Their plane arrived in Florida several hours later. Tommy and Kimberly collected their luggage at the airport and rode a taxi to Coach Schmidt's training facility. They checked in and they were told what room their dorm was, which was 101. Tommy was handed the key and they went to their dorm room. All of boxes were sitting in the floor. Kimberly put their luggage next to the boxes. She opened one of the boxes and got out their new comforter, a new sheet, two new pillows and pillow cases. Tommy helped her get her bed ready for them to sleep in.
"Do you want to unpack tonight or do it tomorrow?" asked Kimberly. "I don't have to start training until the day after tomorrow."
"Let's unpack tomorrow," answered Tommy. "We've already ate our dinner on the plane. What do you think about us going to bed early?"
"We didn't sleep much last night," replied Kimberly. "I like the idea."
She opened a box and got out some pajamas for them to put on. Kimberly put on a pair of pink summer pajamas and Tommy put on a pair of green and white plaid pajama shorts and a white tank top. Tommy turned the bedroom lights out and they both crawled in bed. Both of them laid in the middle of the bed and their heads were resting on the same pillow. Tommy was holding Kimberly tight in his arms.
"Tommy, you're squeezing me to death," informed Kimberly.
He loosen his grip around her.
"Is that better?" asked Tommy.
"Much better," replied Kimberly. "How do you feel about us being Florida?"
"It's too early for me to tell," explained Tommy. "We've only been here for a few hours. I how we have our own private bathroom in our dorm and how we have a double bed to sleep in. It's better than my twin bed."
"There wouldn't be enough room for both of us to sleep in your twin bed," laughed Kimberly.
"I know," smiled Tommy.
"Wonder how the team is going to get along without us?" questioned Kimberly.
"I'm sure they will do fine," promised Tommy. "Everyone on the team said you could come to train for the Pan Global Games and you really wanted to come."
"I did want to come train for the Pan Global Games," explained Kimberly. "But, then when I started packing I remembered that you said you didn't to loose me, but you didn't want me to give this up. Tommy, I always knew that I loved you. But, I didn't realize how much I actually loved you, until I was leaving you. I didn't want to come without you so I called your parents and asked them if I could marry you so you'd come with me."
"And what did she say?" asked Tommy.
"She said that you'd be the first one to ask her if you could come with me, if I invited you," revealed Kimberly.
"It's true I would," admitted Tommy. "Did you have to ask her more than once if I could come?"
"No, I didn't," Kimberly said honestly. "Jan said that my mom and her were worried about me coming to Florida alone. My mom couldn't get away from Paris, since she's started her fashion career. So Jan said that you'd be the prefect person to come with me. She said she wouldn't worry as much if I had someone to watch out for me. Jan said my mom felt the same way."
"Thanks for letting me marry you early and letting me come with you," answered Tommy. "Your mom got engaged at the end of August. That was the same time we meet two and a half years ago. We were going to get married in June of 1997, which would be after graduation."
"Actually, Tommy, I'd be graduating early," revealed Kimberly. "I took some correspondence high schools during my 8th grade year. I only needed a few more classes."
"You didn't tell me?!" gasped Tommy.
"I didn't know until Mr. Kaplan told me," explained Kimberly. "He told me when I was in the process of transferring schools, when I was getting ready to come to Florida. Down here in Florida, I can take summer classes and graduate at the end of the summer. I've already gotten a few college credits because I took AP classes."
"Can I take classes in the summer?" asked Tommy.
"Yes, you can," answered Kimberly. "You'd be to graduate early. In Angel Grove We need 28 credits graduate. Down here in the school we'll be attending here in the training felicity, we only need 25 credit hours. All I need down here is English IV and three electives. What about you?"
"All I'd need would be English IV and three electives," stated Tommy. "We're still going to finish the classes that we were taking in Angel Grove. What do you think about us taking English IV this summer and three electives this summer?"
"I love the idea," responded Kimberly. "But, there is something you don't know. Here we can take classes that are worth more than one credit hour. I heard that they are going to have swimming class this summer that is worth three credit hours. We'd have English IV everyday and swimming twice a week. We'd be able to graduate this summer. This summer, I'll be practicing most of the day. But, you will get to stay with me all day."
"I like the idea," stated Tommy. "Good Night, Beautiful. I love you."
"Good night, Tommy. I love you too," replied Kimberly.
Both of them quickly fell asleep. The following morning, Tommy and Kimberly unpacked their bags and put everything in its proper place. They met with coach Schmidt and he told them about what their daily schedule would be. He told Tommy since he came with Kimberly, he had to work out while she was training. Tommy learned that he'd have to run laps, lift weights, or karate. Tommy chose to lift weights and do karate. There was an athletic clothing store in the training felicity, so Kimberly and Tommy went there to buy Tommy some athletic suits and athletic pants to wear. Coach Schmidt told tommy since he was working out, he would be require to wear track pants or a tracksuit with an athletic shirt everyday. Tommy bought several green tracksuits and several pairs of green track pants. He also bought several white spandex tank tops to wear everyday. Since it was warm in Florida, Kimberly decided that she was going to wear a pair of pink track pants and a pink sleeveless spandex tank top with a v neck every day.
Over the next several weeks, Kimberly began to train full time. And she did really well. Coach Schmidt said she was the best on the team; he also noticed that Tommy was really good at karate. Coach Schmidt offered Tommy a chance to try doing gymnastics with Kimberly, since they had gymnastics competitions in the Pan Global Games, where two people were needed. Kimberly noticed Tommy was really good at gymnastics and she learned that Tommy also took gymnastics since he was four or five. But, he stopped taking gymnastics when he moved to Angel Grove.
Four Months Later June 1996
Tommy and Kimberly started taking English IV and Swimming. They had English for an hour and swimming everyday for three hours. Both of them were stunned about having to taking swimming everyday for three hours, because they were told that they were only going to have a swimming class twice a week. But, Coach Schmidt changed the rules, since he taught the swimming class. Kimberly could only wear a one piece suit in the class and Tommy could only wear swimming trunks in the class.
Coach Schmidt really liked how Tommy was good at gymnastics and insisted that he joined the team. He wanted Tommy to compete in the gymnastics competitions where two people were needed. And he was going to be doing it with Kimberly, which was something he was looking forward to. Coach Schmidt made Tommy and Kimberly practice more since they were the best on the team.
End of July 1996
Tommy and Kimberly graduated from high school early, since they took summer classes and they didn't need as many credit hours, like they did in Angel Grove. They could start college at anytime. Kimberly was thinking about studying Physical Education to become a PE teacher. She already had a full year of college complete since she took AP classes. Tommy wanted to study science and dinosaurs.
The Pan Global Games started in October. So, practicing got more demanding for Tommy and Kimberly. Tommy was really concerned about Kimberly because of the intense training. She had already collapsed during practice twice. However, he had no idea that Kimberly was skipping lunch. Both of them had lunch at two different times. During lunch, Kimberly was with Coach Schmidt. He told Kimberly that she needed to loose some weight before the Pan Global Games. Coach Schmidt lied to Kimberly and told her that she need to weigh less so Tommy would be able lift her, throw her up in the air, and catch her.
"Did Tommy tell you that he had trouble lifting me?" asked Kimberly.
"No, he didn't," answered Coach Schmidt. "I've just seen people like you and Tommy compete. You stood on the scale and weigh 130 pounds. I've seen girls who weigh 130 pound be thrown up in the air. When it is time for the boy to catch the girl, they have a hard time catching her."
"Why?" questioned Kimberly.
"Because they are too heavy," lied Coach Schmidt. "They need to weigh less, because when it is time from the boy to catch the girl, he can't catch her. Then when they are on the balance beam doing tricks the girl is to heavy for the boy to lift. I've seen this happen in every competition."
"What happens on the balance beam?" asked Kimberly.
"The girl falls on the boy and they fall off the balance beam. Both of them get hurt," lied Coach Schmidt. "Do you want that to happen to Tommy?"
"No, of course not!" gasped Kimberly. "How much weight do I have to loose? Tell me and I'll do it. I don't want Tommy hurt."
"You need to loose 30 pounds," replied Coach Schmidt. "I'm still having you both swim in the afternoons after you finish training. I want you both to stay fit. During lunch you can run laps to help you loose weight. You've already lost five pounds. Since you both swim after lunch, go your locker room and put your swimsuit on and put your track pants and your pink tank top back on. That way, you won't have to change your , since they make leotards that look like swimsuits, you can practice gymnastics in your one piece swimsuit everyday. It won't make a difference."
"You want me to wear a swimsuit every day full time?" asked Kimberly.
"Yes, I do. You won't have to worry about changing out of your leotard," explained Coach Schmidt. "And when you're in a swimsuit, you'll be able to see what your figure looks like. And you won't have to worry about wearing a tank top. It will be easier for you to get dressed in the morning."
"What about Tommy?" asked Kimberly. "What does he have to wear during gymnastics training?"
"During the Plan Global Games, the boys only wear shorts," explained Coach Schmidt. "He can practice in his swimming trunks, while he is training. Before you start competing, both of you will get a special outfit to wear. You'll get a leotard and Tommy will get a pair of shorts to wear."
After Kimberly left his office, Coach Schmidt called Tommy into his office. He lied and told Tommy the same thing he told Kimberly. However, He told Tommy that he needed to build up his muscles, so he'd be able to catch Kimberly. He didn't tell Tommy anything about telling Kimberly that she needed to loose weight. Coach Schmidt acted like he had their best interest at heart, but he really didn't. He didn't like Tommy because he married Kimberly. And he realized that Tommy and Kimberly would put each other first before the Pan Global Games. Coach Schmidt had married couples compete on his team in the past. When the training got so demanding, he'd loose his best person on his team because their spouse got concerned about their husband or wife's wasn't healthy or was too weak to compete. And Coach Schmidt ended up loosing the best member on the team. Coach Schmidt's team had never won a gold medal or a gold trophy for the United States. All they brought home was sliver medals and trophies. He knew if Kimberly gave his team a chance of bringing home a gold medal or gold trophy. He was also trying to destroy Kimberly's marriage with Tommy and he was doing everything he could to see that it happened. He asked Tommy to join the team after seeing how good he was. Coach Schmidt knew Tommy couldn't get muscles like a body builder in a few weeks, so he wanted Tommy to lift weights during lunch. That way Tommy would be too weak to be on the team and he could kick Tommy off the team before the Pan Global Games. And he wanted Kimberly to loose weight because he wanted the team to earn more points because she had a nice looking body.
First Week of August in 1996
Tommy really began to notice that there was something wrong with Kimberly. She looked slimmer and he made her stand on a scale. He saw that she had lost ten pounds and was now weighing 120 pounds. At night Kimberly didn't have much energy left and she usually went straight to bed. And she didn't spend much time with Tommy, since she was so tired an weak. On the weekends, Kimberly mostly slept so she'd have time to build back some energy. Tommy laid in bed with her since he was sore from lifting weights. However, things weren't like the way they used to be. Kimberly was too weak to notice. However, it didn't take time for Tommy to notice. He noticed that they weren't going to movies, going to the beach, soaking in a hot tub at the youth center, she didn't want him to hold her or touch her, and they weren't going to formal restaurants anymore. Tommy realized if those things continued it would destroy his marriage with Kimberly. And he didn't want it to get to that point.
He decided that he was going to skip weight lifting and go see Kimberly during her lunch period. When he went to see her during her lunch period, she wasn't in the cafeteria. Tommy realized that she was skipping meals on Monday through Friday. He quickly started to look for her, when he didn't see Coach Schmidt in the room. Tommy knew Coach Schmidt was suppose to have cafeteria duty during Kimberly's lunch period. He wondered if Kimberly was with Coach Schmidt, so Tommy went to his office. Tommy noticed that the door was open and some one was in there. He quickly hid in an arch way, when he saw Kimberly come out of the girls bathroom only wearing a bikini. Kimberly walked into Coach Schmidt's office. He heard them talking and he had a tape recorder in his pocket. Tommy suspected that something wasn't right with Coach Schmidt. Tommy thought he got Kimberly to come to Florida too soon and she didn't have time to get to know him. As soon as Kimberly walked into his office, Tommy began to record the conversation.
"I've changed," stated Kimberly.
"Go stand on the scale," demanded Coach Schmidt.
Kimberly stood on the scale and she saw that she weighted 115 pounds. Just as Kimberly was about to get of the scale, Coach Schmidt told her to stay. He walked over to the scale to see how much she weighed.
"You now weigh 115 pounds," smiled Coach Schmidt. "You need to loose 15 more pounds."
"Can I just stop?" begged Kimberly. "I don't think 15 pounds will make a difference."
"Yes, it will," lied Coach Schmidt. "If you weigh 100 pounds, you'll have the prefect body and Tommy will be able to pick you up, throw you in the air, and catch you. You don't want Tommy to get hurt because he can't throw you in the air or catch you. I've seen boys throw a girl up in the air who weights 115 pounds. They boy always ends up hurting a ligament or a muscle because the girl was too heavy. And the boys always has to have surgery. Do you want that to happen to Tommy?"
"No!" cried Kimberly. "I don't want him to be hurt for me. I'd never be able to forgive myself!"
"Then you'll loose 15 more pounds!" Coach Schmidt said hatefully. "Kimberly you're fat, over weight, and ugly. Tommy wouldn't want to stay with an ugly girl. I've seen people like you two marry at a young age. I've seen every married couple who have competed in the Pan Global Games divorce. The boy doesn't want a girl who is ugly like you. They want a girl who is attractive and nice looking."
"Tommy, isn't like that!" sobbed Kimberly. "I know him!"
"Are you sure?" remarked Coach Schmidt. "They usually break up with their spouse by writing them a letter and they leave as soon as they write the letter."
"I really don't want that!" Kimberly said tearfully. "Can I just eat something?"
"No, you need to loose weight," yelled Coach Schmidt. "If you eat, you'll have more calories to burn off. You're doing just fine by only eat breakfast and dinner. You don't need to eat anything between breakfast and dinner."
"Please, can I just have something?" begged Kimberly.
"NO!" screamed Coach Schmidt.
Tommy heard the whole conversation and was really angry. He really wanted to strangle Coach Schmidt with both hands for how he was treating Kimberly. Tommy slowly looked in the window and saw Kimberly was barely standing. She looked very weak and looked like she was going to faint at any time.
"I think you need more time to exercise," declared Coach Schmidt. "Instead of running laps today, you'll swim laps in the pool."
"Can I change into my one piece suit?" asked Kimberly.
"You can change when we get to the pool," answered Coach Schmidt.
Tommy quickly ran into the boys bathroom and stood against the wall. He watched Kimberly and Coach Schmidt walk out of the office. Once he made sure no one was looking, he quickly went to the in door pool. On the way to the pool, Tommy stopped by an ice cream stand to get Kimberly a chocolate shake. Then he went into their private locker room to wait for Kimberly. Tommy had towels, a first aide kit, emergency blankets, emergency pillows, a camping roll out bed, bottled water, and a change of clothes in a locker. No one else knew about it. He heard Coach Schmidt yelling at Kimberly all the way down to the locker room. He hid in one of the changing stalls, when he heard them coming.
"Can I please have water?" begged Kimberly.
"NO!" yelled Coach Schmidt.
"Please, I feel weak!" Kimberly said tearfully.
"That's part of training," remarked Coach Schmidt. "It's going to be worse, when you compete in the Pan Global Games. You'll be competing all day and you'll only have time for one meal. Do you still want to compete in the Pan Global Games?"
"I honestly don't know?" replied Kimberly. "This has been too demanding. I'm weak, I'm tired, I'm hungry, and I don't have much strength left. I am a married woman now. I haven't been able to spend as much time with Tommy as I would like."
"Maybe you need to get a warm shower," suggest Coach Schmidt. "When you take your bikini off, put it in the laundry shoot. I'll be standing outside the door. Tell me, when you have put your bikini in the laundry shoot and I'll get it out of the laundry cart. We can't let Tommy find out that you are trying to loose weight on you're smart you won't tell him."
Kimberly walked into the locker room and opened her locker. Her track pants, swimsuit, towel and robe were in the locker, she left her locker open, since she'd be getting her towel to dry off on after she took her shower. Kimberly went into the bathroom stall to stripe out of her bikini. Tommy opened stall door open just a crack and saw Coach Schmidt take every thing out of Kimberly's locker. Then he walked out of the room and shut the door. Kimberly walked out of the bathroom stall and put her bikini in the laundry shoot. She went back to her locker to get her towel and noticed everything was taken out of her locker. Kimberly quickly locked the locker room door.
"Have you put your bikini in the laundry shoot?" asked Coach Schmidt.
"Yes," Kimberly said in an upset voice. "All of stuff is missing from my locker. I don't have anything to wear."
"You'll be fine," shouted Coach Schmidt. "I have your stuff for safe keeping! I can't let you leave Florida. We need that gold trophy and medal."
"What about Tommy?" sobbed Kimberly.
"He'll be out of Florida by tonight," Coach Schmidt yelled in a cheerful voice. "I'm going to go get on my computer and type him a nasty break up letter from you. I have a special program that will make it look like it is in your hand writing."
"NO! PLEASE, DON'T!" screamed Kimberly. " I LOVE TOMMY AND HE'S MY WHOLE LIFE! I CAN'T LOOSE HIM!"
"I can't loose my best team member," shouted Coach Schmidt. "I'm the reason why every couple on the team always break up. I pull this same stunt on one of them and they can't leave the locker room. I write a very nasty break up letter to their boy or to their spouse. I take sneak the letter to the married couple's dorm or I mail the letter to the team member's boy friend or girl friend. They try to prove it was me, but no one believes them."
"PLEASE BRING ME MY STUFF BACK!" demanded Kimberly.
"I will after the letter is taken to your dorm room," answered Coach Schmidt. "I'm going to go write the letter."
"COME BACK!" sobbed Kimberly. "DON'T DO THIS TO TOMMY! PLEASE, DON'T!"
Kimberly sat against the wall and started screaming and crying. Tommy hit the stop button and put the tape recorder in his pocket. As soon as he knew Coach Schmidt was gone, he grabbed the chocolate shake and walked out of the changing stall. He saw Kimberly was sitting at the back of the room. Tommy opened his locker and got out a towel for Kimberly to wrap around herself. He walked over to where she was sitting. When she noticed he was in the room with her, she fainted. Tommy wrapped the towel around her and gently opened her mouth. Then he gently put the straw in her mouth. He noticed that she drank the shake quickly. It proved to him that she was starving. As soon as she drank the shake, she slowly woke up. As soon as she woke up, she noticed Tommy was in the room with her.
"Tommy, please don't leave me or divorce me," begged Kimberly. "I didn't write the letter. I can explain what happened."
"Beautiful, I know the whole story," reassured Tommy. "I heard the whole thing and recorded. I knew that there wasn't something right with that man. And now I've finally got proof.
"How'd you know where to find me?" asked Kimberly.
"I knew Coach Schmidt had cafeteria duty, during your lunch period," explained Tommy. "He wasn't in the cafeteria, so I was on my to his office and I saw you walk out of the bathroom in a bikini. And that's when I learned everything."
Tommy pulled his cell phone out of his pocket and called the police and explained the situation. He played the tape over the phone and let the police listen to everything that took place regarding Coach Schmidt. The police were on their way and were going to arrest Coach Schmidt. It turns out he was a convicted felony from California and was wanted in several states.
"Tommy, I don't want to train for the Pan Global Games anymore," informed Kimberly. "Please understand."
"I'm fine with it," promised Tommy. "We'll leave when we get out of here."
"Tommy, we're locked in here," informed Kimberly. "Coach Schmidt locked the door from the outside."
"I know, I saw him take everything out of your locker," revealed Tommy. "And I know he is the reason why you haven't been eating lunch during the week. What was the bikini for?"
"I had go into the bathroom and change into it once a week," explained Kimberly. "After I changed I had to go into his office and stand on a scale. After he saw much I weighed I went back into the bathroom and changed back into my clothes."
"Beautiful, can I hold you?" asked Tommy.
"Tommy, all I'm wearing is a towel," reminded Kimberly. "You still want to hold me anyway?"
Tommy didn't answer. She saw him slip off his tan button down shirt and lay it on the floor. Tommy walked over to his locker and got out a pair of pink denim shorts, a pink tank top, a sports bra, undergarments, socks, and pink tennis shoes. He handed Kimberly her change of clothes and she quickly got dressed. After she got dressed, He sat Kimberly in his lap; he draped his tan shirt over he pulled her as close as he could and wrapped his arms around her. Kimberly rested her head against his chest and he kissed her.
"How long are you going to hold me?" asked Kimberly. "Coach Schmidt could be coming back at anytime."
"As long as I want," answered Tommy. "I've missed being able to hold you."
"I don't have a prefect beautiful body," said Kimberly.
"Kimberly, let me ask you something," stated Tommy. "Why do you think I call you beautiful."
"Never really thought about it," admitted Kimberly. "Why do you call me that?"
"You're a beautiful girl," explained Tommy. "And you are a wonderful person. You're the only girl I want in my life."
Tommy heard someone walk into the room. It was the police and they had just arrested Coach Schmidt.
"That man is dangerous," explained a police officer. "We need the tape to play in court."
Tommy handed the police officer his tape recorder with the tape in it.
"We suggest that you collect your belongs and leave Miami," stated the cop.
Tommy and Kimberly got everything out of the locker room and their dorm. Then they quickly got on the next flight to Angel Grove. They moved back in with Tommy's parents. Both of them started college, however Kimberly had no idea that she would soon meet her sister and four year old niece.