A New Ranger

Chapter 4 (Shock of the Day)

        Shane, Dustin, and Kelly all piled out of the car in a hurry, and raced towards the beach, where they saw Tori rippin it on the waves, but no girl wakeboarding.

"I don't get it. He said she was here." Kelly said in disappointment.

"Well he said she was here." Shane began.

"not that she is still here." Finished Dustin.

"Well I guess I should get back to work then." Kelly breathed out, unable to hide her dismay.

"I'm coming too." Dustin said, as he followed off, after Kelly.

"Really, are you coming to do your job, or hang out?" Kelly asked.

"Um." Dustin said, unable to think of an answer.

"I would suggest not finishing that thought bro." Said Shane as he leaned on Dustin's shoulder.

"Hey, here comes Tor." Said Dustin, as he waved to his friend. Looking up Kelly and Shane saw a blonde girl, in a blue swimsuit, holding a surfboard, run up to them. A smile appeared on their faces as the recognized the girl as one of their closest friends.

"Hey guys, what are you doing here?" Tori asked after she did her handshake with Dustin, and Shane.

"We came here, wanting to watch a girl wake board." Shane said.

"Her brother came into the store and told us she was here." Kelly added in.

"We wanted to watch her, because the glimpse we got made her look like a pro." Dustin said.

"Oh. Do you mean Aria?" Tori asked, thinking about the young girl she had met, a few minutes before.

"She have brunette hair, brown eyes, and about five feet eight?" Kelly asked, trying to describe her new friend.

"Yup, and she is an amazing wake boarder." Tori answered.

"You saw her?" Dustin whined.

"Yeah, we met out on the waves. She was coming in from a boat, and I was swimming back to shore. She's really sweet, and interesting." Tori said.

"You have no idea." Said Shane, thinking back to all the activities, her brother said she did.

"Why? What don't I know?" Tori asked.

"She does motocross, surfing, wakeboarding, skateboarding, karate, and she dabbles in technology." Dustin struggled to say in one breath.

Tori had a shocked look on her face, before she regained her composure and smiled. "That's awesome! I wonder how she has enough time to do all that?" I can barely juggle school, surfing, and classes at the academy. I wonder how she does it?

"No clue, but I wonder if I will see her at the store tomorrow." Kelly said, wanting to spend more time with her new friend.

"I doubt it." Tori said

"Why?" Questioned Shane

"Well she looked about my age, so she will probably be in school tomorrow." Tori said reasonably.

"Good point." Said Kelly as she thought about it.

"I wonder if she will be in any of my classes." Said Dustin.

"Probably not, she might be in mine though." Tori said, hoping her friend would be in some of her classes. From the brief time Tori got to talk to Aria, she seemed really cool. Tori wanted to know more about her.

"So what do we know about Aria anyway?" Tori asked.

"Well her brother is in the military." Said Shane.

"Really?" Tori asked. I didn't know she had a brother, or that he was in the military. Guess you learn something new everyday. "That's cool."

"You want to know one thing I wonder." Shane said as he and his friends walked towards Kelly's car.

"What?" Asked Dustin.

"Where are her parents?" Shane asked.

"That's a good question." Said Kelly as she thought back to the time she had seen Aria. Her parents weren't there and she didn't mention them either.

"In her defense we all have only met her once." Tori said, thinking maybe they just hadn't met them yet.

"True dat." Said Dustin.

"Actually, Dustin and I still haven't met her." Said Shane.

"Exactly my point. You never know. She could have moved before them, while they finish stuff at home." Said Tori. Tori looked down at her watch and saw the time. On no we are going to be late. "Dustin, Shane, we have to go."

"What, why?" Asked Dustin completely oblivious.

"Oh yeah, sorry Kel. See you tomorrow." Shane called as he pulled Dustin towards Tori's van.

"Bye!" Kelly called out, as she saw her friends leave once again. Where are they always disappearing to?

Kelly climbed into her car, and drove back to Storm Chargers. Walking in she saw John at the counter and walked over to him. "Hey John, I can take over now."

John looked up from his IPod, "Cool." He said as he got up from the chair.

"Hey John, thanks for watching the store for me." Kelly said, glad she had at least one employee doing his job.

John smiled at her and said, "No problem." as we walked back into the Stockroom.

"Well today was interesting." Kelly mumbles to herself as she plops into the chair, kicks her feet up, and listens to her head phones.