Okay, so long time no see. (As I pointed out in my personal bio.)How are you all? You'll have to forgive the shortness and honestly lack of excitement in this chapter but I am sooo out of practice it's insane, I can only hope things will get better!

Grace meets the old ranger teams and is a little overwhelmed…

Chapter 8 – Friends Again

"Tommy!!" The shriek pierced Grace's ears and she noticed Tommy could barely contain his wince, although it was quickly followed by a large smile for the petite brunette running at him with her arms spread wide. She recognized the tiny pink ranger instantly and she seemed to have barely changed at all.

Tommy swept the small woman into his arms and twirled her around whilst she laughed, when he at last set her down she was flushed and grinning. Grace tried to tuck every insecurity that had just surfaced away; this was most definitely not the time or the place to have a small mental breakdown…

"Tommy?" A soft voice made her look up. Oh great, there was the other one.

Kat also seemed to have remained exactly the same with her pale blonde hair and pretty features; Grace wished she could sink into the ground without anyone noticing. Ex-girlfriends the mantra in her head whispered over and over again, sure said another voice inside of her, but did they have to be so pretty?

She sighed. This was going to be a long couple of weeks.

Tommy grabbed Kat in a big hug and then seeing Kim about to tear up, grabbed her with the other arm. He could see the other rangers walking towards him their own smiles plastered onto their faces, and for a moment he was a kid again hanging out with his friends just as they had all those years ago.

They all piled in around him, talking and laughing each grabbing him for a hug and kisses, and Trini started to cry still smiling all the while.

Jason was the first to disengage and walked over to Grace who had been smiling at the big puppy pile of friends, too happy to feel left out. She looked up at Jason and for a moment she wasn't sure what to do, Jason solved the problem however by pulling her into a bear hug.

"You got him to come." He said as he squeezed her.

"Jason," she said breathlessly, trying to catch some air over his large shoulder. "He would have come anyway, I really didn't do anything!"

"Jason, you're crushing her!" Kim's admonition floated over to them.

Jason pulled back and smiled down at Grace. "Do you really believe he would have come?" He asked, but before she could answer the others came to greet her.

"You must be Grace." Tanya said, "It's so nice to meet you!"

"Yes." Said Kim who turned and glared at Tommy. "At last."

"We've heard a lot about you." Continued Kat.

"You have?" Grace dreaded to think what had been said, she blushed and looked over at Jason and Tommy; they both looked a little embarrassed.

"Why don't we show you where you'll be sleeping?" Kim said excitedly. "We've got such a nice house, its right by the lake! Adam's dad owns it." Grace turned and looked at the quiet man who had his arm tucked around Tanya's waist.

"He did own it," Adam explained, "he signed it over to me a few years ago, call it an inheritance." He smiled at Kim. "So any time you feel like reminiscing you can pop down Kim!"

"We used to come here a lot," Aisha explained to Grace. "We were always coming here for spring break, when the world didn't need saving of course!"

"Come on!" Kim grabbed Grace's arm and started to veer her in the direction of the house, the other girls grabbed the cases and quickly followed.

"Hey!" Yelled Rocky who was cracking open the beers. "Where are you all going?"

"Its girly time!" Aisha called back to them.

"Already?" Jason shouted after them.

Grace was struggling not to feel overwhelmed. "Um, Tommy?" She called back over her shoulder.

"Umm, I'm sure you'll be fine!" He said with a wave as they disappeared.

He looked at Zack. "She will be, right?"

A/N I know it's a short one and not the most amazing thing I've ever written but you'll have to forgive me, I'm rusty!