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!
A/N: The first chapter has been posted only a few hours and already I have a ton of good reviews of this. Thank you so much! This has inspired me to post this new chapter sooner than I had planned. You can also expect a new chapter for my other story posted either tonight or tomorrow morning. Enjoy!
Chapter two: I swear I never do this
I have no idea why I am doing this. Am I that lonely that I am actually signing into a chat room?
Billy continued to fight an inner battle with himself, but that did not stop him from logging into a room that had the safe enough sounding title of 20s chat. When asked for a chat name, he entered "boyblue" without thinking.
His first thought was that his initial assumptions were correct; he was almost immediately assaulted by porn ads. But something kept him hanging in there. It was mainly the fact that there was an actual conversation going on in the room, albeit a hard to follow one, but it also kept his mind off of things, if only for a little bit.
After a few moments, he decided to take a break and get a drink. He left the room and visited one of the many vending machines in the basement for a coke. When he got back, he was both shocked and surprised to find that he had three private messages waiting. The first two were from the usual bots, but the third was an actual person with a name that sounded pretty fun: rsktker, which Billy took to mean "risktaker". Maybe this can be fun after all. He settled in and started to talk to this person.
Rsktker: Hello?
Boyblue: Hello
Rsktker: Oh good! You are actually a real person!
Boyblue: Last time I checked I was lol
Rsktker: Sorry, but you know how it is in these rooms, you never know who is real anymore.
Boyblue: Actually, I do not go to these rooms much, but yes, I can see what you mean.
Rsktker: So, it is good to meet you…what is your name?
Billy was not ready to give out a lot of information to this person he just met.
Boyblue: You can call me B…for now
Rsktker: Fair enough. You can call me K…for now
Boyblue: Nice to meet you K. So tell me, what do you do?
Rsktker: Actually, I do a lot of things, most of which put my life in some kind of mortal danger, hence the name. What about you?
Boyblue: I am a college student majoring in computer science. I have done a few risky things myself, though not recently.
Rsktker: lol that's alright. I feel as though I do enough for several people. So tell me B, what are you doing home on a Friday night?
Boyblue: That's a good question. Let's just say that my social life has been lacking a bit as of late.
Rsktker: I know the feeling. My last boyfriend treated me like crap and ever since I got the nerve to let him go, I have been a bit picky as to who I date. So right now, I am kind of liking being single, though if the right guy came along, I would not be against starting something again.
Boyfriend, so she was a woman. That put to rest one of Billy's fears. Still, he supposed it could be someone posing as a woman, but he tried not to think about that now. He was having fun perhaps for the first time since…
They talked for hours, about everything and anything. Billy was careful not to give out too much information, but in the end, did give her his e mail address. When he finally looked at the time, he was shocked to see that it was nearly two in the morning. She had told him that he was in California so it was not nearly as late for her, but he was feeling the effects of sitting in one place for so long. He was surprised to find that he was actually disappointed that he had to go. He told her goodbye and that he would talk to her again soon, and then signed off. In bed a few minutes later, he found himself thinking of her as he drifted off to sleep.
Two months later:
It was summer and Billy was home in Angel Grove for the summer. He was currently in the youth center talking with Tommy and Jason about the former's upcoming wedding. Tommy and Kim would be getting married in a few short weeks.
"So Billy, do you have a date yet?" Asked Jason.
"A date?" Billy asked suddenly nervous. He had not thought of it. He wanted to change the subject as quickly as possible. He really wanted to take K, since he knew that she was still in California, but knew it was not feasible at this time. They were still getting to know each other, but still did not know their real names.
Tommy laughed. "Yes bro, a date. You know someone to dance with at the reception and things like that."
"Come on man; ease up, if he wants to go stag, that's totally up to him. Not all of us can be lucky enough to have a beautiful woman on his arm." Jason said.
"Jason, am I erroneous in still thinking that you and Kat are still in a monogamous relationship?"
Jason and Tommy looked at each other with blank looks, not having a clue as to what Billy had just said. Billy just sighed and clarified.
"Are you and Kat still a couple?"
Jason smiled and remembered his earlier comment.
"OK, so I got a hot date too. But Billy, are you saying that you do not have anyone you are interested in?"
Billy did not want to get into this, but knew he had to throw his friends something so they would get off his case.
"I do actually, but do not ask me more. We are still getting to know each other and I do not want to jinx things."
They just nodded. They wanted more, but they knew better than to press their friend.
"Well bro, there is an open invitation to her or to anyone else you want to bring."
"Thank you Tommy and I promise, as soon as I am ready, I will tell you everything."
The rest of the time passed with the three friends talking about other minor things, and just being happy at seeing each other again.
Billy had just gotten back to his parent's house after his meeting with Jason and Tommy. He flipped open his laptop and turned it on, anxious to find out if he had an e mail message from K. To his relief, there was one. He took his time reading it, and when it was done, he felt as though he could take on a thousand of Rita's monsters, a million putties, and the entire machine empire. It read;
Dear B;
I know that we have agreed to keep things between us as simple as possible and to not go beyond being mere cyber friends, but I do not know if I can do that much longer. I feel as though even we have talked almost daily for the past two months, I know very little about you, and maybe that was good at first, as we were getting to know each other and did not want to get too involved, but I have to tell you that I think we have moved past that stage and I really do think that we can move on to the next stage. That being said, I am going to take the plunge, and pray that you are thinking the same thing I am. I will start by telling you my real name as a symbol of trust that I am completely serious about this. My name is……..
You guys are ready to kill me now aren't you? You know I could not make it that easy on you. But I do promise to reveal a lot more in the next chapter, which should be out tomorrow. In the meantime, let me know what your guesses are as to who K is. I have given you more than a few hints. Thanks, and do not forget to review and rate!
