Hello once again dear readers. This is the sequal to What's a Jellicle Cat, written also with the same co-author of the first. Really just throwing out the possibilities that the first story had given us. Hope you enjoy.

Also, like always: Jellicles and cannon CATS characters such as Rum Tum Tugger and Munkustrap belong to Andrew Lloyd Webber and T.S. Elliot.

Kira belongs to me, Gears to Co-Author Jojo.

Now on with the story and please remember reviews are greatly appreciated. ^_^

The morning sun glinted through the closed blinds, refusing to be shut out. The horizontal beams of light lined the bed, one particular landing on Kira's closed eyes. With a moan of protest that turned into a sigh, she stretched and rolled over. Still not wanting to open her eyes she shifted until she rested her head on plushy softness. Nuzzling deeper into his mane she breathed in his scent.

The tall maine coon wrapped his arms instinctively around Kira's shoulders and pulled her onto his chest. "The morning calls..." He groaned his voice rough with sleep. There was a small moment of silence before he lifted her chin and looked down at her with one golden brown eye, the other too stubborn to open before noon.

"Way too early." She mumbled into his fur. Finally she willed her eyes open to meet his. "Mm hi. Sleep well?" A yawn escaped her at the end of her sentence. This last year had been the best of her life. She hadn't realized how much she missed having someone with her. Besides Gears, he was a great friend, but having Tugger around almost all the time made her home feel less lonely.

The mound of fluff and tomcat shifted below her as he stretched. When he was lying flat his feet hung off the end of the bed just above his ankles so it was a good thing he enjoyed curling up. "I sleep like a newborn kitten whenever I'm in this bed!" He chuckled mid yawn and hugged her tighter. "I love you..." Tugger purred out and leaned in to kiss her.

"I love you too," she with a smile before leaning up to meet his kiss. However she suddenly stopped with wide eyes. "'Scuse me!" The blankets hadn't even settled before she was out of the room and making friends with the toilet. Once her stomach stopped heaving she rested her head on her arm a moment. Taking a deep breath she stood and washed out her mouth. "Ugh." She mumbled as she re-entered her bedroom. "Sorry 'bout that..."

Tugger was on his elbows, his forehead creased with confusion and concern, "What was that? Did you get some bad sushi last night? I knew we should have gone to the Wong's diner but I thought the Chin's would be ok" He hugged her softly and sighed.

Kira shook her head. "I'm fine Hun." She said, sitting back on the bed and leaning into him. "So my stomach was a little sensitive last night." Shrugging she reached into her open drawer and pulled out jeans. There was no way she was going to let on that her stomach still felt...off. She was awake now though, that was for sure. Standing she slid her jeans on and reached into her closet for the rest of her clothes.

Tugger was already there. "It's cold out, damn fall!" He scoffed meaninglessly and handed her hr favorite blue and black gray knitted sweater that was nearly three sizes too big but as warm as a heating blanket, "I have to go to the junk yard for a few hours to help Quaxo rebuild some of the rusting fences.... I'll be back by dinner ok?"

"All righty." Kira replied, smiling gratefully and finished dressing. She loved fall, the colors the crisp air. But she got cold far too easily. "I have the day off so I can stop by if you want. Anything you want specifically for dinner?" As she followed him down the stairs she brushed out her auburn hair. In the kitchen she automatically went for the dog food and began pouring food for Gem. The Great Dane was waiting patiently, a big grin on her muzzle before digging in.

Tugger ruffled the fur and baggy skin between the huge dog's ears and chuckled, "That dog loved food more than Jones!" He said before pulling Kira close and kissing her, "Ick!" He remarked, sticking out his tongue, "Morning and vomit...." He informed her before stealing her orange juice from the fridge and chugging some form the carton.

"I'm sorry," she pouted slightly. "Not my fault my stomach decided to show what dinner was last night. Besides you don't have the loveliest morning breath either mister!" Kira reached into a cabinet for a bowl for cereal but then seemed to think twice and put it back. Instead she poured herself some milk. "Almost out already? Jeez." She said with mock shock. "Back to the dinner question, anything you want?"

Tugger kissed her neck and washed his glass quickly; "I can pick up a chicken from the deli on the way home" He nuzzled her and turned into his feline form. He mewed and rubbed against her leg then the door and mewed again. He never was smart enough to open the door first.

"Do I want to know how you're going to get a whole chicken?" Kira asked before stepping over to the door with a slight roll of her eyes and chuckle. "See you later Sweetie." Once Tugger was out the door she closed it and stretched out on the couch. Boy her stomach was not cooperating this morning. Picking up the remote she turned on to the news.

Kira laid there for a while, getting bored with the news and channel surfing. She kept shifting; onto her stomach, back, side, finally she sat up and rubbed her temples. Crap, now a headache? Maybe she had the flu...Sighing she stood and went to get a Tylenol. On the way she grabbed the phone and dialed Gears' number. "Hey Gears? Want to come over or something...Having an off day and nothings on TV..."

Gears chuckled, "I just finished my last commission, your timing couldn't have been better" He remarked and she heard him shuffling to pull on his coat and the jingle of his keys. "I'll be over in a few minutes. I'm going to swing by the corner store and pick up some ice cream... any requests or is cookie dough still your favorite?"

"Cookie dough definitely!" She replied with a smile. Pouring another glass of milk she made her way back to the couch and sat down suddenly tired. "I'll see you in a few then k?" After his reply she hung up and set the phone on the coffee table next to her glass. Laying down she decided maybe she'd get a few minutes sleep while waiting.

Suddenly Kira's cheek was cold.... not cold, FREEZING! Gears chuckled as he pressed the carton of cookie dough ice cream to her cheek. "Wakey wakey!"

Kira's eyes snapped open as she jolted upright. Wincing slightly as her back pinched. Stretching with a yawn she smiled at Gears. "So how's the business?" She asked, standing and going into the kitchen to get a bowls and spoons.

Gears trotted happily after her. His hair was gelled more than normal and he had a new cuff lip ring the same green as the tips of his hair. "Pretty good... your ass looks fantastic!" He exclaimed suddenly and poked it.

"Um thanks? 'Ey!" She exclaimed, batting at his hand and tossing a bowl to him before rubbing her rear. "Look but no touch! What movie did you bring?" Setting the bowls on the counter she turned to face him as she put her hair up in a pony tail.

"Little Mermaid!" Gears squealed with joy and bounded to the tv to put in the dvd before he bounced back to her side. "You ready for this?" He struck a pose with the bowl of ice cream above his head.

Kira laughed as he put the move in enthusiastically. "Duh!" She replied, grabbing her own bowl and heading for the couch. For a brief moment she stretched her back again. She must've slept on it wrong before Gears showed up. Sitting down she contentedly scooped ice cream into her bowl and ate a spoonful.

Gears ate right from his carton, a towel around it to keep his hands from freezing, "So what have you been up to? I feel like I haven't talked to you in ages!" He grinned widely and crossed his legs indian-style to look at her and wait.

"What happened to watching the movie?" She replied as she put it in and laughed. "Keeping busy at any rate. The new chef job can be pretty tiring but its fun. Can't believe I've actually made it." She answered as she sat on the other end of the couch. "Things have been pretty quiet however. What about you? What have you been up to?" Kira asked, biting onto another spoonful.

Gears toasted her with his wrapped up carton and smiled, "Good for you!" He nibbled his lip, "Been trying to talk Mungojerrie into going to the movies... He's a weird one that tom!" He rolled his eyes and stared absently at the screen.

Kira smiled, those Jellicles were. "I highly doubt the theater would let a cat in. Though they are easy to hide when normal cat..." She looked thoughtful a moment. "Well, if anything do they know about Halloween? Its what, five, six months away."

Gears shrugged, "Well anyway! Plan B is that cute waiter at your new work!" He squeaked with delight and wiggled on the spot, "Have you seen that man's but?"

Kira laughed and nodded with a wink. "But don't tell Tugger I said that..." She grinned with the spoon still in her mouth. Looking at her half eaten ice cream she held it out for Gears. Her stomach churning slightly. "Want the rest?"

Gears eyes went wide and he thrust his body across the couch to feel her forehead, "Are you ill?! Usually you finish MY ice cream!" He stared at her half full carton and blinked.

Kira jumped slightly, leaning back on the arm as his hand met her forehead. "Just feeling a bit sick is all. Must be the flu or something." She shrugged. "Though I hope it isn't...can't afford to miss work."

Gears gave her a quizzical once-over and crossed his arms, "You -never- get the flu..." He rolled his eyes, "I -always- do!"

Kira shrugged as she wriggled out of his grasp and stood. "Well, at any rate some bug, virus thing." Stretching she rubbed the back of her neck before going into the kitchen for a glass of orange juice. "It's probably nothing. Maybe just an off day." As she reached for the juice she saw the milk and changed her mind suddenly. Leaning against the counter she poured herself a glass. "Want some milk?"

Gears sniffed the carton and shook his head, "I hate milk... and so do you." He felt her forehead again, "You don't feel warm..."

"I never hated milk." She wrinkled her nose at him. "So...I don't drink it often." She shrugged again and rolled her eyes. "Honestly Gears it's nothing!"

Gears was silent for a long time before he got really close to her face and looked skeptical, "When was the last time you were bleeding?"

Kira nearly choked on her milk. "Excuse me?" She blink a couple times as she set her glass on the counter. "Oh um..." She fell silent as she thought. "four weeks? Give or take a couple days? I didn't check the calender this time round. I'm pretty sure I'm due in the next couple days though." Her eyes wandered over to the calender on the side of the fridge, though she didn't make a move to go to it. "Why? Wait...you think....?" A laugh escaped her. "I highly doubt that Gears!" She laughed.

"Why? Don't you know how it happens?" He sighed, "tsk tsk tsk! You see silly Kira; when a boy and a grl like eachother very much..."

"GEARS!" Her laughing stopped and she put her face in her hands. "I know the basics...." She rolled her eyes. "How could that be possible though? He's a cat! Well, Jellicle."

"He has a penis doesn't he?!" Gears drew rapid and squiggly circles in the air above his crotch and then raised a brow, "He does doesn't he?"

Kira's cheeks reddened slightly. "Of course he does!" Rolling her eyes she raised her glass and took another gulp of it. "I'm just saying we're technically different species aren't we? How does that work?"

"Ever heard of a mule?" He rolled his eyes, "Sheesh! don't you ever pay attention when I ramble about sex and stuff?" He put his face in his hand as if he were talking to a stubborn student.

"I'm sorry, did you say something?" She rolled her eyes and smirked slightly. "Listen, Gears, I just don't think I'm pregnant okay?" To be honest she flat out didn't believe it.

But Gears didn't hear her, he was pulling on his zip-up hoodie that was nearly 4 sizes too big for him, "I'll be back!" and with that he was out the door, car keys in hand.

"Ge-" but he was gone.15 minutes later Gears came back in.

"It's raining downtown!" He chuckled and shook his perfectly shaped spikes and let the rain fall all over.

Sighing she finished off her glass of milk and started cleaning the dirty dishes from last night. She had just finished the frying pan when Gears walked back in. Quizically she looked at him. "Okay.....and you left just to find this out?"

He tossed her a box and grinned, "Pee on this! You'll feel better" He promised emptily and grinned wider as she looked down at the box of EDT pregnancy tests

Kira stared down at it and then up at Gears. "Make me feel better....Right. Because it's a miracle cure for the flu," her look was skeptical. "Oh fine, because I know you wont leave me alone until I do." She stomped off and up the stairs to the bathroom.

Gears followed her like a hungry wolf until he was standing, almost protectively, in front of the bathroom door, waiting.

A good ten minutes went by. Kira had three tests sitting on the counter next to the sink. She was staring at all of them. "Gears....." Her voice was hoarse, eyes disbelieving.

Gears opened the dor and trotted in. He accessed her expression with catious eyes before speaking meekly, "May I happy dance now?"

"Happy dance? Gears....." She looked up at him, eyes wide, mouth slightly open but nothing came out. Shaking her head she wandered out of the bathroom and down the stairs. Directly to the fridge and to the calender. Faintly she counted the days. As if to tell herself there had been a mistake. Something. She had missed the mark she had made by a week and a half.

Gears was behind her, "I've taken the liberty of buying you prenatal vitamins and a stock of candy bars!" He didn't know how that would help but sugar and chocolate made her feel better normally.

"I...I can't take care of a child..." She said, voice soft. Wrapping her arms around herself she stared at nothing. "Gears...What am I going to do?"

He hugged her, "Don't worry Kira... You have me and Tugger and Jelly and Jenny!" He encouraged, "No one is going to abandon you!" He stroked her hair and smiled optimistically.

"Tugger..." Her heart skipped a beat. "I have to tell Tugger! Oh god...what is he going to think...." She looked frantic, biting her lip and looking up at Gears.

Gears ruffled her hair and smirked, "Tugger loves the kittens! Deme had that litter last month and you saw how his eyes lit up! He'll be thrilled." he promised, "If you want I could make you two a good dinner?"

Kira stood there a moment, taking a few deep breaths and trying to sort out her jumbled mind. "Have to tell him now. Get it over with..." Her steps quickened as she walked. Starting out slow, almost dragging to a hurried pace. With coat in hand she looked back at Gears. "Y...You'll come too right?

He was already there, pulling on his hoodie and handing her an umbrella, "I would be careful around his big brother... Munkus I don't think would like it much." He thought for a moment, "Want me to tell him?"

"Munkus or Tugger?" Kira looked a little pale as she took the umbrella and opened the door. "If you could tell Munkus...That would be appreciated. Though I don't know if Tugger would want to do that himself." Stepping outside they started to the Junkyard.

As they neared Kira's steps felt heavier and heavier. The trip had taken a lot shorter than she had hoped. Stopping she hesitated, mind racing.

Gears grabbed her arm and drug her forward, "C'mon! It's not like you can run from it!" He chanted almost too cheerfully and pulled up his hood as the rain started harder.

She sighed, biting her lip as she let him drag her forward. He was right. Not like she could keep it secret. They were soon at the gate of the junkyard. Once through, her heart quickened.

Gears grabbed her around the waist and drug her to the clearing where Tugger Alonzo and Munkus were debating patrol positions. "HEY TUGS! Kira's gotta talk to you!" He then went over to the Maine Coon and muttered, "I'll talk to your brother!" Before Tugger could understand turned to move Munkustrap away from Alonzo and muttered into his ear.

Munkustraps eyes widened as he looked up at his younger brother who was being led away by Kira. His ears laid back slightly. Tugger, his brother, a father?

Gears patted the silver tabby on the shoulder, "Wait til she tells him to yell ok?"

Munkus ground his teeth before nodding. Yes, they had things to work out before he was going to have a turn at Tugger.

Kira bit her lip before walking over to Tugger and looking up at him. "Tugger..." She looked around before taking his hand and pulling him to where his partially lived in den was. Once out of the rain and away from other ears she took a deep breath. Now how to tell him? "How...What are your thoughts on kittens?"

Tugger smiled, "I love the lil furry things!" His ears lowered then, "what does this have to do with us?" His eye went wide, "Is Gears pregnant?! I knew it!"

A small, almost strangled sounding laugh escaped Kira. She didn't seem to try and cover it either. "What if...We had children?"

Tugger's ears nearly fell off his skull, "Oh Love... I don't think that would be possible for us... I'm so sorry" He moved to hug her but noticed something in her expression stopped him.

"I didn't think it was either..." Her voice was a hoarse whisper as she looked at her feet, cheeks flush. "I'm pregnant Tugger." She didn't know if she wanted to look up at him but she couldn't help herself. She needed to know what his reaction was going to be.

Tugger's eyes went wide, then a flood of tears clung to them, desperate not to fall. His expression was blank and slightly shocked for a long moment before a tiny smile spread over his face like wild fire. It soon became a wide grin before he took her up into his arms and swung her around.

Kira eeped as he spun her. She wasn't sure what reaction she was expecting but this wasn't it. But a weight felt like it was lifted off her, even if it was only partially gone. "So...So you aren't angry?" Her chocolate eyes met his amber.

"Tugger!" Munkus' voice was low with a slight growl embedded in it. His fur, made wild by the rain made him look angrier as his tail swished back and forth. "Talk. Now. Kira, would you mind going outside for a moment?"

Gears took his friend's hand and with large eyes led her into another over hang and out of the weather. Kira followed Gears with a look over her shoulder at Tugger. She hoped Munkus wouldn't tear into him to bad...

Tugger looked at his brother with huge shocked eyes, "Talk about what? I love her! We have sex." He said plainly and crossed his arms, "I didn't think it would do anything! I certainly didn't think she'd get pregnant!" He hissed and snarled.

"But you didn't think to take precautions just in case?!" He growled back. "She's human Tugger."

"And I'm a CAT!" He snarled and his ears shot back against his skull, "It's like a dog falling for a whale!" He flung his arms into the air, "Our relationship is already too impossible I didn't think anything else could happen! It already has happened though so stuff it up your silver ass and let's move on to the caring-for-Kira part!"

Munkus rubbed his eyes, fur, despite being rain drenched, fluffing up as his anger rose. "It shouldn't be possible for her to get pregnant." He said voice carefully even. "How will her body react to this, how will the baby turn out? Questions we don't have answers for. Nor do the human doctors!"

Tugger held up a paw and looked Munkustrap sternly in the eyes, "She should be here..."

Taking in a deep breath he nodded shortly. "Kira...Gears, you might as well come to." Seeing as he's going to be with her this entire time, he added silently to himself. He looked at his brother, eyes narrowed. A look that said 'your job to explain'.

Kira was immediately at Tugger's side. Arms wrapped around her to both keep herself warm and out of being unsure. "What?" She looked up at Tugger.

Gears ruffled his wet hair and shook it much like a dog, spraying the den with hair-gelled rain water. Tugger gave them an apologetic look as if to say 'I'm sorry he's always like this, just bare with us ok?' then he turned to Munkustrap and crossed his arms over his chest, "Now what were you going to say oh high and mighty brother of mine?"

Munkus growled low for a brief moment before clearing his throat and looking at Kira. "Kira...We just are unsure what's going to happen. Whether the child is human or feline...."

Kira was silent before she looked up at him. "I know." Her tone surprised him.