Gio: No...I was talking about that sandwich one.

Stitch: Oh, cousin 625! Meega forgive you already. Meega knew youga were afraid, more since youga saw true meega. But youga better now? No fear no more?

Gio: Well...uh...If any alien tries to kill me, I'm gonna be afraid.

Stitch: Oh...Cousins mischievous before rehabbing, now good, not killers. Only Hamsterviel killer meega know.

Pleakley: Gio, do you remember what I suggested? Stitch can tell Lilo, and she can show you after breakfast.

Gio: I'd rather not because I have plans today.

Pleakley: Not in person as you're still wary that way. I was talking about the album. A album of pictures won't hurt you none.

Gio: I said I got plans...

Stitch: Album?

Pleakley: I only suggested to Gio last night that to face his fear fully, he'd look at the pictures of all the cousins you've rehabbed so far, and hear your and Lilo's accounts of them, their true places, their jobs, etc.

Stitch: (Widens eyes) Oh...Gio, cousins are usual sights for locals in town, even tourists think they dogs or whatever. If plans involving town, you be seeing many cousins. Meega not want youga be scared, and not want youga to panic. Album help youga see cousins before youga accidently judge cousins.

Gio (sighs): I'll think about it.

Pleakley: That makes me happy to hear. Stitch?

Stitch: Meega grateful youga taking time to consider, ih?

Gio: Yes, Stitch.

Pleakley: Well, as that's all settled, let's get breakfast going! (Flips pancakes quickly)

Gio (grills bacon strips): And I'm happy to help.

(Both Gio and Pleakley went to cook some more, sliding the done pancakes/bacon into a few plates while pouring the last of the batter/grilling more bacon strips)

Stitch: Smelling good! Can meega do air horn?

Gio (shakes head): Nope. (pulls it out) Cover your ears.

Stitch: Ih. (His ears droop down, and his paws then covered them)

Gio (blows air horn)

Lilo: (In bathroom) Breakfast! I am coming!

Nani: (In her bedroom) About time!

Jumba: (Crash in Pleakley/Jumba's bunkroom) Ah, my beakers being fragile! Air horn infuriating! Gio, we being all awake already! (Coming out of bunkroom with annoyed face as he follows Lilo and Nani behind into kitchen)

Gio (laughs): Oh, that never gets old!

Jumba: I see bigger boy amused, but you make me losing balance of box I carrying, and now beakers broken!

Pleakley: Gio...He's serious...

Gio: Oh, relax. I'll buy new beakers.

Jumba: (Blinks in surprise) You be buying?

Gio: Yes...

Jumba: (Sighs heavily) I be fine with that, but I not being 100% happy until I see new beakers, 15 of them, 5 of them each being different sizes.

Pleakley: (Pats Jumba's shoulder reassuringly) It's going to be okay, Jumba. Could you work on one of your other projects just until Gio brings the new ones, hmm?

Jumba: I supposing you're right, noodle-head. I be meaning to work on other project when I having time, and it looks to being that day today. But first, I being hungry!

Gio (begins to plate up bacon strips): Breakfast is always ready.

Lilo: It looks great, Gio!

Pleakley: (A bit insulted) Excuse me?

Stitch: Ih, looking good, Pleakley!

Pleakley: (Smiles brightly) Thank you.

Nani: Looks like you both did a excellent job. I can't wait to taste those heavenly pancakes!

Gio: Pshaw, this is nothing. Tomorrow, I'm making the biggest breakfast ever.

Lilo: Really?

Nani: You don't have to make meals everyday, Gio. I want you to have fun and relax! And besides, with summer, we occasionally order takeouts when the day feels like it.

Pleakley: And don't forget about using up the leftovers.

Gio: Oh, I love cooking. It's a hobby for me!

Lilo: Well, it looks like you can't budge Gio from cooking, guys.

Stitch: Ih! Kitchen one true place for Gio, one of them anyway.

Gio: Hey, I don't need a true place!

Lilo: Gio, a true place means somewhere you belong, somewhere you are content with all your heart. It's like...

Stitch: Saying you don't wanting to be Gio, the real Gio when kitchen is one true place. True place can being family, home, job. Ohana with Lilo is my true place.

Gio: Oh...(nods) Anyway, I'm not cooking every day, but when I feel like it, I will cook! (Smiles)

Nani: Okay, that's fair. Now, let's eat before all of this gets anymore cold!

Gio (Takes seat at table): I'm all for that!

(The family gets down to business, eating off their plates and drinking their glasses while having small talk here and there, lasting for about 45 minutes, and soon after dessert was finished, with Pleakley putting away the dishes into the dishwasher after a rinse cleaning, Lilo sends Stitch off to grab the photo album of the experiments with Lilo and Gio heading to sit on the couch)

Stitch: Meega have it, Lilo!

Lilo: Thanks, Stitch! (Receives photo album, looking at Gio) Alright, ready to take a look?

Gio (sighs): If I must...

Lilo: Okay. (Opens to the first/second page of the album, showing Sparky and Richter) You know Sparky. This is Richter. He made earthquakes before we rehabbed him, and now he belongs in Nani's rental hut, shaking milkshakes.

Nani: (Passing by) Rich sure makes awesome milkshakes!

Gio: Too scary.

Stitch: Naga! Cousin playful. Loves to play ball when on breaks. He purrs like kitty when happy!

Lilo: Yeah, and he makes great launches too! That spade tail of his acts like a springboard when used right. He sleeps in a heavy-duty hammock so he won't thump the ground when dreaming.

Gio: I don't trust it still...(shakes head)

Stitch: Cousin Richter is ...Lilo, what word for big guy?

Lilo: Stitch is saying that Richter is one of those gentle giants. You know, like a Great Dane. Richter may be big and judgmentally scary, but he's actually very affectionate and friendly.

Gio: A-any others?

Lilo: Oh, right. (Turns to the next two pages, showing Phantasmo and Clip) This is Phantasmo. He used to take possession of material things like a vacuum cleaner, a stuffed doll, rope, causing messes and chaos, but after rehabbing, he's now in control of a animatronic parrot that's used in shows on stage in a pizza restaurant which is his one true place. He loves the limelight, liking the attention from all the customers.

And then there's Clip. She used to eat hair after clipping them off people's heads, and she was getting bigger from eating way over her limit, but with hair care products, she got tame, and she's now in her true place as a hairdresser in the beauty salon in town, loving to make people happy by giving them the perfect haircut that captures their real beauty.

Stitch: Phanty loving to fly when on breaks, and Clip loving (Shudders) baths, the ones with bubbles when needing to relax.

Gio (shivers): Possession?! I ain't meeting him!

Lilo: No, no, Gio, he only does material things, and humans aren't material. He's...Oh, he's like Danny Phantom, a good guy!

Gio (shakes head): Got any others?

Lilo: Yep! (Turns over to the next two pages, showing Mr. Stenchy and Spooky.) This is Mr. Stenchy. He's so cute, but unfortunately, he's not here as it turns out that Pleakley's home planet is his one true place. You see, he gives out a aroma that's really stinky to us humans and aliens except Pleakley. His aroma is supposed to make places inhabitable, according to Jumba.

Stitch: Ih! It's like horrible shoe smell and garbage bag smell combo!

Gio: And Spooky?

Lilo: Spooky has the power to be everybody's worst fears, appearing in front of them like a morph, changing shape and all, but turns out that he only wants to scare people for fun on Halloween which is his one true place, and his home of living is the old mansion, a few leagues from here. He's actually a softie, very loyal to his cousins.

Stitch: His favorite form is snake! And loving candy, especially chocolate!

Gio: No way! I'm not going to meet something like him!

Lilo: If your worst fear is aliens, and he's already a alien experiment, you're facing your worst fear thanks to having met Stitch and a few others, so what's the point? Unless there's something else you fear...

Stitch: Ih, worst fear was water, but faced it when Lilo were in danger.

Lilo: Yeah, it was stupid, being afraid of clowns myself when I knew it was only makeup and silly clothes, but I was afraid until I faced Spooky when he was posing as a clown, and he got annoyed/surprised to see that I wasn't afraid anymore with support of Stitch after he saved me.

Gio: Lilo, I've gotten used to Stitch because he hasn't done any evil to me, but you don't know what these other experiments can do. Most people assume that trained animals can be lived around like pets, but once, a trained monkey snapped and attacked a poor woman, and she had her face ripped off! In my opinion, like wild animals, aliens can never be truly tamed.

Lilo: Hey, Pleakley and Jumba are aliens too! And the experiments aren't animals! They have feelings, families, dreams, jobs, homes!

Stitch: IH! You being a bully!

Gio: Am not!

Lilo: Bullies say bad things about all kinds of beings. What you've said just before, that was a bad thing to say!

Gio (folds arms): Excuse me? That's mean to say! I cooked meals so far, made a movie night happen, and this is how I'm treated?!

Stitch: Cousins not monsters or wild animals.

Nani: (Passing by again, with a purse) Gio, you said that you don't want to lower yourself to the level of the bully who've hurt you. You want to be nonjudgmental and able to get along with everyone, do you?

Gio: Yes...

Nani: Just don't shout at my sister like that, please. And Gio, there's more to you than what it seems. You have to find that, okay?

Gio: I didn't shout...I exclaimed.

Nani: Well, it felt like shouting, Gio. Look, I gotta head to work soon as I got a shift in a hour. I have personally met the cousins here and there, and I have to say that they are happy where they are. Rich is one of my favorites as he helps me out on hot days, and look, Spooky scared me at first, being my worst fear of Social Services taking Lilo away, but he isn't bad as I have faced the fear sometime later, realizing that Lilo is protected no matter what, thanks to Stitch and the Grand Councilwoman.

Gio (sighs): Fine...I'm sorry.

Lilo: Me too...I just want you to see the experiments as who they are, not what they are...

Stitch: Ih...Meega sorry too. You not a bully. You ohana.

Gio (sighs): Alright...But I must head back by 11:00am to begin lunch.

Lilo: Oh...I guess you're right. Riding your bike and walking into the grocery store takes time. Just don't freak out if you meet a cousin, okay?

Gio (sighs): Alright.

Stitch: Meega thank you! Meega and Lilo go exploring, be back for lunch.

Lilo: When should we be back, Gio?

Gio: 12pm.

Lilo: Noon? Okay, got it. Come on, Stitch, let's grab a couple of chow mix and drinks. I wanna check out that pond of tadpoles! Maybe they are growing legs today!

Stitch: Ih! Meega go put album back in room. (Sprints and climbs wall to the loft bedroom)

Lilo: (Hugs Gio suddenly) Thanks, Gio, for everything you did for us all, cooking those meals and having that movie night. Stitch's right. You're ohana, and ohana sometimes fight, but sooner or later, we make up.

Gio: Thanks.

Lilo: You're welcome. (Sees Stitch coming out into the living room, half empty-handed as he put the album back in the loft bedroom, yet bringing a backpack with him) Be safe, Gio, and have fun. (Leaves couch to join Stitch) Fill that pack, Stitch!

Stitch: Ih! (Heads into kitchen, opening up fridge for him and Lilo to look and grab)

Gio (nods): Wait...I'm coming to meet some experiments with you until 11am.

Lilo: (Looks at him in confusion) I thought you were going to do grocery shopping. You said you're going to make the biggest lunch ever, and that sounds like a big list!

Gio: Yes, but after meeting some aliens.

Lilo: Oh, I am glad to hear that! And don't worry, we're with you all the way!

Stitch: (Nods) Ih! Gio ohana. Ohana not leave anybody behind!

Gio: I'm scared...a little.

Lilo: It's okay to be scared sometimes, even a little. If we don't feel, we ain't human.

Gio (sighs): Well, I'm ready. Let's go.

Stitch: Okay! (Giving backpack over to Lilo, full of juice box drinks and cheese sticks)

Lilo: Thanks, Stitch! (Under a minute, the trio left the house, and took the buggy which Stitch drives as Gio is only 15, and Lilo is almost 8.)

Gio: Uh, Stitch...do you know how to drive?

Stitch: Ih. Brain supercomputer! Buggy easy!

Lilo: He has been driving the buggy for almost two years, ever since Sparky and the whole Hamsterviel mess came about. And he drives the ship really good too.

Gio: That...doesn't make me feel comfortable...(buckles up)

Stitch: Meega go steady for you, Gio.

Lilo: That's fine, Stitch. We will park at the edge of town when we get there. (Looks over at Gio) It ain't normal for a dog to drive a car as everybody thinks Stitch's my dog, which means he won't really talk when confronted with other people while walking with me.

Stitch: Ih, have to walk like a dog!

Gio: Isn't that hard?

Stitch: (Sighs as he turns the wheel on a bend on the road) Meega not feel true meega when acting like dog, but Meega have to, for meega's sake and ohana's sake when in public. Meega not wanting to be taken from ohana for just being alien experiment. Ih, is hard sometime.

Gio: I can imagine...

Lilo: So, you have to pretend that Stitch's a dog, okay?

Gio: Alright...

Lilo: Great. Stitch, park right there.

Stitch: (Parks at the edge of town on a parking slot, and jumps out of the buggy, landing on all fours, and walking over to Lilo with a small bark)

Lilo: (Unbuckles, grabs backpack, and puts it on her back as she exits the buggy, and Gio follow similarly) Nobody saw this, so we're good. Come on, Stitch, boy, let's go for a walk. (Stitch wags his tail and whines with a glimmer of weary acceptance in his eyes.)

Gio: So...where are we walking to?

Lilo: The salon where Clip works. You're going to love her!

Stitch: (Barks in agreement)

Gio: Clip?! Who is Clip?

Lilo: You remember the picture of that yellow hairball with a pink bow? That's Clip.

Gio: And what does she do?

Lilo: She does haircuts that show the real person in her customers, helping them to be comfortable and happy in their own skin, or more specifically, in their own hairstyle.

Gio: Whoa, I would not trust an alien with scissors.

Lilo: (Smiles) That's the thing. She doesn't use scissors, her claws are scissors. She has incredible control, and she's speedy fast. She's small as a volleyball, and unlike that guy, Edward Scissorhands, Clip is really sociable.

Gio: No way! But still, I'm not going near...

Lilo: Did you swear that you'd know the cousins before you go judging them, Gio? (Gives him a look with a raised eyebrow) Unless you're too afraid to face your fear.

Gio: Yes, I'm too afraid to face my fear because it's not going to be easy.

Stitch: (Nuzzles Gio's leg with a whimper and a smile)

Lilo: Stitch's right. We'd never leave you, we got your back, and besides, fears take some time to be faced. It ain't easy. Clip knows us, and besides, she will know of you as gossip around here is faster than the newspaper or tv. She'd like to have a new friend in you, Gio.

Gio: What if she makes me bald?!

Lilo: Hey, it's just a family first meeting for you and Clip. There's no haircutting until she has permission.

Gio: And I don't need a haircut.

Lilo: You will tell Clip that, and she will refrain from it, focusing on hugs and compliments. Now she doesn't speak English. She speaks a bit of Tantalog when she feels like it, but most of the time, she goes for gestures and vocal sounds like chirps and thrills.

Gio (sighs) Alright...I'm ready.

Lilo: Okay. (Opens the salon door, and Stitch walks in, with Lilo patting Gio's arm as he passes her by, and enters with Lilo letting go of the door, joining him. She smiles at Clip, who's resting upon the top of a chair.) Clip!

Clip: (Startles lightly, blinking and looking up with eyes widening in happiness and surprise, and thrills as she zips so fast from the chair, landing into Lilo's chest with a thump)