Summary: As the fight continues, the rangers try to keep their lives as normal as possible while learning about their full powers.
Phantom Rogue: Yeah, me hate Collin too, but I need him. cries Just like I needed Derek. cries even harder The rest of your babbling review I replied to in your review and over aim… :P
Arwennicole: I know this isn't fair to her. I still don't know when I'm waking up Mack… I've got some idea, but it all depends on this one chapter and what time it is by then.
Mz. Daydream: winks
Ghostwriter: Well, maybe not exactly kill him… We've got others to make his life really uncomfortable now. All Andros and Ashley got to do, is sit back, relax and enjoy the show.
Jenny: Well! What did you think! pouts You didn't review! Why your name is in here? Because I wanted to. I got the next week off from school, so you better make sure you're on. :P
As The Battle Rages
Chapter 13
"Aurora." A gentle voice urged. "Come on, wake up darling."
Aurora sleepily opened her eyes and looked up at her mother's concerned face. She turned around with a groan and pulled her pillow over her head; suddenly realising she was laying on her covers instead of under them.
"Come on, sweetie, it's almost 1 p.m." Ashley tried again.
"I don't wanna get up." Aurora muttered in reply.
"Talking about it helps a lot you know. Your father and I were really worried about you. I'm not saying you have to tell us everything, but it would be nice to know where you were and why you were so late without telling us."
"Fine." Aurora sighed and sat up. "But I still don't want to tell."
"Why don't you go take a shower and we'll talk about it while you have something to eat?" Ashley suggested, though her tone left no room for argument.
Aurora nodded wordlessly and got to her feet, pulling her most worn, but comfortable clothes out of her closet and leaving the room without a word. Ashley watched her go and sat there for a few moments before going downstairs to make Aurora something to eat.
An hour later Aurora entered the kitchen, her hair wet and hanging down past her shoulders. Her clothes hang baggily around her, completely hiding her figure. She hadn't worn these clothes since she started dating Mack. Her mother must have noticed, but didn't say a thing. Her father was sitting at the kitchen table with a steaming mug of tea.
Obviously she had interrupted a conversation, but she didn't care at the moment. The smells of pancakes filled the air and her nostrils and she walked over to her mother and the stove, seeing the pile of pancakes waiting for her.
"Thanks." She muttered softly, giving Ashley a quick kiss before taking the plate and sitting down at the head of the kitchen table, drawing her legs up and under her, she started poking her food with a fork.
"Tea?" Andros asked gently and Aurora shot him a grateful smile, nodding.
Andros got up to pour two mugs of tea. He must have asked Ashley telepathically.
"Where's Ray?" She asked as she took the mug from her father.
"Out with some friends, Gwyn's still helping Chaitlin and Ciana is taking her nap." Ashley replied lengthily.
Aurora giggled a little at the overly complete answer to her question. It was obvious her mother knew her too well. She watched Ashley finish baking the pancakes, offering Andros the second plate. Aurora shot him a questing look and Andros just shrugged in reply.
"Now what happened last night?" Ashley asked gently.
Aurora took a deep breath and closed her eyes. The shower and clean clothes did wonders to her mood and she found herself willing to spill the whole story. Inwardly she smiled and decided that her mom really did know her all too well.
Softly she started telling what had happened, meanwhile wolfing down her pancakes. Her parents listened silently to her story, never once interrupting her. When she finished, Ashley sighed and stood up, wrapping her arms around Aurora.
"It's okay, it's not the first time it happened to a girl and it won't be the last time." Ashley assured.
"You're not mad?" Aurora muttered in a small voice, suddenly scared of her parent's wrath.
"You're not the only one it happened to, Rora." Ashley muttered. "I spend the whole night wandering the streets and my parents didn't get mad either. At least… the anger disappeared after they heard me out."
"That would be a first time." Aurora murmured, but Ashley had heard her.
"Before I stared dating your father I used to have a very open relationship with your grandparents. It was only after that they started listening to me less and less."
"Sorry." Aurora whispered, embarrassed to being heard.
"That's okay, sweetheart." Ashley assured her. "I'd rather be here than with them and I've never even once regretted my choice of you and your father."
"I'm sorry for worrying you two so much." Aurora said, looking at them both.
"Don't worry about it so much, Angel." Andros told her. "It's forgiven and forgotten… Now, how would you like it to visit KO-35 again?"
A/N: Yay! Once I'm started there's no stopping me! Fear Miss. Speedwriter! Hope you liked her work. Please Review.
