Disclaimer: I don't own the Power Rangers (Saban Does)
Billy couldn't sleep at all that night. He just worked recklessly at the lab for most of the night. He felt adrenaline rushing as he was researching, creating new machinery. It was nothing like being a power ranger, but his love for science, his yearning for knowledge, gave him a new sense of life. It could never hurt him; not like love did... not like Kat did.
After hours of working, he finally gave up on his new project. He was exhausted, but he didn't want to go back into his house. He didn't want to see anyone from yesterday at least not yet... he was far too embarrassed and too upset about the events that took place last night. He left his lab and somehow his emotions guided him to the hospital. He didn't understand it, but he felt like talking to his old friend, the person who always seems to understand him, even though she probably wasn't in the mood to talk at the moment.
He stepped into Trini's room only to see that the bed was empty. He guided himself towards the ICU, where he saw Trini watching over this tiny baby in an incubator: her son. She was in a wheelchair, probably because she was too weak to stand yet. He saw her hand gently touch the incubator, as if she was trying to touch her baby. He watched her as she smiled at her tiny child. She looked exhausted, but at that moment of time, she seemed happy. He knocked on the window and Trini turned to see who it was. She waved him in. He gradually walked towards the ICU door and started putting on some scrubs and gloves.
"Excuse me... You're not allowed to be in here. Immediate family only," the ICU nurse stated as she blocked him from further going in.
"Oh Nurse Lyons, its okay. He's my brother." Trini said from where she was. She wanted to go to where he was, but she still needed someone to take her places.
"Your brother?" Nurse Lyons replied suspiciously as she noted the difference in skin color.
"He's adopted... can you please let him in?"
The Nurse moved away from his path and Billy made his way towards Trini.
"Hey 'sis'..." Billy said as he gave Trini a small hug.
Trini laughed. "Well, you are a brother to me; it just wasn't the way the nurse wanted. Either ways, your father always treated me like his own daughter. He treated all of us that way."
"I had a great father, just like this boy will have... and if not, I'll kick his ass."
Trini looked at him funny in a jokingly way. "I'd like to see you try... and don't say ass in here; there are babies in here."
"Hey, do you doubt my fighting abilities? And by the way, I won't say it anymore mom... "
"No. Of course not. I just doubt that you could kick Jason's beep..."
"Well I can and I would."
"Well anyways, what brings you here?"
"Why else? I wanted to see my best friend, of course and my beautiful Godson."
"He is beautiful isn't he?"
"He looks like a perfect mix between his mother and father."
"I'd actually think he looks more like his dad... I know he's so small, but I can feel that he's a fighter you know?"
"You know he is, Trini. He's a power ranger..."
"ONLY if he wants to be," Trini said smiling. Billy wrapped his arms around her shoulder to show her his support.
"You seem like you're in a better mood, considering the circumstances..."
"I'm trying to be strong here... I want to be strong here for my son, so he'll be strong for us and his sister."
"Good for you, Trini... Here, you need some rest. Let's get you back into your room okay?"
"All right... Be strong, Nathan. I love you," Trini said as she touched the incubator as if she was trying to touch him.
"You and Jason named him?"
"Well, sort of. When we were dating, we thought we were going to be together forever. We kind of talked about what we wanted, how many kids, where we wanted to live, what are future occupations were going to be like, you know... that stuff... we also mentioned what names we wanted for our children and Nathan was his choice and I loved it, so his name is Nathaniel Michael Scott; Michael after his grandfather..."
Billy started to imagine him and Kat doing those things in the future, but his confusion about Kat made him quickly shake the thought off.
"That is really sweet of you two, Trini... does that mean you've named..." Billy said as he soon rolled her away to her hospital room and helped her out of the wheelchair and into the bed.
"Named our little girl? Yea we did. Kimberly Elizabeth Scott... I think you can figure out who her namesake was. Thanks for bringing me back to my room by the way..."
"You're welcome Trini. I never got to tell you how sorry I am for your loss. I can't imagine what you're feeling at the moment... I mean I was devastated about it ... I just... I can't imagine if that ever happen to me."
"It feels like someone ripped out a piece of me and I'll never get it back... I've lost so much in one day... Kimi, a future child..." Trini trailed off as her heart started to ache once again for a time when things were different. She cowered her head getting frustrated and upset just thinking about it.
Billy tenderly places himself onto the side of the hospital bed and gingerly takes Trini's hands. "Are you okay?"
"Yes... I'm sorry... it's just this feeling I can't seem to shake off."
"What is this feeling?"
"You're going to think I'm crazy... and Billy... I really don't..."
Billy places his hand on Trini's face to try and reassure her. "Hey hey hey... you know I'd never think you're crazy... whatever you tell me..."
"Promise?"
"I swear on my life and science combined."
"I don't know ... I can't shake that feeling that she's not gone... that she's not dead... I know I said goodbye to her... and I just... I just can't believe it... When I held her... I didn't feel connected... I didn't feel like it was my daughter... and what's even worse... I'm really truly worried about her and I don't even know why. Am I going crazy?" Trini said as she looked toward Billy genuinely concerned that something was wrong.
"No Trini... not at all... I think you're just in denial of everything that's happened... I think you want to believe that she's still alive and you know what? She is alive through us and always will be. She's alive through us and that's why you have to live on and be the greatest mom I know you can be. We're all connected; the power rangers and we will be for the rest of our lives." Billy saw that his advice seemed to make Trini smile for a bit, although still slightly hesitant.
"Thanks Billy... that helped so much."
"You're welcome Trini... and just so you know, I'll always be there for you. You were my first crush and my best friend; I couldn't ask for more. I could only repay the favor..." Billy said as he gave one of his oldest friends a hug. As soon as they released each other from their arms, Trini's inquisitive nature took over, knowing there was more to the visit than he's saying.
"Well then as your best friend, tell me what you're hiding, well, WHO you're hiding from is the more operative word."
"Am I that obvious?"
"I'm your best friend remember? I read you like a book... well most of the times. I know you still have some surprises up your sleeve... so who is it?"
"Kat..."
"Ah... the new pink ranger right? Tommy's girlfriend?"
"EX-girlfriend..."
"Ah... I suppose you're the reason for that?"
"I'm not the ONLY reason."
"Kim and Tommy?" Trini said; slightly grinning at the fact that Kimberly and Tommy finally got back together, as she thought they always should have been.
"Yea... probably. Actually I haven't seen them since we left the hospital last night. It seems like they were on the verge at least."
"So what's wrong? You and Kat can be together."
"What's wrong is... is that I feel like the second wheel. Last night at my place, she made it seem like she had to give Tommy up, and not because she wanted to be with me. Because she knew Tommy would go back to Kim, she wanted to be with me. I wasn't her first choice..."
"Billy, did she want you before you even knew Kim was back?"
"Yes... but,"
"Then that's the point... she wanted you Billy, not to get back at Tommy. She wanted you... You can't blame her for feeling a little used in that relationship... no offense to Tommy and all... Are you sure you're not fighting it because you're scared that this is the real thing?"
Billy soon realized that Trini was right. Kat wanted to be with him, so why was he fighting it? Was he so scared about love that he was running away from it? It soon hit him that he wanted to be with her and wanted to take the risk. No more hiding behind the books, behind science. He was suddenly hit by the urge that to tell her all this... to tell her that he loves her more than anything in this life. He suddenly got up from Trini's bed.
"Billy?"
"Trini... I... I have to go ... I ..."
"Go. I'll see you later and say hello to Kat for me," Trini smiled as she instantly knew what Billy was going to do. Billy quickly gave her a kiss on the cheek and headed off.
This time he wasn't going to run away.
Angel Grove Park
Jason walked toward the forest patch towards the far end of the park; where he and Emily spent more of their more romantic dates there. There was a small that the trees would surround, which was a perfect spot to watch the stars. He saw Emily there waiting patiently, sitting on a picnic blanket she had set on the floor. Here goes nothing...
Emily rose up as soon as she saw Jason nearing and ran towards him to give him a hug and a kiss, but Jason quickly turned his head so that they wouldn't. Jason tenderly stopped her from coming closer to him more.
"Jason? What's wrong?" Emily said bewildered at what just happened.
"We need to talk," he said as he and Emily sat down on the picnic blanket.
Emily soon looked worried, as she saw Jason's eyes were very solemn. Her heart started to race with anxiety wondering what this could be about.
"I have to tell you something. Trini is back..."
Emily's heart just stopped and sank. Omigosh... please don't say what I think he's going to say.
"Trini was pregnant and I didn't find out till last night when she went into emergency labor..."
Emily just sat there in shock. Emotions of jealousy and anger assaulted her at full force, as she started to assume more and more that Trini was trying to take Jason away from her. She didn't think she could feel anymore confused until Jason said, "there's more."
"Emily... she had twins; a baby girl and a baby boy. They were both premature and the baby girl didn't make it..." Jason said somberly.
A pang of guilt fell through Emily's stomach. "Omigosh... honey, I'm so sorry... Trini must be devastated. You are so sweet to be there for her when she needed you. I know she was a very close friend, even before you guys dated... and also want to apologize for assuming the worst... I thought you were going to tell me that you guys are getting back together..." Emily said with a breathe of relief until she looked and saw Jason staring at her; his eyes, the ones that use to look at her with such comfort and love, revealing to her the startling truth. The picture in his eyes showed her a thousand words. "You guys aren't getting back together right?"
"Emily... the babies are mine..."
"Yeah and we can get through it together. We can take care of them together Jason."
"I want him to have a family... he deserves to have a family... I couldn't give that to my little daughter."
"Your son can still have a family without you going back to Trini and leaving me Jason! There are many ways to have a family... it doesn't always consist of one mother, one father... this is the 21st century, Jason. Your son doesn't need a cookie cutter family."
"That's not it, Em."
"THEN WHAT IS IT, Jason!??!" Emily screamed as she got up from the blanket.
"I love her Emily. I'm sorry," Jason stood up as well to face her and tell her this in the eyes.
"This isn't fair Jason. You can't just turn off your feelings for me overnight, just because your pregnant ex-girlfriend comes back into your life. She's not treating you fair, Jason! You find out yesterday about it, she's known for months already! Now she just wants you to give up everything you've made during those months because she's here and with your kids!"
"She didn't ask me for anything I didn't want to give, Em."
"Then what about us? Huh, Jason? What about us? What about me? Do you not feel anything for me at all?"
"You're right... I can't turn off my feelings for you instantly, but my feelings for Trini are stronger. You and I haven't been working out lately and you have felt it too. I'm really sorry Emily... there just can't be an 'us' anymore."
"How can you just throw our whole relationship out the trash just cause your WHORE of an ex-girlfriend came back claiming that she was pregnant with your child!??!"
"HEY! DO NOT call her a whore Emily!" Jason yelled in an angry, defensive tone as he grab Emily's wrist when she turned her back on him. "I know this is my child. Neither of us has been with anyone else and the time works out Em."
"she could have.."
"No she couldn't have Emily... I know Trini..."
"What if you don't?!"
"I do, but tell me to question my relationship with her Em. I trust her with my life, as she trusts me with her life."
"But she didn't trust you enough to tell about her pregnancy. That's definitely something you would have wanted to know, Jase."
"You don't understand Emily..."
"Then make me understand, Jason! Why is it okay for her to not tell you about this?"
"Because of something I said before I left Switzerland, Em... she knew before I left but she couldn't tell me because I needed to come back more."
"Whatever, Jason... you deserve better than her. We deserve a chance. You can't say these last months didn't mean anything to you."
"Please Em... don't make this harder than it is."
Emily looked at Jason with her cold eyes, flaring with anger and hatred and firmly stated, "Go."
"Em..."
"GO!"
"I want to be friends with you..."
"GET OUT!! GO AWAY!! YOU'VE MADE OUR GRAVE NOW TAKE IT! GET OUT!" Emily screamed out as tears started to fall down her face.
"I'm sorry Em... I really am," Jason somberly said as he gradually walked away from their spot.
AN: YAY THE END OF EMILY AND JASON ï (or is it?) Yeah.. that's the end of the chapter... like my other story .. I'm going to fast forward a little bit to get to the good part... Hope you enjoyed it .. until next time mon cherie. ï
