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�This is so exciting, tomorrow is going to be so much fun,� Kim said for the thousandth time that night. I chuckled and excused myself from the dinner table. As I headed back from the bathroom the doorbell rang, and quickly ran to answer it. On the other side stood Adam and a very pretty girl I had never met before. I had seen her plenty of times in pictures Jason and the rest sent me, but never met her.

�Hi, I�m Tanya,� she said cheerfully as I held open the door for them to enter.

�You must be Trini. It�s great to finally meet you. I mean I have heard so much about you for so long that it�s nice to finally put a face with the name.�

�Yes, I have heard a lot about you too. You took up the mantle of the yellow ranger after Aisha, right?� I asked as Tanya nodded. A part of me wondered if she and Adam were still dating, and then that same part of me felt a slight pang of jealousy.

�Well, then it�s wonderful to meet a fellow yellow ranger.�

�Tanya! Hey!� Kim said as she greeted her with a hug. �You�re early.�

�Yeah, Thought I�d come down a few days early to see if you needed my help with anything, and I really wanted to meet Trini,� Tanya said with a smile in my direction.

�Good, then you can spend the day with us tomorrow. I�ve got everything planned out. I plan to shop vicariously through the two of you. Considering I can�t exactly fit into the really cute clothes,� Kimberly said with a chuckle. I laughed.

�Or we could help you pick out some �really cute� maternity clothes,� I suggested with a grin.

�Oooooh, I think I like that idea better. Trini, you truly are a genius,� Kim said with a smile. �You two want to join us for dinner?�

�Umm, is that okay? Are you sure? I don�t want to intrude,� Tanya asked with a small smile.

�Oh, c�mon Tanya, you know we could never intrude,� Adam said with a grin. Kim narrowed her eyes at him. �What? You were gonna say it anyway.�

I laughed and shook my head as we all headed back to the dinner table. We sat down to dinner and began to eat and make the usual small talk. I watched Tanya and Adam�s interaction carefully and could find no evidence of them still being a couple, but then again I found nothing that said they weren�t. That was when I began wondering why I cared. I don�t have those kind of feeling for him. It�s like I told Jason what I felt all those years ago was just a high school crush.

�Oh, Kimberly, I�ve been meaning to ask you something,� Tanya exclaimed as though she had just remembered. �I was wondering If I could bring Curtis to the actual shower.�

�Curtis as in Zack�s cousin Curtis?� I asked curiously.

�Yeah, Zack set us up a few weeks ago, and I gotta say I really like him. That�s kinda why I want to bring him along. Some of the guys have never met him, and I would like to find out what they think,� Tanya said shyly as she glanced down at her plate.

�You and Curtis! That is soo cute! Of course you can bring him along. Wow, I haven�t seen him in a long time,� Kimberly said with a nostalgic look in her eyes as the conversation at the table turned toward the good old days of Angel Grove High.

But I could only replay Tanya�s words in my head.

�Zack set us up a few weeks ago.�

Finally the proof I�d been looking for. They weren�t a couple.

Wait! No, I just said it was a high school crush, and that�s what I�m sticking to. It was high school and he was cute and sweet. That�s it, it was just a simple infatuation. And it�s gone now, it doesn�t exist anymore.

Then why does the news of Curtis and Tanya�s new relationship thrill me so much?

Face it, Trini, you like him, I thought to myself while twirling my spaghetti on my fork. I looked up from my plate to see Jason smirking at me, Ooh, I hate it when he�s right. Stupid big brother syndrome.

Suddenly I felt someone�s eyes on me, and I turned to my left. Adam was looking me dead in the eye. Well, for at least three seconds anyway. When I looked up he gave me a shy lop-sided grin and returned to his dinner. Had Adam been staring at me? What does that mean? Does he have some kind of feelings for me?

Relationships! Why do they have to be so complicated! I should just tell him, that�s right, I�ll get it over with. The trick was getting him alone. No, this was stupid! How well do I know Adam anyway? And hasn�t it always been my belief that you should be friends with someone before you date them? No, I�ve got to take it slow. Get to know him, then tell him.

That�s the new plan. Get to know him.

Now, how should I go about it? Should I just make sure I�m in his general vicinity when we�re all together this week? Join in all the conversations that he�s in?

�Trini, are you okay?� Kim asked as she looked at me with a raised eyebrow,

�You�ve barely touched your food.�

�Oh, yeah I�m fine. Just tired that�s all,� I said with a warm smile.

�Oh, okay, do you want to go get some sleep? I�ll save your plate so you can heat it up later if you want,� Kim offered graciously.

Initially I had just said that so no one would get suspicious, but now that I think about it, I am tired.

�Could you? That would be great,� I said thankfully as I excused my self from the table.

�Not a problem,� she said with a smile as I left the dining room.

�Hey, Trini, wait,� I heard Adam call.

�Yes?� I asked with a smile.

�Rocky asked me to give you this,� he said as he handed me a business card.

�I think it�s the contact at the university that he told you about.�

�Oh, right thanks,� I said with a tinge of disappointment in my voice.

�And . . . um, I was . . . well we, that is to say, Rocky and I, were wondering if you would like to come by the Dojo tomorrow and spar with us,� Adam asked me with uncertainty. �Zack�s coming,� he added urgently.

I laughed, �You don�t have to talk me into it, it sounds like fun, but I am just wondering why you�re asking me specifically.�

�Well, Jason, Tommy, and Billy always told us how amazing you are at hand-to-hand combat. I kind of wanted to see you in action myself, minus the times you were in yellow spandex of course,� he told me with a shy smile. I am really beginning to like that smile.

�Yeah, I�ll be there, what time?�

�In the morning, at about nine, does that sound okay?�

�Yeah, sounds great, I love early morning work outs, but I have to tell you that I am a tad bit rusty. It�s been a while since I�ve had to use my hand-to-hand combat skills,� I told him with a grin.

�I�ll keep that in mind,� Adam said with a soft chuckle.

�I guess I better get to bed. See you tomorrow Adam.�

�Yeah, sleep tight, Trini,� he said as he watched me walk down the hallway to the guest bedroom.

So, I guess I have my opportunity to get to know him better now, and does anyone else think that Adam lingering to watch me walk down the hallway means anything? It kind of felt like he was checking me out, but that's just my imagination. Isn't it?

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There You go That's Chapter Three!!

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