"Hey Pine, I want you to come with me on a stake-out tonight," Scourge, the leader of Bloodclan said to the she-cat who almost choked on a chicken bone right at that moment.
"Me?" She managed to get out between coughs.
"Of course you," Scourge snarled. "I wouldn't be asking you otherwise. Meet me at the tallest building at moon-high or send someone else, I don't want someone who's going to just going to sleep the entire time on this stake-out."
He walked away leaving Pine sighing in admiration.
'Finally.' She thought as she watched her crush jump up onto the dumpster at the end of the alley and lay down, beginning his own dinner. His deputy, Bone, sat on a large box off to the side of the dumpster. They began chatting, Scourge's tail flicking in annoyance as he talked about something that seemed to be bothering him.
Pine wasn't close enough to hear but she could tell that he was annoyed.
She began to daydream about one day sitting on top of that dumpster with Scourge, curled against him with his tail twined with hers, talking with Bone and his other guard Brick.
All the other she-cats would be so jealous of her. She would be Scourge's mate then one day their kits would rule Bloodclan after them.
Pine sighed. 'And tonight I'll make my move.'
She had been trying to work up the courage to ask Scourge out and tell him how she felt and tonight will be the perfect night.
'How suave of him to take suspicion off what he wants to say a stake-out.' Pine thought as she hurried toward the place told her to meet him. 'He must feel the same way and want to tell me without anyone else around.'
She finally reached the place and made sure that her thin light tabby fur was smooth and that her blue collar, filled like all of the other cats in Bloodclan's were with claws and teeth, was not crooked and jumped from ledge to ledge up to where Scourge lay in half shadows on a ledge halfway up the building.
"Good, you came." Scourge remarked without looking at her, his gaze on the street below.
"Of course I did." Pine lied down next to him. "Why wouldn't I?"
"I don't know," Scourge snapped. "I don't know what goes through your head. I'm not a mind reader." He suddenly looked a little startled.
Pine just brushed off his snappish behavior. It was Scourge after all and looked around.
'Could he have picked a more romantic location?' She thought. The night sky was clear and glittered with stars. The street was quiet and the moon was full, shining onto Scourge's fur, outlining his black fur in silver and his single forepaw glow.
"So," Pine said finally. 'Must be shy about these sorts of things.' "What are we looking for?"
"Some cats have been spotted over in this area, taking food and they need to be delt with," Scourge explained. He still didn't look at her.
'Really shy.'
"Bone tells me that they seem to strike mostly at night, they also killed some Bloodclan cats when they were trying to take food. So I decided to catch them in the act, take care of them and get some rest."
"Ah." Pine nodded.
They sat in silence until a cold breeze buffeted her fur, making her shiver.
Scourge didn't seem to notice as he continued to stare out into the street.
Pine hesitated then leaned against Scourge, immediately feeling warm.
"What are you doing?"
Pine looked up and saw Scourge looking at her.
"Uh…" before she could say anything Scourge jerked his head around and leaped off the window ledge.
Pine yelped as the only thing supporting her disappeared and she tipped onto her back.
But she was back on her paws in a second and following Scourge down.
Pine landed on the street and saw Scourge racing towards two cats.