Sun Mote Copse But if I can make it to the street

Yikes, maybe she shouldn't have been so forward about it - but the thought of Phox and her mom being together made her so very angry and kind of disgusted. She believed herself to be a younger (and hotter ;)) version of her mother, so why would Phox not go for her instead? She was joining the adult ranks very soon now, there shouldn't be anything wrong with their age difference and they'd already established trust and friendship. Things could only evolve from where Nellie was standing, hoping and wishing for Phox to have the same idea. Then there was the whole thing about her not wanting Colt to be replaced in their family - it was broken enough as it was already, without Phox in the picture. Even if it was some completely random ass guy that Niamh had decided to take home as her new baby-daddy, Nellie would've taken issue with it either way because of real father.

She stepped into the trap of keeping the subject elsewhere blindly. She gave a slight snort. 'Bronco's too weird 'bout females to get a girlfriend anyway. She recalled the mind blowing conversation they had had over lunch and him getting all flustered when his sister had sprawled out like a little fille de joie. She then realized it was only for the better she hadn't outright stated who her crush was - when Niamh said she was bad at keeping secrets, Nellie knew that who her crush was had been the first talking point if she had left Phox and her alone moments ago. Maybe she wasn't gonna tell her mom about any of her secrets anymore; that's why they were secrets, right?

She dipped her muzzle into the water, sipping up only a little bit because she had been lying about being thirsty. She narrowed her gaze on Phox and the manner in which he was preparing to leave, this time faking a better smile than before - one that almost felt real. Say 'Hi' to Fig for me, will ya? She said casually, waving him goodbye. Mission keeping Niamh and Phox apart: successful.