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"It should be against the law for the sun to shine this intensely bright at nearly… " she paused to look at her clock. "six o'clock in the morning!"

Groaning in frustration at her recent lack of sleep, Z Delgado grabbed one of her many pillows out from under her head and firmly shoved it over her face. This was the third time this week that the sun had shone through the window in her room and directly into her eyes. At 6 a.m., no less. She took the soft, yellow shield away from her face just long enough to glace over at her roommate. Then it went right back again.

"No fair." Z mumbled into the pillow. "Syd always gets to sleep late on the weekends. I barely get any sleep at all!"

But complaining about it would do no good. 'Might as well get an early start.' she thought sarcastically with a heavy sigh.

After a long yawn and drawn out stretch, the tired yellow ranger climbed out of bed and stumbled half asleep to the bathroom. She did her normal routine for getting ready for the day; a quick shower, brushing her teeth, etc… then she decided to go down to the kitchen and grab a quick breakfast.

Once she was fully awake, the events from last night came rushing back to her. How she went to gaze at the Christmas tree, but instead found herself staring longingly at a picture of…

"Hey, Z." called a familiar male voice from behind the refrigerator door, which was wide open.

Z gasped and jumped back against the wall. The door closed to reveal a laughing Sky Tate.

"Sky!" breathed Z, wide eyed and surprised. "You scared the crap outta me!"

"Sorry." he chuckled, his face turning once more to a serious expression. "What are you doing up so early anyway? I figured you wouldn't get up till around noon."

Z placed her hands on her hips and walked over to the front of the counter, taking a seat at one of the stools. "I guess you're not the only one who likes to get an early start on the day." she smirked, choosing to leave out the small detail that she would have slept till noon, had the sun not woke her up. 'But now that I get a chance to be alone with Sky…' she mused.

"I guess not." smiled Sky, his attention turning to the items he had just taken out of the fridge; a carton of eggs, package of bacon, and small jar of strawberry jam.

"What are you gonna do with all of that?" Z asked curiously.

"Make some breakfast. You want some?"

"You cook?"

A smile crossed Sky's lips for the second time that morning. "Yeah, I do. I guess there's a lot about me that you don't know."

"… but I'd like to."

The red ranger paused to look back at her. "Really?"

Realizing what she'd just said, Z nervously laughed and cleared her throat. "Yeah! You know, it's always a good idea to know your leader."

Sky shook his head amusedly and turned once again back to the breakfast items set before him on the counter. He got some eggs from the carton and sliced open the bacon.

"Hey, uh…" Z began, jumping off her stool. "you want a cooking partner?"

"Sure." replied Sky. "I'd like that."

15 minutes later…

"Z! What are you doing!" Sky shouted, looking over at the thick, black smoke that was rising from the skillet his 'cooking partner' was using to fry the bacon in.

"I don't know!" she exclaimed as she grabbed a hand towel and tried her best to fan the smoke.

Sky ran over to the stove and turned off the heating unit. He then grabbed the handle of the skillet and carried it over to the counter beside the sink. Once the smoke finally cleared away, all that was left was a small pile of charcoal black, burned bacon.

Z groaned disappointedly. "I'm sorry, Sky! I should have told you that I can't cook."

"Yeah, that might have been a bit of useful information…"

The two rangers looked at each other, down at the bacon, and back up at each other again… their serious expressions suddenly turned into ones of pure amusement and they broke into a fit of laughter.

But that laughter soon subsided and an awkward silence settled between them. Z made eye contact with Sky for a second, but then shyly looked away. That's when he decided to break the silence.

"Hey, Z…" he began, nervously rubbing the back of his neck. "Do you wanna go out and get some breakfast?"

"You mean right now?"

"Sure, why not?"

"Well…" she replied, looking at him and smiling. "I guess it's the least I can do since I, uh, kinda ruined this one."

"Great! Go get your coat and meet me in the lobby in five minutes."

As she watched Sky jog out of the room, Z got a sick, uneasy feeling in the pit of her stomach. It was an invasion of the butterflies. "He's so cute…" she sighed dreamily before walking back to her room.

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