She stared, and he stared back. Their faces only inches apart...slowly, he leaned his face, and then-
"Ah! There you are!" Noah said to them.
"D*mn it, Noah!" Troy thought to himself, oh wait, why was he feeling this way...Sure they were about to kiss, but that couldn't mean he liked her, did it?
Emma sighed, "Oh hey, Noah."
"Did I interrupt something?" Noah asked, either very oblivious or just being slightly rude.
A solid "No" was heard from both of them.
Noah raised his eyebrow and smirked, "Whatever you guys say..."
"So why were you looking for us? You were looking for us, right?" Emma asked Noah.
"Uh yeah, of course! I kind of-might have-probably-" Noah stumbled to find the words.
Troy seemed bothered by the fact that Noah interrupted them, and was still standing there. "And...?"
"I might have lost my morpher..." Noah quickly stated.
"You what?!" Emma questioned him.
Troy gasped, "Dude, you are dead with Gosei."
"I know, I know." Noah said, quite annoyed with Troy's attitude.
Emma smiled, "Well, how'd you lose it?"
"That's the problem, I don't know..." Noah said to the two.
Troy looked around, and asked, "Did you leave it in your locker?"
Noah nodded, "But I still haven't found it, yet."
Emma thought about it, "Maybe you left it at home?"
"Possibly, but I clearly remember having it in my backpack this morning." Noah said back.
Troy nudged Emma's elbow, "Um, so are we going?"
Emma smiled sweetly and said, "Noah, is it ok if we head to Ernie's, we can help you later?!"
Noah sighed, "Ok, I'll have to check computer lab for my morpher."
"I'm really sorry, Noah, hope you find it!" Emma said to Noah.
Soon Emma and Troy left the school building and headed toward Ernie's.
~At Ernie's~
"What would you like to have?" Ernie asked the two.
Emma didn't even have to think about it, "I'll have a low-fat cherry berry strawberry with carob chips, but no hot fudge. What do you want Troy?"
"First time here, but I'll try what you got...which is..."
"He'll have a low-fat cherry berry strawberry with carob chips, but no hot fudge, too. Thanks, Ernie!"
After a short wait, Ernie gave them their orders and they sat down and enjoyed them.
"It's funny, don't you think?" Emma said to Troy.
Troy raised an eyebrow, "What's funny?"
"How all of this is actually true...? The morphers, the new group of friends, oh for goodness sake, the whole power rangers deal!" Emma said to Troy.
"Yeah, us meeting, you and me...-I mean the team and uh" Troy blurted without thinking. Soon their faces were blushing.
Emma gestured at the order, "Do you like it?" She asked to break the silence.
"Uh, yeah, the flavors are very, um, good...?" Troy answered, obviously still embarrassed about what had happened earlier.
The young girl grinned and asked her fellow team member, "So, should we get going?"
Troy snapped out of his thought and replied, "Yes, Sure!"
'Obviously not excited or anything' he thought to himself, while he sat there shaking his head.
"Hello, kids!" Ernie said to the two.
"Hey, Ernie." They both responded the the smoothie bar owner.
Ernie winked at Troy, "Who would've known that the new boy in town was the bravest and luckiest one to snatch a date with this young girl, Emma?"
Troy and Emma stared at each other...Yes, another very awkward moment.
"Uh, we're just-" Troy began to say.
Ernie nodded and interrupted, "Of course, I shouldn't be interrupting your lovely date. Well, have fun, you two!" And he promptly went back behind the counter and started cleaning them.
Emma laughed, and left Troy looking at her oddly. "What's so funny?" He asked her.
"Well, how some people keep thinking we're 'on a date...' So why don't we post an Instagram photo as a joke? It should be fun..." She told Troy her prank.
Troy, who obviously was trying to understand her plan, still nodded and agreed.
Minutes later, Emma pulled out her phone and snapped a photo of them.
"Ready, loading...Caption; At Ernie's w/ TroyB You know what that means! #date?" Emma said while typing and trying to control her laughter.
Troy smirked, "Post it!"
And with a small click, the photo was posted.