Title: Lilo, Stitch and Beth.

Author: Marcie Gore.

Synopsis: Beth and her family go to Hawaii on vacation and meet a very unusual family.

Author's Note: Beth is 6 here, I'm saying Lilo is the same age even though it was never stated in the movie. Thanks Lauren, Lone Wolfette for teaching Dick to surf in California Nights. came in handy here.

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters here except Beth. AOL/Time Warner owns All of the Batman Characters/Dc Comics. Batman was created by Bob Kane. The Characters in Lilo and Stitch were created by Disney and Chris Sanders.

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Mommy, Daddy and me are going on vacation, to a place called Hawaii. I wanted to go to Disney World or Universal Studios, like my friend Lian, but I was out voted. They said I'll love it there's lots of water to play in like Florida, but it's even bluer. She said less litter on the beach too. I'll give it a try, but if I get bored I'm swimming home if I have to.

Mommy and Daddy asked Grandpa Bruce to go with us, but he said he had too much work to do. I know what kind but I'm not supposed to. Grandpa Jim said he wasn't feeling up to it. So it'll be just mom dad and me on a big island for one whole week. Looking out at this place from the plane window. I suddenly get excited. It's so pretty here!

When we get off the plane some pretty ladies in grass skirts put necklaces of flowers around our necks. My mom says. "They're called leis." Dad whispers if a certain redheaded guy were here, he'd have a date already or at least be trying, Mom laughs. I think he was talking about my uncle Roy.

We're staying at place called, Aloha Hotel. It's late when we get there but I still wanta have some fun. As soon as we get to our room, Mommy says Let's get some sleep then yawns.

I ask Mommy and Daddy, "Why do I have to go to bed? I'm not tired. I wanta go to the beach and learn how to ride those boards on the water, like I saw on TV." Just then I start to yawn. I guess I am tired.

"We're going to bed because Daddy and I are tired, it was a long plane ride," Mommy says. "It sounds like you are too, sweetie. As for letting you surf, we'll see. First we'll get a bath, and then eat something. WE can eat outside if you like. Then we can go out and play."

When I wake up its morning I go and open the curtains all by myself, the suns getting up too. The sky is all pink, orange and blue. It's so pretty, like God used his bestest paint here.

"Come on Mommy and Daddy, you gotta see this! I'm getting you up!" I yell at them. This isn't working, I'll do what I do on Christmas morning, and I jump on the bed, first on top of Daddy, then Mommy.

"What is it honey? Are we late for work?" They say together rubbing their eyes.

"The Sun's waking up and it's so pretty here." I tell them. "Remember we're on vacation; silly willies you said no work here in Par a dices!"

"Ok We'll get up, you've talked us into it," Daddy says.

"Then we'll shower and to get breakfast," Mommy says, I get in the bathtub first, I start throwing bubbles at Mommy when she goes to check on me, from across the bathroom. Mommy tells me, "We're not at home. We shouldn't do that in other people's bathrooms," so I stop.

When I'm finished mommy makes sure I can get out of the tub by myself. Of course I can I'm a big girl. I'm 6. I'm going to learn surf today. Mommy doesn't need to worry. I wrap up in a big towel with the colors of the sunrise I saw.

Then Mommy gets on a shower bench like the one we have at home. I ask Daddy, "Can we play something while mommy showers?" He says, "No sweetie Mommy might need me," then he winks at mommy. Grown ups are so weird sometimes.

We all get dressed, then go to the hotel restaurant to eat. Wonders what they eat in Hawaii for breakfast. Do they eat the flowers? Don't be silly nobody eats flowers.

A lady comes to us. She's so pretty with long black hair and brown eyes and brown skin. She reminds me a little of Lian, but she's taller, She's wearing an outfit sort've like the ones the girls at the airport wore. Do all the girls dress like that here? They look so pretty.

"Aloha, my name is Nani, I'll be your waitress this morning," the lady says.

She hands us all menus. Then she says, "You're very pretty, I have a sister your age."

How can she tell how old am I? I look at the pictures but I can't tell what they are. Mommy tells me about the things I think look good.

I decide to get some Spam and Hawaiian toast. I don't get eggs I don't like them. Mommy says that's just this week, but I don't know what she's talking about? I've never liked eggs! I also get some mixed up fruit. The only fruits I know on the list are Pineapple and Kiwi. I've never had kiwi though. Mommy said it tastes kind of like strawberries so I'll probably like it. I get orange and pineapple juice to drink; I think Mommy and Dad have the same thing.

Mommy whispers something in Nani's ear before she goes to the kitchen. She returns as quickly as Flash with our fruit and basket of muffins. They're Macadamia nut and brown sugar muffins they're the house breakfast special she tells us.

Then she puts a couple of packs of sugar next to me, and says, "That's in case the fruit is too sour. It was for my sister when she first had it. It was so hard for my mom to get her to eat her fruit till she put a little sugar on it. Now she takes hers straight, no sugar."

Finally she gives us our breakfast. Mine has eggs, when I asked for no EGGS! I hate eggs mommy knows that! That must be what she whispered to Nani. I though she liked me!

"Sweetie, we asked her to bring the eggs for you to try. See it's not a lot! You can eat that and then eat the other things you know you like, you can eat some eggs and take a bite of the muffin," Mommy tells me. MMM, the muffin's great but still don't like eggs. I eat them then eat my toast and Spam.

Before I eat my fruit I pick up a star shaped piece and ask, "Is this real fruit or just to look pretty? It smells like real fruit." I eat my pineapple and some green stuff while I wait for mommy's answer.

"Yes, it's fruit sweetie, called star fruit, if it's too sour you can put the sugar the nice waitress gave you. The green fruit is Kiwi. It tastes like strawberries doesn't it Honey?" Mommy asks.

"Yummy! yes it does mommy, so does the star fruit. I put just a little sugar on it It's not that sour," I tell her. I'm going to love it here! I'm going to ask Mommy and Daddy if we can move here! They agree they're going to leave the nice lady a big tip! That's good; she can get her little sister some nice toys.

After breakfast we get on a boat to go to another island and look around. Boy, that guy showing us around does love to talk! Mommy says to listen he's telling us about the history of this place. There sure is a lot of it!

Then we go on a helicopter ride! Grandpa Bruce keeps promising to take me in his. I'm sure he will soon, Grandpa never lies!

Everything looks so small up here. The flowers and water are still pretty from the air. The colors are so bright. I can even see the sun shining through the clouds from up here!

As we're landing I say "Now I wanta go surfing! I want go surfing! Please can I?"

"We'll think about it! First we'll have some lunch then you take a nap, Then We'll go to the beach to play, it's 11:30 AM. By the time we eat and you nap, there should still be plenty of daylight," Daddy tells me and Mommy nods.

After we eat and I take a nap, it's finally time to go to the beach! I put on my swimsuit. That's purple with yellow flowers. Mommy puts my hair in a ponytail. Then they put on their swimsuits. I grab my pail and shovel and yellow sunglasses. I start to run out the door when Daddy says, "Hold it lady bug, wait for us!"

Wow! The beach is so big and pretty and clean, like mommy and daddy said! What do I do first, play in the sand or beg them to let me surf again? I grab a handful of sand and walk over to Daddy with I'm going to dump it in his swim suit, "SHHH, don't tell him!"

"WOOOOWWW!" Daddy screams. Everyone on the beach turns their heads and looks at us! He chases me down the beach I'm going to get it!

He catches me with one hand and pours sand on me with the other! Then he grabs a pail of water and says, "Here let me wash the sand off!" He dumps the water on me too. That is so cold!

Just then I see a little girl my age on a surfboard with a guy almost as big as dad! She's holding something that looks like a blue koala toy. She has black hair and is wearing a pink and yellow stripped bathing suit.

When they land on the beach the little girl and the man run over to Nani, the lady who was our waitress this morning! The girl is about as tall as me, but a little bigger in other ways. She has big brown eyes that look so cute with her black hair and dark skin. I go over to them and say, "Hey, Nani. Remember me?"

"Yes, I do." she says, "you're that cute little girl that didn't want to eat eggs this morning, but loved the muffins and fruit," she says. "What was your name again? I'm impressed you remembered my name young lady."

"My name's Beth. Is that your sister?"

"Yes, her name is Lilo, she's 6," Nani says.

"I'm 6 ½!" She corrects her sister.

"Ok, 6 1/2. She's very insistent about the 6 and a ½ part," Nani tells Mommy and Daddy.

"Beth's the same way," Mommy says. "By the way, my name's Barbara Grayson. This is my husband, and Beth's daddy, Dick. You've met our little girl. I'm sorry she bombarded you like that. She's just a very friendly child."

"I can see that,"Nani says.

All of a sudden Lilo's stuffed animal jumps out of her arms and hands Lilo her red sunglasses. Then he starts running all around the beach kicking sand in the guys' faces and giving the girls big kisses!

"That's our dog Stitch, He's a, well we're not sure what kind of dog he is. All we've found out is he has a rare skin and fur problem that turns it blue. Otherwise he's a normal dog, a puppy really," she says, as she and Lilo run to try to catch up with Stitch.

"How did he learn to walk on his two feet instead of four? He's an alien isn't he?" I ask after they come back with Stitch under Nani's arm. Dad and Grandpa have held me that way a few times when I run off from them! "We know some aliens. They're good friends of Mommy and Daddy's," I tell her.

"How many times have we told you that our neighbors from Mexico and Jamaica are immigrants not aliens?" Mommy tells me.

"But Isn't Uncle Clark from space?" I ask.

"No, honey he just ACTS spacey sometimes! He's from Kansas," Daddy says.

"OH, Stitch is very smart. Lilo taught him to walk on his back paws. He does it to entertain us and put the attention back on him when he thinks we're ignoring him." Nani tells us.

"Mommy, can I go surfing? PLEASEE! YOU saw Lilo do it!"

"Yea, Can she! Nani's friend David can help her learn, if her daddy can't!" Lilo says. She points at the good-looking man that was surfing with her a little while ago.

"I guess so sweetie" they say together, "Daddy can take you, he's been surfing," Mommy says.

"Thanks for volunteering me sweetie. I'll have to pay you back for that later," Daddy says.

"Where can we rent a surf board?" Daddy asks.

"Over there, Nani's friend points to a building across the beach. You don't have to do that thought, Mr. Grayson; you can borrow mine he says. IT should hold you and your daughter. You look about my size and she's about Lilo's size."

"Thank you, I'll pay you the rental rate if you like, um, David isn't it?" Daddy asks.

"YES, it's David, you don't have to do that. I just thought I'd save you the trouble of renting one."

"Thank you, so what do you do besides surf all day? Are you an instructor? You're so good at it, you probably could make a living teaching at least, maybe even go pro," Daddy asks.

" Thank you Mr. Grayson," David says sounding embarrassed. "I'm a performer at the same restaurant Nani works at. I perform traditional Hawaiian dancing and fire eating. I work at night so I have my days free for surfing."

"I used to work nights but I changed to the breakfast shift so I'd be there when Lilo gets home from school. She starts 1st grade in the fall."

Daddy and I get on the board and let the tide take us out. It's so much fun! He tells me to stick close to him so If I start to fall off he can grab me quickly. Then a BIG WAVE catches the board. This is great! Next thing I know Daddy and I both fall off the board and into the water! We try to swim back to the beach when another wave hits us!


To be continued


Note: sorry the surfing part. I don't know much about the technical side of surfing.