-Chapter 2-
Lilo's Special Day
Stitch awoke on the morning of Lilo's birthday. He lifted his head off his pillow and looked over at Lilo, sleeping peacefully in her bed. He jumped down from his cot and walked quietly towards her bed, her chest lifted slowly as she breathed in. *She looks so peaceful* Stitch thought, replacing some of her beautiful, raven-black hair from in front of her eyes to behind one of her ears.
She groaned slightly in her sleep and Stitch stepped back; he didn't want her to wake up just yet... he had planned this out very carefully.
Instead of having to wait, Stitch simply crawled down the elevator shaft and landed on the wooden hallway floor. He made his way to the sitting room to find Angel and Sparky snoozing on the sofa; Angel in Sparky's arms. Stitch couldn't help but feel slightly jealous. Not because he was no longer with Angel, but because he wanted nothing more than to have this kind of close relationship with Lilo.
Stitch cleared his throat. Angel's eye fluttered open and she turned to see Stitch. She began to stretch which broke Sparky from his slumber, they both yawned loudly then looked to Stitch.
"Lilo naga awake yet?" asked Angel.
"Naga" said Stitch, "yuuga two know what yuuga doing today, Ih?"
"Ih!" they said in unison.
"Butifa, meega go wake Lilo in fifteen minutes after making her breakfast. Angel, can yuuga pick up Reuben's sandwiches from Jumba's ship on your way to Splodyhead's?"
"Ih, and meega drop it off where we agreed."
"Good!" said Stitch, happy that his plan was coming together.
The two experiments rushed out of the front door; eager to get started with their day. Stitch ran, silently, into the kitchen. He walked up to the fridge and opened it up, he quickly found what he was looking for: coconut cake! He swiped it up and cut out two slices; placing them in two bowls of their own. Stitch jumped onto the counter, opened the cupboard and picked up a carton of custard. He then poured the custard carefully over the cake slices, replacing both the rest of the cake, and the custard carton, afterwards. Not wanting to make a mess they'd only have to clean up later.
He placed both bowls into the recently repaired microwave – Jumba's complaining voice entered Stitch's head ("Primitive Earth machinery!") and he snickered to himself. After 30 long seconds in the microwave, it 'BEEP'ed and Stitch placed the completed breakfast bowls on a red tray, got a glass of milk ready and began to make his way back to their bedroom.
Stitch started to get nervous on his way down the hall towards the elevator to his room. Then, he stopped dead. *What if Lilo doesn't feel the same, if so, will she hate me if I put her in this position?* thought Stitch, slightly paranoid. *Naga! Lilo will understand, even if she doesn't feel the same she could never hate me for it; she's too good to do that!* He continued his journey down the hall. *I hope everyone's in place when we get there. Jumba should be reminded by Angel when she picks up the picnic Reuben made. It was good of him to send us some sandwiches on one of his breaks by teleport.* He was getting dangerously close to the elevator now! *I can't believe that Jumba forgot about Lilo's birthday. He's been up all night working on something in his lab and says that he'll show it to Lilo after I've asked. I wonder what it will be.* Stitch reached the elevator, stepped in – tray to his chest – and waited for it to lift him to their dome.
The elevator whirred to life, raising Stitch to his destination. When he arrived, he looked over at Lilo; still fast asleep, smiling slightly. He walked over to the bed. He didn't want to wake Lilo up from her dreams, but he also didn't want her to miss the rest of her special day.
"Lilo?" he whispered softly.
Lilo stirred and groaned in her sleep.
"Lilo?" he whispered again, slightly louder.
Lilo's eyes slowly flickered open. She looked up at her secret love's eyes. His dark orbs were amazing to her, she had loved Stitch – more than just a friend – for a while now, she first started to realise her growing feelings during the the time he spent on the BRB (Big Red Battleship) 9000; before their battle with Leroy. She realised that she wanted nothing more than to spend the rest of her life with him.
Stitch was going through a similar thought process, while doing so: staring into her beautiful, large, brown eyes. They stayed this way, staring at each other for way over twenty seconds before Stitch realised and broke the silence.
"Meega make yuuga's breakfast!" he exclaimed, grinning broadly.
Lilo looked down, noticing the tray – full of food – for the first time.
"Wow, Stitch, did you make all of this?"
"Ih! Well... cousins helped me bake the cake, but meega got it all ready for yuuga!"
Lilo had a simple responce to this, and lovingly scratched behind Stitch's ears as she reached for her spoon – ready to dig in. They sat and ate in silence, both thinking about the other. They sat next to each other on Lilo's bed eating for about ten to fifteen minutes; blushing and giggling if they ever met the others eyes or brush the others hand (or paw).
When they were finished, Stitch quickly swallowed the bowls and glasses whole ("Haha, Stitch!") so that they didn't have to waste any more time with the washing up, held Lilo by the hand and ran out of the front door.
"Where are we going?" asked Lilo with a huge smile on her face. They ran down the wooden staircase, Lilo behind Stitch.
"It's yuuga's special day, so... we go of a walk!" said Stitch, thinking up an excuse as quickly as he could.
"Or a run, maybe?"
Stitch realised what he was doing and slowed down. Lilo was right; she should be able to enjoy her day how she wanted.
"Oketaka, we walk to the beach?" asked Stitch.
"If you want to," Lilo had a feeling he was planning something, but what could it be?
So, they walked down to the beach, meeting a few experiments along the way: they all wished Lilo a happy tenth birthday. Stitch saw Mertle ahead and quickly steered Lilo into the trees.
"So just though here... then we at the beach," he said, more to himself than to Lilo.
But, Lilo heard, and took these words as a challenge!
"Race you!" she shouted and sped off through the trees.
It took Stitch a few seconds to realise what was happening, then - taking this as a quick way to the beach – he rushed after her on all-fours; quickly catching up. He stayed neck-and-neck with Lilo all the way to the edge of the trees, letting out one of his trademark laughs. Then, just short of the beach, he decided that he wanted Lilo to win, so, not wanting to slow down, he steered into a large tree with a loud: CRASH!
Lilo reached the beach and – knowing that Stitch was okay – she looked out at the waves and felt the sea breeze on her face. She closed her eyes, humming 'Aloha Oe' to herself softly.
"Lilo oketaka?" Stitch asked, slightly worried.
"I'm okay, Stitch. I'm just enjoying the breeze."
Stitch looked at Lilo; who was watching the waves longingly. He smiled as he realised how well his plan was unfolding.
"Does Lilo want to go surfing?" asked Stitch, innocently.
Lilo turned to Stitch, a teary smile very visible on her face.
"Yeah, Stitch... let's go!" she said, laughing.
They ran down the beach towards the surfing hut where Nani used to rent out surfboards. At the sight of it, Lilo remembered that Nani was going to call her later using one of Jumba's communicators. She missed Nani and wanted her to be here for her tenth birthday instead of in Europe on 'business'. But, she did half-like the independence that came with Nani's absence.
When they reached the hut they found a perfectly circular hole in the side wall, with a note reading: "Your welcome, Bonnie and Clyde". They both chuckled after reading the note and crawled through the hole. Stitch could hear his cousins scurrying in the distance, too quiet for Lilo to hear. As Lilo went to pick a board, Stitch spotted the brown paper bag containing their lunch; courtesy of Reuben. He picked it up and met Lilo back at the hole.
They walked back out into the blistering heat of the sun-rays and walked across the beach towards the sea. Stitch was beginning to get a little nervous, not just because of the water, but also because of what he was about to do. He fell back slightly as they walked. Lilo looked back, noticing that Stitch looked very nervous about something, which she assumed was his fear of the water.
"Don't worry Stitch, I'll look after you while we're out there. Nothing can hurt you when you're with me," she said kindly to him in a soft voice. Her words calmed Stitch down and gave him confidence.
They both placed the small surfboard on the calm water – Stitch placing the brown paper bag in the centre of them – and they paddled out to sea. The beach was quite bare today as the tourist season just ended around a month-or-two ago and not as many people were on the beaches now as before.
When they were a good way out, bobbing softly on the waves, they stopped paddling and Stitch looked to the mainland; which Lilo had her back to. He picked up the bag of sandwiches.
"What's in the bag?" asked Lilo.
"Cousin Reuben made sandwiches for yuuga's birthday!" exclaimed Stitch.
"Oh, good: I'm starving!"
They ate their sandwiches, laughing about each other's ideas on what Jumba might be creating. When they were both finishing their last sandwiches, Stitch slapped the water three times with his paw – Lilo didn't notice. At his cue, Sinker sliced through the water like a speeding missile, reaching the shore in just under thirty seconds and jumped out of the water with a 'splash'. Sparky and Cannonball saw their cue and braced themselves.
Stitch smiled broadly: everyone was in place.
A/N:- The next chapter should be out on Wednesday guys and it's gunna be a short one. But, the next after will be on Saturday, so, I hope you don't mind the short chapter in return for more regular updates. New chapter will return to updating every Saturday after this. Thanks for reading! :)
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