To Dance Among The Skies Chapter 7: Feelings And Getting To Know You, a transformers/beast wars fanfic

ATE: After so long and countless days of toiling over this, I've finally completed chap 7! And it's 6,772 words long story-wise. Anyways, I'd like to thank Diamond White and Mistress Megatron for their reviews for the previous chap, and I'd like to thank Diamond White again for helping me with this chap by giving me ideas of what I could write in this chap *Big hugs for Diamond White*. I don't think I could've finished it without your help. I hope everyone likes how this chap came out!

Declaimer: I don't own Transformers, Transformers Armada, the song 'Mustang Sally' (I forgot who this was by), or the song 'Dare' (by Stan Bush, who makes some really good music). I only own my OC Valerie.

Chapter 7: Feelings And Getting To Know You

I sat at my desk in class staring down at the piece of paper in front of me, the tip of my pencil hovering over it as I contemplated what I was going to write. Because of what happened yesterday when my friends and I were at that old farm Red Alert had built each of us a device (I think he called it a portable comlink) for us to use to call the Autobots if we were ever in a situation like that again. It was when I got home last night that my parents grounded me since I came back past my curfew, but at least they only grounded me for a day seeing as this was the first time this has happened (and accidentally, too). Anyways, the reason why I had a paper in front of me was because I was trying to write a letter to Jetfire explaining why I wasn't going to be at the base today (I was going to have Alexis give it to him). I tapped the eraser of my pencil to my lips as I thought of what to write down before placing the tip to the paper.

Dear Jetfire,

I'm guessing by the time you get this letter that you've noticed I didn't come. The reason why I wrote this letter to you was because my parents grounded me when I accidentally came home past my curfew, but the good news is that it's only for today since this was the first time I've done so. Oh, you probably don't know what it means to be 'grounded'. When a parent grounds their child (it's a type of punishment), the child has to stay at home and isn't allow to go out unless it's for important activities like school (and sometimes they take away some privileges, too). Just wanted to let you know where I was or what happened to me in case you started worrying.

Love,
Valerie

I blushed when I realized that I wrote 'Love' and quickly erased it before replacing it with 'Your confidence booster buddy'. What compelled me to write that down? I wasn't really thinking when I wrote it down. Right?

'This is because of me kissing him, isn't it?' I thought, my face heating up when I thought back on what happened. I shook my head slightly. 'It's probably just a side effect or something. It'll go away.'

I jumped when the bell rang (indicating that school was over) and quickly folded the letter I just finished writing twice before looking for Alexis. I managed to spot her gathering her things and went over to her.

"Hey, Alexis." I greeted her.

"Hey, Valerie." She greeted back. "How's your arm?"

"It's okay. Still itches from the butyl cyano-liquid stitches."

"You're coming to the base, right?"

"I can't." I told her, shaking my head. "My parents grounded me for being out past my curfew."

"Speaking about your parents, how did you explain what happened to your arm to them?"

"I told them that I was over at your house and some kids were playing baseball in the street when their baseball broke a nearby window, a broken piece of glass cut my arm, and you had to take me to the hospital to get it stitched up. I also mentioned that that was the reason I wasn't home on time so they only grounded me for today."

"That's good. The others at the base would start to miss you if you were grounded longer than that. Especially a certain someone."

"H-hey! It's not like that!" I blushed when she mentioned Jetfire. "Anyways, I wanted you to give this letter to him, since he'll be wondering why I couldn't come today." I handed Alexis the letter.

"You have nothing to worry about. I'll make sure he gets it. Will you be okay getting home?"

"I'll be fine, Alexis. Don't worry about me."

"If you say so." She giggled. "See you tomorrow!"

"You too!"

We both went our own way and I was soon walking out of the school heading for a public bus to take me home. As soon as I saw it I witnessed the last few people getting on and I started rushing over to it, hoping that I was able to get on. But I was too late seeing that it closed its doors and drove off. I felt tired and somewhat upset that I missed the bus and went over to sit down on a nearby bench, hanging my head. My eyes welled up with tears and threatened to fall, but I forced myself not to cry. I can't cry every single time I got upset over something. But I didn't even know when the next bus would come. What was I going to do? My ears picked up the sound of a motorcycle stopping nearby among the sounds of cars driving by, but I didn't pay it much attention.

"Hey!"

I lifted my head up and looked in the direction the voice came from to find a person (I assumed was male), wearing a black full body leather suit with a black helmet hiding his face, sitting atop a huge purple and yellow motorcycle that was pulled near the curb. His head was turned towards me and I realized that he was talking to me.

"Huh?" I said, clearly confused.

"You look like you could use a ride. I can get you to where you need to be." He told me.

"You'd give me a ride?" I felt hesitant.

"Yes."

I regarded this guy that was offering me a ride. I didn't even know him, so how do I know he wasn't some child kidnapper or something?

"What's the catch?" I asked after awhile.

The man chuckled quietly.

"There is no catch."

"Then what do you hope to gain from doing this?"

"Is it really such a big deal to help someone out when they need it?" He pulled out another helmet, which happened to be a light blue. "Here!" He threw the helmet at me and I barely caught it. "Put that helmet over your head and get on behind me."

The way he said it left no room for argument. I placed the helmet over my head and reluctantly got on the motorcycle behind him. I was even reluctant to place my arms around him! He must've noticed this since both of his gloved hands grabbed my arms and placed them around him before placing his hand back on the handles of the motorcycle. I wasn't prepared when the motorcycle started moving and my arms tightened around the man slightly in surprise and fear as I shut my eyes tightly. I've never been on a motorcycle before and didn't know what to expect.

"I'm going to need directions to where you want me to take you." He told me.

"Just keep going down this way until you get to the third neighborhood. It'll be the only house a bit down the road from the last subdivision." I said.

"Got it. By the way, I never did catch your name."

"I'm…Valerie. What about you?"

"My name is Steve Wilder."

I didn't know how long Steve was driving, but eventually he stopped.

"We're here." Steve said.

I opened my eyes and sure enough Steve stopped in the driveway of my house. I unwrapped my arms from around him, got off the motorcycle, and took the helmet off my head before handing it back to Steve.

"Thank you, Steve." I said.

He chuckled.

"Not a problem."

With that Steve pulled out of the driveway and drove off down the road. I turned back to my house and sighed, seeing that my parents weren't home. We lived away from the other houses with the woods being located a ways away from the back yard. The only good thing about living this far out was that we got the peace and quite that other people living in a regular neighbor occasionally got, while the downside was that took awhile for me to get to the nearest bus stop. I went inside and headed up to my room. Maybe I could take a nap.

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Jetfire sat in the rec room sipping on an energon cube as he relaxed. It had been a long time since he felt comfortable enough to do so, what with a war going on and all. With the war being waged between the Autobots and Decepticons they only had enough time to down an energon cube quickly before continuing to fight and hardly any time to relax.

'This is what happens when you're at war.' He thought. 'If we weren't, I'd be drinking high grade right now.'

He suddenly heard the doors hiss open and lifted his optics to see Smokescreen enter, who grinned when he spotted the shuttle mech.

"Hey, I was just looking for you, Jetfire." Smokescreen said.

"And why, may I ask, were you looking for me?" Jetfire asked.

"I just wanted to let you know that the kids are here and I was just about to go greet them. That also means that she's here as well."

"You know, Smokey, have I ever told you that you sometimes read too much into things, especially by what you're claiming?"

"You did now. But I have a feeling as to what going on, so see ya!" Smokescreen ran out of the rec room and down the hallway.

Jetfire quickly downed the rest of his energon cube before going after Smokescreen. Too bad he wouldn't be able to get back at Smokescreen anytime soon since he spotted the kids, but felt confused when he didn't see who he was looking for.

"Where's Valerie?" He asked.

"She couldn't come, Jetfire." Alexis told him. Alexis pulled out a folded piece of paper and held it towards him. "But she wanted me to give you this letter."

"Huh? A letter?" He carefully took the folded paper (which to him was very small) and unfolded it. "Hmm… Looks like I need my reading glasses for this." Jetfire pulled out a pair of huge reading glasses and placed them over his optics.

"What? You actually need reading glasses in order to see?" Carlos asked.

"Nah! I was just messing with you kids." Jetfire replied, taking off the glasses. "I actually made these just for an occasion like this and get a good laugh out of everyone's reactions."

Jetfire glance at the letter that he brought close to his face in order to see (and zoom his optics in a bit to read) and started reading it.

Dear Jetfire,

Your confidence booster buddy,
Valerie

"Valerie's been 'grounded'?" Jetfire exclaimed after having read the letter over.

"Yeah. I'm guessing you don't know what it means to be grounded?" Alexis said.

"I didn't until I read this letter. Valerie actually explained what being ground was here. Anyways, I gotta go somewhere, so see ya!"

"Jetfire! Where are you going?"

Jetfire had heard Hot Shot yell after him, but he ignored the yellow Autobot as he ran towards the entrance of the base. As soon as he was outside the shuttle mech transformed and flew off somewhere remote so he could think by himself and wouldn't have to worry about any humans seeing him transform. Jetfire soon found the perfect place and changed back before sitting down with his legs hanging over the edge of the cliff. He couldn't believe that Valerie hadn't been able to come to the base, all because she was grounded for today. Jetfire sighed before lifting the letter Valerie wrote to him in front of his face.

And it was then that he saw something that caught his optic when he read the last bit of the letter. It was faint, but he could see something that look like it was written down but was erased due to a mistake where 'your confidence booster buddy' was place. He assumed that Valerie must've been pressing her pencil on the paper as she wrote since the eraser she used hadn't been able to get ride of the word completely. Jetfire felt his spark, as the humans would say, skip a beat (or pulse) when he saw that the word that was previously there was 'love'.

Was it possible that… No, he shouldn't get ahead of himself just yet. Even if it were true. Jetfire liked Valerie, yes, ever since he first met her. He liked how her eyes always reminded him of the sky she loved gazing at, how she smiled whenever she was happy, and her laugh when she found something funny. She was kind and he knew she had a good heart. But then she had her downsides as well. She was shy, always apologized and beat herself up about something when it wasn't even her fault in begin with. But the one that got to him the most was her confidence and self-esteem. She didn't think of herself so highly (even saying that she didn't think she was graceful when he thought so) and because of that he wanted to help her. He didn't like seeing her sad either when he first saw her crying. He already saw her as more than a confidence booster buddy ever since she kissed him yesterday, but he couldn't get his hope up.

'If only she knew…' He thought.

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I found myself sitting on one of the couches in the rec room of the Autobot's base, where my friends and the other Autobots were around. Everyone was looking in the same direction as music started playing and I recognized it as Mustang Sally. I looked in the direction that everyone was looking in and my eyes widened when I saw Jetfire holding a huge microphone hooked up to a huge stereo.

Mustang Sally, better slow your mustang down.

Oh my god! Jetfire was actually singing Mustang Sally.

Mustang Sally, now baby, I guess you better slow your mustang down.
You've been running all over the town.
Oh, I guess you gotta put your flat feet on the ground

All you want to do is ride around Sally,
(Ride, Sally, ride.)
All you want to do is ride around Sally,
(Ride, Sally, ride.)
All you want to do is ride around Sally,
(Ride, Sally, ride.)
All you want to do is ride around Sally,
(Ride, Sally, ride)
One of these early mornings,
You gonna be wiping your weeping eyes.

I bought you a brand new mustang...
It was a 1965.
Now you come around signifying a woman,
Girl you won't, you won't let me ride
Mustang Sally, now baby, guess you better slow your mustang down.
You been running all over the town now.
I guess you gotta put your flat feet on the ground.

My eyes widened when Jetfire looked at me and my face heated up with he started coming over to me. My face got even more warmer when he suddenly picked me up and holding me in his free hand as he continued gazing at me. I looked away, feeling embarrassed.

All you want to do is ride around Sally,
(Ride, Sally, ride.)
All you want to do is ride around Sally,
(Ride, Sally, ride.)
All you want to do is ride around Sally,
(Ride, Sally, ride.)
All you want to do is ride around Sally,
(Ride, Sally, ride.)
One of these early mornings,
You gonna be wiping your weeping eyes.

Those weeping eyes, oh yeah, babe (Sally)
Those weeping eyes (Sally), yeah hey, yeah
Those weeping eyes (Sally), yeah yeah (Sally)
Oh, those weeping eyes (Sally)
Those weeping eyes (Sally), those weeping eyes (Sally)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, hey yeah

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My eyes shot opening and I bolted up in an upright position, my face feeling warm as I recalled the dream I just had. What the hell caused me to have a dream like that? I mean Jetfire could actually sing real well, but it was the fact that he was singing and had picked me up so suddenly.

'It must've been the lunch I ate at school today.' I thought. 'Or maybe I actually miss him already.'

I shook my head quickly, trying to dismiss that thought. I saw him yesterday, so how could I miss him? Could he possibly feel the same right now?

Suddenly I heard something beeping and I started searching for where it was coming from, only to find that it was the portable comlink Red Alert gave me and pressed the button on it before placing it to my ear.

"Hello?" I asked.

"Hey, Skydancer! How've you been?" My eyes widened when I heard the familiar voice.

"J-Jetfire? Is that you?" I felt my face heat up slightly.

"No, this is Blurr. Who else calls you Skydancer besides me?" He chuckled on the other line. "Anyways, I got the letter you had Alexis give me. What's it like being grounded?"

"Miserable. I'm basically here by myself at home." I told him. "Why did you call me?"

"Well, I thought you could possibly want someone to talk to, but since you said that you were home by yourself, I'm actually thinking of coming over to keep you company."

"Y-You want to come over?" My face heated up again.

"You did say you were miserable. And I could just get there by tracking the signal on the device Red Alert gave you. Anything I should know about ahead of time before I come over?" He asked

This took me by surprise. Jetfire was really serious about this. I sighed.

"Just know that you won't have to worry about anyone seeing you transform." I replied. "Behind my house is the woods where you could hide in your true form so land there."

"Okay! See you soon!"

With that the line went dead, indicating that the call had ended. I picked up my iPod before going over and sitting in front of my window to gaze at the sky. I placed the ear buds in my ears and I soon heard music playing.

Sometimes when your hopes have all been shattered,
There's nowhere to turn.
You wonder how you keep going (going).
Think of all the things that really matter,
And the chances you've earned.
The fire in your heart is growing (growing).
You can fly if you try leaving the past behind.
Heaven only knows what you might find.

Dare
Dare to believe you can survive.
You hold the future in your hand.
Dare
Dare to keep all your dreams alive.
It's time to take a stand.
You can win if you dare.

Everybody's trying to break your spirit,
Keeping you down.
Seems like it's been forever (ever). Oh!
There's another voice if you'll just hear it,
Saying it's the last time
Looks like it's now or never.
Out of the darkness you stumble into the light.
Fighting for the things you know are right.

Dare.
Dare to believe you can survive.
The power is there at your command.
Dare.
Dare to keep all your dreams alive.
It's time to take a stand.
You can win if you dare (dare) (dare).

Dare.
Dare to believe you can survive.
You hold the future in your hand.
Dare.
Dare to keep all your dreams alive.
The power is there at your command.
Oh! Dare.
Dare to keep all your love alive.
Dare to be all that you can be.
Dare.
There is a place where dreams survive.
It's calling you on to victory
Dare.
Dare.
Ooooo Ohhh.

I suddenly spotted something white flying in the sky and I realized that it was Jetfire. I quickly got up before leaving my room, running down the stairs (while being careful not to trip since that had been one of my accidents resulted in me breaking my ankle) before rushing out the backdoor towards the woods just in time to witness Jetfire coming down for a landing. As soon as he landed he transformed and I suddenly found myself being picked up and held close to his chest, causing my face to heat up.

"I missed you, Skydancer." Jetfire said quietly, taking me by surprise.

My face got warmer than it already was as my stomach started doing flips as well. I wasn't expecting Jetfire to hug me. I hadn't expected him to do this. I finally made up my mind and spread my arms on him in an attempt to hug him back (although it felt kind of awkward).

"You missed me?" I asked.

"Sure did. I thought you'd be coming to the base today, but I didn't expect you to be grounded. And with everything that happened with you kids yesterday, I can honestly say I was worried about you."

"I…I didn't think you cared about me." My stomach started doing flips again.

"Of course I care about you, Skydancer." Jetfire moved one of his hands before a finger was placed under my chin and tilted my head up so that I was looking at his face. "More than you know…"

My face heated up again, but this time I had no way of hiding it from the Vice Commander. I was suddenly reminded of when I kissed him yesterday and my heart beat sounded loud in my ears. Why did I keep feeling like this whenever I'm around him?

"Anyways, is there anything you'd like to do?" Jetfire asked.

"Oh. Um…" I thought for a bit of what we could do. What could one do with a giant robot? "How about we go on a walk through the woods. There's a lake where we could swim if we wanted."

Jetfire laughed.

"Sorry, kiddo, but this mech here was made for flying, not swimming! But don't let me spoil the fun. You could do some swimming yourself and I can just sit out and watch."

"Okay. Just let me go inside to change real quickly." Then I realized something. "Could you put me down?"

"Oh yeah! Sure thing!"

Jetfire knelt down a bit before lowering his hand to the ground so I could get off. I ran back inside and up to my room, where I quickly changed into my swimsuit (and putting my clothes on to wear over it). Once I was done I grabbed a towel before coming back out again to find him waiting patiently for me and went over to him.

"Okay, I'm ready." I told him.

"Good!" He said excitedly. "Uh…which direction was it again?"

I giggled at his confusion.

"It this way."

I pointed straight ahead. But then I yelped in surprise when he suddenly picked me up.

"Maybe I should carry you. That way I won't have to worry about losing you out here."

"Fine…" My face heated up slightly.

Jetfire started walking through the woods, the ground giving a slight tremor whenever his footsteps landed each time. It was different seeing the woods this way since I was so high up.

"So how old are you exactly?" He suddenly asked.

"I'm 14." I said. Now that was awkward. "How about you?"

"Me? I happen to be 270,000 years old." He said it like it was a good thing.

"Whoa! You're old!"

"Hey! I'm not that old! By human standards I'd been about 27 for your information, missy!" Jetfire retorted. "And by Cybertronian standards you'd be nothing more than a sparkling, so there!"

'So much for maturity…' I thought.

"How about when you joined the Autobots in the war? Did you have to enlist or did you have a choice in the matter?"

"We really don't have a choice when it comes to enlisting. It's only the femme's that really get to choose if they want to or not. But the standard age was and still is 180,000 years old, but you can still enter even if you're a few thousand years younger."

So that meant that they'd be 18 by human standards. I guess I'm seeing a pattern as to how old a Cybertronian is by human standards. It was…actually not that hard.

"Do you have anyone waiting for you to return back on Cybertron? Like family or a…sparkmate?"

Jetfire started laughing.

"A sparkmate? Oh no, kiddo! No sparkmate for me! I'm single!" Jetfire looked down at me. "What? Would you've been jealous if I did?"

"N-no!" My face headed up. "I was only curious."

"Then how about you? Any significant other in your life?"

"Jetfire!" I exclaimed.

"What? I was only curious!" I could hear the smirk in his voice.

"I-I'm not dating anyone!" I looked down. "How about your family?"

At this Jetfire seemed to change from being his confident usual self to something…something nostalgic. I felt as if I hit a sore subject for him to discuss.

"That's…" He started, seeming to find the right words to say. "That's a story for another time…"

"I'm sorry, Jetfire. I didn't mean to."

"Hey, hey. It's fine. You didn't know better, that's all." He reassured me. He looked up. "Oh. Looks like we're here, Skydancer."

I looked up and sure enough we were at the lake. Jetfire lowered me to the ground before he sat down with his back leaning against a tree. I placed the towel I had next to a tree before I started taking my shoes off, followed by my clothes until I was in nothing but my swimsuit. I soon went into the water, but it was only when I got in that I realized how cold it felt. I soon heard Jetfire laugh from where he was and turned to look at him.

"What's so funny?" I asked.

"You're reaction when you got in the water! I'm beginning to wonder if you should be swimming in there when it's cold."

"You knew it would be cold?"

"Sure did! But I wanted to see if you'd think the same thing."

I quickly got out of the water before making my way back to where I left me towel. I wrapped it around me in hopes that it'd provide me with some warmth, but I was still shivering profusely as my teeth chattered.

"Are you cold?" Jetfire asked, his voice full with concern.

I nodded my head, not trusting my voice at the moment.

I felt Jetfire's hand wrap around my body, towel and all, before he shifted around to laying down on his back. I was brought close to his chest where the Autobot symbol and he held me there while his hand covered me like a blanket, instantly feeling warm from his chest and hands. I shivered a bit from the warmth as I tried to get used to it, but in the end I found myself comfortable.

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Jetfire just laid on his back as he held Valerie close to where his spark was covered by his chest plate in order to keep her warm. He felt her shiver a bit before relaxing, to which he smiled behind his face mask. A few minutes ago he had watched her strip out of her clothes until she was in nothing but her swimsuit and he knew that if he were human he would've must likely blushed. And here he was now, holding her small form close to him, with nothing but the towel wrapped tightly around her body coming between him and feeling her skin. He could feel the shape of her body from beneath his hand, but he honestly wanted to…

'Whoa! Slow down, Jetfire!' He thought to himself. 'That's going a little too far! And it's a little early to be having those thoughts!'

Jetfire knew that he'd already gotten attached to Valerie despite the little time they've may have spent together. His spark pulsed in his chest, as if knowing what it was he felt for the girl he held.

He was suddenly reminded of when he was nothing more than a sparkling growing up under the care of his mother. He had once asked how she'd met his father before they became sparkmates. He had then asked how did she even know that he'd be the right mech for her, to which she gave him a smile before explaining to him.

"Even before we're created Primus chooses who will become our sparkmates." She had told him. "It's all a matter of finding the one He chose to be your sparkmate."

"But how do you know if you found the right one?" He had asked.

"You just do. You'll know when the time comes, my little Jetfire."

Jetfire glance at Valerie, whose eyes were softly shut. He felt happy whenever he was around her, even content. He already knew. His spark already knew.

'If only I could tell her…'

"Jetfire?"

He was snapped out of his thoughts when Valerie spoke and glanced down at her to find that she was looking at him with her blue eyes.

"What is it, Skydancer?" He asked.

"Why is it always warm on this spot of your chest?" She asked. "Over your Autobot symbol, I mean."

"That's because my spark it located beneath that area, where my spark chamber is." He smiled.

"What's a spark?"

"A spark is what keeps us alive. If something were to happen to the spark itself we'd die."

"But what would happen if the spark was taken out of your body?"

"Well, we'd still be alive. Our sparks are who we are, kind of similar to what you humans would consider a soul of sorts."

"A soul…" He heard her say quietly.

"Are you ready to head back?" He asked.

"Yes."

Jetfire sat up before placing Valerie on the ground so she could get dressed. Once she was ready he picked her up before making his way back to her house.

"Thank you for keeping me warm, Jetfire." Valerie said.

Jetfire spark swelled up as he smiled behind his face mask. He turned to look at her to see that she was blushing. He'd noticed that she did that a lot whenever she was around him and he found it cute.

"No problem, Skydancer." He replied.

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After awhile we arrived back at my house. Jetfire sat down before lowering me back to the ground so I could get off. I ran off to the house, getting out of my swimsuit (and changing in the process), hanging up the towel, and grabbed a puzzle and a dry erase board before running back to my guest. By the way Jetfire was looking at the puzzle box I held in one of my hands I was guessing he was confused.

"What's that?" He asked, lowering his head a much as he could to see the puzzle box.

"It's a puzzle." I explained. "See the picture on the box?"

"Yeah?"

"Inside this box are tiny pieces that you have to put together to make the picture. Here, I'll show you."

I took the lid off the box to show him the tiny puzzle pieces inside, getting a wide eyed expression from Jetfire.

"Primus, those are some tiny pieces!" He exclaimed.

I giggled, finding his reaction humorous.

"You can help me get some of it done." I told him.

"How am I supposed to help you when the pieces are so tiny?"

"Oh…" I realized what he was getting at. Think, Valerie, think! "Maybe you can help me by telling me where some of the pieces should go."

"Well, it's better than nothing."

It was a good I brought the dry erase board since it'd make it easier to do the puzzle. I placed it on the ground and sat the puzzle box to the side before taking out some pieces, starting with sorting out the edge pieces so it wouldn't be so difficult. Jetfire helped me out by telling me where some of the pieces should go, and surprisingly he was right. Although that could be because he was a super advance robot. We talked as we worked on the puzzle and it was then I noticed something. Lately I've felt comfortable around Jetfire. Maybe it's because I've been around him so much that I've gotten used to his company, but for some reason something told me that wasn't exactly why.

'Why do I feel this way?' I thought, feeling confused.

I suddenly felt like someone was staring at me and I looked up to see that Jetfire was gazing at me with an…expression I couldn't really describe. There was something there, but I couldn't tell what it was.

"Is something wrong, Jetfire?" I asked.

I watched as he seemed to realize what he was doing and his golden optics widened in surprise.

"N-no! T-there's nothing wrong!" He stuttered. "I was…I was just thinking! Yeah! Thinking!"

"About what?"

"I was thinking…about how much I enjoy spending time with you."

"I…I enjoy spending time with you as well." My face heated up. "For some reason I've started feeling comfortable around you, but I'm don't understand why? Do you have any idea?"

I thought I saw something show in Jetfire's optics, but as quickly as it came it was gone, making me question if I was just seeing things.

"I-" He stopped himself, seeming to think. "Nope! Can't say I do!"

"Oh…" I had a feeling he was going to say something else, but what? What was he originally going to say?

"By the way, how's your arm?" Jetfire asked, seeming to change the subject.

"It's fine." I said, lightly touching the bandage covering my left arm. "But because of it I can't really practice my ballet until it gets better."

"Would it be okay if I were to watch you practice sometime when you're at the base?"

I lowered my head as my face got even warmer.

"I-I guess…"

Time seemed to fly by so fast that the sun was starting to set. I knew that my parents would be home soon and I relayed this to Jetfire.

"Thanks for keeping me company." I told him.

"Hey, it wasn't a problem at all!" He said, already in his shuttle form. "See you tomorrow, Skydancer!"

With that Jetfire flew off. I watched as his form got smaller and smaller until I could no longer see him. I smiled as I brought a hand up and placed it over my heart.

"See you tomorrow, Jetfire…" I said quietly before heading inside with the packaged puzzle and dry erase board.

I felt happy all of a sudden knowing that I'd see Jetfire again tomorrow. The feeling itself was like being excited about your birthday that would be tomorrow. It was strange, but in a good way. I went to sleep that night thinking about him and the sky.

ATE: That's it for chap 7. The whole idea of Jetfire singing 'Mustang Sally' was from a video I saw on youtube of Scott McNeil (who voiced Jetfire in the english dub of Transformers Armada) singing 'Mustang Sally' and I was like "Whoa!" Not to mention that I had a dream that Jetfire did sing 'Mustang Sally'. I had some developement (in my opinion) between Jetfire and Valerie, and for those who've read the concept chap of a future in this story will catch the small hints of what's to come later on in the story. Like I've said in every anyone can submit suggestions or ideas that they might want to see in appear in this story. I'll give credit to anyone's ideas I use. Just write them in your review.

Also, if you want to see the video of Scott McNeil singing 'Mustang Sally' copy and paste the link below in the search bar (without the spaces, of course):

http : / www . youtube . com /watch?v= xZWQxBqRQGE

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