Disclaimer: If wishes were stars…well firstly that would be hell of a lot of wishes, but I'd use them all to ask for the ownership of Power Rangers. For now I will remain poor and dream of thousand stars that became wishes…and Jason David Frank of course!

I absolutely love this pairing they are so wonderful together and so sweet! You'll have to bear with me because I've not watched many episodes of either Wild Force or Time Force, I like the originals best having grown up watching them. This pair caught my attention though so I thought I'd take a stab at it, hope it goes well and you like it!

Calling Cupid

Eric tries his hand at wooing Taylor, finding it hard to express his feelings havoc ensues. Will he be able to find the romantic within him?

Chapter 1 – Vacation Melancholy

Taylor sighed as she lay back on the bed. She had a terrible feeling that this holiday was a bad idea and she was still trying to work out why she had agreed. If she remembered rightly it was the excitable Princess Shayla that had persuaded her; she'd never been on a holiday before and was even more chirpy than usual, sometimes her constant happiness was way too tiring.

They hadn't gone far, just to the coast of Florida, none of them had really been able to afford to go abroad and besides they could never tell when they would be needed. As far as she was concerned Florida was far enough because all she wanted was to be back home. They were staying in this 'villa type place' as Cole had described it, like a hotel all to themselves, with a giant swimming pool even though they were about ten minutes walk from the beach. Shayla had insisted on the pool, she'd never been in one, and there had been a general agreement; Taylor couldn't work out why.

She didn't want to be here, she just wanted to be on her own. The world seemed grey and she felt dispirited, the one thing she wanted was the one thing she couldn't have…

She glared at the ceiling. She wasn't normally like this on holiday, in fact she loved holidays but for some reason this one had put her in a bad mood…okay she knew why she was in a bad mood really. It was the Time Force rangers, she really liked them but being around them reminded her of Eric and she really didn't want that. He was such a…a an arrogant…but then he'd changed and it was nice…who was she kidding? It was impossible, they were from different teams and she hardly knew him, all it meant was that she had her head in the clouds again. She wandered over to the balcony and watched the others who were already by the pool; they probably hadn't even unpacked. She smiled as she watched Trip dive bomb into the pool, his only discernable feature was his green hair which quickly disappeared under the water. Shayla was screaming shrilly in excitement as he then proceeded to splash her and was only stopped when Lucas and Max sat on him. It was when she saw Wes and Jen that the smile disappeared.

She pulled away from the balcony and flopped back onto the bed. She didn't hate them even when they were cuddling on the poolside chairs; they were so friendly and they made such a good couple but…

Oh what the hell, she was jealous and she hated herself for being jealous, and she hated that she got upset whenever she saw people together. She was never going to have that and she hated that she wanted it.

There was a soft knock on her door and it was opened to reveal a smiling Alyssa.

"Hey you, what you doing up here on your own?"

"Nothing, just unpacking." Taylor gestured to the empty suitcase on the floor. Alyssa sighed and shook her head but the smile remained.

"Come on girl, you've got better things to do then sit around in your room. Why don't you come downstairs?"

"Alyssa, it's bad enough that I don't even want to be here please don't make me go down there."

Alyssa resisted the urge to roll her eyes. "Come on," She heaved Taylor to her feet. "You're going to enjoy yourself even if it kills me, and believe me with the way you're behaving right now it might!"

"Sorry," Taylor said sadly, embarrassed at her behavior. "I'm just out of sorts."

Alyssa walked down the stairs with her dejected friend and glanced at her worriedly. Taylor had been out of sorts for a while now, she couldn't seem to get into anything; she didn't want to do anything and it was hard enough to get her out of the house these days. They all needed a holiday and Alyssa had been the one that had suggested it; she'd been thinking of Taylor at the time though, but Taylor looked as though she didn't really appreciate it.

"You'll enjoy yourself once you get started," Alyssa said positively. "Besides once you're with the others you'll realize their excitement is infectious, even Merrick's cracked a smile!" Taylor couldn't help but smile at that; the elusive Lunar Wolf ranger was notorious for the way he skulked around and avoided everyone else. She got the sort of feeling the others still found him a little too aloof and cold but she got along with him; neither of them were particularly chatty and besides she could guess why he was like that…

"Speaking of which," Alyssa was saying, "Where's he gone now?"

"Who knows." Taylor replied glumly. Wherever he was she wished she was there too.

"Oh well, I'll find him later." Taylor almost felt sorry for him.

They rounded a corner and bumped straight into the subject of their conversation. For a change the pale haired ranger was displaying an obvious emotion; he looked nervous, in fact he looked positively hunted. He looked even more worried for bumping into them and pushed a hand through his hair distractedly.

"Um hey." He looked like he was checking for exits.

"Hey." Grunted Taylor; now she couldn't go missing under the pretense of finding him.

"Hey!" Said Alyssa with a grin. "We were just going to go and find you weren't we Taylor!" Merrick shot her a look of…was that fear? Taylor grimaced apologetically at him and managed a little shrug. What was it they said..? In the wild frightened animals trying to defend themselves banded together…

"I was just going to…um…" Merrick pushed his hand through his hair again.

"Really!" Taylor exclaimed. "You know, I think I'll go with you!" She grabbed Merrick's arm and began steering him towards the kitchen as fast as possible.

Alyssa was confused, after all Merrick hadn't said where he was going but then again Taylor appeared to be socializing for once, she probably shouldn't interrupt.

"Oh thank God." Taylor groaned as she pulled herself onto the counter by the sink. She glanced over at Merrick who was leaning to look through the doorway into the hall, he still looked nervous.

"Looking for someone?" Taylor asked with a laugh.

Merrick jumped and smiled at her nervously. "Sorry. I'm just a bit uncomfortable with this-" He waved his hand to take in the house. "I'm not so good with people and conversation and…other stuff."

Taylor smiled sympathetically. She understood what it was like to be considered the moody and temperamental one; she was prepared to stick up for herself and after all she had been the rangers leader before Cole. Cole was a good leader and a good friend but she couldn't help notice that a guy always led the team. Of course there had been Jen and she still managed to assume command of her team but at the same time Wes still had the whole leader thing going on; Wes was Jen's only soft spot other than that Jen was unyielding. Wes had that good natured smile most of the time which suggested he was bewildered but completely besotted with Jen, it was like she amused and amazed him; he put up with anything but at the same time could gently reason her out of everything.

Taylor sighed; back to analyzing couples again, like that was helpful. Mind you she wasn't the only one who appeared to be having trouble.

"How's Shayla?" She asked, smirking when he jumped and whipped his head round to look at her.

"Shayla?" He repeated nervously.

"Yeah," She rolled her eyes. "Avoiding her won't help, trust me."

"If I avoid her I have good reason, besides what would we talk about?" He murmured it as though talking to himself. Taylor felt sorry for him. He was finding becoming evil difficult to forget, he had spent a long time fighting evil and then suddenly to become it must have been a big blow. From what she knew Princess Shayla hadn't taken it so well either, but Taylor couldn't understand why Shayla wouldn't just forgive and forget. Unfortunately she didn't consider herself close enough as a friend to ask such a personal question, she could be blunt but she didn't want to hurt anyone. No, it would seem that Merrick was on his own this time.

He smiled at her sadly as though he knew what she had been thinking, a tragic figure as though he was from a book, she thought as she watched him leave on silent feet.

Time to disappear. She wondered vaguely if she would see him again during the holiday, but now she had to go and find somewhere to hide too.

A/N Okay, so what do you think? I know I'm not giving much away right now but do you guys think it might at least be worth continuing? It does get cuter and funnier, I know it's a bit serious right now…anyways let me know! xxx