Always a Frog, Never a Prince
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Adam glanced up at the sound of the door opening and smiled, the pink ranger stumbled through the doorway juggling what appeared to be five to seven shopping bags. Placing his book to one side he waited patiently as the young woman unloaded her cargo onto his bed before giving a triumphant sigh and finally looking up at him. "Been doing some shopping I see," Adam stated obviously.
"Yep," she said, her bright eyes dancing with delight.
"And where did you get the money for such an amorous venture," he asked suspiciously, "I thought *you* were broke."
"My Daddy misses me," she stated in a schoolgirl voice. "You wanna see what I bought?" it was amazing how excited she seemed.
Folding his arms he raised an eyebrow, "Depends, is there anything in those bags worth seeing?"
Kimberly gave him a shocked expression, "Of course there is," he didn't look convinced, "Adam Park! Are you suggesting that I don't have a keen eye for shopping?"
"Keen eye?" Adam said, "You make it sound like a sport."
Kimberly glanced up from her rummaging and raised her eyebrows, "I'll have you know that shopping is just as challenging as any sport played," the black ranger actually scoffed at that remark. Standing upright once again Kimberly firmly set her hands on her hips, "Fine, I was going to invite you to go to a club tonight. But now…I think I'll take Rocky. I'm sure he'll appreciate my shopping abilities."
Adam smiled deviously, "Miss Hart, are you trying to ask me out for a date?"
Kimberly immediately turned a bright shade of red, Adam laughed earning him a threatening gesture by use of her index finger, "Don't twist my words. This is a thank you, plus I think we could both do with a bit of rest and relaxation tonight. Don't you?"
Adam usually didn't go out, he hated clubs, period. There was nothing he found attractive about two hundred people crammed into a confined space smelling of cigarettes and sweat. But…he was sure he'd be able to cope for just one night. "Sure," he replied, "I definitely think that tonight we deserve a chance to enjoy ourselves."
Kimberly showed off her beautiful smile and started to gather up her bags, "Good. Now, you'd better look smart tonight. Because I'm, going dressed to kill."
"You wanna share where we are in fact, going, tonight?" he asked to Kimberly's retreating back.
"Nope," she called over her shoulder, "it's a surprise."
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Tommy cradled Kat in his arms, he was panting for breath after that, as was his girlfriend who wiped a mop of sweat drenched blonde hair out of her eyes. "Hmm," she expressed lovingly while wrapping her arms around him, "That was some makeup session."
"You're telling me," Tommy agreed, he was sure he was seeing double, "So, what do you want to do tonight? We could go to that new restaurant down on 5th, it's supposed to be real nice there." The pink ranger grunted, obviously disagreeing with his suggestion, "Okay, so what do *you* want to do tonight, future Mrs Oliver?" he kissed her gently on the forehead.
Kat purred affectionately, she loved that sound, Mrs Oliver! It made I sound the engagement all the more real. Thinking of possibilities in her head, she eventually managed to find one that she thought both she and Tommy would enjoy, "Let's go out dancing."
"Dancing?" he sounded surprised.
"Yeah," Kat pushed herself up onto her elbows and spun onto her front to face the white ranger, "Just you and me, we haven't been out dancing in a long time."
Tommy didn't know why, but he actually liked the sound of her idea, "Okay," he confirmed, Kat glanced at him surprised.
"Really?"
He nodded, "Yeah, it'll be fun," smiling she leaned up and kissed him once more, pulling away Tommy felt her melt into his embrace once more, "Tonight, we dance."
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"Oh yes, very fetching," Rocky circled Adam who was currently stood in front of a mirror wearing a bright blue shirt with big, yellow pineapples all over it.
The look on the black rangers face said it all, he was less than impressed, "You have got to be kidding me."
"Why? What's wrong with it?" Rocky actually sounded offended, turning his best friend around he took a few steps back, "You look good."
"I look like the man from Del Monte," Adam retorted, this brought about a hurt look on the red rangers face, "What?"
"That shirt, won me the 2002 Angel Grove limbo contest. And *I*, am gracious enough to let you borrow it and *you*, dare mock the shirt," the look Adam was giving Rocky said it all, "I'm gonna shut up."
"Thank you," taking off the pineapple shirt Adam tossed it to one side and pulled back on his old one while taking special care in avoiding the mirror. "I think I'm just going to wear one of my normal shirts."
Rocky made a disgruntled sound, "Black again, you wear black all of the time. And why is that?"
"Because black goes with everything," Adam replied.
"AND!" Rocky interjected, "And it goes with nothing. Now, you asked for my help, so whether you like it or not you're going to get it."
After yanking his shirt on Adam turned to Rocky, "I never asked for your help, I told you that Kim and I were going out tonight and now you're acting like you work in a salon."
"Mock me if you will, but I'm just offering you the benefit of my clubbing experience," Rocky shrugged, "Besides with my feet burnt to a crisp I don't have much else to do now, thanks to someone."
"Hey, you should've just taken the beating, if you hadn't tried to double cross me then you'd have never ended up all the way out in the desert now, would you?" the red ranger didn't reply and instead offered a very colorful set of fingers that Adam was very used to by now.
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Kimberly stood in the mirror, a huge smile on her face; the dress was perfect. It was a long black number that hugged her figure perfectly, it was sexy yet elegant, just what she'd been aiming for. At first didn't know why she'd chosen it, but now she did. Pink had always been her thing, occasionally she'd wear white or red, but never black. It had never appealed to her, but when she was at the store this morning she'd seen the dress, it seemed to cry out to her. And she was definitely pleased that she'd listened.
Turning to yet another angle she ran a hand down, over her hips and thought back to the conversation that she and Trini had engaged in earlier that morning. And once again her mind went into overdrive, before she and Trini had left the dorm the yellow ranger had asked her one last question.
"When you're all alone in the dorm, do you find yourself looking up at the clock and counting the minutes until Adam comes home?"
The pink ranger had laughed it off with a, "Goodbye Trini," but that was only because the question had her stumped. She'd never really thought about it before, everything was so clear cut, so black and white. Kimberly giggled slightly at the phrase, 'A fitting sentence' her mind told her.
She didn't want to complicate things with Adam, they had a good thing going, he was fast approaching Billy in the best male friend category and seemed to be aiming to overtake him, which was nice. Plus she didn't even know whether or not Adam thought about her in that way. Maybe last night was about rejection, and not about courtesy like she'd originally thought.
Of course it was stupid to wonder whether or not Adam liked her in that way when she didn't even know how she felt herself. She wanted to find out, she needed to. She decided to way up all of her feelings for Adam and try to figure it out from there.
True! On occasion she would count the minutes until he came home, but that was only because he was good company. And yes, he is gentle, kind, considerate, handsome. But so is Jason, and she wasn't having those doubts about their friendship. Kimberly realized that if she kept going then she was going to give herself another migraine and so decided to stop.
Taking one last look at herself in the mirror she smiled, "Whatever happens, happens," she said, aiming to continue to use that philosophy, no matter what happened.
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"Hey, looking sharp Adam," Trini called as the black ranger made his way down the hall and towards his dorm.
Blushing slightly the black ranger mumbled a, "Thanks Trini," he came to a stop next to his door with Rocky in tow. He'd decided that once he'd picked out what he was going to wear then he'd get ready in Rocky's, so Kimberly could have some privacy while she got ready.
"You should thank me!" the red ranger boasted, "He wanted to wear my Hawaiian shirt. If I hadn't been there to talk him out of it, who knows what he would've looked like."
"Yeah, I'll bet," Trini responded not believing Rocky for a second, turning to Adam she smiled, "Kimberly will be out in a minute, she's just putting her shoes on."
"No problem," the black ranger was nervous, his palms were sweating and he couldn't stand still, and what was worse was that his constant shuffling had caught Trini's attention.
However she didn't have time to comment as the door opened and Kimberly stepped out. Both black and red rangers jaws dropped to the floor at the sight before them. Adam couldn't even begin to describe how beautiful she looked. Unfortunately Rocky knew exactly what to say.
"Fucking hell!"
The pink ranger, now donned in black, smiled sweetly at the red ranger, "Thank you Rocky," she then turned to Adam, whose mouth was still agape, "Well, how do I look?"
"Incredible," Adam stated honestly, however his brain started to work soon after and he was left deeply embarrassed again, his cheeks turning bright crimson.
Kimberly felt herself blushing somewhat too from the compliment, "You look great too," she stated truthfully, Adam was dressed in a black, silk shirt and plain black trousers, she didn't know why but she was happy that he'd decided to stick to his ranger colors.
"Okay, bunch together," Trini ordered holding up a camera she'd brought along.
"Oh god," Kimberly groaned, "It's like prom night all over again.
"Hey, no excuses," Rocky replied nudging Kimberly into Adam. However, he might've nudged a little too hard, because on the first step forward Kimberly tripped and fell right into Adams arms.
Click
"Got it," Trini said, happily snatching the picture that slid out of the bottom compartment of her camera. She could see Kimberly was about to start protesting and quickly cut in, "Now you two have a good time, and remember to be back home by eleven."
The pink ranger shook her head, "Come on Adam, let's go."
Before he could protest the black ranger was led by the hand down the hallway, however just after they went out the door Rocky's voice echoed throughout the hallway. "And remember Adam, use a condom?"
He started to laugh but quickly hid behind Trini as Adam reentered the hallway, however the pink ranger also quickly appeared and yanked him back out of the door.
Once he was sure Adam was gone Rocky reemerged from behind the yellow ranger "So," he began, "How'd the picture turn out?"
Trini was smiling, while turning the picture over and over in her hands, "See for yourself."
Snatching the Polaroid from her hand Rocky turned it over, and pretty soon a smile appeared on his face too. Trini had snapped at the perfect time; it was the exact moment Kimberly had looked up at Adam, after he'd caught her, and he had looked down at her. Kimberly had what looked like a loving smile on her face, as did Adam. It had only lasted a split second but Trini had captured the moment forever on camera.
The red ranger handed the Polaroid back to Trini before stating simply, "I gotta get a copy of that."
To Be Continued
By Boulder
Authors Notes
Sorry bout the wait, I've been trying to time chapters a week apart but it hasn't been working so well. I've had a bad chest recently, I gotta quit smoking, at this rate I'll be dead by the time I'm nineteen.
Anyways, suggestions, praise, flames, all are welcome.
Regards,
Boulder
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Adam glanced up at the sound of the door opening and smiled, the pink ranger stumbled through the doorway juggling what appeared to be five to seven shopping bags. Placing his book to one side he waited patiently as the young woman unloaded her cargo onto his bed before giving a triumphant sigh and finally looking up at him. "Been doing some shopping I see," Adam stated obviously.
"Yep," she said, her bright eyes dancing with delight.
"And where did you get the money for such an amorous venture," he asked suspiciously, "I thought *you* were broke."
"My Daddy misses me," she stated in a schoolgirl voice. "You wanna see what I bought?" it was amazing how excited she seemed.
Folding his arms he raised an eyebrow, "Depends, is there anything in those bags worth seeing?"
Kimberly gave him a shocked expression, "Of course there is," he didn't look convinced, "Adam Park! Are you suggesting that I don't have a keen eye for shopping?"
"Keen eye?" Adam said, "You make it sound like a sport."
Kimberly glanced up from her rummaging and raised her eyebrows, "I'll have you know that shopping is just as challenging as any sport played," the black ranger actually scoffed at that remark. Standing upright once again Kimberly firmly set her hands on her hips, "Fine, I was going to invite you to go to a club tonight. But now…I think I'll take Rocky. I'm sure he'll appreciate my shopping abilities."
Adam smiled deviously, "Miss Hart, are you trying to ask me out for a date?"
Kimberly immediately turned a bright shade of red, Adam laughed earning him a threatening gesture by use of her index finger, "Don't twist my words. This is a thank you, plus I think we could both do with a bit of rest and relaxation tonight. Don't you?"
Adam usually didn't go out, he hated clubs, period. There was nothing he found attractive about two hundred people crammed into a confined space smelling of cigarettes and sweat. But…he was sure he'd be able to cope for just one night. "Sure," he replied, "I definitely think that tonight we deserve a chance to enjoy ourselves."
Kimberly showed off her beautiful smile and started to gather up her bags, "Good. Now, you'd better look smart tonight. Because I'm, going dressed to kill."
"You wanna share where we are in fact, going, tonight?" he asked to Kimberly's retreating back.
"Nope," she called over her shoulder, "it's a surprise."
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Tommy cradled Kat in his arms, he was panting for breath after that, as was his girlfriend who wiped a mop of sweat drenched blonde hair out of her eyes. "Hmm," she expressed lovingly while wrapping her arms around him, "That was some makeup session."
"You're telling me," Tommy agreed, he was sure he was seeing double, "So, what do you want to do tonight? We could go to that new restaurant down on 5th, it's supposed to be real nice there." The pink ranger grunted, obviously disagreeing with his suggestion, "Okay, so what do *you* want to do tonight, future Mrs Oliver?" he kissed her gently on the forehead.
Kat purred affectionately, she loved that sound, Mrs Oliver! It made I sound the engagement all the more real. Thinking of possibilities in her head, she eventually managed to find one that she thought both she and Tommy would enjoy, "Let's go out dancing."
"Dancing?" he sounded surprised.
"Yeah," Kat pushed herself up onto her elbows and spun onto her front to face the white ranger, "Just you and me, we haven't been out dancing in a long time."
Tommy didn't know why, but he actually liked the sound of her idea, "Okay," he confirmed, Kat glanced at him surprised.
"Really?"
He nodded, "Yeah, it'll be fun," smiling she leaned up and kissed him once more, pulling away Tommy felt her melt into his embrace once more, "Tonight, we dance."
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"Oh yes, very fetching," Rocky circled Adam who was currently stood in front of a mirror wearing a bright blue shirt with big, yellow pineapples all over it.
The look on the black rangers face said it all, he was less than impressed, "You have got to be kidding me."
"Why? What's wrong with it?" Rocky actually sounded offended, turning his best friend around he took a few steps back, "You look good."
"I look like the man from Del Monte," Adam retorted, this brought about a hurt look on the red rangers face, "What?"
"That shirt, won me the 2002 Angel Grove limbo contest. And *I*, am gracious enough to let you borrow it and *you*, dare mock the shirt," the look Adam was giving Rocky said it all, "I'm gonna shut up."
"Thank you," taking off the pineapple shirt Adam tossed it to one side and pulled back on his old one while taking special care in avoiding the mirror. "I think I'm just going to wear one of my normal shirts."
Rocky made a disgruntled sound, "Black again, you wear black all of the time. And why is that?"
"Because black goes with everything," Adam replied.
"AND!" Rocky interjected, "And it goes with nothing. Now, you asked for my help, so whether you like it or not you're going to get it."
After yanking his shirt on Adam turned to Rocky, "I never asked for your help, I told you that Kim and I were going out tonight and now you're acting like you work in a salon."
"Mock me if you will, but I'm just offering you the benefit of my clubbing experience," Rocky shrugged, "Besides with my feet burnt to a crisp I don't have much else to do now, thanks to someone."
"Hey, you should've just taken the beating, if you hadn't tried to double cross me then you'd have never ended up all the way out in the desert now, would you?" the red ranger didn't reply and instead offered a very colorful set of fingers that Adam was very used to by now.
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Kimberly stood in the mirror, a huge smile on her face; the dress was perfect. It was a long black number that hugged her figure perfectly, it was sexy yet elegant, just what she'd been aiming for. At first didn't know why she'd chosen it, but now she did. Pink had always been her thing, occasionally she'd wear white or red, but never black. It had never appealed to her, but when she was at the store this morning she'd seen the dress, it seemed to cry out to her. And she was definitely pleased that she'd listened.
Turning to yet another angle she ran a hand down, over her hips and thought back to the conversation that she and Trini had engaged in earlier that morning. And once again her mind went into overdrive, before she and Trini had left the dorm the yellow ranger had asked her one last question.
"When you're all alone in the dorm, do you find yourself looking up at the clock and counting the minutes until Adam comes home?"
The pink ranger had laughed it off with a, "Goodbye Trini," but that was only because the question had her stumped. She'd never really thought about it before, everything was so clear cut, so black and white. Kimberly giggled slightly at the phrase, 'A fitting sentence' her mind told her.
She didn't want to complicate things with Adam, they had a good thing going, he was fast approaching Billy in the best male friend category and seemed to be aiming to overtake him, which was nice. Plus she didn't even know whether or not Adam thought about her in that way. Maybe last night was about rejection, and not about courtesy like she'd originally thought.
Of course it was stupid to wonder whether or not Adam liked her in that way when she didn't even know how she felt herself. She wanted to find out, she needed to. She decided to way up all of her feelings for Adam and try to figure it out from there.
True! On occasion she would count the minutes until he came home, but that was only because he was good company. And yes, he is gentle, kind, considerate, handsome. But so is Jason, and she wasn't having those doubts about their friendship. Kimberly realized that if she kept going then she was going to give herself another migraine and so decided to stop.
Taking one last look at herself in the mirror she smiled, "Whatever happens, happens," she said, aiming to continue to use that philosophy, no matter what happened.
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"Hey, looking sharp Adam," Trini called as the black ranger made his way down the hall and towards his dorm.
Blushing slightly the black ranger mumbled a, "Thanks Trini," he came to a stop next to his door with Rocky in tow. He'd decided that once he'd picked out what he was going to wear then he'd get ready in Rocky's, so Kimberly could have some privacy while she got ready.
"You should thank me!" the red ranger boasted, "He wanted to wear my Hawaiian shirt. If I hadn't been there to talk him out of it, who knows what he would've looked like."
"Yeah, I'll bet," Trini responded not believing Rocky for a second, turning to Adam she smiled, "Kimberly will be out in a minute, she's just putting her shoes on."
"No problem," the black ranger was nervous, his palms were sweating and he couldn't stand still, and what was worse was that his constant shuffling had caught Trini's attention.
However she didn't have time to comment as the door opened and Kimberly stepped out. Both black and red rangers jaws dropped to the floor at the sight before them. Adam couldn't even begin to describe how beautiful she looked. Unfortunately Rocky knew exactly what to say.
"Fucking hell!"
The pink ranger, now donned in black, smiled sweetly at the red ranger, "Thank you Rocky," she then turned to Adam, whose mouth was still agape, "Well, how do I look?"
"Incredible," Adam stated honestly, however his brain started to work soon after and he was left deeply embarrassed again, his cheeks turning bright crimson.
Kimberly felt herself blushing somewhat too from the compliment, "You look great too," she stated truthfully, Adam was dressed in a black, silk shirt and plain black trousers, she didn't know why but she was happy that he'd decided to stick to his ranger colors.
"Okay, bunch together," Trini ordered holding up a camera she'd brought along.
"Oh god," Kimberly groaned, "It's like prom night all over again.
"Hey, no excuses," Rocky replied nudging Kimberly into Adam. However, he might've nudged a little too hard, because on the first step forward Kimberly tripped and fell right into Adams arms.
Click
"Got it," Trini said, happily snatching the picture that slid out of the bottom compartment of her camera. She could see Kimberly was about to start protesting and quickly cut in, "Now you two have a good time, and remember to be back home by eleven."
The pink ranger shook her head, "Come on Adam, let's go."
Before he could protest the black ranger was led by the hand down the hallway, however just after they went out the door Rocky's voice echoed throughout the hallway. "And remember Adam, use a condom?"
He started to laugh but quickly hid behind Trini as Adam reentered the hallway, however the pink ranger also quickly appeared and yanked him back out of the door.
Once he was sure Adam was gone Rocky reemerged from behind the yellow ranger "So," he began, "How'd the picture turn out?"
Trini was smiling, while turning the picture over and over in her hands, "See for yourself."
Snatching the Polaroid from her hand Rocky turned it over, and pretty soon a smile appeared on his face too. Trini had snapped at the perfect time; it was the exact moment Kimberly had looked up at Adam, after he'd caught her, and he had looked down at her. Kimberly had what looked like a loving smile on her face, as did Adam. It had only lasted a split second but Trini had captured the moment forever on camera.
The red ranger handed the Polaroid back to Trini before stating simply, "I gotta get a copy of that."
To Be Continued
By Boulder
Authors Notes
Sorry bout the wait, I've been trying to time chapters a week apart but it hasn't been working so well. I've had a bad chest recently, I gotta quit smoking, at this rate I'll be dead by the time I'm nineteen.
Anyways, suggestions, praise, flames, all are welcome.
Regards,
Boulder