Chapter 4: Someone to Talk to
Ashley was in the garage at her house working on her car when Andros came in. "Hey, Ash," he greeted. Ashley looked up.
"Hey, never thought I'd see you outside the Megaship," she commented.
"I came to talk to you."
Andros leaned against the car and Ashley wiped her hands from the grease. "Okay…what do you want to talk about?" She asked.
"Listen, I want to apologize," he replied.
"For what?"
"For making it seem like I had given you the Yellow Ranger morpher because you remind me of Adora. When that's not the reason."
Ashley leaned against the wall. "Okay, what was your reason?" She asked.
"Because you have the potential to be the Yellow Ranger," he replied.
She sighed and nodded. "Look, Andros. I know that I'm not Adora and I can never reach her status in your life," she told him. Andros nodded his head slowly and played with his ring. "I know that she meant something to you," she added. Andros again nodded, but he looked over at her.
"Funny, it seems that you know all about me, but I don't know a thing about you," he commented.
Ashley shrugged her shoulders. "Not much to tell," she answered.
"Well could you tell me that the portion that you can tell me?" He asked.
Ashley laughed slightly and sat on the hood of her car. "Well, I don't really remember much of my past. I was in an accident when I was a kid. I hit my head on the dashboard putting me in a coma for awhile. When I woke up, I couldn't remember anything. My parents had to help me remember some things," she explained.
"Oh…sorry to hear that," he told her.
Ashley shrugged her shoulders and pushed some hair behind her ear. "So, do you have anything else of Adora's besides the morpher?" She asked. Andros reached into his shirt and pulled out his locket and took the ring off it.
"This was Adora's wedding ring," he replied.
Ashley got up from her seat and looked at the ring. "It's beautiful," she commented. He put it back on the chain and stuck the locket back into his shirt. "Andros…have you actually talked about Adora since her death?" She asked. Andros shook his head slowly.
"Who could I talk to, Ash? I've been traveling alone on a ship for two years. Her parents won't talk to me because they blame me for what happened to her," he replied.
Ashley placed a hand on his shoulder. "You know you can talk to me," she assured him. Andros nodded his head.
"I may need to," he told her.
Ashley looked at him confused. Andros let out a sigh and started walking a bit before looking back at her. "If Adora had lived, we would've been trying for our first by now. You see on KO-35, when a married couple is married for two years they at least try for their first child. Trust me, Adora and I had a long talk about that part of the custom," he explained and blushed slightly. Ashley giggled.
"How long were you two married?" She asked.
Andros leaned against the wall. "A month," he replied. Ashley bit her lip.
"Oh…" she trailed off.
He nodded his head. "Yeah…but unlike a lot of couples that go through this, I was actually in love with my wife. Been in love with her since I was nine. Adora was there for me during all the hardships in my life. Especially when Karone was kidnapped. She was there when I needed a shoulder to lean on. She was a wonderful person. I never got the chance to tell her that she was everything I wanted," he explained. Andros looked up at Ashley. "At night sometimes, I can still hear her laugh. When I really start to think about her I can hear her," he added.
"She sounded like she was a great person," Ashley commented.
"She was," he agreed.
Andros realized that they were close and he backed up. "Umm, I'll see you on the ship," he stated. Ashley nodded and watched him go. However, as Ashley watched him go, something was tugging at the back of her head. Something was very familiar about everything Andros had told her, but she couldn't put her finger on it.