Chapter 4- Pranks

Lucas's Point Of View

Its kind of obvious Jen and Wes have fallen in love with each other.

They just are so blind they don't notice.

But yesterday, when they came home from doing a personal trainer job, everything changed…


Jen came in the door of the clock tower, slamming the door.

She was soaking wet, and covered in cake icing?!?!

Of course, Katie was like, "What in the world happened?"

But then Jen just gets this little annoying smile on her face, like "I know something you don't know", and walks upstairs.

Then Wes comes in.

He looks confused, but happy. A very weird expression to have.

Before anything else, he asks where Jen is.

Trip points upwards. Wes nods and heads upstairs.

Trip and Katie look at me.

"Lucas, it's your turn." Katie says.

"Ok, ok, ok!" I grumble, sounding annoyed but I really am happy I am the one who gets to spy this time. This time it looks like it's gonna be interesting.

Very interesting.

A few weeks ago, Katie, Trip, and me discovered this way up the backside of the clock tower.

It's this little set of steps chipped into the back wall winding around till it reaches the upstairs window.

There's a little ledge there that's the perfect place to spy from.

Here goes.

I'm hanging on to the wall for dear life, slowly moving my feet up the little steps that are no more than tiny ledges for your feet to grip to.

Don't look down, I tell myself.

Finally, I get to the "spying" ledge, sit down, and watch the show.

"Jen?"

"Oh, hi Wes!"

They both blush.

"Listen, I'm sorry about the…"

The what??? Argghhhh….

"Oh it's ok. Actually, Wes…"

"Actually?"

"I kind of liked it."

Liked what? They are both blushing, bright BRIGHT red, redder than anything I have ever seen.

"Really? Well…"

"And about the shoes?"

They both laugh.

"Yes?"

Shoes? Whatever.

"What I meant was…"

"Was…?"

Jen takes a deep breath.

Oh my god, she's taking the plunge.

"You guys, she's gonna tell him!" I scream hysterically, almost falling off the ledge.

Trip and Katie give me the "shush before they hear you" signal.

Luckily Jen and Wes don't hear us.

Jen swallows. "I…I love you, Wes."

They stare into each other's eyes.

Boy, I wish I had some popcorn. I like popcorn when I watch sappy stuff like this. It's like a movie.

Wes says, breathless, "I love you too." very quietly.

Gradually, they lean closer, closer, and at the moment their lips touch, I fall off the ledge.

"Sh*t!" I grumble, as I brush myself off. "I almost had it on tape!"

"Did you get the beginning on tape?" Katie asks ansiously.

"Yeah. It's gonna be great." We are all snickering.

Time to put our plan into action.



Katie somehow gets Jen and Wes to go out, but they don't really know what's going on, they're too absorbed in each other.

Trip is setting up the large video screen, while Katie and I perfect the tape with this program I got on our laptop especially for this project.

We add some sound affects, like people going "ooooooo!" and "awwwwwww….that's so cute." when Jen tells Wes she loves him.

It's a masterpiece.

Trip puts the tape in the VCR, rewinds it, and hands me the remote.

"Remember, the second they get in the door, push play, ok?"

"Don't worry. You can count on me!" I say, smiling evily. This is the best prank I've ever pulled.

Katie pushes the button on her morpher, and says, "Jen? Come back to the clock tower right away! We've got trouble…"

Jen nods, and then turns off her message.

Katie rubs her hands together gleefully. "This is gonna be sooooo cool! And we'll get them back for being so BLIND!" We all snicker wildly.



Jen and Wes walked in the door, laughing about something.

Taking a deep breath, I press the "play" button.

The sound is up to the max.

This is it.

"JEN?"

"OH, HI WES."

"LISTEN, I'M SORRY ABOUT THE …"

"OH, IT'S OK. ACTUALLY…"

"ACTUALLY…?"

"I KIND OF LIKED IT."

"REALLY? WELL…"

"AND ABOUT THE SHOES?"

"YES?"

"WHAT I MEANT WAS…"

"WAS?"

"You guys! She's gonna tell him!" You can hear faintly in the background.

"I…I LOVE YOU, WES."

"I LOVE YOU TOO."

"AWWWW….HOW CUUUUUUTE!!!!!" The sound effects are great.

Just as they are about to kiss, the tape cuts off and we pop out from behind the table and get a good look at their faces.

Jen is brick red, and mouthing wordlessly.

Wes is smacking his hand into his fist, and muttering, "They are soooo dead."

Trip, Katie, and I are laughing so hard we fall down.

"We wanted for so long for you guys to get together, so we made this little present for you." Katie says sweetly.

Jen and Wes are staring at us as if we are insane. Jen's eyes seem to be popping out of her head. She tries to say something but bursts out laughing. Soon she's laughing so hard tears are coming out of her eyes.

Wes stares at her for a second, and then starts to laugh slowly, then harder.

He and Jen each stare at the other laughing, and then start to make out.

"I think we'd better give them a little privacy." Trip snickers.

We're walking out when Jen grabs the back of my shirt.

"Going somewhere?" She smiles evily.

We all gulp.

Then the torrent breaks lose. "HOW COULD YOU DO THIS? YOU RATS! YOU WERE SPYING ON US. HOW DARE YOU? YOU…YOU…" Jen then is at a loss for words, and just stands there, trembling with rage.

And then cracks up. "You should have SEEN the look on your faces! It was hysterically."

Feeling a little foolish, Trip, Katie, and me walk out the door again, leaving Jen and Wes alone.

Katie gives us a smirk. "Looks like our little joke went well. Jen didn't get TOO mad."

Trip and I raise our eyebrows.

"Alright, she was really mad. But it's ok. It was a great joke, you guys, admit it."

We grin and walk off to get some pizza.

Jen and Wes are finally together, and hot pizza is waiting. Life is looking pretty good for the Power Rangers Time Force!