(June 16th 7:00AM - Tails POV-)
An alarm clock rang in the familiar but quite annoying way that it did everyday. I looked at the time and saw it was seven. I gave out a short yawn and hit the snooze button, and then slowly sat up. It felt like it was only yesterday that I was in the final day of my eighth grade class at station park middle school. But I knew that several weeks had already passed. I turned around and faced the edge of the bed and stood up, looking at the drawer across from me and walked over and opened them, pulling out a white t-shirt and a pair of jeans. I slid out of my pajamas and put on the clothes that I picked out.
I then walked into the kitchen, and pulled out some Rice Crispies and put them on the counter also opening the refrigerator and taking out the gallon of milk on the bottom shelf. I ate a bowl of cereal and put the bowl in the sink, so I could wash it later and headed out back to the garage, where I stopped at the door near the back where it was. I then opened the door to the garage, which served a double purpose as my workshop until I could build my own and walked in flicking on a light switch, and a single uncovered light turned on in the middle of the somewhat disorganized garage.
I sighed. " I really need to fix this place up sometime..." I told myself.
I always told myself that every once in a while, but never always had time to do I, and even when I did, I spent the time with Sonic or the others. Not on cleaning some dusty, un-organized garage. I then sat down at my desk and looked at the few papers scattered on it. I picked up one of them. It was the plans to the water powered engine I thought about building for the tornado, but like a bunch of others, I either didn't have the resources or the time to do it.
I put it back down and just sat there, enjoying the silence. Until my cellphone rang. I picked up the orange-yellow phone and looked at the caller ID. It was Cream. I smiled and answered the phone.
"Hey Cream." I said, happy to know she was calling me. I hadn't talked to her since school ended, so it was sort of a big deal.
"Hey Tails." she told me, cheerfully over the phone.
Her voice sounded happy as usual, though she also sounded as though she had already been up for a bit, while my voice in comparison sounded groggy still.
"So.." I said, a bit confused at why she would call so early "your up early I see." I finished.
I heard a slight giggle on the other side of the line, which made me crack out a small grin. Cream and I were past being friends, but we weren't quite a couple. We were on the bridge between them, not wanting to go back, and unsure whether to cross..
"Well... the reason I called is because the our refrigerator broken and my mother and I wondered if you co- "
"Of course I can fix it." I told her, answering the question before she had a chance to finish it.
"Thanks Tails. Oh and maybe when your done...maybe we could go do something today?" she asked. I pondered the thought for less than a second before coming up with the obvious answer.
"Sure! I'd love to!" I told her.
I then heard another voice "Cream? Is that Tails your talking to?" I was pretty sure it was vanilla, her mother.
"Yes mother, remember? You said you wanted me to ask him about the refrigerator?"
I just sat there on the chair, listening to their conversation. I picked up my pencil and fiddled with it, flipping it in my hands a few times until she finally spoke into the phone again.
"Tails? You still there?" she asked.
"Of course I am Cream" I told her. I then smiled after I heard her sweet voice again.
"My mom wants to know the earliest you can come. She needs to get the food back in when its cool or the food will spoil and she doesn't want it to go to waste..." Cream explained.
I looked at the clock. It was 7:13. I then thought for a second and finally came up with an answer.
"I'll be there in about seventeen minutes, is that ok?" I asked.
"Mom!" she then said. " Is 7:30 ok?"
"Sure dear." I heard over the noise of a blender. I guessed they were making something, which was probably true. Vanilla and Cream loved to cook.
"She says ok." Cream told me.
"Ok then I'll see you then!" I told her.
" Ok Tails. And thanks again for wanting to help us out." she said.
"No problem. I'll just get my tools and head over after I'm done with a few things." I told her.
She gave out a small sigh. Not a sad one though, one with a perk of excitement. Though I could barely tell.
"Ok Tails bye!" She then ended the line.
I shut my cell phone and stuffed it into my back pocket, and then stood up out the chair and walked around the garage looking for my tool set. I found it under a sheet and I picked it up and made sure I had all my tools. I then went into the living room, and picked up my laptop and printed out a few schematics of a refrigerator, which would probably be useful later. I looked at the clock and noticed that seven minutes had already passed since Cream called me so I decided to head out to her house.
I walked out the door and readied myself, then spun my tails at an even pace and gently lifted off the ground, and then flew in the direction of Creams house. The sun was up, shining bright as it did every summer day, already bringing the heat. I then flew close to Amy's house. Amy was outside already, with an agitated look on her face. I decided not to say anything to her and kept on flying. I reached Creams house a minute later. I walked up to her door and knocked. I waited for about half a minute until Vanilla opened the door.
"Why hello there Tails. Come in." she said gesturing inside. I nodded and walked in.
Cream was sitting down on the couch watching the cooking channel on TV. She was always trying to find a new dish to create. She looked up at me and smiled.
"Hi Tails, glad you could make it." she told me, happiness in her voice.
Vanilla looked at Cream, and then me. She then let out a reluctant sigh and walked into the kitchen. I followed her there with my tools.
"Well what seems to be the problem with it?" I asked, referring to the refrigerator.
Vanilla opened the refrigerator and a burst of hot air came out. I frowned, wondering how that happened. I walked over to it and and unscrewed the panel on the bottom,taking it off. I then first checked the coolant system, but it seemed to be fine. I then looked at the fan, but it was okay too. I then sat up and looked inside the fridge and found the temperature gauge. It was about set to 96 degrees inside the refrigerator. I frowned again, and unscrewed the panel on it, revealing the inner works of it. I noticed on of the wires inside had short circuited. My frown grew larger, mostly from the heat inside, which was making me uncomfortable.
"Well I think I found the problem." I said
"You do?" Vanilla asked, her hopes up.
"Yes mam.." I told her.
I then crawled out of the refrigerator and opened my tool box. I took out some wire cutters and spare wire. I then walked back to the refrigerator. I first cut a part of the wire off that was damaged and carefully replaced it with the spare wire. I then grabbed some duct tape out of my tool box and wrapped it around it so it wouldn't come off easily. I then screwed the panel back on and my work was rewarded with the temperature in the refrigerator slowly cooling down.
"I fixed it." I told her. She then let out a sigh of relief.
"Thank you Tails...I really appreciate you coming here to help us so early. " she said.
"Its nothing miss Vanilla." I told her.
Cream then walked into the kitchen "It's fixed?" the rabbit asked. I nodded and she smiled. "Thank you tails." she said. She then looked at Vanilla.
"Mom? Is it ok if Tails and I go do something together?" she asked.
I slightly blushed when I heard that. Vanilla then looked at Cream for a second and and sighed.
"Ok cream..but don't be out all day ok?" she told her. Cream nodded and let out a wide grin. She then raced over and grabbed my arm, and I blushed more from the sudden contact, and vanilla shook her head, walking into the kitchen. And then we walked out the door.
Well this is the beginning of my second story, not the best place to end the chapter but still. This is the beginning of my first Tails X Cream story, so I didn't exactly know where to take this story but I'm pretty sure I'll find out soon enough.
In this story I'm portraying Cream as a bit more forward than she should...but keeping Rails as his old 'blush at everything having to to do with romance' personality. This is to keep it from being a little...I don't know, kiddish? Well anyways I hope you liked it. I'll be writing more soon. Review if you want to! Thanks for reading!
~Lindy~