A/N: Connor remembers Kat, and you guys find out exactly why he's so cold towards her. Plus a talk between him and Kira
It was as if it happened yesterday. After his soccer game in Spain, he had stopped over in England to meet Kim so that they could fly back to Paris together. He was on his way back to their apartment, when he had he saw her.
Flashback
Connor was walking through the fields after soccer practice, on his way back to the apartment where he was staying with Kim. He heard giggling and looked up to see a man and a woman wrapped in each other's arms, smiling at one another. The couple looked familiar but he shook it off and kept walking. As he walked, he felt compelled to look again, so he did. The blond had her back to him so he couldn't see who she was, although something about her posture seemed familiar. Now that he thought about it, the guy looked very familiar as well. He frowned and tried to think of where he had met him, but it didn't click until he heard him speak, "Come on baby, let's just go back to my place, or yours."
That's when it hit him; that was Kim's boyfriend, Jean-Luc. And he was cheating on her. He couldn't believe it. The woman turned at the last minute, and he saw just the side of face, he still couldn't place her, but put her out of his mind, and he hurried home to tell Kim, and she had gone to confront him about it. He had denied it of course, and Kim had gone to talk to her friend Katherine about it. He waited until she came home, and was surprised to see her pissed off with tears in her eyes. He had asked what happened and found out that her friend was the girl and not only that, but apparently the girl was responsible for the break-up between her and her high school boyfriend and the relationships with her friends. When he asked for a picture of her, he had his suspicions confirmed as to why the blond had looked so familiar; the girl in the photo was indeed the girl that he saw Jean-Luc with.
End flashback
"Connor you ok?" Tommy asked.
Shaking himself from the memory, he looked up at Kat with a frown on his face, "Is Kat short for something?"
Surprised yet pleased that he was talking to her, she smiled and nodded, "Actually it is short for Katherine, but some friends of mine calls me PC as well."
He closed his eyes as she said that. Now knowing the truth; the woman standing in front of him, was the same woman that he saw in England seven months ago. But with the truth came a startling realization; if she was the woman and she knew Kim and was a former ranger, then that meant that Kim was one as well.
"You sure you're ok Connor?"
"Yea I'm fine," he said, "Dr O did you say that Kat wasn't the original pink ranger?"
"Yea, she replaced her actually," Tommy said.
'I bet she did in every single way'Connor thought to himself.
"In fact I have a picture around here somewhere; oh here it is," he said, "Her name is Kimberly Hart, and she was the first pink ranger."
Connor took the picture and looked at it. Sitting with her trademark smile on her face was none other than his little sis, Belle. He gave a soft smile as he saw that she hadn't really changed as much. He then recognized the others from various pictures that she had around her place. She only had a few with the guy in green around, if he remembered correctly, the rest were in her bedroom. The guy seemed really familiar, "Hey Dr O, who's the guy in green?"
"That was me," Tommy said, "I was first the green ranger, and then I became the white ranger, followed by red, and finally black."
As Connor looked from the photo to Tommy then back to the photo, he couldn't conceal his shock. If that guy was Dr O when he was younger, then that meant that Dr O was the high school boyfriend. All of a sudden he felt angry. His little sister went through hell and she was the cause of it. He couldn't stay there anymore. He gave the picture back and left quickly, throwing the excuse of double checking his packing over his shoulder, and hurried out the door.
"Weird," Kat said.
All Tommy could do was nod. The truth was, he had felt more than saw the anger in Connor and wondered at it. Connor drove around trying to clear his head. He finally ended up going to the lake. He got out of his car and walked down the trail. Turning off the oath, he let his memory take back to the place he had found by accident. It was really beautiful; it had a waterfall and a variety of flowers which gave the place a magical look. As he sat on the rock, he let his thoughts run.
'Man I can't believe this. It's the same girl. But how could Dr O do that? I mean doesn't he know what happened, and if he did, then how can he still be with her? It just makes me angry that he did nothing, that they did nothing; they just let her take over. Oh crap, than means that Kim's going to be at the reunion as well. Which means that things are going blow up in someone's face,' he chuckled, 'It's funny how we've known each for so long, practically know everything about each, except the fact that we were both rangers. This reunion will be very interesting to say the least.'
…
Tommy and Kat were on their way to the café, still puzzled over Connor's behavior.
"What do you think is up with Connor?" Kat asked.
"I really don't know," he said, "I'm hoping someone knows."
As they neared they café, they saw Kira.
"Hey Dr. O," she said, "Kat. What's up?"
"Hey Kira," Tommy replied, "Hey have you seen Connor?"
"No," she replied, "why?"
"Well, he stopped by the house today, but he left very quickly," Kat answered, "And it seems as if he was angry about something."
"Do you know what it's about?" Tommy asked her.
She hesitated, 'how do I tell Dr. O that Connor doesn't trust Kat? I can't, at least not unless I talk to Connor'. "Uhm, no I don't; but do you know where he went?" she asked, "Maybe I'll get him to tell me what's wrong?"
"No I don't," he said, "he just took off."
"That's ok, I'll find him," she said then turned and left.
"Maybe she'll get an answer out of him," Tommy said to Kat.
"I hope so," she replied, "Because I can't help but think that it has something to do with me."
"Who could have a problem with you?" he said, "You're sweet, kind-hearted and you always think of others."
"Aww, that's sweet," she said. 'If you only knew what I did, you wouldn't be saying that.'
…
Kira walked around trying to figure out where Connor could have gone. She passed the soccer field, when she remembered. 'Of course what's the one place he always go when something's troubling him.'
She ran all the way to the lake, and found him exactly where she thought he would be. She called out to him so that he wouldn't be startled, "Thought I'd find you here."
…
Connor was sitting there, watching the river when he heard the footsteps. He gave no sign that he heard, for he knew only one person would know where he was. His thoughts were confirmed when he heard the voice
"I thought I'd find you here."
"Yea"
"So you going to tell me what's up?" she asked as she sat next to him.
"I can't," he said.
"Oh," she said disappointedly.
As he heard the tone in her voice, he looked over towards her, "Kira, it's not that I don't want to tell you, it's just that, I'm still sorting everything out in my head," he started, "And I would be betraying someone if I tell without them knowing. Trust me, if I could tell you I would."
Relieved, she said, "It is ok, I understand. I just want you to know that I'm here for you."
"I know," he said, then smiled as he nudged her shoulder.
"What?" she asked, a smile slowly building.
"Nothing, I'm just glad that you came after I guess," he said with a blush.
"OH," she blushed, "It was nothing."
"Kira, can I ask you something?" he said nervously.
"We're friends Connor," she smiled, though a bit apprehensive, "You can ask me anything." (Sounds familiar?)"
"Did you mean what you said about liking someone else?"
'Why is he asking that? I can't come out and say ye I did and that I meant him.'"Why do you ask?"
"Well, I realized something."
"Oh"
"I realized that I like this girl. I mean I really like her you know," he started nervous again, "She's different from all the other girls I've liked. She calls me out on my bullshit and she doesn't let cliques or what people say bother her. She's very independent and I like that about. She's not really girly either, which makes her perfect in my eyes."
Kira felt a blush go up her cheeks at Connor's words and the look he was giving her. 'Oh m God, she sounds like me. What if it is me? But then again, it could be Krista. Arg, Kira you're only going to know if you ask him. And if it's not you, then be a friend to him still; no matter how much it hurts.' "So who is it?"
"It's—
Whatever he was going to say was cut off by his cell phone. Cursing under his breath, he turned away and answered, "Hello?"
"Bro, where are you?" Ethan's voice came through.
"Why?"
"Well we're all here waiting on you and Kira; we were thinking about heading to the park."
"Oh, well we'll be right there," he said then closed his phone, "The guys are waiting for us at the café; said they are going to the park."
"OK." They got up and headed towards the car, both thinking the same thing, 'I could kill Ethan right now.'
A/N: don't you just hate Ethan? Interrupting a moment, don't worry more of those to come.
A/N 2: again I had to split this into two parts. Next half will be the next chapter. Read and review
