Whose Sister is She?
Zhane awoke the next morning and went down to Aaron's room to see if he could wake her before D.E.C.A did. He found her already awake and moving about her room. Knocking, the doors opened to allow him in. "I knew you were out there, Zhane," Aaron reminded him with a smile.
"You read my thoughts!" Zhane said, a mock expression of shock on his face. Ruefully, he added, "Guess it serves me right for planning on coming in and jumping on you while you were still sleeping."
"Yes it does," Aaron said, laughing, "but I guess that this is a new thing to me ane we'll just have to learn when one of us has gone too far. I mean, I know what I learned when we were just babies but some of it is a little rusty. You should have seen me when I practiced my telekinesis for the first time when I first came onboard. If only Andros's looks could kill, I am pretty sure he probably would have done me in after I broke those first few plates in the mess hall."
"Yeah, well, I'll just tell you if you're going too far and you do the same to me until we learn how much each of us can tolerate from each other. Then we can set some boundaries." Zhane laughed as they shook on that.
He realized then that Aaron was wearing civilian clothes. These were nicer and looked almost new compared to the ones that she had worn yesterday in the park. "Where are we going that I don't know about, sis?"
"I don't know where you are going, but I am going to school," Aaron said. She turned to her mirror and started to pin her hair into place. "Dad made arrangements for me to transfer to Angel Grove High and I start today. Sorry, Zhane, but I started school here on Earth and now I've got to finish. But not to worry, it'll only be for a half a year and I will still be here in the evenings." She frowned at Zhane, who was now seated on her bed staring at her. "What is that look for?"
"Who were you referring to as your Dad?" Zhane asked simply.
"Oh, Zhane, I forgot… I guess it is just habit after 15 years that I have thought of him as my father that I can't go back to thinking of him as anything else even if he was married to someone who had evil intentions against me, but in reality he was an innocent even more then I was," Aaron explained to him and coming to sit down next to him.
"No, Aaron. It's alright and you were just as innocent. I mean, you were only two. How susceptible to evil spells are people at that age? That is probably why you only remembered her being your mother, and I understand you wanting to call him your father, it just confused me at first. Anyway, I could've figured you were going to school—it is Monday, after all," Zhane said, laughing.
A pillow hit the side of his face.
"Yeah right," Aaron said holding the pillow still in her hands. "I have to go now because I have the pleasure of meeting with Principal Caplan." She stood and picked up her school bag. Zhane followed her out of the room like a puppy. "Zhane, I have got to go. I'll be back this evening, I know you don't want me to go, but I will be fine. Ashley and the others will be with me, I won't disappear and I will be here in the evening."
Once on Earth, Aaron went straight to the school. For a minute she stood on the lawn just staring, not totally comprehending how much bigger it was than her small private school.
Walking into the building, she found her way to the office and was told that Principal Caplan was waiting for her. She greeted him with a "Good morning, you must be Principal Caplan" while thinking to herself that she agreed with what Ashley had said about him having a toupee.
"Ah, yes, you must be Aaron Hammond. Are you—"
She cut him off. "Am I related to Ashley Hammond? Yes, I am her stepsister; my father, or my stepfather, is Ashley's father. He adopted me when he married my mother. He has full custody of me now because my mother recently died and he's planning on moving back to the area, so he sent me on ahead to stay awhile with Ashley." As she said all of this, she realized just how much of her life had been a lie.
Looking at her files, Mr. Caplan took notes of a few things. "It says you were a top student at your old school?"
"Yes, I was. I work very hard and was raised not to be a slacker," Aaron replied.
"Very good, then. I expect I won't be seeing you in this office very often," he said, and Aaron nodded. "Classes are going to begin soon, so why don't I give you your class schedule and I am sure Ashley will show you around."
"Yes sir, and thank you for the schedule." As she got up to leave, she turned around. "One more thing sir, if I may. You could certainly do without that toupee. My old principal didn't have all of his hair and he didn't hide it. It looked better too, he said it looked more professional and that principal's shouldn't have a full head of hair. He always said a bald head showed wisdom."
"Why, thank you, Aaron. I may just take your suggestion and try it." As Aaron left she glanced back through the window and saw Mr. Caplan trying to see his reflection without his toupee on. Smiling, she walked away and found Ashley waiting for her.
"So how did it go, did Caplan like you?" Ashley looked at her. "What did you do?"
"Nothing! I just told him that he should lose the toupee." Aaron laughed as she and Ashley walked away.
"Well, maybe it was for the best… I can't tell you haw many times its landed in the tomato soup or the punch bowl," Ashley responded with a laugh.
As they walked around the school, Ashley quickly showed Aaron where her classes were. Ashley reminisced about some times she had had in this school and about the toupee. Every time she saw one of the other rangers, they stopped briefly and told them how Aaron had told Mr. Caplan to lose the toupee.
Between two of her classes she had a run-in with a certain two people. Two boys walked up to her and her first thought was that they were hitting on her. She found that both gross and confusing, because they had to be at least twenty, but were still in high school
Author's note: Can anyone guess who the two bozos are?