24th of December

"Okay, now we'll see who he is..."

"We Jemima?" Vic stared at her. "I might, yes! But he won't be found of four hysterical kittens waiting for him!"

Jemi's face turned red.

Etcetera grabbed her arm.

"Hey, it's okay...she'll surely tell us! ...WON'T YOU?!"

"Oh sure!" Vic smiled.

The kittens sat in a corner behind an old bike, searching the middle of the junkyard for a cute tom who could be THE tom...

"Hey girls!" Munkustrap sat down beside them, an arm around Vic.

Vic gulped. "You?"

"Yes, me!" Munk looked at the other kittens who've been staring at him.

"Ain't I allowed to check up, whether you aren't getting into trouble?"

Vic sighed. "Of course you can!"

The other kittens where relieved and exchanged mean-full looks.

"Oh, I see, this is girly stuff!"

And so Munkus left.

"God! I nearly thought he..." Etce grinned, "So he's still free!"

Electra laughed out loud. "I think he heard that!"

Etcetera blushed and blushed even more when suddenly a black arm pulled her closer to a fluffy mane and a black, masculine chest.

"Hey sweetys! Merry Christmas!"

"Tugger" Etcetera shreaked.

"Cool down honey! Here try some of this!"

The mane coon gave the small kitten a cup of eggnog.

She tasted it and grinned.

"That's yummy..."

The other kittens tried it too, except for Vic.

She couldn't eat, nor drink, nor talk.

This made Tugger nosy.

"Hey beauty, what's wrong with you?"

"Oh, she's in..."

Electra had stopped Etectera from continuing the sentence.

"Drank to much eggnog?!" she hissed into Cettys ear.

Tugger grinned.

"She's in what?"

"Tugger, why not dance with Cetty? She'd be glad about that!"

Etcetera blushed and Tugger's grin widened by these words.

"Yeah, why not..."

The Tugger lead Etcetera away and they wouldn't show up for the next few hours, that was for sure.

"Guess it ain't Tugger either!" Jemi sighed. "I'll go see what Munku's up to now...I guess it's time for you..."

Victoria nodded, while not able to stop smiling.

"Coming with me?" Jemi asked Electra while turning around.

"Of course!"

She hugged Vic, wishing her luck and then left with Jemima.

Victoria sighed, slowly walking onto the 'dance floor'.

"Keep cool girl!" She whispered to herself.

There was some sort of slow music playing, and as she walked past the dancing couples, her heart aced.

Everything was in slow motion.

As she past Etcetera, she smiled at her, cuddling into Tug's mane.

Jerrie was dancing with Teazer, more or less just arguing with her and then hugging again, for they always did that when they where hyper.

Alonzo was dancing with Cassandra. What a cute couple.

And Pouncy and Jemi? Did she miss something out? But jemi just smiled happily.

'Good luck.' She whispered.

Vic was on the middle of the dance floor now.

All the couples dancing around her! She just stood there.

Suddenly Munkustrap lifted Vic up, twisting around and smiling.

Munkustrap? But...NEVER?!

She was right, for he soon let her down again, smiled and said that it must be boring, dancing all alone.

Then he went back to Demeter and Electra, after giving her a letter!

She opened it emidiatly, no matter whether she was standing in the middle of the dance floor or not.



Dear Vic,

Sorry, but it isn't the right place when everybody's dancing.

Don't want everybody to see it.

Follow your heart!



Victoria left the dance floor, wondering what that might mean.

Most of the sweet toms didn't seem to be HER tom...

But this tom she had to think of every time she red the letters...

The one she had noticed in the last days...

"Yes!"

She ran back to the Junk pile where she had nearly seen him once.

There where he had printed a heart into the snow...

Just about to climb up onto the mountain of junk, she heard a noise.

She smiled, her heart beating as wild as never before.

She walked on a narrow and dark path.

For a moment she was scared.

Not Macavity...!

He was evil and since she was a small kitten everybody had told her

to stay away from him!

But he was poetical! She was quite sure about that.

A new noise.

A gentle breathing in the shadow of a fridge.

She stood face to face with HER tom, she could feel that,

although she saw nothing but darkness.

Vic took a deep breath. She knew who he was! She was sure! She felt it.

"Coricopat...?"

Silence

And then a soft laughing.

"How did you know?"

"I felt it!" Vic smiled, released and happy.

The young tom stepped out of the dark shadow.

The silver moonlight made his fur shine and Victoria wondered why

the snow did not melt away, for she felt it was everything but cold!

"Now, what's your answer?"

"Answer to what?"

"Do you love me?" Coricopat said, his deep green eyes nearly hypnotising Victoria.

Vic made a step towards him and gently layed a paw around his neck.

"Yes!"

Coroicopat lowered his head down to her's and gently kissed her, diving into those endless blue eyes he had dreamed of.