Chapter 9 – Excitement and Flying Styrofoam

Phoenix walked into Storm Chargers carrying a bunch of bags. Kelly had given her some money to buy clothes with because she had grown taller in the past few weeks and all her other clothes were too short.

"Hey, Nix!" Shane yelled as he ran up to her, looking a bit nervous. Her heart fluttered and she had a bubbly feeling in her stomach. A light blush rose onto her cheeks.

"Hey, Shane." She smiled. She had gotten closer to the other power rangers since she had been evil and figured out that the others were power rangers.

"I was wondering…" Shane asked, his cheeks turning a light red. "…would you like to go with me to a movie?" He looked down at the floor and shuffled his feet.

"I would love to." Phoenix replied, looking calm but on the inside, screaming in excitement.

"Great!" Shane exclaimed, "I'll pick you up at 5:00 and we can grab something to eat beforehand. What movie do you want to see?"

Phoenix thought for a moment. "How about the new Harry Potter movie? I still haven't seen it yet and I really want to."

"That's perfect. I haven't seen if either." Shane smiled. "I'll see you at 5:00."

"See ya then." Phoenix smiled. Shane walked out the door and waved as he walked out of sight of the window.

Phoenix walked to the counter where Kelly was filling in a Crossword puzzle. Tori sat on the couch in front of the TV watching some surf show.

"Hey, Aunt Kelly?" Phoenix asked.

Kelly looked up. "Hmmmmm?"

"I won't be home tonight for dinner tonight." Phoenix told her aunt.

Kelly frowned. "Why?"

Phoenix smiled, her eyes getting a dreamy look. "I going out with Shane to a movie and dinner."

Kelly had just taken a drink of her coffee. When she heard this, she nearly choked and sprayed the coffee all over Phoenix in surprise.

"WHAT? Phoenix! I'm so excited for you!" Kelly ran out from behind the counter and hugged Phoenix tightly.

"Aunt…Kelly!" Phoenix choked out. "Can't…Breath."

"Oh." Kelly stepped away from Phoenix "Sorry. I'm just SOOOOO excited for you."

"Thanks." Phoenix smiled. Kelly smiled at Phoenix before tackling Phoenix in another hug. They both fell into a stack of boxes. Styrofoam pieces flew in every direction.

"HEY!" Blake yelled as he walked out from the back. "We just packed those."

Phoenix and Kelly sat up and started laughing.

"Now we have to pick all those Styrofoam pieces up." Dustin complained.

Kelly and Phoenix continued laughing as Blake and Dustin went behind the counter and came back with brooms and a dustpan. They started sweeping the Styrofoam up, while Kelly and Phoenix stood up and brushed the Styrofoam off their clothes.

Suddenly, Dustin's morpher went off. Everyone froze and looked at Kelly.

"What? It wasn't me." Kelly said, putting her hands in the air.

"Ummm…I just remembered…I forgot to…lock something up…at my house." Dustin stuttered as he thrust his broom at Kelly. "Sorry." Dustin ran out of Storm Chargers and nearly tripped as he sharply turned right and ran down the street.

"And…I need to go…check that…Hunter…took out the trash." Blake thrust his broom into Kelly's arms and ran out the door following Dustin.

"But his house is the other way…" Kelly muttered, her eyebrows crinkled.

"Hey Phoenix, let's go and make sure they get to where they're going." Tori said, grabbing Phoenix's arm and dragging her out the door.

"But they know where they're going. They live there." Phoenix complained. "And Aunt Kelly needs help in the store."

Tori turned around "Sorry, Kelly, we'll be back soon."

"So I'm supposed to clean this up on my own." Kelly complained.

"Yeah, sorry." Tori grabbed Phoenix's arm again and continued pulling her out the door and after Blake and Dustin.

Kelly sighed and started sweeping up the Styrofoam, thinking about how she should fire her employees for leaving her but knowing that she wouldn't.

SOOOOOOO sorry it took me so long to update. My teachers decided to give me tons of HW every day and the only reason I'm updating now is because I've had two snow days this week and I have exams meaning no HW, though I am supposed to be studying. Hehe. Hope you liked this. It will have more action in the next chapter.