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"HEY YOU EVIL CHICKENS! THAT'S SANDY'S RIBBON! GIVE IT BACK OR I'LL HAVE TO APPLY SOME PAIN TO YOUR REAR END (nice use of words Maxwell!" Maxwell tossed and turned as his dream continued on. Apparently his dream was about those evil chickies attacking the ham-hams once again. Maxwell then charged at the "chickies" at full speed…

….only to be woken up by the metal bars in his cage. He then looked around to realize that he was still in his cage and that it was nothing but a dream. However he did smile when Sandy showed up in the dream. Then he remembered something. "Hey isn't tomorrow…" He then checked the calendar and realized today was February 15, the day before the anniversary of the first time they met. Even though it was pretty long ago, Maxwell still remembers it perfectly well, as if it were yesterday (kinda ties into First Sightings of Love, though it has nothing to do with any part of the MoL series). Then he realized one other thing. You know despite how long we've been together we haven't had one date. And it seems that she's the one always giving me something, and I never give her anything. Even on Valentine's Day, she was the one who gave me that sunflower seed…but I didn't give her anything. Maybe I should talk to Sandy about it when I get there. Maxwell then grabbed the Valentine seed Sandy had given him yesterday, left his cage, and headed for his secret exit through the book case.

At the same time, Sandy was already getting out of her cage and on her own way to the clubhouse as well. When she got outside, she passed by several familiar places. As she headed to the nearby tunnel that lead to the clubhouse, she saw a boy and a girl by the cherry blossoms. She couldn't make out what they were saying since she was pretty far from them, but she could see the girl blushing when the boy held her hand. Sandy blushed too as she watched the newly formed couple walk away hand in hand. It was like watching a romance movie…except even better because it was really happening before her eyes. After watching that, Sandy then thought about her boy-ham. That was so romantic. I'm sure those two will be totally happy when they see each other everyday. Maybe they could go out to a fancy restaurant or something. sigh But now that you mention it, Maxwell and I have never been on a date before. Even after we confessed to each other, we haven't even gone on one date. And how stupid of me to give him just one sunflower seed for Valentine's day. I know it had a very pretty bow, but that was only one seed. One seed isn't enough and tomorrow is February 16, the day we first met. I have to do something special for him. With that in mind, Sandy jumped into the tunnel and headed for the clubhouse.

Today at the clubhouse was like any other day. Everyone was acting like they always did. The only difference was that all the boy hams had their valentine seeds from yesterday with them, all talking about their success of getting Laura to give the box of chocolates to Travis.

"Guys," Hamtaro began. "I just wanna thank all of you for helping me. I mean you all didn't have to…" However Bijou covered his mouth before he could finish.

"Oh, do not be so modest Hamtaro." Bijou reassured him. "We would have done it even if you had not asked."

"That's right!" Boss said supporting Bijou. "We're a team. We're not gonna let you do it alone." Hamtaro smiled.

"You're right. We are a team!" Hamtaro then let out a sigh. "But I wonder what's gonna happen next."

"You know they could end up going on a date." Pashmina said with her usual smile along with Penelope's "Ookwee!"

"A date?" Apparently a few of the boy hams had no idea what that was.

"Are ya kiddin'!" Howdy said in a burst of excitement. "You have no idea what a date is!"

"So you know what a date is Howdy?" Oxnard asked.

"Yeah. A date is the month and day put together. How can anyone be so stupid? But then again I am the smart one." Howdy then ran around the room saying that he was so smart. No one in the clubhouse was amused by this. "Yeah I know…go in the corner."

"So you wanna know what a date is?" Stan asked as he came in shaking a tune with his maracas. However Boss, Howdy, and Dexter were being a bit skeptical.

"How can we trust you on this?" Dexter questioned him. "You were, after all, the one that LIED to us saying that you receive one hundred presents on Valentine's Day."

"OKAY! I LIED!"

"C'mon. Be a bit easy on Stan." Pashmina said calming everyone down. "He almost didn't get a present yesterday." Boss, Howdy, and Dexter just pouted.

"So what's this date?" Cappy asked from beneath his saucepan cap.

"A date is where you take the one's you love and do something enjoyable and maybe even memorable." Stan said in a calm manner. "Usually most of them take place at a fancy restaurant, at a carnival, or sometimes at the movies." A few of the ham were still skeptical but Sandy reassured them.

"My brother's right guys. That's basically what a date is." Sandy then looked at Maxwell who was still reading his book. Should I ask him out?

"Hello? Anyone in there Sandy?" Stan said as he waved his maracas in front of her face.

"Oh? Sorry, I guess I just, like, spaced out there." Sandy said apologetically. However the thought of a date was now running through the minds of most of the ham-hams.

Later as all the ham hams went to play outside, Boss hesitantly walked up to Bijou. Taking the one's you love out somewhere to make it memorable huh? He finally walked up to Bijou and tapped her on the shoulder. "Um…Bijou, I've been meaning to ask you…"

"Yes Boss, what is it?" Bijou asked. However Boss was stuttering like he always did. It was too hard for him to say it right in front of her.

"Well ya see…I…" Boss was still struggling with the right words to say. This is harder than I thought… "Uh…um…well…B-Bijou would you like to go somewhere tomorrow?"

Bijou smiled. "Oh of course I would, silly." In Boss' mind, he felt that he finally had the girl-ham of his dreams under his grasp. YES. I DID IT! I finally got Bijou to notice me! Then…

"BOSS WATCH OUT!" Boss then looked up but all he saw was stars. On top of him was Hamtaro dizzy from the fall. "Sorry Boss. I was just getting some acorns."

"Oh Hamtaro." Bijou giggled. Then Bijou said "Hamtaro, would you like to go out with me tomorrow? Boss said that he's bringing me somewhere."

"That's sounds like fun. Sure I'll go." Hamtaro replied.

"WHAT!" Boss then realized that this was going to be even harder than he thought.

Close by, Dexter and Howdy used hamspar at each other. Panda just watched as they preformed the fiery ham-chat..

"Not again…" Howdy and Dexter turned around to see Pashmina a bit annoyed. "What are you two fighting about?"

"Oh we're not fighting." Dexter said. "Two of the ham-ham rangers are sick tomorrow so they can't make it to the show. We've decided to fill in for them."

"Oh that's so sweet of you Dexter." Pashmina said with big bright eyes.

"HEY HEY! I CAME UP WITH THE IDEA FIRST!"

"NO I DID!"

"NO I DID!" Howdy and Dexter then performed a real hamspar.

"Wow. If you can do that then maybe you can do even better than the actual ham ham rangers." Panda said as he watched the two fight again.

"Uh, Panda?" Panda turned to see Pashmina blushing a bit. "I was wondering if you would like to go somewhere tomorrow…or something like that?"

Panda sighed. "I would, but I'm working on something."

"Oh…" Pashmina looked down at the ground. Then Panda thought of something.

"Hey, how about this?" Pashmina looked up at Panda and listened. "You go out and have fun tomorrow. I'll catch up. After all, I'm almost finished." Pashmina blushed and nodded.

"Okay. I'll wait for you. By the way, what are you working on?"

"Oh you'll see. Dexter and I have worked hard on it. I just need to polish it up and it'll be ready." Panda told Pashmina.

Not far from the clubhouse, Sandy and Maxwell were talking about how they met each other that one faithful day near the lake.

"Yeah, I thought I was a goner." Sandy said as she recalled memories of the past.

"Luckily I caught you going into Fish Alley and had that paper roll with me." Maxwell said with a smile. "I was able to "bark" them away. Oh no! I'm starting to sound like Howdy." Both of them laughed. They were really having a good time. Then Maxwell remembered. Oh yeah. The date! "Uh…Sandy, can I ask you something?" Sandy then looked at Maxwell with deep pools of emerald in her eyes. Maxwell was now having hard time getting out what he wanted to say as he looked at the sweet, tiger striped girl-ham. Why is it so hard to speak now? I mean, I was able to show my affection for her. Why can't I just ask her out on a simple date! But then again…how can you speak in front of a gentle girl-ham like this? Even though I know we both love each other…it still feels like our relationship has only just begun.

Sandy looked at Maxwell oddly. As Maxwell started to stutter a bit, Sandy was having a few thoughts of her own. Awwww…he's so cute when he stutters like that. But why does it look like he's about to propose to me? But that's not a bad idea. Sandy giggled to herself. But what is he gonna ask? If he's asking me on a date, he should just say it. But…I'd probably be doing the same thing. I mean how can you speak to someone who's so smart and handsome? Even if we've been together for awhile it seems that our relationship is starting now as we speak. Both of them looked at each other and just blushed and laughed.

Maxwell then cleared his throat. "Sorry about all that Sandy. I was wondering…would you like to go somewhere tomorrow. Like I don't know…a fancy restaurant, see a movie or something?" Sandy blushed again and replied:

"Of course. I'd love to!" Sandy could then see the triumph in Maxwell's face. However Maxwell remained calm and said:

"Great. How about we meet at the clubhouse at…11:00? Does that sound good?"

"Sure does." Sandy replied. "Well it's late and I have to like get home before Hillary notices that I'm missing." Sandy then went ahead and schmubby-wubbied Maxwell, while blushing a bright red color. "Well, like, Bye-Q, Maxwell. See ya tomorrow!" Sandy said, running towards the tunnel that lead to Hillary's. Maxwell just stood there for several minutes. Then…

"YES! I DID IT!" Maxwell ran around and did several flips, which ended up making him dizzy for a few minutes. Maxwell sighed a breath of relief. "Just like a date was defined by this morning: a time of enjoyment with the one's you love that becomes very memorable." Maxwell smiled as he continued on his way home. Little did he know a few ham-hams were watching.

"That was so romantic." Bijou said from behind the tree.

"I know." Pashmina replied. "I hope their date turns out well." Penelope nodded.

"Speaking of dates." Suddenly strong arms wrapped around Pashmina. "How about you and me go out to this nice restaurant?"

"Sorry Stan but we're just gonna hang around Panda and Cappy. They said they wanted to show us something." Stan sighed as his request for a date with Pashmina was rejected. "Maybe you could come along with us. Maxwell is taking Sandy out on a date so she wouldn't be able to hang around you tomorrow." As they were leaving Stan ran back to Pashmina hastily.

"WAIT A MINUTE! MAXWELL ASKED SANDY ON A DATE!"

"Yeah. It was eventually gonna happen." Pashmina replied to Stan's reaction.

"I'm sure they'll turn out fine." Bijou added.

"Y-Yeah. I'm sure of it." Stan said hesitantly as they left. He then let out a sigh. Oh man. This is bad. Sandy might not know the dangers of going on a date with a complete stranger…oh what am I saying? Maxwell's a good guy. He's gonna do anything bad. Then Stan started having second thoughts as something came to mind…

Sandy and Maxwell were standing next to a pitch black door. Maxwell had a funny smile on.

"C'mon Sandy. There's a great collection of books on gymnastics in here." Maxwell said.

"Oh okay." Sandy entered the room with Maxwell tagging behind. Then all of a sudden… "Maxwell! No not yet! We should wait awhile…"

"AAAAAAAAAHHH!" Stan rose up from his sleep. Apparently it was nothing but a dream. Stan was breathing hard as sweat trickled down his tiger striped fur. Oh man, there's NO way I'm letting him get my sis pregnant! I'd better spy on them to make sure Maxwell doesn't pull a fast one on my sis. With a new mission on his mind, Stan went back to sleep.

At Hillary's, Sandy was thinking the opposite of what Stan was dreaming of. I heard that the girls saw what happened. Oh, I'm, like, so embarrassed! But tomorrow is gonna be great. And I'm so glad they found someone to be with and now I get to be with the ham I treasure most for the entire day. Sandy then touched her cheek as she blushed at the thought of that couple from earlier. I hope we turn out that way. Sandy fell asleep, hoping that the night would end quickly so that a new page in their relationship would soon begin…