watching

*she sat off to the side, watching all the others milling around and interacting. She felt like she was an outsider now, like she didn't belong. She was about to get up and leave once again when she caught a glimpse of Coricopat. She froze to the spot, unable to move from where she stood. Half of her wanted to go rushing towards him and hug him tightly and tell him how sorry she was for being so stupid...but the other half told her it was better not to, that he probably would push her away, and she wouldn't blame him if he did so. So she merely stood, still off to the side of the collective of felines in the yard, almost in the shadows.*