Disclaimer: I don't own Hamtaro. And I don't own the human hams completely either, because the idea of them having ears and tails as traits is from a really neat Jap. Hamtaro site I saw, so they're the idea of a Jap. artist. (Rock on!) But the story, plot, and any unfamiliar characters are mine! Heehee. : ) I also don't own any of the songs used in this chappie.
A/N: Oh, I liked the reviews I got a lot! . Thank you guys so so much for reviewing! I'm sorry though, for rushing, but I'm way passed the due date of this fic, lol. XD so This is the last chapter. Rushed, but good...I hope, lol. i'm typing this A/N before I even starting the chappie. Well alright, thank you all again. Another successful (kind of) ficcy-
One Thing: KutchipatchiROCK! Don't tell me you thought I'd finish this without thanking you someway for that cookie did you! Nah, of course not. Well it's not much, but here you go:hands her a whole bach of sweet goodies and early Valentines Day chocolates: Hope you enjoy, lol. Sorry, I can't just let someone give me something and then me not repay them. Well thanks again!
(PS-if the font looks, small, then FanFictionNet did it,lol, sorry, it just looked tiny when I was editing it. But if it's regualr, then ignore moe, lol.)
Holiday Cheers: End
Christmas day was finally here. For Boss, it was just another day to spend with family, but for everyone else in the apartment, it was the day of waking up to new surprises, and unfortionatly, a snowstorm.
"Man, this sucks." Cappy complained, stabbing his pancakes with his fork.
Panda raised an eyebrow. "It Christmas Cappy. Either way you'd be stuck here." He smiled as Cappy drowned his pancakes in syrup.
"Yeah well, I can't go outside to play." He mumbled taking big bites of pancake. Panda shook his head. He ate his pancakes and when he finished Pashmina had been standing at his door, a big smile on her face.
"Good morning and Merry Christmas" Penelope yelled merrily, running into Panda and Cappy's apartment room. She ran passed Panda and gave Cappy a big hug, making them tumble onto the ground. she gave him a big kiss on the cheek, handing him a box wrapped up. Cappy was taken by surprise he really couldn't say anything, plus Penelope was sitting on him, and she wasn't too light. (She's not fat, Cappy is just small, lol.) when she stood, she helped Cappy stand up and they ran out to the hallway, where the Christmas tree stood at the end.
When the kids were gone Pashmina laughed to herself. she followed Panda into the apartment room and he took out a small box, giving it to her. "Merry Christmas P ashmina" He said.
"Merry Christmas to you too" she responded, handing him a box also. She bagan to open her present, revealing a beautiful pair of ear rings shapped like hearts with small pink gems in them, and a new bracelet to go with it. "Oh...wow. Panda...they're gorgeous..." She looked up giving him a warm smile, and a hug afterwards. Panda blushed.
"Well...you know, you deserve them..." He started to open his present, and as he did, he imagined the many things that could be inside. It was sort of heavy, but not too heavy. It was definelty not anything small. When it was opened, he found a brand new screw driver, and a picture that Penelope had drawm for him.
Panda gave Pashmina a smile, like she did to him"Thanks. Wow..." he held it, examinging it. It was the best screw driver around and he had only seen it on TV. "How'd you find it...it must've cost a fortune...You really shouldn't have Pashmina" He was very surprised, and at abig loss of words. Not that it mattered then, for Pashmina had given him a tight hug, a kiss following it.
"I wanted to..." Pashmina answered softly, kissing him again, only deeper.
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"Look at all these presents" Cappy exclaimed, as he and Penelope sat in front of the Christmas tree (there's only one Christmas Tree, and it's on the first floor at the end of the hallway, in front of a window.) picking out all the presents. Most of them were for Penelope and Cappy. (Give me a break, Penelope and Cappy are the babies of this family, they're the most spoiled, lol.). Cappy had gotten five presents, and Penelope had gotten the same amount.
"Whee! I love Christmas" Penelope yelled excitedly, starting to tear open her presents. Cappy hadn't seen her so viscous. It was pretty scary. But funny too. They laughed together.
In Oxnard's room, Hamtaro was sitting at his best friend's bed, trying to find a good weather station over the radio. it seemed like with all the snow and wind, radios transmissions were hard to get. He finally reached a station. It was staticky, but he only needed to find out whether airports were closed or not. Oxnard was in the bathroom, brushing his teeth and washing his face.
"...most of New Hamshire. All stores in downtown New Hamshire have been closed, and in the city due to the weather. for those of you who were hoping to go out and spend the day ice skating, or out with your family and friends, think again. The airports have been shut down, and all flights coming in and going out have been canceled. So if you came here this morning, you're going to be stuck in an airport for a long time. In other news..." Hamtaro shut off the radio. Oxnard was going to be devastated.
Hamtaro stood and knocked on the bathroom door. He heard watering runnin, then turn off. Oxnard stepped out, looking fresh and clean, a bright smile on his face. "I love Christmas. Too bad it's so snowy. So did you find a weather station? Will it stop snowing soon" Hamataro took a deep breath. "What...what's wrong" Oxnard questioned, suddenly worried.
"They said that the airports were shut down...Pepper's probably stuck in one of them...I don't tihnk they know when they might let eveyrone come out..." Hamtaro felt bad for telling Oxnard that. He saw him drop his towel on the floor and his eyes were getting watery. "Oxy, buddy, oh...don't cry. She'll be fine, don't worry. When she can, you know she'll call you" Hamtaro said, trying to reason and comfort his friend. Oxnard nodded, trying to hold back tears. "Oxy...are you going to be okay..." Oxnard nodded.
"Hamtaro...could you go...? I just...want time alone." Hamtaro understood, and left the room, closing the door. He felt sorry for Oxnard. It had been a while since the guy saw the love of his life, and now he couldn't even see her on Christmas day. Hamtaro sighed and walked down the hall and into his room. There was wrapping paper everywhere, and a small toy here or there. Looked like Penelope and cappy had opened their presents already. Inside his room, he went into his closet and pulled out a big something in plastic wrapping paper. He admired the gift he had gotten Bijou, and held it up then hung it back in the closet, running to go get Bijou.
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"Bijou! Merry Christmas! Open up! I've got an awesome gift for you" Hamtaro yelled into her room from outside her door. He heard her giggling then she opened the door. She was still in her PJ's and her hair was a mess, but nonetheless, to Hamtaro, she looked cute as ever. She gave him a tight hug.
"Merry christmas Hamtaro." She gave him a card. "Sorry...I could not really afford much...I got you the best card I could find..." she trailed off looking down, handing him her card. Hamtaro tilted his head, and took the card gladly. It didn't matter to him, the best gift he could have gotten from her was the gift she gave him a week before at the Winter Concert. He moved some hair away from her face and she looked up, her blue eyes wide with curiousty.
"Don't worry about it Bij, I'm just glad that we're here together. It the best gift I could get." Bijou smiled at him and gave him a quick peck on the lips. Hamtaro's cheeks flushed. He opened the card as Bijou watched him, a bright smile on her face. The front had a picture of a Christmas tree and presents under it. It said "For Someone Special..." Hamtaro smiled and opened it. There was nothing printed other then "Wishing you a very merry and joyful Christmas. May you be good in health and happiness whent he New Year comes." But Bijou had added more...so much more.
"Dear Hamtaro,
My sweet sweet Hamtaro. Merry Christmas to you. I hope you get everything you want, I know I did. (A smiley face was drawn, with one eye winking) I just wanted to thank you very much for giving me all that you have and for being yourself. Your kind, caring and sometimes silly self. (Hamtaro smiled) Don't ever change, you are sweet and perfect the way you are, and I am very happy knowing that we are together. Know that I will always care for you,
Best Wishes,
Bijou
Hamtaro looked up at Bijou and gave her a warm smile. "Thanks...wow, it's...it's great! Definetly one of the best gifts I've ever gotten" He gave her a hug and kissed her, making her smile and blush.
held out his arm and Bijou linked her arm to his, as if they were going to a formal restaraunt. They walked down the hall together. Howdy and Dexter were heard upstairs, not arguing, but playing with Penelope and Cappy. Finally, someone clever had found a way to get them to stop arguing so much, and it was both Cappy and Penelope, the youngest people in the house. Stan was also heard with them. Sandy must have still been in bed.
Downstairs, when Hamtaro and Bijou reached Hamtaro's room, they both stepped in, Hamtaro shutting the door. Bijou took breath and let it out. "Hm...it smells so nice in here...like...pine. So Christmas" Bijou said to herself. Hamtaro smiled and let go of her, as she walked around his room, looking at all the pictures and things while Hamtaro went into the closet to get her present. She sat on his bed and waited patiently.
"Okay, Bijou, close your eyes! It's a surprise" Hamtaro called from the closet. Bijou's stomach turned over, as her excitment reached a high peak and che couldn't wait to see what Hamtaro had gotten her. She closed her eyes. She could hear Hamtaro coming out of the closet (heh...hehehe...coming out of the closet...heh, that's funny, no just kidding, lol. If you don't get it, then it's alright, lol. You're better off not knowing what it means.)
Bijou couldn't really contain her excitment, but she was trying. Hamtaro asked her open her eyes and she did. What she saw made her gasp. About a mile away you could hear her scream of joy. "Ah! Hamtaro! Oh my gosh" She ran up to what he holding and held it in front of her. It was that blue dress wanted, the one from her dream and the one she could see herself spending a night a night with Hamtaro. "Eet eez so beauteeful! Oh Hamtaro, zank you so so much" She bounced up and down with joy, singing to herself. She placed it down and tackled Hamtaro onto his bed, giving him a long deep kiss. They broke the kiss and Bijou laughed, smiling at him. "Zank you so so much Hamtaro...eet eez what I had wanted for so long...oh my...zis must be a dream...eet feels like one" she got up off Hamtaro and let him sit up. He held her hand in his. Then he leaned in and gave her a deep deep kiss. She put her arms around his neck and he put his arm around her waist. They broke their kiss and placed their foreheads against eachother, smiling warmly and looking into eachothers eyes. Words could not describe how happy they truly were.
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Sandy sat inm her room, reading over the cards she was given. She smiled and laughed to herself at the silly things Stan had written in his. Happy as she might be, she missed getting presents from Maxwell. she sighed and lay her head down. It was only 9:13 in the morning. She put the cards away, making sure to keep out Bijou's and Pashmina's since she hadn't read those yet, she was too scared to find them apologizing for what happened with Maxwell. She stood up from the desk where she sat at and stretched, scratching her head. It was even more upsetting to know that Pepper might not come. The snow outside was terrible.
The read head girl closed the window and went out into the hall, where Snoozer was cleaning all the wrapping paper that was everywhere from Penelope and Cappy.
"'Morning Snoozer" Sandy greeted. she went to help him and he smiled at her. He looked tired and sleepy, as always. They went over to the trash bag and threw away the wrapping paper, Snoozer taking it downstairs. Now Sandy was alone in the hallway. No doubt that Pashmina was with Panda, and Bijou with Hamtaro. Stan was upstairs with Dexter, Howdy, and Penelope and Cappy. Jingle was obviously somewhere in the building, Sandy could hear his guitar. She went over to the window at the end of the hall and sat next to it, wtaching the snow. It was Christmas, just not a very merry one. The lights flickered a little and she heard louds thumps upstairs and Penelope scream. Looked a lot like the electricity might go out at any point.
Sandy began to get a little scared. she remembered the last time there was a snow storm and the lights had gone out. There was too many people to get together in one place, so Boss had decided that everyone should be in a room with someone else. Stan had gone downstairs to stay with Hamtaro, Oxnard, and Panda in Hamtaro's room. Sandy had been glad, because she got to stay with Maxwell in his room. Now it seemed like she wouldn't stay with him, and he was the only one who knew how scared she was and how to make her feel better.
Sandy sighed again, making a little spot on the window from er breath. The lights flickered again. Boss was heard running downstairs and Penelope had screamed. After a little loud talking, Sandy heard doors opening and closing. It seemed like Boss was getting people together into rooms again. Boss came onto the ssecond floor where Sandy was and without really stopping and continue downstairs he said,
"Sandy get into a room with someone. It's safer then being there all alone next to the window..." Sandy sighed and when she stood, the lights had finally gone out. Upstairs she could hear Penelope crying. Poor Penelope. The hallways was dark. Sandy stared down the hall for a few minutes and had come to the conclusion that Boss knew it was too dangerous to run all the way upstairs, so he stayed downstaires. Sandy jumped in surprise and squealed when something hit the window. Her heart beat fast and she searched for a room to go into. she felt the walls for a doorknob and went into the room, closing the door behind ehr and sighing. She looked around the room, which she thought was a stupid thing to do because there was no light so she couldn't see anything. She went by smell instead, and she mentally kicked herself. Perhaps she was lucky and Maxwell wasn't in there.
She walked over to where she knew his bed was and sat on it. She was startled again when something moved on the bed. She jumped up and backed away, standing next to a wall. Something was knocked over, felt like a lamp to her, but she didn't care.
She gulped and decided to speak. A person can't go forever without tlaking to someone else, or at least Sandy couldn't. "Maxwell..." He moved and when the blanket was lifted, he held up his flashlight at Sandy.
"Sandy? What" He stopped mid sentence when his light went off. "Oh perfect, no light whatsoever...I'll never finish reading this book." He sighed and Sandy heard him get out of bed, placing the book and flashlight on his desk. She began to tiptoe towards his door, but he stopped her. "Where are you going? I know you're scared of these storms, and I know there's tension between us, and maybe now's not the perfect time, but we need to talk..." Sandy, halfway to his door, had stopped. She sighed again and turned around. Her eyes had adjusted to the dark and she could see the outline of him at the other end of the room.
"Merry Christmas to you too..." Sandy responded, a bit harshly. Not that she was mad at him, just that she didn't think she could really tlak to him in a normal tone.
Maxwell sighed"Okay...yeah. I know you're mad...but could we please talk about it? It's Christmas, I want to know that you at least heard my sideof the story before tomorrow." He sat on his bed, and Sandy, half-reluctantly, half-happy, went to sit next to him. It had been cold, but now sitting next to Maxwell, it felt warm. She'd actaully been shivering, nad just sitting next to him had made it stop, but it was spine tingling and warmful when he placed a blanket around her.
"Sandy...listen, I'm sorry. I didn't want to hurt you...when I said that Leanna wasn't my girlfriend, it was true. when you saw us at the park...I don't know...something had come over me I guess. I didn't intentionally kiss her, just like that. so honestly, I apologize. And I'm sorry for whatever else I had done to make you feel so sad. You're one of my best friends, and I feel like I've abandoned you in a way. I'm so so sorry Sandy..." Sandy listened. Whatever anger she'd ever felt for him was gone, and all she wanted to make him feel better. It was starting to hurt her inside that Maxwell might've just been being nice to a new girl, and Sandy had been selfish and jealous that he was. "Do you forgive me"
Sandy was almost in tears. She'd broken his heart int he same way he'd broken hers, only he'd done it without meaning to, and she'd practically done it on purpose. "Of course you're forgiven Maxy. I'm sorry too, for being so mean and selfish...I guess I was like, jealous..."
"Jealous? Of Leanna" Maxwell asked, a bit courious.
"Yeah..."
"Why"
Sandy hesitated. "I don't know Maxwell...you used to do things with me, then you satrted doing them with her...and well, it seemed like you guys were going out, and that made me angry because I'd wished it were us...and..." Sandy stopped and looked up. It'd just hit her that she'd admited her deepest secret to him. She took a deep breath"...Oh no...Max...um...what I meant was...oh man..." She scooted away from him. Thank goodness the lights were out. He couldn't see her cheeks flaring red. "Sorry...maybe I shouldn't be here...telling you this..." As she began to stand, Maxwell took her hand. She blinked serveral times and sat back down. Somehow, in the dark, she knew he was smiling at her.
"Don't worry about it" Maxwell said. Sandy got a little suspicious. His voice sounded...different. "I guess we're friends again now."
"Uh...yeah."
"Okay...I got you a present for Christmas...but I don't know where it would be. It's too dark."
"Yeah..." There was a silence between. not an awkwark and strange silence. One where Sandy knew she had to do something, and she did. "Oh, thank you so much for forgiving me Maxy. I thougt you'd be mad at me for like, ever" she threw herself at him, giving him a tight and warm hug. It felt so good to have his arms around her in a returning hug. this time, when her eyes watered, the tears rolled down. Maxwell ran his hand through her hair and she tried hard to stop herself from continuing to cry. when the hug was broken, Sandy had turned her head towards his cheek, meaning to kiss him on the cheek, but somehow, Maxwell had also turned his head and, by pure miracle their lips met. Sandy's eyes widened and shestepped back, almost immidiatly afterwards feeling like she might've rejected him. "sorry...I didn't mean...I mean...oh...not again..." she was embarrased.
"Don't be..." Maxwell responded"I meant for that to happen...but I should be sorry. Maybe I should've asked" Sandy was taken aback. Had he just said theat he wanted to kiss her?
"Maxy...no, oh. Sorry, I just thought that...yeah...okay. But...wow, if that's what you'd meant to do, you never need to ask..." Sandy began turning pink again, letting herself continue, even if she felt like a dork. "I've just enver kissed anyone before...I'm sort of...new at it..."
"Well, if you'd allow me, I can teach you how. Not that I should need to, you were doing fine a second ago...want to try again" Sandy responded quietly, and Maxwell took both her hands and leaned back in, placing his lips over hers. for abotu a few seconds, they'd kissed, every second getting more and more deep. Sandy had never really felt anything like it. She'd always wondered what it was like having a guy's lips over hers, especially Maxwell, and just because it was him, it seemed perfect. As their lips began to depart, Sandy didn't really mean to, but she'd been liking it so much that she leaned back in,t aking Maxwell by complete surprise. He hadn't minded in the least and gladly let her expirience all that she wanted to. He moved his hands from hers and put them around her waist. She put hers around his neck.
Maxwell had not wanted to go any further. He knew anymore would be too much for Sandy, so he decided to stop. Sandy took the hint and he heard her laugh alittle as they back away. "Merry Christmas Sandy..." Maxwell whispered in her ear.
"You too...thank you Maxy..." she whispered back.
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Boss walked out of Oxnard's room, Oxnard following close behind. Outside, the storm had calmed down and he smiled, sighing in relief. "Thank goodness nothing happened." He said, Oxnard agreeeing, still a bit shaken from the storm. Boss went over to Hamtaro's room and opened the door. "Hey you two, the storm's gone. If you need to get out you can." They both got up from where they sat and walked out into the hallway.
Boss went over to Panda's room, as Bijou went upstairs to find the others. He knocked on it and opened, finding Pashmina on the floor, and Panda at her closet. "Um...storm's gone you guys. You can get out if you want."
"What? It is? but I just found the flashlight" Pashmina said, annoyed that there was so much time spent searching for a flashlight and when she does, she doesn't even need it anymore. The lights flickered back on and Boss smiled, relieved.
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That night, at dinner, everyone had gathered at Boss' dining room to have a big dinner together. The snow storm was gone and evrything had come back to normal. The usual and happy chit chat was going around and as always, everyone enjoyed Boss food. Only Snoozer was missing, but he'd run downstairs to get something.
"Pepper hasn't called or anything. Do you thinks he's okay" Oxnard asked Hamtaro, tkaing a bite from his pie.
"She's fine Oxnard, maybe the airport's still down." Hamtaro suggested.
Oxnard shrugged"I guess..." He sighed deeply. Snoozer opened the door that led to the kitchen, someone following behind him. Before anyone could say anything, Snoozer had held his one finger to his lips, quieting them. Oxnard was the only not to notice, since Snoozer stood behind him. He was surprised when he felt someone's hands on his shoulder, and a familiar perfume that he never forgot surrounded the atmosphere around him. He gasped, eyes wide and turned around quickly,
"Pepper" He jumped from his chair and gave her a tigh long hug. "Oh Pepper! I thought it'd be forever 'til I saw you again" The girls all giggled and awed.
"Oxy...Oxy...haven't I taught you not to look so down on these thing? Well Merry Christmas to you" Oxnard wished her a merry Christmas back, and she joined their dinner, telling them all of how horrible it was being stuck in the airport all day.
At the end of dinner, Boss stood. "Attention please." everyone went silent. "Well as we all know, Pepper's safe, thank God, and the storm is gone. I just want to thank each and every one of you for being a part of this family, and that the year is almost over. May many more wonderful things come to us in the upcoming year."
"Cheers to that" Stan said, holding up his cup. Everyone else held their cups up, once again, a big happy family.
"Cheers"
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The End
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A/N: 'Kay, I'm finished. Yes it was rushed, and yes it was bad, but I've got writer's block again, and if I didn't finish this soon, then I'd never finish it. Anyway, I must thank all my reviewers before I officially end it:D
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That wasn't in any special order, lol. Anyway, thank you al so so much:D I apologize again for the bad ending, I'm really sorry. I wanted to finish it nicely and add in some things, but...writer's block sucks, and I have WAY too much school stuff to worry about. So thank you all again, and to anyone esle who read this, but didn't review. Lol, bye all: )
