A\N: Oops. Okay, first? You have my humblest apologies for the delay. Second, it wasn't my fault! I fell in love! And, as those of us who've fallen in love before know, it's REALLY hard to write angst when all you can think about is the person you're in love with. So, er...sorry. And oops. Fanfic getting finished now.
Here is how it feels to be Haley:
You are happy. Gloriously, impossibly happy. Because at long, long last, you've found love. Not the love that everyone expected you to have, the man with the picket fence and two-point-five children, the love your mother wanted, you've found the love who's a Power Ranger and has four kids and four Raptor Riders and a huge heart.
And he wants to share.
Granted, you had to make the first move. But once the smacking-Tommy-upside-the-head-so-he'd-freaking-get-it phase was over, he wanted you. And you wanted him. And you were in heaven.
If you are Haley, you are happy. And you glow inside, and you know everyone can see it, because the Power is nothing compared to falling in love.
Here is how it feels to be Trent, watching Haley:
You cannot take your eyes off her. It's not the kind of watching you do with Kira. Watching Kira is loving, a powerful force that can move oceans. But when you watch Haley, you are guarded. Jaded.
She has fallen for your enemy.
You have pretended for months as you work that, should you finally open up to Haley, should you ever dare to tell her of the storm raging inside, she would sweep you into a hug and tell you it's okay, she'll fix it. And then she would do it. You've spent months lying to yourself, knowing full well that you are lying, but refusing to let go.
After all, she was hope. And how do you abandon hope?
But now when you watch her, it is with a sharp fear. Your father abandoned you. Dr. Oliver was too stupid to realize that he hurt you. And now Haley has sided with the two people in the world who have hurt you the most.
You cannot take your eyes off her.
Because now you have lost hope.