Theme Challenge: Bridge and Syd
From the Ars Amatoria Romance Themes Challenge
Challenge #17: Why?
A/N: Set after Walls, but before Dogged.
Disclaimer: PR does not belong to me.
Why?
Bridge's POV
The five of us just finished a game of lightball. Yes, you heard me right. I said the five of us. I don't know how he did it, but somehow Jack managed to get Sky to actually play with us. Here I thought I'd never live to see the day Sky would ever do that. The teams were the original B-Squad versus the newest members of B-Squad. Sure it was a little uneven, but then again Jack and Z came from the streets so they should have been able to handle themselves just fine in this handicapped situation, but they didn't. In the end, Syd and I were the only two left standing. We seem to work well together, Syd and I, but there was still something I couldn't shake from my mind.
Flashback
"One man to guard all these diamonds?" Syd asked.
"All right. Keep him company," Jack replied.
"Yes! Thank you. Thank you!" Syd responded.
End Flashback
I couldn't help but wonder what made Syd want to stay with Sky. She seemed to be happier that she would be guarding so many diamonds than she was that she would be stuck with Sky. However, I still wondered if that was just a cover up. It was certainly possible that she wanted to be with Sky just as much as she wanted to be with the diamonds. Maybe she really wanted to be with Sky more than she wanted to be with the diamonds. Given how much Syd loves her diamonds, that is saying something.
"Yay! We won!" Syd exclaimed as she embraced me in a hug.
I knew that Syd was only hugging me to celebrate our most recent victory in lightball, but you can't blame me for wishing that she was hugging me for another reason, love. No matter how hard I tried to repress my feelings toward Syd, they kept coming back. I couldn't take it any longer. I had to confront Syd about why she had wanted to stay with Sky.
"Hey Syd, could I speak to you for a moment?" I asked.
"Yeah, sure," Syd replied.
I noticed that Jack and Z were listening in on our conversation. Sky was sitting in a chair reading his S.P.D. handbook.
"Do you mind if we go somewhere a little more private?" I asked.
"Um, ok," Syd answered.
The two of us left the recreation room and were walking down a hallway. I stuffed my gloved hands into the pockets of my uniform uncomfortable with the awkward silence.
"What did you want to talk to me about Bridge? Is something wrong?" Syd asked.
I took a deep breath. "Why did you volunteer to stay with Sky earlier today? Was it so you could be around all those diamonds or was there another reason?" I asked.
Syd stopped walking all of a sudden. "I guess I just felt bad for him. Jack pulled rank on him and I knew Sky wasn't thrilled about it. Besides, Sky never does stuff with us you know? So, I thought I'd talk to him and try to get him to loosen up a bit," Syd answered.
"Oh," was all I was able to say in response.
"You're not going to believe this, but I actually got Sky to laugh," Syd said.
Whoa. Time out. Did Syd just say she got Sky to laugh? Nobody's ever been able to do that. Maybe there is something going on between Sky and Syd after all. This new morsel of information certainly doesn't bode well for me.
"Isn't that shocking?" Syd asked.
"Yeah, that's something all right," I muttered under my breath.
Syd put her hands on my shoulders, which was a gesture that startled me at first. "Bridge, you're not telling me something. Remember how I told you that you could tell me anything? Well, don't be afraid to tell me," Syd said.
I regretted even bringing this up in the first place. I should have just kept my mouth shut. If I had, I wouldn't be in this awkward conversation right now. Now, Syd's trying to get me to tell her what's wrong when that's the one answer I don't want to give. I shouldn't even be feeling this way. So what if there's something going on between Syd and Sky. Sky's my roommate, and he and Syd are my teammates, so I should be happy for them if there is in fact something going on between the two of them, yet somehow the thought of that makes me sick to my stomach.
"Bridge? Hello?" Syd asked waving her hand back and forth in front of my face.
I sighed. I guess it was now or never. "You don't have any feelings for Sky, do you? You know, like romantically?" I asked while inwardly cursing myself for not having put that a better way.
Syd arched her eyebrows. "No way. He's way too uptight for me. Why do you ask?" Syd answered.
"I just thought that's why you volunteered to help Sky guard the diamonds today," I replied.
The two of us resumed walking down the hallway. Luckily for us, the hallway was empty so nobody else could overhear what we were saying.
"Bridge, I already told you why I stayed to help guard the diamonds. Besides, being around so many diamonds was a definite bonus," Syd said.
Well, at least I knew she wasn't interested in Sky. I still didn't know whether or not she was interested in dating anybody else. I figured since I was on a roll, what the heck? Why not ask her that too?
"Is there anyone you are interested in dating?" I asked surprising myself with how straightforward I was being.
"Not really," Syd replied.
Internally, I breathed a sigh of relief. I'll take that because at least I know that I still have a chance.
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