The next day, the school was buzzing from the front page of the school newspaper. Naomi walked into the building and saw a bunch of people in the hallway staring at her. Some were congratulating her for taking such a big risk with the article, while others were certain she'd meet the same fate as Kira once Randall got a hold of her. Naomi made it to her locker.

"Hey." Ethan said, walking over. He held up a copy of the paper. "Well, Lois Lane, I think you've reached celebrity status." He said. Naomi laughed.

"All in a days work. Man, everyone's staring at me." She said.

"Careful now, if your head gets any bigger, you won't be able to get into class." He said. Naomi gave him a mean look and opened her locker. She took out her books and shut her locker.

"Whatever. I had such a good time last night, not even your snide remarks can bug me." She grinned as she flipped her hair over her shoulder and went off to class. Ethan followed, secretly smiling. I had a good time too. He thought.

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Conner pulled up to the school in his mustang and climbed out from behind the seat of his 'baby'. It had been his since his 16th birthday, compliments of his father, who lived in Blue Bay Harbor with Eric, his twin brother. As Conner was walking by the hood of the car, he ran his hand along the smooth paint job, and a cocky grin crossed his face. He was sure to be dead if Kira ever caught him calling his mustang, his baby. Conner jogged up the front steps and into the school. He missed having Kira around the school, and seeing her beautiful smile lighting up the rooms she walked into. He knew that once the PTA got wind of what Randall had done to Kira, compliments of Naomi's article, Kira would be back soon. The red clad teen stopped at his locker and began to work on the combination. A firm hand clapped down on his shoulder and Conner looked over his shoulder at the face.

"Dr. O! Morning, what can I do for you?" He questioned as he let his backpack slide from his shoulder and he tossed it into the locker. Dr. O smiled.

"You're wanted in Guidance; apparently they want you to show around this new student." He replied. Conner nodded.

"I'll go down there now." He replied, smiling. Conner locked his locker and headed towards the Guidance offices. As he approached, he could hear Randall screaming on the phone, in her office. The door was closed, but the screaming was evident. Conner winced and opened the door to the Guidance office and walked in.

"Ah, Conner, good morning!" Mr. Shaultz greeted Conner at the door. Conner smiled.

"Morning sir, I'm here to get a new student that I'm showing around." He replied. The elderly teacher nodded.

"He's right here. I think he might be some relation to you." Mr. Shaultz pointed to a male teen clad in yellow. "Eric, this is Conner McKnight, Conner, I'd like to introduce you to Eric McKnight." Connor's jaw fell open as Eric, his twin brother, turned around to face him. He gave a smile.

"'Sup, bro." Eric said. Connor's eyes shifted to Mr. Shaultz.

"..You're kidding me, right?" He asked desperately.

"I'm sure you two will have fun." He said as he ushered the two teens out of the office. Connor turned and tried to say something, only to have the door slammed in his face. Connor glared at Eric. Eric quickly reached into his pocket and produced a slip of paper.

"Here's my schedule." He said, handing it to Connor. Connor shoved it back at him.

"What the hell are you doing here?" Connor growled. Eric blinked.

"If this is how you treat all new students, I'm surprised they'd ask you to show me around." Eric said.

"Oh no, I am not showing you around." Connor scoffed. He walked away. Eric ran after him.

"Well, I kinda need you to show me around, new school and all." Eric said. Connor groaned and kept walking. He almost bumped into Naomi.

"Whoa." She said. Connor put his hands out and held onto her shoulders, steadying them both.

"Sorry, Naomi." He said. Naomi waved a dismissive hand.

"No harm, no fow-" She paused as she caught sight of Eric. "OK, either there are two of you with a logical explanation, or I'm seeing double for some reason." Eric shoved past Connor and took Naomi's hand.

"I'm Eric, his twin brother." He said, shaking her hand. Connor rolled his eyes.

"Oh. I've never seen you around." She said.

"I just moved back to Reefside. First day and all." He said. Naomi nodded. She looked over at Connor.

"Well, I'll see you in Dr. O's class." She said. She looked at Eric. "It was nice meeting you." She turned and left. Eric let out a low whistle as Naomi sauntered off down the hallway.

"She's a hottie." Eric commented. Conner glared at him.

"She's off limits." He replied. Conner started off down the hallway back towards his locker. Eric jogged after him.

"Why is she off limits? She your girlfriend Con-man?" He joked. Conner swung around and glared at his twin brother.

"No, she's not my girlfriend, but my friend Ethan has a massive crush on her." he replied. Eric nodded.

"Alright then, how goes things on the love front for the other McKnight?" He questioned his twin. Conner looked at him.

"And that would be your business because?" He snapped at him. Eric's eyebrows shot up.

"Well, we're brothers and-" He began. Connor laughed bitterly.

"Brothers. Funny you didn't think about that when you decided to leave Reefside with dad after the divorce." He said. Eric looked at him. He decided to change topics.

"I heard Naomi say something about a 'Dr. O'. Is that Dr. Oliver? I've got him now." He said. Connor groaned.

"We've got class together, perfect." He sighed. He walked off to class. Eric stood there. "Come on!" Connor yelled back at him. Eric scrambled after him.

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Everyone was sitting in class. Eric was sitting off to the side. Thankfully, Dr. O had picked up on the animosity Connor had for his twin and didn't make the two sit together. Dr. O was just talking about the Mesozoic period when the voice of Ms. Crawford, Principal Randall's secretary came over the loud speaker.

"Will Naomi Carlton please report to Principal Randall's office?" She said. Dr. Oliver stopped talking and looked at Naomi. Everyone was staring at her. Naomi grabbed her things and got up. She went up to the door. Dr. Oliver looked at her.

"Good luck." He muttered to her. Naomi nodded and walked out. He looked back at the class. "All right, everyone, let's get back to business." He said loudly, continuing the lecture. Ethan looked at Connor.

"What do you think that was about?" He whispered to his friend and fellow ranger. Connor looked at him.

"Let's see, the issue of the paper with her article on the front page comes out and she gets called into the office....Three guesses man." He said sarcastically. Ethan sighed.

"I hope she doesn't get expelled." Ethan said. Connor looked at him. He knew it didn't help anyone to take out his anger at Eric on his friend. He sighed.

"Yeah, me too, man." He said sincerely.