Shortly after parting ways with Leroy, Stitch rushed home; he couldn't wait to tell Lilo about how Leroy had changed. Running up the front porch, calling out her name, heart racing, he runs into Nani who was sleeping in the couch half way across the living room. He recalls that the others might be asleep, so he quiets down. Just as he stepped out of the elevator, he was met with the sight of Lilo sleeping in his bed. He recalled how he'd missed her bedtime story by going out to look for Leroy. He felt a wave of guilt strike him, why didn't he wait 'till after she was asleep to go looking for Leroy? He knew how much it meant to her. She revealed a lot about herself by telling these stories. She now lay there, sleeping, waiting for an arrival that came too late. Telling her would have to be a conversation for another time. As a sign of remorse, he slept cuddled next to her, in hopes that she'd forgive him for not being there for her.

He was awakened by the sound of the bus arriving to pick up Lilo for hula class. He heard her voice saying goodbye to Jumba & Pleakley. Still a little zoned out from lack of sleep, he made his way to the window. He saw her getting into the bus and all hints of drowsiness immediately eliminated. He rushed down to see if he could catch it, but sure enough the bus had already left. He followed it all the way up to the street in hopes that he could catch up, but no luck.

Feeling like a failure, he made his way back into the house. Depressed and feeling like the worst friend in the world, he knew he'd have to make up for it big time. As he was thinking of ways to make up for his recent screw-ups, he ran into Jumba at the kitchen, reading the newspaper and Pleakely trying to cook the same thing they were showing on TV. His presence was apparently unnoticed. He grabbed a bowl and fixed himself a cereal from the box & milk that were already sitting at the table. He recalled the reason he'd overslept. He didn't know how Lilo would react if he told her about Leroy, especially after letting her down in more than one occasion. He turned to Jumba, his and Leroy's creator, someone holding a neutral viewpoint in the matter and he decided to try it out on him.

"Does Jumba remember Leroy?" he asked.

"Hmm?" he mumbled to himself as he turned to face Stitch. Paying little attention as to why he asked that, he continued. "Oh, yes. Blasted experiment. If Jumba were to come across it, he would not think twice to destroy it." Convinced that Leroy had changed, Stitch brought up his case.

"What if Leroy not bad anymore?"

"He was programmed to destroy."

"So was Stitch."

"Leroy just as strong if not stronger than 626. Made for Hamsterveil's plan to take over Galactic Alliance. He has twice brain capacity, who knows.. probably mastered art of persuasion by now. Could convince friendliest person to murder best friend." Curious as to why the sudden interest in the red experiment, he asked "Why. . . you-"

Seeing how strongly Jumba held his position made him change his plans about telling him. Not wanting to make a big deal out of the discussion, he simply answered "Nothing" and left. Their friendship would have to go unnoticed.

Stitch went back to his room, holding Leroy's doll Ogo in his hands, he wondered how much of what Jumba said was just speculation and how much could be true.

Leroy was out looking for Stitch. He was sure he had the right house, he just didn't know who the people inside were. He could've sworn he saw Stitch in there a second ago.

"Buchi bu?" Stitch asked. Leroy got scared, surprised to find him standing right next to him, he tripped. Finding this cute, Stitch chuckled a bit and helped him up. The two stared at each other, but Stitch broke the silence by handing Leroy an eye patch. He stared at it with a blank expression. Stitch took it back and helped Leroy put it on.

The next thing they know, they're on the beach, it's a sword fight to the death to save Ogo from the evil Stitchinian. Leroy was victorious and Stitch lay on the floor. He felt good having Leroy be the good guy in this game. Exhausted, they took refuge from the sun under a tree in a surrounding isolated area near Leroy's house.

"You know, buchi bu. All Stitch ever wanted to do was to fall in love. Just to be in love." Stitch said, commenting on their recent outings and how perfect they were.

Leroy smiled, but deep down, even though he felt comfortable around Stitch, he wanted to know more about him and his life on earth, so he asked why he decided to stay and limit his existence to this pale blue dot that was isolated from all alien technology.

Speaking in his native tongue, Stitch explained that after landing on earth, he couldn't wait to get out of there, but after learning that Jumba & Pleakely were after him, he decided to pretend to be a dog. This served as a camouflage and allowed him to run the streets freely without causing panic and it also gave him protection from being captured. But somewhere along the line when Lilo was teaching him the difference between right and wrong, he felt attached to this little girl. When he disappointed Lilo, he felt guilt for the first time. Making this girl happy meant the world to him. But later, when all of the other experiments were released amongst the earth, they treated him like a freak for hanging out with Lilo (a human) too much. Then he met Angel. She was the only one of the experiments who liked him. But after she got what she wanted, Angel rejected him. He thought he loved her and it'd last forever, but only if he knew that she wasn't true. . .

"How could she do this to me?"

Trying to make light of the situation, Leroy smiled and said "It's kinda crazy knowing you're the only one that's the same." Leaning in for the kiss, placing his paws on Stitch's hips, slowly trailing downward, heart racing, legs shaking, Stitch cuts him off. "Gaba?" Leroy asked.

"What if Jumba naga understand?" Stitch asked with concern. Leroy tilted his head in confusion. "Destroy" Stitch continued. Leroy smiled and shrugged it off as unimportant.

"I just imagine that we could run away." Were the last words the two heard that twilight. He watched the sun go down, just like him.

Author's Note: Sorry guys, like I said, my vocabulary is not that great. Sorry if the story felt a little fast-paced, I tried something new for this chapter. Don't forget to review. Let me know which type of writing you liked best. If you could change something in this chapter, what would you change?