A/N: Hey ya'll! Thanks for the reviews for my stories! Here's chapter 8...part 1!
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Chapter 8: Deja Vu, Much? (Part 1)
§ Pashmina... §
This. Was. Wierd! Only ten minutes had passed since Stan had taken me away, and things were going...okay!
He hadn't gaven me an exact flirt, when I sneezed, he would say, "Bless you", he opened the door for me, and even helped me in my seat! I asked him if was feeling alright, and he simply told me that this was how he always behaved with his dates. Now, I was shocked. He had had dates?
"Pashy...Paaashyy...Pashmina!" Stan called me for the sixth time. I snapped out of it. "Yes, Stan?" I smiled innocently. Stan eyed me. "What do you want?" he asked me. Me and Stan had decided to eat lunch at a fancy ham-sized buffet restaurant. There were restaurants and stores suitable for us hamsters built all over the place, so we had just as much civilization as the humans.
"Hmm..." I studied the menu in my paws. When me and Stan ordered, I decided a little chat wouldn't hurt. Suprisingly, talking to Stan was easier than I thought. Soon, I had launched into a subject about my Howdy and Dexter problem. Stan listened. I continuously rambled on and on and on...
"..and they're such nice guys! Howdy's clean and organized and Dexter's smart and polite. But they fight too much! Especially over me! Not only is it embarassing, but it's annoying! It just makes it even harder to choose over them! I can't decide who to pick without breaking the other one's heart. What do you think I should do Stan? The girls tell me I should focus less on boys. It kinda works, but I need advice from a guy! What should I do? This is totally confusing me! It's so hard to--"
"WhoawhoawhoawhoawhoaWHOA, Pashmina!" the boy suddenly held out his paw, interrupting me. "I think I heard as much as my ears can hold!"
I blushed. This was supposed to be a fake date, but I was still humiliating myself! "Sorry. It's just it actually feels so good to talk to someone else about this stuff. As in full details! I mean, the only ones I talk to this about is the girls! And sure, I can tell them anything, but...I'm not exactly satisfied! Do you know what I'm saying?"
Stan smiled. "Pretty much." he shrugged. "So ya' want my advice on Howdy and Dex, huh? Listen Pash," Stan's deep blue eyes locked into mine. He had a straight, but sincere face. "You don't have to choose between them!" he said.
"I don't?" I tipped my head to the side. "Pfft! No! I mean, there's more to guys than Howdy and Dexter. Sure they have good qualities, but if you're looking for more, go find it! If you don't 'like-like' them, then keep 'em as friends--even though I'm not sure what good that'll do. But, it's like picking a scarf. You don't like the blue one or the red one. Turn around, bada-bing, bada-boom, grab the pink scarf, and out you go! We're on the same page here, right Pashy?"
I just gaped at him. God, what a speech! "...what...What! Do I have something on my face?" Stan fearfully stroked his cheek. "Pashmina, what is it? Pashmina? Pash! Is this a joke? DON'T TOY WITH ME, WOMAN!" Stan eyed me suspiciously during that last sentence. But I shook my head.
"Sorry, Stan. It's just you've never been exactly Mr. Serious before--until now!" I explained. "Oh...well, I get that alot!" Stan chuckled. "You mean you've given good advice to people before?" I asked. "No, but people have seen my serious side!" Stan answered. "Crystal?" I guessed. "And Sandy!" Stan added with a smile.
I smiled back. Stan wasn't such a bad guy! I wondered why he didn't act like this at the Clubhouse! He was constantly acting up and getting in trouble. I couldn't see why!
"Speaking of my sister..." Stan interrupted my thoughts. "...you know, she and the others have been acting really freaky today ever since yesterday's events! I know they're hiding something from me! Any idea what's going on?" Stan gave me a curious look, like he knew I knew something. I froze. How was I supposed to answer that question?
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"See anything?" Hamtaro asked for about the fifth time. "Nope!" Oxnard, Howdy and Dexter shook their heads. "I'm afraid not!" Bijou frowned. "Sorry!" Crystal added. Hamtaro sighed. The six hamsters were aimlessly wandering the streets, "searching" for Sandy and/or Pashmina.
"What's that place?" Crystal asked for the third time, pointing at the human supermarket up ahead. "That? For the naked eye, just a supermarket yes. But if you look closely..." Oxnard led Crystal closer. "..for us, it's Pierre Ham's Buffet Restaurant! They've got the best stuff!"
"Odaly! Ya'll should try the Smoked Alfalfa Seeds! They rock the hardest out of everything in that place!" Howdy said. "Actually, the Chocolate granola bars are exquisite! They're the most popular dish in town!" Dexter pointed out. "Excuse me, Four-Eyes! But I think I was hosting this show! And besides, everybody knows Smoked Alfalfa Seeds are the best!" Howdy snapped.
"Oh, I beg to differ! Chocolate granola bars are the best!" Dexter scoffed. "Are not! Those things suck!" Howdy shot back. "Yeah right! Like you know anything about food quality!" Dexter rolled his eyes. "At least I know what food is!" Howdy began to edge nearer to Dexter threateningly.
"Do you know what Pashmina's favorite dish is? I THOUGHT NOT!"
"Mah' Precious-mina is none of your concern!"
"First of all, it's Pashmina, not Precious-mina. And second of all, she's not yours! She's mine!"
"Is not! But you wanna know what's yours? MAH' FIST!"
"WELL, BRING IT HERE, YOU NEANDERTHAL!"
"AAHH, QUIT YUR' FANCY CRAP, YOU STUCK-UP CHESS CLUB WANNABEE!"
"WHAT! WHY YOU NO-GOOD SON OF A...!"
"HOW DARE YA'LL INSULT MAH' MOTHER! AND KEEP 'ER OUTTA THIS!"
"Do they always behave like this?" Crystal sweatdropped as Howdy and Dexter began to wrestle on the floor. The others nodded and walked on. Crystal sighed and followed. As she peeked through the buffet restaurant window, she froze when she caught sight of...
"Pashmina?"
At once the gang froze when they heard Crystal say that. Hamtaro, Bijou and Oxnard stared at her in disbelief. Even Howdy and Dexter had stopped fighting to give Crystal a look of horror. "Uh-ohhhh!" Hamtaro murmured.
"Guys! Look! Isn't that Pashmina?" Crystal poked at the window. The hamsters looked at each other and practically ran to the window. Crowded around, they peeked inside...and went pale. Sitting at a table, facing them, was PASHMINA HERSELF!
"That's Pashmina, isn't it?" Crystal asked happily. "U-Uhh...but...it...dah...ack...err..." the hamsters choked out. Oh, that was Pashmina alright! Oh, cruel stupid fate!
"Hey, look! She's sitting with someone! It kinda looks like...like...Sandy? Yeah! She's sitting with Sandy!" Sure enough, the gang saw a pair of orange ears and a slight hint of brown tiger stripes from over the seat. But they knew damn well that was not Sandy!
"Aww! Those two must be making up!" Crystal cooed. And they could see why she thought that. Pashmina was in deep conversation with "Sandy," smiling and chatting. "I'm gonna go say hi to them." Crystal announced, walking towards the door.
"NOOOOOO!" the five Ham-Hams suddenly screamed. Crystal jumped. "What! What happened?" Crystal looked around, alarmed. "No, eet's not zhat, eet's...umm...err...well..." Bijou sputtered out. "Bijou, what's up? You're all...stuck on your words!" Crystal seemed confused. "It's cause...you see..." Hamtaro added, trailing off as well. Great! Now what should they do?
Bijou, though, did know one thing.
She had to call for help...
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Brring! Brring!
"Sandy! Isn't that your phone?" Maxwell called. "Yeah, I got it!" Sandy yelled back. She reached into her backpack and pulled out her red cellphone. (A/N: Don't ask.) "Like, hello? Sandy speaking!"
"SANDY!" an urgent voice piped up.
"Oh, Pashmina! Hi! Is Stan being too much of a nuisance?" Sandy asked.
§ Meanwhile, at the restaurant... §
"Actually, Stan is being a perfect gentleman!" Pashmina answered in her pink phone. She was hiding under her cramped table, while Stan was at the bathroom. "But we do have a BIG problem!" Pashmina seemed incrediblely uncomfortable. "Well, what is it?" Sandy's voice came out of the earpiece. "Umm..i-it's kind of hard to say, buuut..."
§ At the Clubhouse... §
"WWWWWWHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATTTTT!" Sandy's shrill explosion caused the clubhouse to shake. "WHADDAYA MEAN CRYSTAL AND THE OTHERS ARE STANDING OUTSIDE OF THE RESTAURANT YOU AND STAN ARE AT?"
"Okyoo, okyoo! Okwee okwee okwee!" Penelope pointed and yelled out at Cappy. "Whaddaya mean 'I-told-you-something-bad-was-gonna-happen-Cappy'? And I did not jinx the date by saying 'What could possibly go wrong?' You're just paranoid!" Cappy demanded.
"Guys!" Sandy snapped. She concentrated back on Pashmina. "Are you like, positive it's them, Pash?"
"YES! I saw them staring straight at me and--EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEKKK! SANDY, THEY'RE COMING INSIDE!" Pashmina squealed. "WHAT DO I DO? WHAT DO I DO? WHAT DO I DO? WHAT DO I DO? WHAT DO I DOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
"OkayokayokayokayokayokayOKAY! Pashmina! You have to calm down first of all!" Sandy cried out. The sensitive girl took a few deep breaths. "Now, distract my bro as much as you can! I'm calling Bijou to get to the bottom of this!" the valley girl instructed.
"I'm right here."
"Bijou!" Sandy gasped. "Yeah, she's on my other line!" Pashmina explained. "Bijou, what is going on? If Crystal sees Pashmina and Stan, the party's off!" Sandy asked. (A/N: By the way, imagine them in three different sections of the screen! Cool!)
"I know, Sandy! We were just innocently passing by when Crystal saw Pashmina by accident! We did not know zhey was at zee buffet restaurant!" Bijou sighed.
"Did she see Stan?" Sandy asked frantically. By now, the hamsters at the clubhouse were crowding around Sandy. The girl hamster put her phone on speaker mode, so everyone could hear. "Not completely. But, you see, we...we kind of told Crystal zhat you and Pashmina had a fight." Bijou replied.
"WHAT!" Sandy and Pashmina gasped in unison. "Over what?" Pashmina asked.
"Err...I'll tell you later! Zee point eez, Crystal saw zee back of Stan's head and she zhinks eet's you. And she wants to say hi to zee both of you. As in Pashmina and Stan! Because she thinks he's you!" Bijou explained.
"Oh, that's just brilliant!" Sandy sighed. "What do we do?" Pashmina asked. "I know one zhing! Sandy? GET OVER HERE! WE NEED HELP LIKE, NOW!" Bijou screamed, making the Ham-Hams jump back in shock.
"We can't Bijou! We're not done yet!" Sandy declined. "Who said you all had to come? Just get over here, Sandy! Please!" Bijou begged. "You mean have Sandy replace Stan so Crystal'll be fooled?" Pashmina said. "Oui!" Bijou answered. "What about Stan?" Pashmina told her. "I'm thinking zhat over!" Bijou replied.
"I dunno...where's Crystal?" Sandy questioned. "Trying to get inside. Here, listen to zhis!" Bijou sighed. This is what Pashmina and Sandy heard through their phones:
"Umm, guys? Why are you blocking the doorway?" Crystal was heard asking.
"Did I mention the place is..is infested with termites?" Howdy squealed.
"And that the food is poisonous?" Dexter added.
"And that on Wednesdays, the place bursts into flames spontaneously! AND TODAY'S WEDNESDAY!" Hamtaro exclaimed.
"What!" the others chorused. Sandy and Pashmina could tell Bijou's group was probably giving Hamtaro the Wierd Face.
"UGH! You see? We need help!" Bijou came back onto the line. "Hmm...I'll be right over! You guys are in serious trouble!" Sandy decided. "HALLELUJAH! PRAISE ZEE LORD!" Bijou squealed.
"Umm...guys? I'd better go." Pashmina declared. "Why?" Sandy and Bijou chorused.
"Pashmina? What are you doing down there?"
STAN!
"Eh-heh-heh-heh! Hiiii, Staaan!" Pashmina giggled nervously. Then, she hung up.
"Ugh! I gotta go, Bij!" Sandy said. "Okay, but hurry! Crystal kind of threw zee boys out of zee doorway with a giant spatula and eez getting inside...GETTING INSIDE? WAIT, CRYSTAL! NOOOO!" Then, she hung up. Sandy sighed, hung up and ran to the door.
"Sandy?" Maxwell started. "I'm like, so sorry guys, but they need me!" Sandy frowned. "But Sandy..?" Maxwell tried to continue. "No! I'm sure you can finish without me!" Sandy shook her head.
"But Sandy..?"
"Maxy, please! Don't make this any harder for me!"
"..Sandy..?"
"Look, I'll be back as soon as I can! The fate of the party is in my paws now!"
"..Sandy..?"
"They're standing in the line of life and death and I'm their last hope!"
"..Sandy..?"
"We've gone this far and I'm not ready to just about quit!"
"SAAAAAANDYYYYYYY!" Boss finally screamed.
"WHAAAAAAAAAT?" Sandy whined.
"We're done." Panda said.
"We are?" Sandy blinked. "Okyoo!" Penelope nodded. "Yeah! When Pashmina called you!" Cappy added. "Oh...well then let's go! Stan and Crystal's future is at stake!" Sandy cried. Nodding, the others bounded off. The others were in desperate need of some assistance.
Let's just hope it's not too late! Sandy thought.
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A/N: Well, that was quick! Okay this is the end of Chapter 8; Part 1! Yup...there's a PART 2! YAAY!
In Part 2, things get really twisted up in the restaurant! And the "Deja-Vu-Chapter-Title" part is explained. So, review or NO PART 2! MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Okay, gotta go.
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