Drew stormed over to Storm Chargers, very pissed off about being punched in the face without a reason. The little man who thought he could get the better of him needed to explain himself, and fast, if he didn't want to have Andrew Colt on his ass. Kelly had a lot of explaining to do as well if she was the one who sent that man out to hit him.

Before opening the door to Storm Chargers, Andrew stopped. Sure, he had been the number one athlete in his school in every sport, and sure, he was a pretty big guy, but he didn't know how many people were inside Storm Chargers. It was best to wait this one out, until he found Kelly, or the little man, alone. There could have been two or three more men waiting inside, and if he went in threatening trouble, he would be outnumbered. No matter how strong he thought he was, he didn't like those odds.

So, Drew turned around, went back to his car and drove off.

-Storm-Chargers-

Hunter sat across from Kelly, watching her as she shook. Shane came downstairs, rubbing his head and groaning loudly, until he noticed Kelly and Hunter.

Dustin stormed back into the shop at the moment and rushed over to his boss, taking the spot right next to her.

Shane walked over, "What's going on?"

Dustin shook his head, "Nothing."

"That's not nothing," Hunter frowned. "Last time she did that…"

Hunter turned to the door. The man who had been leaving earlier was walking away from the store and getting in his car. He gazed at him for a moment, confused, and then frowned.

"Kel, did this guy hurt you?" he asked.

"What guy?" Shane frowned. "Did someone come in here?"

Kelly pulled into Dustin for comfort, "You can tell them," she whispered. Dustin looked down at her, a little surprised.

"What?"

"Just tell them," she repeated. "They're going to find out."

"What?" Hunter asked, turning to Shane. The Red Ranger shrugged. Hunter looked back, "That guy did hurt you, didn't he?"

"He took advantage of Kelly when they were in high school," Dustin said.

Hunter looked pissed off as he got up from the couch and started pacing. Every time he would approach a wall he would go to punch it, but pull away and walk the other way.

Shane's jaw dropped in utter shock.

"No way…"

"He was the first guy I fell in love with," Kelly whispered. "And he broke my heart."

"I'll break his face," Hunter growled. Dustin looked at him.

"Already did that, dude."

"Not good enough," Hunter shouted. "I saw the guy walking away after you came in."

"I wasn't going to kill him," Dustin frowned.

Hunter scoffed, "I would have."

Kelly wiped her eyes when she heard the girls were coming down the stairs. She got up from the couch and turned to the boys.

"Not another word," she told them. "I'll handle this my own way."

"Kelly, we can help," Shane said. Kelly shook her head.

"I've got this."

Tori walked into the front room with a smile on her face, until her eyes fell upon Shane. She glared at him.

"Good morning," she said. Shane glared back.

"Good morning."

Kelly noted that the surfer looked ready for the beach. She took a deep breath to make sure it didn't look like she had been crying and spoke: "Are you going surfing?"

"Might as well enjoy my day off," Tori nodded. "Some people are just going to spend their vacation time working."

Leanne stepped out from the back room at that moment, "Cam asked me if I could teach him a few moves with the Thunder staff. Who am I to say no?"

"You're training on your vacation," Tori frowned. "You definitely are a Sensei's daughter."

"I thought you were the responsible one," Leanne smirked. "If you're going to blow off critical training time, I don't want to know what these boys are going to do."

Tori stuck her tongue out, "All work and no play…"

"Fuck off," Leanne laughed, shoving her friend away.

"That didn't rhyme!"

"Have a good time!"

"Dammit," Tori frowned. She blew a raspberry at Leanne and waved goodbye to her friends. She was going to meet up with Blake at the beach. She had promised him a while back that she would never go surfing without a buddy, and he volunteered to be her water buddy anytime she wanted to go to the beach. She knew he really did care about her safety, and that was one of the reason he took the "job", but she also knew he just wanted to see her in a bathing suit. She didn't mind though. She liked seeing him in a bathing suit too.

Leanne waved goodbye to her friends as well.

Shane turned to Hunter, Kelly and Dustin, "They're really getting close, aren't they?"

"You should see them at dinner time," Kelly frowned. "No matter how much food is on the table, there's never enough… and yet, somehow, there are always leftovers in my fridge."

Dustin nudged his boss, "What are you going to do about this Drew thing?" he asked her. Kelly shrugged.

"I don't know. Seeing him again… it just…"

"Just what?" Hunter asked. Kelly shivered.

"I've got to shower," she told the boys. "I feel dirty."

When Kelly went upstairs Dustin sighed. He sat back down on the couch and started hitting his head against the wall.

"I was so close," he said, "so close to getting her to go see Sensei to talk about what happened. And then he had to show up and ruin everything."

-Storm-Chargers-

While Kelly was in the shower she had nothing to do but think about what had happened. She was just on her way to go talk to Sensei, like Dustin suggested when out of the blue Drew showed up.

At first, when the scene replayed itself in her head, Kelly thought it was a sign. She wasn't meant to move on from what happened. She had tried to get some help, tried to make things right again, but it seemed like fate wouldn't have it. But when Kelly got out of the shower and thought about it again, she focused on her reaction.

All along she had been telling herself, and her sister, that she would be able to deal with what happened and that she didn't need help. But seeing Drew again proved to her that she wasn't dealing. When she had seen him, her entire body froze up. She had no idea what to do. She didn't know if she should run to Dustin and Shane or if she should fight Drew and hurt him like he hurt her.

If she had truly been over what happened back in high school, she would have had more control. She wouldn't have been frozen in fear. She would have seen him, and dealt with the way anybody else would deal with an enemy from their past.

She decided it was probably best if she still go talk to Sensei. It wouldn't hurt her to vent her emotions and listen to what the wise guinea pig had to saw. Maybe he would even saw something that would make everything better.

She knew answers weren't that easy to find, but she could hope. She wrapped her towel around herself and pulled her hair up. She picked out some clothes and threw them on quickly, not bothering to dry herself off properly before she did. She made sure her teeth were brushed and that she looked decent before heading back downstairs.

"I'm heading out!" she called to the guys, just to let them know she wasn't going to be in the store anymore. She had her cell phone on her, like she always did, so they would be able to reach her without knowing where she was. She would tell them about her meeting with Sensei when she got back.

Leanne had taken the Storm Charger van instead of her convertible to get to Ninja Ops, leaving Kelly with the option of taking her sister's car, or walking. She knew Leanne didn't like driving her convertible into the woods just outside the Wind Academy because it wasn't "convertible friendly" so Kelly decided to walk. It would give her more time to think about how she was feeling, and what she was going to say, before she talked to Sensei Guinea Pig about her personal issues.

She made it to the outskirt of town. The beginning of the forest wasn't too far away, and from there it would only be a five minute walk to the waterfall. Just as the concrete path started to turn into dirt she heard footsteps behind her.

"Kel, wait up!" she heard a man call. She rolled her eyes, praying Shane, Dustin or Hunter hadn't decided to follow her.

"What?" she asked, only to freeze up for the second time that day when she noticed the man chasing after her was Drew. He caught up and grabbed her arm.

"What the hell?" he barked. Kelly looked at him. She was truly alone this time and Drew didn't seem very happy. She took a deep breath and succeeded to calm herself down and summon enough courage to speak.

"What?"

"Do you see this bruise on my face, babe?" Drew asked, pointing to his eye. Kelly noticed it was very black. She nodded. Drew crossed his arms, "Well, explain."

"You ran into something eye first?" Kelly suggested. Drew chuckled mockingly.

"No," he said. "You sent that little man out to punch me in the parking lot!"

"The… what? I did no such thing!"

Drew took a step forward and Kelly instantly took a step back. She was speaking to him, that didn't mean she was comfortable around him.

"Then why do I have a black eye?"

"I don't know."

"Why would that little man punch me? He doesn't know me!"

"His name is Dustin," Kelly said. "And maybe he punched you because of what you did."

"What did I do?" Drew asked. "I never did anything to you, or him! I've never seen him before."

"What you did to me, Drew."

"Did what? I was nothing but nice to you! I was the perfect gentleman! Your father approved!"

"You… you…" Kelly couldn't say it. The words couldn't come out of her mouth. She had been able to say it to Dustin, Shane and Hunter, but now that she was face to face with the man who hurt her, she couldn't get the words passed her lips. She couldn't accuse him directly of taking advantage of her. It sounded… wrong.

"I did what?" Drew asked. "C'mon, Kel, what did I do that was so terrible? Did I ever hit you?"

"No…"

"Then what the hell could I have done that was so bad?"

"I…" Kelly lowered her head, "I can't remember."

Drew smiled, "Okay, so why did you send that little man out to hit me."

"I didn't tell him to hit you," Kelly said. "He's just… he's… I can't explain it… him… this…"

"Well, for avoiding me during the last few days of the year, for losing touch, and for indirectly giving me a black eye, you, Kel-Bel, owe me, Andrew Colt, a second date."

"I do?"

"C'mon, Kel, how bad could it be? You don't have a boyfriend right now, do you?"

"Not particularly…"

"Then meet me… here, tonight," Drew smiled. "We'll go on a walk in this forest. You and I can catch up. I'll bring a picnic basket."

Kelly felt the panic setting in. The forest was an isolated place. She knew Drew probably meant no harm, but she couldn't trust him. If he brought alcohol, he might force her to drink again, like he did at the after-party, and he might lose control, just like at the after-party. She could feel herself tensing up as she thought about where the date could go from there. Drew smiled when she didn't decline and kissed her on the cheek. Before he left, Kelly spoke up.

"A double date!" she called, not too sure why she did. Her mouth was just going. She figured it was instinct, trying to do what it could in this moment to keep her calm. "You and me, and two of my friends. They come to this forest a lot and they can show us around. They tell me there's some history in this forest."

"As long as it's not the little man, that's cool," Drew nodded. "And as long as we do get time alone. Dinner together, then, maybe, we can go our separate ways? We'll figure it out."

"Yeah…" Kelly nodded. Drew smiled and leaned in for another kiss, this time on the lips, but Kelly had enough control to pull away.

Drew wasn't used to this. He always got what he wanted, especially with the women. He was a babe magnet, and no one said no. He figured maybe she just needed a little pushing, or maybe she was playing hard to get. He grabbed her and tried to pull her in again, but Kelly pulled away, again.

Drew started to chuckle. He had met girls like her before. They loved to play hard to get and when they pushed away, it was only because they wanted him to try harder.

Misreading her signals entirely, Drew grabbed Kelly and pushed her against one of the first trees of the forest. He pinned her arms up over her head and planted a kiss on her lips. Kelly struggled to push him away. Thankfully, Drew didn't let the kiss last too long, though. He pulled back, offered her a smile before turning back.

Kelly watched him leave for a moment before bolting into the forest, trying to get to Ninja Ops as quickly as possible.

-Storm-Chargers-

Leanne slammed her hand down on the table after hearing what happened to her sister, just outside the Academy. She couldn't believe it. She looked at Kelly.

"You should have said no!" she shouted. "In fact, you should have told him, the moment you saw him, what happened!"

"Leanne, calm down," Sensei told her. He hadn't said much, or asked many questions while Kelly told her story, unlike Leanne and Cam. He had just stood there, on the table, and listened. "It seems to me that Drew isn't a bad guy."

"Not a…" Leanne frowned, turning to Sensei. "Do you not remember what he did?"

"Dad might have a point," Cam nodded. Leanne turned to him, glaring sharply.

"You're taking his side?"

"Drew doesn't remember what he did," Cam said, "And from what Kelly told me about the after-party, I'm guessing he's not lying about that. So when she said yes to his date, he must have thought it was okay to…"

"It's not okay," Leanne growled. She turned to Kelly, "And you shouldn't have let him! Kick him in the balls and run away!"

"It's not that easy," Kelly said.

"Yes it is! Kids can do it. You lift up your leg, hit him in the nuts and while he's dying a slow and painful death, you run away!"

Kelly turned away from her sister and looked at Sensei, "I'm not going on the date alone."

"You're not?" he asked. Kelly nodded.

"He agreed to make it a double. I thought, maybe Tori and Blake could tag along. Tori knows what happened, and she can fill Blake in before they go."

"Maybe then you can tell him what happened," Cam suggested. "Maybe if he knows, he'll apologise and back off."

Leanne raised her hands in the air, "Are we just ignoring me now?" she asked.

Sensei continued to look at Kelly, "I know it must not be easy for you, having to relive your past this way, but this date could be for the best. If Drew does not know what he's done wrong, this is the perfect chance to tell him."

"I don't want Kelly going near him!" Leanne shouted, but her voice was unheard.

"Do you think so, Sensei?" Kelly asked. Sensei nodded.

"Tori and Blake will be there to protect you. No matter their prior commitments, they will accompany you on this date. I'm sure they won't have a problem with that."

"And in the off chance that Drew is a psychopath, Tori and Blake will be there to fight him off," Cam explained. He turned to Leanne, decided best not to ignore the worried younger sister, "It's for the best. Drew will never leave her alone if he doesn't know."

"I can go out there and kill him now," Leanne said, picking up her thunder staff and her mask, "He won't know who, or what, hit him."

"Leanne," Sensei called. Leanne turned to him. "It's best if you let Kelly deal with her own monsters. I know it's hard for you to sit back, but you will not get involved in this matter."

"Sensei, this is my family!"

"Then you will do what's right," Sensei nodded.

"And anyways, I thought the big sisters were supposed to protect the little ones," Cam chuckled. "Not the other way around."

"Yeah, well my little sister is a Thunder Ninja and a pro with that freaky staff thing," Kelly said, pointing to Leanne's Thunder Staff. "And my monsters are pretty big."

Leanne looked to Sensei, "No offense, Sensei Watanabe, but I'm not sitting on the sidelines during this date," she turned to Kelly, "I'll be hiding somewhere in the forest if you need me. You'll never be alone, so don't be afraid. Say what you need to Drew. He's not going to be able to lay a finger on you."

Kelly smiled, "Thanks, Leanne. That helps."