They walked closer into town and Nani was giving Lilo instructions of how to behave while she would be gone. Stitch looked at the TVs for sale on display and seemed to love what was happening about a monster invading innocent people and stomped around like a monster and even snarled in his own personal amusement. Patch seemed to sigh while shaking his head, knowing that Stitch would be a lot of work.

"Okay, I guess I should be going." Nani told her younger sister before blowing a raspberry against her cheek.

Lilo giggled, then pointed to her pet to include him on this. "What about Stitch?"

Nani shuddered in disgust and went off to work. "Mahalo plenty, Atticus!" she then called out as she was on her way to work.

"See ya tonight at the luau!" Atticus called back to her.

"You can count on it!" Nani replied as she took her leave.

"Lilo, why can't your parents watch you?" Darla asked.

"Well... You see..." Lilo was about to explain, but she looked over a little and got distracted once she saw three familiar girls on their bikes and she gasped in delight. "My friends!" she then ran over.


The three girls saw Lilo and tried to bike away from her, but they were trapped.

"What do you want?" Myrtle sneered.

"I'm sorry I bit you, and punched you in the face, and pulled on your hair." Lilo apologized.

"Apology not accepted," Myrtle huffed. "Now get out of my way before I run you over with that hasbeen friend of yours!" She then added, referring to Darla when she said 'hasbeen friend'.

Stitch then came over which made Myrtle, Yuki, and Teresa recoil in horror again.

"I got a new dog," Lilo smiled and introduced. "His name is Stitch."

"That is the ugliest thing I ever saw." Myrtle spat.

"Yeeeaaaahhhh!" Yuki and Teresa agreed.

"Seriously?" Darla asked. "Don't you girls ever say anything else besides 'Yeeeaaaahhhh' after she speaks?"

Yuki and Teresa looked to each other in silence, then back, but said nothing else. Stitch sniffed Myrtle and glared to her.

"Ew, get it away from me!" Myrtle flinched, trying to get away from the 'dog'. "I'm gonna get a disease!"

"Uh-Oh, Stitch, we have company." Patch whispered to his alien friend once he saw the two other aliens in their disguises.

Stitch looked and noticed as Myrtle was wussing out. He then took Lilo with him and rode away on Myrtle's bike.

Myrtle whined and cried like a baby. "Somebody do something!"

Patch smiled even what Stitch did was a little rough and decided to taunt and make fun of the two disguised aliens.

"Oh, great, he's loose!" the one-eyed alien disguised as a woman groaned.

"His destructive programming is taking effect," the fat alien with four eyes replied. "He will be irresistibly drawn to large cities, where he will back up sewers, reverse street signs, and steal everyone's left shoe."

Patch continued to taunt and made fun of the two aliens.

"And that creature is making fun of us, it seems..." the one-eyed alien said.

"What is it?" the four-eyed alien asked.

"That's an.,.. Umm... I forget..." the one-eyed alien muttered.

"Some Earth expect!" the four-eyed alien scoffed.

Patch then decided to go and deal some pain to the creator for trying to capture his new friend, even if it would surprise anyone around him.

"Shoo! Shoo! Going away, filthy creature!" Jumba demanded.

"Don't hurt it!" the one-eyed alien warned. "It might be food for the endangered mosquito species!"

Patch began to lift up the four-eyed alien and began to make him hit the ground a couple of times before spinning him around, sending him flying to a tree. The one-eyed alien blinked twice, then screamed and ran away before Patch could come anywhere near him.

"That'll teach them." Patch snorted. He then came back over to Atticus, Darla, Cherry, and Urchin.


"Uh, so how long are you human for?" Darla asked.

"Three days," Urchin replied. "Emily talked with Triton and made a deal for me so it won't end up like that mess with Ursula."

"Well, that's kind of a relief." Darla said.

"You're telling me." Atticus said.

"Yeah, so I can pal around with Goldilocks a little bit." Urchin smirked, putting the blonde girl into a headlock.

"Hey!" Darla yelped. "You can't hurt me, I'm a girl!"

"Yeah, yeah." Urchin groaned.

Darla got free and straightened out her neck, then saw that Myrtle left with Yuki and Teresa. She then sighed. "Typical... Somehow, I feel more there's to Yuki, Teresa, and Elena than just agreeing and copying Myrtle all the time."

"Same here." Urchin said.


A little while later, Lilo took her pet and new friends to the beach. Lilo was trying to teach Stitch how to fetch, she threw a stick and waited for him to chase it and bring it back to her. Stitch glanced at her, but scanned the beach for the alien bounty hunters who were after him and didn't see a point in retrieving the stick. Patch began to whisper to his alien friend of why he needed to retrieve the stick.

Stitch glanced at him, but then flinched as Lilo squirted water at him for misbehaving. Lilo glared, continuing to squirt the water until he would do what she wanted him to do. Stitch then grabbed the bottle and threw it and glared to her. Lilo glared back, then went after it, which satisfied Stitch. Patch gave his friend a disappointed look.

"That's what she wanted." Stitch defended.

"Not exactly..." Patch face-pawed again.

"This dog stuff is harder than it looks." Stitch groaned.

"You'll get used to it..." Patch sighed. "My brothers Lucky and Rolly and sister Cadpig are friends with a chicken who wants to be a dog."

"What's a chicken?" Stitch asked.

"Uh, it's this bird that you can eat..." Patch explained the best he could. "Um... That sounds unusual..."

"I have a lot to learn about this planet." Stitch said.

"Yes, yes, you do..." Patch sighed.

A volleyball rolled over to Stitch.

"Hey, over here, little buddy!" a man in beach shorts and dreadlocks walked over for his ball.

Stitch grabbed the ball and threw it right at the man's face, making him fall in the sand in annoyance and slight pain. The alien just laughed at his misery.

"Stitch, don't do that, that's mean." Patch told him.

"It's funny." Stitch insisted.

"Why am I here again?" Cherry muttered as she sat underneath an umbrella.

"Because you won that contest." Atticus said.

"Yeah, yeah..." Cherry curved her face slightly.


Urchin kept tugging on Darla's hair with a smirk.

"Quit it!" Darla glared.

"Nope." Urchin smirked as he continued.

"Ugh..." Darla groaned, then remembered something Emily told her about boys teasing girls out of premature love. "Uh, Urchin... Do you have a girlfriend or anything like that in Atlantica?"

"What? No, I don't." Urchin said.

"Interesting..." Darla said.

"There was this mermaid Gabriella around, but I wasn't too crazy about her..." Urchin then said with a shrug. "She seemed to like me though."

"Like you like you or like you as a friend?" Darla asked.

"It was hard to say, honestly..." Urchin shrugged.

"Well, what did she tell you?" Darla asked.

Urchin looked back. "Actually, she was deaf."

"Deaf?" Darla asked.

"She couldn't hear or talk on her own," Urchin explained. "She talked with sign language. She had this pet octopus who would speak for her whenever we would all hang out... I think she liked me liked me, but I just never felt the same way, I always felt like my special someone was out there and I had to find for her on my own."

"Awww!" Darla smiled.

"Hey, I got a heart, Goldilocks." Urchin smirked with his hand on his hip and a thumb pointing up to him.

"I guess you do..." Darla rolled her eyes. "I have one too."

"I was just alone before I met Ariel..." Urchin sighed as he looked out to the ocean. "I lost my parents when I was really young and I was just struggling to find a life for myself while trying to survive..."

"In a way, I know what you mean." Darla said. "Though, I had someone to take me in, he just treated me more like an employee than his own daughter... He just... Shut me out."

"Wow, that sounds rough." Urchin said.

"Tell me about it..." Darla pouted. "I was just a little girl, the age of four... I lost my parents and my sister ended up in a coma after the accident... I don't even know where I came from... The next thing I knew I was surrounded by lights, camera, and action, with thousands of people adoring me, but all I ever really wanted was someone there by my side."

"If I lived on land, I would have stayed by your side." Urchin said.

"If I lived under the sea, I would have stood by your side." Darla said then.

The two then smiled to each other and not in a joking or teasing way, they were true serene and sincere smiles. Atticus waved his right hand in front them both, having no affect.

"You okay?" Cherry asked as Lilo and Stitch wandered around the beach, but Patch followed close to them so he could keep an eye on Stitch.

"I think I lost them." Atticus said as he couldn't get Darla or Urchin's attention.

"Ew... Kiddy love..." Cherry shuddered.

"It's young love." Atticus said.

"Still kiddy love..." Cherry stuck her tongue out. "Aren't those two technically cousins now?"

"Well, they first met before I suggested Uncle Triton adopt Urchin," Atticus explained. "So, they probably fell in love before that despite being family now... Besides, they're both orphans... Though not so much anymore..."

"They're an interesting couple..." Cherry shrugged.

"Yes, yes, they are." Atticus said.

"Meh..." Cherry shrugged. "As long as they aren't singing, I'm happy..."

"Okay, can I just say something crazy?" Darla asked the now temporarily human merboy.

"You're not crazy." Urchin told her.

"Oh, God, this is it..." Cherry moaned.

"All my life has been a series of doors~," Darla started to sing. "And then suddenly, I bump into you~"

"Here we go." Atticus groaned.

"I was thinking the same thing!" Urchin said to Darla before he started to sing. "'Cuz like, I've been searching my whole life to find the perfect place, And maybe it's the adrenaline talkin' or vacation vibes~..."

Darla giggled to that. "But with you~..."

"But with you~..." Urchin echoed. "I found my place~"

"I see your face~" Darla sang.

"And it's nothing like I've ever known before!~" Darla and Urchin sang together. "Love is an open door!"

Atticus brought out ear plugs. Cherry took them and looked relaxed then as Darla and Urchin spread their own little love fest together. Darla and Urchin ran off together, having their own little moment together, seeming to forget all about what was going on before or without them, but not even minding or caring.

"Why sing?" Atticus asked.

Cherry shrugged. Darla and Urchin were now lying in the sand together, side-by-side.

"Okay, can I say something crazy?" Urchin asked.

Darla giggled and nodded eagerly.

"Will you be my special somebody?" Urchin got on his knees next to her then.

"Can I say something even crazier?" Darla did the same, opposite side of him. "YES!"

Atticus and Cherry unplugged their ears once the song was done. Darla and Urchin were lost in their own little world still, but they had stopped their little duet.


After a little while, Nani met the others for lunch.

Stitch was about to touch the container to get food for himself.

Nani restrained him and waved her finger at him since dogs weren't allowed people food. "Ah, ah..."

"Huh?" Stitch blinked, then growled, wanting to hurt Nani for denying him food.

Patch stopped his friend from hurting her along with showing the two disguised aliens. Jumba and his companion chuckled, waving over. Stitch groaned and forced himself to hug Lilo since she seemed to be his only way of them not attacking him. Lilo bit into her sandwich and smiled down at her pet. Patch glared at the two disguised aliens, not liking them for trying to capture Stitch. The others had their lunch, but soon, Nani had to go back to work and they would all see her later tonight.

"Have you guys ever had Shave Ice?" Lilo asked as they decided to walk around town.

"No." Atticus said.

"Let's get you some then." Lilo smiled as she took out money from Nani.


They came into town and donned sunglasses, Lilo ordered enough Shave Ice for everybody, even Stitch. The man handed them their cones as Lilo carried two for her and Stitch as he was looking at postcards. Stitch stared at his, sniffing it, then rolling the treat against his tongue, not sure how to properly eat it.

"That's one way of doing it," Patch said. "Also, when I dog sniffs another dogs butt, it's a way to get to know you a little bit."

"Hm?" Stitch glanced at him, then suddenly felt another dog come up behind him and sniff him. "HEY!" he growled.

"Stitch, he just wants to-" Patch tried to explain.

Stitch slammed his Shave Ice on top of the dog and threw postcards at him. "That's not for you, get outta here!"

"Stitch, he was just sniffing your butt to get to know you better." Patch reminded him.

"He touched my-" Stitch said, then saw something. "SPACESHIP!" he then ran over to what was a space adventure ride and not a real ship, he climbed into it and tried to make it go. "Come on! Let me out of this nightmare!"

"Excuse me, guys, I think Stitch wants to have a ride." Lilo said as she took out her last quarter.

"Um, Stitch, that isn't a spaceship." Patch tried to tell his alien friend.

"Yes, it is!" Stitch growled. "It just won't move! MOVE!"

Lilo inserted the coin, then joined him. The ride then started up and slowly rocked them back and forth. Lilo giggled, having a lot of fun.

"Ugh..." Stitch groaned in defeat. "This planet's trying to kill me..."

"It's called a ride, this one is for little kids." Patch told him.

"Guhh..." Stitch groaned.

When you're ready to give up, just let us know, heh?" Jumba called as he sat with his companion with a teasing chuckle, but they kept their distance since Patch was there.

"Whee!" Lilo beamed as she had a lot of fun on the ride.

"Hopefully he can survive the rest of his life here." Patch whispered.


Darla and Urchin were sharing one Shave Ice together, becoming sickening sweethearts.

"I really hope they don't end up like Big Mac and Cheerilee with that love poison." Cherry said to Atticus.

"I highly doubt it." Atticus said.

"Let's just hope so..." Cherry shuddered. "Oh, that was so disgusting... 'Shmoopy Doopy'..."

"I know how you feel, what were the girls thinking? You can't force love." Atticus said.

"They're kids..." Cherry shrugged.

"Good point." Atticus said.