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Kim sighed as she sat in front of the piano in her home. She had been working on a song all morning and now she was tired and hungry. Not to mention frustrated. She looked at the time on her cell phone. 12:37. Kim checked to see if she received any missed calls. None for the day. She looked at her phone, willing it to ring. She was hoping that it would be Adam, since she hadn't heard from him since he and Kira arrived.

"Nothing in here," Kim thought to herself as she walked to the fridge and opened it up.

Kim hated days like how the day was already going. She wasn't on tour or in the studio. Trini was at work, though she wasn't working, instead showing Billy and Hayley around her job. Jason, Zack and Tommy were at the dojo. Adam and Kira were gone. Aisha and Rocky were still on their honeymoon, although Kim was counting down the minutes till she had to pick them up at the airport that night. Kim looked at her clock again. Exactly 7 hours and 8 minutes until their plane lands. She knew that they and the others would probably be headed back to her house, it being the most accessible, the roomiest, and the current host house. The only host house, although the others have hosted some get-togethers.

"Maybe I should get the house ready for when everyone gets here."

Kim started walking around, tidying up the place. She straightened the magazines and emptied the dishwasher. She even organized Rocky and Aisha's wedding presents that they still haven't opened. Kim laughed as she thought about how the two of them agreed to open the gifts after the honeymoon, so the wedding would seem like it lasted longer. And since Kim has the most room, she graciously offered to house the gifts until the two get back from Hawaii.

She looked at a postcard they had sent from Hawaii. Kim had recommended the place to them, but 'only as a vacation' she recalled. There was a long list of other places that she would've picked out as a honeymoon spot, but the two wanted Hawaii. She found her camera sitting in the same room, so she curled up onto the couch and began scrolling through the pictures.

After dropping off Rocky and Aisha at the airport, the seven people left in Florida went to the beach a couple days in a row. She laughed at one picture of Jason trying to teach Tommy, Zack and Billy how to surf. Zack gave up after two minutes of it, while Tommy stopped after he witnessed Kim and Trini wind surfing and figured that would be easier to learn since he would be holding onto something. Billy had, surprisingly, gotten the hang of surfing after a couple of short lessons. She remembered how unathletic he was when they first started out as rangers and was glad to see the growth he went through while being a ranger. Even if it was almost ten years after. Kim laughed again as she saw a picture of her, Jason, Tommy, Trini, and Billy trying to call Zack and Hayley into the water. Not one of their greatest-looking moments. The two declined and proceeded to build outrageous sand castles up and down the shore. Hayley even made one that had a moat, but wasn't anywhere close to the water, building an irrigation system for it.

They also made the trip to the city of St. Augustine, the oldest city in the United States. The seven of them even went on a short road trip up to Savannah, Ga, wanting to hear first-hand the famous ghost stories of the city. Kim, always up for a good scare, was extra glad that Rocky wasn't there, since he always tried to spook her even more than she was. But she had to deal with Jason, who seemed to have taken over Rocky's role as the silly one of the group. "Only until he comes back," he had said. They rested for a couple days, entertaining Hayley and each other with more old ranger stories, before Jason had to go back to work. Trini was headed back at the beginning of the week after while Rocky and Aisha both had an extra week off before heading back themselves once they returned.

She looked at the wedding pictures that were still in her camera. "I have really got to start uploading my pictures once the day is over," she thought. Usually, she just waits until her memory card is full. Kim thought that she should go and upload her pictures now, but since that entailed walking all the way upstairs to her office and then with the whole process of turning everything on, Kim just didn't feel like it. "That's why all your pictures are still in your camera," she scolded herself, smiling.

The pictures turned out fantastic, she thought. She loved how everyone was enjoying themselves and the smiles that lit up Rocky and Aisha's faces were so infectious and memorable. She hoped that her wedding day would be like that. Kim looked at a picture of herself and Tommy from the wedding reception. It was right after the two had caught the garter and bouquet. Tommy wrapped the garter around his arm, and pulled Kim close to him. She held up the bouquet and the two grinned at the camera, looking like they were taking their prom picture. Kim smiled at the picture, staring at it for a bit. She knew that marriage was not on her mind right now, that it was the biggest step of all. She already felt that it was kind of fast, Tommy moving out to Florida. But she wouldn't have it any other way. After having Tommy out of her life for the past ten years, she was seeing him every single day. And she loved it.

Kim broke out of her reverie as she heard a familiar ring tone. "Hey," she said over the phone, her face breaking into a smile.

"Hey Beautiful." Tommy's voice echoed throughout the phone. Kim's smile grew into a grin. "I was just wondering if you are currently busy. If not, do you want to have lunch with us? We just finished up the morning session here. Everyone just left."

"No, I'll come over."

"Great!" Kim heard Tommy's face break into a smile. "I know it'll be a late lunch, but I figured you'd be really into your music this morning. And I figured you'd probably be starving."

Kim laughed. "Yeah, I guess I am. I actually finished a little while ago, but I was just tidying up the house for later."

"Oh, you were tidying up?"

"Tidying up?" Kim heard Jason's voice in the background. "Why was she tidying up? We're there all the time. We've seen it messy, we've seen in clean. In fact, she's actually made us clean the mess."

"Tell him to shut his face," Kim told Tommy. "I could smell his breath from way over here. And it was your mess!"

"Hey, Bro, Kim asks that you shut your face and she would like to let you know that she could smell your breath from over there." Tommy laughed as he relayed the message. "And it was your mess."

"What?" Jason sounded indignant. Kim giggled a bit. "Tell her that it's her breath that she's smelling cuz it's bouncing back at her when she talks."

"No, tell him that he needs--"

"You know what, you two," Tommy said, interrupting their playful banter. "Why don't you guys tell each other off when we eat lunch? How about Jocks and Jill's? Say thirty minutes?"

"Sure," Kim said.

"You sure you'll make it in thirty minutes?" Jason asked Tommy. "You sure you won't be late or forget?"

Kim laughed out loud when she heard this. Just last night, they were remembering when Ms. Appleby, one of their high school teachers, assigned a project that entailed of Tommy asking Jason what was one quality about him that needed work. At the time, Jason had said his forgetfulness. Last night, Zack threw in his lateness. Tommy argued with them for twenty minutes, about how he was neither late nor forgetful, 'just a habitual thing' he had said. Kim then reminded him that he was almost late for their first date. "No, he needs one of Billy's machines to help him remember!" she howled through the mouthpiece.

Tommy covered the earpiece of his phone, knowing very well that Jason couldn't hear Kim.

"Maybe he's just going to use a new power," Jason continued. "What color this time, Tommy? You want to take Kim's pink?"

Kim howled with laughter on her end of the phone. "He'll look great in that skirt!" she yelled to Jason, even though he couldn't hear.

Tommy looked at Jason and Zack laughing at his side. He listened as his girlfriend was cracking up over the phone. He did not understand how the focus went from each other, between Kim and Jason to him so quickly. He knew that this was just another thing that he had to grow into down here. Jason, Kim, Trini, Adam, Rocky, and Aisha knew each other so well that they would constantly banter with one another, playfully taunting each other until somebody broke. And he knew that between the six of them, none of them gave in that easily. He heard it all throughout the whole month and a half that he's already lived there. It had all somewhat calmed down since three of their group, especially Rocky, was out of town. But Tommy figured that they just couldn't resist. Especially since he tried to break it up. "Alright, sorry for trying to stop you two," Tommy said over the phone and to his side. "Kim, we'll meet you at Jocks in thirty?"

"On my way, Handsome." Kim laughed as she heard Tommy's apology. She heard Jason saying something in the background. Something along the lines of "You shouldn't've stopped us." Kim shook her head, grinning, as she closed her phone up and proceeded to get ready.

She ran up the stairs, two at a time, debating whether or not to shower. She thought about the pictures on her camera as well as the disposable ones from Rocky and Aisha's wedding. They had put one at every table at the reception and the group made sure that each camera was filled, taking it upon themselves to use up the remaining photos on each other.

Reaching her bedroom, Kim jumped in the shower, planning what she was going to wear.


Kim finally got back home around 4:00. "Three hours and forty-five minutes more," she thought. Kim ran to the kitchen and put everything that she was holding onto the kitchen table.

"What about the rest of these?" Tommy held up some more bags filled with groceries, walking in.

"Oh, you could just set those down here." Kim motioned toward the kitchen table, where everything else was. He set everything down and turned and gave Kim a kiss. "You could go on and head back to the dojo, now. Thanks for your help."

"No problem. Besides, I think running errands was going to be our only 'alone' time today."

Kim smiled as she stared up into his eyes. "I've missed looking into your eyes, so much," she thought.

"What's up?" Tommy asked, furrowing his brow.

Kim smiled and shook her head. "You should just get back to the dojo. I need to keep working on my song and you've just given me some inspiration."

"Alright, anything I could do to help." Tommy kissed her again and the two headed for the door.

Kim handed Tommy the keys to her car. "Make sure you bring it back by 7. Don't forget that the honeymooners are coming back today."

"Ah, that's right." Tommy looked deep into Kim's eyes.

"Don't forget, Tommy!"

"I won't, I promise."

Kim laughed and leaned forward to kiss him. "I'll see you later." Tommy nodded and headed towards the car.

Kim turned around and shut the door. She headed straight for the piano, knowing exactly what she wanted to write now. She sat down at the piano and shut her eyes. Before her, she saw Jason and Tommy during the karate match, the very first time she ever saw Tommy. She remembered Tommy coming to her rescue against Bulk and Skull, even though she could handle those two. She remembered looking in his eyes when they were by the lake, the first time they kissed and he asked her to the dance. She remembered fainting whenever she saw him, as the white ranger and then as the white stranger when she was sent back in time. She remembered looking into his eyes as she laid in the hospital bed, falling off the beam shortly before she decided to leave Angel Grove. She remembered seeing him again after so long after her concert. She saw Tommy standing next to her on the beam after so long and remembered looking deep into his eyes then. She remembered their fist kiss in ten years by the lake, here in Florida.

Kim opened her eyes and smiled. She so should've seen Tommy earlier when she was having trouble writing her song. Whenever she gets going, she's on a roll and usually justs has to work on fine-tuning the melody and harmonies. She grabbed a notepad and pen, along with some blank music sheets. She retrieved her iMac laptop and hooked it up to the piano and microphone that she set up. Kim thought of Tommy and smiled once more.

I get lost in your eyes
And I feel my spirits rise
And soar like the wind
Is it love that I am in?

Kim quickly wrote down the next lyrics that came into her mind. She strung up a piano tune to go along with it. When she finished a couple hours later, she grabbed her laptop and headed for the studio that she built into her house. She turned everything on, hooked everything up and quickly adjusted the treble and bass to suit the song better. Kim normally recorded three or four versions of her songs, believing each to be her "rough draft" before the finished product that reaches her album, if it actually gets on it.

I get weak in a glance
Isn't this what's called romance
And that's what I know
Cuz I'm lost I can't let go

"Hey, Kim!" Jason called walking into the house. Zack and Tommy followed him in.

"I'm half an hour early!" Tommy called. "Early and I didn't forget!" They headed for the kitchen when they didn't hear a reply. The three of them saw the groceries lying on the table.

"That's weird," Zack said. He started going through the bags and began putting stuff away. "I thought Kim hated leaving things like this out."

Jason nodded. He looked up at the red light bulb that was turned on. "She's recording," he said. "That's why she didn't hear us. And why everything's left out."

"Let's go down and see her," Tommy said. Jason nodded and led the way to Kim's studio.

I don't mind
Not knowing where I'm headed for
You can take me to the skies
It's like being lost in heaven
When I'm lost in your eyes

Jason knocked lightly and entered the studio. He saw Kim in the booth, but noticed that she was caught up in the song, so he didn't make a move to say hello. He sat down on the couch with Zack and Tommy on either side of him.

I just felt
Don't know why
Something is there
We can't deny
Ooh, when I first knew
Was when I first looked at you

Jason grinned listening to Kim sing. "She doesn't usually do lovey-dovey songs like this." He looked at Tommy, who promptly blushed. "Ooh, she loooves you." Tommy blushed even harder. "She usually does depressing stuff or she sings about how she's single or about us."

And if I can't find my way
If salvation
Seems miles away
Oh, I'll be found
When I'm lost in your eyes.

Jason, Zack, and Tommy stood up and clapped. Zack even added a whistle.

Kim stepped out of the booth, surprised. "What are you guys doing here?"

"We were looking for you upstairs and found you down here. So this is the start of your new album?" Jason asked.

Kim nodded. She moved to kiss Tommy and then hug Zack.

"What time is it?"

"Around six-thirty," Zack answered. "What time are Rock and 'Sha coming?"

"Their plane lands at 7:45," Kim answered. She took Tommy's hand and led the way upstairs.


"Wow, Kim, thanks so much!" Aisha exclaimed, looking through the pictures of the wedding.

"You're welcome,"replied Kim. "It would've been put into photo albums if I remembered earlier, though."

It was almost two in the morning. Aisha, Rocky, Jason, Trini, Zack, Billy, Hayley, Kim, and Tommy sat around the living room of Kim's house. They were surrounded by Chinese take-out boxes and gifts from Hawaii. The nine of them spent the evening exchanging stories from the past two weeks with one another. Jason, Trini, Zack, Billy, Hayley, Kim, and Tommy opened gifts from Rocky and Aisha. Kim surprised the couple by developing pictures from the disposable cameras earlier during the day.

"So when are you guys opening the gifts?" asked Jason eagerly.

"I almost forgot about it," Aisha said. "Ooh, let's open them now!"

"Alright, but we're switching rooms," said Kim. "Some of those gifts are way too heavy."

The nine of them stood and stretched their legs before heading to the other room where the gifts were. Trini grabbed a notepad and a pen while Zack grabbed a videocamera. Rocky and Aisha settled into the couch that Kim had curled into earlier and the others settled in the room around them. Kim began handing the two gifts while Aisha read the card and Rocky ripped open the wrapping paper. Trini was yelling at them to tell her who gave them the gift and what it was, but she was ignored. Hayley folded up the used bits of wrapping and tissue paper while Zack filmed Rocky and Aisha opening the gifts, giving commentary to the camera. Jason and Billy were sitting on the floor, amidst the gifts, chatting with one another. Tommy was standing in the doorway, watching his friends.

"Aww, isn't that sweet," Aisha said after reading a card.

"These are the coolest things ever!" exclaimed Rocky, referring to the gift that came with the card. Aisha looked over his shoulder with interest.

"WHAT IS IT??" yelled Trini.

"TWO NINTENDO DS'S!!!" answered Rocky at the top of his lungs. Another card fell out from between the DS boxes.

" 'Now you guys could stop playing with mine.' " Aisha rolled her eyes at the note.

"WHO IS IT FROM?"

Aisha looked at Trini. "Adam and Amy."

Kim started laughing. "Now you two just joined the super cool DS club."

"Now if they would only come in different colors," said Rocky.

"What's wrong with the colors it comes out in now?"

"Well, let me just point this out." He looked at Hayley, Billy, Tommy, Zack, and then straight into the camera. "Kim has a pink DS. Adam has a black one." Rocky looked at Tommy. "Do you have one?" Tommy shook his head. "And if Dr. Oliver had a DS, I bet it would be a white one." Everyone rolled their eyes at Rocky. "Figures. Of course Adam would get us black ones." Everyone laughed.

"I wonder how he's doing," said Trini. "He'd usually call us by now."

Jason threw a balled-up tissue paper at Kim. "Has he talked to you?"

Kim shook her head. "Haven't heard from him."

"Weird," said Rocky. "He would've at least called Kim."

Aisha furrowed her brow. "I talked to Amy earlier and she hasn't heard anything either. He didn't even say goodbye to her. Just left her a note that said he was going to be gone and wasn't sure when he'd come back."

"Kind of like the note he left us," said Jason. The others, minus Kim, nodded in agreement.

"Well, maybe he didn't want to say goodbye on such a happy day," Kim said. "He did leave on you guys's wedding. Maybe he didn't want to leave us on a sad note. He didn't want to bother Amy or you guys."

"You guys?" Jason asked suspiciously. "What about you, Kim?"

"I meant us. He didn't want to bother us with goodbyes."

"Do you know something about Adam?" pressed Jason.

"No." Kim glanced down really quickly.

"You were always a terrible liar, Kim."

Everyone looked between the two as if they were watching a tennis match.

"He left two weeks ago with Kira. That much I know."

"So what are they doing?" Zack put down the camera, leaving it on standby. "Where are they?"

"Well, Kira's recording her new album and Adam's helping her out."

"She couldn't record over here?"

"Maybe she didn't want to. She wanted to get some inspiration or something." Kim stood up. "Look guys. Adam left town. With Kira. It's not unusual. He is her manager. I have no idea where they are." She left to go to the kitchen.

"She's lying, isn't she?" Zack said softly. Trini, Aisha, Jason, and Rocky nodded.

"She knows where Adam is. And Kira," Jason whispered. "And she knows exactly what they're doing."

"I wonder why she won't tell us," mused Trini. "Adam's our best friend, too."

They all quieted down as Kim returned with a glass of water. She sat down and looked at her friends. Everyone silently returned her gaze. "I know you guys were talking about me." Kim sighed. "Please don't be mad at me. Adam made me promise not to say anything. I can't tell you guys where they are. Or what they're doing."

Everyone looked at her in silence for a couple of minutes.

"Are they alright?" Tommy finally asked. "Are they okay?"

"I don't know. I haven't heard from Adam since he and Kira first got there. He told me he would call me soon, though. But that was two weeks ago."

"Well...I don't think there's anything else we can do tonight," said Jason, standing up and stretching his torso. "I think we should finally head off to sleep." The others nodded.

"You guys are all welcome to spend the night. I don't want you guys driving so late--so early in the morning." Everyone nodded again. "I'm sorry, you guys." They all nodded once more.

Aisha, Rocky, and Jason ran up the stairs, yelling "good night" behind them. Trini looked at Billy, Hayley, and Zack. "I'll show you guys where you could sleep." She motioned for them to follow her up the stairs.

"They're mad at me, aren't they." Kim looked at Tommy, who was the only one left in the room with her.

"Not necessarily mad. I think they're more...hurt. That you and Adam aren't saying anything."

"Are you mad at me, too?"

Tommy shook his head. "No. I'm sure the two of you have your reasons." Tommy headed for the stairs. "Come on, Beautiful. Let's just go to bed."

Kim reluctantly took his hand and followed him up the stairs.


Sorry that took forever to get out! I've been busy because I finally started therapy on my shoulder. Hope you all enjoyed that! And please forgive any spelling errors or anything! It's really hard trying to type with one hand. i went through the chapter a couple of times on spellcheck, but you know how they don't catch everything!

Song is: 'Lost In Your Eyes' - Debbie Gibson

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