Hey everyone! Chapter 4. Wow, I never thought this story would last this long, but thanks to your support it did, thanks so much! Anyway thanks to sandyandmaxwellfanatic for reviewing, and to the always pleasant DolphinGoddess 17 for beta reading.

Harmony… I met her once; she was trying to get a young couple back together, but of course she wasn't helping at all. She needed to learn that you can't just wave a star wand and command through the power of love that two hamsters forgive each other.

It's more complicated then that, so much more that I can't even begin to explain it.

But one thing I can say, some are meant to be, others are not…

And I will do anything to stop bad relationships from starting.

"I was this close to asking him out…" Sandy made a pinching motion to show how close she was, "and then Cy like, totally cut me off and steered the conversation towards himself!" She propped her head in her paws and stared at Bijou and Pashmina. "I don't get it… What's his problem?"

Cy had been staying at the Clubhouse for about a week and already was disturbing some of the usual residents, specifically the girls. When he wasn't talking with Cappy, playing games with Penelope, or hanging out with Sandy, he was on the second floor watching. He called it studying but it was kinda creepy. So the girls pushed the guys (including Cy) outside for their weekly 'girl time'. Their conversations surprisingly, were not about how clueless the boys were, but how to deal with the dark and mysterious ham among them that seemed to know too much.

Pashmina looked at the table slightly downcast. "I know what you mean Sandy. I asked him where he used to live and he told me it was none of my business and walked away! He's really weird." She mused.

"Ookwee!" A voice rang out, causing Pashmina to pat the younger hamster's head affectionately.

"We know you like him Penelope, but for us… um." Pashmina struggled to find the right way to explain to her.

"Sandy… I zink I know why 'e acts zo strange…" Bijou started, and then stopped as if embarrassed of what she would say next.

Pashmina, however, had no problem telling Sandy the obvious. "Sandy! He has a crush on you!"

There was complete silence around the table. Bijou was staring at Pashmina, shock plastered on her face. Pashmina had both paws over her mouth, unsure why she had blurted that out. Penelope looked around confused, unaware of what exactly had just happened. Sandy remained still, her head still propped up with no sign of understanding on her face.

"Sandy..?" Bijou started in a worried voice.

Sandy suddenly fell off her chair with a resounding crash. Both Bijou and Pashmina jumped to their paws, but Sandy sat up on the floor. Her eyes were wide with confusion, and her mouth was opening and closing like a fish's. There was more uncomfortable silence, in which Pashmina and Bijou sat back down. The silence was quickly broken by the sound of the front door being smashed into the back wall.

Heads whipped around and faced the three that were standing there. Howdy was in between Dexter and Panda. He had his arms thrown around their shoulders and one foot-paw was lifted slightly off the ground. The girls stared, their eyes narrowed, Pashmina turned and whispered something to Bijou that Sandy couldn't hear. Then Pashmina stood up and strolled over to them, a worried expression on her face. Bijou flashed Sandy a quick smirk, and indicated for Sandy to watch.

Pashmina stopped in front of the boys and asked in a voice laced with concern. "Howdy, what happened to your paw?"

Howdy grimaced slightly, and Dexter answered for him, "He tripped over a tree root. I think he twisted his ankle. Boss sent us back here to let him rest and maybe we could put a bandage on it."

Pashmina nodded understandingly and motioned for the boys to set Howdy down on the table. She lifted his paw up onto another seat, and smiled sweetly at him. "So Howdy, does it hurt a lot?" she asked, brushing her paw against his.

Howdy blushed and swallowed hard, but he managed a nod.

Penelope squeaked something and ran off towards the bedrooms, but the girls were to focused on what was about to unfold to notice her absence

"Alright just keep it elevated, anyway… Could someone get the first-aid kit?" she requested, looking at Howdy expectantly.

He fell for it.

"Sure thing Darlin'." Howdy jumped up and raced out of the room.

Pashmina crossed her arms and glared at the remaining two hams. They both stood shock still for a few moments before Panda burst out "It was Boss's idea!"

Dexter nodded in agreement, causing the girl-hams to sigh in defeat. Bijou pointed at the door. "Just go, oui?"

Dexter and Panda beat a hasty retreat. They hadn't been outside for more then a few seconds when Howdy came bustling back into the room.

"Err… Where is it?" he asked. When he received only cold stares back, realization crossed his face. He stared at his paw in mock wonderment. "Well I'll be… It's a miracle!"

Pashmina simply pointed at the door, and he was gone.

She sighed and shook her head. "The nerve of them, trying to listen to our conversation!"

"You're right, some hams have no respect for others' privacy."

Pashmina let out an ear piercing squeal and tried to leap to her paws, tripped over her chair, and fell to the ground.

Cy stared at her for a moment, a half eaten acorn in his paw, before he burst into a fit of laughter. It was cut abruptly short by a smack from Penelope, who was seated on his shoulders.

Cy rubbed his head ruefully and glared at Penelope, causing the younger ham to scowl back.

He turned back to find Pashmina, who had stood up, with her face was completely red. She took a deep breath and was about to let him have it.

Cy gently removed Penelope from his shoulders and sent her over to Bijou. He then faced Pashmina a bored look on his face.

She exploded.

"What is wrong with you? You just show up here and now you're acting like you own the place! And why are you even in here? You're not suppose to… You're suppose to… You're so… so… "

As Pashmina had been yelling Cy was moving closer to her. Eventually he was face to face with her, his mouth only inches from hers. She trailed off, and her face became even redder (if that was even possible). He cocked his head to the side and moved slightly closer.

"I'm so… what?" He asked, but Pashmina's voice had long abandoned her. So he continued. "You don't mind if I stayed here… Do you?"

Pashmina shook her head dumbly and he smiled at her. Slowly, ever so slowly, his paw raised and patted her cheek.

He spun around and sat at the table. The spell was broken, and Pashmina slowly regained her calm, sitting down as far as possible from him.

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Howdy came scrambling out of the tunnel and was instantly tackled to the ground by Dexter. He was shaken roughly as Dexter yelled at him. "You idiot! We were so close! You ruined our only chance to see who Pashmina likes!"

Howdy vainly tried to push Dexter off of him, but he couldn't muster the strength. But luck was with Howdy that day. Boss and the rest of the ham-boys, had walked over. Boss yanked Dexter to one side.

"You knuckleheads! Did you really think that the girls would just tell you all their secrets? No, not you, but maybe someone else…"

Panda tilted his head slightly, confused. "Wait Boss… then why did you send us in there?"

Boss sighed and explained, "If the girls were paying attention to your 'injury' Howdy, then it could be really easy for some-ham to slip in unnoticed!"

Maxwell voiced his opinion, "Boss, maybe we should just let the girls be."

At the same time, Hamtaro noticed something.

"Hey… where's Cy?"

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P.S. Oh right I might not be updating as much… back to school, part-time job. So talk to you guys later

-OfTs