AN: Thank you for all of the reviews. I am working really hard on this stroy and so far I have up to chapter three complete.
Chapter Two-Detention and Missed Appointments
A man dressed wearing a blue shirt and blue jeans entered Hayley's Cyberspace. He was about average height with blue or green eyes, it depended on his mood, and blond hair. He was well built and looked very wise for his age. He wore a bright smile as he looked around for his good friend.
"Probably, late as usual." He said to himself finding himself drawn to the red sofa by the window.
Meanwhile, back at Reefside, Dr. Oliver was continuiuosly looking at his watch and the clock on the wall. He was going to be joked on forever for this. He was unable to reach friend. Now it would seem as if he had forgotten all about him and would be an half hour late and some minutes late. A groan escaped his lips as he saw that it was just three thirty. Another half hour with complaining teenagers. Just what he needed.
"I was only saying you would look good with a little less eyeshadow and eyeliner." One of the more annoying students said.
Dr. Oliver wondered how she and her ever present camera man. She said it was because they were out of class while class was still in session, but he had a feeling that they were snooping around somewhere they didn't belong. Like the main office while Principal Randall and Ms. Jones was away.
"Look, Cassidy." Kira said not hiding her rising temper at all. "I can look however I want as long as it's appropriate."
"I think you look fine the way you are." Conner said and Trent glared.
The White Ranger had noticed the Red Ranger was looking at Kira more. He didn't like that. Then, Kira was taking his comments real well. She was beginning to treat like she treated Ethan. He hated that, but he knew that it was his fault. He guess he pushed her away too many times and the price he was paying was being replaced by there incompotent leader.
Trent quickly turned back to his sketchbook. He was too ashamed of the way he had behaved while he was evil to interfer. If Kira wanted Conner, he wasn't about to get in their way and invoke both their tempers.
Ethan noticed this and felt sorry for their White Ranger. He had tried so hard to protect the girl. He even tried to runaway to protect the people he cared for. Not many would do that. Then again, the Blue Ranger also had a strong loyalty to their leader. They had went from not getting along to becoming best friends. But he also knew what it meant to be just the friend to a girl you really liked. It seemed no matter what happened, someone would be hurt.
Dr. Oliver saw this too and knew exactly what Trent was going through. He had been in his shoes. The guy who nearly killed his friends, the one not trusted by the leader of the friends, the one who thought he had the affections of the girl only to find she was falling for someone else. He sighed. He really shouldn't think of that.
At Hayley's, the man in blue sat watching TV. He was really bored. A man of his intellect really should be somewhere working on an advance computer system or something like that.
"May I help you?"
The man looked up to see a pretty red head standing next to him.
"No, not really."
The woman sat next to him.
"Hi, I'm Hayley. I own this establishment." The woman said and held out her hand for him to take.
"Will Cranston." He said and took her hand and gave it a firm shake.
"Yes, Tommy's friend." She said as if she had known along who he was.
"Affirmative. Have you seen him? He's late for our appointment."
Hayley chuckled. She honestly thought Tommy was done with his being late days.
"No, but I am sure he has a very good reason for not being her."
"He probably forgot." Will said with a smile.
"Tommy forgetful? He hasn't been that way since his first year of college."
"I will assume we know a different Tommy Oliver. The one I was acquintant with was often tardy and quite forgetful."
"No, we are discussing the same man. Only the Tommy Oliver I know goes by the name of Dr. Thomas Oliver and tries not to be tardy or forgetful. He must set a good example for his students..."
Hayley allowed her sentence to hand as she looked around her business. Trent was late for work. She noticed that around Three. School ended ten minutes before. The strange thing was Kira wasn't by the stage preparing to begin a set of songs with her band, and Conner and Ethan weren't on the very sofa she sat on now, doing their homework. They weren't the only usual occupants missing either. The place was far too quite. Cassidy and Devin were absent too.
"I wonder where everyone went?" She wondered aloud.
Reefside High's Scienc Department was filled with fussing students.
"Cassidy!" Kira's voice shouted in a voice that would have put her Ptera Scream to shame. "If you say I'm a wanna be so and so one more time, I will NOT be responsible for what will happen to that hair of yours that you call your pride and joy!"
Conner was hold Kira back and Devin was holding back Cassidy in attempt to prevent and cat fight. Dr. Oliver was presently out of the room making copies of tomorrows quiz. At least that's what he told them. He was really calling Hayley's Cyberspace to tell Hayley to inform his old friend that he had detention duty and that's why he was going to be late. He was unaware of what was happening in his classroom at the moment.
"What! I dare you. You Britney Spears wanna be!"
Something inside Kira snapped. She was about to let out her real Ptera Scream. At least that was her intention, if Conner had smart moment and covered her mouth with his hand. This resulted in the Yellow Ranger being flush up against the Red Rangers body and neither seemed to mind or notice.
Trent on the other hand was nearly foaming at the mouth and he thanked God for the bell to release them. He also reminded himself to thank Dr. Oliver for saying they could leave when they bell rung.
The White Ranger quickly gathered his things and stormed out of the room without a word to the others. Lucky for them Mesogog wasn't sending a monster. Trent was sorely tempted to help the monster destroy Conner.
What made things worse was, Kira didn't even attempt to follow him to see what was wrong.
"She's probably enjoying the Jock's company." Trent said with a glare that would have put all the ones he used when he was evil to shame.
"Whoa, Trent." Dr. Oliver said as he was heading back to gather his things and rush off to the cybercafe. "Why the rush?"
"No reason. I just have to get to work. Dad gave me a lecture on punctuality this morning." He fibbed.
"Then, why the glare?"
"It's not important."
Trent was about to leave well enough alone when a thought came to him. Why not asked Dr. Oliver his opinion on the issue?
"Dr. Oliver, have you ever had a high school crush?"
"Yes," Dr. Oliver said, his voice becoming tight. "But it ended a long time ago."
Trent was uncertain about of how to go from there. He wanted to know about relationships but still...
Dr. Oliver noticed the boy's tention. He had knew there was something up. He sighed.
"Trent, I am going to trust you with something. I don't want the others to know. Even Hayley knows little about this."
"I promise." He voiced but in his head he said, Great another secret to keep.
"I was madly in love with my crush. We ended up dating and I fell for her even more. I would have done anything for her. I even risked my life a number of times to save hers. We were close for nearly three years. Then she moved to Florida. She was to be in the Pan Global Games and she couldn't pass it up. A few months later she meets someone else. She breaks up with me in a single letter. No other warning. One day I had a girlfriend, the next she was gone."
"That's awful." Trent said and then paused. He looked down at his shoes before adding. "At least you didn't watch her fall for someone else."
"Things will get better."
Trent gave his teacher a weak smile before saying his goodbye and leaving the school to go to work.
AN: Just to tell everyone. White Roses is almost complete only three more chapters to go.
The Truth of Time will have at least Twenty-Two Chapters.