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CHAPTER THREE More Introductions and Discoveries
It was a few hours later, Leila and the rangers were still at Hayley's Cyberspace. The guy rangers were talking amongst themselves while Kira and Leila got to know each other.
"So what was it like growing up at your grandfather's...what did you say...boarding school?" Kira asked. Leila held in a laugh, realizing she had told her new friend some form of the truth, but not entirely.
"It wasn't too bad. There was kind of a pressure there because I was the headmaster's granddaughter, but I always had a friend to turn too. And my boyfriend helps out a lot too," Leila explained. Kira gave her a teasing smile.
"Ah, boyfriend, huh? What's he like?" Kira asked. Leila blushed.
"As cliché as this may sound, he's my best friend. I can talk to him about anything and there's no real sexual tension there. He doesn't really get jealous, he gets protective, I guess. I don't know if that's the same thing or not. But I love him and best of all, my aunt, mom, AND grandfather love him," Leila said.
"Well that's good," Kira said.
"Yea, and I'm glad I'm friends with his brother. I wouldn't want to come in between them. We like to team up on each other a lot. But enough about me, what about you? What's the boy scene like for you?" Leila asked. Kira's face fell into a look of avoidance and blushing. Trent came up to the table with their drinks before she had a chance to respond.
"Here you are ladies. Anything else I can do for you?" he asked, in his most professional voice. Leila and Kira laughed, and Trent joined them.
"I'm fine. How about you Kira?" Leila asked.
"I'm great," Kira replied. Leila took notices that Kira kept stealing glances at Trent. Trent turned to Leila.
"Leila, you have to come back tomorrow and hear Kira play. She's awesome," Trent said, smiling over at the yellow-clad girl. Kira smiled and blushed.
"Really?" Leila asked, mainly referring to Kira, but Trent cut in.
"Yea, we've gotten a lot of new customers because they've come in to see this beautiful, talented singer," Trent said. Leila glanced at Kira, then up at Trent. The look on her face told Trent she had caught what he had said. His face fell in embarrassment. He glanced shyly at Kira, who looked at him shyly as well.
"I...I gotta get back to work," he said, walking off quickly. As soon as he was out of sight, Leila burst out laughing as Kira covered her face in embarrassment.
"Scratch that last question...I HAVE my answer," Leila said. Kira let out a whine of embarrassment. Trent got back to the counter. Conner and Ethan were trying not to laugh because they had seen what happened. Trent leaned down a started to hit his head against the counter.
"Stupid, stupid...," he said to himself.
"Dude, I don't know why you haven't even asked her out yet," Conner said. Ethan started to say something, then stopped to look at Trent.
"Too easy," he said.
"Are you two always like that?" Leila asked of Kira.
"Pretty much," Kira replied, a little embarrassed.
"Girl, it is obvious you like him and I can guarantee you based on that one little display alone that he feels the same way. Why don't you ask him out?" Leila asked.
"I don't know. I honestly don't know, I guess I'm just scared of getting...," Kira started to say.
"Hurt?" Leila asked. Kira nodded.
"That's understandable Kira. But let me ask you this, do you consider Trent a friend?" Leila asked. Kira nodded again.
"A great friend. I trust him a lot. I'd go as far as to say with my life," Kira said.
"Then, what else do you really need? Friends hurt you sometimes but you can bounce back from it. It you approach it carefully, then you can have the same thing you have with him as a friend, only a little bit more intimate of a relationship," Leila said.
"I guess your right," Kira said. Just then, Dr. Oliver ran in with his briefcase. He immediately ran over to the guys.
"Who's the speed demon?" Leila asked.
"That would be Dr. Oliver...who is only two and a half hours late meeting you," Kira commented, looking down at her watch. Leila's eyes perked up when she saw the bracelet/morpher around Kira's wrist.
"Hey, cool bracelet," she commented. Kira suddenly got a little jumpy.
"Uh, thanks," Kira replied, grateful that Dr. O had made his way over to their table.
"Leila I presume," he said, holding out his hand. Leila shook it.
"Nice to finally meet you," Leila replied.
"I am so sorry I'm late," Dr. O said as he took the seat that Kira left for him.
"Wait, Dr. Tommy Oliver?" Leila questioned.
"Yes. Have you read about some of studies?" he questioned modestly. Leila frowned in concentration.
"I have but I'm trying to figure out where else I know you from. I can't think of it right now," Leila commented, making a mental note that Dr. O was wearing a similar bracelet to Kira's. Tommy did not seem worried.
"Well," he said, taking out some papers, "let's get you ready for school next week." It only took twenty minutes for them to fill out all of the paperwork.
"Well, you'll be in my first period class with all of these guys on Monday and I'll have the rest of your schedule waiting for you," Tommy said. Leila shook his hand.
"Thanks, Dr. Oliver. I'd better get back home and help my mom finish unpacking, but I'll definitely see you guys tomorrow. I want to hear you play Kira," Leila said.
"Bye," the rangers chorused as Leila laughed.
"So what took you so long, Dr. O?" Ethan asked.
"I picked up on something. I think it might be another Dino Gem," Tommy told his students. They listened contently. Meanwhile, Leila returned home to find a pile of boxes on the side of the road for trash pickup. She walked into the house to find her mother making a homemade pizza.
"Leila, why didn't you wake me up? I was supposed to go with you to help register," Laura said. Leila sat down at the computer and started typing.
"It wasn't rocket science mom. I knew everything Dr. Oliver had to ask me and he'll have my schedule set by Monday. Besides I made some new friends while I waited," Leila said.
"Well that's good. What are you looking up?" Laura asked.
"A name in grandpa's archives that he shares with Sensei Watanabe. I don't believe it," Leila said.
"What?" Laura asked. Leila motioned for her mom to come to the screen. When she was close enough, Leila explained.
"Meet my science teacher. "Tommy Oliver, first green ranger. Lost his powers to evil, but come back at white ranger. Continued on to become the red zeo and turbo rangers before retiring his powers to T.J. Johnson. Returned to action with a team of red rangers some years later. Got his Ph.D. and doctorate in paleontology. Currently resides in Reefside"...," Leila read.
"He's your teacher?" Laura asked.
"Not only that," Leila said getting up and walking over to the kitchen counter, turning around to face her mother, "based on what I saw, I'm pretty sure that he is the current black dino thunder ranger. And I have a pretty good idea at who the other four rangers are," Leila said.
Whoa, Leila's learned a lot in a short amount of time. What will she do with this information? What did Dr. Oliver pick up on? Find out all this and more as Leila starts her first day of school and runs into Anton Mercer again. Chapter 4 The First Day. Please R&R.
CHAPTER THREE More Introductions and Discoveries
It was a few hours later, Leila and the rangers were still at Hayley's Cyberspace. The guy rangers were talking amongst themselves while Kira and Leila got to know each other.
"So what was it like growing up at your grandfather's...what did you say...boarding school?" Kira asked. Leila held in a laugh, realizing she had told her new friend some form of the truth, but not entirely.
"It wasn't too bad. There was kind of a pressure there because I was the headmaster's granddaughter, but I always had a friend to turn too. And my boyfriend helps out a lot too," Leila explained. Kira gave her a teasing smile.
"Ah, boyfriend, huh? What's he like?" Kira asked. Leila blushed.
"As cliché as this may sound, he's my best friend. I can talk to him about anything and there's no real sexual tension there. He doesn't really get jealous, he gets protective, I guess. I don't know if that's the same thing or not. But I love him and best of all, my aunt, mom, AND grandfather love him," Leila said.
"Well that's good," Kira said.
"Yea, and I'm glad I'm friends with his brother. I wouldn't want to come in between them. We like to team up on each other a lot. But enough about me, what about you? What's the boy scene like for you?" Leila asked. Kira's face fell into a look of avoidance and blushing. Trent came up to the table with their drinks before she had a chance to respond.
"Here you are ladies. Anything else I can do for you?" he asked, in his most professional voice. Leila and Kira laughed, and Trent joined them.
"I'm fine. How about you Kira?" Leila asked.
"I'm great," Kira replied. Leila took notices that Kira kept stealing glances at Trent. Trent turned to Leila.
"Leila, you have to come back tomorrow and hear Kira play. She's awesome," Trent said, smiling over at the yellow-clad girl. Kira smiled and blushed.
"Really?" Leila asked, mainly referring to Kira, but Trent cut in.
"Yea, we've gotten a lot of new customers because they've come in to see this beautiful, talented singer," Trent said. Leila glanced at Kira, then up at Trent. The look on her face told Trent she had caught what he had said. His face fell in embarrassment. He glanced shyly at Kira, who looked at him shyly as well.
"I...I gotta get back to work," he said, walking off quickly. As soon as he was out of sight, Leila burst out laughing as Kira covered her face in embarrassment.
"Scratch that last question...I HAVE my answer," Leila said. Kira let out a whine of embarrassment. Trent got back to the counter. Conner and Ethan were trying not to laugh because they had seen what happened. Trent leaned down a started to hit his head against the counter.
"Stupid, stupid...," he said to himself.
"Dude, I don't know why you haven't even asked her out yet," Conner said. Ethan started to say something, then stopped to look at Trent.
"Too easy," he said.
"Are you two always like that?" Leila asked of Kira.
"Pretty much," Kira replied, a little embarrassed.
"Girl, it is obvious you like him and I can guarantee you based on that one little display alone that he feels the same way. Why don't you ask him out?" Leila asked.
"I don't know. I honestly don't know, I guess I'm just scared of getting...," Kira started to say.
"Hurt?" Leila asked. Kira nodded.
"That's understandable Kira. But let me ask you this, do you consider Trent a friend?" Leila asked. Kira nodded again.
"A great friend. I trust him a lot. I'd go as far as to say with my life," Kira said.
"Then, what else do you really need? Friends hurt you sometimes but you can bounce back from it. It you approach it carefully, then you can have the same thing you have with him as a friend, only a little bit more intimate of a relationship," Leila said.
"I guess your right," Kira said. Just then, Dr. Oliver ran in with his briefcase. He immediately ran over to the guys.
"Who's the speed demon?" Leila asked.
"That would be Dr. Oliver...who is only two and a half hours late meeting you," Kira commented, looking down at her watch. Leila's eyes perked up when she saw the bracelet/morpher around Kira's wrist.
"Hey, cool bracelet," she commented. Kira suddenly got a little jumpy.
"Uh, thanks," Kira replied, grateful that Dr. O had made his way over to their table.
"Leila I presume," he said, holding out his hand. Leila shook it.
"Nice to finally meet you," Leila replied.
"I am so sorry I'm late," Dr. O said as he took the seat that Kira left for him.
"Wait, Dr. Tommy Oliver?" Leila questioned.
"Yes. Have you read about some of studies?" he questioned modestly. Leila frowned in concentration.
"I have but I'm trying to figure out where else I know you from. I can't think of it right now," Leila commented, making a mental note that Dr. O was wearing a similar bracelet to Kira's. Tommy did not seem worried.
"Well," he said, taking out some papers, "let's get you ready for school next week." It only took twenty minutes for them to fill out all of the paperwork.
"Well, you'll be in my first period class with all of these guys on Monday and I'll have the rest of your schedule waiting for you," Tommy said. Leila shook his hand.
"Thanks, Dr. Oliver. I'd better get back home and help my mom finish unpacking, but I'll definitely see you guys tomorrow. I want to hear you play Kira," Leila said.
"Bye," the rangers chorused as Leila laughed.
"So what took you so long, Dr. O?" Ethan asked.
"I picked up on something. I think it might be another Dino Gem," Tommy told his students. They listened contently. Meanwhile, Leila returned home to find a pile of boxes on the side of the road for trash pickup. She walked into the house to find her mother making a homemade pizza.
"Leila, why didn't you wake me up? I was supposed to go with you to help register," Laura said. Leila sat down at the computer and started typing.
"It wasn't rocket science mom. I knew everything Dr. Oliver had to ask me and he'll have my schedule set by Monday. Besides I made some new friends while I waited," Leila said.
"Well that's good. What are you looking up?" Laura asked.
"A name in grandpa's archives that he shares with Sensei Watanabe. I don't believe it," Leila said.
"What?" Laura asked. Leila motioned for her mom to come to the screen. When she was close enough, Leila explained.
"Meet my science teacher. "Tommy Oliver, first green ranger. Lost his powers to evil, but come back at white ranger. Continued on to become the red zeo and turbo rangers before retiring his powers to T.J. Johnson. Returned to action with a team of red rangers some years later. Got his Ph.D. and doctorate in paleontology. Currently resides in Reefside"...," Leila read.
"He's your teacher?" Laura asked.
"Not only that," Leila said getting up and walking over to the kitchen counter, turning around to face her mother, "based on what I saw, I'm pretty sure that he is the current black dino thunder ranger. And I have a pretty good idea at who the other four rangers are," Leila said.
Whoa, Leila's learned a lot in a short amount of time. What will she do with this information? What did Dr. Oliver pick up on? Find out all this and more as Leila starts her first day of school and runs into Anton Mercer again. Chapter 4 The First Day. Please R&R.