I Didn't Leave You; We Were Never Together

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"I know it's kind of hard to see Crowpaw with Feathertail," whispered Tawnypelt quietly. "But you have to understand... it's how they feel. It will make the trip easier especially if Crowpaw is becoming more... erm, social."

"Thats-not-the-point!" mewed Stormfur in excessive stress. "What if it continues after the journey? I can't have my sister breaking the warrior code! That's... well... against the warrior code!"

Tawnypelt suddenly looked troubled. Then her expression cleared. "Would you ever do that?" she whispered in a hushed tone. "Would you ever do it for a certain cat?"

Stormfur looked deep into Tawnypelt's green eyes. He thought for awhile. Maybe he would do it for a cat he loved very, very much. But was there any cat he even loved now? He loved the cats that traveled with him like family. He loved Brook... or did he? He shook his head.

"Maybe I would do it for someone..." he mewed. "Like Brook..."

Tawnypelt stared in disbelief. He had no idea the question was focused more towards her. And that was it. Tawnypelt had tried once at love and decided she was too fierce to interfere with it again.

Stormfur's pelt prickled uneasily. It was the first Gathering since he had returned from the Tribe with Brook. He gazed across the clearing with a challenging stare, his mate pressed against his side. Suddenly Stormfur picked out a farmiliar tawny colored she-cat with piercing green eyes. It reminded him gently of two things; one was the journey, the other...

"Stormfur, is it ok if I go over and join Sandstorm and Millie?" Brook asked abruptly, almost seeming to notice Stormfur's confused expression. "Maybe later we can go around and say hi to all our old friends. Like the ones on that journey." The moutain she-cat gently flicked her tail across Stormfur's pelt. "See you in a bit."

Stormfur nodded absently at all of this. He knew Brook sensed something in him that she alone could not have ever possibly felt.

"Hey, Stormfur, what are you doing here?" It was the unmistaking sharp, prickly voice of a certain gray tom that he had been driven against due to his sister's mistake. "I thought you went to live with Brook and then I saw her and I knew you'd have to be here..."

"Yeah, we came back," answered Stormfur bluntly, still trying to get a glimsp of how Tawnypelt was reacting to his reappearance. "At least for now."

He knew Crowfeather was impatiently waiting for more but he pointedly ignored him. Tawnypet had indeed disappeared and he was more disappointed than if he had missed a catch on an old woodmouse.

"Stormfur?" came a voice that the gray tom could not reconize. Crowfeather seemed to melt away as Stormfur turned to see another cat in view. A tawny pelt... green eyes...

Stormfur nodded when he saw Tawnypelt. The calico she-cat gave a short nodded and brushed her muzzle in a friendly greeting across his nose. "It's nice to see you again," she commented quietly. Stormfur nodded blankly, his feelings inside feeling cold and warm all at the same time.

"I was sorry you left," murmured Tawnypelt, her eyes not as lively as normal.

"I didn't leave you," Stormfur mewed in a protest and when Tawnypelt looked away he sighed and breathed, "You know we were never together."

And suddenly Tawnypelt smiled and everything seemed fine as Brook appeared at Stormfur's side and a ShadowClan tom appeared at Tawnypelt's. A lively spark and a sharp tongue seemed to enter Tawnypelt again as she whispered, "Stay out of trouble, Stormfur."

Stormfur nodded and smiled. It seemed a little different that they could get over something so fast. Maybe it was meant to be an outside-clan friendship afterall.

Ok, I am soo tired and this is really short and probably makes no sense but I'm uploading it anyway and yeah so reviews please and I'll promise to do better and I'll probably rewrite this one later and yeah so goodnight!! ZzzzZzzzZzzzZZZ