Sorry haven't updated for a while. Been busy and other times couldn't be stuffed turnin on the computer. Anyway, yes geckoo, Nani's in this chpt. Hope you like it!
Stitch's first day back
Something woke Lilo up the next morning. She didn't know what it was at first, but then it occurred. Stitch was here!
She jumped out of bed, and nearly tripped over when she went up the stairs from running so fast.
When she arrived at her bedroom door, she went very quiet.
She opened the door and peered in.
She could barely make out Stitch's ears because the doona was pulled up over him so high.
She quietly stepped over to the bed and gently pulled down the doona.
Stitch was fast asleep, cuddling Scrump close to his tummy.
Lilo attempted to leave the room without making any noise, but due to his supersensitive hearing, he woke up.
"….Gaba?.." he moaned.
"Stitch! Did you have a good sleep?"
"Ih."
Lilo went over and sat next to him on the bed. "Sorry, did I wake you up to soon? Do you still want to rest?"
"Naga."
"Ok, come on then."
She picked him up and let him lay back in her arms while she carried him downstairs.
Michael was in the kitchen getting ready for work.
"Sorry, hon, gotta go. Some important people are coming today for an inspection. Could get a raise!"
"Oh, ok, see you later then."
Lilo kissed him, and then he petted Stitch on the head.
"See ya tonight. Have fun with Lilo."
"Bye bye."
Stitch waved to Michael. Michael laughed as he headed out the door.
"So, do you want something to eat?"
"Naga, Stitch not hungry yet."
"Well, I'm just gonna call my boss and say that I'm sick. Then I want to get you cleaned up. You're a disgrace."
"Okeytaka."
Lilo called her boss, and when she took Stitch into the bathroom, he didn't flinch or try to run away.
"What happened to being afraid of water?"
"Stitch used to doonga. Live outside."
"Ok, well, at least I won't have to put up with you trying to escape anymore."
"Ih."
Lilo half filled the bath,and then, for Stitch's sake, she threw in a few bath toys she found under the sink and some bubble bath. She picked him up and let him sit in the tub.
"Ok, the sooner, the better."
She picked up a scrubber, then added some soap onto it, and began to scrub his fur.The water nearly went pitch black from dirt and muck, so she had to refill the tub.
Stitch started to let out little purrs.
"Will you be alright by yourself for a little while? The tub's only half full, so unless you try it, it's impossible for you to drown."
"Okeytaka. Why Stitch want to drown?"
"I was just joking."
"Oh. Heh heh."
Lilo left him to play with the toys and clean himself, and went into the kitchen.
'I wonder what I could give him,' she thought to herself.
She searched the house for possessions she thought might make him feel at home again.
Eventually, she found the old 'Ugly Duckling' book, which Stitch read over and over again when she was young. She also found his old yellow blanket and his pillow, which were crammed into the back of her closet.
She then went outside and took all of her pineapples out of the crate, which she kept them in, and carried the crate inside. She placed one of her blankets in the bottom of the crate, then placed his yellow blanket and pillow on top, also retrieving 'Scrump' and placing her on the pillow.
She carried the mini crate-bed upstairs and placed it next to her side of the bed in her and Michael's room.
"Lllleeellllloooooo!!"
"Coming, Stitch!"
She hurried into the bathroom, and found him shivering in the bath, as he had drained the water.
She lifted him out and wrapped a big towel around him, rubbing him down.
"Come on, then."
She picked him up, in the towel and carried him into the lounge, where she let him sit next to the TV.
"Wait here, dry yourself."
"Ih."
She went into her bedroom and got her hairdryer. It would be much quicker to dry him with, and make his fur soft and fluffy.
He was still shivering when she returned to him.
She plugged in the hairdryer.
"Ok, let go of the towel."
He dropped the towel and she turned on the hairdryer. She began to blow-dry his fur, though she still had to rub him with the towel in some places.
When she was finished, she grabbed a brush from the dresser in her room, and hung the towel up on the clothesline.
She returned to him in the lounge and groomed him.
He purred, and stared at her, a look of happiness on his face. She noticed that his eyes, which before were filled with gloom and despair, now gave of a little shine.
"Stitch happy to be back."
"Yes, I'm glad you're back too. Please don't leave me again."
"Naga worry, Stitch stay."
When Lilo had finished grooming him, she checked him over for any cuts or bruises, which would need cream. Luckily, he only had one, and that was the one on his thigh.
"How sore is it?"
"Naga as sore as before. But hurts when touch."
Lilo gently lay him across her lap, on his stomach, and picked up his left leg. She rubbed some cream she had brought with her onto the bruise."But, I don't understand."
"Gaba?"
"Why would Nani do such a thing? I mean, it was only a mug of coffee, wasn't it?"
"Ih."
"I'm gonna have a serious talk to her."
"When Lilo seeing Nani?"
"Well, today I guess."
"Naga!"
"It's ok. Don't worry, she can't hurt you anymore."
Stitch moaned.
"You can just stay up in our room until she goes, if you want."
"Ih…okeytaka." He sighed.
"There. Is it stinging?"
"Little bit."
Lilo put the cap back onto the cream, then she picked him up and carried him into the kitchen.
"That looks so much better. I could hardly recognize you when you stepped into the house last night."
"Ih. Stitch dirty from living outside."
"Do you want something to eat or drink?"
"Ih. Can Stitch have toast and orange juice?"
"Of course you can!"
"Takka."
Lilo began preparing breakfast for the two of them. She was buttering Stitch's toast, when suddenly the phone rang. She jumped, and Stitch snorted.
"Hello? Oh, hi Nani."
Stitch dropped the spoon he had been playing with. It landed on the floor with a loud 'CLANG'
"What? Oh ok. Um….I don't know. I guess."
She looked toward Stitch.
"Come over? When, today?"
A look of fear spread on Stitch's face, and he jumped of the table and buried his head into Lilo's leg. She reached down and petted him on the head.
"Sure. Just, don't, you know, come in all loud like you usually do. And I don't think it would be a very good idea to bring the kids….Why? Oh, because, well, someone's here, and I just don't think it's a good idea. Can you have someone babysit?….Ok….Yeah….Ok, see you then." Lilo hung up the phone.
"She's coming in an hour."
Stitch whimpered, and Lilo could feel him bury his head deeper into her leg. She bent down and picked him up, and he buried his head into her shoulder.
"Calm down…it's not for another hour."
She sat him down at the table and began to put jam on the toast. Once she had finished, she set the plate in front of him, along with the orange juice, and he devoured it all in three seconds flat.
"Oh…Lilo!"
"Don't worry, she's not going to do anything. Just stay with me."
"Ih," he replied nervously. "Gaba kids?"
"Oh, Nani got married to David a few years after you left and they had two kids, Josh and Victoria. Josh is three and Victoria is five."
"Okeytaka. Did meet ohana?"
"Yes, but Josh was a little afraid of Jumba, so Jumba and Pleakley moved out. You should have seen Jumba. He was the most depressed over your loss. He looked for you nearly everyday and night."
"Where now?"
"I don't know, I think he's living with Pleakley somewhere up in the hills."
Stitch felt bad. He missed his creator very much. They sat in silence for a little while, then Lilo decided to start a conversation.
"So…do you still have extra arms, antennae and spikes?"
"Ih."
"What did you do when you were living in the woods and our house? Did you stay as an alien most of the time?"
"Ih, but when people were near, Stitch stayed in dog form."
"Ok. Does it hurt if you keep them in too long?"
"Ih."
"How long have you had them in?"
"Showed Michael last night, but then kept in since."
"Ok, you can have them out now if you want. Noone's gonna come except for Nani, and that's in – she looked at the clock – around fifty minutes."
"Okeytaka." He reverted to his alien form.
"Ok…I'm gonna book an appointment for you at the vet, so they can check you out and see if you have any infections or anything."
"Okeytaka."
Then for some reason, she kept staring and squinting at something on his head.
"Gaba?"
She walked over and held up his left ear.
"Oh, dear, what happened there?"
"Gaba?" She picked him up and carried him into the bathroom, holding him up to the mirror.
"Did you cut it somehow?"
"Has been there for ages."
"What happened?"
"Stitch cut on tree branch. Really hurt. When stopped bleeding, meega discovered that had it had been ripped open."
"That really needs to be looked at. It could be infected. Hang on, I'll call the vet."
She let him sit down on the edge of the sink and ran into the kitchen.
He could hear her talking on the phone. He jumped down from the sink and followed her in.
"There, I've booked you in for six-thirty tonight, so just be ready, ok?"
"Okeytaka."
"I can't let the vet see that you're an alien, so you'll need to hide you're extra features, and I'll make sure that he doesn't take any x-rays or blood samples."
"Okeytaka."
"You still hungry?"
"Naga."
"What would you like to do?"
"Can Stitch explore?"
"Sure."
Stitch explored around the house for a good twenty minutes. When he looked around Lilo's room, he found a picture of him up on her dresser. He took it down, and looked at it. He could still remember the day very clearly. It was taken when Lilo was only ten.
"I stare at that picture all the time…well, now I don't have to that you're here."
"Ih."
He looked across the room to Lilo standing in the doorway.
"Come here. Let's go watch some TV."
"Okeytaka."
Stitch ran across the room and jumped into her arms. They proceeded downstairs, and Lilo switched on the TV. She sat down on the lounge, and beckoned for him to sit in her lap. He jumped onto the lounge, and she let him lay back on her stomach. Being totally absorbed in the movie that was on, and relaxing while Lilo rubbed his tummy, Stitch completely lost track of time, and forgot all about Nani. He was just about to drift off, when there was a loud 'ding dong.' He jerked up in her lap, and his ears flew up. A distant, but fimilar scent drifted into his nose.
He screamed, and buried himself into Lilo's arms, curling up into a ball.
"Oh…Stitch…..don't worry. Everything will be ok, she's not going to hurt you."
He whimpered.
"There, there, calm down."
She gently stroked along his back, making him uncurl and look up at her, his face plastered with an expression of dead fright.
'Ding dong'
He whimpered again and buried his head into her chest.
"Hush…I'm going to answer the door now, ok?"
"Okeytaka." She could feel him slightly shaking.
He could feel her moving towards the door, then suddenly, there was a creak as it opened.
Stitch shook harder.
"Hi Nani."
"Hey kiddo…cute plush. Where did you get it?"
"Plush? Huh? …Come in."
"How's thing's going?"
"Good. The most wonderful thing in the world has happened."
"Really?"
"Yes, sit down."
Nani pulled out a chair and sat down at the kitchen table.
She stared at Stitch in Lilo's arms, still thinking he was an oversized plush.
"Hey, cool! It's vibrating! Did you get it from the show?"
Lilo snorted. "Uh…"
"Can I see? It really reminds me of…um…hang on…what was his name again? Oh right, that's it. Stitch."
"Um..Nani…."
"I still feel awful what I did to him. I never got to apologize. Wonder if we'll ever see him again."
"Nani."
"Can I see it?"
"NANI!"
"Oh…sorry, yes Lilo?"
"This is not a plush, vibrating toy, if that's what you think it is."
"It…isn't?"
"No."
"Well, it looks like one. What is it then?"
"It's Stitch."
Nani dropped the spoon she had been holding from the teacup onto the floor. Like Stitch's, it landed with a loud 'CLANG'
"WHAT!?"
Stitch slowly looked up from Lilo's chest. He looked at Nani. The two stared at each other for a good while.
"Oh my god…."
Stitch whimpered.
Nani reached her hand out towards him. His whimpering grew louder and he buried his head back into Lilo's chest. She could feel him shaking really hard. Nani touched his back, and that did it. Stitch curled himself into a shivering, whimpering ball in her arms.
"Um…I should point out that he is VERY afraid of you and he still hasn't forgotten what you did to him."
"I can't believe it….after all these years."
"We need to have a talk, Nani."
"Sure….I just can't believe it."
"Calm down Stitch, she won't hurt you. Come on, uncurl…please?"
Stitch slowly uncurled himself in her arms.
He looked up at her, and tried to pretend that Nani wasn't there.
"I'm going to put you down."
Stitch whimpered again. "Naga!"
"Please Stitch? I have to make Nani a cup of tea."
"O…okeytaka."
She set the shivering Stitch down. He clung to her leg, and hid himself behind it.
Lilo made Nani's tea, which was extremely hard, as Stitch was clinging to and riding along with her leg as she walked. Every time Nani would speak, he would whimper.
When she had finished, she sat down, and Stitch was instantly in her lap, shivering slightly.
"Nani, please tell me why you made Stitch leave?"
"I…I didn't know he would leave. I didn't mean any of the things I said. I was really angry."
"But you winded him, and hurt him physically! How could you do such a thing! Stitch?"
"Ih?"
"Stand on here for me please."
"Mmm…naga."
"Please?"
Stitch slowly poked his head up and looked at Nani, then he slowly, watching Nani, stood up on the table holding onto Lilo's hand with his two of his four arms.
"Turn around."
"…Ih."
He slowly turned around, still trying to watch Nani over his shoulder.
"Look at his left leg Nani."
A few seconds later, Nani let out a loud gasp.
"Ohh…I am so sorry Stitch. I am sorry that I hurt you. Please forgive me. You don't know what I was going through that day. I had a very important meeting to attend to for Wonder Sea Rentals and Pleakley had ripped the dress I was going to wear, which cost me over a hundred dollars. All those things I said, none of them I really meant. I don't know what made me pick you up like that. I'm sorry."
"Stitch…naga nota."
"Don't know what Stitch?" Lilo asked him as he climbed back into her lap.
"Stitch naga nota whether to forgive Nani."
Nani stood up and began to walk around the table towards them.
The closer she got to Stitch, the more frightened he became.
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Chpt 5 will be up soon. I'm not gonna slack off again.
To my reviewers –
geckoo – You did? Thanks! Hope you liked it! :-)
terrifel – You're welcome! But don't you hate how Nani seems mean in the series? Glad you liked it! :-)
Ovni - Thanks! Can you update your stories soon? There really good! :-)
