Me? A Mother? {Golden}

[Foxpaw]

Gustleap stumbled slightly as she left the Medicine Cat's Den, paws crunching on the cold snow, in a daze. She still couldn't believe it, and she wasn't sure whether to be happy or upset. She had never pictured herself the motherly type, although she always thought that Sparkspirit would make a good Father someday. It was one reason she was a little hesitant about becoming his mate. Still, it was done, and she couldn't keep it from him. Resigning herself to her fate with a sigh, she padded to the clearing to look for him, long brown tabby fur fluffed against the cold, brown eyes slightly stubborn. Her expression was more like a soldier going off to war than a cat telling her mate that she was pregnant.

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Sparkspirit had been lying near the fresh-kill pile with a freshly-picked squirrel at his paws. He looked up in surprise to see his mate coming from the medicine cat’s den with a rather serious expression on her face. He left the squirrel beside him and rose to his paws, “Is something wrong?” he asked Gustleap with a prick of his ears. She didn’t appear to be sick, but she had come from the medicine cat’s den and that was enough to make him a bit worried, especially with leafbare here. Also, her expression to him looked determined, and he wasn't quite sure why.