I finally got around to putting up the next chapter. Yay! So here it is.
Enjoy.
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Pashmina lay on the floor of her cage, crying softly. She listened to the rain and the thunder outside her window, thinking to herself how fitting the storm was at this time.
She hated Dexter so much. Ooooh, how she hated him.
But she loved him.
Pashmina's thoughts were interrupted by a few familiar voices coming from the windowsill. It had just started to rain, and June hadn't thought to close the window yet.
"Pashmina!"
"We came here because we thought you might be, like, lonely, and know how totally upset you are."
"Ookyoo."
She looked up, and saw her three best friends had come to pay her a visit. Bijou, Sandy and Penelope were dripping wet from running through the rain just to see her. Pashmina realized how much they cared about her. At least here were three that she could count on, that she could always trust.
Pashmina sniffed and mumbled, "Come on in."
They jumped down from the window and walked over to Pashmina's cage. Pashmina pulled herself up and opened the door of her cage with her head, then climbed out to greet her friends.
"Hey," she managed weakly, wiping a tear from her eye.
"Ookwee!" Penelope hated to see Pashmina crying. She rushed to her side and threw her little arms around Pashmina's waist.
"Thanks, Penny," Pashmina said, a small smile playing at the corners of her mouth.
Sandy reached out a paw and put it on Pashmina's shoulder. "I know how upset you must be," she said caringly. "I know that Dexter meant as much to you as Max means to me, and if he ever did something like that, I'd - I'd be totally heartbroken." Sandy stared into space, her thoughts suddenly drifting to Maxwell.
Once again Bijou was overcome with a feeling of loneliness. She wished she had someone, too. She wanted someone to love, and to be loved by someone, oh so badly.
Sandy was still staring away into the distance, thinking about her hubby. Bijou snapped her fingers in front of Sandy's face and said "Earth calling Sandy!"
"Oh - oh, sorry," Sandy said, her face going a little red.
Pashmina sighed and turned away. "There's nothing you guys can do to make this better," she said sadly, "Although I do thank you for coming. It means a lot to me. But you should probably go now."
"Vait one moment," Bijou said, facing Pashmina directly. "Pashmina, pull yourself together. Vhat if Dexter vas telling the truth? Vhat if nothing really did happen between him and Hannah?"
Pashmina shook her head. "Howdy told me everything," she said. "Bijou, they kissed. On the lips. Like lovers. I can't forgive him for that."
"So you, like, trust Howdy over Dexter?" Sandy asked. "Even though they were rivals over you and Howdy would probably do anything to have you?"
"You don't understand!" Pashmina said. "Howdy's not like that! He wouldn't make up a lie like that to get me away from Dex. They may be rivals, but they're also friends, and he wouldn't ever hurt Dexter or me like that. Besides, he really seems to have gotten over me. In fact, by what he told me, he has a crush on Hannah, and it's not like he's made any moves on me."
Sandy, Bijou, and Penelope looked at each other. This was news to them. If Howdy had a crush on Hannah...that made the whole situation a whole lot worse.
Tears were starting to form behind Pashmina's eyes. "Anyway, Dexter didn't deny kissing Hannah, he just said he could explain. Well you can't explain that! There was no reason for him to do that! I hate him! I hate him so much!" She broke down and started sobbing. Penelope hugged her closer, letting Pashmina's tears spill onto her head.
"You still love him, don't you?" Sandy asked, calmly and seriously.
"Leave me alone!" Pashmina sobbed. She turned and ran back inside her cage, surprising the others. They had come to cheer her up, and apparently they had only made things worse, though they didn't know how.
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"Hannah? Hannah, are you in there?"
Dexter had found his way to the apartment where Hannah's owner was spending the next few days. That was as long as he had to fix the whole thing, to put things right again: just a few days.
He looked up and saw a hamster cage sitting on the night table. Climbing onto the table, Dexter called once again, "Hannah, you in there?"
There was no reply. Dexter's eyes searched the inside of the cage; finally he spotted a familiar hamster lying in one corner of the cage, but not at all who he expected.
"Howdy?! What are you doing here?!"
Howdy, who had been lying on his back in deep reflection, sat up. "I ain't exactly on speaking terms with you right now, but I could ask you the same thing," he said, an angry edge to his voice. "Traitor," he added as an afterthought.
Dexter scowled. "Yeah, like I'm the traitor here?" he said. "You're the one who went and told Pashmina that I cheated on her, which is completely not true!"
"Well ya sure fooled me!" Howdy exclaimed. "I thought that messing around with other girls when you already have a girlfriend was generally known as cheating, and I also thought Pashmina had a right to know, seeing as she's your girlfriend."
Dexter sighed. He knew Howdy wasn't about to listen to him if he tried to explain what had happened, so he forgot the notion of talking things out with him. Instead, he asked "Where's Hannah?"
"Dunno," Howdy said. "And what makes you think I'd tell ya if I did know? You'd just want to make out with her again."
Dexter groaned. "WE WEREN'T MAKING OUT!!!" he nearly screamed, wanting to pull out all his fur. "And if you love her so much, why aren't YOU looking for her?"
"Why are you looking for her, if you don't love her?" Howdy shot back.
"Because no one will listen to me, but maybe you'll listen to her!" Dexter replied.
Howdy threw hinself back onto his back with a deep sigh. "Well, she's not here," Howdy said, "So go away. Shoo."
Dexter crossed his arms and lowered his eyebrows, giving Howdy an annoyed and resentful look. Howdy didn't notice; he had closed his eyes, trying desperately to ignore Dexter's presence. Seeing this, Dexter decided to leave Howdy be and continue looking for Hannah elsewhere...although he wasn't sure where to turn to next.
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I know that chappie was kinda short, but hope everyone liked it anyhow. I know it wasn't the most exciting chapter, either, but, uh, well.just keep review, okay?
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Pashmina lay on the floor of her cage, crying softly. She listened to the rain and the thunder outside her window, thinking to herself how fitting the storm was at this time.
She hated Dexter so much. Ooooh, how she hated him.
But she loved him.
Pashmina's thoughts were interrupted by a few familiar voices coming from the windowsill. It had just started to rain, and June hadn't thought to close the window yet.
"Pashmina!"
"We came here because we thought you might be, like, lonely, and know how totally upset you are."
"Ookyoo."
She looked up, and saw her three best friends had come to pay her a visit. Bijou, Sandy and Penelope were dripping wet from running through the rain just to see her. Pashmina realized how much they cared about her. At least here were three that she could count on, that she could always trust.
Pashmina sniffed and mumbled, "Come on in."
They jumped down from the window and walked over to Pashmina's cage. Pashmina pulled herself up and opened the door of her cage with her head, then climbed out to greet her friends.
"Hey," she managed weakly, wiping a tear from her eye.
"Ookwee!" Penelope hated to see Pashmina crying. She rushed to her side and threw her little arms around Pashmina's waist.
"Thanks, Penny," Pashmina said, a small smile playing at the corners of her mouth.
Sandy reached out a paw and put it on Pashmina's shoulder. "I know how upset you must be," she said caringly. "I know that Dexter meant as much to you as Max means to me, and if he ever did something like that, I'd - I'd be totally heartbroken." Sandy stared into space, her thoughts suddenly drifting to Maxwell.
Once again Bijou was overcome with a feeling of loneliness. She wished she had someone, too. She wanted someone to love, and to be loved by someone, oh so badly.
Sandy was still staring away into the distance, thinking about her hubby. Bijou snapped her fingers in front of Sandy's face and said "Earth calling Sandy!"
"Oh - oh, sorry," Sandy said, her face going a little red.
Pashmina sighed and turned away. "There's nothing you guys can do to make this better," she said sadly, "Although I do thank you for coming. It means a lot to me. But you should probably go now."
"Vait one moment," Bijou said, facing Pashmina directly. "Pashmina, pull yourself together. Vhat if Dexter vas telling the truth? Vhat if nothing really did happen between him and Hannah?"
Pashmina shook her head. "Howdy told me everything," she said. "Bijou, they kissed. On the lips. Like lovers. I can't forgive him for that."
"So you, like, trust Howdy over Dexter?" Sandy asked. "Even though they were rivals over you and Howdy would probably do anything to have you?"
"You don't understand!" Pashmina said. "Howdy's not like that! He wouldn't make up a lie like that to get me away from Dex. They may be rivals, but they're also friends, and he wouldn't ever hurt Dexter or me like that. Besides, he really seems to have gotten over me. In fact, by what he told me, he has a crush on Hannah, and it's not like he's made any moves on me."
Sandy, Bijou, and Penelope looked at each other. This was news to them. If Howdy had a crush on Hannah...that made the whole situation a whole lot worse.
Tears were starting to form behind Pashmina's eyes. "Anyway, Dexter didn't deny kissing Hannah, he just said he could explain. Well you can't explain that! There was no reason for him to do that! I hate him! I hate him so much!" She broke down and started sobbing. Penelope hugged her closer, letting Pashmina's tears spill onto her head.
"You still love him, don't you?" Sandy asked, calmly and seriously.
"Leave me alone!" Pashmina sobbed. She turned and ran back inside her cage, surprising the others. They had come to cheer her up, and apparently they had only made things worse, though they didn't know how.
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"Hannah? Hannah, are you in there?"
Dexter had found his way to the apartment where Hannah's owner was spending the next few days. That was as long as he had to fix the whole thing, to put things right again: just a few days.
He looked up and saw a hamster cage sitting on the night table. Climbing onto the table, Dexter called once again, "Hannah, you in there?"
There was no reply. Dexter's eyes searched the inside of the cage; finally he spotted a familiar hamster lying in one corner of the cage, but not at all who he expected.
"Howdy?! What are you doing here?!"
Howdy, who had been lying on his back in deep reflection, sat up. "I ain't exactly on speaking terms with you right now, but I could ask you the same thing," he said, an angry edge to his voice. "Traitor," he added as an afterthought.
Dexter scowled. "Yeah, like I'm the traitor here?" he said. "You're the one who went and told Pashmina that I cheated on her, which is completely not true!"
"Well ya sure fooled me!" Howdy exclaimed. "I thought that messing around with other girls when you already have a girlfriend was generally known as cheating, and I also thought Pashmina had a right to know, seeing as she's your girlfriend."
Dexter sighed. He knew Howdy wasn't about to listen to him if he tried to explain what had happened, so he forgot the notion of talking things out with him. Instead, he asked "Where's Hannah?"
"Dunno," Howdy said. "And what makes you think I'd tell ya if I did know? You'd just want to make out with her again."
Dexter groaned. "WE WEREN'T MAKING OUT!!!" he nearly screamed, wanting to pull out all his fur. "And if you love her so much, why aren't YOU looking for her?"
"Why are you looking for her, if you don't love her?" Howdy shot back.
"Because no one will listen to me, but maybe you'll listen to her!" Dexter replied.
Howdy threw hinself back onto his back with a deep sigh. "Well, she's not here," Howdy said, "So go away. Shoo."
Dexter crossed his arms and lowered his eyebrows, giving Howdy an annoyed and resentful look. Howdy didn't notice; he had closed his eyes, trying desperately to ignore Dexter's presence. Seeing this, Dexter decided to leave Howdy be and continue looking for Hannah elsewhere...although he wasn't sure where to turn to next.
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I know that chappie was kinda short, but hope everyone liked it anyhow. I know it wasn't the most exciting chapter, either, but, uh, well.just keep review, okay?