Kaith: I'm back, quicker than before! This chapter is one that was originally written by Stealthclaw, just tweaked and a ton of stuff added to fit my version.

Spottedstream: Haha, your review this time was a lot more lively this time, and I love big reviews! ^_^ I don't think you need to worry with Icepaw, I'm gonna have a bit of background put in that should cut her off from anything romantic with Lionblaze. As for the BerryXHolly problem and JayfeatherX?, I'm not telling =P

Chapter 8: Movies, Vacation, and Tears

Berrynose pulled the collar of his shirt nervously as he waited in the movie theater. If he was just seeing a movie with a friend, why did it feel like his first date with Hollyleaf?

The double doors opened and his head turned yet again. His heart dropped a little when he saw it was another couple hanging off each other. Why did he feel this way? Jumpy, excited, happy, but also…guilty. He hadn't told, much less breathed, a word of this to Hollyleaf. He didn't see why he should have to mention going to the movies with one of his friends who happened to be a she-cat…

Berrynose pinched the bridge of his nose in frustration, not sure what to do anymore. Should he call and cancel?

"Hiya." A familiar voice purred.

Berrynose almost jumped at the sound of Honeyfern's voice. He looked at her and almost blushed. She wore tightfitting jeans and just about the cutest shirt Berrynose had ever seen on a girl. A furry coat was draped around her shoulders. "H-Hey Honeyfern."

The she-cat smiled at him. "Hope you don't mind that I didn't dress up. It's kinda hard to find cloths that look cute and are warm at the same time."

"No, it's alright. I-I don't mind."

Honeyfern smiled. "Well then, let's get us some popcorn. You're paying of course." She said, looping her arm through his and dragging him towards the snack counter.

Jayfeather brooded in class, tapping his fingers against the desk. Only a single day of school stood between them and Christmas vacation. Every cat in the room was ready to bolt out of the school and never look back.

"Now, to start out class today," Cloudtail started. I have something to tell you. When you come back-"

"Boo!" Berrynose booed, some of his classmates joining in.

"Be quiet!" the furry white teacher shouted with exasperation, throwing a board eraser at a Berrynose, turning him into Chalknose instead.

"Ouch!" cried Berrynose. The class immediately fell silent, not wanting to become Cloudtail's next victim.

"As I was saying, before I was rudely interrupted," he glared at the class while they all tried their best to look innocent, "When you come back here for the spring term, we shall be having a handful of foreign exchange students. Not all will be coming to our school, as some will be with RiverClan, WindClan, and ShadowClan."

Lionblaze perked up. More students meant more cats on the team!

Hollyleaf looked up hopefully. Maybe she would make new friends!

Jayfeather just rolled his eyes. He couldn't care less. It's not like any of them would even try to get to know him, most cats, when they found out that he was blind, ignored him afterwards.

"Really? That's cool!"

Jayfeather smiled absentmindedly, as he remembered what Willowshine had told him when they first meet. His thoughts lingered on her and the book she had given him while Cloudtail continued his homeroom speech.

"Jayfeather?" a voice said, startling him out of his thoughts. He scented Hollyleaf. "What, Hollyleaf?" he asked, getting up from his desk after realizing that homeroom was already over.

Hollyleaf wrung her paws together. "Jayfeather, Berrynose sent me a note and he's avoiding me. He said he wants to talk but I don't know what to expect."

Jayfeather felt a sense of foreboding. "Well what does it say exactly?"

Hollyleaf looked back down at the note in her paws and read, "We need to talk."

Jayfeather was thinking, thanks to his sister, about Berrynose. He hadn't scented or heard the tom in any of the classes today, other than for a brief moment in homeroom. That must have been when he slipped the note to Hollyleaf.

The bell rang, dismissing them from Sandstorm's lecture (figure she'd be the only teacher to assign homework). Jayfeather got up but the contents of his bag split out. He hissed in annoyance and knelt down to pick everything up. Lucky for him, Cinderheart helped him pick everything up. Lucky, because he wanted to talk to Lionblaze, and nowadays wherever Cinderheart went…

"Hey Cinderheart, Jayfeather." Lionblaze said, kneeling down to help.

"Hi cap-, I mean Lionblaze." Cinderheart corrected herself. "I see you got your cast off finally."

"Yeah," Lionblaze smiled and flexed his arm. "Although all that time in the sling caused me to lose the muscle in my arm. It's gonna be a while until I can use it to shoot three pointers."

"Put up your other arm." Cinderheart suggested. Lionblaze did and Cinderheart giggled. "You look kinda deformed. Your left arm is twice the size of your right."

Lionblaze laughed. "I guess I'll need to start lifting weights again."

Jayfeather almost gagged, the flirting and feeling that were transferred between the two were enough to drown in. "Lionblaze, I need to talk to you. Alone." He said, giving the hint to get rid of Cinderheart.

"Fine, I'll go." Cinderheart stood up, handing Jayfeather his book.

Jayfeather stuffed the book in his bag as Cinderheart left. Lionblaze got only a glance at the cover, but he knew he didn't recognize it. "So where'd you get that book."

"Not important." Jayfeather said, hiding his gift from Willowshine to hide it better. "Listen, it's about Hollyleaf and Berrynose. Something's going to happen between those two."

Lionblaze felt his fur stick up on the back of his neck. "Where is she?"

Jayfeather shrugged. "Must have slipped out when I dropped my stuff."

"Come on," Lionblaze pulled his brother out the door. "We need to find her."

Berrynose sighed and paced back and forth, shaking his head. He did the cowardly thing and hid out in the nurse's office all day, dashing out when the dismissal bell rang. His condition? A confused mind and slightly broken heart.

The date with Honeyfern had gone been even more enjoyable then he thought it could have. He knew what he was going to say was going hurt Hollyleaf a lot, but he needed to explain to her. He needed to tell her that he just didn't feel for her in the way that he thought he did.

I thought that we were meant to be, but I guess I was wrong... He thought gloomily. The darkening sky reflected his mood. He sighed and plopped down on the park bench, his head hanging backwards in despair. How do you tell someone you just don't love them anymore?

"Berrynose?" a small voice called. He looked up. Hollyleaf was standing a few meters away from him, her arms placed in front of her body, sort of like a shield to what she feared was coming.

"Hey, Hollyleaf…" he muttered. The black she-cat took a tentative step forward, and then moved to sit next to him on the park bench.

"What did you want to talk to me about?" she hesitantly asked.

Berrynose looked down at his paws, his eyes hidden in shadow. "Holly...I really like you, I do. I…I'm not good with this kinda stuff. I don't know how to say this, but I...I'm breaking up with you."

"Wh-what?"

Jayfeather was not having fun. Trying to restrain Lionblaze, a tom twice his size was not an easy task. They were both spying from behind a hedge Lionblaze yelling threats at Berrynose through Jayfeather's paw. How dare Berrynose breakup with their sister?

"Let's not start a fight." Jayfeather hissed as he restrained Lionblaze from killing the creamy white tom. Jayfeather tried to look past his flailing brother, only resulting in getting hit in the face by one of Lionblaze's flailing paws.

Just then, Berrynose got up, and walked away. "I'm sorry." he whispered, too low for the snooping brothers to hear. And then he walked away, disappearing around the corner of the next block.

Hollyleaf sat there on the bench, her heart broken into a million pieces as she watched Berrynose walk away. She only sat there; her unbelieving eyes watching Berrynose walk off. Not moving, not even breathing.

Lionblaze tried to get up, but Jayfeather pulled him back down and murmured, "Don't. She needs to work this out on her own."

"I''ll kill him! I'll kill him! He thinks that he can rip her heart out and throw it on the ground, just like that? I'll show him!" he whispered furiously, now trying to get up and take down Berrynose as the tom slowly walked away.

Jayfeather jumped up and dragged him brother back down, despite the anger he felt in his own heart. But he had to calm down Lionblaze. When Lionblaze was angry, he was very destructive, and was prone to having revenge. They didn't need Berrynose in the hospital.

"Blaze, you need to calm down. There's nothing that we can do."

"Nothing we can do?" Lionblaze spat. "We can go kill that no good tom that ripped out Hollyleaf's heart!"

Jayfeather shook his head. "This is Hollyleaf's problem, she needs time to think things over. For some reason Berrynose just decided to be an ass and dump her. Her mind is probably in chaos right now. As her brothers, we can only comfort her when she's ready to talk about it."

Lionblaze cast an angry glare at Berrynose before sighing, and calmed down a bit. "I know, but..."

"Let's go." Jayfeather persuaded him.

Lionblaze glanced at Hollyleaf before finally nodding. Together, they made their way back home.

Hollyleaf, still sitting on the bench, looked up as the first snowflakes of winter floated down from the dark sky clouds, reflecting her broken heart.

Kaith: School + Work + amazing Xmas present + relationship problems = Almost no writing time. Sorry for neglecting this fic for so long, there's one more chapter from Stealthclaw I need to rewrite/edit to fit my story and it's kinda short so I'm gonna try and get that up by tonight tomorrow or Saturday cus of how short this and the next chapter's are.