A/N: Hi everybody! I'm back with this fresh-out-of-the-oven chapter! First of all, I want to thank all my sweet reviewers!

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Chapter 2: Discussion

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It hadn't been at least five seconds since Crystal had left when something came out of the bushes. It was simply two male hamsters.

"Guys! Where have you been?" Hamtaro sighed with relief. "Yeah! Snoozeman told us where you were back at the clubhouse. What's up?" Stan asked. Sandy and Pashmina quickly gave each other a "whoa!" look. Crystal had just left a mere seconds ago, and now, here comes Stan and Hamtaro out of nowhere!

Boss replied, "Oh, we were just saying good--" Uh-oh! Sandy thought. "Umm, we were just saying how...how bored we were out here!" Sandy quickly interrupted him, smiling innocently. Boss rose an eyebrow. Everybody else looked at her. "Riiight, Pashy?" Sandy secretly gave her a "please-help-me-out-here!" look.

"Ummm... r-right! Right! That's what we were doing! Cause we were bored!" Pashmina added. Stan and Hamtaro looked at each other. "How 'bout we go inside then?" Hamtaro suggested. "Great idea! C'mon, guys!" Sandy urged. Still confused, Sandy simply shot them all a "just-go-with-the-flow-I'm-working-on-something-here!" look.

The hamsters shrugged and followed. But they were still baffled. It was almost as if Sandy was hiding Crystal's identity from Stan! Why would she do that? Well, if she was doing something wierd, Sandy always had her reasons!

As the Ham-Hams walked back inside the clubhouse, Pashmina leaned close to Sandy. "Sandy, what are you doing?" she whispered. "Trust me girlfriend, you heard who Crystal's friend was. She didn't stutter! And don't worry, I've got something on my mind!" Sandy whispered back. Pashmina bit her lip. She thought Sandy was going to tell the others what Crystal had told them right away! I guess that would have to wait!

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By 3:00 pm, everybody had settled themselves at the clubhouse. Hamtaro, Oxnard, Boss, Howdy, Dexter, Maxwell, Stan, Panda, Cappy and Snoozer--in other words, the boys--were playing cards. Bijou, Pashmina, Penelope, Sandy and Pepper were giggling and reading ham-girl magazines.

"Oh my! Look at zhis necklace! Eet eez a ruby, like my birthstone!" Bijou squealed at Pashmina. "And my birthstone, sapphire is right here, Ohh, it's so pretty!" Pashmina sighed. "Oh, you are so lucky your birthstone eez blue!" Bijou smiled at her. "And yours is red, the closest to pink!" Pashmina told her. "Hey, look! Penelope's birthstone is aquamarine!" Pashmina added quickly. "Oui!" Bijou gasped. "Okyoo!" Penelope looked up innocently.

"No way! Frankie is so totally much hotter than Stevie!" Sandy squealed. "Nu-uh!" Stevie is sooo much cuter then Frankie!" Pepper replied. "And to think, we're talking about ham-boy bands, and we have boy-hams!" Sandy whispered. They giggled like crazy.

"You gotta four, Howdy?"

"Go Fish, Bossman!"

"Damnit!" Boss sulked as he swiped up another card.

"Okay, Hamtaro. You're up!" Stan said. "Okay! Panda?" the orange/white hamster looked at Panda. "Do you have a..." the boys leaned over eagerly. "...a queen?" Hamtaro smirked. "Nope!" Panda smirked right back. Hamtaro's smug smile faded. "Darn! I knew I should've picked Cappy!"

"Snoozer, you're up!" Maxwell nodded towards the half-asleep Snoozer. "Hmm?" Snoozer picked his head up. The hamster was lying on his stomach and his cards were tucked facedown under his paw. He glanced down at his cards and smiled. This oughtta' be easy! he told himself.

"Stan, do you have a 7?" he asked. "Uhh..yeah!" Stan said, sliding the card over to him. He smiled. "I get another turn. Hamtaro, do you have a king?" Snoozer asked again. "Aww! Not the guy with the beard!" he whined. Hamtaro reluctantly, but obedientaly gave him his king. "And...Boss, do you have a 3?" Snoozer asked one last time. "Whoa! How'd you know?" Boss exclaimed as he gave him his three.

Snoozer tossed his pairs to the floor. "I win...again." he said sleepily.

"HEKE! HE WON...AGAIN?" the boys sputtered out.

"I've got the music in me.." Snoozer said boredly. He laid down and fell asleep. "I already told you guys: the Snoozeman is good!" Sandy called over her shoulder. "He beat me like, twelve times last week!"

"I can't believe this! We lost to a hamster who lives in a sock! A sock! And, the worst part is,we lost to himsix times!" Boss complained. Sandy rolled her eyes.

"I mean, I can understand Hamtaro over here," Stan added, pointing at Hamtaro, who happened to be knawing food off of his fingernails. "Huh! I swear, I don't remember eating that this morning!" he mumbled a bit out loud and walked off. Everybody grimaced. "Ugh...my point taken." Stan finished.

The male twin of the group looked up and gasped. "Holy crap!" he exclaimed. Stan shot up from his spot and ran towards the door. "Where are you going? We still got another round of Go Fish!" Boss told him. "Sorry, dudes and dudettes, but I gotta jet. It's three fifteen and Noel's coming home early." Stan responded, grabbing his skateboard.

"Later, bro!" Sandy called. "See ya' Stan!" the others cried in unison. "Sayonara, hams!" Stan saluted them, hopped on his skateboard and took off. Ten seconds later...

"Finally!"

Everybody stared dead ahead at Sandy. "Now, Sandy?" Pashmina whispered. "Yup! Now." Sandy nodded. "Umm, Sandy. Why are you relieved that your brother left?" Dexter asked. "Oui! He did not 'hit on us' as you say, zhat much today!" Bijou added. "Okyoo!" Penelope squeaked. "Oh, that's cause he's had his mind on Crystal all day!" Hamtaro shrugged as if it was no big deal.

"Oh...WHAT!" the Ham-Hams suddenly whipped their heads towards Hamtaro. "I KNEW IT!" Sandy squealed and jumped to her feet. "What?" Hamtaro asked the others innocently. The Ham-Hams looked from Hamtaro to Sandy and Pashmina, then to Hamtaro and to Sandy and Pashmina again.

"Okay, now I'm confused!" Oxnard rubbed his head. "Something's happenin' that I don't know about!" Pepper yelled. "Sandy, what's going on?" Maxwell turned to his girl-ham.

"Pashmina?" Howdy and Dexter demanded at the same time.

"Hamtaro?" Bijou begged.

"What?" Hamtaro repeated. "I keep saying 'what', but nobody'll answer me!"

"Okay! Okay! Let's start all over again, shall we?" Boss commanded. He turned to Hamtaro. "Hamtaro? Stan's been thinking about Crystal, who?" he asked.

"Hm? Oh, yeah! You see, Stan met this girl named Crystal when he was just a little kid. And they were like best friends. But since Crystal lived in the city, and Stan lived here, he had to go back cause Stan was just visiting Noel's college buddies. So when he told her, they both got very, very sad. The next day, Stan gave her a present which was a pink hairclip kind of thingy and she ended up giving him green maracas which are the ones he has to this very day. They accepted their gifts and said good-bye. That was a very long time ago from now, but Stan remembered that day, when we were trying to spy on the new girl this morning and that's why we weren't at the clubhouse. And he tripped over the hairclip which must've fallen from the window. Stan told me the whole story and he's been thinking about her ever since." Hamtaro explained very quickly. "Why do you wanna know?"

Hamtaro was surprised to see his friends gaping at him with wide eyes and perfect O-shaped mouths. That was kind of the exact same story Crystal had told them earlier this morning!"I-I-Is he t-talking about our Crystal?" Panda choked out. "Your Crystal?" Hamtaro was now just as baffled as the others.

"Umm...I think that's our queue." Sandy said timidly. "You have zee right to speak!" Bijou replied as she and the hamsters turned to look at Sandy and Pashmina.

"Well, about ten minutes before Crystal left, she ran into Sandy. She apologized and Sandy forgave her. Then like, five seconds later, her face brightens up and she starts screaming and jumping around. Me and Sandy kept asking what was wrong with her, so she had to explain. She pulled us into a huddle and told us when she ran into Sandy, the name came back to her." Pashmina explained. "The name of her friend?" Pepper asked. "Uh-huh!" Sandy nodded.

Meanwhile, Hamtaro was putting the pieces together as he listened.

"And?" Maxwell urged.

"And, Crystal's friend was Stan! I was starting to suspect it was him when Crystal told us her story. And now, it all comes together! Stan and Crystal are the long-lost childhood friends! Stan told Hamtaro his side of the story and Crystal had told us her side of the story. That's why Hamtaro's story seemed so familiar to us!" Sandy concluded.

"We were going to tell you, until Stan came out of nowhere. That's why Sandy had to lie back there cause she had something on her mind." Pashmina added.

"What?" Boss' eyes widened. "All zhis time?" Bijou gasped. Hamtaro's eyes widened as well. "Whoa! Hold up, hold up, hold up, peoples! Are you saying that Crystal--Stan's friend, Crystal, from long ago--is here? In this town? Right now? As we speak?" Hamtaro was shocked.

"As we speak, Hamtaro." Oxnard told him. "We met her zhis morning while you and Stan were gone. She left just mere seconds before you found us!" Bijou explained to Hamtaro.

"Wow! A coincidence like this happens once...maybe twice in a lifetime!" Maxwell gasped. "Oh, they must miss each other so much!" Pepper cooed sadly. "Mm-hmm..." Cappy nodded. "Okwee.." Penelope hung her head. Everybody sighed.

"Yeah...hey, let's go to the market and buy some cupcakes!" Hamtaro asked eagerly. (A/N: Wow! Boys can be so...so clueless!) Sandy stared at him. "How 'bout we have a reunion party for them?" she suggested. "That works too! Then...we can have double the cupcakes!" Hamtaro replied.

"A reunion party?" Bijou questioned.

"Yeah! Like Pepper said, those two poor hams must probably miss each other like crazy! So, let's do 'em a favor, let them know they live near each other and reunite them!" Sandy continued. "That sounds like it'll make them really happy!" Pashmina smiled. "It will!" Sandy said.

"Cool! What can we bring?" Howdy exclaimed. "What'll there be?" Dexter asked eagerly.

"Ooh! There can be food and games and music and decorations and lots of other party stuff!" Hamtaro raised his paws into the air. "Alright! A party! A party! A party!" Cappy hopped up and down.

Bijou clapped her paws together. "We can have many ribbons decorating zee walls!" she sighed happily. "And many colorful streamers, like pink and yellow and orange...and pink!" Pashmina added. "And totally awesome music jams!" Sandy started twirling her red gymnastics ribbon. "This'll be so much fun!" Pepper squealed. "And I can bring in a super special surprise present for everyone!" she then whispered in Penelope's ear. "Okwee?" she cocked her head.

"I could bring in a whole bunch of grub. Granola bars, veggie-O's, walnuts, almonds, anything you need, I got it!" Howdy yelled. "That'll be great, Howdy. We'll need that!" Hamtaro smiled.

"So, it's settled! We'll have a party for Stan and Crystal!" Boss announced.

"And they'll be happy!" Pashmina squealed.

"And we can surprise them!" Hamtaro added.

"And they'll be happy!" Pashmina smiled.

"And zhey will be reunited!" Bijou said.

"And they'll be happy!" Pashmina sighed.(A/N: Okay, Pashy's really gotta stop that! --.--' )

"Honestly Pashmina, you're so selfish! Can't you think of anything else besides their happiness?" Cappy snapped. (A/N: What?) Pashmina looked at him strangely.

"If all she ever thinks about is their happiness, then she's not selfish!" Maxwell corrected. "Oh...but it's still getting annoying!" Cappy replied.

"Like, whatev! We still need to get our party jobs! Hams, gather around the table!" Sandy commanded. Everyone sat down at the table. "Hamtaro, would you like to do zee honors?" Bijou asked sweetly. "Would I!" Hamtaro smiled. He cleared his throat and pointed at Bijou.

"Ahem! Bijou! You, Pashmina and Penelope go into town to find the decorations. Sandy, since this is a party for your brother, you'll be in charge of the music. Howdy, you and Oxy get the food--and please don't eat it along the way like last time, Oxy!" Oxnard blushed as all eyes lay on him.

"Pepper," Hamtaro continued. "You get some party games!" Pepper smirked to herself. Perfect! Now I'll be able to bring whatever I want...and I know exactly what to get! she thought to herself.

"Boss, you, me and Panda put up the streamers as soon as the girls get them! Dexter, I need you and Maxwell to bring plates, napkins, cups and anything else you can get! Cappy, when the girls are done with their jobs, I want you and Pashmina to clean the kitchen. Bijou and Sandy can do the living room and Penelope and Pepper will set the table. Any questions?" Hamtaro asked.

Pepper raised her paw. "What kind of games can I bring?" she wondered. "Anything you want!" Hamtaro answered with a smile. "As long as it doesn't poison, injure, give third-degree burns or kill anyone in this clubhouse!" Pashmina quickly added. "Oh don't worry, it won't!" Pepper said innocently. But inside, she was smirking.

"Anyone else?" Hamtaro looked around. Everybody shook their heads. "Alright, let's do this! All paws in, please!" Hamtaro placed his paw in the center of the table. The Ham-Hams piled up their paws in excitedly. "Okay, Ham-Hams on three, ready? One, two, three!" Hamtaro counted.

"HAM-HAMS!" everyone shouted in unison.

"Okyoo!" Penelope squeaked. The gang laughed.

"Alright, let's go peoples! Gogogogo!" Sandy yelled. The hamsters got into their groups and took off. The only ones who didn't need to go outside were Hamtaro, Boss, Cappy and Panda.

"What do we do now?" Cappy asked. "You can help us grab the ladders, hammers and nails." Boss told him. "They're in that closet over there." Panda pointed to the closet down the hallway. "Let's go then!" Hamtaro smiled. "Wait! You forgot Snoozer!" Cappy told Hamtaro. "Oh, him? He can--"

Just then, Snoozer sat up and stared silently at the four boys. "Hey Snoozer! Wanna help out? We're having a surprise party for Stan and Crystal!" Boss offered.

Snoozer simply stared at them. Then, he tipped his head back and drifted back into Dreamland.

"Uhh...okay!" Boss sweatdropped. So did everybody else. "Umm..he can be in charge of just laying there and sleeping--as usual!" Hamtaro finished. "Whatever, let's go guys! We've got less than 24 hours to set up a party!" Panda exclaimed, opening the closet door.

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A/N: Whew! Finally! Another chapter complete! Next time, the plan goes into action and...(someone hands crystalgurl101 over a sheet of paper)...and (gasps) Hamtaro has a secret obsession? What could it be? What is Pepper's "super-secret" surprise present? And in other news..(reads the paper)..things don't go as planned! How will the plan turn out? Wait...why am I asking you all these questions? I'm the author! Well, I'll tell you next time, in Chapter 3: Taking A Different Twist!

Sayonara for now!

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