Normal POV

Tracy opens her locker and takes out her book bag. She looks around, checking to see if Grant is in the area.

'Thank goodness Grant is nowhere in sight. Let's hope it stays that way until I get back to the bus.' Tracy thinks.

She closes her locker slowly to make sure that she didn't slam her finger in it for the third time. She turns around and sees Kira and the gang walk up.

"Hey, Tracy, has Mike asked you out yet?" Kira asks.

"Whoa, slow down there Kira. What makes you think that he is going to ask me out?" Tracy asks.

"Come on Tracy, can't you tell that he is crushing on you," Kira argues.

"Well yeah, but how can you be so sure that he is going to ask me out," Tracy says.

"Trust me. Mike is going to ask you out," Kira says.

"How do you know that?" Tracy asks.

"Why don't you ask him yourself? Here comes Prince Charming." Kira replies as she sees him back walk behind her.

"Come on Kira quit kidding around," Tracy says.

"I'm not," Kira says.

A few seconds later Tracy sees Mike standing right behind her from the corner of her eye. She turns around to face him.

"Hey," Mike says.

"Hey," Tracy says.

"Can I ask you a question?" Mike says a little more confidently.

"If you are wondering who stole the cookies from the cookie jar it wasn't me," she answers

After she finished, she is blushing with embarrassment.

'Oh great, I can't believe I just said that. Now Mike must think that I am an idiot.' Tracy thinks.

"Hey, Conner was right. You are funny. I was just wondering if you would like to take a walk with me around town after school tomorrow." Mike says.

Tracy tries to give a response, but nothing comes out. So Kira answered for her

"She'd love to Mike," Kira says.

"Great, I'll see you then," Mike says.

Then he turns around to catch the bus. He walks backward then turns around to face Tracy again.

"I think I forgot something," Mike says.

"What's that?" Tracy asks.

"This," Mike says.

He leans in close and kisses her on the cheek. Conner lets out a loud catcall, and Kira slaps him in the gut. Mike backs away and sees Tracy blushing like an idiot.

"Tracy, are you okay?" Mike asks.

"Yeah," Tracy says.

"Good see you later beautiful," he says.

"Yeah, see you later," Tracy says as she tries to stop blushing

He turns back around and leaves for the bus again. Tracy stands in front of her locker like a deer caught in the headlights. Conner pulls out his trusty water bottle, opens it, and tosses the cold water on my face. She finally stops blushing.

"Hey, Conner would you stop doing that you're just wasting water, you know," Tracy yells.

"Sorry, it was the only thing I could think of to bring you back to earth," Conner says.

"Okay, Kira, you were right. I can't believe that I blew it." Tracy says.

She turns around to bang her head on her locker. Kira stops the young girl by grabbing Tracy by her shoulders and turns her back around.

"You didn't blow it," Kira says.

"Yes, I did. I couldn't even talk to Mike, and when I did, I said something stupid." Tracy reminds her.

"I think it was cute when you acted all stupid," Kira says.

"Thanks for those words of encouragement Kira. I need to catch the bus." Tracy tells her.

She leaves the group. Tracy is two feet away from getting on the bus. She feels someone grab her by the wrist and slam her against the wall.

"You remember me I trust," Grant says slyly.

"Well, I try not to," Tracy says sarcastically.

"You haven't met my friends yet have you?" Grant asks.

"No, I haven't had the honor," she says in the same sarcastic tone.

"Well, say hello to Peter and Jeremy," Grant says as he makes a gesture towards his two friends.

"I guess that all they are here just to make you look stronger, right?" Tracy says.

"Why you" Grant snaps.

Grant rips Tracy's glasses off her face and drops them to the ground. Then he makes a fist with his right hand.

"Grant, are you going to hit a girl? My dad told me if I ever hit a girl he would ground me for life." Jeremy says.

"Would you be quiet Jeremy and just watch out for teachers ok." Grant snaps.

~Welcome To Reefside ~

They do as Grant tells them to do, and the next thing Tracy sees is Grant's fist coming towards her face. She closes her eyes to protect them from what is about to happen. But, hears the sound of his fist hitting someone's hand and open her eyes. She sees Dr. Oliver standing in front of her.

"Dr. Oliver, I was just saying hi to the new girl," Grant says innocently.

"Nice try Grant. Do I have to call your parents again?" Dr. Oliver tells him.

"NO! Dr. Oliver, don't call my folks please." Grant whines.

"If you promise to leave her alone I won't call your parents." Dr. Oliver offers.

"You got it, Dr. Oliver," Grant says.

Grant and his friends run away. Dr. Oliver turns around. Tracy picks up her glasses and put them back on.

"Tracy, are you ok?" Dr. Oliver asks.

"Yeah, thanks, Dr. Oliver." Tracy answers.

Tracy notices that the rock in her pocket is still glowing. She reaches inside and takes it out. Then Kira and the others run up.

"Dr. Oliver, we have something to tell you," Kira yells as she is running up.

"Let me guess Tracy found the dino gem that we've been looking for." Dr. Oliver says.

"A Dino what now?" Tracy asks in shock.

Then Temporary Home starts playing through Tracy's phone. She reaches into her purse and takes out it out to check the message.

"Oh great," Tracy sighs.

"Is it good news or bad news?" Ethan asks.

"If you consider having your dad text you to say that he and my mom are working late, so I have to find somewhere else to spend the night. I would have to call it bad news." Tracy says being very sarcastic.

"You can stay at my place tonight." Dr. Oliver offers.

"No Dr. Oliver it's ok. I don't want to trouble you." Tracy says modestly.

"It's no trouble at all." Dr. Oliver says with a reassuring smile.

Kira pulls him aside to talk to him in private.

"You are going to tell her about the whole power ranger thing, and the powers that she will get from the gem aren't you Dr. O?" Kira asks.

"Don't worry Kira I will," Dr. Oliver answers.

They head back to the group, and everyone is talking about their after-school activities. A few minutes later we go their separate ways. Tracy and Dr. Oliver walk up to his jeep. Dr. Oliver gets into the driver's seat. Tracy is about to climb into the passenger seat. She sees Mike running up out of the corner of her eye. Mike arrives a few seconds later; he is out of breath.

"Hey, Mike," Tracy says.

"Hi Tracy," Mike says, still trying to catch his breath.

He waits for a few seconds so his breathing could return to normal before he spoke.

"I made a copy of the notes from Pre-Calc for you. I mean you don't have to take them if you want to," he offers.

"Thanks, Mike, it will make doing tonight's homework a little easier," Tracy says.

"No prob," he says.

Mike hands her the folder with the notes inside. Tracy takes off her book bag to put them away. She unzips my bag too far, and all the contents spill out onto the ground.

"Man I'm such a klutz," Tracy blurts.

"Don't talk about yourself like that. This kind of thing could happen to anyone," Mike says sweetly.

Mike helps her pick everything up off the ground. As they are cleaning up Mike accidentally knocks Tracy's glasses off her face, but she didn't notice. Tracy zips up her bag. She sets it on the floor in front of the passenger seat.

"I think that these are yours," Mike says sweetly.

He hands Tracy her glasses. Their eyes meet for the second time.

"Hey, did I ever tell you that you have pretty eyes?" Mike says in a flirty tone.

"Yes, on the bus this morning like ten times." Tracy reminds him.

"Right I knew that," he says.

Tracy giggles a little, and a smile appears on her face.

"Did you know that your eyes shine like stars when you laugh," he says in a flirty tone.

"No, but now I do," Tracy says.

"Guys I hate to break up this conversation but Mike if you don't leave soon you are going to miss the bus." Dr. Oliver says politely.

Mike looks down at his watch and thanks him. He leans in again and gives her another quick peck on the cheek and rushes to catch the bus. Tracy feels her legs turn to jelly, and her body starts to fall backward. She uses the jeep door to keep herself from landing on the ground.

"Hey Tracy, are you ok Tracy!" Dr. Oliver calls.

"Yeah I'm ok," Tracy says turning back around.

Tracy opens the car door and gets inside. They stop at Tracy's house so she can get a change of clothes for school tomorrow. She climbs back inside and buckles up, and he puts the Jeep in drive. Ten minutes later they pull into the driveway. After Dr. Oliver turns off the engine and he looks over at Tracy. He sees her fast asleep in the passenger seat. He shakes her gently. Tracy slowly opens her eyes and yawns.

"Sorry about that Dr. Oliver." Tracy apologizes.

"No prob I was just wondering when you were going to fall asleep considering that you looked tired since this morning," he says in an understanding tone.

"Yeah I've been fighting jet lag all morning, and on top of that I only slept two hours last night," She tells him.

They head into the house. He shows her to the guest room, and she opens the door. Tracy sets her things near the desk by the window and looks around.

"What do you think?" he asks.

"It's nice I can't compare it to my new room until I get a chance to0unpack. It's the same size as my old room in Michigan," she answers.

He decides to give her a chance to get settled in, so he turns around to leaves the room. Tracy chooses not to start her homework and walks over to the bed. She lays down on it, and it's soft as a cloud. The quietness of the forest is all she needs to help her fall back to sleep again. About ten minutes later Dr. Oliver decides to check on how Tracy is doing. He slowly walks up the stairs to the guest room.

"Hey Tracy you doing ok?" he asks, as he knocks on the door.

He doesn't get a response, so he opens the door quietly. He sees Tracy fast asleep on the bed.

'I should have guessed that.' Dr. Oliver thinks.

He walks over to the bed and gently slides Tracy's glasses offer face. He sets the glasses on the end table and tiptoes out of the room so she can sleep. Two hours later Tracy walks into the kitchen.

"Hey, Tracy how did you sleep?" He asks.

"Ok. So, how long was I out away?" She asks.

"About two hours," He answers.

"You could have woken me up if you had something else planned," She says.

"Considering that you were completely comatose I doubt that the school marching band would have woken you up." He jokes.

Tracy lets out a fake laugh.

"There is something I wanted to talk to you about," he says, changing the tone of his voice.

"What is it, Dr. Oliver?" Tracy asks confused.

He rolls up his sleeve, and Tracy sees a bracelet with a rock on it like the one she found. But this one is black.

"What does this have to do with me Dr. Oliver?" she asks even more confused.

Then his bracelet turns into his morpher. Tracy grabs hold of the table in shock.

"Wait, that looks like a morpher. So, you want me to become a - I mean you want me to join the power rangers," Tracy stammers.