DISCLAIMER: Nope. Still not mine. I only own Kevin and Katriana along with the idea.

SUMMARY: Kim's been hurt. How bad is it and can anyone help her heal?

A/N: Just to let everyone know, I'm taking a few major liberties with the timeline here. Such as a couple of songs that I'm putting in later and allowing the Rangers to be gone from Angel Grove for extended periods of time.

Kevin had snuggled into the couch with a book he had found sitting on the table. Tears flooded his eyes as he realized that it was one of Kim's true crime novels.

'As if she hasn't been through enough,' he thought. He opened the book and started reading. It didn't take long before he was totally engrossed in the storyline. He didn't even realize the time was ticking by.

Rocky knocked on Tommy's door. He got no answer. He began to worry.

He placed his hand on the handle. Trying the knob, he found it unlocked.

Poking his head into the house, he looked around and saw Tommy sitting at the breakfast bar with his head in his hands and his shoulders shaking.

"Tommy?" He walked into the house and closed the door behind him. "Tommy, are you alright?"

When Tommy looked up at Rocky, the Blue Zeo Ranger was shocked to see the tears streaking his friend's face. "Tommy, are you alright?"

"Rocky? What are you doing here?"

"Checking on you. I was worried when you didn't answer your phone so I came over."

"Did you see what happened?"

"I did. I'm leaving in the morning to head down there."

"So am I. Flight to LA and then on to Miami."

"8 AM?" When Tommy nodded, Rocky smiled. "I guess we got the same flight. I'd better call and let Ana know that we're coming in."

At Tommy's baffled look, Rocky laughed. "Ana is Kim's roommate. Her real name's Katriana but Kim gave her the nickname."

Tommy nodded. "Oh, okay."

Rocky punched in the number on his cell phone and waited to deliver the news.

The phone rang right beside Kevin's head. With a start, the young man dropped the book in his hands.

The second ring moved him to action. He snatched up the phone, hoping fervently that the sound hadn't woken his sister.

"Allo?"

"Kevin? It's Rocky. Is Ana there?"

"She's sleeping right now, mon ami. Her worry made her quite wary."

"Is she alright otherwise?" Rocky's anxious voice brought a smile to Kevin's face.

"Aye, would you be havin' a soft spot for my sister, Rocky?" he teased.

"Who wouldn't? She's adorable."

"Aisha might have something to say about that, bro," Tommy said in the background.

"Who was that?" Kevin asked, not sure if he really wanted to hear the answer.

Rocky took a deep breath, anticipating the Cajun's reaction to what he was about to say. "Kevin, Tommy and I are flying in tomorrow about 4 PM."

Kevin shook his head. "I'm not sure that's such a good idea, mon ami."

"Why not? He wants to help."

"He wants to help now? Where was he when she was crying herself sick for five days straight? Where was he when Coach Schmidt had to threaten to pull her from the team in order to make her pull herself together? You didn't see her. I was here. She's still not over him, Rocky. He'll only hurt her again."

"He's coming with me, Kevin. Regardless of what you say. She's going to need all of her friends."

Kevin shook his head. He allowed himself to think back to the day that Kim had given up on Tommy and her relationship with him.

FLASHBACK

Ana knelt beside Kim with her arms around her friend. Kevin was sitting on the couch. Kim had been trying to call Tommy for five days. He still hadn't called her back.

Adam and Kat had hung up on her when she tried to find out from them what was going on. Aisha didn't live in Angel Grove anymore. Billy hadn't even answered the phone. Rocky was her last hope to find out why apparently everyone hated her now.

Dialing the last number on her list, she spoke with a trembling voice. "Please don't hang up on me. Please."

"He won't, Kimberly," Ana said confidently.

"I don't even know what I did to make them hate me so much." She went quiet, hearing the phone ring. She put it on speaker; Kevin wanted to hear what was going on too.

"Hello?" came the familiar male voice.

"Rocky?" Kim just couldn't keep the tears out of her voice.

"Kim? What's wrong?"

"Tommy won't answer his phone and everyone else hung up on me. Rocky, why do they hate me? What- what did I do?"

"Well, that letter you sent was pretty cold."

"What letter?"

"The one you sent to Tommy at the Youth Center."

Kim was confused. "Rocky, I never mailed a letter to Tommy at the Youth Center. What's going on?"

"Why don't you tell me, Kim? Tommy got a letter five days ago. It was in your handwriting and signed with your name. In it, you broke his heart when you broke up with him, saying that you'd found someone else. You said you'd only ever loved him as a brother."

Tears flooded Kim's eyes and streamed down her face. "I never sent that letter, Rocky. You have to believe me. I would never break up with Tommy like that. Is that why everyone else hung up on me?"

"Probably. Didn't he call to ask for an explanation?"

"No." Kim paused as an awful thought crossed her mind. "Do- do you think he didn't call because he wants it to be true?"

"No way. Kim, do you have any idea who could have sent that letter? I mean, it was your handwriting. At least, it looked like your handwriting."

Kim suddenly remembered the conversation she'd had with her mother just weeks before. She had told her mother that when the games were over she was going home to Angel Grove. Her mother had been furious, insisting that she come to live in Paris. Kim had refused and hung up the phone. "OH God! She's making sure that I can't come home after the games!"

"Who, Kim?"

"My mother. Her handwriting and mine are so close they're almost identical. She's making sure that no one there wants me back after the games. She wants me to come live in Paris and I refused her."

"Talk to her, Kim. Find out why she's doing this. I'll start trying to fix things with the others here."

Kim hung up. "That's it."

"Once they know what happened, they'll take you back."

Kim shook her head. "Tommy's hurt. How can I ever hope to fix this with him when he won't even talk to me?"

"Don't you worry your pretty little head none, cheri," Kevin added, kneeling on the other side of the petite brunette. "We'll make him see what he lost by giving you up."

"Tommy will calm down and then you'll have your chance to talk to him."

Kim shook her head again, tears flowing even harder now. "He'll never forgive me. He'll move on with his life and I'll be left behind. Again."

"What do you mean?" Kevin asked, not sure he wanted to know.

"My dad left me behind when he and Mom divorced. Jason left me behind when he went to Switzerland, and now Tommy. Every guy I've ever cared about has left me behind at some point in my life."

Bowing her head, the young woman started crying again. She cried herself to sleep that day. The next morning, she vowed that she would never let any man have that much power over her again. She admitted that she still loved Tommy, but, if he didn't want to fight for her, then maybe she was better off without him. Kevin and Ana had watched helplessly as she trained harder and made herself move on without her friends behind her.

FLASHBACK ENDS

"Very well, Rocky. He can come. But warn him that Kim's not the same girl she used to be. She's trying to move on. And if he hurts her, he'll have to face me and it will be none too pleasant."

"Ok, Kevin. I will. Please just give him a chance, for Kim's sake?" When Kevin answered him, he said, "We'll see you tomorrow afternoon about four."

He hung the phone and turned to Tommy. "Who's Kevin? Is he the other guy Kim dumped me for?"

"Tommy, there is no other guy. Kim didn't dump you."

"Oh. That was her handwriting in the letter. I still have it if you don't remember."

"Kim didn't write that letter. Her mother did."