I squirmed in bed, trapped in the most horrible nightmare yet. I kept attempting to wake myself up from the awful scene but was unable to. Everything happened all at once. There were bodies and blood everywhere and Kimberly stood in the middle of it all.

I finally escaped the dream and sat up in bed, finding it difficult to breathe. The bed was damp from sweat and my sleepwear was stuck to my body. I rushed out of bed and slipped on clean clothes. I glanced at my alarm clock that read 2:36 A.M. Still breathing heavily, I slid open my bedroom window and jumped out.

I began to run and I knew exactly where. I ran to the Pink Ranger's home. I just felt like I needed to see her after all this time and to know she was fine. All of these nightmares I had kept to myself had built up and this is me snapping. I was supposed to meet her today after school at the goldmine but I guess I could do now instead.

I reach her house and made my way around to the back. I climbed a tree and was able to reach her bedroom window. Breaking the lock, I quietly slid it open and hopped through into her room. I turned and shut the window before I forgot. My eyes adjusted to the darkness of the room and I panicked when she was not asleep in bed. The room was empty except for me.

I looked around the room and stumbled backwards when the bedroom door swung open, revealing a tired Kimberly holding a glass of water. Her eyes met mine. The glass fell out of her hand and her jaw dropped. We stayed like that for a minute before she took a step towards me, not giving a damn about the broken glass at her feet.

"...Uh T-Trini?" She stuttered out.

I relaxed slightly knowing she was okay but couldn't make out any words. She strolled over to her bad and sat down cross-legged, patting the space in front of her, motioning for me to sit. I sat on the bed across from her becoming more nervous by the second.

"What happened?" She asked softly.

I was still unable to speak. I swallowed a lump in the back of my throat and willed myself not to cry in front of her. But her, reading me like and open book, could easily tell something was up.

She took my hand in hers. "You can tell me anything Trini. What's wrong?" She gave my hand a gentle squeeze telling me it was okay.

I looked down at our hands and back up to her only able to shake my head. I looked down again and took a shaky breath. She used her free hand to rub my shoulder and then took my other hand.

"I'm here, Trini. And I'm always going to be here. You haven't spoken to me in a year but you could've. You can talk to me about whatever." She whispered. "I'm not leaving."

I felt guilty ever shutting her out. If I had known all of this, I would've told her sooner. But it's too late because I've bottled all of these feelings and made a ticking bomb. This is now it exploding and it's killing me. It's made me nauseous in the worst ways possible and it has given me nightmares so terrible I can't put into words.

Now I'm here with the girl that was there for me all along and always will be. I looked at her and nodded, understanding all of what she said. She's has always been at the door and I've yet to let her in. In fear of getting hurt and fear of hurting others.

Kimberly tilted her head and furrowed her eyebrows in confusion. She bit her lip, waiting patiently for me to say anything. I didn't know initially what I was going to do when I got here. I wasn't prepared to talk to her yet. Even if I tried, I couldn't find myself to form words. I guess I'm still in shock on how she is taking all this.

"If you want to, we could skip school and go wherever you want. Later we could go get donuts and talk or just enjoy each other's company." She continued. "Only if you want to."

I squeezed her hand and gave her a shy smile, letting her know i wasn't ignoring her. I nodded my head slightly and she grinned, glad to get a reaction from me.

"I don't know what is going on." She spoke softly. "But whatever it is I want to help you. If it's about Rita... I just wanted to say that she is gone. She's so gone. And for now we are safe."

I tensed up at the name and she noticed this. She began to rub her thumb on my hand to calm me. I relaxed and she intertwined our fingers. I glanced down at our hands and smiled to myself. She's had this affect on my since we've met and I've yet to understand it. She makes me feel good inside and makes me the best person I could possibly be.

"I know I have said this multiple times but I don't think I could say it enough... I am always going to help you even if you don't want me to, I'm going to help you. You can come to me for anything and I'll always be here, Trini. Understand?" She spoke softly but firm.

I nodded once and felt my eyes tear up. I felt so lucky to have someone like her to be there for me in the hardest times. She is always going to be there and I need to understand that.

A single tear escaped and I looked directly into her eyes. "I missed you." I mumbled.

She wrapped her arms around my neck, pulling my into a hug. I hesitated for a moment before wrapping my own arms around her back and closing my eyes. Kimberly and I stayed there for a while before she whispered in my ear.

"I missed you too."

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A/N

Fluff fluff fluff! Hope you enjoyed this slightly depressing chapter and know that your feedback is very important to me. Also whoever has seen Lemonade Mouth will spot the reference 😜

I'm trying to write these chapters as often as possible. So I'll probably update every other day or 2.

Thank you!