Chapter Nine: Bachelorette Party Gone Wild

That Night...

(The Boys' Room)

-Howdy, Dexter, Maxwell, and Snoozer were playing Black Jack at the small table between the TV and the bed.

"... Hit," Snoozer drowsily said. Maxwell gave him a card.

"How does he know what cards he has? He's always asleep," Dexter asked Howdy, who looked over at Snoozer's hand to see if it equaled 21. He had that exact amount. Howdy scowled.

"I think he's fakin'. No one can sleep that long." Snoozer then let out a huge snore. "Or maybe they can..." He, Dexter, and Maxwell sweat dropped.

-Oxnard and Hamtaro ran over to the card sharks. They seemed guilty... and/or panicked.

"Max, I'm soooo sorry. I-I...Wahaaaaaa!" Oxnard cried.

"Oxnard accidentally broke the nightstand when he fell on it," Hamtaro finished.

"It's not ALL my fault! I tripped over my seeeeeed!" he kept sobbing.

"It's okay. I'll have Panda fix it sometime before we leave. By the way, where is he?" Maxwell said.

"With Cappy in their room. Man, am I glad my folks didn't have other kids when I was in high school!" Howdy said.

- The stripper wrapped her shirt around Stan's neck as she sat on his lap.

"So, you're the bride's older brother? Big responsibility there..." she purred seductively. Stan stayed quiet.

The girl's short, curly blonde ham-hair turned into longer, straight brunette as her electric green eyes turned a soft chocolate brown. Her long face rounded out more as her teeth became more luminous. She spoke again, snapping Stan out of his thoughts, looking the way she originally did. He no longer wanted her on him.

"Heyhoo...You in there, sweetie?" He had to get her off of him somehow. An idea popped into his head.

"Hey, my friend- the tall guy with the hardhat?" She nodded. "I think he needs some lovin' too," Stan finished as the girl ran over to Boss.

"Hey there, big boy..."

Meanwhile...

(The Girls' Room)

Boisterous laughter could be heard as the bachelorette party proceeded. There were a stack of empty wine coolers on the table, none of which Candace drank from.

"Alright. Alright. Truth or Dare, Bijou?" Sandy asked.

"Erm...Truth?"

"Okay, Truth! How many kids do you plan on having? When? And, with who?" Bijou gulped and flushed. Pashmina and Candace tried to stifle their laughs.

"...Three. When I'm married, duh!"

"But, with who would you have those kids with?"

" 'A-amtaro..." Bijou quickly looked down and blushed as the others cooed.

"Who's the next victim...? Hm..." Sandy had an evil look on.

"Candace hasn't been dared by you yet, Sandy!" Pashmina said.

"Candace! Truth or Dare?"

"Dare," Candace defiantly said. "Make it a good one."

"Okay... I dare you to... to... I dare you to go... skinny-dipping in the pool!"

Everyone gasped, then laughed extremely loud. Candace stood up, silencing the others.

"Sure," she replied like it was nothing and walked downstairs to go outside. The others ran straight to the window.

-.-.-.

(The Boys' Room Again)

"Hey, Stan. Can you get rid of these bottles please?" Maxwell politely asked.

"Hm? Oh! Sure." Stan like some others, had been drinking, so his reflexes were a bit slow.

"Thanks. I really don't want the girls to know we had this much booze at the party..."

"Sure thing, dude." Stan took the large garbage bag of empty beer bottles and went downstairs, outside.

-.-.-.

(The Girls' Room Again)

The others giggled, watching Candace walk down the pavement to the pool. Once she got to the gate, she took off all her clothes. Realizing the gate was locked, she hopped over it and to the pool's ladder, where she slowly hoisted herself down into the water. Candace began to swim to the middle of the kidney-shaped pool when all of a sudden, the safety light came on. The rest gasped and quieted down, seeing something/one Candace did not...

-.-.-.

As Stan walked down the pavement to the dumpster, he accidentally triggered the safety light to come on. He heard a small splash from the pool and looked in that direction where Candace, in all her naked glory, was in the spotlight. He dropped the bag of bottles, which made a huge thud as they hit the ground. Candace looked up, startled and let out a squeal, seeing Stan. She put an arm over her chest. All was quiet.

-.-.-.

"Oh my goodness!" Pashmina squeaked.

"I know! This is the most humiliating thing we've ever had Candace do!"

"She's going to hate us forever!"

"Shh...Girls, I think something's going to happen," Bijou hushed her giggling friends. They all looked back out the window.

-.-.-.

Stan awkwardly tried lightening the mood.

"Well, I guess it's obvious who ate Lucky Charms for breakfast today..." They both let out a nervous laugh.

"Um... Stan? Can you hand me my bra?" Candace slowly asked. Stan momentarily froze.

"Yeah. Sure." He picked up the lavender bra. Before tossing it to his roommate, he checked the cup size.

'28-B... Rrrrr.'

-.-.-.

One A.M. (After the Parties)

Stan slowly went into his room, hoping he wouldn't get Candace at a bad moment again. He flicked on his bedside lamp and looked over at the bed next to his. Candace was sound asleep.

At around two-thirty, it started to storm. It wasn't the thunder or lightning that woke Stan up, it was his roommate dive-bombing into his bed.

Candace snuggled up close to Stan, trembling. Stan slowly rolled over to see her.

"Am I dreaming? Or are you really in my bed? 'Cuz if you are, I wanna know where my other two wishes are at," he groggily flirted. Candace didn't do anything.

BOOM! Another roll of thunder. Candace clung to Stan for dear life and shook in fear. Stan protectively wrapped his arms around her.

"Shh... It's alright. I'll keep you safe..." Stan soothed. Candace buried her face in his chest, whimpering. "Everything's okay... I got ya." he tenderly rubbed her back until she fell asleep.

Stan remembered when he and Sandy were kids. He used to tell his sister not to be afraid because storms were only noise and light, even though he was probably more afraid than her. But, still... he wasn't ever this afraid.