A/N: LONG chapter.


Chapter 19: Double-Date

"what exactly are we going to do at the double date?" Z asked Sky, as she used her elbow to prop herself up on his bare chest.

It had been three days after the announcement that they were fake-dating, and Syd used to spend all her nights at Joseph's so Sky and Z had the room to themselves every night; and Sky didn't mind coming over every night, and leaving before Syd returned. His fingers caressed her naked back, up and down, making shapes; she liked his touch. It was about twelve in the night, and neither really felt like sleeping.

"I thought we were going to ruin their date?" Sky asked.

"yeah, I know, but how, exactly?" Z asked, they had decided they were going to ruin the date, but they hadn't planned out how.

"okay" Sky said, thinking, "maybe we can pretend to enjoy it so much, make them feel jealous, or something"

"alright?"

"we can flirt, make them awkward"

"and we can try to break them up!" Z added the suggestion.

"perfect!" he said, and then kissed her. Sky Tate was Z's boyfriend in every sense of the word, only he wasn't. This was so complicated, their relationship. They were friends, had sex, 'no strings attached', and were fake dating. What? He was pretending to be her boyfriend, he was a boy, he was her friend, they had sex, and they were now allowed to kiss in public. Of course, Sky and Z knew this was all fake. They knew what they were; they had kinda kept their boundaries clear.

No strings attached, right?

But Sky felt like he needed more. Like he was living a lie. He didn't want to live a lie. He cared about her, and he knew she cared about him. So what was stopping them? Truth was that he could never face what he felt about her; feeling like it'd jeopardize their friendship. And that friendship was the best thing that ever happened to him. But again, the truth was undeniable.

He was starting to wish for the strings.

He wanted to define what they were. Even if it meant jeopardizing their friendship AND their job, because they knew that Cruger was very strict about this kind of stuff. But he had a plan just in case, I mean, even Cruger had disobeyed handbook rules many a times, and he had record to prove it too. He obviously wouldn't blackmail Cruger, but he'd just gently ask him to ease the rules a little bit to allow this sort of 'interaction' amongst rangers at SPD. this had also been a prime reason why Z and Sky had never made their

But he could enjoy what he had right now; worrying about the future for something he needed to worry about in the future. He needed to spend whatever time he could with Z to it's max, and right now, it meant more sex.

He turned them around, catching Z by surprise as she found herself on her back, with him on top of her; he looked at her, a little wildly, "ready for another go?" he asked, and she chuckled, as he pulled her under the covers with him.

X-X-X

Saturday.

Almost five days after Sky and Z's 'announcement', scheduled to be their double date with Syd and Joseph, and Z and Syd were getting ready in their room, waiting for their respective boyfriends to arrive, so they could go for the double date. Sharing a room with Syd was SO FUCKING AWKWARD for Z, they couldn't talk to each other; they couldn't even stand being in the same room together.

"Z do you think I should wear that?" Syd asked her roommate's opinion on a VERY revealing dress, knowing she was going to wear it anyway.

"I think you need trim it a couple more inches, you know?" Z asked, sarcastically, "then it'll not leave anything to imagination"

"ha ha, very funny. You know Z, you can put on a pair of sweatpants." Syd remarked, "then you'll look better"

"slut" Z said.

"I heard that"

"I said it out loud" Z said, sassier.

"bitch" Syd added.

"shut up"

"you do"

they dressed up silently, and then the bell rang, Z went to open it, and saw Sky standing there with a huge bouquet of white lilies.

"your favorite flowers" Sky smiled.

"you didn't have to do this, Sky." Z said, looking at the flowers, then whispered to him, "you're not my real BF you know?"

"I know." He smiled, "just want to make my role perfect. We gotta do what we talked about, right" and handed her the flowers.

"you're too sweet" she said, blushing, and then immediately blushed even more because she realized she was blushing, and then well, basically she turned redder than a strawberry.

At that moment, there was another knock, and went to open the door for Joseph.

"HEEEYYYY BABY!" she greeted him with a passionate tongue kiss.

Sky looked at that, and whispered to Z, "this is literally all they'd have to talk about" and she chuckled.

"He really seemed to like the tongue kisses, while we went out" Z whispered back.

"I think we all know what he likes" Sky said, sarcastically. He kinda sorta didn't like Z saying anything 'memorable' about Joseph. It hurt him, and he didn't know why.

"give me just five minutes," Syd said, and Z followed, "me too, and then we'd be there" and both the girls entered the bathroom together, leaving Sky and Joseph alone in the room.

"I didn't know Z was that desperate" Joseph chuckled.

"What?" Sky turned to look at him, enraged.

"she asks her gay friend to pretend to be her date. Isn't that a desperate attempt to make me jealous?"

"I'm not gay man" Sky said, amused, he knew he had the upper hand, "why do you think it didn't work out between me and that gay cousin of yours?"

"he said your vibes didn't match"

"he meant gay vibes" (no offence)

"you're fucking lying"

"I'm not. Call him and check if you want to" Sky said, cockily.

Joseph made the call, and returned to the conversation fuming, "Why the fuck did Z tell me you were gay?"

"Cuz she knew I kinda had a thing for her, and she didn't want you to feel… insecure" Sky said, smirking.

"why would I feel insecure?" Joseph asked, feeling terribly insecure.

"I'm hotter than you, cooler than you, prettier than you, hunkier than you, and most of all, nicer than you"

"oh yeah?" nobody had ever insulted Joseph like that. He himself was quite the heartthrob, with his Harry-Styles-looks, but the aspects of his personality, as explored by Z, had completely made him devoid of all charm in her eyes. Sky was quite like a Greek God himself, maybe Ares, for comparison? And his personality, being nothing like this jerk of an asshole sitting in front of him, was icing over the cake. Dammit he was the complete package.

"why did you ditch Z?" Sky asked, suddenly, changing the topic, making the room feel like an interrogation cell to Joseph.

"I what?"

"why the fuck did you dump Z? And how did you meet Syd?"

"Z and I had been going out for more than a month, and she hadn't had sex with me. She didn't consider the 'going out for coffee' and 'going to craft fairs' and spending time in general as dates. It was like she was trying to stretch out the platonic period as long as she could. like something would end if she had sex with me. It really frustrates me. When a girl doesn't have sex with me. Then one day, at a time at SPD academy, I came to visit her, she wasn't here, and I met Sydney. She was so horny, she saw me, and pulled me in bed with her. I really liked that I was so irresistible to a girl. But then I thought I'd have to break things off with Z, cuz I fucked her roommate before I fucked her. But then I changed my mind, thinking that I couldn't let a perfectly good girl go off, without fucking with her even once. You know what I'm talking about?" he asked, knowingly nudging Sky, like Sky would know what he was talking about.

Sky felt his anger rise up even more, and he had turned redder than what Z had been minutes ago, he grabbed Joseph by his collar, and was just about to say something, really mean, and threatening, when the girls re-entered the room. And seeing them, he dropped Joseph, with a look that said 'If-you-tell-anyone-about-this,-you're-dead-meat'

Joseph nodded, afraid of him.

"Ready sweetie?" Z asked Sky, hooking her hand with his. He smiled at her; maybe she had seen him holding Joseph as she had come first, but she didn't show it.

"Joseph? Syd?" Sky asked, slanting his eyebrows, mischievously, "let's go?"

"ready baby?" Syd asked, imitating Z's action, and latching onto Joseph, who still looked a little white.

They drove in Syd's car. Syd was in the passenger seat, letting Joseph drive, cuz she didn't want her newly done nails to be ruined. Sky and Z were in the back seat; they were sitting a close together, and Sky just couldn't control his fingers, seeing her sitting there, next to her, looking all hot and sexy.

He placed his palm on her knee, checking for her reaction, and was immensely satisfied. She looked at him, smirked, quietly, and licked her lips, invitingly. He took the signal, and gently slid the hand up her thigh, his fingers playing on her naked skin, moving around her thigh, from the inner side to the outer side, making circles, and she chuckled, or at least felt like chuckling, because she knew if she made any noise, it'd draw the other couple's attention, and that was really unnecessary. He got more mischievous, and slid his fingers over to her clit, achieving a small, controlled moan from her, and that made Syd turn around, "what are you two doing?" she asked, as Sky pulled his hand back at lightening speed, and muttered, "nothing" in the most innocent way, making Z snicker. He also joined in, as Joseph got irritated, he had an idea what they might be up to, and was pissed off that he couldn't feel up his own girlfriend as he was driving.

They finally reached the restaurant, a certain, 'Gold Town Resort' undertaking, quite famous, and sat down at a table. The wall, at a little distance by the table had water dispensers, and so the wall, which had the wallpaper setting of a stone cave, with the water dispensers, gave the feeling of a waterfall. There was lighting right under the wall, and it made it shine right out. it was beautiful. The whole restaurant was decorated with a number of belle indoor plants, and flowers of a great variety. There were even plants and decors from different galaxies. The only source of lighting was the small Fenzu insects, who hovered like fireflies, (only a lot brighter) in the air, giving off different colored glows from their wings, making the whole lighting of the setting, just the perfect amount for romance, while not being too static at the same time. It was just perfect.

But the date has to go on… so, let the official 'AWKWARD MOMENT' begin!

Both of the couples sat, looking at each other, not knowing what to say, cuz, you know, AWKWARD! (I can picture myself saying this in a high-pitched voice)

Neither had ever been on a double date before, and didn't know what exactly to say or do. Well, Sky and Z kinda had a plan, but how were they like supposed to kick-start it all?

"how come you never brought me here before Joseph?" Z asked, trying to get things rolling.

"because he's never come here himself." Sky said, matter-of-factly, making it evident that the restaurant was indeed his choice. No wonder it was so breathtaking.

Silence again.

"what do you want to order?" Syd asked, finally, breaking the silence as the waiter poured water into their glasses.

"lady's choice" Sky said, and Z looked at him, as if to say 'you're-overdoing-it' but he didn't seem to receive the signal.

Anyway, Syd ordered the wine for them, taking her time to choose the menu, 'La Vin Rouge de Bourgogne' (right out of France), and Z ordered the starters for them, and when it arrived, Sky couldn't help but smirk, and nudged her, "I know what you're doing and I love it"

"OH! Calamari! My fave! I love it!" Joseph said, when he waiter placed the dish on the table, and Sky and Z enjoyed the show, as Joseph stuffed the fried squid in his mouth like a barbarian, cuz he just loved it, Syd cringed, and he was like, "ooh I'm sorry!" he said with a stuffed mouth, "how very rude of me! Would you like some?" he asked, placing the plate right in front of Syd, and all three of them noticed Syd turning red, and then green and then her eyes getting watery, which finally led her to get off her seat in a hurry and dash out to the restroom.

Damn!

"what happened?" Joseph asked, his mouth full, still unable to stay away from the calamari.

"Didn't you know that Syd is allergic to sea food?" Sky asked in the most innocent of ways, and before Z could answer, he said, "too bad, guess you two don't have so much in common after all"

Joseph looked at them in disgust and then ran after Syd, to the ladies' room.

"seeing a girl throw up is the worst thing that can happen on a date" Z said, and Sky grinned

"I love you…" he said, and immediately corrected, adding "rrrr evil side!" then paused, a little embarrassed, maybe she hadn't noticed, he repeated, "I love your evil side" he took his wine glass and offered cheers to her.

By the time Syd and Joseph were back, she was a little less green, and he looked a lot more shaken.

They sat down again and there was silence for a little more while.

Then Sky and Z started complimenting each other, in the way that made the other two extremely uncomfortable.

"what have you done with your hair? I love them."
"you're so muscular, and hot, and I'm like OOHH!"
"you're so pretty."
"you're so handsome"
"you smell so good, what is that? Gucci?"
"it's Chanel, and you? What do you have? Is it one of those… 'Midnight' perfumes?"
"oh yeah, 'La Minuit'"
"I love your eyes, they're so deep"
"I think you're just perfect in every way!"
"I love spending time with you"
"I love every moment I spend wit you"
"I love it even more"
"I love it more than you can"

And so on and so forth they continued, while the other two stared at them, awkwardly speechless, not knowing what to say. Finally when Sky and Z decided they had made Syd and Joseph uncomfortable enough, they turned to look at them, "oh I'm SO SORRY!" Z said, "we completely forgot you were here!"

"yeah, it's just I love spending time with Z, the rest of the world just spins around, like vanishes" Sky said, and gave Z a little kiss, that soon turned into a with-tongue make-out, which made Syd and Joseph more and more discomfited!

They interrupted Sky and Z for a minute, "I think we should take off…" Joseph said, weirdly.

"yeah, I think we should. Don't worry, we'll walk. You two take the car back to SPD, Joseph will drop me off" Syd said, and the two of them made their way out of the restaurant, still a little dazed.

"I think we overdid it" Z said, feeling bad for the two, their date had been so horrible, including the vomiting part, that they couldn't have the same relationship they had a two hours back.

"yeah, I still think we haven't done enough. It won't be enough till they break up" Sky said, his mind made up.

"now who has an evil side?" Z asked, mocking, but then said, "but I love it too…" and smiled, offering him cheers with her wine glass too.


A/N: I hope I didn't make the double date too short, n too... stupid, i didn't know how else i could make it weird! But do tell me how I did in the reviews please! hope that you liked it!