A tiger-striped tom ran hastily down the alleyway clutching a brown bag, constantly looking over his shoulder. He didn't see a large rock in the middle of the road & stumbled & fell down onto the cold, hard ground. 'Bast ..' He stared at his grazed hands & knees & clamped his eyes shut in pain as large raindrops landed on the open wounds, making them sting. He got to his feet slowly, but whimpered in pain as he looked down at a large cut in his leg. He collected his scattered belongings & stuffed them into the brown bag, muttering words under his breath.

Bombalurina gasped as she heard a voice & she arched her back & hissed. Macavity! She edged beind a nearby dustbin, remaining in the darkness, hiding herself from the unknown cat, tears still streaming down her face, fearing for her life. She sobbed into her fur, making a loud noise as she gasped for breath in between her sobs. She froze in fear as she heard the cat move & she saw a large shadow move towards her. She shut her eyes tightly & began to wail. It's all over. He's going to get you!

She waited for it to happen, but nothing did. She opened one of her eyes slightly & jumped back & released her claws as she saw a tortoise shell tom sitting before her, staring at her bewildered. She growled at him & moved her paw briskly towards him to claw him & escape, but he grabbed her arm & held it back. 'Oi, oi, watch yourself! Are you alroight?' The tom had a distinct cockney accent & a cheeky grin to die for. Bombalurina didn't answer & simply gasped for breath, I thought I was a goner. She was so happy to be alive. The tom waited for an answer, but grew concerned when she didn't reply. He stared at her. She had beautiful scarlet fur, he had never seen a colour like it before & her eyes were hazel, tinted with emerald green. She was stunning.

'What's ya name kit?'

Bombalurina stared upto the mysterious tom & shook her head, catapulting her back to reality.

'B-Bombalurina.' she managed.

'Noice to meet you Bombalurina, I'm Mungojerrie.' He grinned at her cheekily & she melted inside. There was something about him she found herself attracted to. Don't be ridiculous, you only feel like this because you thought he saved you from something that wasn't even there! She couldn't help herself. She felt a definite attraction to him. 'Charmed.' she smiled at him & he stared at her, captivated by her beauty.

'You alroight kit, you look pretty upset!' Bombalurina scoffed, maybe not the brightest crayon in the box, but she decided he was sweet. 'You don't wanna know.' she shook her head at him, not that he's interested.

Mungojerrie shuffled himself next to her at put his arm around her comfortingly, Bombalurina did not pull away. 'Sure I do! C'mon kit, what's 'appened?' Bombalurina looked up at him & stared into the dark brown eyes staring back at her. She spun her head away quickly, blushing.

'I broke up with this tom i've been going out with for a while.'

'Ahh tom troubles, I tell ya, from what i've seen he's a fool to leave ya!' He grinned at her in that mischeivious manner & she found herself grinning back. She had never met a tom that made her so happy without even trying. She was so comfortable in his company. Bombalurina broke the gaze & stared down at Mungojerrie's injured leg.

'Oh great heavyside, look at your leg!'

'Oh that, yeah ..'

'It looks sore! Are you ok? God i'm so selfish, moaning on about some tom that doesn't even matter & you're hurt!'

'It's foine, 'onest!'

Bombalurina stroked his knee comfortingly & picked a rag out from the trashcan & began to dress his wound.

Mungojerrie winced as she touched the wound. 'I'm sorry.' Mungojerrie smiled at her through gritted teeth, trying to conceal the pain he suffered. He had never met a queen who had cared for him in such a simple way. She looked up & smiled at him & his heart began to beat faster. She finished dressing the wound & planted a kiss on his knee, 'That feel better?'

'Much better!' he chuckled, & sat up against the wall.

'Where were you going?'

Mungojerrie paused, he wasn't sure where he was going. He had stolen things from his owner's house & had ran away before they could find him.

'Um .. i'm not really sure where I was going.' He stared to the ground & began fidgeting with his paws, too ashamed to look at the scarlet beauty.

'Are you a street cat?'

'I guess ya could say that.'

Bombalurina smiled at him softly, her heart sank at the thought of him living on the streets, in danger. She felt silly that a stranger could make her feel like this.

'Well, why don't you stay with me tonight?'

Mungojerrie stared up at Bombalurina who was smiling sweetly at him.

'It's alroight Miss Bombalurina, I don't wanna be any bother!' He stared to the ground, how could he look at someone so beautiful & caring, he was a thug, nothing but trouble. Bombalurina stared at him sadly & touched his arm softly. 'My owner's are out for the night, I could use the company!' Bombalurina smiled at the tom sweetly & fluttered her eyelashes. Mungojerrie looked at her & quickly stared back to the ground, his cheeks blazing. 'That would be great, thankya so much!' He cuddled her tightly in the heat of the moment & pulled away embarrassed when he realised what he was doing.

'Uh i'm sorry Miss Bombalurina.'

Bombalurina giggled at him, 'It's ok, Mungojerrie, I needed a cuddle! Call me Bomba, i'm nothing special!' Mungojerrie gave her an embarrassed smile & got up onto his feet. He put his hand out to Bombalurina to help her up from the ground. 'But you are, Mis - uhh - Bomba.' Bombalurina giggled, what did she like about this tom so much? 'I don't live that far from here, I'll help you walk, you're leg looks so painful, honey.' Mungojerrie blushed harder when Bombalurina called him honey, he had never had a queen be so nice to him, most of them never looked at him twice. He smiled shyly at Bombalurina & picked up his bag of loot. She wrapped his strong arm around her shoulder & let him lean his muscular body against hers. 'You ok?' Mungojerrie nodded & they both set off to Bombalurina's house in the pouring rain, clinging to eachother for warmth, both of them enjoying a comfortable silence.