A/N: Sorry for the drama, didn't mean to put so much in here . Anyway, after this chapter there will be less drama. I swear.

Morning...

Norm. P.O.V.

Stitch wakes up and found himself, lying on the ground in the middle of the forest and feeling sick. He sits up and instantly clutches the throbbing sides of his head.

"Ogata," he mutters as he looks around the place.

"Huh? How meega get hagata? Ow! Why meega head hurting?" Stitch stands up and tries to walk, but quickly leans against a tree. "Ooh. Meega feel icky. Bleh!" he states as he looks around and the light of the sun hurts his eyes and the sounds of the rainforest hurts his ears. He feels pain everywhere and doesn't remember why.

"Gaba meega did?" Stitch speaks sickly. Stitch walks to Reuben's house and knocks on the door. The door opens and out comes an annoyed Reuben. "What Stitch?" he speaks with a voice laced with ice. "Gaba meega do?" Stitch asks confusedly as he takes a step back at the tone of Reuben's voice.

"Well...you decided to be drunk and high at the sometime last night. Then when I was trying to help you, you used me as a punching bag and then left to Lilo's place," Reuben explained slightly irked. "Gaba," Stitch exclaims, "Meega naga hurt her, right?"

"Stitch...You really hurt her," Reuben announces sadly. "No. No! NO!" Stitch shouts as he runs from Reuben's house. Reuben lightly speaks as he closes the door, "Better he sees it than me telling it." Before he closes the door he sighs, "Looks like...I'm gonna have to help him."

Stitch made his way through the tree, going straight to see Lilo and hopefully she is okay. He knew that it was a stretch but he had to try, he didn't want to lose his best friend because of this stupid mistake that he bitterly regrets making and not even remember doing it. Soon Stitch grabs his head as the memories of last night pour inside. He can remember how Lilo was. She was full of fear and hurt and upset and…everything else. Her eyes, her voice, and her face...laced with fear. Fear of him.

This pushed Stitch even harder even though he dreads the moment when he looked into Lilo's fearful eyes last night, the way Lilo's eyes welled with tears and her skin becoming even paler, Stitch just couldn't believe he screwed up this bad and hurt his best friend. Stitch walked to Lilo's house, seeing her walk out of her house as she usually does in the morning. Stitch walks closer to Lilo and before her; he could see that her face had shown no emotion as if trying to suppress all the memories that has happened to him these past few days, but her eyes spoke otherwise as they practically were full of hurt, fear and despair.

Stitch took a deep breath before carefully walking to Lilo. "Aloha Lilo?" Stitch asked gently placing a paw on her shoulder that caused Lilo to jump from the sudden contact. Lilo's body tensed when she heard Stitch's voice beginning to tremble in place.

"Please Stitch...just leave me alone." Lilo softly said not bothering to look at Stitch. The raven-haired girl was just too scared to stare into the blue furred experiment's eyes right now for they gave Lilo a constant reminder of the nightmare from last night.

"Lilo soka, meega isa truly soka!" Stitch speaks as he looks at Lilo.

"Stitch, do you even know what you did when you were drunk and high?" Lilo asked as she still doesn't look at Stitch.

"Meega...Meega scared youga?" he answers weakly.

"You did. You scared me. You scratched me last night on my cheek when you pinned me to the wall. You...You could've done more things if I hadn't reacted and shoot you," she explains as her fists grabs her red muumuu.

"Meega nota gaba Stitch did isa wrong and meega ika-patooki. Meega hate meega for hurting you. Itchibawa forgive Stitch." Stitch said as he gently grabbed a hold of Lilo's shoulders and lightly turned her around so that she was now facing Stitch.

Lilo bit her lip as she looked down at her feet not wanting to make any eye contact with Stitch.

"I told you already... Saying sorry is not going to make me forgive you. All the sorry's in the world can't fix this Stitch." Lilo murmurs under her breath.

"Then gaba Stitch do to make good? To make youga forgive meega? Itchibawa, meega will do anything!" Stitch asked desperately his heart dropping from Lilo's harsh words and grabbing hold of Lilo's hands and giving them a light reassuring squeeze.

"...I-I don't know...I have to go." Lilo's hands slipped out of the experiment's grip as she turn around and began walking until she felt strong arms hug her from behind.

"Naga Lilo. Itchibawa meega love youga…forgive Stitch. Please naga do this Lilo, I love youga too much meega naga want to lose youga! We get through this meega nota we can, together." Stitch began to tear up as he tightly hugged Lilo nuzzling into her back. Lilo stood there for a couple seconds both of them not a saying a word until Lilo finally spoke up.

"Stitch just let me go, please. Just let me go," Lilo squeaked out as she was in the verge of crying. The blue alien hesitated at first not wanting Lilo to leave his arms but feeling her start to shake he obliged to Lilo's request slowly loosening his grip and letting his arms fall to his side, watching Lilo walk away.

Stitch deeply sighed and made his way back to Reuben's place, deciding to just hide in his room. He wasn't in the mood to listen to anyone talk and it would hurt him to see Lilo as she is now.

"Hey sup cuz?!" Sparky and Kixx greeted after bumping into Stitch.

"Oh... Aloha Kixx. Aloha Spakry." Stitch said unenthusiastically.

"Gaba wrong with youga?" Sparky asked noticing Stitch's tone and gloomy face.

"Gaba why youga leaving Lilo's house? Youga achi-babas again?" Kixx questions.

Stitch groans just mentioning Lilo's name being spoken.

Sparky smile widely as he looks between Stitch and Kixx, he elbows Kixx and soon both are laughing.

"Gaba youga laughing?" Stitch sneers at them.

"Youga naga achi-babas, youga boojiboos. Youga having first fight? How cute?" Sparky teased as he laughs with Kixx joining in; however, both receive a death glare from Stitch.

"Gaba wrong?" Kixx asks confused as he stops laugh and slowly approaching Stitch as he placed his paw on Stitch's shoulder.

"Meega...Meega did something...Something that Stitch regrets," Stitch mumbles as he looks down to his feet and breathing as he tries to calm himself.

"And this thing isa?" Sparky asks expecting Stitch to continue. The blue alien heavily sighed

"Me-Meega...Meega was drunk and high and Stitch hurt Lilo," Stitch mumbles some more as he shuts his eyes tight the guilt taking over him and the memories of last night now fogging his mind.

"So...youga hurt her?" Sparky repeated nonchalantly as he didn't really understand.

"Meega scratched her cheek, she pushed meega before Stitch do anything else and shot meega," Stitch explains as he balled his fists.

"She defended herself from youga then?" Kixx confirms with no hesitation.

Stitch groans hearing those words that he dreaded as it brought back a constant reminder of yesterday.

"Gaba the hell Stitch! Youga serious?!"' Sparky scolded throwing his hands up in the air.

"Why the fuck youga do that! Why youga get drunk and high and go to Lilo's place, seriously gaba isa youga thinking!?" Kixx yelled at Stitch. Stitch growled, hating that the other two assumed he intentionally wanted to hurt Lilo.

"Shut up! Stitch naga nota gaba meega isa doing okie-taka! Isa mistake. A fucking stupid mistake that further ruin our broken relationship! Youga naga fucking think meega feel bad that Stitch hurt Lilo? That Stitch hurt one that meega love and care about the most!? Cause meega do...meega feel so guilty for gaba Stitch did and Stitch fucking hate myself misa much right now!" Stitch yelled pounding his fist to the nearest tree and breaks it as tears escaped his eyes.

"So gaba youga going do now? Youga screwed up big time." A voice asks as Stitch started punching the ground leaving small craters in it and not caring if anyone sees him or if anyone got hurt. Nothing could compare to the pain in heart of losing his best friend, the girl that opened his heart up to love and to all other things.

Stitch takes a deep breath trying to cool himself off and turns back towards the voice "Meega gonna do whatever it takes to get Lilo back and hope she forgive meega," Stitch said with determined eyes as he looked at Reuben who had his arms crossed over his chest as he listened to the thing.

"Don't worry dude, we'll be here to support you." Reuben announces as he walks up to Stitch and gives a hearty slap Stitch's back. "Ogata!" Stitch exclaims and Reuben smiles.

"That was for what you did to me yesterday, thank god Lilo left a mark on your back. Easy to hurt an injured part than one that isn't," Reuben spoke as he feels satisfied.

Stitch glares at him.

"Hey, you need to relax from all the drama. And don't worry dude, Lilo will come around I just know it," Reuben said enthusiastically trying to lighten the thick tension as the 4 boys walked to Reuben's place.

After Hula Class...

Mertle went up to Lilo's face and spoke, "I see your rabic dog finally turned on you."

Lilo just ignored her comment as her gang went, "Yeah."

She adds as Lilo walks out, "That's why no one will love you. No one ever would love you, no matter if you try to being sweet to everyone you have met. You scare them with your weirdness. That's what happened with Keoni and now with your dumb dog! You're going to be alone forever."

Lilo stops as she was at the entrance of the complex and balled her fists as Mertle's words hit her.

"Mertle...I'm not in a good mood, can you not pick on me because you hate yourself or whatever reason," Lilo states slightly annoyed.

"Or what? Huh? You're going to cry to your mom and dad. ...Oh wait, you can't," Mertle comments, "they're dead."

Lilo turns around to Mertle and walks up to her, "Don't you dare insult my parents Mertle! My parents will always be with me!"

"Yeah, because you use your creepy voodoo magic to bring them back to life," Mertle replies as she shrugs her shoulders.

"I'm being serious Mertle, don't you dare desecrate them!" Lilo warns as she feels her anger rise.

"I'm just saying that no one loves you. Even your parents didn't want you," Mertle states meanly.

"At least my parents accept me! Unlike your father that left you and hasn't come back and is never coming back! He even called you a loser on many occasions, that's the only reason why you call me that! You convinced yourself that you're better than everyone else, but you're nothing more than an annoying brat! Now shut up!" Lilo yells loudly as she was on the verge of snapping and going to snap Mertle.

"Lilo!" A voice calls and everyone turns around to the voice.

"G-" Lilo gets interrupted as Mertle pushes her with her hips.

"Hi there, I don't think we've met. I'm Mildred Pearl Edmonds, but you can call me Mertle." Mertle states as she looks at the young boy.

"Hi. Um...I'm Gus?" the boy announces as he looks down at his white sneakers and slowly up his black shorts up to his red shirt as he rolls on his heels.

"So what brings you here?" Yuki asks.

"Yeah?" the other two said.

"My family," he answers and the girls laugh.

Mertle looks at Gus' eyes and could see that they were set on Lilo, she looks back between them. Seeing how Lilo seemed to calm down and how both were smiling at each other, she added two and two together.

"Gus...You know that Lilo's family is full of weirdos and it is apparently contiguous. I would recommend staying away from her, unless you want to turn into an alien or one of those shrunken heads like Lilo did with her parents," Mertle whispered into Gus' ear.

"What?" Gus asks astonished.

Lilo shouts, "Don't believe her Gus!"

Gus looks to Lilo and then back to Mertle and then back to Lilo, he expression changes as he sets his eyes on Mertle.

"What is wrong with you?" Gus asks.

"Me?" Mertle retorts surprised, "I'm just trying to protect you from Weirdlo, that's all and her strange family."

Mertle grabs Gus' hand and plays with it, "Besides...why bother with her when I'm the better one?"

Gus pulls his hand and speaks, "Look...I'm taken okay."

Mertle looks over her shoulder and replies, "See...Even Gus doesn't want to be with you and he just met you."

She walks up to Lilo and comments, "SO you should just leave you piece of trash. Go on, go on with the rest of your garbage family because they stink and so do you."

"That's it!" Lilo exclaim as she throws her bag off her and cracks her knuckles at Mertle.

"You asked for it!" Lilo shouts heatedly as she pounces on Mertle.

"Mertle!" Yuki, Teresa, and Elena shriek while Gus was screaming, "Lilo!"

They went over and Gus pulls back Lilo as he holds her around her waist as the girls pull Mertle away from Lilo.

Lilo thrashes around as she hollers, "Gus, let me go! I still need to teach Mertle a lesson! Let go of me! Let go!"

"Easy babe, I'm here. I'm here!" Gus coos Lilo.

"No! She insulted my family! She needs a good knuckle sandwich! Just let me hit her once, just one swing straight at her face! Her swollen lip will shut her up for weeks!" Lilo shouts as she tries to escape Gus' grip.

"Babe?" Mertle asks.

"Huh?" Yuki, Elena, and Teresa ask in unison.

"Yeah...Babe... When I said I was taken, I meant Lilo. Yes, she's my girlfriend." Gus states as everyone hung their mouths wide and gawk at him.

"B-But? How could you like her? She's so weird and everything while I'm pretty, rich and normal!" Mertle comments as she was able to stand up.

"You're pretty alright, pretty annoying. You think you're all that because no one wants to stand up to you, they just want the things you can buy them with your money. You're a rich, mean and spoiled rotten brat. And as normal...You're way beyond that. I think you're the weird one here," Gus states and Lilo stopped moving and looked at Gus.

"Lilo is pretty in my eyes and is the nicest and coolest person I've met. She not superficial and actually shows her true self because she believes in herself so much. That's why I like her. No, that's why I love her," he adds.

"Gus?" Lilo softly whispered.

"You're crazy! The both of you know that, you're crazy!" Mertle shouts as her and her gang leaves the hula classroom.

Lilo looks up to Gus and then pushes him off her as she states, "Thanks Gus, but I can handle Mertle myself. I don't need anyone to defend me. I'm not a fragile little girl."

Gus looks at her shocked and slightly hurt as he comments, "Oh…I thought I was… You know, trying to be nice. But…okay. I know that."

Gus eyes widen as he sees Lilo's face and asks concernedly, "What happen? Why do you have a scratch mark on your face?"

Lilo touches it and answers, "Because I had a strong itch and scratched it really hard."

"Is that the truth?" Gus questions her carefully.

"Yes. Now, I need to go home. Bye, Gus," Lilo stated as she walks out of the hula classroom.

Lilo rolled her eyes and continued walking on the sidewalk quickly as she heard footsteps. She walks through the town, ignoring Gus. However, she soon sees him standing in front of her with his arms crossed. "Okay…Now tell me the truth about that mark."

"I told you, I had a bad itch and scratched myself." Lilo explains annoyed.

"Lilo, I'm not trying to hurt you. I'm trying to help you. So, please just talk to me." Gus practically begs Lilo.

"What do you want me to say Gus! It's just a stupid mark, that's all! Can you just leave it be and leave me alone!" Lilo speaks as she was about to turn around, but Gus grabs her arm and stops her. "Lilo please let me walk you home at least. You don't have to tell me a thing. Please?" Gus asks hopeful.

"No" Lilo plainly states and pulls her arm away from Gus' grasp. She walks off again and Gus grumbles to himself before running up to Lilo and grabbing her shoulder, startling the young girl. Next thing he knew, he was flip onto the floor and moaning in pain as his back hit the pavement hard. "Ow."

He stands up and speaks sorely, "Lilo…Ow. I'm not trying to hurt you. Ow…I'm trying to help you. Just let me walk you home, I want to make sure you get home safe and sound." Lilo shook her head as her gaze fall onto her feet.

"You're just as bad as Stitch!" she hollers emotionally.

"What?" Gus asks perplexed by the statement.

"I wished everyone would stop doing that! I wished I never met Stitch! Or you! I was perfectly fine and now this happens! What don't you understand!? No, I don't need your help! Or anybody else's!" Lilo hollers as she turns on her heel and running away from Gus as Gus watches her and releases a sad sigh. As Lilo reached home, she rushes in and slams the door harshly. Lilo was so torn inside; she didn't know what to do. She couldn't believe how she acted with Gus, he didn't do anything to her and she had snapped at him and hurt him. Just when she thought things couldn't get worse they did. First with Stitch and now beating Gus and exploding on him, Lilo didn't know what to do and she didn't want to ask anyone for help; even if she did, she wouldn't know how to ask for it. She really had no on to turn to for help of this thing. Lilo was all alone dealing with all the baggage she had on her shoulders and she didn't know how to get rid of them. She walked over to the couch and tried to figure something out; however, slumber begins to take over her. She didn't even bother to go up and head for her bed; instead, she just laid there on the couch until the tears she cried ease her to sleep.

Hours Later…

"Lilo…Lilo…LILO!" A voice yells as wakes up and rubs the sleep from her eyes. "Five more minutes," she groans as she was just about to sleep. "Oh no, you won't!" the owner stated as said person shook Lilo until she woke up. "I'm up! Huh! What!" Lilo shouts as she looks around the room. Her eyes land onto Nani's and she could tell something is wrong. "Nani…What is it? What happened?" Lilo asks a little apprehensive.

"Lilo…" Nani gulps as she tries to find the words, "It's about Stitch."

Lilo just rolled her eyes and commented exasperatingly, "What now? Did he do something else that was really stupid?"

Nani could tell Lilo was aggravated, but she had to tell Lilo what she found out. "Lilo…I know your mad, but…You should listen to the messages on the answering machine."

"Why?" Lilo moaned she really didn't want to deal with Stitch; in fact, whatever he did he should suffer the consequences for his actions. Though, Nani's hard gaze made her reconsider and she left the couch and to the answering machine she went.

"You've 10 new messages," the automated voice states, "First message." "Lilo…This is Reuben, listen I need you to come to the lighthouse."

"Next message." "Lilo…This is urgent! I really need you to come to the lighthouse! Hurry up! Oh by the way this is Reuben!"

"Next message." "Goddammit Lilo! If you think I'm just calling for the sake of calling, I'm not! I thought you'd be here now at the lighthouse!"

"Next message." "Lilo! I'm begging you to come at the lighthouse! Okay, Stitch pleaded with me not to tell you this; however, I love my cuz way too much to lose him. 'What…lose him?' He felt guilty about everything he has put you through and he heard what you and Gus were talking about because he was going to tell you he was going to give you some time and space, but after hearing that…he knew what he had to do. That's why I wanted you to come to the lighthouse; he is planning of jumping off the cliff. This is an act of suicide Lilo. He loves you so much that he can't live in a world without you. He thinks that you hate him and maybe you do but I am begging you that if you have even the slightest bit of love for him then you need to help me stop him. I know that you have no reason to help him after what he did to you but without you, saving him will be impossible. Gus is on his way here. He feels responsible for separating the two of you. Please Lilo, you have to help us. I hate to put you in such a position but please, I can't do this alone. He'll listen to you, only you. Please help me save my cuz, your friend and ohana before it's too late. Remember, ohana means no one is forgotten or let behind. You need to help them and right now, he needs your help. Reuben."

Lilo's P.O.V.

I stopped the machine and mutter, "Stupid Stitch." I stood frozen as my heart continues its tug of war with my head. My eyes are flooded with all of the painful memories it held. Just when I think that my decision has been made I see imagines of happier times with Stitch. I'm reminded of his smile and his acts of kindness and the way that he took care of me and taught me new things. In the end, I believe that he truly did care about me. Damn this was hard. But deep down I knew what I had to do. And with that, a slam of the door was heard as my decision was set in stone and there would be no turning back.