A Lifetime Of Love: Syd and Sky
Series presented by: Pink-Green-White-4ever
Challenge: Time
Last Revised: October 27, 2006

Summary: Syd and Sky discuss the power of time
Disclaimer: I don't own 'em, wish I did.
Genre: General
Rating: T, for now.
Ship: Sydney/Sky

AN: This one is set just after Confronted and is from Syd's POV.

I know that I, I can't believe
Just what the past has brought me
To the man I wanna be
I know that we have had some times
That we can't forget the struggle
Cause we have so far to go

I know we've changed but
Change can be so good
So let's not forget why
It's understood that

Time, look where we are and what we've been through
Time, sharing our dreams
Time, goes on and on everyday, baby
Time is what it is
Come what may(come what may)

-- Backstreet Boys, Time --

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"Hey," I whisper, walking up beside him as he watches Jack run the obstacle courses to make up for not running them with us earlier.

"Syd." His eyes are glued to Jack, but his body shifts closer to mine, almost as if he wants to be closer to me. Making my own move, I lean against his arm and gaze at Jack too.

"How's he doing?"

I feel the sarcastic chuckle reverberate through him. "About as good as I expected. Why?"

"Just wondering," I mumble.

"He has potential, not that I'd tell him that."

"Heroes and leaders are made, not born," I tell him. He looks down at me with a skeptical look. Shaking his head, he looks back at Jack.

We stand together in silence for the longest time, watching Jack complete the last obstacle course. I'm still leaning against his arm when Jack finishes and approaches us. "Better?" Jack asks Sky, bending over so his hands are on his knees.

"Not really, but it'll do I suppose," Sky grumbles. I close my eyes and chuckle.

"Yeah, okay, I'm heading in. See you at dinner."

Jack disappears after that, leaving Sky and I standing in silence. "I guess I'm going to head in for dinner too. You coming?" I venture.

"Naw, I'm going to go for a walk," he mutters.

I debate my options, and against my better judgment, I ask, "Feel like company on your walk?" I feel him touch my hand so I open my eyes and look up.

He smiles down at me. "If you're up to it, sure."

Color me surprised. We take our time walking around the grounds. We're silent, but it's not awkward. Instead, it's comfortable and by far the most peaceful time we've spent together in a while. "It's going to take a long time to get use to following him."

I nod and look at the ground as I walk. "You're use to doing things you're way. Of course it's going to take time."

"He's not as bad as I thought."

"Surprising, isn't it, when you start to give someone a chance?" I tease.

Sky just shoots me a look. "Growing up and being mature sucks."

I can't help the laughter that dances from my throat as I move to hug him. I can feel him stiffen when my arms wrap around him and I rest my head against his chest, but gradually he relaxes and loosely wraps his arms around me. "It's going to be okay, Sky, just wait and see. All you have to do is give everyone a little time to adjust."

"We don't have a lot of time now that Gruumm's here."

"It's going to be okay, you'll see. As long as we do what we're trained to, it'll be okay."

He looks like he wants to believe me, but still doesn't completely. That's okay. Just as I've told him, like everything else, it just takes time.