Connor and Kira
"Connor, you better get in the shower, we have to leave in an hour." Shouted Kira McKnight out the kitchen window to her husband who was still outside playing soccer with the neighborhood kids.
She knew how much he loved kids and she knew he would make an incredible father one day. And apparently according to the little stick in her hand one day would be in about seven months. They had been married for only over six months, but she was ready to start a family. Both she and Connor had been only children, and she didn't want their children to be lonely like they had been.
Though they had married young, as rangers you learned never to take the life that you have for granted.
He had grown up since they graduated high school and left their ranger days behind them. He was the soccer coach at Reef side High school and studying to be a physical therapist at California University. When she wasn't writing new songs, Kira was busy working at the café with Haley and giving music lessons.
They hadn't talked about having kids yet, but Kira knew Connor would be thrilled when she told him. She had been so busy in her thoughts, she hadn't noticed that Connor had stopped playing soccer and was watching her in the window as intently as she had been watching him.
He smiled at his new wife, still disbelieving that they were actually married. At first they seemed like an unlikely pair, Kira was too caught up in her music to get involved in all the school activities that Connor enjoyed as a popular athlete. Throwing Ethan into the mix would either be a recipe for disaster or a miracle on Dr. O's part when the trio of high school seniors were chosen to be Dino Thunder power rangers.
Spending hour after hour and day after day together changed their perceptions of each other. Connor found Kira to be thoughtful and concerned about others, and Kira realized that Connor was loyal and always determined to do the right thing, a trait she still greatly admired in him. Above all, they learned to respect each other's differences and it didn't take long for them to fall for one another.
He wondered when she was going to tell him the good news. He didn't want to ask her, he knew she would tell him when she was ready and that she wanted to surprise him. He wasn't surprised though; he knew the changes that were subtly taking over without her knowing it. For once she had turned down white pizza with broccoli when he had brought it home with him after work last week for dinner. Not to mention just a few days ago he had come home to find her napping.
Knowing his wife as he did, she had probably done three tests just to make sure, and was still slightly in shock at becoming a mother. It wasn't something either of them had really talked about; they had just assumed it would happen when it did. She always took her time to make decisions and to think things through, unlike him who was always impulsive. He also knew she would tell him once she came to understand the changes that would take place. Motherhood was just another challenge Kira would come through with flying colors.
So for now, he kept his mouth shut but as always would be watching extra carefully to make sure she was fine. "I'm ready, but what about you?" teased Connor as Kira hadn't moved from the window since she called out to him 30 minutes prior.
"Oh crap, "she shouted looking at the time and flew into the bathroom to get herself ready so that they wouldn't be late.
