Chapter 5- Moonlit Thoughts

It was very dark by now, the only light was coming from the bright moon. She knew all of her friends would have gone home, figuring she had done the same. She was too upset to care about anything other than getting away from the tom that had hurt her so much.

How could he have done this to her? Go back to Cass after all he had said and done? After kissing her and even letting her dare to believe she had a chance with him? He had just gone running back to Cass without a second thought, claiming he was still 'in love' with her.

Angry, upset, and confused beyond reason, Jemima collapsed on the ground sobbing. She had no idea where she was, though she vaguely saw it as a dark part of the junkyard she had never seen before, though it was dark so it could very easily be not far from the main junkyard. The darkness and moonlight was blurred by her tears which couldn't seem to stop flowing.

How afraid had she been that something like this would happen? She should have been more careful, more wary, but she had just gone and gotten her heart broken again. She remembered the words Pouncie had said to her....

"Jemima....I'm sorry but I think we'd be better off as friends. We can still be friends right?" he whispered as she held back tears.

"Oh yeah Pouncie, we'll be the best of friends because thats what always happens when a tom breaks up with one queen because he likes another." she said sarcastically.

"What are you talking about?" he tried cover his surprise but she saw right through it. He didn't think she knew about him going after Bomba.

"You know exactly what I'm talking about. 'Talking' to Bomba while you were still dating me? Thats pretty low Pounce. Did you think I wouldn't find out?"

"Jemima...." he said sounding concerned, but being the stubborn tom that she knew he was, she could tell his feelings for her were long gone, no matter what he said. "Jem you know I'd never do anything to hurt you."

"Too late Pounce. Was getting with the tribe's whore your plan all along? Isn't she a little old for an immature kitten such as youself?"

"She's not too old for me! You're just being a jealous kitten, you wouldn't know anything about her!"

"Pounce, did you forget Bomba's my mother's best friend? I know how she is, so don't tell me how 'amazing' Bomba may act like around you."

Pounce only looked angrily at her, so she decided to end it then and there."Oh I see you didn't deny the whole 'Bomba's a whore' part. Have fun with her Pouncie but don't even try to to come back to me when she hurts you."

She had been hurt when Pouncival had indeed run after the scarlett queen. Their little 'fling' only lasted a little over a week before Bomba went running back to Tugger, hurting Pounce just as Jemima had said she would. Pounce had indeed tried to come back to Jemima but she was through dealing with his lies and games and refused to even talk to him.

This is what had flashed through her mind when Alonzo had said something about possibly liking Bombalurina a few days ago, the day he had kissed her. This was why she had been so upset with hearing of another tom she liked running after the scarlett queen. She didn't see what the toms saw in her, other than the fact that she was a whore. Why toms would go for that, she had no idea but she had been through too much to bother even trying to get along with her mother's friend.

She stopped crying because now she was just plain angry. She remembered all the things Pouncie had said to her while they had dated for a month or so. And then the fresher memories of everything that had recently happened with Alonzo.

Alonzo had always been a flirt but he had never seriously said anything about liking Jemima. It was common knowledge him and Cass were going to be mates and Cass had to deal with his constant flirting. Jemima seemed to be the queen he constantly flirted with, but nobody thought anything of it because he was like that around eveyone. It just so happend that Jemima saw him a lot because she was a friend of Plato's.

She had started to like him back a few months ago, though that was when there it was absolutely certain him and Cassandra were happy together, and seemingly never going to break up. She had tried over and over to get over him, and she had almost succeded. But when that one night came along, that quickly changed. They had broken up and the whole tribe was surprised.

But how would the tribe, let alone her friends, react to Jem and Alonzo's little 'fling'? Not to mention how badly he had hurt her, going straight back to the saimese queen.

All of this and more went through her head as she controlled her tears and stared at the moon for comfort. Night had always been her favorite time because she could seek comfort in the moon and the stars somehow, even though no one else understood why.

Still silently crying every once in a while as another thought or memory passed through her mind, Jemima sat there the entire night, staring up at the heavens.

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Sorry its so short, I felt the need to explain what happend between Jem and Pounce. I know I haven't done author's notes before but I'm starting now. And please no silent readers! Please review, it woud make my day =]