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There was one thing that was considered a very rare sight at SPD; that is of course until recently. Many people used to find it nearly impossible to ever spot B-Squads blue ranger with a smile on. Yet as of lately he had a smile and it had puzzled everyone at the base, but of course no one dared try to crack down onto why he was smiling. Except there was one person was willing to figure out the cause behind the sudden uplift in the blue ranger's life. That person was none other than SPD red ranger, Jack Landors. He had noticed the change in Sky's mood and was determined to get to the bottom of it. The plan was for him to follow Sky around for a day and see what it is that could possibly happen during day to make him smile. So the next day had come around and Jack had gotten up by 5 am just to make sure he could follow Sky from moment he left his room. By 6 am he saw Sky come out of his room in what seemed to be workout attire. Watching Sky head down hallway; Jack followed from a far distance with an occasional hiding in nearby corners because Sky stopped and looked around. Finally Sky had reached his first destination for the night and not too much surprise of Jack when he ended up being at the gym. Jack watched as Sky went through his morning routine through the gym; finally Sky had come to a stop and started heading out to leave. In haste Jack ran down the hall and turned himself invisible and then followed Sky. He had followed Sky back to his room where he entered his room and Jack waited patiently outside until Sky's return. Jack had saw Z, Syd and Bridge all pass him as he had waited there for Sky. After about 30 minutes Sky had finally came out of his room and then headed down the hall again. Jack had followed him until they came to the common room where everyone else was eating breakfast. While Sky had went to go get breakfast Jack had walked down the hall and turned himself visible and headed toward the common room. He had gone in and saw Sky still getting his breakfast and then took a seat next to Bridge. "Good Morning Bridge"
"Morning Jack would you like some toast… its extra buttery just for you" Bridge said enthusiastically as he took a piece of toast and put it in front of Jack.
"Uh… no thanks buddy maybe tomorrow morning" Jack replied as he inched away from the buttery toast.
"Oh well your lose, or more like my gain since no one seems to want any" Bridge said with a shrug and bit into the buttery toast.
Jack laughed at Bridge and then looked over to Z where he saw Sky sitting across from her. He couldn't really tell what they were talking about but he knew the look in Z's eyes. As he watched Sky and Z interact he couldn't help but wonder, 'is this the cause of Sky's smiling'. Just as Jack had thought that he saw Sky's lips form into a smile and Jack's eyes went wide instantly. Without even realizing it Jack started bursting in laughter which caused Z, Sky, Bridge and Syd to look at Jack confused.
"Jack, are you okay?" Syd asked concerned that something was wrong with Jack since he had a random outburst of laughter.
Jack continued to laugh and then slowly came to a stop and looked to Syd and grinned, "Oh you have no idea how okay I am right now" Jack continued to grin which caught the attention of Z.
"What's the grin for Jack, you look like you about to plot the biggest evil event ever known" Z said with a smirk at Jack.
"I just discovered the greatest thing in the world, that's all" Jack said with a grin and left the common room leaving the rest of his teammates in complete confusion.
Jack had went about his day normally and waited until night fall when Z was off duty to go talk to her about their smiling blue ranger. It was right after dinner when Sky had left Z that Jack moved and sat across from Z in the common room. "So Z, have you noticed anything about Sky lately that seems a bit different?" Jack asked curiously.
"Sky hasn't been acting different, at least not to my knowledge" Z said looking at Jack skeptically as to what it was that had been up with him today. First he laughs randomly in the morning and now he questions her about Sky, "Why is there something you know that you wish to share?"
"Well I thought you would have noticed that Sky seemed to be smiling a lot more lately" Jack said with a grin, "In fact I think it started when you two started getting closer and became friends. If you asked me I would say you have brought out the smile in Sky."
Z had stared at Jack somewhat baffled at the thought that Sky had been smiling more ever since Sky and her self started being friends. It seemed though as she thought about it more that she started to see what Jack was saying and then without even a word Z got up and left to find Sky. She had to get to the bottom of this but only problem was that she didn't know where Sky was. As she had headed towards his room she thankfully bumped into Bridge, "I'm sorry Bridge, I was just heading to your room actually… Do you know where Sky is?"
"It's no problem Z, as for Sky he was in the room as I left it" Bridge said with a smile and then took out a piece of buttery toast, "Want some buttery toast for your troubles or maybe for dinner?"
Z chuckled softly at Bridge and his toast, "No thanks Bridge I ate already, but I hear Jack was looking for a piece."
"Oh really??" with that being said Bridge fled the hall and headed toward common room to find Jack.
As soon as Bridge left to find Jack, Z had headed to Sky's room. Once getting there she knocked on the door and heard in reply, "Come in" with Sky's permission given to her for entrance she walked through the sliding door.
"Z? What are you doing here?" Sky asked confused as to why Z had come to his room.
"Well you see Jack kind of brought something to my attention and I wanted to ask you about it" Z said nervously, "This is going to sound ridiculous, but have you been smiling more because of our friendship?"
Sky started to tense up wondering if his secret of liking Z had been found out, he then hesitantly replied "Well… you see Z, I guess I kind of… well yeah ever since we started being friends I just can't help but smile a little bit more."
Z was awestruck that Sky had come clean about it, she thought that she was going to have to grill him about it or just completely forget it in total. With a smile she replied, "That's good because you make me smile too Sky."
Sky had then smiled at Z and for that moment they stood there sharing a smile together and then Z put her arm on his shoulder, "Now lets go grill Jack about why he was being so observant of you" Z said with a grin not only forming on her face but Sky's as well.
"It's a deal" Sky replied continuing to grin and soon after both headed out of the room and to the common room to interrogate Jack.
