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Trini's POV

I wish that I would have woken up to the smell of coffee or even the sound of birds singing in the yard, but that is not what happened this morning. I know that I may have gotten Kim off of the subject last night, but she sure as hell crashed into my life this morning. I guess I should have known that the silence about this would not last very long. My friends would be able to figure out the real reason I just showed up back in California. I had just hoped to get to really talk to Jason before they figured it out.

"Oh my God. What is this?" Kim shrieked as she walked into the living room and saw Jason and Trini lounged out on the couch.

To say she was shocked was an understatement of what she felt. She had never thought that the two of them would just lounge around like they were. And by the way, when had Jason gotten here and why were they in such a compromising position? It made no sense to her that this was going on in her living room and she didn't even know about it. She had thought that she would know something like this was going on.

"Jeez, Kim. I'm trying to sleep. I'm sure that the roach will crawl away or you could just kill it yourself," Trini muttered as she felt around her "pillow" and then settled back down on Jason's chest, after pulling part of his shirt over her eyes to block out the sunlight. Then she realized that her "pillow" was moving and leapt away from it. She had completely forgetten that Jason was there at all. She had been sure last night that he was going to get her to sleep and then leave, but it was obvious he hadn't. He must have been much more tired than he let on, too. "What the hell?"

"What are the two of you yelling about? What's happened?" Jason asked, as he looked up at Trini and gave her another hug. He then realized what it meant for her to be there. Oh man, he was going to get it when Emily found out and Trini was going to receive her lashings even more and she did not deserve that at all. He did not want Trini to wind up in the middle of their feuding, but he knew that it was going to happen. Emily had always been a little bit jealous of girls that even talked to Jason. Trini was his best friend and he couldn't keep her away and he didn't want her to be away. He just wondered how he was going to explain that to Emily or if he even wanted to explain it to her. "Oh, I'm sorry. Trini I didn't realize how tired I was last night. I didn't think that I would go to sleep."

"Now what is going on here?" Kim asked with a smirk on her face and then noticed that both Trini and Jason looked panicked. Last night they had talked about leaving things alone, but that really lasted for only a few seconds, as Jason and Trini cared more about each other than words could suffice. They just didn't know how to begin moving their relationship in that direction or if they were even ready to risk their friendship for so much more. "Guys, what's going on?"

"We don't know," Jason said, sadly, as Trini began becoming mad and then she jumped off of his lap and walked to the other side of the room. Damn it! He had a girlfriend and she knew that she was testing him in every way possible. She had not meant to put either one of them in the position that they were in now, but she had inadvertantly done that by coming home. She hadn't really imagined that Jason would be dating anyone, but Zack had assured her that things would be fine when she called last night. She didn't believe that right now, but maybe things would change. "Trini...please don't do this."

"Jason, this can't happen now. I will not break up a relationship. I don't feel right doing that to you. You deserve a chance at happiness without me getting in the way of it," Trini said adamantly as Kim looked at Jason, who was feeling rather sick right now.

How could he prove to her that he really did need to break it off with Emily because he would not be happy with her mad at him? He could not stand for Trini to be mad at him about anything, but he knew that what she was asking was too much for him. It was too much to keep putting her second when she wasn't in his heart.

"Trini…that's ... fine," Jason said, as he resigned himself to it, for the time being. He knew he would have to choose between the two of them, one day, but today was not the day, at least that was what he hoped. He also hated to know that Emily probably wouldn't win and he would lose the friendship they had had, but he would rather lose that than to risk losing Trini. "Um, I better go…will either of you be at the park this afternoon?"

"We'll be there," Kim said, as she looked over at Trini and made sure that she understood that she would indeed be going to the park this afternoon. If Trini told her that she was not interested in Jason now, she knew that she was lying and Kim was going to do something about it. Trini deserved to not get the short end of the stick on this deal and it seemed that Jason felt the same way. "Go on, Jason. We'll see you this afternoon."

"Kim, I swear, we didn't do anything. We just fell asleep," Trini said, as she expected Kim to be mad, but the look on her face told her otherwise.

Kim felt sorry for the position that Trini and Jason were now in. They really must love each other, especially considering the fact that Jason had accepted Trini's ludicrous conditions in order to keep her happy. He now felt as if he had to stay with Emily, in order to not make her mad, but Kim knew that wouldn't last long. Jason's willpower was just not that strong.

"I know that you didn't, Trini. I know that neither of you would do that while one of you is in a relationship," Kim said, as she noticed Trini holding her arms where Jason had last touched them. She felt so sorry for them. They shouldn't have had to put themselves through this, but they had done that, even if it was not by choice. "He means a lot to you, doesn't he?"

"Yes and Kim, I can't lose him. I can not lose him, again," Trini muttered as she sank down to the floor and placed her hands over her eyes. She meant it. It had almost killed her when he left to come back here and seeing all of this was not helping her. She just didn't know how much more she could take before she would turn around and go straight back to Geneva, forcing herself to leave him behind.

"I know, believe me I do," Kim said, as she put both of her arms around her and held her close.

Her best friend was suffering and she was not sure that she would be able to help her. She was going to have to talk to Tommy to see what he knew, but until then, she was just going to have to settle for comforting her. She could only hope that Jason had told Tommy something about how he felt for Trini. Otherwise she was going to have a lot to pull out of the both of them.

Tommy's House

"Jason, what happened? I thought that you were coming back last night," Tommy said, as Jason walked in and he gave Tommy a look. This couldn't be good. It was never good for him if Jason walked into his house and didn't even say hey. He just did not know if he was up to talking some common sense into Jason this morning. "That bad?"

"It's not bad, but Trini refuses to get close to me, now that she knows about Emily. Tommy, I can't stand it! I can't deal with this! I've always had her to rely on and now she decides to be distant! I need her right now! Why is she doing this?" Jason yelled out in frustration as Tommy stared at him.

He didn't really expect this. Kim had warned him about this coming up, but he didn't believe that it would happen so soon. He actually had found it fairly hard to believe it at all, but now he was seeing the proof, standing right in front of him. Why didn't the two of them just admit how much they cared?

"Jason, calm down man. You know that she doesn't want something to happen that you might regret. Give it some time, she'll come around," Tommy said, as his parents peeked into the living room and then turned back around. This was obviously something that they needed to let Tommy handle, alone.

"I'm regretting Emily right now. I don't need any more time to decide how I feel about that, Tommy, but Trini wants me to just be a good boy and not break up. I can't do it, I just can't," Jason said, as Tommy stared at him. Those sentences spoke volumes for how Jason felt about Trini in comparison to Emily. He just wondered why Jason hadn't said something about Trini earlier. None of them would have pushed him towards Emily if they had known about how he felt about Trini. They had secretly been hoping the two of them would get together for years, but when it didn't happen, they started looking for other people for him to date. They wanted him to be happy. "Tommy, I left Geneva because I was scared of what might happen between us. Now I know that I can't stop myself from becoming more than friends with her. Tommy, she fell asleep in my arms and I didn't move her. I didn't even try to leave her there alone, I fell asleep myself. I can't even stand for Emily to get that close to me! Tommy, I need help!"

"Yeah and you need to talk to Trini, not me. I can't help you with this," Tommy said as Jason stared at him and he knew that he could not believe it at all. He was scared of Trini right now and she seemed to be terrified of him as well.

"Tommy, you don't have any advice for me?" Jason asked, as Tommy shook his head no then he thought for a few seconds before he said anything else.

"Well, is she coming to the park?" Tommy asked as Jason shook his head yes. Well, this seemed like it was going to be easier than he expected it to be. "Well, talk to her. We won't stop you, not after that look that you gave Rocky yesterday."

"Tommy, you can't tell me that you don't understand what it is like," Jason said, begging Tommy to say something that Kim wouldn't say to him.

"I understand, but you don't need to follow my example. I made too many mistakes with Kim the first time," Tommy said, as Jason walked back out the door and slammed it with all the force that he could find. He then reopened it, to yell an apology to the Oliver's and continued on his way. This did not look like it was going to work out as nicely as all of them had hoped it would.

AN: Another short chapter, but I hope that you enjoy the set up that it is giving for the next chapter. Review if you want and criticize if necessary.