Disclaimer: Not mine, someone else's. Thanks for all the lovely reviews for my first few chapters, it's blown me away the great response I've gotten. I'm hoping to get as many of the themes done as I can, but I'm not sure if I'll make all 40! But here's a couple of more. I really like the Bridge/Z pairing, and I really hope that there's more in the upcoming episodes! Anyway, you know where the review button is! Angel Mouse, October, 2005.

Ars Amatoria Romance Challenge: Album

Couple: Bridge/Z
Set: Just before the start of Sam part one

Bridge looked around and frowned, trying to find what he was looking fore in this most strange of places that he normally avoided – the shopping mall. But he was here because he wanted to do something special for Z. She'd been feeling a little down the last few days and he wanted to do something nice to cheer her up, so he'd come to the mall to look for some music for her.

Bridge walked along and then stopped in front of a map of the mall. He ran his gloved fingers over it and finally found what he was looking for. Smiling to himself he turned and headed for the stairs, as the shop he was looking for was upstairs.

As he took the steps two at a time, ignoring the looks he was getting due to his SPD uniform, Bridge thought about why he was doing this for her. He had even gone to the lengths of asking Jack what her favourite type of music was and what she really loved, something that would make her smile. And then he realised, that's what he was doing it for, to see her smile.

He reached the music store and walked in, beginning to look around. He made his way to the hard rock section and began to flick his ways through the albums on offer on CD. Jack had said she liked a few different bands so Bridge was looking for something unusual, something that she hadn't seen before.

He searched the store for a very long, frustrating hour but he wasn't letting it get to him. He wanted to make this gift special for her and then he finally found it. Smiling to himself he took the two albums to the counter and quickly paid for his purchases. Glancing at his watch he mentally reviewed her duty roster as he skipped down the steps towards the car park. She'd be just coming off watch by the time he got back to the Academy. Getting into the Jeep he belted up and headed off, a smile on his face. He couldn't wait to see the look on her face.

Z finished handing over her shift to the next cadet on duty and made her way out of the command centre. She sighed as she ran a hand through her hair. Lately she'd been feeling a little down and a little lost, but she wasn't sure why. She rounded the corner and suddenly bumped into Bridge and an inadvertent gentle smile appeared on her face. He looked up and saw it was her and a huge smile appeared on his face.

"There you are Z! I was looking for you." Z raised an eyebrow.

"Yeah Bridge, any particular reason why?" He smile widened if that was possible and he held something out to her.

"To give you this, here." He held out a small package wrapped in yellow paper to her and she took it. She looked up, confusion on her face.

"What's this?" Bridge looked slightly guilty and blushed, which just looked adorable on him.

"Well, I kind of noticed that you've been feeling down lately and well I got to thinking, well, I'm always thinking, and anyway I thought that I could do something to cheer you up. So, I asked Jack what you really like and stuff and anyway, here you go. I hope you like them." Z was touched to the core and gently opened the package. She gasped slightly and a smile blossomed on her face. Inside the yellow wrapped package were two CD's from her favourite bands – CD's she hadn't been able to find anywhere. She was touched to the core and the lost feeling that she had disappeared and joy and warmth spread though her. She blinked back tears and looked up at Bridge. He was looking at her, a hopeful look on his face. She smiled and reached out, putting a hand behind his head and leaning over, she pressed a gentle kiss to his cheek.

"Thank you Bridge, you don't know how much this means to me." And with that, she gave him a gentle hug and then headed for her room to listen to them straight away. Behind her, she left a Green Ranger pressing a hand against his cheek and a blush on his face.

"I think she liked them." And then he grinned, heading for his room. She was defiantly feeling better now and that's all that mattered.