Chapter 9: Problem With Wearing a Wedding Dress
Normal POV
The next morning at dawn Traci is at the pier. She is sitting down on one of the benches playing "Happy" on her Vihuela. A few seconds later, she hears someone singing. She turns her head to the left to see Antonio walking up. He stops a few feet in front of her. She tries to keep her cool listening to Antonio's angelic voice as she continued to play the song. Two minutes later she puts her instrument down next to her.
"Antonio you have an excellent singing voice," Traci says whispers.
"Thanks, but I bet you have a good voice too," Antonio says smiling.
"I do, but I don't like having anyone around my age hearing me sing, though," Traci says a bit louder.
"Really, how come," Antonio asks.
"I don't want to talk about it," Traci says with a bit more confidence than before.
"Okay, do you mind if I sit next to you?" Antonio asks sweetly.
"Sure, there is plenty of room," Traci says, trying not to blush.
Antonio walks closer and sits down next to her. They are an arms length apart from each other. Traci set her right hand down on the bench. Antonio looks down and smiles. He sets his left hand down as well. He looks back out towards the ocean.
"So, do you have any family members that like to fish?" Antonio asks.
"Yes, my uncle Jorge, he lives in Mexico," Traci says.
"That's cool," Antonio says.
"Yeah, I was two, and ½ my mom and I flew to Mexico," Traci says.
"What about your dad?" Antonio asks.
"He couldn't come with us because his boss needed him to stay home to help him work on an important project," Traci says.
"I'm sorry so what happened while you and your mom were in Mexico?" Antonio asks.
"My uncle took me fishing for the first time," Traci says contentedly.
"Did your mom get it on video?" Antonio asks curiously.
"Yes, she did, but she has the video. She hasn't transferred it onto a DVD yet, so we can't watch it." Traci says.
"That's a bummer, so how about I buy you breakfast?" Antonio asks.
Traci didn't know what to say. She looks down towards her hand to see Antonio's hand it on top of hers. Her heart starts to flutter and tries her best to calm down. She couldn't and slowly looks up, and their eyes meet.
"Antonio, could you move your hand, please?" Traci says quickly.
"I don't want to," Antonio says sweetly.
Traci completely forgot how to speak once she sees his eyes sparkle when the first rays of the morning sun hit them. She starts giggling like a cheerleader and smiling like a fool.
"Is that a yes to breakfast, then?" Antonio asks.
Traci just nods since she completely lost her ability to speak.
"Great, let's go," Antonio says.
Antonio takes his hand off of Tracy's. They get up, and Traci picks up her Vihuela. She puts it back in the case. Then they head to the restaurant that was around the corner from them. After they ate, Traci takes a deep breath and tries to speak again.
"Thanks for breakfast, I should head back to the house now," Traci says.
"Yeah, but do you think that we could meet up again. There is this great fishing spot in the forest." Antonio says.
"Sure, I would like that a lot. Wait, so we're just going to be hanging out and doing some fishing right." Traci says.
"Yeah," Antonio says.
"Cool, when we will be doing this, exactly?" Traci asks.
"How about later on today say around 4:30," Antonio says.
"Okay, so we're meeting her at 4:30, right?" Traci asks.
"Yes, and then we'll head off to that spot I mentioned," Antonio says.
"Sure, I'll see you later then," Traci says.
"Yes, and I'm looking forward to getting to know you some more," Antonio says.
He takes hold of her right hand again. He kisses it. Traci's heart skips a beat and smiles again. She watches him walk away.
Traci skips to the kitchen after she put her instrument back in her room. Meanwhile, in the kitchen, the others are eating breakfast. Mike looks over towards the door to see Traci skipping in and goes over to the bar to pour herself a cup of tea.
"Well, you're in a good mood this morning," Mike says.
"Yeah, so do you have a problem with that," Traci says.
"No, so where were you earlier?" Mike asks.
"I went to the pier," Traci says smiling.
"You ran into Antonio again, didn't you?" Emily says raising her eyebrow slyly.
"No," Traci says.
Emily watches Traci's cheek slowly starting to turn red.
"If you didn't run into him then why are you blushing?" Mike asks.
"Fine you caught me, he was there, but all we did was talk about fishing," Traci admits.
"You sure that nothing else happened," Mia asks.
Traci nods and starts to drink her tea. After breakfast, the group heads to the living room. They sit down and talk about the recent bride kidnapping.
"I can't believe that someone would do this," Mia says.
"Yeah, my mom said that your wedding is supposed to be one of the happiest days of your life," Traci adds.
"I think we should stage a fake wedding to lure the nighlok in," Jayden says.
"Sounds like a good idea so who is going to be the bride," Traci says.
"I'll do it, Traci. I've already picked out a dress," Mia says
=A Dyslexic Ranger=
At a wedding chapel, Mia and Jayden are standing at the altar as the organ plays the last note of the wedding march while the others are sitting in the pews. Traci is sitting next to Emily. She is wearing a silver dress.
"Wow, Mia looks stunning," Emily says.
"Yeah, she is better suited to be a bride unlike me," Traci says.
"Traci, don't say that you are pretty too. Besides, I thought you didn't want to be the bride." Mike says.
"Mike, you just assume that. You guys should have asked if all the girls who wanted to be the bride." Traci says.
The Moogers head towards a chapel. They are successful in their attempt to capture a bride. Back with the ranger, at their fake wedding, Mentor Ji gets a phone call about the captured bride.
=A Dyslexic Ranger=
At the Shiba House, the Rangers plan their next move.
"How come our fake wedding didn't work?" Mike says.
"Maybe because our wedding didn't have any guests," Traci says.
"True, we should have planned it out a little bit more," Jayden says.
Ji shows them the list of the remaining weddings.
"Why are there so many weddings?" Mike asks.
"Well, Mike, summer is the peak of wedding season," Traci says.
The Moogers deliver the bride to Dayu's secret lair. Back at the Shiba House, the Rangers learn that there is only one wedding left on their list.
"Jayden, you warned people about the kidnappings, right?" Traci asks.
"Yes, now we know which wedding the nighlok will hit," Jayden says.
"Okay, so who is going to be the bride this time?" Traci asks.
"Traci, why don't you be the bride this time," Emily suggests.
"Mia is that okay with you? I know how badly you want to wear that dress again." Traci says.
"It's okay with me. I believe that every girl should have the chance to feel beautiful and wear a wedding dress." Mia says.
"Thanks, Mia, but I think you should be the backup just in case the nighlok figures out we tricked them," Traci says.
"Good idea, so what dress are you going to wear," Mia says.
"Yeah, have you seen Taylor Swift's Love Story music video?" Traci asks.
"Yes, that dress is so beautiful," Emily says.
"Traci, back at our wedding you said that you didn't think that you weren't pretty enough to wear a wedding dress?" Kevin asks.
"The truth is back in high school it was like all of the girls told me I wasn't pretty. They also said that the only guy would date me would have to be blind or just really desperate." Traci says.
"Traci, the girls said that because they were jealous," Ji says.
"I don't see why they would be jealous of me. They could, at least, get a boy to ask them out without having one of their friends daring them to." Traci says.
"Wait a second, so you're saying your first date wasn't real?" Mia says in disbelief
"Yes, I didn't find out until I went to school the next day. I overheard them talking at lunch." Traci says, "They also said that they knew what my calling was – being the world's charity case."
Traci feels her throat start to knot up because she was trying her best not to cry. She clenches her fists as well. Ji walks over to her. He can see the tears starting to build up in her eyes.
"Traci, you know holding back your tears when you feel like crying isn't healthy," Ji says.
"I know. Did I do something wrong to make those kids do what they did?"Traci says tearfully.
Ji sees a few tears start to escape from Traci's eyes. He doesn't say another word. He puts his arms around Traci and pulls her closer to him. Traci tries to break free from her mentor's hug. Instead, she sets her head on his chest, and the tears start to stream down her face. Emily and Mia walk over to her. They place a hand on either of her shoulders.
"Traci, you didn't do anything wrong. The people who were mean to you were the ones who thought it was okay to act the way they did." Mia says.
Traci slowly lifts her head up. She looks over at Mia. The pink ranger uses the back of her free hand to wipe a few of the tears away.
"Do you mean that," Traci asks.
Mia nods. Traci cracks a small smile. Then she looks back up at her mentor.
"Ji, I'm sorry about turning your kimono into a tissue," Traci says.
"It's okay, and if you ever feel like talking about anything my door is always open," Ji says.
"Thank you, Mentor," Traci says.
=A Dyslexic Ranger=
At Dayu's lair, Dayu demands the Moogers to get more brides. At the wedding chapel, Mia, and the Rangers arrive to warn the bride and groom. Traci and Jayden walk down the aisle; the silver ranger is nervous.
"Are you sure that the Moogers are going to show up?" Traci asks.
"Yes, they will just remember the plan," Jayden says.
"You got it, boss," Traci says.
A few seconds later the moogers crash the wedding and attack the bride. Traci nods to Jayden so he let her get captured. The Moogers capture Traci.
=A Dyslexic Ranger=
At Dayu's Lair, the moogers toss Traci down towards the floor. Traci tries her best not to have a flashback about her father getting ready to punch her or use some other part of his body or his belt to hit her. Dayu gets down and places her hands on her Vail. Traci recognizes Dayu, who also recognizes her. She quickly flips it up and sees pure fear in the silver ranger's eyes. The nighlok's human side could sense that something was wrong. Traci back away quickly and takes out her morpher to defend herself. She is so scared that the morpher slips out of her hand and falls to the floor.
"Moogers go and bring back the real bride." Dayu orders.
Traci picks up her morpher. She looks up to see Dayu starting to come closer to her.
"Stay away or I'll turn you into an ice sculpture," Traci says.
"Relax, silver ranger; I won't make you send the other Rangers into a trap – yet. I just want to talk to you." Dayu says.
"Why, would I tell you anything, you're a nighlok? You would probably just repeat everything I say to Master Xandred so he could use it against me." Traci says.
"I have a feeling that anything you might tell me isn't going to be able to help him in any way. One more thing Ranger, I'm not a true nighlok. I have a human side too." Dayu says.
"Let me guess your human side picked up on my terrible childhood," Traci says.
"Yes, and that you've had your self-esteem and your confidence broken down so much, because of that person who abused you that you've trapped yourself in a deep hole. All you want is for someone to throw you something to help to get out, but you're not sure if the other Rangers will be that someone am I right?" Dayu says.
"Yes, but it's not like you can figure out who abused me," Traci says confidently.
"Your dad," Dayu says.
"How did you know," Traci says in shock.
"Just a lucky guess," Dayu says.
"Yes, my dad was abusive. In his eyes, I was a disgrace and didn't deserve to have his last name. He even told me that he wouldn't care if I got lost, kidnapped, or hurt so bad that I died." Traci says wobbly.
"That's terrible, and it explains why you put up so many walls around your heart. You don't want to get hurt again." Dayu says.
"Yes, I wanted to apologize for my lack of self-confidence in certain situations. I found out that it is hard to believe in myself when the one person who was supposed my first real male role model didn't believe in me. Not to mention I felt I matured faster than other girls. " Traci says.
"Have you told the other rangers about this?" Dayu asks.
Traci shakes her head no. Dayu wants to get more information out of her. Then her nighlok side takes control again. She snatches Traci morpher out of her hand. The Moogers deliver the real bride. Dayu orders Traci to send the Rangers to a warehouse that was full of explosives. She calls Jayden and tells him that she is okay and to go to the warehouse. The Rangers race to the location. As the Rangers enter, the doors close behind down. The warehouse explodes.
=A Dyslexic Ranger=
Back with Traci and Dayu, she boasts about her success. Then she walks over to her wedding dress made from the tears of the kidnapped brides.
"I hate to admit it, but that dress is beautiful," Traci says, thinking out loud.
The Rangers enter the scene. Mia slices her way out and reveals their plan. The brides escape the temple. The Rangers morph into action. Dayu and the Moogers leave the temple. The Rangers face off against the swarm of Moogers. Dayu makes her appearance against the Silver and Pink Rangers. The two Rangers fight against the powerful adversary. Jayden decides to fight Dayu one on one. After he was able to push her back far enough so the girls could combine their Spin Sword attacks to weaken Dayu. Deker enters the scene. He tells Jayden that he will fight him one day and escape with Dayu. Before he leaves, Deker summons some Giant Moogers to deal with the team. The Rangers form the Samurai Ice Storm Megazord after Traci uses her Leopard Zord's special attack to turn the moogers into ice sculptures. Then the team activates the ice storm Megazord's final strike to finish them off.
= A Dyslexic Ranger =
The Rangers are walking to the bakery. Traci is wearing a cream colored t-shirt, a pair of boyfriend jeans and a pair of black lace-up tennis shoes. Mike compliments Emily on how pretty she was in her wedding dress. Traci wonders why Dayu wanted her wedding dress so bad. Jayden ponders about the warrior that protected Dayu.
"Traci, good job about telling us to have a backup bride," Kevin says.
"Thanks, Kevin," Traci says.
The Rangers head inside the bakery and bump into Antonio.
"Hey, I didn't think that I would see you here," Traci says.
"Yeah, I have a big sweet tooth, and their Double Feature Cupcakes with Mexican Hot Chocolate Frosting are amazing," Antonio says.
"I know which one I want," Traci says.
"So, Antonio, are you ever going to visit us at the Shiba house?" Jayden asks.
"Soon, mi hermano, I promise," Antonio says.
"Okay, I can't wait. I'm looking forward to getting the chance to catch up." Jayden says.
"Me too, so Traci, we are still meeting at the pier at 4:30," Antonio says.
"Yes," Traci says.
"Wait, since when are you two a couple?" Mike asks.
"It's not a date. He just offered to show me a fishing spot in the forest." Traci says.
"Since when do you like to fish?" Mike asks.
"Since my uncle Jorge took me fishing when I was 2 and ½. Antonio, I have a better idea, how about all of us hang out for a bit." Traci says.
"Sure, I'd like that." Antonio says.
Antonio walks over to Traci. He takes hold of her hand and leads her into the bakery. The others watch Traci's cheeks start to turn red. They follow them inside. Everyone picked out a cupcake and paid for it. They head back outside and find a place to sit down. Traci sits down at a table and waits for the others to sit down too. They get another table and takes their seats. Antonio walks over to Traci's table. He sees that Traci cut her cupcake in half.
"Hey, beautiful, why did you just cut it in half?" Antonio asks.
"I wanted to save some for later." Traci says.
=A Dyslexic Ranger=
A few seconds later two girls, Tammy, and Sally walk up to the table. Tammy is holding a cupcake that has a jalapeño as a topper in her right hand. Sally is holding a cherry cupcake in her right hand.
"Hey, Tammy, I think her shirt could use some more color. Don't you think?" Sally asks.
"Yes, and she needs to lose these nerdy glasses too." Tammy says.
Sally smashes her cupcake onto Traci's shirt. Then she pushes Traci out of her chair. Traci gets up and sees that Tammy took the jalapeño off of her cupcake. She walks up to Traci, ripped the glasses off of Traci's face and squeezed it. Traci screams as her eyes started to burn because of the capsaicin in the pepper juice. Antonio gets out of his chair. He takes Traci's glasses back from Tammy. The others jog up to them.
"What happened," Jayden asks.
"I need some help Traci has jalapeño juice in her eyes after she squeezed it in Traci's face," Antonio explains as she points towards Tammy.
"Why did you do that?" Kevin asks.
"That girl is ugly and a dork she shouldn't be hanging out with a guy as cute as him." Tammy says.
"Listen, whoever you are, stop talking about Traci like that. She isn't a dork or ugly. She is smarter and prettier than you." Antonio says.
"I'm Tammy. I bet you're only being friends with her because you feel sorry for her." Tammy says.
"Listen, Tammy, we are friends with Traci because we've gotten a chance to know her." Jayden says.
"Whatever, she doesn't deserve to have friends." Tammy says.
"Yes, she does. Everyone deserves to have friends. Honestly, Tammy, I don't know why you do? You treat others with such disrespect." Jayden says.
"Whatever, let's go, Sally." Tammy says.
Tammy picks Traci up and is about to punch her in the stomach. Kevin stops her by grabbing her fist. She drops Traci and uses her free hand to hit Kevin. Traci heard the punch land. She backs up to get to her feet. A few seconds later Tammy walks away with Sally each has an enormous smile on their face and are laughing proudly. Traci tries not to scratch her eyes even though she wanted to. She stumbles over to the group. Antonio catches her in his arms. He helps Traci to her feet.
"Traci, we need to get that juice out of your eyes." Antonio says.
"I know it stings. Kevin, are you okay?" Traci says.
"Yeah, I'm okay." Kevin says.
"Mike, go back inside the bakery to get some whole milk." Antonio says.
"How come," Mike asks.
"I'll explain after we help Traci." Antonio says.
Mike runs back into the bakery. He explains what happened outside. One of the workers, Sammy, runs into the back room and comes back with an eye wash bottle filled with whole milk. She hands the bottle to him.
"Thank you," Mike says.
Mike runs back out to the others. Antonio tells Traci to tilt her head back. She nods and slowly tilts her head back. Mike opens the bottle and squeezes it until enough milk was in her eye. He repeats the process with the other eyes. Traci felt instant relief when it touched her eyes. Ten minutes later she tilts her head, so it was upright again. Antonio picks up a napkin off the table and dries the milk from Traci's eyes. Traci blinks a few times, and he hands her glasses back to her. She puts them back on.
"Thanks, Mike," Traci says.
"You're welcome. I should go back inside and give this back." Mike says as he heads back to the bakery.
"Antonio, Jayden, I wanted to thank you for sticking up for me like that I appreciate it." Traci says.
"You're welcome, bontia," Antonio says as he put his arm around Traci's shoulders.
Mia looks at her shirt and sees a line of red icing on her shirt.
"Traci, what happened to your shirt?" Mia asks.
"The other girl smashed her cupcake on my shirt ruining it." Traci says.
"Traci, why don't you go home and change, I promise when you get back from hanging out with Antonio it will look like new again." Mia says.
"Thanks, Mia," Traci says.
"You're welcome," Mia says.
Traci looks down and sees that Antonio's arm on her shoulder. She didn't understand why she okay with it. Then she looks to her left, and her eyes meet Antonio's again.
"I guess that I'll see in a bit at the pier." Antonio says.
"Yeah," Traci says.
Antonio leans in and kisses her on the cheek. Then he takes his arm off her shoulder and says goodbye to Jayden and the others before walking away. They notice that Traci was standing like a deer caught in the headlights and is smiling like a fool.
"Traci, are you okay?" Emily asks.
"Yeah, but I just want to make sure I wasn't dreaming did Antonio just kiss me?" Traci asks.
Emily nods. Traci places her hand on her cheek where Antonio kissed her.
"What does it mean when a boy does that?" Traci asks.
"Antonio likes you." Emily says.
"Wow, you think so?" Traci asks.
"Yup," Mia says.
"Traci, you like Antonio don't you?" Jayden asks.
"Yes, I do, but you have to promise me if we run into him again, you won't say a word to him about it. Plus, after what happened in high school, I never thought that anyone would make me feel the way I do when Antonio is around." Traci says.
"Traci, we won't say a word. How do you feel when he is around?" Mia asks.
"I keep getting butterflies in my stomach and sometimes I even forget how to talk." Traci says.
"Traci, you need to tell him how you feel." Jayden says.
"I will, soon, I want to get to know him a little bit more before I do, though. I need to get going it would be rude if I show up late to meet Antonio at the pier." Traci says.
Traci goes back to the house. She walks to her room to pick out a clean shirt. She takes a few shirts out of her drawer and lays them on the bed. One is a blue and has a picture of a cat sitting next to a fish bowl wearing scuba gear, the next one is black and says "I'm not short, I'm fun size," the third shirt is pink and says "How are you still single?", The last shirt is a navy/white Dotted Tulip-Sleeve Blouse. She thinks about which shirt she should wear for a few minutes. She decided to go with the Scuba Kitty shirt. She puts the others shirts away after she changed into the scuba kitty shirt. She leaves the cupcake stained shirt on her desk before heading out to the pier.
=A Dyslexic Ranger=
She arrives at the pier ten minutes early. She walks over to the same bench she and Antonio talked this morning to wait for him to come. She thought about how she was going to tell Antonio that she liked him – a lot. After thinking about it for a few minutes, she gets up and walks over to the railing to look out at the ocean and is about to practice what she was going to Antonio by telling it to the ocean. Then she hears Antonio walking up pulling his cart. She turns to her left and seeing the Octozord coming over to her. It lands on her shoulder.
"Hello, I guess you like me too." Traci says.
The Octozord chips few times before Traci's Leopard zord crawls out of her pocket. It walks up her arm and growls at the Octozord. It floats up quickly, and the leopard bats at the Octozord's tentacles. Then it leaps off her shoulder and chases it around the pier. Traci turns around and is glad that no one is here right now to see their zords. The Octozord tries to go back over to Antonio after making a quick turn. The leopard zord does a back flip. It flips to high that it lands on top of the Octozord and pins it down against the dock. Traci and Antonio run over to the zords.
"Sorry Antonio, I hope that the Octozord didn't get damaged." Traci says, as she picks up her zord and put it back in her pocket.
"Don't worry Traci, your zord is a cat, so it was just doing what cats do," Antonio says, as he sees his zord quickly float back up into the sky.
The Octozord flies over to the cart. They walk over to it too. Antonio opens the lid; the zord goes inside, and he closes the lid. Traci notices that there is only one fishing pole.
"How come there is only one pole." Traci says.
"I thought we could share since my other pole broke yesterday when I tried to catch a huge fish." Antonio explains.
"Sounds like fun, let's hope that we don't catch another big fish, and then you won't be able to fish again." Traci says.
Ten minutes later they arrive at the fishing spot. Antonio puts the cart next to a tree. He hands the pole to Traci after he put some bait on it. They walk over to the stream.
"Do you know how to cast it?" Antonio asks.
"Yup," Traci says.
Antonio watches Traci pull the rod back, so the tip sweeps over her dominant shoulder, and then bring it forward swiftly, pointing the rod tip at her target. When it comes forward over her shoulder, she let her thumb off the spool so the lure can pull line off the reel. Then she put her thumb back down on the spool when the lure splashes into the water.
"Nicely done," Antonio says.
"Thanks." Traci says.
Antonio walks over to her. He gets behind her and places his hands on top hers. Traci tries to keep her cool as the butterflies in her stomach are going crazy. She starts humming a song that her Aunt Adrienne taught her to help her relax if she is ever nervous before a performance. After she stops humming the song, she calmed down enough to talk again.
"Antonio, what else do you like to do, besides fishing?" Traci asks.
"Playing my guitar, fixing broken computers and other pieces of tech, what about you?" Antonio says.
"Other than playing my Vihuela, I like to draw and paint too. If you don't mind me asking, what was your father like?" Traci says.
"My dad, he was great. He taught me how to fish and always encouraged me to try new things." Antonio says.
"Did he tell you that he was proud of you and that he loved you?" Traci asks as her bottom lip starts to tremble.
"Yes, all the time." Antonio says.
Antonio looks down to see Traci's upper eyelids droop and suddenly didn't want to fish anymore. He also sees the corner of her lips pull down slightly. Then she takes her hands off the rod slowly. Antonio puts his hands on it after Traci's hands are at her sides. He decides to reel in the line so they won't get hurt in case a fish did bite.
"Why are you doing that, I thought we were going to do some fishing?" Traci asks as she hears him reeling in the line.
"You looked so sad all of a sudden and I didn't want us to get hurt if we got a bite." Antonio says.
Antonio walks back over to the cart and puts the rod away. Traci follows him and stands a few steps away from him.
"I'm sorry Antonio. I know you wanted to get to know me while do a little fishing." Traci apologizes.
"It's okay, and I'm not mad." Antonio says.
"You're not," Traci says.
Antonio turns to his left. He steps closer and places his hand on her shoulder.
"Traci, I have a feeling that your father acted differently than my dad." Antonio says.
"Yes, my dad said that I was a disgrace and didn't deserve to his last name." Traci says.
Antonio sees a few tears roll down her cheeks. The next thing he knew Traci steps closer and set her head on his chest. He takes his hand off her shoulder and wraps his arms around her gives a hug. Antonio wanted to say something but didn't know what to say. His heart was breaking just hearing her cry. He was mad also thinking about how her father could live with himself after how badly he treated Traci. Three minutes later, Traci stopped crying and looks up at him.
"I'm sorry about turning into a crybaby." Traci says.
"It's okay Traci. Your father shouldn't have treated you like that. A good father loves their child unconditionally no matter what the gender that child is," Antonio says.
Antonio let Traci go. She takes a few steps back before taking off her glasses. Antonio unties the scarf around his neck. He walks up to her again. He gently dabs away the stray tears from Traci's eyes before tying it around her neck.
"Why did you just do tie your scarf around my neck?" Traci asks.
"I wanted to give you a memento of me until we meet again." Antonio says.
"Thank you, but don't you need it." Traci says.
"Not really, I have more at home. Plus, it looks much better on you. It makes your beautiful blue eyes pop even more." Antonio says.
"Thanks, so when are we going to hang out again?" Traci asks.
"How about I call you tomorrow and we can plan it out together?" Antonio says.
"Okay," Traci says, trying not to giggle like a school girl.
They give the other their morpher to put their number on it. After they have their morpher back, the two sit down under the tree. Traci sets her head on his shoulder. Antonio looks down at her.
"Do you want me to move?" Traci says.
"No, it's okay." Antonio says.
Antonio looks back up out towards the stream. He puts his arm around her again. They sit under the tree for a few minutes watching a few fish leaping out of the water. They didn't know Dayu was looking at them through a gap. She could tell that Traci was happy seeing the huge smile on her face and picking up on the other non-verbal signs she was giving off. Ten minutes later they said goodbye and went their separate ways.