A little secret ch 4

Thanks for the reviews everyone. Although I did have a problem with one review and the whole Spanish issue. I just wanted to let you guys know that I'm keeping the Spanish thing. Being of Spanish culture and a Spanish speaker myself, I thought it would be interesting to throw it in there. As always when one of the characters use Spanish dialect, I will translate in parenthesis, but I'm still keeping the Spanish idea. Sorry if you don't like it but I want to see how the story runs with it in there. I prey this doesn't come off as a huge deal, I'm just trying to spring new ideas.

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Kira's heart was still pounding as she watched Trent pound the creep into the parking lot while the guy had no chance at fighting back; Trent really was a strong fighter.

While her breathing was slowly coming back to normal, other things began to race into her mind like, what if Trent didn't come along or, how'd he get here so fast anyway? And what was he doing out here so late at night?

When he finally felt that the criminal learned a lesson Trent stopped and gave him one final kick in the ribs. "Now beat it you jerk!" he said and the guy scrambled to his feet and took off, leaving the gun behind. Still disgusted with the man, Trent kicked the gun into a nearby sewage drain before finally turning to Kira.

"Are you ok?" he asked now going into concern mode and rushing to her side.

Still a little shocked, Kira stumbled a bit until she was able to find her words. "Y-y-ya I'm fine." She said as her heart beat and breathing came back to normal.

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, yes, defiantly sure" she reassured him.

Suddenly an awkward silence came upon them. Neither knew what to say next. Here Kira was, one second getting mugged, then the next, Trent comes along and saves her, but now neither new what to say to each other. What do you say to the man who just saved your life? (Kira made a mental note of this to ask someone who was saved by her or her teammates when a monster attacked) Plus on top of that, what was Trent doing out there in the middle of the night anyway? Shouldn't he be at home or something? Of course he could ask her the same question but it didn't stop her from wondering.

"So uh…….you work here?" he asked noticing her uniform.

Kira paused for a moment. She forgot she was still in her work uniform. Now Trent knew! What was she supposed to do now, she couldn't lie to him, the restaurant logo was printed dead across her chest. He figured out one of her secrets and now he was one step closer to knowing about Austin. Today was defiantly not her day.

"Um……ya, I do." She admitted not being able to come up with a valid excuse.

"So that's what's been eating up your free time." He said and she sighed leaning against the car and rubbing the back of her hair.

"Ya, I guess"

"Why didn't you just tell us?" he asked.

"What I get a job at the Hooters runner up and I'm supposed to be prancing for joy?" she said and Trent laughed.

"Well working at the Cyberspace café isn't a walk in the park either but if you had a job you had to go to, all you had to do was tell us, we would understand." He explained.

Kira just gave off a little "hn" as a response.

Silence dropped on them again and Kira quickly tried to divert the subject.

"So….uh…..where are you going so late at night?" she asked.

"Honestly, I have no clue." He said.

This sparked an interest in her mind. Here it was, quarter to midnight and Trent had no clue where he was going? How about you start with what the heck you were doing out so late in the first place?

"What do you mean?" she asked.

Trent sighed leaning up against the car next to her. "My dad kicked me out" he said.

At the mention of this Kira nearly fell over but Trent saved her for the second time that evening and caught her before she hit the cement.

"Are you sure you're alright?" he asked.

"Ya, I'm fine, positive" she said regaining her balance then giving Trent an awkward look. Trent getting kicked out? How could this happen? If Trent wasn't the definition of responsible, mature, academically achieved and just an over all do gooder, she didn't know what was.

"You got kicked out? How'd this happen?" she asked in surprisement.

Trent sighed. "Well my dad's been real stressed lately, you know with the whole company and things, and he's not particularly a fan of my art work. He warned me about a week ago that if I continue this "nonsense" that he's throw me out until I got my head fastened on correct. I of course thought he was bluffing so I continued to draw anyways and obviously today I found out he was serious when he found my portfolio and kicked me out." He explained.

Of course this was only the partial truth. Although Trent did get kicked out because of his drawings the only reason his father went over bored with it was because of the whole Mesegog/Mercer issue. He was obviously stressed about it and his Mesegog side kicked in forcing Trent out of his home. Trent though decided to leave anyways figuring the longer he stayed the better chance he got at being killed him his sleep.

"That's awful" Kira said feeling really sympathetic towards the poor white Ranger. She knew what it felt like to be kicked out of your own home and now she wasn't even sure Trent had anywhere to go.

"So what are you going to do?" she asked her voice full of concern.

"Well first I'm going to find an all night burger joint and feed myself; I'm starved. Then after that, I have no idea." He said.

Kira sighed. She knew, in all her heart that she should invite Trent to stay with her. It wouldn't be right to wander the streets all alone or let him fend for himself. Not especially after he just saved her life. The only problem was, living on her own, Austin, and her job were the three biggest secrets of her life. She didn't and couldn't let anyone in on them, it would be just to much of a hassle. But she could trust Trent right? He wouldn't tell would he? Plus he already knew one of her secrets, he could handle the other two right?

"What about Haley and Dr. O?" she asked.

"Eh, I'd rather not let them in on this. They'd get to involved you know?" he said and Kira nodded. Oh she knew all to well.

She sighed again before making her mind up. She really couldn't leave him like this, Trent didn't deserve it. He deserved a home and 3 meals a day just like she did.

"Kira, you better know what you're doing." She thought to herself.

"c'mon, get in the car"

"huh?"

"Get in" she repeated picking up her dropped purse and finally opening the car door, unlocking all the others for Trent to get in.

Slowly and surly he got in the passenger side of the car and Kira revved up the engine, pulling out of the parking lot.

"Kira, were are you taking me?" he asked.

"To my place" she stated simply while pulling onto to road and beginning her journey back to her apartment complex.

"But I can't go there, won't your parents be mad?" he asked.

She sighed again before deciding to tell him, the first person she ever told about her problems. "I don't live with my parents."

Now it was Trent's turn to give off a perplexed look and begin to wonder what happened. "What?" he asked.

"A couple months ago, my parents kicked me out too. Their alcoholics and one night out of the blue it just came across their "brilliant" minds to kick me out of the house. I use to fuss a lot with my parents but this time I decided to leave no fuss no fight and get the heck out before I wound more hurt then I already was. I stayed with one of my friends for about a week until I found an apartment that I was able to get because I knew the manager. So I moved in a little while later. But the rent wound up being $300 dollars a month and I knew a part time job wouldn't cover it, hence my job at that awful place back there." She explained holding back the tears of being reminded of that awful experience. She hated reminding herself about it, and she never talked to anyone about it so it was defiantly emotionally painful to be reminded of it again.

"Wow" was all Trent could muster out after that story. He couldn't believe all that his teammate had gone through. And all this time he and the others had no clue this was going on. She sure did a good job hiding it and more or less hiding her emotions.

"Wait, but there's more." She added.

"There's more? What else could there be?" he thought. "What happened?" he asked

"About two weeks after moving in, a baby was left on my door step." She said.

"A baby!" he asked shocked. Now that was the last thing he expected her to say.

"Yes a baby. I know it sounds weird but yes there was a baby left at my door with in a little basket with a blanket and a note saying "please take care of him"" she said.

"Kira please tell me you didn't"

"Well I couldn't just leave him there!"

"What about social services?"

"I couldn't take him there. I mean, what if he wound up getting parents like mine, or what if social services didn't treat him right? Anything could happen to the poor little fellow and I didn't want to think about him going through the same experience I did so I just kept him. I felt this connection to him, like I couldn't let him go and it was job to take care of him. And the feeling was really strong to, like as strong as the feeling was that I knew it was my duty to be a ranger. I had to keep him, I couldn't let him go so, I did. I took care of him and when I turned 18 last month I adopted him." She explained.

"Whoa" again only one word was all Trent could muster out. So this was it. These were the big secrets Kira's been hiding all this time. This is why she always had to run off or was busy everyday of the week and was constantly falling asleep in class. She had her own place to manage, and her own son. Kira was defiantly a very busy girl and now he knew why.

"Trent you have to promise, no swear that no matter what you won't tell anyone. Not Dr. O, not Haley, not the team, no one. No one can know about this." She said.

"But why are you hiding this, we could help you Kira. Especially Dr. O and Haley, I mean with you managing all these things and then ranger duty on top pf that, you need help." He said.

"No Trent. You have to promise to keep this a secret. I'll keep your secret, you keep mine" she said.

Trent understood the meaning of secrets and the meaning of not wanting help. He knew that Dr. Oliver and Haley and the support of his team could help him with his Mesegog secret but he didn't want help. And with him keeping it from them for so long they'd probably get angry, he had to keep it a secret. So he understood what Kira was trying to do by keeping this under her belt, she probably felt that she needed to do the same thing. Plus he knew Kira, if things were getting to much for her, she'd ask for help.

"Trent, please promise me" she begged.

Trent turned to her and gave her a reassuring smile.

"I promise" he said.

Kira let off a smile of relief. She knew that smile and she knew that Trent would keep this secret to his grave. She could trust Trent, she could always trust him, he was a great guy. She knew that he'd keep her secret and it felt good to finally tell somebody.

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At about 12:20 they finally reached the apartment complex and Kira lead Trent to the elevator and to the third floor where the babysitter was.

Walking down the hall to room 305, Kira knocked on the door surprised that she didn't hear the bawling coming from inside like she normally did.

"Um, Kira, why are you knocking on your own door?" Trent asked and Kira laughed.

"This is the babysitter's apartment silly." She said and Trent sheepishly laughed.

"oops" he said temporarily forgetting about the baby.

Before another word was exchanged between the two, the door opened by the elderly woman who was smiling that cheery smile while holding Austin in her arms.

"Hello dearie" she greeted.

"Hi Mrs. Smith, sorry for taking so long tonight, I sort of got held up at work." She apologized. "Literally"

"No problem dearie, always a pleasure to have him around." She said while handing the excited baby over to his mother.

Austin happily bounced at being in his mothers arms and Kira smiled finally able to see her baby for the day.

"Hey my little Goober! How ya doing? Mommy missed you! Yes she did!" she cooed at him giving him little kisses all over.

Mrs. Smith simply smiled at the young girl. Although she knew that Kira was a young mother, the connection she had with her son was strong and she knew Kira would be ok.

"Here's his diaper bag." She said picking up the bag by the doorway and handing it to Kira.

"Thanks, and thanks again for watching him Mrs. Smith." Kira said.

"No problem dearie, always a pleasure. See you tomorrow." She said.

"Alright, goodnight."

"Goodnight honey" she said waving one final goodbye to Austin and Kira and closing the door.

Kira made her way back to the elevator, Trent following behind in tow all the while cuddling her baby boy.

"Mommy missed you so, so much! I missed you so much little Goober." She cooed at him. Reaching the elevator and pressing the up button she looked over at Trent who was looking at the baby curiously.

"Wanna hold him?" she asked and he gave her an unsure look.

"Uh….not right now, maybe later" he said and she chuckled.

"He won't bite, he only has one tooth"

"Ya but…….I don't know I'm not to good with babies" he said and Kira chuckled once more. Trent was an original.

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