Matchmaking Mishaps

What do you do when two people are so blindly in love that neither are fully aware of it so refuse to take action? Take action into your own hands, just like Ryan knows all about… Or in which Carter conforms and Ryan just can't be asked anymore.

CarterXDana/SOAverse/Lightspeed Rescue/ Fluffy, awkwardness and amusement.

Disclaimer: We wish we owned it but all rights belong to Saban, we only own the plot.

[A/N] Ryan is OOC for entertainment purposes. If you don't like the changes, please don't flame. If you don't like it that much than you can not read, we won't take offense with that. :)

CHAPTER ONE

Eavesdropping and Inaction

Ryan strolled through the hallways of the Aqua Base, thoroughly bored. He idly noticed he was passing his sister's room when he heard the suspicious sound of...was that giggling? His curiosity piqued; Ryan glanced around before crouching and pressing his ear to the door. As he tried to listen to his sister (he's not really eavesdropping, per say; Dana was always going on about how he should listen to her when she speaks and, so, that was what he was doing. Being a good brother), he was interrupted.

"What are you doi-mpf!" The Red Lightspeed Ranger was abruptly cut off from his question as the Titanium Ranger quickly took hold of his wrist, yanked him down to where he was crouched on the floor and covered his mouth with a glare and a shushing noise. His eyes darted conspiratively to the porthole above them and the rest of the hallway. Once he seemed assured with the fact that no one was going to jump out of anywhere, he moved his hand away from Carter's face.

"I'm trying to figure out what they're up to; there's something weird going on in there, " Ryan whispered, fully serious.

Carter looked at him with a raised brow and a slightly incredulous expression, "The only thing I hear is giggling."

"Exactly! " Carter rolled his eyes, shaking his head slightly. "Come on, fire truck! Don't you want to know what's going on in there? It's like a prime..research opportunity!" Ryan whispered with wild hand gestures. "Besides, you can't leave or you'll blow my cover and we'll have angry females to answer to." They both stilled for a moment before shuddering simultaneously at the thought.

Once satisfied the red clad man was in on his idea, Ryan returned to pressing his ear to the door. He was certain it was only Kelsey and Dana in the room; he was also certain that they were talking about a mission they had been on a few days prior. Ryan had been unable to help in that particular mission, being forced by his father to watch the rangers on screens; Carter had been absent from the beginning of the fight, arriving just in time to stop the demon striking his unmorphed sister with a sword which would have surely killed her with a single blow... Carter Grayson, man of impeccable timing.

"He was your knight in lycra-"

"Kelsey! Watch what you're implying there!" Ryan could hear the clear note of embarrassment in Dana's voice which had him wondering what she was talking about; he was no expert on emotions and feelings, but he couldn't help but ponder whether Dana was trying to hide something.

"Oh come on Dana, its obvious to any idiot that you like him!" Him? Who could be him?- Well, Ryan could quickly deduce it down to one of the rangers, excusing himself due to reasons of an incestuous nature which left three people: Chad Lee, Joel Rawlings and Carter Grayson.

"Maybe... I guess so- but it doesn't matter does it? He's too in love with his job to notice me, I'm like a little sister or best friend-" A smirk crossed his face as it became clear who the man in question was; in love with his job? Like a best friend or brother to Dana? It had to be the valiant leader; the man crouching with an awkward expression plastered on his face, to Ryan's left... Carter Grayson.

A grin slowly erupted and overtook his face as his gaze locked on to the fire fighter conspiratorially.

Carter's eyes narrowed and his voice was wary, "What..?"

"So, Mr Knight-in-Red-Lycra," Carter's cheeks reddened.

"How do you feel about medics in pink lycra?" Carter stuttered for a moment before straightening his face and asking neutrally, "What do you mean?"

"What do you mean 'what do I mean'?!" Ryan whispered angrily. He gestured and stuttered furiously at the door, "Come on! How more obvious can it be?! She all but yelled out her undying love for you to the city! What more do you need?!"

"I didn't hear any specification-"

"Let me break it down further; we know its a ranger, clearly not me because that is just plain gross, its not Joel because he's busy obsessing over Angela. That leaves Chad and-" Ryan poked the man in the chest, "You. Now, who saved my sister today?"

"Me but-"

"Ding, ding, ding- we have a winner." Ryan whispered in a sarcastic tone, "So now I ask again, how do you feel about medics in pink lycra?" Carter's neutral face broke out into a tiny smile that he attempted to hide by turning to face the opposite direction, his cheeks still acutely red which subsequently led to a little bit of excitement bubbling inside of Ryan. "So what are you going to do about it?"

The fireman froze, every muscle in his body tensing at the question. Ryan scoffed as he realised why Carter had this reaction, "You're not scared of her are you? She's a whole head shorter than you, like 110 pounds and is eighteen! What could she do?!"

"I'm not scared of Dana." Carter placidly stated, keeping his gaze averted from Ryan, tempted to rise from the floor and walk away- but he didn't fancy being tackled to the floor which would definitely alert both girls they'd been eavesdropping only leading to an ear bashing from Kelsey and awkwardness around Dana for a few weeks- months even.

"Then why?" Ryan's voice straining like a child pleading for the flashiest toy in the shop, "You like her and she likes you! This is where you step up, date, fall in love, get married, have chil-"

"It doesn't work like that Ryan." Carter's cheeks were only further reddening but Ryan couldn't understand why. He furrowed his dark blond brows in thought, concentration etched on every feature of his face.

"That's how it worked in Cinderella."

"Cinderella is a kids thing Ry. You need to stop watching that film, mice don't talk."

"You like her, she likes you!" That came out louder than Ryan had expected; lowering his voice significantly, he added, "Its simple!"

"Let's look at the key factors. One, I'm twenty three. She is eighteen."

"What's that saying? Y'know the one about age. Age is but a-" Ryan waved his arm around in the air as he attempted to recall the phrase but it wouldn't return to him. "Let's just say a jellyfish." That definitely wasn't it, he didn't need Carter to smirk to realise he'd got it wrong. 'Age is but a jellyfish' did sound a lot more entertaining however and Ryan was sure he could make it catch on with the other Rangers. Jellyfish.

"She's going away to medical school. I'm a firefighter."

"Sounds like the perfect love story to me-"

"And have you met your dad? He's my boss." Ryan rolled his eyes. He should've realised this a lot sooner; Authority. Conforming as per usual. Did Carter have to be so work minded? Had he not realised that perhaps dating his sister would help get said sister off Ryan's back constantly?! God, how selfish can you get?!

"Dude, I'm just hearing loads of useless excuses. Dad likes you and he'd like to see Dana happy!"

"You like sayings right? Have you heard of 'don't date the bosses daughter' 'cause that is a very popular one with me."

Ryan glared at the man who finally built up the courage to look at him, trying to think up a polite way to word 'well now you're just being an arsehole' but seeing as nothing came to mind... "Well now you're just being an arsehole." Carter just shrugged, not too bothered with Ryan's lame attempt to upset him, "A dream's a wish your heart makes!"

"I'm actually going to break your video. The obsession is awful." Carter rose to his feet, not caring any longer whether either of the girls were aware of the pair looming outside Dana's bedroom door. "And she didn't actually say she likes me in that way therefore-" he raised his hands up in a mock surrender, "Out of my hands."

As he turned to walk away however, Ryan jumped him and both hurdled down onto the ground with a painful (and loud) bang.

"Man up and tell her!" Ryan shouted, straddling Carter to keep him pinned to the ground, "A dreams a wish!"

"Ryan get off!" Carter squirmed against Ryan's hold but couldn't wriggle free as Ryan was definitely a lot stronger than he looked.

"Tell Dana-"

"Tell me what?" Both men stopped mid-scramble. Slowly, they turned their heads in unison to face the bedroom door where both Kelsey and Dana were now stood outside, arms crossed over their chests and eyes narrowed as they flicked between the two men. Ryan looked back at Carter to shoot him a panicked look before turning back around to face his little sister with a calm, 'in-control' smile on his face. He scooted off Carter, who rapidly sat up with cheeks flushing with embarrassment. "If you guys wanted time alone to do... That-" a disapproving glint in her eyes but a soft smile playing across her pale pink lips, "I suggest not in the middle of the corridor in the open." Yeap, definitely the Captains daughter.

"Don't be so juvenile short stack." Ryan stated- word of the day, ten points! "We were just..."

"Spying on me?" A golden eyebrow raised up but her cheeks grew slightly pink whilst Kelsey for once looked slightly ashamed.

"Nuh-na-nuh-no-" Carter spluttered, Dana's gaze now on him which only equalled to Carter becoming more unable to speak or think. She knew she'd caught them and worst still, she knew they had heard everything! What lie could they create to get out of this one?! "We were just- Ryan he... He lost his... Contact lens?" Yeah, that works, "We were just looking for it."

Dana tilted her head to the left, eyebrows furrowed into a line and a small crease (from concentration) formed just above them on her forehead. "He doesn't wear contact lenses."

"Shows how much attention you take of me." Ryan mocked hurt but he knew she wasn't fooled. Contact lenses? Really Carter? Dana only did his eye test for him last week!

"Look, like Dana said you two, 'if you wanted to do that alone the hall isn't the best place'." Kelsey grinned, stepping over Ryan's legs to get past before looking back at Dana, "C'mon, we should get going if we want to catch the movie."

Dana nodded before she stepped over Ryan (who did attempt to trip her up but instead she jumped over his legs and landed next to Kelsey surprisingly gracefully), "Your room is down the hall Ry, maybe take him back there." Both girls giggled as they walked off down the corridor toward the main control centre.

"Your room is down the hall Ry, maybe take him there." Ryan mimicked in a ridiculously high voice before he turned back to Carter, "Seriously? Contact lenses?!"

"Did you want me to tell her the truth?!"

"Yes with the added words 'I like you too. Marry me?'"

"Marry me-"

"Not to me, to her. You're not my type."

"Marry me?! You don't just say that sort of thing!" Carter scoffed as he rose to his feet again, "It's best if we just forget what we overheard."

"You coward!"

"Maybe, but its for the best. Its too complicated." Carter walked away, in the opposite direction to the girls, and into his quarters before Ryan had a chance to protest. How was it so difficult?! 'I like you too.' That isn't complicated at all! Ryan could easily say that to the next person who walked past- in fact he would've had it not been Chad who was descending up the corridor toward Rescue Ops, throwing a puzzled look at Ryan as he went. Saying he liked Chad may stir up a bit of confusion.

"Well, Carter Grayson, if you can't man up and tell Dana how you feel- I'll help nudge you along."

[A/N]

GREG: Soooo, here is what we promised:P Like, Carter and Dana are the main-ish couple we focus on purely because... They're my favourite, whatever Sam says is lies.

SAM: Bitch please, it's actually 'cause there is so much we can do with them character-wise since they're so under-developed.

GREG: AND because they're my favourite. Sam is right, they're terribly under-developed and, to be honest, the whole of Lightspeed were. The character development sucked and the plots didn't really give the actors much to work with so they did amazing for what they had; trust me, I'm a drama student. Regardless, they are my favourite season and Dana, Carter and Ryan are my favourite Rangers probably and Sam likes Ryan and Chad so *shrugs* she doesn't care about Dana and Carter though, well didn't at first, I think I converted her.

SAM: Not necessarily, I didn't care much about them since they were like an obvious 'they're gonna get together' couple but the show was like 'naaaaah mate I'll be vague and fuck with Greg's mind'.

GREG: And the fact they returned for the Legendary Battle supports my theory they're married. Screw Saban, Dana and Carter are married. End of. They are in love and happily married.

SAM: *scoffs and laughs* Ha ha ha-happily!

GREG: NO SPOILERS! Anyway, so major couple in our series. But they were really rejected in the show I think so it's nice because there aren't many Lightspeed/Dana and Carter stories which is sad. They were a great couple... Who are now married HAPPILY. Okay?! Sam's snickering right now... Majorly Eeesssh. SHUT UP! I'm doing this note on my own apparently.

SAM: *Manic laughter*

GREG: She's falling apart so.. Just me I guess. We should probably note that we did kinda revamp Ryan a bit... In the show he didn't have much of a role because he shouldn't have existed which is depressing; we've adjusted his personality a bit. He was raised by demons from the age of six so we figured he would be a little more 'naïve' in contrast to Dana even though she is younger. Please don't flame because of our adaptation. Sam has finished laughing now, shall I let her type?! No? Sweet. XD
Thanks for reading and stay tuned for Ryan's crazy plans! Sam? Any last words?

SAM: ...I legitly have no clue why I was having a breakdown but I'm much calmer now. I still want a nap but Greg says I can nap on the train; we're going to a really big library with Chuck (our buddy and beta reader who is not doing her job right now-

GREG: Or ever.

SAM: But we love her anyway; because we thought why not, it'll be fun- just, ya know, cas'.

GREG: So, we'll update this one whenever we have a chapter written- it's not a regular update thing so we'll try and update every other week... If I can get Sam to write. *Cough* Now *Cough*

SAM: Anyway, hope you enjoy Ryan's ridiculousness and review, yeah?

GREG: SEE YOU!

SAM: Peace out!