Disclaimer: I don't own the Power Rangers, or the settings where they have taken place. They are owned by Saban. I don't wish to get sued.
Authors Note: This is something that I have been toying around with for a while. It consists of snip-its from Kimberly's diary about her life and her friends lives. I am still going to be working the story "Are We Over" but I wanted to throw this out to you all. It'll be a lengthy story, but I hope it will be worth it. It begins when the gang starts High School. Let me know what you think! Please R&R! It will be a T/K, because that's mainly what I write.
November 3, 1993
Dear Diary,
Ya know, I am really getting pretty annoyed at Tommy. He didn't do anything, and that's the problem. I can tell that he likes me, and I sure as hell like him, but he won't ask me out. Jason keeps on telling me how he stares longingly at me, but he won't do anything about it! I don't get it! I just don't get guys. Ugh! They are enough to make me go CRAZY! The dance is in about three weeks, and I'd LIKE to go with him, but there is no way in heck I am asking him out. That's his job. He will do anything for me, EXCEPT ask me out!
Anyway, Trini and I are heading out to the mall today for a bit of shopping. I need to get a dress for the dance. I have plenty of old dresses, but I need a new one, and Tri says she does too. So, it's off to search. We'll probably end up getting dinner together too. It's been a while since the girls have hung out, and I miss it a lot.
Anyway, I'm heading over to her house now, so until next time.
Love,
Kimberly
"Mom! I'm going out with Trini!"
"Alright honey, just be back by nine ok?"
"Yeah, alright." Kimberly smiles, as she grabs her pocketbook and walks out the door. She quickly makes it down to the Kwan's house and sees Trini waiting for her. "Hey Tri!"
"Hey Kim." She smiles as she walks over to her best friend, "You ready?"
"Of course."
"So has Tommy asked you to the dance yet?"
"No." Kimberly groans, "He's gonna miss his chance soon. I'll have to just go with Jason or someone…"
"You could have any guy in the world Kimberly." Trini says, rolling her eyes.
"whatever." Kim says, in shock, "Trini, I'm average…"
"You're perfect, and you know it."
"Yeah, right." Kim sighs, "So what color you getting?" She jokes.
Trini laughs, "How about we switch for the day?"
"Haha, you hate pink." She smiles.
"I don't HATE it. It just doesn't look right on me." She grins at her friend.
"Anyway, let's go check out some dresses."
"You got it Kim."
Trini and Kim shop till almost eight. They each get a dress and shoes, before heading back to their houses. Kimberly walks past the Scott's house and sees Tommy and Jason standing by the gate talking.
"Hey Kimberly." Jason say, as Tommy quickly whips his head around to look at her.
"Hey Kim." He smiles brightly at her.
"Hey guys. What's going on?" She asks, standing next to Tommy, and leans on the gate.
"Nothing." Tommy answers, "We were just working out a bit. Where were you heading from?"
"The mall with Trini. She and I needed to get dresses for the dance coming up."
"Oh yeah? Can we see it?" He asks.
"Nope, not until the dance." She sneers.
Jason laughs, "That's the one thing about Kim. If you're a guy and there's a dance, you won't see the dress any earlier then when you see her at the dance."
"Trini's the same way." Kim pouts.
"Not as bad." Jason says, rubbing her hair firmly.
"Jason!" She says, ducking away from his hand, smoothing out her hair.
"It still looks fine." He says, laughing, "Tell her Tommy."
"It looks great still Kimberly, honestly."
She smiles up at him, still smoothing out her hair, "Thanks."
"Any time."
Jason rolls his eyes at the pair. They have been flirting for months now, and nothing has become of it. He was really getting annoyed. Tommy would do anything for Kim, and vice versa.
"Anyway, I have to get going." She says, "I told my mother I'd be home early. I'll see you guys later?"
"I'm heading home too. How about I walk you?"
"Sounds great." She smiles.
"Alright you two, I'll see you for school tomorrow ok?"
"Right." Kim says, hugging her best friend. "See ya tomorrow."
"Bye Jase." Tommy says as they clasp hands.
Jason holds his hand tighter and gives him a look as if to say, you better ask her out soon, "You get it?" He asks smiling.
"Yeah, I get it." Tommy says before he takes on of Kimberly's bags and they head the short distance down the street.
Jason shakes his head. That night, they talked a lot about Kimberly. He knows that Tommy is scared to ask Kimberly out, because he likes her so much and doesn't want to be rejected. Jason talked to him about what Kim was like. He gives her incite on what she does. Jason and Tommy were beginning to become best friends.
September 9, 1993
Dear Diary,
My father did it again to me! Only this time I had about twenty minutes to pack up before he came. I can't believe him! I was suppose to go out with the gang to the movies, and he totally blew it for me. I called Jason really fast and told him. This sucks. Mom agreed to it because he wanted me to meet Larissa's family. I don't want to meet Larissa's family. Dad still insists that they are only friends, but come on, why would he take his daughter to meet family of a woman whom he isn't even dating! I am so pissed off! In two weeks is the dance, and he BETTER not do anything like this. He BETTER not.
ANYWAY, my father's at the door, and Larissa's in the car with him. I'm sure I'll have lots to write about after this weekend.
Love,
Kimberly.
"Hey Kimber." Her father says, hugging her.
"Hi." She mumbles. "Bye mom."
"Bye honey." She says, kissing her daughter. She jumps right into the back seat of the convertible and folds her arms, ignoring Larissa.
"Kimberly, Larissa was speaking to you."
"What?" She asks, not looking at her.
"My family is very excited to meet you sweetheart."
"Wonderful." She says, sighing.
"Kimberly…" Her father warns her.
"I'm so glad you could come with us this weekend."
"I didn't have a choice."
"Two weekends in a row is wonderful having you." She continues.
"This doesn't mean that in two weeks you are going to have me again though." Kim says, warning her father, "Because I'm not coming."
"You have no choice."
"I am NOT coming when I have a dance at school to go to."
"Oh…" Ken says, "That… well then you should come out next week then…"
"NO!" Kimberly shouts.
"What!"
"No. I am coming today, this would have been next week, which is right on target. I am sick of missing out on my friends to…"
"Kimberly! That is enough." Her father shouts at her, causing her to shrink down in her chair. She was silent for the rest of the ride. Around 4:15, like usual they end up back at her father's house. She heads upstairs and puts her things down, before flopping on her bed and turning on the TV. Larissa comes up and knocks on her door, "Yeah?" Kim calls, turning her head as the door opens.
"Honey, you father says to get ready. We are leaving in about an hour."
"Fine." Kim says, turning her head.
"Kim?"
"What?"
"Would you like to go shopping with me tomorrow? I mean, we really haven't had a chance to get to know each other, and your father tells me that you love shopping…"
"I think I'm going to have to pass. I have a lot of homework to do." The pink ranger cuts her fathers girlfriend off.
"Oh, well, maybe next time then."
"We'll see." She says, not looking up from her TV. 'Who does this woman think she is!' She thinks to herself, 'She wants to get to know me! I don't want to get to know her. Ugh, it's bad enough that I already have to meet her family, let alone spend time with them. This totally sucks!' She screams in he head.
"We're leaving in twenty Kimber!" Her father calls up the stairs to her.
"Ok." She calls back, reluctantly getting dressed. She pulls on a knee length jean skirt and a pink, quarter length shirt with a v-neck cut. She quickly does her hair, puts on make-up and her jewelry, and pulls on shoes that enhance her height by about three inches. She then goes down with her father and sits on the kitchen chair, awaiting her father and Larissa. They all drive over to her parent's house, which was only about ten minutes away, and walk inside.
"Hello?" Larissa calls.
"Hi." Her mother says, hugging her daughter and Ken, "And you must be Kim."
"Hi." Kimberly says, shaking the older woman's hand.
"It is so nice to meet you. Your father has told us all about you."
"Nice to meet you too." She says, flatly.
"Where's Angela and Melissa?" Larissa asks.
"In the family room. Come on." She smiles.
Kimberly is forced to do small talk with Larissa's sisters and significant others. She meets Larissa's nieces who are 10 and 14, and her nephews who are 9, 6, and 14. Kimberly was the oldest out of all the kids in the family.
"So, when do you turn sixteen Kimberly?"
"February 14." She says, looking at one of the sisters sitting in front of her.
"Valentines day! Oh what a lovely birthday." Melissa the oldest of the girls exclaims.
"Yeah."
"Are you looking forward to driving?"
"Totally. I'm the youngest out of my friends, so it will be nice. Most of them are just getting their licenses."
"Well, I'm sure you'll be a great driver." Larissa's mom smiles at her.
Kimberly nods and looks back at the ground. She was bored. Her friends right now were at the movies having fun, and she is sitting at the most boring party there is with people she doesn't even know. The kids tried to talk to her, and she did her best to make conversation, but the whole time she was wishing that a monster would attack Angel Grove, so she could get away from everyone. That may not be a good idea since she is unfamiliar with the location she is in, and may have a difficult time getting away, but it would still be better than staying around these people.
"Would you all like to come over tomorrow for dinner around five?" Angela asks Ken.
"I would love to, but I have to get Kimberly back to her mothers house… unless…"
"I have practice tomorrow." Kimberly says flatly, "I can't afford to miss another one."
"Ok. No, we'll have to do it another time."
"What do you do Kimberly?" Melissa asks.
"What do I do?" Kim asks, confused.
"Yeah, what do you do that makes you have to practice?"
"Gymnastics. I'm a gymnast." She smiles.
"Wonderful!" The mother says to her, "I bet you are pretty good."
"I'm alright." She shrugs.
"Alright! Kimberly is an excellent gymnast." Ken says about his daughter.
Kim clenches her teeth, 'How would you know? You never come to my competitions.' She wants to say, but holds it in.
"Maybe we'll come to one of your competitions one day." The mother says.
"Whatever." She replies, getting nudged by her father.
They stay till almost ten and then head home. Kimberly was glad to be out of that house. As soon as she gets home she gets a shower so she doesn't have to spend anymore time with her father's girlfriend. Around eleven, she hears her father talking to Larissa.
"Do you think she knows that we are dating?"
"Kimberly? Yeah, she's pretty smart."
"Don't you think we should tell her officially?"
"She knows Larissa."
"She hates me…"
"No she doesn't. She was just mad that I got her when it wasn't the weekend she usually has. It's hard for her too, to see me with another woman."
"I don't blame her." Larissa sighs.
"She'll get use to it… she doesn't have a choice."
Kimberly clenches her teeth at this remark. She doesn't have a choice and she knows it. She is sick and tired of everything that is affecting her life that she has no control over. "Good night." Kim calls and heads back to her room. She was eager to leave tomorrow, though she does miss her father, she wants to be home with her friends.
Earlier that night….
"Where's Kim?" Tommy asks Jason as they drive over to the movies.
"At her dad's."
"At her dad's?" He asks, a bit confused. He knows that her parents are divorced, but he didn't think she would be heading there this week.
"Yeah, they are divorced, her parents that is and her dad wanted her this weekend."
"I thought that she wasn't going over till next weekend. Didn't she go there last weekend?"
"Yeah, but he had some family stuff with his new girlfriend. Kim was pissed."
"I would be too."
"So what is up with you two?" Jason asks point blank.
"What do you mean?" He sputters.
"I mean, you two are always flirting. Do you like her?"
Tommy is quiet for a bit, "Yeah, I really do…"
"So why not ask her to the dance?"
"Oh come on, she can have any guy she wants. She doesn't want to go with me."
"Are you that dense! I mean come on Tommy. I don't think I have ever seen her this into a guy, and the guy is you."
"You've gotta be kidding me."
"Ask her…"
"But…"
"What's the worse that could happen?"
"That's what I'm afraid of." He sighs.
"Just ask her… I'm sure she'll say yes."
"But how do you know!"
"She's my best friend… I know these things." Jason smiles, "Trust me."
Tommy sighs and runs his hands nervously through his hair, smiling, "Alright." He says.
November 18, 1993
Dear Diary,
Tommy lost his green powers today. Rita stole them, and I don't think we can get it back any time soon, if ever. He is really bummed out about it, and I can't blame him. It's awful. He has to conserve what powers he has left, so he really isn't out on the fighting field with us anymore. He takes his powers from us, but he knows that it will only last him for so long.
Jason is really feeling guilty about the whole power thing, because he couldn't get his coin back in time. It's been a really awful week for him. I have never seen him so upset before. I wish there was something I could do for him. I think I'm gonna go out and see if I can find him, and maybe cheer him up a bit. I don't know what I'm going to do, but it has to be something, because I hate seeing him this bummed out.
The long story short, there was this candle that Rita made, and it burned almost completely out, taking almost all his powers with it. It totally sucks.
Oh, and no he still hasn't asked me to the dance yet, and I don't think he will, especially now that he is down about his powers. Oh well, there will always be other dances. I just hope he's ok. I really don't know what I am going to say to him when I find him, but I have to say something.
Love,
Kimberly
Kimberly walks to the park and heads over to the pond where she sees Tommy working on his karate. She stands back and watches him for a few seconds, before he stops and turns towards her.
"Hey." He smiles, as they both walk towards each other.
"Hey." Kimberly smiles, "Ernie said that I would probably find you out here."
"Yeah, I like to practice outside sometimes, you know, clear my head."
"How are you?"
"I'm doing alright… I mean, it's tough, but hey, it was meant to be."
"We miss you." She says.
"Yeah, well, you were a team long before I showed up."
Kimberly shakes his head, looking deep into his eyes, "I miss you."
He looks at her, and slowly dips his head down to meet her lips, kissing her slowly and tenderly, "Oh man, I've been waiting to do that for a long time." He smiles ear to ear.
Kimberly smiles, brushing a piece of hair behind her ears, looking at him, "Well, since that is over, I guess this next question will be easy. Kimberly, would you like to go to the dance with me?" Kimberly opens her mouth in a wide 'O' shape and turns her back on him, "Kim! Kimberly!"
She giggles turning back to her, "I didn't want to make it too easy on you Tommy. Of course I'll go to the dance with you."
"Yes! Alright!" He says, picking her up and swinging her around, before putting her on the ground and kissing her again."
She smiles at him as they break, "I've been waiting for you to ask."
"I've been waiting to ask you." He laughs. "You aren't at your dad's next weekend are you?"
"No, thank god. I have to go the week after the dance though."
"Ugh, some fun."
"Seriously." She smiles, "Well, I'll let you get back to practicing…"
"Ya know what, I think I'm done. What do you say we go take a walk?"
She smiles, "That sounds great." She says, as he grabs his bags and takes her hand for the first time, affectionately.
"So, what time shall I pick you up on Saturday?"
"Seven?"
"Sounds good." He smiles.
"Try not to be late." She giggles.
"I'm not always late!"
"Tommy…." She giggles some more.
"Ok, I'll try not to be late."
"Try not to be forgetful either."
"Now that's pushing it." He says squeezing her hand a bit.
She laughs, "yeah, sure."
"Whatever." He laughs. "What are the others up too?"
"I have no idea. I came here as soon as I found out where you were. You really are doing alright?"
"Don't worry about me Kimberly, I'll be fine."
"I'm gonna hate not going into battle with you…"
"I'm gonna hate not going into battle with you guys… besides, you need someone to protect you out there." He says, wrapping his arm around her shoulder.
"Hey buster, I can take care of myself." She smiles.
"I know you can."
They walk for a bit longer talking before they hear, "Oh my god, would you look at those two!" They spin around to see Zack smiling and Jason standing next to them.
"We were wondering where you two go to, but we didn't expect to see you two holding hands." Jason grins, "Does this mean Thomas Oliver actually asked Kimberly to the dance?"
Tommy smiles at his friend, "Yeah, we're going together."
"Awesome." Zack says, patting Tommy on the back, "Good choice, and a good thing you nabbed her before someone else did. Our little Miss Kimberly here is a very popular person to ask out on a date, and you won her over."
By this time Kimberly was blushing, and Tommy just looks down at her, "I didn't win her, she chose to go with me."
She looks up and smiles at him brightly, "Yeah, I did. Who are you going with Jase?"
"Jenna."
"And you Zack?"
"I got Angela.'
"You're kidding me!" Kim says, shocked.
"Oh yeah, the Zack-man weaved his magical ways and got the babe."
"Well that's great. Who's Trini going with?"
"Ricky, and Billy's going with Marge."
"Cool." Tommy replies.
"Anyway, you guys hungry?" Jason asks.
"A little." Kim says.
"You wanna grab something to eat?"
Kimberly and Tommy look at each other for and answer before Tommy replies, "Actually, what do you think about hanging out here for a while still Kim?"
"Sounds great!" She says a bit too eager.
"Alright you two, we'll see you later." Jason replies.
"Bye Jase." Kim smiles, "Bye Zack."
Tommy smiles at says, "See ya later guys.
"Later." Zack says, giving Tommy a thumbs up.
"I can't believe he asked her!" Jason says, walking away from the pair, "This is GREAT! Now he won't be moping around, because he doesn't know how to ask Kimberly to the dance."
"I agree. This is going to be easier on him and her." Zack smiles.
"Let's go eat."
"Right."
September 21, 1993
Dear Diary,
Well tonight's the night. It's dance night, and Tommy asked me to it! I am so excited! I really like him. It feels different this time, than the other guys that I have dated. Jason and Zack are giving him a hard time since he is not technically my boyfriend. That's kind of cool to say, especially when I have the nicest, hottest, and greatest guy in the entire school.
So my hair is going up. I learned to do this new braid with a twist. My dress is of course pink, but it is really pretty. It is knee length with a low cut, v-neck collar. The dress has slight straps and I have a pink sweater to match. I am so excited! He's picking me up in less than 10 minutes… that is, if he isn't late.
Anyway, more coming up!
Love,
Kimberly
Tommy comes right on time and picks Kim up, "Wow, you look…" He says, trying to get the words out as he stares at his new girlfriend, "Amazing."
"Thanks, you look really great yourself." She smiles, kissing his cheek.
"Are you all ready?"
"Yeah." She smiles, heading out the door to Tommy's white jeep. She thanks him as he opens the door for her.
They all meet up at the youth center and dance the night away. After the dance was over at around 11:30, Tommy and Kimberly went back down to the river, for a walk in the moonlight. They don't say much, but walk and hold hand, enjoying the company. They stop by the place where they first kissed only three days ago and sit on the picnic benches. They watch the stars for a while, as Tommy drapes his arm around her shoulders, pulling her close to him, "Thank you for tonight Tommy."
"Oh no, thank you." He smiles at the girl next to him, "I had fun."
"Me too." She says, "Me too."
He kisses the side of her head, and she smiles up at him, causing him to kiss her on the lips. They then head back to his car and head home for the night.
December 1, 1993
Dear Diary,
Well, Tommy and I are still going strong, and this weekend I get to go with my father. I am not looking forward to this because I really want to spend time getting to know Tommy and working on my gymnastics. I don't think my parents understand that I don't have time all the time to go over to my fathers. My life is in Angel Grove, and that is where it is going to stay for now.
This weekend is Jason and Tommy's match. They are fighting as a team instead as opponents, and I am going to miss it all because of my parents. Don't get me wrong, I don't mind going to my fathers and I adore seeing him, but I wish I could do everything and I just can't.
I have a competition next weekend, at Stone Canyon and I think that everyone is going to be going to cheer me on. I know Tommy said he'll be there, and Jason and Trini always go, but the other two I'm not 100 sure. I guess I'll see. I am going up against this really tough girl named Shana. I think I can beat her, but I really have to work hard next week.
Anyway, it's off to dad's.
Love,
Kimberly
TBC…
Well? What didcha think? I'm going to be taking it all throughout High School, college and adulthood, snipits of the diary through out the entire story.
Please R&R! I'd really appreciate it. It helps me to know what you all want or don't want
Thanks!
LUNA