A/N: Whoooaaa! I got a whole lotta reviews...probably 6 all in one day! I lost count. Lol! Anyways, I'll just skip on to the story cuz I've been hearing stuff about that new "you're-not-allowed-to-answer-your-reviewers-in-your-chapters-anymore" rule(which sucks big time!). And I'm not a rule-breaker. But I ain't a goody-goody either. Okay, I'm a mixture of both.

By the way, thank you all so much for your reviews! They mean alot to me! On with chappie 3!

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Chapter 3: Let's Get This Day Started!

BLEEP! BLEEP! BLEEP! BLEEP!

"ITWASBIJOU'SFAULT,BOSS!SHEKISSEDME!" Hamtaro was jolted awake to the sound of 12 year old Laura Haruna's alarm clock. He sucked his teeth. "Man, what a night!" he grumbled, groggy and tired as hell. Since the Ham-Hams couldn't finish what they had started yesterday, they had decided to sneak out during the night to continue their work. Little Hamtaro had come back home at 3:45 in the morning. Luckily, there was only a few finishng touches and everything would be perfect.

§ Flashback... §

Boss sighed and stood up. "Okay Ham-Hams, it's already 2 o clock in the morning! You should really go home and get some sleep." he told them. But Hamtaro shook his head.

"We can't, Boss. Not until everything is perfect!" he objected. "Oui! Zhis party must be 100 percentmagnefique!" Bijou agreed without stiffling yet another yawn.

"You know, maybe we should get some rest. Half of us aren't even in the condition to work anymore!" Pashmina said. Sure enough, Penelope was fast asleep under the table and Cappy was out cold on Snoozer's sock. "And besides, everything is almost set up. We can finish tomorrow, first thing in the morning."

"She has a point, Hamtaro." Boss told him. Hamtaro sighed. "Alright. You guys should go get some sleep. But since I'm not that tired, I'll stay for another little while. Besides, I don't want anybody sleeping in on the party." he decided. "Are you sure?" Dexter asked him. "Positive." Hamtaro nodded.

"Okay, you guys. We'll meet here early tomorrow morning, so unfortunetaly, we won't get that much sleep. We have to discuss some last minute stuff before the party tomorrow." Boss told everyone. "Oowah! Okie dokie, Bossman." Pepper yawned. So, some of the Ham-Hams left, half asleep and exhausted.

Pashmina, against her own wishes, awoke little Penelope and Cappy, telling them it was time to go home.

Boss said good-bye to everyone and shut the door. When he turned around, he saw Hamtaro, Bijou, Oxnard, Sandy and Panda all working like nothing had happened.

"Heke? You're all still here?" he blinked, surprised. "Uhh, yeah! I'm Stan's sister, and if I want this party to be perfect, then my lack of shut-eye for one night will be like, so worth it!" Sandy replied. "Yeah, and besides, we've got time!" Panda added. "Oui! If eet eez for a fellow Ham-Ham, zhen eet will be worth every second!" Bijou smiled. "Umm..what they said!" Hamtaro pointed at Sandy, Bijou and Panda. Boss smiled approvingly and nodded. Then, he looked at Bijou. "Hey Bijou, could you pass the tape..?"

§ End of flashback... §

They had all worked until 3:30 am, where they had all grown too tired to even keep their eyes open. Boss send them home and they reluctantly left, calling it a day.

As Hamtaro chewed on a sunflower seed, he thought about the party. Today was the day Stan would reunite with Crystal. For the first time in many ham-years, they would see into each other's eyes again. They would embrace and cry tears of surprise and joy. After hours, days and months, Stan and Crystal would hear one another's voices. These thoughts turned Hamtaro's exhaustion into excitement.

"This is gonna be so awesome! Stan is gonna meet up with Crystal--and it'll be all thanks to us! YAAAY!" Hamtaro squealed. Then, he went pale and gasped deeply and a bit overlydramatic-like. "I gotta get ready!" Quickly, he ran around his cage, doing absolutely nothing but hitting his head on the cage bars! Laura watched him and giggled.

"Seems like you're a little restless today! Are you doing something big today?" she asked sarcastically. Well, yeah! How'd you know? gasp Are you spying on me? Hamtaro thought.

"Well, I'm off, Hamtaro!" Laura sighed, finishing up with adjusting her hair ribbons. "I've got a big day as well! See ya' later!" With that, she ran out the door.

Hamtaro groomed his fur, got a drink of water, finished up his sunflower seed and ran out. He crawled out of the hole in the wall, slid down the drainpipe and landed on Brandy's head with an "Oopaa!"

"Hey, Brandy! Wish I could talk, but we've got a huge day ahead of us! Besides, I've got a party waiting! I'll tell you all about it tonight. Bye!" Hamtaro squealed and took off. Brandy simply yawned in response. "Badabadabadabadabada! Aw man, I hope I'm not late!" Hamtaro whined to himself as he ran through the tunnels.

In no time, the golden hamster had arrived to the clubhouse. "There's the door! All I gotta do is--"

BAM!

Too late! Hamtaro found himself running straight into the door! "Ouchichi! How many times must I do that?" Hamtaro complained.

Seconds later, Bijou opened the door and looked outside. "Hamtaro? Umm, did somezhing hit zee door?" she asked.

"Yeah, my head!" Hamtaro grumbled. "Oh! You silly boy! Come in! We are just starting zee meeting." Bijou helped Hamtaro on his feet and let him in. Sure enough, the entire gang except for Stan and Crystal was present.

"Hamtaro! Just in time! Maxwell was about to explain the plan." Boss told him. "Ahem, right. Anyways I was up early this morning revising a plan. Since our party decorations aren't complete, we're going to have to keep Stan and Crystal a bit occupied until everything is all set up." Maxwell began.

"I made a list of all the hamsters here and split us up in three groups. Group #1 will distract Crystal, Group #2 will distract Stan and Group #3 will finish up work. The following hamsters are in Group 1: Bijou, Pashmina, Penelope and Sandy. Group 2: Hamtaro, Howdy, Dexter and Boss. Group 3: Me, Oxnard, Cappy, Panda and Pepper. We will switch up a few hamsters in each group to keep Stan or Crystal from getting suspicious." Maxwell finished.

"Got it!" everyone nodded their heads. "Now, you all heard Maxwell. Group #3 stays here. Groups #1 and 2, let's get a move on!" Boss commanded.

Before the two groups could charge out the door, Maxwell stopped them. "Hold on. Remember who is in the other group, because you absolutely cannot run into each other with Stan or Crystal! It's very important they don't see or recognize each other until the party. So it's necessary that you stay as far away from each other as possible! Also, remember to keep both of them away from the Clubhouse until we're ready! We're counting on all of you..!"

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"Here we are!" Sandy said as she, Bijou, Pashmina and Penelope climbed up the branch of a tree. Behind the tree was house number 14 of Grand Street. Just then, they saw a hot pink cage through the window. Inside the cage was Crystal. She was adjusting her brown ponytail. The girls noticed she wasn't wearing a hairclip like yesterday. Holding it in place was a small white scrunchie.

Meanwhile, Crystal picked up a brush and combed it through her hair. "Pssst! Crystal!" a voice startled Crystal. She gasped and turned towards the tree outside her window. "Who's there? Is there anybody up on that tree?" she whispered. She relaxed when a familiar white hamster with blue bows came out of her hiding spot.

"Bijou! Oh, you gave me quite the scare!" Crystal smiled. "Bonjour, Crystal. Want to come outside with us?" Bijou offered. "Us? As in you and me, or as in--"

"As in all of us, silly!" Sandy giggled as she, Pashmina and Penelope appeared and stood by Bijou. "C'mon, Crystal. Wanna come?" Pashmina asked. "Okyoo?" Penelope squeaked.

Crystal giggled. "Of course I'll go! Besides, I was getting ready to go to the clubhouse!" she accepted. The Ham-Ham girls simply looked at each other. "I'm gonna put on a hairclip. Be right back!" Crystal hopped to her fee and scurried off to her little hamster house.

§ Crystal's POV... §

I rummaged through the treasure box Stan had given me all those (ham) years ago for the perfect one. I found it. It was inside a small case. My favorite hairclip. My first one to be exact...

§ Flashback... §

"Look inside."

"Heke?"

"You heard me. Look inside the box..thing."

"Uhh, okay." Crystal gasped at the pink flower-shaped hairclip inside the jewelry box. It was wrapped in some white cotton stuff.

"It might be a little too big on you now, so you're goona have to wait for it to--" But Stan never got to finish, for Crystal had thrown her arms around him and squeezed him into a hug. "Thank-Q sooo much, Stan!" Crystal whispered in his ear. You're the bestest friend a girl could ever ask for! she had wanted to say, but never got the chance...

§ Flashback ends... §

I felt tears sting my eyes as I put it on. When Stan had given it to me, it didn't fit it at all, due to my small size. But today? Today...it was perfect.

Suddenly, I felt tears stream down my face. My lower lip trembled. Oh God, how I missed him! I longed to see him, smiling at me, telling me to be brave. I longed to see his face once more. He wasn't at all like the other little boys back then. He was different...in a way.

He was outgoing, brave, sweet, a little silly sometimes and understood what I was going through. Well...he used to understand! The point is, he was just like me. And he was my best friend. Okay, so what if we knew each other for three days? Those were the bestest three days of my entire life F.Y.I!

Suddenly, I found myself wiping at my tears using my paw. Crying isn't gonna bring him back! a little voice inside my head told me. Then, what would? What?

Sighing, I frowned as I looked at myself in the mirror. I had grown up and matured alot since that day Stan left my life...well sorta. I was still curious, adventurous and a total goofball sometimes. But that didn't change much of anything.

But I wonder how Stan was like to this day. Was he still the same silly little boy I knew? Or had he grown out of that? (A/N: Honey, I speak for all of us when I say, you have no idea!)

But still, why wasn't he in the back of my mind like everything else in my childhood? After all, Stan was in the past! He was just a memory now, right?

..Right?

"Crystal?" Bijou's voice pulled me back to reality. "Are you okay in there?" Pashmina added. "Uh, yeah! I'll be right there!" I shouted to them. I sniffled, blinked back my tears and rushed out of my cage with a smile on my face.

I didn't need to think about Stan now! What was important right now was my new friends, Bijou, Pashmina, Sandy and the other Ham-Hams.

I followed the girls down to the ground, giggling and joking. "So where are we off to, the Clubhouse?" I guessed, starting off.

"NO!" Bijou, Sandy and Pashmina shouted at the same time. (A/N: Oh geez!)

I jumped. Penelope slapped her forehead from the corner of my eye. "U-Umm...huh?" I whimpered out. Bijou, Sandy and Pashmina's faces froze. Penelope glared hard at them. I was completely confused.

§ Penelope's POV... §

I am soooo lucky I can't talk yet! If I could, I would flip those bafoons off! (A/N: By the way, what exactly does that mean? To "flip them off?") They were so nervous about the party, they would practically spill the beans and wet themselves--at the same time!

I sighed and shot them a "nice-going-you-idiots!" look. Bij, Pashy and Sandy looked at each other nervously. "U-Umm...huh?" Crystal asked weakly. Poor girl was clueless--like Hamtaro! Now she knows how he feels!

"Say something, you air-heads!" I hissed at them, but as usual, it came out as an "Okwee okwee, okyoo!" Crystal looked taken aback. Did she understand what Ijustsaid?

Pashmina glared at me. "Um..er; we..it's..." Pashmina stumbled. She was no good at this! "What she means eez...y-you can't go into zee Clubhouse!" Bijou finished. "Aaand why not?" Crystal asked slowly and suspiciously.

"Uhh,b-because, you...uhh.." they all stalled. "Because--what?" Crystal asked patiently--well, almost patiently! I bit my lip. Say something! Anything!

"Because, silly! You haven't gotten your...umm...your..." Pashmina stuttered. "I haven't gotten what?" Crystal asked again, a bit more demanding but still in a soft voice. "Your...err...your.." Bijou fidgeted. Suddenly, it struck me. "YOUR MEMBERSHIP!" I blurted out. Everyone looked at me.

§ Normal POV... §

"OKWEE OKYOO!" Penelope blurted out. Everyone looked at her. "My what?" Crystal blinked. "Okwee okyoo." Penelope repeated. "My membership?" Crystal copied her, confused. "Her member--" Just then, Sandy got it.

"Her membership! OF COURSE! SHE NEEDS THE MEMBERSHIP!" Sandy squealed. Bijou and Sandy were oblivious. (A/N: Whatever that means! :P ) Then, it dawned on them.

"Ohhh right! Zee membership!" Bijou lied. "You need the membership! The..uhh..official Ham-Ham Gang Membership card." Pashmina rolled with it. What a good distraction! "And eet has to be laminated!" Bijou said. "Laminated!" Sandy repeated.

"Oh, okay!" Crystal smiled. "I guess it just slipped your mind, right?"

"Um, of course! Let's just go with zhat!" Bijou giggled nervously. "Let's start your membership test at...the Ham-Ham Fun Park!" Pashmina suggested. "Okay!" Sandy and Bijou agreed. "Fine by me!" Crystal smiled. "Okyoo!" Penelope nodded. Thank God she saved the show!

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"Stan!"

Stan turned around to see Hamtaro, Boss, Howdy and Dexter running towards him. He was walking towards the Clubhouse alone, thinking about Crystal until Hamtaro's voice brought him back to reality.

"Hey, Stan!" Hamtaro smiled. "Umm..hey! Why are you following me? Shouldn't you be at the Clubhouse?" Stan asked. This felt awkward!

"That's why we came. You see...um..." Dexter started. "Th-The Clubhouse was ransacked by those Chicky-Chickies again last night!" Boss lied. Stan's eyes widened with horror.

Ever since the day Stan was trapped in the Clubhouse with the Chicky-Chikies, (A/N: Episode #102 "The Ham-Hams Rescue Stan!" Season 2, to be exact. The title on the official website says "Clubhouse Intruders!" I've been memorizing. ) Stan had been staying away from Charlotte's farm. Really far away!

"So...what happened?" he asked. "They got away. They're probably somewhere in the tunnels. The other hamsters are still searching." Hamtaro added. "We were thinking you would like to help!" he added innocently.

"Pfft! Oh hell no! Remember the last time I had some 'quality time' with those chicken freaks o' nature? Totally did not go well!" Stan shook his head.

"Oh right! That! Guess it was a bad idea to ask you!" Howdy shrugged. "Yeah, bad idea!" Stan sneered.

"So, wanna hang out? Our turn to watch out for them is over." Dexter asked. "Sure! How 'bout the...?" Hamtaro suggested.(A/N: Heke?) However, a bike had passed by and the sound of it's bell had drowned off Hamtaro's last words.

"Sure! It wouldn't hurt!" Stan smiled. (A/N: Hellooo? What did he say?) And so, the boys set off. While Stan was walking, Hamtaro turned towards Boss, Howdy and Dexter.

"I told you the Chicky-Chikies idea would keep Stan out of the Clubhouse!" he whispered. "What was that?" Stan asked cluelessly. The boys sweatdropped. "Umm...nothing! Nothing at all!" Dexter replied quickly. "Heke?" Stan cocked his head. Whatever... he thought.

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"Eep! Sandy look!" Bijou whispered, tugging at Sandy's arm and pointing frantically.

"Like what is it, Bijou?" Sandy asked.

"Look over zhere! We have company!" Bijou hissed fearfully. Sandy followed the french girl's gaze. Her green eyes widened in horror. "Oh like, hell no!" she whimpered. The girls were at the Fun Park. But on the other side of the park...was the boys!

To be con't...

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A/N: Ooooohhh! Can you say, in trouble much? Next chapter's coming real soon! Please review!