Disclaimer: I do not own anything to do with Power Rangers, though I wish I did!
Timeline: About two years after the end of Zeo, right before the start of Lightspeed.
Summary: Billy has never been lucky with love. He finally found it with Trini, but that ended with her sudden death. Now desperately lonely, he turns to an unlikely source for comfort.
Parings: Billy/? Tommy/Kim (the letter never happened). Rocky/Aisha. Jason/Kat and more to come!
Chapter one: The pain of grief
Billy sat alone in his parents home in Angel Grove. He had just come back from the funeral of the light of his life. The doctors said that Trini had died on impact, that she had not suffered, and that comforted him a bit. Still, she was gone, and she had taken his heart with her.
God, I miss her so much. She was the only one who had really understood me. What in the world am I going to do without her? How can I possibly move on from this pain?
When no answer came to mind, he loosened his blue tie and made his way over to the kitchen. He normally did not drink, but he kept a bottle of brandy hidden away from his parents for times such as this. He may be a college student now, but he still respected his parent's wishes that he not drink. He took the bottle from its hiding spot on top of his refrigerator and made a silent toast to Trini.
Wherever you are baby, I hope that you are happy. I will never forget you and I know you will be waiting for me when my time comes.
With that, William Cranston took a hard swig from the bottle and grimaced as the liquid burned his throat. Well, at least the pain was being numbed a bit. Two or three more pulls from this bottle and he would feel almost nothing.
A loud knocking at his door brought him back to consciousness. He had passed out on his kitchen floor, the bottle still in his hand with his glasses crooked on his face.
"Billy! Open up! Come on man!"
It was Jason and he was sure to have Tommy and the others with him. Kim had come back from Florida having hurt her ankles and was now attending college at UCLA along with Tommy and Jason who had returned from Switzerland the year previous with Trini and Zach. Everyone had left Angel Grove after each giving up their powers to go to college and Trini's funeral had turned into a mini Ranger reunion. Now they were at his door and he knew that if he did not open his door soon, Jason and Tommy would break his door down, and his parents would defiantly not appreciate that. So he staggered to his feet and opened the door to let in Jason, Tommy, Rocky, Kim, Aisha, Adam, and Kat.
"You alright Billy? Rocky asked concern clear in his voice.
Billy nodded as he took a swig from a bottle of water. He appreciated his friend's concern but right now, he really wanted to be alone.
Kim was sitting on Tommy's lap still dressed in black. Trini's death had been hard on her too, but Billy was the closest to her. They had just started dating when her car went off the road and hit a tree. This had to be especially hard on him.
"Guys, look, I really do appreciate your concern for me, but I will be alright."
"You are not fine Billy, I have never seen you take a drink before." Jason said nodding toward the half empty bottle on the floor.
Billy blushed and cleared his throat. "Alight, I am not fine now, but I will be. You guys have your own things to worry about, you don't need to worry about me."
"But we do Billy, you are our friend, hell, more like our family, and we hate seeing you in this much pain," stated Aisha firmly.
Adam made a motion toward the others, and as one, they all gathered around Billy.
"We love you man and we are here for you no matter what," Said Tommy.
Overcome again with sadness, Billy just fell to the floor weeping again.
"I just miss her so damn much!"
No one said anything, they just gathered closer to him and one by one, hugged him.
It was a long night for Billy.
Three months later:
Billy was sitting in his dorm room at Princeton. He had a huge test in the morning but he just could not bring himself to study for it. He was getting over Trini's death slowly, but it was still a bit fresh and the pain was still there. All of his friends had stayed with him that night of the funeral, making sure that he would be alright, and he was sure that more than a few thought that they needed to be there in case he did something stupid, and he had to admit to himself that that thought did cross his mind one depressing night not long after.
But, he finally got himself together and went back to school, as did the rest of his friends. He still heard from them from time to time. He was happy to find out that Tommy had finally proposed to Kim last week, and was even more surprised to have Tommy ask him to be in the wedding. Rocky and Aisha as well as Jason and Kat had also started dating, and while Billy was happy for all of his friends, all of this happy news just served to remind him that he was still alone and had no one in his life. Did he really want someone? No, not now, the pain of losing Trini was still too fresh and he thought that it would take some time to fully recover, if he could ever do so.
He finally gave up on studying and went over to his computer to check his e mail. He had done it earlier in the day when he got the e mail from Tommy. But he could think of nothing else to do, so this would pass the time. He navigated over to his e mail site and was about to log in again, when he saw an advertisement for a popular chat room. Now, as a rule, Billy did not go to chat rooms, thinking of them as a waste of time, since most of them had not real people in them but "bots" that specialized in spamming for porn sites, but this time might be different.
What the hell, what do I have to lose?
And with that, he clicked on the link.
Sorry for the short chapter, they will get longer I promise. This was just to set the table for what is coming later in the story. There is a nice little twist here, so keep reading and you will not be disappointed. As always, reviews, suggestions, and comments are always welcomed!
