"…And no more falling over, Hamtaro." Laura said, bent down peering into his cage, smiling. "You take it easy, ok? See you tonight, Hamtaro!" She called as she dashed out the door and ran off to school. Hamtaro stretched and stood up. His eye wasn't hurting nearly as much, and with the blood cleaned off it wasn't nearly as bad as it had been. The vet had checked him over, and said he'd be fine. He'd assumed Hamtaro must have fallen over in his cage and bashed it. Hamtaro smiled.

"No way the Vet would believe the truth even if I could tell him." Thought Hamtaro. There was a knocking on his window. Glancing up, he expected to see Bijou, but instead Oxnard was outside, a huge grin on his face. Hamtaro dashed out of his cage and outside.

"Morning Oxi!" He said.

"Hiya, Hamtaro." Oxnard replied. He looked at Hamtaro's eye. "That doesn't look so bad!" He commented.

"Nah, Bijou did a great job cleaning it up!" He smiled again. "The vet said I'd be fine too, so Laura's not too worried or anything." He looked upwards, to see a fine blue sky with not a cloud in sight. "Guess I'm not going near the clubhouse today." He said slightly sadly. "But hey, at least it's a nice day." He smiled again.

"I don't think any of us are too welcome at the Clubhouse at the moment, Hamtaro." He looked over at Oxnard, puzzled.

"Bijou came back after she's seen you, she was really mad at Boss. Little tip, Hamtaro, don't ever get on her bad side." Oxnard smiled "Joke. But anyway, Boss went nuts and kicked up all out. But I'm glad anyway. Don't know if I could stand being in the company of such a bully."

"Now that's not fair," started Hamtaro. "Yeah, he shouldn't have hit me, but I can understand that he's hurt."

"But it still doesn't justify what he did." Replied Oxnard firmly. "Anyway, why are we discussing such a serious topic on such a nice day?" He asked. "We should be out having fun!" He jumped up in the air a little, punching upwards with his fist. Hamtaro laughed.

"What's got into you this morning, then?" Asked Hamtaro. "You seem incredibly happy."

"Why not? The sun is shining, birds are singing…" Hamtaro stared at him. "Oh, alright, well, I got some good news…" He paused. "Look, I'll tell you later." He pointed down. Bijou was stood in the garden, waving at the pair, a basket in one hand.

"Bonjour, Hamtaro!" She called up. "Are you coming down at all today, you two?"

"Come on, Oxnard, lets go" Hamtaro and Oxnard ran along the roof and down the drainpipe, landing in the garden. Bijou ran over to Hamtaro and hugged him.

"Are you okay, Hamtaro?" she asked, concerned. "What did the vet say? Does it still hurt?" He just laughed.

"I'm fine." He replied, and Bijou smiled. "The Vet said it'll be good as new in a couple of days, and it's feeling much better already." Bijou laughed.

"Well, good. I will have you know I have been worried sick all night." she said. Hamtaro looked at her, trying to figure out what was different about Bijou. Then he noticed.

"Nice ribbons, Bijou." He said, pointing at the two pink bows tied to each ponytail. She smiled.

"Thank you, Hamtaro. Maria took my blue ones off to wash. It got rather messy yesterday." Bijou patted the basket under her arm. "It is a nice day," she said, "So I have arranged a picnic over by the lake. All the others are coming. You will come, won't you, Hamtaro?" She looked at him.

"I wouldn't miss it for the world!" He smiled. "But first, what's this good news of yours, Oxnard?" He asked.

"Ooh, you have something to tell us, Oxnard?" Bijou added, all ears.

"Well," he began, "I was going to wait till we met the other, but I guess I could tell you two first. Dylan's coming in to town to help out with the school dance on Sunday, so He's bringing Pepper!" His smile became even wider. "That means I'll be able to take her to the Ball after all!"

"Hey, great news, Oxi. Congratulations." Hamtaro smiled at him.

"Yes, I am so pleased for you two." Added Bijou. "It will be nice to see her again, too." Hamtaro grinned, cheekily.

"Of course, this is assuming she says yes." He joked. Oxnard's face was suddenly full of panic.

"Oh, no! What if she doesn't want to go with me?" He cried. Bijou giggled.

"Oxnard, do not listen to Hamtaro," she said. "He is joking." Oxnard looked visibly relived. "Oh you are terrible sometimes, Hamtaro" she said, smiling.

"Hehe, sorry, Oxi, couldn't resist."

"No problem, Hamtaro." Oxnard replied. "Just never do that again." The trio laughed. When they'd finally calmed down, Bijou spoke up.

"Come on, let us go meet the others, shall we? We are already late." The three set off towards the lake, and Hamtaro looked happier than he had for days. To him, it finally looked like it would turn out to be a good day.