Chapter 4 an ending or a beginning
It was like nothing she'd felt before, not even the kiss in the club. No, there was a tenderness, a new feeling of electricity and something else, something she'd never felt, or wanted to end.
Carter was amazed at the feel of her soft lips, now that he had the time to truly explore then, to taste and be tasted.
When they both had to pull back for air Dana found his eyes were darker than their earlier cerulean, more a cobalt. She could see herself in them and she looked shocked, and sincerely she was, she'd not known anything could feel so right, so perfect…
"Dana…" he mouthed.
"You kissed me." She breathed now able to speak.
Carter nodded, still amazed by the kiss. He'd just kissed Dana, his new friend, the boss's daughter and she looked stunned. She also looked lovely, more so than he'd thought since that day. There was a glow in her blue gaze that invited a man to crawl in and fall asleep. Ok, that was a nutty thought. He wanted to grin though.
"I think Dana… that maybe…" He tried to put the words forth in some semblance of normalcy.
"There's more between us." She finished for him and he nodded.
"Yeah but with what we'll go through with the demons I don't know…"
"Carter, do you want to find out what's between us?" Dana asked and he didn't even think saying.
"I do but…"
"Carter, in our line of work, our original lines we have seen how fast life can be taken." Dana began hoping she'd make sense. After all she'd never done this. Hoping too she'd not read this scene wrong, that Carter did feel it too, the magic in that kiss. "things are no doubt going to be rough both professionally and for us all but if we don't explore this and…" She felt her eyes fill with tears as the idea hit her, the knowledge that either of them could die tomorrow.
"Dana, do you want to be my girlfriend?"
"Well, I……" He was really asking her? The blonde could hardly breathe at the thought let alone the truth of it. "I'd like that I think." She nodded and he smiled, feeling truly normal for the first time all day, maybe for the first time in a long while.
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Kelsey was brushing her frizzy dark hair when Dana finally made it back to their quarters.
Dana moved to her own dresser, pulling open a drawer and pulling out a pair of sweats she'd sleep in. It had been a long day and yet a good one in at least one way. She'd finally gotten the one guy she had thought about off and on for months and too she'd found she was really a power ranger. Maybe she'd manage to make a friend or two on the team. She hoped so. Not that she was great at it but still…
"So you have fun with that cutie?" The new yellow lightspeed ranger asked and Dana blushed as she traded her top for the pink sweatshirt.
"What do you mean?" The blonde asked pulling on the pants.
"Come on, I may not know either of you well but Dana there was something between you earlier, on the trip to the base and…" Kelsey trailed went on but Dana was thinking of how she and Carter had decided to answer any questions from the group.
"We've known each other for a while." Dana told her, she and Carter had decided to keep things just between then for the time being. They didn't need a new relationship muddying the waters around the rest of the team. Besides neither of them were quite ready to tell her father. Not that Captain Mitchell would mind, he'd picked Carter hadn't he?
"Hmm, well did you see the blue ranger? He's really kind of cute in a strong silent type." Kelsey mused as she stretched out on her yellow covered bed.
Dana looked over at her new roommate in surprise. She'd not thought that Kelsey would have noticed. The yellow ranger just seemed so wild and happy-go-lucky. Maybe this whole new situation would be more interesting than she'd thought. True there might be a complication or two along the way but oh what a sweet complication Carter would be.
The end
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Ok silly ending but it was meant to be a simple story contained on the very first day of lightspeed Rescue. I wanted it to explain certain moments on the show between Carter and Dana. You know like her intense concern for him and his support when she seemed to need it.
In any case please take a second to review and let me know what you thought of this.