Disclaimer: I don't own anything of the SPD Power Rangers…
AN: They're not Power rangers…it's set in modern times…... Just teens going through life a little dramatically….and this is a Sky/Z pairing and Z/Bridge friendship…Jack is Z's older brother, adoption…and Syd is well just going to be in really find a place for her to fit…..and sorry buit they might be OC a lot of the time….don't hate appriciate
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The rising sun just barely touched the tops of the buildings in New Tech City. Parents began to wake up and prepare for work as kids stirred dreamily in their beds.
The rays of the sun lashed out through the pale white curtains as a figure enveloped in blankets moaned. Feeling the hot rays strike at it, the figure stirred in bed and tried to block the violating sun. "Man," The figure whimpered, "why can't the morning be later in the day?" In a fluid moment the blankets jumped into the air and toppled to the warm peach colored carpet revealing a young girl in her mid-teens. The dark brown ringlets of her hair swept across her face reaching her shoulders, accentuating the strong yet elegant features of her face. She gently lifted her body up and swung her legs over the edge of the bed, showing of her tall smooth legs and midsection. Stretching her arms up into the air, she yawned and pushed herself from the arms of her nightly, mahogany made, comfortable friend.
"Elizabeth, wake up, we do have school today!" A male voice called from the bottom floor of the house.
"Okay, I'm getting ready right now, be down in a sec!" Elizabeth yelled out through her door as she hurriedly grabbed all her toiletries and raced to the bathroom. A rush of water hit her tan skin as she quickly washed herself of the past days filth. Jumping from the refreshing water world, Elizabeth grabbed a towel and wrapped it tightly around her thin figured body. A tornado of hot air blew from her pearl white hair dryer as she tried to make her dripping wet hair dry again.
Forcefully she combed her brush through the strands of her now dry hair as she threw the towel from her body letting it land in a mounted pile of clothes on the floor. Elizabeth grabbed her undergarments and clothes for that day and raced to put them on. Small droplets of water still clung to her legs as she yanked her dark blue jeans up and buttoned them securely around the lower section of her waist. Grabbing her black and yellow two-layer tank top from the edge of her bed Elizabeth slipped it over her head and raced down the stairs after snatching her black slippers from behind her door.
Reaching the bottom of the stairs a large family room came into Elizabeth's view. Small pictures of her and her brother as young children stood solitary on tables and mantles, as the rest hung by nails on the maroon painted walls. A lovely furniture set displayed warmly in the room, containing a large sofa pushed up against the far right wall, and a T.V. screen, along with other electronics, stood on the opposite end, and situated between the two laid a strategically placed love-seat.
Not far from the edge of the quaint little area, there laid the kitchen. Linoleum floors of marble covered the ground as an island laced with healthy bits of food sat in the middle. The countertops showed a dark black and the cupboards a deep mahogany brown wood. A breakfast table sat within the outskirts of the kitchen, surrounded by matching chairs decorated with small flower engravings.
"Okay, I'm getting ready right now, be down in a sec," the owner of the previous male voice mocked. His soft black hair gently bounced as he laughed hysterically at his sister's unamused countenance.
Elizabeth kept motionless as she watched her brother laugh at her unfortunate and unplanned marathon through her room and down the stairs. "That wasn't funny, besides, you take at least two hours…and you're a guy, Jack," Elizabeth retorted as she walked to the island and grabbed an apple.
"Hey, you know I have to keep up my image physically as well as socially," stated Jack, "and besides you should be nice to me, I'm your brother."
"Not by choice though," Elizabeth shot back in annoyance. Jack began to talk once again, but had been cut off by a sharp shrill cry.
"Elizabeth Maria Leena Rosa Delgado and Jack Travis Orion Tyler Delgado, you better hurry up and get in the car!"
Jack and Elizabeth looked at each other nonchalantly and slowly walked to the door. "If we're in such a hurry why'd she use our full names, I mean is Jack just too hard to say?" Jack asked as they exited the house and entered the car.
The suburbia houses of Paradise passed by the windows of the Honda Civic type-R in blurred visions as the car steadily increased to a high 75 m.p.h. The car kept quiet during the ride, but as soon as the brakes hit, and the car finally parked in the lot of the New Tech High all quiet changed into shouts of good-bye as Elizabeth and Jack ran their separate ways onto the high school campus. Clamorous shouts and terms reverberated off the walls and continued down the long hallways. Rows of lockers lined the walls on all sides reaching from the ceiling to the floor. The loud galling of the ringing school bell initially expressed the beginning of school as students chatted for a minute or two before heading to class. The tardy bell rang through the almost empty halls as a few lingering kids scurried left and right racing to their classrooms.
Elizabeth Delgado could not help but wiggle in her seat with excitement, last semester she applied herself to her studies and gained a position in Mr. Penel's honors English class. All of her friends had gossiped about how easy-going he could be, and that he mostly never gave homework. A smile reaching from ear to ear crossed Elizabeth's child-like features as she grabbed her pencil and notebook from her bag. Placing the objects neatly on her desk she clasped her hands together and prepared for class.
A small chuckle emitted from the lips of a near-by classmate while Mr. Penel finally entered the room. Deciding to ignore the unusual gesture Elizabeth tuned her concentration all on the high school educator in front of her.
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"So basically the story is saying that if you want something, take it, what are your views?" Mr. Penel asked the class as they finished the short story. Loud answers clashed together as students began to discuss the subject.
Waving his hands in the air Mr. Penel quieted the group and called on a young blonde girl in the back, "Sydney, what do you think?"
"I think stealing from someone else is wrong," Sydney muttered as she began to shrink into her chair.
"Well if I like it, why can't I take it from you?" said Ramon, a butch kid sitting two rows next to Elizabeth.
"Well how you would like it if someone stole from you," Sydney piped up as the class responded with"burned" and "you got served."
"Sydney did it ever occur to you that perhaps you're being too selfish with things? Do you think it's fair for you to have something when someone else doesn't? If you don't truly own anything can someone really steal it?" Mr. Penel questioned, seeing which brave soul would throw in their opinion.
"Sure it's good to share, and we shouldn't be selfish, but calling stealing sharing doesn't make it sharing, it's still stealing, and stealing is wrong." a boy sitting next to Elizabeth called out.
The class went quiet for a moment or two before Elizabeth replied "But everyone was raised with certain ideas of right and wrong, right and wrong are what we choose to make them. Besides you can't thrust your morals of right or wrong on someone."
"Do you believe that statement you just said was right?" asked the man. Twisting her head to the right Elizabeth stared at the young man who asked the question. "Hi, I'm Elizabeth, nice to meet you, and yes I do," she replied.
"Sky, uninterested by a sophmore like you, and you don't believe what your telling me" The young man answered as Elizabeth sat in shock from the insult.
Elizabeth starred at the guy for a moment or two trying to figure out what he meant as the other students stayed quiet in awe of Sky's turntable remark.
"Because if you believed that all people could choose their own right and wrong you wouldn't be forcing your opinion of thrusting someone's morals on another wrong," Sky concluded triumphantly adding a little salt to the wound with an icy glare. Elizabeth looked dumfounded at Sky before the bell rang saying that class was over. Usually she could hold her own in a debate, always finding something to say. But this Sky character just blew her away.
"Nice debate, but don't forget that I expect you to discuss this on Monday," Mr. Penel called out into the blur of leaving students.
Elizabeth sauntered out the door and down the hallway heading towards her locker. Elizabeth twirled the combination of her lock as manly hand rested palm down by her head. Shocked by the action she quickly turned around and came face to face with Sky, the young debater she met in Mr. Penel's class. His ice blue eyes shot right through her, while his devious smile completed his hunter-like countenance.
Sighing annoyingly Elizabeth asked, "And what may I prey tell are you doing? I can't be distracted from my education with the idiotic likes of you"
"I'm interested," Sky replied as he lowered his head down to her, letting his body tower over her short figure.
Elizabeth chuckled confidently while raising her head until she felt his warm hot breath cascading down her face. "That's funny…" Elizabeth whispered as she placed her hand gentley on his check, rubbing her thumb up and down against his smooth pale skin.
She leaned closer and closer until she said, "I'm not." Playfully patting his check Elizabeth grabbed her books and left to her next class.
The day sped by quickly, class by class went by in a blur, and fortunately lunch came just as quickly. The cafeteria boomed with normal teenage gossip and chatter. Laughs of enjoyment leaped across the room and bounced throughout the clustered air. Elizabeth, lunch in hand, walked over to a table occupied by a handsome man with brown hair, enevitably the same age as her.
"Hey Z!" Bridge called out to Elizabeth, waving his hand in the air signaling for her to come and sit down. Elizabeth smiled widely, after the event in the hall and the snooz-fests in her other clases she needed one. Setting her tray down on the table Bridge looked at Z with a knowing smirk.
"God don't smirk, to many people have done that today," Z stated throwing a tatertot at her friend. Bridge just smirked even more and scooted closer.
"So what happened between you and that guy in the hallway?" Bridge asked, already knowing the answer but wanting to hear it form her.
"What do you mean what happened between you and that guy in the hallway?" Z asked quizzically, her punk exterior masquerading her utter annoyance of the incident.
"Well people are saying that you kissed Sky Tate," Bridge exclaimed, pushing his plaided green shirt sleeves up his arms and resting them on the table.
Elizabeth raised her eyebrows in surprise, during her, run-in with that Sky after class she forgot that the rest of the school bared witness. "Darn it, What am I suppose to do huh? I didn't kiss him, every one might think I'm a slut now." Elizabeth whined as she forcefully pushed her food to the side and leaned her check in the palm of her hand.
"That's not the worst part, he's a Tate, as in the Sky Tate that your brother can't seem to like." Bridge added as he faced Z.
Elizabeth brought the palm of her hand and slapped it against her forehead, how could she be so stupid. Ever since grade school Sky and her brother Jack have feuded over anything and nothing at the same time. But they had to play together. She remembered going to a basketball game of her brother's. Bleachers lined with cheering fans, floors sticky with discarded snack and sodas. All in all the fan's area looked like a pigsty, but down on the court everything looked beautiful. The floor, newly waxed for the game, shimmered underneath the ceiling lights as the players gracefully bounded down it racing to make shots. Then she saw her brother, brown hair and all jumping into the air forcing a lay-up to stay out of the hoop, but his actions came in vane. Suddenly a yell rushed over the crowd and grabbed the attention of Jack.
"Hey Delgado, smooth move," Sky mocked as he barreled down the court with the ball in hand. Jack couldn't really take an insult well so he chased after Sky down the court and pummled him to the ground. A fight broke out filled with punches and bloody noses. That moment got Sky and Jack suspended from the team for five weeks.
Elizabeth never really understood why they hated each other, small bickers every once in a while seemed pointless. But her brother hated him, and she bet that anytime now he would come pushing through the crowd and scold her for what she did. Suddenly her cell phone beeped telling her she just received a text message.
Slowly opening the smooth silver top she read the bold letters lined across the screen, Z school end u & I need 2 talk. "Great," Elizabeth thought as the bell rang and she walked to her next class after saying bye to her friend with a hug.
School ended too fast for Elizabeth's taste but she knew that she had to talk to her brother sometime. She would just explain that she never kissed him and that would atleast keep her alive for a week or two.
"Hey it's your sis," muttered a young, skinny, brunette on Jack's right. Elizabeth exhaled deeply before she finally stopped walking in front of her older sibling. The harsh sunrays pounded against the skin of the teens. Jack's dark complexion glistened as he stared at Z, silently ordering her to walk over to him.
Z held her head high trying not to seem scared an failing badly. Chuckling at his sister's fright, Jack said, "It's cool that you didn't kiss him, and I'm fine with it if you want to hang with him."
Elizabeth stood shocked at her brother's sudden change of heart. But she knew him and she knew it came with a price. "What are you up to?" asked Elizabeth, placing her hands on her hips in a defiant way.
"Nothing, but now I have a reason to beat him up," Jack said matter-of-factly. Raising his hand to pat his sister's head Jack laughed and hoped into the skinny kid's car waiting for Elizabeth to join him. Z ended her stupor and brushed by the skinny kid who sat in the driver's seat with a look of utter shock. The second Elizabeth shut her door the car sped out of the parking spot and out of the lot, leaving a whirlwind of dust behind it.