Disclaimer: I own the plot and Aileen. Everything else belongs to Disney / Saban.
A gasp entered the table as Kimberly started talking. Was there really a letter? Kimberly gave her insight on the letter. While explaining, she hoped that Tommy's anger wouldn't rage out. She only hoped that a reaction would provide some kind of way of reasoning with him.
"Tommy, say something," Kat said as she shook her friend as he couldn't leave his jaw from the table, "Tommy," she repeated. Tommy looked at her, but didn't budge. His mind was fixated on a letter that was written, sealed and sent to Angel Grove. He didn't know how to react, but took a few sips of his drink.
"Well," he began, "for starters, I'm glad we're talking about this now. Kim was it true a teammate of yours wrote it?" he asked before sipping his drink again. Kim sighed as she could recall that day.
"Aileen, don't!" the gymnast screamed as she attempted to reach for her notebook, "Leen!" she shrieked. Her former teammate and friend Aileen Peterson was one of the finest gymnasts in Florida, but was also known as the team's caddy one. She loved starting trouble, especially with the new team members. Kimberly was writing Tommy and Skull several letters when the girl snatched her notebook.
"And who's going to stop me?" The petite, but rude gymnast replied. The two were running after each other as they chased each other around the gymnasium. "Certainly, you're mind is so fixated on boys," she huffed. She caught her breath before running again. Kimberly groaned as she chased her again. She was already out of breath and wanted the pettiness to stop. Skull had arrived from a long day from auditions when he saw the chaos.
"What's going on?" Coach Schmidt stated as he saw the girls going after each other, "Ladies!" he hollered. The two female gymnasts stopped dead in their tracks when seeing their coach. "What on earth is going on in here? Aileen? Kimberly?" he questioned the two.
The two gymnasts stood up straight as they were circled by their coach. He shook his head at the two who were sweaty and out of breath. He couldn't believe what was happening. Skull watched from a distance as he saw Kim twitching her eyes back and forth to the man.
"She started it," Aileen groaned as she continuing to hold the notebook, "It's always the newbies sir that cause the trouble," she grinned innocently. Kimberly gasped. She didn't do a thing, but chase the girl to get her pink notebook back.
"I see. Kimberly, what happened?" the man asked her. The former ranger and now gymnast gulped before explaining. "Kim, what's your verdict on this?" he questioned again.
"Sir, I was minding my own business and suddenly Aileen took my notebook," she confessed. Grouchy, Aileen groaned under her breath. The two gave haughty glares at each other.
"Is that correct?" As Gunter Schmidt walked around the girls, he was very disappointed in their child-like behavior, "Ladies, I am very disappointed in both of you. You are here to train not clown around. Do I make myself clear?" The girls gave him a nod as he left the room. As the girls eased up, Aileen threw Kim's notebook at her as she grumbled under her breath.
"I'll get you one of these days Hart. Count on me on that," she glared. Startled, Kimberly sighed as she picked up her notebook. As Aileen left the room, Skull walked over to Kim.
"Everything alright?" he asked his friend, "Kim?" he looked at her in worry. Kim sniffled as she looked at the mangled pages. She couldn't believe how cruel some people were in her team, especially one that she despised the most. He embraced her tightly as she clutched the notebook.
"And that's what happened," Kim recalled as she sighed as she rested her head on the table, "Aileen wrote this letter and she mentioned more than what I wanted to tell you," she cringed at the fact of her teammate. "I still can't believe this how I get a payback from her. She welcomes you into the team, till you see her true colors," she groaned.
"But, what was the letter about, the actual one I mean?" Kat asked her friend. Kimberly fought tears from her eyes as she looked at her three friends. She teared looking at the fact of revenge was the only answer those two could resolve their differences, "Kim?" she said as she handed her friend a napkin.
"The letter was about me leaving for Europe," the former pink ranger sniffled as she dried her eyes, "I wanted to explain further, but course Aileen decided to rip the letter up and write her own version of me saying I found someone else. She used me to believe that I couldn't handle a long distance relationship. She manipulated me to tell everyone that I broke up with Tommy so I could focus on gymnastics," she teared softly.
Kimberly dried her eyes. She wanted to come back to Angel Grove to explain a reason that could be her only chance to redeem herself in front of her ex-boyfriend with his new girlfriend. This was her only chance to let them know she still cared for Tommy, but also all of her friends.
She further explained between drying her eyes that there were letters being sent to the Juice Bar continuously using Kim's name and the fact of never returning to the place she called home. Tommy looked at her in sadness. He hugged her little as he looked at Skull and Kat. Skull sighed under his breath as he hugged her too as Kat followed.
"Maybe we can explain the emails too that were being sent out," he reminded his best friend, "I don't want them to think that we're hiding things," he reassured.
"Good idea," Kim said in return as she returned all the hugs, "you guys have to hear Skull's side. I've already given mine," she noted. And it was so, the day continued on with many hopeful moments.
AN: Whew, this has been the longest chapter I've written for this story yet.