Quick Note: I hate this chapter. Oh yeah, and if you're one of those people
that doesn't like the whole Stitch/Susan thing, then this chapter isn't for
you, because that's its main focus. (I don't like it any
more than you do, but I'm just mean. Okay, so I'm actually a little nicer
than I'm letting on to be, but I
can't let you know that. I know I just did, but you aren't supposed to know
that, either.) I'm just giving
you a warning... if you don't like the Stitch/Susan thing, then skip to the
next chapter. If you do read
this one, then you can't blame it on me, 'cause I gave you a warning. Oh,
and if you haven't already noticed, I suck with titles.
Blahblahblahthankyou.
Chap. 8: Cupid Strikes Again
Lying on her stomach on the floor, Kasey flipped through a magazine, looking at pictures of valleys and countries covered in snow. She shook her head, clicking her tongue. "Snow is so pretty. Too bad I won't get to see it since Hawaii doesn't get snow."
"Will you can it about snow? That's all you've been talking about lately, Ice Princess." 625 remarked, flipping through channels on their television with the remote control in his paw.
Kasey stood up quickly, clutching the magazine close like a precious treasure. "But don't you understand? I've always dreamed of seeing snow! I've lived in a musty old spaceship the majority of my life as a scientific experiment. Earth is the first planet I've seen, to tell you the truth. And ever since Jade told me there was snow on Earth, I've wanted to see it. But instead, I've ended up in one of the warmest places on Earth: the Hawaiian islands." She sighed.
"Didn't your so-called 'genius creator' ever tell you that snow was cold? I've seen you shiver at the slightest cold breeze! You wouldn't last five minutes out in the snow. You'd be a popsicle stick in no time and then we'd have to waste our time trying to melt ya." 625 pointed out, setting down the remote control.
Kasey ignored 625's comment and ran over to him, shoving the magazine in his face. "But look! Look! Isn't it just so pretty... and light and fluffy- looking?"
625 groaned. "I think your BRAIN is light and fluffy-looking."
"Aw, would you look at that. The lovey dovey experiments are communicating." Gantu said, coming into the room.
625 folded his arms. "Stop trying to use sarcasm. You're not good at it."
"That makes me think of Susan." Kasey said suddenly.
"What? Just a minute ago you were talking about snow like no tomorrow! What made Miss Priss work her way into this conversation?" 625 wanted to know.
"Susan isn't prissy. In fact, she can't stand people who are prissy. She can't help it if she was created for attracting guys." Kasey protested, defending Susan. "And the reason why I brought her up is because, well, she's still trying to get Stitch's attention. But she keeps failing in her attempts. I think we should do something to help her. After all, she helped me, and she's my best friend besides, even if we do argue sometimes."
"Waitaminute, we?" 625 questioned. "You mean YOU, right?"
"No, I mean WE." Kasey grinned. "You're my boyfriend, so I at least think you should have the courtesy to give me a helping hand."
"Well, I don't." 625 insisted. "I'm sorry, but I'm not that kind of boyfriend. If you wanted a boyfriend that would do whatever you told him to, you should've set your eyes on someone like Gantu, not me."
"Gantu? He's... that's... just disgusting! I could never see myself with him. Where did he go, anyway?" Kasey looked around.
"Probably to propose to Susan." 625 snickered. "What, you suddenly worry about him or something?" He looked a little miffed.
"No, I just..." Kasey smiled slyly. "Are you jealous?" 625 didn't answer. This made Kasey smile more. "You ARE jealous! That's so sweet!"
625 snorted. "What're you gonna' do, hug me and cover me in kisses now?"
Kasey thought about this. "No... I'm going to..." She grabbed 625's arm and pulled him off the couch. "insist that you come with me!"
625 blinked. "Come with you? To where? I don't have time to waste my time with your twisted plots! I'm busy."
Kasey raised a brow. "With what? Sleeping and eating? That's like, all you do every day."
"Is not!" 625 protested. "I watch television too. And... other things..."
Kasey nodded. "Yeah. Anything that won't disrupt your lazy nature."
"And like YOU'RE not lazy. You like laying around just as much as I do." 625 pointed out.
Kasey sighed. "Okay, maybe you have a point there. But I really think we should help Susan. And that's where we're going. To her house."
"Are you crazy?! My cuz' and the little girl live there too. We're like, their enemies or something. Or at least Gantu is." 625 reminded Kasey.
"Don't worry. I don't plan for anyone to see us." Kasey assured 625.
"You mean... you're going to spy on them?" 625 looked surprised.
"Correction, we. You're coming with." Kasey grabbed 625's arms and led him out of the ship.
"Stitch, don't you think I look nice?" Susan asked, twirling around once in front of Stitch. She had the tuft of hair that was usually in her face now smoothed back and she had a light blue bow-tie on the right side of her head.
"Nice." Stitch said distractedly. He was busy playing checkers with Lilo.
"He didn't even look at me..." Susan said softly to herself.
Kasey and 625 were looking in on them from the living room window. Kasey shook her head. "Poor Susan. She wasn't kidding when she said she couldn't get Stitch to notice her."
"At least she did something about that annoying clump of hair." 625 pointed out.
"She's moving out of the room!" Kasey whispered harshly. "She's probably going up to her room. We need to spy on her from there."
"And how are we going to do that? Magically fly up to their bedroom window?" 625 asked.
"We'll have to sneak in and go up there." Kasey answered.
"Without anyone seeing us?! You're crazy!"
"No. I'm just me." Kasey grabbed 625's arm again and led him over to the front door.
"Will you stop that?!" 625 pulled away his arm. "You're going to pull my arm off."
Kasey didn't answer, but instead looked at the door thoughtfully. She gingerly tried to open the door, but discovered that she couldn't. "It's locked. Nani must be out."
"Thanks for your diagnosis, Doctor Kasey." 625 said sarcastically. "I guess that means we'll have to come back later." He started walking off, but Kasey snatched his arm yet again.
"Not so fast, Toothy. I am a scientific experiment. I think I can handle a door." She studied the door carefully once more, then put one of her claws into the lock and turned. She tampered with it for a few seconds and then the door opened ajar. She peeked in, looked around, then whispered to 625, "C'mon."
"I can't believe I'm going through with this. And," 625 followed and raised an eyebrow, "Toothy?"
"Figure it out yourself, Bucktooth Boy." Kasey carefully looked this way and that as they snuck through the house. As they followed Susan, they watched as she went into Nani's room, closing the door. Kasey stuck out her tongue halfway as she usually did when she was studying something. And she discovered that this door was also locked, so she again had to use her claw. But when the door opened a bit, she didn't go in. She didn't have time. Susan barged out when she heard the sound of the lock being picked. Luckily, Kasey and 625 managed to conceal theirselves against the wall, and Susan didn't notice, so she went back in. But 625 and Kasey managed to slip in just before she closed (and locked) the door again.
The two hid behind a chair and watched Susan as she wrote something in what appeared to be her diary.
"Remind me why we're here again? All she's doing is writing in her diary!" 625 whispered.
"We're here to see if she's going to think up of anything new to get Stitch's attention. And we're also here to help her along the way. And stop breathing so loudly! She keeps looking this way." Kasey replied.
"Well, sor-ry. I didn't know you wanted me to suffocate." 625 looked over Kasey's shoulder. "And how are we going to help her? She needs more help than we're capable of giving!"
Kasey sighed. "Yeah. This is boring. I hope she didn't hear me sigh."
"I don't think she did. She's too preoccupied in that dang book she's writing in. But I heard it. I thought you were going to knock me over with it." 625 told Kasey.
"Yeah, well, I've heard you sigh louder."
"When?"
"That one time that---oh, just look how boring things have gotten. We're talking about each other's sighs." Kasey laid on her stomach, tracing an invisible picture on the floor with her claw.
"Hey, this was YOUR idea. It isn't my fault we didn't walk into the middle of a spy/romance/action/adventure movie." 625 remarked, looking just as bored.
"Wait wait wait. Something's happening." Kasey watched as Susan put down her diary and got up, then sighed.
"Hey! I could feel that one way over here." 625 whispered harshly. "Great. I'm being attacked by sighs."
"Will you be quiet!" Kasey whispered to 625, just as harshly. "I think she's going to say something."
"I can't think of anything new." Susan shook her head. "I don't think Stitch will ever notice me. Maybe I should just give up."
Kasey stood up. "No! She can't give up! If she does, then our being here is pointless!"
"It was ALREADY pointless to begin with." 625 pointed out.
Kasey smiled mischievously. "Wait... I have an idea..."
625 was wide-eyed. "Not that look! I KNOW that look! What is your brain cooking up now?"
"You'll soon see." Kasey nodded. "C'mon... we've got to get out of here."
625 raised a brow. "And how? We'll have to unlock and open the door! She'll notice us!"
"No, she's going to open the door herself!" Kasey observed. Indeed, Susan headed toward the door, opened it, and went out, leaving it open. The two took this as their chance and escaped the room.
"Can't we forget about all of this and go home? Someone could see us and get us into trouble." 625 whined.
"Quiet it. Someone will hear you." Kasey warned him. She was about to walk off in another direction, then stopped. "Did you hear that?"
"Yeah, it was probably my stomach. I'm hungry. Do you think we could get something to eat while we're here?" 625 pleaded, with one paw over his middle.
"No, it sounded like a crash. And stop thinking about food! We're here to help Susan, not to have dinner." Kasey started off in the direction of the living room. "Come on."
When they got to the living room, they found the source of the noise: a vase. There was a vase lying on the carpet, in shattered pieces. Susan was standing over it, looking humiliated. A strange-looking alien was picking up the pieces while scolding Susan.
"Who's that weird alien?" Kasey wondered aloud.
"Pleakley. He's strange. Go near him and suffer a brain injury for the rest of your life." 625 warned Kasey.
Kasey nodded. "I'll keep that in mind."
"That was my---I mean Nani's favorite vase! You're in for a tremendous grounding, Young Lady!" Pleakley scolded.
"Oh, great... another grounding." Susan mumbled.
"Poor Susan. All she wants to do is get Stitch's attention, but she keeps getting into trouble." Kasey said softly. "Maybe we should go help her. What do you think, 625? ...625?"
Not getting an answer, Kasey quickly turned around to find out what had happened to 625. She discovered him about to sneak bread off of the kitchen table. She ran over to him and pulled him underneath the table.
"What'd you do that for?!" 625 complained.
"Someone could see you. What'd you think you were doing?!" Kasey exclaimed while still keeping her voice to a whisper.
"I told you I was hungry!" 625 snapped, annoyed.
Kasey's attention was no longer on this conversation, however. She had her right ear positioned upwards, listening to something. "Someone's coming! Oh, and the door just closed. Nani must be home."
They both watched as they saw numerous feet walk across the kitchen floor. Then they heard the sounds of plates and everyone talking at once.
625 put his paws over his ears and leaned against one of the table legs. "Ohh, my head hurts. Why did I let you talk me into coming here?"
"Because I'm plotting world domination and I'm starting with you."
"Really?"
"No, because you're not even an effort." Kasey leaned against one of the other table legs.
"I smell food..." 625 said dreamily.
Kasey inched away from him a little. "You'd better not drool on me."
"But... I'm so hungry... and food is being eaten right above us, yet I can't go out there and get any... this is so much torture." 625 sighed.
"I guess we're trapped here... we'll just have to stay here overnight I suppose." Kasey groaned. 625 groaned right along with her when she gave him this news.
"Staying secretly overnight at someone else's house with an empty stomach is not my idea of a good time." 625 grumbled.
"I know but you COULD stand to lose a few pounds." Kasey grinned while patting 625's stomach. 625 looked miffed, but didn't say anything. She laughed a little. "Well, at least we have each other."
"Whoopee." 625 said sarcastically.
"What in the world are you two snoops doing here?! Wake up and let me give you a piece of my mind!" Susan's voice rang throughout Kasey's ears.
"What? Huh?" Kasey rubbed her eyes and opened them, and saw a very angry Susan staring back at her. "S-Susan! Um... so you found us..."
Susan glared. "You'd better believe I did. Do you know how late it is? I came down here to get a midnight snack because I hardly ate anything at dinner time, when I heard the sound of snoring. I followed the sound to the table and looked underneath, and what d'ya know! I find you two, out like a light and snoring like a couple of buzz saws. Although you DO look cute like that." Susan tried to hold back a giggle.
Kasey blushed. "Not again..." She noticed that she was again in 625's arms. "How in the world did this happen, and again?" Kasey recalled that time back when they had been camping. "Deja vu..." She sat up and yawned.
Susan sighed. "At least you HAVE someone to be embarrassed of..."
Kasey folded her arms. "Oh, come on. You're not going to start sulking over Stitch again, are you?"
"And do you have anything left over from dinner? I'm starved..." 625 pleaded.
"Yeah, I know. That's all you've been talking about!" Kasey exclaimed, irritated.
"Well, I can't help it. You wouldn't let me eat anything! What kind of girlfriend would want their boyfriend to starve to death?" 625 wanted to know.
"Augh. Here. I don't have much of an appetite anymore." Susan threw a bag of potato chips at 625.
"Thanks." 625 tore it open and began to happily ingest the potato chips.
Kasey shook her head and sighed. "Nevermind him, Susan. He's been a pain all day."
"'All day'?" Susan repeated. "Just how long have you been snooping around here? And why?"
Kasey played with her claws. "Well... I just wanted to know how things between you and Stitch were going. And I wanted to help. Secretly."
"You never did put that 'big plan' of your's into action." 625 reminded her and swallowed.
Kasey looked thoughtful. "Yeah... I can't even remember what it was. I guess I had no idea what I was doing, really."
625 threw up his arms. "Great. NOW she tells me."
"I appreciate you trying to help, Kasey, but... you really shouldn't interfere. If me and Stitch were meant for each other, it'll work out on it's own. Look at you and 625!" Susan pointed out.
Kasey watched 625 lick salt off of his paws. "I'm looking... and I STILL don't know what I see in him."
"Well, I don't know, either, but you see something. And, see. You and he are a couple, and yet you spend a good deal of your time tormenting each other! If that isn't love, then I don't know what is." Susan told Kasey.
"Yeah, but, come on, Susie! It's not like somebody waved a magic wand and we automatically became a couple! True, love takes care of itself, but it always needs a little nudge. You know what I think you should do?" Kasey grinned. "Kiss Stitch."
625 almost choked on his potato chip. "What?! Seriously, I don't know what it is with you girls and thinking kisses change everything."
Susan nodded. "I never thought I'd say this, but... I side with 625 on this one."
625 looked surprised. "You do?! Finally, someone appreciates me!"
"But really, Susan. What can one little kiss hurt?" Kasey wanted to know.
"A lot. Like embarrassment hurt." Susan pointed out.
"But maybe it's all Stitch needs to start noticing you. And if that's true, are you just going to throw that chance away? I followed your advice, and look! Me and 625 are a couple. So follow my advice. It might just work, as crazy as it sounds." Kasey said sincerely.
"Yeah, but your advice is..." Susan sighed as she looked at Kasey's face. "Oh, all right... I'll do it."
Kasey gave out a little shriek. "All right then! I hope it works."
"It better... for your sake." Susan warned. "Now, I think you two should leave now. It's late, and I don't know how I would be able to explain the both of you to Nani without it looking like I snuck you in."
"Yeah, we probably should. But one thing I'm just curious about: why did you go into Nani's room?" Kasey asked.
"What?! You were in there?! I thought I heard breathing!" Susan exclaimed. "And for your information, I went in there for privacy reasons. Lilo and Stitch are always in and out of my room, because, you know, it's their's too."
"Right. We'll go now then, I guess." Kasey nodded. "Let's go, 625. Although I doubt Gantu misses us..."
625 almost fell over sleepily, then caught himself. "Hm? What? What's going on? Where am I? Who are you? Am I hallucinating?"
"No, but you will be if you don't wake up because I'm not carrying you home!" Kasey exclaimed.
"I don't think he's going to cooperate..." Susan watched 625 as he closed his eyes and started to snore, falling asleep sitting up.
Kasey groaned. "Now what? I don't feel like dragging him there."
Susan held her head. "Oh, I don't feel like handling this right now. I'm so very tired. Just stay here for the night. You were going to anyway."
Kasey yawned. "That's a pretty good idea, because I'm exhausted too. But I don't have to sleep under the table, do I? It's very uncomfortable."
"You looked pretty comfortable in 625's arms." Susan laughed. "But seriously, no, you can sleep out in the living room if you want to. I'll bring you a blanket."
"Thanks, Susan. But what if Nani or someone sees me?" Kasey wanted to know.
"Oh, don't worry about it. I'll just explain everything, and if they don't buy it, well I've been getting into trouble lately anyway, so I'm used to it." Susan replied.
"I hate that I could be getting you into trouble, but it's late, and I'm tired, so okay, I accept your offer." Kasey agreed.
"All right, come on, get on the couch and I'll retrieve a blanket from my room." Susan led Kasey out from under the table and into the living room. Kasey climbed onto the couch and Susan disappeared from the room, then reappeared moments later with a green blanket. She placed it over Kasey's shivering body and said, "Good night. You going to be all right? I know you get cold easily, but you don't look so good."
Kasey stretched and closed her eyes. "I'm fine. Good night, okay?"
Susan nodded. "Okay..." She flicked the light off, covering the room in darkness.
"Listen, Stitch. I need to tell you something very important. Please listen, okay? This means a whole lot to me." It was morning, and Susan and Stitch were standing in the living room. Susan was about to spill her feelings, and if it felt right afterwards, kiss Stitch like Kasey had recommended.
...But there was one thing that Susan didn't know. Kasey was awake. She was still on the couch with her eyes closed, but she was awake. And she was listening to everything that Susan and Stitch said.
"So? Are you listening to me? I just want to know, because I don't want to say this twice." Susan told Stitch.
"Ih. Susan tell Stitch what she wants to say." Stitch replied.
Susan nodded. "Okay..." She swallowed. "It's like this, okay, Stitch? I... I like you. I like you a lot."
"Stitch like Susan too!" Stitch said cheerfully.
"No... I mean I like you like you. You know, I have a crush on you. As in romantically. I'm in love with you. I know you're in love with Angel, but... maybe I can change your mind." Susan didn't consciously know she was going to, but she leaned forward and kissed Stitch gently.
Kasey had had her eyes half-open at this point, so she had seen the kiss. And she couldn't help calling out, "You did it!"
Susan and Stitch both looked Kasey's way, then Stitch looked slightly embarrassed and scampered off. Susan gave Kasey another one of her famous glares. "Kasey! I thought you were asleep. And look what you did! Now I'll have to wait longer to find out how that kiss made him feel. And you totally humiliated me, right in front of Stitch! I'm beginning to regret letting you sleep over."
"Well, I didn't ask to! You offered!" Kasey said in a hoarse voice.
Susan looked concerned. "Are you really okay, Kasey? Your voice sounds scratchy."
"Yeah. I'm okay. I'm sorry about interrupting you and Stitch though. We'd better leave now. Where's 625? Is he still sleeping?" Kasey sat up, yawning.
"Him? Oh yeah. He's really out of it. Still snoring up a storm, too. I wish you'd go wake him up." Susan told Kasey.
"'K, I will." Kasey got off of the couch and walked sleepily towards the kitchen. "I can't let anyone who goes in there think that the table is snoring."
"I don't think the table likes it much either." Susan noted.
Kasey crawled under the table and moments later dragged a slumbering 625 out into the open. She shook him. "625! 625! It's time to wake up now." But he continued to sleep. Kasey shook her head.
"Let me try something." Susan walked closer. "Oh, 625... FOOD!"
"Huh?" 625 instantly snapped awake. "What? Where?"
Kasey snorted. "Why didn't I think of that?"
Susan brushed back her hair. "Because you're not as smart as I am." She joked, and laughed a little.
"Where's the food?" 625 wanted to know.
"There is none!" Kasey rolled her eyes.
"What a rip-off..."
"Okay, we should really go now before anything else happens." Kasey coughed.
625 inched away. "Hey, hey, hey! Don't you be getting your germs on me."
Susan looked concerned again. "Kasey, are you sure you aren't coming down with something?"
"If she is, she'd better stay away from me." 625 moved to the other side of the room.
"Oh, gimme a break! Can't you be a little more considerate to your sick girlfriend?" Susan asked 625.
"Hey, it's not my fault she's sick!" 625 folded his arms.
Kasey laughed. "Oh, let him be like that. If he acted otherwise, then I'd think HE was sick." She walked over to 625 and grabbed him by the ear, then led him out of the room. "C'mon, Cutie, le's go home."
Susan shook her head and chuckled. "Those two are pathetic. But inseperable."
Sometime later, back at Gantu's ship, the phone rang and Kasey reached over to pick it up. "Hello? Oh, hi! Really? Yeah? Uh huh. Uh huh. Yeah. That's wonderful! Yeah. Uh huh. Oh, no. No I don't. Yes. Oh, okay. I will. Yeah, yeah, yeah, uh huh. 'Bye!"
"Boy, conversations are getting to be more and more detailed each and every day." 625 said sarcastically.
Kasey put the phone back in it's cradle. "That was Susan. She gave me terrific news! She and Stitch are going on their first date." She smiled.
"Correct me if I'm wrong, but," 625 began, "didn't they ALREADY go on a date?"
"Yeah, but it wasn't official. This is their first official date as a couple!" Kasey exclaimed.
625 blinked. "You mean my cuz' just automatically fell in love with your cuz' just 'cause they kissed?"
"Well, not exactly. Stitch sort of has mixed feelings about the whole thing. He wants to take her out one more time, have some alone time with her, you know? And see if he feels attracted to her." Kasey explained.
"How nice..." 625 held his head. "I hate you."
Kasey chuckled. "Why? Just because you caught the flu from me?"
"Not just that. Because you're making me lay on the floor." 625 complained. He was lying on a pillow with a blanket over himself on the floor. Kasey was lying on the couch behind him with a blanket as well.
"Well, you could've gone in your room. You can't be up here because I have other stuff up here." Kasey motioned to the tissue boxes and boxes of crackers and books she had next to her.
"I'm in here because I want to watch TV. You know, it really hurts that you care more about crackers and books than me." 625 grumbled.
"I don't. They just happen to be more interesting." Kasey told 625. "Well, there's one good thing. Stitch and Susan have a chance of becoming a couple. Cupid strikes again."
THE END
To be continued
As I said, I hate this chapter, and I hate when I get all cheesy. But whatever. Review only if you have something nice to say, because I'm not exactly in my best of moods right now.
Chap. 8: Cupid Strikes Again
Lying on her stomach on the floor, Kasey flipped through a magazine, looking at pictures of valleys and countries covered in snow. She shook her head, clicking her tongue. "Snow is so pretty. Too bad I won't get to see it since Hawaii doesn't get snow."
"Will you can it about snow? That's all you've been talking about lately, Ice Princess." 625 remarked, flipping through channels on their television with the remote control in his paw.
Kasey stood up quickly, clutching the magazine close like a precious treasure. "But don't you understand? I've always dreamed of seeing snow! I've lived in a musty old spaceship the majority of my life as a scientific experiment. Earth is the first planet I've seen, to tell you the truth. And ever since Jade told me there was snow on Earth, I've wanted to see it. But instead, I've ended up in one of the warmest places on Earth: the Hawaiian islands." She sighed.
"Didn't your so-called 'genius creator' ever tell you that snow was cold? I've seen you shiver at the slightest cold breeze! You wouldn't last five minutes out in the snow. You'd be a popsicle stick in no time and then we'd have to waste our time trying to melt ya." 625 pointed out, setting down the remote control.
Kasey ignored 625's comment and ran over to him, shoving the magazine in his face. "But look! Look! Isn't it just so pretty... and light and fluffy- looking?"
625 groaned. "I think your BRAIN is light and fluffy-looking."
"Aw, would you look at that. The lovey dovey experiments are communicating." Gantu said, coming into the room.
625 folded his arms. "Stop trying to use sarcasm. You're not good at it."
"That makes me think of Susan." Kasey said suddenly.
"What? Just a minute ago you were talking about snow like no tomorrow! What made Miss Priss work her way into this conversation?" 625 wanted to know.
"Susan isn't prissy. In fact, she can't stand people who are prissy. She can't help it if she was created for attracting guys." Kasey protested, defending Susan. "And the reason why I brought her up is because, well, she's still trying to get Stitch's attention. But she keeps failing in her attempts. I think we should do something to help her. After all, she helped me, and she's my best friend besides, even if we do argue sometimes."
"Waitaminute, we?" 625 questioned. "You mean YOU, right?"
"No, I mean WE." Kasey grinned. "You're my boyfriend, so I at least think you should have the courtesy to give me a helping hand."
"Well, I don't." 625 insisted. "I'm sorry, but I'm not that kind of boyfriend. If you wanted a boyfriend that would do whatever you told him to, you should've set your eyes on someone like Gantu, not me."
"Gantu? He's... that's... just disgusting! I could never see myself with him. Where did he go, anyway?" Kasey looked around.
"Probably to propose to Susan." 625 snickered. "What, you suddenly worry about him or something?" He looked a little miffed.
"No, I just..." Kasey smiled slyly. "Are you jealous?" 625 didn't answer. This made Kasey smile more. "You ARE jealous! That's so sweet!"
625 snorted. "What're you gonna' do, hug me and cover me in kisses now?"
Kasey thought about this. "No... I'm going to..." She grabbed 625's arm and pulled him off the couch. "insist that you come with me!"
625 blinked. "Come with you? To where? I don't have time to waste my time with your twisted plots! I'm busy."
Kasey raised a brow. "With what? Sleeping and eating? That's like, all you do every day."
"Is not!" 625 protested. "I watch television too. And... other things..."
Kasey nodded. "Yeah. Anything that won't disrupt your lazy nature."
"And like YOU'RE not lazy. You like laying around just as much as I do." 625 pointed out.
Kasey sighed. "Okay, maybe you have a point there. But I really think we should help Susan. And that's where we're going. To her house."
"Are you crazy?! My cuz' and the little girl live there too. We're like, their enemies or something. Or at least Gantu is." 625 reminded Kasey.
"Don't worry. I don't plan for anyone to see us." Kasey assured 625.
"You mean... you're going to spy on them?" 625 looked surprised.
"Correction, we. You're coming with." Kasey grabbed 625's arms and led him out of the ship.
"Stitch, don't you think I look nice?" Susan asked, twirling around once in front of Stitch. She had the tuft of hair that was usually in her face now smoothed back and she had a light blue bow-tie on the right side of her head.
"Nice." Stitch said distractedly. He was busy playing checkers with Lilo.
"He didn't even look at me..." Susan said softly to herself.
Kasey and 625 were looking in on them from the living room window. Kasey shook her head. "Poor Susan. She wasn't kidding when she said she couldn't get Stitch to notice her."
"At least she did something about that annoying clump of hair." 625 pointed out.
"She's moving out of the room!" Kasey whispered harshly. "She's probably going up to her room. We need to spy on her from there."
"And how are we going to do that? Magically fly up to their bedroom window?" 625 asked.
"We'll have to sneak in and go up there." Kasey answered.
"Without anyone seeing us?! You're crazy!"
"No. I'm just me." Kasey grabbed 625's arm again and led him over to the front door.
"Will you stop that?!" 625 pulled away his arm. "You're going to pull my arm off."
Kasey didn't answer, but instead looked at the door thoughtfully. She gingerly tried to open the door, but discovered that she couldn't. "It's locked. Nani must be out."
"Thanks for your diagnosis, Doctor Kasey." 625 said sarcastically. "I guess that means we'll have to come back later." He started walking off, but Kasey snatched his arm yet again.
"Not so fast, Toothy. I am a scientific experiment. I think I can handle a door." She studied the door carefully once more, then put one of her claws into the lock and turned. She tampered with it for a few seconds and then the door opened ajar. She peeked in, looked around, then whispered to 625, "C'mon."
"I can't believe I'm going through with this. And," 625 followed and raised an eyebrow, "Toothy?"
"Figure it out yourself, Bucktooth Boy." Kasey carefully looked this way and that as they snuck through the house. As they followed Susan, they watched as she went into Nani's room, closing the door. Kasey stuck out her tongue halfway as she usually did when she was studying something. And she discovered that this door was also locked, so she again had to use her claw. But when the door opened a bit, she didn't go in. She didn't have time. Susan barged out when she heard the sound of the lock being picked. Luckily, Kasey and 625 managed to conceal theirselves against the wall, and Susan didn't notice, so she went back in. But 625 and Kasey managed to slip in just before she closed (and locked) the door again.
The two hid behind a chair and watched Susan as she wrote something in what appeared to be her diary.
"Remind me why we're here again? All she's doing is writing in her diary!" 625 whispered.
"We're here to see if she's going to think up of anything new to get Stitch's attention. And we're also here to help her along the way. And stop breathing so loudly! She keeps looking this way." Kasey replied.
"Well, sor-ry. I didn't know you wanted me to suffocate." 625 looked over Kasey's shoulder. "And how are we going to help her? She needs more help than we're capable of giving!"
Kasey sighed. "Yeah. This is boring. I hope she didn't hear me sigh."
"I don't think she did. She's too preoccupied in that dang book she's writing in. But I heard it. I thought you were going to knock me over with it." 625 told Kasey.
"Yeah, well, I've heard you sigh louder."
"When?"
"That one time that---oh, just look how boring things have gotten. We're talking about each other's sighs." Kasey laid on her stomach, tracing an invisible picture on the floor with her claw.
"Hey, this was YOUR idea. It isn't my fault we didn't walk into the middle of a spy/romance/action/adventure movie." 625 remarked, looking just as bored.
"Wait wait wait. Something's happening." Kasey watched as Susan put down her diary and got up, then sighed.
"Hey! I could feel that one way over here." 625 whispered harshly. "Great. I'm being attacked by sighs."
"Will you be quiet!" Kasey whispered to 625, just as harshly. "I think she's going to say something."
"I can't think of anything new." Susan shook her head. "I don't think Stitch will ever notice me. Maybe I should just give up."
Kasey stood up. "No! She can't give up! If she does, then our being here is pointless!"
"It was ALREADY pointless to begin with." 625 pointed out.
Kasey smiled mischievously. "Wait... I have an idea..."
625 was wide-eyed. "Not that look! I KNOW that look! What is your brain cooking up now?"
"You'll soon see." Kasey nodded. "C'mon... we've got to get out of here."
625 raised a brow. "And how? We'll have to unlock and open the door! She'll notice us!"
"No, she's going to open the door herself!" Kasey observed. Indeed, Susan headed toward the door, opened it, and went out, leaving it open. The two took this as their chance and escaped the room.
"Can't we forget about all of this and go home? Someone could see us and get us into trouble." 625 whined.
"Quiet it. Someone will hear you." Kasey warned him. She was about to walk off in another direction, then stopped. "Did you hear that?"
"Yeah, it was probably my stomach. I'm hungry. Do you think we could get something to eat while we're here?" 625 pleaded, with one paw over his middle.
"No, it sounded like a crash. And stop thinking about food! We're here to help Susan, not to have dinner." Kasey started off in the direction of the living room. "Come on."
When they got to the living room, they found the source of the noise: a vase. There was a vase lying on the carpet, in shattered pieces. Susan was standing over it, looking humiliated. A strange-looking alien was picking up the pieces while scolding Susan.
"Who's that weird alien?" Kasey wondered aloud.
"Pleakley. He's strange. Go near him and suffer a brain injury for the rest of your life." 625 warned Kasey.
Kasey nodded. "I'll keep that in mind."
"That was my---I mean Nani's favorite vase! You're in for a tremendous grounding, Young Lady!" Pleakley scolded.
"Oh, great... another grounding." Susan mumbled.
"Poor Susan. All she wants to do is get Stitch's attention, but she keeps getting into trouble." Kasey said softly. "Maybe we should go help her. What do you think, 625? ...625?"
Not getting an answer, Kasey quickly turned around to find out what had happened to 625. She discovered him about to sneak bread off of the kitchen table. She ran over to him and pulled him underneath the table.
"What'd you do that for?!" 625 complained.
"Someone could see you. What'd you think you were doing?!" Kasey exclaimed while still keeping her voice to a whisper.
"I told you I was hungry!" 625 snapped, annoyed.
Kasey's attention was no longer on this conversation, however. She had her right ear positioned upwards, listening to something. "Someone's coming! Oh, and the door just closed. Nani must be home."
They both watched as they saw numerous feet walk across the kitchen floor. Then they heard the sounds of plates and everyone talking at once.
625 put his paws over his ears and leaned against one of the table legs. "Ohh, my head hurts. Why did I let you talk me into coming here?"
"Because I'm plotting world domination and I'm starting with you."
"Really?"
"No, because you're not even an effort." Kasey leaned against one of the other table legs.
"I smell food..." 625 said dreamily.
Kasey inched away from him a little. "You'd better not drool on me."
"But... I'm so hungry... and food is being eaten right above us, yet I can't go out there and get any... this is so much torture." 625 sighed.
"I guess we're trapped here... we'll just have to stay here overnight I suppose." Kasey groaned. 625 groaned right along with her when she gave him this news.
"Staying secretly overnight at someone else's house with an empty stomach is not my idea of a good time." 625 grumbled.
"I know but you COULD stand to lose a few pounds." Kasey grinned while patting 625's stomach. 625 looked miffed, but didn't say anything. She laughed a little. "Well, at least we have each other."
"Whoopee." 625 said sarcastically.
"What in the world are you two snoops doing here?! Wake up and let me give you a piece of my mind!" Susan's voice rang throughout Kasey's ears.
"What? Huh?" Kasey rubbed her eyes and opened them, and saw a very angry Susan staring back at her. "S-Susan! Um... so you found us..."
Susan glared. "You'd better believe I did. Do you know how late it is? I came down here to get a midnight snack because I hardly ate anything at dinner time, when I heard the sound of snoring. I followed the sound to the table and looked underneath, and what d'ya know! I find you two, out like a light and snoring like a couple of buzz saws. Although you DO look cute like that." Susan tried to hold back a giggle.
Kasey blushed. "Not again..." She noticed that she was again in 625's arms. "How in the world did this happen, and again?" Kasey recalled that time back when they had been camping. "Deja vu..." She sat up and yawned.
Susan sighed. "At least you HAVE someone to be embarrassed of..."
Kasey folded her arms. "Oh, come on. You're not going to start sulking over Stitch again, are you?"
"And do you have anything left over from dinner? I'm starved..." 625 pleaded.
"Yeah, I know. That's all you've been talking about!" Kasey exclaimed, irritated.
"Well, I can't help it. You wouldn't let me eat anything! What kind of girlfriend would want their boyfriend to starve to death?" 625 wanted to know.
"Augh. Here. I don't have much of an appetite anymore." Susan threw a bag of potato chips at 625.
"Thanks." 625 tore it open and began to happily ingest the potato chips.
Kasey shook her head and sighed. "Nevermind him, Susan. He's been a pain all day."
"'All day'?" Susan repeated. "Just how long have you been snooping around here? And why?"
Kasey played with her claws. "Well... I just wanted to know how things between you and Stitch were going. And I wanted to help. Secretly."
"You never did put that 'big plan' of your's into action." 625 reminded her and swallowed.
Kasey looked thoughtful. "Yeah... I can't even remember what it was. I guess I had no idea what I was doing, really."
625 threw up his arms. "Great. NOW she tells me."
"I appreciate you trying to help, Kasey, but... you really shouldn't interfere. If me and Stitch were meant for each other, it'll work out on it's own. Look at you and 625!" Susan pointed out.
Kasey watched 625 lick salt off of his paws. "I'm looking... and I STILL don't know what I see in him."
"Well, I don't know, either, but you see something. And, see. You and he are a couple, and yet you spend a good deal of your time tormenting each other! If that isn't love, then I don't know what is." Susan told Kasey.
"Yeah, but, come on, Susie! It's not like somebody waved a magic wand and we automatically became a couple! True, love takes care of itself, but it always needs a little nudge. You know what I think you should do?" Kasey grinned. "Kiss Stitch."
625 almost choked on his potato chip. "What?! Seriously, I don't know what it is with you girls and thinking kisses change everything."
Susan nodded. "I never thought I'd say this, but... I side with 625 on this one."
625 looked surprised. "You do?! Finally, someone appreciates me!"
"But really, Susan. What can one little kiss hurt?" Kasey wanted to know.
"A lot. Like embarrassment hurt." Susan pointed out.
"But maybe it's all Stitch needs to start noticing you. And if that's true, are you just going to throw that chance away? I followed your advice, and look! Me and 625 are a couple. So follow my advice. It might just work, as crazy as it sounds." Kasey said sincerely.
"Yeah, but your advice is..." Susan sighed as she looked at Kasey's face. "Oh, all right... I'll do it."
Kasey gave out a little shriek. "All right then! I hope it works."
"It better... for your sake." Susan warned. "Now, I think you two should leave now. It's late, and I don't know how I would be able to explain the both of you to Nani without it looking like I snuck you in."
"Yeah, we probably should. But one thing I'm just curious about: why did you go into Nani's room?" Kasey asked.
"What?! You were in there?! I thought I heard breathing!" Susan exclaimed. "And for your information, I went in there for privacy reasons. Lilo and Stitch are always in and out of my room, because, you know, it's their's too."
"Right. We'll go now then, I guess." Kasey nodded. "Let's go, 625. Although I doubt Gantu misses us..."
625 almost fell over sleepily, then caught himself. "Hm? What? What's going on? Where am I? Who are you? Am I hallucinating?"
"No, but you will be if you don't wake up because I'm not carrying you home!" Kasey exclaimed.
"I don't think he's going to cooperate..." Susan watched 625 as he closed his eyes and started to snore, falling asleep sitting up.
Kasey groaned. "Now what? I don't feel like dragging him there."
Susan held her head. "Oh, I don't feel like handling this right now. I'm so very tired. Just stay here for the night. You were going to anyway."
Kasey yawned. "That's a pretty good idea, because I'm exhausted too. But I don't have to sleep under the table, do I? It's very uncomfortable."
"You looked pretty comfortable in 625's arms." Susan laughed. "But seriously, no, you can sleep out in the living room if you want to. I'll bring you a blanket."
"Thanks, Susan. But what if Nani or someone sees me?" Kasey wanted to know.
"Oh, don't worry about it. I'll just explain everything, and if they don't buy it, well I've been getting into trouble lately anyway, so I'm used to it." Susan replied.
"I hate that I could be getting you into trouble, but it's late, and I'm tired, so okay, I accept your offer." Kasey agreed.
"All right, come on, get on the couch and I'll retrieve a blanket from my room." Susan led Kasey out from under the table and into the living room. Kasey climbed onto the couch and Susan disappeared from the room, then reappeared moments later with a green blanket. She placed it over Kasey's shivering body and said, "Good night. You going to be all right? I know you get cold easily, but you don't look so good."
Kasey stretched and closed her eyes. "I'm fine. Good night, okay?"
Susan nodded. "Okay..." She flicked the light off, covering the room in darkness.
"Listen, Stitch. I need to tell you something very important. Please listen, okay? This means a whole lot to me." It was morning, and Susan and Stitch were standing in the living room. Susan was about to spill her feelings, and if it felt right afterwards, kiss Stitch like Kasey had recommended.
...But there was one thing that Susan didn't know. Kasey was awake. She was still on the couch with her eyes closed, but she was awake. And she was listening to everything that Susan and Stitch said.
"So? Are you listening to me? I just want to know, because I don't want to say this twice." Susan told Stitch.
"Ih. Susan tell Stitch what she wants to say." Stitch replied.
Susan nodded. "Okay..." She swallowed. "It's like this, okay, Stitch? I... I like you. I like you a lot."
"Stitch like Susan too!" Stitch said cheerfully.
"No... I mean I like you like you. You know, I have a crush on you. As in romantically. I'm in love with you. I know you're in love with Angel, but... maybe I can change your mind." Susan didn't consciously know she was going to, but she leaned forward and kissed Stitch gently.
Kasey had had her eyes half-open at this point, so she had seen the kiss. And she couldn't help calling out, "You did it!"
Susan and Stitch both looked Kasey's way, then Stitch looked slightly embarrassed and scampered off. Susan gave Kasey another one of her famous glares. "Kasey! I thought you were asleep. And look what you did! Now I'll have to wait longer to find out how that kiss made him feel. And you totally humiliated me, right in front of Stitch! I'm beginning to regret letting you sleep over."
"Well, I didn't ask to! You offered!" Kasey said in a hoarse voice.
Susan looked concerned. "Are you really okay, Kasey? Your voice sounds scratchy."
"Yeah. I'm okay. I'm sorry about interrupting you and Stitch though. We'd better leave now. Where's 625? Is he still sleeping?" Kasey sat up, yawning.
"Him? Oh yeah. He's really out of it. Still snoring up a storm, too. I wish you'd go wake him up." Susan told Kasey.
"'K, I will." Kasey got off of the couch and walked sleepily towards the kitchen. "I can't let anyone who goes in there think that the table is snoring."
"I don't think the table likes it much either." Susan noted.
Kasey crawled under the table and moments later dragged a slumbering 625 out into the open. She shook him. "625! 625! It's time to wake up now." But he continued to sleep. Kasey shook her head.
"Let me try something." Susan walked closer. "Oh, 625... FOOD!"
"Huh?" 625 instantly snapped awake. "What? Where?"
Kasey snorted. "Why didn't I think of that?"
Susan brushed back her hair. "Because you're not as smart as I am." She joked, and laughed a little.
"Where's the food?" 625 wanted to know.
"There is none!" Kasey rolled her eyes.
"What a rip-off..."
"Okay, we should really go now before anything else happens." Kasey coughed.
625 inched away. "Hey, hey, hey! Don't you be getting your germs on me."
Susan looked concerned again. "Kasey, are you sure you aren't coming down with something?"
"If she is, she'd better stay away from me." 625 moved to the other side of the room.
"Oh, gimme a break! Can't you be a little more considerate to your sick girlfriend?" Susan asked 625.
"Hey, it's not my fault she's sick!" 625 folded his arms.
Kasey laughed. "Oh, let him be like that. If he acted otherwise, then I'd think HE was sick." She walked over to 625 and grabbed him by the ear, then led him out of the room. "C'mon, Cutie, le's go home."
Susan shook her head and chuckled. "Those two are pathetic. But inseperable."
Sometime later, back at Gantu's ship, the phone rang and Kasey reached over to pick it up. "Hello? Oh, hi! Really? Yeah? Uh huh. Uh huh. Yeah. That's wonderful! Yeah. Uh huh. Oh, no. No I don't. Yes. Oh, okay. I will. Yeah, yeah, yeah, uh huh. 'Bye!"
"Boy, conversations are getting to be more and more detailed each and every day." 625 said sarcastically.
Kasey put the phone back in it's cradle. "That was Susan. She gave me terrific news! She and Stitch are going on their first date." She smiled.
"Correct me if I'm wrong, but," 625 began, "didn't they ALREADY go on a date?"
"Yeah, but it wasn't official. This is their first official date as a couple!" Kasey exclaimed.
625 blinked. "You mean my cuz' just automatically fell in love with your cuz' just 'cause they kissed?"
"Well, not exactly. Stitch sort of has mixed feelings about the whole thing. He wants to take her out one more time, have some alone time with her, you know? And see if he feels attracted to her." Kasey explained.
"How nice..." 625 held his head. "I hate you."
Kasey chuckled. "Why? Just because you caught the flu from me?"
"Not just that. Because you're making me lay on the floor." 625 complained. He was lying on a pillow with a blanket over himself on the floor. Kasey was lying on the couch behind him with a blanket as well.
"Well, you could've gone in your room. You can't be up here because I have other stuff up here." Kasey motioned to the tissue boxes and boxes of crackers and books she had next to her.
"I'm in here because I want to watch TV. You know, it really hurts that you care more about crackers and books than me." 625 grumbled.
"I don't. They just happen to be more interesting." Kasey told 625. "Well, there's one good thing. Stitch and Susan have a chance of becoming a couple. Cupid strikes again."
THE END
To be continued
As I said, I hate this chapter, and I hate when I get all cheesy. But whatever. Review only if you have something nice to say, because I'm not exactly in my best of moods right now.