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Jason Lee Scott let out an audible groan as he shut the door behind him to his home. He glanced around the living room and took a peek towards the kitchen to confirm his parents were not home.

Jason sighed as he tossed down a backpack near the door and limped towards the stairs leading up to his bedroom. He stopped at the bottom and glanced up them. He then looked down at his knee and instinctively reached down to rub it. He grimaced a little as he found the tender ligament on the outside of it.

Jason gritted his teeth and went up the stairs as fast as he could, shutting out the pain. He walked into a bathroom and popped open the medicine cabinet. He scanned it contents until his eyes settled on a tube of pain relieving ointment. He grabbed it and a nearby washcloth. He then exited the bathroom and made his way into his nearby bedroom.

Jason quickly removed his sweatpants and sat down on the edge of his bed clad in his boxers. He examined his knee as he twisted his leg around to get a better view of it. He could see the swelling and let out an audible sigh.

"Great," Jason commented to himself as he reached over and grasped the tube of medicine on the bed next to him. He picked it up and examined it briefly for directions before twisting the cap off. He was concentrating so hard that he had not heard the knock on the door downstairs or the footsteps ascending the nearby staircase.

Jason was just about to squeeze some ointment out of the tube when he saw a silhouette in his doorframe. He knew who it was without focusing his eyes. The pink hues along the sweet smell of her perfume tipped him off immediately.

"I'm sorry," Kim said as she quickly turned upon discovering Jason in his boxer shorts. Jason for his part crinkled his brow, not understanding her response. He had forgotten his state of dress.

"What for?" Jason questioned.

"You're in your underwear, Jase," Kim replied with an amused tone of voice. Jason's face lit up as bright a shade of red as his shirt beneath it as he reached over and grabbed a nearby pair of shorts and quickly as he could he slipped them on.

Kim caught the faint groan of pain as he moved to dress. She lowered her head slightly and began to fidget with a couple of rings on her hands.

"Okay... I'm decent now," Jason replied as he watched Kim from behind. Before she turned he covered the tube of medicine and washcloth with his sweatpants on the bed next to him. Kim fully rotated and locked eyes with him. Jason offered her his usual smile. Her eyes moved to the bed next to him.

"Are you okay?" Kim asked.

"I'm good, you?" Jason responded. Kim studied him for a moment before she moved into his room and sat on a chair next to the doorway.

"You are a bad liar," Kim said with a slight smirk and gesture down to his knee.

"What are you talking about?" Jason feigned innocence.

"I saw you just now... what you were doing..." Kim stated. She waited for his expression to change and when it did she continued. "I saw it earlier too."

Jason shifted slightly on the bed and moved forward. He searched for the best response to diffuse the worried tone she had in her voice.

"How bad is it?" Kim questioned.

"It's nothing," Jason said, he gave her a smile of assurance. She studied him for a moment and held his gaze.

"Promise?" Kim questioned.

"Just a little tender... twisted it in the fight with the putties and Goldar," Jason responded. "It happens."

"I know..." Kim reacted. Kim considered the many little injuries each of the team had suffered. Usually, morphin would take away the pain. Earlier the fight had not escalated to that point and she noticed the slight limp Jason had left the group with as they parted. "You always try to hide your pain though."

"Eh..." Jason shrugged.

"You do," Kim persisted.

"I'm fine," Jason commented.

"Let me see?" Kim questioned as she scooted the chair closer to him. Jason watched her for a moment and then hesitantly reached down and lifted the shorts off of his knee. Kim's eyes moved from the knee up to meet Jason's. "It's pretty swollen."

"It'll go down in no time," Jason replied with a dismissive wave of his hand. Kim reached across him and lifted up his crumpled sweatpants. She grabbed the tube of medicine and washcloth. "What are you doing?"

"Just relax," Kim responded as she applied some of the ointment to the cloth and then lowered it to his knee. It was cold to the touch and Jason shivered slightly. Kim grinned at his response as she began to rub the medicine in gently.

"I... I could do this myself," Jason said, his tone low as he studied Kim. He was trying to understand her motivation.

"What are friends for?" Kim countered as she finished applying the ointment and then hopped up. She smiled down at Jason. "Do you have an ice pack?"

"Um... I might... I think mom keeps one in the freezer," Jason replied. "But it's..."

Jason didn't get to finish his sentence before Kimberly had disappeared down the hallway. He shook his head briefly and allowed himself a smile before examining her work on his knee. He felt the coolness give way to heat as the medicine began to be absorbed through his skin. Jason leaned back a little and relaxed his posture.

"I found it," Kim's voice invaded the room even before she had appeared in the doorway. She held the pack in her hands as she moved to sit next to him on the bed this time. She handed it over to him. "Hold this and I'll wrap it."

"Okay," Jason replied as he sat up and placed the cold pack to his knee, he jumped slightly and then lifted his leg a little to allow Kim to wrap it. Within seconds he was all bandaged up and Kim was admiring her handiwork. "Thanks."

"Don't mention it, Jase," Kim said as she sat back next to him. There was silence between them for a moment.

"So what did you come over for?" Jason asked. Kim turned to him. "I mean... you know you are always welcome over... I just meant... like did you have something you needed or did you just come to hang out?"

"I..." Kim paused. "Honestly... I came to check on you."

"Oh," Jason responded. "You didn't have to worry about me."

"No... but I do," Kim said as she averted her eyes down to her hands. Jason smiled as he reached over and gave her hand a squeeze.

"Thanks, Kim," Jason said. He stood up gingerly and made his way to the other side of his room and opened the window. He glanced out of it as the sun as it began to set. "It's a beautiful night."

There was no response from Kim and Jason turned back to her to see her still looking down at her hands.

"You okay?" Jason asked, his tone gentle. Kim seemed to snap out of whatever thoughts she had been lost in and hopped up to join him by the window. She saw out of the corner of her eye his focus was on her. She turned to him. "You okay?"

"Oh... yeah... I'm sorry... I was spacing out there," Kim replied with a slight laugh. Jason nodded and they shared smiles.

"Okay," Jason responded as he turned to look out the window.

"Does it hurt to put weight on it?" Kim turned the conversation back to Jason's injury.

"No... not too bad now," Jason replied.

"You should still take it easy," Kim said.

"I will..." Jason assured her.

"I know you usually train on Saturday morning," Kim stated.

"I can train," Jason said. He saw the look Kim was giving him. "I can... I'll take it easy."

"I'll join you," Kim said.

"Okay?" Jason responded. Kim didn't train with him nearly as much as they used to before they were Rangers.

"If that's okay?" Kim questioned.

"It's fine," Jason replied. "It will be like old times."

"I'm sorry... we don't hang out as much as we did," Kim said, seizing on the moment to address it.

"It's cool," Jason replied. "We still hang out, all of us."

"Yes... but you and I never do much these days," Kim countered. Jason shrugged.

"You've got Tommy... I get it," Jason said as he offered her a smile. Kim shook her head.

"I..." She hesitated. "That's not..."

"What?" Jason questioned.

"I don't know..." Kim answered honestly.

"It's fine... like I said we all hang out all the time," Jason said as he folded his arms across his chest and leaned back against the window frame. Kim locked eyes with him. They both seemed to be searching for answers within each other.

"I miss you," Kim blurted out. Jason unfolded his hands and pushed off the wall. He cocked his head.

"I'm... I'm right here," Jason responded as he reached out and placed a hand on her shoulder.

"I know... but..." Kim searched for her words as her own hand moved up and covered his. "I just feel like we are drifting apart... with the ranger duties... and Tommy."

"Kim..." Something about the way he said her name always made her feel nice. She couldn't explain it, but it just always had a positive effect on her. Jason smiled before he continued. "I'm always here... never going anywhere."

Kim moved in and embraced him first. She sunk her head into his chest and wrapped her arms around him. He held her tightly and rested his chin on top of her head. Kim smiled into his chest.

"Love you, Jase," Kim said.

"Love you too," Jason replied. They pulled apart.

"You think I'm being silly?" Kim questioned. He shook his head.

"No..." Jason responded. "I get it..."

"You do?" Kim asked.

"Yeah... things are changing... that's life," Jason answered. "But... you and I... no matter what... that won't change."

"It's a deal," Kim said with a smile. Her eyes moved to a clock on the wall nearby. She shifted her feet slightly. Jason noticed.

"You got a date?" Jason asked.

"I..." Kim paused.

"Go on," Jason said with a smile.

"I could call it off if you want to hang," Kim replied.

"Nah... I don't want to explain that to Tommy," Jason said with a chuckle. Kim reached up and pushed a stray hair behind her ear as she searched his face.

"Okay... but tomorrow morning... we are training right?" Kim questioned.

"Right," Jason agreed with a nod.

"Just the two of us?" Kim asked.

"If you want it that way," Jason replied.

"I do," Kim stated. She started to back towards the exit of his room. "The old spot?"

"Yep," Jason replied. Kim stopped as she took in the silhouette of him with the setting sun coming through the window behind him. She took a deep breath. Things were changing for sure. Some changes she believed she may not be able to ignore any longer. Unspoken things that may someday come to light. For now, though, a training session with her oldest friend would do. It would be perfect.

"Bye, Jase," Kim said as she paused in the doorway.

"Bye," He responded with a slight wave before he turned back to admire the view once more, he flexed his knee a little and smiled at how much better it felt already.