This chapter is all Jayden and Lauren since they haven't really had any brother/sister time. Thanks again for the reviews and the all the love this story is getting, and as always I only own the plot

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Chapter 7: Family Moment

Everyone was getting ready for bed & Jayden decided to take Lauren some green tea. She was already in bed reading. "Hey," Jayden said from the door holding a tray with the tea. "Can I come in?"

"Sure,"

Jayden walked in & set the trey down on the nightstand & sat in a chair. "I brought you some tea."

"Thanks, that actually sounds good."

"Then you won't mind if I drink with you." Jayden poured some tea for both of them & gave Lauren her cup. "I thought of you over the years,"

"I thought about you too. I wondered what you looked like."

"Me too, every time I walked down the street and passed a girl I couldn't help but think that maybe I walked passed you and didn't know it."

"I know the feeling,"

"I imagined that like me you must have felt very alone."

"Yes," Lauren said with a nod. "But I learned to trust my friends. They've become like brothers & sisters to me too."

"I'm glad to hear that, I hope maybe I can become part of the family too."

"You're the red ranger now, of course you will. Besides, you're my brother so you're part of the family by default."

"It's just…the others are so loyal and dedicated to following you into battle, I don't know if it's going to happen so quickly."

"You've got about three months to get to know them."

"I'd much rather get to know my sister. All we had growing up was a phone call three times a year & they were only for a few minutes."

"I know, it's funny when I hear children say they want to be power rangers when they grow up but they don't know how much of a burden it can be."

Jayden nodded in agreement. "You have to keep it secret from everyone, the older ranger generations had to hide it from their families too, it wasn't a family tradition like it is with all of us."

"Mike learned that the hard way."

"What do you mean?"

"Not long after our team formed, he was still hanging out with his old friends and during an attack they got hurt. He struggled the most with having to protect people he cares about by dropping out of their lives."

"It's a tough job but it's gotta be done," Jayden half laughed when a thought popped in his head. "And it always seems to be done by teenagers."

"Yeah, so I heard that you tried Mia's cooking earlier."

"I sure did, it was great."

Lauren's eyes widened. "You liked it?"

"Yeah, I don't understand why the others were trying to warn me on bad cooking when it was so delicious."

"Because really she can't cook, she combines things that shouldn't be combined."

"Whatever she did I liked it."

"You're the first."

Jayden laughed. "You know I've been doing some thinking."

"About what?" Lauren wondered.

"About what happens after Master Xandred is defeated. It shouldn't be much longer before I perfect the sealing symbol, what happens then?"

"I don't know…I never really thought about it."

"I know something we could do."

"What?" Lauren wondered.

"We can go live with mom, maybe think about college."

"College?"

"Yeah, I mean we've spent our entire lives thus far training to save the world and being homeschooled. Don't you want the experience of a real school?"

"I never really thought about that either. Being a samurai is my life Jayden."

"I know, but there's more to life than being a samurai."

"Like what?"

"Like finding someone to have a family with."

"Yeah that's true, at some point the next generation needs to be trained."

Jayden shook his head. "No, if we succeed like dad wanted us to then our own children can live like normal kids. I don't want my children's childhoods taken from them like ours were."

"My childhood wasn't all bad. I had Antonio for a while."

"He told me you two were best friends as kids."

"We're still best friends. I'm sure you probably had a best friend after you went into hiding."

Jayden nodded. "I did, but I haven't seen him in almost a year."

"Does he know about you being a samurai?"

Jayden shook his head. "I can't tell you how much it hurts keeping the samurai thing from him because he keeps nothing from me."

"I told Antonio, maybe you should tell your friend."

"I don't know if he'll be mad at me for keeping it from him for so long. He's been my best friend since I was ten."

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