Footsteps echoed on the other side of the door atop the staircase but no one entered. The two silently sighed in relief, still unaware of their purpose here, and continued the story of how they met.

--flashback--

Andros awoke to the sunlight blinding him through his eyelids. In a painful attempt to close them tighter and escape he rolled over and fell off the bed with a loud thud. Suddenly, even before he realized he'd hit the ground, he heard giggling. Slowly opening his eyes he saw his so-called 'guide' covering her mouth in a poor attempt to muffle her laughter. He was about to demand what she was doing in his quarters when he thought about the fall; looking at himself, he realized what a compromising position he was in considering he'd chosen to sleep nude on his first hot and humid night there. There was only a thin, blue sheet entangled around him as he tried to manuver back to the bed at least with out losing it.

By the heavens...this isn't how I expect this mission to go... much less his first day with this intriguing young woman..

"Wh-what are you..? How did you..?" He stumbled through the question with out even finishing. Kim watched him as he sat back on the bed and wrapped the sheet around his waist, his face was flushed with shock and embarassment. Hers was merely flushed from laughing so hard and trying to surpress it.

With a deep sigh she decided not to completely destroy this poor boy's esteem.

"Relax cutie," It slipped, I swear she told herself. "I teleported in to surprise you. One good thing about not being on the team, whatever power I have is mine along with the communicator Billy gave me to keep in touch."

While talking she'd begun to dig through his suitcase.

"Oh no no no.. this won't do." She muttered and turned back to him. "Is this all you have to wear?"

"I um, don't have much as far as Earth clothing is concerned. I'm much more comfortable in my Karovian suit on the Megaship."

"Well we'll fix that. Before we go anywhere you're going shopping with me," she declared as she tossed clothes to Andros. A black & red t-shirt, cargo shorts, and ...red silk boxers. Andros blushed and snatched up the clothing quickly. Kim giggled again and seemed to skip over to him, pushing him up and into the bathroom with the the sheet and clothes clutched tightly to his being.

Falling onto the bed in a fit of giggles, Kim began to relax. She'd been shocked too, at first, to find her new friend sleeping completely naked and tangled rathered erotically in his bed. With the brief time she'd gotten to admire his gentle yet masculine beauty. Well toned, strong, innocent looking, and that hair that flowed perfectly over his pillow in streaks of brown and gold. Such soft, romantic images were things she'd only dreamed of with Tommy. Tommy... wow she felt guilty.

This is definitly going to be an interesting time.

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Andros' pleas to start with his mission fell on deaf ears as Kimberly took him around shopping for about two hours. She kept telling him how there was a whole other set of rangers plus with him not morphing his team could probably help if really necessary. Which he hated to admit was true, as the red ranger he used more energy than the others so with him occupied they could probably manage a good morph or two if something went seriously wrong. But still! Here he was sent to Florida on a mission and he was modeling clothes for a girl who had just seen him naked practically. Luckily he had managed to finish up quickly by stating he was hungry, a small excuse but it seemed to work.

After they'd eaten and talked some more, the quest for the mysterious piece began. They walked around all afternoon and well into the evening, seemingly in circles which frustrated the pair, the scanner was having a hard time connecting to the piece, but they were too busy talking and laughing to realize how bothersome it was.

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It'd taken them two more days to find the piece. One to recalibrate the tracker and another to actually track it down. They gotten a lot of time to talk and were surprisingly comfortable with each other. There had only been one down point for both of them: relationships. After working on the tracker the second night they had gone out to dinner and the subject had come up. Kimberly couldn't bear talking much about Tommy, something wasn't right. She just couldn't think of Tommy like she always had with Andros here. Andros was more uncomfortable about the whole subject in general. He'd never been with anyone and suddenly his crush on the current yellow space ranger seemed ridiculous as he stared at the young woman across from him. They had both changed the subject quickly.

---The final night---

"So I guess this mission is done," Andros sighed slightly then smiled as he sipped his drink. "I still don't know how the piece ended up in an abandoned Japanese rock garden."

Kimberly leaned against the wall, "I know, it just had to be up those cliffs too. I was so worried when you slipped."

"I can handle something small like that" Andros laughed.

"But still, you could've hit your head on the rocks or landed wrong and gotten really hurt or-"

He continued to laugh. "You're very protective you know that?"

Kim said nothing, just stood there angry about his mocking her worry for him.

"Kimmy I was fine, really. And just think, if it wasn't up there we wouldn't have gotten that nice view."

"That's true," Kim crossed the room to the bed, picking up her beer from the dresser. "It was very pretty there."

"Of course..." he slowly ventured as he sat next to her. "I've been surrounded by beautiful scenery this whole time." Oh man, that's not how I wanted that to come out

Kim blushed and put her hand on his. "Aw, thank you."

He looked up and stared at her for...well, he couldn't even think how long.

"Andros..." she whispered moving her face closer to his. His breath stopped, caught in his throat, as he waited for what she could possibly say. "I..."

But she had been cut off as their lips met gently. Both paniked at first, Kim had a boyfriend who was also one of Andros' closest friends on Earth, but all thoughts were soon lost in the moment. Andros' hands slipped around her waist and they eased back onto the bed. Breathlessly they broke the kiss.

"Kim are you sure? We've been drinking all night and Tommy.."

"I know but... it just feels right," she blurted out with her lack of restrain.

"You don't know how happy I am to hear that." He grinned and leaned in for another kiss.

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Kim never made it home that night and Andros had a flight that morning. They woke late with hangovers, from the alcohol and the act, leaving just a little time for a good-bye. But they did promise to see each other again.

That day, as Andros flew back to Angel Grove, Kimberly wrote 'the letter.'

---end flashback---

"I've missed you..." Her words echoed slightly off the stone walls.

"I missed you too Kimmy," he coughed a little tasting blood. "Why didn't I hear from you? I mean Adam said you sent your best wishes now and again when we were alone but I never heard from you."

She frowned, not expecting to explain this so soon. "I... I tried but no one except Adam would answer calls or letters from me. He told me the number to Astro ship but everytime I called either no one answered or that Ashley girl answered and said you were busy and that you'd call me back... but-" she let her tears fall at the memories, "but you never did and I figured you didn't want to talk to me. That everything was a lie from the alcohol." She whispered the last part.

He shot up, wincing pain, and tried his best to hold her. "Never! Don't you ever, ever think that. I loved- love you, I love you more than anyone and it broke my heart to think you didn't want to talk to me after that night. I never got any messages that you called."

"Oh Andros, I love you too. I always have. And," Now or never Kim "and I want you to know that that night we spent together... I got pregnant."

Andros' eyes went wide.

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dun dun dun.. yep a new chapter. Wow. So it's been a while since I've written, I'm sorry if I'm rusty but I still hope you enjoy this. You too Falcons, I miss ya! giant hug

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