All I want for Christmas Is You

Jake trotted down the street, stopping to take in the crisp air. He was on his way to Noah's house so they head over to Ernie's annual Christmas party.

"Ahhh, how I love Christmas time!" he sang brightly.

He glanced over across the street, watching one of his neighbors stringing some lights across their rooftop.

"Hey Jake how's it going?" the neighbor called waving.

He threw up a hand. "Great!" Jake jeered.

He smiled; continuing down the street. Christmas was certainly one of his favorite times of the year. With all the holidays greetings, and caroling, and decorating, and time spent with family and close friends, and not to mention all the yummy food that he could never seemed to get enough of. What made Jake's Christmas extra special this year was that he was getting the chance to live out one of his childhood fantasies. Jake couldn't express the happiness he felt when he became a Power Ranger. He thoroughly remembered watching and reading stories about their heroic antics. He couldn't put into words the excitement and thrill he got every time he fought. He loved it so much that he wished he could share his delight with the world, but he learned that couldn't use their powers for personal gain, although there were certain situations when his powers would have come in handy, but they needed to keep their identities a secret. So one can only imagine how difficult it was for him to hold all that in. Nonetheless, Jake still basked in the glory of being able to live out one of his dreams.

Speaking of dreams, and wishes even through Jake stopped making Christmas lists, he still kept a secret list locked away inside his heart. One of those wishes was to become star player of the Harwood High soccer team. This had been a dream of Jake's for a while now, he was without a doubt a great player, but for some reason he was never good enough to become the star player. Jake sighed; he knew someday he would become the star, but until then he would continue working hard and doing his best.

Besides that there was another wish that seem like for the most part was kind of coming true. The wish involved winning over the heart of the girl he was crushing on.

Her name was Gia Moran.

She was the weak spot for Jake. He first took notice of the beauty at one of his soccer games last year. He still vividly remembered the day, after scoring the winning goal, turning to the cheering crowd and there he spotted her smiling and clapping. Jake's breath had become hitched in his throat; it was as if the world around him ceased to exist at that very moment he took notice of her. Jake was determined from that moment on to win her over, and he planned to do so using his charming antics. Jake was never coy when it came to sharing his thoughts and feelings, and he was pretty popular with his peers, but surprisingly he and Gia didn't run in the same social circles though. One can only imagine the excitement when he learned that he was taking classes with the girl of his dreams. He couldn't believe how much his luck would change when they both became Power Rangers. Not only was his getting to get to know her, but he would be getting the chance to spend time with her.

How much better could things get?

Their relationship was shaky in the beginning, because he probably wasn't like any of the other guys that Gia has dated, and it didn't help that he was competing with all the others that were crushing on her, but he had the one leg up on all the others guys vying for her attention. Over time, Gia seem to have softened up a bit towards him. She wasn't that snappy towards him, or giving him the cold shoulder, in fact he was sure that she had started warming up him. That made Jake very happy.

He paused stopping at the intersection. As he was standing there waiting for the signal change, he started thinking about the time when Emma's hopes and dreams got eaten by Dream Snatcher. He could only imagine the horror she and the others went through, and all the feelings of lost hope. Jake didn't know what he would do if he were to lost his hopes and dreams, they were the fuel that gave him the strength and courage to not only carry out their mission and protect the world, but gave him the courage to wear his heart on his sleeves.

After their defeat of Dream Snatcher, while sitting out there that night, he had no idea that one of his secret wishes would be coming true. That moment when Gia reached out her hand, to him, it was almost surreal. As much as he wished for world peace, and protection of the planet from harm and pollution, nothing could be more real than sitting there in that moment holding hands, and being close to someone you deeply cared for. If he could he would have sat there holding and embracing her all evening long. But sharing that special moment with her was absolutely priceless. Jake felt a rush of wind, clutching his jacket closer to his body, he looked up and saw people coolly gliding passing him. He hurried across the intersection fighting his way through the crowds of people casually striding in the streets…

As he approached Noah's house, he slid his hands into his pockets clutching the small box inside. Jake pulled it from his pocket carefully scanning it. He made sure to wrap it very neat and carefully. He smiled; silently reading the name scrawled across the small tag. Jake clutched it to his heart hoping that the recipient would like what he had to give.

The one wish that Jake truly wished for Christmas was to win over the heart of the girl he loved.