Challenge: Patience
Last Revised: February 19, 2006
Summary: The new guy is seriously testing his patience
Disclaimer: I don’t own them, wish I did.
Genre: Romance
Rating: T, for now
Ship: Conner/Kira
An: Done in response to the Ars
Amatoria’s Ranger Romance Themes Challenge.
Yes, I know these two weren’t a Canon Couple, but I liked them way too
much to pass this up. The first 20
stories are set during Dino Thunder, the second 20 are after and will be mostly
AU (I’m not gonna touch on the DT/SPD team up at all).
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I’m
scowling. It’s a new one for me, because
normally I don’t have a problem with anyone, but he’s different. I don’t really like him. I tried to like him, but something inside is telling me he’s bad news.
I’ve even tried being his friend, but it’s just not really working. And no, it’s not because he seems to be
monopolizing Kira’s time lately.
Ok, that’s
two big words Ethan would never let me hear the end of for saying, but I can’t
help it. For weeks now, I’ve had both
Kira and Ethan’s undivided attention, and suddenly he shows up and I’m only
seeing them during practice, school, or battling Meso-ugly
and his goons. It’s just not fair.
I like to
think I’m a patient guy, most of the time anyways. I figured all I had to do was wait for the
shine of
“You like
her.”
Startled,
I turn and see Hayley and Ethan sitting or standing next to me at the bar
inside the Cyber café, where I’ve been sitting for nearly an hour watching
Trent flirt with Kira instead of getting to hang with Kira and ask her for her
advice on my English paper.
“What?” I
ask, completely confused.
“You like
her.” Ethan’s grinning at me and Hayley
has a soft smile on her face, like she knows something I don’t. That isn’t new, Hayley knows a lot more than
I can ever hope to, but this isn’t one of those kinds of smiles. It’s like she’s acknowledging something else.
“Who?”
“Kira. You like her.”
I blink, and
then turn to stare at Kira and Trent.
‘What?’ I think to myself, automatically thinking Ethan’s lost it. Of course I like Kira; she’s one of my best
friends and my teammate. And then
there’s this tightening in my stomach as I watch her smile up at Trent, who’s
speaking in hushed tones to her. ‘Oh no.’
“Conner,
are you ok?” Kira asks, snapping me from my thoughts.
“Y-yeah, I
think so.”
Oh
damn. I turn my eyes to Ethan and think
‘I HATE YOU ETHAN!’ I can feel my
stomach do a couple flips flops when I turn my eyes back to Kira, who’s
actually giggling at something