Gonna kick off my shoes
And run in bare feet
Where the grass and the dirt and the gravel all meet
Goin' back to the well gonna visit old friends
And feed my soul where the blacktop ends
I'm lookin' down the barrel of Friday night
Ridin' on a river of freeway lights
Goodbye city I'm country bound
'Til Monday rolls around
Gonna kick off my shoes
And run in bare feet
Where the grass and the dirt and the gravel all meet
Goin' back to the well gonna visit old friends
And feed my soul where the blacktop ends
Aba could barely keep up with Expiriment 600, now known as Estelle, as she ran down the blacktop road towards the Pelekai house. It seemed like an eternity since she'd last seen her family.
Family. That word was strange to her. Aba and her mother were family, but so were Jumba and his expiriments. Estelle brushed the thought off since it didn't really matter. All she knew was that she was going to see them.
She came to a skidding halt in front of the house. A famillar blue face peeked out of the window and then vanished. A second later, Stitch had burst from the dog-door and the two were locked together in an embrace of greeting. They didn't notice Jumba and Lilo come out after Stitch.
"600! Where were you?" Lilo asked.
"Let me guess, a journey to the Lost Land of Gold?" A famillar voice answered Jumba's question. Estelle turned and saw Ozzy standing there with a sandwich in his hand and Kara behind him. His black collar had been removed, seeing as he no longer belonged to Jumba.
"Thought I was gone for good, didn't you?" He asked. Estelle lunged at him and had him locked against her in a hug. When he made several gagging sounds, she finally let him go.
Aba and Kara had been silently watching the reunion. Now she went with everyone into the house and sat down in a chair. Estelle climbed onto her head and everyone sat down, their eyes on the two.
"Listen close, my children, for we shall now hear a tale," Kara joked with a mystical look and weird, wavy hand-motions.
15 minutes later
"So, you've finally found your ohana?" Nani asked when the story was done. Estelle nodded.
Jumba sighed and walked forward to her. He had a sad look in his eye. His creation understood and lowered her head. Jumba reached uder her large ears and found the snap that was easy only for him to get off. With a twisting hand motion, the leather strap fell off of Estelle's neck. She shook her head and smiled at Jumba. This was a bittersweet moment-it meant that Estelle didn't need the collar. She belonged to no one now. The two exchanged sad looks.
The rest of the day was a lot happier. But it was mostly talking and eating, so I'll leave it out. That evening, Estelle and Ozzy sat on the beach together. They looked out at the sunset and the rolling waves. They looked at each other several times and each tried to find the right words.
"Hey, a clam shell!" Ozzy said, reaching down and picking it up. He held it out to Estelle in an offering. She took it and their paws touched. The two creatures gazed into each other's eyes. They smiled and Estelle started to say three words to the aquarium creature sitting by her. But he knew, and he raised a paw.
"Let's not ruin the moment by saying something we'll feel stupid for later. Let's just..." he ran behind a tree and came back with Lilo's record player that she'd let him borrow. Then he picked up a record and set it on the machine.
"Were did you get that record?" Estelle asked suspicously.
"Street vendor," Ozzy answered with a smile. The angry shouts of an old street vendor floated across the beach. Estelle stared at Ozzy, smiling right back.
"You're very weird."
The two laughed. It was hard to belive they'd came to earth not long ago in a crate of red bananas. Ozzy turned on the record and some music came on that they later recognized as Frank Sinatra. Ozzy stood up and held out a paw. Estelle took it and the two began to dance across the sand in a slow waltz. As the song ended, they leaned in together and exchanged a kiss. They were a weird match, but a good match. Definetly a good match.
9 months later
"Doc, you're sure this is safe?"
"As safe is it will ever get, my annoying little friend," Jumba answered Ozzy.
Estelle climbed onto the table in Jumba's new laboratory that had been attached to the Pelekai's house. Lying back-down on the table made her remember the days on Turo. Once again, she wondered if any of the other expiriments had escaped. She left those thoughts as Ozzy popped up beside the table. The two expiriments held paws. It was still hard to belive that Ozzy and Estelle had fallen so deeply in love. And even now, they acted kind of like they had in the beginning. Exchanging insults and annoying each other. But the love was always there.
It had been hard at first with living in seperate houses. But the two spent as much time as they could together and that was a lot. Estelle was 5 months pregnant and had only a few weeks to go. She and Ozzy had been together for 4 months. Jumba had built all his expiriments reproductive systems to be quick. Find a mate and then mate quickly. But that didn't mean there wasn't love.
Jumba's ultrasound machine was more advanced then any on earth. So Estelle's swollen stomach didn't need to be shaved. A clear picture appeared on the screen as Jumba ran the white piece (A/N: I have no idea what that thing is) over her.
The picture showed a tiny white shape curled in a fetal position. It was hard to tell the exact color, but they could see it had Ozzy's ears. The ears were slightly longer thought, and they must have heard the ping of the sound waves. The put two paws over it's ears. Estelle smiled. It definetly had her great hearing.
"Finally, someone in this family who didn't start out as a blob of goo in a machine," Ozzy said. The two looked on lovingly at their on-screen child.
I know, I skipped a
And run in bare feet
Where the grass and the dirt and the gravel all meet
Goin' back to the well gonna visit old friends
And feed my soul where the blacktop ends
I'm lookin' down the barrel of Friday night
Ridin' on a river of freeway lights
Goodbye city I'm country bound
'Til Monday rolls around
Gonna kick off my shoes
And run in bare feet
Where the grass and the dirt and the gravel all meet
Goin' back to the well gonna visit old friends
And feed my soul where the blacktop ends
Aba could barely keep up with Expiriment 600, now known as Estelle, as she ran down the blacktop road towards the Pelekai house. It seemed like an eternity since she'd last seen her family.
Family. That word was strange to her. Aba and her mother were family, but so were Jumba and his expiriments. Estelle brushed the thought off since it didn't really matter. All she knew was that she was going to see them.
She came to a skidding halt in front of the house. A famillar blue face peeked out of the window and then vanished. A second later, Stitch had burst from the dog-door and the two were locked together in an embrace of greeting. They didn't notice Jumba and Lilo come out after Stitch.
"600! Where were you?" Lilo asked.
"Let me guess, a journey to the Lost Land of Gold?" A famillar voice answered Jumba's question. Estelle turned and saw Ozzy standing there with a sandwich in his hand and Kara behind him. His black collar had been removed, seeing as he no longer belonged to Jumba.
"Thought I was gone for good, didn't you?" He asked. Estelle lunged at him and had him locked against her in a hug. When he made several gagging sounds, she finally let him go.
Aba and Kara had been silently watching the reunion. Now she went with everyone into the house and sat down in a chair. Estelle climbed onto her head and everyone sat down, their eyes on the two.
"Listen close, my children, for we shall now hear a tale," Kara joked with a mystical look and weird, wavy hand-motions.
15 minutes later
"So, you've finally found your ohana?" Nani asked when the story was done. Estelle nodded.
Jumba sighed and walked forward to her. He had a sad look in his eye. His creation understood and lowered her head. Jumba reached uder her large ears and found the snap that was easy only for him to get off. With a twisting hand motion, the leather strap fell off of Estelle's neck. She shook her head and smiled at Jumba. This was a bittersweet moment-it meant that Estelle didn't need the collar. She belonged to no one now. The two exchanged sad looks.
The rest of the day was a lot happier. But it was mostly talking and eating, so I'll leave it out. That evening, Estelle and Ozzy sat on the beach together. They looked out at the sunset and the rolling waves. They looked at each other several times and each tried to find the right words.
"Hey, a clam shell!" Ozzy said, reaching down and picking it up. He held it out to Estelle in an offering. She took it and their paws touched. The two creatures gazed into each other's eyes. They smiled and Estelle started to say three words to the aquarium creature sitting by her. But he knew, and he raised a paw.
"Let's not ruin the moment by saying something we'll feel stupid for later. Let's just..." he ran behind a tree and came back with Lilo's record player that she'd let him borrow. Then he picked up a record and set it on the machine.
"Were did you get that record?" Estelle asked suspicously.
"Street vendor," Ozzy answered with a smile. The angry shouts of an old street vendor floated across the beach. Estelle stared at Ozzy, smiling right back.
"You're very weird."
The two laughed. It was hard to belive they'd came to earth not long ago in a crate of red bananas. Ozzy turned on the record and some music came on that they later recognized as Frank Sinatra. Ozzy stood up and held out a paw. Estelle took it and the two began to dance across the sand in a slow waltz. As the song ended, they leaned in together and exchanged a kiss. They were a weird match, but a good match. Definetly a good match.
9 months later
"Doc, you're sure this is safe?"
"As safe is it will ever get, my annoying little friend," Jumba answered Ozzy.
Estelle climbed onto the table in Jumba's new laboratory that had been attached to the Pelekai's house. Lying back-down on the table made her remember the days on Turo. Once again, she wondered if any of the other expiriments had escaped. She left those thoughts as Ozzy popped up beside the table. The two expiriments held paws. It was still hard to belive that Ozzy and Estelle had fallen so deeply in love. And even now, they acted kind of like they had in the beginning. Exchanging insults and annoying each other. But the love was always there.
It had been hard at first with living in seperate houses. But the two spent as much time as they could together and that was a lot. Estelle was 5 months pregnant and had only a few weeks to go. She and Ozzy had been together for 4 months. Jumba had built all his expiriments reproductive systems to be quick. Find a mate and then mate quickly. But that didn't mean there wasn't love.
Jumba's ultrasound machine was more advanced then any on earth. So Estelle's swollen stomach didn't need to be shaved. A clear picture appeared on the screen as Jumba ran the white piece (A/N: I have no idea what that thing is) over her.
The picture showed a tiny white shape curled in a fetal position. It was hard to tell the exact color, but they could see it had Ozzy's ears. The ears were slightly longer thought, and they must have heard the ping of the sound waves. The put two paws over it's ears. Estelle smiled. It definetly had her great hearing.
"Finally, someone in this family who didn't start out as a blob of goo in a machine," Ozzy said. The two looked on lovingly at their on-screen child.
I know, I skipped a