A/N: Hi everybody! Thanks once again for all those reviews! And now, the moment you've all been waiting for...the long awaited Chapter 7!
Chapter 7: Face-To-Face
"OWWW! Hey, watch where you're going, will ya?" two little voices exclaimed at the exact same time. Stan sat up from the floor, rubbing his forehead. He looked up to see a girl his age on the floor, backfirst. Her eyes were shut tight. "Kooshi-kooshi. Aww, man. What a crash!" she grumbled as she sat up. Stan immedietaly stood up on his feet. "Aw man, I am sososososo sorry 'bout that! Are you okay?" he asked fearfully. "Y-Yea, I guess so." Crystal replied, shaking her head a couple of times.
"Here. Lemme help you up." Stan said gently, holding out his little paw. "Heke?" Crystal opened her eyes to see a little tiger-striped boy--who was slightly older than her--smiling sweetly at her. The sun was behind him, making him seem even more innocent. "Th-Thanks." she answered. Crystal slowly held out her paw and placed it on Stan's. He closed his fingers around it gently. Crystal could feel him start to help pull her to her feet. "There ya' go!" Stan chirped as she stood up. Crystal smiled up at him...
(Back to the present...)
Crystal sighed dreamily. "Even though I don't remember his name right now...which is pretty stupid, I guess, sweatdrops I do remember how his paw felt. It was like, so strong and secure...and yet, it was gentle and kind at the same time!" Crystal smiled. "Wow! This boy sounds like the real deal, huh?" Pashmina's eyes widened. "Yeah! Well...there's more to the story. Check this out...!"
(Meanwhile, on the other side of town...)
"...when I first held her paw, it felt so delicate and sweet!" Stan told Hamtaro with a dazed look in his eye. Hamtaro was hanging on to every word, dying to know more about this "Crystal" girl. "How did she look like?" Hamtaro asked like an overlyexcited child. "Let's just say if she was here right now--in our age, that is--she would probably take my breath away! She had these beautiful aqua looking eyes, gleaming brown and white fur, and this adorable smile! Oh, and and her hair! Gorgeous!" Stan replied. "How did her hair look like? C'mon Stan, don't leave me hangin'!" Hamtaro practically whined. "Alright! Alright! Jesus, keep your shorts on!" Stan backed up. "But I'm not wearing shorts." Hamtaro stated stupidly. Stan pursed his lips. "Of couse not, half-wit! But keep your fur on at least!" he said. "Ummm...okay." Hamtaro scratched his head. Stan sighed and rolled his eyes. "Anyways, after I helped her up..."
(Back to the past...)
"...Sooo! Are you from here?" Stan asked. "Ummm, yeah! Yeah, I am! Aren't you from here?" Crystal cocked her head. "Uhhh...no. I'm just visiting." Stan confessed sheepishly. "Oh, cool!" Crystal shrugged like it was no big to her--on account it wasn't. There was an uncomfortable pause between them. "Sooo...see ya'!" Crystal waved and began to walk down the ham-sized dirt road. "Wait! I--uhh, mean uhhh.." Crystal stopped. She turned to look at Stan. "..I'll walk with you!" he offered." Crystal was taken aback. "Umm...sure! Thanks!" she couldn't help but crack a smile. Smiling, Stan walked over to Crystal's side. "So, what's your name?" he asked. "Crystal." Crystal replied. "I'm Stan." Stan grinned. "I like your name!" she told him. "Thanks! Your name's really pretty!" Stan blurted out the last sentence. Oops... he thought. Crystal's cheeks immedietaly flushed. Stan, who was slightly embarassed, blushed as well.
Just then, Stan and Crystal passed a couple of kid-hams their age. They were all sitting on a huge sandbox. The girls were playing Dolls and Dress-Up on one side. The boys were enjoying a nice game of Battleship on the other side. "Pfft! Can you believe them?" Stan shook his head in pity. "Tell me about it! Those games are so classic! A little too classic, that is!" Crystal scoffed. "You bored of them too?" Stan looked over at his new friend. "Yup! I'd prefer doing the whole 'going-out-for-new-kind-of-things', you know?" Crystal told him. "Say...this park bombs! Wanna go out and have some real fun?" Stan had a mischevious smirk on his face. "I...I dunno. You sure we can actually go out there?" Crystal suddenly felt nervous about wandering even farther away from the pet store. "Course we can! Nobody's watching out for us, right?" Stan questioned. "Y-Yeah." Crystal slowly nodded. "Then Outside it is!" Stan announced. "Wha? B-But..but..." But, Crystal didn't have time to explain, for Stan had already grabbed her paw and raced towards the exit.
"You sure this is a good idea?" Crystal complained. "Hey, you're a city girl, right? You can handle this! Don't be such a girly-girl!" Stan told her. "GIRLY-GIRL?" Crystal exclaimed. She absolutely hated being called a girly-girl more than anything else in this world! "Ooookay, listen! I am not a girly-girl! So, rule number one, Street Genius: Never call me a girly-girl!" Crystal glared. She grabbed Stan's wrist and began to drag him towards the exit. "Let's go!" she growled. Now, Stan was scared! Was it somethingI said? he thought. Suddenly...
SCRREEEEECH! CRASH!
Stan and Crystal found themselves facing a busy street, only this one wouldn't stop for nobody--that is unless they actually saw you! And that would be pretty difficult if you were only seven and a half centimeters high! The two hamsters' eyes opened wide. VROOOOM! Just then, a car sped by them, going probably a thousand non-stop miles per hour! Scared silly, they hugged each other! "Okay..what are we gonna do, Street Genius?" Crystal asked Stan. "How should I know? You're the City Girl!" Stan replied. "Ok, ok ok ok ok! Let's just calm down for a second. Now, we need to figure out a way on how to cross this street, right?" Crystal started. "Yeah?" Stan nodded. "Alright then. Alls we gotta do then, is..."
But Crystal was cut short when a cat began running towards them! "AAAHHHHH!" they squealed. Then, they saw why the cat was running. A ferocious pit bull was chasing it! "DOUBLE AAAHHHH!" Crystal screamed. "Oh, hell no. We gotta get outta here!" Stan backed up. Crystal hid behind him. The cat and dog were merely twenty feet away...but were getting closer by the millisecond! "What are we gonna do?" Crystal yelled. Stan looked around. There was a busy ass traffic jam behind them, two crazy ass animals running in front of them, big human feet were walking past them and there was no way out.
"Hold on! On my count, run." Crystal commanded. "Run where?" Stan quizzed her. "Behind you." Crystal answered. "WHAT? That's suicide! Have you gone mental? I'm too young to become roadkill!" Stan whined. "We're not gonna die. If the cars see the cat and dog passing by, they'll have to stop!" Crystal explained. "What if they don't see them?" Stan was afraid to ask. "Then that's a problem!" Crystal shuddered. So they waited, preparing to sprint off into the streets. "One..." Crystal whispered. The cat and dog were ten feet away...no, eight...seven...six...! "..two.." Now they were five feet away...four...three...people had begun to jump back as they ran even faster. Two feet...one...eleven inches...
"NOW!"
At that moment, Stan and Crystal turned around and ran, praying that the cars wouldn't run them over. BEEP BEEEEP! SCREEECH! BEEEEEEEP! As Crystal predicted, the cars screeched to a halt and beeped the animals to get out of the way. "DON'T STOP, STAN! KEEP RUNNING!" Crystal shouted over the commotion. Stan did as he was told. "AAAHHH!" Stan and Crystal let out shrieks as a car's tires stopped two feet away from them. Hearts pumping, they dodged car tires and ran as fast as their little paws could carry them.
Finally, they literally jumped onto the sidewalk on the other side and kept running--on account the cat was still behind them.(A/N: So you could just imagine it! A pit bull dog chasing a gray cat chasing a tiger-striped hamster chasing a brown and white hamster! Quite comical, no? Wait...is comical even a word..?) After they were away from the scene, they stopped to catch their breaths. "Whew! That...pants..was a very...very...pants...close call!" Stan panted. "Tell me about it! I thought we wouldn't make it out alive!" Crystal agreed. GRRR! "AAAHH! Monster!" Stan squealed when he heard a deep growling. "Great, now I'm so freaked out, I have cramps!" he complained.
"Umm, Stan? That's not a monster.." Crystal pointed at Stan. "..that's your tummy!" As if on queue, Stan could feel his stomach growl again. GRRR! "Oh...I knew that!" Stan lied. "Okay, so now you're hungry!" Crystal looked around. "There's gotta be a decent restaurant around here somewhere!" she sighed. "Then let's go look for one!" Stan suggested. Poor young hamsters! They were depending on each other in order to survive, but in real life, neither knew crud about living in a city! Guess they're going to have to learn by themselves...the hard way!
To be con't...
A/N: There you have it folks! On Chapter 8, Crystal and Stan run into the #1 five-star restaurant in the city...and start one HUGE party! So, keep in touch and send in those reviews and eventually, I'll update!
Don't miss chapter 8, "Stan And Crystal's Buffet Blast!"
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crystalgurl101