Reflections 4
Green on Blue
I love to annoy him.
It's just so easy. It doesn't take much. He always had his head in the SPD manual. It didn't bother me though; I just kept talking until he responded. And he usually did. At first it was mostly anger, which turned into mild annoyance, and gradually amusement.
He's changed so much in the last two years. At first he was so uptight, no one could stand to be around him. Including Syd, who hasn't met a person she doesn't like yet. Things went from bad to worse when Jack was chosen to be red ranger. But through that disappointment I think he learned that life couldn't be lived by a checklist or a set of protocol. Life just happens. I'd like to think I taught him that. It wasn't long after that he and Syd started dating.
I've never seen Sky so nervous before. He must have been desperate because he was asking me for advice. I wasn't surprised when he wanted to ask Syd out. I've known them both for years and watched them dance around their less than obvious feelings. Even Jack and Z noticed and that's saying a lot.
He used to be so worried about what others think. He was consumed by the thought of making his dad proud. Now he's proud of himself and has made us all proud of him, and proud to serve under him, now that Cruger chose him to be the next red ranger. He realizes he's not perfect, and doesn't have to be.
Soon he won't be my roommate anymore. I can't imagine living with anyone else. Despite his anal retentive attention to cleanliness, I've grown to enjoy his quirks. Not that Sky would ever confess to having any. I've never seen someone with such a compulsion to fold towels like Sky. Or how almost everything he owns is blazoned with SPD across it. But Sydney is slowly changing that nasty habit. She doesn't want him to be thinking of work when he's supposed to be thinking of her. Personally, I think he's thinking about her when he's supposed to be thinking of work. I've actually seen him space out a few times on Commander Cruger. It just gives me something to tease him about.
It's not as fun to annoy him anymore. First of all, because we actually get along, and Second, he's in love which makes him so much easier to live with.