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Chapter 3: Crushes

Jumba and Pleakley. Having needed to meet up with Lilo and Stitch, had left the responsibility of escorting and watching the EARWAX meeting experiments, to Solid. He felt kind of like a nanny or a babysitter, and didn't think the experiments needed to be watched. He didn't mind however, his eyes were wandering to a certain experiment more than once.

Meanwhile, the EARWAX meeting experiments, felt the same way as Solid did, though they themselves felt even more silly, AND embarrassed. They really felt that they didn't need someone watching over them.

But none argued, it was only for a little bit. As they got to the shave ice shop, which was still having some late-night customers, Slushy waved to the group and went on it to get back to work. Splody smiled softly, then waved to the others.

"Bye everyone." He said, running off towards the late-night luau. Solid and the group waved, then started walking again in another direction, towards the jail house. Solid looked at everyone from behind and counted.

There was Bonnie, Clyde, Fibber, Nosy, and Spike left of the group. The last three, their were no exceptions, they would be staying at L&S's place until they got true places too. But the thieves…Bonnie and Clyde…

Solid didn't feel comfy leaving Bonnie at the jail, and he knew the two thieves were barely separable, being how they were made at the same time and were partners and all that. But he really didn't have a choice in the matter, they were still doing their time. Solid also wondered a little how MUCH time they had left before they could be released. As they took a turn, Solid started moving faster and was a little behind Bonnie then.

Meanwhile, Nosy was at the rear, poking his fingers together, looking down and thinking. Nobody talked to him, either respecting his wishes or just not feeling like talking. Solid was a little curious on what was with the big-nose experiment though.

After a few more minutes of walking, and a few exchanged words between the thieves and the other 3 experiments, they had came up to the police station. Solid looked over to Bonnie a bit sadly, not wanting to see her go. He wasn't even thinking straight as Bonnie looked over at him, seeing him looking at her.

But Bonnie noticed, somehow, that he was in a depressed mood with her going, and started to open her mouth. But she closed it, unable to say anything. She couldn't think of anything to say.

So instead of saying anything…she came forward to him, slowly and taking a breath, and then leaned forward, doing the last thing either of them expected her to do.

Bonnie had given Solid a peck on the cheek!

Solid froze right then and there, eyes looking like they would pop out of their sockets. His thoughts were shooting around in his head wildly, mostly asking this. 'Did she just kiss me! DID BONNIE KISS ME!'

Bonnie smiled a bit, holding in the blush as best as she could, then turned away. She took a breath, still smiling, and walking into the station.

Clyde, who had been standing near the two, had wide eyes as well, stuttering, but unable to say anything. His eyes then went down lowly, and he grumbled as he walked into the station, rather sluggishly.

Nobody had noticed this though, just like they didn't notice Nosy's silence. Solid had completely spaced out, still thinking of what had happened. It took a careful nudge from Spike to bring Solid back to reality. (WITHOUT stupefying Solid XD)

"O-Oh, sorry," He mumbled, rubbing the back of his head and behind his ears. "Let's get back to the house guys, Lilo and Stitch should be back by now." He said to the remaining experiments. They nodded understandingly, and all of them started walking back to L&S's house. Except there were two experiments who were dragging their feet, lost in thought.

--Meanwhile--

The two thieves were led back to their cell by the only on-duty officer, who was eating a sprinkled donut. He opened the cell door for them, and Bonnie and Clyde walked in, surprised partially to be greeted with warm bread with some butter and fresh tap water.

Clyde, still silent, sat down near the food and ripped a small chunk of bread, spread some butter on it, and dug in slowly, taking small bites. Bonnie noticed this, pretty surprised. Normally Clyde would devour his food in less then a second. She walked over with a curious look.

"You okay Clyde? You usually pig out at the first sight of food." She asked, then added the last remark with a little giggle. Normally Clyde would response negatively to that, but this time, he apparently didn't hear her, and was still eating bits of bread at a time. Bonnie snapped her fingers in front of Clyde's face, and he finally looked up, a little startled. Bonnie chuckled a bit.

"You okay there partner?" She asked again. That last word fumbled around in Clyde's head a little, and he started to space out of reality again. 'Partner…partner…' He sighed softly as his eyes drooped down. 'Is that…all we're going to be…?' Clyde asked himself in his head.

Of course, there was no response, but Clyde knew the answer oh so well, and his face drooped lower thinking about it. Bonnie noticed this too, but only saw this as Clyde spacing out again.

She scratched the back of her head a bit, a little worried about her partner and his strange behavior. As Bonnie thought of this, she climbed to the top bunk and pulled the thin blanket over her, and cuddled into it slowly.

She thought a little bit, and was about to ask Clyde what was the problem. But instead, what should've been a word, came out as a yawn. She yawned again, sleep starting to overtake her, and Bonnie laid back, deciding to ask herself something as she fell asleep.

'What had made her decide to kiss Solid and…what did it mean to her?'

--Meanwhile--

Spike and Fibber were quite ahead of the bunch, talking to each other and looking back now and then. Solid and Nosy were the ones they were looking back on, who were walking the slowest and most quietly. Nosy glanced at Solid with a hopeful smile. Pretty much everyone saw his little peck on the cheek. Nosy was thinking that him and Bonnie were already a couple, and that he could help him.

After a bit, the silence was broken by Nosy.

"Um…how do you do it." Nosy asked Solid suddenly. Solid looked at Nosy, confused.

"Uh…do what?" He asked back. Nosy rubbed the back of his head, blushing a little. "How do you get girls to like you?" Nosy asked, looking at Solid, hints of blush still on Nosy's face. Solid wondered where this out-of-the-blue question came from, then chuckled as he remembered what happened before with Bonnie. Solid would've wanted to avoid the question though, because he didn't even know if he liked Bonnie or not.

But Nosy was being pretty persistent, so Solid decided to answer as honestly and the best he could.

"I guess…you should be yourself." He said softly to Nosy, power walking ahead to the others. Nosy started to nod his head and about to say good advice, but stopped suddenly in his tracks. He was scratching the back of his head, thinking bout what Solid had told him, then bonked his head and started to run.

"Hey! Even I knew that, wait up!" He yelled as Nosy frantically caught up to the others.

--

The four experiments walked up the steps and to the door, Solid starting to unlock it. He then noticed it was already unlocked, so he swung the door open to be greeted by Lilo and Stitch, who were sitting on the couch.

"Hey guys!" Lilo waved to them, smiling.

"Aloha cousins." Stitch greeted them as well. Solid smiled softly and waved to the duo, also glad to see Stitch back to normal. As the experiments came into the living room, Lilo grinned big.

"Great huh? Stitch is back to normal and we won! We pounded Myrtle Edmins to the ground!" She exclaimed, laughing and grinning triumphantly. Solid snickered.

"Oh yeah, that's awesome." He said sarcastically. Lilo didn't see it as being sarcastic, so she only grinned bigger. Stitch snickered too, and then looked at Lilo with a bit of a stern look.

"Okay Lilo, 10'oclock, time for bed." He said. Lilo groaned in disappointment. "Aw…come on, Nani isn't here, et me stay up a little more." She argued. Stitch shook his head and gave the puppy dog eyes. Deep in his thoughts he laughed, knowing Lilo could never win against the oh-so-cute puppy dog eyes.

She groaned again, pouted, then sighed in defeat and went up to her room. Stitch waited as he heard the elevator go up, and after a few seconds of waiting, heard the lights turn off in Lilo's room. He then grinned at the others.

"Game time! Truth and Dare." He cooed, getting out a root beer bottle. Most of the experiments, even Solid hooted with delight at the idea. They got in a circle, and Stitch put the bottle in the center. He then sat down in the circle too. He grinned.

"I'll spin first." He declared, spinning the bottle. It spun for a bit, then landed on Nosy. Stitch grinned some more.

"Okay Nosy. Truth? Or Dare." Stitch made the word 'dare' sound a little more evil-like, trying to spook Nosy. He wasn't phased, though didn't say dare.

"Truth."

Stitch snickered, then started thinking of a good question to ask Nosy. He knew that the big-nose experiment would let out hidden or rumored information, mostly 100 true. He then snapped his fingers, getting an idea, and hoped Nosy had an answer for it.

"Does um…Angel still want to have a relationship with me?" Stitch asked wryly. Solid coughed as Stitch asked this. Nosy was about to answer too, but then Stitch hastily added something else.

"And if she does, what does she want me to do?" Solid rubbed his temple. Stitch and Angel have been a little 'distant' lately. Why, Solid, Lilo, nor the others knew why. Even most of Angel's closest friends couldn't tell for sure. But Nosy's answer brought the shine back to Stitch's eyes.

"Well, I know she wants to get back with you, a fresh start." He started. Stitch jumped up, happy, not knowing that the rumor experiment hadn't finish. Solid and Fibber grabbed Stitch's wrists before he jumped up again, and pulled him down. Stitch glanced at them confusingly, then Nosy started talking again.

"Wasn't finished. I know there're three things she expects from you so you guys can be mates again." Nosy said, looking at Stitch who was getting anxious.

"Okay, what? What?" He asked. Nosy smiled a little at his anxiety, then continued.

"First…she wants to get to know you better, and vice-versa." Nosy said to him. Stitch nodded, while Solid nearly chuckled. Even he knew that's what nearly any girl wants.

"Second, she wants to go slow with the lovey-dovey stuff." Nosy continued. Stitch nodded again, though was a little disappointed at that. Nosy snickered next, which made 626 confused and a little nervous.

"W-What is it? What's so funny?" Stitch asked quickly, moving forward a bit. Nosy smirked, and then as all the experiments leaned forward to listen, Nosy spoke.

"Last…she wants you to…" He lingered on the last word, snickering. Stitch was about to smack Nosy, impatient, when he said something that made everyone bite down on their lips.

"She wants you to bathe nicely for once!" He exclaimed, bursting into laughter. The experiments continued to try and stay silent, but were losing that battle. They all suddenly doubled over in laughter, even Solid. Stitch grumbled at first, then let out a few chuckles.

"Well, I COULD do a little better." He admitted freely. Stitch and the other experiments laughed a little before regaining their composure. Nosy then spun the bottle, wiping out the remaining tears from his face. It spun and slowed down, then landed on Solid. He noticed this and shrugged, chuckling.

"Truth." Solid declared. Nosy smiled and nodded, having the perfect question to ask the silver experiment.

"What did you think of that kiss bonnie gave ya. You like her?" He asked. Solid's eyes nearly popped out of his eyes sockets, and his mind started to question like crazy. What DID he think about that peck. DOES he like her? Nosy waited as Solid poked his fingers together, confused.

After a bit, Nosy started to get impatient, though Stitch the most. It wasn't a surprise, but his outburst was.

"Come on, hurry up!" He exclaimed. Solid sighed and got up, muttering a sorry before leaving the room. Solid groaned and spun the bottle again, while Nosy quickly got up and followed. He suddenly felt ashamed of his question, it seemed to hurt the silver experiment. As he looked into a room, Nosy found Solid sitting quietly at the edge of the guest bed, his eyes to the ground. Nosy came over to him.

"Um…are you okay, err…" Nosy started. Solid chuckled a little, seeing as Nosy forgot his name.

"Its Solid. And yeah…I'm fine." Solid lied. Nosy shook his head a bit, looking intently up into Solid's eyes.

"No your not, I can tell." He said softly. Solid opened his mouth a bit, then closed it. He didn't have a clue on what to say, and it was obvious that lying wouldn't work. Nosy sat next to Solid, and they both looked down at the ground. Both were silent, until Nosy broke it with a very big confession.

"I like Shush." He said. Solid looked at Nosy, who was still staring at the ground. It didn't look like he was blushing either.

"I always saw her sitting on a bench at the park…her fur glimmering in the sunlight. She has beautiful eyes too…I've talked to her before, and I always wanted to ask her out." Nosy continued, one hand over the other. Solid listened silently.

"But…" He stopped, sighing. Solid tried to smile a little.

"But…?" He repeated Nosy's word. Nosy looked at Solid, then chuckled.

"Well, I chickened out. I couldn't do it, I was too confused…funny, hmm?" He chuckled again, this time weaker. Nosy jumped down to the ground and glanced at Solid. Solid looked back, and after a few seconds of looking at each other, the rumor-spreading experiment smiled weakly.

"Just wanted to share…" With that, he left and went back downstairs. Solid continued to stare down at the ground, then laid back on the bed, pulling the covers over himself. He listened to the voices in the living room as he stared up at the ceiling, ever so quietly.

Solid wondered why Nosy shared, but then knew the answer…Nosy was having the same problems.

"I'll talk with him tomorrow…" Solid told himself, closing his eyes. He thought about Bonnie a little, and then finally fell asleep, the same time the voices stopped, and the snores of the now asleep Stitch.

Author's PN: Yup, Chapter 3 as a promise, and as far as I can go so far till I get to writing ch4. Yeah, these three chapters were already done by time I posted this fanfic, now yall got to be patient. XD I got a few other projects going on too. Enjoy!