A/N: so here's the next chapter like I promised. I had a lot of fun writing it. Hope you guys like it. Enjoy
Kimberly had arrived at the park at about 12:15 p.m.; when she pulled into the parking lot, she saw that the others had already arrived. She coincidentally parked her car between Tommy's jeep and Jason's car. She walked into the youth center looking around at the changes and seeing if the other were there or already at the park. She saw Ernie at the counter and walked up to him. His back was to her, so with a smile she said, "Hey Ernie can I have my usual?"
Ernie turned in shock as he heard the voice behind. Hoping his eyes weren't deceiving him, he said, "Kimberly?"
"In the flesh," she giggled. 'Gee does that sound familiar or what?'
Ernie came from around the counter to wrap his arms around her, "When did you get back?"
"Today, I'm meeting the others," she answered, "By the way, have you seen them?"
"Jason, Zack, Trini, Billy, Aiesha, Adam, Rocky, Tanya and Zach's girl Angela were here earlier, but they left to go to the park."
"Thanks."
"It's good to see you home Kimberly," Ernie said hugging her, "want me to ring up your usual?"
She laughed, "No I'm good, maybe later though, because you know Rocky's going to get hungry."
"That boy is always hungry," he smiled, "Well make sure I see you guys sometime soon. I miss seeing you on the beam, while Tommy and Jason are sparring and the others at the tables."
"I miss it too," she said, "More than you know."
"Well you should get going," he smiled, "And when you see Tommy tell him I said hi."
"Don't you mean if?" she raised an eyebrow.
"No I mean when," he smiled again, "After all, this is turning into quite the reunion, don't you think?"
'What does he mean by that? He couldn't possibly know could he? She looked up into his eyes, and saw the truth there, "Ernie, what do you know?"
"Just saying how everyone from the old days are showing up, so it stands to reason that Tommy would too," he continued, "It's funny, Tommy lived here, when the first rangers came, and then he lived in Reefside, which coincidently had a team of rangers. Like I said, it's turning into quite the reunion, old and new meeting."
She smiled not all that shock, and said, "You know don't you?"
He laughed then leaned in closer, "It wasn't that hard really, you guys hung together, wore the same colors as the rangers, and when there was a monster attack, the moment you left, the power rangers showed up, and when they left, you guys came back."
"Were we that obvious?"
"No, but you forget, I knew you and the others since you were kids," he started, "so I paid closer attention to you guys because I cared about you. So it wasn't hard to notice how close you guys got whenever someone new came to the group and the colors that they wore."
"You know, we always said that if there was one person we wanted to know who we were, it would be you."
"Oh yea?" he questioned, "Why?"
"Well I think it was because we were always running off," she giggled, "Leaving our food, or not paying entirely. We thought that if you knew, you'd understand why."
"I do, and I'm proud of you guys," he said.
"Thanks. Do the others know that you know?"
"Nope"
"Ok, well I'll give them the heads up," she smiled, "See you Ernie."
"Bye Kim," he waved, "Stop by again sometime soon."
"You know it," she said then waved as she went through the doors and headed out towards the park. As she walked through the park, memories came to her. Their first real battle, the first time they used the zords, her first kiss with Tommy, him getting kidnapped, good and bad memories, but she realized that she wouldn't change them for anything. As she walked, he let her memory guide her feet as Ernie's comment came back to her, "It's funny; Tommy lived here, when the first rangers came, and then he lived in Reefside, which coincidentally had a team of rangers."
'Reefside, now why does that sound so familiar? I know I've heard it somewhere before, but where? Think Kim, think. You know you've heard it, but where?' she stopped and shook her head, 'Well I'm going to remember sometime.'
She sighed and continued walking. She looked around trying to spot the others when out of the corner of her eye she saw them. She smiled when she realized that they were all wearing their specific color, or in some case colors. Unnoticed, she took a moment to watch them. Her brow furrowed when she saw Kat sitting very close to Tommy. 'No, they couldn't be together. Tri and Sha would've told me.' She thought, but then she remembered that both Trini and Aiesha said that Kat had something she wanted to tell them. 'Is this what her surprise was? I can't believe they got back together. Ok get a grip Kim, you can't let them bring your entire week down. I mean, sure I came back for Tommy, but I also came home to be with my friends as well—she was broken out of her thoughts by a familiar figure, "Wait, is that…" she started. She looked on as the person turned more towards her, and when they did her mouth dropped open in shock, "That is Connor, but what's he doing here?" even as she asked, pieces of conversations came back to her;
"…a reunion with Tommy's team next week," Jason said.
"…he lives in Reefside which coincidentally had power rangers," Ernie said.
"…I'll give you a tour of my home town…Reefside: home of the Connor McKnight Soccer Camp."
Kim laughed to herself silently as she thought it over, 'Wow, we were both rangers and we didn't even know.' She shook her head and made her way towards them. All of a sudden the young guy in white pointed at her and she saw the others look over at. Then she heard, "KIMBERLY!!" She smiled as she saw Rocky running straight towards her. Within minutes, she was in his arms in the tightest hug she'd ever had, "Hey Rocko."
"Hey sis," he said, "Welcome home."
He released her and they made their way to the others. She let her gaze sweep over everyone and she realized something. 'Why is Connor not surprised to see me?' she frowned, 'I'm surprised to see him.' As she drew closer, she did see that Connor wasn't that surprised to see her. 'The only reason I can think of is that—she stopped as soon as the thought popped into her head, "He knows."
"What was that Kim?" Rocky asked. She looked at him, not realizing that she had spoken out loud.
"Nothing," Kim said getting angry. 'A ranger is going to die. I can't believe he knows I was a ranger and he didn't tell me. Connor Jayden McKnight, you are so dead!' Rocky realized that his little sister was angry and wondered at it. As they neared the others he watched as she walked away from him and straight over to the Dino teens.
…
Connor and the others were looking at where Rocky had run to. They saw him embrace the woman and then make their back over to them.
"She's really beautiful," Krista said.
"Yes she is," Connor replied with a smile. The others looked over at him, recalling how he was when he met Kat. Kat herself couldn't contain the flash of anger or jealousy that went through her. 'I can't believe this, when we met he didn't even smile at me. Now he's looking at her like she's some damn royalty or something.' She shifted her gaze, and realized that Tommy was looking at her the same way. This in turn made Kat fume, 'He's with me and he's looking at her like a man desperately in love. Why does everything have to be about Kimberly?' As everyone looked on, they watched as Kim stopped in her tracks.
"Uh oh," Billy said, "She looks angry." The others looked and they could see the anger in her eyes. They watched as she walked away from Rocky and headed straight to the Dino rangers.
…
Tommy looked up when he heard Trent's voice. He laughed to himself as he saw Rocky run over to Kim. He stopped laughing when he saw her. The jean shorts she wore took him back to their high school days when he couldn't keep his eyes off her legs or ass. He felt a jolt go through him, when he realized that she was wearing a pink and white tank top that hugged her upper body, but was still loose enough for her to move in. 'My God she looks beautiful,' he thought to himself. Her hair was down, just the way he always loved it. He had always loved to see her wear his color, it made him feel possessive, like she was letting the world know that she belonged to him only. He looked down at his own clothes; a white under shirt, with a black shirt, unbuttoned over it and blue jeans; and saw that while he had touched four colors, white was dominant over the others. He looked around and noticed the others standing up, and stood as well. He saw the looks of confusion on the others face and turned back to Kimberly; only to see the anger on her face and to watch as she walked over to the Dino rangers.
…
Kimberly marched away from Rocky and headed straight to Connor. She watched as he stood up and stopped right in front of him. She knew everyone was watching them, but she couldn't care. She was angry. Connor realized that Kim was coming to him and that she was angry. 'How do I get out of this now? She probably realizes that I'm not shocked to see her. So what am I to do?' out loud he said, "Hi."
Kim drew back her fist and punched him in the stomach, not enough to actually hurt him but to let him know she was pissed, "Don't you 'hi' me!" she punched him again.
"Ow, Kim what did I do?" he said clutching his stomach. The others were still looking on in shock and confusion, wondering if they missed something.
"You know what you did," she said, "I can't believe this. You knew, you knew and didn't say anything."
By now Connor had caught on to what she was saying, "I didn't know the entire time I swear."
"Why should I believe you?" Kim asked.
"Because I'm telling the truth," he said, "Come on Kim, you know that if I had known something I would have told you. I really didn't know. As it was I just found out."
Kim looked in Connor's eyes, and she could see that he was telling the truth, but that didn't mean she was going to make it easy on him. Turning away so that he couldn't see the smile growing on her face, she ignored him and went over to say hi to the others.
"Aww, Kim come on," Connor said as he followed her, "I'm sorry, ok I know I should have told you sooner but…" he trailed off as she whirled around, this time she had lost the smile.
"What do you mean you should've told me earlier?" she hissed. Connor winced as he heard that tone in her voice, knowing that he was so close to her forgiving him. "How long have you known Connor?"
"A while now," he said, "Since last week."
Kim looked at him, trying to figure out how he could have found out and when. She furrowed her brow as she thought about it, then it hit her. She looked up at him with a glare which caused him to take a step back, "When last week? Was it before or after I called you?"
"Before," he mumbled.
"What was that?" she asked with her hand on her hips. Trini and the others winced when they saw that. Her hand on her hips meant that she was becoming extremely pissed.
"Before you called," he said looking into her eyes, "I found out before you called."
"So when I asked if anything new had happened, you already knew?" she asked and he nodded, "And you said nothing?" she raised her fist and hit him again. The others couldn't keep the amusement off their faces as they watched her beat him and saw him cower away.
"Ow Kim seriously, did you really want me to tell you something like over the phone?" he said as he grabbed her hands.
"You could have found a way," she yelled.
"I know and I'm sorry, I really am," he said, "Forgive me?"
She turned away again and thought about it. She supposes she couldn't be angry because he was right. She wouldn't have told someone over the phone that she knew about them being a ranger; you never know who could be listening to the conversation. She thought about it, and realized she wasn't angry, just ticked that he had lied, but she understood why he couldn't tell her then. It's not like he knew the entire two years they'd known each other. So she forgave him, not that he would know that. 'I'm not going to tell him just yet, might as well have some fun.' She thought. Then she smiled. When Trini and the others saw it, they knew she was up to something. She said nothing else to Connor as she once again made her way over to Trini and Aiesha. Behind her she heard Connor's voice pleading with her, "Come on Kim, I said I was sorry." She laughed to herself and moved to hug the others. Trini and Aiesha wrapped their arms around her and said, "Girl you are so mean and you owe us an explanation."
"I know," she giggled, "But not yet, I'm having fun." She moved to Jason, "hey Rex."
"Hey Terror," he said as he hugged her, "You have some explaining to do missy."
She laughed then hugged Adam and Zack next, followed by Billy and Angela. She reached Tanya who had her arms folded across her chest, "You are going to explain a lot of things to me; you know that right?"
"Yep," she said, "Now am I going to get a hug, or not?"
Tanya laughed, "Welcome home girl, I missed you."
"Angela," she smiled as she hugged her, "Keeping my brother in line?"
"You know it," she said then they both laughed as they heard Zack protesting. They watched as she came up to Kat and Tommy. The others looked on wondering what she was going to do. She looked at Kat and Tommy before moving forward and giving Kat a one-armed hug, "Hey Kat."
"Hey Kim," she forced a smile, "Welcome home."
"It's good to be home," Kim said then turned to Tommy who still held one of Kat's hands in his own. She looked at him, then shook her heard and with a smile threw her arms around his neck. Tommy automatically dropped Kat's hand to her surprise and wrapped both arms around Kim's waist, then whispered in her ear, "Welcome home Beautiful."
"It's good to be home Handsome," she whispered back then let him go. She turned towards the teens, smiling as she took them in. she recognized them all from the picture that Connor of them at prom, "So, who's who?" though she already knew.
"This is Kira, Trent, Ethan, Krista, Angela, Hayley," he said pointing to each as he called their names, "And Connor." He frowned.
"Whoa, were all these rangers?" she laughed. It really was a lot of fun pretending she knew nothing.
"No, Angela is Ethan's, the dino blue, girlfriend. Krista is a friend and Hayley was our tech advisor," he said, "She helped me create their morphers."
"OK," she said then moved forward to hug each one. When she got to Connor, she just looked at him and turned away. But Connor had seen the smile on her face, and grabbed her arm to turn her around, "You love messing with me don't you?"
"I don't know what you're talking about," she said. Her smile was becoming too hard to contain.
"Yes you do," he said starting to smile. He forgot how much she loved making him sweat, "You enjoy making me sweat. I already said I was sorry, now you're just being mean."
She started laughing. She couldn't help it. He just looked to adorable and funny when he pouted, "Ok, ok, I forgive you."
He laughed then opened his arms for a hug. Kim rolled her eyes but laughed and stepped into his embrace, "I missed you Kim."
"I missed you too Connor," she said, "But hey we're both here, coincidentally, with two weeks with each other and our friends and family."
"Yep," he said, and then to the shock of the others, kissed her forehead before continuing, "It'll be just like old times."
Trini couldn't take it anymore so she said, "Ok, what the hell is going on?"
"Yea, how do you two know each other?" Aiesha asked.
Kim and Connor looked at each other and shook their heads and laughed, "You wouldn't believe me if I told you," Kim said.
"Oh yeah," Jason asked with his arms folded, ranger or not, that guy knew his baby sister and he wanted to know how, "Try us."
"Well…" she started.
A/N: well you have it. I'll have the next chapter in the next two days, maybe earlier, the end of the week at the latest. So read and review.
A/N 2: thought it would be cool to mention Ernie. Anyways R and R plz.