Disclaimer: I do not own the Power Rangers or any of the weapons associated with the Power Rangers, so if you recognize it, it is not mine. I do own the characters, Ally Jameson, Fanny Abbott, Richard Myles, Dennis Alderway, Amanda Williams, Charlie Hughes, Ashley Meggs, Amy Tillery, Meagan Sipper-Stone, Jack Abrams, and Todd Billingsway as well as any other characters from "Saving the World, Again" that may be brought into this story.

XRachX: Thanks for the review and I'm glad that you like Alpha, as I was not sure that I could pull that character off. Hey, it's fine if you miss a chapter or two, as it was a little while back.

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Now, on with the Story!

Trini and Jason's Engagement

Kim's POV

Well, Jason took Trini to that 'restaurant' that she was talking about at my birthday party from a few weeks ago, a little bit earlier tonight. We all know that Jason had planned for the two of them, but I know that Trini didn't have a clue about any of it.

There was, supposedly, nothing special to cause Jason to take her to one of her favorite places during high school. Ernie had been more than willing to fix them a meal, as Jason wanted to do something that Trini would truly be surprised about, from what I have been able to pry out of Tommy. So, when I got a call from Trini tonight, I wasn't at all surprised about what she had to tell me had happened to her today.

The Juice Bar

"Thanks Ernie, you have no idea how much this will mean to Trini," Jason said, as he had just checked with him on the last minute details that he had been forced to change.

Trini had gotten somewhat suspicious, but he was going to do it this way, if he had to lie to her in every way imaginable. He knew that he would be able to keep her trust in him, considering that he was doing something nice for her, instead of something horrible, like she might very well think.

"Anytime, Jason. You kids have done so much for me; it's the least I can do for you. So, how's the happy couple up in Reefside doing?" Ernie asked.

He had been unable to attend the wedding, but they all assured him that Kim and Tommy understood it all. They knew what it was like to have things come up and not be able to make it to planned occasions, as they had, had it happen more than once.

"They're doing good. They are both really busy with work, but you know how it is for them. They never slow down, I don't know if they ever will," Jason said, being as honest as he could be without being tempted to tell Ernie about them being rangers. They had known Ernie for so many years, but they had never told Ernie, although there were some days when they were sure that he knew it all, by just the knowing look he would give them.

"But no baby in the plans for them yet?" Ernie asked, as he had gotten the feeling that Kim and Tommy would be on the hurry up end of things, if at all possible.

They just always seemed afraid that things would be stolen away from them and Ernie didn't really blame them, at least not from what he thought was going on. If his suspicions were correct, his dear friends were currently the black and pink rangers and he knew what that type of stress had done to them when they were younger, although he would never tell them that he knew about it. It was supposed to be a secret and that was why it was kept that way.

"No, not yet, give them a few more months, Ernie," Jason said, as he found it odd that Ernie would talk about it now, as he was still not very comfortable with the idea of them having a baby. Sure, he was ready for them to have kids, if that was what they wanted, but the circumstances just seemed all wrong for that type of situation to occur without added problems arising. Of course, he never would tell them that or he might get taken out by his best friends. "I'm going to try to get Trini here by seven, but I'm making no promises Ernie. She doesn't know where we're going, so she may take her time getting dressed."

"Don't rush her, Jason. I'll be ready whenever you get here," Ernie said, as Jason turned to leave the very active Juice Bar, knowing he would be returning to a completely different scene later that evening.

"Jason," Trini said, walking out in a T-shirt of his and seeing he was dressed more casually than she thought he would be. "How do I need to dress?"

"However you want to Trini," Jason said, looking up at her from the spot he had picked on the couch. He was trying to keep his nerves from getting the best of him, but he soon found himself barely able to speak to her.

"Are you alright? You look sick, Jason," Trini said, as Jason looked over at her, knowing his face had gone several shades paler in the last few seconds and he silently cursed his body for giving himself away like this. He had been hoping to keep himself in check this time, but he still had notbeen able to do it.

"I'm fine. It was just a long day at work today. Now go ahead and get dressed," Jason said, putting on the most confident face that he could manage without her becoming overly worried about him.

"Alright, but I don't see why you are so anxious to do all of this," Trini said, letting him know she would go along with this, but that she knew something was up, although he had done a good job of covering his tracks. "So this is alright?"

"Yeah, you look good," Jason said, as he stood up to walk with her towards his car. He could feel his hand sweating and he knew that Trini could probably feel it too, but was being polite enough to not ask anymore questions, for the time being.

"What are we doing here?" Trini asked, as they drove up to the now deserted Juice Bar and she saw Ernie standing outside and motioning for them to come on inside.

"You'll see," Jason said, as he knew that she was truly confused now. She had thought they would be going to some nice restaurant and now they were at Ernie's, it made no sense at all to her. Why would he bring her here? "Come on."

"Hello, Trini, Jason. Nice to see the two of you again, glad you stopped by tonight," Ernie said, faking ignorance well enough that if Jason had not known what was going on then he would have believed that this was nothing out of the ordinary for Ernie to do.

"Nice see you too, Ernie, but do you happen to have any idea of what Jason has planned for tonight?" Trini asked, as Jason pushed her chair a little closer to the table.

"No, Trini, but I do know that you came here to have a nice little dinner and some peace and quiet, which I intend for you to have," Ernie said, as he went back into the kitchen to grab the plates of food that he had just finished preparing.

"So, this is how we're celebrating my getting a new job and getting away from that horrible woman?" Trini asked as Jason chuckled about that one.

"Sure, if that's the way you want to think about it," Jason said, as he knew the way he wanted to head with this conversations was back to the past for a few moments and then hopefully to the question of their future, if he could work up the nerve.

"I love this place Jason. I just wish that we had the time to come here more often, now that we've both settled down here," Trini said, as Ernie discreetly placed their plates in front of them and then exited the room again.

"So do I, you know that the teams from the youth center are the ones that Tommy's kids are going to be competing against in a few weeks," Jason said, as he had, had some of them talk to him about it this afternoon. Some of the kids were apprehensive about going up against anyone Tommy had trained, as they remembered how he fought, however vaguely it might be. "They're scared Trini."

"And they have the right to be Jason," Trini said, as she caught Jason smiling at her honesty. She had never been a huge fan of sparring against Tommy, herself, but she had done so on the rare occasion that Jason or one of the other guys were not available, because Tommy out and out refused to spar with Kim. They had never questioned why, as he usually wore them out quickly and he didn't like what he might accidentally do to her if his mind was not in the right place. "I'm afraid to go up against the guy most days. His kids are bound to be good."

"They're just kids, Trini and I only know of two of them that are pretty good, but I think that Tommy is preparing them to have to deal with someone like himself," Jason said, as Trini could only stare at him. He was the only one anywhere close to having Tommy's skills, next to Rocky, and even he was not willing to go into an event against him lightly.

"Well, then them being scared is very realistic," Trini said, as she was sure that he had been working the ones that were taking an active part in the competition against himself, if at all possible. "Do you think that the two of you will compete against each other?"

"I want to and he wants to, but I'm not sure a bunch of teenagers will take too well to seeing the two of us going up against each other. It might not be interesting enough," Jason said and he could tell immediately that Trini did not agree with him on his view of how interesting the two of them going against each other would be.

"Jason, most people still don't know how to explain why we liked seeing it, but we did and I'm sure they would feel the same way. The two of you are still too much alike," Trini said, as she noticed Jason was fiddling with his pants pocket, but he did seem to be listening to her, which was fine.

"That's what we hope," Jason said, as he knew he had better start talking about what was really on his mind soon or he would lose his nerve very quickly and he did not want that to happen.

"Why did Kim seem so fake surprised about you taking me somewhere?" Trini asked, as she had no clue that she had just thrown open the door to the topic that Jason so desperately wanted to talk about.

"Funny you should ask, you see it has a lot to do with what I need to talk to you about," Jason said, as Trini peered at him with great interest, but tried to keep herself from appearing scared, as she did not want Jason to tell her something horrible. She just didn't know if she could take that from him right now. He had been the one that was holding her up from falling down lately and she just hoped he wouldn't leave her alone now.

"What do we need to talk about Jason?" Trini asked, as he caught the way she thought this was going to go by the lack of confidence that her voice gave off.

"It's not bad honey. It's just something that I've been thinking about for awhile," Jason said, as he stood up from his chair and offered a hand to Trini, so he could lead her over to the old mats that they had sparred on so many times together and apart, which was something that he didn't like to think about.

"Jason, you're not making any sense to me. Are you feeling alright?" Trini asked, feeling his forehead with the back of her hand and noticed that he was cold and clammy, which was very odd for Jason, except when he was extremely nervous. "You're freezing, what's wrong?"

"Trini, I have a lot of things that I need to tell you about and I'm worried that you won't want those things. I love you so much, Trini and we both know how I waited forever to tell you how I felt about you. I didn't want to scare you by rushing things, since you and Billy had just broken up and for awhile that kept me from thinking about marriage. Then, Tommy was almost killed on that damned island, which made me realize that I needed to get my ass in gear. I didn't want that to happen to us and you not be able to know how I felt about you. Deep down, I knew that this day would come, eventually. What I guess I am trying to tell you is that I don't know how to live life to its fullest, without you being there for me. Now, I know we haven't been together as long as some of our friends, but Trini I just want to know if you would marry me?" Jason asked, as he went down on one knee and revealed to her the ring she had told him she had liked at Sipper's a few months ago. He couldn't have found anything that was more fitting for her and he knew it once he saw it.

"Yes, Jason, yes," Trini said, giving him a hug and then kissing him on the cheek. They both looked over at Ernie, to see him smiling, as Jason let some happy tears stream down his face. Trini had no idea just how happy she had made him, by telling him that she would be his forever. The only thing was, they didn't know how long forever might be or what their other duties might cause that would cause them to never make it there.

AN: Thanks for reading and feel free to review! This chapter kinda ties in some things that will be going on in other stories that are directly related to this series. I hope that you like it!