DISCLAIMER: Nope still not mine.

SUMMARY: Tommy's finally gotten the shower he needed. He's heading back to the hospital with Jason to see Kim.

A/N: I know. Three chapters in one day. It's incredible. I'm even working on a chapter for Different Shade.

Softly opening the door, Tommy slipped silently into Kim's room. Trini, Aisha, and Ana had dozed off in chairs around the room. Kim was laying quietly on her bed.

He crept to Kim's side and stood for a moment just watching her. 'She must be asleep. She'd have noticed me otherwise.'

Kim started whimpering in her sleep and Tommy couldn't help but wonder what her dream was about.

DREAM

Kim was living in Angel Grove. She'd learned to get around pretty well on her own and she'd found a small apartment that had room enough for her to get around in her wheelchair.

Her friends were fantastic about helping her out with grocery shopping and the like. But she was still in love with Tommy who didn't seem to love her. At least, not the way she loved him.

One day, Tommy knocked on her door with Kat. Kim invited them in. "Thank you, Kim," Kat gushed. "We wanted you to be the first to hear the news."

"

"Kat, why don't you go on out to the car? I just want to talk to Kim for a moment."

"Sure, Tommy. I'll wait for you out there." Kat left and Kim looked at Tommy with tears in her eyes.

"Why, Tommy?"

"I had to. I can't handle seeing you in that chair anymore. I can't keep watching you struggle to walk and know that in all likelihood you never will." Tommy stood to leave, knowing that if she started crying he'd change his mind and stay.

After he left, Kim locked her door and wheeled into her bedroom where she pulled herself onto the bed. She knew she'd have no company for a few days, allowing her the privacy she needed to grieve for love lost.

DREAM ENDS

Tommy brushed back the hair from her face. "Tommy?"

"I'm right here, beautiful. Right beside you."

"Don't leave me."

"Never again. You're stuck with me now."

"You never answered my calls after the letter." Kim felt she had to say it. She had to know why.

"That was my stubborn male pride. My ego if you will." He wrapped her tiny hand in his larger one. "Please forgive me. I should have answered your calls or called you and asked what was going on. I should have known that you would have never sent me a letter like that."

"Tommy, don't beat yourself up over this. I forgave you long ago. I just don't need the stress from this." She paused. "Can you take the gauze off? My face itches. Please?"

Tommy sighed. He reached out and started unwrapping the bandage from her face. "Close your eyes before I finish," he instructed softly.

"They're closed." He finished unwrapping the gauze and gently removed the pads from her eyes.

"Okay. Do you want to try opening your eyes?" She nodded. "Go slow. If it's too much, don't worry. We can try again later."

Slowly, one brown orb came into view followed by the other. Blinking a couple of times to bring everything into focus, Kim looked around the room.

Her eyes stopped on Tommy. "Well, handsome, long time no see," she whispered with tears filling her eyes. Holding out her arms, she smiled as he sat down on the bed and wrapped her in his arms.

An hour later, Kim opened her eyes to see the doctor standing at the foot of her bed. She nudged Tommy awake and then noticed that the other girls were conspicuous by their absence.

"How are your eyes, Ms. Hart?" he asked as Tommy got up off the bed and ran a hand through his hair.

"I can see, Doctor. I can see." Kim was so happy. The way she saw it, if she could just walk again, everything would be perfect.

As long as her nightmare didn't come true.