A/N: So, I was sitting here watching a Colin Firth movie today and I realized that I got Leo's age wrong for this little drabble series. He should be sixteen years older than Gia, not eighteen. Oh well, I will try not to make that mistake in the future. This will be the tenth chapter of Heaven! I am so excited! I want to thank everyone who has left comments and have read the story so far. This is all for you. Anyway, on with chapter ten.

Heaven

Chapter Ten: Waiting

Wherever you go.

Whatever you do.

I will be right here waiting for you.

- "Right Here Waiting" by Richard Marx -

He had been gone for a week. There had been no word from him or any of the Red Rangers about their whereabouts. She had been waiting for him to come home for a week and she was starting to get anxious. The first thing she had done after Leo and Carter had left was call Emma. Her best friend answered the phone in tears, informing her that Casey and Wes had just left the apartment she and her husband lived in.

Gia told Emma she would pack a bag and come over right away. They needed each other right now since Casey and Leo were off fighting some evil they had no clue about. As soon as Gia hung up the phone she ran into the bedroom she shared with Leo and packed a bag. She didn't know how long she would be staying with Emma. Bu she knew she could come home and get more stuff if she needed it.

She greeted with a hug ad a few tears when she arrived at Emma's apartment. Gia set her things in Emma's guest room and joined her best friend out in the living room. They hugged again trying to comfort one another.

"I wish I knew what they were doing. I kept asking Wes what they were fighting against, but he told me he had no idea." Emma sighed and shook her head. "Do you think Carter might have known?"

"No and I think if he did he would have told Leo," Gia replied with a shrug. "He wouldn't have tried to hide it from me. I was a Power Ranger too. I think Tommy probably told them when they all showed up."

"Why did it just have to be reds? Why couldn't we have all gone?" Emma asked. Gia could tell the former Pink Ranger was getting a bit frustrated.

"That's something you will have to ask Tommy Oliver when you see him again." Gia knew that wasn't the answer Emma was looking for, but is was the only answer Gia had for now. She knew that she and Emma would corner Tommy the next time they saw him.

"I hate feeling like this!" Emma shouted as she jumped off the couch and stomped into the kitchen. Gia was on her feet in seconds and following the brunette into the kitchen. Emma was pulling a bottle of whiskey out of the cupboard and two shot glasses.

"I am sick of thinking about this. I say we have a drink, but this is the only liquor we have in the apartment." Emma told Gia as she showed her the whiskey bottle.

"That's fine with me." Gia said as she grabbed the whiskey bottle and opened it, drinking some of it before handing the bottle back to Emma.

"Hey! You weren't suppose to drink yet!" Emma shouted before she broke into a fit of giggles. She poured two shots and they drank them. They were drunk and the bottle was empty when Noah, Jake, and Orion showed up.

"Why are you guys here? And do you have more whiskey?" Emma asked as she greeted her three former teammates.

"We were worried about you and honestly I don't think you need anymore whiskey Emma." Jake replied as he leaned against the door frame.

"Well you guys can't come in without whiskey!" Gia shouted from the kitchen.

"I'll go get a couple of bottles," Noah said. "You two just go inside and make sure they are okay." Emma stepped to the side to let Jake and Orion in the apartment and Noah made a quick run to the party store.

He returned with a couple bottles of whiskey and they all sat in Emma's living room and began to drink and hang out like they used too. The hours dragged on and day turned into night. Gia rested her head on Orion's shoulder. "Will you guys stay with us until Leo and Casey come back?" Gia asked them.

"Of course we will." Orion replied. He took Gia's hand in his own and gave it a tight squeeze. She and Emma were lucky to have friends like them.

True to their word, the boys stayed at Emma's apartment with them and were still there the day Casey and Leo returned from their mission. It was twenty minutes after nine in the morning when Casey opened the door to his apartment and he and Leo walked inside.

They walked into the living room and found Jake and Orion were still asleep on the couches. A blue blanket occupied an empty chair in the corner and from the sizzling noise they heard in the kitchen they figured Noah was up.

The former blue ranger walked out of the kitchen and smiled at them before walking up to them. "I'm really glad you guys have returned safely from your mission." He said as he hugged Leo. "Is Troy alright?"

"Yeah, it was a crazy week, but we got through it. And Troy is okay. He is probably at home, resting." Leo answered Noah's questions. Noah sighed in relief to hear that Troy was doing good. He would have to call him later. Noah wanted to know about the mission, but didn't want to ask Leo and Casey about it. They had more important matters to attend to.

"Gia is in the guest room and Emma is in your bed. And I am pretty sure they are both still asleep. I will be in the kitchen if you guys need me." Noah told them and went back into the kitchen to make more eggs.

Leo and Casey took Noah's suggestion and went to go see Emma and Gia. Leo walked into he guest room and saw Gia was still fast asleep. He laid down on the bed beside her and pulled her into his arms. He had been waiting for this moment all week.

"You came back." She said a few seconds later. She sounded a little surprised. Maybe, she thought he would have been gone longer.

"I told you I would." He replied as she snuggled in closer to him.

"I have waited a week for you to come home and it was the worst week of my life." She told him. He knew that was the closest he would get to a "I missed you." from her.

"I missed you too." He said. He kissed the top of her head and they laid their in silence for a few minutes.

"Noah is making breakfast. You wan to get u and get something to eat?" He asked her after a few minutes of silence.

"No, I'll wait," She said. "I just want to lay her with you."

"I can live with that." He told her before they both drifted off to sleep in each other's arms.