It was the night Tom was waiting for, he had a date with Toodles! He was planning it for a while but it was worth the wait because Toodles was his gal and nothing could spoil his date...but boy was Tom wrong. He had just finished lighting some candles and had made some popcorn when out of the blue a letter came through the mail slot and it was from someone who he really didn't want to hear from...his cousin Joey from Brooklyn and the letter read;

Dear Cousin,

Hey what's going on cousin? I'm doing great, Brooklyn is fantastic! I just found a new place that makes some of the greatest pasta you ever had! Anyways let me cut to the chase, guess who's coming to visit ya? That's right ya favorite cousin from Brooklyn...ME! I'll be there when I be there so you better be there!

Ya Cousin,

Joey.

Joey made Tom's life a living hell when they were younger, just the mere thought of Tom reading Joey's name in the letter made his fur crawl and what made matters worse Toodles was coming over and with Joey's attitude and personality, Tom feared that Joey would drive her away. He nervously paced back and forth, slowly munching some popcorn and waiting for Toodles but fearing Joey's arrival, meanwhile Jerry was watching Tom pace back and forth nervously when the letter from Joey fell off the coffee table to Jerry's feet, he read it and didn't know why Tom was pacing nervously, Jerry knew of his date with Toodles but didn't know of the torture Joey put him through. Then the doorbell rang, Tom began to sweat profusely and all different scenarios ran through his mind; What if it was Joey? What if it was Toodles? Worse...what if it was Joey and Toodles at the door? What if they were kissing? Preposterous but it was still a scenario in Tom's head.

Tom prepped himself, opened the door and prepared for whoever it was...

It was...

Toodles, the white cat with mascara was standing at Tom's door to which Tom sighed a huge sigh of relief and let Toodles in.

"Hey Tom" said Toodles as she kissed him on the cheek

Tom blushed and led Toodles to the couch, she had sat down and took off her coat, Tom had signaled that he'd be right back. He went in the kitchen and in the cabinet grabbed two champagne glasses and set them on the counter and went to the fridge where he grabbed a bottle of fresh cream and began to pour the cream into the glasses. Toodles meanwhile was sitting in the living room eating some popcorn when all of a sudden she heard the doorbell ring...this sound was piercing to Tom because he knew it was only one person, the mere sound of the doorbell caused Tom to overfill his glass causing cream to spill everywhere.

"I'll get it" said Toodles sweetly as she got up to open the door

Tom went to race to the living room but slipped on the cream covered section of the kitchen floor causing him to fall flat on his face. Toodles opened the door and there she was Tom's cousin Joey, who was tall as Tom, same color except Joey had blue eyes and wore a white t-shirt with a black leather jacket and had a Brooklyn-esque accent;

"Well hello doll!" said Joey cockily

"And you are?" asked Toodles kind of disgusted

"Yours if you ask me!" chuckled a cocky Joey

"You better not be hitting on me!" exclaimed Toodles

"Relax doll, I'm Joey and where's my cousin Tom?" asked Joey as he peered in the house

"He's in the kitchen, Tom your cousin's here!" exclaimed Toodles calling to Tom

Tom didn't even want to leave the confines of the kitchen but he had to go greet his cousin, his obnoxious-thorn-in-Tom's-side cousin. Tom had walked to the door and there was Joey who rushed up to Tom getting him in a bear hug!
"Tom, cousin! How ya been! I missed ya!" exclaimed Joey practically squeezing the life out of Tom

Joey had let go of Tom and put him on the floor;

"Tommy man, you're all fur and bones what's the matter with you, don't you eat? Don't they got no food here?" asked Joey as he began poking Tom's gut

"Tom's seriously related to him?" Toodles thought to herself

Joey had walked into the kitchen and saw the mess Tom had made, he saw a bottle of cream practically spilled on the floor and two glasses with cream, one half filled which was for Toodles and the other which was accidentally overfilled which was Tom's;

"Hey Tom, cream? Ya didn't have to!" exclaimed Joey as he chugged the cream from both glasses

Joey had then sat on the couch just as Toodles was about to, Tom had rushed over to the couch to sit in between them because he didn't want Joey to try anything funny with his date.

"So Tommy, I'm in town for a week and I thought I'd stop by and pay my favorite cousin a visit!" exclaimed Joey as he gave Thomas a noogie

"So...you're Tom's cousin eh?" nervously asked Toodles

"You know it doll" replied Joey cockily

"Don't call me doll!" Toodles angrily thought to herself

"So anyways, have I got a million and one stories to tell you guys!" exclaimed Joey as began to tell tales of him torturing Tom when they were young and in Tom's mind it was gonna be a long night!

(A/N) So as you can see that was the first chapter of my first ever Tom and Jerry fic, now I know Tom had a cousin named George in the episode Timid Tabby (I'm such a nerd) But this story just came to me for some odd reason when I watched the scene where Jerry danced with Gene Kelly in the movie Anchors Aweigh which I don't own nor do I own Tom and Jerry (though I have an abundance of DVDs) all I own is Joey. So until next time!