Your Swagger Makes Me Smile
AN:
Thank you so much to "Galandria the Vampire Queen"
for my first ever review! party poppers your small comment made my
day.
Also, sorry people but this chapter is a bit smaller then
the other one, but it has to be for the lead up to the next. As I
have a fair bit of pre-written stuff, I'll always be writing a few
chapters ahead from what you're reading. On that note, there will be
a few "flash back" filled chapters because I have devised a
plot line involving ' relationships between characters when they are
kittens. So, you no likey flashbacks? I apologize, as it is temporary
until the story gets rolling. So please, just enjoy, and tell me what
you
think!
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"So Rumpleteazer and I here the pollicle coming, and we decided to make it chase us, guess what happened next?" Mungojerrie delighted in seeing Bombalurina think hard about her answer.
"He gets one of you?" She ventured, unsure of herself.
"Even better," Mungojerrie wore a cheeky grin, not unlike his sister's, "We got him to chase us around a corner and BAM! He ran straight into a lamp post!" Both cats laughed as they entered the center of the junkyard. Bombalurina jokingly gave him a little shove. He grinned and shoved her back. Soon, they were sprinting and shoving each other like kittens, giggling and laughing around the junkyard center.
"Ooh, look at those two!" Rumpleteazer grinned, seeing her brother and Bombalurina frolicking around. Her companions, Demeter and Mistoffelees looked down in interest at the two from the old open pipe. Victoria, currently spending her time with her brother Misto, giggled as she snuck a peek in. She then decided to listen in to their conversation. Rumpleteazer was grinning ear to ear, as was Demeter and Mistoffelees.
"Well Rumple I didn't know your brother had it in him!" Misto chuckled, observing Mungojerrie's playful, slightly flirtatious nature with Bombalurina.
"My sister looks like she's enjoying herself…" Demeter smiled happily at the thought of her sister's happiness. Misto saw Alonzo padding past and motioned him over to the pipe. Alonzo smirked cheekily raising his eyebrows in disbelief.
"Well I know one brother of mine who isn't going to like this…" Alonzo mused thoughtfully. Everyone turned to look at him, confused.
"Munkustrap?" Rumple knitted her brow, "Isn't he your mate Demi?" Making Demeter nod. Alonzo groaned in disbelief.
"No, you're all clueless. Tugger!" He cried making them all nod in agreement. Misto stole another glance from over his shoulder, and then turned back to his fellow jellicles. Mungo and Bomba were rolling around together and laughing harder then before. Misto surveyed everyone's amused faces.
"Oh he won't like it. He'll HATE it." Misto foreshadowed.
Victoria had to cover her mouth with her paw to stop the sound of shock. Tugger would hate Mungojerrie and Bombalurina together?
"Victoria, come along. I'll take you back to Jellyorum." Misto was ahead of her. Acting innocently, she nodded and ran to catch up with her brother. Eventually, her brother Misto dropped her back with her kitten friends. Misto was currently talking with Jellyorum, so this gave her a chance to talk with them in privacy. Electra, Etcetera, and Jemima. All of them made up the 'Rum Tum Tugger Fan Club'. Etcetera had started it not very long ago. She was President/No.1 Fan. Followed by her sister Electra as Vice-President/No.2 fan, and Jemima and Victoria as fellow members and fans. Victoria called an 'emergency meeting'. All four kittens gathered in their clubhouse, a.k.a. an old, upturned canoe, resting behind the TSE1. Etcetera, as always, said the official pledge to which everyone mimicked robotically. Etcetera cleared her throat in a formal way, trying to act grown up.
"It appears, fellow Rum Tum Tugger fans, Victoria has called this emergency meeting to discuss something she overheard that involves our immortal feline god." She stated to the entire assembly of fans. Everyone looked at Victoria expectantly.
"Oh right!" Victoria popped out. "It has to do with Mungojerrie and Bombalurina…" At the sound of Bombalurina's name Jemima shot up and looked ecstatic. Jemima idolized Bombalurina as much as the club devoted themselves to being Tugger-lovers.
"What did she do? What did she say? What did everyone say about her?" Jemima bounced, clawing for information about her icon.
"Just hold on a minute let her tell us what she heard first!" Electra calmed down Jemima. Victoria took a deep breath before she plunged into a very detailed re-cap.
"How do you think things will go with them if they spend more time with each other?" Alonzo asked Demeter as they sheltered from the chilling rain at Munkustrap and Demeter's den the dilapidated remains of a toy box resting on its side. Their den was high on the top of a mountain of junk that overlooked the center of the junkyard. Perfect way for Munkustrap to keep an eye on things. They were both eagerly awaiting Munkustrap's return to tell him the gossip.
"Not sure…it depends. They may not have completely compatible personalities, but you never know." Demeter shrugged. Munkustrap finally came into the den, shaking drops of water from his coat. A light sprinkle of rain had begun to fall upon the junkyard. Demeter and Alonzo looked to him excitedly. He smiled.
"What's with you two? You have weird looks…" Munk looked at them all suspiciously. Demeter glanced to Alonzo to tell him.
"Guess who we saw spending a bit of time together?" Alonzo wriggled his eyebrows for indication.
Munk looked blank. "No
idea."
"Mungojerrie and Bombalurina!" Demeter grinned. Munk
was stunned.
"You're joking aren't you?" Munk looked between his brother and mate in doubt. Both shook their heads.
"No." They replied in unison. Munk raised an eyebrow at both of them.
"Don't tell me everyone's acting like this are they?" Neither answered and Munk sighed. "Great heavy side. It'll be like this tomorrow too I'm guessing?"
Again. Neither answered.
"Sooo…I saw you with Bomb-bombs today…" Rumpleteazer looked slyly at her brother, who was lying on the right side of their den. It was merely a dug out hole in a mountain of discarded clothing. Nothing special. Rumple burst into a fit of laughter as Mungojerrie blushed and looked away.
"Did you have fun?" She prodded further; Mungojerrie twisted his head to look at his sister and upon seeing her face, grinned and blushed harder.
"Yes." His whiskers twitched in happiness. Rumple tackled him in a hug.
"Awe…Mungy-Wungy I'm so happy for you!" This only made Mungo roll his eyes and push her off.
"We're just
friends."
"Sure" Rumple answered sarcastically not facing
him until she heard a slightly downtrodden sigh. He wasn't in his
usually cheeky, merry mood anymore.
"I can assure you, we're only friends…" He looked at the wall depressingly. Rumple tried to cheer him up a bit.
"You just have to tell her you like her you know! It isn't that hard"
"What do you think everyone would think of us if I did tell her?" Mungo asked her worriedly. Rumple made a lackadaisical noise as she shrugged.
"Pfft. Everyone would be fine with it. I mean I already told Demeter and Cass-"Rumple suddenly paled at her brother's look.
"YOU TOLD SOMEONE?"
He panicked, "When? And what exactly did you tell them?"
"Relax
Mungo. Just this morning. I sent Bombsi off before I told them, don't
worry. And all I said was you had a bit of a crush." Mungo didn't
see the relief Rumple thought he should have after that.
"But Cassandra will gossip! And so will Demeter!" Mungo suddenly gasped, "What if Demeter tells Bombalurina?" He was suddenly knocked back by Rumple's tortoiseshell paw. God. His nose hurt so much after that. Clutching his nose, he saw his sister give him a warning look.
"Stop it. You worry too much. Now, let's work out some stuff you can say to her…"
The sun rose over the hill like junkyard; light orange rays of the new day, alerting the cats of the dawn. Bombalurina stretched her long, red body as she awoke in her den. She loved her den. It was a bookshelf/desk unit, lined with various soft blankets and random pillows collected from around the dump. She arched her back, jumping to the side of another rubbish pile, rounding over the mountain of trash into the center of the jellicle junkyard. It was early, but she was surprised to see so many cats about at once. She knew her sister Demeter and mate Munkustrap would be up. Munkustrap had probably long started the morning patrol, along with Alonzo and Admetus. Bombalurina padded over to Jellyorum, who was whispering in hushed voices with Demeter. They giggled when they saw her approaching them. Bombs raised an eyebrow.
"It's a bit early in the morning, gossip already?" She smirked.
"Actually, it's yesterday's gossip" Demeter winked at Jellyorum.
"Why didn't anyone tell me? Not fair!" She teased her sister. Jellyorum gave a knowing grin to Bombalurina.
"Why didn't you tell us about Mungojerrie?" Damn. For an aging queen, she was still cheeky as a kitten. Bombs' jaw dropped.
"The gossip is about us?" Jellyorum and Demeter snickered.
"Of course it is deary, new partners are always exciting," Jellyorum sighed.
"US?" Demeter laughed, making Bombs groan.
"I didn't mean it
like us-us! There is no US." She stressed.
"Sure there isn't…"
Jellyorum's eyes danced with excitement. She always got like that
when she heard a prospect of a new pairings. She was like a mother
who wanted all her kids married off, and was a sucker for pushing
cats together.
Bombalurina got
frustrated; did anyone mind their own business in this place? "We
just bumped into each other on the far side of the junkyard and
walked back together! I don't see the problem!"
"Well you
looked like you were having fun…" Demeter trailed off, relishing
her sister's annoyance. Bombalurina couldn't believe it. We
walked back together, and suddenly they were an item?
"Mungojerrie's a
funny tom; anyone could have fun with him."
"AHA!" Demeter
pointed an accusing paw, smiling broadly, "You admit you had fun
with him…and he's a nice Tom?"
"Ugh. Yes. Why not? I mean he's just the father of my kittens now isn't he?" Bombalurina rolled her eyes, voice dripping with sarcasm. This was out of hand. Jellyorum smiled oddly at Bombalurina, until Bombs realized she was actually staring past her to something in the distance.
"Morning everyone! Hello! Hello!" Rumpleteazer bounced up to the small group, followed by Mungojerrie who was a fare few feet behind her. Before Mungojerrie reached them, Rumple cast a few cheeky glances between the 3 queens, followed by an odd indeterminable look towards Bombalurina. Mungojerrie finally strode into the group, and surprisingly, his head was slightly down turned; gazing almost nervously at the ground. Rumple nudged him inconspicuously with her back foot. He looked up into Bombalurina's green eyes, not turning away.
"Good mo-morning Bomba-Bomba-Bombalurina…" He finally stuttered out, his head immediately turning back to the ground.
"Jellyorum, Demeter…" He added in a mumble. Jellyorum smiled widely and offered her motherly 'Good Morning dear" while Demeter just looked amusedly at Rumple, who was rolling her eyes, obviously at her brother's stupidity for messing up. Bombalurina however, didn't take notice of Demeter and Rumple's mini expressions, as she was too busy thinking of her stomach's loud growling. The grumble must have been louder then she thought, as she heard everyone giggle.
"I'm starving I better go hunt something down" Bomba saw the other's nod, so she turned to pad away.
"Well! Go offer to hunt with her!" Rumple forcefully nudged her brother, who was staring after Bombalurina hopelessly.
"Are you sure, what if she doesn't want me to? What if she wants to be by herself? What if-"His panicky voice was quickly cut off by a smack from Rumpleteazer's paw to his head.
"Ow."
"GO!"
Rumple forced him like a sergeant without sympathy. He offered
everyone a small smile before sprinting after Bombalurina, yelling
her name. Rumple shook her head in annoyance.
"Stupid boy. He's lucky he has me. I'm the smart on of the two you know…" She gloated in jest, making Demeter laugh. "If it wasn't for me he'd still be rolling around in his sleep mumbling "Bombalurina, Oh Bombalurina. What was that? You feel the same way?" Rumple had started rolling on the dusty ground at her bad impression of a deeper voice, closing her eyes and pawing at the ear. "It's very disturbing actually…" Rumple complained of her twin, making Demeter snort with laughter and Jellyorum raise her eyebrows, stifling her own chuckles.