DISCLAIMER: Nope not mine. I seriously wish though.

SUMMARY: Tommy's fallen in love with Jason's little sister and Jason's in love with Kimberly.

A/N: I know, it's been a long time. RL been a pain in the arse lately. Sorry.

Tara was in the bathroom under a hot shower spray. Kim went downstairs to call Tommy.

"Kim?" His voice betrayed his worry.

"I thought I was calling Tommy Oliver. My bad."

"Kimberly Ann Hart. Don't you dare hang up on me." He took a deep breath. "Is she alright?"

"She's in the shower right now, warming up. I picked her up on the road about half a mile from the Café. She had a couple of coughing fits as she came around the car one of which almost brought her to her knees." Kim sighed. "She was pretty seriously chilled but I think she'll be okay."

"Kim, I hate to ask…"

"I was already planning on staying here until you got home."

Tommy ran a hand through his hair, heaving a sigh of relief. "Thank you. I'll be home as soon as school lets out."

"No problem. You might want to have Jason take you by the Café to pick up your Jeep and Tara's keys." Tara padded into the kitchen.

"Is that T-t-tommy?" When Kim nodded, Tara held out her hand. Kim smiled as she handed the phone off. Tara was swallowed by Tommy's thick terry cloth robe. Her hair hung loose down her back and she reminded Kim of a child playing dress-up. "Hey."

"Hey, gorgeous. How do you feel?"

"I-I-I'll be okay. I'm s-s-sorry."

"For what?"

"I r-r-ran off and l-l-left your jeep at the C-c-café. How are y-y-you going to g-g-get home?" She sounded close to tears.

"It's okay, Tara. Jason's going to drive me over there and I'll pick up your keys and the jeep." He smiled a bit. "It's no big deal. Besides, I'm sure that he's going to follow me home to check up on you too."

Tara chuckled a little at that. "He r-r-really is overp-p-protective." She yawned.

"Well. I'm going to let you go so you can rest. Kim's going to stay with you until I get home. But if you need me, call. It doesn't matter why."

"I p-p-promise." She took a deep breath. "Tommy?"

"Yes?"

"I love you." CLICK. She set the phone down on the table and looked up at Kimberly with a furious blush staining her cheeks. Suddenly, she turned and ran up the stairs.

"I can't believe she did that," Kimberly chuckled as she walked into the living room to wait for Tommy.

"I love you."

Before he had a chance to respond, Tara had hung up and all he could do was smile. He wasn't even sure what he would have said had she given him the chance. He chuckled.

"Dr. O?" asked one of his students.

"Yes, Meagan?"

"Is everything okay?"

"Just fine, Meagan. Just fine." He turned his attention back to the class. "Now then, I believe we were talking about the accuracy of the story 'Jurassic Park' as well as the possibility of it ever being actually real."

At the end of his last class, Tommy was just finishing up putting things away in the room when he heard the knock at his door. Looking up, he saw his best friend at the door.

"Kim called me. She told me what happened. You about ready to go?"

"Just about." Tommy paused for a moment.

"What are you thinking about, bro?"

"How would you feel about becoming my brother for real?"

Jason stepped into the room and closed the door behind him. "Dude, I hope you're asking me what I think you're asking me."

"I bought a ring the other day. I'm planning on asking her to marry me Christmas morning."

Jason stepped up to his friend and put a hand on his shoulder. "I think I know what you want and you definitely have my blessings. I'll be proud to have you as my brother-in-law."

"Thanks, man." Tommy gave Jason a relieved smile. "I guess we should go."