Author's Note: Here we go, Adam's story. Sorry it's a day late, I was really tired yesterday.

Kat noticed the look on Adam's face, "Tanya didn't cheat on you did she?" She didn't think Tanya was the type of person to do something like that.

Adam shook his head, "No, Tanya didn't cheat on me. We broke it off so she wouldn't HAVE to cheat on me," Adam explained, toying with his water glass.

"What?"

Adam sighed, "Things were, I guess they were going sour between us, maybe we were growing apart, I don't really know. Anyway, Tanya met someone at the radio station she worked at; they started spending some time together, as friends at first. Tanya told me no matter what she felt; she wouldn't hurt me by messing around behind my back."

"Well, that's nice for her," Kat remarked dryly. "So…"

"So when things were getting to that point I guess, Tanya broke it off with me. She didn't want to hurt me," Adam continued, a bitter note to his voice. "After we broke it off, she introduced me to her guy; I have to admit he's a great guy. Ex-rangers usually are," he added, a slight frown on his face.

"Ex…" Kat trailed off, "She broke it off with you for one of us? Who?" She wore a look of surprise and shock.

"You don't know him I don't think; he was my predecessor, the original black ranger. Zack Taylor."

"Wait, Tanya broke up with you, for another power ranger?" Kat asked in disbelief.

"To her defense, and his actually, Tanya didn't know Zack was a ranger, you know we never really talked about the before us, and Zack didn't know Tanya was a ranger. Zack felt bad when he realized who I was, but I told him, it's not like things would have been any different if he'd of been somebody else, I guess Tanya and I just weren't meant to be ya know?" Adam ran a hand over his short, cropped hair.

"Wow, that's, ya know, if anybody had a chance out of all of us, I thought it would be you and Tanya. You guys were solid." Kat responded, shaking her head slightly.

"We grew up, and grew apart I guess, I didn't see it coming. We're still friends though; we talk on the phone at least once a week." He added, to show that he'd at least salvaged a friendship with her.

"So, fast forward a bit, you met somebody new and had Anaya?" Kat said after a few moments of silence, wanting to get Adam's mind off that obviously still somewhat painful subject.

"Actually," Adam shook his head, "Anaya was an accident. I was on the rebound from Tanya; I met a girl, completely opposite of Tanya but a real wild child. We fooled around for awhile, Anaya was conceived, she flipped out; she didn't want to be a parent, ever."

"Jesus," Kat said softly, "So she bailed on you."

Adam shrugged, "I more or less told her to go, I mean, she obviously didn't want to be a parent, she had NO maternal instincts whatsoever, Anaya was a burden to her and I didn't want Stephanie to take out her frustrations on Anaya, so I told her if she wanted to sign off on Anaya she could. It was guilt that was keeping her around anyway, I was afraid that guilt would be turned into something else, and Anaya shouldn't have to suffer for that."

Kat nodded, "She sounds like a horrible person," she said softly, thinking about how sweet Anaya had been in the less than 24 hours she'd known the child. She didn't know how anybody could not love their own child.

Adam shook his head, "No, she wasn't a horrible person Kat; she just wasn't suited to be a parent. At least she knew it, and didn't try to pretend, that would have been horrible," he responded.

"Maybe," Kat replied, "I just, I can't see how anyone could NOT love their child. I mean, it's a part of them."

"That is what will make you a wonderful mom," Adam said with a smile. "But you've always loved kids, so that's hardly surprising."

Kat laughed, "Yes, I guess I have," she would have said more, but then their dinners were served, and the conversation dimmed to small talk between bites.

After dinner, as they headed out of the restaurant, Kat looked out into the cloudless sky, "Thank you for dinner Adam, it was so nice catching up with you." She looked over at him, "I really missed you."

Adam smiled, "I missed you too, you know, we have to do this more often. I mean, we're the only ones left out of the group still living in Angel Grove."

"I'd like that, it's nice to know that even though so much has changed here, I've still got someone that's familiar," Kat replied as they walked to the car.

"Definitely," Adam agreed, opening the door for her. Once in, on the way back to Kat's apartment, Adam looked over at her, "I'm taking Anaya to the amusement park tomorrow, she likes the stunt shows," a grin crossed his face as he said that, "would you like to come with us?"

Kat laughed, "Like father, like daughter. I'd love to go with you guys, I haven't been there in years," she said with a warm smile. "It'll be fun, just like old times, except you aren't doing the stunts this time." As they pulled up to her place, Kat leaned over and gave Adam a hug, "Thank you again for dinner, and I will see you tomorrow morning. G'nite," she said softly, smiling as she stepped out of the car.

"See you tomorrow Kat," Adam said with a wave, giving her a grin in return. He watched to make sure she made it into her apartment safely before driving off to his mother's, thinking about the events of the evening.

Author's Note2: Well, there you have it, Adam's story. Now that the stories are out of the way, the new beginnings can unfold.