Memories Last Forever
By
Nicole
Disclaimer: I don't own Power Rangers I just own the plot and the characters that don't exist.
Summary: Two childhood friends were separated to achieve their dreams. Years later, they meet up again. Will their friendship be the same or will there be something more between them?
Childhood Memories
Chapter 1: Run Away
A young girl around seven was sitting on the ground under a tree with a book in her hands. She was looking at the pictures and a smile came across her face when someone came up behind her. "Is that a good book?" The person asked. She looked up at her best friend with a grin.
"It's okay," she replied.
He shrugged slightly. "Can I see it?" He asked. She grinned as she closed the book so he couldn't look at it. "Come on let me see it," he insisted.
"No," she answered.
He grinned and he tickled her sides. She shrieked with laughter and then he took the book from her. "HEY!" She shouted. The boy flipped through the pages.
"The Animarium book again?" He asked.
"Give me that!" She demanded.
She tried taking it from him, but he backed up. "You've read this how many times?" He asked. He looked up and he saw her running right at him and he took off running.
They came to a hill and she pounced on him, making him hit the ground and they rolled down the hill, but she still had him pinned when they hit the bottom. "Ha! Got ya! Now give me my book back, Eric," she demanded.
"Take it easy Tay, sheesh," Eric answered.
He handed her the book and she got up. "ERIC!" A voice shouted. Eric cringed slightly and he stood up.
"I have to go, Tay," he informed.
"ERIC GET IN HERE NOW!" The voice shouted.
Taylor watched as Eric ran home and she got up, heading back to her house.
(Taylor's Tree House: That Night)
Taylor walked through her backyard and she climbed up the ladder to her tree house and she saw Eric sitting there with his back turned to her. "Eric? I thought you went home?" She asked. Eric looked at her and she nearly fell through the entrance hole of the tree house. "Eric!" She gasped. His face was all bruised up. "Was it your step dad again?" She asked. He didn't answer, he just stared back at the floor.
"Don't tell anyone I'm here, Tay," he instructed.
"Let me go tell my mom, she can help," she insisted.
"NO!"
Eric grabbed her arm before she could go back down the ladder. "Don't tell anyone! Not even your mom!" He answered.
"What about your mom?" She asked.
"My mom doesn't care! I'm not going home!"
Taylor bit her lip and she watched as Eric grabbed his bag. "Eric where will you go?" She asked.
"Away from here," he replied.
Eric looked over at her. "You've been a great friend, Tay, the best friend I have ever had," he told her. He reached into his bag and he pulled out a toy gun. "Here," he told her.
"I don't want this," she insisted.
"Take it, something to remember me by," he answered.
He zipped it up and he climbed down the ladder. "See ya in another life, Earhardt," he commented. He jumped down the ladder and Taylor looked out the window and watched as he ran through the backyard, climbed over the fence, and he disappeared from her sight.
(Taylor's House: Next Day)
"Taylor," Mrs. Earhardt called. Taylor looked up and she quickly threw the toy gun under the bed. Mrs. Earhardt opened the door and found her daughter laying on her stomach looking at the pictures through the Animarium story book. "Taylor, Eric's parents are here," she informed. Taylor looked up. "Sweetheart, Eric's gone missing. Did Eric say anything to you yesterday about running away?" She asked. Taylor bit her lip.
"No," she replied.
"She's lying!" A voice snapped.
Taylor flinched and she moved closer to the bed when Eric's step dad came into the room. "She knows where he is!" He snapped. Mrs. Earhardt looked at Eric's step dad.
"Larry, my daughter doesn't lie about something as important as this," she insisted.
"She's lying! I saw that brat leave her tree house last night! Stop defending the brat Julianne!" He snapped.
He pushed Taylor's mother aside and he grabbed Taylor's arms. "WHERE IS HE!?" He shouted. Taylor winced when his grip tightened on her arms.
"Larry! Let her go!" Julianne demanded.
"WHERE IS HE TAYLOR! WHERE IS ERIC!" He shouted.
The young girl pushed back the tears that were pressed against her eyes when his grip was becoming painfully tight. "Where is he?" He snapped.
"I'LL NEVER TELL BECAUSE YOU'LL JUST HIT HIM AGAIN!" Taylor shouted.
Larry went to hit her when Julianna grabbed him and pulled the man off her daughter. Taylor hid under the bed. "Get out of my house before I call the cops!" Julianne threatened. Taylor watched as Larry just stood there for a minute before walking away. After what seemed like forever, Julianne crouched down in front of Taylor's bed. "It's okay, baby, you can come out now," she assured her. Taylor came out from under the bed and she clung onto her mother. "I hope wherever Eric is, that he's safe. You're a good friend, Taylor, a very good friend," she assured her.