Dovewing and Bumblestripe sat there for a few hours. Then, they decided to leave and go back to sleep. Dovewing felt especially close with Bumblestripe that night, so she laid next to him. He smiled and they closed their eyes and fell asleep.

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Dovewing awake to the sun shining in her eyes. She yawned and stretched. Dovewing casually and walked outside to eat. Bumblestripe beamed.

"Hey Dovewing!" He called. "Come eat this rabbit with me!"

She smiled and padded over to him. She ate with him, but caught eye contact with Ivypool. Her sister flashed her a huge grin on her face. Dovewing rolled her eyes but laughed.

"LET ALL CATS OLD ENOUGH TO HUNT THEIR OWN PREY GATHER BENEATH ME!" She heard Bramblestar call out. The clan cats padded to see what their leader had to say.

"Today is the gathering of the clans," he meowed loudly. "I need you too look your best, and be wary of Shadowclan. You never know when they could attack us. They were on our territory!"

Dovewing felt her fur warm up. It was her fault this had happened. They didn't trespass, she and Tigerheart met up secretly, and broke the warrior code.

Wait, Tigerheart. She totally forgot about him last night! How would she explain to him that she hung out with Bumblestripe?

She shook her head, feeling a headache in her brain.

The clan cheered. "We can beat 'em!" A cat yowled.

"They can't take over us!" Another cat shouted.

Bramblestar nodded. "We have a few minutes to get ready. I new you to groom yourself, and do what ever you need to do."

The clan shouted one more time in agreement, then dispersed.

Ivypool ran over to Dovewing. "I saw you!" She said, her tail slapping her sister on her back. 

Dovewing looked at her. "I feel really bad that I rejected Bumblestripe a few moons ago, so I wanted to make it up to him," she explained.

Ivypool just grinned, ear to ear. "Shore 🌊," she said teasingly, then padded away to talk with Cinderheart.

Dovewing groomed herself. She couldn't look like a rat's nest at the gathering! She took a peek at Bumblestripe.

Wow, was all she could think of. He had groomed himself that his fur was glossy, and that he had spiked a bit of the hair on his head. He walked over to Dovewing.

"You ready to go?" He asked, winking.

"Yup," She replied, as the clan got ready to leave.

They got up, and left.