Emma Goodall smiled brightly as she walked out of her Mr. Burley's class. They were talking about plant life today, and it immediately put her in a good mood.

"If you smile like that anymore your face will eventually fall off," said her best friend who walked along beside her.

Emma rolled her eyes. "What? I shouldn't be able to be a little excited over the environment being recognized for its greatness for once?"

Gia smirked, "Isn't that your saying every time we talk about plants and animals, and et cetera?"

Emma contemplated this and finally nodded, making Gia laugh. They both walked up to their lockers and opened them. Emma placed her books inside, being careful not to let them fall like they did all the time, and took out her camera. She was going to the woods today to check on the new Freesia flowers that she just planted there a week earlier.

Gia sighed. "3...2...1."

"Hey, Gia, I was wondering if you wanted to go to Ernie's. It wouldn't have to be a date or anything, but maybe we could do some homework?"

Emma looked over and saw another one of her teammates, Jake Holling, leaning against a locker and waiting for the response of a certain yellow ranger. Next to him was Noah Carver, who was rolling his eyes at the entire interaction. Emma couldn't help but smile watching her best friend try not to look annoyed. Gia was aware of the black rangers crush on her, but for some reason, every single time she tried to let him down easy, something or someone would get in the way of that.

She shut her locker and turned to Jake and gave him her full attention. He sucked in a deep breath and waited for her to answer. She rolled her eyes. "Well, I guess I was heading there anyway. Let's go." She casually passed him and didn't see his face light up and how he nudged Noah's in the rubs. Noah let out a grunt and asked him why he did that, but Jake was already running down the hall to catch up to Gia. Noah gave Emma a quick goodbye and walked after his best friend.

Emma finally let out a laugh. They had only been the Megaforce Rangers for two weeks, yet they all quickly built an amazing friendship. Although Gia could get a little annoyed at times with Jake, and Noah could be a bit of a know-it-all, but they all knew each other before hand. All except for...

Emma wasn't paying attention as she pulled her jacket out from underneath her books and they both fell to the floor. Well, they would have fallen to the floor if someone hadn't caught them.

Emma looked at the hand that held her books and her eyes traveled up to meet the eyes of the red ranger.

Troy Burrows.

They looked at each other for a brief second before Emma blushed and took her books out of his hands. "Wow. It's usually Gia that does that. Thanks for the save," she said casually and put her books back into her locker and softly shutting it.

"Anytime," he said back. He leaned against the lockers and watched her as she put her jacket on.

"Are you looking for the guys? They all went to Ernie's," she said.

Troy shook his head, "No, not really. But I do want to ask you something."

Emma's eyebrows knit together in a very cute expression. "Yeah? What's up?"

Troy sighed and looked down for a moment before meeting her eyes once more. "Where do you go after school?"

Emma tilted her head to the side and waited a minute before answering back. "To the woods, just a few blocks from here. Why?"

Troy knew his suspicions were right. He watched his teammate from the top of the school, where he went to relax, as she headed off in that direction every single day with her camera strapped behind her back. That was the same woods where he confronted Creepox.

"Mind if I come along?" he asked.

The pink ranger's eyes widened in shock. No one ever asked to go with her to the woods before. The only time was when Gia wanted to "go for an adventure" in the seventh grade and ended up falling down a steep hill and twisting her ankle. She vowed never to go again.

"Umm, sure?" Emma said questioningly

Troy gave her a soft smile and she felt her stomach turn to butterflies. She quickly turned away from him after giving him a nod to follow her.

She never would have thought that Troy Burrows, the most aloof, serious, and mysterious one of the team would ask to go anywhere along with her. She remembered the rest of the team talking about how secluded he was and how he didn't seem to like hanging out with them. Emma, being who she is, automatically dismissed the idea and just thought that he was shy and said, "being the new kid isn't easy." She wondered if maybe she'd be able to find out some more about him while they spent some time in the woods.

"Here we are." Emma said as she perched her BMX up against a tree and placed her bag beside it. Troy looked around and took in the view. He hadn't seen this part of the woods before and was a little surprised. The trees were so tall, with leaves already showing a sign of yellow, signaling that fall was coming. The grass was a little a little damp from the storm they had the night before. The last bit of dandelions could be seen coming from the ground. The light of the sun made everything seem even brighter.

Emma silently watched as his face seemed almost mesmerized by everything surrounding him. She took out her camera and turned it on. Raising it to her face, she quickly snapped a picture of the moment. Troy's head immediately turned towards her and he realized what she just did. He rose an eyebrow at her. Emma shrugged. "I like capturing beautiful moments." She walked past him and headed towards her destination. Troy started to tense up and looked around just to make sure someone or something wasn't hiding behind the trees. "Are you coming?" he heard. Emma was still walking and had her head turned in his direction. He nodded and quickly followed.

"Why do you come here so much?" he asked.

She was snapping a picture of a bird in a nest, but she answered anyway. "Every single day something new is born," she puts her camera down and starts to walk again. "Nothing is ever the same, so I come here to see what's new and how the world changed within the couple of hours that I was gone. It's like I'm missing out on a big part of life if I don't come here and see how things have developed or changed."

Troy watched as she talked and noticed how her eyes were different and how her face seemed more relaxed while she was there in the woods with him. Her skin seemed more brighter and her smile...her smile seemed even more alive than it was before. She was beautiful, and he could tell that right there, in that moment, she was also a part of the woods.

They stopped again and he looked at his surroundings. They were in a field full of flowers. Many different colored flowers. They were white, pink, purple, red, orange, and even a brilliant mixture of two colors. Troy was careful to not step on them, for there was a patch of grass that was convenient enough to make that not happen. He followed behind Emma and almost asked where they were going when she finally came to a stop. There was a huge field of grass left untouched, and stretched out for another thirty or forty feet. Emma had that look on her face of pure determination, something of which he only got the privilege of seeing during a fight with Loogies. She seemed to be searching for something in the distance and finally her eyes set on something. She walked forward a couple of feet and Troy found his legs automatically moving with her. She stopped once again and then turned to face him. He stopped as well and drew in a breath and waited for her to speak.

"Every time around this year, I come and spread a little life of my own," she starts. He waits for her to continue. "One of my favorite plants is the Freesia, so I come here and plant a few.

She stepped aside and allowed him to walk forward a bit and look at what she was talking about. In the midst of the green field were a few patched flowers coming out of the ground. They were a brilliant red, almost orange, color, with a couple of patches of pink and yellow to make it even more beautiful. It stemmed out from the patch of dirt that Emma made as its plantation.

She bent down and started snapping pictures of the flowers in which she grew, feeling just as mesmerized as Troy. She felt him bend down beside her and he continued to stare at the plants.

After a long couple of minutes just snapping pictures and taking in the beauty of the flowers, Emma finally lay her down and looked at Troy. "So, what do you think?" she asked.

Troy was at a loss of words, and he sat completely down on the grass. Emma mimicked him and waited for him to respond.

"It's like I'm in another world," he says, "A world that I never knew, but I'm just now starting to realize. All of this is just..."

She waited for him to continue. "'Just,' what?"

He turns his head to face her. "Stunning."

They lock eyes, and this time, neither of them bothers to look away. Emma began to get that feeling again from earlier where her stomach felt like it was on fire and the butterflies were swarming everywhere and consuming her from head to toe. Her heart sped up as she looked into Troy's beautiful, clear blue eyes and saw something that she hadn't seen in him since he moved there.

Passion.

Her head spun for a second as she tried to gather her thoughts, but sadly, her mouth had a mind of its own. "I'm glad that I got to see this side of you," she accidentally said and broke the moment between them.

He looked at her with confusion. "What do you mean?"

She inwardly groaned and wished she could have just stayed quiet and let whatever moment that was happening between them take its course.

"You're just always so distant and mysterious. Right now you don't seem to be," she explained.

He nodded at her and looked down. "There's a lot of things I don't even know about myself. And some things that I'd rather not say."

Emma sat there silent for a moment and analyzed what he just said. Then she realized that there was something that she hadn't told him.

"Do you know what the Freesia symbolizes?" she asked. He shook his head. "Trust,"she said.

Troy stared at the flower for a second and then looked up at Emma and felt his breath catch. She was looking at the plant too and had that smile on her face again. The one he saw only minutes before; the one that made her seem more alive than anything else, even him. He looked at the camera that she placed beside her and took it. Realizing it was still on, he quickly raised it up and snapped a picture of Emma. She turned her head in his direction and raised an eyebrow at him.

He shrugged. "What? I like capturing beautiful moments, too."

A/N: Cheesy, right? Haha, oh well! This was my first fanfic in FOREVER, so forgive me for being really rusty. Anyway, I'm really loving Megaforce at the moment. Whereas Samurai didn't hit my sweet spot. I really hope that Troy and Emma get some development, whether they're together or not. But tell me what you think! Reviews are ALWAYS nice to have.