The secret date - part 1
By cgdmgirl
It was a calm afternoon. Carter, Dana, Chad, Ryan and Joel were in the guys' quarters. The blue and the green ranger were setting up to go to the beach:
"Did you get the sunscreen, Joel?" Chad asked
"I thought you'd taken it" Joel answered
"No, I didn't. I asked you to put the sunscreen in the bag."
"How can I put it inside the bag if I don't have it?"
"We're out of sunscreen, guys." Carter got into the conversation. "The last time we went to the beach, we used all of it. Remember?"
Dana, who was sitting on the couch alongside her brother Ryan, reading a magazine, laughed a little bit. Carter heard her and turned his head around, giving her a quick look. She noticed and returned the look, but quickly turned her attention back to the magazine, not being able to contain a little smirk from coming out of her face.
"That's great! Now we'll have to stop at the shop to buy some more!" Joel said, really disappointed.
Kelsey entered the room, walking straight to the guys.
"Hey. Are you ready to go?"
"I guess so" Chad said. "But we're out of sunscreen. We'll have to stop on the way to buy some."
"Don't worry about that" the yellow ranger said, taking something out of her bag. "I bought some yesterday."
"God bless you, Kelse" Joel said, making all of them laugh.
"Come on, let's go." Chad said, picking up his things.
Kelsey walked towards Dana and sat down next to her. "Too bad you and Carter can't come with us."
"Yeah. But we told miss Fairweather we'd do this assignment for her. She really needs that material to finish repairing our weapons." Dana answered.
Carter came close to the girls. "Don't worry about us, Kelsey. Go on and have fun, we'll go next time."
"Ok." She got up to join Chad, Joel and Ryan, who were waiting at the door. They said bye and left.
When the door closed, Carter and Dana snorted, feeling very relieved. It was as if someone had pulled an enormous weight of their shoulders.
"Finally. I was starting to think that they weren't going anymore." Carter confessed, standing in front of Dana.
"Me too, specially when Kelsey sat down next to me" Dana agreed, getting up. "But they're gone, that's what matters."
"Yeah, now we can at last have some time for ourselves." He got closer to the pink ranger and hold one of her hands, gently and softly.
Dana smiled and looked straight into Carter's blue eyes. Her heart stared to beat very fast, as she remembered how happy she had been this last few days. After they'd kissed in the Aquabase's infirmary, Carter and Dana started to become really close and finally confessed how they felt about each other. Since then, they'd been secretly dating. Every time there was an opportunity of being alone, they'd hide in some place inside the Base where they could be all by themselves. This was the first day, since they were together, that they could spend practically the whole afternoon alone.
Carter couldn't take his eyes off her. From the first day he met Dana, he thought she was the most beautiful girl he had ever seen. He thought to himself he could spend hours just looking at her, without doing anything else. He smiled back at her and held her hand a little tighter. They stayed quiet for a while. Then Carter looked down for a moment and looked at Dana again.
"So, what do you want to do today?"
"I don't know." she answered. "I mean, there are so many things I want to do, places I want to go. Just picking one will be hard."
"Well, I got an idea. I don't know if you'll like it, but.I don't know."
"Ok, if you really don't know then I guess we'll have to stay here and waste our day in this cold Aquabase, full of people." As she said this, Dana turned around and started to walk away from Carter. He understood the sarcasm and gave a little smirk.
"Come here, you." Carter pulled Dana by her hand, which he kept holding all the time. She turned around again and was pulled close to him. When she got closer, Carter let go of her hand and put his hands around her waist, hugging her. Their faces got really close too, they stared at each other once again. Then, Carter leaned forward and supported his forehead in hers, closing his eyes for a moment and breathing deeply. Dana did the same thing and put her hands on his arms. They opened their eyes and smiled, remaining close to each other.
"Tell me, what do you have in mind?" Dana asked
"Nothing much, actually. I thought we could walk around the city, spend a little time at the park, have lunch somewhere."
"Not bad. What else?"
"I don't know, maybe go to the movies, only if there's anything good on the cinema, take a walk on the docks, as long as we don't go near the beach."
"You're right."
"So.what do you think?" Carter looked at Dana. She gave him a big and warm smile.
"I loved it! I think this day will be better than I expected!" She moved her hands to his shoulders and gave him a tight hug. He held her even tighter and smiled.
"I'm glad to hear you say that".
They pulled apart slowly and stared into each other's eyes. Carter smirked.
"Anyway, I don't really care where we go or what we do." he took a piece of her hair and put it behind her ear, "as long as you're with me, this day has everything to be perfect".
Dana was flattered. No one had never said something that beautiful to her. She felt so loved and her heart was nonstop, she couldn't take her eyes of Carter. Once again, they stayed quiet. Dana pulled herself closer to him, kissed him on the cheek and hugged him.
"Thank you."
Carter felt a little surprised, he didn't understand it very well. But he noticed she was hugging him tighter than before and that made him feel good. So he returned it. He'd never hugged her like that, it was warm and passionate, his heart began beating up really fast.
"You're welcome." They kept hugging for a few seconds and then they pulled apart.
"I guess we better go. We don't want to waste any time, right?" Carter suggested.
"Right, let's go."
* * *
At the beach, the other four rangers were having fun. Chad and Ryan had just gotten out of the water with their surfboards, as Kelsey and Joel were sitting down talking.
"Hey guys, you have to go surfing. The waves are perfect for it." Ryan said
"Sure, I'll go later." Kelsey answered
"Man, I can't believe Carter and Dana aren't here. They're missing a great day." Joel said, changing the subject.
"Yeah. It would be a lot better if we were all together." Chad agreed, sitting next to Kelsey. "Miss Fairweather could've asked them to go get her material some other time, not today."
"I know. But whatever they're doing, I don't think they're getting the material." Joel said, with a low voice.
"What do you mean, Joel?" Kelsey asked him surprised.
"It's just that.when you guys were putting our things in the Rover, I asked miss F. why did she pick them to this assignment. I told her I would go, without any objections, I would bring her the material safely, in one piece."
"Ok, Joel! So, what's next?" Ryan asked, starting to get impatient.
"Well, she seamed confused. It was like she didn't know what I was talking about. She even asked what assignment I was referring to. First, I thought she was trying to ignore me. But after I insisted, she looked even more confused. At that moment, you called me."
"That's weird" Kelsey wondered if that was true. "Do you think they lied to us?"
"I don't know, I'm as lost as you are."
"It's me or did you guys notice they have been acting a little strange lately?" Chad asked
"I guess. I mean, Dana is kind of different." Kelsey said, remembering her friend's behavior in the last few days.
"You're right, Kelsey." Ryan agreed. "I've noticed too. It's like she's hiding something."
"Yes. Though, there are sometimes where it's like her mind is empty, she has no worries at all." The yellow ranger revealed. "Carter is practically like that too." Chad confessed. "He's always been quiet and worried, he used to take everything seriously. Now he's talkative, he wants to do a lot of things."
"Anyway, something is going on and probably they don't want us to know about it. If they did, they'd tell us." Joel ended up the discussion, taking of his cowboy hat and laying down. To be continued.
It was a calm afternoon. Carter, Dana, Chad, Ryan and Joel were in the guys' quarters. The blue and the green ranger were setting up to go to the beach:
"Did you get the sunscreen, Joel?" Chad asked
"I thought you'd taken it" Joel answered
"No, I didn't. I asked you to put the sunscreen in the bag."
"How can I put it inside the bag if I don't have it?"
"We're out of sunscreen, guys." Carter got into the conversation. "The last time we went to the beach, we used all of it. Remember?"
Dana, who was sitting on the couch alongside her brother Ryan, reading a magazine, laughed a little bit. Carter heard her and turned his head around, giving her a quick look. She noticed and returned the look, but quickly turned her attention back to the magazine, not being able to contain a little smirk from coming out of her face.
"That's great! Now we'll have to stop at the shop to buy some more!" Joel said, really disappointed.
Kelsey entered the room, walking straight to the guys.
"Hey. Are you ready to go?"
"I guess so" Chad said. "But we're out of sunscreen. We'll have to stop on the way to buy some."
"Don't worry about that" the yellow ranger said, taking something out of her bag. "I bought some yesterday."
"God bless you, Kelse" Joel said, making all of them laugh.
"Come on, let's go." Chad said, picking up his things.
Kelsey walked towards Dana and sat down next to her. "Too bad you and Carter can't come with us."
"Yeah. But we told miss Fairweather we'd do this assignment for her. She really needs that material to finish repairing our weapons." Dana answered.
Carter came close to the girls. "Don't worry about us, Kelsey. Go on and have fun, we'll go next time."
"Ok." She got up to join Chad, Joel and Ryan, who were waiting at the door. They said bye and left.
When the door closed, Carter and Dana snorted, feeling very relieved. It was as if someone had pulled an enormous weight of their shoulders.
"Finally. I was starting to think that they weren't going anymore." Carter confessed, standing in front of Dana.
"Me too, specially when Kelsey sat down next to me" Dana agreed, getting up. "But they're gone, that's what matters."
"Yeah, now we can at last have some time for ourselves." He got closer to the pink ranger and hold one of her hands, gently and softly.
Dana smiled and looked straight into Carter's blue eyes. Her heart stared to beat very fast, as she remembered how happy she had been this last few days. After they'd kissed in the Aquabase's infirmary, Carter and Dana started to become really close and finally confessed how they felt about each other. Since then, they'd been secretly dating. Every time there was an opportunity of being alone, they'd hide in some place inside the Base where they could be all by themselves. This was the first day, since they were together, that they could spend practically the whole afternoon alone.
Carter couldn't take his eyes off her. From the first day he met Dana, he thought she was the most beautiful girl he had ever seen. He thought to himself he could spend hours just looking at her, without doing anything else. He smiled back at her and held her hand a little tighter. They stayed quiet for a while. Then Carter looked down for a moment and looked at Dana again.
"So, what do you want to do today?"
"I don't know." she answered. "I mean, there are so many things I want to do, places I want to go. Just picking one will be hard."
"Well, I got an idea. I don't know if you'll like it, but.I don't know."
"Ok, if you really don't know then I guess we'll have to stay here and waste our day in this cold Aquabase, full of people." As she said this, Dana turned around and started to walk away from Carter. He understood the sarcasm and gave a little smirk.
"Come here, you." Carter pulled Dana by her hand, which he kept holding all the time. She turned around again and was pulled close to him. When she got closer, Carter let go of her hand and put his hands around her waist, hugging her. Their faces got really close too, they stared at each other once again. Then, Carter leaned forward and supported his forehead in hers, closing his eyes for a moment and breathing deeply. Dana did the same thing and put her hands on his arms. They opened their eyes and smiled, remaining close to each other.
"Tell me, what do you have in mind?" Dana asked
"Nothing much, actually. I thought we could walk around the city, spend a little time at the park, have lunch somewhere."
"Not bad. What else?"
"I don't know, maybe go to the movies, only if there's anything good on the cinema, take a walk on the docks, as long as we don't go near the beach."
"You're right."
"So.what do you think?" Carter looked at Dana. She gave him a big and warm smile.
"I loved it! I think this day will be better than I expected!" She moved her hands to his shoulders and gave him a tight hug. He held her even tighter and smiled.
"I'm glad to hear you say that".
They pulled apart slowly and stared into each other's eyes. Carter smirked.
"Anyway, I don't really care where we go or what we do." he took a piece of her hair and put it behind her ear, "as long as you're with me, this day has everything to be perfect".
Dana was flattered. No one had never said something that beautiful to her. She felt so loved and her heart was nonstop, she couldn't take her eyes of Carter. Once again, they stayed quiet. Dana pulled herself closer to him, kissed him on the cheek and hugged him.
"Thank you."
Carter felt a little surprised, he didn't understand it very well. But he noticed she was hugging him tighter than before and that made him feel good. So he returned it. He'd never hugged her like that, it was warm and passionate, his heart began beating up really fast.
"You're welcome." They kept hugging for a few seconds and then they pulled apart.
"I guess we better go. We don't want to waste any time, right?" Carter suggested.
"Right, let's go."
* * *
At the beach, the other four rangers were having fun. Chad and Ryan had just gotten out of the water with their surfboards, as Kelsey and Joel were sitting down talking.
"Hey guys, you have to go surfing. The waves are perfect for it." Ryan said
"Sure, I'll go later." Kelsey answered
"Man, I can't believe Carter and Dana aren't here. They're missing a great day." Joel said, changing the subject.
"Yeah. It would be a lot better if we were all together." Chad agreed, sitting next to Kelsey. "Miss Fairweather could've asked them to go get her material some other time, not today."
"I know. But whatever they're doing, I don't think they're getting the material." Joel said, with a low voice.
"What do you mean, Joel?" Kelsey asked him surprised.
"It's just that.when you guys were putting our things in the Rover, I asked miss F. why did she pick them to this assignment. I told her I would go, without any objections, I would bring her the material safely, in one piece."
"Ok, Joel! So, what's next?" Ryan asked, starting to get impatient.
"Well, she seamed confused. It was like she didn't know what I was talking about. She even asked what assignment I was referring to. First, I thought she was trying to ignore me. But after I insisted, she looked even more confused. At that moment, you called me."
"That's weird" Kelsey wondered if that was true. "Do you think they lied to us?"
"I don't know, I'm as lost as you are."
"It's me or did you guys notice they have been acting a little strange lately?" Chad asked
"I guess. I mean, Dana is kind of different." Kelsey said, remembering her friend's behavior in the last few days.
"You're right, Kelsey." Ryan agreed. "I've noticed too. It's like she's hiding something."
"Yes. Though, there are sometimes where it's like her mind is empty, she has no worries at all." The yellow ranger revealed. "Carter is practically like that too." Chad confessed. "He's always been quiet and worried, he used to take everything seriously. Now he's talkative, he wants to do a lot of things."
"Anyway, something is going on and probably they don't want us to know about it. If they did, they'd tell us." Joel ended up the discussion, taking of his cowboy hat and laying down. To be continued.