DISCLAIMER: I am not Erin Hunter and I do not own Warriors.

Leafpool POV:

I felt his pelt brush against mine as he walked past me to the fresh-kill pile. I shook my head to clear my thoughts for him.

"I can't love him! I'm a medicine cat! Medicine cats can't fall in love," I sighed.

"Hey Thornclaw! Want to go on patrol?" Brambleclaw padded over to him.

"Sure."

"Hey! Can I tag along? I need to collect some herbs; I'm running low," I padded over to them. Honest, it's for herbs …Nothing else…

"Sure," Brambleclaw led the patrol to the thorn barrier. I felt uncomfortable being next to Thornclaw. As we climbed up the ravine, I heard him let out a yowl of pain.

"Thornclaw! What happened?" I ran as fast as I could so I could tend to him.

"A thorn scratched my eye!" he wailed.

"Hold on, just let me get the proper herbs. I'll be back before you can say 'mouse'!" I ran to the camp as fast as I could. I grabbed a few marigold leaves to stop any infection and some cobwebs to stop the bleeding. I ran back up the ravine to Thornclaw.

"Here, this should make you feel better, it may sting for a while, but I think you can handle it, do you think you can lick it clean?" I asked before I put the marigold and cobwebs on.

"Sure, because my tongue can go all the way up to my eye," Thornclaw retorted.

"Oh right, sorry. Here, I'll do it," I leaned forward and started to lick it but then Thornclaw pulled away.

"That stings," he complained. I stopped even though I knew that saliva on wounds would not sting.

"Okay, I'll just put the marigold and cobwebs on and then you can go back to camp and rest," I instructed, a little hurt.

"Thanks I, that really helped," he touched the tip of my ear with his nose.

I ducked my head. It's okay, he's only doing that because I'm a clanmate. He probably would have done that to any medicine cat. I went to the camp, tail drooped down. This wasn't the first time I had fallen in love, many moons ago, I had loved Crowfeather, of Windclan. We had run away so we could be together, but then we realized we couldn't be in love and that we had to back to their own clans. Maybe Thornclaw and I were meant to be.

"No," I thought angrily. Besides, despite the fact that Sorreltail and Brackenfur were mates, I knew that half of Sorreltail's heart was with Thornclaw. I felt so confused, so unsure of what to do and what not to do, slowly, a black wave of sleep fell over me and within moments, I was asleep.

Thornclaw POV:

"I just can't tell her that I love her, I just can't!" I muttered to myself. I was sure that I loved her. But when I saw the look in her eyes when she was tending my wound, I could tell she didn't feel the same way. I kicked a pebble into the stream. I sighed and started to sniff the ground for any prey. I went back to camp my mouth full of prey. I saw Leafpool come over to me and look at the prey with approval in her eyes, but there was still no sign that she loved me.

"Good job, this should keep the clan well fed," Leafpool mewed.

"Hey Leafpool, I need to tell you something," But then I stopped myself, "Uh—my eye really feels better now, thanks," I sighed. The next morning, I decided that I would tell her. Even though she might not feel the same way, at least I'd get it over with.

I found Leafpool in her den the next morning.

"Hey Leapool, can you come with me into the forest? I need to tell you something," I whispered. She came out with a surprised look on her face.

"Of course," she followed me up the ravine and into some bushes where nobody could hear us.

"Okay listen," I started. "I know you don't feel the same way, but I'm going to tell you anyways. Leafpool, I love you," I meowed. There was a long measure of silence until Leafpool broke it.

"Oh Thornclaw! I feel the same way! I was afraid that you didn't feel the same way as me! The other day, when I was fixing your eye, I thought that you thought that I was acting really weird," Leafpool sighed. "Oh, but we can't be together, I'm a medicine cat and medicine cats can't fall in love!"

"Then run away with me," I said, immediately regretting what I had just said.

Leafpool POV:

I gasped. Memories flooded through me as I remembered when I had run away with Crowfeather. It had all ended up in a disaster.

"But, I can't! You know when I ran away with Crowfeather, everything became a disaster, Cinderpelt died because I ran away!" I wailed.

"Shh, it's alright. Cinderpelt's death wasn't your fault. I know you're as confused as I am, that's why we have to go to the moonpool for some answers," Thornclaw soothed.

"But what if we do run away together? Who'll be the medicine cat?" I asked.

"Starclan is in charge of that, But right now we have to go to the moonpool, okay?" he asked gently. I nodded miserably though excitement tingled in my paws.

"Maybe I really found who I'm destined to be with," I thought.

AUTHOR'S NOTE: This is my first fic, so I'm not sure where I'm going with this. Maybe I'll just leave it as a oneshot. A review would be welcome!