I don't own any rights to anything but this story. Someone very dear to my heart asked if I could include something for her in it and decided to write it and see how many people could or would enjoy something like this.

Chapter 3

Kimberly watched everyone stare at her in a mixture of excitement and shock. To break the ice she said "Hi everyone. I'm back."

That seemed to be what everyone was waiting for before they all surrounded her so that they could all hug her. Rocky and Jason got to her first and they threw their arms around her. Getting squished she laughed and said "okay guys lets not make a Kimberly sandwich." The guys laughed too and released her. Then Billy came over and hugged her. "When did you get back?" he asked

"I have been back for almost a month now." She whispered

"A month? And we are just seeing you?" He asked confused

"I swear Billy I will explain another time. I promise you." Kimberly said

"Okay Kim" he said satisfied. He knew she was keeping some sort of secret but he also knew that she would tell him when she was ready.

When he released her she looked at Kat and Tommy standing side by side. Kat took a step forward and Kimberly closed the distance between them. She put her arms around Katherine and whispered "I've missed you Kat." Kat wrapped her arms around Kimberly and said "I've missed you too." Katherine was not a bad girl. She knew that Kimberly could possibly end the relationship she had with Tommy but if it is not strong enough to survive that than she would at least know early on. She was genuinely happy to see the other woman.

When they released each other Kimberly looked over at Tommy. He was just watching her with an unreadable expression on his face. No one could have told you who moved first but one minute they were standing a couple of feet apart and the next they were in each others arms. Tommy had placed a kiss in Kimberly's hair and just held her as if she was a precious item he didn't want taken and Kimberly had her eyes shut as if to savor the moment. "I'm glad your back" was all Tommy would say.

"Thanks" Kim said after he released her. She didn't want to move out of his arms but she understood that they were not together anymore so she didn't have the right to be there.

"So your back Kim? Are you home for good" Rocky asked. Everyone seemed to want to know that answer and so all eyes turned to her.

"I'm back for now. I don't know if I am staying or not." It saddened her that she could not give a more definite answer but she knew that she couldn't make false promises either.

"Why not?" asked Rocky

"It's complicated Rocky. I promise once I know so will all of you." Kimberly replied

"It's okay Kim" said Billy "We all understand."

"Lets all go swimming" announced Adam

Getting many cheers from the others everyone started sitting down their stuff and heading to the water. Kimberly laid her towel down and sat on top of it. Seeing this Adam stopped and said "Are you coming Kim?"

"Not this time Adam" said Kim "perhaps next time"

"Okay but if you change your mind come on in."

"I will" Adam rushed down to the water right after Kimberly's response. She sat in the sand watching them. She loved to see them all laughing and playing in the water. It made her happy to see them all so happy and carefree. Sensing someone behind her she looked over her shoulder and saw Tommy. He came over and sat down next to her. "How come your not in the water too?" He wondered

"I am just having fun watching everyone. Besides I would rather not get wet today." She said honestly "How come you are not in the water?"

"Well I went to my jeep and got the inflatable raft. Wanna go in the raft with me? That way you can still be on the water and you won't have to get wet."

Kimberly thought of all the possible things that could go wrong and was undecided. Seeing the indecision on her face Tommy added "I promise you won't get wet and I promise not to throw you over" he said joking. Then on a serious thought he said "come on, your safe with me. I won't let anything happen to you." He held out his hand to her. It took her all of three seconds before she placed her hand in his. "Okay but I better not get wet" she said

"You won't" he promised again

They took two steps before Kimberly placed her had on his arm stopping him. "Tommy at some point we are going to need to talk."

"I know Kim but this is not the time for that. Everyone needs to be able to relax right now. The team has been in battle after battle lately and we all need a breather. Just give me a day or two and we will have the talk."

Kim wasn't satisfied but said her okay anyways. She did remember what it was like always having to go into battle but she still wished that he wanted to have the talk just so it would be out of the way. On the other hand though she was having fun with him again. She didn't want it to end and she didn't want him to end up looking at her like some sort on monster.

When they got near the water Tommy kind of ventured off toward the left to where the dock was. Kimberly stayed near the waters edge and watched him walk along the dock and place the raft in the water. When he was finished he looked behind him to tell Kimberly something but she wasn't there. He started looking around and saw her on the beach near the water. Raising his eyebrows at her he said "How come you are over there? I thought that you didn't want to get wet today."

Realizing where she was at moved quickly to join him on the dock. "I don't" she said. "I was just watching you."

"Are you ready to go?" he quietly asked

"Sure am" she said as she got inside the raft

Tommy got in and pushed off the dock so that they were freely floating in the water. Enjoying the silence and each others company neither said anything for a few minutes. Before Tommy could stop himself he said "I know I said that I wanted to wait to have the talk but there is no one here to overhear us. Why Kimberly? Was there someone else?"

Realizing her moment had come to come clean with him she said "No, at least not in the way you are thinking. I'm sorry about the letter, I really am. I never wanted to hurt you and know that I did just that." Knowing he was waiting for her to continue she kept going with her story "when I got down to Florida everything was great at first. The training was hard but very rewarding. At the end of the day I would go to bed knowing I put everything I had into the training. It wasn't long before I met a couple of people named Noah and Tasha. They were wonderful and they opened my eyes to so many new things. I learned so much about myself and my past ancestors and I admit I felt a part of something bigger. I hadn't felt like that since I was a power ranger. So after a while I decided to quit gymnastics and go with Noah and Tasha. What they helped me with gave me more than gymnastics could" Kimberly said as she wanted Tommy to understand.

"Okay so what did they help you with? What is it that you learned about yourself that you needed this Noah and Tasha to help you with? Why couldn't you come to me? I would have helped you with anything."

"With this Tommy I couldn't. We have not dealt with this before so I needed someone who knew how to deal with it."

"What is it Kimberly? What is it that you are keeping from me?" Tommy asked

Deciding this was the time to tell him her secret she took a deep breath before she started. "Tommy I'm a….." Kimberly never got to finish before a Tanga had flipped over the raft knocking both Tommy and Kimberly into the water.

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