On Love Part Three

Dear readers. I apologise immensely for the giant lapse in time since my last post. I've been stuck at home doing the HSC (eugh, the Aussie "final" school exams) and studying eugh. Anyway, I have two weeks before my final exam (Drama, WOOT! --;;) and I thought I should do some relaxation therapy. Fanfic writing always seems to calm one down. (Cori – Maha!) (Oh c'mon… gimme a break… just ONCE) (Cori – NEVER! Maha!) As always. I own nothing! Which is even more evident now with the lack of cash that comes about from not having a part time job. Thus, if I get sued, I have nothing! So there's no point suing me! So thus I can exploit all these characters and no-one can do nuffink about it! NYAH! Chibi Teazer is back… wink wink

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Today marks a great day in Aussie history, and I'd just like to say:

Congratulations Makybe Diva! 3 Melbourne Cup Victories!  You are a gem, and officially a greater race horse than Phar Lap (who was still awesome nods. The vision of Makybe's jockey (Glen Boss) crying with happiness as he crossed the finishing line is one that will stay in the hearts of Australians for years to come. The greatest Melbourne Cup of all time. Enjoy your retirement Makybe! Viva to the Diva!

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Mungojerrie stood in shock. He had no idea where Teazer had run, he had no idea what to do and when he got home later that evening, he had no idea of the time and was obviously locked out for the night. The day had been spent trying to find Teazer. He had checked out all her usual haunts, but she'd been so distant to him for so long that he wasn't sure where her usual haunts were anymore. She could easily have found somewhere new to hunt or steal from and not have told him. He knew it was his fault. His father had warned him when he was a young kit to never ignore a queen, especially during the mating season. He had never seen Teazer as anything other than his best mate. Mate. The word rolled around in his head. He had always assumed that they would go around together as the notorious duo forever. He never realised that she might think of him in any other way, but then again, he hadn't ever thought of her in any other way either. Or had he? Sure he'd noticed how she had matured from a shy kit into an assertive queen. He'd noticed her features change from kittenish and childlike to elegance and grace (mixed around with a good deal of the clumsy) and he'd noticed every other tom looking at her in a way that made him angry. How dare they look at her like that! They had no right to look at his Teazer like that. Wait a second… his Teazer? So she was his best friend. So he knew that deep in his heart he couldn't live without her. So he knew that there couldn't be any other queen in his life… ever. Did he think of Teazer as his mate? Wasn't she already? His brain had never worked at such high speeds. Perhaps it was being locked out? Or perhaps it was the large mocha Frappucino © he had stolen from the nearby Starbucks ™ (They're just popping up everywhere aren't they?)

He sat on the doorstep of his house wondering at the intelligence of the Humans for going to bed without thinking about him when something caught his eye. A glinting, shiny disc winked at him from a nearby tuft of grass. He wandered over to it and was promptly hit on the nose.

"AowWw?" he cried out (more in surprise than pain)
"You see, you haven't changed a bit. Always after the shiny ducat."

"Eh?"
A lithe form jumped down in front of Mungojerrie causing him to double over and land square on his rear. The figure removed a dark coloured cape to reveal her puffy white fur.
"Hello Mungojerrie."
"Griddlebone" He said with the articulateness that he previously lacked. The white cat was indeed a beauty. Her dark eyes were epitome of evil and blended with her immense beauty, she was deadly. She knew how to use both of her 'assets' to her best advantage. She may have been remembered by the Jellicle tribe as a bimbo, but she indeed was not. She was immensely beautiful but her beauty went hand in hand with her lethality, she was as crafty and conniving as the Napoleon of Crime of whom she was working for, and she did everything he did, with the style and grace that a Tom just couldn't muster. She was also bigger than most cats. She of course was a fully grown queen and Mungojerrie was just entering his tomhood and as such, she towered over him, as she always had.
"The master has missed you. He was very angry when you decided to... hmm, how shall we put this… 'leave us'. He wants to see you. Now." As an afterthought she added

"Where's the little lady then?

"eh?"

"Your little Hausfrau?"

"Say whot?"

"Where's the lady of the house?"

"'oo?" Griddlebone started to get impatient.

"Where's your mate eh?"

"'Scuse me?" Her tail began to twitch with frustration at Mungo's ineptitude.
"Rumpleteazer you idiot"

"Oi don' 'no. Wha' wos yoo on bou-" But Griddlebone cut him off.

"Well that's just too bad." She started to circle Mungojerrie. He then started to realise just how sharp her teeth were and how dark her eyes were when she was angry. He swallowed a lump in his throat as Griddlebone continued "We have no need of her anyway. Yet. She doesn't know anything about that part of your history does she?" She laughed maliciously at the cat before her. Mungojerrie had never told Rumpleteazer about his past before he'd met her. The wave of fear that suddenly swept over him wasn't for the secret past he held that would imminently come out, but rather for what would happen to Teazer. They obviously did want her for something, and it couldn't be anything good. "We'd better get moving Mungojerrie. You know how aaaannngry the master gets when he's kept waiting." She grabbed him by his collar and dragged him away into the darkness of the night. The Jellicle moon seemingly laughing at his helpless situation.

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Etcetera was playing hide and seek with Pouncival and Tumblebrutus in the junkyard the next day. Jellylorum had begged ten minutes of quiet from Etcetera's younger brothers. Sweet as they were they didn't have those names for nothing. They were like ADHD kits on sugar with caffeine to pump everything up even further. Hide and seek was their favourite game. Etcetera was doing the counting, and they were doing the hiding. It always seemed to end up that way. It was all overly vexing. The two boys would hide somewhere impossible and when she got so close to them that they would inevitably be found within seconds, they would jump out at her just to see her tail fluff up. It always ended with them running away and her running to Jennyanydots or Jellylorum for comfort. And yet she would still play. Why? Who knows. She had grown out of running after the Tugger as all the other groupies all had mates now, and well… he was getting… old. Plus Bombalurina was getting very antsy now that her kits were on the way. It meant that anyone who went near her mate was likely to be clawed somewhat bad. SO! Etcetera had cast her glance around the junkyard to see the available toms. There were very few that seemed even slightly eligible. Misto was taken, as was Munkustrap, Plato was with Electra, Admetus was sweet on Victoria of course (but Etcetera didn't want to get into that, Admetus was so shy that it was an entirely different kettle of fish to the Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer case) and then of course Coricopat and Tantomile went together without saying. The rest of the toms were far to old for her to consider. I mean… c'mon… Bustopher Jones and Etcetera? I don't think so!

Etcetera had counted and began to prowl for her mischievous little brothers. She couldn't see them at all. They were A grade at hiding. She never knew how they got so great at it. Rumpleteazer and Mungojerrie probably helped them no doubt. She knew that they practically idolized the notorious duo, but if she was more honest with herself, it was more likely to be Alonzo who had helped them. He had really been out to annoy Etcetera at recent times. He had started out as her friend but as soon as he had started teaching her brothers "ways to annoy Etcetera 101" she had started to find him more and more detestable. She was walking along the side of the car, and heard a stifled giggle. She knew she was about to be jumped by her younger siblings… the only thing was she didn't know where she was going to be jumped from…

Three minutes later a gargantuan argument had ensued. The kits had jumped out at their big sister from the bonnet of the car. Her tail had indeed fluffed up as well as all the hair on her back. She had yelled at them, they at her and then a huge verbal argument had begun. Jellylorum had had her 10 minutes of freedom from the boys and then came to detach their sister's hands from their throats. They were swiftly sent to their dens. (Which of course wasn't really a punishment for those two as they had so many knick knacks hidden away in their room to aide in their mischief making, that it was almost pointless to send them their for punishment purposes) Etcetera got given a "there there dear" from her mother before being told to go and have a "quiet break". She went and sat in the shade under the giant chair and began to de-fluff herself. She was midway through her bath when a face appeared from above.

"Allo allo allo! What have we here then?"

Etcetera, mouth filled with fur was somewhat startled again (luckily the tail didn't rear up as it had with her brother's fright) and nearly choked on her own tail.

"Sorry! Didn't mean to give you that much of a scare! Seems as though your brothers have a tad too much energy at the moment eh?"
"Gee, you think Alonzo? They learned from the best." She sneered at their tutor. "What do you want? Where's the trap?"
"Who me?" he grinned sneakily at her.
Etcetera narrowed her eyes as he jumped down from the seat of the chair so that he was nose to nose with the 'feathery' Etcetera

"Alonzo…" she said warningly.

"Whattt! I'm just stopping by to… say 'Hi'" he said whilst grinning at her like a Cheshire cat.
Etcetera gave him a confused look before getting up and promptly walking away. She didn't see his ears droop with gloom as he watched her stalk away from him.

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Rumpleteazer had disappeared from the view of most of the Jellicles for a day or so. Mungojerrie had been right, she had found some new haunts that none of them knew about. She had found a little 'comic book shop' to hide in when she was feeling low-spirited. The owner of the shop always welcomed her with a piece of pizza and beer (if she wanted it, which most of the time was a no) but this time, well. To hell with it eh? She ate nearly a whole piece of pizza to herself and rather than beer (the bubbles went up her nose) drank an entire bowl of cream. Comfort eating always made her feel worse however. She decided to leave Merv (the comic book guy) to his frivolous follies and return to the junkyard. Something had to be done. She had to talk to Etcetera.

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Right o! So that's the end of that chapter. I'm sorry it's been so long once again. BUT, I promise to finish this one. It's going to sorta be like "love actually" and as you probably have already guessed, I don't necessarily back any of these pairings with my life (Cept Teazer and Jerrie or course gggr brother and sister gah!) because I've already had fairly different pairings in other stories. If you don't have an open mind about the pairings please don't flame me, it's just how I'm putting my story together okies? And a big thankyou to Anglina for giving me a well needed kick up the pants with her review. You see! By feeding author's egos they are more likely to post again :P cough Also sadly I must remove MSN messenger Cats Style. won't let it stay anymore… it's already deleted the sequel to it… which is a pain cos I don't have a copy of it! Moo, so if anyone has a copy by some strange coinkidink, please tell me? Thankeeee! Love you all! Feed my inbox with (nice?) reviews!