Chapter three

The dance was coming to a close, it was the last dance of the night, several of the students had already left, most of them had left after the attack, not that Conner blamed them, he considered leaving too, once he saw his teacher's wife kick the head clean off one of them.

"Thanks Conner," Kira said, leaning her head against his shoulder, enjoying the moment. The next thing they knew their lips met.

Conner was the one who broke the kiss, "Oh my goodness, we went to far. I'm so sorry, I got carried away."

Kira gave him a weird look, "It's just a kiss, and it's not like I'm seeing anybody."

Conner froze, "But you and Trent?"

"This isn't a fairy tale, I thought he looked cute when we first met, nothing more. Falling in love at first sight only works in fairy tales."

"So you and Trent aren't dating?"

Kira shook her head, "No... we gave it a shot but our personalities didn't mix well."

"So maybe we could..." Conner trailed off, horrified to realize that he was blushing. He had probably asked every girl out at the high school, and he had never been this embarrassed before.

"I guess we can give it a try, just don't call me babe okay."

The two young love birds were so caught up with each other they didn't notice the two older love birds that were watching them, one of them with a knowing look in their eyes, "You owe me, Handsome," she crowed, I told you that those two would end up together."
Tommy stared in disbelief at his wife, how in the world had she been able to predict the budding romance between those two, they both couldn't stand each other when they were first chosen and this was the first time Kim had met them.

"How did you?" he asked, his mouth gaping open.

"When you first told me about the teens I noticed something about their personalities that made me realize that those two would end up dating at some point."

...Florida, Eight and a half months earlier...

Kimberly Oliver entered her dorm room with a sigh, she didn't understand why Tommy always insists that she uses her maiden name while competing. Super villains knew her by both names by this point, but she also knew that Tommy just did this to protect her, even if she ached to be with him. Once this Pan Global Games are done she was retiring and spending time with Tommy, settle down, or as settle downed as a former power rangers life can be.

She flopped down on the bed with an audible sigh, maybe tomorrow would be better. On the nightstand next to her the phone started to ring. Kimberly popped up, a smile spreading on her face, she recognized that ring tone, it was Tommy. She quickly grabbed it and hit answer, "Hello."

"The Morphin' Grid hates me," her husband's voice filtered through the phone.

Kim stifled a laugh, while Tommy was trying out to sound dejected, she could pick up the slight hint of pride and excitement that he was trying so hard to hide. He probably would have succeeded too, if she hadn't known him so well, "What happened, are you active again?"

"Yes I'm Black," Tommy said with a groan, and Kim could almost hear him say like Zack.

"Well, it can't be that bad," Kim insisted.

"Not that bad, I'm teammates with a bunch of my students, and they hate each other! I'm spending half my time breaking up fights between them and the other half of the time making sure they do their homework!"

"What are they like?" Kim asked, trying to figure out what Tommy was complaining about. From what she could understand, Ethan, the blue ranger was a typical blue, smart as can be but with a hidden strength nobody could see. It was, however, the next two, Kira, the yellow ranger, and Conner, the red ranger, that Tommy had the most problems with. From what Tommy told her Conner was super dedicated to Soccer, just like she had been to gymnastics, and thought the whole world revolved around sports and girls. He just needed to grow up some, she was the first one to admit that before she was a power ranger pretty much the only thing she was interested in was gymnastics and clothes. As for Kira, change the music thing for karate and he would be describing himself from high school. More of a loner than anything else, but once in the right group of friends they truly shined.

"I bet by the end of the school year those two would be a couple."

"Ethan and Conner?"

"No, Conner and Kira."

"But they hate each other."

"Just watch and see."

...Present day Reefside...

"So," Tommy said slowly, "You figured out that they where perfect for each other because they reminded you of us when we first became rangers."

"Yep pretty much," Kim said, looking around, "So do you think we can sneak out of here before they recruit us for the clean up crew? I want to finish unpacking before it gets to late."

Tommy looked confused, and was about to point out the fact that she was already unpacked, when she noticed the gleam in her eyes and her nod towards a few of the remaining students, who were in hearing range, "I think we hired a professional cleaner to come by in the morning, let's go."

They had almost made it to the front door when Leslie Randall stopped them, Tommy groaned now what.

"I am sure that you are aware that this coming Thursday is the Senior Beach Party, I was wondering if you and your wife would care to help chaperone, we'll get a sub for you."

Tommy looked like a deer caught in the headlights, "last time i was on a beach was on that island. It's where I found the gems, the place blew up eighteen hours later."

Kim nodded, "Last time I was on the beach, some guy old enough to be my grandfather got a little bit too friendly, the police are still looking for him."

Principal Randall blinked in surprised, "Do I want to know?"

"Not if you value your sanity!" Hayley called out from across the room causing them to wonder how she knew what they were talking about.