Disclaimer: I do not own Power Rangers. If I did, I wouldn't have had time to write this.
Is It Really Over?
Determination
"Alex!" Jen yelled out again. "Alex, please! I need to talk to you!" Finally, the tall man stopped. He looked down at her with eyes of steel. Jen gulped, "You, uh – you left this in my office yesterday." She extended her hand, grasping the book.
"Thank you." he said coldly and walked off.
Jen followed him until she reached her office. She smiled as he flipped through his journal and pulled out the pink sheet of paper before walking into his office, located beside hers. She walked in, "Lights, on. Computer, on."
Jen sat down in her chair. She toyed with the keyboard anxiously. He's not going to call right now, Jennifer. He has to think about it. Get to work. Besides, after what you did yesterday, you don't deserve him. Furiously, she typed away at the computer, doing various things she needed to get done. Why'd you have to be so mean? she asked herself. Tears filled her eyes, and she gave in. She leaned back in her chair, trembling.
Just when she was contemplating what to do without him in her life, there was a knock at the door. She quickly washed her face and said, "Come in."
To her disappointment, it was Captain Logan. "Hello, sir."
"Lieutenant."
"Have a seat."
"Thank you. Have you got that report finished? I need it for the meeting in an hour."
Jen looked through her files. "Here it is, sir, and the charts you requested as well."
"You've go it all together. Well done."
"Thank you, sir." Captain Logan took the papers and exited once Jen saluted.
Jen returned to her work. She tried to concentrate, but a few sentences from Alex's journal replayed themselves in her mind. You, my innocent, dependent, faithful, trusting, loving, and obedient dog! Replaced with a woman I don't even know!
Jen clasped her head with her hands. What if that was all I ever was to him? The sentences repeated themselves over and over. "Stop!" she screamed at the top of her lungs. "Stop." her voice wavering.
"Alex's image appeared on her phone. "Are you alright, Lieutenant? Is anyone hurting you?" he asked, concerned.
He cares. she thought happily. "Nobody's hurting me. I'm doing just fine."
"Good." Alex acted as though he was going to close the link, but turned around again, smiling widely. He leaned on his desk. "What would you say to dinner tonight?"
Jen smiled. Everything was going just as she wanted.