A/N: I don't own anything but the concept. So here it is the final chapter. I hope that everyone enjoys this chapter and the story.
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"Billy!" Kim shouted again when she got to the end of the ramp. Tommy was trying not to laugh at Billy's expression. It was one of pure panic.
"Kim, I tried but NASA somehow got footage of the moon." Billy said with he held his hands up and shifted his feet back very slowly so as not to alert Kim.
"Uh huh, sure," She said with a smile before pulling him into her arms. Tommy was smiling at them as she released Billy. Trini and the other girls were just staring at them when Kim's ring caught the light. There was a moments pause before it hit Trini full force.
"KIMBERLY ANNE HART, what is on your finger?" Trini screamed as she ran up to Kim and grabbed her hand. She turned Kim's over and studied the ring closely. Tommy did a great job on picking this ring out for Kim.
"Does this mean what I think it means?" Tanya asked as she and the other girls walked up behind Trini. They looked at the ring as well and all smiled.
"Depends on what you are thinking." Kim said slyly. Tommy held back a smile of his own. He heard the guys moving around behind him. He knew that they wouldn't make it out though. Trini had ears like a hawk. The boys didn't stand a chance.
"Kimberly, this had better be an engagement ring from Tommy or I will kill Jason." She said looking at her husband who was sneaking around behind Tommy.
"Why do I have to die if they are not engaged?" He asked as he walked out of the shadows to face his wife. It was better to see what was coming than take it in the back. "I mean they are their own two people with lives separate from us." He said as he stopped in front of his wife.
"Kim?" Trini asked her but did not take her eyes off of her husband in case he ran for it. She was prepared to chase him down if necessary. The other guys walked forward to stand in front of their girlfriends, wives, or teammates. If Jason could stand up to Trini then they could face the music as well. It was only fair after all.
"We're engaged!" Kim screamed as everyone started cheering. Trini smiled and grabbed Jason by the neck before planting her lips on his. His arms slid around her waist as he pulled her closer. The others cheered and backed away from them because technically they were still on their honeymoon and it was better to leave them in peace. Jason had just escaped the wrath of Trini.
"So you were working on the ship, how did that go on the moon?" Ashley asked her husband with a smile on her face. She threw her arms around his neck and pulled him in for a kiss. She wasn't that mad at him since he didn't do it alone. He had had enough sense to ask the others for help.
"So you're not mad that we went to the moon and didn't tell you?" Cole asked as all the Reds groaned. He had reminded the girls after Kim had worked so hard to distract them. Kim started laughing as the girls turned from her to the boys. It was all up to them now.
"Cole, sometimes it's better to forget things." Tommy explained as the Reds started backing away from the girls who were advancing on them rather quickly.
"Cole we will discuss this later." Rocky said as he took off running but Aisha had apparently been ready for that because she caught him right outside the doors. She had him pinned to the ground with a knee in his back. Rocky was whining like a baby as Aisha started beating him with her purse.
"He's dead." Kim said as she and Tommy stayed back and let everyone else fight it out. It was quite funny to see all the Reds cowering before the girls. Kim looked over at Trini hitting Jason in the shoulder before slapping him upside the head. She heard bits of what Trini was yelling and found out that Jason had in fact run out to answer Tommy's call. He would be in a world of trouble for a while.
"I think that we should leave and let the girls take care of this because we have a wedding to start planning." He whispered in her ear. She nodded and he helped her out to the jeep. He ran back inside to grab their bags before running back out to the car with their bags in his arms. He knew that he would hear it from the guys later but he needed some time alone with Kim and besides it was their fault that the girls didn't know. He had told Kim after all.
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Two Months Later
"Kim, are you with me?" Trini asked her best friend. She waved her hand in front of Kim's face.
"Yea, I'm just tired of all the wedding plans. It feels like this will never end. I just want this wedding to be over." Kim said with a sigh as she stood up to get her something to drink. She and Tommy had decided not to wait too long because they had waited too long already. The problem was that she had very little time to get everything done for the wedding in the small time frame. She was thankful that all their friends pitched in to help with the wedding.
"You have a week left before you walk down the aisle. It will be over soon enough now come back in here so we can decide if this color of pink will work." Trini said as Kim sighed. She really couldn't wait until all the wedding decisions were over and the party began.
"You know even though I wore pink all through high school, I never really knew that there were so many shades of pink." She said as she grabbed a glass and the tea pitcher. She was at Trini and Jason's house since she had moved everything but an air mattress over to Tommy's house soon to be their house on the outside of Reefside. She loved the house and couldn't wait to live there with Tommy. He chose Reefside because he would be teaching at the high school starting in the fall.
"Kim, come on, after we get the right color of pink we can go to David's Bridal. They need to know the color today." She said as Kim rolled her eyes and got her drink before walking back into the living room and sitting down.
"Okay let's see the selection again." She said as she set her drink down and looked once more at all the shades of pink. She took a deep breath and looked at Trini before looking at the card again. She glanced down and saw the perfect shade of pink. It was in the bottom right corner and also her favorite shade of pink. How could she have missed this?
"I see that look, you know the color." Trini said with a sigh even as she raised her eyes heavenward and whispered a silent thank you. This had been the hardest choice of the wedding.
"Yeah, it's called bubble gum pink," Kim said jumping up. "It's perfect." She was spinning around with the card close to her chest.
"Finally!" Trini said with a smile as she watched Kim. Sighing she moved that to the side and looked at the song list one more time. Everything else had already been decided on but the color of the bridesmaids' dresses. Kim had only said pink not really thinking about how many shades that included but thankfully she had finally made a decision.
"Are we leaving now?" Kim asked bringing Trini back to the present.
"Oh yea we need to go before they close. They also want you to try on your dress one last time in case they need to make any alterations." She said as Kim nodded and they grabbed their purses before walking out. Thankfully, they had all the bridesmaids' measurements for the dresses. They said it would only take a day to get all of them made since they had a team ready to sew them.
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"Tommy, have you seen her dress?" Jason asked as he flipped the burgers on the grill. The boys were all at Tommy's house having a big cookout as the girls made sure that all the wedding plans were set for next week. Adam had suggested that he, Rocky, Billy, Zack, and Jason meet up at Tommy's house for some guy bonding before Tommy walked down the aisle.
"No she refuses to let me see it before the big day. She wants to see my face the first time I see her in it." He said as he took a drink of his coke. He was glad that all the guys were here. It was great to have some guy time with all the planning he and Kim had been doing the past two months. They had brought a house and had taken jobs in Reefside all while planning their wedding.
"Man, you know Trini won't tell me what it looks like either. I want to know if she is keeping with her favorite color of pink." He said as the other guys started laughing. They knew that in a week Kim could very well be walking down the aisle in a bright pink dress.
"Your wife won't tell you because you would tell me." Tommy pointed out setting his drink down on the table and relaxing back in his chair.
"No I won't." He said turning from the grill to look at Tommy and the other guys. It was a beautiful day for grilling.
"Yea you would," Adam interjected. "Jason, have you ever kept anything from Tommy?" He asked with a smile.
"Yea lots of things," he said. "I'm sure of it." His brows furrowed as he tried to think of something that he didn't tell Tommy.
"No probably not." Billy piped in causing everyone to laugh.
"I know there has got to be something that I haven't told our fearless leader." Jason said turning back to the grill for a minute.
"Jason since we met, you have never kept a secret from me. It's okay though because I don't think I have ever kept a secret from you except that I liked Kim and wanted to ask her to the dance." Tommy said trying to soothe Jason's feelings.
"Yea but I knew that just by looking at your face." Jason fired back with a smile which made everyone else smile as well.
"Oh that's too true and boy you were a bundle of nerves while you were working up the courage to ask Kim to that dance. I didn't think that you would ever ask her." Zack said with a laugh.
"Well at least I knew I wanted to ask Kimberly," Tommy said. "Jason, here took like ten years to ask Trini out on a date. It was a good thing that she said yes when he did ask her." He fired back with a smile.
"Well if you think back, he really didn't ask her, she asked him." Billy said with a smile. They finally quit poking fun at Jason and started talking about days long past. They had shared so many great times and were the better for it. They had been through a lot as friends and rangers and it was a bond that couldn't be broken.
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One Week Later
"You look beautiful." Tommy whispered in Kim's ear. She had been right about not letting him see the dress before today. The dress was stunning but it was her that made the dress come alive. Jason had been shocked to see Kim come down the aisle too but only because the dress was not pink at all but a brilliant white. Kim floated down the aisle with her bouquet of pink roses. The bridesmaids were in perfectly matching pink A-line dresses that just skimmed the floor. They carried pink and white roses tied together by a green ribbon. They didn't want to have the wedding in a church because it was the perfect time of year for an outdoor wedding. Tommy and Kim of course chose the park by the lake where they shared their first kiss all those years ago. When Ernie heard that they were having the wedding at the park, he told them not to look any further than the Youth Center for their reception. He wanted them to have the perfect day. The reception was in full swing when Trini came up behind Tommy and Kim.
"Are you ready, Kim?" Trini asked her.
"Yes, I am." Kim said as she smiled at Tommy before walking over to the mic stand that Trini and Zack had set up for her.
"Hey guys, you all know that I love to write songs and this is one that I wrote for my new husband. Tommy, this is all the words I wanted to say while we were apart living out our dreams." She said with a smile. Looking over at Zack, she nodded and he sat down at the piano to play for her.
I pinch myself sometimes
To make sure I'm not in a dream
That's how it seems
I closed my eyes and breathe in
The sweetest moments I've ever known
It feels like home
And here I am
I want to be you're everything
There you are turning winter into spring
And everyone that sees you
Always wants to know you
And everyone that knows you
Always has a smile
Your standing ovation
After years of waiting
For a chance to finally shine
Everyone calls you amazing
I just call you mine
The girls all sighed as Kim continued to sing. They all knew everyone in the ranger world did consider Tommy amazing. He had been on the most teams and was a very good ranger but it was only Kim that could call him hers. She had always been his biggest fan just as he was hers. They had each waited on the sidelines for each other even when they were apart, they were waiting.
Kim looked over at Tommy with all the love in her eyes. She remembered those moments when all she needed was a word from him. He could fix whatever was wrong with just a simple word or phrase. She also remembered when she was weak and he would always tell her that she was strong. He was more than she deserved sometimes but she wasn't letting him go.
Everyone calls you amazing
I just call you mine
Everyone was silent during the song as they pictured the last few years of Kim and Tommy's lives. They knew that it had been hard on the two of them but they had let each other go to find their way. They wanted each other to shine on their own path. It just happened that their paths would always find the other one. The crowd burst into loud applause as Kim finished the song and walked over to Tommy.
"That was so beautiful and I loved it." He said as he leaned down and captured her lips. He poured all the love he felt for her into that kiss. Trini walked back over to them with a smile on her face.
"Kim, I think it's time to throw the bouquet and the garter." She said as Kim nodded. Tommy smiled as Trini got all the single women in line for Kim to throw the bouquet over her shoulder. Most of the ones in line were younger but Aisha, Kat, Tanya, Cassie and several other ranger girls were in there too. As Kim launched it over her shoulder, Aisha elbowed her way to the front to it catch it. Kat was being just as aggressive and everyone stepped back out of their way. Aisha ended up getting there first and waved it in the air like a trophy. Jason pulled a chair for Kim to sit on so that Tommy could get her garter off. The guys made cat calls as Tommy's hands slid further up Kim's legs and finally found the garter. He smiled as his hands slid back down her leg and came out with a hot pink garter.
"I knew that she had pink on somewhere." Jason yelled from the side of the room. All the rangers laughed knowing the secret meaning of Jason's words. The other guest smiled as well but only because they all knew that Kim loved pink and wore it everyday in high school.
"Yea yea so I had to have something pink. You know it's my favorite color." Kim called back as Tommy stood up and turned his back on the single guys waiting on him to throw it. At the front of the group were Zack, Billy, Rocky, Adam, and Justin. Tommy smiled at Kim then tossed her garter over his head into the waiting crush. It flew right at Billy but at the last second Rocky's hand flew out and snatched it.
"Hey it was coming right for me." Billy said with a smile not really caring that Rocky had snatched it from him.
"Yea but I got it." Rocky said as he started dancing around with the garter above his head. Kim started laughing as she stood up and walked over to Tommy.
"Are you ready to leave?" She asked him.
"Yea, let's go." He said as they said their goodbyes and walked out to bubbles flying around. Their friends sent them out in style. They were ready to start their life together and this was the best time to do it. No more running for either of them. They had found each other finally; the power couple was back where they belong, and that was with each other.
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Okay so what did everyone think? Please let me know one final time. I hope that everyone liked this chapter. This story is for you. Also the song piece is called I Just Call You Mine by Martina McBride.