Me and Amber

Hi!

This is Amber!
And "Jewel", otherwise known as FrostDragon!

9/27/2009, we moved from our hometown to Jewel's uncle's horse farm out in the country.  
This is our dualautobiography of the last year or so.

~"# denotes my side, the girl's side of the story!
^*- denotes my side, of which I'm betting you all want to know since I kept you in the dark for so long.

We'll try to set it up as you see here, where I of course go first, nyaaah!~
...yeah, what she said xD

Anyway, you wanna do the intro since it's your account?
I guess I could.  


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It's been a while now, almost two years since I started writing my Spyro story and posting it here on YS.  A lot has happened in those two years; I started here as a reviewer and fanauthor, picked up a few fans, met some people (including the great Yiff Dragon and the awesome kroqgar) who I regard as my best friends in the world and hate to have left.  Life circumstances tho have made it neccessary for us to remove our presence from areas where we can be tracked.  
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Jewel told me about most of life after we met, so I'm gonna skip ahead a few paces >P
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Okay, sure... xD;;
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Yay!
Anyway, yadeyada, lemme introduce myself since he's too stupid (nyahahaha i luv ya babe).  My life has up until December 2008 been a living hell.  My parents were much like Jewel's.  They brought me up to be a strong Catholic virgin with excellent grades and modest taste.  Unfortunately, both our families succumbed to the world's views of immorality and laziness, and began to despise us both for "opposing" them.  My parents were worse, they would actually lock me out of the house.  Because of that and the generosity of the public library I now have a rather good knowledge of edible plants, because the adventurous side of me wanted to live outside.  I'd check out a few books and read up how to identify plants, y'know, the whole nine yards.  Anywho, Jewel and I met in college by chance and got to know each other by accident in early December.  Now college was hell for both of us.  I have glasses and brown hair, which automatically placed me as unpopular.  That and my high grades shot my socialization points way down.  It's hard to be religious and smart in today's college society...but thank God Jewel was there.  I stayed late one night and camped out in the cafeteria to do my homework, because it was raining cats and dogs outside.  I was drawing my fursona, Amberila, a fox-dragon hybrid with ice powers, and was drawing her annihilating the assholes who kept bullying me.

"Hey, that's pretty good."

I almost shat my pants.  Standing there over the counter I was hiding under was...holy crap, I froze.  I had no clue who this guy was but something in me just instantly went warm.  "H-Hey...uh..h-how long you been watching me?"  I asked nervously.  I was paranoid of people watching my activities.
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"Oh, about five hours or so," I joked.  I don't know why but I felt attracted to her, I could feel she needed help.  "You're pretty good at drawing."

"H-how did you..."

"I heard your pencil skritching, your eraser rubbing, and your whispered monologuing."
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I wanted to cry; he'd heard me monologuing my drawing of all things??? "Um...I uh...I hafta go its really late!"  I shoved my stuff into my backpack and bolted, trying not to cry.  My most embarassing habit had been seen by a total stranger...
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Her reaction didn't really surprise me, but all the same I hesitated when she ran.  Something inside me told me she didn't have any friends, so I quickly and quietly ran after her and watched her from around the corner as she fumbled with the dial on her locker.  She was sniffling to herself as she hurriedly rifled through her books and threw things into the locker, but when she finally closed the door she banged her head against it and started really crying.  Something inside me just felt like a knife had been jammed into my chest and ripped violently up.  She grabbed her stuff and ran down the hallway crying to herself, then ducked into the girls' bathroom at the end.  

I walked down the hallway and looked at her locker, memorizing the number.  She would probably be crying in the bathroom for a while, so I took out an Andrew Jackson from my wallet (20$ for you non-Americans), a piece of paper from my notebook, and made a makeshift envelope after wiritng a hurried note and slid it into her locker under the door.  
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I dunno how long I was in there, but after a while I looked at my phone and saw that the last night bus would be arriving in about fifteen minutes.  
"Maybe I should change schools..." I said miserably to the roll of toilet paper next to me.  My eyes wandered up and the first thing they saw was "SHUT UP BITCH" scrawled on the stall wall paint, presumably with a blade from a pocket knife.  God must have a sense of humor for that because it got me calmer, rather abruptly but it worked.  I hadn't done anything except sit here and cry so I just picked up my stuff, grabbed my coat from the hangar on the stall door, and pulled the bathroom door back and ran out quickly.  

Right smack dab into the chest of the last person I wanted to see at that moment.
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She didn't seem to be coming out for a while so I grabbed my stuff from my locker before heading out.  Took me a while because the zipper on my backpack jammed yet again; if not zipped, all my books spill out.  Finally I got it all squared away and decided to take my time walking to the lobby, since I had about fifteen minutes before the bus would arrive.  I must have been really tired, because my ninja-esque reflexes failed.  The bathroom door right next to me flung open inwards and the next thing I knew I was on the floor with a strong pain in my ribs, the zipper pull on my backpack almost twenty feet away on the floor and my books sprawled all over.  What had my attention more than the exploded zipper was the fact I had a girl lying on top of me.  

After the split-second initial shock I realized it was the same girl I'd been spying on.  (Lol, spying xD)  She was breaking down again, trying to get up.

"Hey you okay?"
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"I-I-I'm sorry I'm so-sorry..." I couldn't speak properly, my body was choking itself when I tried to speak.  I just couldn't settle down.  I started blindly picking up my books, but he took them, set them on the floor, and held my hands, looking at me with concern.  I had never seen someone my age so concerned for me...

"What's wrong?" he asked, straightening my glasses on my face.

I couldn't make myself talk, I just wanted to blurt out everything all at once and it just choked me.  "I hate it here..." I finally forced myself to say.  He quickly picked up our books and guided me to the main lobby without a word.  Deep down I was really grateful for his help, but I was too shy to say anything.  
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She was really quiet, it was starting to get a little awkward.  I started wondering to myself if I should stick around or if she wanted me to leave.  I glanced at my watch; It was snowing outside but the bus was fifteen minutes late, and since there were people waiting with laptops open it was apparent it hadn't come early either.  A quick glance at the girl standing next to me staring at the floor brought to mind what had happened before.  "Sorry about before..."

She glanced up at me oddly.  "Huh?"

"Watching you draw, I shouldn't have done that."  She hid behind her hair again.  "But you draw really well, at first I was just wondering what you were doing but...I couldn't help watching."  No reply.  "Anyway, sorry about that..."

"It's my fault..." she grumbled, falling back against the wall behind us.  "I shouldn't have been hiding there..."

"Not to pry but..."  I lowered my voice, "why do you hate it here?"

"I have no friends, I'm a nerd, I can't do anything without getting shot down...everyone's just an asshole."

I was surprised; that was exactly how I felt.  "Well, you're not alone in that."

"Who else is there?" she grumbled dismissively.  

"Me."
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I just glared at him.  "I don't wanna talk about it."

"Alright..."

In retrospect I feel bad for that, but at the time I really didn't want to talk.  The bus finally arrived and we ended up having to sit next to each other, which kinda pissed me off cuz I wanted to be alone, but then again he was really quiet, almost as if he wasn't really there.  I couldn't help taking a sidelong glance at him; he had his eyes closed, it looked like he was thinking about something really hard.  To my surprise we ended up getting off at the same stop.  I was feeling a little better so I turned to apologize to him, but before I could open my mouth he handed me a folded slip of paper.  "What's this?"

"I know you were upset earlier, but if you need an ear, gimme a call."

"But I don't know your name."

He hesitated.  "Just ask for Frost."

I couldn't help but laugh.  "That's not a real name!"

"Give me yor name horse-mastarh, and I shall give ya mine," he replied, perfectly imitating Gimli from Lord of the Rings.  I couldn't stop laughing, it was a perfect copy.

"I'm Amber."

He looked at me oddly, then shook his head with a smirk.  "Oy...well, nice to meet you Amber.  I gotta get going, so if you need an ear or some help, you got my number there."

"I still don't know your name!" I called after him, but he just shot me a LOL face with a thumbs up as he ran off.  "Geez...he's a goof..." I felt a lot better now after laughing like that.



I was too afraid to call him from my house; what if my parents got suspicious?  It wasn't normal for me to use the phone, so if I suddenly started calling some random guy on it they'd get on my case about "not introducing them to my new boyfriend" and thus "violating their trust" (trust me, they did that shit with my sister, she needed info for a paper and they grounded her based on their assumptions).  I found an envelope with lunch money in it inside my locker the next day, and the handwriting matched his...was he stalking me?  I didn't see him at all for about a week, and I was still paranoid about calling him...

Though, that all changed in a heartbeat.  I stayed late again, this time to finish a project in the library.  Apparently, though, some other guys knew my schedule.  They had caused a disturbance at the other end of the campus to distract most of the security, giving them near-free roam of this side of the school.  I was walking down one of the hallways under renovation when out of nowhere I was suddenly pinned against the wall.  All I remember is panicking, I can't remember what they said but it was really dirty and rude...the guy holding me was strong, and he had several others nearby ready to catch me if I managed to slip away; I had no escape.  I tried screaming but he quickly slapped duct tape over my mouth.  Before he could go any further though, out of nowhere there was a loud yell instantly followed by a fist that sent the guy standing to my right flat against the wall.  The guy holding me let go; I was too scared to move and just fell to the floor and watched.  Frost was there, facing down three guys (or, well, two and a half, the guy he'd just punched was reeling).  Now, Frost is skinny, but apparently he's got muscle.
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I'm not skinny!
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Yes you are, now shut up, you're the one letting me write this!! xD

Anywho, the leader stepped back and let his two cronies attack Frost, but one went down hard with a well-timed crotch shot at the same time the other one got a nice punch to the mouth.  Looking back, Frost looked funny in that pose, his right leg up and his left arm out, but he quickly spun around and kicked at the guy he's punched, sending him back.  The leader was pretty pissed and went to grab my hair, but I got out of the way and kicked him as hard as I could in the shin, giving Frost just enough time to pull him away.  Now, I can't describe the fight, it went too fast for me to see; all I know is that Frost got hit a few times, even head-locked, but was doing most of the damage, eventually the guy bent over after a good gut-punch and then fell to the side when Frost gave him a parting shot to the forehead with his knee.

"Well...that was fun..."
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*sigh* I hate talking about myself like that, so she got to do it for me.  We had to file an abuse report, so this was gonna be several weeks of political hell.  We got a lucky break, however, the security traced the disturbances to Amber's attackers, so that was less for us to have to defend.  Christmas break was right around the corner, so I asked Amber what she was planning to do for break.  She seemed upset by this.

"Well...I actually didn't have anything planned really..."

"Oh really?"

"Yeah..."

"Why not?"

She hesitated.  "My family hates me, pretty much.  That's another reason I don't like it here.  They brought me up to be Catholic, then they all fell to atheism and hate me because I stuck to what they taught me."

Well this was right up my alley.  "That's the same story as my family!  Actually they want me gone and out of the house ASAP."

"Really now?  What religion are you?"

"Catholic."

"No way!!"

"Yes way!!"

We both laughed and from there ended up discussing interests, trading family woes, the whole nine yards.  "What's your real name by the way?" she asked.  

"Eeehhh...you can just call me Jewel.  I don't like my real name."

"But that's even weirder than Frost!"

"It's part of my real name, at least by the sound."

Cutting to the chase now, she had nothing to do for Christmas, and my parents were taking the others to some hotel somewhere, so I had the house free (they do that a lot, I'm apparently only good for housekeeping while they're away).  It took some convincing, but I talked her into spending Christmas with me instead of with her family.  I know, I shouldn't have, but apparently when she asked if she could stay with a friend over Christmas break for homework help, her parents almost locked her out of the house, basically telling her to do whatever.  So, there we were, Christmas break.  I had a girl in my house.  Oh...my...gosh.  Now I've been nervous before, for reasons I won't explain here, but this was totally different.  True, it's kind of inappropriate for me to have had her over like this, but all I wanted was to help her.
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Lol, he's being modest and moral again.  I love that, but I think he did the right thing there.  I was glad to get out of the house.  And we had fun.  We couldn't get a real Christmas tree, but Jewel's parents had one of those fake ones you put together and decorate, so we did that and had fun tying each other up with the lights.  I slept downstairs on the couch, it was really comfy and soft.  Jewel kept offering me his bed, insisting that he sleep on the couch, but I think he just wanted the comfy cushions >P

I got to meet the other Amber in his life too! AND OH MY GOSH SHE'S FUCKING ADORABLE!!
I couldn't believe he actually had a pet fox!  Poor lil girl, she has a bad leg...but she's so sweet and affectionate, and damn cute in the bathtub xD I almost died of cuteness overload when he turned on some Narnia music and Amber started "singing" along, it was soooo cuuuute X3

We didn't have presents to give each other, since this was such short notice, but on Christmas Eve Jewel cooked up a rather delicious meal (slightly burnt because his sisters had spilled something in the oven, resulting in a small fire).  I was surprised, but then again he was pretty self-sufficient since his family members were assholes...after dinner we went outside and had fun throwing snowballs at each other until it was too dark to see, then went inside and crashed in the living room watching Christmas shows on TV while sipping hot chocolate and having Amber Fourlegs chase a laser dot.  Best.Christmas.EVER. xDD


Two days later Jewel finally let me see his room; it was a disaster area, but NOTHING compared to mine.  He'd been typing furiously on the computer every day for a while; I was a bit curious to know what it was, because it was obviously not schoolwork.  When I asked him though, he didn't tell me, he just said it was some "recreational writing" he did to vent and let loose.  I can't blame him, that's like me and my drawing when I get pissed off.  He pressed the power button on his computer and glanced up at me.

"So...I hope you've had fun?"

"This has seriously been the best Christmas break I've had in years!"  I fell back on his bed and stared at the ceiling.  "I kinda want to stay here instead of going home..."

"...Is it really that much better here?  I mean, you haven't even met the rest of my family, it'd be hell for you here too."

Should I tell him?  I couldn't decide.  But, my mind took over and I sat up again.  "It wouldn't be as bad, because you're here."

He stared at me like a deer in headlights.  "Did you just..."

"Did I just what?"

"Did you just...say you like me?"

It struck home what I'd just said and I suddenly felt really embarrassed, but...then again, it was true.  I did like him.  "I guess I did...you're the first guy I've met in ages who actually tries to make me happy.  You also went out of your way to comfort me when those bastards attacked me, and you gave me the best Christmas I've had in forever.  What's not to like?"

He blushed; it was kinda cute.  He ended up mumbling something inarticulate, I guess he was really shocked (and as I'm writing this he's facepalming at the memory of how awkward this was XDDD)

"Um...well.. I..."  He stood up a bit shakily.  "Sorry this is kinda...surprising...I think I need a drink, you want anything?"

Poor guy.  XD
"Some lemonade wold be good, thanks!"  I know, I'm a bitch xD I just shocked him out of his senses and acted like it was nothing...oh well, a girl's gotta have fun xD
When he left the room I looked over at his computer; it was still running?  Something told me not to pry, but I was curious all the same, maybe I could shut it down for him since it hadn't turned off properly before.  I sat down at the computer and when I moved the mouse, the screen turned on and...what was this?  A story?  I started reading.
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Dargh...now that I've been thoroughly humiliated I guess I should pick up from here for a bit.

I felt really happy, I'd never felt like this before.  Here was this girl, in my room...gorgeous, smart, funny...and she liked me!  It was too good to be true!  I almost spilled the lemonade, I was so preoccupied I wasn't watching what I was doing.  Averting the accident I grabbed her some cookies I'd made the other day and headed back upstairs, Amber limping after me and giving me her cute begging eyes.  "Sorry baby, got nothing for you you lil pig."  She'd already downed several bacon cookies along with her herbal nutrition, she'd had more than enough for now.  I pushed the door open with my back.  "Hey Amber, got some cook...ies..."
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He opened the door but I barely heard what he was saying, I was so surprised.  I spun around and saw him staring at me in shock and a bit of horror.  "Y-You're...FrostDragon!!!"  I couldn't contain myself.  My new best friend was the great Spyro fanauthor FrostDragon!!!  I'd been following his series ever since he posted Chapter 1 of "Return of Darkness"!!!  And on top of that I now knew how the next part of ANL was going to work out!! >D muahahaha

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Well, that was a shocker.  Here I was, afraid she'd found my darker side, scared to death that she'd leave me for being such a sick pervert, only to find that she was one of my most loyal secret fans!  Talk about luck, not to mention a sheer relief that I didn't have to hide this dark secret from her!  At first I couldn't believe she read such dirty stuff, but when it finally settled in...well, that kinda sealed it for us.  That was the icebreaker.  We spent the next four hours spilling our life stories to each other.  I was surprised to find that she was still a virgin.  
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I was so excited...my friend was the writer of such great stories!  If he could write about love like that, I couldn't imagine just what he was really like!  We chatted for a while, just tossing stories back and forth; amid his stories I got to really know him.  I felt so sorry for him, he was lonely and apparently had family enemies looking to hurt or kill him, not to mention the local gangs that occassionally attacked him.  He was really nice, funny, caring...he was perfect.  But I couldn't let myself believe that, it was too soon...right?



His family came back and were a little annoyed but surprisingly nonplussed at the fact that I'd stayed the whole break with Jewel.  Holy crap his sisters are annoying!  They're practically sluts, the way they dress and act is horrible!  But they all kept to themselves mostly, Jewel and I had free reign of the house so long as we didn't bother their TV and bathroom stuff.


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We're gonna refer to ourselves in our fursonas now, because that's how we started seeing each other after that.  She was my little foxy, and I was her big dragon.


Amber started coming over a lot more often, her parents apparently didn't want her around if she was gonna go off with some strange boy, yet they tried to punish her for not being around...I don't get it.  College and work dragged on, though Amber and I would often meet at lunch and go over notes and such.  It was really nice, having someone to talk with between classes and on the way home.  On Valentine's day I took her out to the mall; it was really cute how her ears perked and her fluffy cinnamon tail started going nuts when she found out I was taking her to lunch xD
She says she's part dragon, but I still had yet to see any dragon in her, on the outside she was totally fox.  I spent most of lunch staring at her when she wasn't looking; she was really pretty, her fur was really silky and had a nice sheen to it in the sunlight.  I wonder if her dragon side makes her black tufts turn purple in direct sunlight, I had never seen that before.  She also had hidden stripes of silver sheen in her fur, kinda like my scales had hidden glittery stripes in direct light.

We started dating around mid-March, though Amber humored some other guys from class and went out with them too.  She usually came back rather annoyed, her ears a bit flat against her head and her tail twitching irritably.

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After one of those dates, all I could do was stare out the window on the bus back to Jewel's place.  No matter how hard I tried, I just couldn't get along with anyone more than a basic friendship level.  I was slowly making friends, but I wanted to make sure I wasn't rushing headlong into a fall with Jewel.  I mean, I knew him really well, I liked him a lot, but I just wanted to be sure to myself that he was the one.  It also gave me time to reflect on just what he'd done for me, he had changed his whole lifestyle just to make sure I was safe and happy...no one else I'd met would do that so willingly.  And he hadn't done it just to woo me, he'd done it out of genuine concern.  He told me several times I'm the only girl he's been able to get along with...was he really the one for me?  I stared at my paws, imagining a little dragon baby in my arms with his white scales and my dark-colored tips on the extremities...I wanted a family so badly, if nothing else than to show up my parents and raise kids better than they could...Jewel too had the same ideals, we both wanted to get away, start a family and show up our parents.  

I headed over to his house again to find him hard at work on the next chapter, switching back and forth between the story and his classwork like a rabid scholar studying something brand new.  I hugged him from behind and he started a bit.  "Hey, how'd it go?"

I just grunted and hugged him tighter.  "Jewel...I don't think I wanna date anymore."

He got up and faced me.  "Did something happen?"

"Not really, but...I dunno, I just can't associate with anyone else like I can with you."

He sat down on his bed and I sat on his lap, and he just hugged me and gently rocked me back and forth.  It was very comforting.  I felt at peace, something I rarely felt.  I felt...like I belonged with him.  Those arms were made for me only...



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My tail swished along the floor in irritation as I stared at literally hundreds of glittering shinies.  Normally I love to just watch the colors dance, but no, I was here for something more important.  The old leopardess behind the counter chuckled to herself.  "I assume this is a big decision?"

"Huh?!" I asked with a startled jump, my wings extending at the surprise.  "Oh, sorry...yeah, I uh...I need an engagement ring."  

"Aha, well for starters I'd suggest something less...gaudy, these rings here are a bit showy."

I looked down and saw that I was looking at rather ostentacious rings, necklaces and brooches.  "Oh...right.  Yeah.  I like looking at jewels and colorful stuff."

"No biggie."  She walked behind the long counter and I followed her to...of course.  "Engagement Jewels".  I facepalmed and she laughed.  "Happens a lot, don't feel bad."

The rings were very beautiful, many of them were set with birthstones, and a few sets had "guy-girl" pairs, one ring for the guy and one for the girl.  One set in particular caught my eye, it was a graceful, curvacious gold band with an orangish ruby flanked with tiny deep sapphires for the girl, and for the guy, a thick argentium silver band, curvacious just like the girl's, with similar settings but more cubic than rounded.  I looked at the price and my eyes popped.  "Bingo!"

"Got one already?"  She followed my eyes and smirked.  "Ah yep, someone came in here and gave those to us just a few hours ago after the shop opened.  The gems are fake, of course, but surprising quality.  You sure you want it?"

"Amber would love it, rubies and sapphires are her favorites, unless you happen to have opals or moonstones?"

She bit her lip.  "Nope, sorry hun.  But if your girl would like it, I'd go with it."

I yanked out my credit card faster than a Western gunslinger, getting her to laugh.  "Sorry, I'm just excited today, I can't believe I found something so perfect!"

"Well goodness, I'm glad I could help you today then!"  She rang it up and I took a quick look around at the other pieces of jewellery while she put Amber's ring in a navy-blue box.  My wings were quivering with excitement, but I was also nervous...would Amber accept me?

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Fireworks day!  I love fireworks!  I was expecting Jewel to take me to a park or something when he called, but instead, to my surprise, he led me up to the roof of his house, where he had an actual night-picnic set up for us.  And he even had my favorite snack, teriyaki beef jerky!  And even some wine, since we're both drinking age...I was pleasantly surprised.  His rooftop commanded a perfect view of the sky, and the way we were facing, a dead-ahead view of the sky over the three parks in the area.  Way off in the distance, the furthest park was already setting off fireworks, mostly the sparkly showers.  I sat down by Jewel and we quietly ate, enjoying the warm summer breeze and the nice quiet.  The traffic here was almost nil, because everyone and his brother was off either on vacation or down at the park, or holed up inside their homes.  It was great.  Colorful setting sun with a deep-rainbow sky, stars overhead, warm summer breeze and fireworks...being with Jewel and only him made it all seem so much better than anything before.  He poured us some small glasses of wine and I couldn't resist sitting on his lap while I drank it, though I had to do it carefuly given our rather precarious location.  The picnic stuff was set up on a board on the peak of the roof, suported by some rudimentary legs braced against the slopes of the roof, but we sat on the slant, since they don't make rooftop chairs.  We sipped our wine and he hugged me...everything felt so right with him, his cool white scales and those gentle paws of his running through my fur so tenderly...He nibbled my ear and I flicked it in his face teasingly as we waited for the main show.  

"This is such a great view..."

I just nodded and we sat there for almost half an hour just quietly cuddling and rubbing each other before the fireworks in our park started.  They had some really awesome ones this year!  Jewel loved the really big colorful ones, I personally liked the Golden Waterfalls (the sparkly ones that shower down and glitter like a waterfall).  We both puts our right hands over our hearts and then burst out laughing at our reactions when a big spherical red, white and blue one exploded and the colors switched around.  As the fireworks started nearing the finale Jewel kissed my forehead and I looked up at him in surprise; we had agreed that kissing was a really intimate sign, so we rarely kissed at all.

"Having fun?"

"Yes!  This is the best show I've seen!"  And it was; with my parents and brothers, I usually ended up staying at home to get away from their annoying chatter and cussing.
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I hugged her again and then casually stretched back, grabbing a tiny box out of my jacket hood.  "Glad to hear that then."  I poured her another glass of wine and handed it to her.  "But I know something that'll make you even happier if you want."

"Oh really?" she asked after quickly knocking back the drink, her ears perking in curiosity.  

My heart suddenly went wild and I felt dizzy, but somehow I was able to bring the box forward and flick it open just as a loud firework exploded overhead.  "Amber...will you...will you marry me?  Will you be my mate?"  

She completely froze and her eyes just went BOING in a split-second.  I was soooo anxious...
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He pulled out a tiny blue box and flicked it open with his fingers just as a large blue firework blew up.  "Amber...will you...will you marry me?  Will you be my mate?"

His words and the presence of that gorgeous ring completely winded me.  I couldn't move, I was so stunned...the most perfect guy in my life...wanted me to be his spouse?!  Me of all people?!  I couldn't speak properly, I was so overjoyed that I just burst out crying, clinging to my big ice dragon.
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"So that's a yes?" I asked, unsure of her reaction.  Was she still gonna deny me?  She hadn't said yes or no... I could feel my tail tingling from the tension, my muscles were so tense I was actually pinching my own nerves and making my tail fall asleep.
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I looked up at him and he wiped my tears, all I could do was smile.  "Yes...yes, I will!!"
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My heart almost exploded with joy; I quickly slipped the ring on her finger and pulled her into a happy full-out passionate kiss.  I'm just so awesome with timing that as we kissed, the finale of the fireworks show started exploding all over.  All I remember is the sound though, and very dull at that; all I could feel was sheer joy from Amber, her tail wagging furiously in delight.  I fell back against the roof and she lay down on me, our mouths still joined.  She was so soft, and her lips were still sweet from the wine...everything just felt too good to be true, but it was true.  My first kiss, with the best lil vixen in the world...my new mate...
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All I remember is just a blur of happiness, just a waterfall of joy...we couldn't pull ourselves apart for the longest time, we were just so happy with that kiss, that promise...I couldn't believe my first kiss was with the most perfect dragon in the world.  By the time we snapped out of it the show was long over and the traffic had died off again, almost everyone had gone back home.  It all felt so ethereal as he led me back inside, carrying the picnic stuff in one arm and my arm in the other, but when we got back inside we spent the rest of the night on his computer chair, just cuddling and kissing and whispering to each other.