(A/N This time I'm going to try to give a bit more detail about the surroundings, and separate whose talking so that it will be less confusing. (Thanks Pathwarden, for the useful advice.) By the way, I still do not own Hamtaro.)

Ch 3 Confession

Now it was getting serious. Sandy was growing deeply in love with Hamtaro, who, as always, was completely unsuspecting. Sandy was gathering strength, so she could tell the boy she had a crush on how she felt. As they walked, Sandy noticed how green the trees were. They seemed to be vibrant and full of life, which was not unusual in spring. Hamtaro also busy looking around. He noticed everything on the hike, from the tallest to the littlest blade of grass. Everyone had been walking for a while now, so they all decided to unpack their lunch. In what seemed like only minutes, everyone had unloaded everything from their respective packs and set out for a place to eat. Dexter and Howdy both had the same idea of asking Pashmina to sit with him. Both glared at each other and then preceded to start a heated argument, like always.

"I was going to ask Pashmina first." shouted Dexter.

"No you wasn't. I was going to ask that sweet little darlin Pashmina to sit with me. Then you stole my idea." replied Howdy.

"Why would she want to sit with an uncultured ham such as yourself, when she could be sitting with a refined ham like me."

"Just what are you getting at anyways."

"Just that you are an unsophisticated dolt." answered Dexter

"Well at least I don't try to act smarter than I really am."

"I do not."

"Do too." Howdy responded.

"Do not."

"Do too."

By this time Stan had seen this argument as his opportunity to sit with Pashmina and made his move.

"Hello, gorgeous." greeted Stan with his usual style and charisma. "Do you want to, like, sit with me. I promise you won't be disappointed."

Pashmina didn't have time to respond because after he had finished his sentence he grabbed Pashmina's paw and led the reluctant hamster over to a nearby tree.

This time Sandy didn't try to drag him away by grabbing on to his tail, because she was busy at the moment thinking of what to do about Hamtaro. Stan noticed the absence of his sister and wondered what was going on, but he dismissed it thinking that maybe she didn't see him.

Meanwhile, Sandy was still contemplating her choices. She didn't want to come on too strong because that might push him farther away from her, but if she didn't act soon it would be too late. She decided to go seek her brother for advice, since he was such a self-proclaimed expert at love.

She found him sitting at under a tree with Pashmina. She approached them both and paused before she spoke. Stan thought that maybe Sandy had come to drag him away from Pashmina, but noticed that she kept her ribbon wand at her side.

"Hey bro, can I like talk to you alone for a second." Sandy said not even looking up at her brother.

Stan thought that something might be wrong, so he decided to help his forlorn sister.

"Sure thing sis. Hey Pashmina honey, I'll be right back. Just hold on for me, k sweet thing."

Then Stan and Sandy walked off so they could talk alone. Along the way Stan noticed how sad sandy looked and wondered what could be bothering her.

"Hey sis, is something wrong?" he asked.

"Well., It's just that since Max and I have broken up, I've found someone else. But I'm not sure how to tell him, or if he's interested in me at all."

"I tell ya, It aint easy being a super stud Ham like me. I've got so advice I could open up my own column in the Ham-Ham Times. But I can tell you one thing. You've got to tell him how you feel, or else he might not ever know how you feel."

"Thanks bro."

"Any time sis." he answered, smiling at his sister, who he was very proud of.

Sandy ran off to find Hamtaro while Stan rejoined Pashmina. Dexter and Howdy were still arguing, so neither of them had a chance to sit with Pashmina while he was gone.

Sandy raced through the forest, passing tree after tree, until she found Hamtaro, who had found a nice shady tree by a quiet little pond. She stopped and casually started to walk up to him, as if nothing were the matter. Hamtaro noticed Sandy and decided to ask her to sit with him, hoping to find out what was wrong with her.

"Hello Sandy. Would you like to sit with me?" he asked.

"Thanks Hamtaro. That would be nice."

"So how is everything?"

"Why do you ask Hamtaro?" she queried, blushing at the fact that Hamtaro cared about her.

"Just wondering cause I saw you today while we were walking and I noticed how sad you were. Is everything all right?"

"Yeah, I'm just, like, getting over my breakup with Maxwell. But I'm fine now. In fact I think I might have found another ham I like."

"Who, Sandy?" asked Hamtaro, still unaware of Sandy's crush on him.

Sandy grabbed Hamtaro's paw and held it tightly. She gazed at Hamtaro's big, curious eyes and feel into a trance.

"Ummmm."

Hamtaro was speechless. He had finally figured out what was going on. He felt relly happy for Sandy, knowing that she was happy again, but at the same time he felt remorse because Maxwell's old girlham now had fallen in love with him. And the last thing he wanted to do was get Maxwell mad at him.

(A/N What's going to happen? Just going to have to read to find out.)