Author’s
Note: Usually I hate song fics cuz they make me feel lazy but this stupid song
gripped me and Morgana thought it made perfect sense in respect to a particular
couple. Muses!
Oh also, Wild-Melody insinuated I am not at my best with romances, so hah! ;-) I hope you like it Isabel, cuz it’s for you and about your fave couple.
Disclaimer:
Oopsie, almost forgot. Well no I don’t
own them. But I wish I did. I’d be way nicer than Saban and let them all
have lots of wild bunny sex.
The club was
filled with hazy smoke that made all the patrons feel a little bit
surreal. The lights wafted gently over
the room and the drinks, delivered very quickly, added to the sense of mystique
in the atmosphere.
She was more than
a little drunk, after betting her best friend that she can out-drink her. Trini, however, had developed an impressive
resistance to alcohol while in Switzerland.
So Kim, of course lost.
The entire gang
got into deciding Kim’s punishment.
Zack suggested making her go up and kiss the emcee. Tanya nudged Trini and whispered something
about a pool and a lack of clothing.
Trini shook her head, a devious half-smile gracing her delicate
face. Finally, Jason leaned over and
suggested something no one could hear.
Trini’s
half-smile broke into a full-out evil grin.
She grabbed Kim’s arm and dragged her to the ladies room, accidentally
bumping into the sleepy Tommy. He
shifted in his seat and peered around carefully.
A few moments
later, the emcee pulled the microphone to him and made an announcement, “Well
as you all know, it’s karaoke night here at the Silver Moon Club. Our next
performer is a hometown girl with a few big world ambitions. Please welcome
Kim.”
Kimberly strutted
forward and Tommy’s eyes snapped very wide open.
When she came to
the club, she was wearing a black knit knee-length skirt, a pair of black
knee-high boots with four-inch heels, and a silver button down shirt with all
the buttons closed. Her hair was pulled
up into a high ponytail, and curled.
She looked very pretty and rather innocent.
The trip to the
bathroom changed all that. Her hair was
let loose and arranged carelessly into sexy ringlets, giving her a wet tousled
look. Her skirt now exposed her legs well
up her thighs. Her button down shirt
was unbuttoned, exposing a tiny midnight blue and silver striped tube top, and
was tied right under her breasts. She
looked sultry and no man in the room could stop staring.
Trini giggled as
she caught the mesmerized looks all their male friends were giving Kim.
Kim grabbed the
microphone and licked her bottom lip slowly.
She nodded at the band and the intro of the song flowed smoothly.
It was a new song
so almost no one recognized it. Jason, though,
displayed a smug smile on his face.
Kim cleared her
throat quietly, inhaled and began singing.
~You can run, you
can hide, but you can't escape my love
You can run, you
can hide, but you can't escape my love~
She glanced
quickly at one particular male and caught his gaze, holding him captive with
her voice.
~Here's how it
goes
You and me, up
and down, but maybe this time
We'll get it
right; worth the fight; cause love is something you can't
shake
When it breaks
all it takes is
some trying~
Tommy couldn’t
look away, Kim’s voice washing over him like a wave, warm, overwhelming,
calling up all the memories they made.
The beautiful ones, the ones of kisses and sunlight and secret glances
in class and making love in the backyard with the moon shining over their naked
sweaty bodies.
~If you feel like
leavin'
I'm not gonna
make you stay
But soon you'll
be findin'
You can run, you
can hide, but you can't escape my love
You can run, you
can hide, but you can't escape my love~
Kim ran her free
hand over her side and down her hip, then ran it back up her stomach and gently
traced it between her breasts. She
became lost in the music as well, remembering every touch, every word, every
moment.
Jason and Trini
exchanged knowing glances, secure in the knowledge that they were well on the
way to making their two idiot friends as happy as they were. Trini blew him a kiss and turned back to
watching the emotions play over Kim’s face.
~So if you go,
you should know
it's hard to just
forget the past, so fast
It was good, it
was bad, but it was real
and that's all
you have,
in the end, all
that matters~
Kim tried to read
Tommy’s eyes, to get past the walls and misconceptions they built up over the
past three years. They were soft, a
sweet brown, and they drew her in, magnetizing, without revealing anything.
Tommy wanted to
burst, all the old and new feelings filling him up to the brim, Kim’s eyes
giving away nothing.
~If you feel like
leavin'
I'm not gonna
make you stay
But soon you'll
be findin'
You can run, you
can hide, but you can't escape my love
You can run, you
can hide, but you can't escape my love~
Tommy was dead to
the world, his mind barely perceiving the surprised gasps to his left, and the
all the comments about how good Kim’s voice sounded to his right. All that existed was Kim. It was as if invisible tendrils of their
emotional connection, that had been dormant for so long, reconnected and grew a
billion times.
Kim could feel
his eyes on her, her skin burning up, tiny whispers of their fire licking at
her body.
~You can run, you
can hide, but you can't escape my love
You can run, you
can hide, but you can't escape my love~
She decided to up
the ante. Her eyes opened wide,
shimmering orbs of doe brown, and she let all her emotions flow through them,
and through her voice.
Trini instantly
recognized that her friend just put her heart on the line and immediately
turned her eyes on Tommy, hoping that, for once, the man would not be a
stubborn fool.
~Here's how it
goes, all it takes, is some trying
If you feel like
leaving, I'm not gonna make you stay
But soon you'll
be findin'
You can run you
can hide, but you can't escape my love~
Jason caught the
shift in his girlfriend’s attention and followed her lead, his fists clenching,
praying that he wouldn’t have to deck the guy he’s considered his brother for
ages.
Tommy could
suddenly feel all of Kim’s emotions focus on him. Her voice was low and husky and her eyes had a familiar look in
them, the look he used to see when she said ‘I love you,’ the look that shone
at him when they made love. He could
never resist her when she left herself vulnerable like that. The question was could he leave himself just
as open…
~If you feel like
leavin’, I'm not gonna make you stay
But soon you'll
be findin’
You can run, you
can hide, but you can't escape my love~
Kim sensed the
lack of response in the man she still loved and her entire body froze up.
Trini tensed the
fingers of her right hand and slowly made her way to Tommy.
Jason held up his
hand, watching his friend’s eyes intently and motioned for her to give it a
moment.
Trini nodded.
~You can run You
can run You can run You can run You can run You can run You can run You can run
You can run You can run~
Kim felt
breathless and lost. Fear took the
place of the fire and ran through her veins, hitting her like a speeding Mack
truck. Her head spun and she slowly
swept her gaze over her friends.
Rocky had caught
onto the situation almost from the beginning and now saw the feelings that were
assailing Kim clearly. He smiled and
nodded his encouragement, his very posture showing her that she was doing great
and that she was braver than she gave herself credit for.
Kim sighed and
inhaled deeply. She drew on Rocky’s
support and opened up her entire being, revealing even those feelings she tried
to keep hidden away, even the bad ones.
All her pain and loneliness and feelings of rejection interlaced
themselves in her voice.
Tommy felt them
slice into him.
~You can run, you
can hide, but you can't escape my love
You can run, you
can hide, but you can't escape my love~
He suddenly heard
what it was she was singing, and that, combined with all her sadness, caught
him up so hard and heavy that all he could do was chant Kim’s name in his
mind. The shutters on his eyes dropped
open and he channeled his feelings back at her.
Kim moved her
gaze to Adam’s calm face and kept it there, afraid of that final rebuff. Yet when she felt the waves of Tommy’s
emotions hit her, her head swerved and unerringly centered on him.
Her song over,
she ran down the steps, unheeding of the applause, surprisingly limber with her
high heels. She quickly avoided the
obstacles in her way, customers, waiters, tables.
Tommy stood up as
if in a trance. As she neared him, his
arms automatically held themselves open for her. Kim leaped up and he caught her, holding her harshly, barely
avoiding squeezing painfully.
They stayed like
that, Kim’s legs wrapped tightly around his waist, Tommy’s face buried in her
hair.
Aisha, impatient
with all the preliminaries, gently tapped them both.
They shuddered
and Kim leaned back a bit to look at Tommy’s face. That was enough.
“I love you.”