A/N: The story's going back to it's original rating of M.


Chapter 17: Betrayal

Their outing had been so amazing, Z could not thank Sky enough. Though she was cursing under her breath while trying to scrub off the blue stain. Her skin had fucking absorbed it. She knew she and Sky would be looking 'blue' for the next few days. (I should be hanged for that line)

she wondered what the others would make of it. Would they maybe think they were involved in something? Or would they be out of suspicion?

Best thing was to wait for Syd, for she would immediately give the response that everyone would. She had no inside voice. Bridge would give some stupid interpretation like they were visited by aliens, and Cruger would probably scold them for going out and having too much fun, Kat would want to experiment on the dye, while Daniel would… wait, what would Daniel do?

Anyway, Z waited for Syd, and waited, and waited, but Syd never showed up. She didn't show up all night. Weird. It was about eight o'clock, and the rangers were heading out for supper, into the cafeteria.

"hey, what happened to you two?" Daniel asked, smirking when he saw the blue stained Sky and Z, "did you like act in Avatar or something?"

Avatar! Why hadn't she thought of that? Classic nerd Daniel.

"no Daniel, they obviously went to some other planet and got stuck in a water color rain!" Bridge explained, seemed like Sky hadn't explained it to him anything yet.

"No, you idiots" Sky grumbled from the back, apparently he was in a bad mood.

"Bridge IS kinda right" Z chuckled, "we went to the Currentstream market and got stuck in the blue rain there"

"really? Currentstream? Isn't it that galaxy where everybody has powers? It must be SOOO cool to have powers!" Daniel said, and Bridge replied with something else, equally stupid, looked like Bridge and Daniel got along well, talking about their geeky stuff. Z felt bored, and drifted out of their conversation, and focused her attention on Sky.

"hey" she said, and he forced a smile, "hey" he replied back.

"what's up? You look down"

"and you look pretty." He replied.

"what happened Sky?" Z asked, "you were so happy in the afternoon! You even made ME forget about Joseph, and my break-up!"

"yeah" he smiled, "you're not thinking about that fucker now, are you?" he asked.

"no, I'm not, really. What happened to you? Upset that you're looking like a Pandoran?" Z asked, joking.

"no, it's not that, it's just…" he trailed off, "can we talk when these two are not around" he asked, whispering.

"yeah, sure, but why not Bridge? he's your best friend"

"it's an issue he won't understand, we share a lot of stuff, but family issues aren't ones he gets. All he says is 'say sorry'. He won't get it" Sky explained.

"okay…" so it was a family issue… now Sky had helped her from her slump, so it was her turn to help him from his. I mean, that's what friends did, no?

And they all had supper in silence, listening to Bridge and Daniel argue about why Avatar part 3 never happened was very 'interesting'…

It was strange about how after seeing Sky spend all afternoon trying to cheer her up simply got Joseph off her mind. Z didn't get over break-ups well, never without a tub of ice cream at least, but with all Sky said and did, and everything, she had completely gotten that jerk off her mind. He had kissed her, and for some reason, Z felt like that kiss wasn't like the other ones they had shared, it was different. There was something different… but Sky was just her friend. They had made a pact, just sex, no feelings, and the feelings that did have were friendship, and she didn't want to jeopardize that. It was hard to build such an amazing friendship, and anything further than that was a risk not worth taking. No.

It was around ten thirty, and Z had received a call from Syd saying she was 'hung up' and wouldn't be showing up before the morning. That meant she could call Sky, and she did.

When she heard a knock on the door, ten minutes later, she opened it just a bit to let Sky in.

"Now tell me what happened." Z said, making him sit on the bed, and sitting on Syd's bed, right in front of her.

"I had an argument with my mom." He explained,

"what? why?" he rarely ever talked about his mother, and when he did, he was generally talking about his mom and dad together. Z was surprised, to hear him share. They had shared a lot of secrets, middle school, high school, football, part of college, from which he dropped out, but rarely ever his family.

"well…" she saw that he was uncomfortable.

"what is it Sky?"

"she said I should quit SPD and join business school."

"WHAT?"

"yeah, she said that I had served my time at SPD, I had also become a red ranger like my dad, and so there was no use of me remaining at SPD as my potential was already fulfilled." He explained.

"You declined right?" Z asked, afraid Sky might also leave SPD, under his mom's pressure; she didn't want him to leave.

"yes, I declined. I told her that I didn't want to leave SPD because practically my whole life is here. I don't just want to be red ranger, I want to do something…" he paused, and then quoted, "bigger"

Z smiled, relieved, and surprised to hear him say that.

"so you're not going right?"

"no, I'm firm on that, but my mother will keep pestering me about it until I agree, unless of course, if I stop talking to her." he explained.

"would she mind if someone else explained to her why you should stay here?"

"yeah? And who's gonna do that?" Sky asked, scoffing.

"I am" Z said, "that is, if you want me to… I can be very convincing, you know" she explained.

"really? I mean you'd really do that? For me?" he asked, sitting up, excited, he had seen Z being convincing, and it was just what his mother needed. Yellow ranger to yellow ranger right?

He hugged her, out of joy, and the prospect that there might be a chance that he doesn't need to leave SPD without ruining his relations with his mom. Z was that only chance, and it was a pretty great chance.

"now, let me cheer you up Sky Tate" Z said, seductively, kissing Sky on the lips, placing her hand on his chest, pushing him back so that he lay back on the bedspread. Her hands then moved downwards, to his pants, which she did off, followed by yanking off his boxers, and his dick sprang up. She began massaging it, and then, took it in her mouth.

Sky threw his head back in pleasure. Was this happening? Was Z actually giving him a blowjob? Yikes! She was really good at it! He groaned wildly, squirming in his place, and then, he came, right in her lips. She brought herself up to his face again, and kissed him, and he could taste himself on her tongue. He had never felt so horny in his entire life.

All of a sudden, taken over by his urge, he turned them around, so that he was on top now, began kissing her neck as she moaned in pleasure, while his hands were busy taking off her clothes. They had the room to themselves all night, so they fucked with abandon, knowing they weren't going to be disturbed.

Almost more than six hours later, Sky collapsed on top of the girl, completely spent, and delirious, breathing heavily, and completely drenched in sweat. Neither knew what to say or what to do, they had never, ever gone all out like this, and it seemed like it had taken a lot out of them. Her whole body was aching, and what wasn't aching, had been rubbed sore. Sky felt like he might be having friction burn. It was five in the morning, and they hadn't slept for a minute. Oof! The day was going to be really tiring!

"Sky?" Z asked, she was also as elated as he was.

"mm-hmm?" he replied, finding himself unable to speak more,

"that was the best sex I've ever had" she said.

"me too" he panted, "you're unmercifully good!"

"I didn't know you had so much stamina!"

"me neither" he said, and they started laughing, "you know Z, you're really, really good in bed" he said, and received a smile from her before passing out.

Two hours later, they were woken up by the horrific banging of the door of her room, Sky and Z sat up in attention, nobody was allowed to see this!

"Z? I KNOW YOU'RE IN THERE, OPEN THE DOOR!" Syd shouted from the other side, apparently, she had been knocking for quite a while. Thankfully, Z had bolted the door the previous night, so Syd couldn't enter even with her passkey, unless Z opened it.

"what do I do?" Sky asked, whispering in the panic, he was the unnecessary guest in the room.

"quick, get under the bed!" Z said, suggesting the classic 'hiding-my-secret-boyfriend' technique.

He followed the order, and quickly did so, Z shouted back to Syd, "Syd I'm not decent, wait a minute!" the banging stopped.

Z began putting on he clothes one by one, haphazardly, and she couldn't button up her bra, she looked at Sky for help, and he muttered, "Leave your fucking bra, just zip your jacket over it, she won't notice the difference" Z followed.

Finally Syd entered, she looked cheery enough, and apart from the annoyance of standing outside her room for like half an hour.

"why were you sleeping naked? Did you have a boy here?" she asked, suspiciously.

"noooo…" Z dragged, "plus, I was alone, I was hot, why can't I sleep naked?" Z asked.

"good point. I do that too sometimes when you're not here"

"you do?" that was WEIRD!

"anyway, where were you last night?" Z asked.

"I had a date"

"for a whole night?" Z slanted her eyebrows; the questioner had become the questionee. (I know that's not a word)

"okay, we went back to his apartment…" Syd said, and other things were just… implied.

"what's his name?" Z asked, and saw Syd's mood darken a little.

"Joseph. McBride." She said meekly.

"WHAT? You're dating my EX the day he broke up with me?" Z was shell shocked.

"actually he broke up with you because I asked him out" she explained, and at that moment, Z felt like strangling Syd with her bare hands.

"you know what…" Z throttled all her homicidal thoughts, and then, "I'm done with you" she said, and walked out, leaving Sky stranded in the room with Syd, who didn't seem to be any fazed that she had just completely ruined her friendship with her roommate.

Now the task was Sky's, to get out, without Syd finding out that he had spent the whole night there, and take a bra for Z, because she obviously couldn't find one outside her room, unless she decided to ask Kat.

To make things easier, Syd stated, "I'm going to take a shower. She'll cool down after a while." And Syd walked into the shower in the room.

Sky got out from under the bed, tiptoeing around the room, and found his clothes, all bundled up in a corner, out of sight, dressed up and then, got Z's bra, and then slipped out silently.

He went to the common room, to find Z, but she wasn't there, so he looked around, a little more, to find her, but in the end, gave up, and retired to his own room, when he opened the door, he found her sitting on the bed, sobbing.

"Z? I've been looking all over for you!" he exclaimed.

He handed her the bra, and she took it, gave him a teary smile.

"why did she do that?" she asked him, as he took the seat next to her.

"some people are jerks, Z, they don't care what others think." He said, and he hugged him tightly.

"what do we do now?" she asked, and he liked that she said 'we'.

"now," Sky said, taking her face in his hands, and wiping her tears with his thumb, looked into her eyes, and told her, "we're going to get her back for this."


A/N: so? love or hate? what do you guys think Sky is going to do to Joseph and Syd? Any ideas? leave it in the reviews!