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Chapter 19: Harmony's Reappearance

"Goodbye." Mara said, as Maxwell ran away. Tears formed in her eyes. She knew she would never see Maxwell again. She crouched down and covered her face with her hands. She began to cry.

Meanwhile, Sandy ran back to the hotel. She ran to her room and fell on the bed. She stuffed her face into her pillow. And she cried. She cried and cried and cried. Maxwell... if I love you and you love me, why can't we be together? Why can't I be with you? Sandy thought. She wanted him so much and she knew she loved him, but something kept making her run away from him. Maxwell's words kept flashing in her mind. I don't love you. My heart belongs to Sandy. Sandy, I love you. Sandy wanted to turn back time and yell "I love you, too!" at him and hug him. But she couldn't go back. She just couldn't.

"Sandy?" a familiar voice asked. Sandy sat up as Stan came out of the kitchen door.

"Oh, Stan, I didn't know you were there." Sandy said, wiping her tears and trying not to show that she was crying. But Stan knew. He walked over to her and sat on the bed. He hugged her, letting her cry on his shoulder.

"I love him." Sandy said between the crying and sniffling.

"I love him so much and I want to tell him. I tried to tell him." Sandy said, still crying.

"What did he say?" Stan asked, patting Sandy on the back.

"I didn't get to tell him. He told me first. He loves me, but I ran away." Sandy sobbed.

"Why did you run?" Stan asked, pulling back. Sandy wiped more tears away.

"I don't know. Something inside of me made me run away. I don't know. I don't trust him." Sandy said.

"But I thought you loved him?" Stan asked puzzled.

"I do! I really do! But I couldn't tell him. I just couldn't." Sandy said. She was about to cry again.

"No, please don't cry." Stan said. Sandy tried to hold it back.

"I'd like to be alone for a bit, Stan." Sandy said in a whisper. Stan nodded as he stood up.

"If you need anything, just ask me, okay?" Stan asked, heading for the door. Sandy put on a smile for her brother as she nodded.

"Thank you. Just go." Sandy said. Stan nodded and left the room. Sandy just lied down and cuddled in her blankets. She began to cry again.

Stan walked to Pashmina's room and knocked on the door. No one answered. He knocked again, but still got no reply. He tried to open the door, but it was locked. Maybe they're at Pepper's room. Stan thought as he went to Pepper's room. He opened the door to find Sparkle and Nin-Ham. Nin-Ham was helping Sparkle get up with her crutches. Sparkle was blushing uncontrollably, but neither boy noticed.

"Nin-Ham? What are you doing here?" Stan asked.

"I came to help Sparkle get downstairs with her crutches." Nin-Ham explained.

"Okay. Is Pashmina here? Or Bijou?" Stan asked, looking around.

"You just missed them. They're heading down to eat with a few other hams." Sparkle said, as Nin-Ham put her crutches under her arms.

"Okay. Maybe I'll go join them." Stan said as he left.

"Ah!" Sparkle screamed as she was about to fall. But Nin-Ham caught her. Sparkle blushed as Nin-Ham held her up. (Ooh! I love that romantic position: the girl falls, the guy catches her, and they look at each other eye to eye! SO romantic!) Nin-Ham looked into Sparkle's eyes. Sparkle looked into his. He moved closer and their lips touched. They kissed for a few seconds, and then pulled back. Sparkle got back on her crutches. The two of them were blushing. Without saying a word, they went to the elevator and pushed button to the restaurant. They waited without looking at each other, but slowly, their hands joined. When they reached the floor, they walked hand-in-hand until they saw the ham-hams. They quickly let go and went to sit down.

Sparkle sat down with Bijou, Pashmina, and Pepper. She was still blushing and was deep in thought.

"Sparkle? What was that?" Pepper asked, surprised that Sparkle was holding Nin-Ham's hand.

"What?" Sparkle asked, interrupted.

"Why were you holding Nin-Ham's hand?" Pashmina asked. Sparkle blushed even more.

"We... um... we kissed..." Sparkle said, getting redder.

"You kissed?!" the three girls asked in unison.

"When did it happen? How did it happen?" Bijou asked.

"A few minutes ago, when he was helping me with my crutches. I tripped, but he caught me. Then, we just kissed." Sparkle explained, blushing harder.

"Oh, I love that romantic position!" Pashmina squealed, picturing the same romantic position I did. Sparkle blushed harder.

"Wow, you're really flustered. I've never seen you like this. You're usually all out and hyper when it comes to boys." Pepper pointed out. The other two nodded.

"Yeah, you must really like him." Pashmina said.

"Like him? Who says I like him?" Sparkle asked.

"Oh, please. You kissed! You're crazy about him! You've got something really special." Bijou said. Sparkle looked down and blushed harder.

"Bijou, can I talk to you?" Stan asked.

"Hey, Stan, when did you get here?" Bijou asked.

"Oh, just now." Stan answered.

"Hi, Stan." Pashmina said, a little pink in the face.

"Oh, hey Pashmina." Stan said as Pashmina stood up and kissed him on the cheek. They both blushed, after remembering they were in public.

"Oh my gosh! You two are so cute!" Sparkle squealed. The two blushed harder.

"Yeah, Stan." Bijou said, giving him a wink. Though it was just a friendly gesture, Stan blushed.

"So where's Sandy?" Pepper asked.

"Oh... she tried to tell Maxwell about, you know." Stan began.

"And what happened?" Hamtaro asked, as he, Oxnard, Nin-Ham, and Panda came from another table. They sat down to listen.

"Well, it didn't go so well. Maxwell told her he loved her. But... she ran." Stan said, sighing.

"She ran? Why would she do that?" Oxnard asked.

"She said she didn't trust him or something." Stan replied.

"I thought she loves him!" Panda said, confused.

"She does love him, doesn't she?" Bijou asked. Stan nodded.

"She does, but she's confused. She doesn't know what to do. She said she needed time to be by herself." Stan said.

"Wow... so what happened with Maxwell? Where is he now?" Pashmina asked.

"Hm, I don't know." Stan replied. He forgot about Maxwell.

"He's probably hanging around somewhere. He probably wants to be alone, too." Panda said. Everyone sighed. The official couple in the ham-ham group broke up and was having so many problems.

"Well, I better go check up on the three kids. They're with Dexter and Howdy upstairs." Pashmina said as she got up.

"See you later, Pashmina." Stan said.

"Bye!" Pashmina said as she waved goodbye. Soon, everyone had left, but Stan and Bijou.

"So, where are you going?" Bijou asked, "You said Sandy wants to be alone so you can't go to your room." Bijou explained.

"Um, can I go to your place?" Stan asked.

"Sure!" Bijou answered, "Let's go." So the two went up to Bijou's room. No one else was there, but them.

"So what do you want to do?" Bijou asked as she had a seat on the couch.

"I don't know." Stan replied. He was blushing like crazy. There was a long silence. Suddenly, they heard something moving in the kitchen. There were footsteps.

"What's that?" Bijou asked.

"Who's there?" Stan asked. As the two went to the kitchen. BANG! There was loud noise like pots banging together.

"Ow!" yelled the girl. She had white hair, but still looked young. She was only a few years older than the rest of the ham-hams. She was wearing a white dress that was knee-length. She had a halo on her head and was holding a wand with a star on top.

"Harmony?" the two asked at once.

"Bijou? Stan? Hi!" Harmony said as she got up and used her wand to fix the pots that had fallen on her.

"What are you doing here?" Bijou asked.

"Get the rest of the ham-hams in here. It's important." Harmony ordered. The two nodded and went to get the other hams. They got everyone except Maxwell and Sandy.

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