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"Zack?" Trini shouted into her apartment expecting her friend to respond pretty much instantly.
When he didn't she shouted again, another silence followed.
Trini sighed and grabbed her phone and walked into the living room.
He was asleep on the sofa, she walked quietly towards him and bent down towards his face.
She whispered, "Three, two, one." And she shouted "Wake up!" In his ear.
He jumped awake and head butted Trini causing her to fall back on the wooden coffee table and threw all of her magazines and books that littered the small table falling off.
Trini positioned her body where it wasn't being poked by the table and rubbed her head a little bit.
Zack had managed to sit up straight and his ears were clearly still ringing.
"What was so important that you interrupted my nap?" Zack said after a minute or so.
"My ex just invited me to her wedding." Trini said pulling her phone out and showing Zack the messages.
He skimmed through them and his face changed rather hilariously.
"Oh, shit." Is all that he could manage and passed back the phone.
Trini nodded and then said, "Who am I gonna take? I can't turn up on my own, cause then she'll ask questions."
Zack knotted his brows for a second and then his features lit up with the promise of an idea. "Take me with you!"
Trini sighed, "I'm gay, Zack. I meant a girlfriend that I could take with me so it doesn't look like I haven't dated since we broke up two years ago."
Zack shrugged, "Sexuality is a scale, Trini. You never know, you might be bi. Or even pan."
Trini smirked, "You're not my type anyway."
Zack dramatically held his hand to his chest, feigning hurt. "That was a low blow, T. A low blow. Anyway, why don't you take Kim. You're still friends, aren't you?"
Trini nodded and then sat on the sofa next to Zack facing him properly now. "I am, but isn't it gonna like screw up the whole morphing grid. Cause when Billy and Jason started dating that messed stuff up a bit."
Zack shrugged, "It's not like it's real is it. So nothing should mess it up, unless you just don't go to the wedding."
Trini sighed loudly, "I already accepted, whyyyy."
Zack laughed, "You still love her?"
The yellow ranger shrugged, "I don't know. I haven't seen her for ages."
Zack grabbed Trini's phone and unlocked it and brought up Kim's contact.
"Message her, I'm sure she won't mind." A look on Trini's face caused the same thoughts he had when she came out to everyone years ago. "Do you like her?" Zack said and wiggled his eyebrows.
Her face grew red, "She's straight anyway, but I'll ask her about the fake dating thing ."
Zack raised an eyebrow and handed the phone over.
"So I'll just say like, what?" Trini asked honestly helpless.
Zack grabbed the phone back and typed out a message and sent it.
To:Kim
From:Trini
Hey, my ex just invited me to her wedding and I need a date so it doesn't look like I've failed in life. Would you do me the honour in being my fake girlfriend?
"Zack, that's way too straight forward." Trini said and locked her phone.
"Well what would've you put? Oh I'm a helpless gay and I still like my ex and I like you so can you be my fake girlfriend so I can impress my ex girlfriend?" Zack said mockingly.
Trini opened her mouth but saw her phone flash she looked up and stared wide eyed at Zack.
He just simply winked back.
To:Trini
From:Kim
Yeah, sure. Do you want me to come round so we can talk about it?
To:Kim
From:Trini
Alright
To:Trini
From:Kim
I'll be there in 5 :D
"You're not being here for when Kim arrives." Trini said and started to tidy the mess she had created earlier.
"Why not? This is my house too." Zack said helping to set things back up right.
"Not really, you live next door. But if you want you can stay in my spare room." Trini laughed and threw her cushions onto the sofa.
Zack nodded excitedly and tidied away his dirty plates.
And exactly 5 minutes later, Trini's doorbell rang.
Zack was shooed into the spare room and Trini adjusted her beanie.
She was in for a long night.