End
Kim sat in the front seat of Tommy's father's car, flushed with the excitement of the evening; she was still a bundle of nerves. Her and Tommy's first date... she could scarcely believe it had finally happened! It seemed like forever since she first started hoping he'd ask her out, and she found it rather ironic that she'd been wishing for that more than she had been wishing for him to turn to her for relief from the Power Hormones.
_I guess this means that what I'm feeling for Tommy is the real thing and not just about sex_, she mused happily. Oh, she truly hoped that was the case! However, the good feeling passed quickly as she recalled recent events. Power Hormones getting in the way was not something Tommy would ever have to worry about again.
_Oh, Billy and Zordon just have to find a way to recharge his Power coin; they just have to!_
Tommy tried hard to hide it, but she knew. She could see. Losing his Powers had really hurt him. He kept drawing further and further away from his friends ... Kim ached with wanting to hold him and comfort him ... and it had nothing to do with 'tripping' either.
"Kim, is something wrong?" Tommy questioned. "You're awful quiet." Kim flashed him a smile, trying to mask the sadness she felt over his predicament.
"I'm fine, Tommy. This has been the most awesome evening of my life!" she gushed.
Tommy cocked an amused eyebrow at that. "Really?"
"Definitely. Dinner was great, and the dance was so much fun!"
"For me, too," Tommy agreed, but he sounded doubtful, and Kim had a pretty good idea of what might be bothering him. Jason had confided to her that Tommy hadn't dated much due to moving and all the time he devoted to martial arts; whereas Kimberly had more experience. The thing was, she'd never been on a date with a guy she'd been serious with -- or one she wanted to be serious with.
"I have never been on a date that meant more to me than this one," she assured him in all honesty, and to punctuate her words, she leaned over and gave him a peck on the cheek. He rewarded her with one of his heart-melting smiles, and Kim practically glowed with happiness.
For a while, the two resumed their companionable silence, then Tommy asked, "Do you have to go home right away?"
"Not really. Mom was going out tonight, too. That's why I was so glad when you showed up early. At least Mom was there to see me off even if she didn't come out to meet you -- she was still getting ready for her date."
"I kind of wondered why she didn't; I was expecting to be thoroughly interrogated," Tommy said with a grin.
"As long as I'm home before she is, I'll be fine. What else did you want to do?"
"I was ... um ... wondering if you'd like to go for a walk in the park?"
"Sure, I'd like that."
A short time later, the pair was wandering down the same path they'd been walking along when Tommy had been trying to ask her out and Goldar had kidnapped him. Remembering what happened next had Kim fighting to hold her tears back.
_It's so unfair! Hadn't he suffered enough without having to lose his Powers to that witch, too?_
However, she was startled out of her melancholy reflections when Tommy's hand brushed against her and his fingers interlaced with hers. Tommy was holding her hand? When she looked up at him, he glanced at her, smiling shyly. Kim's smile beamed as bright as the moonlight. It was so funny to see Tommy like this -- so bashful around her. Normally, he was confident, easy going, always joking around with the other guys, always so nice and considerate to her ... What did he have to be nervous about?
They walked a while longer until they came to the bend by the pond. A delicious shiver raced up Kim's back; this was where they shared their first kiss. It had only been a couple of days ago (yet in some ways, it felt like forever); however, she knew that moment would be etched into her memories for the rest of her life. Tommy suddenly stopped and turned to face her. He caught both of her hands in his, and Kim's pulse raced at the thought that he might kiss her again!
"You know, I was really uptight about tonight," Tommy stammered, seemingly unable to look her in the eye.
"You didn't have to be. After all, we're friends," she assured him.
"I know, but you're also one of the smartest, prettiest girls I've ever known, and you mean a lot to me," he pressed on hurriedly.
"That's so sweet, Tommy! Thank you," she answered with a dazzling smile. Tommy continued holding her hands, shifting back and forth on his feet anxiously. She felt like she had to do something to put him at ease, otherwise he was liable to bolt. "You weren't the only one who was really nervous."
"You, too?"
"Uh huh. I was so worried that something would come up and spoil everything..."
"Like Rita?" Tommy said softly.
Kim felt like kicking herself for allowing the topic to creep in to their conversation. The last thing she wanted to do was remind Tommy about that.
"I'm sorry," she murmured helplessly.
"It's okay, Kim, really."
But she could still hear the hurt in his tone. "Tommy, I've been thinking," she ventured hesitantly, and what she wanted to say wasn't a spur of the moment thing. She really had been giving her idea serious consideration. "I don't know if it could be done or not, but you could take my Power coin and Powers ..."
"No," Tommy refused firmly. His suddenly somber demeanor startled Kim.
"Why not? You're a much better fighter than I am ..."
"I couldn't take anyone else's Powers; it wouldn't be right," he insisted. "Besides, I never want any of you guys to have to go through the heartache of losing your Powers."
"It's not like someone would be draining them from me; I'd be giving them to you of my own free will."
Tommy just shook his head. "That doesn't make any difference. The Power is a part of you. I only held it for a short while and look what losing it has done to me. Imagine what it'd be like for one of you who's held it for so long -- it'd be even worse."
"Any of us could lose our Powers at any time," Kim argued quietly.
"Maybe that'll happen, but I don't ever want to cause any of you guys that kind of pain."
Tommy's words made sense, but his rejection still hurt.
"Look, Kim, I appreciate the offer; I really do. If I'm meant to have the Powers again, Zordon will find a way to make it happen," he assured her.
"I suppose," she mumbled, hanging her head.
"And besides, I'd look really dumb wearing a pink skirt."
Tommy's statement was so outrageous that Kim found herself laughing.
"I like your laugh," Tommy said suddenly. "It always makes me feel good."
His words startled Kim into silence.
"Do you think you'd like to go out with me again sometime?" Tommy continued in a rush.
"Really?" she gasped, pleased and surprised. "Tommy, I'd love to!"
However, her response didn't seem to bring him any relief. "I know this was only our first date and all, but we've been through so much together with the team that I was wondering ... maybe ..."
Kim held her breath, trying not to let her frustration show as the words failed Tommy. He couldn't lose his nerve now! He was fumbling for the right thing to say when Kim's hopes got the better of her, and she asked, "Are you asking me to be your girlfriend?"
"I -- I'd understand if you wouldn't want to, though," Tommy plunged on hastily. "I mean, I know there are a lot of other guys out there who'd probably be better than me..."
"Why wouldn't I want you as a boyfriend?" Kim queried, interrupting his self-deprecating spiel. "You are one of the sweetest, nicest, most fun guys I know. Not to mention cute. What's not to like?" She suddenly blushed at her boldness.
"Well, what about Jason or Billy or ..."
Kim thought she knew where he was coming from just by his mentioning their friends. There was only one reason that she could think of that they'd be better boyfriends for her than Tommy: hormones. The Power Trips. They had them, and Tommy didn't anymore. She still had them and would have to relieve them.
Her heart sank, and her eyes welled up with tears. After the initial shock, the side effects of the Morphing Powers and the only known cure --sex-- had never really bothered her ... until now. Now, she felt like a total slut. She'd been sleeping around with three different guys and another girl for months now! Why would Tommy want to be with her if he didn't have to be?
She and Trini had talked once about what might happen if either one of them ever found a boyfriend off the team. They'd never be able to tell them about the Powers or the others; they'd have to sneak around behind their backs ... and they'd never be able to have anything special just between them. Not kisses. Not making out. She had already done it all and then some, and would probably have to keep doing it as long as she had her stupid Powers.
"It's not fair!" she exclaimed, choking back a sob. She ripped her hands from his grasp, and turned and fled. She ran until she tripped over one of the low walls surrounding the flower beds, and she remained sprawled on the ground because she was crying so hard. She lay there sobbing until she felt a pair of strong hands lift her up and equally strong arms wrap her in a protective embrace.
"Sh, Kim," Tommy soothed, rocking her gently. "What's wrong? What's not fair?"
"It won't ever be special!" she gulped.
"What won't?"
"Us! And I want it to be special! I want to be able to do things just between us and not have to share, but no matter what we do, as long as I'm a Ranger, I'll have to do it with the others, too!" she babbled.
"Kim, Kim, Kim," he crooned, shaking his head. "We've only just had our first `official' date --we're not even a couple yet-- and you're already thinking about sex?"
"See what I mean?" she hiccuped bitterly. "I can't help it!"
"I know."
"We wouldn't be able to have a normal relationship ... maybe I should be asking you why would you want to be with me instead of the other way around!"
"Why? Because it's all I've wanted since the day we met by the lockers," he confessed quietly.
"Huh?" His announcement left her speechless.
"I want us to be together so much it hurts sometimes."
"Y-you do?"
"And I want our relationship to be special, too. You can ask Jason if you don't believe me."
"B-but until you asked me out the other day, I never even knew ... if you wanted to be with me so badly, why didn't you ever come to me when you needed help with the hormone spikes?" she asked, still stunned.
"I was confused. I needed to know that what I was feeling for you was more than just Power Hormones," he replied. "I wanted it to be more than Power Hormones. I wanted it to be love that I was feeling because it was the most wonderful thing I'd ever felt, and I didn't want to feel it for just anybody. I wanted it to be just for you."
"L-love?" Kim stammered, her voice barely a whisper.
"Uh huh."
Kim's senses reeled and soared as Tommy tilted her chin up and softly pressed his lips to hers. She'd never been kissed like that before! It wasn't the same as the timid, awkward first kiss they'd shared by the pond, nor was it anything like the hungry, Power-driven tongue duels she'd shared with Jason and the others. It was something richer, warmer, sweeter, and infinitely more fulfilling, and she was more than slightly breathless when Tommy pulled away.
"Wow," she murmured thickly, feeling slightly lightheaded.
"Kim, I've given this a lot of thought. I understand what it's like to be so horny you want to jump the first human being within arm's reach. I know that you'll have to deal with that -- that you'll have to have sex with the other guys for as long as you have your Powers. I accept that, but I also know that, as Rangers, while we've had to share our bodies with our teammates, we don't have to share our hearts. That can be what's special just for us." Tommy eyed her hopefully. "So, what do you think?"
"I think you're wonderful!" Kim declared, happy tears glistening in her eyes as she threw her arms around Tommy's neck and hugged him. Her enthusiasm toppled the two of them over, and they fell back on the grass. Kim wound up laying on top of Tommy, and the two exchanged silly, love-struck smiles.
As she smiled down at him, something about their proximity struck Kim all of a sudden. Her heart was racing a mile a minute, and she couldn't seem to catch her breath. She was acutely aware of every inch of Tommy's body where it pressed against hers, and her whole being was alight with an unexpected warmth ... she was aroused! What was so surprising about that was that it had absolutely nothing to do with a Power Trip. She and Trini had taken care of that right before she had gotten dressed so that she wouldn't have spiked hormones interfering with her date -- her levels were normal. This meant that she was responding to Tommy as if she were an ordinary teenage girl. He really did turn her on!
"Kim?" Tommy queried, puzzled by the look of amazement and joy on her face.
"Oh, Tommy, this is sooo great! I was so worried I'd never be able to tell the difference between a Power rush and the real thing! I mean, I didn't think I'd be able to --you know-- respond to you. ... get excited without the trip, and ..." When Kim realized just what she was telling Tommy, she blushed to the roots of her hair.
"You mean you're not Tripping?" he gulped, and Kim should have realized that even though he hadn't been intimate with her or Trini, he had to know the signs, and right now, her nipples were a dead giveaway! "You're really ... because of me ... ?"
"Uh huh." She sat up and discovered Tommy's own sign of arousal, and he couldn't be on a Power Trip. This was just pure, mutual teenage lust.
"So, what do we do?" Tommy asked uncertainly, but his expression was hopeful. "Should we do anything?"
Kim looked Tommy in the eyes and announced with breathless honesty, "Right now, I want you more than I wanted any of the others when my first spike hit."
Tommy abruptly rolled, and Kim fell over with a squeak of surprise. As he settled down next to her and stroked her cheek, he said, "I want to make love to you ..."
The words sent shivers of excitement down Kim's spine and made her feel giddy. Not 'sex.' Not 'do it' or any other euphemism. 'Make love.'
"... only, I've never been with a girl before, and since I don't have the Powers helping me figure it out anymore, I'm not sure I ..."
"You'll be just fine -- I know it," Kim assured him. "We have each other to help us out."
Tommy kissed her again, that same soul-melting kiss he had given her before. Then, his mouth wandered down her throat and around so that his tongue flicked at the shell of her ear. Although he was nervous --she could tell by his trembling-- he didn't rush through anything. He was being slow and careful, wanting to make sure he did everything right, and for a change, she was in no hurry either.
As Tommy nibbled on her, she was consumed with the desire to touch him -- that's all. She just wanted to feel him and explore him; she wanted to know him in ways she didn't know the other guys. She ran her fingers through his thick, wavy hair. It was starting to get long, and she hoped with all her might that he'd let it grow out! She slid her hands down to his chest, parting the top few buttons of his shirt so that she could feel the smooth hardness hidden beneath it. However, her explorations were interrupted as she felt a large hand come to rest on one of her breasts.
"Oh!" she gasped, startled, then the exclamation became a soft moan as he squeezed lightly.
"I'm not hurting you, am I?" he queried.
"No, ooh, it feels wonderful!"
"You feel wonderful," he murmured, his tone tinged with awe as his fingers toyed at her nipples through her dress. "So soft ..."
The delicate pinching had bolts of electric pleasure shooting through her body, and Kim's moans deepened. Oh, how she wanted to feel his mouth, hot against her flesh! However, this situation was so different than her encounters with the others, that she wasn't sure if she should take the lead or not. She worried her lower lip between her teeth as she asked "Would you like to see them?"
The warmth radiating from Tommy's smile filled her to the tips of her toes.
Kim sat up so he could reach her zipper, and she nearly laughed for the sheer joy she felt as Tommy awkwardly unfastened her dress. These were the things she had always pictured when she used to dream about having sex for the first time --excitement, awkwardness, nervousness, wonder ... not uncontrollable lust and animalistic hunger.
"Thank you," she said suddenly and hugged him tight. "Thank you for giving me my first time back!"
"I'm not giving it back; you've never really had one," Tommy murmured as he fumbled with the catch in her bra.
"Yes, I did -- with Trini." She reached around to help with her undergarment.
"As I did with Jason, but that was something the Powers made you do; this time, it's something you want to do -- we want to do."
Tommy slid the straps of Kim's lingerie down her arms and was rendered speechless as he gazed at her. The urge to cover herself modestly warred with the urge to sit up straighter and offer herself to his eager eyes; the latter won out. The light that shone in his eyes meant more to Kim than any words he could have spoken. Almost in a daze, Tommy stretched out a hand to touch one her unfettered swells.
Her whole body thrilled to his inquisitive touch. Kim was so used to sex being something that happened in an overwhelming rush, but what Tommy was doing to her as he patiently caressed her breasts was just so incredible that she never wanted him to stop. Yet, her nipples were taut with wanting to be touched ... and tasted. Her whole body yearned for more. Although she wanted to be as patient as Tommy, she heard her supplicating whimpers as he lightly drew his fingertips around and around her hardened, dusky knots. However, Tommy must have understood her unspoken desire somehow, for he lowered his mouth to her insistent buds.
"Aahh!" she sighed in pure bliss as his hot mouth closed over her flesh, his tongue teasing and tasting, stoking her passions to a fever pitch. Tommy switched breasts, and while one hand supported her in a reclining position, the other started working her clothes off the rest of the way. Kim began to help, but she wanted him to undress her, to strip away her clothes and leave her naked to his appreciative gaze. Even so, as soon as he guided her dress and panties over her hips and down her legs, she worked herself out of them. Tommy laid her down on the grass, and for a moment, all he did was look at her.
"You are amazing," he murmured, and Kim never felt more beautiful than she did at that instant.
"Can I undress you?" she asked, sitting up again. It was such a luxury to be able to take the time for such a simple thing as undressing each other. The remainder of Tommy's buttons parted easily for her deft fingers, and in moments, she was brushing aside his striped dress shirt, reveling in the feel of his warm, sculpted body under her fingers. She nuzzled her cheek against a smooth pec and briefly flicked her tongue across his nipple. Tommy moaned softly, encouraging her to spend a little more time exploring his chest. It was her turn to touch and taste until Tommy was fairly writhing, but then her hand brushed against the hardened ridge of his imprisoned manhood, and she simply had to set it free.
As she reached for his belt, Kim realized that she was shaking, and there was a fluttering in pit of her stomach -- she was actually nervous! However, that didn't prevent her from unfastening Tommy's trousers and sliding them down his hips.
"Oh, Tommy ... !" she sighed breathlessly as she gazed upon his naked body for the first time. Her eyes were drawn to his penis even as her hand closed around the hot shaft. She could feel it pulsing with Tommy's desires. Her fingers danced across the flesh-covered steel of his erection, imprinting every bit of it on her senses. She glided her thumb across the velvet glans then slid her fingers down to cup his balls. Tommy moaned deeply, a hand coming to rest on the back of her head.
Kim grinned, knowing exactly what he wanted, and for the first time that night, she was grateful for her experience. She found she wanted to give this particular kiss as much as he wanted to receive it! She closed her eyes, savoring his musky scent as she slid her tongue wetly across his coronal ridge then completely enveloped his organ in her mouth.
He was long enough that she couldn't swallow him as deeply in her throat as she would have liked, but he was the perfect girth --her jaws wouldn't ache afterward! It just felt so good to feel him in her mouth ... to hear his moans and know that she was responsible for them.
Her tongue bathed him thoroughly, and she felt every tremor that rocked his lean body. His hand tightened in her hair as his hips began to second the motions of her head. She was seriously getting into fellating him, and he was close. Already she could feel him swelling in her mouth. She urged him on with lips and tongue. Although she still wasn't quite comfortable with swallowing, at the moment, she wanted everything Tommy had to give her.
"Oh God, Kim, stop!" Tommy yelped suddenly.
"What's wrong?" Kim gasped, startled and just a little bit hurt. "Didn't you like what I was doing?"
"Like it? Oh man, Kim, I've never felt anything so fantastic --not even Morphing!" he said breathlessly, reaching down to cup her chin. "It's just that I'm this close to coming, and I wanted to ... well ..."
"...come inside me?" she finished for him, understanding. While he was a healthy teenager, he wouldn't be able to get back to full steam as quickly as he would have if he still had his Powers.
"Yeah," he confirmed somewhat sheepishly. She just smiled and hugged him, delighting in the way his body felt against hers.
"You feel so good in my arms," Tommy murmured, echoing her thoughts.
"So do you," Kim concurred.
"Do you think you're ready, or do you want me to return the favor?" he queried.
Kim knew she was more than ready, but she wanted to feel Tommy's mouth on her sex so badly she positively ached with wanting it. "W-would you mind ... ?"
"Not at all."
As Kim stretched out on the cool lawn, Tommy finished shedding his shoes and clothing. Then, he knelt by her feet, running a hand up her thigh. Slowly, she parted her legs, inviting him in. He hesitated, and she couldn't help but wonder if that was due to his not really knowing what to do or to his concern about her comparing him to his more skilled friends. His skill didn't matter, only the fact that it was him doing his best, and she tried to convey this with her eyes and her smile.
Tommy started once again with a light, inquisitive touch, running an exploratory finger over her already wet folds. As his probing digit neared her clit, she couldn't help the needy thrust her hips gave.
"Please?" she implored softly as his finger continued tantalizing her feverish flesh. She hadn't wanted to rush him, but she just couldn't hold back any longer.
Tommy merely smiled and lowered himself to her glistening mound.
"Ohh, Tommy," she sighed, his name a long, drawn out breath as the warmth and softness of his tongue had wave after wave of sheer delight radiating from the core of her being to every other part of her body. She undulated under and against him as his tongue, by trial and error, pleasured her. Her fingers lost themselves in the thick waves of his hair as she urged him in deeper.
"Oh, that's it!" she gasped as his tongue flicked hard against her hooded button. Tommy got the hint and repeated the stroke, driving Kim wild until she felt her body bearing down preparatory to orgasm.
However, like Tommy had done to her, she pushed him away. "I want you inside me when I come," she rasped.
Tommy leaned over her, pressing down to kiss her, his erection lying hot and hard against her burning sex. He gave his hips a pump, and his organ slipped across her wet folds. Kim sucked in a sharp breath, and she felt a tremor of fear/excitement ripple through her. Her body strained forward, yearning for him, wanting him to be buried inside her.
She couldn't believe it was finally going to happen. She and Tommy would be one in a way unlike any other --because they wanted it to happen. This moment of as the tip of his organ rested at her entrance made every moment of wondering, worrying and waiting worthwhile.
"Ready?" he asked.
"Now, Tommy!"
They moaned in unison as he slowly slid in, going deep until their dark curls brushed against each other, and Kim gasped, trembling, as Tommy reached places inside her that had never been touched before.
"Oh--yes!"
"This feels awesome," Tommy gasped, sliding back for a more forceful stroke.
Kim wrapped her legs around him as she pumped her hips forward to meet his, bracing her hands against his chest. Awkwardly at first, then with greater confidence, Tommy thrust into her, and their bodies began rocking together to the driving beat that pounded in their veins, their cries of pleasure echoing into the night.
Her orgasm bubbled just beneath the surface, Tommy having left her passions simmering on the edge of fulfillment. Though his strokes continued to feed the flames, she needed more to send her senses exploding with primal joy. She reached between their sweat-streaked bodies to find her clitoris, and a hiss of pleasure escaped through her teeth as she stroked herself in time with Tommy's thrusts.
"May I?" he asked, shifting so that he, too, could reach her sex. His fingers found hers, and she guided him into position, showing him what to do, then she surrendered herself to the sensations boiling within her.
It was coming hard. Fast. Kim felt her muscles tense, gripping Tommy fiercely, trapping him so he couldn't move.
"T-tommy ..." she whispered, working herself against him harder, her hand urging his to stroke faster. She writhed on him, completely losing control. "Oh, God, Tommy ... TOMMY ...!"
With that cry, her climax broke, and her body whipped about in an ecstatic frenzy as molten pleasure shot through her veins.
As for Tommy, he simply held on and watched in amazement; however, as soon as her muscles relaxed, he drove himself into her quivering sex harder. She met him eagerly until she felt his body go rigid and he came with an inarticulate cry of joy.
When at last she was filled with his come and the tremors passed, he collapsed on top of her. She never even noticed his weight as she brushed the hair from his face and planted a series of happy kisses all over his cheeks and mouth.
"Oh, man, Kim," he gulped, rolling off her to keep from crushing her. "When you were screaming my name as you came ... I've been dying to hear you do that for real ever since Jason and I caught you and Trini in her car last week!"
"Was it worth the wait?" Kim asked, her mouth quirking into a playful grin. She had never felt so ... giddy after having sex.
"This was definitely the best night of my life," he sighed, touching her cheek gently.
"It was all I'd ever dreamed it would be," she murmured, echoing his sentiments. Then, she added wistfully, "I only wish I could still have been a virgin for you --that this really had been my first time."
"I know; so do I," Tommy said. "I'd been so afraid that you'd have thought it too weird that I'd only ever done it with Jason before ..."
"You have no idea how jealous I was of Jason because you always went to him," Kim confessed.
"You were? I was jealous of him, too --because he got to be with you!"
The two broke out into peals of laughter, and they hugged joyfully.
"Do you really think we could find something special --just for the two of us?" Kim wondered, snuggling closer to his warm, powerful body. Never had cuddling felt so right.
"I'm willing to try if you are," Tommy replied, holding her tighter and kissing the top of her head.
"I think I'd like that very much."