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jakegreenranger
Jake: Green Ranger
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jakegreenranger · 1 month ago
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jakegreenranger · 2 years ago
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My Jake x Gia fic is almost at 300 views. Give it a kudos and please comment!
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jakegreenranger · 3 years ago
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Hey everyone, if anyone even still follows this blog. A couple days ago we lost the original green ranger played by Jason David Frank. If you have followed me or my main blog you’ll know I wasn’t his biggest fan. But it was mostly playful, so the past few days have been weird.
At first I thought it was just another rumor. I’ve been on the internet since 2000. There have been tons of celebrity death hoaxes. They’re never funny. But as the day went on, it became clear it wasn’t a hoax. This is yet another case of how we need to treat mental health as a real thing. Especially for men.
Because no matter how your life is, how much money or fame you have; people can still be struggling. As a guy who was born in 1986; I and I’m sure every other guy was told to suck it up. Man up. Boys don’t cry. And many other toxic sayings. Suffering in silence is no way to live. If you are struggling, ask for help.
My heart goes out to his family and friends. No matter what I said about him, he was still a human and this shouldn’t have happened.
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jakegreenranger · 3 years ago
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If this scene is taken out of context,it looks like Gia is giving birth 😂
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Jake x Gia shippers RISE!
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jakegreenranger · 3 years ago
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Rating:
Explicit
Archive Warning:
No Archive Warnings Apply
Category:
F/M
Fandom:
Power Rangers Megaforce
Relationship:
Jake Holling/Gia Moran
Characters:
Jake Holling
Gia Moran
Emma Goodall
Noah Carver
Troy Burrows
Additional Tags:
Romance
Fluff
Angst
Fluff and Angst
Humor
Language: English Stats: Published:2022-04-25Updated:2022-05-19Words:9975Chapters:2/?Kudos:2Hits:24
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jakegreenranger · 3 years ago
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Rating:
Explicit
Archive Warning:
No Archive Warnings Apply
Category:
F/M
Fandom:
Power Rangers Megaforce
Relationship:
Jake Holling/Gia Moran
Characters:
Jake Holling
Gia Moran
Emma Goodall
Noah Carver
Troy Burrows
Additional Tags:
Romance
Fluff
Angst
Fluff and Angst
Humor
Language: English Stats: Published:2022-04-25Updated:2022-05-19Words:9975Chapters:2/?Kudos:2Hits:24
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jakegreenranger · 3 years ago
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Rating:
Explicit
Archive Warning:
No Archive Warnings Apply
Category:
F/M
Fandom:
Power Rangers Megaforce
Relationship:
Jake Holling/Gia Moran
Characters:
Jake Holling
Gia Moran
Emma Goodall
Noah Carver
Troy Burrows
Additional Tags:
Romance
Fluff
Angst
Fluff and Angst
Humor
Language: English Stats: Published:2022-04-25Updated:2022-05-19Words:9975Chapters:2/?Kudos:2Hits:24
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jakegreenranger · 3 years ago
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Hii are you still writing fics. I was wondering if you will write jake x gia. Its been a while since i have seen one
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It had been nine years since the Legendary Battle. How do you return to a normal life after such a thing? You don’t, but you can do one thing and that is rebuild.
 The whole community of Harwood County California came together after the Warstar armada tried to attack, but the Power Rangers united after twenty years to stop these atrocities and came out triumphant. Most of the other Rangers had moved on, but Gia and Jake had settled after saving the world. They both went to college, had a slight pause in their relationship before they returned home.
During the summer of 2017, the whole team decided to return to Harwood County. May was ending and Troy had been the first to return. Noah and Jake had never stopped talking, their bond of friendship withstanding the test of time. The same went for Gia and Emma, obviously. Orion had been the only one to whom no one had spoken. Some said that he now travels the universe, and others said he got tricked into a marriage and is now raising half human-half--whatever creature Orion is--children. This was going to be the summer of a lifetime; the gang was back together, and they had been planning this summer since two Christmases ago.
They all had been saving money and had rented an AirBnB in Angel Grove, near the beach. Angel Grove had some of the best beaches and local restaurants. It was also where the original Power Rangers originated. If it weren’t for those rangers and Zordon then Rita Repulsa would have taken over their world. Angel Grove had been the safest city in California since the late nineties, so the Megaforce crew was not worried about any alien attacks. Earth was safe, and they were ready to have a big celebration.
 Jake Hollings was awake bright and early; he had been chosen to drive and rent the van. It was the nicest van he had ever seen let alone driven.
“We deserve this,” he said softly as he ran his hand across the charcoal-colored van.
With comfortable seats all with a cup holder and back massagers, the van was perfectly luxurious. The back had enough room for a year of luggage/clothes. Troy was on snack duty; Noah had made multiple playlists for the long ride as well as renting the beach house. All Emma and Gia had to do was show up and have a fun time. All Jake wanted was for Gia to have a good vacation and also get a chance to talk to her in order to work things out. College had been rough for them; they didn’t have any fights, but the long-distance thing had been complicated. The lack of actual physical contact was the biggest problem. He missed holding her in his arms as the big spoon just as much as he missed being the little spoon.
College life, all the work they had to do, on top of trying to grow new friendships and working to save up money for this whole trip, was taking a toll on all of them. And their pockets. Even with their scholarships, because unfortunately being a Power Ranger and saving the world--despite how cool it was-- didn’t pay.
Jake turned on the van, hit the air conditioner button and started to leave the car rental parking lot. As he drove away, all the thoughts of college, being superheroes, and their unknown future left his head. Jake was a smiley positive type of guy, and he had the biggest smile plastered over his face. His hand instinctually hit the volume knob and cranked the tunes. He rolled the window down as he pulled into Gia’s driveway.
“It’s summertime baby,” he yelled out the window before he texted her.
“Hollings!” Gia yelled, “I could use a few hands.”
Jake quickly got out of the van, and he opened the trunk before jogging over to her front door. He heard her yell ‘it’s open’ and with that he entered. It had been a few years since he’d been here. He greeted her parents and went up to her room. She had a couple bags and they looked heavy, but he hadn’t stopped working out and he wanted to impress her. He always wanted to impress her.
“Before you say anything, it’s only three bags but to be fair we are going to be gone all summer.” Gia smiled and he felt his heart melt like it did when he first saw her. “
“That’s fine,” he laughed. “I have two, but I watched this video on how to pack efficiently and it worked wonders. I probably would have needed double of what you have.”
“All you wear is black hoodies and jeans, how many do you own?” Gia laughed, she had moved closer and gave him a peck on his cheek. Friends kiss friends all the time, he thought and smiled.
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Gia was extremely excited to spend the summer with her best friends before they all had to become full fledged adults with jobs and mortgages. This was their last hurrah to be free. No responsibilities nor jobs. Just the California beaches of Angel Grove and hopefully a couple of margaritas. She woke up early, partly because she was too excited to sleep but mostly because she had been procrastinating packing. After an hour or so and with a lot of changing her mind, she got her luggage down to three bags. They were all very heavy. The hardest thing to pack was nightwear since she wanted to fix things with Jake. He had seemed stressed with schoolwork, and they had both mutually decided to pause until they could work things out or move on.
She didn’t want to move on, she loved him even more than before they graduated high school. She and Emma had gone shopping last week, she had gotten some lingerie. She wanted to surprise Jake and pick up where they left off. The thought that he had possibly found someone during their break weighed heavily on her mind. If that was the case, then she would quickly hide away the lingerie and deal with it. But she knew she would be devastated if he didn’t have feelings anymore. He was the only person that made her feel special, but she wasn’t going to let her emotions make her act like a fool. She was overthinking and she had to take a breath. She heard the van pull up, maybe some of the residual mophin’ grid energy still affected her senses even though she hadn’t been a ranger for years now.
She ran to her window, opened it, yelled his surname, asked for help, and let him know the front door was open. Her parents were downstairs probably having breakfast or watching the news. She had made sure to spend some time with them when she graduated and planned to spend more with them after this vacation. She heard Jake’s footfalls as he got closer and entered her room. A room where they had studied for school, talked about being Rangers and they even shared her bed on multiple occasions. They had both been unexperienced, the memories making her blush briefly. She hopped over to him and gave him a kiss on the cheek mindlessly, then suddenly stilled. She momentarily forgot that they were on a pause.
“You ready?” he said, as if nothing out of the ordinary happened, and she nodded. He picked up her three bags and struggled a bit, but she knew he was trying to impress her.
“Oh, look who stopped skipping arm day.” she jested and hearing him laugh made her blush, she laughed and hoped the red would leave her face. “Noah lives closer so we can pick him up and…”
“Troy and then Emma. Gia stop worrying I have this entire day planned out. Little do you know but Noah, Troy, and I have the whole summer planned and paid for. Well not like if we go out to eat and such… whatever it’s all planned, and I need to get to the van before my arms fall off!”
“Okay, I’ll stop micromanaging,” she said and nudged him as they loaded her luggage in the van.
“I love when you micromanage,” he said while his face became more red. “I mean I like it, as friends because we are indeed friends.”
When he said this, she became worried, but Gia Moran never worried. Okay that is wrong, she thought, but he seemed to be overcompensating with the whole friend thing. Maybe he did find a girlfriend? Maybe he didn’t but, even worse, didn’t have the same feelings she had? She tried to stay positive but after hearing her name a few times she realized she had been in her own head, and they were already at Noah’s house. As she came back to reality, she heard Noah and he still was the same Noah she knew and loved.
“Noah, it’s been a minute how are you?” she asked. Noah excitedly started speaking technobabble and he stopped himself.
“I’m good, I’ve made plenty of new friends who also love knowledge as much as I do. So I may talk like, you called it techno babble right?” he said and she nodded. “I’ve also worked on not doing that but sometimes I can’t help myself.”
“Don’t worry Noah, it’s why we love ya.” Jake said and smiled as they drove off to pick up Troy.
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The van was filled with everyone, they had left their home behind, and the highway was packed. But it was California in June, and everyone seemed to have the same idea for vacation. Lots of people were leaving the state while many others were doing something as the Rangers. They would be visiting a different part of California for their vacation.
“Why are we going to Angel Grove? Don’t we also have beaches back home?” Emma asked.
“It’s not the beaches Emma, it’s the fact that we will be away from home and, we might see some legendary locations. Angel Grove is the first home of the Power Rangers,” Troy said. He hadn’t talked much during the drive but he seemed very excited. “When you see the beach house you’ll understand.”
“Yeah, Emma this place is very nice and honestly it had a great price,” Noah chipped in.
As the day went on, the traffic became less of a problem and soon enough, they turned off the highway and made it to their destination. But there was still more driving. Angel Grove was an incredibly beautiful city, it helped that aliens were no longer trying to attack every other day. Being back with everyone had been amazing. It felt like they had never gone off to college, it was like nothing had changed.
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“Great job, boys” both Emma and Gia said as they all got out of the van to see their rental beach house.
Five rooms, two bathrooms a full kitchen as well as a wonderful living room with couches and recliners. Next to the kitchen was a dining room they could share their meals in. Troy and Noah started to fill the cabinets and refrigerator with the food they had bought. Emma was off on her own taking pictures. Gia walked over to Jake and put her arm around his waist. He looked over to her and smiled.
“I have to admit,” she started.
“That this place was going to be crap and we would all have to make the best of it?” Jake finished; she felt a wonderful twinge. He knew her so well.
“Not only are you smart, but you’re also beautiful,” she said with a wink and another cheek kiss. Jake’s heart was racing, and his face was hot.
“Hey, that’s my line,” he said with a soft chuckle.
“BEACH TIME!” had been screamed, both Jake and Gia looked to see Noah in his swim trunks running through the house. He had yelled the call to arms, and everyone went to their rooms and changed to join him.
The perfect sands of the beach keep their feet warm, the summer sun shone down and kissed them all. Having their own private beach area make them felt like celebrities. They saved the world as high schoolers, they all graduated college and for the next three months they could finally relax and enjoy life. Troy laid his towel down and began to sunbathe, Emma started collecting rocks and taking pictures of her friends.
“I’m going to take as many pictures as possible and make us all scrap books. We will never forget this,” Emma said while she took photos. Her bubbly energy was infectious.
“So, Jake, we’re at the beach and I see a volleyball net down there,” Gia said with her signature smirk.
“Oh, I had no idea you wanted to get your ass kicked already,” Jake said as he spun a volleyball.
“Wait, were you holding that this whole time?” she asked.
“Don’t worry about it,” he said before he ran to the net.
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The first day had been unreal, the drive over was full of talking and laughing. Everything fell into place so easily, and after saving the earth and going to college it was nice that things were working out for a change. After spending the last half of the day on their private beach, Jake had won most of the volleyball matches. Eventually Emma and Troy joined them. After a few matches, they would change teams and Noah came over. They continued to shuffle around as they played. As the sun set, they all went to the ocean, splashed and swam until Troy mentioned that he wanted to make dinner for the group. He ran back to the beach house, Noah and Emma felt a bit guilty, so they ran after to help. Jake was sure he heard Emma say she had an idea for dessert. Jake and Gia were laying on their own towels, watching the waves.
“Should we help? Jake asked.
“Obviously,” she said as she moved closer. “But not just yet.”
“I did want to talk,” he said, he could feel his heart rate increase. They locked eyes and he never wanted to kiss her more than he did now.
Unless he was reading things wrong, she also seemed to be on a similar page or at least they were both reading the same book. Okay, maybe not the same book but totally the same genre. He nervously licked his lips because he wasn’t sure what they were. They had been close, but they had both decided to take a pause because of school. He had planned this whole thing for her--no--for them. She was waiting for him to talk. It was now or never.
“I still have feelings for you,” he said and there it was. Now it was her turn, which had him terrified.
“Prove it,” she said with another Gia Moran sultry smirk.
He briefly stilled with shock, then immediately rolled on top of her, and kissed her passionately. Jake had wanted to kiss her since she gave him that cheek peck. But he had no idea how she felt, and he didn’t want to ruin everything they had. But as she kissed back, he felt her nails graze through his hair. She pulled him closer into her as they embraced. Like she needed his warmth. The ocean water tickled their feet as it waxed and waned. She moaned into his mouth as they kissed, and they rolled. The sand kicked up around them as she was now on top. They broke apart for a quick second as she brushed her hair away before kissing him again.
“I love you,” she moaned into his ear. He had heard it many times, but it never lost any meaning.
“I love you too,” he said back while they continued to kiss.
Even with all this they both still had questions, they both still needed to talk but things had been bubbling up. Bubbling up so much that when it popped, they continued to kiss each other. They had stopped talking to each other and let their instincts take over. They both knew they couldn’t let this escalate though they wanted to. So, their kissing slowed and eventually stopped. Gia sighed happily before she spoke up.
“So, what are we Jake?” she asked. There it was and he wasn’t sure, but he knew how he felt.
“I want to try again; we can take it slow as we find our future careers, but I know I want to go forward with you as my partner.”
“Are you asking me out Mr. Hollings?” she said with a giggle. “How about we eat dinner before we decide? Never make a major life choice with an empty stomach.”
“Deal,” he said before he kissed her.
---
“Holy shit Troy! When did you learn this?” Gia said as they came back to the beach house, the dining table was set. Emma did that, Noah helped because Troy was in the zone when he was in the kitchen.
“I went to culinary school,” he said. “I wanted to help people and well, everyone loves food.”
“I helped make these mango margaritas,” Emma said as she showed them her creation.
“Finally!” Gia cheered and took her seat.
Just like the drive here, their dinner felt just like home. Jake couldn’t explain it any other way. Troy had gone all out to make them dinner. No one had any idea he had planned this meal. Emma had made an amazing drink and as the jug became less full the talking and laughter became louder. Soon all the plates became empty just as their glasses while their bellies became full. There was an almost comical sigh of relief from all the Rangers.
“Troy, you outdid yourself,” Emma said. “I had no idea you could do that. I feel guilty I hadn’t asked you about your higher learning.”
“Honestly, I’m glad none of you asked more questions because it made the final reveal even better. I wanted to surprise you all. I’ve never had better friends and I wanted you all to know that.”
“This was a whole new level of gastronomy Troy,” Noah said. “You mixed so many great flavors, I almost feel like I’ve never experienced food before.”
“I don’t know what Noah said but I fully agree,” Jake said with a laugh and a loud burp.
“Ew!” Gia said dripping with sarcasm as she playfully elbowed Jake. “If today is a benchmark on how the rest of our vacation is going to be, I think we can all agree that we will die happy.”
Everyone laughed, another jug of mango margaritas appeared and with that Noah brought out his secret weapon. Board games! The whole crew continued to enjoy Emma’s drinks and Noah’s board games, while his playlists continued to play softly in the background. As the night went on the board games started to change to drinking games. Emma and Troy disappeared after a few hours while Noah had fallen asleep on the couch. Jake and Gia had gone to her room, their heads were light and their bellies full of giggles and butterflies. She was holding him, he got to be the little spoon and it felt nice.
“Gia?” he asked softly as he turned his head.
“Yeah?” she said, she was feeling tired from the drinks, but she wasn’t going to pass out, yet.
“We both have full stomachs, right?” he asked.
“Yes, full bellies,” she confirmed with a nod and smirk. Gia had completely forgot about earlier at the beach.
“We should get murried,” he slurred. “Mooreed? Omgaged…” Jake fell asleep before he corrected himself.
“You’re drunk,” she laughed as things became fuzzy and soon everything went dark.
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Mindlessly Jake pulled her closer, they had mostly slept without moving but there was a little bit of tossing and turning and getting comfortable. He breathed out a sigh of relief as he nuzzled her cheek. In the land between dreams and reality was Jake. As he breathed in and out, he could still smell her perfume, and was that the soap or shower gel too? Gia smelled so good. He fell back asleep; she swayed her hips and the two were even closer.
His bladder jolted him awake, he was very careful to let go of her and get out of bed without waking her. The wood floors were very cold, it had to be early, he tried to pry open his eyes mainly out of fear of the morning sun, but the sun was hadn’t fully risen yet. A soft belch left his mouth as he walked to the bathroom. The beach house was so quiet and as Jake became more conscious, he started to piece together the night. The blurred thoughts started to form, he flicked on the light, walked over to the toilet and as he emptied his bladder it all rushed back. Like a bullet train and it nearly hit him just as hard.
“Oh shit!” he whispered. “Oh shit, oh shit, oh shit! I think I proposed to Gia!?”
Jake felt panicked and he quickly locked the door, stripped down and started the shower. He had to wake up, once the water was ready, he hopped in and started to clean himself up. He slapped his face and splashed it as well. His brain was running a mile a second. What had she said? What had he said? He must’ve ruined everything, and he had to fix it. Was he overreacting? Probably? Was that going to stop him? Not even close!
After his shower, he ran back to his room wearing just a towel. He opened his suitcase and clothes exploded out of it. He let out a tiny scream, got into a defensive stance and realized the whole packing technique had been actual bullshit. Now he had another mess to clean up! He needed coffee, iced and black as his collection of hoodies. But first, he had to fix the whole Gia thing. Jake ran downstairs, grabbed a pen, a notepad and a bottle of water.
“How the hell do you spell margarita?” he mumbled as he hurriedly wrote.
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Her mouth was dry, her head was throbbing, her whole body felt weak, but she felt someone pull her close and hold her tight. She was too tired to see who it was. She hadn’t partied this hard, ever. She felt someone nuzzle against her and she felt safe and fell back asleep. When she woke up, she was the only one in her bed and she wondered if she dreamed the whole spooning thing. She knew one thing though, she wanted a shower, some water, and more time on the beach. She sat up, rubbed her eyes, and got out of bed. She stretched firstly before she noticed something on the nightstand. A bottle of water, she quickly took a few gulps and a note.
Hey Gia, I woke up before you and made sure to get you this bottle of water. I wasn’t sure if I should stay in bed with you because Emma’s mango (the next word was margaritas, but Jake had spelled it wrong,) were pretty strong, so I sort of forgot what we talked about. If I’m still asleep, please wake me up. Maybe once we have breakfast, we could continue our talk. ~Jake <3
She smiled at the note, he was always so cute and caring. She sat back on the bed, closed her eyes and tried to remember last night. Their make out session on the beach quickly came back to her. The food and the games quickly returned, and she was smiling again. This was going to be a wonderful vacation. Gia finally left her room, the second bathroom was empty, so she showered and made her way downstairs in a new vacation outfit. Even with them not no longer being Rangers they still clung to their colors. They all made sure to have at least one article of clothing that represented their respective colors. The table had even more food on it for breakfast than it had dinner.
“Gia!” Troy said with a smile. “I just finished making breakfast, have you seen the others?”
“I think most of them are asleep,” she said.
“Looks like we can catch up then,” he said as she sat down after making a plate.
“Is it too soon for me to ask about you and Jake?” he said before he ate his eggs, Troy had an evil smirk as if he had been waiting decades to ask this.
“Troy!” she said with a laugh. “It’s too early to blush, we are in a rebuilding stage though.”
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An hour prior:
“She won’t remember, I was drunk, and we both were, and we didn’t do anything that crossed any lines. It was consensual cuddling!” He had been rambling on and off, the cool morning air was refreshing and the few plants on the outside of the house had dew on them.
Jake had been pacing outside, he had put the note and water bottle on her nightstand. Ran back to his room and picked up his scattered clothing. His head was throbbing, his stomach was churning, and he was sure he would never drink again. He pulled back the covers of his bed and tried to make it look like he had slept here. He was pretty sure everyone had seen how close he had been with Gia and how she wasn’t rebuffing any of his advances.
Coffee time, he thought as he ran downstairs again. This time he leaned against the kitchen island and caught his breath. He looked around for a coffee maker and it looked like the place didn’t have one, so he grabbed the van keys and left.
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Before Troy could retort, Noah showed up. Normally he was very well kept. But this Noah had his glasses crooked, his hair was the wildest they had ever seen it, and his blue robe was so fluffy comfy looking that Gia was surprised he didn’t fall back asleep while he ate hash browns. He sniffed and snorted; his vocal cords were off apparently. Troy and Gia smirked to each other as they sipped their coffee. Emma came to the table next, all she did was open an orange halfway and eat it like a citrus vampire. Gia was realizing they all had their own hangover cures and once Jake came in eating a fast-food breakfast sandwich and chugging an iced black coffee, she let out a loud howl of laughter.
“Fuck!” Jake blurted as he saw the breakfast spread. “I knew I should have slept in.”
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As the morning became afternoon, most of the gang went off on their own. Jake had heard that Emma wanted to restock the snacks and such. Noah wanted to visit some of the historical places of Angel Grove. Troy mentioned wanting to visit extended family and Jake and Gia had no plans until they found the hot tub.
“We should use this tonight,” Jake said, Gia hadn’t spoke about last night.
“How about we clean up the beach house,” she said.
“Yeah, we should,” he said with a heavy sigh.
“We can eat lunch after we clean,” she said.
They had both elected to stay and do some clean up. If they stayed vigilant, they could leave this beach house better than when they left. They each took a broom and started working, their bodies brushing together as they passed one another, sneaking a few kisses in between cleaning. Before they knew it, lunchtime was upon them. So, after cleaning both met in the kitchen with stomachs rumbling.
“Wow, we make a great team! Let’s get lunch,” he said.
“What are you making?” she asked.
“Making? I can’t cook! I thought we should walk down the road and eat at the Surf Spot?”
“It’s a date,” Gia said and smiled.
“Wonderful,” Jake said, and his cheeks were on fire.
They both left the beach house and decided travel to the Surf Spot on foot, as it wasn’t very far away. They got to experience Angel Grove as they walked around. As they got closer to the Surf Spot, they noticed a mural on a large wall. It wasn’t just the original team of Rangers. As they gazed at it, they saw each team represented. They had never experienced anything like this. It was the hot bed of love for the Power Rangers, and they even spotted themselves!
Gia stopped him so they could get a real good look at the mural. With the fading of the paint towards the beginning you could tell this had been here for years or even decades. They saw Tommy’s Green Ranger and then the original Five; they both wished they had got to spend more time with those rangers. They had heard so much about them and they probably had great advice.
She took his hand and gave it a squeeze, they both looked at each other and tried to stay levelheaded as they took it all in. They saw Rangers they recognized, TJ, Wes, Carter, Karone, Dana, Trent, Leo, Cassie, Damon, Mike and Emily. Jake pointed out Casey and Jayden who had helped them before the final battle. They’d noticed that some people walking by also left flowers and relit some candles.
“This is beautiful,” Gia said before she whispered. “And we’re apart of this. We need to get some food before I get misty eyed or something.”
As they entered the Surf Shop, they were seated. A woman came over, her personality was large as her smile.
“Hello, I’m Jenna and I’m your server,” she said as she tapped her pencil on her guest checks. “Today is when we change our specials, so we don’t have any just yet, but our main menu has lots of stuff.”
“Can we start with some mozzarella sticks?” Jake said and Jenna walked away.
After she wrote their order and left, they both noticed a large family portrait. And there Jenna was, with her mother and father but she was younger. She was smiling and had a missing tooth. Above it was the name of the place and the tagline ‘Family owned since 1998!’
“I thought I’d see a beautiful ring before my first proposal?” she said.
“Ring?” he said and tried to play coy.
“Having memory loss Jake?” she said with a smirk.
“No,” he said. Jake felt like he was dodging and parrying attacks. “I do want to one day and I will have that ring. One day!”
“I know,” she said. “I just like to watch you sweat.”
Just then Jenna brought them a couple glasses of water with their appetizer, neither of them had even looked through the menu. A woman walked past Jenna and they recognized her from the painting as the owner. Despite that it turned out that was also a waitress as well as the cook. Both Jake and Gia could tell everyone knew and adored her.
“Once we have our careers all in order, unless my parents kick me out. I would love to save up some money before we move into our apartment.” Gia said once Jenna left.
Jake wasn’t sure why things felt weird until he realized they should have talked about this before. But he wondered when and how they could finally resume dating again. He was also terrified about moving in with her, but this summer would sort of be a small test to see if they could cohabitate even though they had a few others with them. The silence between them wasn’t awkward but they both were unsure of what to say, but thankfully picking at the mozzarella sticks while they read the menu distracted them.
“So, uh…an apartment together,” he said.
“Apartment? I want us to have a house,” she said with that smirk. Jake swallowed hard and smiled back nervously. “We haven’t even picked an entrée yet. We will figure everything out because we’re a team.”
“So, are we getting some more food or are you two cuties just here for a snack before you go surfing?” Jenna said teasingly. They had to bring the gang here, how could you not love this place?
“What’s the Lieutenant Stone Club?” Jake asked and Jenna let out a chuckle.
“My father was the former Lieutenant of Angel Grove; he became a detective after stepping down. There was a Youth Center here owned by Ernie until he went to the Amazon. He took over until my mom bought it.” Jenna said and pointed to another painting of a larger man; he wasn’t the one in the family picture. It said, ‘In Loving Memory of Ernie; mentor, friend and master of Smoothies.’
“I’ll take one after a story like that,” he said. “It’s funny back home we have an Earnie that owns a Frozen Yogurt place.”
“I never got to meet Ernie, but my parents talk very highly of him as well as some of our older regulars. How about you hun?”
“Oh the NASADA Nachos sound good,” Gia said. “I hope they’re out of this world.”
“I hate to break it to you but, everyone says that” Jenna said with another laugh as she wrote it down. “But you are both cute, so I’ll let it slide.”
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jakegreenranger · 3 years ago
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I forgot to thank @kohthefacedealer on here, she polished this turd with strong bones (our words lol)
Hii are you still writing fics. I was wondering if you will write jake x gia. Its been a while since i have seen one
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It had been nine years since the Legendary Battle. How do you return to a normal life after such a thing? You don’t, but you can do one thing and that is rebuild.
 The whole community of Harwood County California came together after the Warstar armada tried to attack, but the Power Rangers united after twenty years to stop these atrocities and came out triumphant. Most of the other Rangers had moved on, but Gia and Jake had settled after saving the world. They both went to college, had a slight pause in their relationship before they returned home.
During the summer of 2017, the whole team decided to return to Harwood County. May was ending and Troy had been the first to return. Noah and Jake had never stopped talking, their bond of friendship withstanding the test of time. The same went for Gia and Emma, obviously. Orion had been the only one to whom no one had spoken. Some said that he now travels the universe, and others said he got tricked into a marriage and is now raising half human-half--whatever creature Orion is--children. This was going to be the summer of a lifetime; the gang was back together, and they had been planning this summer since two Christmases ago.
They all had been saving money and had rented an AirBnB in Angel Grove, near the beach. Angel Grove had some of the best beaches and local restaurants. It was also where the original Power Rangers originated. If it weren’t for those rangers and Zordon then Rita Repulsa would have taken over their world. Angel Grove had been the safest city in California since the late nineties, so the Megaforce crew was not worried about any alien attacks. Earth was safe, and they were ready to have a big celebration.
 Jake Hollings was awake bright and early; he had been chosen to drive and rent the van. It was the nicest van he had ever seen let alone driven.
“We deserve this,” he said softly as he ran his hand across the charcoal-colored van.
With comfortable seats all with a cup holder and back massagers, the van was perfectly luxurious. The back had enough room for a year of luggage/clothes. Troy was on snack duty; Noah had made multiple playlists for the long ride as well as renting the beach house. All Emma and Gia had to do was show up and have a fun time. All Jake wanted was for Gia to have a good vacation and also get a chance to talk to her in order to work things out. College had been rough for them; they didn’t have any fights, but the long-distance thing had been complicated. The lack of actual physical contact was the biggest problem. He missed holding her in his arms as the big spoon just as much as he missed being the little spoon.
College life, all the work they had to do, on top of trying to grow new friendships and working to save up money for this whole trip, was taking a toll on all of them. And their pockets. Even with their scholarships, because unfortunately being a Power Ranger and saving the world--despite how cool it was-- didn’t pay.
Jake turned on the van, hit the air conditioner button and started to leave the car rental parking lot. As he drove away, all the thoughts of college, being superheroes, and their unknown future left his head. Jake was a smiley positive type of guy, and he had the biggest smile plastered over his face. His hand instinctually hit the volume knob and cranked the tunes. He rolled the window down as he pulled into Gia’s driveway.
“It’s summertime baby,” he yelled out the window before he texted her.
“Hollings!” Gia yelled, “I could use a few hands.”
Jake quickly got out of the van, and he opened the trunk before jogging over to her front door. He heard her yell ‘it’s open’ and with that he entered. It had been a few years since he’d been here. He greeted her parents and went up to her room. She had a couple bags and they looked heavy, but he hadn’t stopped working out and he wanted to impress her. He always wanted to impress her.
“Before you say anything, it’s only three bags but to be fair we are going to be gone all summer.” Gia smiled and he felt his heart melt like it did when he first saw her. “
“That’s fine,” he laughed. “I have two, but I watched this video on how to pack efficiently and it worked wonders. I probably would have needed double of what you have.”
“All you wear is black hoodies and jeans, how many do you own?” Gia laughed, she had moved closer and gave him a peck on his cheek. Friends kiss friends all the time, he thought and smiled.
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Gia was extremely excited to spend the summer with her best friends before they all had to become full fledged adults with jobs and mortgages. This was their last hurrah to be free. No responsibilities nor jobs. Just the California beaches of Angel Grove and hopefully a couple of margaritas. She woke up early, partly because she was too excited to sleep but mostly because she had been procrastinating packing. After an hour or so and with a lot of changing her mind, she got her luggage down to three bags. They were all very heavy. The hardest thing to pack was nightwear since she wanted to fix things with Jake. He had seemed stressed with schoolwork, and they had both mutually decided to pause until they could work things out or move on.
She didn’t want to move on, she loved him even more than before they graduated high school. She and Emma had gone shopping last week, she had gotten some lingerie. She wanted to surprise Jake and pick up where they left off. The thought that he had possibly found someone during their break weighed heavily on her mind. If that was the case, then she would quickly hide away the lingerie and deal with it. But she knew she would be devastated if he didn’t have feelings anymore. He was the only person that made her feel special, but she wasn’t going to let her emotions make her act like a fool. She was overthinking and she had to take a breath. She heard the van pull up, maybe some of the residual mophin’ grid energy still affected her senses even though she hadn’t been a ranger for years now.
She ran to her window, opened it, yelled his surname, asked for help, and let him know the front door was open. Her parents were downstairs probably having breakfast or watching the news. She had made sure to spend some time with them when she graduated and planned to spend more with them after this vacation. She heard Jake’s footfalls as he got closer and entered her room. A room where they had studied for school, talked about being Rangers and they even shared her bed on multiple occasions. They had both been unexperienced, the memories making her blush briefly. She hopped over to him and gave him a kiss on the cheek mindlessly, then suddenly stilled. She momentarily forgot that they were on a pause.
“You ready?” he said, as if nothing out of the ordinary happened, and she nodded. He picked up her three bags and struggled a bit, but she knew he was trying to impress her.
“Oh, look who stopped skipping arm day.” she jested and hearing him laugh made her blush, she laughed and hoped the red would leave her face. “Noah lives closer so we can pick him up and…”
“Troy and then Emma. Gia stop worrying I have this entire day planned out. Little do you know but Noah, Troy, and I have the whole summer planned and paid for. Well not like if we go out to eat and such… whatever it’s all planned, and I need to get to the van before my arms fall off!”
“Okay, I’ll stop micromanaging,” she said and nudged him as they loaded her luggage in the van.
“I love when you micromanage,” he said while his face became more red. “I mean I like it, as friends because we are indeed friends.”
When he said this, she became worried, but Gia Moran never worried. Okay that is wrong, she thought, but he seemed to be overcompensating with the whole friend thing. Maybe he did find a girlfriend? Maybe he didn’t but, even worse, didn’t have the same feelings she had? She tried to stay positive but after hearing her name a few times she realized she had been in her own head, and they were already at Noah’s house. As she came back to reality, she heard Noah and he still was the same Noah she knew and loved.
“Noah, it’s been a minute how are you?” she asked. Noah excitedly started speaking technobabble and he stopped himself.
“I’m good, I’ve made plenty of new friends who also love knowledge as much as I do. So I may talk like, you called it techno babble right?” he said and she nodded. “I’ve also worked on not doing that but sometimes I can’t help myself.”
“Don’t worry Noah, it’s why we love ya.” Jake said and smiled as they drove off to pick up Troy.
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The van was filled with everyone, they had left their home behind, and the highway was packed. But it was California in June, and everyone seemed to have the same idea for vacation. Lots of people were leaving the state while many others were doing something as the Rangers. They would be visiting a different part of California for their vacation.
“Why are we going to Angel Grove? Don’t we also have beaches back home?” Emma asked.
“It’s not the beaches Emma, it’s the fact that we will be away from home and, we might see some legendary locations. Angel Grove is the first home of the Power Rangers,” Troy said. He hadn’t talked much during the drive but he seemed very excited. “When you see the beach house you’ll understand.”
“Yeah, Emma this place is very nice and honestly it had a great price,” Noah chipped in.
As the day went on, the traffic became less of a problem and soon enough, they turned off the highway and made it to their destination. But there was still more driving. Angel Grove was an incredibly beautiful city, it helped that aliens were no longer trying to attack every other day. Being back with everyone had been amazing. It felt like they had never gone off to college, it was like nothing had changed.
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“Great job, boys” both Emma and Gia said as they all got out of the van to see their rental beach house.
Five rooms, two bathrooms a full kitchen as well as a wonderful living room with couches and recliners. Next to the kitchen was a dining room they could share their meals in. Troy and Noah started to fill the cabinets and refrigerator with the food they had bought. Emma was off on her own taking pictures. Gia walked over to Jake and put her arm around his waist. He looked over to her and smiled.
“I have to admit,” she started.
“That this place was going to be crap and we would all have to make the best of it?” Jake finished; she felt a wonderful twinge. He knew her so well.
“Not only are you smart, but you’re also beautiful,” she said with a wink and another cheek kiss. Jake’s heart was racing, and his face was hot.
“Hey, that’s my line,” he said with a soft chuckle.
“BEACH TIME!” had been screamed, both Jake and Gia looked to see Noah in his swim trunks running through the house. He had yelled the call to arms, and everyone went to their rooms and changed to join him.
The perfect sands of the beach keep their feet warm, the summer sun shone down and kissed them all. Having their own private beach area make them felt like celebrities. They saved the world as high schoolers, they all graduated college and for the next three months they could finally relax and enjoy life. Troy laid his towel down and began to sunbathe, Emma started collecting rocks and taking pictures of her friends.
“I’m going to take as many pictures as possible and make us all scrap books. We will never forget this,” Emma said while she took photos. Her bubbly energy was infectious.
“So, Jake, we’re at the beach and I see a volleyball net down there,” Gia said with her signature smirk.
“Oh, I had no idea you wanted to get your ass kicked already,” Jake said as he spun a volleyball.
“Wait, were you holding that this whole time?” she asked.
“Don’t worry about it,” he said before he ran to the net.
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The first day had been unreal, the drive over was full of talking and laughing. Everything fell into place so easily, and after saving the earth and going to college it was nice that things were working out for a change. After spending the last half of the day on their private beach, Jake had won most of the volleyball matches. Eventually Emma and Troy joined them. After a few matches, they would change teams and Noah came over. They continued to shuffle around as they played. As the sun set, they all went to the ocean, splashed and swam until Troy mentioned that he wanted to make dinner for the group. He ran back to the beach house, Noah and Emma felt a bit guilty, so they ran after to help. Jake was sure he heard Emma say she had an idea for dessert. Jake and Gia were laying on their own towels, watching the waves.
“Should we help? Jake asked.
“Obviously,” she said as she moved closer. “But not just yet.”
“I did want to talk,” he said, he could feel his heart rate increase. They locked eyes and he never wanted to kiss her more than he did now.
Unless he was reading things wrong, she also seemed to be on a similar page or at least they were both reading the same book. Okay, maybe not the same book but totally the same genre. He nervously licked his lips because he wasn’t sure what they were. They had been close, but they had both decided to take a pause because of school. He had planned this whole thing for her--no--for them. She was waiting for him to talk. It was now or never.
“I still have feelings for you,” he said and there it was. Now it was her turn, which had him terrified.
“Prove it,” she said with another Gia Moran sultry smirk.
He briefly stilled with shock, then immediately rolled on top of her, and kissed her passionately. Jake had wanted to kiss her since she gave him that cheek peck. But he had no idea how she felt, and he didn’t want to ruin everything they had. But as she kissed back, he felt her nails graze through his hair. She pulled him closer into her as they embraced. Like she needed his warmth. The ocean water tickled their feet as it waxed and waned. She moaned into his mouth as they kissed, and they rolled. The sand kicked up around them as she was now on top. They broke apart for a quick second as she brushed her hair away before kissing him again.
“I love you,” she moaned into his ear. He had heard it many times, but it never lost any meaning.
“I love you too,” he said back while they continued to kiss.
Even with all this they both still had questions, they both still needed to talk but things had been bubbling up. Bubbling up so much that when it popped, they continued to kiss each other. They had stopped talking to each other and let their instincts take over. They both knew they couldn’t let this escalate though they wanted to. So, their kissing slowed and eventually stopped. Gia sighed happily before she spoke up.
“So, what are we Jake?” she asked. There it was and he wasn’t sure, but he knew how he felt.
“I want to try again; we can take it slow as we find our future careers, but I know I want to go forward with you as my partner.”
“Are you asking me out Mr. Hollings?” she said with a giggle. “How about we eat dinner before we decide? Never make a major life choice with an empty stomach.”
“Deal,” he said before he kissed her.
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“Holy shit Troy! When did you learn this?” Gia said as they came back to the beach house, the dining table was set. Emma did that, Noah helped because Troy was in the zone when he was in the kitchen.
“I went to culinary school,” he said. “I wanted to help people and well, everyone loves food.”
“I helped make these mango margaritas,” Emma said as she showed them her creation.
“Finally!” Gia cheered and took her seat.
Just like the drive here, their dinner felt just like home. Jake couldn’t explain it any other way. Troy had gone all out to make them dinner. No one had any idea he had planned this meal. Emma had made an amazing drink and as the jug became less full the talking and laughter became louder. Soon all the plates became empty just as their glasses while their bellies became full. There was an almost comical sigh of relief from all the Rangers.
“Troy, you outdid yourself,” Emma said. “I had no idea you could do that. I feel guilty I hadn’t asked you about your higher learning.”
“Honestly, I’m glad none of you asked more questions because it made the final reveal even better. I wanted to surprise you all. I’ve never had better friends and I wanted you all to know that.”
“This was a whole new level of gastronomy Troy,” Noah said. “You mixed so many great flavors, I almost feel like I’ve never experienced food before.”
“I don’t know what Noah said but I fully agree,” Jake said with a laugh and a loud burp.
“Ew!” Gia said dripping with sarcasm as she playfully elbowed Jake. “If today is a benchmark on how the rest of our vacation is going to be, I think we can all agree that we will die happy.”
Everyone laughed, another jug of mango margaritas appeared and with that Noah brought out his secret weapon. Board games! The whole crew continued to enjoy Emma’s drinks and Noah’s board games, while his playlists continued to play softly in the background. As the night went on the board games started to change to drinking games. Emma and Troy disappeared after a few hours while Noah had fallen asleep on the couch. Jake and Gia had gone to her room, their heads were light and their bellies full of giggles and butterflies. She was holding him, he got to be the little spoon and it felt nice.
“Gia?” he asked softly as he turned his head.
“Yeah?” she said, she was feeling tired from the drinks, but she wasn’t going to pass out, yet.
“We both have full stomachs, right?” he asked.
“Yes, full bellies,” she confirmed with a nod and smirk. Gia had completely forgot about earlier at the beach.
“We should get murried,” he slurred. “Mooreed? Omgaged…” Jake fell asleep before he corrected himself.
“You’re drunk,” she laughed as things became fuzzy and soon everything went dark.
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Mindlessly Jake pulled her closer, they had mostly slept without moving but there was a little bit of tossing and turning and getting comfortable. He breathed out a sigh of relief as he nuzzled her cheek. In the land between dreams and reality was Jake. As he breathed in and out, he could still smell her perfume, and was that the soap or shower gel too? Gia smelled so good. He fell back asleep; she swayed her hips and the two were even closer.
His bladder jolted him awake, he was very careful to let go of her and get out of bed without waking her. The wood floors were very cold, it had to be early, he tried to pry open his eyes mainly out of fear of the morning sun, but the sun was hadn’t fully risen yet. A soft belch left his mouth as he walked to the bathroom. The beach house was so quiet and as Jake became more conscious, he started to piece together the night. The blurred thoughts started to form, he flicked on the light, walked over to the toilet and as he emptied his bladder it all rushed back. Like a bullet train and it nearly hit him just as hard.
“Oh shit!” he whispered. “Oh shit, oh shit, oh shit! I think I proposed to Gia!?”
Jake felt panicked and he quickly locked the door, stripped down and started the shower. He had to wake up, once the water was ready, he hopped in and started to clean himself up. He slapped his face and splashed it as well. His brain was running a mile a second. What had she said? What had he said? He must’ve ruined everything, and he had to fix it. Was he overreacting? Probably? Was that going to stop him? Not even close!
After his shower, he ran back to his room wearing just a towel. He opened his suitcase and clothes exploded out of it. He let out a tiny scream, got into a defensive stance and realized the whole packing technique had been actual bullshit. Now he had another mess to clean up! He needed coffee, iced and black as his collection of hoodies. But first, he had to fix the whole Gia thing. Jake ran downstairs, grabbed a pen, a notepad and a bottle of water.
“How the hell do you spell margarita?” he mumbled as he hurriedly wrote.
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Her mouth was dry, her head was throbbing, her whole body felt weak, but she felt someone pull her close and hold her tight. She was too tired to see who it was. She hadn’t partied this hard, ever. She felt someone nuzzle against her and she felt safe and fell back asleep. When she woke up, she was the only one in her bed and she wondered if she dreamed the whole spooning thing. She knew one thing though, she wanted a shower, some water, and more time on the beach. She sat up, rubbed her eyes, and got out of bed. She stretched firstly before she noticed something on the nightstand. A bottle of water, she quickly took a few gulps and a note.
Hey Gia, I woke up before you and made sure to get you this bottle of water. I wasn’t sure if I should stay in bed with you because Emma’s mango (the next word was margaritas, but Jake had spelled it wrong,) were pretty strong, so I sort of forgot what we talked about. If I’m still asleep, please wake me up. Maybe once we have breakfast, we could continue our talk. ~Jake <3
She smiled at the note, he was always so cute and caring. She sat back on the bed, closed her eyes and tried to remember last night. Their make out session on the beach quickly came back to her. The food and the games quickly returned, and she was smiling again. This was going to be a wonderful vacation. Gia finally left her room, the second bathroom was empty, so she showered and made her way downstairs in a new vacation outfit. Even with them not no longer being Rangers they still clung to their colors. They all made sure to have at least one article of clothing that represented their respective colors. The table had even more food on it for breakfast than it had dinner.
“Gia!” Troy said with a smile. “I just finished making breakfast, have you seen the others?”
“I think most of them are asleep,” she said.
“Looks like we can catch up then,” he said as she sat down after making a plate.
“Is it too soon for me to ask about you and Jake?” he said before he ate his eggs, Troy had an evil smirk as if he had been waiting decades to ask this.
“Troy!” she said with a laugh. “It’s too early to blush, we are in a rebuilding stage though.”
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An hour prior:
“She won’t remember, I was drunk, and we both were, and we didn’t do anything that crossed any lines. It was consensual cuddling!” He had been rambling on and off, the cool morning air was refreshing and the few plants on the outside of the house had dew on them.
Jake had been pacing outside, he had put the note and water bottle on her nightstand. Ran back to his room and picked up his scattered clothing. His head was throbbing, his stomach was churning, and he was sure he would never drink again. He pulled back the covers of his bed and tried to make it look like he had slept here. He was pretty sure everyone had seen how close he had been with Gia and how she wasn’t rebuffing any of his advances.
Coffee time, he thought as he ran downstairs again. This time he leaned against the kitchen island and caught his breath. He looked around for a coffee maker and it looked like the place didn’t have one, so he grabbed the van keys and left.
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Before Troy could retort, Noah showed up. Normally he was very well kept. But this Noah had his glasses crooked, his hair was the wildest they had ever seen it, and his blue robe was so fluffy comfy looking that Gia was surprised he didn’t fall back asleep while he ate hash browns. He sniffed and snorted; his vocal cords were off apparently. Troy and Gia smirked to each other as they sipped their coffee. Emma came to the table next, all she did was open an orange halfway and eat it like a citrus vampire. Gia was realizing they all had their own hangover cures and once Jake came in eating a fast-food breakfast sandwich and chugging an iced black coffee, she let out a loud howl of laughter.
“Fuck!” Jake blurted as he saw the breakfast spread. “I knew I should have slept in.”
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As the morning became afternoon, most of the gang went off on their own. Jake had heard that Emma wanted to restock the snacks and such. Noah wanted to visit some of the historical places of Angel Grove. Troy mentioned wanting to visit extended family and Jake and Gia had no plans until they found the hot tub.
“We should use this tonight,” Jake said, Gia hadn’t spoke about last night.
“How about we clean up the beach house,” she said.
“Yeah, we should,” he said with a heavy sigh.
“We can eat lunch after we clean,” she said.
They had both elected to stay and do some clean up. If they stayed vigilant, they could leave this beach house better than when they left. They each took a broom and started working, their bodies brushing together as they passed one another, sneaking a few kisses in between cleaning. Before they knew it, lunchtime was upon them. So, after cleaning both met in the kitchen with stomachs rumbling.
“Wow, we make a great team! Let’s get lunch,” he said.
“What are you making?” she asked.
“Making? I can’t cook! I thought we should walk down the road and eat at the Surf Spot?”
“It’s a date,” Gia said and smiled.
“Wonderful,” Jake said, and his cheeks were on fire.
They both left the beach house and decided travel to the Surf Spot on foot, as it wasn’t very far away. They got to experience Angel Grove as they walked around. As they got closer to the Surf Spot, they noticed a mural on a large wall. It wasn’t just the original team of Rangers. As they gazed at it, they saw each team represented. They had never experienced anything like this. It was the hot bed of love for the Power Rangers, and they even spotted themselves!
Gia stopped him so they could get a real good look at the mural. With the fading of the paint towards the beginning you could tell this had been here for years or even decades. They saw Tommy’s Green Ranger and then the original Five; they both wished they had got to spend more time with those rangers. They had heard so much about them and they probably had great advice.
She took his hand and gave it a squeeze, they both looked at each other and tried to stay levelheaded as they took it all in. They saw Rangers they recognized, TJ, Wes, Carter, Karone, Dana, Trent, Leo, Cassie, Damon, Mike and Emily. Jake pointed out Casey and Jayden who had helped them before the final battle. They’d noticed that some people walking by also left flowers and relit some candles.
“This is beautiful,” Gia said before she whispered. “And we’re apart of this. We need to get some food before I get misty eyed or something.”
As they entered the Surf Shop, they were seated. A woman came over, her personality was large as her smile.
“Hello, I’m Jenna and I’m your server,” she said as she tapped her pencil on her guest checks. “Today is when we change our specials, so we don’t have any just yet, but our main menu has lots of stuff.”
“Can we start with some mozzarella sticks?” Jake said and Jenna walked away.
After she wrote their order and left, they both noticed a large family portrait. And there Jenna was, with her mother and father but she was younger. She was smiling and had a missing tooth. Above it was the name of the place and the tagline ‘Family owned since 1998!’
“I thought I’d see a beautiful ring before my first proposal?” she said.
“Ring?” he said and tried to play coy.
“Having memory loss Jake?” she said with a smirk.
“No,” he said. Jake felt like he was dodging and parrying attacks. “I do want to one day and I will have that ring. One day!”
“I know,” she said. “I just like to watch you sweat.”
Just then Jenna brought them a couple glasses of water with their appetizer, neither of them had even looked through the menu. A woman walked past Jenna and they recognized her from the painting as the owner. Despite that it turned out that was also a waitress as well as the cook. Both Jake and Gia could tell everyone knew and adored her.
“Once we have our careers all in order, unless my parents kick me out. I would love to save up some money before we move into our apartment.” Gia said once Jenna left.
Jake wasn’t sure why things felt weird until he realized they should have talked about this before. But he wondered when and how they could finally resume dating again. He was also terrified about moving in with her, but this summer would sort of be a small test to see if they could cohabitate even though they had a few others with them. The silence between them wasn’t awkward but they both were unsure of what to say, but thankfully picking at the mozzarella sticks while they read the menu distracted them.
“So, uh…an apartment together,” he said.
“Apartment? I want us to have a house,” she said with that smirk. Jake swallowed hard and smiled back nervously. “We haven’t even picked an entrée yet. We will figure everything out because we’re a team.”
“So, are we getting some more food or are you two cuties just here for a snack before you go surfing?” Jenna said teasingly. They had to bring the gang here, how could you not love this place?
“What’s the Lieutenant Stone Club?” Jake asked and Jenna let out a chuckle.
“My father was the former Lieutenant of Angel Grove; he became a detective after stepping down. There was a Youth Center here owned by Ernie until he went to the Amazon. He took over until my mom bought it.” Jenna said and pointed to another painting of a larger man; he wasn’t the one in the family picture. It said, ‘In Loving Memory of Ernie; mentor, friend and master of Smoothies.’
“I’ll take one after a story like that,” he said. “It’s funny back home we have an Earnie that owns a Frozen Yogurt place.”
“I never got to meet Ernie, but my parents talk very highly of him as well as some of our older regulars. How about you hun?”
“Oh the NASADA Nachos sound good,” Gia said. “I hope they’re out of this world.”
“I hate to break it to you but, everyone says that” Jenna said with another laugh as she wrote it down. “But you are both cute, so I’ll let it slide.”
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jakegreenranger · 3 years ago
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Hii are you still writing fics. I was wondering if you will write jake x gia. Its been a while since i have seen one
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It had been nine years since the Legendary Battle. How do you return to a normal life after such a thing? You don’t, but you can do one thing and that is rebuild.
 The whole community of Harwood County California came together after the Warstar armada tried to attack, but the Power Rangers united after twenty years to stop these atrocities and came out triumphant. Most of the other Rangers had moved on, but Gia and Jake had settled after saving the world. They both went to college, had a slight pause in their relationship before they returned home.
During the summer of 2017, the whole team decided to return to Harwood County. May was ending and Troy had been the first to return. Noah and Jake had never stopped talking, their bond of friendship withstanding the test of time. The same went for Gia and Emma, obviously. Orion had been the only one to whom no one had spoken. Some said that he now travels the universe, and others said he got tricked into a marriage and is now raising half human-half--whatever creature Orion is--children. This was going to be the summer of a lifetime; the gang was back together, and they had been planning this summer since two Christmases ago.
They all had been saving money and had rented an AirBnB in Angel Grove, near the beach. Angel Grove had some of the best beaches and local restaurants. It was also where the original Power Rangers originated. If it weren’t for those rangers and Zordon then Rita Repulsa would have taken over their world. Angel Grove had been the safest city in California since the late nineties, so the Megaforce crew was not worried about any alien attacks. Earth was safe, and they were ready to have a big celebration.
 Jake Hollings was awake bright and early; he had been chosen to drive and rent the van. It was the nicest van he had ever seen let alone driven.
“We deserve this,” he said softly as he ran his hand across the charcoal-colored van.
With comfortable seats all with a cup holder and back massagers, the van was perfectly luxurious. The back had enough room for a year of luggage/clothes. Troy was on snack duty; Noah had made multiple playlists for the long ride as well as renting the beach house. All Emma and Gia had to do was show up and have a fun time. All Jake wanted was for Gia to have a good vacation and also get a chance to talk to her in order to work things out. College had been rough for them; they didn’t have any fights, but the long-distance thing had been complicated. The lack of actual physical contact was the biggest problem. He missed holding her in his arms as the big spoon just as much as he missed being the little spoon.
College life, all the work they had to do, on top of trying to grow new friendships and working to save up money for this whole trip, was taking a toll on all of them. And their pockets. Even with their scholarships, because unfortunately being a Power Ranger and saving the world--despite how cool it was-- didn’t pay.
Jake turned on the van, hit the air conditioner button and started to leave the car rental parking lot. As he drove away, all the thoughts of college, being superheroes, and their unknown future left his head. Jake was a smiley positive type of guy, and he had the biggest smile plastered over his face. His hand instinctually hit the volume knob and cranked the tunes. He rolled the window down as he pulled into Gia’s driveway.
“It’s summertime baby,” he yelled out the window before he texted her.
“Hollings!” Gia yelled, “I could use a few hands.”
Jake quickly got out of the van, and he opened the trunk before jogging over to her front door. He heard her yell ‘it’s open’ and with that he entered. It had been a few years since he’d been here. He greeted her parents and went up to her room. She had a couple bags and they looked heavy, but he hadn’t stopped working out and he wanted to impress her. He always wanted to impress her.
“Before you say anything, it’s only three bags but to be fair we are going to be gone all summer.” Gia smiled and he felt his heart melt like it did when he first saw her. “
“That’s fine,” he laughed. “I have two, but I watched this video on how to pack efficiently and it worked wonders. I probably would have needed double of what you have.”
“All you wear is black hoodies and jeans, how many do you own?” Gia laughed, she had moved closer and gave him a peck on his cheek. Friends kiss friends all the time, he thought and smiled.
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Gia was extremely excited to spend the summer with her best friends before they all had to become full fledged adults with jobs and mortgages. This was their last hurrah to be free. No responsibilities nor jobs. Just the California beaches of Angel Grove and hopefully a couple of margaritas. She woke up early, partly because she was too excited to sleep but mostly because she had been procrastinating packing. After an hour or so and with a lot of changing her mind, she got her luggage down to three bags. They were all very heavy. The hardest thing to pack was nightwear since she wanted to fix things with Jake. He had seemed stressed with schoolwork, and they had both mutually decided to pause until they could work things out or move on.
She didn’t want to move on, she loved him even more than before they graduated high school. She and Emma had gone shopping last week, she had gotten some lingerie. She wanted to surprise Jake and pick up where they left off. The thought that he had possibly found someone during their break weighed heavily on her mind. If that was the case, then she would quickly hide away the lingerie and deal with it. But she knew she would be devastated if he didn’t have feelings anymore. He was the only person that made her feel special, but she wasn’t going to let her emotions make her act like a fool. She was overthinking and she had to take a breath. She heard the van pull up, maybe some of the residual mophin’ grid energy still affected her senses even though she hadn’t been a ranger for years now.
She ran to her window, opened it, yelled his surname, asked for help, and let him know the front door was open. Her parents were downstairs probably having breakfast or watching the news. She had made sure to spend some time with them when she graduated and planned to spend more with them after this vacation. She heard Jake’s footfalls as he got closer and entered her room. A room where they had studied for school, talked about being Rangers and they even shared her bed on multiple occasions. They had both been unexperienced, the memories making her blush briefly. She hopped over to him and gave him a kiss on the cheek mindlessly, then suddenly stilled. She momentarily forgot that they were on a pause.
“You ready?” he said, as if nothing out of the ordinary happened, and she nodded. He picked up her three bags and struggled a bit, but she knew he was trying to impress her.
“Oh, look who stopped skipping arm day.” she jested and hearing him laugh made her blush, she laughed and hoped the red would leave her face. “Noah lives closer so we can pick him up and…”
“Troy and then Emma. Gia stop worrying I have this entire day planned out. Little do you know but Noah, Troy, and I have the whole summer planned and paid for. Well not like if we go out to eat and such… whatever it’s all planned, and I need to get to the van before my arms fall off!”
“Okay, I’ll stop micromanaging,” she said and nudged him as they loaded her luggage in the van.
“I love when you micromanage,” he said while his face became more red. “I mean I like it, as friends because we are indeed friends.”
When he said this, she became worried, but Gia Moran never worried. Okay that is wrong, she thought, but he seemed to be overcompensating with the whole friend thing. Maybe he did find a girlfriend? Maybe he didn’t but, even worse, didn’t have the same feelings she had? She tried to stay positive but after hearing her name a few times she realized she had been in her own head, and they were already at Noah’s house. As she came back to reality, she heard Noah and he still was the same Noah she knew and loved.
“Noah, it’s been a minute how are you?” she asked. Noah excitedly started speaking technobabble and he stopped himself.
“I’m good, I’ve made plenty of new friends who also love knowledge as much as I do. So I may talk like, you called it techno babble right?” he said and she nodded. “I’ve also worked on not doing that but sometimes I can’t help myself.”
“Don’t worry Noah, it’s why we love ya.” Jake said and smiled as they drove off to pick up Troy.
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The van was filled with everyone, they had left their home behind, and the highway was packed. But it was California in June, and everyone seemed to have the same idea for vacation. Lots of people were leaving the state while many others were doing something as the Rangers. They would be visiting a different part of California for their vacation.
“Why are we going to Angel Grove? Don’t we also have beaches back home?” Emma asked.
“It’s not the beaches Emma, it’s the fact that we will be away from home and, we might see some legendary locations. Angel Grove is the first home of the Power Rangers,” Troy said. He hadn’t talked much during the drive but he seemed very excited. “When you see the beach house you’ll understand.”
“Yeah, Emma this place is very nice and honestly it had a great price,” Noah chipped in.
As the day went on, the traffic became less of a problem and soon enough, they turned off the highway and made it to their destination. But there was still more driving. Angel Grove was an incredibly beautiful city, it helped that aliens were no longer trying to attack every other day. Being back with everyone had been amazing. It felt like they had never gone off to college, it was like nothing had changed.
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“Great job, boys” both Emma and Gia said as they all got out of the van to see their rental beach house.
Five rooms, two bathrooms a full kitchen as well as a wonderful living room with couches and recliners. Next to the kitchen was a dining room they could share their meals in. Troy and Noah started to fill the cabinets and refrigerator with the food they had bought. Emma was off on her own taking pictures. Gia walked over to Jake and put her arm around his waist. He looked over to her and smiled.
“I have to admit,” she started.
“That this place was going to be crap and we would all have to make the best of it?” Jake finished; she felt a wonderful twinge. He knew her so well.
“Not only are you smart, but you’re also beautiful,” she said with a wink and another cheek kiss. Jake’s heart was racing, and his face was hot.
“Hey, that’s my line,” he said with a soft chuckle.
“BEACH TIME!” had been screamed, both Jake and Gia looked to see Noah in his swim trunks running through the house. He had yelled the call to arms, and everyone went to their rooms and changed to join him.
The perfect sands of the beach keep their feet warm, the summer sun shone down and kissed them all. Having their own private beach area make them felt like celebrities. They saved the world as high schoolers, they all graduated college and for the next three months they could finally relax and enjoy life. Troy laid his towel down and began to sunbathe, Emma started collecting rocks and taking pictures of her friends.
“I’m going to take as many pictures as possible and make us all scrap books. We will never forget this,” Emma said while she took photos. Her bubbly energy was infectious.
“So, Jake, we’re at the beach and I see a volleyball net down there,” Gia said with her signature smirk.
“Oh, I had no idea you wanted to get your ass kicked already,” Jake said as he spun a volleyball.
“Wait, were you holding that this whole time?” she asked.
“Don’t worry about it,” he said before he ran to the net.
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The first day had been unreal, the drive over was full of talking and laughing. Everything fell into place so easily, and after saving the earth and going to college it was nice that things were working out for a change. After spending the last half of the day on their private beach, Jake had won most of the volleyball matches. Eventually Emma and Troy joined them. After a few matches, they would change teams and Noah came over. They continued to shuffle around as they played. As the sun set, they all went to the ocean, splashed and swam until Troy mentioned that he wanted to make dinner for the group. He ran back to the beach house, Noah and Emma felt a bit guilty, so they ran after to help. Jake was sure he heard Emma say she had an idea for dessert. Jake and Gia were laying on their own towels, watching the waves.
“Should we help? Jake asked.
“Obviously,” she said as she moved closer. “But not just yet.”
“I did want to talk,” he said, he could feel his heart rate increase. They locked eyes and he never wanted to kiss her more than he did now.
Unless he was reading things wrong, she also seemed to be on a similar page or at least they were both reading the same book. Okay, maybe not the same book but totally the same genre. He nervously licked his lips because he wasn’t sure what they were. They had been close, but they had both decided to take a pause because of school. He had planned this whole thing for her--no--for them. She was waiting for him to talk. It was now or never.
“I still have feelings for you,” he said and there it was. Now it was her turn, which had him terrified.
“Prove it,” she said with another Gia Moran sultry smirk.
He briefly stilled with shock, then immediately rolled on top of her, and kissed her passionately. Jake had wanted to kiss her since she gave him that cheek peck. But he had no idea how she felt, and he didn’t want to ruin everything they had. But as she kissed back, he felt her nails graze through his hair. She pulled him closer into her as they embraced. Like she needed his warmth. The ocean water tickled their feet as it waxed and waned. She moaned into his mouth as they kissed, and they rolled. The sand kicked up around them as she was now on top. They broke apart for a quick second as she brushed her hair away before kissing him again.
“I love you,” she moaned into his ear. He had heard it many times, but it never lost any meaning.
“I love you too,” he said back while they continued to kiss.
Even with all this they both still had questions, they both still needed to talk but things had been bubbling up. Bubbling up so much that when it popped, they continued to kiss each other. They had stopped talking to each other and let their instincts take over. They both knew they couldn’t let this escalate though they wanted to. So, their kissing slowed and eventually stopped. Gia sighed happily before she spoke up.
“So, what are we Jake?” she asked. There it was and he wasn’t sure, but he knew how he felt.
“I want to try again; we can take it slow as we find our future careers, but I know I want to go forward with you as my partner.”
“Are you asking me out Mr. Hollings?” she said with a giggle. “How about we eat dinner before we decide? Never make a major life choice with an empty stomach.”
“Deal,” he said before he kissed her.
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“Holy shit Troy! When did you learn this?” Gia said as they came back to the beach house, the dining table was set. Emma did that, Noah helped because Troy was in the zone when he was in the kitchen.
“I went to culinary school,” he said. “I wanted to help people and well, everyone loves food.”
“I helped make these mango margaritas,” Emma said as she showed them her creation.
“Finally!” Gia cheered and took her seat.
Just like the drive here, their dinner felt just like home. Jake couldn’t explain it any other way. Troy had gone all out to make them dinner. No one had any idea he had planned this meal. Emma had made an amazing drink and as the jug became less full the talking and laughter became louder. Soon all the plates became empty just as their glasses while their bellies became full. There was an almost comical sigh of relief from all the Rangers.
“Troy, you outdid yourself,” Emma said. “I had no idea you could do that. I feel guilty I hadn’t asked you about your higher learning.”
“Honestly, I’m glad none of you asked more questions because it made the final reveal even better. I wanted to surprise you all. I’ve never had better friends and I wanted you all to know that.”
“This was a whole new level of gastronomy Troy,” Noah said. “You mixed so many great flavors, I almost feel like I’ve never experienced food before.”
“I don’t know what Noah said but I fully agree,” Jake said with a laugh and a loud burp.
“Ew!” Gia said dripping with sarcasm as she playfully elbowed Jake. “If today is a benchmark on how the rest of our vacation is going to be, I think we can all agree that we will die happy.”
Everyone laughed, another jug of mango margaritas appeared and with that Noah brought out his secret weapon. Board games! The whole crew continued to enjoy Emma’s drinks and Noah’s board games, while his playlists continued to play softly in the background. As the night went on the board games started to change to drinking games. Emma and Troy disappeared after a few hours while Noah had fallen asleep on the couch. Jake and Gia had gone to her room, their heads were light and their bellies full of giggles and butterflies. She was holding him, he got to be the little spoon and it felt nice.
“Gia?” he asked softly as he turned his head.
“Yeah?” she said, she was feeling tired from the drinks, but she wasn’t going to pass out, yet.
“We both have full stomachs, right?” he asked.
“Yes, full bellies,” she confirmed with a nod and smirk. Gia had completely forgot about earlier at the beach.
“We should get murried,” he slurred. “Mooreed? Omgaged…” Jake fell asleep before he corrected himself.
“You’re drunk,” she laughed as things became fuzzy and soon everything went dark.
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Mindlessly Jake pulled her closer, they had mostly slept without moving but there was a little bit of tossing and turning and getting comfortable. He breathed out a sigh of relief as he nuzzled her cheek. In the land between dreams and reality was Jake. As he breathed in and out, he could still smell her perfume, and was that the soap or shower gel too? Gia smelled so good. He fell back asleep; she swayed her hips and the two were even closer.
His bladder jolted him awake, he was very careful to let go of her and get out of bed without waking her. The wood floors were very cold, it had to be early, he tried to pry open his eyes mainly out of fear of the morning sun, but the sun was hadn’t fully risen yet. A soft belch left his mouth as he walked to the bathroom. The beach house was so quiet and as Jake became more conscious, he started to piece together the night. The blurred thoughts started to form, he flicked on the light, walked over to the toilet and as he emptied his bladder it all rushed back. Like a bullet train and it nearly hit him just as hard.
“Oh shit!” he whispered. “Oh shit, oh shit, oh shit! I think I proposed to Gia!?”
Jake felt panicked and he quickly locked the door, stripped down and started the shower. He had to wake up, once the water was ready, he hopped in and started to clean himself up. He slapped his face and splashed it as well. His brain was running a mile a second. What had she said? What had he said? He must’ve ruined everything, and he had to fix it. Was he overreacting? Probably? Was that going to stop him? Not even close!
After his shower, he ran back to his room wearing just a towel. He opened his suitcase and clothes exploded out of it. He let out a tiny scream, got into a defensive stance and realized the whole packing technique had been actual bullshit. Now he had another mess to clean up! He needed coffee, iced and black as his collection of hoodies. But first, he had to fix the whole Gia thing. Jake ran downstairs, grabbed a pen, a notepad and a bottle of water.
“How the hell do you spell margarita?” he mumbled as he hurriedly wrote.
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Her mouth was dry, her head was throbbing, her whole body felt weak, but she felt someone pull her close and hold her tight. She was too tired to see who it was. She hadn’t partied this hard, ever. She felt someone nuzzle against her and she felt safe and fell back asleep. When she woke up, she was the only one in her bed and she wondered if she dreamed the whole spooning thing. She knew one thing though, she wanted a shower, some water, and more time on the beach. She sat up, rubbed her eyes, and got out of bed. She stretched firstly before she noticed something on the nightstand. A bottle of water, she quickly took a few gulps and a note.
Hey Gia, I woke up before you and made sure to get you this bottle of water. I wasn’t sure if I should stay in bed with you because Emma’s mango (the next word was margaritas, but Jake had spelled it wrong,) were pretty strong, so I sort of forgot what we talked about. If I’m still asleep, please wake me up. Maybe once we have breakfast, we could continue our talk. ~Jake <3
She smiled at the note, he was always so cute and caring. She sat back on the bed, closed her eyes and tried to remember last night. Their make out session on the beach quickly came back to her. The food and the games quickly returned, and she was smiling again. This was going to be a wonderful vacation. Gia finally left her room, the second bathroom was empty, so she showered and made her way downstairs in a new vacation outfit. Even with them not no longer being Rangers they still clung to their colors. They all made sure to have at least one article of clothing that represented their respective colors. The table had even more food on it for breakfast than it had dinner.
“Gia!” Troy said with a smile. “I just finished making breakfast, have you seen the others?”
“I think most of them are asleep,” she said.
“Looks like we can catch up then,” he said as she sat down after making a plate.
“Is it too soon for me to ask about you and Jake?” he said before he ate his eggs, Troy had an evil smirk as if he had been waiting decades to ask this.
“Troy!” she said with a laugh. “It’s too early to blush, we are in a rebuilding stage though.”
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An hour prior:
“She won’t remember, I was drunk, and we both were, and we didn’t do anything that crossed any lines. It was consensual cuddling!” He had been rambling on and off, the cool morning air was refreshing and the few plants on the outside of the house had dew on them.
Jake had been pacing outside, he had put the note and water bottle on her nightstand. Ran back to his room and picked up his scattered clothing. His head was throbbing, his stomach was churning, and he was sure he would never drink again. He pulled back the covers of his bed and tried to make it look like he had slept here. He was pretty sure everyone had seen how close he had been with Gia and how she wasn’t rebuffing any of his advances.
Coffee time, he thought as he ran downstairs again. This time he leaned against the kitchen island and caught his breath. He looked around for a coffee maker and it looked like the place didn’t have one, so he grabbed the van keys and left.
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Before Troy could retort, Noah showed up. Normally he was very well kept. But this Noah had his glasses crooked, his hair was the wildest they had ever seen it, and his blue robe was so fluffy comfy looking that Gia was surprised he didn’t fall back asleep while he ate hash browns. He sniffed and snorted; his vocal cords were off apparently. Troy and Gia smirked to each other as they sipped their coffee. Emma came to the table next, all she did was open an orange halfway and eat it like a citrus vampire. Gia was realizing they all had their own hangover cures and once Jake came in eating a fast-food breakfast sandwich and chugging an iced black coffee, she let out a loud howl of laughter.
“Fuck!” Jake blurted as he saw the breakfast spread. “I knew I should have slept in.”
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As the morning became afternoon, most of the gang went off on their own. Jake had heard that Emma wanted to restock the snacks and such. Noah wanted to visit some of the historical places of Angel Grove. Troy mentioned wanting to visit extended family and Jake and Gia had no plans until they found the hot tub.
“We should use this tonight,” Jake said, Gia hadn’t spoke about last night.
“How about we clean up the beach house,” she said.
“Yeah, we should,” he said with a heavy sigh.
“We can eat lunch after we clean,” she said.
They had both elected to stay and do some clean up. If they stayed vigilant, they could leave this beach house better than when they left. They each took a broom and started working, their bodies brushing together as they passed one another, sneaking a few kisses in between cleaning. Before they knew it, lunchtime was upon them. So, after cleaning both met in the kitchen with stomachs rumbling.
“Wow, we make a great team! Let’s get lunch,” he said.
“What are you making?” she asked.
“Making? I can’t cook! I thought we should walk down the road and eat at the Surf Spot?”
“It’s a date,” Gia said and smiled.
“Wonderful,” Jake said, and his cheeks were on fire.
They both left the beach house and decided travel to the Surf Spot on foot, as it wasn’t very far away. They got to experience Angel Grove as they walked around. As they got closer to the Surf Spot, they noticed a mural on a large wall. It wasn’t just the original team of Rangers. As they gazed at it, they saw each team represented. They had never experienced anything like this. It was the hot bed of love for the Power Rangers, and they even spotted themselves!
Gia stopped him so they could get a real good look at the mural. With the fading of the paint towards the beginning you could tell this had been here for years or even decades. They saw Tommy’s Green Ranger and then the original Five; they both wished they had got to spend more time with those rangers. They had heard so much about them and they probably had great advice.
She took his hand and gave it a squeeze, they both looked at each other and tried to stay levelheaded as they took it all in. They saw Rangers they recognized, TJ, Wes, Carter, Karone, Dana, Trent, Leo, Cassie, Damon, Mike and Emily. Jake pointed out Casey and Jayden who had helped them before the final battle. They’d noticed that some people walking by also left flowers and relit some candles.
“This is beautiful,” Gia said before she whispered. “And we’re apart of this. We need to get some food before I get misty eyed or something.”
As they entered the Surf Shop, they were seated. A woman came over, her personality was large as her smile.
“Hello, I’m Jenna and I’m your server,” she said as she tapped her pencil on her guest checks. “Today is when we change our specials, so we don’t have any just yet, but our main menu has lots of stuff.”
“Can we start with some mozzarella sticks?” Jake said and Jenna walked away.
After she wrote their order and left, they both noticed a large family portrait. And there Jenna was, with her mother and father but she was younger. She was smiling and had a missing tooth. Above it was the name of the place and the tagline ‘Family owned since 1998!’
“I thought I’d see a beautiful ring before my first proposal?” she said.
“Ring?” he said and tried to play coy.
“Having memory loss Jake?” she said with a smirk.
“No,” he said. Jake felt like he was dodging and parrying attacks. “I do want to one day and I will have that ring. One day!”
“I know,” she said. “I just like to watch you sweat.”
Just then Jenna brought them a couple glasses of water with their appetizer, neither of them had even looked through the menu. A woman walked past Jenna and they recognized her from the painting as the owner. Despite that it turned out that was also a waitress as well as the cook. Both Jake and Gia could tell everyone knew and adored her.
“Once we have our careers all in order, unless my parents kick me out. I would love to save up some money before we move into our apartment.” Gia said once Jenna left.
Jake wasn’t sure why things felt weird until he realized they should have talked about this before. But he wondered when and how they could finally resume dating again. He was also terrified about moving in with her, but this summer would sort of be a small test to see if they could cohabitate even though they had a few others with them. The silence between them wasn’t awkward but they both were unsure of what to say, but thankfully picking at the mozzarella sticks while they read the menu distracted them.
“So, uh…an apartment together,” he said.
“Apartment? I want us to have a house,” she said with that smirk. Jake swallowed hard and smiled back nervously. “We haven’t even picked an entrée yet. We will figure everything out because we’re a team.”
“So, are we getting some more food or are you two cuties just here for a snack before you go surfing?” Jenna said teasingly. They had to bring the gang here, how could you not love this place?
“What’s the Lieutenant Stone Club?” Jake asked and Jenna let out a chuckle.
“My father was the former Lieutenant of Angel Grove; he became a detective after stepping down. There was a Youth Center here owned by Ernie until he went to the Amazon. He took over until my mom bought it.” Jenna said and pointed to another painting of a larger man; he wasn’t the one in the family picture. It said, ‘In Loving Memory of Ernie; mentor, friend and master of Smoothies.’
“I’ll take one after a story like that,” he said. “It’s funny back home we have an Earnie that owns a Frozen Yogurt place.”
“I never got to meet Ernie, but my parents talk very highly of him as well as some of our older regulars. How about you hun?”
“Oh the NASADA Nachos sound good,” Gia said. “I hope they’re out of this world.”
“I hate to break it to you but, everyone says that” Jenna said with another laugh as she wrote it down. “But you are both cute, so I’ll let it slide.”
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I have an idea for a story but I don’t know when I’ll write it. Sorry I’m such a failure
Anon, I got your message and I still do write but I’ve been lacking inspiration it’s why I haven’t recently posted any fics. But I will write you something this weekend.
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Anon, I got your message and I still do write but I’ve been lacking inspiration it’s why I haven’t recently posted any fics. But I will write you something this weekend.
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