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Oh and by the way I am such a ditz; I put my un edited version of the first chapter up so I must apologize for not labeling the song which is 'All coming back to me now' by Celine Dion. I also apologize for any spelling mistakes! xxx
Chapter 2 – The 3am symptoms
Jason sat up in bed and resisted the urge to scream in frustration and instead compromised by punching his pillow….
Kim rolled out of bed and padded across the hall of her flat into the kitchen. She pulled a glass out of the cupboard and went to the sink with every intention of filling it with water, but caught sight of wine on the side counter. She contemplated it out of the corner of her eye and bit her lip as though worried someone was about to tell her off for even thinking about it. She'd opened it last week and never finished it, after all drinking wine by yourself was not something most people admitted to; besides it was red and she was an athlete, she should know better…
Oh what the hell, she felt like crap and she deserved a treat.
Jason glared at the alarm clock which pointed to 3am, damn at this rate he was going to have to drug himself in order to get some sleep. With a sigh he eased out of the bed and then dropped and did twenty out of force of habit. It helped he supposed, not only to keep him fit and ready for anything; Rangering had taught him to be prepared. But it also helped him focus and organize his thoughts; he seriously needed some of that right now…
Kim poured out the second glass of wine with a devil may care attitude and then delighted in swilling it down, wishing her old gymnast coach could see her. She pulled herself onto the tall kitchen stool and let her mind wander over the last few nights; she had been having weird dreams about the good old days with this terrifying focus on Jason which became more and more irrational. The others were in them too but it seemed that now she was going through everything she could ever remember happening but instead of repeating what had happened she saw Jason, his words and his expressions at the time. The weirdest thing was that she didn't even remember noting them at the time; she didn't remember him saying anything when she and Trini had been talking about whether she had met the new student Tommy. In her dream however he had mentioned meeting him and although she didn't remember him saying it as soon as he did, in her sleep she knew somewhere inside of her that he had, it was true.
Not that there was anything wrong thinking about her good friend Jason. 'No Kim you're not just dreaming, this is becoming slightly weird, but you just keep telling yourself it's perfectly normal…' She gritted her teeth and sloshed the wine into the glass again. 'What was wrong with thinking about a good looking, and kind guy? She hadn't had a boyfriend in ages and after all she wasn't made of…'
'…stone.' Jason thought as he continued past twenty on the press ups. He was a man not some sort of hermit and Kim was beautiful that couldn't be doubted. But then so was Kat and Trini, Tanya, Aisha…The nasty little voice continued with the names until he shook his head to get rid of them.
He didn't understand his interest after all he had always liked the girls with attitude who could take care of themselves, Tommy had liked the sweet ones who needed a hero to rescue them. Who was he kidding? Kim had been a Ranger, of course she could take care of herself. She had always had attitude, she was a spunky little thing with cute one liners that dripped with puns and sarcasm, and at times she could even be a little intimidating. "Great Kim just enter my dreams and mess up my head, I mean it's not even your…"
"…business what goes on in my head. It's personal and private goddamnit and I didn't even want to be in your crappy dream thank you very much!" Kim took a deep breath and let it out slowly, trying to stop the anger exploding out of her. This was completely irrational and she was getting defensive for no reason, it wasn't even as though Jason knew what she was dreaming and what she said to him. "Crap dream…"
"…indeed, after all it's not like it could have got any worse could it?" Jason continued to grumble to himself. "I mean I messed up and said something stupid, and she stormed off- Nope it's exactly how it used to be." He climbed back into bed, hoping the press ups had tired him out and relaxed him… "Whoever said dreams couldn't be reality was a real..."
"…idiot." Sniffed Kim as she pulled the covers back over herself. "It's true; all men are idiots, even fake ones." She lay back and closed her eyes, telling herself she wouldn't get upset. "I mean dreams aren't supposed to be like reality; they're supposed to beautiful and happy, and everything you've ever wanted."
She rolled over with a sigh; she was never going to catch a break. "Even the men I dream about act like assholes."
A/N – Okay I know it's short again, but it's supposed to be humorous and have the whole short and sweet idea about it. Anyway hope you enjoyed it, please review and I will update soon! xxx
