Cori and Tantomile walked passed were the kittens were sitting. The group included Jemima, Victoria, Electra, and Etcetera. At the sight Coricopat Electra burst into hysterical sobs. The kittens flocked around her trying to calm her down. Cori and Tantomile, concerned about Electra, walked over to them. The kittens let Tantomile in to try to comfort her. But, when Cori tried, the kittens hissed at him.
"Didn't you do enough damage!" snarled Victoria.
"Yeah, just leave her alone!" hissed Etcetera.
Coricopat sighed and walked away towards his hiding spot. The twins often used magic here so they wouldn't hurt anyone. But this time, Cori just sat down and crunched himself into a small ball. He truly didn't want to hurt the kitten's fragile feelings. But there was simply no way it would work. Like he had said, he was a full grown tom and she was a kitten. But then he realized she wasn't a kitten anymore.None of them were; they had grown up so much the few months.
But, as Tantomile had said, she deserved a tom her own age. He sighed. He did truly care for Electra. But it was more a brotherly care, than a love care. But she thought of him as more love care. He didn't understand why she thought of him in that way. He sighed once more.Meanwhile, Tantomile was trying to calm down a hysterical Electra along with the 3 other kittens.
"Shhh, it's ok Lec. It's ok," a calm Jemima whispered comfortingly. Electra was still sobbing.
"Calm down Electra, you know that Cori did mean to hurt you. Now you can find a tom your own age." Tantomile said gently patting her on the back.
"I don't want a different tom, I want Cori!" she cried.
"You know that's impossible," Tantomile said, "Cori really cares about you, but it's more a brotherly love, Electra."
"But why can't he love me like a mate?" she asked. Her sobs had turned into a trickle of tears.
"Because Electra, that is just the way it is." She said rather lamely. Electra understood, and nodded. There wasn't really an explainable reason, but she understood it anyway.
It was a few months after the "Incident." Electra had recovered from the pain of the rejection. Things were very uncomfortable with Tantomile and Coricopat. Electra had forgiven Coricopat, but she still felt awkward around the twins. She slowly drifted away from them.
Cori really missed her, but he didn't say anything about it, not even to his twin. This was best for Electra and he would not interfere any more. But he found himself wishing she was around. In a lot of ways she was like a baby sister to him. He loved to play with her and make her float around. She'd giggled so loudly. He smiled; something he hadn't done in a long time. He hoped that one day she'd come to visit.
A young tom named Tumblebrutus had his eye on Electra for some time now. One night he asked her out. Electra said yes, really not expecting much. When he came to her den to pick her up, he surprised her with a bunch of tiger lilies. She gasped and threw herself on Tumble.
"Oh Tumble, how did you know tiger lilies are my favorite!" she squealed hugging him. She took the flowers inside her den.
"Ur shall we go?" he asked rather nervously.
"Sure!" she said happily.
"Ok." He held out his paw, Electra took his paw in her own paw. They walked paw in paw for awhile.
"Where are we going?" she asked playfully.
"It's a surprise!" he said. They walked for a while. They moved closer together as they walked. Tumble leapt up onto a roof, Electra in his wake. They sat on the rooftop. Electra looked around in awe. It was absolutely gorgeous. You could see all of London, but that wasn't the true beauty. The moon was about halfway full and stunning. The stars were shinning bright and twinkling in the moonlight.
"It's so pretty!" she sighed dreamily. Tumble nodded, and gazed into Electra's eyes. She looked around and met his eyes. They slowly moved closer and closer. She nuzzled him gently. He returned it and leaned in and kissed her. It was gentle and soft, and yet passionate. They spent the night talking, nuzzling, and kissing. By the time they got back to her den Tumble had decided to ask.
"Electra, will you be my life-mate?" he asked. Electra lit up like a Christmas tree.
"Of course Tumble!" she said. She threw herself at him and licked him and nuzzled him. The next day, Tumble and Electra announced the exciting news to the rest of the tribe. They were all very happy for the two. The first cats they talked to after the announcement were Coricopat and Tantomile.
"Thank you so much for helping raise me," she said smiling. Coricopat nodded happily. The engaged couple walked away to talk to the others.
"I'm so glad I gave Tumble advice with Electra," Coricopat said happily. A huge weight had been lifted off his shoulders. He smiled and went to find Tantomile.
The End