I see what shoo did dere (Not really…). ;D

The quarter moon shone bright as I stoked the pitiful fire in front of me. The four others went to sleep after I volunteered to take watch for the night. Connor and I argued over whether to watch the full night or just half of it - I won, of course.

I turned over to look at Connor's sleeping form and smirked. He may only have half of his memory, but, damn, he could hold his own well. He may even be stronger now than he was before he drank that horrible excuse for a potion.

The sound of crunching leaves assaulted my ears - someone was behind me. Without thinking, I jumped up while holding my staff and pointed it at the source of the sound. Blinking in disbelief, I stared at the ground. Nothing was there. I relaxed and sat back down, staring deeply into the embers again. A few seconds later, the crunch of leaves came again, but his time it was accompanied with a deep, velvety voice.

"Need some company?" I tensed as I realized it was Talon. How does that jerk even have the balls to ask me anything after being such an asshole to me earlier?

"Nope," I replied, popping the "p". I felt the log that I was sitting on shift as he sat down behind me. I could feel the warm rays of heat rolling off of his back as he picked some leaves off of his black dragon-scale boots.

"Liar," he commented a few moments later as he slowly sat up from his small task. I rolled me eyes.

"Go away, asshole." I felt Talon tense up and brush some hair from his forehead. He sighed, and turned around so our arms were almost touching.

"I…" Talon paused for a moment before starting again. "I'm sorry about earlier."

What?!

I guess Talon took my silence as a good thing, because he proceeded to explain what he meant. "I mean, I'm sorry about such a jerk earlier. I had no right to be in any way at all, but seeing Connor kinda surprised me." He gave me a half-hearted grin while I crossed my arms over my chest.

"You're still a jerk." Talon's smile faltered.

"And why is that?"

"Because… because…" I dropped my arms from their position over my chest and bent over. Truthfully, I didn't have a clue why I was still mad at him. He apologized, right? "Okay, I… forgive you."

Talon smiled, but this time it lit up his entire face. His smile quickly faded as he began to talk again. "Scarlet, the reason why I reacted that way back there…" He fidgeted before finishing his sentence. "I reacted like that because every time I saw you with him, every time I saw you two holding hands, I wished I was there instead of him. Every time I saw you two kiss, it felt like my blood was on fire. Every time I saw you two battling side-by-side, it made my chest ache to be out there with you, keeping you safe from harm instead of him. The truth is, Scarlet," Talon took my clammy hand. "I love you."

Reviews? Please?

Okay, you chickie-diddles (I call everyone that…) knew there was bound to be a love triangle from day one, right? Well, here is where it starts. And… to be honest, I don't even know whether to have Scar choose Tal or Conny (…and I made up nicknames…). Will you lovely people help me with that? :P

Hoped you liked/loved/favorited it… :)