The Dragon's Heart (A SummerXWinger story)

Something different

Leyla's P.O.V

We finished up training at the Roost, Aggro with the best performance.

"Nice job today everyone! You all worked very hard, especially Aggro! You're really improving!" Dak congratulated.

"Thanks Dak. I do try my best." Aggro said.

"That's pretty evident." Cutter told her.

"Cutter and Burple were really good with that team move though. Burple, great idea knocking the target toward Cutter's spike! If you hadn't he would have missed!" Aggro said.

"Oh yeah! I totally meant to do that! It definitely wasn't an accident." Burple replied.

"Summer was really great too! She hit every target dead on! And remember when she saved me from that boulder?" Winger said. Summer looked down and avoided eye contact.

"You really think I did well?" She asked. That was different. She has never acted like this before.

"Of course! When do you not do well?" Winger complimented her. She kept looking down and mumbled a "thanks."

Winger walked to the sleep cave with Cutter and Burple, all of them talking about how tired they were. Summer turned around to follow and I caught a hint of red on her face. Was she blushing? I signaled for Dak and he trotted over.

"What's up sis?" He asked.

"Did you see Summer's reaction to Winger's compliments? I thought I saw her blushing." I told him.

"Nah, she's probably just hot from all the training. I worked up a sweat myself!" He said.

"No, there's definitely something different going on here." I claimed. Dak shrugged.

"Whatever you say." I looked him in the eyes.

"There's something different going on, and I'm going to need your help to find out what it is." I said.

Winger's P.O.V

"I am SO tired! I could sleep for a year!" Cutter commented.

"Yeah, me too! I can just hear my bed calling my name... Burple... Burple! Come sleep in me! But maybe have a snack first." Burple replied.

"Hey Winger! Did you see Summer's face when you complimented her? She looked like Aggro with the dragon flu!" Cutter said to me.

"What? Are you sure you saw right?" I asked.

"Oh, I DEFINITELY saw right. Don't you remember? I have the best eyesight!" Cutter said.

"Do you know what this means?" He asked slyly.

"I know what this means!.... what does it mean?" Burple asked.

"It means Summer likes you Winger!" Cutter exclaimed.

"What?! No, I'm sure she was just flattered. We also trained pretty hard, I'm sure some of it was from the heat." I protested against Cutter's statement. Summer couldn't possibly like me!

"Ok then. Burple! What do you think?" Cutter asked.

"Uh, I don't know, maybe she likes Winger?" Burple said, unsure how to answer.

"All I know is that it's my bedtime. Goodnight guys." Burple said.

"Yeah, I should be getting some sleep as well. Goodnight." I watched as Burple and Cutter lay down in their hay beds.

I looked over at mine. I was really tired, but I couldn't possibly sleep. Was it true? I laid down in my bed, wondering the question on my mind: Does Summer actually like me?

Summer's P.O.V

I laid on the roof for a long time, gazing up at the stars. I acted so stupid when Winger said I did a good job. Why did I do that?

"Summer? There you are! Why aren't you in the sleep cave?" Aggro came up to me. I jumped at the sound of her voice, not expecting anyone to find me here.

"Oh! I uh... I just wanted to get a good look at the stars! If you look up and to the right you can see the Little Dipper." I lied.

"Yeah sure. Why are you really up here?" Aggro didn't fall for it. I sighed in defeat.

"It's because... I feel bad about earlier. I acted like a complete idiot around Winger!" I said.

"Huh? All he said was you did well in training. We're the Rescue Riders, we always compliment each other. Why are you acting different now?" She looked really confused.

"It's because... I like Winger."