And here's the next chapter! Sorry for the long wait, but remember what I said about school! I won't have much time until the holidays. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own any characters, only the plot. Erin Hunter owns these characters.


"Yes Thornclaw." Cinderheart snapped, startling Ivypool out of her reverie. "He really loves you, you know, every cat has noticed his attempts to flirt with you. Well, every cat except you."

"But-" Ivypool started, shocked. Thornclaw loved her? No, no, it couldn't be! He was so hostile towards her, well, he had been. And besides, she didn't love him, she loved Hawkfrost! And she wasn't going to turn into a combination of Leafpool and Squirrelflight, having Hawkfrost's kits and telling Thornclaw that they were his. That was just wrong! But then, could a living cat have kits with a dead cat? Hopefully not! Then, she could be with Thornclaw, no, she couldn't. She'd be lying to him about her love for him.

'But I could say that to love him, I needed proof of his love for me.' Ivypool thought. 'I could say that he needs to prove how much he loves me before I'll love him back. I'll say that I have a crush on him, but that I can't love him until he proves how much he loves me, if he loves me.'

"So?" Ivypool meowed to Cinderheart. "What should I do about it?"

"I'm no she-cat," Lionblaze cut in. "But my advice, and this is coming from a tomcat, is that you should talk to Thornclaw about his feelings for you. Wait, do you love him back?"

"Yes," Ivypool replied, half-lying.

"Well then, I suggest that you talk to him about it."

Ivypool nodded. It was time to put her plan into action. No longer would she be the cat that the other cats whispered about behind her back, the only unmated cat in the Clan, besides Thornclaw. She was going to take action. She padded over to the warriors den and towards Thornclaw's nest.

"Hey Thornclaw, can we talk?"

It was dark, but Ivypool could make out Thornclaw's bright green eyes staring back at her. "Sure, Ivypool," he meowed. "About what?"

"Um...can we go out by the lake? I know a place there, no other cat knows about it."

"Sure, no problem." Thornclaw meowed. "Give me a few, I'll meet you outside camp."


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