Hayden woke up in a sour mood that morning. As usual, she was the last one of the girls to get up, so she could stomp around the room and throw on her pink RPM jacket aggressively without any questions.
She didn't bother change out of her pyjamas. All Dr. K really cared about was the jacket. As long as you had that, she considered you were in uniform.
Hayden stomped down the steps and marched into the kitchen. She didn't make eye contact with anyone as she walked to the cupboard and pulled out her cereal.
She poured the cereal in a bowl then went for the milk.
"Hay, when you're done with that, can I have some?" Summer asked as Hayden poured her milk. Hayden pushed the jug into her cousin's hands, grabbed her bowl and walked to the couch to eat alone.
Summer looked over at Scott and Ziggy and shrugged.
"Hey, uh, Hay... Hayden," Ziggy corrected himself, realising using her nickname after calling for her sounded odd, "is something bugging you this morning?"
"It's nothing," Hayden barked.
Ziggy nodded as a knowing smile appeared on his face, "Oh, I get it... it's nothing right?"
Summer and Scott looked at Ziggy, wondering how he could figure this out before them.
"It's 'nothing'," he explained to them, emphasizing the "nothing". "She's in a pissy mood, for no reason, and says it's nothing... but it's not nothing."
Scott and Summer looked at him as if he had grown a second head. What was he getting at?
Ziggy walked over to Hayden. He sat next to her and threw his arm around her shoulder. Hayden looked down at it as if it was infected.
"Hayden, we're your friends, you don't have to hide these things from us," he told her. "It's that time of month, isn't it?"
Hayden gasped, but Ziggy continued.
"I know it must be awkward. How do you pull this off while wearing spandex... or... nano-fibres... whatever? What if it leaks through and the guys see," Ziggy rambled, "but you don't have to worry. We're family and we should all trust each other with this kind of personal stuff..."
"Ziggy," Hayden shot him a warning glare, telling him to shut up.
"No, no, Hayden, you don't have to worry about it. I have got your back," Ziggy smiled, patting Hayden on the back.
The Pink Ranger glared at him and smiled before standing up.
Ziggy stood up with her and opened his arms for a hug. Hayden held her bowl of cereal and milk up then dumped it on his head before turning away.
Scott cleared his throat to keep himself from laughing, but there was nothing he could do to hide the huge smile on his face.
Summer chuckled slightly as she approached Ziggy, dropping her hand on his shoulder.
"It was a good guess, but I don't think it was that," she told the L-Green Ranger. "I'll go talk to her, you just... shower."
Summer pulled her hands off Ziggy's shoulders and wiped the milk on her pyjamas. They needed to go in the wash anyways.
When she made it to the bedroom, she knocked then entered, finding Hayden curled up on her bed, watching TV.
"Please tell me Ziggy didn't guess right," she laughed, sitting next to her cousin and grabbing the pink stuffed bear.
"Soon he will be... but at the moment, furthest thing from my mind," Hayden grumbled.
Samantha chose that moment to walk in with her towel, ready to use the shower. Hayden glared at her older sister, causing the other two girls extreme uncomfort.
"Okay... please don't tell me this is involves me," Samantha frowned. "Scott and Ziggy told me you were in a mood."
"I saw you!" Hayden yelled, throwing her pillow at her sister. "I saw you and Flynn in the hallway acting a little more buddy-buddy than buddies!"
"You... oh," Sam breathed as she realised the problem. "I know what you're talking about."
Samantha sat down on the bed. She figured Hayden had seen her comforting Flynn after he went to talk to her and knew she must have walked in at the wrong moment.
"Hayden, kiddo, Flynn and I.... I was just comforting him."
"Yeah, I heard," Hayden growled, "You told him you would make it work!"
"Yeah, make you and him work!" Samantha laughed. "He was upset yesterday when you told him he was family!"
"He... he was?" Hayden asked.
"Yeah, Sam nodded, "Kid, he's crazy for you!"
"He is?"
"DUH!" Summer and Sam both nodded, laughing.
"And he still is," Sam smiled, "I was telling him I would try to make things work between the two of you!"
"I got to go!" Hayden yelled, jumping off the bed. She raced out of the room, through the kitchen, past Ziggy and Scott, until she reached the training room. She found Flynn, sitting in front of a wall throwing a ball.
"Hey," she smiled, dropping next to him, stealing the ball and throwing it to the wall.
"Hey," he answered.
"I talked to my sister today," she started.
"Don't you every day, lass?" Flynn asked, turning to Hayden and laughing.
"Yeah, but normally, my talks with her don't lead to this."
Hayden's hand came up, gently cupping Flynn's cheek as she guided him closer. She smiled up at him before pulling him into a kiss.
Flynn was in total shock, but it wore off quickly as he deepened the kiss.
He hadn't expected this, especially after the way things ended yesterday. He thought they were family, apparently, they were a little different.
They were in love.
Hayden pulled away and grabbed the ball from Flynn's hand. She smirked, before getting up, holding the ball teasingly in front of his face.
"Now what are you going to do?" she asked him playfully. Flynn smiled as he jumped up, ready to run after Hayden. Her reflexes kicked in and she took off, running around the room.
Flynn laughed slightly as he ran after her. She may have been fast, but she was no speed demon. Flynn caught up to her quickly, grabbing her around the waist and pulled her feet off the ground as he twirled her around.
Hayden was finally put down with her back against the wall. Flynn leaned in closer while she got on the tip of her toes. They pulled into another kiss, never breaking until Kaylee cleared her throat.
"Bonus points if he's Scottish," she smirked before leaving the room. Flynn, confused, looked down at Hayden. She giggled, wrapping her arms around his neck and pulling him into her. Flynn wrapped his arms around her waist, resting his head on hers.
"It's a Brooks thing, we're confusing as hell," Hayden laughed.
"I should have known," Flynn smiled.
