I OWN NOTHING THAT LOOKS FAMILIAR! Also, I added another code!
KEY: "Normal speak" 'Thoughts/Flashbacks' "Jayden's signs being translated" "Signing to/from Jayden words the other know"
Hope that helps :)
Jayden watched as the other Rangers piled into the living room. He knew Ji and Lauren wanted him to teach the others to learn more sign language, so he agreed once a week for teaching them. Emily and Kevin both had walked in at the same time five minutes before the scheduled meeting. Mia, Ji, and Lauren were two minutes early, and Mike walked in one minute early. When the clock struck 8:30 AM, Lauren began speaking.
"Okay, everyone! Remind me what we taught you already," she told them.
"You guys taught us 'yes', 'no', 'I don't know', 'sorry', and 'it's okay'," Kevin replied.
"Okay. Well, I think it's a good idea if you knew how to say 'hello' and 'goodbye', huh?"
The others chuckled and nodded. They were then taught 'hello', 'goodbye', 'how are you?', 'I'm good', and 'I'm not good'. Lauren then told them to practice without she or Ji translating what Jayden was saying. Mike decided to go first.
"Hello. How are you?"
"I'm good. How are you?" Jayden responded.
"I'm good. Goodbye."
"Goodbye."
Lauren clapped her hand on his back. Mia then went next.
"Hello. How are you?"
"I'm good. How are you?"
"I'm good. Goodbye."
"Goodbye."
Lauren clapped her hands in excitement and nodded. Kevin went third.
"Hello. How're you?"
"I'm good. How are you?"
"I'm good. Goodbye."
"Goodbye."
Lauren smiled and nodded and Emily went last.
"Hello."
"Hello."
"How are you?"
"I don't know. Sorry."
"It's okay.
"How are you?"
"I'm good. Goodbye."
"Goodbye."
Lauren laughed at Jayden for his 'silliness' and her brother just signed something very quickly, but just slow enough that Ji caught what he was saying.
"Jayden! You apologize to your sister right now!"
Jayden went wide eyed and began to sign something very fast. Ji scrunched his eyebrows in confusion.
"What was that, Jayden? I didn't catch that."
The male red ranger sighed silently, but he repeated what he had signed. Lauren translated.
"What I said was that I was sorry because I meant it as a joke and I'll even cook dinner if I have to."
"Ah. Do you think it's a good idea to tell the others what you said?"
"No! They do not need to know how to say that!"
"I thought so. So, please apologize anyways, even if it was in a joking manner."
"Fine. Sorry, sis."
"It's okay," Lauren said while signing those words at the same time. Jayden simply scowled and signed something, to which Lauren laughed and repeated the gesture back at him.
An hour of practicing the new words, Lauren then added another couple of words and phrases in their repertoire: 'again', if they needed Jayden to repeat what he had said, and 'please sign slowly'. She then dismissed the others when the alarm went off. It was just some Moogers, so it wasn't so bad. They returned within an hour of leaving the house.
Mia was in the kitchen cooking something while the others were in the living room. They were playing Truth or Dare, after learning the words 'truth' and 'dare' from Jayden.
"Okay, Mike. Truth or dare?" Kevin asked.
"Truth."
"Did you ever have a girlfriend?"
"Course I did," Mike turned to Lauren, "truth or dare?"
"Truth."
"Did you ever embarrass Jayden?"
Lauren laughed while Jayden buried his face in his hands.
"All the time. And we tease each other over the smallest things. Like, when we were about 13, I was taller than he was, so I always called him my little brother."
Jayden put his right fist next to his head while pointing at her with his thumb. He then moved it. Lauren glared at him with a smirk on her face. The others got confused, but she waved them off with a "you don't wanna know".
"Okay. Emily, truth or dare?" Lauren asked.
"Dare."
"I dare you to play on your flute."
"Now?"
"Yep."
Emily stood up and walked away to grab it. She returned with the golden yellow flute in her hands. She began to play something that the other Rangers didn't recognize. When she was done, Mike, Kevin, Lauren, and Jayden applauded at her performance. She blushed lightly and sat back down.
"That was very beautiful, Emily," Kevin complemented.
"Thank you, Kevin! It's my turn, right?"
Lauren nodded.
"Alright. Jayden, truth or dare?"
"Truth."
"What made you become a selective mute?"
He sat in shock for a moment. He didn't expect this question. He slowly lifted his hand to sign something when Mia came in, saying that it was lunch time. Lauren ran to the kitchen while the others only walked. They sat in their seats at the island and began to (or attempted to) eat.
"Oh, and Jayden?" Mia asked.
"Yes?"
"I made sure it wasn't too hot this time."
"Oh, okay. Thank you."
Mia looked confused, so Lauren translated for him and she told them to remember 'thank you', as he sometimes used it.
"I gotta know. Why do we need to know how to sign things back at Jayden even though we can talk back? Like, I understand the understanding what he's saying at us, but why do we have to know how to respond back?" Mike asked.
"Because if we ever need to be discrete in battle, we can communicate to each other without the Nighlok knowing what we're saying," Lauren responded back.
"How do we know that they don't know what we're saying, though?" Emily asked in curiosity.
Jayden signed something at Lauren and she nodded in response. He then signed something to the others and Lauren translated.
"I signed something to Kevin during the battle the other day, and Madimont didn't know what I was saying. In fact, he got really confused. I talked with Lauren, and she said that the other Nighlok don't know what sign language is. Therefore, they cannot understand it."
"That makes sense," Mia nodded.
The Rangers then began to eat, or try to eat, lunch. Jayden put the food in his mouth and learned that Mia did indeed make it cooler. Much cooler. It was cold! But he didn't question anything and tried to swallow the stuff. He gagged a bit but he got it down. His stomach flipped on him, but he ignored it. Besides, he had had worse.
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Lunch was over and the Rangers were training outside. Mia and Kevin were exchanging hits while Emily and Mike were jabbing their training swords at each other. Lauren and Jayden were doing hand-to-hand combat. Lauren kicked at Jayden's feet and he jumped over it. He then tried to punch at his sister, only or her to duck under it. They repeated the same moves for a bit until the male red ranger heard a gasp from Mike when Emily hit him. He also heard her ask him if he was okay, to which he said he was just fine. She nodded and they trained some more. When training was over with, he only had one thought in mind.
'Am I… am I feeling… love?!'
So... was it good? Bad? Different? I wanna know! Reviews help me learn from my mistakes :). Also, any other episodes you guys want to see me use for "guidance"? Lemme know in the reviews! I have gotten a request already. And before you ask, yes, Antonio will be in this. It's just going to be a few chapters before he comes in :P. Until next chapter!