People are talkin, talking 'bout people
I hear them whisper, you won't believe it
They think we're lovers kept under covers
I just ignore it, but they keep saying
We laugh just a little too loud
We stand just a little too close
We stare just a little too long
Maybe they're seeing, something we don't, Darlin'

"Beautiful night"

The moon was high in the sky, casting faint shadows on the road. The streetlamps were lit and seemed to be acting as a trail for the two who were heading home. They weren't seen by anyone, mainly because the street was currently deserted. All the homeowners have gone to bed at a respectable time; as they always did. The only ones that could be seen were the burglars that roamed about; none were foolish enough to try to break in. It was tried by many and no human has yet to succeed. Cats on the other hand... The only two that were known to have gotten into the houses on Victoria Grove were walking down the street in pride, tails and heads held up high. Their calico fur shone in the light, not to be outdone by the pearls that hung by one of their necks though.

"Yeah, it is nice" the female of the duo said as she looked upward, the moonlight reflecting in her bright green eyes.

"What's wrong Teazer? You seem... I don't know distant. What's on you mind" The male asked as he slowed down his pace, giving them more time to talk.

"It's just something I heard today" Rumpelteazer said offhandedly with a bit of a giggle in her voice.

"Tell me"

"No, it's just some stupid queen talk Mungo" she said as she tried to fight off her laughter. "It's pointless."

"I don't care" Mungojerrie said as he gently nuzzled her freckled cheek. "I want to know what's got your whiskers in a knot."

"Fine," she sighed as she slowed her pace so it matched his. "I was walking around, just before we left, and I heard Bombalurina and Demeter talking-"

"Well if they said it then it must be true" Mungo said confidently as Rumpel laughed.

"No, this time it isn't; trust me. You won't believe it. They... they think that we're..." she giggled as she stumbled over her own words. "Jerrie, they think that we're a couple"

Mungo stopped walking altogether and looked at her oddly. "But we are Teazer. Don't you remember our song? 'We're a notorious couple of'-"

"Yes... I mean no. I remember our song; that's not the kind of couple that they were implying"

"You mean that they think that we're..." Jerrie struggled with the absurdness of it to find the right words "Lovers?" Rumpelteazer nodded her head vigorously, giggling loudly. Mungo looked at her for a moment before snorting into his paws and laughing with her. The two gasped for air, banged their paws on the sidewalk, and roared as they laughed.

"That's not all" Rumpel said weakly, "Jenny and Jelly think so too." Mungo was sent into another wave of laughter as she tried to hold hers off.

"That's ridiculous" Jerrie laughed, tears streaming down his face. "I don't think I ever laughed harder in my life."

"Same here, it was hard enough for me not to laugh when I heard them say it. They were saying that we were just too affectionate towards each other to just be friends" Rumpelteazer said as her giggles died down. The two of them sat in the light of streetlamp as they wiped away their tears. "We should probably get home though if we want to actually sleep."

"Yeah, I suppose so" Mungojerrie agreed as they started back up to the end of the street. "Just be glad that those humans of ours were smart enough to put a cat door in, or we'd never get in."

"Did you see the woman's reaction to it though? I thought that she was going to kill him." Rumpel smirked. "She almost broke away from her Stepford Wife image."

"Yeah, her hair almost fell out of place" Mungo poked as they slipped thought the gap in the Iron Gate in front of the house. They walked up the gravel drive in near silence and around the back of the house. After crawling through their door, they went to the laundry room and into their cat bed. Jerrie curled up first, leaving plenty of space for Rumpel, although she never takes up too much room. "Teazer" she moaned to show that she was listening. "What if we make them think that it's true."

"That what's true" she asked, curled into herself.

"What Bombalurina and Demeter said; what if we make them think that we are in love? What say we give them something to talk about?" He proposed as she turned around to face him, a wicked smile on her face.

"You mean we fool them?"

"Exactly"

"It could be a scandal"

"Blow them right out of the water"

"We could do it for a week or two-"

"-then out ourselves and humiliate them all" he finished, moving his face closer to hers. He poked his cheek with his tongue before it lolled out of his mouth. "What do you say?"

"I say that it sounds just... lovely" She grinned before pinning him down in the bed. The two them laughed silently before falling asleep, wrapped up in each others arms.

"You ready" Mungojerrie asked as they walked into the Junkyard. He draped his arm over her shoulder and pulled her closer to him.

"Of course I am" Rumpel replied, chipper. "We just need to make sure that we keep our stories straight. Do you remember it all?"

"Yes, why do we need to have a past dating story though?"

"Because Love, it makes it seem all the more truthful. Besides those queens are going to try to pry every last detail out of me like leeches." She added with a giggle. "If we tell them and their toms different stories, they'll put it together and we'll be the ones who are humiliated."

"Alright," He agreed before whispering "we're coming on to the clearing. It's time to put it into action." Rumpel giggled softly as they stepped into the open space. Admetus immediately noticed them and began calling Mungojerrie over to play cards with him and some of the other toms. Mungo automatically removed his arm from Rumpel and began to walk over towards them. She grabbed his arm and pulled him towards her, turning him towards her at the same time.

"Where do you think you're going" she asked playfully as she toyed with his collar.

"With the toms" he said, mentally hitting himself for nearly ditching the plan so easily.

"Alright" she smiled sweetly as she moved in a little closer.

"It's not like I'm leaving you for forever. Just an hour or so" he reassured as he pressed his nose against hers. "Kiss?"

She giggled at him, who was smirking mischievously. "Of course" she smiled before kissing him confidently on the lips, holding it long enough so that it was clear to the cats that were watching that it wasn't just a friendly 'good-bye kiss.' She waved to him shyly as he went to join the bewildered toms.

"Rumpelteazer" she turned around and saw Demeter calling her. "Come up here"

'Score' she thought to herself as she walked up the junk pile to join the gold queen. She sat across from her, soon joined by Bombalurina, who obviously saw the display.

"Yes" Rumpel asked innocently as she looked between the two.

"Don't act like that" Bombalurina scoffed. "And don't think that we didn't see that. We want details."

"Lots of them" Demeter added as Rumpel made herself blush. "When did you two hook up?"

"Oh I don't know" she giggled, playing the ditzy queen "Couldn't have been more then a month"

"And why didn't we hear about it?"

"Well, we wanted to keep it a secret, it's not like it's something that the Tribe really needed to know. But I ended up overhearing you two last night, the part where you were saying that we were obviously an item, so we figured that we might as well go public with it."

"Really" Demeter asked, looking embarrassed.

"Yes," she said as she nodded her head.

"So, tell us Rumpel... is he a good kisser?"

"They were like vultures Jerrie" Rumpel moaned into his chest later that night. "They just kept on picking at me, asking me things that I never even thought of. Then Jenny and Jelly showed up and I had to go through it again."

"It couldn't have been that bad" Mungo comforted as he rubbed her back.

"It was worse. When Jennyanydots first showed up she said; 'Why Rumpel dear, would you look at you? You're simply glowing... you aren't pregnant are you?' I nearly had a heart attack."

"Don't worry" Mungo advised as he licked the tip of her ear. "It'll get easier as the week goes on."

"I hope so" she said, purring from his show of affection.

"I promise you" he said as he nuzzled her, purring as well. "It will. Are you doing anything next Wednesday night?"

"No" she purred, "why?"

"We could set up a fake date for us." He suggested. "Make sure that they all know, incase anyone wants to do some spying."

"Sounds good. Night Jerrie..."

A/N: Hello all another chapter, another day... Not a whole lot going on, babysitting some sleeping kids right now; got no school on friday and parent teacher meetings the next two days. That's all.... Wow, that a really short authors note... I may as well put you all out of your miseries and let you reply now