Disclaimer: I do not own the Power Rangers or anything affiliated with the subject. I do, however, own the character of Alex Meyers, who will only be mentioned at the beginning of the story.

"I'd say that was a success," Kim said, as Trini collapsed on the couch from exhaustion.

They had had a great time welcoming back Tommy, but it had been hard on all of them. Tommy was just not used to Earth yet and it was going to take all of them a little while to get used to having him back here. They had all missed their leader, but now that he was back, it seemed that some of his leadership skills had been pushed to the side so that he could just relax, for once.

Jet lag was really starting to set in for Trini and she was wondering why she even came here in the first place. Jason had found someone that he wanted to be with and now she was really alone, but she hoped that what Zack said was right. He seemed to know more about this situation than she did. She just prayed he was right about all of it or she was going to be going back to Geneva with same broken heart that she had right now. She didn't know how much more she could take.

"Yeah, it was," Trini muttered, as Kim looked over at her and then realized Trini might need someone to listen.

She had been fine at the Juice Bar, until Emily showed up and things just went downhill from there for her. Jason had left early, for some reason and they could all tell that it hurt Trini. She had been hoping to get to talk to him for a long time and it didn't make sense that he would leave early. He had to know how she was feeling by the wake he acted before Emily showed up.

He had been saying how much he missed her as well, but they could tell that Emily had been testy this afternoon when she saw Trini and that must be hard on Jason. He was now having to try to not make his girlfriend mad about his best friend, but he couldn't sacrifice the way he treated Trini. They all knew him too well to know that he would draw the line, but it just seemed that tonight he needed sometime to think.

"What's wrong?" Kim asked as Trini looked over at her. Was she really that obvious with her actions or did Kim just know her that well? She supposed it could be either, but she knew Kim would tell her the reason that she was confronting her, eventually. "Trini, I've known you too long than to allow you to sit down and mope about things. What's going on?"

"It's really nothing, just jet lag setting in. I'll be fine," Trini lied as Kim shook her head. She was not going to press the issue tonight. She knew she would have plenty of time to get this out of Trini later, but that didn't mean that she wouldn't tell Trini that she knew what it was about.

"Okay, but if you want to talk about Ja…then I'll listen," Kim said with a smile as she walked over to give Trini a hug and then she headed to her bedroom.

She knew that she needed to go into the Juice Bar early tomorrow, but if she didn't get around to it, she was not going to be too mad at herself. Tommy had just gotten back yesterday and she really needed sometime to adjust to everything. She also needed to talk to Trini and see if she could help her in anyway with the Jason problem. It was obvious that Trini had come just to see how things were with him and she knew that she needed to help Trini, as she had helped her with Tommy.

"I don't want to talk about him. I don't even want to see him," Trini said huffily as Kim smiled again. She knew that meant that Trini really did want to talk to her about Jason, but Trini was not expecting some things today. She had to take some time to digest it all.

Trini went and settled down in the guestroom for a few minutes before she walked back into the living room and sat down to watch television. She could not go to sleep thinking about Jason and she knew that from experience. She had tried it enough during the past and had failed miserably.

She had had this problem since he left the Peace Conference a few months ago. That was what made Zack put her on that plane yesterday morning. She couldn't concentrate on anything and Zack hoped seeing him would let her know where she was headed with him. He had left them on such uncertain terms and Jason had not gotten the type of lashing Zack had wished he could have given him. If it came down to it, Zack was going to come out there to explain things to Jason and hopefully he would understand it then. If he didn't understand it then, it was just hopeless.

"Hey! Open up! Come on Kim! I know you're not asleep! Open up!" Jason yelled, as he knocked at the door. He had gotten home, after a long walk in which he thought about a multitude of things, and then remembered he had left something at Kim's.

He didn't know if he could face Trini alone, but that was a risk he had to take. He had to try to be true to Emily, but Trini just being there made him know that Emily was never going to work out. Trini made him feel ways that Emily had never made him feel since she met him. He felt horrible for putting her in the situation where she would never be any better than second best, but the best he could do was just end their relationship, even if it was not the nicest thing in the world.

"What do you want?" Trini asked as she snatched open the door and revealed to him that she was only wearing a sports bra and a pair of shorts.

He stood there, completely dumbfounded at the sight of her. It had been a very long time since he had seen her like this and although he didn't trust himself when he was alone with her, he knew that she was upset by her body language. He didn't want to see this from her, but he didn't know what to do to make it much better.

He knew that he needed to talk to her, but he was hoping that it could wait until she was more fully clothed. His mind right now was betraying him in more ways than he could imagine it would be able to and Emily would kill him if she knew what Jason was thinking right now.

"Well, I came over here to get my shirt. I left it in the back room. I'll only be here for a few seconds. I'm sorry to disturb you this late at night, Trini," Jason said, as Trini let him in and then went to sit and watch television again. That was what made Jason stop on his way back towards the door. He had thought Kim was up too, but Trini was alone and he knew exactly what that meant. She was not able to sleep and if he didn't help her go to sleep, then she wouldn't sleep at all tonight. He knew about the spells that she had where she couldn't sleep and he seemed to be the only one that could help her go to sleep. Zack had already cussed him out about that one, he just didn't know what was next. "Hey, you alright?"

"Yeah, just can't sleep. The jet lag is bothering me too much," Trini lied, as he sat down next to her on the couch.

He knew that he had some explaining to do with her, he had not meant to hurt her. He had honestly thought this was what was best for all of them, but it wasn't and it was hard for him to admit that he was so wrong. He knew he was human and he made mistakes, but he had never thought that hurting Trini would be something that he would purposely do. That was before he was scared by his own emotions, everything changed when that happened. But how could he explain it to her without revealing everything?

"I'm sorry I didn't tell you about Emily. We just started dating a few weeks ago," Jason said, as Trini looked away from him and he knew he had hit the spot in her mind that was making her mad at him. At least he didn't have to go digging around for the subject, though. If he had had to do that, he would have had to talk for several hours.

"Sure, Jason," Trini said, as he inwardly sighed.

If he had not come back to be a Power Ranger then it would have been different. They would not have felt awkward this afternoon and Emily showing up wouldn't have bothered either of them, because of what had been happening in Geneva. That, however, was what made Jason come back without as many questions. He was too afraid to lose his friendship with Trini, as he had been sure that would have happened if he stayed. He had never been good at romantic relationships and often screwed them up, he didn't think he could risk the same thing with Trini.

"Trini, I mean it. I got scared at the Peace Conference, okay? I admit it. And now I know some of the things I did wrong, but I can't change it," Jason said and he noticed Trini was glaring at him.

This was not the way he had hoped this conversation would turn out, but he still had the hope of trying to make a decent recovery in her mind. He also knew that he was in no position to confess everything tonight. He wouldn't be able to stand himself if he caused another sleepless night, so he left it at a place that would hopefully keep him from being beat up.

"Have fun with Emily, okay? I didn't come out here to break any thing apart. I just came out here to see you. I needed to see another friend, besides Zack," Trini admitted, as Jason stared at her.

Maybe he should just give her some more time to come around to talking to him. This had been out of the blue for both of them and they both needed time to recover from the shock of it all. If he had known, he would have at least told her, but he had not been ready to tell her. He was honestly afraid to tell her about it. He was afraid of what he might do to her if he admitted he was dating someone else.

"Well, let me help you get to sleep. It's the least that I can do, Tri," Jason said, as he knew about her sleep problems from Zack.

Jason had taken care of it while he was there, but it had stopped before he left and Zack told him that it started back up, leaving him to handle it. He hated to know that he had left her like that, but it couldn't be helped. He had had to come back and help the rangers, but he had been given an outlet. He had ultimately chosen that he would come back here and he was not seeing the other affects of his leaving.

"You don't have to. I'll be fine, Jason. I'm sure that I'll go to sleep sometime tonight," Trini said, as he put his arm around her and then pulled her into his lap. He was going to help her, even if she didn't like the idea of it. They were still friends in his mind.

He was surprised that she curled up against him so quickly, but he noticed that she was really tired and he knew then that it was not jet lag that had been keeping her awake. The look he had gotten this afternoon told him that he had been dumb to leave without bringing her with him or at least telling her how he felt. As her eyes closed, he found himself becoming tired and he fell asleep as well, not knowing what he was going to do about this and not thinking about it either.

AN: Let me know how I'm doing. This is only my second attempt at a Jason/Trini story and I would really appreciate some constructive criticism from the reviewers. If it is horrible, tell me how you think I can improve it and I'll try. Until next time, happy reading!