Disclaimer: Still not mine. Wish I could say I'm working on it, but I'm not, it costs way too much for me to buy it. I do own Toynee, Eyn, Zeyah, Liaum, Andrew, Aaron, Andrea and any other character you don't recognize from the original series, but not Saryn, I nicked him from Starhawk. If not, I'll let you know. At the Beginning belongs to Richard Marx and Donna Lewis.
Make A Wish!
Summary: Sequel to 'Born To Fly otherwise know as The Freak'. The rangers are offered to make wishes and see what could have been. At first it seems great, until they find out they're stuck and have to find a way back to their own universe.
Phantom Rogue: Hope you got to your bed before falling asleep. Hope this is soon enough for you.
Necroblade: Here's the last twist, hope it's good enough for you.
Arwennicole: I'll wait, don't worry. I'm afraid this is the last chapter before the epilogue, but a new story is waiting to be published.
Juzblue: If that's true, there's no surprise in this chapter for you. Hope you enjoy it.
Jenny: You've already read the epilogue, seeing you're my beta-reader. As you can see; I change it. I knew they sang the song, but I was too lazy to look their names up and yes, it's from the movie Anastasia. Oh and you said I sent the epilogue fast? Msn-messenger didn't even let me know you replied, stupid program.
Maiken: Door de fantastische Jenny kon ik nu al updaten in plaats van morgen. Goed hè?
Chapter 18
Ashley sat on a rock overlooking the lake. It wasn't fair, this could not be happening.
"Hey." A soft voice greeted behind her.
She didn't even have to turn around to know who it was, and she didn't. He sat down next to her and wrapped an arm around her shoulder. Her mind was screaming at her to get away from his touch, but her body relaxed against him, ignoring her mind once again.
"Having second thoughts?" His question caught her aback.
How could he even think that?
"No." She whispered.
A silence fell over them for a moment.
"Tell me what's bothering you?" It was more of a request than a demand, but she still pulled herself away from him.
She pulled her legs up and wrapped her arms around them, making her suddenly look very fragile. He reached out to her, but she shrugged it off.
"Ash?"
A tear ran down her cheek, cutting through his heart.
"Please tell me what wrong?"
She looked at him with tearful eyes. Then she took a shaking breath.
"Imightbepregnant." She muttered quickly.
"What? Sorry, I couldn't hear you. Please talk a little slower."
"I might be pregn…" Her voice trailed of.
"Pregnant?"
She nodded and was surprised when he wrapped his arms around her again.
"So?"
"So? How can you even ask that?" She demanded, a bit harsher than she had intended. "Sorry, I didn't mean… It's just… We're not Dawn and Dros. People expected her to get pregnant because they had been together for six years already, the last year being engaged. It hasn't even been a year since we've gotten together."
Andros sighed.
"I was going to do this at your graduation party tomorrow, but you leave me no choice."
When he let her go, Ashley looked at him and gasped when he slid of the rock, kneeling down in front of her and pulling a velvet box out of his pocket. He opened it and she was staring at the most beautiful ring she'd ever seen.
"I've been wanting to ask you for a while now. I didn't dare until I saw Dawn and Dros together, but the other dimension wasn't really the best place to ask you. Since you just made asking you at your graduation party less sincere I'll just have to ask you now. Ashley Dawn Hammond, we've known each other for a while now and I love you more than life itself. I want to spent the rest of eternity with you and longer. Would you do me the honour of marrying me?"
Tears now ran freely over her cheeks, not because she was sad, but out of happiness. Knowing she wasn't going to get a word past the lump in her throat, she settled for nodding.
Andros smiled at her and slipped the ring around her finger, before brushing away her tears and kissing her. When he broke the kiss, Ashley rested her head on his shoulder and he held her for a while.
"How 'bout we let Deca check if you're right or not?"
Ashley nodded slowly, still unsure.
"Don't worry so much about it, Ash." Andros assured. "I love you no matter what."
Ashley smiled at that and lifted her morpher to her mouth.
"Deca, two to teleport."
Two days later
"Welcome to your new home." Andros grinned, opening the front door.
Ashley looked in awe at the house in front of her.
"Come, Ash. I'll show you around while the boys move your stuff inside." Karone smiled and pulled Ashley inside by her arm. "Up the stairs, first floor is not interesting, it only holds the living-room, kitchen and a bathroom."
Ashley did as she was told. On the second floor, Karone started pulling open doors.
"Okay, this is another bathroom, there might be two, but I'm sure there's going to be fighting over them every morning." Karone joked and Ashley laughed, relaxing. "This is my room, feel free to barge in any moment, except when I'm asleep. This is Zhane's room, feel free to barge in at any moment, especially when he's asleep."
"Hey." Zhane protested, coming up the stairs with a duffel bag. "What's in this thing anyway?"
"That would be clothes." Ashley replied. "And you don't have to worry, I'll leave the barging into your room when you're asleep to Karone."
"I think not." Zhane grumbled.
"Why not?" Andros joked, behind Zhane, a box in his hands. "Meatball and Asty looked pretty cute together."
"You'd agree with me and Karone being together?" Zhane asked shocked.
"Sure, why not. If you hurt her I get to hunt you down. Ash, could you open that door behind you?"
Ashley did and her smile grew when she noticed the room was decorated with yellow and red.
"That's room is yours and Andros." Karone explained, totally unnecessarily.
"And that room?" Ashley asked, pointing to the door next Zhane's room.
"Guest room." Karone replied.
"Nursery." Andros voice sounded in her mind. "But they don't have to know that yet."
Ashley did her best not to giggle. She and Andros had decided that, since they weren't active rangers anymore, the others didn't have to know about her pregnancy yet. They were going to tell sometime after their wedding, three weeks from now, but for now, they baby was their secret.
"Zhane's just going to love that. A crying baby in the middle of the night in the room next to him." She replied to Andros, while nodding to Karone.
"All the more reason for him to find his own house before we decide to kick him and Karone out."
This time she did giggle and she whacked an accusing finger in Andros' direction, but Andros just shot her an innocent look.
"What did he say?" Karone wanted to know.
"He said he's going to throw you and Zhane out as soon as he gets the change." Ashley replied sweetly.
"Did not!" Andros shot back.
"Not going to happen, Dros." Zhane's voice drifted into the hallway. "Someone has to keep and eye on you and Ash, making sure you keep the noise down."
Karone laughed and Ashley giggled again.
"Like you should talk." Andros retorted. "Your snoring keeps half the colony awake, if it isn't the whole."
The playful batter continued until all of Ashley's stuff was moved in.
That evening
Ashley lay curled up in Andros' arms, a soft smile playing on her lips.
"Happy?" Andros muttered.
"Very." She muttered back. "I can't believe I finally got my change to fly."
"What do you mean?" Andros asked, even though he had a pretty good idea.
"I left Earth to settle on a faraway planet where I already felt more at home then on Earth when it was still deserted."
"You're not going to regret it, right?"
"Of course not, silly." Ashley whispered, nuzzling closer to him.
The soft tunes of a new song sounded from Jeff's old laptop and soon her and Jeff's voices joined them.
(e-mail me for the chapter with the lyrics in it)"Fitting song." Andros muttered, before the both drifted off to sleep, the music continuing to play.
A/N: Hope you liked it. Don't worry, this isn't the end, there's still an epilogue. Review.
