A/N: Alright everyone, here's my attempt at a fanfic. My first ever, so please be nice=) Just a bit of info: WARNING: this IS a slash…so if you don't like it, don't read…Also, so everyone's not confused, this is from another Jellicle's POV. That will be revealed later…

Rating is because it's slash & possibly for later chapters.

Sorry for the horrible title…I'll think of a better one later.

Anyway, just enjoy. & if I get enough readers I'll continue=^)

Disclaimer: Do I look like Andrew Lloyd Webber or something?? I sure hope not… On that note…I do NOT own CATS or any of the characters & such…whatevurr.

The night of the Jellicle Ball had finally arrived. It was a windy evening, but not too cold. The weather didn't matter anyway; even if it had started snowing, the ball would always go on. One time, when I was still a kitten, it actually did snow! It was so fun; after each dance number, me and the other kittens would go jump in the huge piles of snow! None of the adults seemed to mind…that is, until we ended up tracking snow all over the clearing. Oh well, it was fun!

Well anyway, it was almost time for the mating dance- when all the couples of the tribe would go into the clearing and mate with each other. Munkustrap and Demeter had been participating in this for several years now. Alonzo and Cassandra have also been mates for a while; along with Skimbleshanks and Jennyanydots. Now even Victoria was old enough to participate with Plato as her partner.

Each of the Jellicles would eventually find a life-time mate, and add on to the couples in the mating dance each year. But there will always be one cat that's guaranteed to never experience the mating dance. That one cat is- yep, you guessed it- The Rum Tum Tugger. He's had his share of hook up's with a few queens…okay, let's face it; he's probably been with every queen at least once. But that's just how he is; Tugger doesn't want a life-time mate.

"I can't be tied down." That's what he says every year when the mating dance comes around once again. This year was different…