"She's just another she-cat man, don't get so worried about her.  She can choose who she wants to be her mate, and if she chooses him, that's perfectly okay."  A large, grey tom spoke, whilst himself and another tom conversed in the corner of the RiverClan camp.  The grey cat's eyes sometimes averted to scan the camp, not wanting anyone to overhear his friend's imminent ramblings.   

"No!  It's not okay, he's not the right guy for her!"  The second tom, a light brown tabby, spoke indignantly, genuine worry shining in his hazel eyes, as well as something else.

"What makes you think that?  He seems nice enough, Lightningstep"  The first tom replied in a seemingly curious manner, giving Lightningstep his full attention.

"He's just, not right!  Mintcloud is such a kind and caring cat, so full of love and sympathy for anything and everything.  She would stop at nothing to find him if he were to ever disappear, and if he were in danger, she would risk her life for his, but he's not like that."  Lightningstep paused, his voice growing cold as he kept on going, "Pikefur wouldn't do any of that for her.  She would love him so much, and she would do so much for him, forgive him after every argument and everything like that, but he would never do the same."

Lightningstep paused again, his voice growing warm.  "She's so beautiful, her grey fur always seems to radiate happiness and warmth, her green eyes always seem so full of wonder, and so ready to have a little bit of fun.  Yet Pikefur is just a dull, serious cat who doesn't deserve her. Heck, no cat deserves her!  She's just so amazing and wonderful, and he doesn't see it.  He doesn't see how fragile and indecisive she can be, he doesn't see that she'll need help sometimes, and that she still has things to learn."  

Another pause followed, and determination seemed to fill the eyes of Lightningstep.  "I see it though.  I see her beauty, her fun-loving, gentle, and wonder-filled personality.  I see her uncertainty, and her irrational fears of rejection, and I see how she can't fight that well, and I see that she can get hurt easily in battle, despite the fact that she's a warrior.  I see how her un-loving mother made her determined to be the most loving cat in all of RiverClan, and I see that she has achieved that.  I see the way her light grey fur blows in the wind as she hunts, and I see how the color of her eyes match the color of the greenleaf leaves.  I've seen it all since we both became warriors twelve moons ago.  I see everything he doesn't, and I see that he doesn't love her as much as..."  A pause followed Lightningstep's heartfelt words.

"As much as..?"  The first tom urged him on, sensing something important was about to be revealed.

"I see that he doesn't love Mintcloud as much as I do."