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A Day at the Beach
Sky's POV
Today Cruger actually gave us the day off. This was the first time that Cruger had given us the day off since…I can't even remember when. Yes it has been that long, and no I do not have a bad memory. The five of us were contemplating how we should spend our day off. We should probably milk it for all it was worth because who knows when we'd get another day off again.
"How about we go to the beach?" Syd asked.
I noticed that the faces of Bridge, Jack, and Z lit up after hearing where Syd suggested we spend our day off. That will probably mean that I will be outnumbered four to one.
"I'm down," Jack replied.
"Me too," Z added.
"Me three," Bridge said.
Yep. Just as I thought. Out of all the places they could've picked, why did it have to be the beach? It was certainly a nice enough day, but I would've much rather preferred to go to the park. Of course, not that it matters though.
"How about it Sky?" Syd asked.
I noticed that my teammates were looking at me waiting to hear my answer. I really wish they would stop doing that. If there is one thing I can't stand, it's people staring at me.
"Fine. Whatever," I answered seeing how the chances of us going to the park were practically nonexistent.
The four of them cheered and gave each other high fives after I had agreed to go to the beach. If I didn't know any better, I could've sworn I saw them jumping up and down out of excitement. Yeah, I definitely have no idea who those four people are.
"I can't wait! Today is such a beautiful day. It's the perfect weather to go swimming," Z said.
"Or for sunbathing," Syd added.
The next thing I knew, the four of them had gone to their respective rooms to gather all of their beach necessities. I have no clue what exactly those beach necessities are because I don't do beaches, but it's not like I had much of a choice in the matter.
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As soon as we arrived at the beach, Jack, Z, and Bridge threw their beach towels on the sand and took off their street clothes revealing their swimsuits they had on underneath. The three of them ran out into the ocean to go swimming. Syd had neatly laid her beach towel on the sand and took off her street clothes to reveal a two piece hot pink swimsuit. She looked so smoking in her swimsuit that I couldn't help but stare at her.
"Do you like my swimsuit Sky?" Syd asked while turning around one full circle so that I could see the front and back of it.
I felt the heat rush to my cheeks. Was I blushing? I swallowed a lump that was beginning to form in my throat. I nodded my head yes because like some idiot I wasn't able to verbalize an answer, and then averted my gaze trying to look at anything but Syd and her swimsuit. I looked over at her and saw that she was putting on suntan lotion. I never realized that Syd had a perfect body. I guess I never really had a chance to see her body before because the only thing I get to see her in is her uniform, and that certainly doesn't show any skin. Her skin was so soft and smooth looking too that I just wanted to reach over and caress it. Chills went down my spine as I saw Syd apply suntan lotion on her breasts. The top to Syd's swimsuit doesn't leave much to the imagination that's for sure.
"Sky!" Syd shrieked.
I quickly stared down at the ground. Oh God, she must've saw me staring at her as she was applying tanning lotion on her breasts! She must think I'm some kind of sick pervert! I suddenly had an idea. I opened up my S.P.D. handbook to the page I had bookmarked and began reading it.
"Why aren't you out there swimming with Jack, Z, and Bridge?" I asked. Of course I didn't really want her to leave my side.
"I thought I'd tan first, but I could go for a swim since the suntan lotion is waterproof. I'll go only if you go," Syd answered.
While a part of me would love to follow Syd out to the ocean, I decided against it. I buried my head deeper into my S.P.D. handbook and continued reading.
"Well, I guess you won't be going swimming then," I replied.
Out of nowhere, Syd snatched my S.P.D. handbook out of my hands and took off running. Without giving it further thought, I chased after her.
"Come on Sky! It's our day off for crying out loud! You're not allowed to do anything S.P.D. related on our day off!" Syd shouted.
That's funny because last I checked, Syd was in no position to give me any orders. After all, I was second in command so if anything I should be ordering her. I felt a beach ball hit me in the back of the head. I spun around and surprise, surprise it came from Jack.
"Are you two going to get in the water with us or are you just going to play tag with each other all day?" Jack yelled.
I answered the question by giving up trying to retrieve my S.P.D. handbook from Syd and heading back to my beach towel. I never realized Syd was so quick. I plopped down on my beach towel and tried to catch my breath.
"Sky! What are you doing in your S.P.D. uniform still? Aren't you hot in that thing?" Z shouted.
I took off my S.P.D. jacket, folded it neatly, and placed it beside me on my beach towel.
"There! Are you happy now?" I hollered back.
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About an hour later, Syd had finished sunbathing and was ready to head into the ocean and go for a swim. She was trying to get me to go with her. What was her problem anyways? She's a grown up!
"Come on Sky! Are you telling me that you're going to spend an entire day at the beach without going swimming in the ocean?" Syd asked tugging my hand in an attempt to get me up.
Yep Syd. That's the idea. Besides, is there some rule saying that you have to go swimming in the ocean when you go to the beach? I didn't think so. I had to come up with an excuse and fast because now Syd had started whining.
"I don't want to mess up my hair," I replied.
Syd gave me a look like she knew that wasn't the reason for me not wanting to go swimming. Ok, ok so it wasn't the reason. Still though, getting my hair to look perfect doesn't exactly take a short amount of time either.
"Then don't get your hair wet," Syd commented.
Syd has a point there. I better come up with another excuse then. It was really hard to think when someone was tugging at your arms jarring your thought processes.
"I don't have any swimming trunks," I said.
That was true too. I didn't have any swimming trunks. I was glad to see that Syd didn't think that was a lie.
"You don't need swimming trunks. Just swim in your boxers. Or you don't have to swim in…" Syd started to say before I interrupted her.
"Syd!" I shouted shocked that she would even suggest that idea.
I looked over and saw her blushing. She must've realized she was blushing too because she was no longer looking me straight in the eyes.
"Why do you keep coming up with excuses for why you don't want to go swimming?" Syd asked.
Apparently she must not think that any of the reasons I gave her were good enough to warrant me a get-out-of-swimming-in-the-ocean-free card. I sighed a deep sigh. Well, here goes nothing.
"I don't know how to swim," I said.
Yes you heard me right folks. The almighty by-the-book Sky Tate doesn't know how to swim. In my defense though, it's not like we have to battle any of Gruumm's goons underwater or anything like that.
"You're kidding right?" Syd asked before bursting out in laughter. "Jack, Bridge, Z, guess what? Sky's afraid of the water!"
"Who said anything about being afraid of the water? I said I don't know how to swim, but that doesn't mean I'm afraid of the water!" I retorted.
All of my teammates were now laughing at me. I was just glad that we were the only five individuals at the beach today. Was making a scene of it really necessary Syd?
"You take showers though right? How come you have no problem taking a shower, but you are afraid to go swimming in the ocean?" Syd asked after composing herself long enough to ask the question before cracking up all over again.
"For the last time Syd, I'm not afraid of the water!" I shouted.
I noticed a mischievous smile appear on Syd's face. Whoa, she has a gorgeous smile. I could get lost in her smile. Her teeth were so perfect just like her. Wait a second. Why am I having these thoughts again?
"Prove it," Syd said.
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A half an hour later, I was still trying to muster up the courage to prove Syd wrong and show her that I wasn't afraid of the water. I wasn't about to let word get around the Academy that I was a chicken. I took a deep breath and started stripping down to nothing but my boxers. I felt Syd's eyes gazing at me, but as soon as I looked over at her, she averted her gaze.
"Were you staring?" I asked.
I didn't get any answer. An idea suddenly popped into my head. First, I flexed my pecs, and then I wiggled them. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Syd's eyes widen and I heard her giggle. Yep, she was staring. I started to blush once I realized Syd was looking me up and down and checking me out.
"Let's go Sky," Syd said grabbing my hand and running out to the ocean.
As soon as the water touched my bare feet, I realized how cold it was. How could the others possibly swim in water that was this cold? I instantly started heading back towards my beach towel. Maybe being called a chicken was better than this after all.
"Where do you think you're going?" Syd asked pulling me deeper into the ocean.
I have no idea why, but I found myself letting Syd pull me deeper into the water. Eventually, I got to a point where my feet were no longer touching the bottom. As soon as that happened, I found myself submerged. When I resurfaced, I headed to where the water wasn't so deep. I hated the feeling of water in my nose and ears. I was coughing like crazy.
"Sky, you have to kick your legs and use your arms!" Syd shouted.
I went back to where I could no longer stand on the bottom and tried on numerous occasions, but each time it yielded the same result. I always ended up getting submerged, a mouthful of ocean water, and nearly drowning. Again I retreated back to shallower water. Just then, Syd splashed me in the face with ocean water.
"Syd! Knock it off!" I yelled.
She must not have heard me because she continued to splash me again and again. I was getting extremely agitated, so I waved my arm around in a circle and put up a force field to block the splashing onslaught. I didn't realize I had turned my head, but when I looked forward to where Syd was swimming a few seconds ago, I didn't see her. I began to grow really concerned that she had drowned. God knows I wouldn't be able to save her if she did.
"Syd? Where are you? This isn't funny! Quit playing around Syd!" I called out.
All of a sudden, I felt something come up from underneath me and pull me under. I thrashed about trying to break myself free from whatever had grabbed onto me, but it was no good. I tried to resurface myself, but that effort was in vain. Eventually, I felt whatever had grabbed onto me let go of me. On my way up, I saw that it was Syd who had pulled me under. I thought of a way to get her back for pulling me under. When I resurfaced, I was still holding my breath.
"Sky? Are you ok? Come on it was just a joke!" Syd exclaimed.
She laid her head on my chest and saw that I wasn't breathing. This plan was working perfectly.
"Z! Jack! Bridge! Come quick! Sky's not breathing!" Syd yelled.
Syd had dragged me ashore by the time Jack, Z, and Bridge made it over to us.
"Syd, what happened?" Bridge asked.
I couldn't wait to hear how Syd would explain herself. I almost felt bad when I heard the guilt in her voice, almost.
"I was just messing around with Sky. I pulled him under and when he came to the surface, he wasn't breathing," Syd explained.
"What are you waiting for? Give him mouth to mouth!" Z exclaimed.
Thank you Z. I made a mental note to thank Z when this was over with. I felt Syd's lips press against mine. I opened my eyes and looked into her beautiful eyes that were as blue as the ocean water itself.
"I knew you couldn't resist!" I boasted before rising to my feet and taking off with Syd hot on my heels. Maybe deciding to go to the beach wasn't such a bad idea after all. I mean sure I still can't swim even if my life depended on it, but I got a kiss from Syd, so it can't be all that bad of a day right?
A/N: I want to thank BloomingViolets. In one of her reviews, she asked if I ever considered writing a Sky/Syd fic before. I thought I'd give it a try, hence this fic was written. I don't know how well it turned out though because there are a lot of good Sky/Syd fics out there in my opinion. I tried something different in that I wrote this story in Sky's POV. My other stories, the narrative has been omniscient that way I can get into the heads of all characters, so if this story didn't turn out so well, I apologize. I am new at writing in the narrative of just one character's POV. I'd love to know what you think about this story as long as you don't flame me. This was supposed to be a one-shot, but if you'd like, I could write a chapter in Syd's POV too.