Just to give a heads up, this chapter starts a few days after the first date. Here is the second date sponsored by one author's idea.

Second dates may lead to first base

I had no idea how it happen.

For some reason, every person in the Village now knows that me and Ember had a date. Being a celebrity I was, it had elevated Ember status as well and we were now the talk of the town. It was starting to get annoying.

I was walking over to Ember house for our second date. I had found a really nice place for us to go to and I hope that she will enjoy it.

I have noticed that I was a lot calmer around her then before. I no longer felt scared when talking to her and found that her personality was actually quite enjoyable.

It was then she started to get closer to me that my body will start to act up again.

I had no idea why that was. One moment I was feeling great, the next I was tongue tied, paws sweaty, heart drumming self the moment Ember got into arms length. It was nerve racking as well as frustrating.

And the inflation did not help things as well.

I went to Elder Tomas on the day after our first date and told him about the inflation on my lower regions. He told me I was entering another phase in my puberty stage and that this one was the most important one.

I was, as he puts it, "the key to preserving the dragon race."

I had no idea what that means but I hope I did not have to find out. I had always thought I would keep the dragon race alive by using my skills and elements. The idea that there was another way to do it, and one even more important than that was a freighting one.

As I walked over to her house, I looked at the other people who were still out at the time. I saw that they were giving me weird stares and some were saying things in a low voice that I was unable to hear.

I ignored them and made my way over to her house. I got up to the door and knocked three times before stepping back to allow the door to open.

Ember came out and went down into what I called my 'acceptance' zone. She was just the same as she was the last date we went on.

She gave a sweet smile and said "So where are we going tonight?"

"Well…" I replied with a newfound confidence that I had developed, "I heard of this new restaurant that opened up in Dragonfly Falls."

"That sounds real nice Spyro. Let's go."

I launched up into the air and Ember follows soon after. We angled ourselves and flew to the restaurant.

This was called 'The Falls View' due to the fact that it was located next to some of the waterfalls there.

We flew in silence as we were content to just get to the destination. We had come to that silent agreement before and have served as a way to collect each of our thoughts.

As we passed over the valleys that were called the Dragonfly Falls, I found myself remembering the adventure I had there and the sweet satisfaction of knowing I had destroyed the last Dark Gem needed to face Gnasty Gnorce.

Which reminds me…I wonder what ever happen to Flame anyway?

I then noticed the lights that signaled the location of the restaurant. The building was the finest gems could buy so I knew that Moneybags had to have a hand in its construction. The building was two stories with glass walls so you could see the falls. We landed at the front door and went to a hostess who asked in a kind voice "Hi, do you have a reservation?"

I replied "Yeah, it should be Spyro for a table of two."

The hostess looks at her sheet for a moment and replied "Of course, right this way."

We followed her up to a table up on the second floor. This floor was the most furnished level of the restaurant. We sat down in modified chairs designed for dragons. We had a great view of one of the falls and the table was set with candles that were lit.

We were handed menus and started to look at the food. Before I could get a chance to look at the sheep section, I heard a voice call "Well slap me silly and call me Betty. I don't believe it."

I turned my head and I saw that Ember was just as curious. We were both surprise at who we saw.

It was a dragon with red-orange scales and a golden underbelly. He almost looked like me but had a larger rounder snout and his horns were straighter then mine.

It was Flame, my old friend from way back when.

The one thing that was new was that he was wearing a weird white hat between his horns and had an apron on that said "Kiss the Master Cook."

I was shocked to see him here to say the least. The only thing I managed to say was "What are you doing here?"

"I work here as a chief. Actually, I'm the head chief." Flame said in a matter of fact tone.

"Well it was a surprise to see you here Flame." Ember replied

Flame gave a snicker "Spyro taking Ember on a romantic diner." He shook his head and replied "I never thought I would see the day."

It was then that he got all professional and said "Well I be cooking your food for tonight and a waitress should be coming so. Hope you have a good dinner and see you later."

He then made his way back to the kitchen and we went back looking at our menus.

A waitress came by and we gave our drink order, we both got a mixture of crushed dragon fruit and other vegetables. I had decided to get the roasted sheep since sheep has always been my favorite type of meet. Ember got sirloin.

When the waiter came back, we gave our order and started to have some small talk. It felt just like our first date but only better because I was no longer nervous about talking to her.

I noticed that the candle light was making blue her eyes sparkle in fire. It was quite mesmerizing. Her laugh was like honey and to tell the truth, she was looking beautiful tonight.

She may have noticed my staring because she put on a seductive look on her face and was starting to inch closer to my face. I started to feel my heart pound but I was just getting caught up in the moment that I was ignoring my own common sense and started to do the same.

Our mouths got closer and closer until they were mere centimeters apart. I could feel the beds of sweet running down my face, my heart beating like a madman. However, my brain felt calm for some reason, as if I knew what I was going to do and it felt…right for some reason.

I was about to share my first kiss with Ember before I heard a voice say "Dinner is served."

It was like a trace was finally broken. I shook my head and now realized how close we were and quickly threw back and turn to see Flame holding two trays on his wings which I thought was rather impressive.

He sat the tray on his right wing in front of me and the other in front of Ember. He gave a snicker and went back to the kitchen.

We sat in silence and ate our dinner. My thoughts were still on the moment that we almost shared before the dinner came. It was weird because it felt like my body was telling me it was wrong but my mind felt so right at the time.

Maybe I was just caught up in the moment of the atmosphere.

I took a quick look at Ember and saw that she was also lost in her own thoughts.

It was then that Ember said "So…uh…Spyro how…how is your…sheep."

I was shocked that she was now the one being nervous. It actually felt kind of good but I knew that I had to choose my words carefully so as to not upset her.

"The sheep is good." I answered and then added "Look Ember, you were caught up in the moment just as I was. There was nothing wrong with that."

I saw that her mood improved and she replied "Thanks Spyro."

We went back to eating in silence but it was an accepted silence.

When we finished dinner and I paid for the bill, we made our way out to a patio to watch the falls.

We were a good enough distance apart so my nervousness was not acting up but close enough to hear each other.

It was then that I felt that same feeling coming in again. I felt a sudden desire to be closer to her, to feel her scales rub against mine, her head on my chest and my wing draped over her.

"Yeah…that sounds nice." I thought

I looked over at Ember and saw that she was looking at the falls. The mist that was coming from them was coating her scales, making them shine with even more intensity.

Slowly, I started to shuffle a little closer to her, trying to keep my attention focused on the falls. I then notice that there was another pair of shuffling and my heart almost stopped there.

Ember was also thinking the same thing.

We inched closer and closer until our bodies were almost touching us. I felt my heart beating like a drum and wonder if it was loud enough for Ember to be able to hear.

I flinched when I felt ember tail lay on top of mine and start to coil around it. I turned to look at her and she was still looking at the falls but I saw a small smile on the corner of her mouth.

Without looking at me, she said "Oh, I can stop if you want."

Before I could even think about it, I replied "No…no it okay." Then before my courage failed, I said "Actually…it feels quiet good."

My mind went into overdrive as the reality of the words I said started to sink in. I had just giving Ember permission to play with my tail using her tail. I was confused as a gnorce I had just rammed and made his armor fall off but the truth was that I had told the truth. It really did feel good with her tail wrapping around my tail.

I then felt the urge to now act. It was confusing to say but it was just there, a nagging feeling that I had to do something, anything. I racked my, trying to figure out an action to take.

My thoughts then returned to that mini daydream I had. I had then decided to what to do.

Slowly, I lifted up my left wing and placed it over Ember. I saw her body jerk in surprise but that lasted an instant and she got even closer, savoring the comfort of my wing over her, like a protective blanket.

We stayed like that for well over a half an hour, not really talking but just enjoying each other company.

I think I did justice with this chapter. That is all I have to say except…

This chapter was inspired by: Viperwatcher.

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