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Feelings Revealed
Chapter III: The Perfect Gifts
Sky and Bridge were at the New Tech City mall shopping for Valentine's Day gifts for Syd. They had already been in three different stores and they still hadn't bought anything yet. They entered a fourth store which happened to be a jewelry store.
"So Sky, what kind of jewelry do you think I should get Syd? I mean I remember you told me to get her something with diamonds which is a good idea because you and I both know how much Syd likes diamonds, but there still remains the question of what type of jewelry to get Syd. I could get her a necklace, but I don't want it to be too small or too big. I could get a bracelet, but I don't really know the size of Syd's wrist. Plus, she can change the size of her wrist. Did you notice how she can do that? I mean all she has to do is have a fist of iron and all of a sudden her entire hand gets bigger which of course includes her wrist because after all, that is what connects her hand to her arm. So then maybe I should get her earrings. That way it will be neither too big nor too small. I mean at least that way I won't have to worry about the earrings not fitting her right?" Bridge said.
Sky's feet were killing him. He was starting to regret offering to go with Bridge to the mall after all. He had no idea it would take him so long to pick out Valentine's Day gifts for Syd. To think, if Syd tagged along, they might not be back until dinner, but with the way Bridge was going, they might not make it back until dinner anyways.
"Yeah. Sure. Whatever. Can you just hurry up and pick something out. It's already noon now, and you haven't bought Syd a single gift yet!" Sky replied.
Bridge walked up to a counter and a worker came over to help the two of them. She came over and gave the both of them a smile.
"May I help you?" she asked.
"Yes, I'm looking for a Valentine's Day gift. I was wondering if I could take a look at some diamond bracelets," Bridge replied.
Sky thought so much for Bridge's idea of getting Syd earrings. He wondered how long this was going to take. Was Bridge going to find a bracelet he liked? Actually, maybe that was a little too much to hope for.
"Aww. How cute! Are you two a couple? I have to say that the two of you make a darling couple!" the worker remarked.
Bridge and Sky both had incredulous looks on their faces. What the heck gave her that idea? They both were extremely embarrassed that she actually thought they were a couple. Sky was tempted to leave the store and for that matter the mall, and let Bridge shop on his own.
"N-No we are not a couple! He's just helping me pick something out for a friend for Valentine's Day," Bridge answered.
The worker felt bad that she had thought that Bridge and Sky were a couple, but now that she knew that they weren't, she couldn't help but notice how hot the two of them looked.
"So you two are single then?" the worker said while wagging her eyebrows.
This was turning out to be one of if not the most embarrassing moment Sky has had in a long time. He much rather be fighting one of Gruumm's goons than put up with so much embarrassment.
"Yep we're single. I have a girlfriend though. Well I don't really have a girlfriend yet I guess. I'm going to confess my feelings to the aforementioned friend on Valentine's Day and hopefully then she and I will be boyfriend and girlfriend. That's why I wanted to get her something with diamonds because my friend here brought to my attention the fact that she loves diamonds, and so I thought what better gift to get her than some type of jewelry with diamonds," Bridge replied.
The worker was bummed that Bridge was interested in someone else. She couldn't help but notice how cute he is when he rambles. She then turned her thoughts to Sky. Nothing was said about him having a girlfriend, and he was hot. If he wasn't taken, she wouldn't mind being his girlfriend.
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Back at the Academy, Z was with Syd in the room that the two of them shared.
"I wonder where Sky and Bridge are at. Bridge had said that Sky had an appointment at the barber shop, but they should've been back by now. I mean it doesn't take this long to cut someone's hair!" Syd commented.
Z laughed at how much Syd sounded like Bridge. She couldn't help but think that Syd had feelings for one of them, maybe even both of them. Z was going to find out whom Syd had feelings for.
"Someone sounds awfully worried about them. Methinks it's because you have a crush on one of them? So which is it? Bridge? Sky? Both?" Z asked.
Syd glared at Z. She had never even considered the idea of getting into a romantic relationship with Bridge or Sky. The three of them were pretty close though, so maybe it wouldn't be so bad after all.
"Who said I was interested in either of them? Come on; let's get Kat to track their location!" Syd said grabbing Z's hand and leading her out the door.
Z started laughing. To her it sounded like Syd wanted to spy on Sky and Bridge. If that didn't mean she was interested in one of them, then she didn't know what did. Soon the pink and yellow rangers were in the S.P.D. lab where they found Kat.
"Hey Kat, we were wondering if you could track the location of Sky and Bridge? They've been gone longer than they should've been and we're starting to get worried," Syd said.
Kat started a search for Bridge and Sky. She had no idea why Syd and Z wanted to find them so badly, but she wasn't going to ask any questions.
"Excuse me Syd, but did you say 'we'? 'We' weren't wondering where Sky and Bridge are! 'We' weren't getting worried about the two of them! You were wondering where Sky and Bridge are! You were getting worried about the two of them!" Z exclaimed.
Syd glared at Z. She didn't want Z giving Kat the idea that she wanted to stalk Bridge and Sky or anything like that which is why she decided to mention Z's name as well. That way it wouldn't look like she was stalking, not that she was of course.
"I found them. They are at the New Tech City mall," Kat announced.
Z and Syd both exchanged glances at each other wondering what the two of them were doing at the mall of all places. They didn't exactly picture Sky and Bridge as being mall kind of guys.
"Hey Z? I feel like going to the mall to shop for some new clothes. Do you want to come with?" Syd asked.
Z nodded her head yes. She may not want to go for the same reasons as Syd, but she was curious what Sky and Bridge were doing at the mall.
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Back at the mall, Sky and Bridge had just come out of the jewelry store. Bridge had finally picked out a diamond bracelet after having Sky try on practically every bracelet from the jewelry case. Sky had convinced Bridge that if it turned out not to fit Syd, as long as he kept the receipt, he could bring it back and get a bracelet that does fit.
"I can't believe you had me try on all those bracelets!" Sky remarked.
Bridge couldn't help but giggle as he noticed the look of seriousness on Sky's face. He could only imagine how embarrassed Sky must be feeling right now. The female worker at the jewelry store had even given Sky her phone number.
"Well, first of all Sky, I figured that if the bracelets fit you, then they'd be too big for Syd. So I used you to kind of get a feel for the size of bracelet to get Syd. I mean your wrist is bigger than hers, so I knew that if a bracelet fit you, it wouldn't fit her and thus if it didn't fit you it would probably fit her. Besides, it's not like you haven't worn jewelry around your wrist before. Remember how you used to wear a Tangarian coil around your wrist?" Bridge said.
Sky rolled his eyes at Bridge. He had no idea how Bridge was able to blab no matter what time of day it was. It was bad enough that he had to put up with Bridge's babbling since he was his roommate, but to spend a day shopping with Bridge, big mistake.
"A Tangarian coil isn't a diamond bracelet! Besides, the bracelets you had me trying on were women's bracelets!" Sky replied.
Bridge burst out in laughter which got him confused looks from other people in the mall walking by. Bridge had laughed so hard, he started choking on his saliva and was coughing like crazy which got him even more confused looks not to mention stares from people passing by. Sky just stood there wondering how this day could get any worse.
"Come on Bridge, let's go to the food court and get you something for your cough," Sky said.
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Syd and Z had arrived at the mall and had begun their search for Sky and Bridge.
"Maybe we should eat some lunch first before we start looking for them. We can't search on an empty stomach right?" Syd asked while glancing at her watch.
Z didn't mind that idea at all as she heard her stomach rumble.
"Ok. Come on the food court is this way," Z said taking off ahead of Syd.
Syd put her hands on her hips as Z took off ahead of her. It's not like she didn't know where the food court was. She had been in New Tech City mall too many times to count because after all, Syd was the queen of shopping. Syd softly laughed to herself as she thought about how eager Z was to get something to eat. Z reminded Syd of a female Jack. Wherever food was, rest assured, Z would be there in a flash just like Jack would. Syd caught up to Z by the escalators and wondered why Z was crouching on the ground.
"Syd get down!" Z said pulling Syd down to a crouching position alongside her.
Syd gave Z a 'What are you doing?' look after she was crouched down on the ground beside Z.
"Sky and Bridge are at the food court. You don't want them to see us do you?" Z asked still in disbelief that the she and Syd actually decided to spy on Sky and Bridge.
Syd stood on her feet and searched the food court to see where Sky and Bridge were.
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Bridge fell backwards in his chair once he saw Syd. His feet had knocked over the table and spilled Sky's soda in his lap.
"Bridge!" Sky said standing up from his chair immediately upon feeling cold ice and cold soda on his private area.
Bridge had risen to his feet and grabbed Sky's hand and pulled him into the nearest store out of Syd's sight. He noticed that people were pointing and laughing at the two of them. First of all because Sky looked like he had wet his pants. Secondly, the store that they sought cover in was a lingerie store.
"Uh…maybe we should go to another store," Bridge said.
Bridge and Sky left the lingerie store which unfortunately allowed Syd to spot the two of them again. Sky noticed that Bridge had done a diving somersault and was running in a crouched position to the nearest non-lingerie store. Sky didn't know what was more embarrassing. Trying on women's bracelets? The woman at the jewelry store giving him her phone number? Finding themselves in a lingerie store? Looking like he had wet himself after Bridge spilled his soda in his lap? Or maybe the fact that Bridge was making a fool out of himself by looking like he was fighting on a war battlefield?
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Syd was shaking with fits of laughter. Z rose to her feet curious as to what Syd thought was so funny.
"Oh my gosh! Did you see that? That was freaking hysterical! First Bridge fell backwards in his chair. That caused him to upset the table causing Sky's soda to spill in his lap. You should've seen it Z! It looked like Sky had a little accident! They must've seen me because they took cover in a lingerie store? Can you believe that? A lingerie store! Then, Bridge was doing diving somersaults and running while crouching! I've never seen anything funnier in my life!" Syd said before being consumed by another laughing fit.
Z couldn't believe that Syd had allowed herself to be spotted by Bridge and Sky. She couldn't help but laugh as well as she imagined seeing everything that Syd had so vividly described to her.
"I'd pay good money to see a tape of that!" Z remarked.
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"Hey Sky, do you think I should get Syd assorted chocolates? How big of a box of chocolate should I get her? 8 ounces? 12 ounces? 16 ounces? 24 ounces? 32 ounces…?" Bridge asked.
"Bridge! You can stop now! I get the picture! Just hurry up and pick something! I don't know how much more I can take of people pointing, laughing, and staring at me!" Sky exclaimed.
Bridge chuckled to himself. He had to admit that Sky looking like he had wet his pants was a very, very amusing sight. He couldn't wait to tell everyone at the Academy about this. Being the editor of the Academy paper, this would definitely make an amusing story. He took a 32 ounce box of assorted chocolates down from the shelf thinking the bigger the better.
"Didn't you say I should get Syd some flowers too? I wonder what kind? Did you say pink? I mean I know Syd is the pink ranger and I have reason to believe that pink is her favorite color. Besides all of that, Valentine's Day is connotative of the colors red, white, and pink, so with that being said, pink would be a good color of flowers to get for Syd for Valentine's Day. I wonder what Syd's favorite type of flowers are? Roses perhaps? Tulips? Carnations? What do you think Sky?" Bridge asked.
Sky felt a strong desire to strangle Bridge right now especially if he was intentionally taking a long time just so Sky could feel more and more embarrassed. One thing was for certain though. After they were finished shopping, Sky wanted to lock himself in his room at the Academy and never be seen in public again. Sky took a mental note to never ever shop with Bridge again.
"Ergh. Just get her roses! Hurry up will you?" Sky asked.
Bridge went to grab a bouquet of pink roses when he stopped all of a sudden. Bridge had a look on his face and Sky knew what that look meant. Bridge was about to ask more questions.
"Should I get her a dozen roses? Is that too much or too little? Maybe I should only get her a half dozen roses. Or is that not enough? If not, then maybe I should get her two dozen roses. What are your thoughts Sky?" Bridge asked.
Sky grabbed a bouquet of a dozen pink roses and took Bridge by the hand and led him to the cashier to pay for the chocolate and roses and finally leave the mall. After they had paid for their purchases, they exited the store and Syd saw the bouquet of pink roses.
"Oh Z look! They got me a bouquet of pink roses! How sweet! At least I think they are for me because after all they are pink and I am the pink ranger! I wonder who got them for me though. Did Bridge get them for me? Did Sky get them for me? Oh my gosh! Do you think they got them for me for Valentine's Day?" Syd asked.
To Be Continued…
A/N: Blake-Tori88, thank you so much for reviewing the last chapter. I hope I nailed the characterizations of Sky and Bridge. BloomingViolets, thank you once again for reviewing my story. You are welcome for the shout out. I actually haven't really considered the idea of writing a Sky/Syd fic only because I'm not sure I'm all that great of a romance writer. This is really my first shot at writing romance. Besides, any Sky/Syd fic I may write would pale in comparison to your Sky/Syd fics. If you are reading this, I'm interested in what you think about this fic, and a good way to let me know is in a review. No flames please.