A Lifetime Of Love: Syd and Sky
Series presented by: Pink-Green-White-4ever
Challenge: Impression
Last Revised: October 14, 2006
Summary: First impressions…gotta love them
Disclaimer: I don't own 'em, wish I did.
Genre: General
Rating: T, for now.
Ship: Sydney/Sky
AN: -grins- So, this is one of my takes on Syd and Sky's first impressions of each other. Enjoy. The first few of these are Pre-SPD season events.
No, it wasn't at first sight
But the moment i looked twice
I saw the woman i was born to love
Her laughter fills my soul
And when i hold her i don't wanna let go
When it comes to her i can't get enoughSo it took me by complete surprise
When my heart got lost in those deep green eyes
She's not at all what i was looking for
She's more
-- Andy Griggs, She's More --
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Sky Tate watched with mild fascination as Commander Cruger walked onto the training field where A Squad was training his squad. The big blue dog was pointing out different areas of the field and speaking in quiet tones to the young blonde who was following him. She was about five foot two with long blonde hair. She was petite, probably no more than a hundred pounds, she wore a pair of black sweats and a gray SPD sweatshirt. Even from the distance between them, Sky could see that she was nervous and unsure.
"Cadet Tate, front and center!" Cruger called to him. Sky rushed forward, saluted, and waited for Cruger to speak again. "Cadet Tate, I'd like you to meet our newest recruit, Sydney Drew."
Sky stared at her in irritation. He knew Sydney Drew, or better, he knew of her. Any person who had been keeping up with the news would know her. She was an Olympic Gold Medalist, a fashion model, and one of the biggest pop stars on the planet. And she was reportedly the most stuck up, whiniest woman imaginable. Sky wanted to roll his eyes and ask Cruger why she was at SPD but figured the Public Relations department was just trying to get some press for the Academy.
"Cadet Tate, I'm assigning Ms. Drew to you. Please show her around the academy, get her settled into her room and help her train. She's going to be on C Squad with you." Sky's jaw dropped open as Cruger walked away. Automatically, the young man saluted and then turned his eyes to the girl standing before him, her hands clasped together in front of her.
"Hi, I'm Sydney," she extended one hand in greeting. Sky stared at her before looking down at her hand and then back to her face. He didn't take the offered hand. "Okay…"
"How the hell they ever let you into SPD is beyond me," Sky grumbled, watching Sydney stare at him wide eyed. "A pampered princess like yourself isn't going to last two days around her, but for the sake of amusing the Commander, I'll show you around. Right now A Squad is training C Squad."
Sydney swallowed and followed him back over to the group of C Squad cadets training with the senior most cadets. No one said anything to her until one of the A Squad cadets called her out onto the training mat to face Sky. She screamed when Sky came at her full force, his fist flying at her face. She blocked his punch instinctively and sent him flying to the side with the momentum of his own body. The other cadets were shocked to see Sky on his hands and knees and Sydney staring down at him.
Sky slapped his hands against the mat and pushed himself back up and began to charge at her. He let out a yell as Sydney ducked and he tumbled over her body and skidded across the mat on his back. "How the hell could you keep doing that?" Sky demanded as he pushed up and stared at her.
The blonde stared at him and shrugged. "Instinct?" she suggested, watching Sky narrow his gaze at her.
"I think that's the first time someone other than us has managed to out maneuver Sky," one of the A Squad cadets muttered, causing the others to laugh. Sky glared at Sydney and stalked off. The blonde watched him and then decided to follow since he was supposed to show her around the grounds.
"Sky! Wait!" Sydney called out to him. She watched him stop and swing around to face her.
"Look, I was ordered to show you around, there's no way in hell I'm going to baby-sit you, princess."
Sydney watched him turn and stalk off into the academy, shaking her head. As first impressions go, she knew her and Cadet Tate didn't make the best ones they could have.
