Earth Date: November 13, 2015

Author's Note: Yes, I know there is already a show about what happened later on in their life, but I don't like it. I think it stupid that Stitch wouldn't have searched for Lilo before giving up on her and believing she was ditching him for a boyfriend. I've always thought of Stitch being loyal to his ohana and even had the idea as a kid that when Lilo had a child old enough to run around the island on their own, she'd ask Stitch to keep an eye on them which would lead to the child and Stitch to most likely become close friends. Though with her being born around the 1993-1994 time period I have her around 21 now and what better day for the girl who taught me it was ok to be weird then Friday the 13th?

Other note: when reading a dialog where there is "~what is being said." That means they're speaking in Kooknah (the language of the alliance) and I don't want to do the whole "here's what they say and this is what it means" thing.

11:45 galactic time

"Whoohoo! Fall break! Finally!" Lilo announced as she walked into her dorm room with Stitch walking in behind her.

"Naga kona fall break." Stitch pointed out, taking a seat on Lilo's bed. "Arinark."

"I know, but it's fall on Earth, and this is a break." Lilo defended. She dropped her book bag down on her desk and started to dump out the books. As she separated which ones she would need to bring home with her, Stitch picked up his ear at a noise outside the room.

"Finally arinark is here!" a female cried out as the door to the room opened.

Lilo glanced over her shoulder with a book still in hand only to smile at her closest friend. "Hey Haon. So what do you plan to do for arinark?" She asked before going back to her book bag, putting in the last book before zipping up the bag.

"I do not know yet." Haon admitted, dropping down on her own bed. Stitch quickly crawled over to her side, getting a conferrable petting from the strange human looking tsuen. "I was thinking to just relax here on campus."

"All alone?" Lilo asked, surprised. She went to her closet to pull out her suitcase and plopped it down on the bed.

"Jim will be here." Haon pointed out.

"Bleh." Stitch said, sticking out his tongue at the teacher's name.

"Why don't you come with us?" Lilo asked, putting a hand on her hip as she eyed her purple haired friend. "You have a paper to do on Earth anyway, right?"

"Yes…" Haon looked down at Stitch, who was waiting for her response. "You sure I would not be imposing?"

"Naga!" Stitch answered. "Haon fun!"

"And I can introduce you to Victoria." Lilo smiled. "She should be on break too."

"Then I better pack." Haon said, jumping to her feet. She laughed as she dropped her school bag before saying, "Remember how we met?"

Lilo laughed, a bundle of cloths in her arms. "Ya, I couldn't speak much Kooknah so Stitch had to be my translator."

"At least you understood it." Haon sighed. "It took me forever to understand English."

"Isn't that how you found me?" Lilo asked.

*flashback*

"Pelekai?" a voice asked, getting Lilo and Stitch to turn around, stopping in the hallway.

"Iih?" Lilo asked, wondering who had called out her last name in the busy hall.

"~Is this your lunch break?" a girl with remarkably dark eyes asked, her purple hair not being what Lilo noticed first as the humanoid stopped next to her.

"Iih." Lilo nodded.

"~Can I ask you a few questions?" the girl asked.

Lilo nodded only to look down at Stitch. "Can you ask her what's her name?"

Stitch relayed the question in Kooknah, stunning the girl for a moment.

"Ink Haon." She said after regaining her tongue. "~You speak Earth language?"

Stitch sighed before climbing up Lilo's leg to sit on her book bag on the girl's back, knowing he'd be needed.

"English." Lilo corrected. "Earth has many languages."

"~So you really are from Earth?" Haon asked, the two continuing on their path to the cafeteria. Lilo nodded her head so the alien continued. "How are you aloud a pet on campus?"

Stitch scrunched up his face, determined not to be under minded as just a pet here at Galactic Alliance Community College. "~I'm not a pet! I'm her friend."

"You'll have to excuse him. He gets a little defensive when called a pet." Lilo said, waiting for Stitch to translate before continuing. "Really he's a genetic experiment who crash landed on Earth when I was little. But here at school he's my translator."

"~But he doesn't translate it back into Ear- I mean Engolish."

"English." Lilo corrected. The two walked into the busy cafeteria and got in line. "That's because he can't pronounce it all that well. Something about his mouth not being created to make the sounds. Though cause of that I learned a lot of it as a kid."

"~Just not enough to speak it yet?" Haon guessed.

Lilo shrugged in response before taking a tray and moving over to look at the plates of food.

"Want coconut cake and coffee." Stitch complained as he took in the buffet before them.

"I know, Stitch." Lilo sighed, looking at the strange colored food. She turned to Haon and asked, "Any suggestions?"

"~The yomu leg, soban, kikitaki, and wamak are all favorites of most people." Haon offered.

Lilo looked at each of the foods she pointed out noticing a green and blue spotted chicken-like leg, long thick noodles in a gravy, a pancake-like pastry with gray filling, and a bubbling blob of orange gelatin.

"Yomu yomu, sasa!" Stitch exclaimed.

"Alright Stitch, I'll get a couple of them and a bit of the other stuff." Lilo said, hoping her stomach would be able to handle the alien food. The three got their food and found a table.

"~Is it true that you're the first human to go here?" Haon asked.

"I think so." Lilo nodded. "Most humans don't even know other life exists."

Stitch started to translate with his mouth full only for Lilo to call out his name. He looked up at her stern face and swallowed his food. "Sorry." He tried, giving her a smiled before turning to Haon and continuing translating what Lilo had said.

"~So what are you studying?"

"Officially business, though I've already got a job as a liaison." Lilo said, eyeing a spoon full of the orange gunk.

"Liaison?" Haon echoed.

"Between my government and the grand council." Lilo explained.

A beeping came from Lilo's jean pockets, stopping her from trying the wamak. She pulled out a circular pod and touched the center of the screen. "Hey Juma, what's up?"

Stitch leaned over and smiled at the small picture of Jumba in Lilo's hand.

"Little girl, six-two-six, is there being a chance you could be coming home today?" Jumba asked.

"Why?" Lilo asked, eyeing the four eyed alien.
"Eh…" Jumba looked away from the screen before admitting. "It is experiment one-oh-one."

"These little monsters won't be good for anyone but you!" Pleakley cried off screen.

"We'll be home in about twenty minutes." Lilo sighed. She hung up before turning back to Haon. "I have to go. We should talk more later."

"Ichia chuw gaba." Stitch translated real quick before cramming the rest of the food in his mouth. He rushed out of the cafeteria on fours to catch up with Lilo.

*end Flashback*

"~So when's your ride coming to pick us up?" Haon asked as she followed Lilo and Stitch through the parking garage, thinking they were heading to the pick up spot at the far end of the garage.

"Oh, you didn't know?" Lilo asked, glancing at her friend. She noticed Stitch, who was lounging on her rolling suitcase but decided against making him walk. "We have our own ship."

"Your family lets you have a ship!?" Haon asked in surprise.

"Well, I'm the only human on the planet to need on." Lilo reminded. She stopped in front of an old model red cruiser and pulled out the keys. "Come on, it's a twenty minute trip with good traffic."