The members of the dino team were huddled behind Ethan as he sat at the main computer in Kira's lair, as they had been since Mia and Andy left as Ethan worked on Kira's system.
"What exactly are you doing?" Trent questioned.
"Well, I'm trying to create a networking system for Kira's lair here," Ethan said. "But, since it's impossible to create something out of nothing, I need to hack into the system Dr. O had in our old lair so I can piggy back Kira onto that and give her system a jump start," he explained. Tommy frowned.
"Oh sure, go ahead and hack into my computer," he grumbled lightly.
"Figured you'd be cool with it," Ethan snickered.
"Oh yes... It's just peachy." Tommy grumbled. Conner chuckled and clapped his former teacher and teammate on the back.
"Hey, it's all for the greater good, isn't it?" He said.
"Greater good my ass," Tommy replied. "I figured that Ethan had all this memorized and could actually create something out of nothing."
"Hey, tech wizard is just a title," Ethan spoke up, "I can't actually perform miracles," he said.
"All right, why don't we just give the master some quiet to work in?" Kira sighed.
"Where's the fun in that?" Trent questioned. Ethan opened his mouth to give a reply when they heard the front door upstairs burst open.
"Kira!" Mia's voice called. Ethan rolled his eyes.
"I thought we got rid of Itchy and Scratchy," he sighed.
"Which ones which?" Conner pondered aloud.
"Does it matter?" Ethan asked. Conner thought about it for a moment.
"Kind of, yeah." He replied. Kira rolled her eyes.
"All right, you guys debate that universal question while I check out what's going on," she said before leaving the lair. She climbed up the stairs to find Mia, Andy and two other teens in her living room. Kira frowned as she approached them.
"Uh, Mia, Andy," she said, crossing her arms. "As much as I'm touched you two feel comfortable enough to drop by unannounced like this….who said you could bring your friends?"
"Oh believe me, they're not friends," Mia said, her eyes narrowing slightly at Christian.
"Ouch," Nathan muttered. Andy placed a hand on his shoulder.
"She didn't mean you," he assured him.
"Okay, can someone give me an explanation here?" Kira cut in. Mia blinked and looked over at her.
"They've got powers," Mia replied.
"Hey!" "Thanks a lot, nark," Nathan and Christian's voices exclaimed in unison, neither too pleased at having their secrets blabbed out. Kira stared at them in shock.
"Excuse me?" She asked. Andy sighed.
"Let's just say we're just one member away of being able to call on Captain Planet," he said. Kira sighed.
"Wonderful." She muttered. She looked at the two new people. "Who's who?" She asked. Both were quiet. Mia rolled her eyes.
"Earth," she said, pointing to Nathan, "fire," she said, sweeping a hand towards Christian so suddenly, it smacked against his face. "Whoops, sorry," she said with mock sincerity. Christian glared at her.
"That's the thanks I get after I swoop in and save you from being strangled to death?" He asked. Mia thought about it for a few moments.
"Yup." She replied.
"Ungrateful bitch," he grumbled, only to get a smack upside the head from Andy.
"Watch your mouth," he warned. Christian glared at him.
"You ever get tired of jumping in and trying to be her knight in faggy armor?" He sneered. Mia spun around and grabbed the collar of what was left of his leather jacket.
"You use that word one more time and I swear I'll make sure you live long enough to regret every second of it," she growled. Kira sighed and grabbed Mia's shoulder, pulling her away from him.
"Stop it. All of you." Kira commented.
"He started it," Mia grumbled.
"Oh, that's mature," Christian replied.
"Oh, and using homophobic slurs is just so classy," Nathan replied, rolling his eyes.
"Knock it off!" Kira yelled, nipping another fight before it started. The four teens looked at her. "All right, will someone tell me what happened?" She asked. The teens were quiet for a moment before Andy spoke up.
"Vengakix made an appearance," he explained. Kira looked at him. From how they looked—Andy's damp appearance, Nathan gingerly rubbing his chest every so often, Mia's ruffled appearance and the burnt remains of her sleeve, and the hole in Christian's jacket, she could only imagine what could've gone on.
"Thank god you're all okay." She commented.
"She nearly wasn't," Christian smirked, gesturing to Mia, "but good thing someone…….who was it? Oh yeah, me, showed up and got the Destruction Bay Strangler off of her."
"Oh don't be so smug," Mia snapped. "I could've gotten her off of me if you hadn't showed up."
"Oh really? Well to me it looked like you were too busy almost passing out to do anything," he replied. Mia simply scoffed and looked away, unable to come up with a response. Andy sighed.
"Mi, he does have a point there, you could've died if it hadn't been for him" he said, only to pause. "Man, I must've hit my head harder than I thought if I'm actually saying that," he muttered. Mia looked at Andy.
"Fine. He saved me... Big deal."
"Don't mention it," Christian said. "I'm sure you'll think of some way to repay me," he said with a wink. Kira glared at him. She was beginning to regret stopping Mia from doing whatever she wanted to do before she pulled her away from him.
"All right, you're starting to get on my last nerve, no more talking from you." Christian looked at Kira and simply nodded. She looked down at Mia, for the first time noticing a mark on the girl's neck. She shifted Mia's hair out of the way and saw the imprint from the hold Vengakix had had on Mia's neck. "Man, she could've snapped your neck like a twig," she muttered.
"Yeah, yeah, but she didn't," Mia said, shaking her head so her hair fell out of Kira's fingers.
"So, we decided that Andy's Scratchy and Mia's Itchy," came Conner's amused voice as he approached the group. He and the others had noticed Kira had been dealing with the teenagers for a while, much longer than it should've taken to send the teens away so he figured he'd go up and investigate. He paused as he saw Nathan and Christian. "Huh, and they brought some new friends with them," Conner mused. Kira nodded.
"That they did..." She trailed off. Nathan gave a wary look at the two adults before leaning into Andy a bit.
"Are they going to kill us?" He whispered to the blonde teen. Andy chuckled.
"Nah, but he and the other guys might bore you to death," he snickered.
"I heard that," Conner stated. Andy grinned.
"Good to know." He replied. Kira sighed, rolling her eyes.
"Look guys," she said, "as much as I'm glad you're all safe and these new developments are noteworthy, there's still nothing you guys can do here." Mia turned around and looked at her.
"We get attacked and you shove us out the door?" She asked incredulously. "Some mentor you are," she muttered. Kira looked at her.
"Like I said before, if there was stuff to keep you busy with, I'd do it... But we have nothing right now." She gave Mia an apologetic look. "I'm not saying we don't care, I'm just saying we're still busy with the boring technical stuff right now. Come back tomorrow, I promise things will be more productive." Mia sighed.
"All right, fine," she muttered.
"Wait, should we leave? I mean, Vengakix's come after us twice already…..well, three times in Mi's case and just one with those two……but…….uh, wait what was my point again?" Andy began. Mia rolled her eyes.
"Let's just go, And," she sighed. Andy nodded.
"Yeah, all right," he said. Kira smiled before looking at Nathan.
"I hope you join them back here tomorrow," she said. Nathan shrugged.
"I must say, I'm kind of curious to see what this is all about, so yeah, I'll be here," he said. Kira smiled and nodded before turning to Christian.
"You're welcome back too, as long as you can the attitude," she said. Christian snorted.
"I'll consider it." He replied as the group headed out of the house. Kira sighed and ran her hands over her face.
"I don't care what Dr. Oliver says, we were nothing like those freaks when we were their age," Conner said privately to Kira, causing her to bite back a laugh. She did her best to hide it behind a light snort as the teens filed out of her house. She waited until the door slammed before she chuckled.
"You're so right." She replied. Conner smiled.
"Ah," he said, as Kira turned to face him, "alone at last," he observed. Kira's eyes went wide a bit as she looked up at him.
"Uh, yeah, I guess we are," she said, biting her lip gently as she wondered what that statement meant. Conner smiled down at her.
"I didn't want to say this in front of the others," he said, shrugging a bit, "ya know, didn't want to embarrass you or anything but," he said, letting his voice trail off.
"But?" Kira asked expectantly.
"You look good," he said. "I might even say beautiful," he said playfully. "The brown hair really brings out your eyes." Kira frowned.
"Oh…is that……I mean…..uh, thanks," she muttered lamely. Conner looked at her.
"You okay?" He questioned. Kira nodded.
"Yeah…just….tired I guess…It's been a long few days," she lied. Conner observed her carefully.
"Are you sure?" He asked. Kira nodded. "Really?" He asked. "Because your left eye just twitched when you said that, and again just now."
"So?" Kira asked. Conner smiled.
"Your left eye always twitches when you're being less than a hundred percent truthful," he pointed out. Kira frowned.
"What's with the current obsession with my eyes, McKnight?" She snapped defensively. Conner held up his hands.
"No need to get defensive Kira... I'm just trying to see what's bothering you." He replied. "You used to tell me everything." He replied, sounding a little hurt. Kira looked away.
"Not everything," she muttered. Conner looked at her.
"What does that mean?" He asked. Kira looked up at him, mentally kicking herself for saying that out loud. "Kira, what haven't you told me?" He asked.
"Nothing," Kira said quickly, shaking her head. "I just mean that…uh….I'm sorry, I shouldn't have snapped at you," she said. Conner looked at her.
"There's the eye twitch again." He commented softly. Kira sighed.
"I just meant that….well, hey, I didn't tell you about that whole Adam thing, remember? So obviously, I don't tell you everything." She said, praying her eye didn't twitch. Hey, it is the truth, she reasoned, ….just not the truth he's looking for.
"You're 0 for 4 here, Kir, there's that twitch again. Now you've either hiding something huge from me or you're about to have a stroke." Kira looked at him.
"You wouldn't believe me if I told you." She replied softly, not meeting his gaze. She went to step past him to rejoin the others in the lair when he stopped her by putting a hand on her arm.
"Try me," he said softly.
"I can't." She whispered. Conner placed his hand under her chin and tilted it upwards.
"Why not?" He questioned. Kira sighed softly.
"I don't want to hurt you." She whispered. Conner looked at her.
"Hey you guys might wanna come look at this." Trent commented as he walked into the living room. He paused as he saw how close the two were standing. "Oh," he said, his eyebrows going up. "I uh….sorry, didn't mean to interrupt…anything…." He muttered.
"You didn't," Kira said.
"I believe he did," Conner muttered privately to her. Kira chanced a look at him before quickly looking back at Trent.
"We'll be right there," she said. Trent nodded.
"Take your time," he said, giving her a private wink as he turned around and went back downstairs. Conner caught the wink and frowned, letting her go.
"Yeah, I guess he's not interrupting anything," he spat out with more venom than he meant to. Kira gave him an odd look.
"Conner?" She asked, confused by his tone.
"Lets go." He replied angrily. Kira stood there for a moment, just staring at him.
"Did I just miss something?" She questioned.
"No," Conner said, "but I obviously did," he said.
"I'm lost here," Kira admitted. Conner narrowed his eyes at her.
"Oh don't act dumb, Kira," he said, "it's unbecoming of you." Kira took a step back.
"Conner, what is going on... What's with the Jekyll and Hyde routine?" She asked, placing a hand on his arm. Conner shrugged her hand off of him.
"It's nothing," he said. "I just think it's pretty childish that you two are hiding it."
"Hiding what?" She asked, confused.
"Really, no need to go behind all our backs for my benefit, I really could care less," he hissed.
"Conner, what the hell are you talking about?" Kira pressed, the confusion putting her a little on edge.
"You and Trent... Again." He spat.
"Me and Trent?" Kira asked, still confused.
"So, what, feeling a little bored and figured you'd just rotate through all your ex boyfriends? Going to go to that cheating asshole Darrin once you're bored with Trent? Well if you do, do me a favor and wake Ethan up in the middle night with your sobbing phone calls this time." He bit out. Kira's eyes widened, the comment cutting her deep and her hand flew across his face before she could stop herself.
"You really think that I'd be stupid enough to go back to any of them? Christ Conner." She muttered before turning away, tears shining in her eyes. Conner looked at her, idly rubbing his sore cheek.
"So, what you're saying you and Trent haven't gotten back together?" He asked. Kira shook her head.
"You're such an idiot, Conner," she muttered through her tears. "Trent and I are just friends, just like we've been for years now."
"Then what was that wink all about?" Conner countered. Kira spun around to face him, giving him a chance to see the tears he'd caused. His face fell briefly as guilt crept into him, causing a churning feeling in the pit of his stomach.
"Because he knows, okay?" She spat out.
"Knows what?" Conner asked. Kira looked away.
"The same thing Ethan knows," she muttered. Conner rolled his eyes.
"Fine, well it's obviously something Conner doesn't know, and he'd really like to know," he snapped. Kira looked down, her chin quivering as more tears leaked out.
"Please Con," she whispered, "just let it go."
"Let what go?" Conner asked. "What is it, Kira? What huge secret is there that Ethan and Trent can know but I can't?" He demanded. "I thought we were best friends, Kir, we've always told each other everything." Kira looked up, her eyes narrowing slightly.
"Yeah, well maybe that's the problem," she hissed. Conner stared at her for a moment.
"And what's that supposed to mean?" He asked.
"Maybe all these years of you telling me all about the latest bimbo you've gotten into bed has made me a little sick," she said.
"Oh, what, are you going to take the moral road here, Kira? Hey at least all the people I've dated were in at least the same age group as me, so don't go there," Conner said. Kira glared at him.
"It was just one guy! And it was over half a decade ago, why can't any of you let that go?"
"Because he was Tommy's age for Christ sake!" Conner exclaimed.
"So freaking what?!" Kira shot back. "It wasn't a big deal, we ended up hanging out a bit after we helped out the Overdrive team and things just went that way, we tried it, it didn't work out and the whole thing was over just as fast as it started. Besides, it wasn't like I was some naïve seventeen year old and he was taking advantage like Tommy tried to make it out to be. We were both adults, we ventured into a relationship for a few months, realized we really weren't that into it so we decided to leave it as friends before anyone got hurt." She shook her head. "And that's not the point!" She exclaimed.
"Well what is the point?!" Conner demanded.
"I'm in love with you!" She spat out instantly.
"I-" Conner paused as he caught what she said. "What?" He breathed out, staring at her with wide astonished eyes. Kira blinked as she realized what she had just said. Her hand went up, covering her mouth.
"Oh god," she muttered. "Oh god, oh god, oh god, I didn't just say that, please tell me I just didn't say that," she whispered, squeezing her eyes shut. Conner stood there, mouth hanging open slightly in awe. Kira blinked again. She knew that no matter how much she prayed for what just happened to have been part of her wild imagination, she knew it had actually happened and she had to deal with the consequences. "Are you going to say anything?" She said timidly after a while. Conner simply stared at her, too overcome with his own thoughts to speak. Kira closed her eyes as she felt her heart break inside her chest. She always suspected that if she was ever foolish enough to reveal her feelings to Conner she'd be met with rejection and yet, actually standing there and experiencing it hurt her more than she could ever comprehend. "See, this is why I didn't want to tell you," she whispered. Conner just continued to stare at Kira, who now had tears rolling down her cheeks. Her breath hitching in her speak snapped him from his thoughts. "We'll just say that you have to go back to Reefside sooner than expected." She all but sobbed as she moved towards the hallway to go back downstairs. She had only gotten two steps away from him when he quickly grabbed her arm and pulled her back towards him so suddenly she nearly stumbled against him. "Conner, I'm not in the mood for any patronizing friend comforting crap," she said as she tried to move away from him. Instead of replying, Conner further shocked Kira by spinning her to face him and backing her up until her back touched the nearby wall. "Conner," she protested, but all further protests were cut off by Conner's mouth covering hers in a searing kiss. Kira's eyes widened at the feel of his lips moving against hers, the feeling being a hundred times better than any dream or fantasy she'd ever had. She gave out a small squeak of surprise at the feel of his tongue sweeping past her lips, asking for entrance. Kira could do nothing but part them as his tongue slid in, moving against hers. She sighed as she finally got over her shock enough to reciprocate the action, kissing him back as her hands gripped his shirt at his hips, keeping him there as she feared that if she let him go, he and his lips would slip away.
"Hey guys, what's taking so lo—Oh. My. God," Tommy's voice rang out, causing the pair to quickly break apart and look over to see Tommy and Ethan standing a few feet away. Tommy's face was pale with embarrassment and shock while Ethan bore a wide grin and started clapping as if he'd just seen a Tony award winning play. The blush crept up Kira's neck and onto her face incredibly quickly. She mumbled something and turned away, moving into the dining room. Conner sighed, resting his forehead against the wall for a moment, feeling both embarrassed that they'd been caught, and frustrated that they had to stop kissing. Tommy looked at Ethan and then back to Conner.
"Uh... I'm just gonna pretend that I didn't see that and just go back downstairs." He muttered. "You guys just…come join us when you're ready," he said before heading back down to the basement. He paused when he realized that Ethan was still standing in place, grinning at his two friends. "Come on," he commanded, grabbing the tech genius's arm and yanking him along with him.
"What? Aw come on, ten years of hearing them whine and pine over one another and I have to leave just when things get interesting?" Kira and Conner both stared at their friend in shock.
"You knew?!" They both exclaimed. Tommy sighed and let go of Ethan's arm, figuring he'd leave the three to discuss this.
"I'll be downstairs with Trent," he said as he went down to the basement, leaving the trio facing one another. Conner glared at Ethan as their former mentor walked away.
"Spill." Conner demanded. Ethan's grin faded as he saw the look Conner was giving him.
"Uh, ya know what, maybe I should just give you two a chance to talk," he muttered as he tried to back away to the stairs, only to be stopped by Kira who'd come up behind him.
"Oh no you don't," she said firmly. Ethan sighed and stepped away so as not to be caught in between them.
"Hey," he said, "don't be mad at me. It's not my fault that you both decided to confide your feelings for each other in me and both decided to swear me to secrecy," he pointed out.
"But we can be mad at you for spilling that now." Conner replied angrily. Ethan looked at him, his mouth falling open in shock.
"Wha……Wait, you can't be mad at me for that……..You two were kissing for Christ's sake! So obviously those feelings you were keeping from each other are out in the open now!" Kira looked from Ethan to Conner and back again.
"Honestly, I agree with him..." She trailed off. "Why are we mad at him?"
"Because it's his fault that it took us this long to-" Conner began.
"Oh no you don't," Ethan quickly cut in, shaking his head. "You both told me to keep this secret for you, and against my better judgment I did because I wanted to be a good friend and didn't want to tell tales out of school. And beyond that, I really didn't think it'd be right for me to play messenger and say 'Hey, Con, Kira loves you' or 'Hey, Kir, Conner loves you'," he said. Kira's eyes widened slightly at that and Conner looked away, his cheeks reddening as Ethan continued. "I did nothing to keep you two apart. In fact, I tried my hardest to push you together in any way I could. What do you call me all but putting a gun to each of your heads in suggesting you two come clean and tell each other how you feel?" Ethan said. Kira sighed.
"I'm sorry, Ethe." She replied. Ethan looked at her and gave her a smile before stepping closer and putting an arm around each of their shoulders.
"Hey, no worries, what matters now is that you two crazy kids are finally together," he grinned. "And dear god do I mean finally," he added.
"All right, Ethan," Conner said, rolling his eyes. Kira slowly pulled out of the quasi group hug.
"Right... If you'll excuse me." She replied heading towards the stairs to go up to where the bedrooms where. Conner looked up and ducked out of Ethan's embrace.
"Where are you going?" He asked. He cringed slightly at how desperate his voice sounded. Kira stopped at the bottom of the stairs and turned around.
"Firstly, to take off my shoes." She replied, kicking off her black metal stilettos and letting them crash against the wall beside the door. "Secondly, to wash my face... The make-up was caked on already, so I can only imagine how it looks now." She continued. "And lastly, to change."
"We'll be waiting," Ethan said. Conner gave him a look which quickly conveyed a message. "Oh, I mean, I'll be downstairs and he'll be waiting," this only got him another sharp look from Conner. "Uh…I mean…no, he won't be waiting," again another sharp look from his friend. "Oh hell do whatever you want to do, I give up!" Ethan sighed as he turned around and went downstairs. Kira laughed as she headed up stairs.
"I'll be down soon." She commented. Conner sighed and sat down on the couch as he heard Kira's footsteps go up the stairs. Kira walked into her master bedroom and slowly shut the door behind her and locked it. She leaned her back against the door and slid down. Her head was spinning from what had just happened. She told Conner she loved him……….and they kissed………and Ethan informed her that Conner loved her too. She didn't know which thought to address first in her contemplating. Though, she didn't exactly have time to choose since a knock on her door brought her back out of her thoughts.
"Kira?" Conner asked gently. Kira turned her head slightly and looked at the door.
"Yeah?" She replied.
"Can I come in?" He asked. Kira slowly climbed up to her feet as she considered his request.
"Uh…yeah…sure…" She said. There was a moment of pause before Conner spoke again.
"Kira?" He said.
"Yes?"
"I sort of need you to unlock the door," he pointed out, the smirk evident in his tone. Kira gave a weak chuckle before unlocking the door and letting it swing open. Conner smiled before slowly stepping in, pushing the door shut behind him. Kira bit her lip and looked around, feeling too nervous to look at him. Conner was in her room. She felt giddy and excited and a complete nervous wreck.
"Uh, so…what's up?" She asked casually.
"Oh, not much," Conner replied in kind, "just made out with this girl I've sort of been crushing on for a while." Kira's cheeks blushed a bit at that. She felt Conner move past her as he moved over and plopped down on her bed, lounging comfortably. "It was pretty good too, well, that is until two of our bonehead friends interrupted us," he said.
"Seems like it's in their job description as friends." She replied. Conner blinked and looked up at her before quickly sitting up, his face suddenly serious.
"You're….not saying you regret what happened downstairs…do you?" She asked. Kira sighed and slowly walked over to the bed, stopping beside him before nodding slowly.
"Yeah, I am saying that," she said softly. Conner's eyes widened and he opened his mouth to reply when he saw the slight twinkle in her eye. "I regret that our friends have such horrible timing," she said, smiling. Conner stared at her for a moment before catching her hand and pulling her down on the bed, causing her to give a startled shriek before he rolled on top of her.
"That wasn't nice," he said lowly.
"Playing nice gets you nowhere." She replied. Conner gave her a hard look.
"You nearly had me going there for a moment," he informed her. "I hope you've got a way to make it up for that," he said. Kira looked up in his eyes, biting her lip at the passion and hunger she saw there. Passion and hunger that he'd kept at bay for ten years. Kira could understand that, for she had done the same with her own feelings. And as much as she wanted to give in and let the decade of pent up frustrations and feelings have their way with them both, she knew they needed to talk about some things. Of course, it was a little hard to focus on whatever things they needed to discuss with Conner running a hand up her leg.
"Wait," she breathed out, mentally rewarding herself for keeping a clear head and kicking herself for stopping what could've happened next. Conner looked at her.
"Yeah?" He questioned. Kira sighed and sat up, forcing Conner to do the same.
"We should talk," she said. Conner blinked before slowly nodding.
"Yeah…I guess we should," he said, realizing she had a point. He loved Kira, and if they were going to go anywhere, make any steps in a relationship, he wanted to make sure to do things right. And he knew that involved talking things over. Kira nodded and pushed some hair behind her ear.
"Um…okay…" She said softly. "What Ethan said….was it true? I mean, have you really had feelings for me for all this time?" She asked. Conner nodded.
"Yeah." He replied. Kira looked at him, staying quiet as she tried to choose her words carefully.
"Then…" She began, "I mean….how come….uh…." She paused again, letting out a shaky breath. There really wasn't a right way to ask her question so she figured she should just do it fast, as if ripping off a band aid. "How come you've been a bit of a man whore these past years?" She blurted out. Her eyes widened and she quickly covered her mouth, looking away. "Oh god, I didn't mean to say it like that," she said. Conner quirked an eyebrow at her before sighing.
"Okay, I deserved that," he reached over and pulled her hand away from her mouth. "If me talking about all of my….past girlfriends….hurt you even half as much as hearing about Trent, Darrin, Adam and Christopher hurt me….then….yeah…..deserved that one," he said softly. Kira looked at him.
"I really didn't mean for it to come out sound like that though." She replied honestly. Conner nodded, smiling gently.
"Yeah, I know, but even still, I deserve it," he said. He sighed. "Do you really want to know?" He asked. Kira regarded him carefully.
"I don't know, do I?" She asked, worried that whatever explanation he could give would hurt her just as much as hearing about all those girls had.
"Well, it's going to just remove any doubt of how much of an idiot I am," he warned.
"Go on," Kira said, figuring even if the explanation hurt, she wanted to know. Conner sighed, nodding.
"Well…..okay….as far as Krista goes….I did honestly think that I had feelings for her. And maybe I did, I'm not really sure any more." Kira pursed her lips slightly. Even though it had been ten years, she still couldn't help feel jealous over Krista. "I think part of why I was attracted to her was that…she was so different," this only made Kira's frown deepened as she regretted opening this up for discussion. If she was having trouble hearing about Krista, she wasn't sure she could handle the rest. "She saw past my jock bravado and called me on my bull."
"And I didn't?" Kira blurted out. Conner looked at her.
"I didn't say that," he said. "I just mean that….well…it was different. I mean, at the time, I was still figuring out how I felt about you…….and……"
"Okay, moving on," Kira sighed. Conner squeezed her hand gently.
"Hey, we can talk about something else if this is bothering you," he said. Kira sighed and shook her head.
"No, I'm sorry," she said. "I mean….I did ask, didn't I? It's better that I hear this now instead of letting it go and internalizing it for god knows how long," she reasoned.
"Are you sure?" He asked. Kira nodded. "Okay," he said, getting back into his story. "I just mean that I was still trying to figure out a lot of things at that time….life…my feelings for you….everything. And Krista…….as much as her Conner bull shit detector was turned on high….didn't know me. And if it makes sense at all….that was a good thing at the time. It let me figure out things on my own without going by what someone else knew about me."
"Did you love her?" Kira asked. Conner shook his head.
"No," he said. Kira couldn't help smile at that. "Anyway, after we broke up….that was when……..the you part started becoming less 'need to figure it out' and I understood it more. Especially after you were there for me."
"So why didn't we….." Kira asked, her voice trailing off. Conner sighed.
"You were with Trent," he reminded her. "And……I guess I thought he was who you wanted, so I didn't try and just stayed in my post break up misery."
"Oh," Kira murmured, suddenly feeling like a world class idiot. "What about Laura?" She asked. Conner paused as he thought back to his first college girlfriend.
"Me trying to get over you, honestly," he admitted. "We were in different schools in different states, and you and Trent were still together, so I just wanted to forget about my feelings for you and I thought the only way to do that was throw myself into a another relationship. Same goes for Heidi," he said. Kira frowned.
"Wait a second," she said. "Trent and I broke up a little bit before Heidi got deported…..I mean, finished her exchange program and went back home," she amended. During her dislike for Conner's girlfriend at the time, she'd often had fantasies of INS finding her out to be some Swiss spy and deporting her back to her homeland. "So, why did you then move on to Carla?" Conner shut his mouth and looked away sheepishly. "Well?" Kira asked.
"It……..was a guy thing," he admitted. "Flight attendant….." Kira made a face at him. "Sorry," he muttered. Kira sighed.
"All right, but after you got….that….out of your system, I was still single, so why did you go on to Lorraine? What, are exceedingly ditzy co-eds a guy thing too?" She asked. Conner sighed.
"Well, no," he said. "It's just that….by that time….I sort of made myself believe that you and I could never happen," he said. Kira looked at him.
"Why's that?" She asked. Conner looked down.
"You were my best friend, Kir," he said. "I was just….I'd convinced myself that there was no way you felt for me what I felt for you and even if you did…..if we got together, I would do something stupid and ruin everything and not only lose you as a girlfriend but lose you as a friend too, and I couldn't let that happen."
"So…Lorraine and all the ones after that….were what? You admitting defeat and just letting whatever pair of batting eyelashes into your bed?" She asked. Conner shrugged.
"I guess so." He replied softly. "I wanted to forget about you….so….yeah…" He murmured lamely. He blinked and looked up at her. "All right, your turn," he said, turning the tables on her. "If you really did love me all this time….how do you explain Trent, Darrin, Adam and Christopher?" Kira bit her lip.
"Trent was simple and not complicated... It made sense at the time to be with him." She replied.
"He was our enemy for a good chunk of time, not to mention the big bad enemy's son….how was that simple and not complicated?" Conner asked. Kira sighed.
"I guess it boiled down to…..When I first met him…….I was attracted to him…..and at that time you and I were just starting to stand each other let alone be friends…..And after we found out he was the white ranger….by that time I knew those feelings were fading but at the same time he needed help and I wanted to be there for him. After he finally joined our side…….I was already falling for you……but not long after that you started mooning over Krista. So….with you two at prom together, and Ethan with Angela……Trent and I ended up sticking together and," she shrugged, "one thing lead to another and we just……ended up together."
"I see," Conner said. "So...you guys were together for nearly two years and all the while you still had feelings for me?" Kira slowly nodded.
"We stayed together mostly out of convenience," she admitted. "Our schools were close by, we didn't want to be alone, so it just……worked out that way."
"But?" Conner asked. Kira shrugged.
"The convenience just wasn't worth it anymore. Especially when we started functioning more like friends than boyfriend and girlfriend." She shrugged. "After that, I decided to just be on my own for a while, figure things out. A year later I met Darrin and…..I stupidly thought I'd figured enough stuff out."
"The cheating ass," Conner grumbled. Kira nodded.
"Yeah…I thought he was……so great. I mean we had the same passion for music and I loved hearing his band play……but……well, yeah you know how that turned out," Kira said, referring to her finding him in bed with one of his groupies and finding out that hadn't been the first time he went with one of his fans behind her back.
"And then there was Adam." Conner commented. Kira sighed.
"Yeah, then there was Adam," she said. "To be honest, that was another relationship out of convenience. We'd become somewhat close friends after the Overdrive mission, he was just getting over his break up with Tanya and I was still recovering from Darrin while also stinging over you and Betsy," she paused, "or was it Delilah at that point?" She muttered.
"Okay, I get it I was with someone and you weren't all smiles about it," Conner sighed.
"Well, one night he was showing me around his dojo and….things just happened," Kira continued. "I was pretty freaked. I mean, I knew that this guy was one of Dr. Oliver's closest friends but……." She shrugged. "I was young and just got caught up with it all," she admitted. Conner sighed. He'd just about lost it when Ethan had called him and said that Kira was dating someone who was not only ten years older than her, but was one of Dr. Oliver's former teammates. It had in fact, been what ended his relationship with Delilah, who he was with at the time. She had seen how bent out of shape he was getting over Kira and Adam and got extremely jealous. As much as he tried to play it off as being concerned for a friend possibly getting in over her head, Delilah didn't believe him and subsequently dumped him for his roommate at the time. As awkward as that made things around the apartment for a while, he wasn't all that hurt seeing as all this thoughts were consumed by the idea of Kira being with Adam. It hurt him deeper than her previous relationships. When Kira had been with Trent or Darrin, Conner had no reason to feel less than them. They were peers, his age, nothing more or nothing less than himself. But Adam was different. He was more mature, older, owned his own business. It made Conner feel inadequate and worthless and all the more reason for him to dive into his next relationship out of the sheer need for validation. Kira noticed Conner's fists clenching tightly.
"Sorry." She commented softly. "I know he's not your favorite person to discuss." After Kira had found out that Ethan had blabbed to the others about her and Adam, whenever she'd try to discuss it with Conner, he'd promptly change the subject. She had at one point gone as far as accuse him of being unfair since she'd always listen about his relationships, which led to him blowing up at her and saying how inappropriate it was. At the time Kira took it at face value, the age difference, and let it go. But now, she could see there was more to it than that. Conner sighed, relaxing his hands.
"It's not a big deal," he said. He cleared his throat. "So, what led to you guys calling it quits?"
"We realized that…after the novelty wore off, we weren't that into each other as we thought. He still had feelings for Tanya, and I was pinning over you." Conner nodded.
"I guess that'd be a good reason to end things." He commented. "So…Christopher?" He asked, reaching the end of her past relationships. Kira sighed.
"You were in the middle of making your transition from Zoë to Monica, I was starting my teaching degree and not loving how you would gush about Monica whenever we talked on the phone," she said. Conner frowned.
"Sorry about that," he said. Kira waved it off.
"Anyway, as you remember," she said, drawing light to her discussing Christopher with him while she was dating him, "it was nice for a while but in the end….I wasn't his type."
"What do you mean by that?" He questioned. Kira paused for a second. She could've sworn she'd given him all the details but she quickly remembered that that breakup had been one she'd only shared with Ethan.
"Sorry, I thought you knew," she said. She cleared her throat. "Let's just say…..he was in the process of figuring out some things…and when he did figure them out, it turned out I lacked a certain body part to get his motor running." Conner blinked.
"What do you mean?"
"He would've been happier going for you than me," she said in the simplest fashion that she could. It wasn't too far from the truth, as Kira remembered Christopher looking at Conner's picture one of the nights she invited him over to her apartment and seeming a bit interested in what he saw. Conner's eyes widened.
"Are you serious?" He whispered. Kira nodded. Conner sat back a moment before snickering. "I remember you telling me you guys broke up because of 'different interests'………sounds to me you had pretty similar interests," he joked. Kira glared at him and grabbed one of the pillows she was leaning against and smacked him with it. "Ow!" He cried as he continued to laugh.
"It's not funny!" She yelled, though she couldn't help laugh as well. "It was horrible. I was convinced there was something like……totally repellent about me and I'd turned him gay!"
"Hmm," Conner said. "Now that you mention it," he said. "I have been having these weird thoughts about Ethan these past few minutes but I didn't know why…."
"Conner!" Kira exclaimed, hitting him with the pillow again. Conner just continued to laugh. He grabbed the pillow away from her and tossed it aside. "You're terrible," she grumbled, crossing her arms. Conner gave her a sly grin.
"But you love me anyway," he teased. Kira stuck out her tongue at him and looked away. Conner's grin only widened. "I'm pretty sure we can think of other things to do with that tongue," he murmured before shifting closer to her. Kira placed a hand on his chest to stop him.
"Wait," she said. Conner groaned before collapsing backwards, lying back on her bed.
"What now?" He grumbled pitifully. Kira bit back a smile before sighing.
"Conner, I'm not all the other girls you've dated," she said. Conner's brows furrowed.
"I know that," he said in all seriousness. Kira nodded.
"Okay, so in that case, we're going to take things slow," she said.
"Slow?" Conner asked.
"Yes, so you can stop thinking about moving in my room, you're getting one of the guest rooms just like the other guys," she said. Conner pouted.
"What if I promise to behave?" He asked.
"Then I might reconsider it later on... But for now..." She replied.
"For now I'm banished to one of the guest rooms, got it," Conner sighed. He looked up at her before reaching up, twirling a strand of her hair in his fingers. "I do love you," he said, "you know that right?" Kira eyed him carefully.
"You can't sweet talk your way into my bed," she said. Conner shook his head.
"Nor would I try to," he said. "I'm being serious here, Kira," he said, locking his eyes with hers. "I love you. I always have. I respect you……..I'm not saying I didn't respect the girls in my past but…..I guess…..what I mean is with them, I don't think I cared enough to actually make sure things were going at the right pace…Ya know? It's different with you. I want to do this the right way."
"And what do you suppose is the right way?" Kira asked.
"Hell if I know," Conner admitted, causing Kira to laugh gently.
"Good to know." She replied. She sighed as she settled down in a lying position beside him. "I guess we can figure out what the right way is together," she suggested. "And while we're doing that, we can do a little bit of this," she said softly before gently brushing her lips against his. Conner grinned.
"I like the sound of that." He replied. He returned the kiss and the two slowly deepened the contact as Conner shifted, slowly moving on top of her. Kira moved her hands up and ran her fingers through his hair as his hands went to her hips. The two stayed this way for a while before Conner groaned and rolled off of her.
"What's wrong?" Kira asked, looking at him a concerned look on her face. Conner sighed, shaking his head.
"Nothing….just….Head and heart are all for the taking it slow approach...Unfortunately other parts are reacting to ten years of imagining stuff like this and finally experiencing it for real," he muttered. Kira couldn't help giggle lightly. Conner shot a playful glare at her.
"Glad to see that you think it's amusing." He commented. Kira laughed and shook her head before reaching over and stroking his cheek.
"I'm not laughing at you," she said.
"You're not?" Conner asked, unconvinced. Kira sighed.
"I feel the same way," she admitted. "You're not the only one who's got ten years of pent up feelings."
"Good to know." Conner replied. Kira shifted beside him until she was cuddled up next to him, her head on his chest. Conner lifted his arm and put it around her.
"Believe me," Kira said, "there's nothing I'd want to do more than to-"
"Kira," Conner pleaded, chuckling gently, "if you have any regard for my sanity, please, don't finish that sentence," he said. He wasn't sure he could handle hearing whatever it was she wanted to do with her lying so close to him and him not being able to do anything to make whatever want she had a reality. Kira chuckled.
"Alright, I won't," she said.
"Thank you," Conner sighed.
"Maybe we should go see what the others are doing, to ensure we're not tempted into misbehaving," Kira suggested. Conner laughed.
"Okay, new rule, no using possibly salacious vocabulary like 'tempted' and 'misbehaving'," he said. He paused for a moment, "and while we're at it, 'doing' is out too," he said. Kira giggled and sat up.
"Come on," she said. Conner gave an exaggerated groan and rolled his eyes.
"No more of that word either," he said. Kira rolled her eyes.
"Oh now you're just being ridiculous," she said. Conner grinned.
"I try my best." He replied. Kira shook her head and climbed over him to get out of bed. "Oh, now you're just teasing me," Conner chuckled as he had to keep himself from pulling her to him as she moved over him. Kira got out of bed and stood up.
"Perhaps," she teased. She held her hand out to him. "Let's go," she said. Conner sighed and sat up, taking her hand as he stood up.
"Fine." He replied. The two left the room and went down the stairs, their hands locked together as they made their way to the basement. They walked into the lair to find their three friends standing by one of the tables set up in the lair. Ethan looked up at them and grinned as his eyes focused on their locked hands.
"Ah, done with the make out session, kids?" He teased. Kira just flipped Ethan off.
"What did you want to show us?" She questioned. Ethan chuckled and picked up the medium sized box that had been on the table that he and the others were looking at. He went over to the couple and handed it to Kira.
"The coins, m'lady," he smiled. Kira looked at him for a moment before releasing Conner's hand and opening the box. Upon opening she saw five different colored coins that caught the light and set little reflections of light to the wall once the box was opened. She smiled before glancing up at Ethan.
"They're amazing." She commented. Ethan smiled.
"As you can see I tried to model them after our gems in terms colors--red, blue, yellow, white--unfortunately when I was making that one," he said, pointing to the green coin in the box, "something kind of went wonky and black somehow turned into green. Don't ask how……because I haven't the foggiest idea," he chuckled. Tommy laughed.
"Maybe the coin picked up on my first color and preferred to go green instead of black," he kidded.
"Or maybe it's just a really old coin." Conner replied. The others laughed.
"So, since Kira deemed that we're not fit to resume ranger duties," Ethan joked, "guess we'll had these over to the kids."
"Well, there's five coins and only four kids," Conner pointed out. Ethan looked at him.
"When did two become four? What, we got ourselves another cloning issue?" Ethan joked. Trent shook his head as he remembered the trouble that came with the white ranger clone back when they were rangers. As the others talked, Kira's eyes narrowed on the yellow coin in the box as she felt something inside of her being drawn to it. The voices of her friends faded into soft echoes in her ears as the coin, which seemed to glow under her gaze, invaded her senses. She shifted the box in her hand so she was now holding it in one hand as her other reached out and touched it….And then everything went black.
"Kira!" Conner exclaimed as he saw Kira collapse beside him, the box falling out of her hand and hitting the floor. Conner kneeled down beside her and saw that she was out cold, her right hand balled in a tight fist around something.
"What happened?" Ethan asked worriedly as he, Tommy and Trent went over to her side as well, all four guys kneeling beside her.
"I don't know," Conner said, his eyes focusing on Kira intently. He slowly took her shoulders in his arms and pulled her up slightly. "Kira?" He spoke, shaking her lightly. "Come on, Kir, wake up." Kira groaned gently in his arms and opened her eyes. She looked up at Conner dazedly. Conner smiled, his worry slowly washing away with the waves of relief he felt the second she looked at him.
"Hey, you okay?" He asked. Kira nodded.
"Yeah….just….I don't know, felt dizzy," she murmured as Conner helped her sit up.
"I'll go get you some water," Tommy said as he stood up and ran up the stairs. Beside her, she felt Ethan take her right hand in his, gently prying her fist open.
"Uh, I might be wrong, but this might've been the cause of it," he said, causing the other three to look and see the yellow coin in her palm, glowing brightly. Kira's brows furrowed.
"I don't remember picking it up," she muttered.
"You don't?" Ethan questioned. Kira shook her head.
"Not at all," she said. Behind them, they heard Tommy climb back down the stairs before resuming his spot beside her.
"Here," he said, handing her the glass.
"Thanks," Kira said as she accepted the glass and took a long sip of water.
"So, what do you remember?" Ethan asked. Tommy chose not to ask what to ask what he was talking about and simply sat back as Kira began to talk.
"The coin, it was glowing in the box," she said, "and I touched it. There were all these….flashes in my head."
"What kind of flashes?" Trent asked.
"It was like this bright yellow light….and I saw someone in it…….it was just like…an outline of a figure…but I somehow knew it was me…." The others looked at her intently. She blinked and looked at them. "What?" She questioned. Ethan chuckled.
"Weird flashes, dizziness….mind you without the passing out….wasn't that what happened to us when we touched the gems ten years ago?" He asked. Kira's eyebrows went up.
"What are you saying?" She whispered.
"You know what I'm saying," Ethan replied. He blinked and looked at the other coins, which had scattered to the floor when Kira dropped the box. He'd been in close contact with all coins in constructing the power and had no reaction at all, so he figured perhaps he wasn't meant to resume his powers like Kira obviously was. He slid over and gathered the coins back in the box before going back to the others.
"I'm sorry," Kira blurted out. The others looked at her.
"What are you sorry for?" Conner asked. Kira blinked and looked at Ethan.
"That they didn't react with you," she said. Ethan fixed her with an odd look.
"What?" He asked, slightly surprised she had said that. Tommy looked at her.
"You're sorry because you're going to be a ranger again and we're not." He replied. Kira blinked.
"Well….no….I mean….he said…" She muttered, feeling a little confused. "He said the coins didn't react to him when he was working on them."
"Uh, Kir, Ethan didn't say anything," Conner said gently. Ethan looked at her for a moment before chuckling.
"Huh, guess that answers that question," he said.
"What question?" Trent asked.
"Whether that," he said, pointing to the coin in Kira's hand, "would give Kira back her old power, something new, or no power at all." He looked at Kira. "I didn't say that, Kira, I thought it," he said. Kira's eyes widened.
"Whoa, freaky," Conner muttered. Ethan looked down at the box.
"As for the rest of us," he said. "Well, we already know I'm not in line to dust off the ranger gear, and since Trent and Tommy were looking at them with me before you guys got here, my guess is neither are they……..But, Conner…." He said, letting his voice trail off as he handed the box to him. Conner wordlessly took the box from him and flipped it open. He gazed down at the four remaining coins for a long while.
"Well?" Kira asked expectantly. Conner shook his head and shut the box.
"Nope," he said, handing it back to Ethan. Kira sighed and looked down. As much as she would have loved to have the guys fighting side by side with her again... She knew that she was going to be fighting this bitch alone with four teens that'd never done anything like it before. That is, her mind piped up, reminding her of harsh realities, if the remaining coins even react to them. She realized that just because Mia, Andy, Nathan and Christian had powers of their own didn't necessarily they were destined to be power rangers. She was brought out of her thoughts by Conner gently touching her back. "You okay?" He whispered to her. Kira looked at him and nodded slowly before laying her head on his shoulder.
"Well, this is different." Trent commented. He blinked and looked at Kira. "You got a handle on that new power of yours, or are you reading all our thoughts right now?" He asked cautiously. Kira chuckled.
"It's under control right now," she said. "I think what happened before was sort of….I don't know….things testing themselves out," she said. Ethan nodded.
"Makes sense," he said. "Remember when the three of us were running from the Tyranadrones after picking up the gems? The powers just sort of came out of nowhere but after the initial outburst we could control them. Looks like your new power just wanted to jump up and say 'hey, I'm here,' before sitting back until you need it next," he joked. Kira nodded.
"Yeah," she said. Tommy sighed.
"Well, today's certainly been eventful," he said. "Reunions, new friends, people becoming rangers again, people making out," he teased. Kira groaned and Conner rolled his eyes while Trent and Ethan snickered.
"Have I mentioned how much I hate you?" Kira questioned.
"Not lately," Tommy joked. "Anyway, point is, maybe we should all get some rest since there's nothing else we can do without knowing if those coins will react to those kids," Tommy pointed out, proving that obviously the others had been having similar thoughts as Kira in terms of that. "Besides," he said, "I should probably call home and check on Kim and David," Tommy said, referring to his and Kimberly's four year old son.
"Oh, shit," Ethan blurted out as Tommy mentioning his family suddenly made him remember his own. "Shelly's going to kill me for not calling her sooner," Ethan muttered. Kira, Conner and Trent watched as the two family men left the lair to retrieve their respective cell phones from the bags they'd left upstairs.
"Well, I feel like an odd duck out." Trent commented.
"You could call Monique," Kira chuckled.
"Would like to, but phone's dead and I forgot my charger in New York," he sighed. Kira rolled her eyes and pointed to the cordless phone across the room. Trent looked over, his face brightening.
"Thank you," he muttered quickly before springing up to his feet and getting the phone from the cradle and leaving the lair with it in hand. Kira and Conner laughed.
"It's like clockwork." Kira commented. Anytime that Ethan had come to visit her, without fail he was on the phone with Shelly. It wasn't that she minded though. She actually had found it to be sweet how the James couple couldn't go a day without hearing each other's voice. It made her yearn to have something like that of her own, which only made her think of Conner more and berate herself for falling into self proclaimed celibacy after the fiasco that was Christopher and how that made her give up on ever trying to find a replacement for Conner. Though, she reminded herself, given how things now were she was glad she'd given up on trying. With that thought she looked up at Conner and snuggled deeper in his embrace. Conner looked down at Kira when she snuggled against him. He smiled and squeezed her against him.
"Comfy?" He asked. Kira grinned.
"You have no idea," she sighed. Conner smile widened a bit before he ducked his head down and kissed the side of her head.
"We should probably get up," he said. "Sitting on a floor can't be very conducive to Tommy's point about getting some rest." Kira groaned. He was right. Although she loved the flooring that she picked out, she knew that eventually wouldn't be so comfortable to sit on anymore.
"I guess you're right," she said. Before she could say anything else or make a move to get up, Conner let her go and climbed up to her feet. She looked up, expecting him to help her stand but he instead surprised her by ducking down and scooping her up, lifting her in his arms. "Conner!" Kira exclaimed, caught off guard by his actions. "What are you doing?"
"Well, you took a pretty nasty fall before," he reasoned. "What kind of boyfriend would I be if I let you walk with a possible head injury?" Kira blushed at him calling himself her boyfriend. It had been a word she'd wanted to tag onto him for years and hearing him actually say it himself made her heart flutter.
"I guess you'd be a pretty bad one." She teased. Conner nodded.
"That I would be," he said. Kira smiled and wrapped her arms around his neck, placing a quick kiss on his lips.
"Hmm, guess I'm pretty lucky that you're not a bad boyfriend," she said. Conner groaned and placed his forehead against hers for a moment.
"All right 'lucky' is also banned from your vocabulary from now on," he said. Kira rolled her eyes.
"Oh quit that would you?" She said. Conner simply grinned.
"But where's the fun in that?" He questioned. Kira sighed and shook her head.
"What am I going to do with you?" She said.
"Careful, I might have some suggestions for that," he teased. Kira rolled her eyes.
"You really are like some horny teenager, aren't you?" She said. Conner chuckled.
"How can I not be when I've got you in my arms?" He replied. Kira sighed. The fact was, it was pretty hard to keep herself from making some suggestions of her own, it'd been a very lonely few years and it didn't help that the one she'd wanted for the past decade was the one holding her. But she wanted to stick to her resolve. Though, part of her knew it wasn't so much resolve that kept her from going that far. It was also the fact that being with Conner had been something that had invaded her dreams and fantasies for many years now. Her head was still spinning from every thing that had already happened. She wasn't sure if she could handle much else yet.
"True," she said, "but you're just going to have to try and behave yourself," she said. Conner sighed.
"I suppose," he said. "Well, as much as I wouldn't mind staying like this for a while, I should probably get you up to bed, huh?" He said. "And no, I am not assuming I would be joining you in that bed," he quickly added. Kira chuckled.
"Yeah, that'd be great." She commented. Conner smiled and carried her up the stairs to the main level of the house. Once they got there they found Tommy sitting in the dining room talking on his cell phone, while Trent could be seen standing against the counter in the kitchen on Kira's cordless phone and Ethan was in the living room on his phone. All three looked up as Conner seamlessly carried Kira and simply smirked, chuckled or shook their heads in amusement as the couple continued on their way. Once Conner got Kira up the stairs and to her room, he gently laid her on her bed.
"How's that?" He questioned. Kira sighed and shifted, making herself comfortable in her bed.
"It'll do," she joked. Conner smiled.
"All right, you get some rest. I'm going to take advantage of our three friends being distracted and claim whichever guest room I choose," he chuckled. He leaned over and placed a kiss on her forehead. Kira watched him as he got up and went to leave.
"You could do that," she said lightly, letting the preposition hang in the air. Conner stopped and looked at her.
"As supposed to what?" He asked. Kira shrugged.
"Getting some rest too?" She suggested. "With me?" Conner looked at her.
"I thought we discussed this..." He trailed off. Kira shook her head against her pillow.
"Conner, I'm not using 'getting some rest' as a euphemism for 'get over here and ravish me'," she said. "I just mean, rest," she said. Conner smirked.
"Are you sure it's not the ravish you option?" He asked. Kira gave him a playful look.
"Maybe...Maybe not." She replied.
"Well, make up your mind and I might be more inclined to take you up on that offer," he teased. Kira shrugged.
"Suit yourself," she said as she turned away from him in her bed. "Guest rooms are down the hall," she said. Conner rolled his eyes and went back over the bed, sitting down on the unoccupied side of it as he took his shoes off. Kira rolled over and looked at him.
"Changed your mind hmm?" She questioned. Conner sighed and settled into the bed beside her and pulled her into his arms.
"Don't look so smug," he said. Kira simply chuckled and laid her head on his chest.
