Disclaimer: I do not own any thing that is affiliated with the Power Rangers. I do own the characters of Melanie Burgs and Joseph Meyers. I am not sure which characters from the "Saving the World, Again" series I will bring into this story, as of yet, but keep an eye out for them.
Now, on with the Story!
The Wedding
Kim's POV
Well, today is the day. Jason and Trini are going to get married, finally. Last night, Tommy came in and he looked absolutely exhausted. Our other friends had gotten themselves rather wasted, except for Jason and Zack, from what he said to me before he dozed off to sleep. We each have our separate ways to go this morning, which is not the best thing in the world. He has to go meet up with the rest of the groomsmen and I have to meet up with the bridesmaids. We'll just see how this goes, as someone is bound to have a case of bad nerves.
"Tommy! I need your help!" Jason yelled, as soon as he walked in and he jumped at the harshness in Jason's voice. Either his friends had already ticked Jason off or they were sick from their hangover and he had been bothering them.
"With what?" Tommy asked, cautiously looking at Jason and seeing that Zack and Billy had him pinned against a wall, for some odd reason. He could not really imagine why, but they would surely explain it to him in the next few seconds or so he hoped. "Guys."
"We're not letting him go," Zack said, as Jason looked down at the two of them, hoping that they would change their mind about this. He usually would have been able to throw them off, but he couldn't do that now, he was too tired to really try something like that.
"Is he acting nervous already?" Tommy asked, as he knew how he had acted in the hours before he got married. He had no idea how they had been able to deal with him on that day, but for some reason, they had allowed him to live through it, which led to some of the best moments of his life.
"Nervous, we can handle. Hyper, we cannot," Billy said, as Tommy shook his head before taking a good look at Jason. He could tell that they were not lying about this one. He was aggravated that he could not move at free will, not at the fact that they were holding him up against a wall, which would have usually been would caused his aggravation.
"Jason, you have to calm down and I hope something in this bag will do the trick," Tommy said, as he held up his tuxedo bag. He had taken the advice Jason had inadvertently given him during his own wedding, distraction seemed to be the best method of treatment for most problems, although he was not sure he could help all of them with the way Jason was acting. He had rarely seen Jason hyper and that was not something that they were prepared to deal with. They honestly thought that he would have some nerves running through him, but that just did not fit with Jason's overall demeanor.
"Games?" Jason asked with big eyes, as he quickly broke loose of Zack and Billy's grip and then unzipped Tommy's bag. Tommy glanced at him before looking at Zack and Billy with wide eyes. He was acting like a little kid and none of them had expected this out of him, they might have out of Tommy or Zack, but not Jason, he was the calm one. Tommy only thought that he had been happy when he had gotten married; Jason seemed to be ten times worse than he was with all of it.
"You weren't kidding," Tommy said as Jason quickly began dealing out cards for some sort of game that he assumed that they were all playing. "We better play."
Trini's Room
"Did the florist bring everything, Mom?" Trini asked, as she looked up at her mother. Her bridesmaids had long given up trying to calm her, as she was truly a nervous wreck. Her nerves had even started rubbing off on most of them, leaving Kim and Aisha pacing with nervous energy.
"Honey, they brought everything, don't worry," Mrs. Kwan said, as she looked over at Trini's friends hoping they would be able to help. Kim then calmly put her flowers down on a table before she walked over to try to talk some sense into Trini.
"Trini, don't worry," Kim said as she felt the baby kick and looked down at her stomach, wondering why she had to feel the baby kick today instead of tomorrow or even yesterday. This was an odd day to have it happen, with Jason and Trini getting married, but Tommy would eventually find out.
"What if Jason changes his mind? What if he doesn't want to marry me?" Trini asked, looking up at Kim who had a rather odd expression on her face. She knew that she had been pretty bad on her own wedding day, but she could not imagine herself being like this, although Aisha assured her she had been just as bad. It just seemed odd that the normally calm Trini would be this frazzled on her wedding day.
"He's not going to. We both know how Jason is and he loves you more than anyone else in the world, Trini and you love him too," Kim said, as Trini looked over at her, knowing she had heard her, but she was not really listening to what had been said. "Don't you agree?"
"I know that he loves me, but will that be enough to make us last forever?" Trini asked as Kim gave her a stern look before sitting down next to her and pulling at the top of her dress, before she rested her hands on top of Trini's.
"You'll have to work at it and when you fight, there are times when one of you will have to sleep on the couch, but usually the other won't let it last too long. It's tough, but you love him and he loves you and that gets you through everything," Kim said as Mr. Kwan knocked on the door to try to get their attention that it was time for them to go. Trini, however, was having none of that at the moment.
"But you and Tommy don't fight," Trini said as Kim looked at her and waved Mr. Kwan out of the room and Mrs. Kwan soon followed him. He had probably heard everything that she was going to say before, but she did not want to explain her choice of words on some things and she knew that Melanie would not ask about it.
"Like hell we don't. We fought about my coming out of retirement and him coming out of retirement, as well, but we got through it. There are going to be problems that come up, but we know that you can make it through those times," Kim said, forcing Trini to stand up and really took a good look at her. "You have to do what your heart tells you is right, simple as that."
"Why are they taking so long?" Jason asked, looking over at Tommy, who was surprised at how quickly his hyper-ness had turned into nervousness once he had entered the sanctuary of the church. He had been a mess the whole day, but Jason had just become a mess over the last few minutes.
"I do not know Jason, but some times you just have to be patient," Tommy said as Zack cast him a suspicious glance.
"And you were?" Zack asked, as Tommy shook his head to silence him. Jason just needed to hear someone say nice things, so he would not lose the little bit of sanity that he had within his body.
"This is not about me," Tommy muttered as they saw the back door move slightly and they quietly straightened themselves. Tommy did not feel as comfortable starting up there, as Jason would get no update on how anyone was doing back there, which he had loved. He had the forewarning of what mood Kim would be coming down the aisle in, Jason did not have that luxury. "Wow."
"Easy Tommy, it's not about you," Zack muttered, as he had heard Tommy's utterance at the sight of seeing his wife walk through those doors, little basketball and all.
"Dad, I love you," Trini said, as the line of bridesmaids was becoming shorter by the second. She had shared a special bond with her father for years and she knew that he dad felt he was truly giving his little girl away. Jason had always been one of his favorite people, but that still did not make it any easier on him. He wanted her to be protected and he could only hope that Jason would provide that.
"I love you too sweetie," Mr. Kwan said as he gave her a hug before he heard the wedding march start. He had been certain that he would be the one having the hardest time letting go, but it seemed Trini was struggling with it more.
He knew that she had been in love with Jason for years. It had never really made sense to him why she had kept it a secret for so long. There were so many secrets in her life, though, secrets he would never begin to comprehend, even if she tried to explain it to him. This seemed as if it fit well into that category; it could not be explained but it existed like no other thing was meant to be there instead. For whatever reason, Trini was wise to do so, from what everyone could see was happening now. They were happy in their relationship and getting married just seemed natural for the two of them.
"Oh my God," Jason muttered, feeling as if he needed something to steady himself on, as he felt his knees go weak at the sight of his wife to be. All around him, his friends were staring at their normally strong, quiet old leader, well except for Melanie, who did not know that tidbit of information.
He, however, did not notice the odd looks he was receiving from all of them. He just saw the woman that he loved looking much more nervous than normal. He didn't know how he was going to make it through this without her being her normally composed self, since he was not his normal self. He just wanted her to be happy today and he'd do anything to achieve.
"Who gives this woman?" Minster Abrams, as Trini stopped a few feet away from the top of the altar and finally gave Jason the satisfaction of holding her eye contact for more than a few seconds. He saw what he had seen the first night he really realized that she loved him and was glad that look had not faltered one second while she was looking at him. If it had, he would have been worried about the decision he had made, but he didn't worry about it now.
"Her mother and I do," Mr. Kwan said, as he let go of Trini and went to sit down next to his wife. The easiest part of the wedding was over for him and now he had the chance to let his feelings out.
"We have all gathered here today to witness the uniting of the couple in holy matrimony; the rings please," Minister Abrams said as Tommy and Kim handed each of their friends their ring. They could not believe this was happening that they were actually seeing their best friends get married, when they never thought that they would tell each other the truth. "Do you Trini Michele Kwan promise to honor and cherish and love Jason 'til death do you part, for better or worse, in sickness and in health, as long as you both shall live?"
"I do," Trini said, as Minister Abrams stole a glance as Jason who looked as if he was trying to compose himself. He had expected Jason to be a little bit nervous, as he knew how Kim and Tommy had been, but he was much worse than he had imagined it would be.
"Jason Lee Scott do you promise to honor and cherish and love Trini 'til death do you part, for better or worse, in sickness and in health, as long as you both shall live?" Minister Abrams asked as Jason took a deep breath before responding to the question. They all knew what he would say, but he was sure as hell taking his time answering that question.
"I do," Jason said, as his voice cracked which caused a few of his friends to exchange glances of concern. They had seen Trini be emotional before, but they all had to admit it was rare to see Jason acting like this.
"With this ring, I thee wed," Trini and Jason said in unison, as they both heaved a sigh of relief. They were married; it was done. Except for the kiss, which was something they had to worry about in some ways.
"Mr. Scott, you may kiss your bride," Minister Abrams said as Jason looked at him as if he had forgot about that part of the wedding. A few stifled laughs were heard from their friends, as they watched Jason's forgetfulness show up. Jason had to admit that he was tempted to turn around and glare at Tommy, but Trini was much more attractive to his mind than giving Tommy a pissed off glare.
"Jason," Trini muttered when he broke away from her and headed her down the aisle and back out of the church as quietly as he could manage. His mind was running faster than he could remember in a long time and he could only hope that it would calm down soon.
"Thank goodness we're first," Tommy muttered to Kim as they followed Jason and Trini out of the sanctuary. They both were trying to keep themselves from laughing at how their best friends were acting. They were usually two of the most composed people that they knew, but today was different for the two of them, which they should have expected now that they thought about it.
"Tommy, it could be worse," Kim said, as he looked at her and wondered how she could think like that. She could see what he was thinking and went ahead and answered the question. "You could have had to go off somewhere right now."
"Yeah, but I don't," Tommy said with a smile as they walked through the doors to see Jason holding Trini in one of the strongest hugs they had seen from him in awhile. They didn't even know if ecstatic covered how Jason felt about all of this but they were sure that this was the happiest that they had seen him in a long time.
"Trini, Trini, Trini," Jason whispered before she pulled away to look up at him. They had known happiness was possible and it could happen to them, they just didn't think it would happen with each other.
"I know, Jason, I know," Trini said with a smile, before she realized that all of their friends had gathered behind them. They were waiting to take pictures, but they would have to get themselves pulled away from each other for a little while in order to do that.
"Mr. Scott, would you please get your groomsmen together and come with me?" Mr. Joseph Meyers asked as he was trying to get the pictures done in a timely fashion. He was not a tall man, but he had a presence that was felt by everyone. He meant business and it seemed best to take the pictures quickly, so they could go on with the more fun aspects of the wedding. "Mrs. Scott, please gather your bridesmaids and wait behind the camera."
"Did you hear that?" Jason asked as his groomsmen followed him closely, hoping to keep Jason from going crazy again, although that problem seemed to have been solved by Trini.
"I think that he thinks that we have to be told what to do," Zack said as Jason looked back at him and wondered exactly what he had said to make Tommy and Billy laugh.
"Mr. Scott in the center here, the one with the black hair on this side, blonde on the end and you in the middle, next to Mr. Scott," Mr. Meyers said as Jason watched his friends carefully do what the man asked. They did not seem to question his lack of knowing their names, although they were giving him some odd looks. "Okay, one more like that. Girls, come on."
"Maybe he'll know our names," Kim said quietly as they moved forward. She could only imagine the descriptions that might be used for all of them, although the pictures were sure to turn out great.
"Alright Mrs. Scott and you, the one with the blonde hair, split the middle, pregnant one get on that side and the other one over there," Mr. Meyers said, as Jason watched Kim give Tommy a sideways glance before moving to the spot that he had requested. Tommy could only shake his head at the look he got, but he did not dare to laugh, although it happened to be very funny to him and everyone else that saw that look. "Okay, now I need all of you. Bridesmaids, please stand next to your groomsmen."
"Okay," they said as they each walked to stand next to the person that they had walked out the door with.
"I want for some of you to switch around who you are standing with," Mr. Meyers said as Jason and Trini looked at him and firmly shook their heads no. They liked the way it was, even if he didn't. "Never mind then, just trying to make the pictures look good."
"They'll look good because our friends are in it," Trini said as Jason and the others nodded, while Kim glared at the man. He had quickly gotten on her nerves and she just had the feeling that he was about to switch her with someone, which would have pissed them both off.
"Okay, the bridal part may go, groom and bride please stay," Mr. Meyers as they moved out of their positions and left the sanctuary of the church.
"You okay?" Tommy asked, as Kim had yawned and then given her stomach a harsh look, although he had not heard it growl, which was usually the only reason she would give her stomach a harsh look.
"Yeah, the baby just kicked again," Kim said, as Tommy looked shocked at her words, wondering if he had heard what she said correctly.
"Kim, do you know what you just said?" Tommy asked as she looked up at him and nodded. She thought that she had mentioned it to him earlier, but obviously, she had forgotten to in all of the mayhem of the wedding.
"I didn't tell you, did I? I'm sorry, Tommy, my mind isn't really focusing on most things that are going on," Kim said, as they all walked into the reception hall. They could easily recognize some of the faces of the people that had attended the wedding, as all of the rangers that had worked with Jason or Trini were there, but there were some people that were total strangers to them. They could only hope that these were relatives or friends that they had at their other job and not some people that they didn't even know.
"It's alright, just expect me to sit with my hand on your stomach a lot more until I feel the baby kick," Tommy said with a smile as they headed towards the tables full of food and then eventually over to some empty chairs.
"I can deal with that," Kim said glancing over to see Billy and Hayley in deep conversation about something. She could only hope that it was not ranger work, as that was becoming one of the main things that they did.
They hated to admit it, but although they were working their butts off, they still had not finished half of the modifications that had been outlined during the meeting they had, had before school started. Kim and Tommy were now doing only as much work as they could on the weekends without any supervision, although Alpha had been working hard too. They were mostly scared that Mesogogg would come back and that they would not be ready, which would not help them one bit.
"Do you think that they are still taking pictures?" Zack asked as they had all managed to sit down at that same table, thanks to some people saving them seats.
"It takes awhile, remember how our wedding was?" Kim asked as they nodded their heads. The only difference was that their photographer had been a fairly likeable person, which had made it bearable to take pictures.
"Well, it only happens once, so they have to get it right the first time," Ally said while Rocky played with one of her hands. She had, had a lot of stress placed on her shoulders since Kim was told she could no longer do any type of gymnastics, which had ticked her off to no end. They had both expected that she would be able to teach, at least, the beginners group, but even that had been cut out for her.
"You're right, they do," Adam said before they heard some people clapping and they knew that Trini and Jason had entered the reception hall. Tommy then stood up to head towards a microphone at the front of the reception hall. He still had to give his best man speech. They knew that his was going to be fairly funny, although he had to be serious in some ways.
"Has he been taking things alright?" Kat asked as soon as Tommy was out of earshot. They had all been worried about their former leader, but they knew he would find a way to deal with the additional stress.
"Yeah, at least around me he has. I know he worries, but we all have things to focus on right now and he has been able to keep his focus, for the most part," Kim said with a smile, as she watch Tommy tap on the microphone with his hand in order to try and get everyone's attention.
"Sorry, but if I could have your attention for a moment, I won't waste a lot of your time. I've been asked to give all of you a speech about Jason and Trini," Tommy said, as the noise level dropped several decibels while the crowd tried to maintain their quietness. "I've known the two of them since I first moved to Angel Grove during my freshman year of high school. They have both been great friends to me over the years, even when things went wrong for me. Then, I made the mistake of assuming that they were dating; boy did I catch an earful for that one. No they weren't dating. They did not even like each other, well as you can see, they lied to me that day. Obviously, they DID like each other, which, I guess, means I was right and they were wrong. To a couple of people, who said they would never date, I hope that your marriage is wonderful, no matter what happens in this life. Now, we all ask that you would please step on the dance floor for the first dance."
"Good job, Tommy," Adam said, as they had to admit that they were surprised at how well the speech had gone. Tommy had, had the shy habit in high school of stuttering when he got in from of large crowds to speak, but teaching must have changed that in him.
"Thanks, but I can't say that I thought all of it up on my own," Tommy said casting his eyes towards Kim before looking back at the rest of his friends at the table.
"So, you're saying that you don't really remember that day?" Zack asked, while Tommy laughed. He could still remember the day vividly; he actually found it very hard to forget it. His main problem had been putting into words what he wanted to say, which Kim was much better at.
"He remembered the day, Zack. He just forgot how he needed to word all of it," Kim said as Trini and Jason song ended with much applause as they took bows. Their next dance though, involved some friends, but who would have thought that they would have headed their way first.
"Come on, Ms. Pregnant one, I want to dance with you before you get too tired," Jason said pulling Kim up and walking her out to the dance floor.
"Billy," Trini said, as she pulled him out on the dance floor. The rest of their friends knew that they'd eventually get a chance to dance, but most of them went onto the floor, so they would at least have something to do besides sit and ponder when they would be called on again.
"Are you happy me and Tommy saw that fear now?" Kim asked as they began dancing.
"Yeah, because I would have never told her the truth and this would probably be Billy and Trini's wedding. I would have been trying to figure out a way to get drunk off of punch," Jason said, as Kim smiled up at him.
"Well, you're not the only one that has ever thought that. I'm lucky that all of you made the two of us talk to each other. I wouldn't be pregnant or married if you hadn't done that," Kim said as Jason got a laugh out of it. He knew that he was catching her in a good mood, but he could thank Tommy for that.
"Are you happy?" Billy asked as Tommy and Kat waltzed by before they noticed that Kim and Jason were laughing about the two of them dancing together after so long.
"Yes and I just want to know if you and Hayley are too," Trini said, as Billy thought for a few seconds before deciding exactly how to answer the question. He wanted to be honest, but there was so much that was going on between the two of them right now.
"We're happy, but she has this sense of urgency running through her veins. It's not that I blame her for that; we all should be acting like that, in a way. I just don't have as much urgency about some matters as she would like," Billy said, as Trini nodded her head that she understood the position he was in, although Jason probably would have understood it better.
"Well, Jason probably felt the same about it, but his way to deal with it was to just do it. You have a lot more things that go along with yours. You have to find a house, a job, and a ring, which is not going to be easy to do in any order," Trini said with a smile, as she saw Zack heading towards them and had the feeling that he was going to cut in sometime soon.
"Have a good time, who knows when I'm going to see you next," Billy said, as Zack looked between the two of them before deciding to break in and pray that neither one of them would get mad.
"May I have this dance?" Zack asked with a smile as Billy gave Trini a hug before he moved out of the way to try to find Hayley, so that the two of them could dance some.
"Of course," Trini said, as she glanced around to see Jason had changed dance partners. Kim was now dancing with Tommy's father, which was always an amusing thing to watch, but she saw Tommy was heading her way, which meant the dance would end soon between the two.
"Dad, don't make her hate my dancing skills," Tommy said as he walked up to the two of them to see Kim laughing about something he had said and he doubted that it was not about him.
"I won't; she's already decided that on her own," James said as Kim looked up at Tommy with an innocent smile before he gave her a strong hug and gently ticked her sides.
"Well, I was going to ask her to dance with me, but since she does not want to do that I guess I have no choice. I'll leave the two of you alone," Tommy said, as he had turned to walk away, but felt a hand firmly grab the waistline of his pants and pull him back towards the person.
"I would never turn you down, even if you are not a great dancer," Kim whispered in his ear as he leaned down to where she would not have to stand on her tiptoes to talk to him.
"I didn't know that," Tommy said with a laugh as she mock-glared up at him before excusing herself from Mr. Oliver's presence.
"Poor, Dr. Oliver. He doesn't know that his own wife would want to dance with him," Kim said mockingly as she felt him place both of his arms around her and pull her closer to him, knowing that they would get some odd looks. Some of Trini and Jason's guests didn't know about their marriage and it didn't take them very long to figure out that they were shocked about it.
"Don't you just love seeing all of them so happy?" Mrs. Kwan asked as the rangers' parents were all sitting around a table watching their children enjoy themselves, although it had been a long time since they had all been so happy. They seemed to feel as if they could be carefree once again, which was something that was not necessarily normal for this group of friends. They had responsibilities hanging over their heads that no one else had to deal with, no matter what anyone said about it, that was what happened to them the most.
"Yeah, can you believe that they have all found someone that they are happy with?" James asked as they saw Jason and Trini heading to do some of the final wedding traditions before they went on their Hawaiian vacation.
"Who wants to catch the bouquet?" Trini yelled as several of the bridesmaids, and a few of her other friends, along with some kids gathered behind her. She stepped onto a chair before she conveniently tossed the bouquet over her right shoulder. She turned around in time to see that Melanie had caught the bouquet. It struck her as funny that she was the only one out there without a boyfriend, although with Melanie, she could never be sure of when she would fall in love.
"Okay boys, you know the drill. If you want to try to catch the garter, get over here," Jason said, before he casually tossed the garter, for Billy to somehow catch.
"That is much more believable," Trini said to Jason as he spun her around before looking at her to see if she was ready to go change and then leave for the airport. They loved their friends and family, but they all knew that this was their time to be alone and away from the rest of the world.
"How long does it take to change?" Tommy grumbled, as Kim looked over at him. She could only imagine how long it had taken them to change, as Tommy had barely given her a few seconds without barging into the bathroom to get something he had "forgotten".
"It probably took us awhile, so don't complain about this, mister," Kim said wagging her index finger in his face while their friends stifled back some laughter, as they saw Tommy being scolded for his behavior. They were sure that Tommy could not deal with this most days, but he always had more patience with her than anyone else.
"Just douse Jason," Zack said as the doors opened. They all knew that Trini would not appreciate having the stuff thrown at her anyway. They all had plans to make sure they got Jason, especially Tommy, who had been doused by Jason at his own wedding.
"Don't worry, I will," Tommy said, as he opened his packet of birdseed and carefully dumped its contents into his hands. Jason had guaranteed that Tommy had gotten a good dousing and he just wanted to return the favor.
"Wonderful," Jason muttered as Tommy dumped a good deal of birdseed on him while they made their way to Trini's car, which for some reason, was not decorated. When they got in the care, it was to several people's delight that they would be going away for several days of no worries and relaxation, which was something they deserved.
AN: There are not going to be many chapters left in this story, so I hope that you have enjoyed it!