Justin knocked on the door of his owner's house, and then smiled, "Hello, Lila."
"Justin, you're here!" Lila, his owner's only daughter and child, hugged him. "Mom! Dad! He's here!" Then she grabbed him and dragged him in.
Jewel smiled a Eileen knocked and Lucy hugged her, then Opal, their owner, came to the door, "Why, hello, Lucy. It's been years! Come in. Hello, Eileen. Oh, this must be Jewel, how sweet. Oh, there's something I want to ask you. My next door neighbor has a friend coming, his name is Justin Tinery, did he come on your plane? They have the best picture of him. Here, they gave me a copy." Opal ushered them in, then handed Lucy a picture, "That's him."
"There was a guy who looked like that, yea." Lucy nodded, "Ain't I right, Girls?" Eileen and Jewel looked.
"Yep, Mom, you are right." Jewel nodded, "He sat next to you."
"So I left a detail out." Lucy shrugged.
Then Opal noticed they had nothing with them, "Did the plane lose your luggage?"
"Oh, yea." Eileen nodded, "They lost ours."
"Then we'll go shopping. I got the best job this year and now I can afford to go to all those fancy shops. I'll buy you some clothes and all those things!" Opal smiled, then dragged all three out to her car. They got in and she took them to the mall.
Jerry and Tina knocked on the door, then it opened to show Sophie, the eldest child, she popped her bubble gum, her eyes dull, then they lit up, she hugged Jerry around the neck, then grabbed his and Tina's sleeves and dragged them in.
"Did you lose everything?" Lily, the mother, asked.
"Yes…"
"Oh, then let's go shopping!" She grabbed them by the arms, then called to her husband, "I need you, we are going shopping to buy these two some new things! I need you to go with Jerry!"
"Coming, Dear." The father, Gregory, followed quickly, holding his wallet and car keys.
Elise slapped Ryan, then rang the door bell. Justine opened it and ushered them in. "Hello, Guys…Oh, no. Don't tell me, the boat lost your luggage. They did that with mine, too. C'mon, let's go shopping." Justine slung her bag over her shoulder, then led them out, she took out her car keys and opened the car door, then let them get in, then got in.
Jewel looked at all the toys, her eyes glued to the window. There was one catching her, a toy calico kitten, and, boy, did she want it.
Opal smiled at her and saw what she was looking at, then went in and bought it. When she came out, she was holding it. She knelt down next to Jewel and said, "Take care of her, won't you?"
Jewel smiled and nodded. Then she hugged the calico toy. Then Opal covered her eyes and led her somewhere. When she was allowed to open her eyes, she saw dresses and girly clothes! She squealed from joy and ran to a pair of jeans which had pink and purple fake jewels on it.
Opal took one pair down from the rack, then followed Jewel all around the store, taking things she liked off the racks. Soon they stopped picking and started trying. One the last set that she tried, when Jewel came out, she was covered in 'ooh's and 'ah's. She was like a rock star in that outfit, with sunglasses and all.
Then she smiled and waved her hand, acting like a rock star.
"Here, girl, turn this way." There was a guy with a camera, but she didn't care in he took her picture. She turned to him and smiled, striking a pose like her mother, supposed mother. One hand on her hip and the other in the air.
The Next Day:
Justin nearly choked when he saw the picture on the cover of the newspaper, Jemima, Jewel, whatever she's called. She was standing there, acting like Bombalurina, in a shiny outfit, sunglasses, shiny belt, everything! The headline was: The Next Rock Star?
Jewel read the headline, then started to sing.
Opal nearly dropped the egg she had been holding, Jewel had the perfect voice! All she needed was some music in the background! Then Opal remembered, she had some friends who liked to play drums, guitar, but they didn't have a singer. "Hey, Jewel," She said, "Wanna sing in a band?"
"Oh, yes." Jewel smiled.
"I've got some friends who would kill to have a girl like you in their band." Opal said.
"Really?" Jewel's mouth dropped open, then she said, "I'll do anything they want me to, if they'd just let me sing."
"I'll take you to their house." Opal dragged Jewel out of the house after they had had breakfast.
Jewel was surrounded by two boys and a girl the minute she took a step in the house. She asked them, "What is this? The ultimate welcoming party? Come on? Get away."
"You shouldn't push pretty boys away, Girly." The one boy said, hurt, most likely.
"Josh, Jake. I'm sorry, I'm Melissa. These two are twins, Josh and Jake, and the biggest pain in my neck. But we are the band you most likely heard about over breakfast."
One of the twins said, "It's not every day our savior walks through our front door." It was probably Jake.
Then the other one, Josh, maybe?, snatched Jewel by the hand and dragged her down the stairs.
When they reached the bottom, Jewel smiled. There was a mike, a guitar, a drum set and a electric keyboard. Melissa had been right behind them and she walked past them, plugged in a cord, then handed Jewel the mike, "Sing." She commanded.
Jewel started to sing, "I you gave pheasant, I'd rather have grouse. If you put me in a flat, I'd rather have a house. If you put in a house, I'd rather a flat."
"Where'd you learn that?" Melissa was staring at her.
"Did I something wrong?" Jewel asked, worried.
"No! THAT WAS GREAT!" Melissa hugged her.
"Whoop! We have our singer! Now, let's practice. Oh, by the way, I'm Jake." The one who had dragged her down the stairs was Jake, the one who had called her 'their savior' was Josh. He picked up the guitar and started playing the beat of the song she had just sung, "Now, keep up that beat and keep on singing!"
Jewel swung her hair back and kept on singing. She danced around the room a little, remembering all the steps Tugger took. Melissa was slamming on the keyboard, singing along. The same with Josh and Jake, they were slamming on their instruments and singing along.
All the neighbors ran over, they wanted to hear the rest of the song. Soon the stairs and basement was full of people, but the band didn't notice. Then a new crew arrived, they still didn't notice.
Justin turned on the news and nearly choked again, there Jewel was, again. Only this time she was singing HIS song, HIS song. She was doing all his moves as well.
Then he saw the music as over and there was an interview going on, "Where had you learned that song?" The reporter asked.
Then Jewel smiled and said, "A friend wrote it about their cat."
"How sweet! Now, say something about to friend and their cat!" The reporter gave her the mike and she said, "Hello, Tugger! Hiya, Justin!" She waved.
Justin smiled, she knew that he liked that his song was on the news.
The Next Day:
A picture of her, no four pictures of her, were on the cover. And the headline was: The Newest Rock Star Rocks Britain With The Song, 'The Rum Tum Tugger'
Justin smiled.
With the Jellicles:
"The Newest Rock Star Rocks Britain With The Song, 'The Rum Tum Tugger'? Oh, no." Mistoffelees ran to the junkyard, to keep Old D from reading the newspaper.
He saw all the Jellicles turn towards him with fake smiles, then Munkustrap shoved the paper in his face. "I did not mean for this to happen!" He protested.
"Now it has and you…Oh, you have to keep this up. Make sure she stays a human, until she dies…Or until she goes missing, understood?" Munkustrap asked. Mistoffelees nodded. "Good."
