A/N: Wow. I can't believe that this story would catch on that fast. Thank you. You guys make me feel better about my writing.

Disclaimer: I used mostly everything from Lilo and Stitch, I do not own anything from Lilo and Stitch, and everything was used without permission.

It Always Happens Last Minute

Lilo ran as fast as she could, trying to tell Jumba what just happened to her and Stitch, while crying and falling due to her clumsiness caused from all the worry of her beloved friend. She couldn't stop thinking about how he looked at her before he was dehydrated. The look of his face… he looked… scared. Lilo has seen Stitch scared before, but this expression looked somewhat different. "Don't worry, Stitch. I'll find a way to save you."

As she ran out of the forest, Lilo's body started to become increasingly numb every step she took. She then noticed that she was shot with the same type of tranquilizer dart that Stitch was shot with before he was dehydrated into a pod. She started to lose her footing and fell on her knees. Lilo tried to go as far as she could, trying to fight the tranquilizer, even crawling a few inches closer to her house to warn the others about Stitch's deactivation. She didn't last long, though. Her vision started to fade and her eyelids began to fall, as well as her body.

The last thing that Lilo saw before she fell into her enforced slumber was the dirt path that leads to her house. She was surprised that she actually got so far toward her destination, but she also felt like she failed. She didn't get a chance to tell anybody to help her friend. "Stitch… I'm sorry… I failed… failed to save you…" The last thing she said before losing the fight for her consciousness.

(Lilo's dream)

"Where am I…?" Lilo awakens to find she is lying on a beach. "How did I get here?" She remembers what happened before she woke up. "That's right. I fell to the ground trying to…" Her thoughts froze as all her memories started to return and realized what she was trying to do. "Oh no… STITCH, WHERE ARE YOU!"

She ran trying to find a way out of the beach which suddenly felt like a desert. Wherever she ran, there was no way of reaching. She would run toward the trees, but the trees would never get closer. The only thing she was able to touch was the sand and water. She decided to give up trying to find a way out and just go with it.

She began to walk on the part of sand where the water barely reaches her feet. She looks up for a brief moment as the cool air blows through her hair. She sees a silhouette of someone… someone that looks kind of like… "STITCH, IT'S YOU!" She begins to run off toward her beloved Stitch to see his furry blue face once again. She and Stitch both met up, quiet and a little out of breath from the run they just did, until Stitch broke the silence.

"Lilo," Stitch started, "meega always wanted to tell Lilo something… something that means a lot to Stitch. Meega always afraid to say it because Stitch not know how Lilo react. Would friendship be destroyed by what Stitch will say… or will it continue and become something more. Lilo… meega… um… I…" Stitch then began to blush really hard. Lilo was able to see the red through his fur. Seeing this, Lilo began to blush as well, causing Stitch to blush harder and becoming more nervous. He couldn't continue on with his sentence. Every time he would say, "I…" he would always be too nervous to continue on and finish. Finally, Stitch stopped everything, tried to gulp away the nervousness, and decided, "It's now or never."

Lilo knew what was going on. She knew what Stitch was trying to get to. She didn't know what to think anymore. Her mind was in a jumble; does she like Stitch as a friend, a brother, or more than she had ever expected to come? Millions of questions ran through her head, all of them concerning her relationship with Stitch. 'Why does Stitch like me? I thought that he loved Angel,' she thought.

Stitch started getting closer to her, taking slow steps every time, his eyes beginning to close with every step he took. Lilo was too busy thinking to herself that she didn't notice at the time. He started to close the gap that was between them, Stitch's face getting closer to Lilo's. His eyes now became fully shut and his head started getting closer, but then he stopped for a second to re-think to himself. 'Should I be doing this now? Maybe I should wait. NO! I've gone too far to stop now!' His head was in a tug-of-war between kissing Lilo or not. But then…

Lilo's eyes flew wide open as she felt the contact of Stitch's warm, furry lips. Her eyes began to close as she became more concentrated on the kiss from her friend. They held the kiss for about 30 seconds before Lilo broke the kiss.

Her mind was in total confusion at this point. "Um… Stitch, wh… why did you d… do that?"

"Lilo," Stitch continued, "I love you…"

(End dream sequence)

Lilo's body began to stir as she began to wake up from her enforced sleep. Lilo was still dazed about what just happened in her mind. It felt so… real.

"Little girl, you are beginning to be waking up!"

Lilo began to open her eyes, her body still weak from the dart that hit her. She began to get up, but fell once more due to the immense wave of pain that suddenly appeared.

"Do not be worrying little girl. Skin healing ointment Jumba has made will be stinging just a little," Jumba explained.

"What happened to me, Jumba? Wait, I have to tell you about…" Lilo was just about to tell Jumba about Stitch before he interrupted her.

"There is being no reason to explain, little girl. All information was explained to Jumba in your sleep."

"If I told you everything, then you must know that I have to save him," Lilo said, trying to get up, but then fell back down on her bed in pain.

"Little girl should not be getting up for to be saving 626. You have many scratches on you and tranquilizer has not yet lost affect on body." Lilo got annoyed by the pain inflicted every time she tried to get up, so she stopped trying. "Don't be worrying, little girl. You will be fine with a short rest and some more ointment. We will begin to plan on saving 626 when you will be waking up." Lilo decided that it was for the best, and with that, she began to close her eyes to rest.

'Don't worry, Stitch. When I wake up, I will rally up the cousins and make a plan to save you. I promise. I promise… my love…' Lilo began to dream once more.