[poppy]

Ok. Ok. Yeah. She could do this and come out of the den. She would go into the den, talk to her buddy, then leave the den but not the Clan. He wouldn't cast her out of the Clan because of this, right? Birdpaw peered into the leader's den, a rush of anxiety tingling in her paws. Like she was stepping on a floor of pinecones, she tip-toed into the leaders den. She had to have faith in her buddyship, and that he would be understanding. ''Kestrel?'' She called nervously, then, with a sudden trill of realization, ''star!'' She added, flattening her ears. ''Kestrelstar!'' The name felt foreign and twangy on her tongue, she usually called him Kestrel, or Kessy, or Buddy. Kestrelbuddy was a good name too. She liked that one the most.

The little cat, feeling the ground shake- or maybe that was just her paws shaking, took a sudden, flying leap into the nest (DEFINITELY not landing on Kestrel's tail...) beside her leader, and flopped down next to him. His nest was nicer than her nest. Maybe she should inform him of this. He was already at the top of the hierarchy tree of RivercatClan, and she and the other apprentices were still trying to climb higher, but without a comfy place to sleep, they wouldn't be able to be the best they could be!

''You know, Kestrel, your nest is- I mean, Kestrelstar, hahahahaha whoopsies- your nest is heavenly, and personally, I would like a nice nest too.'' She blinked her wide blue eyes at him, then froze. Oops. What had Silvernight told her about that? Oh. Yeah. Hehe.''But I'm definitely not saying that, because Silvernight told me that was a rude thing to say, so I would really appreciate it if you forgot I ever said that, but you know... if you DON'T want to forget, and actually consider the whole 'comfy nest for Birdpaw' thing, I'm not gonna stop you or anything like that...''

Why was she in here again? Furrowing her brow, she rolled onto her belly, soft, fluffy underside facing the top of the den. Oh, this nest was amazing. ''How could you ever be grumpy with such a wonderful sleeping place?'' She mumbled. Oh YEAH.

Sitting up, and moving out of the nest, she sat past the edge and stared imploringly at him. ''But that's not the POINT, because I got sidetracked again and that's not okay. I wanted to talk to you about something, but I don't want you to be mad at me or stop liking me or even kick me OUT, because then that wouldn't be very good. But yeah, I have to tell you something, please?''


@arden