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A/N: trying a bit of a new style with this chapter there is two people narating in it, So hopefully it is not confusing. Thanksfor all the reviews and please keep them coming!one more chapter to go!
Accidentally In Love
Z is my rock. She is what keeps me going and never giving up. When I came back, her love is what kept me from being messed up by all the emotions that I had witnessed. I think that being psychic/empathic that I have learned to deal with the constant onslaught of emotions and have found a way to filter through them and not collapse like Syd under the weight of them. My filter is Z.
So she said what's the problem baby
What's the problem I don't know
Well maybe I'm in love love
Think about it every time
I think about it
Can't stop thinking 'bout it
I proposed to her about two months after we returned and she said yes. It wasn't a yes, but let's try dating first, it was a pure of heart yes I will marry you. I almost collapsed with the shock of her answer and the emotion that was backing it. I love her and she loves me. We're getting married and this is one of the most bold things that I have ever done. I didn't have a ring when I purposed, I didn't even intend to ask her then and there, I don't even think that I had even thought about it consciously. We were taking a walk along the boardwalk Z was eating cotton candy and I just kind of blurted it out.
How much longer will it take to cure this
Just to cure it cause I can't ignore it if it's love (love)
Makes me wanna turn around and face me but I don't know nothing 'bout love
He blurted out "Zz, marry me," and I said yes. Then there was this awkward silence, and then Bridge says, Are we engaged? The answer yes. We were both so giddy we all but ran back to the jeep and drove back to the academy. We were like school kids. Like children at Christmas or Hanukah or on excessively too much sugar. I couldn't stop smiling. Neither could Bridge. When we got back to the Academy the first person that we saw was Kat, we told her, she said congratulations and then she asked to see the ring.
Come on, come on
Turn a little faster
Come on, come on
The world will follow after
Come on, come on
Cause everybody's after love
The Ring! I completely forgot about the ring. I could feel myself turning red, Z is laughing, and it is not helping. We don't need a ring, Z says. I just grab her hand and practically drag her back out to the jeep we had been driving earlier. Bridge, stop where are we going? Z asks breathlessly. To buy a ring, I say. We don't need a ring, Z repeats. Don't need but you want, I say. She blushes but doesn't say anything. I'm going to need to get used to the idea that I am marrying a psychic, she says after a minute. I kiss her and we go out to pick out a ring.
So I said I'm a snowball running
Running down into the spring that's coming all this love
Melting under blue skies
Belting out sunlight
Shimmering love
The ring is, oh my god I've never owned anything so pretty, fancy, or expensive. It is a heart cut golden topaz with a pair of green emeralds and white diamonds on either side of the topaz on a 24-karat gold band. I can't believe it is mine; I keep looking at the glistening ring on my hand and pinch myself from seeing if this was real and not just some amazing dream. We walked into this jewelry store, Bridge walks over to the counter and immediately zeros in on it, and without asking the price or anything tells the clerk behind the counter that he wants to buy it. Methinks that he has been in the store before. She takes it out and Bridge puts it on my finger, it fits perfectly. I am speechless; Bridge pays a pretty penny for the ring and then kisses me. I love him the ring is so sparkly. As we are walking out the clerk says, I'm glad you came back for it Mr. Carson, do you know when Mr. Tate will be back to purchase his? Bridge says that Mr. Tate will when the time is right. Once in the car I ask him the meaning of the clerk's words. He blushes and doesn't say anything.
Well baby I surrender
To the strawberry ice cream
Never ever end of all this love
Well I didn't mean to do it
But there's no escaping your love
Back, along long time ago, me, Sky and Jack all went to the Jewelry store on Sky's twenty-first birthday, we got him a little tipsy so his heart would speak and he confessed that he one day wanted to marry Syd. Therefore, Jack decided that we would go to the jewelry store and "observe" what Sky would do. Anyway, the three of us each wound up designing engagement rings, Jack for Ally, Me for Z, and Sky for Syd. Then the three of us each vowed and in agreement with the store agreed that when we were ready we would come back to the store and buy the rings. Jack bought his ring and got married to Ally before we left for the mission. They have a three-year-old son named Tyker Anubis Landors.
These lines of lightning
Mean we're never alone,
Never alone, no, no
I finally managed to convince Syd to help me plan my wedding. Trying to get her to agree to help plan my wedding was like trying to get Sky to interact with the rest of the squad when we first all became rangers. They are so the perfect match. I found my wedding dress it is a white silk strapless dress with a three-tiered layered skirt with gold ribbon trimming the bottom of each tier of the skirt. It is gorgeous, and it fits me like a glove and the skirt has a flounce to it. We have decided on a bridal bouquet of white lilies. The cathedral will be adorned with gold bows and navy blue and green plaid runners. Oh, it is going to be so pretty. Syd is actually kind of coming out of her funk, well depression and is really helping with the planning process because if it were left up to Bridge we would be eating buttery toast. Syd is going to be my maid of honor and Sky is to be the best man; Sophie, Boom, Jack, Sam, and Kat round out the rest of our wedding party.
Come on, Come on
Move a little closer
Come on, Come on
I want to hear you whisper
Come on, Come on
Settle down inside my love
Syd was doing great, but she's had a relapse; she told Sky to move on and he started to date Sophie just to appease Syd. He doesn't realize that it is killing her inside. I know that she is trying to hide behind a false front of smiles but they aren't genuine and they are sad. It hurt's to see one of my best friends so depressed. The wedding is only a month away, everything is falling into place, Z, and I have moved in together into an officer's apartment that is on the edge of the academy. It's small and cozy and it is perfect for the two of us. Me and my Zz. Jack's wife Ally is going to be on a business trip to New York and won't be able to make the wedding, and rather that Syd going stag, Jack is taking her as his date. Cruger has agreed to give Z away and she wouldn't have it any other way. The wedding will be small, just our ranger team, my parents, Isinia, some of our co-workers and of course Sam, Z's adopted 15-year-old son.
Come on, come on
Jump a little higher
Come on, come on
If you feel a little lighter
Come on, come on
We were once
Upon a time in love
I am so nervous the wedding is in an hour. I feel like I am going to throw up. Mom calm down, my son Sam tells me. I adopted Sam when I turned 18, he was eleven, and he is my pride and joy. And right now, he trying to help me regain my sanity, because Syd has suddenly clamed up and isn't talking to anyone.Mom are you even breathing? Yes, I am Sam; go tell aunt Syd to stop sulking. He rolls his eyes and then goes over to talk to Syd. He is so mature for his age it's scary to know that one day he will become the Omega Ranger.
Sky looks like a woman about to give birth, he's nervous and pale, you'd think he's the one getting married. My soon to be step-son slips into the room, hey Bridge, he says. It's thirty minutes till my life changes forever and I become the father of a 15 year old by who've I met in his future form. Hey, I say, how's your mom? She looks a lot like uncle Sky and aunt Sydney has clammed up and isn't talking to anybody. Sky looks up at the mention of Syd, I don't even know why he is dating Sophie. Cruger knocks on the door, its time to go. Jack's son Tyker is our ring boy and the kid just woke up from a nap and so he's sitting in Jack's arms and doesn't look to happy.
We're accidentally in love
Accidentally in love
Accidentally
The actual wedding went by a blur, I remember a few key scenes, I remember watching my Zz walk down the aisle, and she looked beautiful, as did Syd. I remember Cruger giving her away and Sam walking down the aisle with Tyker in his arms while carrying the ring pillow because Tyker suddenly got shy and Sam who can make parts of himself sparkly was entertaining him. I vaguely remember saying the vows, but what I remember is catching out of the corner my eye, Syd and Sky looking at each other during the vows as if they were mentally exchanging them.
I'm In Love, I'm in Love,
I'm in Love, I'm in Love,
I'm in Love, I'm in Love,
Accidentally
…I can't believe I am married, I'm dancing with Sky at the reception as Bridge dances with Syd. Why don't you tell her that you love her? I ask him, he blushes and stutters, it's complicated. I know about the ring. Sky opens and shuts his mouth before excusing himself to the restroom.
I'm dancing with Syd and I can tell she isn't feeling too well. What's wrong? I ask. She gives me a sad smile and says that it is complicated. What is? Please don't tell anyone Bridge, but I'm leaving SPD. When? At the end of spring. Why Syd? It's my time. You are okay health wise aren't you? I'm fine physically but spiritually I am dead, and it is time for me to leave. Then she left me standing on the dance floor, I look over at Z who is now dancing with her son, our son. My family is complete and yet part of it is missing.
Come on, come on
Spin a little tighter
Come on, come on
And the world's a little brighter
Come on, come on
Just get yourself inside her
Sam is staying at the Academy while Bridge and I go on our honeymoon, to Fiji. My husband, its funny to say that word, told me that Syd is leaving; I nodded and said that I knew her time was coming. Our lives have all changed since walking through the doors of the SPD Academy all those years ago, and now it is time to embark on our own individual journeys and mine is as Mrs. Bridge Carson, mother of Sam, sister of Jack and wife of Bridge.
Love ...I'm in love
A/N: Please Review! Song is "Accidentally In Love" by Counting Crows.