Mommy Dearest

By DUN, DUN, DUN! HamClover! Wee!

12/5/03

Yay! Only 20 days till Christmas! Wee! Ya wanna hear what I want? .you don't want to..it's.quite long, and I might just put you to sleep! *laughs*
Well, TGIF! And yes, my apologies for this chapter being a little late, I was drowning in homework! Gah! Well, okey doky, a few of your questions you've been asking are answered in this fic, so don't miss out! (but do enjoy!)

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Chapter 5- The Answer

The next morning, Maria sat at her vanity, brushing her long brown hair.

Bijou stared at her with concern from her humble cage in the corner of the bedroom.

Suddenly, Maria paused, and held the brush in front of her face. A large amount of her brunette locks were now tangled in the brush.

"My, hair.is coming out." Maria murmured. She silently set down the hairbrush and picked up her book bag.

Managing a weak smile, Maria said goodbye to Bijou, and left her in the room.

Bijou was slightly frustrated by this because Maria always put her in the piano room before went took off for school. No today. For some reason, Maria was in such a hurry that day she skipped breakfast.

"Hmm. That is weird," Bijou said, "It seems to be a pattern, Maria is skipping her morning meal, more, and more."

Without hesitation, Bijou crept out of her cage and scampered down the hall to the piano room. As usual, the window was open, so that there could be some fresh air for Maria.

Crawling up the curtains, Bijou suddenly got a feeling that something bad was going to happen that day. She hesitated, but remembered what Snoozer had told her. To take things into her own paws. Bijou's expression turned to a determined look. And that's exactly what she was going to do.

At the Clubhouse, Bijou was slightly relieved to see Sandy there. And she was acting like her normal self.

"Hey Bijou!" Boss shouted, waving his paw. "Sandy says she may know what's wrong with Maria!"

Bijou lit up. "Really!? You mean it??"

Sandy nodded, Boss blushed; he made Bijou happy.

Before Sandy told Bijou, she first told everyone where she was.

"Hillary had a totally cool gymnastics tournament!" She exclaimed. "She wanted to bring me, so, like, I did! Hillary got a bunch of awesome medals!"

"Oohh!" The ham-hams said.

But remebereing what she had to tell Bijou, Sandy's face darkened a bit.

"Bijou, I don't know if you'll like what I'm going to tell you.about Maria,"

Bijou kept silent.

"You see, the same thing, like, happened to one of Hillary's teammates on the team.it was totally not cool."

Silence, but they were listening.

"You see, Bijou, Maria has this sickness."

..

".anorexia."

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HA! HA! HA! A cliffhanger! Those of you who guessed Maria was anorexic, your right! Yay for you! You've been paying attention in health class, I can see! ^^