"Biiiiijjjoouuu…Biiiijjjooou" As the room slowly came into view, Bijou found herself staring into the concerned face of Pashmina. She smiled. "Oh good, Bijou, you're awake! We thought you'd never get up!"

"Ookwee?" A timid voice came from behind Pashmina. Bijou sat up.

"She's been worried sick about you," Pashmina explained, as Penelope hopped up onto Boss's bed, where they had been tending Bijou. Her eyes were red and it was obvious she had been crying.

"Ookwee?" she said again.

"It's okay Penelope, I forgive you. I know you didn't mean to really hurt me…" Bijou sighed, rubbing her head. She knew Penelope was sorry, but that didn't stop the book from leaving a nasty bruise!

"Which leads me to the next thing." Pashmina said abruptly. "Why exactly did Penelope throw that book at your head in the first place?"

"Oh!" Bijou exclaimed, her voice a half octave higher than normal. Pashmina looked at her suspiciously. She blushed and tried to keep her cool. "Oh, it was nothing…nothing at all…we just had a little…disagreement…yeah that's it…right Penelope?" Penelope rolled her eyes.

"Ookwee!! Ookwee!! Ookwee, ook-" Bijou clapped her hand over the younger ham's mouth.

"Oh those kids say the darndest things, don't they?!" she said, trying to keep a firm hold on the the struggling Penelope. Pashmina raised her eyebrows in disbelief.

"Come on Penelope, tell me what really happened." she coaxed. But Penelope had been stunned into silence by Bijou's actions. Pashmina knew there would be no getting information out of her for a while…"Ah forget it. C'mon Penny, let's let Bijou rest a while." And with that, they left.

Bijou sighed. She hated lying to her friends, but how could she possibly explain what had happened between her and Maxwell? Even she didn't understand it! One minute they were just good friends and the next, she was drowning in his soft brown eyes. Beautiful soft brown eyes…

What am I doing?! She shook her head, erasing her mind of the thought. What would Sandy think? How could she tell one of her best friends that she was possibly in love with her boyfriend? Bijou wanted to scream. THIS MAKES NO SENSE!!! She lay back down on the pillow, half hoping Penelope would come and throw another book at her, just to clear her mind of all this confusion…

There was a soft knock on the door. "Bijou?" It opened halfway and she could see Maxwell's face peering in at her. "Can I come in?" Bijou nodded weakly. He closed the door behind him, walked over, sat on the edge of her bed, and smiled. Oh he is SO cute when he smiles! she thought.

"I brought you some soup" he said, handing her the steaming bowl of chicken noodle. "Feeling better?"

I am now, she thought, but she pushed it to the back of her mind and said "Yes, thanks"

He smiled again. "Good. Listen, I want to talk about what happened yesterday…"

*hehehehehhe I'm really starting to get into this!!! Please R+R for me, emphasis on the REVIEW part!*

3 Jenny