A stoneclan Romance~Continued

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    Petalfrost leaped away, eyes glaring, teeth baring, her ear torn and her shoulder oozing blood. "That...that thing," She spat, "That monster. Get away from him, Boulderfur. He's dangerous. Come back to the clan." Even after the fight, her eyes blazed with the intensity of her words. Boulderfur growled. "No, sister. This is my life. I will live it as I chose. We don't you limp back to the clan, huh? Get your wounds some treatment from Spottedheart? Just leave me alone." She drew sloser to Micah, not looking him in the eye. Petalfrost glowered. "Fine. I will. But remember, I can tell Opalstar about this any time I choose..." For a moment Boulderfur's eyes widened with fear. "You wouldn't....w-would you?" She stepped forward. Petalfrost smiled in satisfaction. "Perhaps. Who knows. After all, what have I got to lose?" Laughing, she pushed back into the bushes, leaving a faint trail of blood.

    The minute she left, Micah turned to Boulderfur. "Go now." he ordered. "Go back to your clan. I never meant for this to develop so far... please, I can't be your life. I don't think I can withstand the pressure." he pleaded. "You can find another tom. I'm sorry for my choices."

    Boulderfur gaped at him. "N-no...Micah....I-I don't know what I would ever do without you. Trust me, there is no other 'tom' in the world I would ever want to be with. I knew that from the moment I met you. There is no place for me in my clan now, eighther. Petalfrost will tell everyone, and everyone will hate me. P-please...without you, I am lost..." She looked pleadingly into his eyes. "I-I..I love you Micah.." She murmered, and looked down at her paws.

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    Boulderfur sniffled. "Y-you do? Then you understand, then, why I can't just walk off and go on with clan life as if this never happened? I could never do that. I would rather die." Her gaze wavered. "...Then what will I do now? There...there is...no place for me in the clan. Maybe I could become a loner, too. We could be neighbors." She joked, then sighed. "You are a peice of me now. And, as we all know, no cat can leave themself behind." She sighed again, wanting nothing more then to burry her nose in Micah's fur and pretend everything in the world was all right.

    Micah nodded. "But another piece of you is your clan, and you can't leave that either. No matter how hard it is to stay, Boulderfur, it is going to be even harder for you to leave." he said gently, gazing into her eyes. "You will always have a place in your clan. Thats the one thing I know about clan life. No matter what your sister says, she still loves you, and she doesn't want to drive you out. She just wants to protect you."

    Boulderfur tried not to listen to his words. "But what do you want? If you love me, why are you trying to send me back to my clan? Don't you want to be with me?" Her eyes fought tears.

    "Well then...what makes me happy is being with you. if that is the right decision, I do not know, but it is what I want, from the bottom of my heart. Please, Micah. The clan can do without me. The only thing you could ever do to let me down is to reject me." finally, Boulderfur allowed her pelt to brush his. "It is all that I want. And maybe all that you want. Please, let me stay with you. If I were to go back to the clan, I would think of you every day and night, I would probably die from heartache, and before that, I'd probably picture you every second of the day, so that hunting would be impossible and a total disaster. Don't you see?" She took a deep breathe, looking into the amber pools that were his eyes. (Micah's eyes ARE amber, right?)

    Boulderfur answered without hesitation. "Yes, I am."

    Boulderfur grinned and licked his ear. "What's your life like? Do you live in a barn and eat fat mice all the time?"

    "That's the life!" Boulderfur joked, beginning to lead Micah into the trees, away from the camp, away from Stoneclan, away from her old life. She tried not to think about it, but still, every step away sent a pain through her heart. You are not just walking away from your clan, She reminded herself, You are walking towards a new, better life, with Micah. Is there anything else I can ask for? She shook her head. "And don't think I'll be a drag. I'm a good hunter. Probably better then you," She sniffed, flicking an ear to show that she didn't really mean it. "But both of us together could catch a good pile of prey..."

    "Right," She purred, flicking him playfully, "It will be known as Lonerclan, feared and respected by all the other clans. I will be Boulderstar, and you will be my loyal deputy. And then, of course, we will have a strong force of warrior-kits, who will protect the camp of troublesome beetles..." She trailed off, leaning on him gently. "We will, won't we?"

    She licked him back and murmered gently, "Yes, they will." Then she halted in front of a hollow tree. "So is this your famous abode?" She laughed, running up to it and sniffing it curiously.