Chapter Seven-Just friends

After the Red Ranger mission my life settled into a routine. I went to school, I did my homework, a went to work at my part time job, and on the weekends I went on dates with Hayley. I never felt as if something was missing. I had no reason to. Then my sophomore year came and my life changed again. Not for the worse.

Again I was forced to end a romantic relationship. Even though we gave each other all of the attention we could, Hayley and I quickly found our relationship shifting from romantic to friendship. We stopped holding hands and kissing. We did not feel like we were neglecting each other. It was just like we both hit the neutral button. So, we had a talk.

"I don't love you," Hayley said randomly while we sat at our favorite table at our favorite café.

"I don't love you either," I said.

We laughed. We weren't sad about our revelation. We were more relieved.

"So, I guess we shouldn't continue to date," I said with a smile.

"I guess you're right," Hayley said as she tugged on her ponytail.

"Friends?" I asked and held out my hand.

She smiled at me and clasped my hand.

"Friends."

Our friendship began that night and we remained friends from then on. She even became one of my best friends.

I was two for three now. Two of my ex girlfriends ended up being my friends and one seemed to have hated me.

It had been two years since I last saw Kimberly and none of our mutual friends ever talked about her around me. In fact, some of our friends began to treat me differently. Zack, Trini, and Aisha were distancing themselves from me. It was obvious that they had felt as if they had to pick a side and they picked Kim.

At first, I was hurt but after a good scolding from Jason, Rocky, and Hayley, I realized that it was in their right. Trini and Aisha were Kim's best friends. Other than Jason, Zack had known Kimberly the longest. Kat and Tanya barely knew Kim, so they took my side. Rocky, Adam, and Jason refused to take sides.

A few years would pass before we all would be as close as we were when we were the Power Rangers.

END OF CH. 7