"Oh," Tommy sighed as he walked in the front door and began loosening his tie. He was so tired and he knew that there was still much to do today. He knew Kim was not home yet, but he only wanted to see her. He only wanted to hear her voice and be able to hug her against him and know that for a moment everything was all right.
"Tommy," Kim muttered as he jumped at the sound of her voice. "Sorry, I thought you would have noticed my car outside."
"Why are you home so early?" Tommy asked as he sat down next to her and she slowly sat up. Her back was killing her right now and she felt sick again. She had gotten over her morning sickness at the end of her first trimester, but it had come back this afternoon with a vengeance. She had barely been able to go ten minutes without having to run to the bathroom to throw up and when she called Rocky with the news, he acted concerned, but she could tell he was not going to voice his real worry with her.
"I haven't felt too good today, so Mary and Dr. Rosworth sent me home," Kim said as she looked over at him. "I don't know how much longer I'll last Tommy. Three months is a long time and I'm hurting so much now."
"It's okay, when is your next appointment with Rocky?" Tommy asked, knowing well enough it was next week, but wondering if she thought that she needed to see him sooner.
"He moved it up to tomorrow, can you come?" Kim asked as Tommy nodded his head yes and she closed her eyes tightly. She knew that she didn't need to get too worked up, but she was honestly scared and she wanted him to tell her that everything would be all right. "I'm scared…what if something's wrong with me? What if it hurts the baby?"
"Calm down, sweetie," Tommy whispered as Kim wiped her eyes and he sighed as he pulled her into a hug. "Everything will be fine, trust me."
"I'm sorry, I'm just so worried," Kim said as he kissed her cheek and gently rubbed her back as she leaned against him. He then heard a knock at the door and let out a long sigh. He did not want to work with the rangers right now, but he knew that he needed to. "Who's that?"
"The kids, I told them to come by for some help," Tommy said as Kim stood up and he looked at her.
"I'll cook, you go help them," Kim said as Tommy looked over at her as she waddled into the kitchen and he went to answer the front door.
"Dr. O," Kira said as he opened the door and was greeted with four teenagers instead of the three that had thought would be coming. "We have a little problem."
"What's that?" Tommy asked as Trent held up the white dino gem and Tommy looked between the others and him. "Crap."
"Maybe I can help," Trent said as Tommy ushered them inside and Kim looked over at him.
"I've seen that look before," Kim said as they all sat down at the kitchen table and Kim passed out the bottles of water. She was not sure what had happened, but she could tell that Tommy was not thrilled with it by any means.
"It would solve some problems, but have you ever fought before?" Tommy asked as Trent exchanged a glance with the other rangers. There was no use in lying to him, as he would see right through it, but they were afraid of what he would do when he heard the truth.
"We've been teaching him, just in case," Conner said as Tommy barely nodded. "But what did you call us here for?"
"It was to prepare for battles, but I'm not sure what to do now," Tommy said as Kim sat down next to him.
"I think you need to talk with them and figure out what you're going to do. You only have three months before the baby comes and I want you to be able to be there," Kim said as Tommy nodded. "Kids, if you want to stay and eat you can once he's done. It's just going to be pizza tonight."
"Put in a couple," Tommy said as she nodded.
"Listen out for it Kira, I'm going to take a bath," Kim said as Tommy looked over at her. "I'll be fine."
"She okay?" Kira asked as Tommy shook his head no. "What's wrong with her?"
"I'm not sure, he co-workers sent her home early and Rocky moved up her appointment to tomorrow. I don't know what's happening," Tommy said as they all looked at him. "But let's not talk about that now. We need to really figure everything else out."
"How about we handle the little stuff and if a monster is too much call you in?" Conner suggested as Tommy nodded. That was the plan that he had thought of himself, but he still didn't like it.
"Actually I'm more worried about her. If I have to go out…no one will be here to watch after her and…it's not that I don't trust Hayley," Tommy said as he covered his face with his hands. He did not want to think about losing her, he couldn't really cope with the idea too well.
"We understand," Ethan said as Tommy barely nodded. "We could work out some sort of system that would send one of us back when you came in."
"That's not going to be any good. It takes all of you to run the megazord and I don't have anything to do with that. We'll just see," Tommy said as Kira walked over to the stove and checked on the pizza.
"Why was Hayley so worried about not getting in touch with Billy?" Ethan asked as Tommy smiled over at him. So he hadn't missed that and Tommy couldn't help but laugh about it.
"She's gotten used to having him around here and she might have more of an interest than just that," Tommy said as Kira looked over at him and just shook her head. She had seen that coming and she was sure that Tommy had to, but the question was had Hayley and Billy admitted it to each other.
"Does Kim know about this interest?" Kira asked as Tommy shook his head no. "I thought she'd pick up on something like that rather quickly."
"She's been worried about the baby. She's not been doing too hot lately," Tommy said as they gave him a confused look. "She's tired all the time and she can't really sleep and I just hope Rocky can do something…"
"Pizza's ready," Kira said as she pulled it out and the boys started to each take a piece. "Do you want us to wait?"
"No, go ahead and eat. I'm just going to go see if she wants anything to eat," Tommy said as he walked upstairs and the teens dug in. "Kim…"
"Hey," Kim said as she walked into their room in her robe and slowly sat down on the bed. "Food ready?"
"Yeah, are you going to eat anything?" Tommy asked as Kim nodded her head yes. She just didn't feel like putting on any real clothes and the kids wouldn't really accept her coming down in a robe. "You want a pair of my shorts and a t-shirt."
"It'd be nice," Kim said as Tommy walked over to his drawer and then tossed her an old t-shirt and a pair of shorts. It would swallow the rest of her body whole, but her belly would hold up the shorts and actually fill out the body of the shirt. "Will you promise to rub my feet tonight?"
"Yeah," Tommy said as she slipped off her robe and then put on his shorts and shirt. "You sure Rocky didn't miss a baby?"
"I don't think so. He would have seen the heartbeat close to the beginning," Kim said as Tommy placed his arm around her and carefully guided her down the stairs. He could feel her muscles in her back trembling and he couldn't help but sigh. This was becoming too much for her, even with his help and he knew that it would be better for them to move downstairs soon.
"Can we watch tv?" Conner asked as Tommy nodded his head yes and they grabbed their plates and took them into the living room, except for Trent.
"Dr. O, I know this is a burden on you, but I don't feel safe living at home anymore," Trent said as Kim looked between Tommy and Trent. They had not taken him in because Trent had said he could handle it, but it was now obvious that he could no longer do that.
"There's a room upstairs that you can have," Kim said as Trent looked over at her. "You can stay as long as you need to."
"Thanks," Trent said as he walked into the living room to be with the others.
"Tommy, give me your hand," Kim said as Tommy gave her a suspicious look but let her grab his hand. She then placed it on her stomach and he felt as the baby kicked against his hand. He could not help but smile as she watched his reaction.
"I'm ready to get to meet the baby," Tommy said as Kim smiled as he continued rubbing her belly. "You're so beautiful."
"Yeah…" Kim said with a laugh as she picked up a couple of pieces of pizza and made herself a small salad.
"I'm not joking," Tommy said as he took her plate and then spun her around. "You're carrying my child and that makes you the most beautiful woman in the world."
"Sometimes I don't feel like it anymore," Kim said as she looked down at her feet. "It's just that I always…I can't wear any of the clothes I want. This is the only thing that I'm even comfortable in."
"Well, you still are to me," Tommy whispered as he gave her a kiss on the cheek. "Come on, let's go eat in the living room."
"Okay," Kim said as she reached for her plate and he just shook his head as he took it all into the other room.
"Your feet are swollen," Tommy remarked as he gently rubbed one of her feet.
"What do you think that Rocky is going to do?" Kim asked as she closed her eyes and leaned back against the arm of the couch.
"I don't know, bed rest, maybe less hours at work," Tommy said as Kim nodded her head. She actually agreed with it at this point, although she hated to admit it. "Are you okay with that?"
"Yeah, I'll be fine with whatever he says. Tommy…" Kim murmured as he looked up at her. "Can you rub my calves?"
"Yeah, try to get to sleep honey," Tommy said as she nodded and about three minutes later was dead to the world. He then quit rubbing her legs and he slowly moved to pick her up. She managed to murmur a couple of words but for the most part stayed asleep as he took her up to their room. He wanted to make this so much more comfortable, but he didn't know how that could be.