A/N: I am the slowest updater in the universe.
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Chapter 3: Scoot Over Paris Hilton, The Ham-Hams Are Moving In!
"Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep!"
"Oh...my...God!"
"No friggin' way!"
"Holy Jesus!"
"This is Hawaii?"
"No!" Crystal answered. "This is just a portion of Hawaii!" The gang was standing in a huge tropical version of the plane field they had been dropped off at in California. The sky was a perfect baby blue with not a cloud in sight. The sun shone warmly over their heads. The air was warmer, more tropical, but had a crisp, refreshing ocean scent.
"Ooh-la-la! I can hear zee ocean!" Bijou exclaimed. Sure enough, the faint sound of waves crashing together were being heard from far away. "Ohmygod! A beach! Can we go?" Penelope begged. Crystal laughed. "Relax Penny. We'll have plenty of time for beach trips when we get to my house!" she said.
Just then, the gang heard a "BEEP!" behind them. When they turned around, they saw a Jeep similar to the one back in California that had carried their bags. Only this one was cherry-red. Beside it was a jet-black stretch Hummer limousine with Crystal's name painted hot-pink on the sides of the car.
"Sweet! They're just in time! C'mon, let's get in." Crystal nodded towards the limo. The drivers to both cars started helping the co-pilots of the jet pack the bags onto the Jeep as the gang helped themselves into the limousine. When the door slammed shut, Hamtaro blinked. "Who turned off the lights?" he asked stupidly.
"Oops." Crystal giggled and clapped twice. Instantly, the lights on the ceiling flashed on, revealing the same thing they had seen on the last car. Long comfty seats. Mini juice bar. DVD player. TV. All set and ready for them. "Oh. There they are!" Hamtaro smiled.
"Man, Crys. You are the coolest girl ever!" Oxnard exclaimed as the limo drove off. Crystal blushed. "Oh, shut up! You know you don't mean that!" she replied. "Girl, you are living a life that could easily rival that of Nicole Richie, and you're not the coolest girl ever?" Pepper rose an eyebrow. "Weeelllll...no!" Crystal shook her head. The girls squealed and playfully smacked Crystal with their pillows, giggling.
"Okay! Okay! How 'bout I show you something that I forgot to show you in the last limo!" Crystal sighed as she threw the pillows back at the girls. "Pay-Per-View?" Jingle asked excitedly. "Uhhh...no. But I get Pay-Per-View back home!" Crystal answered. "What I wanna show you is this!" Crystal pushed a button on a remote control and a rectangular window on the ceiling slid open to reveal a sunroof.
"DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUDE!" the guys chorused. "That thing is big enough for four heads!" Ringa gasped. "ME FIRST!" Stan shot out of his seat. "ME SECOND!" Jingle dove for the window. "DON"T FORGET ABOUT ME!" Hamtaro whined. "I GOT DIBS ON THE LAST SPOT!" Oxnard yelled.
The other eight laughed as the four boys started to scream like maniacs outside.
"GOOD MORNING HAWAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!" Jingle yelled.
"HELLO FELLOW ISLANDEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRS! Hamtaro cried.
"HELLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HAWAIIAN BACHELORETTES!" Stan announced loudly.
"Uh-oh." everyone inside the car said.
"OOOOOOOOOOOHHH! MANGOES!" Oxnard squealed.
"Typical Oxy." Pepper sighed as she and the others sweatdropped.
"OUR TURN!" Penelope tugged at Hamtaro's jeans after two minutes passed. "Alright, alright! Your turn!" Hamtaro gave in with a laugh. He, Stan, Jingle and Oxnard eventually crouched down and went back to their previous seats.
"SWEET!" Cappy and Penelope stood up and poked their head out the window. "I wanna go too!" Panda and Ringa blurted out in unison. They blushed as they joined the two nine-year olds.
"Wow! It's windy up here!" Cappy shouted.
"Look, Cappy. PEOPLE!" Penelope pointed.
"I'M ON TOP OF THE WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRLD!" Ringa yelled up at the sky.
"THIS IS AWESOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOME!" Panda screamed.
"Oh my, I cannot wait for my turn!" Bijou cooed excitedly. "Like, me too!" Sandy gushed. "Amen!" Pepper agreed. "Great. Have fun up there!" Crystal smiled innocently and got ready to put on her earphones to listen to music, when Sandy stopped her.
"Hold on there, girlfriend! Do not like, tell me you're not getting up there!" Sandy said. "Okay." Crystal paused. "Then I won't tell you!" she shrugged and reached for her iPod mini. Pepper snatched it away. "Hey!" Crystal complained, shooting Pepper a nasty glare.
"Sorry girl, but whether ya' like it or not, we want ya' to join us up there!" Pepper declared, holding back the iPod from all possible reach. "Well, what if I don't like the idea?" Getting aggravated, Crystal reached for her precious MP3 player. Instead, Bijou grabbed her wrist before she could say anything and started pulling her up.
"Ack! Lemme go, Bijou!" Crystal demanded and tried her best to pull out of the french girl's grip. "Pleez, Crystal! What eez so wrong about sticking your head out of the sunroof and acting wild and free like a bird for a good couple of minutes?" Bijou begged, pulling harder.
Just then, Crystal's memory triggered a horrific moment involving the first time she ever stuck her head out of that same sunroof window...
§ Flashback... §
"Daddy, when will you get to the beach house?" twelve-year old Crystal spoke into the first cellphone her father had gotten her a few months ago. "By the way, thanks for the Hawaiian beach house. It's really cool of you to get it for me to visit over the summer--even though I'm in college yet." Crystal sweatdropped, on account Mr. Donaldson had promised her the beach house when she would turn eighteen.
"Uh-huh? Really? Mm-hm...okay...uh-huh...uh-huh...great! So, I'll see you there, okay? Okay! Love you too...yup, she's here...yes, I'll watch her! Okay...bye!" After hanging up, she looked over at her cousin, Nikki. She had come along with her to check out her new beach house in Hawaii and see if it was any better than her beach house in Miami. Tsh.
The also-twelve year old was examining the buttons on the limousine's remote control when she pressed one green button that activated the sunroof window. "Ha! I knew this limo had a sunroof!" she smirked as she looked up at it and admired the clear blue sky. "Cool! Wanna stick your head out the window and scream like a maniac?" Crystal offered.
Nikki's eyes widened slightly. "Uhhh...no thanks. Besides, I wouldn't do that if I were you." she replied hesitantly. "Aww, come on! What is so bad about sticking your head out the window and acting wild and free for a couple of minutes?" Crystal rolled her eyes and decided to leave her scaredy-cat cousin behind.
Crystal quickly crawled right underneath the sunroof and pulled her hair loose of it's pigtails. So, she stuck her head out the window and allowed her hair to flow freely from the hairbands holding them into the two seperate pigtails. Her long, milk-chocolate brown hair immedietaly began to fly wildly in the wind.
"WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" she squealed at the top of her lungs. "Crystal, I wouldn't do that either!" Nikki warned. "Ahh, loosen up Princesa! " Crystal waved her off carelessly.
Then, she looked up. "Ooh! A seagull! And it has a spot on his stomach!" Crystal cooed. "Crys, exactly HOW would you know that?" Nikki shouted from inside. "I dunno, but I've never been so close to a seagull before..." Then, a very strange vibe began to shiver down Crystal's spine. "...a little TOO close!"
SPLAT!
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
When Crystal came down from the sunroof, she was tearing up from shock, anger and disgust.
Nikki just shook her head. "Told you." was all she said. "Told you twice."
§ Flashback ends... §
"Crystal? Cryyystaaaal?" Stan snapped his fingers in front of Crystal's face. But that scared, distant facial expression remained. Then it slowly crinkled up to a grimaced look of anger and disgust. "Uuuuuggggghhhh, I hate that bird!" she scrunched up her nose and shuddered.
"Uuuuhhhh...bird?" Sandy gave her a wierded-out look. "Crystal, are you alright?" Bijou placed her hand on her shoulder. Crystal stared at her friends, a worried crease on her forehead. "You don't wanna know." was all Crystal had to say to shut them up.
§ Fifteen minutes later... §
"EEEEEP! WE'RE HEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEE! Crystal suddenly started hopping in her seat like Hamtaro had done in the airplane earlier. Everyone immedietaly looked away from what they were doing and stared at her.
"Whaddaya talking about Crys?" Stan asked as he pulled off Crystal's iPod earphone. They had both been sharing earphones, listening to music when Crystal exploded like a volcano.
"I mean, LOOK!" Crystal lowered her window and pointed outside ecstatically. Just in time, the gang saw giant white gates open up automatically for them. Behind the gates was a long driveway that led to a tropical beach house. The yard was flowing with luscious green grass, colorful flowers and tall palm trees.
"Oh my God, we're here?" Sandy got excited right away. "Yup! I would remember this yard from anywhere!" Crystal nodded. "Of course. It's YOUR house!" Jingle teased. Everyone laughed. "Oh my gosh! Finally! I've been dying to see your house!" Pepper's hazel eyes danced with joy. "How 'bout instead of parking, the driver stops the car so we can get the hell out!" Penelope demanded sarcastically.
After what felt like an eternity--or the longest ten seconds of their young lives--the driver finally parked up front of the beach house. But before the driver could even unbuckle his seatbelt, he heard the back door open and a bunch of squealing teenagers jump out of the car all at once.
"WHOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAA!" everyone started to scream and gush over the beach house standing majestically before them. It was no more than two and a half stories high and almost rivaled half the size of the girls' dorm rooms!
The first floor was basically a mega-sized condo house with a set of beautiful cememnt stairs leading to a porch. It was like a first-floor balcony with colorful tropical flowers flowers surrounding the garden below. It had a white porch swing on one side and two lounge chairs on the other. The window were long and wide with perfectly cleaned glass.
The second floor looked like a first-floor apartment planted on top of the condo's roof. The gang could see a couple of windows here and there and even a balcony from what was probably a bedroom. The walls were a light brown and the tiled roof was brown.
"It's so big!" Cappy gasped. "Somebody pinch me!" Ringa breathed. Stan smirked. "DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT!" Sandy and Panda gave him matching "Touch-her-and-I'll-be-sure-you-won't-be-be-breathing-tomorrow-morning!" glares. Stan blushed. Ringa blinked, confused.
"Umm, HEL-LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO? Are you coming inside or what?" Hamtaro suddenly screamed out at them. The boy was standing on the other side of the yard, already entering the house! "I got Hamtaro to open the door with my pass key. You can go in now!" Crystal, who was on the phone with someone, gave them a nod.
"Pass key? Don't you have regular keys?" Panda asked. Crystal raised an eyebrow at them. "My father is the son of the guy who created the Donaldson Hotel Empire. Do you think my house is gonna be safely secured from invaders with a simple pair of keys?" The gang looked at each other, but did as they wre told by Crystal.
When they entered the house, the first thing they saw was a huge living room. A fluffy cream-colored carpet was the base of the room. Soft, white and bouncy sofas dotted the living room. One extra-long one stood in the center, facing the opposite side of the room where a plasma flat-screen TV hung over a fireplace. There was a sliding glass door that led to a balcony on one side of the room. A beautiful white coffee table sat in front of the middle sofa. Photos and vases with tropical flowers decorated the room.
"Oh...my...God!" the Ham-Hams barely said anything else. Crystal just then walked up from behind them and panicked. "WHAT? WHAT! IS THERE A BURGULAR IN THE HOUSE?" she screamed as she grabbed an umbrella from the umbrella storage cylinder cone-thingy and started whacking the air in a frenzy.
"What? Nonononononononono! It ain't that!" Stan quickly snatched the umbrrella away before he or anyone else lost their heads in a snap. "W-We just like your house is all!" he explained while everyone else slowly got up off of the floors. "Oh." Crystal started breathing again. "Well...don't ever do that again! When you're the granddaughter of the father of Donaldson Hotels Inc. paranoia is pretty common in your blood."
"I thought I heard a spoiled hotel heiress!" Just then, a girl, at least nineteen years old, appeared from a door in the hallway. She had straight blonde hair with cherry-red highlights that touched her elbows. Her turquoise eyes stuck out against her Hawaiian-tanned skin. She wore a black tee with a turquoise stripe diagonally crossing the shirt, a turquoise miniskirt with two wavy layers at the bottom and black sandals.
"JESSIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEE!" Crystal and the girl started to squeal. They hugged each other and jumped around like silly little preschool girls. After that, Crystal broke the happy reunion. "OhmyGod, what happened to your last highlights? The purple ones?" she exclaimed. "Hey! I get bored easy!" Jessie pouted sarcastically. "Besides, I couldn't help but change for the occasion!" Jessie then looked over Crystal's shoulder at the others.
"Oh. Of course you did!" Crystal rolled her eyes. Typical Jessie! she thought. One-by-one, she introduced Jessie to the Ham-Hams(she, like Maria, smirked evilly to herself when she layed eyes on Stan).
"Everyone, this is Jessie. She helps watch the house and you can find her running the bar in the kitchen." Crystal said. "Y-You...you run...a bar?" Jingle asked, a dreamy little look on his face. Stan, Hamtaro, Oxnard and Panda had the same looks. "Nice try. But she already hid the alcohol." Crystal taunted. "Damnit!" Jingle hissed quietly.
"It's great to finally meet'cha all after hearing, so much about each and everyone of you's!" Jessie cooed, sneaking one last glance at Stan at the "so much" part. This is most definetaly the guy!
§ Upstairs... §
"Okay, Jess said your things were upstairs in your rooms.." Crystal murmured as she read through a note Jessie had given her. She was slowly walking down the hallways on the second floor, the Ham-Hams at her heel. They were still drooling over every little thing they saw, while Crystal seemed more interested in the yellow sheet of paper than all the precious objects in her own house.
"Alright. According to what Daddy told Jessie, because I brought twelve peoples over--myself included--he's split us up in four rooms. Two of them for the guys, and two for the girls." Crystal stopped at the first door to the right. She peered at the note again. "First room to the right goes to...Hamtaro, Oxy and Cappy." she said as she opened the door.
Inside was a pretty damn big bedroom. The walls were painted a dark green and had two large beds on one side and a third on the other. There was a glass door draped with a lighter green-colored curtains with a balcony outside. The three boys' belongings were laying on their assigned beds. The room consisted of an oak table, matching chair, a small reading lamp for overnight reading, surfing the Web, etc. a TV, three bureaus for the boys socks and undies and such, a walk-in closet and their own bathroom.
Cappy and Oxnard squeaked.
"I...am a blessed child." Hamtaro muttered quietly. "Thanks a bunch for the room! Thankyouthankyouthankyou! And thank you for being born to a rich family and meeting us!" Oxnard and Cappy each grabbed onto one of Crystal's legs and hugged them.
"EEP! Get off! Those are my only legs!" Crystal kicked them away. "Now get in there, and get comfty!" Crystal grabbed the collars of all three guys, threw them inside the room and shut the door.
Crystal sighed and walked down the hall to the second door to the right. "Next up: Sandy, Pepper and Penny." The three girls squealed as Crytal opened the door to reveal their room. It was almost identical to Hamtaro's room, except the walls were bright red. The door leading to their balcony was covered with light red curtains. The table was reddish-brown as well as the bureaus.
"OHMYGOD!" Sandy, Penelope and Pepper ran inside and started searching through the rooms. "Have fun, ladies!" Crystal rolled her eyes playfully, closed the door and left. "Halfway there. Thank the Lord!" Crystal sighed while everyone else laughed. She went straight to the room across the hall from Sandy's. "Bijou? Ringa? You two'll be bunking with me in my room." Crystal told them as she swung the door open.
Like the first two rooms, Crystal's room included TV, walk-in closet private bathroom, etc. Except this one seemed to have more stuff because somebody actually lived here. The walls were pink. Like the living room, there was a soft white carpet lying over the floor. Matching curtains were draped over the balcony door. The very few things Crystal brought were laying on a queen-sized bed nearby. The bed had a pink bedspread and many little muti-colored pillows. Two beds sat on the other side of the room: one had a baby blue bedspread, the other had a hot-pink one. A laptop sat on the table as well as some CD cases, reading lamp, and even a pink and white boombox. On the walls were posters of cute celebrity--mainly guys.
"Ooh, look Bijou. CUTE BOYS!" Ringa pointed at the posters. "Oui! Let's go look at zhem!" Bijou gushed. But just as they were gonna trample into the room like animals, they were held back by a "HOLD IT SISTERS!" They turned to look at Crystal, the tip of their toes hovering right over the carpet. Crystal pointed at them.
"Shoes!" she demanded. "Ohhh!" Bijou and Ringa nodded in understanding and took off their shoes by the doorway. "Now, you can go in." Crystal sighed as the two girls ran inside. "I'll be right there okay? Just gotta show the boys their room!"
"Okay! Before I can run in there to protect my Pirates Of The Carribean movie posters, I hafta' show you your rooms!" Crystal smiled at the guys, making Stan melt from the inside. She walked to the first door to the left and showed Stan, Jingle and Panda their room.
It was identical to Hamtaro's except the walls were navy blue with light blue window curtains. The boys' bags were laying right by their beds and they could hear the seagulls screeching outside their balcony(Crystal shuddered at the sound of those foul birds).
"Oh sweet! It's just like Hamtaro's room! Except...it's bluer!" Jingle exclaimed. Crystal stared at him. Boys... "Totally!" Stan added. "This is awesome!" Panda gaped inside the bathroom. Crystal giggled. "Glad ya' like it! Now get everything set up...cause you won't be coming back for a while!"
"What? Why not?" Jingle gasped. "Yeah! We like it here!" Panda whined. "Oh relax! Somebody's just coming over for dinner with this super-buenisimo surprise for all of us, is all." Crystal told them. "Ohhh! Well, what's the surprise?" Stan asked. "I'm not gonna tell you!" Crystal shook her head. "What? Why not?" Jingle repeated. "Buh-byyyyeeee chicos!" With that Crystal left.
When Crystal walked back into her room(right before taking off her shoes, of course), she found Ringa and Bijou staring right at her. "Oh, hey guys! How do you like my room? I had Jessie put up aaallll the pretty posters up on the wall for me! Aren't they adorable?" Crystal said happily.
Bijou paled.
"All of them?" Ringa repeated, a huge smile fighting it's way across her face. "Well...yeah. Of course! Why do you ask?" Crystal shrugged. A very slight snicker escaped Ringa's lips, but she pressed them together as tight as she could afterwards. Her cheeks turned pink. "E-Excuse me," she choked out. "hiccups."
"Ringa? Are you okay?" Crystal cocked her head. "Yes!" Ringa's response came out a squeak. "Are you sure? Y-You look a little...I dunno...flushed out?" Crystal eyed Ringa's rosy cheeks.
"U-Umm..." Bijou sputtered out. Crystal turned to her. The french teenager was rubbing her forehead as if trying to figure out how to put what was on her mind in words. She looked absolutley disturbed like she had walked into a childbirth room at the hospital, thinking it was the bathroom. She even reminded Crystal of the look on Pashmina's face whenever someone popped the "How far have you gone with your GF/BF?" question to somebody else.
By now, tears were forming in the back of Ringa's eyes from having to hold back for so long. She covered her mouth with her hand and tried hiding her face with her long, white hair. The poor girl though, was ready to explode. "Ringa! Bijou! Somebody better tell me what's up--NOW!" Crystal demanded. Besides, she was getting worried about Ringa's sudden twitching.
Finally, Bijou took in a deep breath. She squeezed her emerald eyes shut and prepared for the worst. Here goes nuzzing. Really...
"Umm...Crystal?"
"Yes Bijou?" Crystal stared at Bijou eagerly, like a starving dog.
"Wh-Wha...W-What eez zhat on your ceiling?" Bijou pointed, sucking in her breath. Crystal looked up, expecting a spider, grafitti or anything that would explain her friends' behaviors. But what she saw was worse than anything she could ever imagine.
Much, much worse...
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
The moment Crystal screamed, Ringa lost all control. She exploded out laughing, the tears starting to pour. In a matter of seconds, the poor girl was literally ROFL-ing, clutching her stomach. Bijou was silent, refusing to look up anymore. Meanwhile, Crystal swung her balcony door open and poked her head over the balcony. She found Jessie spraying the roses with a water bottle. Crystal's fingernails dug into the marble railing.
"JESSIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY ROOM?" Crystal's furious outburst caused Jessie to jump and drop the water bottle spray. "What the hell?" Jessie looked up to see Crystal fuming over her balcony, staring straight at her.
§ A few minutes later... §
"What kind of sick, scandalous joke was this, Jessie!" Crystal demanded the blonde, pacing the room frantically. "A hilerious one, that's what!" Ringa piped up. She was stilll giggling since her laughter fit a couple of moments ago, and was now sitting on her bed with Bijou.
"No Ringa! It most certainly was not funny and it was not hilerious!" Crystal then turned to Jessie The young college sophomore was sitting on Crystal's bed, trying her best not to look like the bad guy. "It was rude, totally unasked for, and...and--"
"And eet was one of zee most awkward moments of my life!" Bijou couldn't help but interrupt Crystal. "Bijou! Don't encourage her!" Ringa whined. "I apologize for zee rude outburst, but zhis was not what I expected to see in Crystal's room!" Bijou frowned. "Well, me too. But you gotta admit, it was kinda funny! Didn't you see Crys' face?" Ringa flashed another amused smile.
Crystal ignored her. "Well, I didn't expect that to be up on my ceiling either!" she snapped. Crystal folded her arms across her chest and stopped pacing the floor for a moment. "Hey! That poster wasn't my bright idea!" Jessie shrugged innocently.
Crystal's fists clenched together. "I call you to list down all the celebrities I wanted hung up on my bedroom wall, just so you could go behind my back to blow up a picture of my best friend, put it up on poster paper and stick it up on my ceiling, AND IT WASN'T YOUR IDEA!" Crystal screamed, pointing up once more at the giant poster of Stan hanging right over her bed.
"Don't go crazy! You asked me to put that up for you!" Jessie countered. "ARE YOU MAD?" Crystal's aqua-green eyes flashed as she gaped in shock. She then looked up at the ceiling and pouted. "I wanted Zac Efron up there!" she wailed in defeat. "I only did what you asked me to do!" Jessie shrugged again. "Yeah." Crystal nodded. "And this is exactly what I remember telling you..!"
§ Flashback to two weeks before spring break... §
"Hello?" Jessie answered the kitchen phone. "Hey Jess. It's Crys." Crystal's voice voice came through the other line. "Oh, hey! You got the list down now?" Jessie said as she balanced the cordless phone in between her ear and her shoulder.
"Yeah. I'm in lunch, so I'll give you the names now before time runs out." Crystal said into her cellphone as she flipped through the pages of her Happy Bunny notebook. The message said: "Skool makes you sooper smartt." Sitting across from her was Stan and Jingle, goofing off as usual.
"Great!" Using her free hands, Jessie grabbed a pen and a sheet of notebook paper to write down the names. "Alright. Shoot!"
"Okay. For starters, I want three posters of Orlando Bloom, two posters of Usher, one Chad Micheal Murray. OOH! And one of Dylan and Cloe Sprouse too. They're just the cutest little twins ever! And could you gemme' some posters of Jesse Mc'Cartney, Johnny Depp, Green Day, Aly & AJ, Vanessa Anne Hudgens, Hilary Duff, Cheyenne, Jessica Alba, Mariah Carey,Ashley Tisdale and Miley Cyrus? Uh-huh. Yeah. And some..."
§ Flashback ends... §
"See? That's what I told you to get!" Crystal sighed. She collapsed onto her bed and looked up at the ceiling--only to find Stan's blue eyes staring back at her. Crystal closed her eyes in awkwardness.
"True. But you're forgetting two very important people." Jessie said. "Who?" Crystal sat up. "Stan and Zac! Duuuuuhhhh!" Jessie replied.
§ Flashback to Crystal two weeks ago... §
"...Uh-huh. Yeah, and also, could you get movie posters of Pirates Of The Carribean and High School Musical? And on the ceiling, right above my head, I most definetaly want the cutest picture you can find of--Stan!" Crystal pressed the phone to her shoulder and glared at Stan and Jingle. "Stan, could you two shut up for like, three seconds? I'm on the phone!"
"Huh! Umm...Crys?" Jessie raised an eyebrow. But all she heard was a bunch of muffled noises. "Crystal? Could you repeat that last part? And Stan, who?" Jessie asked. Again. Muffled voices. "H-Hello?" Than, she heard a gasp.
"Crap!" Crystal suddenly hissed into the phone. "Here comes a teacher!" Jessie was about to open her mouth when Crystal cut in again. "Oh, and I want Zac Efron nice and big up there, okay? He is so totally hot! Thank you, Jessie!" she quickly added.
"But--" Jessie started.
"I gotta go. Talk to you later, Jess." Crystal was in a rush to hang up
"--whos--"
"Bye!"
Beeeeeeeeeeep.
"--Stan." Jessie was in a daze as she eventually placed the phone back into it's base. She sighed, staring at the list. "Hmm...I know everyone on this list, but...who the hell is Stan?" Jessie walked back to the bar. "Is he even a famous person?"
Suddenly, a spark flared up in Jessie's mind. Wait a minute! Stan. As in...you don't think...? Jessie pulled open a cabinet and took out her laptop. She turned it on and after waiting impatiently for it to load, she opened up her Pictures window. She scanned through the different files until she found the one picture she was looking for.
It was a picture of a teenage Human-Ham boy around Crystal's age with orange hair and midnight blue eyes. Crystal had sent it to her from e-mail a couple of days ago as well as more pictures of her friends from WCA. Jessie read through the little message Crystal had written down below the picture. It read: "Showoff. We should sent Stan's pics 2 a modeling agency. LOL! Look how much he's changd ovr the summr!"
That was when a sly grin stretched across Jessie's face. "Sooo...she wants a poster of Stan hung over her ceiling, huh?" She clicked the picture and pressed the mouse button on the keyboard a couple of times. "Well, well, well! Isn't that just adorable? But don't worry, you lucky little bachelor." Jessie cooed as she smirked at the picture. "Because, that can be arranged personally!"
§ Flashback ends... §
"Oh, EWWWWWWWWW!" Crystal stood up and shuddered. "That is just wrong! If my friends see that up on my ceiling, I swear I will have you by your neck!" Jessie stood up as well. "Chillax, Crys! Just rip it off and replace it with a decent Unfabulous TV poster from WalMart!" she suggested. With that said, she turned and went for the door.
"And where in God's name are you going?" Crystal shouted. "To the bar. If your guyfriends are snooping around, looking for the tequilla in the storage closet, then somebody's gotta be there to threaten to call the cops on 'em!" Jessie scoffed. And out she went.
"Okay, we gotta get this thing outta here before anyone else comes in and sees it!" Crystal immedietaly stood up on her bed. "Bijou, HELP MEEEEEEEEE!" With a nod of her platinum-blonde head, Bijou followed her on top of the bed.
"Awww! Why can't you keep it, Crys?" Ringa whined. "Because sticking a blown-up poster of Stan on my ceiling isn't exactly my way of letting him know he's my best friend!" Crystal scoffed. Ringa pouted dramatically, her lip gloss sparkling like the ocean. "Well, I think it's cute!" she cooed.
Crystal rolled her eyes. "Just sit there and promise me you won't tell anyone about this!" she begged the British teenager. Ringa bit her lip in hesitation. She wanted to tell Sandy and Pepper, but if she did, Crystal would find out eventually. And when she did...
"Whatever! It's not like anyone'll believe me!" she told her carelessly. Crystal simply smiled. But when she turned around, Ringa shuddered at the thought of Crystal finding out that Ringa didn't exactly keep the secret to herself. Bijou spotted her and smiled amusedly.
"Ugh! Bij, this poster's strapped up there good!" Crystal sulked as she tried to grasp it once more. "Oh really?" Ringa sneered. Crystal whipped her head around and stared at her in shock. "...kidding! I did nothing to that damn poster! Ask Bijou!" Ringa added innocently.
"Lemme try again." Crystal stood on tippytoes. She snatched a corner of the poster. It barely budged. "Gosh freakin' DAMNIT!" Crystal hissed. "Jessie taped every single corner 'til there was no weak spots! We're gonna have to claw it off!"
"What! But I just got zhis manicure!" Bijou complained, holding out her french tips in protest. "Well then, suck it up Frenchie! I need that poster down!" Crystal replied. "Now, help me!" Brushing a stray brown bang away from her face, Crystal began lightly hopping up and down on the bed, grabbing at the poster. Bijou groaned, but did as she was told.
After a few minutes of hopping, snatching and the sound of tape and papaer ripping off of the wall, only one large corner was finally left. "MY LEGZ BUUUUURRRRRRRRN! I cannot even feel zhem anymore!" Bijou cried, rubbing her sore thighs.
"Hang on. I almost got the last piece." Crystal said, hopping up and down again. Just as she gripped her fingers onto the paper, the door flew open.
"CRYSTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL!"
Crystal and Bijou squealed in response. As she was landing her feet on the bed, Crystal successfully ripped the the last of the poster. "UPUPUP!" Ringa shouted at the half-open bedroom door. Then, she pointed at her baby-blue ankle socks. "Shoes!" she added.
"Oh. Oops." the redhead froze and quickly slipped off his sneakers before stepping inside. This gave Bijou and Crystal just enough time to land their bottoms on the bed and sit on top of all the shredded slips of poster paper. They sat shoulder-to-shoulder and flashed their best innocent smiles. Crystal hid the last piece behind her back.
"Sorry 'bout that, Crys." Stan rubbed the back of his neck shyly as he came in. "Hey Stan!" Crystal chirped. "Bonjour!" Bijou sang. Ringa smiled. "Hey dudettes." Stan nodded. He then looked at Crystal and stuffed his hands into his pocket.
"Hey Crys. Me, Jingle and Panda were downstairs, checking out the plasma screen TV in the living room, when some dude in a tux told me to tell everyone else that dinner's in an hour and we all gotta get ready."
"OhmyGod! Are you sure?" Crystal suddenly seemed alert. Stan nodded. "Yeah! He said to come here first!" he answered. "O-Okay. Go tell everybody to get dressed--and that you gotta look good!" Crystal told him. "Why?" Stan, Ringa and Bijou asked in unison. "Trust me. You'll find out tonight!" Crystal grinned. "Now, go Stan! Gogogogogo!" Bijou demanded in a rush.
"Okay! Right away, Mistress!" Stan mock-bowed and went for the door. But just as he was going through the doorway, he whirled around. "Are you two alright?" he asked Crystal and Bijou. "Of course we're alright! Why wouldn't we be alright?" they both responded quickly.
"Nice single-minded unison! Have you been practicing?" Stan looked impressed. "Yeahsurewhatever!" Crystal, Ringa and Bijou nodded. Stan laughed. "Wow! You're good!" he smiled.
"GOOD-BYE STAN!" all three girls shouted. Stan inched back and stared at them strangely. "Could you please leave us alone, Stanny?" Crystal cooed sweetly, battering her eyelashes. "Sure!" Stan blushed, but shut the door before Crystal could see him.
"OUCHICHI!" Bijou yelped as she stood up and pulled a strip of tape off of her thigh. "That was so close!" Crystal sighed as she rolled off her bed. "Too close!" Ringa corrected. "Now that he's gone, I can throw all this out!" Crystal said as she and Bijou grabbed the bits and dumped them in the garbage can in the bathroom.
"Soooo...what's up with the whole 'dressing-up-nicely-for-dinner-tonight' deal?" Ringa asked when they were done. "Oui. Eez your fazzer coming over tonight?" Bijou couldn't help but be a little curious herself. Crystal shook her head. "I wish. But he's on a business trip in Spain."
"Well zhen, what eez zee special occasion?" Bijou cocked her head. "Yeah! Spill, girl!" Ringa nodded in agreement. Crystal smiled. She walked over to her walk-in closet and slid the door open. "Can't say. It's a surprise." she cooed.
"What kind of surprise?" Bijou and Ringa exclaimed at the same time. "Wellllll...let's just say that you're about to find out why I brought you all to Hawaii with me in the first place!" Crystal replied. "You mean, eet wasn't just for spring break?" Bijou asked. "Nope!" Crystal flashed them a sweet smile and started searching for an outfit.
Bijou and Ringa exchanged looks.
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A/N: There! I extended this chapter and killed myself to finish it all just for you guys. Are you happy now? Well...hopefully, you are :)
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Next time on "Hamtaro: Spring Break-Up!"...
"When is Crystal's surprise coming?"
"Sit down, Red!"
"Hi Crystal! My God, you've grown since the last time I saw you!"
"Alright. Lemme take a look at your guests, Crystal!"
"What's going on?"
"Hi, Sir! I'm Hamtaro and these are the Ham-Hams!"
"It's nice to meet you all. Now would you all like to take a seat? I have an announcement to make..."
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What is this person's announcement? WHO is this person anyways? And why must this "Red" guy sit down? Tune in next time for the possibly even-longer chapter of "Hamtaro: Spring Break-Up!"
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