22Aggy squeezed her eyes shut. Aggy had always hated getting my make up done. Brushes fan her face, just skimming the top of her nose, making it itch. She groaned slightly as Tash, the make up artist laughed, "You hate this don't you."
In a monotone voice Aggy responded, "How did you guess?"
Tash spun the chair Aggy was sitting on to make her face her, tucking a glossy tendril of hair back she put her finger to her lips and shushed, "I've got premonitions."
Aggy didn't look amused, she frowned and spun back round again.
"Bad day." Tash mused.
"Extremely." Aggy rubbed her temples.
Tash pulled them harshly away, "Don't mess it up."
Aggy ignored her and turned back to the mirror, staring at the cat in the mirror.
Her face was a golden brown and she had several fur like streaks across her face in lots of brown colours. She wiggled the whiskers stuck to her face.
She turned to Tash, who was pouting, "Sorry, Tash. You are a genius."
Her lip curled over her teeth as she clapped her hands in delight, "Excellent."
Mia ran up to Aggy, her face covered in face paint to be a cat, terror and excitement written all over her face, "Oh My God." She squeezed her eyes shut and then opened them, "I think I could vomit."
Aggy pulled Mia's hands in to hers, "Please don't, I've got a lot riding on this."
Mia nodded, taking a large, deep breath, "I think I can do that."
Aggy shook Mia's hands, causing Mia to look up at her best friend, "Don't think, just do."
"Yeah." Mia reassured herself, "We can do this."
"We can." Aggy assured Mia.
"What about you though? How are you?"
"Physically, I'm great. Emotionally… I'm kind of a wreck."
"I'm gonna kill Rob, I can't believe he dissed you… and rejected you." Mia whined and then bit her lip.
"No. He had a reason to do what he did."
"But technically, you didn't cheat on him."
"But…"
Mia continued despite Aggy's but, "'Cause you weren't in a relationship."
"But… I did kiss him though."
Mia ignored her and looked over Aggy's shoulder, "Speak of the Devil." She said it loud enough so he could hear.
Aggy gave Mia a menacing look and grabbed Rob's arm, whisking him away to the stairwell behind the stage.
"What Aggy?" Rob whispered in a stern voice, "We are about to go on."
"You can't keep avoiding me!" Aggy said in a squeaky voice. "I want to be with you!"
"Look, it's to late." Rob turned to walk away.
"No, no it isn't!" Aggy grabbed Rob's arm hard digging her nails in to his arm, causing him to jerk his arm towards her, "What do I have to do?"
"Prove it."
"What?!" Aggy stared at him confused.
"Prove to me that you want me the way I want you." He paused, "And that you're not going to dump me as soon as you find the next new thing."
"I wouldn't do that to you, Rob."
"Prove it."
Rob walked away, his cat tail swishing from side to side, taking away most of the anger in his walk, making him look extremely stupid.
"How can I prove it?" Aggy screamed back at him in frustration.
The whole crew turned to her and raised their eyebrows.
Aggy shook her head and dismissed them; "I'm trying to prove to him I saw Chad Michael Murray filming while I was in LA last year." She paused trying to think of what to say next, "I didn't get any pictures."
The crew went back to their business.
Aggy knew they were being childish, but she couldn't help it. Rob was just so frustrating!
The director clapped his hands together and told everyone to get on stage.
The curtain opened and bunch of cats were scattered on a dark alley way back drop. Then the music started.
Are you blind when you're born? Can you see in the dark?
Can you look at a king? Would you sit on his throne?
Can you say of your bite that it's worse than your bark?
Are you cock of the walk when you're walking alone?
Because Jellicles are and Jellicles do
Jellicles do and Jellicles would
Jellicles would and Jellicles can
Jellicles can and Jellicles do
When you fall on your head, do you land on your feet?
Are you tense when you sense there's a storm in the air?
Can you find your way blind when you're lost in the street?
Do you know how to go to the Heaviside Layer?
Because Jellicles can and Jellicles do
Jellicles do and Jellicles can
Jellicles can and Jellicles do
Jellicles do and Jellicles can
Jellicles can and Jellicles do
Can you ride on a broomstick to places far distant?
Familiar with candle, with book and with bell?
Were you Whittington's friend? The Pied Piper's assistant?
Have you been an alumnus of heaven or hell?
Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
We can dive through the air like a flying trapeze
We can turn double somersaults, bounce on a tire
We can run up the wall, we can swing through the trees
We can balance on bars, we can walk on a wire
Jellicles can and Jellicles do
Jellicles can and Jellicles do
Jellicles can and Jellicles do
Jellicles can and Jellicles do
Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
Can you sing at the same time in more than one key
Duets by Rossini and waltzes by Strauss
And can you (as cats do) begin with a C
That always triumphantly brings down the house
Jellicle cats are queen of the nights
Singing at astronomical heights
Handling pieces from the Messiah
Hallelujah, angelical choir
The mystical divinity of unashamed felinity
Round the cathedral rang "Vivat!"
Life to the everlasting cat!
Feline, fearless, faithful and true
To others who do what
Jellicles do and Jellicles can
Jellicles can and Jellicles do
Jellicle cats sing Jellicle chants
Jellicles old and Jellicles new
Jellicle song and Jellicle dance
Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
Practical cats, dramatical cats
Pragmatical cats, fanatical cats
Oratorical cats, delphioracle cats
Skeptical cats, dispeptical cats
Romantical cats, pedantical cats
Critical cats, parasitical cats
Allegorical cats, metaphorical cats
Statistical cats and mystical cats
Political cats, hypocritical cats
Clerical cats, hysterical cats
Cynical cats, rabbinical cats
Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
Jellicle bells that Jellicles ring
Jellicle sharps and Jellicle flats
Jellicle songs that Jellicles sing
Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
There's a man over there with a look of surprise,
As much as to say, "Well now how about that!"
Do I actually see with my own very eyes
A man who's not heard of a Jellicle cat?
What's a Jellicle cat? What's a Jellicle cat?
A couple of songs went on and this was the part where Aggy had to flirt with Rob on stage as her cat.
The Rum Tum Tugger is a curious cat
If you offer me pheasant I'd rather have grouse
If you put me in a house I would much prefer a flat
If you put me in a flat then I'd rather have a house
If you set me on a mouse then I only want a rat
If you set me on a rat then I'd rather chase a mouse
The Rum Tum Tugger is a curious cat
And there isn't any call for me to shout it
For he will do as he do do
And there's no doing anything about it!
The Rum Tum Tugger is a terrible bore
When you let me in, then I want to go out
I'm always on the wrong side of every door
And as soon as I'm at home, then I'd like to get about
I like to lie in the bureau drawer
But I make such a fuss if I can't get out
The Rum Tum Tugger is a curious cat
And it isn't any use for you to doubt it
For he will do as he do do
And there's no doing anything about it!
The Rum Tum Tugger is a curious beast
My disobliging ways are a matter of habit
If you offer me fish then I always want a feast
When there isn't any fish then I won't eat rabbit
If you offer me cream then I sniff and sneer
But I only like what I find for myself
So you'll catch me in it right up to my ears
If you put it away on the larder shelf
The Rum Tum Tugger is artful and knowing
The Rum Tum Tugger doesn't care for a cuddle
But I'll leap in your lap in the middle of your sewing
For there's nothing I enjoy like a horrible muddle!
The Rum Tum Tugger is a curious cat
The Rum Tum Tugger doesn't care for a cuddle
The Rum Tum Tugger is a curious cat
And there isn't any need for me to spout it
For he will do as he do do
And there's no doing anything about it!
Songs went on and on until Aggy solo came on, and that's when the real nerves kicked in. aggy snaked on stage to the music. The other girl sang.
Macavity! Macavity's a mystery cat
He's called the Hidden Paw
For he's a master criminal who can defy the law
He's the bafflement of Scotland Yard
The Flying Squad's despair
For when they reach the scene of crime Macavity's not there!
Macavity, Macavity, there's no one like Macavity
He's broken every human law
He breaks the law of gravity
His powers of levitation would make a fakir stare
And when you reach the scene of crime Macavity's not there!
You may seek him in the basement
You may look up in the air
But I tell you once and once again
Macavity's not there!
Then Aggy sang.
Macavity's a ginger cat
He's very tall and thin
You would know him if you saw him for his eyes are sunken in
His brow is deeply lined in thought
His head is highly domed
His coat is dusty from neglect
His whiskers are uncombed
He sways his head from side to side
With movements like a snake
And when you think he's half asleep
He's always wide awake!
Macavity, Macavity, there's no one like Macavity
For he's a fiend in feline shape
A monster of depravity
You may meet him in a by-street
You may see him in the square
But when a crime's discovered then Macavity's not there!
He's outwardly respectable
I know he cheats at cards
And his footprints are not found in any files of Scotland Yard's
And when the larder's looted
Or the jewel cases rifled
Or when the milk is missing
Or another Peke's been stifled
Or the greenhouse glass is broken and the trellis past repair
There's the wonder of the thing:
Macavity's not there!
Macavity, Macavity, there's no one like Macavity
There never was a cat of such deceitfulness and suavity
He always has an alibi and one or two to spare
Whatever time the deed took place, Macavity wasn't there!
And they say that all the cats whose wicked deeds are widely known
(I might mention Mungojerrie, Rumpelteazer, Griddlebone)
Are nothing more than agents for the cat who all the time
Just controls the operations
The Napoleon of Crime!
Macavity, Macavity, there's no one like Macavity
He's a fiend in feline shape
A monster of depravity
You may meet him in a by-street
You may see him in the square
But when a crime's discovered then Macavity's not there!
When it was the End Aggy decided to go to the after party. Several people approached her and told her about potential scholarships. She chose one by the end of the night.
Been a long time, eh! Well I didn't get all the reviews I wanted, which wasn't so good. I only got two!
So I am kind of pissed.
This is a filler chapter. The next chapter will be my last before the prologue.
Hannah no XOXO for you guys!