AN: When Trini visits Angel Grove, it's been more than two years. Forgot to mention that in the first chapter. Actually she's already graduated from college.

All in its time

Chapter 2

The time had come and she arrived from Boston looking to see Kimberly at the airport. Not having seen her, she sat for a few moments and decided to wait a bit while catching up with her reading.

Kimberly asked him to pick up a friend at the airport, but never told him who it was, only saying the former ranger would know once he saw her. And when he saw Trini, Jason understood it all. She was so concentrated in her book that she never felt someone sit besides her.

"Kim said she was very busy and asked me to come and get you instead. I hope it's all right.", he whispered in a very low tone near her ear.

The moment she heard his voice, everything came back, all her feelings, all her memories, all the sadness and that one night in Geneva where he was truly hers. Closing her book, she smiled at him. He looked even more handsome than before, if that was possible. Wearing a black t-shirt and jeans pants, he smiled his old smile.

"It's all right."

"Where are your bags?"

"They're here. I'm only staying for a week, I don't need more than this." She pointed to the backpack next to her. Even though she was a close friend to Kimberly, they were nothing alike. Kim would never travel this light.

"Okay, so here we go!" He got her backpack and they headed for his car.

The ride was silent, the tension was so thick one could cut it with a knife. The man wanted to speak to her, apologize for being stupid and letting his lower head do all the thinking, but didn't know how to say it. The woman wanted to get away from his as fast as possible, because of all the memories from the past. How had Kimberly convinced her to come was beyond her understanding.

"I'm staying at Kimberly's. Can you drop me there?"

"Actually, Kim has also asked me for a place you could crash at least for tonight. She didn't mention that?"

Great! Just what she needed. Kimberly probably did this on purpose.

"No. No, she didn't." Those were their last words until Jason's apartment. Trini just sat there looking at the window while the man tried finding the courage inside of him to say something else but couldn't.

The silence continued until Jason's apartment. When they arrived there, Trini paid no attention to the surroundings, instead started looking for a phone.

"Can I use your phone? My battery is dead."

"Yeah, sure. I'm going to fix us something to eat now."

Jason went to the kitchen and started cooking. In the living room, Trini waited until Kimberly answered her phone.

"What are you doing?"

"Well, hi to you too, Tri! I hope you had a nice flight!"

"Answer me."

"I'm sorry, but things got so out of hand and I couldn't get you to the airport, nor have you over today. And frankly, it will do you guys good. You need to set things straight. It's obvious you two still love each other."

"So, you set this up?"

"Well... yeah. I'll pick you up tomorrow, okay? Sleep tight and don't do anything I wouldn't do!"

With that, Kim hung up the phone. Trini just sighed. Her friend wouldn't hear the end of this.

"Jason, Kim is picking me up tomorrow morning." she said while going to the kitchen to see what he was doing. He was cooking spaghetti. "This smells good."

"You'll see it doesn't just smell good. This is my specialty."

She laughed. Jason was never the best when it came to cooking, but he was trying to please his host.

"I'll make a salad, okay?"

"Sure."

They sat on the table to eat. She had to agree, the spaghetti tasted wonderful. Trini wanted Jason to know how much she missed him, but her pride wouldn't let her say anything.

"So, I bought something I know you love. Let me get it." He stood up, went to the kitchen and came back with a bottle of red wine in one hand and two glasses in the other.

"Maybe I should have served this with the dinner, but I wanted it to be a surprise." He went back to the kitchen.

Woot! Drinks! Just what she needed in a night like this. She then saw him coming back with lots of cheeses. He really was trying to please her.

"I remember we used to do this a lot back in Geneva. Sneak in a bottle of wine and buy some cheese at the market. I still don't know how no one has ever caught us in this." He laughed but she just looked at him, almost as if she wasn't paying attention.

"Yeah, I don't know that either."

"Hey! Trini, what's wrong? I know we haven't been really in touch, but... I'm trying here. The least you could do is try too." He was dead serious, his tone was almost scolding her.

"I don't want to talk about some things. I know you're trying and trust me, so am I." She sighed. "Let's just eat the cheese, drink the wine and see where this will take us, okay? And... thanks, Jase."