Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2015 19:45:56 -0500
From: Hunter <painservedcold@aim.com>
Subject: Power Rangers - Chase and Riley Chapter 3

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Both boys were surprised to find that there was mutual interest in each
other. Riley always assumed that Chase's flirtations with girls were
completely real and not just a fabrication, and Chase assumed the sometimes
cold and distant persona that Riley projected was his own way of showing he
wasn't interested. It was Chase who first proposed the idea of a night out
for dinner, both boys saw it as a chance to learn more about each other
without there being too much stress involved.

Chase looked across the table at Riley, wondering what he was thinking
while they both read through the Olive Garden menu. Chase was relaxed, used
to the intricate play between two people on a first date. He knew what was
going on in Riley's mind, and for once he wasn't planning on trying to use
it to charm his way into a lucky evening for himself, he was serious when
he said he wanted to try something new, something more stable than his last
few months of `dating'.

Chase figured that Riley was trying to analyze the situation still, figure
out how to proceed in a logical way and that he was going to be a bit too
stressed out to really enjoy the evening if Chase didn't do anything to
help loosen him up. It was endearing at times, and there was no doubt that
Riley's steady mind had saved his and the others' lives more than once, but
this wasn't something you could apply a formula to, it was just something
you felt and went with the flow with.

The server came and took their orders, looking a bit strangely at the pair
of them.

"Hi, I'm Taylor, I'll be your server today. So, what can I get you two?"

Riley answered first.

"I'll have the garlic rosemary chicken."

"And I'll have the sausage stuffed giant rigatoni" Chase interjected
immediately after.

The waiter wrote down their orders, and then took one last look at the two
of them before he left to put their orders into the system.

"Nice to be the one giving an order for once eh mate?" Chase said, easily
slipping back into his comfort zone of taking the initiative with the
person he's with. Chase was openly smiling and relaxing, trying to project
an aura of calmness towards Riley, who looked much less at ease with their
whole situation.

"Did you see the way that waiter was looking at us, he obviously knows
we're on a date and was judging us for being different." Riley fumed and
crossed his arms, clearly upset with what he perceived as an insult.

"Relax little raptor, I'm sure it wasn't anything. Just focus on me and the
food when it comes, this is supposed to be our chance to get to know each
other better, remember?"

Chase reached over the table and grabbed hold of Riley's hands, squeezing
them before he put his hands back in his lap. The brief contact made Riley
blush and smile shyly back at Chase, who was openly grinning that he was
able to do something to help the younger boy feel something other than
stress about this new situation they were in.

"What was life like back on the ranch anyway? I grew up in the city so it's
nothing I've really thought about before, but I guess things would be
pretty different when you're out with just your family close by." Chase
asked.

Riley cocked his head and looked thoughtfully back at Chase. He hadn't
known much about the Kiwi to be honest, only that he was from New Zealand
and that he was here in Amber Beach to study Archaeology. He hadn't really
thought about how different their lives would have been before they were
Rangers because of course now they did almost identical lifestyles of
school, work and Rangering.

"I guess you could say that it was quiet. I mean, there were always chores
and its not like the animals ever got quiet, but when the only other humans
around were just your family and everyone else lives far enough away to
make seeing them difficult, you just figured it was normal. When I moved
here after finding my Energem, I was surprised at how much louder things
were in the city, or at least louder in terms of human voices and human
created sounds."

Chase nodded, eager to hear more about what Riley's life had been like, but
the younger boy was staring out into the distance, seeming to be lost in
thought. After a few moments, Riley shook his head, shuffling around some
of the dirty blond locks of hair and he continued on.

"I miss it a bit. Not the work or the chores or anything like that, but
just that it was peaceful there too. I miss my brother Matt and my Mom and
Rubik, which is funny because without Rubik I wouldn't have ever become a
Ranger."

Riley gave a little bit of a chuckle about that. Chase knew most of the
story about how everyone found their Energems and became Rangers, but he
was surprised to see how easy it was for Riley to talk about home; Chase
thought the younger boy might have been a little homesick from the way he
was always phoning home and asking to put Rubik on. That, or Riley was
unhealthily obsessed with talking to his dog, which could be cute in its
own way.

"What about you Hotshot? You getting used to America yet? It can't be too
much different from back home for you." Riley teased, clearly just as
curious about Chase's roots as Chase was about his.

Chase laughed "Nah mate, it's not too different, but there's always
something to learn and figure out that's not quite the same. Kendall was
pretty good at helping settle me down in Amber Beach once she realized I
had the Black Energem, and I've had plenty of tutoring about American style
customs that I might not have otherwise known about." Chase said that last
part with an exaggerated waggling of his eyebrows which caused Riley to
spit out his drink laughing.

At that moment, the server came back to deliver the food.

"Alright, so I've got the eggplant parm for you" handing over a plate to
Chase. "And the steak toscano for you" placing the other plate in front of
Riley, who immediately looked at it like it was still alive.

"Excuse me mate, these weren't what we ordered. Any chance you could take
these back and make sure there wasn't a mix-up?" Chase asked, clearly as
confused about the food as Riley was.

"Oh, I'm sorry, let me get those out of the way for you" their server said,
not sounding particularly sorry or even confused about what happened.

Both plates were cleared away and both Riley and Chase looked at each
other, exasperated by that first experience. Both boys were beginning to
get hungry and had no idea how long it would take to get their orders
again.

"So baby raptor, what should we talk about while dinner gets cooked again?"
Chase asked.

"How about how you actually got the nickname hotshot. I can't think that
people back home know that you're such a good shot, and you did shoot Fury
instead of the E-Tracer."

"Hey there" Chase protested. "I did pretty well there thanks, at least
Sledge doesn't have it. I actually got the name from all my skateboarding,
I used to show off at the trick parks back home and people just started
calling me hotshot because of how awesome I am."

Riley couldn't tell if he was serious or not, but was spared more questions
when the server came back with more food.

"Alright, here we are. One garlic rosemary chicken and one sausage stuffed
giant rigatoni. Enjoy." Before either boy could respond, Taylor was gone
again, off to some other helpless table.

After the meal, Chase and Riley were stuffed full and feeling sleepy from
having eaten so much. When Taylor arrived with the cheque, both boys
reached into their wallets to pay for the meal.

"Hold on mate, I brought up the idea of going out for dinner, I'm paying
for it." Chase said, already pulling money out of his wallet.

"We wouldn't even be doing this if I hadn't said anything to you the other
day." Riley replied. "I'm definitely paying for it."

Taylor just stood there, watching Chase and Riley both grab at the bill and
try to put down their money. Finally, the poor server had enough.

"I'm splitting the bill, you can both pay for your own or each other's, but
you're going nowhere and at least this way you can both say you paid."

A few minutes later, the server came back with two bills for the boys to
pay. As they were leaving, the two Rangers were still arguing about who
should have paid for dinner.

"Riley, I brought you out here and I'm the older one. I'm paying next
time."

Riley stood in front of Chase and menacingly poked him in the chest with
his finger.

"Chase, I was the one who told you I liked you, so we only started going on
dates because of me. I'm paying. And who said there's going to be a next
time?"

Chase smirked at Riley. "Oh, there'll be a next time, you can't resist me."

Without waiting to see Riley's reaction, Chase started running away, back
towards where both their apartments were. Riley's annoyed shouts were right
behind him the rest of the way home.