Disclaimer: Wow. Just about nothing in this scene belongs to me. That's new. Usually at least a chair or something…

Author's Note: A look at a moment in "Recognition". I'm releasing this because I actually drabbled! It might not be a very good drabble, but it's a drabble, i.e. it didn't eat up my entire evening. In fact, I wrote it during the break in class. ;-)

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Green Eyed Monster

"Do you think I'm beautiful? I think I'm—"

A sudden menacing presence behind her stopped her crooning and made Syd turn around with a start. But it was just Sky.

"Do you mind?" she yelped, a little indignant, a little embarrassed, and inexplicably creeped out. Sky's hair was as unkempt as if he'd just been through the mud course, but of course he hadn't. The rest of him was clean. His eyes…

"Get out of my room!"

The way he smirked made her skin crawl. He kept staring at her, a touch of something unnatural in those pale green orbs. For one very surreal moment she was actually afraid he might come closer.

"Now!"

What was wrong with him? Or maybe it was her. It was just Sky. Her teammate. Her crush. Her best friend.

With that sickening smirk that wouldn't die, he finally turned away and left without a word. She took a half step back when he first began to move, and then she stared after his retreating back.

What had just happened? Syd was confused. She waited a full minute or two to make sure Sky would be gone and then did the only thing she could think of. She went looking for Z.