Chapter 2: The First Day Of Camping

"It's very nice to meet all of you." Star said. She was still staring at Maxwell. Sandy noticed this so she brought something up.

"So what should we do first?" Sandy asked.

"I brought some canoes so we can do that. There is a river not to far from here." Star said.

"Okay we can do that after we set up camp. Star you will be sharing a tent with Maxwell okay?" Hamtaro said.

"Okay." She said happily.

The ham-hams made camp and then took their canoes to the river. Star brought enough for all of them. When everyone got into their canoe they started. Boss went ahead to give directions in an attempt to impress Bijou. Stan splashed Pashmina a couple of times. One of the splashes hit her eye. The water stung her eye so she couldn't see where she was going. She was about to drift of course but Stan grabbed her canoe.

"Sorry Pashmina." Stan said apologetically.

"It's okay just never do it again." Pashmina said.

"Watch out everyone, the water ahead is a bit rocky." Boss said. He maneuvered around the rocks skillfully still trying to impress Bijou. It wasn't working though. She was to busy watching Hamtaro dodge the rocks. This made Boss angry. Boss positioned his canoe in front of Hamtaro's so he could play a little trick on him. There was a tree that had one of its branches sticking out it front of Boss. Boss grabbed it and pulled it to him. He let go so it would hit Hamtaro but Bijou decided to go in front of Hamtaro so it hit her instead.

"Boss that was mean." Bijou said.

"I am so sorry...Bijou." Boss said.

Boss was even angrier now.

Meanwhile Star was canoeing next to Maxwell. She was starting to like him.

"So what do you think of this campsite?" Star asked. She was trying to start a conversation.

"It's beautiful." Maxwell said. Maxwell was also starting to like Star a little bit. This was a bad thing considering that he loved Sandy.

Star splashed him and he splashed her back. Then they started talking about their lives. Maxwell didn't mention that he was with Sandy. Star explained how she came from a place called ACDC and how she had moved into the town where the ham-hams live (Where is it again?). She said that she had a boyfriend once but they broke up.

"So Maxwell... uh... do you uh... have a...girlfriend?" she asked. She blushed.

Maxwell blushed to but then answered.

"Yeah I do. I'm with Sandy." He said.

"Oh." Star said sadly. She tried her best not to cry.

"Are you okay?" Maxwell asked.

"Yeah I'm fine." She said.

The ham-hams finished canoeing a little bit later. It was lunch time now. They made some sandwiches. After lunch Maxwell, Star, Stan, Sandy, and Pashmina went to take a nap. Star actually just went so she could talk to Maxwell. The five of them went to their tents while Cappy, Penelope, Boss, Hamtaro, Bijou, and Panda went fishing. Oxnard, Dexter, and Howdy went exploring.

In Star and Maxwell's tent the two of them are getting their sleeping bags ready.

"Hey Maxwell, I just wanted to apologize for you know asking about your personal life." Star said.

"It's okay." Maxwell said in reply.

"So what do you think of the trip so far Max. Do you mind if I call you Max?"

"No it's okay if you call me Max. I'm having a great time with you... I mean here. I'm having a great time here." Maxwell said.

Star and Maxwell both blushed.

Meanwhile Oxnard, Dexter and Howdy were still exploring. They found that the forest was covered with a lot of trees. They kept walking until they found a cave.

"Let's check it out." Howdy said.

The three of them walked inside the cave. It got darker as they went deeper into the cave. Oxnard walked into something and then he heard a growl.

"Ah it's a bear!" cried Oxnard.

"Nope it's just me." Howdy said as he started to laugh.

Then Oxnard walked into something else and heard another growl.

"Very funny Howdy but I won't fall for the same trick twice." Oxnard said.

"Uh... Oxnard, Howdy is next to me so how could you have walked into him?" Dexter said.

Then another growl was heard. Then they realized that their really was a bear. They ran out of the cave and the bear followed them. As Dexter was running he picked up a rock and through it at the bear. It hit its eye causing it to stop. This allowed the three terrified hams to escape.

"Let's go back to camp." Oxnard said.

"Right." Dexter and Howdy Replied.

The three of them started to walk back to camp.

At the river Hamtaro and Boss are having a contest to see who can catch the most fish with their hands. Cappy, Penelope, and Bijou were watching.

"You won't beat me Hamtaro." Boss said.

"We'll just see about that." Hamtaro said as he got anther fish.

Both Hamtaro and Boss had ten fish. Their was only thirty seconds left. At the last second Boss caught a fish and won. The two shook hands and stored their fish in baskets. Next they had a contest of who could catch the most fish with a fishing rod. There was 10 minutes on the clock. Five minutes had past and no one had even gotten a nibble. Three more minutes past by. Than another went by. Then Hamtaro's line began to pull. Hamtaro reeled it in just in time to win.

Now for a tie breaker the two of them would pick either Cappy or Bijou to catch as many fish as they could with rods. Boss got Cappy and Hamtaro got Bijou. This time there was only one minute in the clock. Cappy and Bijou were much luckier than Boss and Hamtaro. They caught fish after fish. In the end Bijou won by one fish.

"Good job Bijou." Hamtaro said.

"Thank you. Don't forget to congratulate Cappy. He did a fine job as well." She replied.

"Your right Bijou. Good job Cappy." Boss and Hamtaro said.

Now it was about six o clock and the ham-hams were hungry. The fishers met up with the explorers and went to wake up the sleepers. Boss went to wake up Max and Star but he found that they were already awake. They hurried out and went to dinner around the campfire. Boss then got Sandy and she joined the rest of them. Bijou went to get Stan and Pashmina and when he walked into their tent they were kissing. Then they saw Bijou and stopped immediately.

"You didn't see anything." Stan said.

"Don't worry you two. Everyone knows you like each other but I won't tell anyone about this. Come on we have to eat dinner." Bijou said.

"Thanks Bijou." Pashmina said.

And with that the ham-hams ate. Then they went to sleep after a day of fun. However Star, Stan, and Pashmina stayed awake because they already slept earlier. Star exited the tent and went to sit on a log. She was thinking about Maxwell and how much she liked him but she knew that it would never work out. He liked Sandy.

"Why are you still awake?" Max asked as he came out of the tent.

"I'm just thinking." She said.

"Oh. Do you need someone to talk too?"

"That would be nice. Thanks Maxwell."

"So what are you thinking about?"

"Oh uh... I don't know why I'm talking to you about this but I'm wondering. Do you believe in love at first sight?"

"Well actually yes. I knew I loved Sand..." Maxwell didn't finish because he didn't want to bring Sandy up in front of Star.

"Oh I was just wondering."

"Maybe we should get some sleep."

"Yeah okay."

The two of them accidentally walked Hamtaro and Bijou's tent since it was next to theirs. When they walked in they saw Hamtaro and Bijou just sitting next to each other. They looked like they were hiding something.

"Oh sorry you guys, we went into the wrong tent." They Maxwell said as he and Star left the tent and went to their own and slept.

"That was close." Hamtaro said.

"I know. Good thing we heard them coming!"

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