A/N: It's still the first day of school. This chapter picks up from the last one.

Chapter 2- Student Cupids

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Hayley's Cyberspace Café.

Hayley was wiping down the tables. Now, that school was back in session, she knew that her place was going to start getting busy again. She swept the floors a little, cleaned up the computers with computer duster, even went to cut up fresh fruit for the drinks. The door to her café rang. She walked out the back and saw her three favorite customers and her favorite worker. "Hey guys! Should I get your drinks started now?" Hayley asked.

They nodded. "I'll get to work Hayley." Trent stated.

Hayley and Trent got started on the drinks. A banana-mango smoothie for Kira, a blueberry-blackberry smoothie for Ethan, and a strawberry-kiwi one for Conner. Hayley put their drinks in a cup. "Here you guys go." She gave them each their drink. "So how is it being seniors?"

Conner took a sip. "Boring. I mean yeah it's our last year, but come on! Shouldn't some of them be fun." He asked.

"It's fun for Trent, he's taking child development." Ethan snickered.

Hayley looked at Trent. "Hey! Mom says I need to." Trent went to clean the bathrooms

Hayley laughed. "Of course, anything interesting happen?" She wondered.

The three of them looked at each other. They weren't sure who was to say anything at all. Kira spoke up. "What do you know about the 'originals?" She questioned.

Hayley's gaze fell on each of them. "Any one in particular?" She had a feeling it had to do with a certain 'original pink'.

"The one with the last name Hart." Conner said.

Hayley nodded. "Did she have caramel brown hair? With brown eyes stands about 5'2 or so. Slim, gymnastics body?" By the looks on their faces she pinned the tail on the donkey. "That's Kimberly Hart. What about her?"

"She's our teacher. Our music teacher." Kira clarified.

Hayley gasped. "Does Tommy know?"

"We aren't sure." Conner said. He kept playing with the straw in his cup. "Is it a bad thing that she's there?"

"Well, if you knew the whole story then you could put your opinion on it." Hayley stood up and went to put away some things behind the counter. "Tommy hasn't talked about her in years."

"Were they a couple or something?" Ethan inquired. If that was the case, then maybe Dr. O and her could start dating again, or he would have to separate the two.

"I don't think I should say anything. You know Tommy keeps his private life well, private." Hayley admitted.

"Come on Hayley." Kira urged. She went up to the counter. "Just tell us something."

Hayley sighed. "They dated for three years." She disclosed.

Conner, Kira, and Ethan gasped. Trent came out the bathroom. "What did I miss?" He asked as he went to put the cleaning supplies away.

"Ms. Hart and Dr. O used to be boyfriend and girlfriend." Conner filled in. Trent came to the counter, so he could hear the story. "Go on." Conner egged on.

"They were close. In love even. Then she left for Florida." Hayley began.

"Then went for the Olympics." Kira interjected.

Hayley shook hear head. "She went for the Pan Globals first. Guess the Olympics came after she broke things off with Tommy." Hayley finished.

"Why did they break up?" Trent asked her.

"From what I know, she broke with him by letter. She also told Tommy she found who she was meant to be with and that she looked at him like he was a brother." Hayley replied. She let it sink in for a little bit. "You four, don't mention anything to Tommy."

More kids from school started coming into the café. Hayley went to work, turning on the computers and getting the kids their time cards for the computers. Trent went back to work.

Kira, Conner, and Ethan sat down at the tables. They began to think about what they were just told.

Conner broke the silence. "Why would she teach here at Reefside?" He questioned. Kim used to live in Florida, it seemed glamorous. Why come back here? "Think about it, she comes to a school where her ex boyfriend works at, when she was the one who broke up with him. Why would she be here?"

"Maybe she doesn't know he works here. Or she wants to get him back." Kira speculated. That was logical. "What do you think Ethan?"

Ethan looked at his friends. "I don't know what to think. We either ask Dr. O or Ms. Hart and see why." Then he thought about Dr. O and what he would think about this. "We could also butt out. I mean, why didn't Dr. O tell us any of this stuff."

"Touché." Kira said. Tommy did like his privacy. "I think we should butt out."

Just then Tommy came inside the café. He walked up to his students. "Hey." Conner, Ethan and Kira smiled at him. "What are you guys up to?"

"Just drinking smoothies and talking." Ethan signaled towards his almost empty cup.

"And you?" Conner queried.

"Just picking up some coffee." Tommy replied. Hayley, then came up to him. "Hayley, can I have a cup of coffee?"

She nodded. "Do you want hazelnut or amaretto creamer?" She asked as she walked behind the counter.

"I'll take amaretto." He answered.

Hayley looked at him, she wondered if he bumped into Kimberly. "So, did anything happen today at school?"

Conner, Kira, Ethan and even Trent leaned in. Tommy looked at his comrades. Why were they so intent on knowing if anything happened. "Um, no. It was just the first day of school." He looked at every one of them. "Was something supposed to happen?"

Hayley, Conner, Kira, Ethan, and Trent withdrew their heads so quickly it could've caused whiplash. Tommy's eyebrows furrowed. Something was definitely up.

Hayley came around the counter. "Here." She handed them the largest cup of coffee to go of course. She looked at him intently.

Tommy looked down at her. Then at his students. Tommy put the cup down. "Okay, so what's going on?"

"Nothing!" They all barked at once.

"Funny, I don't believe a word." Tommy confessed. He stared at his friend and students again. Something didn't seem right. He picked his coffee back up.

Cassidy Cornell and Devin came bursting through the doors. "I can't believe she's our new music teacher." Cassidy gushed.

Conner, Ethan, and Kira overheard her talking. They were about to have a panic attack.

They weren't the only ones to over hear. Tommy turned his back to Conner, Kira, Ethan, and Hayley. "You know, I haven't met the new music teacher. Who is it?" Tommy asked them. Cassidy was the biggest gossip whore in the school. She would surely know.

Conner, Kira, Ethan, and Hayley began signing for Cassidy to shut up. They motioned with their hands. They did the 'lock the mouth throw away the key' motion. They then covered their mouths.

Devin and Cassidy noticed. They looked over Dr. O's shoulder. At first they were confused. They started swaying to the former power rangers' motions. Then it clicked. "Um, no one!" They yelped. Then went to order some smoothies.

Tommy turned back around. Conner, Kira, and Ethan were whistling. Hayley was just wiping down a glass. "When I find out what's going on, I swear my students will hate me. And Hayley, I will tell your biggest secret." Tommy vowed.

"That's all you got?" Hayley challenged. She wasn't scared of Tommy, if anything Tommy should be scared of her.

Tommy narrowed his eyes. "I'll see you all tomorrow." He walked out the door.

"What does he mean by 'I swear my students will hate me'?" Ethan gulped.

Hayley waved his words away. "it's an empty threat. He's trying to get us to tell him what we know. But I won't and you guys wont either."

Cassidy and Devin went to sit with the former power rangers. "Why can't Dr. Oliver know about the new music teacher?" Cassidy asked.

"Long story short, girlfriend of three years. She dumped him via letter." Kira updated them.

"Ouch. Letter?" Devin echoed. "Sounds harsh if you ask me."

"Apparently the contents were worse." Conner supplemented. "If I had a hot girlfriend for three years, and then she called me a brother and said she found the one she's meant for I'd be scarred for life." He finally finished.

"Well, if you put it like that." Ethan said.

The bell to the door rang. Kim came inside. She felt like all eyes were on her.

She walked up to the counter. "What can I get for you?" Trent asked.

Kim smiled. "Can I have a strawberry banana smoothie and a-" She looked at the menu. "A veggie wrap on a spinach tortilla with extra feta cheese too please." Kim ordered. She looked at his name tag. "Please, Trent." The last teenager from Mrs. Mercer's picture.

Trent nodded and started to work on her meal.

"Hi, you must be Kimberly Hart." Hayley said from behind the counter. She smiled at Kim. Kim furrowed her brows. "I'm Hayley, I own this place." Hayley stuck her hand out.

"Nice to meet you Hayley." Kim looked around. "This is a very nice place you got here. My students talked about it, so I figured I might as well check it out." She continued to look around.

"Thank you. Well, I hope you like your wrap and smoothie." Hayley said as she went to the back. Hayley smiled at Kim again.

Kim turned to her students. "Conner, Kira, Ethan, and Cassidy." Kim pointed to each one. Then she looked at the other guy. "I'm sorry, I don't think I know your name."

Devin smiled. "I'm Devin."

"Wow. Ms. Hart, you have a good memory. You haven't seen us since this morning." Kira complimented.

Kim smiled. "Yeah, I'm not the one with a memory problem. He's-" Kim couldn't finish her thought. Her thoughts traveled to Tommy.

"Ms. Hart?" Cassidy asked.

"Nothing." Kim said. "Um if you guys wanted to know, there is going to be a gymnastics club starting at Reefside. You guys should join. We should be starting it soon."

"Larry's girlfriend convinced you to start the club?" Conner questioned. Kim nodded. "Well it sounds like fun. What do you guys think?"

"I'm in." Kira said.

"Why not?" Ethan added.

"Ms. Hart!" Trent called out. Kim walked back to him. "Here's your order."

Kim took the food. "Trent, you're not in my music class."

Trent shook his head. "Mom signed me up for child development. You know the baby is on the way."

"You should join the gymnastics club." Kimberly said.

Trent shrugged. "Um, I'll think about it."

Kim smiled. She watched as Hayley came from the back room. "It was nice to meet you Hayley." Kim shook her hand again.

"Nice to meet you too Kimberly." Hayley said to her.

"Just call me Kim. Actually, when we are out of school, you can all call me Kim." She said. She said goodbye to everyone then walked out.

"She's so nice. I can't believe I used to hate her." Hayley confessed. She hated her because of how she broke up with Tommy. Tommy was so heartbroken over what happened, even after he had dated Katherine and several other females. Hayley listened day in and day out over his problems when it came to Kim. Now that she had met her, she figured she wasn't so bad.

"You used to hate someone?" Devin asked incredulously.

Hayley nodded. "If you saw the state Tommy was in back in those days, then you would understand." Hayley explained.

"When do you think they're going to come face to face?" Kira asked.

"Hayley, is Dr. O dating anyone?" Cassidy asked. They looked at her. "I'm not that much of a gossip whore anymore."

"From what I know he's not. And from what I know, he's not over Kim." Hayley enlightened the group.

"Didn't we say we aren't going to butt in?" Trent questioned his friends.

"How about we find out why Ms. Hart is here and go from there." Devin propositioned.

The group nodded. "Conner and I will ask her in the morning." Kira said.

For the former power rangers, they wanted to see Tommy happy. He's been saving the world since he was a teenager, and now he's finally retired. He should be able to get married and start a family. If he still loved Kim, then they can help them get back together.

However, Tommy had been hiding something from a lot of people. Hayley and Jason, his two best friends, didn't even know about his secret.