Breathless

I do not own Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, though I wish I did, but I only own Claire and Emma.

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It's morphin time 3

Before you go on:

We passed 1.9k views, we are so close to 2k guuuys :D which is awesome. Here we all are finally in the 2018, seemed so far away, yet it came too fast. Ah yes, almost forgot, question of this chapter is: Who is/are your favorite ranger/s? Mine are, Billy, Andros, Nick, Jayden, and Koda.

Now on with the story, love you all 3

PS: The explanation for why I haven't updated in ages will be at the end of this chapters, read on :D

Chapter 11

~Surprise Surprise~


Friday finally came, everyone was happy that they have to survive just couple of classes more and their weekends can officially start. Our teenage heroes felt the same, especially since they were all going to fair tomorrow. Claire was by her locker, changing her English books, for her History ones. She was wearing high wasted jeans, with orange top and white cardigan, her hair was down in a braid, and as always she wore converse.

"Hey Claire" Trini said walking up to her friend.

"Oh hi Trin, how was Math?" Claire asked while closing the locker and turning to Trini.

"Ah, same old same old, is Zack coming?"

"Oh yeah, he said he needed to go to the bathroom and stop by his locker" They always met by Claire's locker when they had history since it was closest to the classroom.

"Hello ladies, talking about me?" Zack asked cheerfully.

"You know us so well Zack" Claire answered and they all laughed as they made their way towards their next class.

"Oh, man History, the only good thing about History is that we have lunch after it" Zack whined, and Claire and Trini giggled.

"Come on, it'll be over before you know it" Trini said.

"Doubt it" Zack answered her.

"Oh food, how I missed you" Zack said to the food on his plate.

"Do you plan to eat it or make love to it?" Kim asked from across the table making everyone laugh.

"Like you don't know, how Zack is after history" Claire said sitting down next to Jason.

"She has a point" Jason said agreeing, "Plus it's Zack and food" Everyone laughed again, including Zack.

"So, is everyone looking forward to tomorrow?" Trini asked changing the subjects.

"Yes, it will be soo morphenomenal" Kim said, and Claire nodded in agreement.

"Oh, Trini didn't you mention that you're bringing your cousin tomorrow?" Billy asked.

"That's right, Sylvia is coming with us, they are visiting for the weekend, and my parents thought it would be good to bring her along, you guys don't mind right?" Trini asked looking at her friends.

"Of course not Trini, it will be fun, and we'll make sure she has a great time, right?" Claire asked.

"You can bet" Zack said taking a break from eating his food.

"That's right" Jason said, "Anyone coming to Youth Center after school?"

"Yup, I need to practice anyway" Kim said.

"You know Zack and me are there" Trini said seeing as Zack was back to eating.

"Unfortunately I can't I have some things I want to finish up at the garage" Billy said taking a sip from his juice.

"Same here guys, Emms said she had a surprise for me after school, and she told me to head straight home"

"Bummer, well we'll see you tomorrow then" Kim said.

"Yup" Claire said.

For the rest of the lunch the gang joked around and made more plans for tomorrow, but soon lunch was over. Luckily Kim and Claire had free period so they could hang out a little more, they both choose to go to the library and rest.


Kim and Claire were sitting at a table each with book in their hands, enjoying the silence that is until Kim remembered a question she wanted to ask for a while now.

"So Claire, who do you like?" Kim whispered leaning forward.

"How long did you wait to ask me that exactly?" Claire shot back with a small laugh and closed her book after marking it.

"Forever! But come one, you've been here for months now, like half a year, you must like someone?"

"And you grew up here, so who do you like?"

"Claireeeee!" Kim whined.

"Kiiiiiiiiiim" Claire whined back.

Kim huffed and sat up straight, "Fine, be like that, it's not like I don't know"

"You couldn't know" Claire said, it's not like she didn't want anyone to find out, it's just that she didn't want her feeling to be a big deal. It was just a crush, and she was sure that he felt nothing of the sort.

"Oh, but my dear friend I could" Kim said leaning in "It's one special boy, a hero, dressed in blue, and his name is.."

"Okay, okay you got me!" Claire squealed out shutting up Kim, "We don't want the whole Angel Grove High School to know" She whispered the last part looking around to see if someone heard them, luckily she didn't see anyone, but that doesn't mean that no one was there.

"Knew it" Kim sang, and giggled softly at her best friend.

"Ugh, sometimes I hate you"

"No you don't" Kim smiled.

"Whatever"

"Love you too"

"Hardy har har" Claire said getting back to her book ignoring Kim.

"You should do something" Kim suggested.

"Yeah, I don't think so" Claire answered.

"Why not, I mean you don't plan on doing nothing, do you?" Kim asked.

Claire sighed and closed her book once again, knowing that she won't get any peace to continue, so she gave up in trying and turned to Kim, "What do you expect me to do, tell him, I rather not" She said. "Plus if he doesn't like me back, which I'm sure he doesn't it will be the most awkward situation ever".

"Pish posh, I'm sure he likes you"

"Okay, let's say he does, and we get together and something happens and we break up, then what, someone will have to leave the group, and it will be awful" Claire said sadly, "But even if there really is something, only time will tell and I'm not going to push something that's not to be pushed" She added.

"You're right" Kim sighed, "Sorry" Kim apologized as they heard the bell signaling the end of the class, and they both packed and stood up.

"It's okay Kim, I'm not mad"

"But if something ever happens…."

Claire cut her off with a laugh "You will be the first to know" Claire finished.

"Good"

"First to know what?" They heard a voice ask behind them and they both froze, and slowly turned around.

Just like they were afraid it was Billy, Kim laughed awkwardly, "Just girl stuff" She said.

"Yeah, nothing to worry about" Claire added, and hooked her arm trough his "Ready for next class?" She asked Billy who nodded with a smile and they both waved to Kim and walked away together.

Kim just shook her head with a smile as she was joined by her other friends, "They are clueless"

"You have no idea" Zack commented.

"Come on guys" Jason and Trini said pulling their friends away with a laugh.


It was a long day but school was finally over, Billy and Claire said goodbye to their friends and made their way home talking and having fun as always.

"So tomorrow, we're going to the fair, but can you help me on Sunday morning with my math homework?" Claire asked hopefully, and Billy laughed.

"Like you have to ask, sure I'll be there, I'm also sure that my dad and Emma will have their usual Sunday morning coffee"

"You're right about that, I swear there is something going on with them, what do you think?" Claire asked looking up at him.

"I wouldn't be surprised, it's been a long while since my mom died and my dad met another woman"

"Oh right, how do you feel about that, it must be strange?" Clare noted.

"It Is" Billy sighed "But at the end I just want him to be happy, he gave up a lot once mom was gone, I can see that he is happier, it was time for him to meet someone new, and I'm sure that my mom would be happy for him, plus Emma is really nice and kind" he said.

"You're right about that, she is the kindest person I know, who knows maybe this will be good for both of them. As long as I knew Emma she never had a man beside her, she also gave up a lot to be where she is now, and taking me in, I could never thank her enough" Claire admitted with a smile.

"Well here we are, I'll see you tomorrow?" Billy asked and Claire smiled.

"You bet" She said with a laugh and hugged her best friend, who shyly returned the hug.

"Bye bye" She said with a smile and a wave as she entered her house

"Oh good, you're home" Emma said with a smile as she came from the kitchen, "Come on you are going to love the surprise" Emma said pulling her to the kitchen.

"Emma slow down" Claire laughed.

"I can't I'm so excited" Emma admitted.

"Okay here it is" Emma said as they entered the kitchen and Claire looked around.

"I don't see anything" Claire admitted feeling confused.

"Oh, well because it's not in the kitchen, it's actually outside, I couldn't bare to see my kitchen destroyed with you two" Emma said with a laugh.

"What do you mean with us two, who two?" Claire looked outside, at first she didn't see anyone, but then she noticed him, standing in the middle of backyard, person she didn't see or heard from in months, her best friend Olly.

With a swift move Claire was out of the kitchen, and jumping over steps screaming in joy as she flew in her best friends waiting arms, "Olly!" she said wrapping her arms tightly around his neck, Olly returning the gesture with a laugh.

"Hi to you too Jo-Jo" He said hugging her back tightly.

"What, how?" Claire asked as he put her back down, she looked at him once more before hitting him.

"Ow, what was that for?" Olly asked.

"For not calling, for forgetting about me" Claire said with a huff as she crossed her arms and looked away.

"I'm sorry Jo-Jo" Olly said, "I really didn't mean to, the truth is I lost your new number when we moved, and didn't know how to reach you, then mom found it a couple of days ago, and called and Emma answered and we agreed we should come and wisit"

Claire looked slowly at him, but before long she had a huge grin on her face and hugged him tightly again, "I missed you" She said truthfully as tears gathered in her eyes.

"I missed you too, but come on now no crying" He said whipping her tears, "We have a lot of catching up to do" He added as he pulled her towards the table and they sat down.

Claire told him everything, well not everything, there was one small part she had to leave out, but beside that she told him everything. About Zack, Jason, Billy, Trini and Kim, about school, and even about Bulk and Skull. They talked so much, while sitting and eating snacks Emma brought them over.

Olly told her about his school, and friends, and how his training was going, Claire told him that she still practiced ballet almost daily.

"That really happened?" Olly asked while he was laughing, "And then he fell into the box full of balloons" He added whipping the tears from his eyes, Claire was currently telling him about when they were decorating for Zack's birthday party.

"Yup, and Skull wasn't better either, and plus poor Ernie covered in cake mix, boy that was all just too funny" Claire said laughing.

"Wow, your friends sound like a lot of fun"

"Trust me they are" Claire said with a grin.

"Do you think, that maybe in a two or three weeks you will have a room for one more?" He asked sheepishly.

"What do you mean?" Claire asked confused.

"Well, dad got another transfer so we'll be moving here to Angel Grove" Olly admitted.

"No way!" Claire yelled, "Really, you mean you'll be here, and I'll have my best friend back, of course there will be one more place, I'm sure the guys will love you" She said happily.

"Even your new best friend?" He asked jokingly.

"I'll talk to Billy, but I'm sure everything will be okay, and I'm also sure that out of everyone Kim will be the happiest, you are just her type" She teased.

"You're not trying to set me up with someone?" He wondered looking at her.

"I don't know where you got that idea my dear friend?" She shoot back, she went to say something else but heard her name being called, when she turned around she saw Billy with her book in his hands, the same one she forgot at his garage while they were studying a couple of days ago.

"Billy!" She called happily and stood up walking towards him, "Come on, I have someone I want you to meet" She said taking him by the hand dragging him over to the table where Jason stood up.

"Billy, I want you to meet my best friend from New Orleans, Tommy Oliver, or as I like to call him Olly" She said letting go of his hand.

Tommy looked at Billy with a smile "Hi man, it's nice to meet you" He said extending his hand.

"Uh, hi, Billy Cranston, nice too meet you as well" Billy said a bit shyly shaking Tommy's hand. "I came to return your book" He said turning to Claire handing her book.

"Thanks, umm why don't you stay for a bit, we can chat and have fun?" She asked.

"That's a great idea, I can't wait to meet you better Billy, I haven't seen Claire about half a year, and she talked a lot about you"

"Olly!" Claire squealed hitting him on his arm, "Come on Billy" She said happily pulling him to sit down.

For the next couple of hours the three of them sat together and talked, joked and Billy and Tommy got to know each other a bit better. Claire was happy that they were getting along, they were both her best friends after all.

At the end Tommy had to leave, Claire was sad but knew she would see him again soon so she would survive. Her and Billy stayed in her backyard after talking some more before Billy also had to go home, she sad bye to him and went inside to have dinner with Emma.

After dinner Emma left for her night shift and Claire got ready for bed, right before she got into her bed she look trough the window and saw Billy, she smiled softly. Claire was truly happy, what's more her two best friends got along just fine, and that alone calmed her mind as she laid down.

Billy on the other hand wasn't as happy as Claire, he was happy for his best friend, she seemed so happy this afternoon. But he couldn't help feeling a bit scared, and some other feelings that he couldn't name just yet. He wondered if Claire was going to leave him, it happened before. But after thinking about it for a bit more he shook his head and looked at her window, lights were off which meant that Claire was already asleep. He smiled softly, Claire wasn't going to leave him, and Tommy seemed like a nice guy, he nodded once and got into his bed falling into deep slumber.


The next morning Billy picked up Claire and they were both off to meet their friends at the fair, making small talk along the way.

"How's it going guys?" Trini asked as she appeared with her cousin, while they were watching a clown doing tricks.

"Oh hey Trini" Claire said, and smiled at the younger girl "And you must be Sylvia, am I right?" She asked, and the girl nodded with a smile.

"It's nice to meet you, these are our friends, Billy, Claire, Zack, Jason and I'm Kimberly" Kim said cheerfully.

"Hi guys" Sylvia said with a wave.

"I'll make an attempt" Billy suddenly said as the clown they were watching offered someone to try juggling.

"You can do it Billy" Claire cheered.

He smiled and started juggling the eggs, and Bulk and Skull showed up like they always do and Claire sighed "Came to cause trouble again?" She asked.

Bulk went to say something but he was hit in the head with an egg making everyone laugh, the same happened to Skull, they both got two eggs on their heads.

"Hey let's go watch gymnastics over there guys" Jason suggested and everyone followed him.

"Sounds like fun, and hey if they're no good, maybe Kim can show them how it's done" Claire said and Kim laughed walking next to her.

"I could do that" Kim answered.

"I thought we were supposed to watch" Jason complained as he, Zack and Billy were on the bottom of the pyramid.

"Well we're not so come on Trini" Claire said as her and Kim were next waiting for Trini to climb on.

Trini came over and climbed on successfully but they were a bit wobbly, and everything was good until Trini noticed Sylvia walking off with one of the one they were watching before and went after her making everyone fall.

"Uh this was not fun" Claire said as she stood up and helped Jason up also.

"Agreed" Billy added.

"Let's go to the sky wheal" Billy suggested as they got of yet another ride.

"Yes, let's do it" Zack said agreeing but Kim and Claire wanted to do something else.

That's when they heard Trini calling for them, she showed them what the clown did to Sylvia, and everyone got into power ranger mode, thinking what to do to help everyone. Billy said that he had an invention in his garage that could help, and Jason thought about it.

"Trini you take Sylvia to Billy's garage, Claire call alpha right not and tell him to meet her there, and then will help everyone here"

"Got it!" Claire and Trini said at the same time, and Claire hid behind Billy to contact alpha.

"Alpha, Zordon? Do you read me?" Claire asked.

"We read you Claire" Zordon said.

"Good, Zordon we need help, Trini's cousin is in trouble and she will need Alpha's help do you think you can teleport him to Billy's garage?"

"We're on it Claire"

"Thanks Zordon" She said and turned to her friends "It's taken care of, lets go"

Jason quickly grabbed the megaphone and told everyone to leave the fair immediately and that Rita was attacking, luckily for them the people listened and started to run.

Clowns soon started to walk out from their hiding places and walk towards the gang.

"Aw man something tells me they're not here to juggle" Zack commented.

"Ugh, clowns" Claire added "Always liked them the least".

"Oh come guys we can take them" Jason encouraged his friends, but right as he said that the clowns started to transform into putties one by one.

"Okay it's still just putties, we took them on many times" Zack said, "We can do it this time too"

Claire noticed Billy following one clown, but there was nothing she could do since they were surrounded by putties. "Let's do this quickly".

There was a lot of putties, but they were quick in thinking and used what was already there to easily beat them. But the trouble came when the head clown turned into a monster. Zack, Billy, Jason, Kim and Claire tried to fight him off, but they weren't powerful enough, thankfully Trini showed at the right moment. With the help from Trini, and their friends megazords, they were able to take out one more of Rita's monster, and after that the fair was in full swing once again.

Claire was sitting between Trini and Jason, and while Trini was talking to Sylvia, Claire was talking with Jason about the upcoming martial arts competition. Zack and Kim were busy watching Billy walk on his new invented stilts, but that didn't went as planned when Billy fell down only to be caught by Jason, Claire and Trini. At least they had a good laugh that Saturday, and even if Rita attacked, their day was not ruined.


So hey guys, here it is, finally. I owe you all an apology for not posting sooner, but to be completely honest with all of you, I wasn't in the best place for couple of months. I failed some of my exams and, lots of other stuff was going on too. But I'm getting better, that's for sure.
Also, I wanted to write but I just wasn't feeling it, I mean I thought about it all the time, and I was coming up with all sorts of ideas, but words just wouldn't come out. I also rewrote this chapter like three times, I'm still not 100% satisfied with it, but I know that chapters to come will be better.
Now I want to thank
James Birdsong for reviewing on my last chapter, so thank you.
Now current song obsession, well I have two, one is: Sertab Erener - Açık Adres, it's a Turkish song, I just love it, I find it really emotional. And the other one is: Michael Jackson - P.Y.T., don't know why but I can listen to this song for hours.
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Until next time, stay safe guys. Love you all 3
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