Well... I know it's been a while, but now I'm back. I know I said that this story was on hiatus, but appearently you people are getting restless, so here's the next chapter.

Doppleteaser: Isn't it great? Thanks for your review!

-Purrs, Anglina

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Chapter 6: The Aftermath

Meanwhile a week later… back in the junkyard, a yellow and red queen sauntered up to the junkyard gate. She was looking for someone. She entered undetected seeing as the guard, who was Pouncival, was busy with Etcetera. As she crept in, her green eyes roamed all over the yard.

"Hey, sugar. Where are you headed?" came a suave voice.

The queen looked up to see a large maned cat in front of her. He was looking at her with unveiled interest. "I'm looking for Mungojerrie. Do you know him?" she asked. "He hasn't come to see me for a while and I was wondering if he's still interested."

Tugger frowned when she said this. 'This must be Tianzzi.' He thought as he studied her form. She had deep green eyes that seemed to pierce his soul. She was slim and muscular. He could see why Mungo would be attracted to her, but his private opinion still didn't change: Rumpleteazer was cuter. "Mungojerrie? Oh, you must be the queen who he used to cheat on his mate. Yeah, you'll find him by the southern junk pile and two boxes to the right." He said as he turned on his golden paw and sauntered away.

The queen, Tianzzi, just stared after his good-looking butt. Jerrie had a mate? That was news to her. Oh, well. What did the other have that she didn't? Certainly not a beautiful diamond and ruby necklace. She was wearing it now. It was an awful nice present. Surely, such a present as that meant that he liked her more than a fling…but if he had a mate…then that was a whole different ballpark. Not that she cared too much one way or another. She liked Jerrie, but she also liked several other toms and she got presents from them. However, something was a bit different about him. She couldn't put her paw on it, though.

Mungojerrie was lying in his box, just lying, not moving. For the past couple weeks, he'd become fairly anti-social. He didn't talk to any of the other cats except Tugger and never left his box unless it was to relieve himself or to get food. Most of the other cats didn't really feel any sympathy for him. He had made the decision to cheat and therefore, he needed to pay the consequences. He heard paw steps outside his box, but he didn't pay them any heed. It was probably just Tugger who came to visit him every day. But then he heard a different voice call out,

"Jerrie? Are you in there? Please come out. I need to talk to you."

He groaned when he realized it was Tianzzi. He'd been avoiding her for the past week. How could he go back to her, when he knew that it was because of her that his mate, the one cat he really loved, had left him? He stayed still, hoping that she would leave. He heard the curtain being pulled aside. He sighed. "What do you want Tianzzi?"

"Well… I was wondering if you were still interested. You haven't come by to see me." She said as she cautiously crept towards him. He was sure acting weird. Every other time she was with him, it was all she could do to slow him down.

He sighed heavily and turned towards her. "True, I was seeing you for a while and now, because of that, my mate has left. I don't want to see you again. Now I've lost everything that really mattered to me. You… you were just a fling I never should have taken. I regret the time I was with you. I also want the collar I gave you back."

She was stunned. She hadn't realized that he was just looking for fun. She'd thought that he really cared for her. 'Ah, hell with it.' she thought and unclasped the collar. "Here, I never wanted it anyhow. Take your present back. I honestly thought you wanted more than just some fun. I was wrong and I can accept that. I won't bother you again." She said blandly, walking towards the door. As she pulled back the door, she turned around and said sweetly, "I won't bother you again, but if you ever need company, you know where to find me." With that she left Jerrie in complete silence.

Mungojerrie didn't even turn to watch her leave. He sighed again and turned over in his bed. His stomach rumbled. He pushed himself up and took off to find some food. What was he going to do?

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