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"Well... I, er..." Rini stuttered over her words and Tommy sighed inwardly, hanging his jeans over the back of his desk chair and kneeling down in front of the small girl. Rini wouldn't look at his face.
"Hey," he said softly, "Rini. I'm not mad. I'm just... confused..."
And there was nothing the White Ranger hated more than being confused. Except maybe Zedd, and Rita, and Goldar... Alright there were quite a few things he hated more but right now that didn't matter. Rini risked a glance at Tommy up through her bangs.
"Kip's not mad?"
Tommy smiled, "No sweetie, I'm not mad. I just want to know what happened..."
"Rini does not know what happened. But Rini is family now, right?"
Tommy frowned again but Zordon's words from the previous night came back to him. No one really knew or understood Rini's powers and abilities. The teenager shook his head and picked the jeans up off the back of his chair along with a t-shirt and jacket. Thankfully, today was Friday. He had the whole weekend ahead of him to spend with his friends to try and figure this whole crazy situation out.
"I'm just going to the bathroom Rini, I'll be back in a few minutes alright?"
"Rini will go change too!" and she toddled towards his bedroom door, reaching to open it before heading out into the hallway. Tommy blinked and followed her out. She was heading towards the guest room or at least, it had been the guest room yesterday. Now it appeared to be a second bedroom. Tommy peered around the bedroom door and his jaw almost dropped to the hallway floor in surprise.
It -was- a bedroom! It was Rini's bedroom. There was a bed covered in cuddly animals, several toys littered over the floor and a wardrobe which Rini was currently hunting through to find something to wear.
Tommy shook his head feeling slightly dazed and turned round to make his way to the bathroom only to stop again. His mind reeled. There had always been family pictures in the hallway only now there was an extra face in the frames. Rini smiled back at him from the pictures. In a bit of a daze Tommy eventually made his way into the bathroom to get changed. When he emerged a fifteen minutes later the teenager was transformed. It was amazing what a quick shower and change could do. Rini stepped out of her bedroom at the same time as Tommy left the bathroom. She wore jeans and light purple t-shirt. Her long black hair had obviously been brushed. The small girl smiled innocently and Tommy shook his head.
"Right. Breakfast." he commanded, hoisting the girl up under his arm and walking down the stairs with her. Rini laughed as Tommy used his free arm to tickle her. Claudia Oliver stood poised in the doorway ready to leave for work. Tommy froze when he saw her but he needn't of worried. With a laugh and a shake of her head Claudia waved goodbye to her children and closed the front door behind them.
Tommy blinked, "Right..."
Fed and watered Tommy was ready for school. Well, almost. He packed his school bag, making sure that he included his maths homework and hustled Rini into his truck. Questions would have to wait until after school unless he wanted a detention for being late!