Thank you so, so, so, so much to Spottedwind19. In your honor I am updating. I'm also grateful because you are the first person to review more than one chapter at different times. I'm happy that someone is following this story. Also to eightninetwothree: that is not what this story is about. It's about the hardships that Leafpool and Crowfeather go through. I'm sorry that you feel this way, but when I transferred this story to all human lots of other things changed too. We all know that at this point Squirrelflight and Brambleclaw are on the rocks in the books, but not yet fully apart. There will be a major breakup soon and then Brandon will disappear from the story. Again, I'm sorry that you think this whole story is about sex. It's not, and that was the only M scene in this whole story.

Love, Fudgybunny

P.S. There will be only one version. I'll continue on where Chapter 11 left off.

Leah sighed. Was all this really worth it? But when she thought about Nikki pressed up against the love of her life, she knew she could not -would not- back down. Even so, it was with a heavy heart that she began the second stage of her plan. If this backfired, all was lost.

She dialed quickly.

"Hello?" Thank God he answered.

"Hi, Corbin," she said, trying to keep her desperation out of her voice. "I was wonde-"

"I'm so sorry," He blurted, cutting her off. "Wait, Leah, for a sec. I didn't mean it, I… Where are you?"

"My porch."

"Stay there. Don't move. I'm going to fix this, Leah. It'll be fine, Lee." Corbin's voice froze. Should he have called her by her nickname, seeing as she was most likely calling to break up? Was she okay? If he had hurt her, he would… he didn't know what he would do. He couldn't hurt Leah. It was wrong, like hurting himself.

Leah put down her phone. It didn't seem as if any further scheming was required. She breathed a sigh of relief. But if Corbin didn't like the Bitch Queen, then what had happened between them, and why?

Corbin's POV

Corbin was running. How could he have been so stupid? The thing with Nikki, that could've destroyed what he had with Leah. And then where would he be? Lost, like he'd said to her only a week ago. High school was too complicated.

Corbin thought about what he would say. 'I'm sorry'? No, definitely not. That wouldn't cut it. 'I love you'? Cheesy, and why should she believe him? It was hopeless…

Corbin arrived in front of Leah's house barely breathless. His family was one of runners, and the four blocks he'd just sprinted across were nothing. At least she didn't have time to change her mind, he thought. She can't just send me away, can she? He dearly hoped not.

After making sure Leah was outside, his slipped from behind his cover, a creaky old oak. Her back was turned, but he knew she had heard him by the way her thin shoulders stiffened. He didn't walk up to her and stood uncertainly a few feet from the veranda. An uncomfortable silence stretched and broke.

"Um," Corbin said, unsure of how to begin. "I-"

Leah turned around, and her eyes were sad. She had been biting her lip, and it bled lightly. Corbin was horrified. He had hurt her.

"I'm so sorry," he said again, looking awful. He took a tentative step towards Leah. "I… I didn't mean it…" Seeing the look on her face, he corrected himself quickly. "Didn't want it, I didn't Leah, it was her, she…" Anger boiled up in Corbin, and he twisted his hair in his hands before Leah hopped off her porch swing and pulled his fingers away.

"She what?" Leah whispered, searching Corbin's face. So he really didn't mean anything. She was close, so close, and when Corbin leaned down she leaned up and he gave her the lightest, softest kiss he could manage. He bent his knees so they could be at eye level, and she smiled and took his hand and they sat on the swing. Corbin sighed. It was okay.

Leah leaned against Corbin. He hugged her closer. "She what?" Leah asked again. Corbin looked at her for a long time.

"Are you sure you want to know?" Leah nodded, but silent tears streamed down her face. Corbin held her face and turned her towards him, and she stared at him for a long time before she reached up and brought his lips down to hers. Corbin was gentle, not pushing but giving everything Leah asked for. Leah closed her eyes and held him next to her, wishing the world away. She scooted closer and wrapped her arms around his neck, drawing back to rest her forehead on his. Her eyes were still shut.

"Tell me," she said.

Corbin looked away. "I… alright." He refocused his attention on Leah. "But you have to understand, I couldn't, I didn't… Let me start over. My great uncle Oliver and Nikki's family are close. Really close. And he wants me-" Corbin took a shaky breath "-he wants me to be with her, you know?" Leah nodded again, her gaze fixed on the floor. "And she knows that, and so yesterday… well, she… you know that too," he finished, unwilling to admit she'd kissed him. Leah didn't say anything.

"Lee?" Corbin was concerned. "What is it?"

Leah looked up at him guiltily. "I thought… I thought you liked her," she confessed. "And so I…" she blushed. "I kinda tried to make you jealous."

Corbin couldn't help but laugh. "Leah, I'm jealous of every boy you know. Hell, I'm jealous of your father because he lives with you." Corbin realized what he had implied and blushed harder. Leah giggled.

"You… you would want that?" She asked cautiously.

Corbin was as red as the fall leaves. "Someday." His words were almost inaudible. "Someday."

All of this emotion was driving Leah over the edge. How could she be with Corbin without telling him about Brandon? "I have something to tell you to," she said. "I was with Brandon, when I thought…" She could see pain on Corbin's face, although he hid it well. "But it doesn't matter, because I'll be okay, and he didn't hurt me…" Crap. I didn't want Corbin to know the details, Leah thought. But Corbin had picked up on her meaning.

"Leah, I can hear this," he said. "I… I'd like to know."

Leah heaved a sigh. "He got me drunk, and I left."

"But?"

"But… not before things." Leah told Corbin quietly and he hugged her fiercely, rocking her back and forth on the swing. It was very dark by now.

"…And," Leah's face was beet red "And I kind of…" her voice dropped to a whisper, "I kind of wanted that to be somebody else." After a long pause, Leah buried her face in Corbin's chest, and he heard a muffled, "You."

I really like this, although there is a lot of blushing going on. Huh. Too bad. I'm super excited for the next one though… Love, Fudgbunny