Sky and Syd gradually stopped spending as much time with eachother and neither of them seemed to mind. Sydney was more than happy spending maximum of her time with her goofy 'friend' Bridge and Sky just loved being around sassy and sweet Z. Sky and Syd would go for dates but it would mostly turn into a series of awkward silences and texting to different people all the time and call it a night early. Sydney was never arrogant or selfish when she was with Bridge and Sky couldn't thank Bridge enough for that. Sydney also didn't seem to mind girls coming near Sky or his budding friendship with Z but whenever she saw Kat or any other girl talk to Bridge she would get a burning sensation inside her which she knew was jealousy but didn't know why.

Sky called Syd in the morning "Uh Syd you want me to take you to college or you would swing by Bridge's and pick him up?"

Syd still drowsy after her late night chat with Bridge answered groggily "Um... Latter..."

Sky smiled as he heard snoring from the other side and cut the phone and went down the stairs to go to college. As he reached college he saw Z wearing dark olive green jeggings paired with a yellow tank top going towards the building entrance. Sky shouted "Hey Z wait up!"

Z turned and smiled "Hey Sky!"

Sydney came to Bridge's house to eat the lovely breakfast had prepared. It became her tradition after the day when she reached to pick up Bridge and his mom opened the door and Syd's stomach growled since she had as usual not eaten anything in the morning, and Bridge's mom insisted on having breakfast. Bridge saw Sydney wearing blue jeans and a pink tank top with pink wedges and said "You look gorgeous... I mean beautiful... I mean nice!"

Syd smiled and rolled her eyes completely used to babbling while stuffing her mouth with pancakes and fruit. After they both were done eating, they said goodbye to Bridge's family and left.

In the afternoon, in the college library, Z placed a stray strand of her silky locks behind her ear while scanning the racks with concentration looking for a certain book and when she couldn't find the book, she asked the library guy to give her the aisle and shelf number, the guy looked into the database and gave her the aisle and shelf number. As she reached the aisle number, she saw that the shelf was too high and as she tried to get the ladder it was jammed and thought 'I've got to tell mom or dad about changing these ladders.'

She flinched as a hand touched her shoulder and as she was about to react, another hand covered her mouth.

"Zee Zeeee shh its me Sky gosh you big scaredy cat."

Z sighed and rolled her eyes and tilted her head to look up at Sky grinning standing behind her and she spent no time in hitting him hard. Once Z's breathing became normal, Sky started removing his palm from her face, her soft lips touching the skin of his palm, Sky's blue eyes held her vision captive while he turned her towards him, as his hand slid down and rested on her shoulder.

Something changed between them at that moment.

All the playfullness vanished from their faces as he slowly brought his hand up to touch her face again, his right hand cupped her face and his thumb lingered over her lips. Z lost her breath as she felt his left hand placed on her back and him so close. He jerked her into him and Z's both palms automatically rested on his hard muscular chest, she felt his rough hand feeling her back over her tank top, as he pulled her face closer to his and their lips touched. It started out as an innocent kiss but then Sky started kissing her deeply with Z also kissing him back, her hands now locked behind his neck. They were lost in eachother and didn't care about where they were but Z, who was in heaven, came crashing down on Earth as she thought about Syd and pulled out of the kiss and inturn pulled out of his grasp, stammering in haste "I- I have to leave..." She rushed out before Sky could catch hold of her, causing Sky to curse and punch the wall.

What would he tell Syd?

Drops of tears fell from Syd's eyes as she held her tummy and laughed her heart out on seeing Bridge wear a coconut bra and do a belly dance for her. She shouldn't have dared him, her stomach wouldn't hurt this much and her lips wouldn't be overstretched. Syd snorted a few times trying to calm herself down and sat on the beach chair "You win Bridge! Now get that thing off and come here."

Bridge made a not so subtle astonished expression as he crossed his arms over his chest as if covering himself and squealed in a girly voice "How dare you tell me to open my bra!?"

Syd burst out laughing again and Bridge shook his head and opened it and came and sat beside her "I'd say the coconut bra would've looked better on you than it ever did on me but a bet is a bet!" and immediately felt stupid for saying it and closed his eyes.

Damn.

Syd stopped laughing and looked at him and saw him blushing and was about to say something when Bridge got up instantly "C'mon lets go to the e-mall, I hear there's an e-fest! I love anything that starts with an e- or an i- or a -"

"I get it Bridge! Let's go! I need to buy some accessories too you blabbering flirt!" Syd gave him a wry smile and started walking towards her car and Bridge smiled as he wore his shirt and followed her.

It was around 4:30pm and Sky waited for Z in the rec room for their math practice, Bridge took Syd along with him to the beach, so Sky couldn't come clear about the kiss with Z to Syd. Sky sighed as he hadn't seen Z after the kiss in the library. Even though he felt guilty for kissing Z while being in a relationship with Syd, he couldn't help but think about how much he enjoyed kissing her.

Just then Z came in and sat on the chair opposite him, not making any eye contact and hurriedly opened her book "Let's continue with Functions today. We were in..." but she couldn't complete when Sky put his hand on hers forcing her to look at him.

Sky staring into her eyes said "Hey don't be like this Z."

Z looked at him "Don't be like what Sky? We shouldn't have kissed. You have a girlfriend! And now I'm feeling ashamed. This was a big mistake."

Sky narrowed his eyes "Mistake? You're calling the kiss a mistake? Here I was thinking how much I liked kissing you and..." he trailed off.

This was music to Z's ears as she had fallen for Sky deeply but he still had a girlfriend and she didn't want to be the 'other woman' in Sky's life so she got up, she had to find a way to avoid him "Since you're not in the mood to study, I'll leave-" as she got up Sky got up with her and caught hold of her hand and pulled her to him and declared "No ones leaving until we clear this out."

Z pulled her hand out of his strong hold "It's pretty clear Sky. You have a girlfriend. We shouldn't have kissed. It was a mistake."

Sky came closer and held her arms saying "I don't mind in making that mistake again." and captured her lips in a passionate kiss, Z kissing him back but again pulled out of the kiss quickly. She said seriously "We need to stop this Sky."

"No."

Z looked at him shocked "No? You have a girlfriend! Or have you forgotten about Sydney Drew."

Sky had enough of this 'girlfriend' business and said "Listen Z I don't love Syd, I never did. And she's likes Bridge I know it. So stop saying-"

Z cut him off "Then why haven't you broken up with her if there's nothing?"

Sky looked at her blankly and sighed "I don't know how to initiate it Z. She has already suffered enough."

That's not going to work. No.

Z got out of his hold and started walking away when Sky caught hold of her hand again and stopped her "Z. I really like you. And I know you like me too."

Z's heart started beating faster than it ever did, she wanted him for so long but she didn't want to be that girl who breaks up couples and she hadn't told Sky about her secret, so with a heavy heart she sighed "I don't... like you Sky... that way."

Sky's eyes widened as he turned her to face him to find her not making eye contact with him "You're lying."

Z looks up at him with a fierce expression "No I'm not. I just see you as my friend."

Sky raises one eyebrow, a smirk forming in his lips "Then why did you kiss me back? Both the times?"

Z looked away trying to think of a suitable answer and Sky stood there amused as he knew she was lying but still wanted to see what she comes up with.

When Z was still rattling her brain for an excuse, she gasped when Sky simply snaked an arm around her waist, picked her up slightly and crashed his lips to hers in yet another passionate kiss. This time he kept his hand behind her head so that she wouldn't be able pull out of the kiss prematurely.

After what seemed like ages they both pulled out to breathe and rested their forehead on eachothers. Sky smiled on seeing Z's blush and kissed her on her cheek. He then sat on a sofa and made her sit on his lap and looked at her intently,

Z, blushing hard from his intense gaze, asked "What?"

Sky smiled "Nothing... I just really like you."

Z wanted to say that she didn't like him but love him but didn't say anything and just smiled. After they had finished studying, Sky held Z's hand as they walked in the corridors and said "Hey let's grab a bite before going home."

Z, alarmed, immediately said "Sky I'd rather not, I'm really tired!"

Her limo always came exactly half an hour after Sky left her at Kat's house and if she was late Sky could find out her secret.

Sky narrowed his eyes knowing that she was lying.

Seriously what was with this girl. He knew she still was hiding something and it's already been a month and her front door wasn't fixed.

He vowed he would find out for sure tonight.