Title: Old Love . . . Or Lack There Of

Author:Angellwings

Genre: Romance

Season: MMPR

Characters: Jason

Rating: G

Summary:. A veteran ranger contemplates his past romances and missed chances. One-Shot. Set after Dinothunder

Old Love . . . . Or Lack There Of

By: Angellwings

Jason sat in his hotel room . . . alone.

'As usual,' he thought.

Tonight he was in town for a friend's wedding.

"Good ol' Tommy, Who would have thought she'd be the one to tie him down," he said with a chuckle as he thought of the stubborn red-head who had stuck by Tommy's side. Hayley was definitely an interesting addition to the gang. She was as intelligent as Billy, as Soothing as Trini, and as Sassy as Kim.

'Kim,' he thought with a smile. She changed in Florida. She seemed to be more self reliant now than she ever was as a ranger. He had noticed it first on Muranthias. Not once while she was fighting did she ever cry out for help, and she had hardly needed any. Heck, she was the one who had ended up helping him and Tommy. That independence made her even more attractive.

He'd always known she was pretty, but unlike his classmates he had known her too long to really see it. When he finally did begin to notice it Tommy stepped into the picture, and he had missed his chance. He remembered he wanted to dislike Tommy, but he could never find a good enough reason to.

During his years at the Peace Conference he'd kept in touch with everyone, and he'd truly enjoyed his time at the conference. Yes, talking about, instead of fighting, the evils of the world took some getting used to, but he'd learned a lot. He had come back to the rangers better acquainted with himself and his abilities.

The loss of the gold ranger powers stung the most. It felt as though the wound was still fresh. His time as the gold ranger hadn't been a total disaster though. After all, he met Emily.

His relationship with Emily had been one of the best relationships he had ever been in, but still something had been missing. Their breakup had been tearful, but not messy. His time with her had left him with some amazing memories.

The next time he saw Kim had been at her high school graduation in Florida. Kim's mom and step-dad brought him along as a surprise for her, and he'd ended up coming home with her in tow. She'd resisted a little at first, but quickly realized that Tommy deserved an explanation and some form of an apology.

"It's not that I regret breaking up with him, it's just that I regret the way I broke up with him," She had told him on the plane ride home.

At the last second they had decided to go scuba diving, for old time's sake, and ended up on the biggest adventure they had ever faced together. It was a very . . . unique bonding experience.

He had felt something between them then, and he could still feel it now. At least he had at the rehearsal a few hours ago. She was a bridesmaid and he was a groomsmen. The wedding coordinator had paired them together mumbling something like "absolutely adorable" under her breath. They had grinned at each other and he could have sworn he saw Kim blush.

"Now for the hard part," he said to himself, ". . . Telling her"

Suddenly the radio broke through his thoughts.

"I'm tired of being alone

So hurry up and get here

So tired of being alone

So Hurry up and get here

I could have met you in a sandbox

I could have passed you on the sidewalk

Could I have missed my chance and watched you walk away?

Oh, no way!"

He didn't want to end up like the guy in that song, always wondering if he'd missed a good thing. No, He wasn't going to miss this chance. It was now . . .or never.


A/N: Another one-shot, I know you're probably wondering when my next chappy of Memories will be up, right? Well, don't worry I'm working on it. Trying to chip away at the writer's block with cute little stories I've always wanted to write.-angellwings

P.S.- disclaimer- the song in this fic does not belong to me. It belongs to John Mayer and is called "Love Song For No One". The title of my fic is also taken from the first verse of that song. And all stories I write have NO association with ABC, Fox, Disney, or Saban.