The Look Of Love
He watches them kiss. He watches them embrace. He watches them make plans for their future together. He watches their beautiful children run around and giggle with joy. He watches them live happily ever after...
Joe Morelli wakes up screaming himself hoarse, all alone inside the old glass aquarium and still a hamster. The spacious bedroom is now empty and bathed in warm sunlight. He can hear Lula and Tank talking, eating and laughing somewhere in the house, but the familiar human voices makes he feel more miserable. The mysterious cat disappeared in a cloud of silver dust after giving him the advice and that dazzling smile, and he fell asleep listening to Lula's hypnotizing snores shortly afterward.
Morelli starts to tremble. He sees no hope in his future. How can he get anyone to kiss him—a furry chubby hamster—on the lips and break the spell? Surely no one with any sanity will want to kiss a rodent. And who the Hell is his true love? No, he's not having doubts that Stephanie may not be his real true love, but a man has to be practical and having backup plans never hurts. He's now trapped inside Rex's body, and Stephanie is far, far away on her honeymoon with Ranger and won't be back until 14 days later. No one knows where Ranger took her except for Tank, and Tank's lips are firmly sealed, Morelli overheard in the police station. There's no way he can find Stephanie in time and make her kiss him, Morelli rationally decides. So he will just have to find someone else to be his new true love.
Joe Morelli blinks back a tear and sniffs his cute little hamster nose pitifully. He suddenly feels small, lonely and frightened as reality finally weighs in. He can literally hear the clock ticking inside his head, but he has absolutely no clue whatsoever where and how to find his true love, he vaguely thinks to himself as he sits down and begins stuffing raisin after raisin into his cheeks, and somehow he also has a nagging feeling that he's becoming more and more like a real hamster...