Ivypool's Heart || Warriors ✔

Chapter 7

That night, Ivypool sneaks out of camp to meet with Blossomfall. The pair of them have decided to meet by the lake, and hopefully with any luck, Blossomfall would've forgotten. Considering Ivypool would honestly prefer not to talk to her friend about this just yet. She feels as though she needs a little more time to figure all of this out before she talks with Blossomfall.

Unfortunately as she reaches the lake, she lets out a sigh in defeat as she spots Blossomfall sitting by the water's edge. Her friend hasn't forgotten about the agreement for them to meet tonight. She's got no choice but to talk to Blossomfall about this now.

Sighing, she makes her way over to the tortoiseshell she-cat, and sits down next to her. She doesn't say anything, partly from the fact that she doesn't even know what to say, and the fact that she's waiting for Blossomfall to speak first. But when Blossomfall doesn't say anything, it seems as though Ivypool would have to be the first to say something.

"You wanted to talk, Blossomfall?" She asks, looking over at her friend.

Blossomfall's quiet for awhile, till she sighs, looking over at Ivypool. "Why have you been avoiding me Ivypool?" She asks.

Ivypool isn't sure how to answer that. She is actually avoiding Blossomfall, because of the fact that she doesn't know how to deal with the fact that she may like her friend more than a friend, and Blossomfall probably doesn't even feel the same way. But she doesn't know how to answer the question,

"I'm not avoiding you." She lies. "I've just been busy with Snowpaw." She says.

It's not exactly a lie, but it's not the whole truth either. She has been busy mentoring Snowpaw, but that shouldn't really be able to stop her from hanging round with her friend.

Blossomfall shakes her head. "I know that, but give me the real reason." She says. "Please, Ivypool." She begs. "I just want to know what it was that I did wrong."

SIghing, Ivypool looks away from her.

None of this is Blossomfall's fault, and she doesn't deserve to be treated like it is when it's not. All of this, is Ivypool not knowing what to do about her feeling's towards her friend, and that shouldn't result in Blossomfall thinking that she hates her.

Ivypool could never hurt her friend in any way. But she doesn't know how to talk to her about her feelings towards her.

"You didn't do anything." Ivypool sighs, shaking her head. "It's just..." She trails off, having no idea of how to say what she's feeling.

"It's just what?" Blossomfall asks, standing up. "There has to be something I did to make you avoid me." She says. "Is it because of when we were training in the Dark Forest with Mousewhisker, Birchfall, Thornclaw, and the rest of the Clan cats that were training there, that we all had no idea of what the Dark Forest warriors true intentions were? Do you think that since you knew what the Dark Forest warriors were really up to, that you can just avoid and no longer be friends with me since I truly believed that they could make me a better warrior?"

Ivypool spun round, looking at Blossomfall in shock. Does she really think that?

Does Blossomfall think that her training in the Dark Forest, and that Ivypool was really a spy for the Clan cats have anything to do with any of this? If that were true, she would be avoiding both Mousewhisker, Thornclaw, and Birchfall - her own father - as well.

"That's not the reason at all, Blossomfall." She says. "How could you even think that?"

Blossomfall shakes her head. "Well what else am I to think?" She asks. "And if that's not the reason, then what is?"

Ivypool shakes her head, looking away from the tortoiseshell she-cat in front of her. How can she tell Blossomfall the real reason, when she doesn't know how she'll react? She doesn't want Blossomfall to hate her because of this.

"You wouldn't understand." Ivypool sighs.

There's no way that Blossomfall would understand. Ivypool is sure of it.

Blossomfall hesitates slightly at Ivypool's tone of voice. She can tell something's up, but whatever it is, she's not sure. Whatever it is Ivypool is feeling, is surely not the same feeling that Blossomfall is feeling. It just can't be, can it?

"Tell me, Ivypool. Please." She says. "Maybe I will be able to understand it."

She know's there's the possibility that she won't be able to understand it, but there also might just be a slim chance that she will. And that very slim chance of Ivypool feeling the same way that she does, is all Blossomfall needs to hold onto as she waits for Ivypool to speak.

Ivypool sighs. She might as well tell her friend, just to get it out there, and once she does, it'll more or less feel like a weight has been lifted off her chest. And just maybe Blossomfall will feel the same way. Maybe.

Sighing, she turns round to face her tortoiseshell friend, who was watching her carefully. "I think I have feelings for you, Blossomfall." She chokes out. "Feeling's that are more than friendship."

Blossomfall takes a step back, her tail flicking in shock, and surprise as she stares wide-eyed at Ivypool. "Wh-what?" She manages to choke out.

Turns out that small whisker of a chance that she was holding onto, wasn't so small after all....