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Chapter 2

"Wake Up Call"

It was close to curfew at SPD Headquarters as the ladies of B-squad prepare to go to bed that night. Once Z came out from the bathroom, she finds Syd sitting on top of her bed, fidgeting with her toy animal Peanuts. "Can we talk?" She asks in a serious, mellow tone.

Z furrowed her eyebrows in curiosity. "As long as it's not about dolls, hair, or nails."

"No, it's about Sky."

"I guess I forgot to mention guys."

Syd grunted. "I'm serious, Z."

"Alright, fine." She jumps on the blonde's bed and makes herself comfortable. "What about him?"

"I don't think I'm supposed to say this." Syd pauses and bit her lip. "But Sky likes you." Z makes a weird face like it was some joke. "Okay, you're not convinced."

"He's a jerk, Syd. How can that be true?"

"Look, I know Sky hasn't been the nicest guy in the world but you can't blame him."

"Okay, but how can he be attracted to me?" Z asks quizzically.

Syd smiles wide. "I don't know, but he likes it when you dance."

"And how do you know this?"

The blonde nibbles on her button lip. "Umm...remember when you caught me and Bridge in front of the training room with our ears glued to the door?"

Z nods her head. "Uh huh."

"Well, we were listening to Jack and Sky's conversation, and they were talking about you."

"So that's why you guys were snooping around eh?"

"Yup!" She grins. "What do you have to say about that?"

"It's against SPD rules."

Syd rolls her eyes. "I wasn't talking about that. I meant Sky liking you."

Z pursed her lips and shrugs. "I don't know. I mean, what am I supposed to say?"

"Do you like him?"

"As a friend, yeah." Z looks down and sighs. "Well...I guess he's kind of cute." She admits.

Syd sends her a smile. "So if he ever asks you out, would you consider it?"

"I don't know." She shrugs. "Sure. I guess."

"Great! I'll let him know!"

"Hold on, Syd." The blonde stops halfway from the door before turning around to face her female companion. "Look, if he wants to ask me out you should let him do it."

"But what if he's afraid to without knowing whether you'd go out with him or not?"

Z rolls her eyes. "That's his problem, Syd. Now go to bed."

"Oh fine." She pouts.

The room was under complete darkness as Cadet Tate continues to lie awake on his bed while drowning his thoughts on Z. He looks to the side and reads that it was already 2 o'clock in the morning. Sighing deeply, he rolls over on his other side and finds that Jack has already fallen asleep. "Hey, Jack?" Sky hisses, trying to wake him up. "Hey!" With slight movement and no response, Sky grabbed a pillow from behind him and threw it on Jack. "Psst!"

"Whoa!" Jack immediately got up and turned on the light. He rubbed his fatigue eyes and sends Sky an evil glare. "What was that for!"

"Can we talk?" He asks.

Jack looks around the room and noticed the time. "Now!"

"I can't sleep."

Jack rolls his eyes and groans. "Let me guess, you can't stop thinking about her." He thought while sitting up.

Sky sighs deeply. "Look, I'm nervous about asking Z out."

"Then don't ask her out." He yawns.

"Jack."

Cadet Landors grunted. "Alright. Alright. But why do you want my help anyway? I thought I was the last person you'd ask."

"True, but out of all of us you're the one that knows Z the best."

"The only advice I can give you is with Z, you're gonna have to be yourself and," Jack trails off and looks down at him, "not be you."

Sky shot him a nasty glare. "Am I that bad?"

Jack chuckles. "I'm kidding, man. You're alright."

"Okay, about tomorrow. Where should I take her?"

"You're gonna have to ask her out first and pray that she says yes."

Sky presses his lips together, now deep in thought. "I'm gonna take a walk."

"Shouldn't you be getting some sleep first?"

"I can't sleep, remember?"

"Right." Jack looks at him worriedly. "Don't you think you're being a little too hard on yourself?"

"I'm just nervous." Sky rubs his hands together uneasily as sweat trickle down on the back of his neck.

"Yeah," Jack raises an eyebrow, "I can see that."

"I need some air." Sky rises up from his bed and headed towards the door.

Jack looks on in amusement while pulling the covers over him and getting back to bed . "Breathe, my man."

"Wait!" The guys all turned around and faced the concern blonde.

"What is it, Tor?"

She places a hand over her eyes to block the bright light coming from the open scroll that led to a portal. "Before we jump into that thing, can we just think about what we are about to do here?"

They stood in place and exchange looks as they share a moment of silence. "Okay, let's go."

"You guys."

"Look, you can stay behind if you want." He turns to the other guys. "Come on, before we get caught."

Disappointed in her male companions, she crosses her arms and watch as they enter the portal one by one. The tall, dirty blonde however stayed behind in spite of guilt. "I'm not going without you."

She looks up at him and sighs. "That's just too bad. Because we're going."

"Huh? What made you change your mind?" He asks curiously.

"There's no way I'm leaving Shane and Dustin alone in the year 2020." She smirks. "They're gonna be miserable and definitely lost without me." The blonde looks away and sighs deeply. "I just hope when we do get caught, which is very likely, Sensei will find some way to forgive us."

"Yeah." He smirks. "Don't get your hopes up. We may face hours, weeks, and maybe even months of brutal punishment."

She grunted at the thought. "I don't wanna know."

Sky carried on walking across the dim lighted hallway as he looks down at each step he takes. "Z, I was wondering..." The cadet starts whispering to himself as if making conversation with the floor. "If you want to hang out, catch a movie or something." He nodded his head in disapproval. "No, that sounds lame." Sky shook his head and takes a deep breath before starting over. "Listen, Z." Cadet Tate was caught up in his own world; rehearsing over and over his lines without keeping in mind with the surroundings, nor realize that he wasn't the only one wide-awake.

"Sky?" The familiar voice took him by surprise as he slightly stumbled forth and quickly spun around.

"Z?" He breathes nervously. "Uh...what are you doing up?"

She gives him a bewildered look. "I just went to get a drink of water. What are you doing here?"

Sky kept quiet for a brief second. "Uh...same thing you're doing. I can't really sleep."

"Oh." She weakly smiles. "Yeah, same here."

There was a moment of awkward silence.

"Well...I should be going to bed." Z motioned towards her room. "And you should too. You're gonna need a lot of rest for a big day tomorrow."

"Yeah, about tomorrow..." Sky scratches the back of his head uneasily. "Um...if you're not doing anything, I was wondering if umm..." He stammers on his sentence as Z smiles. "If y-you would want to hang out w-with me and get to know each other?" Sky stutters. "That is if you want to..."

Pleased and flattered with his open invitation, Z looks down and shyly smiles. "Yeah." She looks up at him. "I'd like that."

"Really?" Sky was taken by surprised with her answer.

She chuckles. "Yes, really. It's a date then."

His eyes grew larger. "Oh, okay."

"Unless, you don't want it to be a date."

"No! I mean yes!" Sky was suddenly confused, but thrilled at the thought . "Of course it's a date."

"Cool." She nods her head. "Well, goodnight now."

He smiles as he watches her walk off and disappear in the darkness. "Night..." Sky turns around with a huge grin on his face as he looks up in triumph. "Score."

Meanwhile, Z turned at a corner and leaned against the wall where she wouldn't be seen. She shuts her eyes and heaved a deep, soothing breath to clear her thoughts. "What did I put myself into?" She wondered as her mind trails back on Sky. The thought of him being so kind and sweet made her smile. "Gosh he's so cute." Z shook her head. "Oh my gosh, what am I saying! This is crazy, Syd talk."

"Z?"

The female cadet gasps and hastily turned around. "Bridge? You scared me!"

He rubs his fatigue eyes and yawns. "What are you doing in front of my room? And who were you just talking to?"

Z bit her lip and looks away. "Oh...well, I just went to get a drink of water..."

"And?"

"And what?"

"Were you just talking to yourself?"

She kept quiet without knowing how to respond to his question. "Well...umm...yeah. I was talking to myself." Z forced a smile. "To one of my duplicates."

Bridge arches his brow. "Wow...you're weirder than I thought."

She rolls her eyes irritably. "Thanks." She hissed. "Goodnight."

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