Told ya

The sign and... Love?

It had been a quarter moon since the gathering. My leg was healing nicely but it would still cramp if I did anything to over productive. I was about to go out hunting when a unthunderclan sent hit my nose, I looked to the tunnel and saw Mothwing enter the camp. My mind drew a blank until I remembered that she was here for Jayfeather, she had a sign. I saw her talk to Firestar and after a bit she left with Jayfeather. I was about to follow when I was stopped by Cherrypaw.

"Can I talk to you Chillypaw?" She asked me. I glanced at the way Jayfeather and Mothwing left.

"Uh, sure." I said Cherrypaw smiled and I followed her out into the woods and we came across a stream and we sat down.

"So, what do you want to talk about?" I questioned her. She shuffled her paws a little bit before looking at me.

"Its my brother... He, well, its just." She giggled a little bit before continuing. "Its just that he really likes you." I stared at her wide eyed,

"He WHATS!" I shouted.

"He likes you a lot, I'm surprised you haven't noticed yet, its pretty obvious to the rest of the clan." She said, I shook my head.

"But, but, how can he like me? Like that? I didn't. How could I not have known about this?" I said rather loud. but now that I think about it, he had been acting a little strange around me these last few weeks.

"I just wanted to tell you, in case he does something stupid to impress you or something." Cherrypaw said.

"But me?" I said still trying to get over it.

"Yes you." She said with a laugh. "Look, I'll tell him if you're not interested, but please think about it, I think Molepaw will be crushed if I tell him you're not interested." She told me before leaving me to my thoughts. I had never really thought about a mate or kits or anything like that.

Well this is interesting, and why has no one told me before now if everyone else knows about it. I thought slightly angry. Suddenly I heard something coming through the forest towards my location. Then to my surprise, Molepaw came around a tree.

"Oh, hey, hey there Chillypaw. Didn't, didn't think I'd see you here." He said. I could tell he had been running and had the sneaking suspicion that Cherrypaw had something to do with Molepaw 'accidentally' coming across me.

"Would you like to go hunting with me?" He asked now that he had his breathing under control.I thought about saying no but then I saw the hope that showed in his eyes. He was hoping against all hope that I'd say yes.

"Ok, But as long as you carry back all the prey that we catch." I said to him. He looked like he could run around the whole lake and not be tired. We made our way through the forest when I sented mouse. Waving my tail for Molepaw to stop I got into a hunters crouch and spotted the sucker a few cat lengths away, I judged the distance and pounced, landing on it perfectly and killing in one swift bite.

"Wow!" Molepaw cheered. "That was great!" I picked up the mouse and buried it near the tree. I was about to say thanks when pain coursed through my leg, I called out and fell to the floor.

"Chillypaw!" Molepaw cried. He rushed over and helped me stand, "Are you ok?" He asked in a worried voice. He really did have feelings for me.

"Yeah," I said through gritted teeth. "Just perfect. Let's continue to hunt."

"But you're hurt!" Ok, maybe having someone have a thing for you was not all that good if they worried about every little thing. But something warm spread through out my chest at the concern in Molepaw' voice.

"Alright, if it makes you feel better we can go back to camp. Just grab the mouse and we'll go." I told him. He got it and we left towards camp.

"You can lean on me if you want." He said sheepishly around the mouse. I was about to say no that I could do it on my own. But I could tell he was trying and I leaned against him. He seemed surprised at first and a small pur escaped him and he looked at me embarrassed. I smiled at him and purred myself, yeah, maybe it wasn't so bad after all. Maybe this was the start of something new.