Lionblaze lay in his bed, groaning. His normally spiked-up, gelled hair lay messy. His alarm beeped. He swung his arm, trying to hit the snooze button.
"Oh my god, wake up!" cried Hollyleaf, shaking his arm as he shut off his alarm.
"OK OK! I'll be down in a minute" he whined, throwing his covers off. Holly leaf groaned, slamming the door. Lion looked up at Jay, who was sitting on his bed.
"Whats her deal, Jay?" He asked, throwing on a yellow V-neck with white buttons. Jayfeather grinned at him as he buckled his pants on.
"She's angry" He said, holding back a laugh.
"About what!?"
"She read your texts." Jayfeather burst out laughing, throwing on his usual grey shirt. Lionblaze groaned, grabbing his phone and shoving it into his pocket, and storming downstairs.
"Hollyleaf you read my texts!" he cried.
"Maybe you shouldn't go behind my back about who you like!" she said.
"Maybe it's my choice about who I like." He said.
Brambleclaw walked over with a plate of pancakes.
"Stop this bickering you two, I'm done with it!" he said, setting them down.
Jayfeather walked down the stairs, his blind blue eyes emotionless as he sat down next to Lionblaze. Lionblaze pulled out his phone.
"Hey dad, for that barbeque party tonight, can we each invite over some friends?" he asked, looking at his contacts.
"Sure, you can each invite three friends" he replied.
"Sweet!" Lionblaze looked at his phone, looking for his best friend's contacts.
Come to my house at 3 o'clock for a barbeque and party! ~ Lionblaze.
Lionblaze sent a text to Mousewhisker, Foxleap, and Cinderheart.
I'll be there man! ~Mousewhisker
So will I! ~ Foxleap
His other friends were out of town, so he invited Mousewhisker and Foxleap over, and his crush, Cinderheart.
"Ugh, come ON Lionblaze! Cinderheart is my friend!" she cried, taking his phone.
"She's my friend too!" he said "Dad, Hollyleaf took my phone!" he called.
"Hollyleaf, give your brother his phone back now!" Brambleclaw turned from the counter, setting two glasses of orange juice and some apple juice on the table.
Ok! I'll come, I can't wait to see you after half the summer has gone by! ~ Cinderheart.
Lionblaze blushed, smiling as he took a sip of his orange juice. Today was July 4th, so each kid had a job to do.
"Lionblaze, your mother's job, until she joined the army, was to get fireworks, so you'll get those. Hollyleaf, you'll get beads and party stuff, and Jayfeather, you'll set up table, and banners, and the movie screen outside. I'll cook the food and get the food supplies" Lionblaze grunted, walking out of the house, grabbing his car keys. Jayfeather waved good-bye before walking back in and grabbing the banners. Lionblaze started the car, Hollyleaf getting into the passenger seat.
"We're going to Party City" he said, backing out of the driveway. Hollyleaf looked at him.
"You'd better not ask her out tonight" she said, putting on lipstick
"So what if I do and plan to?" he said, his eyes on the road.
"I will murder you. My friend can't date my brother" Hollyleaf looked out the window.
"I'm doing it anyways." He grunted, turning into a parking spot. He turned the car off, getting out and shutting the door before locking it.
"Look, I'd let you date Mousewhisker if you wanted to!" he said, walking into the fireworks isle. He ran his hand through his spiked-up, dirty blond hair, looking at fireworks.
"Oh hey Lionblaze!" Cinderheart walked over, smiling, her ashy-grey hair to one side at her shoulder.
"Cinderheart! It's great to see you, what are you doing here?" He smiled, putting his hands in his pockets, blushing slightly.
"I came to get beads for tonight at the party." She said, stroking her hair gently.
Hollyleaf looked at him from the end of the aisle. Ignoring her, he continued.
"Hey so I was wondering…" He looked at Hollyleaf, who was storming towards them.
"If you wanted to be my Girlfriend?" he blushed, smiling, his green eyes meeting her calm, sweet blue eyes. She wrapped her arms around his neck, smiling.
"Yes, I will Lionblaze" she said, pulling back.
"Oh my god, Lionblaze, come on!" Hollyleaf stopped, scowling.
"Cinderheart why would you even consider dating him?" she looked at Cinderheart. Lionblaze looked down at his feet.
"Calm down Hollyleaf, I like him; you can't stop me from that." Lionblaze smiled, wrapping his arm around Cinderheart. Hollyleaf frowned.
"Just get the fireworks and hurry up" she said, walking away. Lionblaze checked his phone, it was 2:35 PM.
"You can come with us if you want to" he said, holding Cinderhearts hands
"Ok, I will" she said, reaching up and kissing him on the cheek. Lionblaze grabbed some fireworks and they met Hollyleaf at the checkout. He grabbed the bag full of beads, hats, and fireworks.
"Race you guys!" he said, running. "You're on!" shouted Cinderheart, running after him. Hollyleaf scowled, walking after them. Lionblaze smiled, unlocking the car and getting in. Cinderheart sat next to him in the front seat. Hollyleaf snorted, strapping into the backseat. Lionblaze backed out of the parking spot, slowing down and stopping at the stop sign. He continued down the road, pulling into the driveway. Hollyleaf stormed into the house with the fireworks and supplies. Lionblaze shrugged, leading Cinderheart into his room.
"Your finally back, huh Lionblaze." Jayfeather said, amused. "I was done ages ago"
Lionblaze shrugged "Why do you have to leave your boxers all over the floor, Jay?" he asked, tossing them into the closet so Cinderheart could sit.
"Thanks Lionblaze" she smiled, brushing her hair back.
"Jay, Lion whats up!?" cried Mousewhisker, leaping into the room. Foxleap followed, his ginger hair down for once.
"Look its Cinderheart, your wanna be girlfriend!" said Mousewhisker grinning.
"Actually, he is my boyfriend" said Cinderheart, laughing.
"Woah, Jay is that true? Did he ask her out?" said Foxleap, rubbing Lionblaze's head with his fist. Hollyleaf opened the door, Honeyfern, Poppyfrost, and Hazeltail following her.
"Cinderheart, you really wanna be here with these clowns? We can go into my room" Hollyleaf looked at her.
"I guess so…" she said, getting up, kissed Lionblaze on the cheek, and followed them.
"So what do you guys wanna do?" asked Jayfeather.
Foxleap and Mousewhisker sat there, laughing.
"Yo, whats so funny?" asked Lionblaze.
"You actually did it!" cried Foxleap.
"Foods ready!" called Brambleclaw, setting a plate of hot dogs down onto the picnic table next to a plate of hamburgers and watermelon.
"Yea, foods on!" cried Foxleap, racing out of the room. The boys started shoving each other out of the way, racing down the stairs and outside. Lionblaze sat on a bench, grabbing a cheeseburger, some watermelon, and a handful of Doritos. Foxleap and Mousewhisker surrounded him, squirting ketchup at each other. Lionblaze grinned, squirting relish at Jayfeather. Jayfeather frowned, throwing some watermelon at Lionblaze. Looking up, he saw Cinderheart, and blushing, he wiped his face off, laughing with his friends. He took a bit of watermelon, slowly chewing it.
"I can't believe school starts early this year" he moaned.
"I know right, man Mrs. Mousefur is boring!" he said.
"At least the other schools, the Shadowclan Lizards, the Windclan Rabbits, and the Riverclan Trouts, actually know how to play football, to make the season interesting" pointed out Foxleap through a mouthful of hot dog.
"Yea, but everyone knows that the Thunderclan Thunder are the best team!" said Hazeltail, smiling.
"And everyone knows that Lionblaze is the best quarter-back ever!" said Cinderheart, smiling.
"Wow Jay, it looks great out here." Said Mousewhisker, playfully punching his arm.
"Thanks, I put the beanbags out for comfort and style" he said, grinning.
"We'll watch the movie in an hour" he said, drinking some lemonade.