11th May 2013 Saturday

Day 131

I just wanted to say a loving thank you to all of your kind reviews because personally, I didn't think I did my best in that last chapter, but with your help I'm able to look at and appreciate the little things that I miss, like the pun in the heading! I didn't even realise that it could've been taken like "Zap is a slime ball" until it was pointed out, how funny! Thank you so much for all of your support, enjoy this little Zenny filler one-shot.

Disclaimer: If you are not happy with Zenny love, please turn away now (YEAH RIGHT!)

"Watch out for the one on your left!" Jenny screamed, firing at one of the wasps floating in front of her. Pushed against her back, Zap fired at the one hovering near his left before it could attack him.

"How did we get stuck in this ambush?" he yelled over the noise of gunfire and buzzing wings. The clone rolled her eyes as she reloaded the clip in her weapon.

"I think the real question is; how did I get stuck with you on this mission?" she squealed back. They moved around, one still protecting the other by remaining back-to-back.

Zap snorted, smirking playfully at her banter. "Because Dex said you needed a strong man to protect you."

"You're doing well, Strong Man," she spoke sarcastically, releasing another shot towards the swarm. Some dispersed out around them, leaving a few more mad wasps hovering around. "By the way, that was sarcasm."

"Can you just let me do my job?" he yelled in reply, firing his gun blindly in front. "My God you can be so annoying sometimes I just-" He dropped the empty weapon on the ground, frantically looking around for a way out. His head looked up, and to Jenny's shock, he raised his hands in defence.

"What are you doing?" she questioned in a panic over her shoulder. The insects flew closer, anger swelling in their eyes.

"Getting us out of here," with one swift motion, he turned around and grabbed her waist, soaring in to the air with her in his grip just as the wasps swarmed towards them. Flying directly vertical, Jenny buried her head in his chest to muffle her scream as Zap flew out of the cloud barrier.

When they slowed down, the clone dared to pull herself away and look at their surroundings. What she saw was…

…breathtaking.

Hues of pink and blue swirled around them as the sun began to set. Cloud precipitate danced around them like soft snow, mixed together with the glitter of stars that were just becoming visible. Zap stared in wonder as the colours bounced off of Jenny's awe-struck face.

"Wow," she breathed out slowly, her eyes taking in as much as they could. Her eyes locked with his, blue reflecting the golden sunlight of the sun. "And you have such easy access to this. How do you get anything done?"

He pretended to think. "I…don't," she laughed at his response, nodding her head in a reply.

"Yeah, silly question," an awkward silence fell upon them while Jenny thought of what she wanted to say. "Do you really think I'm annoying?"

"Huh?" Zap questioned, but once it was mentioned, his memory raced back to the fight.

"You said I can be so annoying. Is that really how you see me?" the hurt could be seen behind her eyes. Zap quickly shook his head in a response to calm her down.

"No, no I didn't mean it," he answered, trying to make sure her eyes were looking straight in to his. "It was just the heat of the moment kind of thing. You're definitely not annoying; in fact, you're the opposite. You're one of the smartest people I know, the smartest person in the universe. You know how to take care of an entire habitat pretty much by yourself and you are really funny, especially when you're dishing it at Dex and not me, and you're really cute and very organised and-"

"I'm what?" she interrupted his rambling, locking her arms around his neck to keep her from falling.

Zap looked at her with confusion. "You're organised?"

"No, before that," her smile grew when the blush adorned his facing, finally registering what he said during his monologue.

"Uh, you're funny?" he said in a bid to disregard what he said. Jenny placed her hand on his cheek, facing his head in her direction.

"Did you just say I'm cute?" she questioned incredulously, admiring how his eyes kept trying to avoid her gaze.

"No," his response resembled that of a five year old telling his mother a fib to get out of trouble.

"Yes you did," the clone laughed, nodding her head up and down.

He finally looked her straight in the eye, ignoring how red his face must have looked. He mumbled a shy response. "Whatever."

Her lips still remained in a smile, unable to wipe it from her face. She decided not to look too excited as Zap's face finally cooled down. "We should start heading back."

"Yeah," he muttered in reply, yet still he stayed floating with her in the air. The pilot began to look down as though examining the land, even though there was no land to see. "Where do you think the others-" his sentence was interrupted as Jenny quickly placed a small kiss on his cheek. Zap stared at her immediately with a look of shock spread on his features.

Another awkward silence.

"So," Jenny began in an attempt to break the silence. Zap shook himself out of his daze, a smile growing ever so slowly on his lips. "Should we head back?"

With softening eyes, he pressed his forehead against hers, their smiles growing together.

"There's no hurry," he whispered, grazing his nose with hers.

The two remained like that, sharing their first kiss as the sky fell dark blue with night.

There you go, I'm much happier with this one and I have a hunch that you guys will be too. Have a nice time reading this one over and over (like I have been with chapter four, I admit it) and yeah, don't forget the image comp. R&R!