A/N: Hey! I finally finished the 2nd chapter! I'm planning on posting a new chapter every night/ every other night. I've been sick for a while so I'm going to have a lot of makeup homework. I'll still try and update as quick as possible! This one is short, and I'M SO SORRY *cries* Enjoy, and don't forget to review!
Disclaimer: Rosemary is MINE! But the rest are Sabans *sad face*
ROSEMARY'S P.O.V.
I don't know if I can do this. Maybe I can request to be put in foster care. I've never even met Jayden before. What am I going to say when I meet him? 'Hey, I'm Rosemary and I'm coming to live with you till I turn 18 even though we've never met?'
Mom, why did you leave me?
JAYDEN'S P.O.V.
It was 7:15p.m. It was time for me to leave to pick up Rosemary. I had only woken up a few hours ago, and I thought, no I hoped, that this was all a dream. That I wasn't going to be a legal guardian to a 15 year old cousin that I had never met. But sadly, it wasn't. What was I going to say to her? 'Hey, I'm Jayden, and you're coming to live with me even though we've never met?'
Let alone the fact that I'm still the red power ranger, and leader to the samurai rangers. How was I going to fight Nighlock and take care of Rosemary at the same time? She was going to have to know the secret, and that would just put her in danger. She was going to have to go to school, and probably, knowing Ji, she would have to start training with us as well. This was going to be a huge adjustment.
"Jayden?" I heard a knock on the door and turned to see Emily standing in the doorway.
"Hi, Em." I said, shakily. She somehow had the power to see right through me, so she knew exactly what was going on inside my head.
"It's going to be awkward and weird Jayden. You already know that. But it's also a great time for you both to learn about your family. You've never known your aunt, and she's never known her uncle. She just lost her mom, the same as when you lost your dad when you were young. You both have the exact same troubles in your life, and you can use them as a way to connect with her." Emily said, and she laid her hand on my arm as a sign of comfort, which I appreciated.
"You know what, you're exactly right, Emily. We do have at least that in common, and since we're related, we probably have a lot more! Great advice, thank you." I got up in a rush because I knew I was going to be late to pick Rosemary up from the airport. It was a long drive.
EMILY'S P.O.V.
"Anytime." I whispered softly, but Jayden didn't hear me at all.
ROSEMARY'S P.O.V.
It was 8:15p.m. and I had been waiting by the stop for at least ten minutes. Maybe he's not even coming, I thought. But I knew that wouldn't be the case. Shiba's always stuck to their word. So I sat, and I waited. And I sat some more. And I waited some more.
JAYDEN'S P.O.V.
Goddamnit, where was that stop? I've been driving around in circles for ten minutes! Ugh. She probably thinks I'm not even coming. Where was Kevin when you needed him? This was why I didn't do the driving. Kevin was like a navigational wizard. He knew the directions to anywhere and how to get away from anything.
"Ah ha! Found it!" The sign that said bus stop 2. There was a young girl standing there, with a small duffel bag in her hand. She was kind of short, around Emily's height. Her hair was a gingery brown, pretty close to my color.
"Are you Rosemary?" I asked, rolling down the window. She nodded subtly.
"Why don't you put your stuff in the back and get in?" I opened the trunk for her and before long we were on our way.
"So, where did you live before?" I asked, trying to fill the awkward silence.
"Boston."
"Wow, no wonder it took you long to get here!" I said, laughing. My attempts at trying to lighten the mood were failing immensely. Getting fed up, I pulled over to the side of the road. Rosemary looked at me in surprise.
"Okay, look. I just found out this morning that I was going to be your legal guardian because an aunt that I never knew that I had died and left her cousin who I never knew I had to me. I'm only 22 years old and I have no idea how to take care of a 15 year old girl. My life is a completely unsafe place to be in because of the Samurais and you being antisocial and not trying to get through this is not going to help anyone."
She looked at me and I couldn't help but stare into her eyes. They were a deep blue with green rings around her pupils.
"I—I'm sorry. It's just that it scares me that I'm now going to be living with a cousin that I never met before. I just lost my mom and flew all the way across the country. That is scary for a 15 year old girl."
"I know. And I'm sorry. But I'll try to get through this if you try to get through this, okay?" I held out my hand, and she grasped it with a serious look on her face. I wonder what her smile would look like.
"Okay."
I continued the long drive to the dojo.
"Hey, what did you mean by Samurais?"
A/N: Ooooooh cliffhanger! I hate those with a passion, but I felt like there had to be one there. I'm so sorry if you hate me! *bites lip fearfully* But what is Jayden gonna do now? How is he going to tell Rosemary his biggest secret? AAAAAH!
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