Chapter Fifteen: Apologies

"Jayden?!" Mike shouted again as he was being pinned on the ground by the red ranger.

"What the hell were you thinking? You're such an idiot!" Jayden yelled as he slowly started to get up from on top of Mike.

At this point, Emily was slowly starting to wake up in Antonio's arms, surrounded by Kevin and Mia. Before Jayden had attacked Mike, Antonio had thankfully grabbed Emily, taking her out of the way of the attack. Her eyes fluttered open and she was clearly confused. When she fell asleep she was with Mike, now she was with Antonio. To make it worse, she could hear two familiar voices yelling and shouting at each other.

"Guys…" Emily said quietly as she was set down by Antonio and started to make her way over to the two boys.

"I'm the idiot?! Atleast I didn't drag Emily out here, then leave her all alone in a forest while she is still severely injured!" Mike yelled at Jayden, not hearing Emily.

"She wanted to come! And do you think I liked leaving her all alone? Of course I wanted to stay with her, but I knew I had to save my team and your useless ass!" Jayden shouted as he gently shoved Mike.

"Guys?" Emily said trying to interrupt the fighting.

"Don't call me useless! And if you were a good boyfriend, you would learn to do what's best for her and leave her home. Hell, if you were a good leader you would have made her stay home!" Mike shouted back as he shoved Jayden, harder than needed.

"Uhmm… Guys…"

"Don't you dare tell me that I'm not thinking about what's best for her, and what's best for this team!" Jayden yelled as he shoved Mike, making Mike fall down onto the ground.

"Oh.. It's on." Mike said angrily.

Mike got up from the ground and swung his fist, hitting Jayden in the face. Jayden responded by punching him back. The two boys started fighting, punching, kicking, and doing anything else to inflict pain.

"BOTH OF YOU STOP IT!" Emily yelled as she separated the two.

"What the heck is wrong with you two? Everything worked out, and we're all safe again. Why do you have to fight about it?" Emily asked angrily.

"Emily.." both boys said.

"No, I don't want to hear it." Emily said sternly.

"But Em! You have to listen to me!" Jayden begged.

"What?" Emily asked, her hands placed on her hips.

"I didn't do anything wrong. Mike started it." Jayden said.

"Me? No! You started it!" Mike said.

"You two sound like five year olds! Why can't you both just admit that you did something wrong?" Emily asked.

"Because I didn't do anything wrong!" both boys replied simultaneously.

"Mike! You should have gone to check up on Jayden when we heard the scream. And Jayden is right. You should have atleast called someone and told them where the hell we were going." Emily said, sounding like an angry mother.

"Hah!" Jayden said.

"Jayden! Don't act like you didn't do anything wrong either! Mike's right, too. You should have known it wasn't smart letting me go with you guys. And you most definitely should not have attacked Mike and started yelling at him." Emily said.

"But you wanted to come with us!" Jayden replied.

"So? That doesn't mean you should have let me go. I was still hurt, and still vulnerable." Emily said.

"But.." Jayden said sadly, seeing he was clearly going to lose the argument.

"What?" Emily said.

"I… I'm sorry Em. You're right. I should have thought what was best for you and the team. It was too risky to bring you along, and I should have thought about that. I'm sorry." Jayden said as he looked into her eyes, trying to convince her it was a genuine apology.

"I forgive you Jay." Emily said with a smile as she went over and gave him a hug.

Jayden wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her close to him, not wanting to let her go. He buried his face into her hair, inhaling the smell of strawberries.

As Emily tried to pull away from the rather long hug, Jayden's arms tightened around her. He had just gotten her back, and the last thing Jayden wanted to do was let her go.

"Jayden.." Emily said as she tried to pull away yet again.

"Yes?" Jayden replied, with a happy smile on his face.

"You can let go now." Emily said laughing.

"No I can't. I'm gonna hug you forever." Jayden said jokingly, with a happy grin still plastered on his face.

Emily laughed at Jayden's comment as she kept trying to wiggle her way out of her boyfriend's hug.

Seeing Jayden and Emily's flirting, Mike looked over to Mia and Kevin. The pink and blue rangers saw the look of hurt and pain returning to Mike's eyes. It was the same look he had when Jayden had told them him and Emily were dating.

Mia gave Mike a sad smile, and mouthed 'sorry' to him. Mike returned the sad smile and walked over to her, trying his best to ignore the happy couple as he walked by.

"I'm sorry Mike. I know you like her. But you'll find someone else." Mia said.

"She's right. There are other fish in the sea." Kevin said, trying to comfort his best friend.

"I don't want a fish. I want Em." Mike said sadly.

Mike looked up to see Jayden and Emily walking over to where he, Mia, and Kevin were standing. He looked for Antonio, and found he was trying to find a route back home. He turned his attention back to the couple holding hands, walking towards him.

When the two arrived by the rest of the team, Mike decided to speak up.

"Em, I'm sorry too. And sorry to all you guys," Mike said as he gestured to the rest of the team, "I should have called or something."

"It's okay. I forgive you." Emily answered with a smile.

The rest of the team, excluding Jayden, gave a nod telling him that they forgave him too.

Mike looked over to Jayden, silently asking if he would be forgiven. But Jayden said nothing, did nothing. He just stood there, with his arm around Emily.

"Jayden?" Emily asked, looking up at her boyfriend.

Jayden still didn't respond. He just continued looking at Mike with a disappointed and angry face.

"Jayden? Can you just tell Mike you're good again so we can head home?" Emily asked.

"Em.. It's not that simple." Jayden said.