Chapter 4: The Day Before the Trip
The day before the trip, the ham-hams gathered at the clubhouse. They all had a seat at the table.
"Is everyone all packed and ready to go for tomorrow?" asked Boss. Everyone nodded.
"That's great! So we'll all meet up outside the clubhouse tomorrow at 9:00 a.m. sharp. Okay?" asked Hamtaro.
"Right!" the other ham-hams said in union. The meeting broke up and people started leaving. Bijou was about to walk out the door when Hamtaro pulled on her arm.
"Hey, Bijou, you want to sit next to me on the plane?" asked Hamtaro.
"Um, wee. Eh, why not?" asked Bijou, turning a light red. Suddenly, Boss ran up to Bijou.
"C-can you, um, if you want to, uh, sit next to me, um, tomorrow on the plane, B-bijou?" asked Boss stuttering. His face turned completely red.
"Oh, Boss. I would love to, but, um, Hamtaro just asked to sit with him. I'm sorry." Bijou apologized. Boss turned red again, but this time he turned red out of anger.
"T-that's o-okay, Bijou. I-I'll sit with s-someone else." Said Boss, trying his best to hold in his anger. Suddenly, Stan walked passed Bijou.
"I must go. See you two tomorrow, yes?" asked Bijou. The two boys nodded as Bijou ran to catch up with Stan. As soon as Bijou was gone, Boss let out his rage at Hamtaro.
"You asked her to sit with you???" asked Boss, yelling.
"What? Oxnard is sitting with Pepper so I decided to ask Bijou. What's wrong?" asked Hamtaro, doing an anime styled sweat drop.
"WHAT'S WORNG?! You're sitting next to Bijou, MY girl, on an eight hour plane ride!" yelled Boss.
"Sorry, Boss-man. I didn't think you'd get this angry." Said Hamtaro in his own defense.
"Well, you thought wrong." Said Boss, calming down a bit.
Meanwhile, Bijou caught up with Stan.
"Hey, Bijou. Sup?" asked Stan, trying his best not to flirt or blush.
"Guess what. Hamtaro just asked me to sit with him on the plane tomorrow!" said Bijou, happily. Stan was silent. He was happy for Bijou, but he wasn't that thrilled himself.
"Stan? Is something the matter?" asked Bijou. Stan snapped back out of his thoughts.
"N-no. Sorry, I just remembered that I forgot to bring something." Stan lied. He gave her a fake smile.
"But that's great, Bijou!" said Stan. Bijou smiled.
"I know! B-but what if I say something dumb or strange? What if I do something stupid?" asked Bijou, getting worried.
"Don't worry. You'll be fine. You're a very sophisticated person. You won't do anything wrong." Comforted Stan.
"Thanks, Stan...!? I just thought of something. Do think that by asking me to sit with him, he was, well, asking out on a date-like thing?" asked Bijou. Stan was again silenced. Hamtaro might have just asked Bijou out on a date.
"Uh, not to bring your hopes down, but I doubt he really knows what a date is." Said Stan. Bijou giggled.
"You're right. He's so childish. That's one of the many things I like about him!" said Bijou. Suddenly, Sandy ran in between them. She looked angry.
"Hi, Sandy. What's wrong?' asked Bijou. Sandy gave her a fake smile.
"Nothing. Um, I think that Hamtaro wanted to see you." Sandy lied. Bijou was a bit confused, but she went to look for Hamtaro.
"What were you doing with Bijou?" asked Sandy, angrily.
"We were talking. Why?" asked Stan.
"I don't want you to make my best friend think that you like her when you don't. She'd be, like, totally heartbroken if she thought you liked her, but you really only liked her as friends!" said Sandy.
"I'm not going to hurt Bijou and I don't like her that way." Stan lied. He did like Bijou, but he didn't want to hurt her.
"Well, you make sure that she doesn't think that you like her." Said Sandy as she ran off. Stan thought for a moment. Now I have to pretend for us both.
Soon, Stan got to his house. He started to think about what Sandy had said. He knew exactly what she meant. In the past, before he had found his sister and met the ham-hams, he had hurt a lot of girls. He made them think that he liked them, but he really just wanted to b friends. A lot of those girls were heartbroken to find out that he didn't love them. Stan didn't want to hurt Bijou and he was sure that he wouldn't.
Meanwhile, Bijou stopped at Hamtaro's house. Hamtaro answered the door.
"Oh, hi Bijou. What brings you here?" asked Hamtaro.
"Sandy said that you wanted to see me." Said Bijou. Hamtaro shook his head.
"I didn't say that, but why don't you come in?" asked Hamtaro. Bijou blushed and walked into Hamtaro's house. She sat down on his couch.
"So... are you excited about the trip?" asked Hamtaro.
"O-of-course! It'll be so much fun. I can't wait to sit next to you on the plane." Said Bijou. Suddenly, she realized that she shouldn't have said that last sentence.
"Uh, I got to go, Hamtaro." She said, quickly. She ran out the door and back to her house. As soon as she left, Hamtaro noticed that she for got her purse. He picked it up and opened it. Inside, there was a cell phone, two extra ribbons, a pen, lip-gloss, and a wallet. Hamtaro took out the wallet and opened it. He was surprised to see a picture of himself in it.
"Why am I here?" he thought. He saw that there were three other pictures. One was all the girl-hams, one was Boss, and the other was Stan. Hamtaro was surprised.
"These must be the most important people in her life. I just can't believe I'm one of them." He thought. Suddenly, he started to blush. That night, Hamtaro got into his bed. He was about to fall asleep when a thought crossed his mind. Why was Stan there?
The day before the trip, the ham-hams gathered at the clubhouse. They all had a seat at the table.
"Is everyone all packed and ready to go for tomorrow?" asked Boss. Everyone nodded.
"That's great! So we'll all meet up outside the clubhouse tomorrow at 9:00 a.m. sharp. Okay?" asked Hamtaro.
"Right!" the other ham-hams said in union. The meeting broke up and people started leaving. Bijou was about to walk out the door when Hamtaro pulled on her arm.
"Hey, Bijou, you want to sit next to me on the plane?" asked Hamtaro.
"Um, wee. Eh, why not?" asked Bijou, turning a light red. Suddenly, Boss ran up to Bijou.
"C-can you, um, if you want to, uh, sit next to me, um, tomorrow on the plane, B-bijou?" asked Boss stuttering. His face turned completely red.
"Oh, Boss. I would love to, but, um, Hamtaro just asked to sit with him. I'm sorry." Bijou apologized. Boss turned red again, but this time he turned red out of anger.
"T-that's o-okay, Bijou. I-I'll sit with s-someone else." Said Boss, trying his best to hold in his anger. Suddenly, Stan walked passed Bijou.
"I must go. See you two tomorrow, yes?" asked Bijou. The two boys nodded as Bijou ran to catch up with Stan. As soon as Bijou was gone, Boss let out his rage at Hamtaro.
"You asked her to sit with you???" asked Boss, yelling.
"What? Oxnard is sitting with Pepper so I decided to ask Bijou. What's wrong?" asked Hamtaro, doing an anime styled sweat drop.
"WHAT'S WORNG?! You're sitting next to Bijou, MY girl, on an eight hour plane ride!" yelled Boss.
"Sorry, Boss-man. I didn't think you'd get this angry." Said Hamtaro in his own defense.
"Well, you thought wrong." Said Boss, calming down a bit.
Meanwhile, Bijou caught up with Stan.
"Hey, Bijou. Sup?" asked Stan, trying his best not to flirt or blush.
"Guess what. Hamtaro just asked me to sit with him on the plane tomorrow!" said Bijou, happily. Stan was silent. He was happy for Bijou, but he wasn't that thrilled himself.
"Stan? Is something the matter?" asked Bijou. Stan snapped back out of his thoughts.
"N-no. Sorry, I just remembered that I forgot to bring something." Stan lied. He gave her a fake smile.
"But that's great, Bijou!" said Stan. Bijou smiled.
"I know! B-but what if I say something dumb or strange? What if I do something stupid?" asked Bijou, getting worried.
"Don't worry. You'll be fine. You're a very sophisticated person. You won't do anything wrong." Comforted Stan.
"Thanks, Stan...!? I just thought of something. Do think that by asking me to sit with him, he was, well, asking out on a date-like thing?" asked Bijou. Stan was again silenced. Hamtaro might have just asked Bijou out on a date.
"Uh, not to bring your hopes down, but I doubt he really knows what a date is." Said Stan. Bijou giggled.
"You're right. He's so childish. That's one of the many things I like about him!" said Bijou. Suddenly, Sandy ran in between them. She looked angry.
"Hi, Sandy. What's wrong?' asked Bijou. Sandy gave her a fake smile.
"Nothing. Um, I think that Hamtaro wanted to see you." Sandy lied. Bijou was a bit confused, but she went to look for Hamtaro.
"What were you doing with Bijou?" asked Sandy, angrily.
"We were talking. Why?" asked Stan.
"I don't want you to make my best friend think that you like her when you don't. She'd be, like, totally heartbroken if she thought you liked her, but you really only liked her as friends!" said Sandy.
"I'm not going to hurt Bijou and I don't like her that way." Stan lied. He did like Bijou, but he didn't want to hurt her.
"Well, you make sure that she doesn't think that you like her." Said Sandy as she ran off. Stan thought for a moment. Now I have to pretend for us both.
Soon, Stan got to his house. He started to think about what Sandy had said. He knew exactly what she meant. In the past, before he had found his sister and met the ham-hams, he had hurt a lot of girls. He made them think that he liked them, but he really just wanted to b friends. A lot of those girls were heartbroken to find out that he didn't love them. Stan didn't want to hurt Bijou and he was sure that he wouldn't.
Meanwhile, Bijou stopped at Hamtaro's house. Hamtaro answered the door.
"Oh, hi Bijou. What brings you here?" asked Hamtaro.
"Sandy said that you wanted to see me." Said Bijou. Hamtaro shook his head.
"I didn't say that, but why don't you come in?" asked Hamtaro. Bijou blushed and walked into Hamtaro's house. She sat down on his couch.
"So... are you excited about the trip?" asked Hamtaro.
"O-of-course! It'll be so much fun. I can't wait to sit next to you on the plane." Said Bijou. Suddenly, she realized that she shouldn't have said that last sentence.
"Uh, I got to go, Hamtaro." She said, quickly. She ran out the door and back to her house. As soon as she left, Hamtaro noticed that she for got her purse. He picked it up and opened it. Inside, there was a cell phone, two extra ribbons, a pen, lip-gloss, and a wallet. Hamtaro took out the wallet and opened it. He was surprised to see a picture of himself in it.
"Why am I here?" he thought. He saw that there were three other pictures. One was all the girl-hams, one was Boss, and the other was Stan. Hamtaro was surprised.
"These must be the most important people in her life. I just can't believe I'm one of them." He thought. Suddenly, he started to blush. That night, Hamtaro got into his bed. He was about to fall asleep when a thought crossed his mind. Why was Stan there?