All morning and all of the night before, Tommy kept on feeling like he was missing out on something.
Seeing David with his new son last night made me think what could have been between Kim and I. He thought.
Billy had already left for the cafe, so Tommy called there to talk to either Billy or Hayley.
"Hey Tommy, what's going on?" Hayley asked when she saw his cell phone number on the caller ID.
"Just feeling like I have been missing out on life. My brother came over last night and he brought his new baby boy over. Even though I am stuck in my ranger form, I am thinking about trying to find Kim's number and talk to her," he said.
"You miss her a lot don't you?" She asked.
"Right now I miss her as much as I did after she wrote that stupid letter," he said.
"Wow, I have no idea you felt that way," she said.
"Well knowing that David now has a family made me revaluate things," he said.
"It sounds like it," she said.
"I need to call Jason's to see if he or Kat will give me Kim's phone number," he said.
"Or I can just give it to you," she said before she looked for her cellphone.
"Nice try Hayley, but how in the world would you have her number? Hold on I am receiving a text message," he said before he checked the message.
The cat is out of the bag. She thought.
"I guess you two exchanged phone numbers when you met not long ago," he said.
"You could say that," she sheepishly said.
"Wait a second, she's your step-sister isn't she?" He asked.
"It took you nearly two weeks to figure it out. Hey Billy, he finally figured it out!" she said as she yelled at Billy who was in the kitchen.
"You got to remember hun he was fossilized for a few days," Billy said.
"Did he just call you hun?" Tommy asked.
"Tommy, you must be hearing things," a quick thinking Hayley said.
"I guess you are right. Hey thanks for her number. I will talk to you later," he said.
"Bye Tommy," she said. "Billy, I think he might be getting suspicious," Hayley said when she walked into the kitchen.
"Oh crap! Although I doubt it that he will think about it to much," Billy said.
"Yeah you are probably right. I think he is dialing Kim's number now," she said.
"Good for him," he said.
Meanwhile, Tommy dialed up Kim's cell phone. It rang four times then it went to her voice mail. He started to cry after he hung up the phone. A short time later, Kim check her cell phone.
Whose phone number is this? The only thing I recognize is that is a Reefside cell phone number. She thought before she played her voice mail.
Kim, it's me Tommy. If you are wondering how I got your cell phone number, you have three guesses. I know we have not talked much recently, but since last night I have been thinking about you. Actually I have been thinking more about us. What we had and what we could of have. After you broke up with me, I tried to move on with Kat, but as you know that did not work out. The point s that I miss you and I love you.
She was deep in thought remembering her ranger days and her relationship with Tommy until a knock at the door snapped her out of it.
"Oh sorry Kim, I did not mean to disturb you," a man said.
"It's ok Jase, after the last class left I checked my voice mail and you have to hear it," she said as Jason held her cell phone up to his ear.
"Wow he still loves you after all of these years? How did he get your cell phone number?" Jason asked.
"I guess my step-sister Hayley gave it to him. She is his teams tech adviser and her and Tommy have been friends since college," Kim said.
"Oh before I forget, I came by to remind you about the staff meeting after school," Jason said.
"What if I don't show up what are you going to do fire me?" she asked.
"If I want to fire you, I have to recommend it to the school bored," he joked.
"Oh come on Jason, you wouldn't do that," she said.
"Your right, I wouldn't," he said.
"I'll be there," she said.
"See you then," he said before he walked out of her classroom.
A short time later, she called Tommy.
"Hello," he said.
"Hey I got your voice mail a little bit ago, but I had a class when you called," she said.
"That's ok, I did not know your schedule," he said.
"Speaking of schedules, when is your next class?" She asked.
"I am actually at home. A few days after we last saw each other, our resident evil rangers fossilized me. Then after being stuck for a couple of days, my team and Billy got me free. Now I am stuck in my ranger form," he said before he heard laughter.
"Thomas Oliver, you are the only one, that I know of, to be on four different teams, lead three of them, become the mentor for the other, and actually get stuck being morphed," she said.
"It's not funny," he said.
"Yeah your right, anyways, what made you start thinking about me all of the sudden?" She asked.
"I have been thinking about you for a while actually, but last night my brother David came over. He brought his baby boy with him. After they left, I got to thinking about us what we were, and what we could have been," he said.
"Since my relationship with the guy I met before I wrote that awful letter ended, I have thought about us a lot she said.
"Are you seeing anyone?" He asked.
"No, are you?" She asked.
"No, although Hayley did try to set us up on a blind date a couple weeks ago," he said.
"Then you dropped by, I went to Reefside, and she changed her mind?" She asked.
"Yeah I guess," he said.
"Listen Tommy, I have another class coming in soon. 4th graders in a music class do not want to get into their teachers past," she said.
"All right. Oh and Kim," he said.
"Yes?" She asked.
"I love you," he said.
"I... love... you... also," she slowly said before they both hung up.
I have to get free as soon as possible. Tommy thought.
The next thing he knew, he called the cafe.
"Hayley's Cyberspace Cafe," Billy said.
"Hey Billy, I just got off the phone with Kim," Tommy said.
"Yeah, how did it go?" Billy asked.
"I have to get free as soon as I can," Tommy said.
"We know man," Billy said.
"You don't understand, Kim and I still have feeling for each other," Tommy said.
"After all of these years, that must be some kind of love," Billy said.
"Tell me about it," Tommy said.
"Hey man, I'll talk to you later," Billy said.
"Ok," Tommy said before they hung up.