A/N: I was super surprised to see a bit more feedback and follows. Thanks to you all c: Anyway, this is one of the shorter chapters. I think everything beyond this is about 1,500+ words or so. Currently working on chapter seven, so the whole thing is almost done. Just uploading every once in a while.

Bridge stared at him across from the table as he ate his usual morning intake of toast. It was odd that the red ranger wanted to sit with him, and even stranger that he was actually being nice when he normally dismissed him, finding him annoying and completely weird. "So why are you sitting with me?" asked the green ranger, "I mean there are lots more seats around here. It's not like this was a last resort or something."

"Why wouldn't I sit with you?" replied Sky, obviously confused as he picked at his eggs, "Isn't that what friends do?"

"That's the problem," said Bridge, "we aren't friends."

Sky was in shock, "What do you mean? You're my closest friend at the academy!" he exclaimed.

Bridge laughed a little. "Define friend, because under my definition you're far from it."

"What do you mean? Can you at least tell me what happened?" Sky asked.

"You really don't remember?"

"Remember, I've been really confused lately and can't remember a thing. I don't know anything. I really would like to know. Tell me everything about us since the beginning," he begged.

"Well you and I obviously joined the academy when we were very young, due to our abilities," Bridge explained, "However, I arrived much later than you and Syd. When I got here, it was already difficult enough to adjust; I had been home schooled most of my life and didn't have any real friends. You only made it worse."

"How? I've been nothing but nice to you ever since we've met."

Bridge gave him a strange look and continued.

"When I was assigned to your squad, I was so excited to finally have someone to talk to and I was ready to be friends. You however, didn't have the same idea. You were one of the most popular students in the academy. Your grades and training scores were absolutely flawless. The fact that every female being on the planet seemed to be attracted to you also helped too. So it came as no surprise that the big bad popular boy would reject an awkward gawky nerd like me. As you said you 'Couldn't afford to waste your time on such a pathetic excuse for a cadet, who couldn't even manage to hit a simple target with a laser beam'

"You rejected and humiliated me in front of the rest of the academy and I gave up on you. I was lucky that Syd wasn't as vicious, otherwise I don't know if I would have ever made any friends…"

Bridge trailed off.

"Bridge," said Sky, "I'm so sorry. I don't remember any of this, but I do regret doing it to you if I did. Let me make it up to you. Is there any time you want to go somewhere and get to know each other better?"

"Sure," replied Bridge, "Maybe we can just go out tonight?"

"Go out to where?"

"I don't know. Just… out. I've lived in Newtech forever and I've never really seen the

nightlife. I've been stuck in this base too long."

"Okay. Call me on my morpher when you're ready."

xxx

It was almost eleven pm and Sky was just about ready for his night out with Bridge. He took even more care in his looks than on his night with Syd. Everything needed to be perfect.

After hours of careful decision making, he had finally decided on what to wear. Dark straight-legged jeans, which were as skinny as they could possibly be, a casual dark blue button up shirt and a perfectly cut black blazert. His hair was done very nicely. He wanted to move on from his usual style where there was never a hair out of place and look a little less uptight. He settled for a messy faux-hawk. "I'd hate to sounds narcissistic, but I look pretty damn sexy," he said to himself.

His morpher beeped, signaling that Bridge was ready for him. "Yes?" he answered.

"I'm ready for you," replied Bridge on the other line, "Meet me outside?"

"Sure."

Sky hung up his morpher and was ready to go.

xxx

"I can't believe I've never been out here at night before!" Bridge exclaimed as they walked through the brightly lit streets, "I didn't even know everything stayed open this late."

Sky nodded, "It is pretty amazing."

"I find it kind of strange how there's barely anyone out here right now. You'd think lots of people would like to stay out late like this."

"Well Bridge, it is a Tuesday. Many people have work, and everyone our age has school."

"Isn't that strange," Bridge said, "that if we weren't Power Rangers, we'd be in school right now. It almost isn't fair…"

"To us or the normal kids?"

"To them. They get to lead normal boring lives, while we get to hang out in the base everyday, doing pretty much whatever we want."

"I think it is," Sky replied, "Passing a calculus test isn't nearly as hard as fighting monsters all day and battling giant robots."

"Yes, I guess that's true. But don't you think it's strange to think of how our lives would be if we never found SPD? I honestly love it, but sometimes I wish I could just have a day that was… normal."

It was true. Ever since they joined the academy at the age of ten, their lives had been far from normal. Things only became worse when now, six years later, they were being thrown into battle. Almost like mother birds threw their young out of their nest. It was either do or die.

Sky remembered his first battle with his fellow B-Squad rangers. They all were terrified knowing that it wasn't a simulation and that there were no second chances.

Although fighting aliens every day was a daring and difficult job, Sky couldn't help but wonder how high school would be like. He would be in his junior year at the moment, taking classes like Algebra II and Chemistry, rather than marksmanship and survival. He would be more worried about finding a date to Homecoming than defeating an evil alien overlord. His problems wouldn't be any worse than normal teenage drama. The normal side of life actually seemed rather nice.

"So what do you think you would be like if you were in school right now?" Bridge asked.

"I don't know," replied Sky, "I'd like to think that I would have good friends, be passing all of my classes, and maybe be on the football team, but you honestly never know. You?"

"I would hope to be taking an advanced science course," he replied, "Maybe looking to go to college and major in robotics. I probably wouldn't be too popular, so don't beat me up Mr. Football Jock."

The two laughed.

"You know," Sky said, "I'm almost glad I'm not normal. Yes, high school and normality are extremely appealing sometimes, but think about it. We're Power Rangers. We've done more than most people do in a lifetime. Every day I wake up and I get to defend the universe, travel to different planets, and when I have free time, hang out with my friends. I couldn't ask for a better life. It may be difficult at times, but it's all worth it."

Bridge smiled. "So you get to hang out with your friends every day? Does this mean we're…"

"Friends," Sky replied, "I want us to be friends."

Sky and Bridge returned to their separate rooms extremely late that night. They had both ventured to almost every corner of the city and seen every sight there was to see. They finally agreed to head back at about one.

"You know," said Bridge before returning to his room, "I wonder how things would be different if you were the blue ranger like you thought you were."

"Oh you would never know," replied Sky with a smile..

A/N: Reviews are so very appreciated. I won't hold chapter five for ransom for x amount of reviews, but more reviews may cause it to be posted faster. xxxMarshmallow