Sorry this story is taking me a while. and this chapter is actually fairly
short compared to most of my other ones. but I think I only have like one
more chapter to go so just be patient with me, okay? Now read, I commandeth
you! Oh yeah, and review too, if you please.
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"How am I going to tell him?"
Bijou sat next to Panda on her windowsill, her head on his shoulder, gazing out at the steadily setting sun.
"I'll tell him."
"Panda, he's going to hate you!" Despite herself, Bijou started crying softly, her sobs muffled by Panda's fur.
Panda shook his head. "He can't hate me for loving you, especially since you feel the same way. Bij, he's not like that. I know how much he's head- over-paws for you too, but when he sees the way we feel about each other...well...he's going to be okay with it, I promise."
"But...how can you be sure?" Bijou stuttered as Panda wiped a tear from her eye.
"There's no use worrying over it. You're not going to let Boss's feelings stand in the way of our love, are you?"
Bijou didn't reply, but shook her head slowly.
"Look, it's getting late," Panda sighed after a moment of silence. "I'll meet you here tomorrow morning, okay? We'll tell him together. I'm sure he'll only wish us all the best."
Bijou remained silent as they stood and Panda touched her lips with a soft good-night kiss. She watched him hurry off home from the safety of her own window, then turned and crawled back into her cage.
It was a long night for her. She could hardly sleep, thinking about what Boss would do or say or feel or think when she told him that she was in love with Panda. Boss was a great guy, and she didn't want to hurt him, because she knew that under his gruff field hamster body was a soft, fragile heart. And she loved him plenty, just not...like that. He would find out eventually. It would be best to tell him now. But still she dreaded the moment when she would have to break his heart.
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It was a long night for Howdy, Dexter, and Pashmina too, waiting in deep silence at the clubhouse. Boss had no problem with them staying, of course; mi casa es su casa, as he would have said if he knew any Latin. But there were so many mixed emotions between the four of them - Howdy, Hannah, Pashmina and Dexter - that nobody knew what to say to anyone else. Heck, nobody even wanted to say anything. The thick silence between them apparently made Boss uncomfortable, because he went to bed early.
Howdy sat beside Hannah, watching her chest rise and fall, grateful that she was breathing and thus not too far gone. After a while he glanced up at Dexter. He was unsure which he felt stronger: anger because Dexter had cheated on Pashmina with Hannah, or thankfulness because, quite frankly, Dexter had saved Hannah's life. It was confusing, really. It's hard to hate someone when they've done something like that.
Dexter sat in silence, listening to Howdy mumble words of comfort to Hannah even though he knew that she couldn't hear him. It was reassuring, in a way.
After many long moments, Dexter felt a sudden weight on his shoulder. He turned his head slightly to see Pashmina's resting against him. She was fast asleep.
For a while he only sat there, thinking to himself about how beautiful the sound of Pashmina's breathing was, how soft the feel of her breath against his fur. And then his eyelids became heavy, his vision unsteady, and he began to drift off to sleep as well. The last thing he heard before he fell asleep was Howdy saying "I love you, Hannah...don't let go..."
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Dexter was standing in the middle of an open meadow. The sun was shining, the sky was clear and blue, and the air was oh so fresh and sweet.
He looked around, taking in his surroundings, breathing in the cool, refreshing breeze. He lifted his gaze to the cloudless blue expanse above him. When he looked back in front of him, Hannah was standing there, smiling. She was holding a small boquet of flowers, red and yellow and gold, the most beautiful flowers he'd ever seen.
"Aren't they pretty?" she said, her voice shaken a little by excited giggles. Dexter couldn't think to respond, he only nodded his head a little, looking into her deep brown eyes...
She edged closer to him, pressing the flowers to her chest.
"I picked them for you," she said, still giggling. She kept moving closer to him, until finally her body was pressed against his, only the flowers between them.
"For you," she repeated.
But something else had drawn Dexter's attention. On the far edge of the meadow...Howdy and Pashmina were together...they were kissing...deeper and deeper...and then, suddenly, Pashmina seemed to collapse, as if every ounce of life in her had suddenly drained away. She fell into Howdy's arms. Howdy looked up, staring across the meadow at Dexter with a savage look that clearly said something along the lines of "You God-damned son of a-"
Suddenly the sky was clouded and dark, and rain began to fall heavily, pounding against the ground. It was only then that Dexter noticed that Hannah was gone. He turned and saw her running away, crying; she had dropped the flowers, and they were lying at his feet, only now they were brown and dead...
"Dex, wake up!"
Someone was shaking him by the shoulders.
"Wake up and see!"
He blinked and saw Howdy standing in front of him, grinning broadly.
"Huh?" Dexter mumbled. "Wha...what's..."
"It's Hannah! She's awake! Dex, she's okay!"
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Hahahaha! Yes, you probably knew already that I wasn't going to make Hannah die. I mean, that would pretty much ruin the point of the whole fic!!! Oh yeah, and for those of you who like to read really deep into stuff, that whole dream sequence thing, there really wasn't any kind of meaning or symbolism in that. Yeah, I'm just weird. The flowers? I don't know what the hell they were supposed to represent! That's the problem with English class. They teach you to analyze writing but I bet about half of the stuff they tell you is made up. Oh well. Like I said, send me a nice little review - or a flame, whatever you want to do - and I'll finish writing this little fic o' mine pretty soon.
PS: I know a lot of you are waiting for the next chapter of "The Untold Hamtaro," but so many people sent me ideas that it's taking me a while to put it together! Don't worry though, hopefully I'll have it up soon. Oh yeah, and more of "Hamtaro's Extremely Demented 12 Days O' X-mas" too.
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"How am I going to tell him?"
Bijou sat next to Panda on her windowsill, her head on his shoulder, gazing out at the steadily setting sun.
"I'll tell him."
"Panda, he's going to hate you!" Despite herself, Bijou started crying softly, her sobs muffled by Panda's fur.
Panda shook his head. "He can't hate me for loving you, especially since you feel the same way. Bij, he's not like that. I know how much he's head- over-paws for you too, but when he sees the way we feel about each other...well...he's going to be okay with it, I promise."
"But...how can you be sure?" Bijou stuttered as Panda wiped a tear from her eye.
"There's no use worrying over it. You're not going to let Boss's feelings stand in the way of our love, are you?"
Bijou didn't reply, but shook her head slowly.
"Look, it's getting late," Panda sighed after a moment of silence. "I'll meet you here tomorrow morning, okay? We'll tell him together. I'm sure he'll only wish us all the best."
Bijou remained silent as they stood and Panda touched her lips with a soft good-night kiss. She watched him hurry off home from the safety of her own window, then turned and crawled back into her cage.
It was a long night for her. She could hardly sleep, thinking about what Boss would do or say or feel or think when she told him that she was in love with Panda. Boss was a great guy, and she didn't want to hurt him, because she knew that under his gruff field hamster body was a soft, fragile heart. And she loved him plenty, just not...like that. He would find out eventually. It would be best to tell him now. But still she dreaded the moment when she would have to break his heart.
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It was a long night for Howdy, Dexter, and Pashmina too, waiting in deep silence at the clubhouse. Boss had no problem with them staying, of course; mi casa es su casa, as he would have said if he knew any Latin. But there were so many mixed emotions between the four of them - Howdy, Hannah, Pashmina and Dexter - that nobody knew what to say to anyone else. Heck, nobody even wanted to say anything. The thick silence between them apparently made Boss uncomfortable, because he went to bed early.
Howdy sat beside Hannah, watching her chest rise and fall, grateful that she was breathing and thus not too far gone. After a while he glanced up at Dexter. He was unsure which he felt stronger: anger because Dexter had cheated on Pashmina with Hannah, or thankfulness because, quite frankly, Dexter had saved Hannah's life. It was confusing, really. It's hard to hate someone when they've done something like that.
Dexter sat in silence, listening to Howdy mumble words of comfort to Hannah even though he knew that she couldn't hear him. It was reassuring, in a way.
After many long moments, Dexter felt a sudden weight on his shoulder. He turned his head slightly to see Pashmina's resting against him. She was fast asleep.
For a while he only sat there, thinking to himself about how beautiful the sound of Pashmina's breathing was, how soft the feel of her breath against his fur. And then his eyelids became heavy, his vision unsteady, and he began to drift off to sleep as well. The last thing he heard before he fell asleep was Howdy saying "I love you, Hannah...don't let go..."
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Dexter was standing in the middle of an open meadow. The sun was shining, the sky was clear and blue, and the air was oh so fresh and sweet.
He looked around, taking in his surroundings, breathing in the cool, refreshing breeze. He lifted his gaze to the cloudless blue expanse above him. When he looked back in front of him, Hannah was standing there, smiling. She was holding a small boquet of flowers, red and yellow and gold, the most beautiful flowers he'd ever seen.
"Aren't they pretty?" she said, her voice shaken a little by excited giggles. Dexter couldn't think to respond, he only nodded his head a little, looking into her deep brown eyes...
She edged closer to him, pressing the flowers to her chest.
"I picked them for you," she said, still giggling. She kept moving closer to him, until finally her body was pressed against his, only the flowers between them.
"For you," she repeated.
But something else had drawn Dexter's attention. On the far edge of the meadow...Howdy and Pashmina were together...they were kissing...deeper and deeper...and then, suddenly, Pashmina seemed to collapse, as if every ounce of life in her had suddenly drained away. She fell into Howdy's arms. Howdy looked up, staring across the meadow at Dexter with a savage look that clearly said something along the lines of "You God-damned son of a-"
Suddenly the sky was clouded and dark, and rain began to fall heavily, pounding against the ground. It was only then that Dexter noticed that Hannah was gone. He turned and saw her running away, crying; she had dropped the flowers, and they were lying at his feet, only now they were brown and dead...
"Dex, wake up!"
Someone was shaking him by the shoulders.
"Wake up and see!"
He blinked and saw Howdy standing in front of him, grinning broadly.
"Huh?" Dexter mumbled. "Wha...what's..."
"It's Hannah! She's awake! Dex, she's okay!"
~
Hahahaha! Yes, you probably knew already that I wasn't going to make Hannah die. I mean, that would pretty much ruin the point of the whole fic!!! Oh yeah, and for those of you who like to read really deep into stuff, that whole dream sequence thing, there really wasn't any kind of meaning or symbolism in that. Yeah, I'm just weird. The flowers? I don't know what the hell they were supposed to represent! That's the problem with English class. They teach you to analyze writing but I bet about half of the stuff they tell you is made up. Oh well. Like I said, send me a nice little review - or a flame, whatever you want to do - and I'll finish writing this little fic o' mine pretty soon.
PS: I know a lot of you are waiting for the next chapter of "The Untold Hamtaro," but so many people sent me ideas that it's taking me a while to put it together! Don't worry though, hopefully I'll have it up soon. Oh yeah, and more of "Hamtaro's Extremely Demented 12 Days O' X-mas" too.