Chapter 14: Confessing

"Sky?" Z tried to appear nonchalance, pretending there was nothing to discuss.

"don't tell me what, Z?" Sky repeated.

"Sky, I—uh—I" she stuttered, "how much did you hear?" she finally asked.

"just you yelling 'don't tell Sky!' to Bridge."

"oh"

"don't tell me what?" Sky repeated for the third time.

"it's nothing Sky" Z put a hand on her forehead.

Z saw Sky getting irritated, then an expression of hopelessness passed and then he spoke, "I get it, Z, you know? I get it, okay? I'm done, I'm fucking done with you. You want to snoop around my room? Do it. You want to keep secrets from me? Do it. You want to never talk to me? Do it Z. I'm done." He just turned around, and left.

Z couldn't just let Sky just walk away like that, because if she did, nothing would ever be the same again.

"SKY wait!" she cried out.

And he stopped.

He didn't turn around immediately, he stood there a few minutes, and then, finally, slowly, heavily, he turned around.

"what?" he asked.

"Sky, I'll tell you everything." She said.

He sighed and came back to her, and looked at her expectantly.

"Sky, I know I should've come to you right after what happened, I'm sorry I didn't." she said,

"I'm sorry too, for all the info I did on Joseph. I shouldn't have done that without your permission. He's a nice guy, and so is his cousin, Brian, you're lucky." He also apologized, a little desolately.

"Sky, can we talk somewhere a little private?" she asked looking towards some D-squad cadets passing.

"my room?" he asked.

"okay" Z agreed.

Sky opened the door, and switched on the lights, letting Z in, and then locked it.

"so?" Sky asked, sitting on the bed, kicking off his shoes.

"okay" she brought out the packet of cigarettes, and sowed it to him, "Syd found this tucked away under my bed" Sky took it and examined it, "it's not mine, of course, as she thought, since she had brought it to my notice, it can't be hers,"

"so you thought it might be mine, because I'm the only one who fucked with you on the bed" Sky said connecting the dots, "and that's why you snuck into my room: to know for sure whether I actually smoked or not"

"yeah, it occurred to me, but you know, you're you. I just couldn't believe it. I had to see it for myself. And as you know, I found nothing."

Sky smiled, "I'm sorry" she said again, "I should've trusted you"

"you know Z, I would've told you about my addiction if I had had one. The only addiction I have is you." Sky said, and the moment he did, he regretted it.

"you wh—?" she looked confused, uncomprehending.

"I was just kidding. How can you get addicted to a person?" he asked, and grinned, nervous.

"I'm really sorry too. I should respect your choices, and not act as an overprotective brother"

"that's fine, you were just looking out for me, which is what I should expect from you" Z grinned, and sat by him on the bed.

"I really missed you these days," she said.

"we're back on right?" he asked.

She looked at him curiously, and then said, "absolutely" and kissed him; he kissed her back passionately.

"Aren't you cheating on him?" he asked, breaking the kiss for a moment that seemed like eternity.

"you're my friend, he's my boyfriend, I don't see a comparison. How would I be cheating on him?" Z asked, innocently.

"you're right" he shrugged, and kissed her again, she pressed his chest with her hands and made his lie back on the bed, climbing on top of him, still kissing him.

he opened her mouth to let her tongue in, and as their tongues danced together inside their mouths, his hands made their way down her back, and inside her shirt, and yanked it off, breaking their kiss for a moment, and then went back to it. Their clothes kept coming off, more than one at a time, and they moaned and groaned as they had sex again, after a LONG while.

They were lying together in bed, after like two hours of intense sex, both too tired to get up and get dressed and go to work. He had night duty, and she had already done her patrol duty. This was the time they were supposed to be with the team, 'bonding' according to Cruger, so technically they were using the time optimally.

"if you don't smoke and I don't smoke and Syd doesn't smoke, then who does?" Z asked him as she felt his warm fingers caressing her naked body.

"how did Syd find something tucked under YOUR bed?"

"she and Jack had sex there"

"WHAT? WE WERE IN THAT BED!" now it was Sky's turn to freak out.

"yikes. Big surprise" Z said, sarcastically.

"okay, okay," he calmed down, cringing a little, "it wasn't me, it wasn't you, it wasn't Syd, so it HAS to be the fourth person there. Aka Jack"

"Jack? You don't think he's gotten addicted to smoking right?"

"it can only be him. I'm sorry to break this to you Z, but Jack has changed. Maybe it's Ally, maybe it's going away from you, or maybe it's some new company"

"why Sky? Why's he so—" Z couldn't finish the statement. New Tech City had a zero tolerance policy for smoking and drugs. Alcohol hadn't been included in the list, except a few types. There was a rumor, that a new alc that was going around was called 'Vrymanol' a new carbon compound, five shots could knock you out, fifteen shots could kill you. Now THAT was banned.

So basically, smoking was illegal for humans and humanoids (like Dru) and to all the species that might get harmed by the consumption.

Yeah.

Jack was involved in something illegal. Again. what a HUGE surprise.

A/N: And no Z is not cheating on Joseph because she and Sky are just friends, and until and unless she and Joseph start 'doin it' she is kinda free to be with Sky. Besides, it's my plot and it's gonna make waves in the story.