Stars
Chapter 1:
Prom Night (after-cleaning- party)
"Hey, Dr. O! We're done clearing the stage!" Ethan shouted to his mentor and now ex-science teacher.
"Yeah.Who knew that Kira's band could be so messy?!" Connor added, forgetting that it was the students on the floor who had caused the stage to be littered with confetti. In fact, it had been Connor who had started passing confetti around, encouraging people to throw it.
Tommy shook his head, wondering how Connor was going to survive college. "Speaking of Kira, anybody know where she is?" Tommy asked, worried that something may have happened to his ex-yellow ranger.
Trent glanced up from the chairs he was stacking, "Yeah, I saw her head outside. She was muttering something about too much testosterone and needing to see the stars."
Tommy chuckled, that sounded like her. He left the guys to do their work and headed out to find his ranger.
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He saw her sitting in his jeep, her legs dangling out the open passenger door and her head tilted upwards. She was staring at the stars. She was so consumed by her staring that she didn't even notice Tommy approaching until he leaned against the door and said, "You're in my car."
Kira practically jumped out of her skin, she glared at Tommy for startling her.
"You nearly gave me a heart attack!"
"Yeah. Well, you nearly gave me a heart attack when you disappeared from clean up duty. You know it's rude to skive of the responsibility."
"I figured that the guys could handle it. It's not like I asked to clean up the place. Besides I wanted to see the stars." Kira replied before turning back to the sky. Tommy stared at her for a moment before he went over to the driver's side, opened the door and slid into his seat. "If you wanted to see the stars, the school parking lot isn't the ideal place." He started the car, "Come on, I'll take you to a place where you can get the best view of the stars." Kira looked at him, an unreadable look on her face. Finally she just grinned, "Ah, what the hell! Sure." She sat in the seat and buckled up her seatbelt.
As they drove in comfortable silence, Kira turned to regard the man next to her. His short dark hair together with his dark stubble made him look a lot younger than he actually was. In fact he could probably pass for a college student, a handsome college student. Tommy had felt her looking at him so he turned and to her, eyebrows raised. Being a person who wouldn't back down from a challenge, Kira simply stared back at him. Tommy laughed and turned back to the road.
"So Kira, exactly why do you want to see the stars? Don't tell me you're new goal in life is to be star gazer!" Tommy asked with a mocking tone.
Kira giggled, "God No! It's just that I'm leaving for New York next week to visit my aunt for a two weeks and I highly doubt I'd get the chance to gaze at the stars there. I'm sure when I look up all I'll see are buildings, building and more buildings." She answered. Suddenly tears started welling up in her eyes, threatening to spill. She quickly looked out the window. The last thing she wanted was for her ex-science teacher to see her crying. She couldn't believe she was on the verge of crying! The reality of her leaving Reefside was finally dawning on her. She was leaving her home of 18 years. She shook her head trying to clear it of all thoughts related to her leaving. She really didn't want to cry. So she continued to stare out the window for the remainder of the journey.
When the jeep finally rolled to a stop, Kira glanced up and was surprised. She turned to Tommy, "This is your place!"
Tommy stepped out of the jeep and went over to Kira's side, opened the door and offered her his hand. "Thanks for pointing that out. Now, do you want to see the stars or not?" he asked, rolling his eyes. She quickly agreed and allowed him to take her hand lead her. He brought her in through the front door and quickly ushered her up the stairs before coming to a halt in front of a door at the end of the second floor corridor. Tommy opened the door to reveal another flight of stairs. He turned back to Kira, "I want you to close your eyes"
Kira arched an eyebrow, "Why?' she asked defiantly.
Tommy rolled his eyes at her, "Look, just trust me. Close your eyes. You won't regret it."
Kira sighed and put up an act of trying to decide if she should or shouldn't before finally squeezing her eye shut. She heard Tommy mutter something that sounded like, "Teenagers"
Tommy grabbed her hand and slowly led her up the stairs. Once they reached, what she assumed was the top Kira heard him open a door. Immediately she felt a gust of cool night wind hit her. Tommy dragged her forward a but more before finally saying, "You can open your eyes now,"
Kira's eyes instantly sprang open. She gasped as she took in her surroundings. They were both standing on the roof of Tommy's house. She could see the entire Reefside from up there! She felt Tommy tap her shoulder. She turned to him and saw him pointing upwards. She glanced up and felt her breath stop short. It was the most beautiful sight she'd even laid her eyes on! Everywhere, there were stars glittering away, like trillions of diamonds in the dark, almost black sky.
"It's stunning!" she exclaimed as she threw her hands up in the air and spun around taking in the sight. She wasn't watching where she was going, which was how she ended up spinning right into Tommy.
"Whoa! Careful!" Tommy said as he gripped Kira to prevent her from falling.
Kira giggled as she gripped Tommy's shoulders. "Thanks for showing this to me. It's perfect."
"The perfect view for the perfect girl."
"With the perfect guy."
Tommy's brow furrowed, "Is that how you see me? Perfect?"
"Hey, you called me perfect too. And I know I'm anything but."
Tommy's frowned even more, "You shouldn't sell yourself short you know."
Kira laughed, "Are you even listening to yourself. I call you perfect and you say your not. You call me perfect and when I say I'm not you throw some line at me. How bout you take your own advice?"
Tommy laughed as he looked down at Kira. "I guess you're right. But you should know, I'm definitely not perfect."
Kira smiled, "Doesn't matter what you think, I think you're perfect"
Tommy smiled back at her, "Well, I think you're perfect. In fact, I think you're the most beautiful, kind hearted, intelligent person to walk this earth."
"OK, now you're becoming very clichéd." Kira said the corner of her mouth turning upwards.
Slowly, before wither of them realized it, Tommy lowered his head and had captured her lips in the most passionate lip-lock she had ever been in. Kira, felt her heart rate speed up considerably as Tommy nudged her lips to part and allow him access to play with her tongue. She ran her hand through his short, jet black hair and felt him do them same through hers. She felt like she was floating in the clouds. Nothing could go wrong from here."