A/N: here we are the first date of Tommy and Kim, which means three-year-old birthdays and lots of Kittens. I love cats.
Zordon says 10:
Kim couldn't believe that she forgot to buy cupcakes for Ellie's class. What kind of person forgets to buy cupcakes for their daughter's birthday celebration? She quickly got out of the car that she had recently bought from an older gentleman who simply wasn't able to drive anymore. Thank goodnessHayley had some cupcakes leftover from a cakewalk fundraiser that she helped with. They were just what she needed.
"Kim, good you brought the kids, there is something I want to show them," Hayley stated pulling the kids over to the counter where there was a large cardboard box, "Ellie, Jaslee, take a look inside," she told the two children.
Ellie let out a squeal of delight as Jaslee exclaimed, "Kittens, so cool, can we have one, please Mommy?"
Kim looked at the box of filled with eight little bundles of fur, "Where did you find them?" she asked.
"I found them in my old toolshed the other day, I don't go in there very often, but yesterday imagine my surprise of finding a litter of kittens there. Anyways, I figured I'll find them all loving homes."
"I want," Ellie said simply, pointing to one of the kittens.
"I don't know sweetheart," Kim said, "I'll have to think about it." With that, she grabbed the box of cupcakes and told the girls to get back in the car so that she could take them to school.
"I'll keep an eye on Inya," Hayley stated, sometimes Inya did not like her car seat.
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Tommy gently cuddled the kitten in his arms, "Hayley if I get Ellie the kitten she wants, Jaslee's going to ask for a puppy and then Inya will ask for a pony."
"Then be glad that Inya doesn't turn one until April," Hayley said, "Those girls need to learn to trust and like you. besides, just because you give Ellie a kitten doesn't mean Jaslee will want a puppy. She wanted the kitten just as much as Ellie did."
"Kim will accuse me of spoiling Ellie," Tommy argued.
"If you ask me, those girls need to be spoiled by someone," Hayley countered.
"What if Kim didn't want a cat?"
"She didn't say no, she said she'll think about it," Hayley stated, "I think she's more worried about what it would cost to have a kitten, she'll have to buy food and litter, toys and a bed and that doesn't even count the vet bills and stuff."
Tommy froze for a second, debating at what to do, "Hayley you are the worst Yellow Ranger there ever was!"
"I never was a yellow ranger," Hayley stated, confused.
"You had me fooled."
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Kim had been thinking about the box of kittens all day, she remembered when Aisha got P.C. they had both adored her until she turned out to be Kat, who quickly became their best friend.
As she got ready to leave for the gym she noticed Tommy leave with one of the kittens, she frowned, she wondered what he was up to.
"Hey Hayley, how's the adoption going, I decided to get the girls a kitten."
Hayley looked alarmed, "I'm sorry Kim, I just gave the last kitten away to some man who wanted to give his daughter a kitten for her birthday."
Kim nodded her head, a twinkle in her eyes, she had noticed four kittens in the box when she had checked it ten minutes ago and she knew that not many people were interested in getting a kitten.
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Ellie was excited, "I go see 'inosaws," she told Jaslee, "You stay hewe."
"Mommy, why can't I go to the museum with you?" Jaslee whined.
Kim groaned this was only the fifteenth time in the past five minutes that she had to answer this question, "Because this is what Ellie chose to do for her birthday date, you get to pick where you want to go for your birthday."
"Fine," Jaslee huffed storming off to her bedroom.
Just then the front door opened and Tommy entered the apartment, "Where's the birthday girl," he asked as Ellie charged toward him.
"Hewe, I hewe," she cried, "I twee," she informed Tommy, holding up three fingers.
"Why you are practically grown up," Tommy stated, keeping his hand behind his back, "big enough to own one of these," he added, pulling out a black and white kitten.
"'Itty," Ellie cried out happily.
Kim hurried to the front door, "So you're the mystery man who adopted the last kitten."
Tommy laughed, "I adopted a kitten, but there were still three other kittens when I left. I almost got the white one, but then I remembered Kat and the cat monster and I couldn't do that. So I went with the black and white one instead, I have most of the stuff for her out in my car."
"Great, now I can give Ellie her present without looking like a fool," Kim stated, "I may or may not have seen you leave with a kitten and figured out what was going on."
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Kim hung back watching Tommy explain to Ellie the different types of fossils, he really was good with the girls but was he doing it just because he needed to do it to get her approval, or did he really care.
Of course, he really cares, why would he buy Ellie a kitten if he didn't want her to be happy.
He didn't buy a kitten, Hayley was giving them away free.
For a second Kim thought that Zordon had retreated to whatever corner of the brain he resides in until Then why did he get the kitten and the supplies you need for it? I don't think you should dismiss it due to the fact that the animal was free. Weren't you going to get her a kitten, and Hayley stopped you. I bet Tommy told her not to let you get the kitten because he wanted to give Ellie the kitten. You should have seen Ellie's eyes lit up when she saw it.
Kim shook her head, in her head or not, it was impossible to argue with Zordon, maybe Tommy did care. She really wanted to believe it, but she was having a hard time with it. Why couldn't she trust Tommy? She used to trust him with her life and still does, but her heart, that was a different story.
While Kim battled with her inner demons, Tommy was enjoying telling Ellie about the different types of dinosaurs. He suddenly looked up and noticed that Kim was lagging behind, "What's wrong, is something bothering you?"
"Why are you being so nice to us? How am I to know that you aren't just doing this because you feel sorry for me?"
Tommy thought for a second, before stating, "Because I can prove to you that I find you an amazing person, by introducing you to someone who I haven't talked to in a while, and he can tell you what I think of you." With that, he grabbed Kim's hand and dragged her over to a part of the museum marked, "Employee's only."
"Tommy, I don't think we should be here, it says Employees only," Kim pointed out.
"Relax, I know what I'm doing," Tommy stated right as a security guard stepped up to tell them they were out of bounds. Kim felt like laughing, despite the baton and flashlight and uniform, this man looked totally pathetic against Tommy's muscular build.
"You can't come back here, it's off limits!" the security guard said, holding a hand out.
Tommy, however, didn't blink, as he said, "I'm Dr. Oliver, I'm a colleague of Dr. Mercer, and I've come to see him."
"Of course," the security guard said, stepping aside, "go on in."
Tommy gestured Kim to follow him, while he picked up Ellie, and entered into one of the rooms. Anton was working on a fossil at the big test, but he looked up when the door opened and closed, "Tommy," he exclaimed, "it's good to see you, Elsa told me that you left town."
Tommy shrug, "Only for a weekend, I needed to help Kim move back to California." With that Tommy clapped a hand across her back.
Anton took one look at Kim and beamed, "So the one that got away returned. I told you, Tommy, if you love her let her go if she returns, she's yours, if she doesn't, she never was yours. Looks like I was right when I told you that in time Kim would return to you."
Kim was speechless, and she was sure she could hear Zordon laughing in the back of her head. Tommy must have had some really deep conversations about her with this man, "What are you talking about, what lies have Tommy fed you?"
"When he worked for me, I tried getting him to see girls, I wanted him to have a social life, there was more to life than working and fossils." Anton's eyes lit up, "Do you have any idea how stubborn he is?"
"I don't think you are fully aware of how stubborn Tommy can be," Kim countered, thinking back to arguments between him and Jason during his green ranger days.
"Well yes, I'm sure he was worst when he was a rebellious teenager and was busy saving the world," Anton added, "But he refused to date, he claimed that he was suffering from a broken heart and he didn't want to afflict his grief on others. He told me all about you, and you should have seen his eyes light up when he talked about you. Even after you broke his heart, he was still madly in love with you."
If Kim wasn't a hundred percent certain that this had been a spare of the moment decision, she might have accused Tommy of setting the whole thing up. Then again, why would he go through the hassle of setting the whole thing up in the first place, unless it was all true?
Why did she keep second guessing him? This was Tommy, not Luke, she didn't need to worry about his alternate motives. Did she?
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Tommy could tell that Kim was struggling, she hadn't seemed interested in the museum and she was picking at her dinner at the nice sit-down restaurant that he had chosen to go to. He could see the inner war that was going on just by looking into her eyes and the way she kept looking away.
He sighed, he had fantasized about winning Kim back since he and Kat decided to end things between them, but he never thought that the person keeping him from her would be Kim herself. How was he suppose to help her?
Just then his phone rang, "This is Tommy," he said, answering it.
"Is Kim and the girls safe?" Jason sounded worried.
"Kim and Ellie are with me," Tommy said slowly, "And I have Cassidy babysitting the others. If we can trust her with the secret, we can trust her with the girls for one night. Why are you so worried?"
"Worried?" Jason gasped, "There's a hole in the wall of the cell that Luke was in and three guards are in critical condition, Critical Condition, Tommy."
"Great, thanks for the information," Tommy stated hanging up with a grim expression.
"Luke escaped didn't he?" Kim stated nervously, when Tommy nodded his head, Kim demanded, "Was it wise to tell Jason I was with you over the phone, what if Luke has a way to eavesdrop on the phone, he could find us."
Tommy grabbed Kim's hands, "Kim, my phone is routed through the power ranger communication system. For Luke to get ahold of our phone conversation, he'll have to find a way to hack into an alien main frame with firewalls thicker than Bulk and Skull."
Kim laughed, she had nothing to worry about. Tommy only wanted to protect her. Maybe tomorrow she'd find that business card that the family counciler had given her and make an appointment.
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A/N: I told you that we haven't heard the last of Luke. I think the date went really good, what do you think. Also help Ellie name the kitten, Oreo, Magic, or Ninja. I wonder what Kim is planning on doing? Please review.