Well, I got a lot of positive feedback on my last update. Told you guys to take it easy on Skye. Now, I will be mentioning some amazing people in this chapter. You'll see how soon. Anyway, back to the usual business. Read 'NeoFlock' and 'Deadline' by Talon666 and 'Dark Blue' and 'Maximum Ride: Wings vs. Wands' by Madeline Cullen. Awesome stories by awesome authors. You Twilight fans also really need to read my story 'Solar Flare'. It's all about Seth Clearwater and his imprint Erin Morgan. Trust me, it's amazing. Well, time for my new chapter. This one is pretty interesting too.

Thankfully, I didn't have to wait too long for Jewel to fall asleep. The poor kid was pretty tuckered out and who could really blame her. She had had a rough night. Nightmares and her two best friends getting into a huge, explosive argument are never pleasant things.

However, that argument had turned into something else entirely. I wasn't all too sure about what Skye and I were, but I assure you I was going to find out. I mean, this was my life we were dealing with.

When I was absolutely positive that Jewel was asleep I slowly sat up and reached for the backpack. Not only was I going to have a little chat with Skye, but I needed to blog. It helped me work things out somehow.

I cautiously made my way over to the mouth of the cave where Skye was sitting with his chin resting on his knees. My heart fluttered in my chest as a small gust of wind lifted his white blonde hair. Okay, so I sounded like a total girl but I couldn't help it. Even Max got like this sometimes.

"Hey." I said softly as I sat down next to him. Well, I just certainly was a very verbal person today.

He lifted his head off of his knees and gave me a small smile. "Hey. Jewel asleep?" he asked.

I nodded, stifling the urge to say "duh" and to be all sarcastic. I pulled out the laptop and booted it up. It didn't take long for me to log into the blog and get started on a new post.

"What're you doing?" Skye asked curiously. I noticed he was sitting closer to me and trying to read the computer screen. "A blog about us?"

I nodded. "Yeah, I wanted people to know." I explained. Mostly, this blog was for the flock, but I had been getting some comments from my fans. Yeah, I had a few fans.

"Why does anyone need to know?" he asked, confused. "Shouldn't this just be our business?"

I sighed and saved the blog. "Yeah, but… some people have said some things."

He raised an eyebrow. "What people? What'd they say?"

I sighed again and clicked on a previous blog I posted. I began reading the comments. "From Selene Darkmoon: I should kick Skye's butt for that. You were just trying to be nice to that waitress because she had been nice to you. It's just common courtesy. From Madeline Cullen: Skye is a total jerk." I read a couple more comments and stopped.

"Man." Skye half whispered when I finished. "Was I really that bad?"

I nodded solemnly. "Yeah. You actually made me cry." I confessed. I felt that he should know.

"I did?" he asked shamefully. I nodded and he sighed. "I'm so sorry Mel. But, when did I do that?"

It was my turn to sigh now. "A couple nights ago. Before we got to Mike's."

"Oh." Skye said glumly. "When you stomped off."

"Only because you basically told me you hated me." I said, starting to get a little defensive.

Skye held up his hands. "Okay, okay. I said I was sorry."

"I know." I whispered. "And I accept your apology."

"Good." he told me. "So, anything else you wanna talk about?" he asked.

I nodded. "Yeah, I'm a little confused about what we are exactly. I mean, we have it established that we like each other, but…" I trailed off.

Skye looked confused. "Well, do we really need labels? I mean, I like you and you like me. Isn't that enough?"

I sighed. "It's just that it's traditional to be like boyfriend and girlfriend, but that's not what we are exactly."

Skye rolled his eyes and extended his wings a little bit. "Mel, we have wings. I don't think we're anywhere near traditional."

I chuckled and said, "Good point. Well, that's out the window. Time for ground rules."

"Ground rules?" he asked raising an eyebrow.

"Yeah, stuff that we don't want each other to do. Like, no pet names. I hate those." I told him making a disgusted face.

"So, I can't call you sweetie or honey or baby or sweetheart or anything like that?" he asked, pretending to sound a tad disappointed.

I shook my head. "Nope, nothing like that. Too cutesy. I'm not like that."

"So, Princess is out then huh?" he asked. I think he actually was disappointed about that one.

"No." I told him. "I'm fine with that as long as you don't mean it as an insult anymore."

Skye nodded. "Okay, that's pretty fair. I think I can live with that."

"So, anything you don't want me to do to you?" I asked him.

Skye thought for a second and finally said, "I'm cool with anything as long as you stop calling me Sticky Fingers."

I smirked a little and chuckled. "Okay, I'll stop if you really want me to."

"Good." he said, placing his hand on top of mine.

As soon as he did that one simple thing, I suddenly felt very warm and shivery at the same time. My spine tingled, my heart started beating at a faster pace, my breath became shallow and shaky, and my whole body just froze up. I hoped this wouldn't happen every time he touched me.

"Hey Mel. You okay?" Skye whispered in my ear. He must have noticed my sudden rigidity. He was actually worried about me. Man, this was going to take some major getting used to.

I nodded and continued to stare straight ahead, out into the night. "Just a little sore." I said in a barely audible whisper.

"Wings?" he asked and I nodded slowly. "I can fix that if you want." he whispered softly, making the spine tingling feeling even worse.

I slowly nodded, unsure if him touching me was the best idea in the world. I mean, that sort of was the reason I couldn't move in the first place.

But as soon as his hands, warm despite sitting outside in the cold, touched just below my wings, every muscle in my entire body became completely relaxed. A low moan escaped my lips and I heard Skye let out a brief, amused chuckle. I was slightly embarrassed, but I didn't move or do anything about it. I just let Skye continue to rub my sores away.

Not long after he started, Skye bent his head down and kissed my neck. I felt another shiver go down my spine.

"Skye, please don't." I breathed softly. I couldn't take it. It was just too much.

He immediately stopped everything, his hands resting on my shoulders. "What?" he asked. "What'd I do wrong?"

"I just can't stand it." I told him. I really couldn't stand it anymore.

He let go of me and crept up beside me. "What? What can't you stand? Tell me and I'll never do it again."

"No." I whispered. "Not you. Me." And then, I did something I had been wanting to do since I met Skye. I kissed him.

This time I knew exactly what to do. I wrapped my arms around his neck and pulled him closer to me. He placed his arms around my middle and we just held each other. I didn't feel like a useless, floppy rag doll. I felt confident.

However, that moment of sheer bliss was immediately squashed by the words, "I knew it!"

Skye and I quickly broke apart and turned around to stare at Jewel. She was standing a few feet behind us, a crooked smile on her face. This was so not the way I wanted her to find out.

I looked up at Skye for a brief second and saw that his face was tinged pink. I tucked my hair behind my ears and said, "Hi Jewel. We were just-"

"Kissing?" she interrupted me. "Mel, I'm twelve not five. Do you think I'm that stupid? It's been obvious to me that you two have liked each other since the second you met."

She really knew more than I gave her credit for. "We were going to tell you. I just didn't know how."

"Did you ever just think to say, 'Hey Jewel, Skye and I like each other and are gonna start making out on watch now'?" Jewel said, reminding me of Max in a way that was really scary.

"Okay, well we like each other and we were not making out on watch." I told her defensively.

She laughed. "Funny. It sure looked like you were eating each other's faces off. Correct me if I'm wrong."

"Jewel, you are getting way outta line." Skye told her, getting an authoritative tone.

"Relax Skye." Jewel said, using a normal non-sarcastic tone. "I'm just messing with you guys."

"Well please don't." I told her, feeling a little angry.

Jewel just shrugged and sat down. "Well, I think you two need to go on a date. We could go to a hotel tomorrow and stay there all day and then later you two could go do something fun. I think I'd be safe in a locked hotel room by myself for a couple hours."

I sighed, feeling totally wiped out. "We'll see. Now it's time to get some sleep Jewel."

Jewel shook her head. "My turn for watch."

"It's three already?" Skye asked incredulously. When Jewel nodded he sighed. "I feel like I haven't gotten any sleep at all."

I shook my head. "That would be because you haven't. So, let's go to bed."

As we retreated into the cave Jewel called after us, "You two behave in there! Don't make me have to separate you!"

I groaned as I laid down. "Remind me to strangle her one day." I told Skye.

Skye sighed and said, "Remind me to help you."

And then we slowly drifted off into an uncomfortable and rather short sleep. We'd be feeling this in the morning.

Well, I hope you guys liked that. Now Jewel knows. Just a heads up, the next chapter goes to Iggy and Elisabeth. Also, on the blog, the comments left by Selene and Maddy weren't actually anything they said. It was somewhat close, but I tweaked it a little. And, speaking of the blog, I will be posting a new one. The entry will be written when Mel was typing it at the beginning of this chapter, so Jewel has no idea about her and Skye. Hope that clears up some confusion. Read and review. Updating whenever I get a chance.