KittieStar: =D Aloha everyone! It's the one and only KittieStar here! And guess what? I've got a new chapter to Da Game of Love! Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay! I apologize for the long wait, someone, and I know who did it too, crashed my computer and my mom had to re-boot it! And then I got everything re-booted and the day I got back on the Internet, something happened again so my computer is not workable on, or at least the Internet is. So now I have to type this up and put it on a floppy disk and load it up on from me mum's computer! --; So my sincere apologies to everyone and my sincerest apologies to 'sandythejinglebell'! Well, as she pointed out, after a long 2 or 3 months, here's chapter 7!
Roll that beautiful bean footage!....
Disclaimer: Naw, I don't own Hamtaro. .....figures..... But I do own Holly, Lily, Twink, Taya, Kiri, and any other made-up people or hamsters I might throw in. I also don't own any verses from the song "Dear Diary" by Britney Spears or any other song I might throw in. BOOO YAAA!! =P
[...]: Me.
Italics: People/Hamsters thinking.
...: Actions.
And bits of songs I may stick in periodically that I think fit in the "moment" will have ''s in front of them and will be in italics and bold. Okie dokie?
Chapter 6, Good Thoughts And Bad Thoughts:
"Jade dear, could you come here for a second? Your father and I would like a word with you."
A tall girl around the age of 16 stood up, causing her dark brown hair to fall in her face. She brushed it back and closed the refrigerator door.
"Yeah mom, as soon as I get this bottle open and I take my shoes off!" she replied.
She managed to open the pop bottle and walked up a big, beautiful staircase. She trudged up it and through a long, fancy hallway and into her very large teen-like bedroom. She kicked off her shoes and took a sip of her pop. She turned around and walked over to a big hamster cage. She bent down and peered in, looking for a hamster.
"She must be sleeping, that little bed bug." she commented.
The girl chuckled to herself and proceeded downstairs to the living room. Her mother, father, and 10-year-old blonde sister were waiting for her. Jade sat down on a love seat across from them. She looked around and noticed her mother and father looked quite nervous. Ideas began to float around in her head and she started to panic a little. What did they want with her? Did she do something wrong maybe? Were they getting a divorce? Jade shivered. To calm her nerves she took a sip of her pop and played it cool.
"Soooooooooooo what's up?" she asked casually.
Her mother and father glanced at each other nervously, as if silently asking whom was to go first. Her mother looked at her daughters and sighed.
"Well girls, your father and I have some news-" her mom started
"-some good news." their dad added quickly.
"Yes, well, I'm not so sure about that, but it is, um, big news."
"Are you guys gonna have another baby?" Jade's sister asked hopefully.
Jade choked a little on the fresh chug of soda in her mouth and leaned forward a little to hear their answer. But she was relieved when her parents smiled and chuckled. She leaned back into the love seat and took another drink.
"No Taylor, we're not having another baby. Two is enough for us!" their father laughed.
"Awwwww!" Taylor groaned.
"But it is some big news." her mother said.
By now Jade was starting to grow impatient with her parents and became quite angry.
"Will you guys just tell us already! I'm late for a chat conference with Alexis and Josh!" she said coolly.
"Alright, alright! Girls, we're, weeeeell, we're moving." her father blurted quickly and braced himself for a horrible reaction.
"M-M-Moving?" Jade stammered.
"To where?" Taylor asked.
Their parents winced again and glanced at each other.
"....Ja.....Japan." her mother breathed.
At that very moment, Jade's world felt like it just began to crash down apon her head. She gasped and stared at her mom and dad hoping that what they said wasn't true.
"You're-you're kidding right? Please tell me you're kidding!" Jade cried.
"I'm sorry honey, but we're not kidding. We're really moving to Japan." her mom said kindly.
"....no....way...." Was all Taylor could say.
Jade burst into tears, "How could you do this to us? How-could-you-do-this-to-US?!!" she yelled and raced off to her room in full sobs.
"Jade, honey, wait!" her dad called.
Taylor burst into tears and ran off to her room as well. Their parents both sighed and looked at each other. Their father wiped a tear from his wife's cheek.
"They'll be ok, soon enough." he said, comforting her.
"W-W-Why? Why d-d-did they have to m-m-move us? Why? Why?" Jade sobbed into her pillow.
She sobbed and sobbed until she heard a rattle and a shuffle from next to her bed. She looked down to see her brown and white hamster sitting there looking up at her; the hamster's hazel eyes were wide with concern.
"I wonder what's, like, wrong with Jade, she looks so totally sad. I wonder if, like, her boyfriend broke up with her or somethin' " the hamster thought.
The brown and white ham-girl climbed up the bars to the top and rattled the cage. Jade smiled at her silliness. She knew her hamster was trying to get her to tell what was wrong.
"Oh my sweet little hammie, I have some a-a-awful n-n-news!" she started, "Mom said that we're gonna m-m-move to J-J-Japan! I'm gonna have to leave all of my friends and family behind! Oh what am I gonna tell everyone? What am I gonna tell my Tommy?....." she cried.
"D-D-Did she say 'm-m-move'? And 'J-J-Japan'? What's a 'Japan' and why are we moving? I thought Jade's mom and dad liked this house! And why does this 'Japan' sound so far away?" the hamster thought in a full on panic.
The girl-ham let go of the bars and dropped to the cage floor where she raced to her Wiz Wheel and began to run in a panic. The hamster's world was crashing down on her as well. She ran as she started thinking about what was going to happen to her....and terror crept up her spine....
Holly awoke with a start and sat straight up in her Hamster Hut. She panted and wiped a little sweat from her forehead.
"That same dream," she thought, "I've been having it since we got here. I hate that dream. It makes me, like, relive that day over and over again, which is like going to hell every night. But, it didn't scare me as much tonight, which was kinda odd. I didn't sweat as much, which is a plus. Maybe it has something to do with me meeting the Ham-Hams. Yeah, that's probably it. It was so much fun meeting them all today, I haven't felt this happy in a long time...."
Holly felt a little shaken, and after a few minutes of trying to get back to sleep she gave it up and decided to record the recent events in her journal. She shuffled around in her hut for a minute and came up with a pink hamster-sized notebook. On the front it read:
"HOLLY'S JOURNAL, STAY OUT! I REALLY MEAN IT!!"
She pulled out a hamster pen and opened up the book, strummed through the pages, found a page, and began to write;
Dear Journal;
Guess what? I met new friends! And tons of them! And they all like me too! It was sooooo much fun talking and playing with everyone. And the two coolest hams out of the bunch are Sandy and Stan, they're the ones who introduced me and Lily to the "Ham-Hams", which is what they call themselves. And they made me a "Ham-Ham" too! Isn't that cool? =D
I had that dream again, you know, the one were Jade tells me we're moving. But it didn't scare me as much this time and I think it's because I'm not nervous about living here anymore because I have friends now. I hope eventually the dreams go away as I become better friends with them all.
Sandy and Stan are really great! Sandy is a valley-girl/gymnast and Stan is a skater-ham/Casanova flirt. lol! Stan's kinda cute too....hee hee hee!....
I should probably write down what happened today, but I don't really feel like writing everything, so I'll start at the part when I first entered the Clubhouse...
FLASHBACK
[Holly's writing in these, {...} ok?]
Holly held her breath as Stan opened the door and stepped in. He held it open and motioned for her to go in. She gulped and walked in, the other two girls following right behind her. He grinned as she passed him and she managed a weak smile in return. She looked around the room and gulped again.
{I must admit I was pretty darn scared at what they'd say. I don't know what it is about me, but I'm always worrying what other hamsters think about me. The only thing I knew at that moment though, was that my fingers hurt from me crossing them so hard and wishing with every ounce of my being that these hamsters would adore me....}
Stan shut the door behind them and a few Ham-Hams looked up, those who did not look up were nudged by their neighbors and were pointed in the direction of the new arrivals.
"Hey Sandy, Stan! Who's your new friends?" Hamtaro asked in his usual cheerfulness.
Stan nudged Holly, causing her to stumble. She turned and glared at him. He shrugged and gave her a 'aren't ya gonna say somethin'?' face. Holly gave a deep sign and decided to suck it up.
"Hiya, the name's Holly! It's a real pleasure to finally be in this totally rad place!" Holly said, beaming around the room trying not to look nervous.
"And I'm her little sis Lily!" her sister added from behind.
Holly held her breath and waited for a reply. And to her utter surprise, the room erupted in hello's. She breathed out in a big sigh of relief and listened to the room fill with introductions.
"Hamha Holly, Lily! I'm Hamtaro!"
"And I'm Oxnard, but you can call me Oxy if ya want."
"And I'm the great creator and boss of this Clubhouse, Boss"
"It's totally cool to meet the owner of this Clubhouse, Boss-Man." Holly said, walking over and shaking his paw.
"Pleased to meet you, I'm Dexter." Dexter said next to Boss, bowing slightly.
"And howdy pardner, I'm Howdy. Wanna here a joke from me?"
The Clubhouse filled with groans.
"Howdy, she doesn't want to hear one of your stupid-" Dexter started.
"I'd love to!" Holly said cheerfully.
"Alrighty then, why was 6 afraid of 7?" Howdy asked.
Holly giggled, "Because 7 8 [ate?] 9!"
"Yee yaw! Ya got it! That's one smart filly here!" Howdy guffawed.
"Howdy, she probably heard that joke before!" Dexter snapped.
Howdy was about to retort when Pashmina stepped in and introduced herself quickly.
"Hi, I'm Pashmina."
"Ookwee! Ookwee!" the little hamster said, jumping up and down, her yellow blanket flopping up and down as she jumped.
"Oh, and this is Penelope." she added, laughing.
"Hi Penelope, I'm Lily." Lily said walking up to her.
"Okwee!"
Lily giggled at Penelope.
"Bonjour! I am Bijou."
"Salut! Jer ma pelle Holly!" [I hope I spelled that right, it's French for 'Hi! My name is Holly!']
"Oh, you know zee French?"
"Oui, but just a little."
Bijou laughed and turned to Taya, who was listening to music with her headphones. Bijou poked her and she opened her eyes and pulled off her phones, noticing the new hams.
"Er, hi, I'm Taya." [Remember, pronounced 'Tay-uh']
"You like music?" Holly asked.
"Why yes, I'm a DJ."
"I love music; I have every popular band CD possible!"
"Wow, that's neat."
"I'd like to listen to Japanese music one day."
"You're not from Japan?" Taya asked.
"Nope, we're from America." Holly said proudly.
"Oh, I've heard American music is quite good."
"My sister is weally gwood at making moosic!" a little hamster with black pig tails said next to Lily.
"Hi, I'm Lily!"
"Hi, I'm Kiri!" Kiri said excitedly. [Remember, it's pronounced 'Keer-ree'. And also remember, of course you would know this if you read "Saving Private Sandy", that Kiri talks like a baby, she is little though after all.]
Next to Holly, a red pot moved. She jumped a little, but soon realized that there was a hamster under there after she heard giggling. And to her surprise a little hamster with brown ears and a green cap on emerged from under the pot.
"Hi, I'm Cappy." he said shyly.
"Hi Cappy, I'm Holly and this is Lily." she said, Lily waving next to her.
"Hi and I'm Panda."
"And who's that sleep-mi-ster over there?" Holly asked pointing at a brown and white hamster in a sock, apparently asleep.
"Oh that's Snoozer!" Hamtaro said.
"Does he sleep all the time?" Holly asked again
"Yep, he does wake up every once in a while to give us some convenient advice though." Hamtaro answered.
"Wow, lucky guy!" Holly laughed.
{For the rest of the day I had so much fun getting acquainted with the Ham-Hams, and they even made me and Lily Ham-Hams! It was the best day ever! But things started to slow down a little when I met the infamous 'Maxwell and Lilac', they came in just as I was talking to the girls. That, was a little crazy...}
"So Holly, did you have boyfriend back in America?" Pashmina asked slyly.
The ham-girls watched Holly's face turn bright pink. Lily laughed a hollow laugh.
"Holly? Have a boyfriend? HA! Like she'd ever have a chance-"
Holly backslapped her sister on the head and glared at her. She then turned back to the girls and smiled nervously.
"Well I, didn't really, have a boyfriend. But I did have an enormous crush on this guy. He was sooooooo funny and cool! He was one of the reasons I was really sad we were moving. I miss his sarcastic comments and his fun personality." Holly explained misty-eyed.
"Was eet true love?" Bijou asked starry-eyed.
"Pfh, yeah right! Like he'd ever like me!" Holly said with a laugh.
"You mean you liked him but he didn't like you?" Taya asked.
"Yep. As a matter of fact, he acted like he hated me every single day."
"Then why did you like him so much if was all up in your face all the time?" Sandy questioned.
Holly shrugged, "I don't know really, it's just something that just happened. Now, how 'bout we talk about somethin' different, 'kay?"
"Alrighty then, what were your friends like in America?" Sandy asked Holly.
Holly smiled. She took off her backpack and reached inside. After several moments of searching, she pulled out a picture of a bunch of hamsters. The girl-hams all crowded around her as she explained each person in the picture.
"This is my best friend Samantha, Sam for short." she said pointing to a blonde and white hamster with 3 brown stripes on her head and yellow pigtails with light pink ribbons and a pink ribbon around her neck and a blue-with-yellow-in-the-middle flower by her right ear, "This is my friend Emily," she pointed to a hamster that looked a lot like Barrette, from the Ham -Ham Heartbreak video game, only her ponytail ribbon was sparkly and hot pink and she had no eyelashes, "This is my sweet friend Amber," she now pointed to a hamster with a similar pattern as Sandy, but with all of the browns much lighter and she had a pigtail like Pepper's with a light blue ribbon and she also wore a shy expression. [Those hams by the way, are a few of my friends as hamsters. We all made ourselves into hamsters one day, it was soooo funny! Yes, we have no lives.]
She continued to explain each of the other hamsters in the picture. [I have a lot of friends, and I was too lazy to write them all. Heh.]
"Wow, they seem pretty cool." Sandy remarked.
"Yeah, well they kinda were." Holly said, a bit of sadness in her voice.
"Was eet really sad saying good-bye to them? I know I would never be able to say good-bye forever to thee Ham-Hams!" Bijou said.
"It was really sad. I cried a lot, and I'm not the kind of ham that cries over things. I practically never cry, unless I'm in great physical or emotional pain or happiness!" Holly explained.
"Wow." the girls breathed.
{At that very moment Maxwell and Lilac showed up. They just came bursting in, chatting merrily about books and art, as if nothing was wrong. I turned to say something to Sandy and stopped myself quickly because her expression looked so sad I didn't feel like it was my place to say anything. I just watched uncomfortably as most of the problems between the couple folded out in front of me...}
[I'm eating "Cherry Vanilla Ice Cream" flavored Mike and Ike's right now! lol! And they're very yummy! .]
"......yes, it was quite a good piece of art, that painting!" Maxwell agreed; laughing happily as Lilac nodded.
The whole Clubhouse turned to look at the two when the walked in and everyone, but Penelope, Kiri, Lily, and Cappy who were playing, and Hamtaro[Duh], was thinking the exact same thing and turned to look at Sandy. Sandy, who didn't notice the shift of attention, glared continually at the pair who had just arrived.
"Why is Maxwell hanging out with Lilac instead of Sandy?" Oxnard whispered to Dexter, not knowing the he had just said what everyone was thinking.
"I don't know, but something smells fishy, and it's not Howdy's jokes either." Dexter whispered back.
Maxwell had noticed the stunned silence by now and looked around the room, following everyone's gaze. He finally found the object and he met Sandy's eyes. Maxwell had a very funny feeling that Sandy was reading his mind by the way she was staring at him, her glare very fixed apon him.
"Hey, Sandy, I see you're feeling much better!" he said, trying to sound cheerful.
Sandy didn't answer.
"You must have fast-acting white blood cells! Ha, ha, ha....erm.....ha...um...well....how is everyone today?" he asked, braking his gaze on Sandy and looking around the room, though he still felt her eyes on him.
{I couldn't take the quiet anymore so I decided to act fast. Putting my fears behind me quickly, I stood and decided to introduce myself. I walked across the room and held out my paw, staring right into his eyes, looking for the truth. This was one of my better moments...}
Maxwell held out his paw and shook Holly's uncomfortably. He didn't like the way she was staring at him; it made him feel extremely uneasy and reminded him of Sandy's piercing gaze.
"Hi, the name's Holly. And back there is my lil' sis Lily. You must be Maxwell, I've heard soo much about you." she said in a mock-cheerful voice with a touch of coldness, she then dropped Maxwell's paw and turned to Lilac and took her paw and shook it, Lilac staring at her awkwardly, "And you of course must be Lilac. I've heard about you as well."
Behind her at the table Stan and several others smiled, though only Stan really knew why she was saying this.
"Well, um, it's nice to meet you Holly! I expect you just moved here?" Maxwell asked quickly.
"Yes, we moved here from America." she answered, her eyes flashing, angry that he changed the subject, but she couldn't miss a chance to brag about where she lived.
Maxwell, however looked interested, "Wow, I've heard that is a fine country. I've read all about it. Which state are you from?"
"Michigan."
"Lower or upper peninsula?"
"Lower."
"Ahh, yes, 'The Mitten State'! An easy state to remember by appearance. Also home to 'Motor City' am I correct?"
"Yes, like, totally." she replied, quite taken aback by his knowledge of her former home.
{I commented him courtly on his knowing of my U.S.A. and returned to the girls. They looked up at me and giggled. Sandy gave me a curious look and I nodded to her, hoping she knew what I was saying and she looked away quickly. She understood what I was telling her, I had just confirmed her worst fears. I felt bad, but I knew she would question me about it later anyway. I can't explain how I knew, all I can say is that I just did.
After a while, Lilac announced she was leaving and after a short farewell she left. We played many games and it wasn't until we went outside to play "tag" that I realized that the sun was very high in the sky and it was time for Lily and me to leave before our humans returned. I said my good-byes and Boss asked if I knew the way home and I laughed and said no. He asked me where I lived and offered to walk me home. I was very hesitant and just as I was about to say no Stan said he knew where my house was and it was only a street or two away from his own house! I agreed to let him walk me home and we were off.
Talking to Stan on the way home made me so happy....I can't explain it....but it's a similar feeling to how I felt about that boy-ham back home...
Dear Diary,
Today I saw a boy.
And I wondered if he noticed me,
He took my breath away.
I was surprised at how easy it was talking to him, even if all he did was flirt with me! And I was lucky Lily was playing with everything she saw and wasn't paying attention to our talking. I don't know what it is....but I can't stop thinking about him now...his cute stripes...his flirty nature...
Dear Diary
I can't get him off my mind
And it scares me 'cause I've never felt this way
And no one in this world knows me better than you do
So diary, I'll confide in you
...I don't...what this means....but I'll sleep on it...good night journal.}
Holly
Holly shoved her journal under the wood shavings and settled herself down and slowly drifted off to sleep, her last thoughts as she crossed the line into Dream Land, were on Stan.
And I wonder,
Does he know what in my heart?
I tried to smile but I could hardly breathe
Should I tell him how I feel?
Or would that scare him away?
Diary tell me what to do
Please tell me what to say
Dear Diary,
One touch of his hand,
And I can't wait to see that boy again
He smiled
And I thought my heart could fly
Diary, do you think we'll be more than friends?
I've got a feeling we'll be so much more,
Than friends.
A couple streets away, a hamster was writing in a hamster-sized notebook as well.
...She seemed so shy in the beginning, and then she just sorta, I dunno, warmed up. I hope she likes me though, 'cause I think she's hot! Maybe I'll press my luck and try to swoon her with my Latin beats and excellent charm. Yeah, that'll totally work. She'll be my chick for sure. I should take it a little slow though. I don't want to drown her with my charm! =D Maxwell doesn't seem to be improving and I'm gonna have to, like, beat his brains in soon, to show him who's boss here. He's playin' my sister and don't like that at all. It's totally uncool. Anyway, I should get to bed, it's been a long day. I'll kill Maxwell tamorrow...
Da Stan-Man ;D
Stan hid his journal that held his most precious thoughts and opinions and as he fell into sleep mode, he hoped with all his heart that no one ever came across his journal. [Well, that's a spoiler right there! Oopsie!...]
A mile or so away a female hamster was thinking about her previous break-up. She laid on her stomach and thought about him. She knew it was best, he wasn't right for her anyway. He was much too active, she needed someone more slow, and polite, and proper...
"No! No! No!" Pashmina cried, shaking her head back and forth in desperation, "That only leads me to Dexter, and what about Howdy? I know who I like better, even if they both are awfully sweet...I just...just can't...chose between them...I don't want to break his heart...Stan and I broke up because we both knew we weren't right for each other, but I, I need someone in my life..."
Pashmina cried in frustration that night, wishing, for the first time in her life, that she was someone else.
But Pashmina wasn't the only one who was crying tonight. A very hurt and confused valley-girl Ham-Ham was crying her heart and soul out trying to figure out where she went wrong. Why would some one she loved and cared for so much do something so cruel and inhumane to her? Her brain felt it was going to explode from the thousands of questions that floated around in it and her heart felt like it was going to explode as well, though from all the pain that made it feel 20 times heavier than usual. Tonight, in Sandy's deep, deep depression she was slipping into, for the first time in her life, she wished she was dead.
On the other side of town in a blue house with a red roof, sat a 10-year-old girl in her pajamas, writing in her journal. In front of her journal sat a little orange and white hamster eating a sunflower seed.
"Two great things happened today! A new girl moved here from America and she's my new friend! Her name is Taylor and guess what? She has a hamster too! Her name is Lily and she told that her older sister has a hamster named Holly as well. Hamsters sure are popular, even on the other side of the world! And the other thing that happened today was that Travis noticed that I had a cute skirt on! Isn't that great?" Laura thought as she wrote in her journal.
"Kmrp, krmp. Wow! Holly and Lily are the hamsters we met today! I bet their owners are as nice as them!" Hamtaro thought as he chewed a sunflower seed.
"Today was a great day and I hope tomorrow is just as great! Right little guy?" Laura asked.
"Heke?"
END
KittieStar:pant pant Wow, that took a lot out of me! u.u;; But I guess I'll do anything for my fans! I hope you liked this chapter, I know things are kind of going slow. But this is just the beginning and I'm setting the mood for the rest of the fic. Yeah know, like I'm building a climax to the story. Somethin' like that. So if you're finding my fanfic boring so far, don't worry, it's gonna get better! I also have other fics to write, like an InuYasha one that came to me in a dream and a Harry Potter one that'll need some deep thinking. So, look for my future works and I hope you enjoy them and this fic! =D
PEACE OUT!!!
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