"So..." Kim turned to look at Jason as he went about checking some gauges on their oxygen tanks. He turned to her, waiting for her to finish her words. "What was it really like?"

"What was what like?" Jason asked. He rested one of the tanks up against the rock wall behind him and turned fully to Kim.

"Being a Ranger again," Kim asked. She smiled as she spoke, a fond remembrance washing over her. Jason got a little lost in her smile with the backdrop of the ocean behind her and for a second forgot he had left a question hanging in the air.

"Well... um..." Jason considered the question. "It was honestly great... it felt right... you know?"

"I think so," Kim agreed.

"If not for the effects it had on me physically," Jason shrugged. Kim's smile dimmed a little. She suspected he had always downplayed what it was doing to him. "But morphing... feeling that power again... yeah it was nice."

Jason smiled bittersweetly before turning back to the tanks and squatting down to continue his checks on them. He soon felt a hand on his shoulder. He instinctively moved his hand up to it to cover it with his own.

"Don't do that... I'm fine now," Jason said. He cocked his head up at Kim and gave her a smile of assurance.

"You say that... but I suspect you never really told me how much it took out of you," Kim stated, her eyes searching his. His smile disappeared and he shrugged his shoulders.

"It's over now though... I'm better than ever," Jason replied as he stood up straight and shifted their eye lines so that he was now looking down at her.

"Promise?" Kim questioned. Her eyes holding his gaze.

"Promise," He countered. The smile on his face assured her he was being truthful. He was the first to break eye contact as he looked out at the ocean behind them. "We should probably get under soon... while we still have a little daylight."

"Okay," Kim agreed as she reluctantly turned to look out over the water herself. As beautiful as the view was, she found Jason's eyes to be more captivating. "This... this spot really is as nice as you described it back in Florida."

"Yeah... it's my favorite," Jason confessed. He walked over to a bag and pulled out his wetsuit. "Nice and quiet and private."

Kim noted how it did seem to be secluded as they had not encountered anyone on the beach for some time now. A small shudder overtook her body. She wasn't sure if it was from the cool breeze as it blew up from the ocean or from something else. She swallowed it down and walked over to retrieve her wetsuit from Jason's hand.

"So are we going to go very deep?" Kim asked with a gesture out toward the water.

"Not too deep," Jason responded as he slid off his shirt and tossed it onto his bag nearby. Kim eyed him momentarily until his eyes met hers and she quickly averted hers. She saw him out her peripheral vision retrieving a different shirt for wearing under the wetsuit.

"Jase?" Kim found herself talking without even being sure what she wanted to say. She saw the movement in her peripheral vision stop as he waited for her to continue. She turned to him to notice he still was shirtless. She knew she shouldn't be feeling the things she was and she tried to regain her composure.

"Something wrong?" He asked as he approached her. Kim took a deep breath.

"No... no..." Kim assured him, he was now within arms reach of her and she found her hand moving up to rest on his chest. She quickly lowered it and felt her face flush with a mixture of embarrassment and excitement.

"Are you sure you are okay?" Jason furrowed his brow in confusion. He absentmindedly moved his own hand up to his chest where hers had just touched him.

"I'm fine... I guess I was just thinking," Kim continued to try to come up with an excuse for her behavior. She was avoiding eye contact and he subtly moved to make it even harder and she mentally cursed him for doing so. She met his eyes.

"What were you thinking about?" Jason inquired as he fumbled with the shirt in his hands.

"It's just nice..." Kim said.

"What is?" He questioned.

"Being back in Angel Grove... seeing everyone again... being with you again," Kim answered. Jason watched her for a moment to see if there was more. She simply smiled.

"It's good to have you back again," Jason said, he met her smile before slipping his shirt on and moving back over to retrieve his wetsuit. Kim watched him as he went about continuing to get ready for their dive. She felt stupid. She wasn't sure why. Maybe it's because she was having trouble even understanding her own self so she was sure she seemed like a nutcase to Jason.

She started to squeeze into her suit, never really taking her eyes off of Jason until he would sneak a glance her way. Then like a schoolgirl with a crush she would avert her eyes and suppress a grin. It was silly. But she loved it. At least she loved it up until the point that it scared her. She straightened up as he approached her again.

"Here..." His tone was soft as he offered to help her put her tank on. She slid her arms into the straps and waited as he moved behind her to secure everything there. She found herself fighting the urge to crane her neck around to see him. Soon he moved in front of her. He pointed down at the front straps that hang loosely over her chest and abdomen.

"You'll..." He began. His voice sounded suddenly unsure. He cleared his throat. "You'll have to pull it here and here."

"Okay," Kim nodded as she understood his instructions she reached down and tightened the straps. "That good?"

He gave the straps a gentle but firm tug to make sure everything was locked into the place it should be, while also being careful how he touched her. He stepped back and nodded at her before he moved over and slipped his own tank onto his back. Kim watched his expertise at work as he fluidly and quickly readied himself.

"You ready?" Jason asked. His voice breaking through Kim's thoughts enough to startle her. She smiled at him.

"As I'll ever be," Kim replied before the two began to make their way toward the water.