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Stan's Your Ham!
Chapter 1- Morning, Stan!
Stan swaggered over to the clubhouse, rhythmically shaking his maracas, feeling especially confident. He didn't know why he felt like this…maybe it was because of what happened this morning.
*Flashback* "Hey, good morning, Stan! How's my little buddy today?" Stan yawned and vacantly looked up at Noel, still slipping back into reality from his dreamy haze.
Suddenly, Stan snapped into consciousness and winked at Noel while giving him a cocky grin.
"Yeah! You know why I'm all hyped up today, Stan?" Stan looked at Noel expectantly. "Because today is Hillary's birthday, and I'm finally gonna telling her just how I feel," Noel exclaimed as he punched the air in excitement. Oh…well, like, good luck, man. Stan almost laughed as he thought those words. Noel was a nice guy, but he didn't know much about girls.
With that said Noel petted Stan, fed him, and practically skipped out the door as he shouted back, "See ya, Stan!" Stan just hoped that he would actually tell her this time. I guess I should, like, get going too, Stan thought as he grabbed his maracas and pried open his cage door. Noel's room was on the second floor, but that wasn't a problem for Stan. He always kept his hamster-sized skateboard, which Noel gave him as a birthday present a few years ago, on the windowsill, which he used to skate off the sill, down the roof and into the soft grass below. *End of Flashback*
Man, Noel sure can get a little crazy when it comes to Hillary, Stan thought silently as he approached the clubhouse entrance in the large tree. He followed the path down the dimly lit tunnel and reached the clubhouse door. He opened it and was not at all surprised at what he saw.
"How can you possibly think that Pashmina prefers you to me?"
"She likes me best on account of…uh…my here great sense of humor!"
"What humor? Howdy, your jokes aren't the least bit amusing. In fact, everyone would be grateful if you simply kept your big mouth shut!"
"What in tar-nation…like heck I'd listen to you, four-eyes! My jokes ain't bad; you just got no sense of humor!"
"Why I never…!"
"Humph!" Howdy and Dexter turned away from each other abruptly and crossed their arms in disgust.
Stan decided to announce his presence. "Yo ham-hams! What's up?" He shouted while shaking his maracas. The others greeted him in a slightly discordant unison.
"Hey Stan," was their response. Everyone was there it seemed, except…Sandy! I wonder where she is…oh yeah, didn't she, like, say that she was gonna be late today? Hmm… Stan wondered. He looked around, saw the other girls talking off to the side and decided to take a seat in an unusual spot today, between Hamtaro and Boss.
"Yo Red! What's good?" Hamtaro's face lit up and he told Stan about how they were all waiting for Sandy to show up so they would have enough hams to play soccer with two teams of seven.
"It's gonna be a lot of fun, Stan. But I wonder where Sandy is…" Hamtaro's voice trailed off as he stared into space. Boss spoke up.
"Well, come on hams, we can't just sit here all day! We can start the game without Sandy, and when she shows up, she can join in."
"Well, I suppose that could work, but…" Maxwell sighed.
"Yeah?" Oxnard questioned as he munched on a sunflower seed.
"Well, I really wanted to try out those new goals I made…" Panda added.
"Aw come on guys! Can we please play now?" Cappy seemed impatient.
"Oh, alright." Maxwell wasn't too fond of the idea, but it seemed he had little choice.
"Yay!" All the boys cheered and Stan smiled. The girls came over to see what all the commotion was about.
"Hey, guys! So what are we gonna do?" Pashmina questioned, smiling at Penelope, who jumped around playfully.
Boss announced, "We know Sandy was supposed to be late today, but we've decided to go play soccer and when she comes, she can join us."
"Well, I don't know…" Bijou said. "Isn't that a little rude?"
Boss blushed, not wanting to upset Bijou. "On second thought, it does seem kinda mean not to wait for her." The others reluctantly agreed, although once they began talking again they didn't seem to mind as much.
But just when everyone least expected it, the door opened and a familiar ham-ham walked through, carrying some unusual items…
Let me know what you think of the first chapter!