Author's Note: There's going to be a parallel to this story in the OLC: Extras story. It's going to be from Cassie's POV. It's not finished yet, but I will have it done hopefully soon. And if you're interested, I've made wordle's for each chapter. They're posted up on the LJ community (1littlechange). I'm going to post the wordle for the next chapter right after I post this chapter and I'm going to continue doing that. If that makes any sense. So if you want you can go and find a sneak peak of what's coming up next.

Also, I have everything up to Chapter 19 written and there's a total of 89,195 words for the story. Yayz.

Part One: Tommy and Kimberly's Dating Years

Chapter Thirteen: The Phantom Ranger
(Cassie Gets A Boyfriend)

Date: June 16, 2000; June 21, 2000

Tommy and Kimberly were lying on their bed avoiding getting up at all costs. It was just one of those lazy Sunday mornings where you didn't want to do anything at all. Someone, however, was definitely not agreeing with the two of them as Kimberly's cell phone rang just as the two were about to fall back asleep.

"Mnh," Kimberly muttered into the phone after she grabbed it.

"KIMBERLY!!!" someone shrieked on the other end of the phone.

Kimberly let out a mini shriek of her own and jerked the phone away from her ear.

"Who's it?" Tommy asked blearily.

"I don't know," Kimberly muttered. "But whoever it is, they're going to die a slow and painful death." She cautiously held the phone back to her ear and said, "Hello?" in the most derisive tone she could muster.

"Kimberly Hart. You are never going to believe what happened!" Cassie Chan said enthusiastically.

"You just ruptured my ear drum?" Kimberly said sarcastically.

"Sorry," Cassie said. "But this is so fantastic I can't be quiet."

"What happened?" Kimberly asked, trying to snuggle back into Tommy.

"The Phantom Ranger kissed me. Hard. And asked me if he could live on Earth," Cassie said.

"What?!" Kimberly shrieked, shooting up in bed. "Oh my God!"

"What happened?" Tommy asked and Kimberly smacked him on the arm to shut him up.

"Tell me everything," Kimberly demanded.

"We were on some planet that I don't remember the name of and I was flirting with TJ because that's what we do, you know? And then all of the sudden the Phantom Ranger's there and I was totally excited to see him. And apparently he thought I was dating TJ but I explained that I wasn't. Then he mentioned that he'd missed seeing us and that he'd missed seeing me. Then I told him that I missed seeing him too. Then he took off his helmet. I actually thought the suit was his body but apparently not. So he took off his helmet and man is he attractive. Anyways, he kissed me really hard and I was totally floating around Cloud Nine. Then he told me that he was tired of living around the universe and wanted somewhere to settle. Then he looked all awkward, which is bizarre for him because I've never actually seen him have facial expressions, and asked if I would permit him to stay on Earth."

"Oh my God," Kimberly said. "That's fantastic Cassie."

"What about Cassie?" Tommy asked. Kimberly hit him again.

"So, what did you say?" Kimberly asked.

"I said yes. He's moving in with TJ," Cassie said.

Kimberly squealed and Tommy, deciding he'd had enough, rolled out of bed to find food.

"This is fantastic Cassie," Kimberly said. "I'm so happy for you."

"I'm totally overwhelmed," Cassie said. "I don't know what to do."

"I'm coming," Kimberly said. "As soon as I can manage to get away for a little bit I am so coming."

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It took Kimberly very little time to manage to get away from school and back to Angel Grove. The weekend wasn't that far off and Kimberly didn't have a lot of work due the following week so she dragged Tommy back to Angel Grove for the weekend.

"Hiya TJ!" Kim chirped as the Red Turbo and Blue Astro Ranger opened the door. She pushed past him and left Tommy on the front step.

"Hey Tommy," TJ said.

"Sorry about Kim," Tommy said. "She's a little hyper about the Phantom Ranger. What's his name anyways?"

"Xaren. Xaren Fieren," TJ said. "Come on in."

TJ's place was actually pretty small all things considered. Due to the copious amounts of cash that the Astro Rangers had been given by the government of the United States and from public appearances, they really could purchase nearly any house they wanted. They didn't though. Buying things for the inside was much more fun in their opinion. And TJ and Carlos preferred buying cars that went fast as a layover from their Turbo days. Granted, that was how most of the Turbos felt.

Xaren, as it turned out, looked human enough, more human than Zordon had in fact. The only thing that would make him seem different than the average human was the fact that his green eyes were a little too green to be normal.

"Hello," he said as soon as Tommy walked into the room. "You must be Tommy." Cassie and Kim were chattering in the corner.

"I am," Tommy said.

"We've given him the run down on everyone," Carlos said. "He knows who everyone is."

"That'll help when the hoards descend," Tommy said.

"What do you mean?" Xaren asked curiously.

"All of the girls will want to meet you. So it's fairly likely that the boys will be coerced into coming at the first available opportunity," Tommy said.

"Oh," Xaren said. "And that is a bad thing?"

"Think hyperactive girls," TJ said, glancing pointedly at Kim.

"Oh," Xaren said, beginning to look alarmed.

"I saw that look Theodore Jarvis!" Kim said. "I am not hyperactive."

"Yes you are," TJ said. "You're always hyperactive."

"Shut up," Kim said. "So, Xaren. What are your plans?"

"I will be staying with TJ for a while until I can find my own place here on Earth. Cassie also features heavily in my plans," Xaren said.

Cassie blushed prettily at that. "So, what made you want to stay here? I'm sure flying around the universe is more interesting than staying here," Tommy said.

"I want a place to call my own," Xaren said. "I was very young when Eltar was destroyed. My family survived. Years later my parents died, though before they did I was put into hypersleep to prevent ageing. When I awoke I found that the universe was in a great state of peril. What I did was far from boring in saving the universe from small evils, though I now find myself in need of something permanent."

The front door opened and Ashley, Andros, Zhane, and Karone walked in. "Hi Kim!" Ashley said. "Hi Tommy!"

"Hey Ashley," Kim said. "Where were you guys?"

"Zhane and Karone were on KO-35 when Xaren decided to surprise us," Ashley said. "We had to go and get them."

"Makes sense," Kim said.

"So, Xaren," Zhane said. "You're staying here."

"Yes I am," Xaren nodded.

"Cool. One more person who has no idea what half of the stuff on Earth means," Zhane grinned.

"You and Andros are coming along nicely though," Ashley said.

"And you do realize there's a lot of stuff on Earth that we don't understand, right?" Cassie asked.

"Like what?" Zhane asked teasingly.

"Football, NASCAR, chemistry, physics, so science in general I guess to name a few," Cassie said.

"Football is easy to understand," Tommy said.

"That's because you played it Handsome," Kim said.

"Doesn't mean it's not easy to understand," TJ said.

"I cheered for it and I don't understand it," Kim said. "And he played it while we were dating and tried to explain it multiple times."

"What's football?" Xaren asked.

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Next time on Power Rangers: One Little Change:

"Trini!" Kimberly screeched into the phone.

"This is Jason, sis," Jason said on the other end.

"We have serious issues!" Kimberly said.

"What's wrong?" Jason asked immediately all seriousness.

"Big, big issues!" Kimberly repeated.

"Like what?" Jason asked, getting frustrated with his overly dramatic almost sister.

"Joel Rawlings eloped and didn't tell anyone!" Kimberly yelled.