Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters in the story they do not belong to me I am just using them toward my story.
It was a Friday night and she had been put on patrol; she could be doing so much more exciting things. The plus side of this was that she was on patrol with Sky who she has become extremely fond of. It had been ever since that trip to his house that Z started to notice him more and more as something other than a friend. Of course she would never tell Sky that, but it would always be that way. Unbeknownst to her though, Sky had felt the same exact way toward her. The benefit of being on night patrol with Sky was that they could keep each other company; the down side of it though was that Sky took work very serious. Sky had made her way out of the room and to the common room which was empty since the rest of the team was probably sound asleep or at least relaxing in their rooms right now. In a matter of moments Sky had walked into the common room where Z was and gave her a smile, "Ready for patrol?"
"As ready as anyone can be to learn they are on night patrol and not get to sleep until like 3 am" Z said with a frown, she didn't like the idea of going to bed at 3 am and then getting up around 8 am for Jack to work them to bone.
"Don't worry Z I am sure we will get done before 3" Sky said with a genuine smile, "Now lets head out so I can make sure we done before 3."
Z couldn't help but feel her self melt a little on the inside with Sky's smile, it was her favorite sight. "Alright lets go" Z finally replied and headed out of the common room with Sky making way toward the exit of SPD. Once outside they hadn't really said a word which she expected since it was work associated and Sky took his job very serious. It wasn't until we were downtown that Z thought she heard something toward an old building. "Sky I think I hear something in the building, I'm going to go check it out. You keep watch out here while I do so just incase."
Sky hesitantly nodded and watched Z head into the building and then within a matter of moments he saw her come back out, "All clear?"
"Yeah, must have been a cat or something" Z said with a chuckle.
Sky couldn't help but laugh himself but he got back to being serious, "That's good, we should get back to patrol."
Z sighed and reluctantly nodded to Sky as they headed towards the downtown park where they would continue their patrol, "Would it be so bad if we talked a bit as we patrolled?"
"Well… I mean it wouldn't hurt for us to talk but we are probably more aware of surroundings if we are quiet" Sky replied noticing that the silence between them had probably started to bug Z; in fact it was even bothering him not talking to her.
"Well can't we just talk for a little bit, please?" Z said with a pout she felt herself falling into insanity from lack of communication.
"Well… okay but only cause you sound like you about to go crazy or replicate yourself and start talking to one of them" Sky said with a grin.
"Did you just crack a joke while on duty Sky??" Z said in complete shock, "You must be an imposter."
"What??? I am not allowed to make jokes now?" Sky retaliated with a frown now on his face, "You said you wanted to talk but for that no more talking."
"What!!! You can't do this" Z said as she folded her arms across her chest and waited for Sky to reply but he said nothing, "Fine be that way, jerk."
Sky shook his head in amusement as they made their way towards the lake to continue their patrol. Then Sky and Z both heard something moving swiftly near by causing both to get into defensive mode. Both scanned the area looking for the source when all the sudden a bunny hopped out from a tree causing Z to fall back and land into lake. Sky couldn't help but burst into laughter at what just happened. He stopped laughing though when he heard Z shout she can't swim, and in haste Sky went to side of lake and extended his arm out, "Take my hand Z!"
Z struggled with keeping herself afloat in the lake and she could see Sky's hand near her face. With great difficulty she grabbed his hand and felt herself get pulled out of the water and into Sky's warm embrace. He was holding onto her for dear life it seemed and he still hadn't let go of her hand, "Sky I'm okay now and thanks for giving me a hand."
Sky nodded but still held onto Z because he had felt an extreme fear run through him that she could have drowned had he not been on patrol with her. The thought of losing her scared him and make him only hold on tighter.
"Sky… it's okay to let go now" Z said looking at Sky curiously trying to discover what it was going through his mind.
"Oh… jeez I am sorry Z…" Sky stammered as he then let go of Z and got up and once again offered his hand to her to help her up.
Z smiled lightly at Sky and took his hand as he helped her up, "So gave you a scare did I?" Z asked grinning.
"Yeah… you did, I am glad you are okay though" Sky said with a smile and without thinking hugged Z tightly.
Z was somewhat shocked to the sudden embracement from Sky but she returned the hug, "There something wrong Sky?"
"No nothing is wrong, I am just glad you took my hand when I offered it to you" Sky said with a smile and then let go of the embrace him and Z were in.
"Oh, well I will always take your hand whenever it is offered" Z said with a smile but felt saddened that Sky had left the embrace.
"Oh really now?" Sky questioned but then followed it up with, "Then how about you take my hand and we head back to base."
Z smiled at Sky and responded, "Gladly" as she said that she took Sky's hand and they headed back to the base hand-in-hand.