Second fanfic and I would love a review, let me know!

I don't own cats :(

Old Deuteronomy had started to realise that he could no longer keep his secret. At least not all of it. He looked down at the little kitten on the ground and did his best to not acknowledge the fact that it could talk. But it wasn't just a word here or there, it was sentences and most importantly, it was questions.

"Are you my dad?" it asked. "Do I have any brothers or sisters?" it went on. "If I am a Jellicle cat, why can't I meet other Jellicles?" Those big eyes demanded some kind of answer and the Jellicle leader could only laugh and put off answering 'until tomorrow' for so long. "I know what tomorrow is now, so I know you said it yesterday and that means I will know today isn't that right?" the kitten asked both demanding and proud of knowing about how time works.

He had taken the kitten in when she was just done nursing her mother and just to think about that day made Old Deuteronomy sad and angry. It was the day of the Jellicle ball and they had all been struck by the beautiful 'memory' that Grizabella sang to them. Old Deuteronomy had not thought twice about choosing her to go to the Heaviside layer and all the other Jellicles had been convinced she was the one who deserved it most that year. When they stood together on the old tire Grizabella had quickly shared her secret with him and in that moment he had felt sympathy for her and promised to do everything he could. It was afterwards that he had come to realise what a selfish act she had done and that she once again had run away from things when they got too hard. In his most bitter moments he thought that at least this was the last time she did it and in his most forgiving moments he was happy that he had given her the promise so that she could go in peace to the Heaviside layer. But still he was more often angry with her than forgiving. As they started to rise above the others Grizabella had confided in him that she had given birth not long ago and that the kitten was just done nursing. But it could not survive on its own. It needed someone to protect it and she couldn't do it she said. She had left the kitten in a safe place for the night and refused to tell him where until he agreed to take care of it. Old Deuteronomy had never been able to turn down a kitten in need, but that didn't mean that he didn't think that kittens were best raised by their parents. He had of course said yes and she had given him the location. He felt good about the decision then but now he had harder to forgive the old queen for leaving her kitten like that. He hadn't told anyone that night and now six weeks later the secret wasn't motivated to be kept. At least he couldn't keep the kitten a secret from the others, he needed the help from the tribe in raising it and he knew that the kitten needed the other cats of the tribe as well. He let out a deep sigh. 'I will not tell anyone how she came to be with me, but I have to take her to the others'.

"I know tomorrow is today, please tell me" the little kitten pleaded with her big eyes staring up into his own, old ones.

"You are absolutely right, you have learned so much about how time works" he said to buy himself some time.

"Can I meet the other Jellicles?" the kitten asked having a hard time to sit still.

"You can meet them, I will take you to them tonight, do you know when that is?" he asked her squinting his eyes and smiling.

"It is when the moon comes out and it's forever until then!" the kitten complained.

"Then I have time to answer the rest of your questions" he said and made the kitten jump circles around him, asking everything she could come up with. "One question at the time" he demanded and pulled her up to sit in his lap.

"Are you my dad?" the kitten said very serious. This was the question he was the least proud he had waited with.

"No" he said with a sigh. "I don't know who your dad is, but you can rely on me as you would have on your dad" he said firmly to make sure the kitten knew how important she was to him.

"Who is my mom?" the kit continued.

"Your mom..." he started. "Your mom was dying when I met you two and she begged me to take care of you, and I always will" he said mostly sticking to the truth. "But she has passed on to the Heaviside layer now" he decided to conclude the events and the kitten seemed ok with that for now. He had told her about the Heaviside layer when he described the Jellicles and the Jellicle ball to her before she had started to talk.

"What is my full name? You only call me Iz" she said moving on to other things of importance for a kitten that just started to talk and discover the world around her.

"Your full name is Izabella, a beautiful name for a kitten, I have picked it myself" he said scratching her behind her ear and nuzzling her. He had chosen the name early as a reminder of her mother but had then started to become more and more sure about the harm it would do her to know about her mother abandoning her like that. She could keep the name but she would never know why she got it.

"It is pretty, do you think the others will call me Iz or Izabella?" she asked.

"You can tell them which you prefer or they might call you both, or even Bella, there are a lot of cats to meet and they might all like your name in different ways" he said with a smile.

"Do I have brothers and sisters?" the kitten wanted to know next.

"No, but you will grow up around lots of other cats who you can play with just like brothers and sisters" he said and saw the little kittens face go from sad to happy again about meeting the others. "Is there anything else you want to know right now or shall we take a look how the moon is doing on its way up in the sky?" he continued as he had seen the day darken for some time now.

"The moon, the moon!" the little kitten cheered.

Old Deuteronomy picked Izabella up and they went out from the old barn where they had been living for the last six weeks. He was sure there would be more and difficult questions to answer ahead of them but for now he was pleased with the way it had went. He knew that it would be very tiring for the kitten to meet all the Jellicles that night and he decided that he would stay at the junkyard for as long as she needed him to, before she could live with the other kittens at Jennyanydots. Little Izabella had grown very important to him and when he looked down on her he couldn't see any signs of her looking like her mother and he hoped that she would not grow up to act like her either.