DISCLAIMER: Nope still not mine.
SUMMARY: Kim's eyes hurt and the doctor thinks her sight might come back soon.
"Kim, I'm going to go have a shower and come right back. I promise."
"Do you have to?" Kim asked with a little pout.
"Trini, Aisha and Ana will come sit with you. I don't think you want me too close to you right now. Kevin offered to let us shower at the center. I'm guessing it's closer than the hotel Jason and the others are staying at."
"It is. Besides, Kevin probably needs some practice time." She smiled.
"Well, he did tell us that he needed some time before the competition starts tomorrow."
"Okay. But I want a kiss before you go." She turned her face up for his kiss, knowing he'd never refuse her.
Chuckling, Tommy bent over and pressed his lips to hers. She wrapped her arms around his neck and held him close. She sniffed carefully at his neck.
Pulling away, she wrinkled her little nose delicately. "Stinky. Go shower. Come back when you smell better." She giggled.
"Yes, ma'am. I'll be back soon, princess." He kissed her again and left the room.
Tommy and Jason walked into the gymnastics center. So many people were practicing that the two young men wondered if there would be enough space for them to grab a quick shower.
"Tommy! Jason!" Coach Schmidt called out as he moved toward them from where he'd been talking to Kevin. "Kevin told me what happened. I'll be glad to give you a place to spar as well as to shower."
"Thanks. We don't want to get in the way."
"That is not a problem. It is the least we can do for everything you've done for our Kimberly. The Pan-Global Committee agreed to postpone the medal ceremony for a few days until Kimberly can be there."
"I'll be sure to tell her when we get back to the hospital," Tommy told the coach. "She'll be glad to hear that."
"Tommy, let's go shower. Kim'll be wondering where we are."
"Yeah. We need to get going. Kim's going to start worrying."
Kevin showed the young men to the showers, then he went to practice.
Trini, Aisha and Ana sat around Kim's bed talking to her.
"Now, Kim, we need you to get back on your feet," Aisha said. "Trini flew in without packing anything. So we need to get you out of that bed so we can take her shopping."
"Aisha, I think we'll have to wait at least until I get my sight back."
"You'll be seeing again before you know it." Aisha sounded so confident that it was almost easy to believe that she was right.
"I hope you're right, Sha. I really hope you're right!"
Tommy and Jason stepped out of the locker room to see Kevin working out on the rings. They watched as he pressed into an inverted iron cross and held it. He followed that up with several giant swings and dismounted. His teammates slapped him on the back, telling what a great job he did.
"Pretty impressive," Tommy said.
"No kidding," Jason replied. "I would have never guessed that Kevin had that kind of upper body strength."
"I'll just go let him know that we're heading back to the hospital." Tommy clasped a hand to Jason's shoulder before moving toward the young Cajun.
The team cleared a path for him as he approached. Stopping in front of the young man who had become such a good friend to Kim, he smiled. "I may not have seen much but I'm impressed." He stuck out his hand which Kevin took. "Jase and I are heading back to the hospital. Will we see you there later?"
Kevin nodded. "I'll have to go back to see ma soeur before I walk Ana back to the dorms for the night." At Tommy's confused look, Kevin clarified. "While Ana is my sister, Kimberly is just like a sister to me and so I call her my sister as well."
"Aaaahhhh. Well, we'll see you later then." Kevin nodded. Tommy and Jason left the center.