"Well it beats Dameion and Lexi." sighed Coricopat. Tantomile nodded.
"Humans always pick horrible names." she said.The others nodded in agreement.
They reached the junkyard within a few minutes. Coricopat and Tantomile settled down by the old broken down oven. Electra sat down next to Coricopat and hummed, Rum Tum Tugger.
Tantomile slowly got up and yawned. Coricopat made to get up but Tantomile gave him a scornful look.
"What?" asked a confused Coricopat.
"Stay here is all." Tantomile said. "You too Electra."
Electra and Coricopat gave each other a confused look. But Tantomile had walked off already. Cori sat back down puzzled, What was his twin up to? Electra on the other hand, thought she had a general idea why Tantomile had left the two alone.
"What was that about." asked Coricopat
"I don't know." she lied.
"That's not like her to walk off without me." he said still confused.
"Toms!" she thought "They can't figure any thing out unless it's placed under their nose." she thought and sighed.
"What?" asked Coricopat as Electra sighed.
"Well it's now or never." she thought. "I really like you, Coricopat." she said turning towards him.
Coricopat sat there and stared at Electra "You mean you like me as a friend, right?" he asked praying she would say yes.
"No." she said her face had fallen. "I REALLY like you." she said hopefully.
Coricopat was stunned. Electra was barely older than a kitten. And yet she already had these feelings towards him. The truth was that he was particularly fond of the queen. But he wasn't in love with her.
"I like you Electra, but your still a kitten and I'm a full grown tom. Enjoy your carefree times as a kitten." Cori said looking into her eyes.
Electra's eyes flooded with tears. "In other words your not interested." she sniffed "And I'm not a kitten I'm almost a full grown queen!" she shouted at the top of her voice.
Coricopat gazed around worried that someone would over hear them. "Calm down Lectra." he said soothingly. "That's not what I said at all."
"Don't you use your kitten voice on me, Cori!" she shouted. She stomped her foot on the ground. "I'm not a kitten." she yelled.
"Well you're doing a good impression of it." he said sharply. Now Electra looked horrified.
"I you didn't want to give me a chance, that's all you had to say!" she shouted and stormed away towards her den.
Coricopat swore. "Electra." he called running after her. Electra had slammed the door of her den shut. Inside Cori could hear her sobbing. "Come on out Lec." he called to her through the door.
Tantomile had heard the disturbance between Electra and Coricopat. She had raced to the spot where she had left them. Only to see Cori running after a histerical Electra. She followed the two to Electra's den, were Coricopat was trying to get Electra to come out of her den.
"What the hell did you do?" hissed Tantomile
"She told me she really liked me. And I told her I was too old for her, and that she was too young to think about that kind of thing." he answered his twin.
"You moron." she snapped back at her brother and cuffed him on the back of his head
"Oww. What was that for!" he demanded.
"For being an idiot." she said. "For my twin you sure don't understand queens. Isn't it obvious she's not too young to be thinking about it? Look at her friends they are considering who to mate, so why shouldn't she?" she said to her brother.
"What was I supposed to say!" he yelled
"Keep your voice down Cori." she hissed. "Do you want the entire tribe to hear you!" she snapped
"No but..." he was cut off.
"But nothing." she said. "Why didn't you give her a chance, she's a sweet queen?" she asked
"I don't know I'm just not in love with her." he answered his sister.
Tantomile sighed and rolled her eyes. "Not all love is at first sight. If I remember correctly you didn't like me when we were her age." she said.