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Chapter 5: Do You Know Him?

Jayfeather held Autumn there for a few moments, resting his forehead on the top of the ginger-haired girl's head. He breathed in the scent of her hair which smelled of wild flowers. Autumn pulled away, starting to grow uneasy; she had no idea what to say to him, and she certainly didn't want to tell Jayfeather about Briley.

"Where have you been all this time, Jay?" Autumn asked him. Jayfeather twitched his gray cat ears. "I was at home. My Cla-" Jayfeather cut himself off, and quickly thought of something else to say. "My family needed me."

Autumn dropped her gaze. "It must be nice to have family that cares for you," she mumbled. Anger, sadness, and anxiety rolled off of Autumn like waves of raging water. Jayfeather's clouded blue gaze softened. "It isn't your father again, is it, Autumn?"

Autumn tucked her dark ginger hair behind her ear. "Not just him, but my brother, too. Ever since my mom died two years ago, they act as if we aren't even family anymore," she reached for the long white scar that reached from her cheekbone to her jaw. "My father lashes out at me sometimes."

"Why on Earth would he do that?!" Jayfeather hissed.

Autumn shrugged as her hand dropped from her cheek. "I think it's because he can't think straight half the time. Because all that alcohol is numbing his brain..."

Jayfeather furrowed his brow. He was unfamiliar with what she was talking about, but alcohol must've been a horrible thing. "My family back home isn't all that great either," the blind neko muttered to himself. Autumn rose her head to look up at Jayfeather and quirked and eyebrow. "You've never brought up your family before..."

Jayfeather stiffened and tried of thinking of a good way to tell Autumn about Leafpool's lies. He sighed and flicked his ears. "Remember how I told you that I heal my fellow people?" Jayfeather asked Autumn. The dark ginger haired girl thought for a moment, then nodded. "Yeah...what about that?"

"Well, where I come from the...healers, aren't supposed to fall in love and have kids," Jayfeather started to explain. "My mentor—and mother—lied to me and my siblings, saying that we were her sister's kids. But, long story short...me and my siblings were mistakes."

Autumn's amber-brown gaze softened as Jayfeather finished his explanation. "Jay..." She couldn't think of something to say. It must've been hard for him to cope with his mother and his other relatives.

It grew awkwardly quiet between the two of them, until Jayfeather broke the silence with a sigh. "I had this really weird dream about you last night." Surprise built up inside of the girl in front of him, and Jayfeather could feel it. The blind neko tilted his head to the side and looked upward; as if trying to remember the dream. The memory was a bit clouded, but he recalled it as he pulled it from his mind. "You were with some other...person."

Autumn froze up, her eyes growing wide. He can't possibly be talking about Briley, can he? She thought as she bit her lip. Jayfeather continued, even though he sensed Autumn's fear. "He was very...emotionless, I guess is the right word for it? He had no facial expression whatsoever."

"Uh...W-what'd he look like, Jay?" Autumn stammered as she shook a little.

Jayfeather flicked his gray cat ears. "Well, he had dark fu—I mean, hair and he had hazel eyes. He was also really pale. You called him something, but I can't remember his name right now..."

The ginger haired girl's jaw dropped. He had just described Briley perfectly. Why would he have a dream about her boyfriend? It just seemed so weird.

Autumn played around with her hands, uneasiness starting to stretch across her features. She bit her lip again and she dropped her gaze so that she was looking at her feet. Jayfeather perked his ears when he felt uneasiness spark from Autumn. Was she alright?

"Do you know who he is, Autumn?" Jayfeather asked as he twitched his tail. Autumn looked up at him. She didn't want to lie to him, but then again, she didn't want to break his heart.

She shook her head. "Uh...n-nope. Doesn't ring a bell," Autumn stuttered as she bent over to pick up her book she had dropped. She glanced over her shoulder, watching the sky grow dark. "Wow, is it th-that late already? I s-should get home."

"But Autumn wait—"

Before Jayfeather could ask her anything else, she ran away from under the willow tree and out into the forest. Jayfeather sighed; something wasn't right. He sensed something bothering her, as if she was hiding something. He could tell she was lying, because let's face it, Autumn isn't the greatest liar. Jayfeather wanted to ask her if this other person's name was Briley, because he just now remembered his name.

Autumn glanced over her shoulder, looking out into the forest. She leaned her hands on her knees, panting from running. She hated lying to Jayfeather, but it was the only way to keep him from getting heart broken. She just wouldn't tell him about Briley. She couldn't.

"I'm so sorry, Jay," Autumn mumbled to herself.

Author's Note~

Sorry this was shorter than usual! I promise, the next chapter will be longer! I had some more writer's block with this chapter :I But hey, it's out now!

What do you think is gonna happen next? Will this love triangle get broken? Review your thoughts!

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~Xelaric the Nobody