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It Was You All Along.

Disclaimer: I know I should've but I do not own Power Rangers :P

Early in the morning around 5:30am when Sky reached the gym, he was happy to find it empty just the way he liked it, after an hour the whole gym would be flooded with cadets. He knew he was really early but he couldn't sleep so decided to hit the gym early. He removed his bag from his shoulder and started warming up while thinking about how eventful his night went and finally he didn't feel alone anymore. After sometime he heard a splash in the water and went towards the long and deep indoor swimming pool beside the gym and suddenly a smile graced his face as he saw Z swimming in the water, he saw Z take a lap and swim back towards the other end, and then he hurriedly stripped from his gym wear into his shorts and slowly got inside the water holding his breath. Z was completely daydreaming about the kiss that happened 6hrs ago and didn't notice a thing, and as she swam back to the end, suddenly a pair of strong hands held her by the waist and pulled her down and she shrieked... then as Sky and Z got back up in the water Sky simply laughed and Z went to the edge of the pool and started breathing heavily as she was completely out of breath.

Sky chuckled "Sorry Z I just had to!"

Z then looked back and gave him an icy glare and started hitting him "Don't" "ever" "DO" "that "again!" She said in the middle of punching him.

She then smiled as she saw him glare at her, and then swam back to the edge and took a towel and started drying her hair. Sky swam his way to the edge where Z was and floated behind her holding the edge of the pool with both his hands on either side of Z trapping her between him and the edge.

She felt him behind her and put the towel away and turned to him, and his heart skipped a beat when he saw her, she looked so beautiful in her towel dried hair, a few brown stray strands on her fair face, she looked breathtaking in her one piece blue and black swimsuit which was a little low cut not much. Sky simply stared at her, and came even more closer to her so that there was no space between her and Sky or her and the edge, he could feel her breathing rate increase as his face kept coming closer to her both their eyes fixed on eachother and then finally as their lips touched, he started kissing her, Z smiled kissing him back, his hands left the edge of the pool with one on her waist and the other on her bare back, her hands also feeling his bare muscular back, their kiss was slow and seductive and when their kiss ended, Sky looked at her with lustfilled eyes, then started kissing her on her lips then her cheek and then trailing down to her neck, Z simply gasped and let out a soft moan feeling his lips on her neck, Sky hearing her moan got charged up and continued kissing her neck and his hands feeling her body, as his kisses came really close to her bosom, she froze, causing Sky to stop and look at her questioningly, she then said, still dazed from all the new feelings she was feeling "Sky... I'm not... ready yet..."

Sky saw her looking embarrassed and remembered she was a virgin, she went to first base only 6 hrs ago, he mentally kicked himself for acting too forward and said genuinely "Z I'm really sorry, I just got too carried away I guess..."

Z then looked at him and smiled "Don't be sorry Sky, I just want it to be special that's all."

Sky smiled and pulled her into a hug, holding her tightly, "It will be..."

She rested her head on his chest and felt so safe in his arms she sighed "Sky?"

He said still holding her tightly "Hmm?"

"Don't laugh or anything but I really feel safe with you Sky, I never felt this way before, I never had a support in my life, I can't remember my dad, I had no brother other than Jack, well he used to put us in insane amounts of trouble so forget feeling safe with him.." Z said rolling her eyes, Sky chuckled.

Z continued "But now I can say that I can hang on to somebody and that somebody is mine."

Sky kissed her head "Yes he is... Z I know you've had a really tough life up untill now but from now on I plan on making your life memorable. And you do not need to act all strong in front of me ok?" he said hitting her head with his hand while hugging her, she laughed and said "I love you commander."

Sky chuckled "And I love you cadet."

Suddenly Sky could hear his morpher beep indicating it was 6:30am.

Sky groaned "Damn, it's 6:30, the others are going to start coming."

Z lifted her head from his chest almost suddenly "6:30? I didn't even get to workout!"

Sky rolled his eyes "Neither did I!"

Z said "Well I would've if you would let me!"

Both their bickering come into action just like when they were best friends.

Sky then scoffs "Oh yeah? Oh yeah? Fine."

He leaves her and she suddenly feels cold as the air now touches her, she then sees Sky swimming back to the other side where his clothes were, Z rolled her eyes got up from the pool wore her bath robe, took a dry towel and started walking on the perimeter of the pool towards him, and when she reached him he was still in the pool mock frowning, she then looks at him and is about to start laughing but then he suddenly looks at her and she almost instantly controls her laughter and Sky seeing that bursts out laughing, so does Z, and he pulls himself out of the pool and sits on the edge with his legs still hanging submerged in the water, Z then sits beside him giving him the towel and he starts drying himself.

Z starts to get up to get her stuff when Sky pulls her down, with she now sitting on his lap and he looks at her and starts kissing her once again, she kissing him back, just then someone clears their throat causing Sky and Z to break off and Z almost immediately getting off his lap and then both standing up, they see Bridge in his gym clothes smirking at them, Sky's face has a light shade of pink and Z's face resembles a tomato.

Bridge sensing that none of them are going to speak up says "Soooohhh... I came to the gym expecting to see Z, but saw Sky's gym bag and when I couldn't find him in the equipment room I came here and... well... Happy Birthday Sky! I see you've already got your present!"

Both Sky and Z chuckle and Sky says "Thanks buddy! But what's the deal with you and Soph? She sleeps over much?"

Now it was Bridge's turn to resemble a tomato.

Bridge then shoots back "Yeah so?! That gives Z her room to herself which can allow you guys to have some quality time for yourself... oh wait! You guys already do sleepovers don't you?"

Z who was quiet till now looks shocked at Sky and says "You told Bridge?"

Sky glared at Bridge and looked at Z and said "Z yeaaahh about that, it kinda just came out."

Z then folds her arms to her chest, glaring "How does something like that just come out?"

Bridge then chuckles "Wow congratulations on your first fight!"

Both of them glare at him and he says "Sorry."

But then after 10mins of hearing both of them bickering and the next 10mins of Z, Sky and Z's replicate whom Sky called Referee Delgado bickering, Bridge who was sitting on his gym bag on the ground with his head resting on both his palms couldn't take it anymore and said "Enough!"

All three looked at him. Bridge then walked towards them calmly and opened his mouth to say something but then saw Z's replicate and then at Z and said "Z can you make her vanish she's freaking me out." he says pointing at Z's duplicate.

Z rolls her eyes and then makes her vanish.

Bridge then says "Good. Now remember that day in the infirmary I told you let me talk to Sky?"

Z nodded, Bridge continued "See I knew you loved Sky and Sky loved you but you never let him know because you wanted to give him space and he never told you because he's a stubborn, arrogant, egoistic..."

"She GETS THE POINT BRIDGE." Sky cut him off and Z laughed, Sky glared at her and she stopped.

Bridge then continued "So I knew none of you would do anything about it so I went and put some sense into him and while talking to him about you, the 'night chat thing'.." he says with making quotation signs with his hands "may have come up. And after that he started avoiding you because he didn't know whether you loved him or not and I do not know what happened last day that made you guys a couple."

Z then looked at Sky and said "Yeah Sky what happened? Because you acted like you hated me but then suddenly..."

Sky then sighs and asks Z "We're happy right?"

She nods, he then continues "So that's all that should matter right?"

Z narrows her eyes and asks him "Oh my God what did you do?"

Sky then tells her whatever he did and heard last night and Z looks at him shocked and Bridge chuckles "Wow! Sky Tate broke a rule!"

Sky mouths 'Shut up' and he keeps quiet. Z, maintaining an outward glare, thinks about how much Sky changed all to be with her and smiles a bit. Sky sees her smile and assumes he is forgiven and asks "I'm forgiven right?"

Z's smile turns into a smirk as she says "Section D Rule number 173/C, if anyone gets into the room of a cadet without their permission then he/she will be punished for breaking SPD ethics."

Sky then remembers it, and looks at her "Shit."

Z then stands beside Bridge and asks "So what should we make him do? Ohhh paperwork?"

Bridge says "Naah that's too easy. What about 3 rounds of the mud course?" Sky's eyes widen, even a single round on the mud course is a trip to hell.

Z chuckles "3? He's the big shot commander! I'm sure he can manage 5!"

Their evil plans were interrupted when Tylor and Kyle came in with some other cadets, Tylor flirting with a C-squad blonde and Kyle said "Hey!" Bridge looks back to Kyle and Tylor and says "Hey guys!" as Z and Sky wave at them.

Bridge looks back at Z "We'll plan this later and..." he then whispers something in her ear and she smiles and mouths 'I know I know' and then Bridge leaves, Sky curious as to what did Bridge say, pulls Z to him, much to the notice of Tylor, and says "What was that?"

"Oh nothing... he just... told me what a difficult person you are to live with!" and then smiles sweetly, Sky rolls his eyes knowing she's lying, she then kisses him and runs to get her stuff and leave the gym.

Sky simply smiles and then sees all the boys look shocked and the look on Tylor's face was priceless.

'In your face Tylor!' Sky thinks as he walks out, as he reaches the gym, he hears girls gasping and shrieking, he then remembers he was bare chested and runs towards his gym bag and puts on a crimson tshirt.

(A/n: Sorry I know I havent been updating for like a billion years :( I didnt have access to the internet all the time but I have finished all my stories. Good or bad im going with it. Also I wont be able to be an active member on FanfictiondotNet anymore so I am gonna upload all the chapters of all my stories by 5th so that my stories dont go unfinished. Im not that mean :P)