Rumpleteazer laid down on her and Mungojerrie's bed but she was finding it difficult to sleep without mungojerrie. They usually always took naps together but lately he had been disappearing and going outside for long periods of time. She tried several times but every time she closed her eyes she could see macavity, without him by her side she couldn't sleep.
She perked up once she heard one of the owners calling her and Mungojerrie down for breakfast. She ran down the long stairs which wore her out a little but she was hungry so she didn't stop. She found herself alone whilst eating her breakfast, she and Jerrie always ate together. She began to lose her appetite whilst eating and in the end she only ate around half of the food. She then walked back upstairs with her ears drooping slightly and she stopped and sat at the top of the stairs, she decided to wait there until her mate decided to come home.
"Mum! Rainbow didn't finish her food" Rumpelteazer heard the young girl shouting but she didn't move an inch. She listened to her owners intently waiting for them to make fun of her additional weight again. "Huh? That's strange Rainbow always finishes her food" the Man said in a low tone and his wife quickly replied "Tiger must have gone out again, his food hasn't even been touched". She then heard footsteps and she saw Ellie approaching her so she pretended to be asleep. "Are you sad that Tiger isn't here?" She asked the calico queen whilst stroking her gently. Rumpleteazer meowed as a reply, hoping the young girl would then leave her be and it suprisingly worked.
As the hours passed Rumpleteazer got bored of waiting for her mate to return so she decided to go out to see if he was around. She felt like the flap had gotten smaller and she struggled a tiny bit to get through it. Rumpleteazer felt scared to leave to the garden, there could be some cat or maybe even a dog waiting to attack her. She tried to fight her fears but she was far from ready to leave her home in Victoria grove, especially alone. She then went back through the cat flap into her warm and safe home. She took back her place at the top of the stairs and continued to wait for Jerrie.
The night soon came and Rumpleteazer so desperately wanted to fall asleep but her sleep was plagued with nightmares and she regretted every time she drifted off. She was starting to get worried since he hadn't returned home once and she paced around their bed trying to calm herself down but watching the clock whilst doing it didn't exactly help. It came to a point where Teazer physically couldn't fight her sleep any longer and her body gave in.
Mungojerrie knew he was late again and that his mate was probably worried sick. He hurried inside and he found Rumpleteazer curled up beside their bed. He wondered why she wasn't sleeping on the bed, she whined and groaned within her sleep and that caused him to almost immediately lay down and he cuddled as close as he could to her. The whining and groaning died down and turned into soft purrs after a few minutes and the pair stayed like that for the rest of the night.