Chapter 26: Catching his Attention

Kimberly was walking by Dana and Kelsey's room when she heard the girls talking. "I just hope I can get into medical school, especially since I have this baby coming," Dana told Kelsey.

"Come on, you're great. You'll get in," Kelsey assured her.

"What about my baby? I mean, Carter and I haven't even talked about getting married ever since I told him that I was pregnant. Actually, he hasn't even paid much attention to me since then."

"He's been busy, Day."

Kimberly listened to Dana sigh. "I just wish that he would look at me like he did when we first met," Dana added. Kimberly walked over and sat in front of Dana.

"Carter loves you. He would give anything to be with you. It's just that Queen Bansheera and Olympius have been attacking more often," Kimberly informed.

"I know," Dana sighed.

Kimberly smiled. "That's the hormones kicking in. Went through it a lot with Kylie," Kimberly told her. Just then, the alarms went off. "Be careful," Kimberly cautioned.

Dana had rescued a young girl from the fire and Carter ran over to her. "Are you okay? Is the baby okay?" He asked.

"We're both fine," Dana replied.

Carter sighed in relief and then they watched as the ambulance. Dana was about to say something to him when Carter hurried off. Dana sighed. Then she went to get cleaned up and head to the library for awhile.

Dana looked over the genres of books. She closed her eyes and placed her hand on her stomach where her baby was growing. A small smile came across her face as she thought about it. "My baby. My and Carter's baby," she pondered. She jumped when someone tapped her on the shoulder. She looked over her shoulder to see Kimberly standing there. "Hey, I didn't know you're going to be here," she commented.

"Oh, I had to get some books for my classes. I see you're thinking about the baby again," Kimberly stated.

"Yeah. Were you like this when you were pregnant with Kylie?" She asked.

"That and much more."

Dana smiled and saw Kimberly's eyes shine as she talked about when she was pregnant with Kylie. However, Dana sat back with a sad sigh. "What is it, Day?" Kimberly asked.

"He did it again," Dana replied.

"What did he do?" Kimberly asked.

"He just came up to me and asked if the baby and I were okay, then he ran away before I could talk to him," she replied.

Kimberly sighed and then both girls got up to go back to the Aqua-Base when a limo pulled up and honked making both girls jump a bit. Then a woman came out of the limo. "Dana Mitchell! Darling! Oh yes indeed. A little of this, a little of that. Oh, I have outdone myself," the woman stated. Kimberly and Dana shared a confused glance.

"And you are?" Kimberly asked.

"I am Koko Kashmere! I take little common people and shoot them into the stars," Koko replied.

Koko smiled at Dana. "And you, my lucky lady, are going to be my new Glitz Girl," she announced. Kimberly's eyes widened. She had seen the magazine many times. She could feel Dana's disbelief as well.

"Me, a Glitz Girl?" Dana asked.

"Yes," Koko replied.

"I don't think so, I don't like having my picture taken," Dana informed.

"Aw...how cute. Shy. Just like I was," Koko commented.

Kimberly watched as Koko took Dana by her arm and led her down the street. "Don't worry darling. When I'm done with you, the camera will be your best friend! Everyone will know your face and there will be money. Lots of money. Fame and fortune darling. It's what makes the world go around," Koko explained.

"Not my world. I have plans. I'm going to be a doctor. Not only that, I also have a baby on the way. It would be awkward for you to have a pregnant model," Dana explained.

Koko was still smiling. Kimberly was listening to her and let out a sigh. "Really? Well, I will pay you enough money so that you can go to any medical school you want and can raise that baby of yours at the same time," Koko informed.

"I'd love to, but I'm already having ha hard enough time stay awake as it is. Not only that, still trying to get my...boyfriend to pay attention to me," Dana added.

Kimberly bit her lip. She watched as Koko pulled out some money and waved it in front of Dana's face. "We'll get you to have that boyfriend of yours to pay more attention to you," she informed. Dana took the money and her face lit up. Then she nodded. "Come, come, darling or we'll be late," Koko informed. Kimberly grabbed Dana's arm.

"Dana, is fame really worth getting Carter to look at you like he had when you first met?" Kimberly asked.

"Yes. He'll see that even though I'm pregnant, I'm still just as beautiful as I was before I got pregnant," Dana replied.

Kimberly watched as Dana went off and placed her hand against her forehead. "This isn't going to end well," she mumbled. Then she went back to the Aqua-Base.

When Kimberly came back, the alarms went off. The Rangers came and Captain Mitchell gave them their mission. "Kim, contact Dana," he instructed. Kimberly nodded and went to contact Dana, not knowing that Dana had taken her morpher off. However, by the time Dana came back, the monster had disappeared.

The next day, Kimberly was sitting in the galley working on some homework for one of her college courses when Kelsey came in and sat down. "Whoa, what happened? Where's Dana?" Kimberly asked.

"I don't know and I don't care," Kelsey replied.

"What happened?" Kimberly repeated.

"She got bombarded by her "fans" and then she left me behind," Kelsey informed.

Kimberly sighed and rubbed her temple. It was starting to throb a bit, but it wasn't enough to worry her. However, she knew that this thing with Dana becoming a model was going to just get worse. "I'll go talk to her," Kimberly informed.

Kimberly arrived at the studio and watched as Dana was posing for more shots. "Wonderful, darling, just exquisite. You're really going to get that boy of yours to look now," Koko encouraged.

"Ms. Kashmere," Kimberly called.

Koko turned and looked at Kimberly. "Please, call me Koko, darling," she insisted.

"Ok, Koko, can I speak to Dana for a second?" She asked.

"I'm sorry, darling, but we're on a tight schedule," Koko replied.

"Just give her a minute, Koko," Dana answered.

"Tick tock dear," Koko informed.

Kimberly walked over to Dana. "Dana, do you really think that becoming famous will get Carter to look at you like he had again? Newsflash, Day, Carter and the others need your help and what are you doing? Modeling, something you never wanted to do before," Kimberly snapped.

"I'm doing this for my baby and medical school," Dana insisted.

"No you're not. You like the attention. You enjoy every guy gawking at you."

Kimberly and Dana then started arguing a bit before Kimberly threw her hands up in the air. "You know what? I give up," she snapped. Kimberly was halfway out the door and looked at Dana. "Think of this, what are you going to do once your real friends are gone?" She asked. Then she closed the door and walked away.

As time went by, Dana was becoming more and more famous. However, the more she became famous, the more she became cold to the Rangers and Kimberly. The one person she would talk to would be Carter and that wasn't often since Kimberly knew that Dana was only doing the modeling to get Carter to notice her again.

Kimberly stomped into her quarters and practically threw the timer across the room. All four children jumped when they saw how upset their mother was. "Mom, what happened?" Hannah asked.

"Dana, this whole modeling thing went to her head. Not only that, you should've seen what she did to Carter today," Kimberly replied.

"What did she do?" Blake asked.

Kimberly sat up and looked at them. "Dana decided to abandon training to go do some more modeling and when Carter came after her, she turned her back on him," she explained. Just then, the alarms went off. "Here we go again," she sighed. She got up and went to go see what was going on. Treevil, the monster they tried to defeat before, had returned. She turned and looked at the Rangers.

"You know what to do," she informed.

Carter nodded and paused slightly before leaving. Kimberly sighed and walked over to Carter. "Dad's right, Dana has her own choice to make," she told him. Carter nodded and she sent him off to fight Treevil.

As the battle went on, Kimberly watched as the Rangers were losing. "The V-Lancers are useless without Dana," Chad commented. Just then, a blast came from nowhere and then Dana had arrived.

"YES!" Kimberly cheered.

She watched as the Rangers defeated Treevil together this time.

That evening, Kimberly was working on her schoolwork again when Dana came in. "Kim, I wanted to apologize. You were right," she informed. Kimberly looked up as Dana sat down. "When I was at a show, Koko tried to stop me from coming. I had the whole world at my feet. I was able to get into medical school and able to raise my baby," Dana explained.

"Day, this isn't just your baby. This is Carter's baby too," Kimberly pointed out.

"I know. I just feel like he doesn't find me beautiful anymore after I told him that I'm pregnant," Dana informed.

"Go talk to him. There's something you haven't done," Kimberly pointed out.

Dana nodded and then she got up to talk to Carter.

Carter was sitting in the park on a picnic table watched as families played with their children. A smile came across his face when he saw a couple walk by with a baby in a stroller. He looked up when Dana walked over to him. "So, done being Miss Supermodel?" He asked. Dana bit her lip.

"I deserved that. Carter, I'm really, truly sorry for what I did," she apologized.

"Why'd you do it? You never cared about attention before," he pointed out.

Dana sat down with a sigh. "I was trying to get your attention," she replied. Carter looked at her totally confused.

"My attention?" He asked.

Dana nodded and tried to explain, but her hormones were raging again. "Yes, ever since the baby, you seemed to put your attention towards other things than on the baby or me. I took the job for medical school, to get your attention, and to just feel beautiful again," she explained. Carter sighed and hugged Dana tight.

"You're always beautiful, Dana. I'm sorry for not telling you more often," he whispered.

Dana let out a small sob and then she pulled back. "I have something I've been wanting to ask you," he told her. Dana watched as Carter went down on one knee, grasped her hand in his, and held up a ring. "Dana Leigh Mitchell, will you marry me?" He asked. Dana let out a small sob.

"Yes, Carter, oh God yes," she whispered with tears falling down her face.

Carter smiled as he placed the ring on her finger, picked her up in a carrying position, and kissed her at the same time. Dana got more than what she wanted and she was glad that she did.