Hello, everyone. It's me, Jessica12357. I noticed an error a lot of my older stories have are concerned with the dialogue not being on seperate lines, so I am on a mission to change it. This chapter has been revised by yours truly. Thank you.

Note: I do not own Lilo and Stitch or anything associated with it.

It was just an average, ordinary day for me...until the mail came.

I rarely get anything in the mail except for Christmas/birthday cards or reminders from my dentist for when my next appointment is. But this time was different. I got a real, stamped letter from my Hawaiian pen-pal, Lilo. At school we were assigned to write to a student in a different state than ours. I somehow ended up with Hawaii, and the student I got was Lilo Pelekai.

What was unusual was that Lilo didn't go to a public or private school; she went to a DANCE school. Not only that, Lilo is only seven years old. There's a pretty big difference between our age, so I was surprised it counted.

But as we wrote back and forth via letter thousands of miles away from each other, I soon began to learn how interesting of a person Lilo was. On a sad note, her parents died in a car crash a year or two ago. Aside from that, Lilo sounds like a very fun person. She loves Elvis, horror and sci-fi films, and is a strong free diver. Until I looked it up, I had no idea what the heck free diving was, yet it sounded like a tremendous undertaking for her age.

I was particularly fascinated by her family. Due to the unfortunate death of her parents, she lives with her older sister, Nani, along with her Aunt Pleakley, Uncle Jumba, and her dog named Stitch. When she sent in photos of them, I was very surprised by Stitch's appearance.

In all my life, I had NEVER seen a dog with blue fur or eyes as big as his. He reminded me of a Chihuahua dipped in a vat of blueberry jam. Don't get me wrong, though; he was cute! As for her aunt and uncle, I think Aunt Pleakley has some kind of allergy or something. One of her eyes is swelled up so big she looks like a cyclops. I hope she and Uncle Jumba help fill in the parental gap in Lilo's life alongside Nani.

Where was I again? Oh yeah. I got a reply letter from Lilo from our latest pen pal exchange. We both said how great it would be to meet each other one day. Little did I know how close that dream would come true...

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Dinner that night was hashbrown casserole and macaroni & cheese, which are, in my opinion, two of the greatest foods in the universe. As I ate, I could tell by the looks on my parents' faces something bad had happened.

"What is it?" I asked.

They glanced at each other before my mother spoke up, "Jess, there's something we need to tell you about."

"I kind of figured that," I replied. I put down my fork and listened in anticipation.

Dad said, "The people at work have been talking, and some changes have been made."

I groaned unhappily. "Oh no. Did they fire you?" Due to these tough economic times, people get laid off a lot where my dad works.

But to my surprise, he answered, "No, it's not that." There was a slight pause. The suspense was killing."

"But what is it?"

Mom sighed, "We have to move." It was the painful reality that stabs into our mundane lives in the blink of an eye.

"WHAT?" I cried.

"I'm sorry, honey," Dad said, "but if I'm gonna keep this job, we'll have to do it."

"W-where is it?" I asked. My parents exchanged another glance.

They answered simultaneously, "Kauai."

I couldn't believe it. "In HAWAII?" I almost shouted. This could not be happening. It shouldn't have been happening..but it was. It didn't feel right; we'd be moving out thousands of miles west to live in a place. Not visit, but live. I've always wanted to go to Hawaii, but I don't want to leave my family and friends behind in order to live there! Even though my parents assured me they wouldn't do it if it wasn't absolutely necessary, but it didn't ameliorate my feelings any further.

That night I had a hard time falling asleep. The idea of having to break the news of the move to my friends made my stomach churn and my heart fill with guilt and worry. When I did eventually fall asleep, I dreamt about lying on the Hawaiian beach next to...Lilo? I was wondering how my pen pal got mixed into the equation, when a thought struck me.

Sitting up in bed, I fished into the top drawer of my nightstand and pulled out my book light. I grabbed the most recent letter Lilo had sent me that day off of my dresser and shone the light on the address. My worry and angst suddenly changed to joy; the island we were moving to was the exact same one Lilo lived on!

Maybe this move won't be so bad after all, I thought. I was extremely unaware, however, that when I did meet her, we'd be doing a LOT more than playing in the sand.