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"I saw him!! He left with her - to her hotel room!!" cried Bombalurina through her tears that flowed uncontrolably. She was sobbing so hard she could barely breath. She took the tissue that Demeter had handed her and wiped her face. "I don't know why he's doing this! This was OUR vacation together and he goes and - and -" and the red queen fell in her sister's arms and wept. The rest of the Jellicles in the hotel room watched with agony and remorse towards the maned tom. Pouncival shook his head, "How could Tugger do that?" Sillabub agreed, "Yeah I mean, sure he's a flirt but he would never go to a hotel room and -"
"Well he did have a bit too much to drink." concluded Jellylorum matter of factly and Bomba cried even harder. Munkustrap rubbed his temples. He was very upset with the maned tom. He loved every one of his Jellicles and to see one crushed by something the other did killed him. "I'm nothing to him!" cried Bomba, "Nothing at all! He'll never change. Why did I think that I was the one for him?! WHY?! I KNEW what he was! Why couldn't I just look past the good looks and attitude? I'm so stupid! I'm just another queen to flirt with to him!!"
"Don't say that." came a voice from the door way. Every head turned. It was Rum Tum Tugger standing there with a stirn look on his face, his board short strings dangled. "YOU!!" hissed the red queen as she stood from the bed and ran towards him like a rabid pollicle. Her friends tried to hold her back but she squeezed through, shoved Tugger into the wall and slapped him with all her might. She tried to continue in beating him senseless but the strong tom held her back by her shoulders allowing a few strong hits to his chest and shoulders. Her blows became weaker as she sobbed and collapsed in his arms. He struggled to hold her up right. In dishearted whispered she cried, "You pathetic, immature, rancid, cold hearted, two timing, son of a -"
"Bomba please!" he cried. But she gave him another slap into the wall and ran out the door crying and stumbling. Demeter quickly ran after her shoving Tugger out of the way and Tugger quickly grabbed the door frame to prevent him from falling. The rest of the Jellicles in the room were silent as they stared at him in anger and dissapointment. Munkustrap who stood near him had his arms crossed as he said in a stirn firey voice, "How could you?" Tugger rolled his eyes, "Munku, I didn't do anything. I came to-"
"You didn't do anything?!" now the gray tom was down right angry with him, "Bomba sees you and that white trash feline slip to a hotel room and yet you didn't do anything?!?!?!" Tugger quickly stood to Munkustrap and retorted, "She's not white trash!" His eyes wondered to the rest of the tribe knowing he wasnt on anyone's good side, "Look I know what I did back there at the bar didn't look very good, but I promise you, nothing happened. In fact, though Usina wanted to, I came back to my senses and told her how much I really loved Bombalurina." everyone's ears pricked and Tugger nodded before they could ask, "Yeah," and he threw his arms in the air surrendering all his feelings, "I love her! I've always loved her. I messed up. I admit that but nothing happened. I couldnt do it. I love Bombalurina." suddenly a single tear began to form on his face as he look down in dismay, "And I think I ... screwed it up." the tom glanced back up at Munkustrap, pain in his eyes and tone of voice. He could see the truth in the maned tom and his anger lightened. He believed him. Tugger continued as a shred of fighting tears streamed down his cheek, "If anyone was stupid, it was me. I had the one thing in my life that I've been searching for and I had to juggle with something incredibly special that I had...that I KNEW I had and" the tom swallowed hard then said, "...I fumbled." and Tugger leaned back against the wall unable to hold himself up and slid in failure to the ground, knees propped up and head sunked before them with his arms wrapped over the back of his head in shame and lost hopes. It was gone. Everything that mattered to him just ran out the door.

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A few yards away from the tiki bar party that continued on in the night, Bombalurina sat against a tree staring off at the neon lights, the ocean in the distance and the starfilled sky. Her tears had become dried rivers on her face which was still moist and wet. Her mascara still smeared and painted under her eyes giving her an unattractive display. But she didn't care anymore. If she wasn't pretty enough to keep a tom in her life then she wasn't pretty enough to care about it. She sat there too tired to cry and even if she wasnt she had run out of tears. She sat there with her head back against the tree and just allowed the island's wind to dry her face with it's cool gusts of air and bring back her respiration. She began remembering the simple things with Tugger like the dance at last year's Jellicle Ball, how he carried her off with him, leaving her to feel as if she could fly. She remembered the roses he gave, the kisses, the smile that would turn her on like a star in the sky, and the invitation to go far away somewhere on a distant island to be together. Lies. All lies. Unable to face the tom again she figured it would be best to just leave the tribe and start again else where. She would have to tell Munkustrap of her decision soon. Suddenly her thoughts were interupted by a sudden presence beside her. She opened her eyes and glanced over only to see the white queen Usina. Her stomach churned and she felt as though she was going to vomit from her presence. Had she come to gloat about what a great time she had with her tom? Was she going to make her ears bleed with every detail? Through clentched teeth, Bomba asked coldly, "What do you want?"
The white queen frowned, "You're not with Tugger?" Just the fact that the queen said his name like she knew him made her spit feel like acid, "What do you think?!" and Bomba stepped to her feet unwilling to look up at such a low life feline, "I saw you two heading towards the hotel! I know about you two and you're asking why I'm not with that scum bucket? What do you think you are anyway? Do you know that tom? Do you know how long he's been with me? Do you know how much I cared for him? Do you know who he is? Do you know about his life? His mother, father, siblings, do you know the unforgetable look he gives when he's at his high times and low times? Do you know his favorite food? His favorite story, dance and song? Do you know how it feels to have something that was once a part of you be ripped away by something that had spawned on him in a matter of twenty minutes? Do you know?!?!"
Usina's eyes wondered the ground in shame as she answered in a whisper, "No...I don't, though I wish I did." and Bombalurina coudln't find anything else to say and before she even could Usina then added as she glanced up at her once again, "But I do know how much he loves you." Bombalurina frowned and Usina continued, "He's a beautiful tom hun, I saw how he was alone, drinking...drinking alot actually and I wanted him. I wanted what you had. I took him to the hotel room, I wanted him only to find out, he didn't want me. Nothing happened. He wouldn't let anything happen now matter how seductive or forceful I was and no matter how drunk or not fully there he was. He didn't want me. He wants you and I envy you. Don't give up on him. He deserves better than me. He's a good guy, I didn't think there were toms out there that were so dedicated to their queens. He's one of few. Don't lose that." and with that the white queen turned to leave. At a lost for words, Bomba cried out to her, "Usina!" the white feline turned and Bomba said, "Congratulations on the pagent." and Usina gave a weak smile, "It's just a contest. Winning a crown is nothing compared to winning a heart." and with that, the white queen left.