Adam sat up properly, leaning against a tall ash tree. "Anyway, back to your earlier question about Tanya," he began. "She decided she wanted 'more from life' than what I could give her." A sarcastic smile passed over his face. "Luckily the wedding ring in my pocket wasn't seen by her."
"That must have been awful," Cassie sympathized.
He nodded. "It was pretty bad, but that was only two days after I got the Spirit powers, so it ended up being a good thing. She wouldn't have seen me for a couple of years."
She cocked her head. "Spirit powers?"
"You've never heard me morph, have you? Anyway, they're spirit shadow powers to be precise. They're limited now Zordon…" He dropped off. Cassie suddenly thought of something.
"You don't blame Andros, do you?' she demanded. He smiled inwardly at the fire in her eyes; so much like the fire he had seen when Havok had captured them both.
"I wish there had been a better way, but no, Andros wasn't to blame. Zordon knew he was going to die, that's why when he came close to dying a couple of times when I was a normal Ranger he had the look in his eyes, that 'I'm going to survive this, I have to live,' look." He sighed, and suddenly looked up at her, saying, "I really don't want to discuss anything really heavy, so I'll move on to…how's your love-life?"
"Oy! Since when was my love-life not heavy?" Cassie asked, mock annoyed. She lunged for him, and he guessed what was coming.
They started to tickle each other again, Cassie pinning Adam to the ground despite Adam having stronger muscles. He squirmed, somehow knocking her arm and making it buckle. She landed flat on top of him; her lips only…don't go there she mentally warned herself. Her face only centimeters…millimeters…away from his. She looked straight into his black eyes, as dark as the sun was bright, and saw almost nothing. His face was guarded, but she could see the smallest amount of unguarded emotion.
Lust? Excitement?…Love?
So close he could see her lips vibrate every time she breathed…that's got to be her, I don't think I am breathing…Adam watched the emotions flicker across her face. Surprise…damn I want to kiss her…wariness…damn she's pretty…edging onto curiosity…how long have I wanted this exact situation?…finally bordering on a word that began with L…something that was usually written on Valentine's Day cards. He lifted his head less than a centimeter, and she pressed down to meet him. His tongue slipped out to run across her bottom lip, and she shivered. Cassie consciously placed her hands on his arms, leaving him no way to escape, and moved down hungrily. Adam kissed her back willingly, unable to really do anything else. She moved her hands, one coming up to press his head in closer to her, her other on to grip his shoulder. Adam's hands came to rest on her back, one on top of her shoulder blade and one at the small of her back. Gently she pulled away and smiled at him. Her smile was infectious, as he grinned back.
"I love you, Cassie Chan, former Pink Turbo, former Pink Astro."
"I love you, Adam Park, former Green Turbo, former Spirit Shadow."
There were no more words as Adam pulled her in for another mind-blowing kiss.
