Nope, don't own the Power Rangers. Or sticky notes. Are those even copyrighted? And not Sherlock Holmes either. Although since Sir Arthur Conan Doyle didn't want him I think all Holmes fans should have equal rights to him.
Chapter Two: Council of Love
"Hm… love letters?" Chip tried, scribbling it down on a yellow sticky note. But Dustin shook his head. He had trained against Tori and Cam a few too many times to risk something like that blowing up in their faces. With a shrug Chip crumpled it up and threw it into the halfway full waste basket.
It had been two hours, and they hadn't come up with a single good idea on how to get Tori and Cam together.
"Mistletoe?" Dustin commented.
"A little too late to get away with that."
"Yeah," Dustin had to agree. "How about a romantic dinner for two?"
"Maybe… but how do Tori and Cam define 'romantic'? They're not exactly orthodox."
"Give them tickets to a whale watching boat ride?"
"That could work," Chip admitted. "Or we could talk Cam into asking Tori for a surfing lesson."
"Good one! They both like books… maybe we could sneak some romance novels into their reading piles to 'get them in the mood for love'," Dustin suggested.
"Wow, no wonder Dino Thunder freaked when you were put under an evil spell," Chip shook his head in admiration as he conjured up a piece of paper and a pencil to write down the ideas.
"A moonlit stroll?"
"Whoo-hoo! I remember when Vida was a vampire and we were talking and there was moonlight everywhere and I so wanted to kiss her except I couldn't because otherwise she wouldn't be able to fight it at all and she'd bite me and then I would become a vampire too-"
"Pulling a Fran, Chip, pulling a Fran."
"Oh, sorry."
"It's cool, dude. And maybe we could talk Tori into asking Cam to explain some of his computer stuff to her."
"Good one, Dustin."
A pause. Then, out of nowhere-
"Sleeping spell!"
"You lost me. Besides, Chip, you said love spells weren't allowed."
"No, no, no. We put them under a sleeping spell and put them in a hammock together and they cuddle and when they wake up- voila!"
"Worth a shot," Dustin said at last. Confidently Chip wrote it down.
"Hey! A movie! That's always a good romantic idea!"
"Anything good out right now?"
"Um… Sherlock Holmes is still playing I think."
"Sherlock is the ultimate lady-hater!"
"Not in this movie," Chip corrected him. "And if they see Sherlock Holmes acting lovey-dovey…"
"Maybe they'll think it's okay for them to act lovey-dovey," Dustin realized Chip's plan. "Psychology is complicated."
"Comes with the territory of having Vida as a girlfriend," Chip shrugged modestly. Suddenly nervous he requested, "But never tell her I said that."
"On my yellow fellow honor," Dustin promised. Looking over at Chip's list he wondered, "Do you think we have enough ideas?"
"I don't know. Like I said, I've never match-made before," Chip fretted. So Dustin decided, "Even though I've never match-made before either a few more ideas can't hurt."
Silence.
"A trip to the boardwalk? That's usually pretty popular with the couples."
"Dude, that's a great idea! And think that this is one too- trip to see the Gym and Juice Bar, the original Power Rangers hangout!"
"Perfect!" Chip scribbled it down. "Any more ideas?"
"I think that's enough for now."
"I think so too."
Now all the fellow Yellows needed to do was to implement their plans.
Will any of their plans actually work? Find out next time!
