"Adam! Where do you want this?" Jason asked as he and Billy came down the hall carrying a desk.
"Upstairs, first door on the right." He dropped the box he was carrying in the living room and grinned at Rocky. "The house is really starting to come together." Rocky came over and wrapped his arm around Adam's shoulders.
"Yeah, and it helps that we have people to help us move." He winced when Zack came in dragging a broken down recliner. "You brought that thing?" he asked hesitantly.
Adam turned his head to hide his amusement. Rocky had hated that chair since they had been dating. He was planning on putting it in his office but he couldn't resist playing with Rocky. "Of course I brought it. I've had it since college."
Zack was looking at them warily. "If you're going to fight, I'll go back into the kitchen. He backed out the door.
"We're not going to fight," Rocky called after him. "I just think this is one disgusting chair."
He groaned when Adam elbowed him. Then, Adam took pity on him. "It's okay, baby. The chair is going in my office."
He laughed at Rocky's sigh of relief. "Just remember this when that picture of the dogs playing poker surfaces."
"Not a problem. I'll put it in my office."
He leaned in for a kiss, but was interrupted by his mother. "Knock, knock," Rosa called from the front door. "I've put the dogs in the backyard," she said when she came into the room. "I'm so glad you've taken Ninja, too. He's been so lonely since all you kids moved out." She bustled out after kissing each man. "Cindy has the pizzas out in her car. Go help her while I get everybody. We'll have a picnic in the living room."
Once the pizza had been devoured, Adam raised his cup of soda in a toast. "To the best friends and family in the world. To Trini, who found the perfect house for us. To Zack, Billy, and Jason who hauled furniture up and down the stairs until the women were satisfied." Laughter followed that pronouncement. "To our parents, who hauled boxes, brought food, and even convinced us to take another dog. And to Aisha and Kim, who knows better than us where everything should go. Thanks for everything."
Everybody clinked their cups. Kim said teasingly, "I still think you two should have some decorating savvy."
"We may be gay but that doesn't mean we have fashion sense or decorating sense," Rocky retorted. Adam groaned. It was an old argument between the two. Their parents escaped to the kitchen with the leftover pizza.
"And now…" Trini said, breaking in before the familiar argument could take place. She tried to scoot forward to grab the bag at her feet, but her 7-month pregnant belly got in her way. Billy handed it to her with an indulgent smile. She smiled warmly and kissed his cheek. She pulled out two wrapped presents. "I know we all brought housewarming gifts, but these are non useful things and just for decoration." She handed them to the men and indicated that Adam should open his first.
He started laughing when the photograph was revealed. It was a group shot taken right after the power transfer had happened. All six of them, in their color coded glory. "We look so young," he said while turning it for everyone else to see.
Rocky pulled the paper off his gift. This photograph was a picture of all the Zeo Rangers. But there were subtle differences between this one and the other. Their faces weren't as innocent – they didn't know what they were getting into in the first one and by the second they had already been in war. They weren't as happy in the second one – they were aware of each other in a way they hadn't been in the first shot. "This is perfect," he breathed softly. He could see Adam looking at the pictures and drawing the same conclusions. Adam squeezed his hand.
Adam looked at the women. "I suppose you have some suggestions on where they should go?"
Aisha bounced up, still graceful despite being four months pregnant with twins.
"You know," Trini grumbled, "when I was four months along with the girls, I couldn't get out of a chair alone, much less still bounced around."
"Just lucky, I guess."
Cindy and Rosa, followed by their spouses, came back into the room.
Cindy saw the pictures on the table. She picked them up and looked at them.
"Good symbolism," David said.
Rocky arched a brow. "What?"
Rosa agreed with her husband. "Yes. In this one, they don't know what they were getting into and the other is where they last served together."
The DeSantos' and Parks looked at the younger generation, who were staring at them in shock.
"You know?"
"Of course," Michael Park said. "You never wondered why all of us moved to Angel Grove at the same time? Your Zordon took us to the Power Chamber, who told us that you were the chosen and he showed us what would happen if you didn't become the next set of Rangers. It was horrible. The world would have fallen. So all three of our families moved here."
Unnoticed by all, Kim and Trini flicked a quick glance at each other. There was no need to for words, just acknowledgement.
"It was rough not telling you that we all knew," Cindy added. "But, the rest of your parents helped out a lot."
Jason laughed softly. "Here we are, thinking we were doing what Zordon asked and not telling anyone and he was out telling our parents."
After everyone left that night, Adam and Rocky prepared for bed.
"Can you believe it?" Adam asked.
"You mean for years we've kept the fact that we were Power Rangers a secret and our parents knew about it before we did?" He shook his head. "Yeah, I'm stunned."
Adam smiled. "We were notoriously short-sighted as youth; thinking that no one would notice all those strange things happening to us."
He leaned over and gave Rocky a quick kiss. "I think we've had enough revelations for the night. Let's go to bed." He chuckled at Rocky's enthusiasm; letting his boyfriend tackle him onto the bed. He flicked the lights next to the bed and prepared to regain the balance back into his life.