DISCLAIMER: I do not own the Power Rangers. I do, however, own the characters/places of Gahaleigh, Belstan, Denlione, the Tinneanites, Angelina Gomez, Andie Pridgen, Katie Oliver, Anthony (also known as Tony/Andy) Viktor, Keema, Win, Alexa, Daniel, the planet Denlar, Garrett Till, Kasi Freedmon, Principal Wingard, Anderson Marks, Alison Hutchinson, Dr. Vestwick, Leza, Phillip, gogmors, anondrones, Alegia, Maddie Viktor, Edward Viktor, Patsy Viktor, Teresa Scott, Kevin Scott, and Mrs. Henderson.

Monday Morning

Hayley's

"I think we need to go to the doctor," Jason said as he felt Hayley shivering next to him. Her fever had broken during the day Saturday, but it had come back with a vengeance overnight and no matter what Hayley wanted to do, Jason knew that they had to be careful now. There were way too many things that could happen right now.

"It'll pass," Hayley said, as her teeth chattered and Jason gave her a skeptical look. He had believed it on Friday night, but he certainly did not believe it now.

"I'm calling your doctor and I'm going to try to get you an appointment as soon as I can," Jason said as Hayley sat up, to try to go put on some clothes, but then quickly laid back down and covered herself back up.

"Who's going to look after the cyberspace?" Hayley asked, as Jason looked over at her, surprised that she could be concerned about her business when she was obviously sick.

"I'm more worried about your health than the cyberspace," Jason said as Hayley nodded her head that she understood his reasoning. "You want to take a warm bath?"

"I just want to stay in bed," Hayley said, honestly, as Jason nodded and then walked out of their room to go find her address book. He was sure that she kept the phone number in there. "Jase…don't go."

"Is something else wrong?" Jason asked as he walked back over to her and kneeled down beside the bed. "Hayley…"

"I don't think we have the time to wait for an appointment, Jase," Hayley murmured as Jason nodded his head and then picked her up out of the bed blankets and all. He knew that Hayley must have been feeling horrible if she said that and he could only hope that he would be able to get her to the hospital in time.

Oliver Residence

"Come on, Andy, wake up," Katie groaned as she shook his shoulder rather roughly. She had been trying for the past ten minutes to get him to wake up and he was still completely zonked out. "Andy! Come on!"

"Kate, go take a shower, I'll get him up," Tommy said as he walked in wearing khakis and a stripped button up shirt. He was not going to try to go overboard today, he just wanted to try to keep his job.

"I don't know if you should try to do that," Katie said as Tommy gave her a final look before picking her up and carrying her out of the room and placing her in the bathroom. "Tommy! Uh."

"I know, but if you don't get in the shower now, I don't think I'll make it in on time," Tommy said as Katie just shook her head and closed the door in his face. He then felt someone snake their arms around him and he looked down at her with a smile. "Sorry, I didn't mean to wake you."

"It's fine, Tommy, she having trouble getting Anthony to wake up?" Kim asked as Tommy nodded his head yes and Kim just smiled. "I'll wake him, you go finish getting your stuff together."

"Are you sure? None of us knows how he is when he wakes up," Tommy said as Kim nodded her head and pointed towards the stairs, which he quickly headed towards.

"Andy…come on, get up," Kim said as she turned on the lights and then ripped the covers off of the boy. He, however, lay there still and Kim looked around the room to see if there was anything that might wake him up. "Andy! Get up! Why do you have to be so stubborn?"

"What's going on?" Anthony murmured as he shaded his eyes and looked up at Kim, who was giving him an odd glare. "What time is it?"

"Seven o'clock," Kim said as Anthony nodded his head and then sat up and noticed that the covers were now on the floor.

"Why are the covers on the floor?" Anthony asked as he gave Kim an odd look and he walked over to Katie's closet to dig through the clothes that Kim and Katie had gotten for him yesterday.

"I was trying to wake you up," Kim said as Anthony just shook his head and laughed. "What are you laughing for? You almost overslept."

"I can make my body understand what time I wish to get up, I said seven o'clock and I woke up at seven o'clock," Anthony said as Kim shook her head in utter disbelief as Anthony pulled out a pair of jeans and a shirt. "Are you going to watch me change?"

"No, I'll be going," Kim said as she walked out of Katie's room, still in shock. What else could this boy do that they didn't know about? "Why aren't you gone?"

"Usually Katie and I ride together," Tommy said as Kim just shook her head. "What's that look for?"

"Katie will be to school on time, Tommy, you need to go on in and get this over with," Kim said as Tommy nodded his head, then reached over and gave her a quick hug.

"I have a class at the dojo this afternoon if you want to stop by," Tommy said as Kim nodded her head. She was planning on going to her building and working on getting it better equipped. She was happy with everything that she had right now, but she was not happy that she had not been able to get a steady stream of clients, she had to thank being a ranger for that one.

"Where's he going?" Anthony asked as he sat down at the kitchen table and looked down at his clothes. "Are you sure that this is what people wear here?"

"Yeah, believe me, we could have gone to some extremes, but we decided to be nice to you," Kim said as Anthony looked at her and just shook his head. This seemed like an extreme to him, but Kim was sure that he was going to see lots of things today that he wouldn't expect.

"This is nice?" Anthony asked as Kim nodded her head and set down a plate of toast in front of him. "I take your word for it, but if it isn't I'm coming after the two of you this afternoon."

"Andy, by this afternoon, we'll be the least of your worries," Kim said as Katie walked downstairs in her towel to get a pair of jeans out of the dryer.

"I'm never going to get used to that," Anthony said as he stared at Katie's back and Kim just shook her head. She had never asked Tommy about it, but she was sure that he hadn't gotten used to it either, although they had known each other for so long.

"I'm sure that you're not the only man that has ever felt that way," Kim said as Anthony snapped back to reality as Katie smiled over at him before running back up the stairs.

"Yeah, but I know that at this age it's odd," Anthony said as Kim nodded her head in agreement, although Tommy had been the same way. Maybe the two of them really should sit down and talk to each other; they probably would be able to help each other out.

"I wouldn't worry about it too much, just make it through the day and try not to be too obvious about it," Kim said as Katie ran downstairs and sat down at the kitchen table. Her hair was not completely dry, but it at least looked like it was dry. "Tommy mentioned something about having class this afternoon...do you need anything?"

"I'll run up and get it after I eat," Katie said as she poured herself a glass of orange juice and gulped it down as both Anthony and Kim stared at her. "I have a shit load of make-up work to get done if I have any hopes of even getting through this year."

"Since she said that, no cursing at school. The teachers don't like it," Kim said as Anthony nodded his head, as Katie stuffed a piece of toast in her mouth and then ran upstairs.

"I have the feeling I am going to be cussed out for something soon, I'm not sure what it is, but I'm sure something is going to happen," Anthony said as Kim sadly nodded her agreement as Katie bounded down the stairs and ran out the door.

"Are you coming?" Katie asked as she peeked her head back inside, as Anthony nodded his head and stood up from the kitchen table, just shaking his head. "Come on, I gotta make sure Tommy still has a job."

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"I'm glad to see that you have recovered, Dr. Oliver," Principal Wingard said as Tommy jumped and managed to throw his books up in the air. He had hoped to make it through the hallway without being spotted, but he had had no such luck. "Worried are you?"

"Yeah," Tommy said as he crouched down to pick up his books and Principal Wingard looked over him. Something about him didn't seem quite right, but he was not sure what that could be.

"Go drop that off in your room, then come to my office Dr. Oliver," Principal Wingard said as Tommy just nodded his head as he finished picking up his books. Well, at least he had not been thrown off school campus the second he had arrived, but he was sure that he didn't like the way Principal Wingard sounded.

"Tommy, you're back?" Anderson asked as he walked by him in the hall.

"I'm here, I'm not sure that means I still have a job though," Tommy said as he opened the door to his classroom and looked around in shock. It had been destroyed, not just slightly messed up, destroyed. What the hell had happened here? "If I still have a job, I'm going to have to have a serious conversation about this substitute."

"Whoa," Anderson said as he peeked inside and saw several posters hanging from the walls, as well as a crumpled skeleton. This was going to be a lot of fun to clean up. "You know the kids didn't like the sub."

"So they ruined my room," Tommy said with a slight shake of his head. "I'll get it back together soon enough, I'm sure that some of the kids will want to help me."

"Yeah, if you get to stay," Anderson said as Tommy nodded his head in agreement. "So, what was really going on, Tommy?"

"You wouldn't believe me if I told you," Tommy said as Anderson nodded his head. In the past few years he had learned to accept that his friend led a rather mysterious life, to say the least about the matter.

"I thought it was one of those things," Anderson said as they reached the office and Tommy just looked at the door. He had been in hot water before, but he was afraid that he was in boiling water now. "It's not going to make it any better."

"And it won't make it go away either, I better get this over with," Tommy said as he opened the door and Andie smiled up at him.

"You feeling better?" Andie asked as she passed Tommy the clipboard to let him sign in and he just nodded his head yes. "Go on in and good luck."

"He's going to need it," Anderson said as Andie nodded and then looked back at the closed door.

"Dr. Oliver, sit," Principal Wingard said, rather roughly, as Tommy nodded his head and immediately sat down in a seat across from Principal Wingard. "I want the truth, Oliver, because I am afraid that is the only thing that will save your career at this high school."

"You wouldn't believe the truth and I'm bound to not tell it, to be honest with you," Tommy said as Principal Wingard gave him an odd look.

"Sounds like you'll lose your job then, Dr. Oliver," Principal Wingard said as Tommy just shook his head and then stood up to leave. "You're not going to put up fight?"

"I've already put up a fight for something else, I did my job, if I have to lose this one, so be it, I've done what I need to do," Tommy said as Principal Wingard's mouth dropped open and he quickly moved between Tommy and the door. "I'll go get my things; it'll all work out."

"Hold on, you said you've already put up a fight? Dr. Oliver, that certainly does not sound good," Principal Wingard said as Tommy just shrugged his shoulders and tried to move Principal Wingard out of the way. He, however, was stubbornly glued to the door and did not look like he was going to move anytime soon.

"I can't explain my fight, but it goes with another job I have," Tommy said as he backed away and resigned himself to talk as vaguely as possible until he was allowed to leave. This was information that he could not give up, no matter what was at stake.

"At the dojo? You had to fight someone?" Principal Wingard asked as Tommy just shook his head and propped himself on the back of a chair. Although that might seem like an obvious answer, it was not in his life.

"I would have liked fighting at the dojo much better than what I had to do," Tommy said as Principal Wingard gave him an extremely odd look.

"What did you have to do?" Principal Wingard asked as Tommy covered his face and smiled.

"We're back to what I can't talk about," Tommy said as Principal Wingard walked out into the outer office and grabbed Alison, maybe she could help out, someway.

"You knew him, I don't want to fire him, so get it out of him," Principal Wingard said as he shoved Alison towards Tommy and he quickly caught her and gave her a smile, this was going to be tons of fun.

"Principal Wingard, I don't think you need to know whatever it is that he can't tell you," Alison said as she turned around to face him and Tommy gave her an odd look. Had Andie told her what she had seen and Alison had finally put the pieces together or had she put the pieces together much earlier but just kept her mouth shut about it?

"Oliver, you have to tell me," Principal Wingard said, as Tommy just shook his head no. He honestly was not scared by any threats that his boss made.

"Principal Wingard, with all due respect, either I'm staying or I'm wasting your time right now. If you trust that I was really doing something that had a bigger purpose, then I guess I have a job, if you don't I need to go get all of my things so that my replacement can have the job of cleaning up my room which she let be destroyed," Tommy said as he took a step towards the door.

"Fine Oliver, you get to keep your job," Principal Wingard said as he sat down behind his desk, while Tommy and Alison exchanged a glance as Tommy wrapped her up in happy hug.

"Thank you so much," Tommy said happily as he exited the office and let out a loud whoop, which caused Andie and Anderson to look over at him, as he jumped up and down.

"I guess you get to keep your job," Andie said carefully, as Tommy walked over and gave her a kiss on the cheek before he wrapped her up in a bear hug.

"Thank you so much," Tommy said as Anderson looked at the two of them and then gave Tommy a very disgruntled look. "I have to get to my classroom, since my classes so nicely destroyed it."

"You think that he's going to figure it out?" Anderson asked as Andie nodded her head as Alison walked back out with a smile on her face.

"That's the Tommy Oliver I know. I didn't think that he still had the skills to lie himself out of a situation though," Alison said as Andie laughed.

"I'm afraid that the pinch of truth with the pack of lies will always work for Tommy," Andie said as Alison nodded. "Do you think that I should call his girlfriend and let her know?"

"No, I imagine that is what Tommy is doing right now," Alison said as Andie nodded as Anderson looked between the two of them. "Do you think that he's really done?"

"I hope so, for everyone's sake," Andie said as Alison and Anderson nodded, as Katie burst through the office door.

"Does he still have his job?" Katie asked as she placed her hands on the desk and gasped for breath. Anthony had not exactly sprinted after her, as he was still kinda overwhelmed about the building.

"You need to go ask him about that," Anderson said as Katie glared up at him and then ran back out of the office.

"What's going on?" Anthony asked as Katie ran past him and he watched her continue to run down the hall. "I need to get my schedule."

"You're Hayley's cousin, aren't you?" Andie asked as Anthony nodded his head yes and Andie printed out a copy of his schedule.

"I'll take you to Tommy's room," Anderson said as Anthony just nodded his head and followed Anderson out of the room.

"He kinda reminds me of Tommy when he was younger," Alison said as she watched Anthony exit. "Damn shame he wasn't around back then."

"Alison," Andie said as Alison just laughed.

"If we had had a Tommy Oliver in my grade, I would have been very happy, but Kim got him first. The rest of us just had to sit back and watch," Alison said as Andie nodded her head. She now understood that Tommy had never been anyone else's no matter what she thought.

"So, where did you come from?" Anderson asked as they walked down the hall towards Tommy's room.

"Texas," Anthony said, as he had had a chance to glimpse over all of the information that Hayley had given the school last night.

"Did you like it there?" Anderson asked as Anthony nodded his head yes and he could hear Katie shrieking down the hall.

"I hope that means good news," Anthony said as Anderson looked over at him before shaking his head. He knew something was going on, he just couldn't figure out what it might be.

"You've got your job!" Katie shrieked as she gave him a hug and Tommy stumbled backwards as Anthony and Anderson walked in.

"Yes, my room, is another story," Tommy said as Katie looked around and as she did her eyes became bigger and her mouth dropped open.

"What the hell was that substitute thinking?" Katie asked as Tommy shook his head, as Anthony and Anderson both covered their mouths to try to prevent their laughter.

"I don't know, but I need to straighten it up some before all of my students get here," Tommy said as Katie just nodded and then looked over at Anthony and Anderson.

"I'll show Andy around, Mr. Marks," Katie said as Anderson looked between the two of them then nodded his head.

"I think I am the luckiest man alive," Tommy said as Anderson nodded his head in agreement. He knew that if he had gone in there after being gone for about two weeks of the first six of the school year, he would be fired before he got through the door.

"Or one of the unluckiest," Anderson said as Tommy gave him a confused look. How could he be unlucky right now? "Other areas of your life Tommy. It seems like you have to have some things go good because some things are so bad."

"Well, everyone has that happen in their life sometime," Tommy said as Anderson just looked at him. "Okay, so maybe I have it happen more often, but it's not a big deal. It's been like this for years."

"So, you're used to it," Anderson said as Tommy nodded his head and Anderson then sat down on one of the desks. "You know the rumors that are going around."

"What's that?" Tommy asked as he propped against his own desk. He could only imagine what types of rumors might be floating around.

"That you went off and got married this last week," Anderson said as Tommy laughed and shook his head no.

"I wish I would have been at a wedding, even if it wasn't my own this last week," Tommy said as Anderson looked over at him.

"So what were you really doing?" Anderson asked as Tommy stood up and walked over to tape a poster back up on the wall.

"It's not something that I can explain, to anyone," Tommy said as Anderson just shook his head.

"Well, at least they weren't spreading rumors about you being a Power Ranger," Anderson said as Tommy looked over at him, with wide eyes.

"Who else knows?" Tommy asked as Anderson smiled over at him.

"I think just Angelina and Garrett, they were the ones that gave me the idea, plus I don't think most of your classes have the balls to ask about it," Anderson said as Tommy just shook his head and sat down on the desk nearest to him.

"I better warn Kim and Jase, the two of them really don't need any rumors started about them when they are moving here," Tommy said as the bell rang and he looked over at Anderson. "That seems early."

"Homeroom, today, Tommy. I don't know why though," Anderson said as he walked out of the room and walked down the hall to his own.

"Dr. Oliver, you're back!" Angelina exclaimed as she walked into his classroom and Tommy gave her a smile. "Where's Katie?"

"Probably showing Andy to his homeroom," Tommy said as Angelina nodded and then went to sit down in her normal seat.

"Do you know why we're here?" Angelina asked, as Tommy shook his head no.

"But I do have some things to say to this class and every other class I have today," Tommy said as Angelina looked around the room and nodded.

"We did it to try to get the substitute to just leave," Angelina said as Mrs. Henderson walked into Tommy's room with books in hand.

"Who are you?" Mrs. Henderson asked as Tommy walked over and took his books out of her hands.

"I'm Dr. Oliver, I'm afraid that your assistance is no longer needed and thank you so much for keeping my room in such wonderful condition," Tommy said with a smile as Mrs. Henderson glared up at him.

"I don't know how you deal with these hellions," Mrs. Henderson said as Tommy smiled as he walked her over to the doors.

"They're not hellions for me, unlike you, I know how to control a class," Tommy said as Mrs. Henderson just shook her head at him as she stalked out of her room.

"Dr. Oliver, are you all right?" Garrett asked as Tommy nodded his head yes and looked over as Katie walked through the door, with a smile on her face.

"It's never good when you're that happy," Angelina said as Katie just sat down in her seat and turned to face Tommy, it was going to be a wonderful day, no matter what else happened.

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Hospital

"How is she?" Jason asked as Dr. Vestwick walked out and sat down in the chair next to Jason.

"She's all right, right now, Jason, but I can't tell you what is going on with her," Dr. Vestwick said as Jason covered his face and nodded. "Have things been stressful for her lately?"

"Yeah, that's partially my fault. I've been gone for the last week and I haven't been able to help her any," Jason said as Dr. Vestwick nodded. He had been able to get that much out of Hayley already.

"But it is not only stress, there is something else going on, I've taken some blood and we're doing some tests, but I don't think she should go home yet. If it turns out to be a virus, I'll send her home, but right now I think we need to be on the safe side," Dr. Vestwick said as Jason nodded.

"Can I go in?" Jason asked as Dr. Vestwick nodded his head and Jason stood to go to Hayley's room.

"Hey, Jase," Hayley said, weakly, as Jason sat down next to the bed and reached over to hold her hand.

"Hey yourself," Jason said as Hayley's face began to crumple and he reached over to give her a hug. "It's going to be fine Hayley, I promise."

"I don't know, Jase. I don't know if we'll be able to do this," Hayley whispered as Jason reached for the bar between them and quickly lowered it.

"We'll be able to, Hayley. We just have to figure out what is going on, honey," Jason reassured as he crawled onto the bed and placed her in his lap.

"I don't know what it could be Jase, everything that I've thought of wouldn't be making me feel like this," Hayley said as Jason nodded his head.

"Hayley, you have to try not to stress right now, I know it's hard but maybe it will help," Jason said as Hayley glared at him and he then glanced away to gain his composure. "I know I didn't help the situation any, but I didn't have a choice about that, I'm trying to do what I can, Hayley."

"But I haven't been doing anything that is too stressful, I've just been going to work," Hayley said as she leaned back against the pillow.

"That's stressful enough, when I walked in on Friday, you looked like you were ready to throw all of them out. Hayley, do any of them know?" Jason asked as Hayley shook her head no and Jason looked up at her. "You don't want to tell them until we're married, right?"

"Yeah, I would kinda like to be able to put it off until then," Hayley said as Jason just shook his head. "I don't think that it's going to happen either."

"I'm not saying it won't, but I think that they would help you out more. Right now they just think you are in a bad mood for no reason," Jason said as Hayley just shook her head.

"Yeah, you're right, but I'm going to have to get out of here first," Hayley said as Jason just nodded his head in agreement. "I don't know why they just can't call me when they get the test results."

"Because you fainted on the way over here and that's not really normal for someone who is just going on with their normal life," Jason said as Hayley looked up at the ceiling.

"I guess that Trini never had these problems," Hayley said as Jason nodded his head yes.

"She had different ones though. She had a hard time sleeping and she wasn't able to eat much of anything, but that was it for her," Jason said as Hayley just shook her head.

"I wish that was the only problem that I had, but I can't seem to get through a couple of weeks without fainting. I just don't know what's wrong with me. This doesn't happen to most women," Hayley blurted out as Jason sat at her shoulder and put his arm around her.

"Yeah, but that's why we're here, I'm sure that they'll figure out what it is, Hayley," Jason said as Hayley nodded her head and then let out a long sigh.

"I guess we should at least call our parents," Hayley said, as Jason shook his head no. "Why not? They'd want to know about what's happening."

"I think we should call them after everything has been straightened out, there's no need to worry them until we know everything," Jason said as Hayley could only agree. She knew that her parents were already worried about her, she didn't want to add anything else to them unless it was necessary. "Get some rest, Hayley."

"I'm not tired Jason," Hayley said as she leaned her head on his shoulder and gazed up at the fluorescent ceiling light. "I just want to know what is wrong with me."

"They'll be back soon enough to tell you, just get some rest," Jason whispered as Hayley's eyes slowly closed and she drifted off into a peaceful sleep.

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"Tommy!" Kim yelled as she walked up the hall and could see Tommy at the far end. The final bell of the day had just rang and she was not sure if he had even heard her. "Tommy!"

"I don't think he heard you," Anthony whispered in her ear as Kim jumped as she looked back at him. "Sorry, couldn't help it."

"Tommy Oliver!" Kim yelled as she stalked off down the hall after him as Anthony just laughed.

"Hey," Katie said as she walked up beside him and he smiled down at her. "Are you coming with us this afternoon?"

"Yeah, I couldn't get in touch with Hayley when I called," Anthony said as Katie gave him a confused look and they then turned to walk towards Tommy's room.

"Hey," Kim said as she walked into Tommy's room only a few steps behind him.

"Hey, what are you doing here?" Tommy asked as he gave her a hug and she then sat down on one of his desks.

"I have done all I can do at my place without some outside help, I needed to see a friendly face after today," Kim said as Tommy smiled over at her as he went to gather his school things.

"Have you heard from Jason today?" Tommy asked as Kim nodded her head yes. "What's going on?"

"Hayley is going to have to take it easy for the next couple of days until all of her test results come in, but right now it just looks like she gotten the bad end of a cold," Kim said as Tommy just shook his head. That didn't explain why she was fainting, but it could be draining her more than they all knew it could.

"That doesn't make a lot of sense," Tommy said as Kim nodded. She thought it was odd too, but she also thought that the doctors knew what they were talking about.

"I know, but they let her come home and Jason is going to the cyberspace to open it up for the afternoon," Kim said as Anthony and Katie walked in.

"Hayley?" Katie asked as Kim nodded her head. "You know, maybe the two of them should just take a week off and have a wedding. Let's face it, things aren't going to get better until they are married."

"Yeah, but that can't be what is causing everything with Hayley, although the stress she's been under over the last few weeks might have something to do with it," Tommy said as Kim nodded in agreement. She could certainly imagine that Jason being gone on a mission had stressed her more than anything else could.

"Yeah, but he's back, shouldn't the stress be gone?" Katie asked as Tommy shrugged his shoulders and walked towards the door.

"You have class," Tommy said pointing to Katie as he locked the door. "But can the two of you swing by Hayley's and just check on her. I'm sure that Jason would appreciate it."

"Yeah, we'll go. You just want me to meet you at home?" Kim asked as Tommy nodded his head yes and the four of them then headed for the door. "So, how did you manage to keep your job?"

"I'll explain it to you when I get home from the dojo, we gotta go," Tommy said as Katie and he jogged ahead so that they would not be late to the dojo.

"I guess we're stuck together for the afternoon," Anthony said as Kim nodded her head.

"It's about time you really meet Hayley, since she is your long lost cousin," Kim said as the two of them hopped in her car. Kim could not think of a day that had gone so well in a very long time. She couldn't believe that they're first day back at school had gone so smoothly, but the day was not over yet and the former rangers still had a great deal ahead of them.

AN: Okay, I'm splitting the day into two parts, I don't want to make it too long, so the next chapter will be a continuation. I hope that you like this chapter and let me know what you think about it. Toodles!