Disclaimer: Don't own SPD.
Summary: Sky hears a rumor and it just may bring him and Bridge closer or drive them apart.
Warning: Slash content.
Pairings: Bridge/Sky, hints of Jack/Bridge
Time: Anytime after A-bridged
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"So, they're really going out?"
"That's what I've heard."
Sky bit back a groan as he tried to read his SPD handbook in peace. The two girl cadets nearby were whispering loudly enough for him to hear what was being said and Sky had no interest in who was dating who.
"So, does he know about this?" the first girl asked and the second shook her head, "I don't think so."
"Wow. SPD Red Ranger Jack Landers, academy playboy, dating SPD Green Ranger and mechanical genius, Bridge Carson!"
This got Sky's attention and his head snapped up in shock. Jack and Bridge? Why didn't he know about it? Better yet, why hadn't Bridge said anything? They were roommates and not once had Bridge bothered to mention that he was dating? That too dating Jack Landers? Sky shook his head and dismissed the thought. It was only a rumor after all.
"What proof do you have?" the first girl cadet asked.
"Oh please! It is so noticeable. Whenever those two are together, they're always making jokes and fooling around. I've seen Jack standing upside-down with him once. They're always teaming together to play jokes and stuff."
"That doesn't mean that they're dating."
"Oh yeah? I passed the Command Centre a couple days ago and Jack had his arms around Bridge."
"Whoa . . ."
That was it for Sky and he closed his book and stormed out of the room, heading directly for his and Bridge's room. No one was inside and he remembered that Bridge had said that he had some work in the lab. Yeah right, he thought, he's probably making out with Jack right now. He stormed out of his room and went directly to Z and Syd's room.
"Have you seen Jack and Bridge?" he growled.
"Um, Bridge said he would be in the lab. Jack didn't say where he was going. Why?" Syd said confused.
"Because I need to talk to them about their 'relationship'."
"Meaning . . ." Z trailed off.
"There are rumors going around that they're dating," Sky spat out the last word.
"Really? Aww, if only they were," Syd said with a snicker.
"Yeah. My metaphorical brother and your metaphorical brother. We'd be metaphorical sisters!" Z said and the girls burst out laughing, but Sky was not amused.
"It's not funny!" he yelled, startling them. "Those two cannot be dating! We can't allow that!"
"Why?" Z asked.
"Because I-" he stopped and corrected himself quickly, "it is stated in the SPD handbook that no cadets are allowed to date each other."
"That's bull Sky. There's no such rule," Z interjected.
"Yes there is!" Sky was interrupted by Bridge coming over with a grin on his face, looking rather ruffled.
"Hi!" Bridge said cheerily and then blinked at the looks he was receiving from Sky and the girls, "What did I do know?"
"Nothing, Bridge. We were just talking," Syd said averting her eyes.
"Okay . . ." Bridge said slowly and then turned to Sky. "I heard you yelling. Something the matter?"
"No. we were just talking and Syd said something to piss me off."
"Oh, did she tell Z about the time you got stuck in bathroom because there was a worm in front of the door?" Bridge asked innocently. Sky sputtered as Z began laughing.
"No, but thanks for telling me!" Z said in between laughs.
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A couple weeks later, Bridge stared at Sky's back as they ran the hill part of their daily run. For the past few days, Sky had refused to talk to Bridge at all and avoided him most of the time. The Green Ranger couldn't think of what he had done to piss him off, but had tried apologizing for it. No luck there.
"Sky, can we please slow down?" Bridge panted as he tried keeping up with Sky and Jack who were running ahead.
"Come on you slowpoke! Grumm isn't going to stop attacking just because you want him too!" Sky yelled back. Jack simply shot him a dirty look and slowed down enough to run alongside Bridge
"You okay?" he asked, concerned and Bridge nodded. Meanwhile Sky was silently fuming ahead. Could they be anymore obvious? he wondered and then heard a squeal and a shout of 'Bridge, be careful!' before he heard a loud thud. He turned to see Bridge lying on his stomach on the ground and Jack on top of him, both staring at him sheepishly. This infuriated Sky and he quickly pulled Jack off.
"What happened here?" he yelled angrily and Bridge winced as he felt Sky's anger attacking him psychically.
"Clam down Sky!" Jack yelled. "Bridge tripped because he was trying to keep up with you and caused me to fall too."
"Yeah right!" the Blue Ranger snarled and punched Jack in the face. The Red Ranger was shocked but recovered and struck Sky back, ensuring an all-out brawl. Meanwhile, Bridge got up and winced as he felt his ankle burning, meaning he had probably hurt it badly. He ignored the pain and attempted to pull Sky off Jack.
"Stop this Sky! What is the matter with you?!" he yelled.
All of a sudden, Sky wheeled around and accidentally struck Bridge across the face, knocking the Green Ranger to the ground. Jack shoved Sky away and knelt down next to him.
"Bridge, are you okay?" Jack asked, worriedly. The Ranger in question sat up and touched the spot Sky had struck him and winced as he felt the bruise on his face and then the fact that the pain in his leg was even worse than before.
"My ankle hurts," Bridge admitted and Jack took out his communicator asking for medical assistance which arrived almost immediately. They took Bridge back to the infirmary and Jack told Kat to forbid Sky from coming in. She was confused and the Red Ranger simply pointed to the bruise on Bridge's right cheek, underneath his eye which was slowly turning purple.
Syd knocked on Sky's door and saw that he was furiously hitting the punching bag. She took a deep breath, "Sky we need to talk."
The Blue ranger made no motion that he heard her but Syd continued, "Why are you so tense about Jack and Bridge?"
"I'm not," he responded tersely.
"That's enough Sky!" she said angrily. "You attacked Jack for no reason and because of that; Bridge is now in the infirmary with a broken ankle and a bruise the size of Texas! At this rate, you're going to lose not only what chance you have of becoming Red ranger, but also your best friend!"
Sky remained silent, "I don't know what's wrong with me, Syd. Whenever I see them together, it makes my blood boil."
The Pink Ranger braced herself for the reaction to her next question, "Sky, do you love Bridge?"
The Blue ranger pondered the answer to the question, "How do I know if I'm in love?"
"You feel that you can be happy with that person no matter what he/she does. You can be happy if you are the only people alive. When they smile, your heart skips a beat in a good way." She smiled, "My mother used to say that if you're in love, life seems beautiful. Your goals change. Even the course of the wind seems to change and you want nothing more than to be with that person."
Sky heard her words and thought, Do I really love Bridge? The answer came to him immediately. I do. God help me, I love Bridge!
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The Green Ranger sighed as he tinkered with yet another gadget on his infirmary bed. He was off active duty for a month and on light duty for another two. Felix had refused to let him fight until three months were over or else he feared Bridge would damage his ankle even more. He was currently thinking about what was the matter with Sky and suddenly, he heard the door whiz open. He looked up expecting to see Jack who came to visit him nearly everyday, but instead was shocked to see Sky standing there. Jack had ordered him to call him incase Sky showed up, but Bridge could only feel waves of guilt, shame, hope and . . . love?
"What do you want, Sky?" Bridge couldn't disguise the tremor in his voice.
Sky sighed and sat down on the end of the bed next Bridge and looked down, "I want to apologize about what happened. I didn't mean to hurt you."
"Sky, what I want to know is why you did that," Bridge responded.
"Bridge, are you in love with Jack?" Sky asked quickly.
"NO! Who in the world told you that?!" Bridge said with a blush at the though of him and Jack.
"Some cadets were saying that you and Jack were, well, dating."
"And you believed it?"
"Hey, the reasons were pretty justified," Sky said defensively.
"And what were they?"
"First of all, you two are always together and always making jokes and fooling about. Jack has stood upside-down with you once and your always play practical jokes with him! Not to mention, they saw you two in the Command Centre and he was holding you!"
"Sky, first of all, you hate playing practical jokes and hate jokes in general. I need a male buddy to do male funny stuff with! Jack stood upside-down with me when he was apologizing about the whole skeptic thing with Hydrax and third, the incident you're talking about was an accident! Jack needed help with some files in the Command Centre and I helped. RIC was in there as well. When I was walking around to the other side of the Control Panel, I slipped on some of that oil residue RIC leaves around the place. Jack caught me and saved me from a very severe bruising," Bridge explained patiently.
"Oh," Sky felt very embarrassed.
"Even if Jack and I were dating, why were you so angry?" Bridge asked.
"Because I was jealous," Sky said simply.
"You like Jack?!" Bridge exclaimed.
"No, I like you," Sky said plainly and watched as Bridge blushed and ducked his head down. "Bridge?" he asked cautiously.
"Do you . . . love me?" the Green Ranger asked softly.
"Yes," Sky said without a moment's hesitation.
"Sky?"
"Hmm?"
"I love you too."
"Y-You do?" Sky sputtered.
"Yeah. I would have told earlier but I didn't know how you would react."
"Oh wow," Sky was at a loss of words.
"Yeah. Now what do we do?" Bridge asked with wide, questioning eyes.
Sky chuckled and slipped his fingers underneath Bridge's chin, tilting his head up, "Now I'm going to kiss you." He pressed his lips against Bridge's and felt his lips move under Sky's own. The kiss was gentle at first, but within a few seconds, both Rangers knew what they were doing and Sky slid one hand around Bridge's back as his other came up to entangle in his hair while Bridge's arms were looped around Sky's neck as he let Sky take over the kiss. They pulled back and Bridge blushed.
"Let me guess. Your first kiss?" Sky asked with a grin. Bridge nodded, looking down and Sky pressed his forehead against his, "that just makes you all the more special to me."
"Sky, I'm not really good at this," he stuttered.
"Don't worry. I'm more than willing to teach you," said with a grin.
"Sky, are you sure about this? I don't know if our kind of love is accepted by SPD."
"It's not," Sky responded and Bridge's face fell, "but I'm sure we can keep this secret," he said with a grin.
"Sky, if we get caught, we'll be thrown out!"
"If it means being with you, I'll accept that."
"But-" he was silenced by Sky kissing him hard, slipping his tongue into his mouth. Bridge moaned into the kiss as Sky's hand gently stroked his face.
"I love you Bridge," Sky said breathlessly, "I can't imagine life without you. You are my life."
"I love you too, Sky," Bridge said softly, but then sensed something. "Sky, someone's coming."
When Syd came around the corner, Bridge was showing Sky what he was tinkering with before he had entered. Her eyes met Sky's and he gave her a wink. She smiled and winked back. It's about time! she thought, amused but happy for her friends.
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Author: WaaaAAAAHHHhhhh! Never type over fifty Kb on Microsoft Word in one day! groans It gives one hell of a burnout! I wrote about eighty percent of Dimensional Traveling in the morning and now this! Here's my first slash fic and please tell me what you think about it. I don't think it's bad since I just got the idea an hour ago and typed it in the same hour! It just came to me randomly while I was watching Walls. If I get more than five reviews requesting a sequel or second chapter, I will do so! Also, I'm planning my next slash pairing to be either Bridge/Sky or Bridge/Jack. Please vote for your choice in your review! Most votes wins!
Thank you and Goodnight/day/afternoon.
