"Speaking"

'Thoughts'

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Songs

Kim woke up to the scent of fried chicken and rice. She looked over at her clock and realized that it was now 1:00 p.m. . . .Hurrying out of bed, she heads to the bathroom to freshen up, before pulling her robe over her pink spaghetti-strap tank top and pink and white shorts as she made her way to the kitchen. The sight that greets her makes her smile and she momentarily forgot that she was supposed to be getting ready. Conner was standing at the stove in a red wife-beater and blue and yellow flannel pants, singing along softly with the song on the radio, while fixing breakfast. (After knowing Kim for so long and visiting her mom and stepdad, Kim's mom taught him how to cook the basic stuff saying men should know how to cook for their women)

"Wow CJ a girl could get used to this," she smiled.

He turned around and blushed, seeing the smile on her face, smirked and answered, "Hey TC didn't hear you get up."

"How could you hear with the radio and the fact that you're singing," she teased, "how you hear anything with that voice is beyond me." Actually he was a pretty good singer; he even helped her out with a few songs on both her French and English album, before she stopped singing.

(A/N: After winning the Olympics in 1996, she decided to focus on college. She majored in fashion, and had a minor in Business. During and after college, she tried her hand at another favorite hobby of hers; singing. In 1999, about three years after the Olympics, she started singing; she had changed her image and gave herself a new name, so that her Olympic background would have no bearing whatsoever on her singing career. She became very popular, and in the space of two years had recorded three albums. In January 2001, she quit and moved to Paris to be with her mom and focused on making a career in fashion; in the summer of that year, she came back to America, where she reunited with her friends, spent some time, and then returned to Paris. In 2003 she had a compilation album, and then she did a French and English one after she met Conner in 2004. He sang a few songs on both albums at her request. She stopped singing again when talks of tours came up, and refocused on her fashion. She brought out six albums in total and all were huge hits, in Europe and the US. She is also very popular in the fashion world as, you guessed it, Annabelle)

"Ha," he replied, "You didn't think I was so bad when you let me sing on your album."

"True, you know, I don't know why you never told your friends about you being able to sing, or that you were very good in French, Math and Business in high school."

"Because, singing was Kira's thing, she's very good and I didn't want to take the spotlight away from her," he sighed, "same thing goes for Ethan and Trent. Math and Business were Ethan and Trent.

"And what was yours?" she asked as she took the plate of food from him and sipped her orange juice. She never drank coffee, she hated the stuff.

He sat down across from her with his own plate, and then grinned, "Being the soccer star and popular jock that got all the girls."

"You egotistical ass," she laughed, "Is that all you think about?"

Conner put a hand over his heart like he was wounded, "Kim, that was such a mean thing to say. You wound my heart"

Laughing, she finished her food and walked back to her bedroom to get ready to go out, but not before replying, "Oh honey, I didn't know you had one."

"Be mean to the guy that cooks for you," he answered as he heard the phone start to ring.

"CJ you know I love you," she laughed then closed her door as she was heading to the bathroom.

"And the only reason I put up with you is because I love you," he yelled as he answered the phone, "Hello?"

Kira stared at the phone as she caught the end of Conner's statement. She couldn't believe it. Well not that she couldn't believe, it's just a little shocking since she thought he was too busy being a pro soccer player. At least that's what she told herself.

"Hello? Is anyone there?" He asked.

"Yeah, hi Conner it's me, Kira."

"Kira!" he said, "wow, haven't heard from you in what, like a week?" he laughed.

Kira chuckled to herself then said, "Actually Conner it was more like five days ago."

"Now hey, the school week had five days, so if you think about it's still a week in my book."

"Whatever Conner,"she said, "so what's up with you? Got any soccer groupies yet?"

"Nah, besides who needs groupies when I have what I want, or at least I hope I will soon,"he said, "So anyways, what's up with you, any new songs? How are Ethe and the others doing?"

'I wonder what he meant by that? It couldn't be what I think it meant could it? Nah, this is Conner we're talking about. I'll just push it out of my mind.'

"I actually took a break off for awhile, you know to get some time to myself,"she paused, "and Ethe and the others are doing well. He's still at the company; I think he's going for apromotion pretty soon. Trent took a break also, 'to get ideas' I think he said for his latest comic book. You know Hayles is never giving up the café, I think she has too much fun, and Dr. O still teaches and we manage to bug him every now and then."

"He still threatens you guys about coming over unannounced?" He laughed.

"Yea, you know, I think just the other day, he threatened to drop Trent off of the brachio zord, because he ate his food," she said.

Looking around to make sure TC was still in her room, but not wanting to take any chances of her overhearing, he lowered his voice and said, "You'd think that Dr. O would remember that Trent was evil and his dad was our villain."

"True, but you forget that Dr. O was thefirst evil power ranger, and he almost killed his team."

"Right, I forgot. So anyway, besides taking a break what's up with you?" he questioned, "You and Trent still dating?"

"Well, actually I don't really know. I think right now it's more that we're comfortable with each other, than anything."

Ignoring the flip in his heart when he heard that, and hoping the hope wasn't in his voice, he managed out, "How so?"

"Well I guess I just realized that I'm starting to have feelings for someone else, and I can't help but wonder if I'm staying with Trent just because it's comfortable, you know?"

Conner remained quiet as he thought over what Kira just said. 'Please don't tell me she likes someone else already. I mean it was bad enough to see her with Trent, I don't know if I can handle seeing her with anyone else.' In an attempt to get back the conversation, Kira changed the topic.

"So when are you coming home?"

Sighing in relief that she hadn't picked up on his feelings, Conner smiled, then teased,

"Aww, babe, if you missed me all you had to do was say so."

"What did I tell you about calling me babe, jock?" she mock yelled.

"That you love it, and I should do it every chance I get?"

"Conner, you are still the same," she managed in between gasps of laughter, "but don't change."

After that the conversation became talks of normal things like what the other was doing for summer, where they talked about everything and anything. He talked to Ethan, Trent and Hayley for a brief while before talking to Kira. Kim came out of her room and he was still on the phone. She frowned, wondering if he forgot that they were supposed to leave in fifteen minutes.

"Yea, so anyway, I'll actually be home next week Tuesday, the 9th. My plane gets there at like three in the afternoon. It's flight 4357 on UK Airlines, Gate 14."

"Alright, I'll let the others know, so we can meet you there."