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9:20pm
Sky and
Bridge’s room.
Alone in his
room shortly after his walk with Syd, Sky paced back and forth nervously. A
bunch of thoughts were running through his mind and he desperately tried to
calm himself down. He stopped moving momentarily to glance at the clock that
hung above the doorway. The time read 9:21pm. Sky gulped. In exactly
thirty-nine minutes his night shift would start and Syd would be joining him.
For a guy who usually knew what to do, the blue ranger was at a loss.
Sky had never
had any problems when it came to dealing with the opposite sex. Back in his
high school days, he had been able to get dates without trying – whether he
wanted to or not. It was his determination that had appeal to the girls, but it
was also his downfall when it came to relationships. All his life he had wanted
to be the red ranger, just like his father had been. He had been so consumed
with his goal, so focused and determined that whom ever his current girlfriend
was at the time would get frustrated and leave him. In the end, the girls couldn’t
deal with being second best. But that was the way Sky was. Everything he did,
he gave it his all. It was the way he was, and it might have appealed to the
girls on a first impression basis, but in the end it wouldn’t work out.
Now Sky wished
he had paid more attention. Girls he could handle. But
Bridge stood
in the doorway, watching his roommate with amusement. With his psychic
abilities, he could feel the all the raw emotions that the blue ranger was
emitting.
Nervousness.
Confusion. Nausea. Unconfident. Fear.
Excitement.
Bridge fought
back a chuckle; Sky was more excited than anything, even if he didn’t know it.
“You know,”
the green ranger remarked, “I think you’re going to carve a hole in the floor
with all your pacing.”
Sky jumped at
the sudden voice. The blue ranger whirled around to see his teammate smirking
at him from the doorway. “Uh, how long have you been standing there?”
“Long enough.”
Bridge walked to his side of the room and threw himself onto his bed. “What’s
gotten you so jumpy?” he asked, though he already knew the answer.
“It’s
nothing.”
‘I’ll bet,’
Bridge thought, ‘No way am I letting you go back into your shell buddy,
you’re just starting to open up to us!’ “Didn’t look like nothing to me.
You don’t usually pace back and forth for no reason.”
Sky said
nothing as he crossed over to his closet and pulled out a newly cleaned
uniform. As the blue ranger struggled out of his shirt, Bridge slyly asked,
“Does your little walk-a-thon have anything to do with the fact that Syd’s
going to join you for your night shift?”
Bridge
snickered as Sky struggled even harder to get out of his shirt. After a few
moments, the blue ranger succeeded in yanking off his shirt and regarded the
green ranger with an unreadable expression. “What?” he breathed heavily.
Bridge leaned
back on his right elbow and with his left hand began tossing a stuffed football
in the air. “That got your attention didn’t it?”
Sky reached
out and grabbed the football. “How did you find out about that?”
Bridge gave
him a look. “Syd’s been all happy since you guys returned from your walk. She told
me.”
Without a
word, Sky sat down next to the green ranger, putting the football on the
nightstand. Before he could help himself, the blue ranger blurted out, “Did she
say anything about me?”
Bridge raised
an eyebrow and for the first time, he saw Sky blush. “Something you wanna tell
me?”
“It’s
nothing,” Sky mumbled before getting off the Bridge’s bed. He resumed getting
ready.
“Come on,” the
green ranger coaxed.
Sky let out a
sigh and glanced at the clock. 9:30pm. Only nine minutes had passed! Pullingon
his uniform jacket, he let out another frustrated sigh. “I just don’t know what
to do.”
Bridge smiled
triumphed, but quickly wiped the grin off his face as Sky turned to face him.
“Don’t know what to do about what?” he carefully asked.
Sky stared at
Bridge, wondering whether or not to confide in his roommate. “Well….”
Bridge sat up
and leaned forward eagerly. “Well?”
Glancing up at
the clock, the time read 9:45pm. Sky shrugged. It wouldn’t hurt to be a few
minutes early. “Well, I gotta go do my night duties. Later Bridge.” With those
words, Sky turned and left the room before the green ranger could have a chance
to comment.
Now alone,
Bridge let out a sigh and shook his head. “Humph. Next time Sky, I won’t let
you off the hook. I’ll get it out of you one way or another.”
9:20pm
Syd and Z’s
room.
Space
Patrol Delta Academy.
Sydney stood
in front of her closet trying to figure out what to wear. Pulling out outfit
after outfit, she held the clothes up in front of her mirror and wrinkled her
nose in distaste at what she saw every time. Letting out a sigh in frustration,
Syd tossed the clothes she was holding on to her bed and began searching
through her closet once more.
Z walked into
the room, only to see Syd’s backside, while the upper half of her body was
hidden by her closet door. “Whoa,” she commented, “looks like a tornado flew
through your half of the room.”
Startled by
Z’s sudden voice, Syd bumped her head and she turned to face the yellow ranger.
“Oh thank goodness you’re here, you have to help me!”
Raising an
eyebrow, Z commented, “I’m not sure if I should stay, or run.”
“Z!”
“I’m just
kidding. What’s up?” Z sat on her bed and watched as Syd began pulling out more
clothes.
“I don’t know
what to wear tonight!” the pink ranger whined.
The yellow
ranger stared. “That’s it? No offense Syd, but fashion isn’t really my thing.”
“Still,” Syd
pouted, “You’re a girl; you can still tell me what looks good and what looks
bad right?”
Z sighed.
“Fine. Although there’s no point, you know you look good in whatever you wear.
What’s the occasion?”
The pink
ranger grinned, happiness radiating from her cheerful expression. “I’m doing
the night duty shift with Sky tonight.”
“Really? What
did you do to get punished into getting the night shift?”
Syd turned to
face her mirror once more. “Nothing,” she said, observing her reflection, “I
volunteered.”
“You
volunteered!” Z sounded incredulous.
“Yup.”
“Wow. You must
really like the guy to have volunteered to stay up half the night.”
Sydney turned
away from her mirror and went to sit down on her own bed. “I really do. And
it’s a little scary that I like him so much, but I like the feeling.”
The yellow
ranger nodded. “I see.”
“Yeah,” the
pink ranger sighed dreamily, but then snapped back to attention. “I still don’t
know what to wear!”
Z snorted. She
doubt Sky would care either way. “Why don’t you just wear your uniform? Isn’t
that what you’re supposed to do?”
Syd thought
about it. “I could. But he sees me in my uniform everyday. I want him to
notice that I’m a girl too, and more than a teammate.”
Snorting once
more, Z replied, “I think it’s obvious he knows that you’re a girl.”
Sydney
dismissed Z’s comment with a wave of her hand. “Oh, you know what I mean.”
“Actually, no
I don’t. But whatever.” Z shrugged. “You have lots of clothes Syd, just pick an
outfit. He’ll probably be too tired to notice what you’ll be wearing anyway.”
“Okay, miss
negative. What do you think I should wear?”
“Well, if it was
me,” Z paused, thinking, “I would probably just show up in my pajamas.”
The pink
ranger’s eyes lit up. “That’s it! I’ll wear my pajamas! It’ll be comfy, it’ll
let others know that I’m visiting and actually not on night duty so I won’t get
orders, AND Sky will see me wearing something different for once!” With those
words said, Syd leapt off her bed and ran to her dresser. Pulling out a pair of
pink pajamas, she rushed into the bathroom to change, while Z sat on her bed
wondering what had just happened in bewilderment.
A few moments
later, Syd came out of the bathroom in her pajamas and slippers, her face
freshly scrubbed of makeup. Even without all the cosmetics, Syd still looked
stunning. The pink ranger crossed over to her dresser and sat down and began
brushing her hair.
“Are you
putting on more makeup?” Z asked.
“No,” Syd
replied, “The point of what I’m wearing is to look comfy and casual. And
besides, I want to see how he reacts to me not wearing makeup. I want him to
like me for me.”
Z rolled her
eyes and shook her head. ‘I don’t think that’ll be a problem there,’ she
thought as she watched Sydney braid her hair into two pigtails.
“There,” the
pink ranger smiled as she looked over her reflection the mirror, then turned to
Z, “What do you think?”
The yellow
ranger yawned as she got ready for bed. “I think you’re crazy for wanting to
stay up the whole night to monitor nothing happening in the city, when instead
you could be sleeping. And I think you’re crazy for wasting your time trying to
decide what to wear when I doubt Sky would notice because he’s a guy and guys
don’t notice anything. But mainly, I just think you’re crazy.”
Syd rolled her
eyes. “Thanks Z.”
Z laughed.
“Shouldn’t you get going? It’s almost ten.”
Glancing at
her alarm clock, the time read 9:54pm. Sydney squealed. “Ah! I don’t want to be
late!” Quickly throwing on her pink bathrobe and stopping to grab a tube of lip
gloss, Syd rushed out the door. Seconds later, she came rushing back in to grab
Peanuts and flew out the door once more.
A faint “Night
Z!” came floating through the door. Z shook her head and laughed and settled
under the covers. “Night Syd, have fun.”
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