I've had this written for a month, but just haven't gotten around to posting it. I'm battling a case of where do I want this to go and I'm not sure yet. Hopefully I'll get past it.

Green-Eyed Monster

Kim sat on their bench in front of the pond. She missed Skull when he was in L.A., so she sat on the bench to feel closer to him. Her answers, the ones she'd been searching for in regards to her life, had crystallized once she'd come home. A gymnastics school. Her name, her reputation in the gymnastics circle meant something. Hopefully that would result in a successful business.

She tilted her head back, enjoying the sun on her face and the wind in her hair. Someone sat next to her and she looked over at them. She blinked. "Tommy," she whispered.

"Hey, Kim." All those years since their breakup, since they'd both moved on, but their breakup was something that neither of them had ever resolved and it loomed between them now. It looked like now was the time for them to clear the air.

"You know…"

"I'm …"

They laughed and it effectively broke the ice. They both relaxed.

"Go ahead, Tommy," she urged him.

"Are you sure?"

She nodded.

"Why did you send the letter?"

"I'm not trying to be flip, but do you mean the letter itself or why did I break up with you?"

"The letter."

She sighed. "I don't really have a reason why I chose a letter. Seventeen is a foolish age for a girl, especially when it comes to matters of the heart. I was across the country and alone except for my Aunt and in a new situation. I freaked." She laughed. "We were drifting apart. I knew it and you knew it," she glanced at him and he nodded. "Once I decided to do it, I tried to talk to you about it, but we each had our drifting lives and we stopped talking and I took the easy way out. I wrote the letter, and addressed it to the Juice Bar because then Kat would know about it. She's an attractive woman and I knew it wouldn't be long before you hooked up."

"Thanks for telling me why but I have my own confession to make. I couldn't handle not having you with me. I loved you, but it was the fact that you were "here"; once you weren't, we weren't strong enough to last." He shrugged sheepishly. "If you hadn't sent me the letter, I might have sent you one."

She relaxed completely for the first time in years.

"Are we good now?"

"Of course, Kim."

She scooted across the bench and hugged Tommy. Neither of them noticed Skull standing in the park entrance. He knew that between his heart breaking and jealousy choking him that he was completely destroyed. He walked away.