Forever Mourning
Author's Notes: Here's the next chapter! I was blackmailed into writing it, but hey, it's been done. And you can all thank ScarletDeva for that by reading her ficlet 'Pink Shade of Fear', teehee. It's amazing and incredibly well thought out!
Couples: Tommy/Kimberly, Jason/Trini, Billy/Adam friendship (seriously contemplating more, input, please!), Rocky/Aisha and more to come!
Time Frame: About one hour after 'Forever Scheming', about a half hour after 'Forever Reminiscing'.
WARNING! Character death in this chapter!
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A yellow clad form made her way up to a familiar grave, setting the red flowers down on the grass in front of it as she knelt down. She began to carefully pull away some offending weeds, a task she had done about once a week for the past few years, as often as was manageable. During this process, she began the usual one-sided conversation.
"Hey…I just got off the phone with Trini. There was this Red Ranger reunion thing, they all went off to the Moon to beat some generals from the Machine Empire. They were trying to raise Serpenterra… Cole's the new Red Ranger, they said he seems pretty capable." At this point, she bit her lip, trying to push away memories of the 'good old Ranger days'.
"They're going to take your advice, after all these years. We're going to lock Kim and Tom up in a closet, complete with video camera, at the reunion. Hopefully they'll get over the whole 'Dear John' thing." A smile came across her lips, "Exactly like what you always said would happen, right?"
Stopping her attack on the weeds, she buried her head in her hands, fighting back tears. "It's not fair, Rocky, it's just not fair…You should have been there. You should be here, now. You should be the one organizing this whole thing, and running off to the store to make t-shirts of celebration. You should've done this years ago! You should be here, Rocky…You should be holding me," her last words came out in a soft whisper, as she wrapped her arms around herself. Brushing away the tears that were on her face, she kissed her fingers, and traced her lover's name.
"I'll tell you all about it when I get back…I promise."
Standing, Aisha Campbell-DeSantos made her way back down to her car. She sat in the driver's seat for a long moment, wiping her eyes and taking several deep breaths. After a few minutes, she drove off, knowing it wouldn't be long before she would be back here, mourning once more.
