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This chapter is pretty much the halfway point. And it was probably my most favorite to write, so far.

Kimberly Hart set down a heavy plate of pancakes on the empty kitchen table. She stood over the stove and waited for the bacon to sizzle. She pulled out a handful of forks and another set of plates and placed it around the table, carefully placing them on the place mats. Kim took a sip of her coffee, listening to the silence of her large house. She counted down until she heard heavy steps running down the stairs. Kim turned off the stove and carefully put the crispy, almost burnt bacon onto a plate and set it on the table. She pulled out the orange juice from the refrigerator and poured it in two small glasses, setting it down next to two of the plates.

"Mommy!" cried out a loud, high-pitched voice. A blonde-haired girl in pink pajamas came running into the kitchen. A dark-haired girl in yellow pajamas closely followed.

"Breakfast smells good, Auntie Kim."

Kim grinned. "Thank you, Z. Well, good morning, girls. Sit down and eat. Did you two enjoy your sleepover?"

Syd set down her stuffed elephant on the table and took a bite of bacon. "Yup," said Syd.

"And what did you two do? Daddy and I heard a lot of jumping in your bedroom."

Syd and Z grinned with an embarrassed look. "We played Power Rangers," said Z. "I'm the yellow ranger!" She gestured to her pajamas and put her hands on her waist, looking off into the distance.

"And I'm the pink ranger!" exclaimed Syd. She followed Z's stance and Kim giggled at the sight.

"Oh? What about the red, black, and blue rangers?"

Z wrinkled her nose. "Those are usually boys!"

"And we don't need boys to save the world!" exclaimed Syd. "They're icky!"

"Keep saying that, sweetie!" Kim turned at the sound of her husband's voice and laughed. "Keep remembering that you don't need boys!" he said.

Kim laughed again and rolled her eyes. "Oh, Tommy." She gave him a hug and a kiss. "Here's your coffee." She handed him the same mug that she was sipping from earlier. "What's the plan today? I was planning on heading into the office around lunchtime."

"No!" he exclaimed. "I'll be fine with the girls all day today. In fact, feel free to go in now. It'll be Daddy, daughter...and best friend day."

"You sure?" Kim asked. Tommy nodded. Kim shook her head. "No...I'll just go in later. I already told Ashley that I wasn't planning on heading into the office until later anyway and we already told the new model to come in later. And we have to bring Saba to the vet, anyway. I could do that before I head into the office."

"I'll do it." Tommy waved his hands, holding bacon in one hand. "Breakfast is delicious, by the way. Thanks, Beautiful."

"You're welcome. But-"

Tommy gave her a look. "I'll take care of it."

Kim looked at him suspiciously. "And you won't forget."

"I won't forget, Kim. I promise."

Kim smiled and kissed Tommy again. "Lux, Z...remind Daddy to go to the vet today with Saba. Saba's appointment is at 1."

"Okay," the girls said. Syd's tongue was poking out between her lips as she struggled to cut her pancakes. Z's pancakes were already perfectly sliced and she took a sip of her orange juice after every two bites.

Tommy gave her a look. "Go get ready for work!" Kim pulled out her phone, looking through it for Ashley's number. "Do you need to call Ash? I'll do it."

"You sure?"

Tommy nodded. "Yeah. I'll do it."

Kim grinned and kissed him on the cheek. "Thanks Handsome." She disappeared up the stairs.

Thirty minutes later, Kim ran downstairs, hearing Syd and Z yelling her name. "What's wrong, girls?"

"Oh, Daddy wanted us to call you," said Syd.

"I meant: go upstairs and call her," said Tommy, wiping his hands on a paper towel. "Not yell incessantly in your pajamas until she comes down the stairs."

Z and Syd looked at each other and shrugged. "Sorry."

"It's okay. Just go up stairs and grab Z's things."

"Aw, do we have to?" whined Syd.

Tommy nodded. "Go girls."

Syd and Z reluctantly and slowly walked up the stairs, dragging their feet. Kim smiled after them, running her hands through her daughter's blonde hair as she walked by. "And get dressed!" she called after them. She turned to Tommy. "So, what do you need?"

"Do you know where the keys to the Jeep are?"

"Oh yeah, I put them in the drawer next to the one where we keep the place mats in."

"Okay thanks. Ashley said she'll call the model and ask her to come in earlier." Kim nodded. "And I was gonna take the girls pottery painting."

Kim raised an eyebrow. "Pottery painting? I want to go pottery painting! I could go for the morning."

Tommy smirked. "Do you want me to call Ash back and let her know that you actually won't be coming in today?" He laughed and kissed the top of her head. "Go. Just go in to work. That way you won't obsess over all the designs and the dresses and everything else." He pulled her close. "Then I could finally have my wife back."

Kim rolled her eyes and groaned. "Fine." Tommy walked back to the kitchen as Syd and Z came down the stairs, carrying Z's bags. "You girls have fun today, okay?" She knelt down and hugged Z. "Tell your parents I said hello." Kim hugged Syd and gave her a kiss. "You be good to Daddy today, okay. Have fun, both of you." Syd held up her elephant. "You have fun, too, Peanut."

Tommy handed Kim her phone and twirled the keys around his finger. "Come on, girls." He picked up Z's overnight bag and hoisted it around his shoulder. "See you, Kim. Saba's appointment is when again?"

Kim shot him a look as he leaned in to kiss her. "One, Tommy!"

He laughed. "I know, I'm just kidding." He kissed her and followed the girls out the door. "I love you, Beautiful."

"Love you too, Handsome." Kim stood at the door, watching them pile into Tommy's black Jeep. She waved at them as they pulled away and Kim headed back to her bedroom to finish getting ready.

"Ooh, a surprise coffee!" Kim set down her briefcase and sat at her desk, sniffing the coffee. "Thanks, Ash! I love the smell of coffee!"

"No problem, boss," said Ashley, dropping a stack of magazines and mail onto her desk. "And Katherine Hillard should be on her way and Mack's on his way up."

"Great. Thanks again, Ash. How has your morning been?"

"A bit uneventful. Karone was reading when she got off the elevator this morning and walked in on some scientist lecture thing."

Kim laughed. "And she didn't notice?" Ashley shook her head, laughing. Kim rifled through her mail and opened an envelope. She pulled out a pair of tickets and examined them. "Hey, you want these?" Kim held up the tickets. "It's for a movie premiere."

"And you don't want them?" Ashley asked, bewildered.

Kim shook her head. "it's the same night as Syd's birthday. So, I wouldn't use them anyway."

"Have you and Tommy decided what to do for Syd's birthday? Do you need any help with anything?"

"Thanks for offering, but no, we don't need help. And yes, we have decided. Disney World with Z."

Ashley nodded. "Oh, that's right. The week you'll be in Orlando." Ashley picked up the photo of Syd, Tommy, and Kim and looked at it. "It's hard to believe that she's gonna be 8 already." Kim nodded. Ashley laughed, setting the picture down. "The little blondie from the two brunettes."

Kim laughed. "Yup, our little Lux."

"Hey ladies," said Mack Hartford, knocking after he spoke.

"Hey Mack!" said Ashley and Kim.

Kim pushed the tickets into Ashley's hands. "Take them. You and Andros can go and have fun."

"Wow, thanks!" Ashley grinned. She headed out and closed the door.

"Thanks for coming in, Mack."

He took a seat across from Kim. "Well, it is my job, Kim."

Kim rolled her eyes. "Whatever! Katherine should be here soon."

"Okay cool. I'll just set up the equipment, then."

Hours later, Kim picked up her phone and dialed her husband's number.

"Hey baby," Tommy said.

"Hey!"

"Where have you been? You've been MIA all day."

"Yeah, it's been super busy."

"How'd Katherine do? Is Ashley there still?"

"No. I told her and everyone else to go home."

"Oh, aren't you a good boss," teased Tommy.

"I try." Kim laughed. "And I wanted to go home now."

"Oh good. Cuz I forgot to pick up Saba's prescription."

Kim laughed. "At least you remembered to bring him to the vet. How are the girls?"

"They're good. It took a while to get the paint off of them. It's a good thing Danny doesn't mind a little dirt. So, how was Katherine?"

"Oh, she was great!" fawned Kim. "I mean, yeah, you know, the clothes and the taking pictures and all that stuff was good and all, but after we were done, she hung around for a bit and we got to talking. And Tommy, we just clicked! We have so much in common. She was a serious diver before she got into an accident, like me! And her husband used to teach martial arts-"

"Like me!" teased Tommy.

Kim rolled her eyes. "Whatever. But we should take them out or something."

Tommy laughed. "Glad you had a good day, so far."

"Oh yeah, it was good. Oh, but this weird thing happened today, too. Some random guy came in to my office, wanting to talk to me. I had Ashley make an appointment with him for tomorrow."

"What?' He just walked right into your office? Or was it the building?"

"No, he just walked right into my office. Kat was standing in front of the mirror and Mack and I were talking about some of the designs. It was weird."

"And you agreed to meet him?"

"Well...he doesn't really seem crazy, so I thought, yeah, might as well."

"Is Ashley going with you?"

"Mm, no. I didn't ask her, too. But I can if you want."

"I'd just feel more comfortable. I don't want you and some guy who just walked right into your office alone!"

"Oh, I'll be fine, Tommy. I could take care of myself."

"I know you can. I just...hate worrying about you." He sighed. "So you had a good day, right?"

"Yeah, it was great! Other than that little splash of craziness. But I can't wait to get home and see my favorite people, though."

"Are you on your way home now? We're still at Danny's."

"Okay. I'm on my way out." Kim stood up from her desk and cradled her cell phone between her ear and her shoulder as she gathered her things. "Where's Saba's prescription? I could stop by home and pick it up real quick."

"It's on the front table."

"Okay. On my way home now." Kim turned off her lights and closed the door to her office. She turned the knob to make sure that it was locked. "So, how's Saba, anyway?"

"Oh, it's ZRD...I don't remember what it is, though. But it just meant that he's missing zinc in his body or something. It's nothing too serious. Apparently, it affects a lot of Siberian huskies."

"Oh, well that's good. At least it's not serious."

"Yeah. Hey Syd! Put that down!"

Kim laughed. "I'll let you go. Give Syd a kiss for me. See you later, Handsome. I love you."

"Love you too, Beautiful. See you later."

"Catch ya on the flip side!"

Kim smiled as she hung up the phone and threw it in her purse. She drove home to pick up Saba's prescription and went on her way to the vet's office. She jumped out of her car, holding Saba's prescription in one hand and attempted to text her husband. She walked through the automatic doors and headed for the front desk. Kim slid her phone in her pocket and waited her turn to speak with the lady behind the desk. She heard a familiar six-tone call that signaled she had a text message and pulled out her phone to read it.

"Syd wants to stay Z's, so Danny'll drive her home after dinner. Me and you till then, babe."

Kim smiled and texted "Ok" to Tommy. It was her turn to speak with the lady and she approached the counter, pulling out her pink wallet at the same time. "Hi," she said with a smile. Kim handed the piece of paper to the lady behind the counter, a young lady with wild, crazy hair.

The lady looked at the prescription for a long time. "I'm sorry ma'am, but I don't understand what this says." The lady looked around. "Oh, there's Dr. Campbell. This is her signature." The lady cupped her hands around her mouth. "Oh, Dr. Campbell." She motioned for the doctor to come closer. "You wrote this prescription out." She handed the pretty, Afican-American lady a small piece of paper. "What's it for?" The doctor furrowed her brow, as if she were trying to remember and looked down at the paper. The lady turned her attention back to Kim. "Do you remember what Dr. Campbell prescribed for your pet?"

Kim shook her head. "No, I'm sorry. My husband was here earlier. He brought our dog in, but forgot to pick up the prescription. He's forgetful like that." She smiled at the lady. "But my daughter and her friend were with him, so I can't blame him for that."

The doctor looked up when Kim spoke. "Um...I remember. It was the zinc supplement," she said, grabbing a pen to write its name clearer on the paper. "Sorry about that, Maya." She looked up at Kim and grinned. "I remember your husband. Your daughter's very talkative."

"Yeah, she gets like that." Kim laughed.

The lady smiled at her for a few seconds. "Um, you have a great day, okay?"

"Thank you. You too." Kim grinned at the doctor.

"Here you go," the lady said, handing the woman a small brown bag. "Once a day with meals." She rang Kim out and smiled at her as she walked away. Kim immediately put the prescription into her purse and searched around for her phone to let Tommy know that she was on her way home. She hurried toward her car, but stopped when she heard someone yelling behind her. Kim turned and saw the doctor running toward her with her hand outstretched, holding Kim's pink wallet in front of her. Kim ran back toward the doctor, with her own hand outstretched. "Oh my gosh, thank you so much!" she said, reaching for the pink wallet.

"No problem." The doctor handed Kim the wallet and their hands briefly touched in the process.

Kim felt confused for a moment, seeing a flash of memories run through her mind. She took a step back from the doctor. "What was that?" Kim asked, putting her pink wallet into her purse.

"It's okay," the doctor said, gently. "Just let it come to you. I had to let it come to me, too." She stuck out her hand, offering it to the Kim.

Kim narrowed her eyes at the doctor, wondering if she should her hand. There was something extremely familiar about this lady and Kim couldn't quite pinpoint what it was exactly. She reluctantly took the doctor's hand and immediately, a rash of memories flooded their minds. She saw herself in the park, on rollerblades with Billy and Tommy. They met and became close friends with Aisha, Adam, and Rocky. She saw herself helping Aisha in the traithlon and cheering her on in a ninja competition. She saw herself as the pink ranger, helping Billy and trying to save Aisha, Adam, and Rocky. She saw herself playing a scavenger hunt in the park and remembered when she was caught in her favorite storybook. She remembered when Aisha encouraged her to run for class president against Tommy and laughed when she saw how they acted with each other. She remembered when she went back in time and met Aisha's ancestor. She remembered going skydiving to save the observatory and rollerblading so many times with her friends. She saw herself with the other rangers on Phaedos, finding their new powers. She grinned at the sight of the Crane floating around her.

"What..." started Kim. "How-when-what-"

Aisha shrugged. "I don't really know." She hugged Kim again.

Kim looked at her with tearful eyes. "Really?" Aisha nodded. "How could I..."

"No, it's okay." They hugged tighter. After a few moments, Aisha let go of Kim. "I'll see you tonight," she said.

Kim nodded. "Aisha...I..." Kim hugged her one last time. "I'll see you tonight."

Aisha nodded. "Yes. I'll be there." They smiled as they turned and walked away from each other. Kim unlocked her car and sat for a long time. She ignored the phone calls and text messages she was getting. After a long time, Kim put her car in drive and finally drove away from the vet's office. New images and thoughts were running through her mind, so she wasn't paying too much attention to how she was driving. But she managed to stop at a red light, behind a blue Acura. When the light turned green, Kim instinctively put her foot on the gas and lightly pressed forward, hitting the car in front of her.

Kim immediately hit the brakes and looked into the rearview mirror of the car in front of her. She saw an angry Asian woman and Kim mouthed an apology to her. Kim turned on her turn signal to pull into a parking lot and followed the blue Acura in.

"I'm so sorry!" Kim said, slamming her car door shut. "My fault. I am so sorry! My head's...it's just going crazy right now."

The Asian lady angrily swept her long, black hair over her shoulder. She inspected the back of her car and saw that there wasn't any damage. Kim took out a business card and added her personal cell phone number. She held it out to the Asian lady and also examined the front of her own car. The Asian lady stood up straight and Kim recognized her.

"Everything seems to be all right," she said. "My car doesn't look like anything's wrong and your car doesn't seem to have any damage." She reached for Kim's business card. "Thanks." The Asian lady turned to head back to her car.

"Wait," said Kim. She took a step toward the Asian lady. "Trini."

Trini smiled. "Yes." She also took a step toward Kim. "Are you a fan of beach volleyball?"

Kim grinned. "I am...but...you...and I..." Trini opened her car and grabbed a permanent marker and was prepared to sign a mini volleyball that she had in her car. "No, I'm sorry," continued Kim. "It's just...you and I grew up together and..." pleaded Kim.

Trini looked confused. "Oh, you must be mistaken."

Kim shook her head. "I'm not." She held out her hand. "Trini..." Trini froze in the middle of signing the volleyball and Kim laid her hand on Trini's bare arm. "Trini..." she said again. She felt Trini tense up as a number of images flooded their minds. Kim smiled when she saw the last memory flash through her mind. "Trini?" she said again, unsure.

Trini's eyes filled with tears. She dropped the marker and the ball and put her arms around her friend. "How could I forget?"

Kim smiled through her own tears. "It doesn't matter. We're here now." They looked at each other, wiping their faces. "I'll see you tonight," Kim said with a knowing smile.

Trini grinned at her, still wiping her face, and nodded. "Yeah. I'll see you tonight."

Kim waved to Trini, who was still standing in the parking lot. Kim drove off, more aware of the road, but her mind was still jumping all over the place. She glanced at her phone, noticing a number of missed phone calls and received text messages. Kim ignored all of it, throwing her phone onto the passenger's seat and continued to head home. She parked her car behind Tommy's Jeep and slowly made her way to the front door.

"Hello?" she called. "Tommy?"

Tommy ran to the front hall from the kitchen. "Kim? Oh, thank God! I was getting worried. Why weren't you picking up?" He took a few steps toward her. "Are you okay?" He stopped and looked over her. "You...I don't exactly know what it is...but you look different." He motioned his hands around her. "Almost like you 'feel' different. Are you all right?"

Kim stood there, waiting for Tommy to finish. She stared up at him with newfound amazement and wonder.

"Are you okay?" he asked again. He put is hands on her shoulders and abruptly removed them.

"Did you see something?" Kim asked.

"What was that?" he said, looking confused, but intrigued.

"It's okay." Kim took a step closer to Tommy, who didn't move. She reached up and cupped his face in her hands as best she could, standing on the tips of her toes. Kim smiled into Tommy's eyes as she relived the memories that she had forgotten with him.

Tommy put his hands around Kim's and pulled them down gently. Kim looked up at Tommy, questioningly. He stared down at her with an intense look on his face.

"Tommy..."

Before she could finish her sentence, Tommy picked her up and kissed her. He wrapped his arms around her and twirled her around before setting her down, not breaking the kiss. He caressed her back and looked at her lovingly and he tenderly stroked her face.

"I love you," he said. "Now, before, and forever."

There's that chapter! Please let me know what you think!

Next chapter: Trini.