Ryan stood up abruptly, brushing the dirt off his pants. Tamara crossed her arms and looked at him in annoyance and a twinge of anger. "What are you doing here?,"she said. Ryan smirked, "Well, ummmm...," He then went into a long winded conversation about how he got there, all of which included a duck, a six-inch piece of string, and cough drops. Five minutes later, Tamara's eyes looked like they might bulge out of her head, she shook her head almost as if in a trance and said,"Wait, what?"

Ryan sighed, and replied,"You were acting weird all day so I followed you." She stared at him in confusion and probably a bit of suspicion and said wearily,"Okay?" Ryan just looked at her,"And you came here alone?"Tamara started to walk away from Ryan, her eyes glancing at the bush from which he'd fallen out of. Ryan's eyes widened and he stepped in front of Tamara before she got to close and saw Harani and Steven, "No. I came here alone." Behind his back, Ryan made a go-away gesture with his hands and he hoped Steven would listen. Tamara looked at him suspiciously,"Are you sure your friends didn't follow you?" Ryan's eyebrow raised a bit, "My friends?..."It took him a second to realize who she was talking about,"Oh, you mean Harani and Steven?" She glanced at him for a moment and then responded,"yeah, them," Tamara flicked her hand when she said that. "Why? Is there some reason you wouldn't want them following you?,"Ryan said, almost accusingly. She then turned around and looked at him, her face hard and serious,"That Steven kid creeps me out in a weird way. And the girl-well, let's just say I wouldn't want to cross her."

Ryan wondered if Steven was holding back Harani from behind the bush, he could almost imagine her jumping out of the bush and shouting,"What's that supposed to mean?" He chuckled slightly until a hand brought him back to reality. Tamara was waving her hand in front of his face,"Hellooo. Earth to Ryan." He shook his head,"Sorry, what?"

Tamara gave him a look that Ryan didn't quite get and then continued,"Whatever...well?" Ryan's eyebrows furrowed in confusion,"Well, what?",he said with a bit of amusement in his voice."Aren't you going to ask about the...,"she walked closer to him and whispered,"the, um, powers?" Ryan's heart jumped a bit, This is literally the closest I have ever been to a girl!...Well ,of course there was that one time when Harani flipped me over her shoulder and-, Ryan thought, vaguely remembering how bad his ribs had hurt after the move had backfired and Harani had fallen on top of him. Ryan suddenly felt like the breath had been knocked out of him and he winced, suddenly feeling the need to touch his chest. Ryan shook his head again,"You mean the horse that was hovering above your head a few minutes ago?," He pointed behind himself into the trees. "Uhh, yeah,"She said, as if it was most obvious thing in the world,"Aren't you going to ask how I got them?" Ryan desperately wanted to, but he backed off,"If you don't want to tell me, don't tell me. I'm fine with it", he casually crossed his arms and gave her a sly grin. Ryan saw a hint of a frown cross her face,"Don't worry. I'll keep your secret." He patted her shoulder twice and began to walk back in the direction of the school before Tamara said,"Don't you want to at least know why I sneaked off?"

Ryan turned around,"Why are you so determined to tell someone?" She walked up to him,"Have you ever kept a secret? But, like a really big secret?,"Ryan shook his head, of course he'd told a bunch of lies, most of them to his parents."Then, you wouldn't really get it. I had to tell someone. It felt like it was kind eating away at me from the inside. You know?", Tamara walked away from Ryan,"No, you don't get it because-"."No, I get it. Well, kind of. You can tell me if you want. People say I'm a very good listener." Tamara laughed and looked at him weirdly,"Ryan Deangelo, you are probably the weirdest person I have ever met."

Harani saw the door open and Ryan walked in. After Ryan had made the go-away gesture with his hand, Harani and Steven had found their way to Steven's house. Ryan looked at her through his red hair and laughed. Harani brought her hands up in confusion,"What?" Ryan covered his mouth trying to stifle his laughs,"Nothing." Harani rolled her eyes,"Whatever."

Ryan then looked at Steven,"Dude, I don't get why you were so scared of her back there. She's actually pretty nice once you get to know her." Steven replied,"She just weirds me out." Ryan walked over to his usual chair in the corner of the room in front of the tv, where he frequently watched Steven's massive collection of Steel Mongoose Movies. He called it the "spinny chair" because he didn't know the official name of it. And because he liked spinning in the chair and getting extremely dizzy a few moments later. Harani always called him a baby because he called it that. "Dude, that's probably because she's the freakin' Horse."

Ryan blew a strand of red hair out of his eyes, just to have it flop right back into place, he sighed. Then, he realized something,"Hm, Small World." Steven stood up and threw his arms up in frustration,"I don't know...maybe?"He paced around the room a few times and then sat back down again."Are you going to tell her that you're the Tiger?" Ryan asked. Steven glanced at him and thought about it,"Maybe."Harani walked over to him,"She is going to find out sooner or later. Might as well tell her now." Steven kept thinking,"Let's wait a while. I've got this bad feeling about her." Harani crossed her arms,"So basically you're saying because you don't trust her." Steven made an eh sign with his hand. "Wait. What if Ryan hangs around Tamara a bit, just to see if your hunch is actually something worth looking into or something you ate." Steven ignored the comment,"You know. That's not a bad idea."

Ryan looked at both of them quizzingly, then realized what they were getting at,"So I'm like a spy?", He looked at them hopefully,"Cool."