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Ch.7 Denying Love

Andros sat in his room thinking about the events of the past few days. He had taken on a team and while they were good fighters, they knew very little about space and he didn't know if he could teach them. The thoughts about his new team made him think of each of them individually. T.J., he seemed to have been the leader of the team before they came into space meaning it was only logical for Andros to see him as his second in command. Carlos seemed to be a good fighter who was ready and willing to help any of them at a moments notice. Cassie was quick which made her a great asset to the team and she could easily defend herself. Ashley, just the name sent a shiver down his spine. He knew all to well what this feeling meant, love. He had been trying for so long not to love anyone because it seemed that it only brought him pain. Everyone he cared about had either been killed, severely injured, or just didn't want anything to do with him. As he continued to think about the new Yellow Ranger he finally figured out what it was about her that had caught his attention in the first place, she reminded him of Karone. So carefree, not caring if everyone else thought something was dangerous, she had to find out on her own. Before he laid down to try to sleep he promised himself that he would never let anything happen to her to get her hurt and that included getting close to him. The next morning they were all in the Hanger Bay eating breakfast by the time he joined them.

"Hey," Ashley greeted as he typed in his order on the Synthatron, "where have you been this morning?"

"I've been...going over our list again, making sure we...didn't miss anything we needed," Andros stuttered trying hard not to let them see how nervous he was talking directly to Ashley. "After breakfast I'm going to show you guys the Simudeck, where we'll be able to train between attacks."

Everyone nodded and went back to their meals. After breakfast they headed down one of the many corridors of the Megaship and soon stopped in front of one of the doors. The door opened slowly and all the rangers entered.

"Who wants to go first?" Andros asked. Ashley and T.J. stepped forward. "Okay, go ahead and morph while I set up the program." They dd as they were told and Andros ran the easiest simulation they had, after all he didn't want to hurt Ashley. After destroying all their opponents Andros stopped the simulation and Ashley and T.J. removed their helmets.

"So you can program the Simudeck to look like...anywhere?" Carlos asked fantasized. Andros nodded.

"What a cool way to stay sharp," Ashley added enthusiastically.

They were then interrupted by Alpha, "Rangers, you'll never guess what's straight in front of us."

"What is it Alpha?" T.J. questioned, expecting the worst.

"It's the Earth. We're home." Alpha replied. All the Earth rangers ran out of the room back towards the Bridge but Andros stayed where he was.

"Hey," Ashley began, "have you ever been to Earth before?"

"No," he answered, "never."

Ashley stepped forward, placed her arm through his and stated, "Well, you're going to love it. Trust me."

When they arrived on Earth they overheard many of their classmates talking about the Youth Center being turned into another restaurant called The Surf Spot and decided to go check it out. When they entered the building the others went to find a table while Andros took in th sights. He saw many things he wasn't familiar with and decided to go see if he could figure one of them out. He walked over to a wall where many surf boards were hanging and accidentally knocked one off the wall. The restaurant owner, Adelle, quickly came over to help.

"Trying to escape, huh?" she questioned lightly.

"What is it?" Andros asked, hoping that she wouldn't think he was odd, no such luck.

"It's a surf board," she answered, looking at him oddly. "What planet are you from?"

"Ko-35," he stated automatically. "You've heard of it?"

"Smart alec," Adelle remarked as she walked away.

"Alec?" he asked himself. "No, my name's Andros." He shrugged and went to sit with his friends. Adelle came over a few seconds later and sat down a basket full of fries. When Carlos tried to give the back she just looked at him and said no one could resist . Meanwhile, Andros was paying more attention to the customers at another table, Bulk and Skull. He noticed that the larger of the two friends was eating a large plate filled with fries with some kind of cold drink while the other was only allowed to drink a simple glass of water. Andros immediately formulated a plan in his head to even up the score. He pushed a strand of hair behind his ear trying to be secretive and reached out with his telekinesis. He picked up a bottle of hot sauce and dumped it in the beverage of the larger boy. Seconds later, the boy ran over to their table searching for water. Unknown to him at the time was that Ashley had seen the whole thing.

As they prepared to leave she stopped Andros and asked, "Did you do that? With the milkshake?"

"Sorry, what's a milkshake?" Andros asked back and Ashley knew she wasn't going to get anything more out of him.

Hours later, after finding all the supplies that they needed, they were back on the Megaship helping Andros with several system checks. Ashley had been debating since they had left the Surf Spot wether or not to ask Andros about what had happened. After he finally admitted that everything seemed to be working perfectly she decided to make her move.

"Hey, Andros," she began. "How 'bout a game of pool?" Andros looked confused but nodded anyway. They walked into the Simudeck Ashley entered the program and laughed as the gridlines appeared.

"I've never played a pool before," Andros admitted, using his telekinesis to pick up the cuestick.

"That was you!" Ashley accused. "Dumping the hot sauce. How did you do that?"

"I've practiced for years."

"Do you think you could teach me?" she asked, hoping that he would say yes so she could spend more time with him.

"You teach me pool and I'll give you a few pointer to telekinesis," he bargained.

"Deal," Ashley stated putting her hand out for him to shake. It took a couple of seconds but eventually he took it and they began teaching each other.

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