"I won the bet! You owe me ten squirrels!" Mapleclaw snapped at Toadstep. My whiskers twitched irritably as I listened to the two quarrel. The two clearly liked each other, but neither would admit it.

"You cheated! How is that fair?" Toadstep argued back.

"I didn't cheat! And besides, I'm asking you to catch a squirrel, not a mountain lion!" Mapleclaw snapped back.

"It may as well be, in this heat!" Toadstep waved his tail around. It wasn't even that hot.

"Those two need to shut up and become mates already." Darkcloud grumbled. "I'm about to gouge my ears out of my head if I have to listen to them argue anymore."

Cherrypelt heard this as she passed, "what's stopping you?" she smirked and Darkcloud snarled.

"The fact that I have to gouge yours out first." he bared his fangs and Cherrypelt picked up the pace and ran out the ThunderClan camp. "It's nice to know ThunderClan still likes us as much as when we were kits."

"Yeah." I mumbled. I couldn't think of anything to add to the conversation so I just kept quiet. Mapleclaw and Toadstep were still bickering and they had gained quite a crowd.

Nobody would just crowd around them like a gathering but whenever Mapleclaw and Toadstep were having their infamous fights, everyone mysteriously got a craving for prey and to eat it near the two cats.

"I won, fair-"

"Shut up!" I roared at my sister and her 'friend.' Everyone had turned to me in shock. I had barely talked to anyone in moons and here I was screaming at two Clanmates. "Will you two just stop fighting and have at it in the forest already? We all know you've been dying to!"

"What!?" Mapleclaw screeched and I rolled my blue eyes.

"Seriously, the entire Clan - no, all four Clans - have been waiting for you to move to the Nursery with his," I flicked my tail at Toadstep, "kits. Just end the wait and become mates already!"

"We are not going to become mates because to screamed at us to!" Toadstep snapped and I turned to him with a glare.

"Just go catch her the squirrels, Toadstep." I growled and he shrunk down. I turned back to the rest of ThunderClan, "everyone who thinks Toadstep and Mapleclaw should become mates already, say 'aye.'"

Every single cat - save for Mapleclaw and Toadstep - screamed, "Aye!" Even the kits said it. I doubt they even knew whole I was talking about.

"See? So will you two stop arguing and just pop out a few kits already?" I asked and my sister scowled at me before turning to Toadstep.

"Since everyone has clearly ganged up on us, do you just want to try being mates?" Toadstep asked. Oh, I see what he's doing.

Mapleclaw pondered the options for a second, "Fine! But it's only because I was forced to." I scoffed, "and I don't have to like it!"

"Fine!" Toadstep snapped back.

"Fine!"

"Good!"

"Good!"

Toadstep and Mapleclaw stood up as my sister spoke, "Now if you will excuse us, we will be taking this conversation elsewhere to get away from you easvedroppers." he glared straight at me.

The two sauntered away, into the warriors den as the rest of the Clan sat and let everything that just happened, sink in.

"What just happened?" Hazeltail asked out loud.

"I have no idea..." Mousewhisker answered back, shaking his head slowly. "But I think we just peer pressured Toadstep and Mapleclaw into becoming mates."

"I think you're right." Poppyfrost shrugged. "That was by far, the strangest romantic thing I've ever seen."

"Do you think they'll stay mates?" Cloudtail asked. To answer his question, Darkcloud and I crept towards the warriors den. It was empty other than two shadows in the back.

Toadstep and Mapleclaw were laughing and purring with the toms tail protectively wrapped around her body. Mapleclaw leaned over and placed a loving lick on his cheek as Darkcloud and I tip toed away.

"Oh, yeah. They're definitely staying mates." Darkcloud grinned and the Clan cheered. Mapleclaw and Toadstep were a long time coming.

"I want to see!" Lilystorm cried as she tried to peer around us but I stepped in the way.

"Our sister, not yours. Only we can watch her without her knowing." I just wanted to give them some privacy. I remember when Larkwing and I wanted time to ourselves and everyone was always getting in the way.

Thinking of Larkwing sent a familiar pang in my heart. I had been doing so good at it today.

"If you go back far enough in our family line, I'm sure we're related!" Lilystorm argued. Darkcloud rolled his eyes.

"No, I'm pretty sure we're not." he snapped back. "Now just give them some privacy already."

Lilystorm sighed in defeat as everyone settle back into their regular lives. I went to go pick some prey from the food pile and bask in the sun.

I was doing so good today. I tried to push Larkwing out of my mind but she always had a way of creeping back in. I thought I could try to get back to normal but I knew by the sinking feeling in my gut I would stay an emotionless wreck.

But that didn't stop me from being happy for my sister.