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Stan's Your Ham!
Chapter 2- Stan's in Trouble
Everyone gasped as they stared at what looked like a walking mountain of colored paper accompanied by a medley of office supplies. Behind the massive ball of items was Sandy. She tried not to draw too much attention to herself as she shuffled into the clubhouse and dropped the supplies on a table in the corner of the room, but everyone was growing increasingly curious.
What the heke is all that stuff for? Stan pondered. Suddenly, Pashmina and Bijou simultaneously recalled that Sandy needed all these supplies for a "project," and naturally, they wanted to keep the reason for Sandy having all these items a secret. They bolted over to Sandy as she gathered her things, and Pashmina shouted, "So uh…why don't you guys start that game?"
Bijou chimed in, "Yes, umm…we need to help Sandy with…something."
Sandy would've done this project at home or somewhere else, but she decided it would've been a better idea to have the girls help her out. She really needed help anyway because she needed to have the project done by tomorrow so she could give it to…
"Yo sis! What's up?" Stan danced around the girls and managed to reach Sandy. She looked almost panicked, because she wasn't expecting all this attention. She seemed almost exhausted and she stammered as she spoke.
"Hey, Stan…I'm…uh…like kinda busy, but I'll join you guys later. Okay?" She managed a weak smile as she tried to pull herself from the spotlight.
"Well, like, alright." Stan knew that something was up. Sandy was never like this…except around…Maxwell! I bet he has something to do with this. Stan seemed satisfied with his conclusion and receded back into the crowd of ham-hams gathered around Pashmina and Bijou.
"Everyone, PLEASE! You guys really should go play now, because we need to help Sandy with something important," Pashmina shouted at the rowdy crowd of ham-hams.
"Ookwee! Ookwee! Ookwee!" Penelope added in agreement with Pashmina.
Boss wanted answers. "We're not going anywhere until you tell us what's going on."
"It is a project that Sandy is working on, and she needs help finishing it, so if you could all please stay out until we're done…" Bijou said as she and Pashmina pushed the crowd of boys out the clubhouse door.
"Wait, you can't kick me out! I live here!" Boss shouted
"We just need the clubhouse for a little while, Boss. Please?" Pashmina said.
Boss looked at Bijou, who shared the same pleading face as Pashmina. He couldn't let Bijou down. "Well…okay…" Boss gave in and Bijou smiled, pleased with his decision.
"Merci, Boss." Bijou added, making Boss blush. She closed the door, finally free of the boys. They all stood outside, bewildered. Boss knew they really had no choice but to play outside.
"Come on ham-hams. We don't need the girls to play soccer." Boss stated, although he preferred to be with Bijou. With that said, all the boys reluctantly trotted into a small field under a large oak tree, which they used as a soccer field. Panda's goals were already set up, and he felt proud of his accomplishment. The ham-hams wanted to form two equal teams, but there were nine of them there. Stan saw this as an opportunity to go see just what was going on with the girls.
"Oh, no worries guys. You can, like, play without me. I, like, forgot my skateboard, so I'm gonna go get it and I'll meet you back here." Everyone was grateful that Stan opted not to play, because now the teams were even and they could start the game.
Just after everyone got into their positions, Stan dashed into a nearby bush, hoping that everyone thought that he went to get his skateboard. Haha! Now I'm gonna, like, find out just what they're up to!
Stan checked to make sure that no one was following him, and then he sprinted toward the clubhouse. Once he entered the tunnel, he slowed his pace almost to a stop. He figured it would probably be a better idea to be quiet than make a lot of noise and risk the girls discovering his presence. Only a few steps away from the door, Stan sneaked right up to it and peered through the window. Unfortunately, it didn't give him much of a view of the girls, who were seated at the corner table that Sandy first dropped her supplies on.
Stan had to take a risk here. The suspense was killing him. He twisted the doorknob ever so carefully and slowly, hoping he wouldn't make a sound. It worked. Once he had the knob twisted as far as it could go, he gently pushed on the door. Luckily, it didn't make a sound, and Stan pushed just enough to squeeze his head into the room so he could see the girls.
Just then, Penelope saw a fuzzy object appear in the doorway. She had no clue it was Stan, and in fact she didn't know what it was. Thinking it was some kind of malicious being coming to hurt her friends, Penelope squealed.
"Ookwee! Ookwee! OOKWEE!" The girls jumped.
"What is it Penelope?" Pashmina was startled by Penelope's cry. Stan went pale. No way man…NO WAY! Penelope pointed at the door and right before they looked, Stan pulled his head out of the doorway.
But he was paralyzed with fear and could only take a few steps back before Sandy opened the door and saw her twin.
"STAN! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE!?" Sandy demanded. Stan froze.