A/N: I don't own anything but the concept. I hope that everyone enjoys this chapter.

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The next morning Trini woke up and quickly got ready for work. She wanted to get in early to get started on her notes for the case. Since Kimberly was back at work, they had a lot of ground to cover. The court date was quickly approaching and they needed to be prepared for anything that could come up during the trial. As she made her way into the building she quickly made her way to the coffee cart and got her usual before heading upstairs to her office.

Entering her office, she set everything down before rounding her desk and sitting down. She got to work as she finished her coffee. Hours later, she stood up to stretch and go in search of Kimberly. Normally they would have already met up in one of their offices so she was a little worried. She knew that losing Zordon had been tough on Kimberly but she thought that Kim had started to show a little of her old self. It would take time; she knew but hopefully not that much.

She walked out of her office and over to Kim's. The door was slightly open and she push it the rest of the way. Kim was in her office but she had her head on her desk like she was sleeping. This wasn't a good sign and she wondered if Kimberly was sleeping at night.

"You might want to at least look like you are working." Trini said from Kimberly's office door as Kim lifted her head off her desk.

"Yea probably." Kim muttered as she leaned back in her chair. Trini had never really seen Kimberly like this.

"Kimberly, what's wrong?" Trini asked as she stepped into Kim's office and shut the door. She knew that something was up with Kimberly. They had been friends for years and she just knew when something was wrong with Kimberly.

"Ugh just some things on my mind." She replied with a sigh which really made Trini wonder what was going on.

"Okay." Trini said sitting down across Kim on the other side of her desk. "Does this have anything to do with Tommy?" She asked crossing her legs.

"Why do you ask that?" Kim asked rubbing her eyes.

"Because he is the only one to cause you to act like this, you know if you would just sleep with him all of your problems would go away." Trini stated with a smile. She was still under the impression that Tommy and Kimberly were secretly in love and just needed a push to send them over the edge. She would love to be that push.

"I'm not sure that sleeping with him will solve anything since it would be weird." Kim said standing up to straighten her clothes. Trini shook her head and sat back in the chair.

"I don't know why it would be weird. I mean he's your best friend, I know but not your brother." Trini pointed out. It had always been a mystery to her as to why Tommy and Kimberly had never tried anything besides being friends. They looked like the perfect couple and they were so close as friends.

Kim nodded. "I know that but it would still be weird." She said grabbing her water bottle. "Anyway have you seen our client yet?" She asked before taking a drink and setting the bottle back down. Trini realized that Kim needed a change of subject and that was okay with her at the moment. This case was bigger than Kim and Tommy's love life.

"No, she called and said that she can't come in today." Trini replied with a hint of anger. She had gotten the phone call almost an hour ago and she was still mad over it.

"You know I'm beginning to believe that she's guilty." Kim muttered as she walked over to the windows behind her desk.

"I always thought she was but it's nice to know that you are joining my side." Trini stated as she stood up and walked over to stand next to Kimberly.

"Trini, I still believe that she is innocent but her actions are speaking louder at the moment." She said looking away as Trini sighed. Kimberly was firmly in the innocent camp while she believed that their client was guilty.

"Well her alibi didn't check out so we have a battle on our hands." Trini mentioned as Kim groaned.

"I knew that it was too good to be true." Kim said walking over to her filing cabinet. "Okay so since our defense has just gone out the window. We need to find out where she was at the time of the murder. I do not want her going to jail for a crime that she didn't commit." Kim said as Trini nodded.

"Kimberly, I'm still not sure that she didn't do it. I mean her husband had beaten her for years. All the neighbors even spoke up about that." Trini gently reminded her. She knew that she would have killed the man the first time he had raised his hand against her.

"I know that but I still think that she didn't murder her husband. You can call it a gut feeling." Kim stated looking through the file in her hands.

"I wish that I trusted your gut." Trini stated before leaving Kim alone to work. They had decided to agree to disagree on this case.

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"You know I was beginning to wonder if you would ever be in this morning." Jason said walking into Tommy's office. He didn't knock but then again he never did unless he knew that Tommy had someone in his office.

"I was here on time." Tommy replied without looking up.

"You never came to see me though." Jason pointed out as he sat down across from Tommy.

"Is there a point to this conversation besides the fact that you have your panties twisted?" Tommy asked as Jason laughed.

"My panties are just fine." Jason remarked. "Anyway have you decided on who the lucky woman who will live with you will be?" He asked.

"Maybe but I will wait until I have her answer before I share that with you." Tommy stated as he leaned back in his chair.

"I hope she turns you down." Jason said.

"What?" Tommy asked. "Do you want Skull to run this company?"

"No, I don't. The reason I want her to say no is to put you in your womanizing place." He explained.

"Jason, I'm not a womanizer." Tommy stated looking at one of his best friends.

"Well maybe not in real life but in the newspapers you have more women than those movie stars." Jason teased. "I want her to say yes after a few minutes so that you are in your rightful place as your father's son."

"You know that you are a mean friend." Tommy said. "I should ask Kim to be my best man since you are not fit for the job." He mused.

Jason shook his head at him. "You know that you can't take that job away from me." He said. "Actually I think you should ask Kimberly to marry you. She is the only woman I know that will not want you for your money."

"True." Tommy said slowly. "She wouldn't marry me for my money."

"The only problem is that she is too smart for you." He said standing up. "Anyway I will let you get back to work, just wanted to make sure that you got your lazy butt into work."

"Ha ha, get to work." Tommy said as Jason laughed and left his office.

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Trini was about to throw her pen across the room. Rita was lying to them, she just knew it.

"We need to know where you were the night your husband was killed." Trini said trying to stay calm.

"I can't exactly say." Rita replied as Trini stood up and began to pace.

"Why not?" Kim asked trying to be the calm one in the room. "We really need to know your whereabouts so that we can cement your alibi for the court."

"I know that but I can't say and I was alone." Rita replied as Trini closed her eyes and rubbed between her eyes. She could feel a headache coming on.

"Okay let's move on but you might want to think about telling us." Trini stated. "We cannot provide a fool-proof defense if we don't know all the fact."

"I'm sorry." Rita muttered without a trace of apology.

"Let's go over these hospital records then to establish a timeline of abuse." Kimberly said changing the subject.

Trini sat down and open the folder in front of her to read over the records as Rita explained each episode. The picture she painted was one of continued abuse and Trini didn't blame her if she did kill her husband. She would have killed the man the first time he tried to raise his fist to her. No man would ever touched her in anger and live to tell about it.

"I think that's enough for now." Kimberly said breaking through Trini's thoughts. "We can resume this later this week." She said as they all stood up. Trini and Kimberly watched as Rita left the room.

"I could just shake her sometimes." Trini muttered as she gathered up her notes and shoved them into the folder.

"Me too but she is our client and that would be hard to explain." Kim said trying to soothe Trini.

"Kimberly, you have to know that something is up with her." She said as Kim sighed.

"I'm not sure because if I was in her situation I wouldn't know who to trust." Kim said slowly. "Just give her time; I think she will tell us when she is ready."

"I don't think she ever will though but we can make this work." She said as Kimberly nodded. "Are you up for a pig out session tonight?"

"Uh, no I have plans already, sorry." Kim said as Trini looked back at her.

"You have plans? With who?" She asked when she noticed how shifty Kimberly was being.

"Tommy, I'm going to his house." Kim replied quickly.

"Oh okay, how is he doing?" She asked. "Jason said that he was back at work."

"Good just dealing with the loss of his father and some other personal things." Kim explained. "I hope that I can help iron a few out tonight with him." She said.

"If you need anything just call and I can grab Jason and join you two." Trini stated as she walked over to the door. "Come on, let's blow this popsicle stand."

Kim laughed as she followed Trini out of the conference room and out of the building. Trini waved and watched Kimberly leave the office as she thought about what Kim had said about Tommy. She wondered what personal things Kim was going to help Tommy with. Something was going on but she didn't want to ask too many questions because given enough time, Kimberly would tell her what's going on.

Sighing, she threw her stuff in the car before getting in and driving home. She really didn't want to be alone for dinner tonight especially after the unproductive meeting with their client. She made it home quickly and rushed inside to change as she dialed a number that was beginning to become very familiar to her.

"How did you know that I was going to call you?" Jason asked as she smiled. How could he make her feel this special with a simple question?

"ESP." She replied with a laugh. "Are you busy tonight?" She asked as she grabbed some socks.

"Possibly, I mean I have this girl that I'm chasing and I hope she will have dinner with me tonight." He said as she gripped the phone.

"She must be some woman if you are chasing her." She remarked.

"Oh she is." He whispered as she shivered at the tone in his voice. He was seducing her and she liked it.

"Good and I would love to have dinner with you." She said as she tied her shoes and stood up.

"When did I say the woman was you?" He asked as she laughed again.

"Of course it's me." She stated. "Now where are you taking me to dinner?" She asked walking out of her bedroom into the living room.

"Well now I'm not sure I want to take you out since I'm not having to chase you." He said.

"Oh please, you love it that I am demanding you take me out to eat." She said grabbing her wallet and keys before opening the door to a surprise.

"Of course I do." He said leaning against her door frame.

"What are you doing here?" She asked putting her phone into her back pocket of her jeans.

"Well I was going to ask you out to dinner but then I got this amazing call." He said as she shook her head at him. "So are you ready to go?" He asked looking her over.

"Yea, I am." She said as he moved back into the hall outside her door. She joined him in the hall before locking her door. "Where are we going?" She asked noticing his jeans and t-shirt.

"Somewhere low-key given our attire." He said. "I think I know a great place, come on." He said reaching for her hand. They walked hand in hand down to his car. She waited as he opened her door before sliding in. She had come to love him being a gentleman. No one had ever really done that for her. Some of her past boyfriends would have left her standing in the parking lot if she didn't get in the car fast enough.

"Are you going to tell me where we are going?" She asked as he got in and cranked the car.

"No, I'm going to let it be a surprise." He said backing out of the parking space. "Tell me about your day, I know something happened."

Trini sighed as she got comfortable next to him. "Our client finally showed up today. She can't tell us where she was when her husband was killed. No one was with her so they can't tell us that she was with them and did not kill her husband." She explained.

"Well she could have been with a lover or something." He mused.

"I guess but then why not just tell us. Kimberly and I don't care if she was shacked up with a smurf at the time, we just want to know." She stated.

"I don't know but people lie." He said.

"Yea, I know that all too well." She smirked. "Anyway besides our client problems, something is wrong with Kimberly."

"What makes you think that?" He asked making a left turn at the red light.

"She just seemed distracted today which is not like her." She explained.

"Well she could still be dealing with Zordon's death." He said. "He was like a second father to her."

"True but I don't think that's it." She muttered. "There is something else going on with her."

"Did you ask her?" He asked making a right turn at a stop sign.

"I did but she just brushed it off." She answered.

"Give her time; I'm sure she will tell you when she's ready." He said turning into a parking lot. The building in front of them didn't look like much but she trusted him.

"I hope so." She said. "What's this place called?" She asked as he shut off the car before getting out and walking around to her side. Opening her door, he helped her out before finally answering her.

"It's called Broken Mirror." He replied as he led her across the parking lot and over to the entrance.

"Broken Mirror?" She asked as he nodded. "Seems like a strange name for a restaurant." She mused.

"Yea it is but the food's great and I think you will really like it." He said opening the door for her. "Tori will love you."

"Who's Tori?" Trini asked as she stepped through the door with him close behind her.

"The wife of the owner, she is like a second mother to me." He answered. "There is nothing to get jealous over." He whispered as she sighed.

"I'm not jealous." She whispered as a blonde headed woman walked towards them.

"Is that Jason hiding behind this lovely young lady?" The asked as Trini giggled and stepped to the side to reveal Jason fully. "Jason Lee Scott, you never call and I never see you. Look at you, wasting away. Do you ever eat?" She asked pulling him into her arms.

"I eat and you just saw me last week." He said wrapping his arms around her. "Now I want to introduce you to someone but please don't scare her off." He whispered as she nodded before releasing him.

"Now who is this young lady?" Tori asked turning to look at Trini.

"This is Trini Kwan." He stated with a smile.

"Is she your girlfriend?" Tori asked as Jason paused. He wanted to say yes but he didn't want to pressure Trini. She might run if she wasn't ready to be classified as his girlfriend.

"I am; it is nice to meet you." Trini answered as she smiled at Jason. "I also don't scare easily."

"Well with this one, you have to be strong." Tori stated as she pulled Trini into her arms. "Take care of my boy. I can tell that you have him wrapped around your finger already." She whispered before releasing Trini.

"What did you say to her?" Jason asked concerned. Tori came on strong sometimes especially when she thought someone needed help.

"None of your business, now let me get you two seated so that I can feed you." She said grabbing two menus and leading them through the tables.

Trini noticed that it was pretty crowded inside. This place may be hidden away but it looked like it had a following of its regulars. She could tell that Jason did come here a lot since every table they passed, someone said hi. It was interesting watching him interacting with everyone. It didn't matter if they were construction workers or soccer moms. He spoke to them the same. It was very enlightening to her.

"This is Jason's table but if you would like somewhere else let me know." Tori stated as she motioned to table to her left.

"No, this is perfect. Thank you." Trini said as Jason pulled out a chair for her as Tori smiled and walked away.

"Your seat, my dear." Jason mentioned as he bowed to her. She laughed as she walked over to the chair and sat down.

"Thank you, good sir." Trini said with a smile as he pushed her closer to the table before walking to his chair to her right and sitting down.

"Is this okay?" He asked as she picked up her menu.

"Yea, this place seems great and I know that you really like it here." She replied as she scanned the menu. It all seemed to be home-cooked meals.

"Well I do have to eat and I'm not much of a cook." He explained. "I probably eat here more than I should but it's better than a drive-thru all the time."

"Oh way better." She laughed.

"So you're my girlfriend?" He asked watching her closely.

"If that's okay with you." She answered looking up from her menu. "I don't want to rush you into anything."

"You are not rushing me since I want the same thing." He whispered as he reached for one of her hands. "Are you going to tell Kimberly that I'm your boyfriend?" He asked.

Trini took a breath before answering. She could tell that her answer meant a lot to him. "Yea I am going to tell her." She whispered as a waiter walked up to their table.

"Can I take your orders?" The man asked looking from Trini to Jason. "Oh Jason, it's you, do you want your regular?" He asked.

"Sounds good to me." Jason replied turning to look at Trini.

"I'll have the same." She said as the waiter nodded and took their menus before leaving them alone again.

"You don't even know what I normally get." Jason pointed out.

"I'm sure that its good since it's your regular." She mentioned as he nodded.

"It's a bacon cheeseburger with onion rings and a coke." He informed her as she nodded. "Do you still want it?" He asked.

"It actually sounds perfect tonight." She voiced. "So are you okay with me telling Kimberly that you're my boyfriend?" She asked turning back to their previous topic.

"Yes." He said as he bought her hand to his lips. "I am more than okay with you telling her." He whispered.

Trini swallowed as she felt Jason's lips on her knuckles. Another brick surrounding her heart crumpled and fell away as she gazed into his eyes. She knew that Jason had the power to break her heart but he also had the power to complete her world. At this moment, she just wasn't sure which one would affect her more.

The rest of the night passed with easy conversation and a perfect goodnight kiss. Jason had walked her to her door and made sure that everything was okay for her inside her apartment before brushing his lips across hers softly. He pulled back slightly and kissed her forehead before leaving her alone.

Trini closed the door before leaning against it. She had to take several deep breaths to calm her racing heart. The kiss was nothing more than lips meeting but it caused more reaction than any other kiss she had ever had and she had some awesome kisses in the past. Jason's had blown all of those out of the water and out of her head. What would happen when he really kissed her? What would happen when they finally took this relationship to the physical level? Whatever bed they were in would probably go up in flames at the slightest touch of their bodies.

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The next night Jason tossed and turned as he thought about Trini and their good night kiss from the night before. Why had he just left her there? She was his girlfriend but he didn't want to rush her into anything. They were getting closer with each date but he still felt that there was a wall around her heart. He wasn't sure how he knew that but he did. He also knew that he needed to take it slow and remove each brick before pushing for more. She was a grown woman and would let him know when she was ready for the next step.

Sighing he rubbed his face as his phone buzzed from the bedside table. He grabbed it and saw that it was from Tommy.

I'm getting married. The text read.

"What?" He muttered as he sat up in bed. Tommy could not just send a text like this and not expect a phone call.

"So who is the lucky girl?" He asked as soon as Tommy answered.

"You're going to freak out." Tommy warned as Jason closed his eyes.

"Please don't tell me that you asked Katherine. I mean she is a very nice girl but I don't see her agreeing to a temporary marriage." Jason replied as he tried to picture Tommy and Katherine getting married. They just didn't seem to fit no matter how many times he tried.

"No, I'm sure that she won't want to something temporary and no I didn't ask her." He stated. "I asked Kimberly." Tommy informed him. Jason paused for a moment as he processed what Tommy had just told him. He had to have heard wrong. Tommy didn't just say that he was marrying Kimberly. Did he?

"What? Are you joking? I mean you have to be pulling my leg." He remarked as he heard Tommy sighed into the phone.

"No, I'm serious. We are getting married in ten days at her parent's house." Tommy stated.

"Oh dude, I can't believe that she said yes. I thought Kimberly was smarter than that." He said still trying to process the fact that Tommy and Kimberly were getting married. How had Tommy convinced his best friend to marry him for convenience?

"Jason, I talked to her about it. She knows why I have to get married and she's okay with it." Tommy explained.

"Of course she's okay with it because she sees this as a way to pay you back for all those times that you helped her when she asked. I think you need to rethink this and just ask Katherine." He said as he heard Tommy groaned. He knew that Kimberly would do anything for Tommy including apparently marrying him. Tommy had to see that this was wrong to ask Kimberly.

"We already told our parents and I'm not changing my mind." Tommy stated as he sighed. He could tell by the tone in Tommy's voice that this was a done deal. "Look everything will be alright, don't worry so much."

"I'm still going to worry but as long as you don't hurt her then everything's fine. I guess we need to see about our tuxes." He said finally dropping the subject of Tommy not marrying Kimberly. He just hoped that this didn't hurt his relationship with Trini. Their best friends were getting married so it would affect them whether they wanted it to or not.

"We are going tomorrow to get fitted. You need to be at the shop before 12." Tommy informed him. "Kimberly and I will be getting everything organized tomorrow. Its short notice but hopefully being rich will come in handy."

"Being rich is going to save your butt." He said with a laugh. "Anyway I'll be there so no worries." He stated before saying bye. This was going to be a whirlwind over the next ten days. If anyone could pull off a wedding in ten days then it would be Kimberly. It was a good thing that they were both rich. Money would help move things along. He just hoped that this would not backfire on them in the process.

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Trini groaned as she heard a knock on her front door. Rolling over she looked at the clock and saw that it was way too early to be up. She got up out of bed and slipped on her house shoes before making her way to the door. Peeping through the peep hole, she saw that it was Kimberly on the other side. She stepped back and opened the door.

"This better be good or you are going to die." Trini stated when she opened the door. She was in her yellow pjs and red house shoes that Kim had gotten her for Christmas. Kim was in jeans and a pink t-shirt.

"I bought you coffee." Kim stated holding up the coffee cups to show Trini.

Trini looked her up and down and sighed. "Come on but I'm still reserving the right to kill you later." She said as Kim laughed. The coffee was from her favorite coffee shop so she knew that Kim was up to something. It was just too early for her to try and figure it out. She would just let Kimberly tell her why she was here.

"You may not want to kill me because then you wouldn't get to be the maid of honor at my wedding." Kim said as she closed the door and followed Trini into the living room.

"Wedding? Is this the reason that I'm up at this hour? Kimberly, you don't have a boyfriend so you're not getting married anytime soon." She growled as Kim handed her, her cup of coffee.

"Well you're part right. I don't have a boyfriend but I have a fiancée." She said holding up her left hand to show Trini her ring. The sunlight beamed through her window and bounced off the ring. The effect was almost blinding.

"What is that on your finger?" Trini asked as she set her cup down slowly. She knew that Kim hadn't been dating anyone so she couldn't be engaged. Was she still dreaming?

"An engagement ring from Tommy." Kim replied as Trini screamed. If this was a dream, it was the best.

"I knew it!" She yelled. "I knew that you were doing the nasty with him." She stated as Kim shook her head. "I should hit you for keeping this from me." She muttered as she looked the ring over again.

"No we are not sleeping together, this isn't a normal engagement." Kim stated as Trini paused.

"Then what is it?" Trini asked looking puzzled. It wasn't a normal engagement? What did Kimberly mean by that?

"Well Tommy's father left a condition in his will before Tommy can inherit the business." Kim informed her. "He has to get married within the month or the business goes to Skull." She said.

"What? I thought that Zordon approved of Tommy taking over the business." Trini said picking her coffee back up. This wasn't how she wanted Tommy and Kim to get married. Why would Zordon ask this of his only son?

"He does but it's like one last test for Tommy." Kim remarked. "Anyway he's not ready to get married so he came up with this plan of a marriage of convenience."

"He's not ready to get married but he's getting married? There is something wrong with this picture." She muttered before taking a drink of her coffee. It was the best and Kim did know how to get on her good side this early in the morning even though she thought her best friend was crazy to go through with this.

Kim sighed. "Well he asked me to help him out and I agreed." She stated as Trini nodded.

"Of course you did because you're in love with him." Trini said with a shrug.

"I'm not in love with him. I just don't want to see him lose the business that he has worked hard for all these years. It's only going to be for a year so really it's not much to ask." She stated.

"Yea right, it's a lot to ask of a friend. I don't care how close you are but I will support you because you are my best friend and I know that Tommy respects you." She stated with a smile. "So when are you getting married?" She asked taking another sip of the delicious coffee.

"In ten days." Kim replied waiting for Trini's reaction.

"What? That doesn't give us much time; we need to go shopping now." Trini stated jumping up. Ten days wasn't much at all but it could be done with Kimberly in charge.

Kim laughed at the change in Trini. "I know that's why I woke you up. Tommy and I are going today to arrange everything. My bridal appointment is at 12 and I want you there with me." She said as Trini nodded. Of course she was going to be there to help her best friend pick out her wedding dress.

"When did you make a bridal appointment?" Trini asked looking down at Kimberly.

"This morning, they do open early. We are also selecting bridesmaid dresses today as well. Hayley will be my other bridesmaid and she will be there as well." She said.

"Who are the groomsmen?" Trini asked suddenly wondering if Jason would be in the wedding party.

"Well Jason is the best man but I'm not sure on the other one." Kim answered with a smile.

"Okay I can work with that." Trini laughed before leaving the room to get dressed for the day. She was going with Kimberly to all of her appointments in case Tommy was like every other man when it came to details for the wedding.

Trini quickly changed before she and Kimberly left her apartment and headed down to her car. "I can't believe that you are getting married." She commented.

"I know but this feels right." Kim said as she cranked the car.

"Does Jason know the real reason?" She asked wondering what he thought about all of this.

"Yes he does." Kim asked. "Tommy had already talked to him about a marriage of convenience before he ever asked me and I know that he told him after I said yes."

"I assume that you are not telling the parents." She remarked.

"You're correct. They cannot know or it will break their hearts." Kim said as she pulled into traffic.

"Don't worry, I won't tell anyone but you know things never stay quiet no matter how much you want them too." She warned.

"I know." Kim whispered as Trini leaned back in the seat and let Kim drive. She knew that this was hard on Kimberly but she would be as supportive as Kim needed. It was her job to back her up in this decision and she would do that for the next year of Kim's marriage.

"Let's get you a dress then." She said as Kim smiled. Trini reached over and turned the volume up on the radio to brighten the mood.

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Okay so what did everyone think? Please let me know. The next chapter should be out soon.