Alonzo literally came a week after the Jellicle Ball, which is held during the third week of June, and he came the last week. So he didn't know what it was really, but he did know that it stressed Munk out incredibly, and that got Munk irritable. He would snap at people like crazy, and then apologize his heart out later. Alonzo laughed at him considerately. He liked that Munk was stressed because it appeared that he was the only who could calm down the protector.

"It's going to go wonderfully, Munkey," he said. "From a person who's never been I love everything that I've seen so far."

Munk was only slightly less stressed because of Alonzo, but that was more than anyone else could do.

Then came the ball, and Alonzo found himself excited like a kitten. Munk told Alonzo he could have all the solos he wanted, but Alonzo mostly just wanted to watch. He gave Munk a nuzzle before Munk started to sing about Jenny. He laughed when Tugger interrupted them and sat in the back, thinking how ridiculous Tugger was. He laughed even more when Misto called him a terrible bore. The song ended and a gray, old queen came out and Alonzo vaguely remembered something about a Grizabella. Whoever she was, her and Cassandra didn't get along. Maybe they're in the same family or Grizabella did something to her family, Alonzo thought. Though overall he was neutral about her. She's not my problem.

Demeter started to sing about her, and he frowned. What the hell does she have to do with Grizabella? Always making things about herself, I see. Bustopher came out then and Alonzo smiled at how eager Misto was, even though he knew Bustopher trash-talked Tugger the other day, which really upset Misto. A loud crash came and the first thought came was, Da fuck? Everyone else ran away and so he joined them, not sure what was going on. He heard people whisper about Macavity and he remembered Munk saying Mac always tried to ruin the ball.

"Just calm down," Alonzo said to Munk, rubbing his arm. Munk was in hysterics and utterly pissy. "The ball never goes the way you want it to but every year it gets better and better. Trust me."

"Oh, believe me, I trust you," said Munk snappishly.

"What's that suppose to mean?" Alonzo let go of his arm. "Do you not trust me?"

"How can I trust when you have this stupid, kittenish crush on me still? Everlastin Cat only knows what you'd say just to get me to feel the same way." Then Munk walked away and Alonzo felt like he was about to cry.

Misto walked over and put a hand on Alonzo's shoulder. "Zo?" he asked.

Alonzo looked down, shaking. "I wonder how long he's known," he whispered. "I mean, I never knew he knew. He-he would always be so kind and sometimes he'd eve flirt around with me. Why would he lead me on like that?" He shook his head. "I would never lie to him..."

"Of course you wouldn't," said Misto. "He's just frustrated. He didn't mean what he said. He just took his anger out on you because you were the closest thing to him."

Alonzo looked at Misto. "You think so?"

Misto smiled. "I know so, and you know Munk best. Do you really think he'd hurt you intentionally?"

"No."

Alonzo was still hurt, and he was kind of pissed. He's totally been leading me on! He frowned. How did he know? Do I have a catch or something? I guess he just knows me so well he can tell when I'm lying. Alonzo sighed, and frowned more. Ugh, Munk, you can really be annoying sometimes. He was still in a snappy mood when he heard Munk say, "What's this?"

They emerged on Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer who had stolen some catnip. Alonzo smirked at them. They're so misguided. Then Old Deuteronomy came out and he softened at how Munk sang so dearly about his father, and was surprised to see Tugger not make it about himself.

Finally came the story-telling. Alonzo just danced around, dressing up with the others. A loud crash came again and he scattered into the back witht he rest. When Old Deuteronomy sang, he decided to come out, and flirt around a little with Jemima. For one thing, he didn't see Tugger anywhere, so he felt like he could actually get a flirt in, but he was still pretty pissed and he knew how Munkustrap looked at Jemima like she was a daughter, so he sort of wanted to make Munk mad. Though then his adrenaline started to run high and he felt like dancing. Tugger came out by that time, too, and so he gave up on flirting around.

He didn't really dance that much, but he enjoyed it a lot. He couldn't dance as well as Misto, but the two improv-ed together, Pouncival joining in, too, and Alonzo even led the dance. Tumblebrutus came out and they bantered back and forth until they decided to dance together, and then Cassandra came out, so Alonzo went quickly over to her. They danced for a few before they decided to let Misto and Tumbles have a number, but of course Bomba cut them off. He laughed at how pissed Tugger look, but Tugger couldn't just walk up and pull her off. So he decided to help him by pulling the queens off the stage and let Misto and Tumbles resume their elegant dance. He noticed Demeter dance with Plato. Stupid slut, he thought.

Then came Plato and Vicki's dance, and he just lied next to Cassandra, because the two of them knew they wouldn't find a mate. He noticed how Munk and Deme didn't look at each other at all. They danced some more and then Grizabella came out. Alonzo scared her away, since he felt kind of bad about being a dick to Munk. So he didn't want to stress him out again. She came back, though, and he felt kind of bad for her. Jemima seemed to like her, and surely if someone as innocent as her could then everyone else can, too. Though Alonzo could relate, because he felt like an outsider and a pariah one time, too. He could tell Munk was conflicted on how to feel, too, because Alonzo knew he wanted to help everyone. He even wanted to help Macavity, and that's sensible, since they are brothers.

Gus came out, and it was quite saddening to hear Jelly sing, because he's so old and is getting sick. Plus, it made Alonzo think about how his life was going to be when he was older. He'd be alone, but...for Munk he'd sacrifice his own happiness.

Then it was Skimble's song, and he just sat next to Jelly. He saw Cassandra get closer to Tanti, but Tanti hardly noticed. Though it didn't bother her, because when Skimble sang it was nearly impossible to not smile, since he's so hilarious, even though he doesn't try. They built a fake train, Alonzo grabbing a wheel-thingy. Though then one cat fell over and so that created the domino effect and they all fell over. So Alonzo let him stand on his back. Of course another crash came and they all scattered away.

Demeter and Bomba stood out, having a better sense of when Macavity would come. At first, when Alonzo heard Demeter sing as he hid in the back, he could tell she was worried, but then Bomba sang and she was almost teasing Demeter. The two ended up singing about Macavity...like he was some sexy tom they liked. So the first thought that came to mind for Alonzo was, Slut! That's freaking Macavity! She's with Munk and of course she has a thing for Macavity. Alonzo frowned. I shouldn't suspect anything...for Munk's sake. He felt even worse about it when she knew Macavity was disguised as Old Deuteronomy.

He saw Munk struggle with getting Demeter, so he stepped in to help, snatching her away...for Munk's sake. Alonzo watched the two fight, ready to jump in when necessary, and he did immediately when Munk went down. Soon the rest joined in, and Macavity ran, but not before clouding the Jellicles in a blanket of darkness.

So Tugger decided to call for help from Misto, and Alonzo smiled the whole time, because there was finally someone Tugger loved more than himself. Misto brought back Deuteronomy, putting everyone in awe. It just got better from there. Jemima sang as dawn was emerging, and Alonzo smiled as Deuteronomy was going to choose the cat to go to the Heaviside Layer, also because Munk seemed more at peace than ever. Alonzo scattered away, to let her have her say. She was beautiful, and everyone felt sorry, and connected to her. So, she was chosen to go to the Heaviside Layer, which was a mesmerizing moment for Alonzo to see, and he was glad Munk was next to him the entire time. Deuteronomy ad-dressed the cats, and the ball was over.

Alonzo walked Cassandra to her den and said, "Sorry if things didn't go so smooth with Tanti," he said, since they had a talk that she was going to confess her feelings.

"Oh, I wouldn't say that," Cass said, smiling. "Night, Lonz." Then she crawled into her den, leaving Alonzo confused. Tanti emerged and walked into Cass's den, too, smirking at Alonzo, which only left him surprsied.

At least someone's happy, he thought. He walked to his den slowly, admiring the sunrise. He saw Tugger and Misto share a passionate kiss, and knew someone else was happy, too. He sighed and decided to skip his den. He ran to the back of the junkyard and climbed to the top of the junk pile where their hide out use to be. He didn't go inside, because it was caved in, but he sat on top of it, and looked at the sunrise there.

"Hey kitty."

He turned and saw an old, brown cat there. He smiled. "Hey Jeeves. Long time no see," he said. "What're you doing here?"

"Aw nuttin. Mac kicked me out of his lair, so I don't work for him no more. See?" Jeeves showed him shoulder, where a patch of fur that use to have the imprint M on it was missing.

"Well, where are you gonna live now?"

"I have a buddy I think I can stay with."

"Well you're welcome here anytime, Jeeves."

"Nah, I don't think they'd like me that much."

Alonzo shrugged, and then a thought came to him. He stuck out his paw and said, "Alonzo."

"Huh?" said Jeeves, shaking his paw, confused.

"Alonzo, it's my name. I remembered it."

"Ah, I see. Anyting else you remember?"

"Not much. My parents were killed by a car I think, a few streets away. I remember getting hit by something, but that's about it, oh and my birthday is in February."

Jeeves nodded. "Well, I'm beat Al. I'll catch you around, alright? Oh, and you can like me now, kay?"

Alonzo smirked. "Okay. See ya Jeeves."

Alonzo stretched and lied down, basking in the sunlight. He closed his eyes, and let the morning take him away.