell you how I think of Kimberly." The two made their way towards a bench under a big shade tree even though it was already long past sunset. Kim sat down on the bench and got ready to play on her guitar. Tommy sat on the grass in front of her.

"If you don't want to hear it just tell me to stop, and..." She began but he quickly reassured her that it would be fine, he just wanted to hear what she had to say. So, she began to play.

A/N: Chapter 10 will be up soon! Thanks for reading and reviewing!