It was one of the prettiest days in Station Square; it was the first day of summer. The sun was blaring, and there was a slight breeze. Shelbie looked around the Mystic Ruins Forest carelessly, as she spotted small Chao walking, and she gave a small smile. The Chao smiled brightly at her and shouted cheerfully. She gave both of them a soft pat and continued walking, to the small stream.
She bent down looking at her reflection pushing her quills out of her eyes. She smiled as she saw her dark eyes dazzle in the water, and her bright pink quills hung down her back. She picked her white, silky, dress with a tied pink, satin, ribbon, up carefully as she put her bare foot in the icy water. She let out a soft, long, relaxed sigh as a gust of wind knocked her off her feet and she fell into the stream. She sat in the water with her hair, and dress wet.
A blue blur was standing in front of the sun blocking her light.
"Sorry about that," Sonic the Hedgehog grinned at Shelbie. Shelbie smiled when he came into sight.
"It's no problem." Shelbie sighed as she stood up fully wet. She walked slowly to him as she dripped. Sonic could see every inch of her body beneath the damp dress.
"Ya sure?" Sonic asked her with a sheepish smile.
"Of course, I'll go to Amy's and change." Shelbie said.
"I'll come with you," Sonic commented. Shelbie nodded silently, as she used Chaos Control to warp to Amy's house. It was a cute little white house in the Emerald Coast development. Shelbie knocked on the door gently, as Amy the pink, Hedgehog opened the door graciously with a warm smile.
"Oh, Shelbie!" Amy and Shelbie greeted each other with a friendly hug. "You're wet!" Amy complained as she escorted Shelbie and Sonic inside.
"Yeah thanks, to Mr. Hero over here." Shelbie said directly to Sonic. Sonic grinned at Shelbie's comment.
"What can I say? Go fast or go home." Sonic smiled. Shelbie rolled her eyes playfully as Shelbie followed Amy into her bedroom.
"Oh that Sonic!" Shelbie groaned, as she slipped out of her wet white dress and it dropped to the floor. Amy chuckled as she handed her a pink t-shirt and jean shorts.
"Don't worry I'll throw it in the dryer." Amy smiled at Shelbie. Shelbie smiled back, looking over Amy, her light green eyes sparkled, and Shelbie smiled at her outfit. A frilly, small, tight, pink, dress.
"Thanks Amy." Shelbie smiled as she slipped into the jeans shorts.
"Don't mention it." Amy said as they walked into the living room where Knuckles was sitting. Shelbie looked around frantically as Knuckles stood up with a smirk.
"He's gone." Knuckles said rather coldly to Shelbie.
"Oh... do you know where he went?" Shelbie asked.
"Nope, you know him. Doesn't wait for nothing or no one." Knuckles replied. Shelbie sighed, as her smile faded.
"I noticed." Shelbie walked out the back door and escaped into Emerald Coast.
Amy shook her head in dismay. Amy knew as well as everybody else did, Sonic was in the fast lane, and Shelbie was desperately trying to get on it. Amy sighed softly staring at Knuckles as she mulled it over.
"What?" Knuckles asked as she gave him an icy glare. Which was something she didn't do often.
"You know what Knuckles; you know how easily she gets discouraged." Amy sighed as she plopped on her couch next to him.
"I was just telling her the truth." Knuckles snarled, as Amy sighed and gave up as she ventured into her kitchen to grab something to eat.
The sun beamed on a light brown hedgehog's face, and it felt like home to her. She smiled, and sighed calmly, taking in the sun. The wind was just right too. Sara was wearing a black and white tankini. She was just about to lie down on the warm sand. When she noticed, a pink form sitting by the water's edge. And she walked over with curiosity.
"Oh Shelbie," Sara whispered to herself as she sat beside Shelbie, who was still in her pink shirt and shorts. "What are you doing here?" Sara asked Shelbie.
"I'm just thinking," Shelbie said,
"About?" Sara said softly.
"Nothing important." Shelbie replied. Then they heard a familiar voice from afar. And within seconds, the voice was right next to them.
"Well hi there ladies." Sonic grinned. Sara smiled as she stood up.
"Well I better get going now, bye Sonic, Shelbie I'll call you later." Sara said as she walked away from them.
"Are you still mad about your dress?" Sonic chuckled as he sat down next to her as the sun set beautifully.
"I'm not mad about the dress." Shelbie said with a small smile.
"Are ya sure?" Sonic asked her, as the wind tickled her hair.
"Totally." Shelbie said with confidence.
"Well to make it up to you, how about some dinner?" Sonic offered as they both stood up and walked towards the city together, side by side.
"Sounds great." Shelbie said softly as the wind threw her voice around. When they finally got to Station Square, they were out of breath. It was a long, tiring walk, and somewhere in the middle, they had a race which Sonic had won. "I told you I would lose!" Shelbie shouted as they pushed each other playfully. They found a table at La'Gourivelli and sat down catching their breath.
"Sonic!" A voice cried, as a two tailed yellow fox came running over. Shelbie smiled as the yellow fox stopped at the table out of breath.
"Hey big guy, wanna join us for dinner?" Sonic smiled at Tails.
"Sure." Tails said softly as he sat down at the table.
"You've met Shelbie haven't you?" Sonic asked.
"Yeah, I have, hey Shelbie." Tails smiled as Shelbie smiled back. "Anyway, I'm having a small get together at the workshop tonight, if you wanna come."
"Sounds like fun," Sonic commented as his eyes locked on Shelbie waiting for her response.
"Sure, I'll come," Shelbie smiled as Tails' lips curved into a smile.
"Great!" Tails exclaimed, the waitress came by then and asked them for their orders. Sonic ordered three chili dogs. Shelbie ordered Chicken Parmesan. Tails ordered grilled Halibut.
"What time?" Sonic asked Tails, as the waitress scurried away.
"Starts at seven tonight." Tails said as Shelbie nodded.
They continued to chitchat until their food finally arrived.
"Man Tails, I scared the heck out of Shelbie this afternoon." Sonic snickered, as Shelbie was playfully outraged.
"How?" Tails asked.
"I was in Mystic Ruins," Shelbie started, "I was just walking down the stream in the forest when he dashed by me, and knocked me off my feet! I landed in the stream completely soaked!" Shelbie smiled as Sonic, and Tails burst into laughter.
"Hey! Someone told me to call the police too much noise over here!" Knuckles called as he walked over.
"Sorry, officer." Sonic grinned as Knuckles punched him playfully. Shelbie's face sobered as soon as Knuckles joined in. As Sonic and Knuckles continued to tease each other, Tails scooted closer to Shelbie.
"Are you alright?" Tail whispered, as Shelbie nodded. Knuckles walked away five minutes later, as they finished their dinner.
"You want a lift tonight?" Sonic asked Shelbie as she shook her head with a sly smile.
"No, I'll catch one with Sara." Shelbie smiled, as she stood up. "See you guys later." Shelbie said quickly as she stood up and bolted. Sonic sat there puzzled, as Tails stared after her disappearing figure.
"I don't think her and Knuckles get along, Sonic." Tails commented.
"What makes you say that? She's so easy-going." Sonic questioned his friend.
"I don't you think you noticed her expression when he showed up," Tails said as he continued. "She said nothing at all, and she froze up. Like she was too afraid to say one word. And she seemed sad when I asked her if everything was alright." Sonic said nothing as he sighed.
"I guess I was oblivious huh?" Sonic said quietly. Tails smiled, he was always oblivious.
"Don't worry about it." Tails reassured him, as they split the bill, and walked towards the beach. The sky was a pretty pink, mixed with dark red as Tails and Sonic walked towards his workshop.
"What's wrong Tails?" Sonic asked him as Tails' eyes turned to him as they widened.
"Oh it's nothing... I was just wondering if Shelbie would even have a good time tonight." Tails shrugged.
"Why wouldn't she? She adores you." Sonic smiled, as they stopped walking for a moment. Tails turned to the darkish ocean, and looked back at him with sparkles. He blushed at Sonic's comment but luckily, Sonic didn't even notice with the pink sky surrounding them.
"Well... Yeah... But she doesn't get along with Knuckles. She hasn't met Shadow, Rouge, or Cream yet. She's comfortable only with you, Sara and Amy." Tails sighed.
"Don't worry Tails." Sonic put his hand on Tails' tight shoulder and it relaxed. "I'm sure she'll get along with Rouge. Cream gets along with anyone. Shadow who knows. Knuckles... maybe they'll become friends eventually. And she's comfortable with you too." Sonic added, as Tails smiled his deep red blush still on his face.
"Are you sure about that?" Tails said softly as the wind tickled his whiskers.
"Totally, I mean why wouldn't she Tails? She likes talking to you. I can see it." Sonic said to him as they started walking again.
"Well... I don't know... I'm not as interesting as you are." Tails smiled sadly. Sonic put his arm around Tails.
"Don't worry she finds you interesting. I mean, maybe that's why her and Knuckles don't like each other." Sonic grinned as they both laughed. They threw cautions to the wind as they raced to Mystic Ruins.
Sara stood in her bedroom staring at herself in the long lengthed mirror trying to decide what to wear as she heard a soft knock.
"Coming!" she called, quickly sprinting to the door. She opened it to find Shelbie smiling at her. "Heh, Shelbie I was just about to call you." Sara grinned as she let Shelbie inside.
"Really? I should have called you but I..."
"Don't worry about it; I'm happy to see you." Sara smiled as she pulled her into her bedroom. "Let me guess you want to come with me there tonight?" Sara assumed as Shelbie nodded. "Any particular reason?" Sara said as she down in front of her mirror straightening her quills.
"No not really. I just wanted to be with you." Shelbie said softly, as Sara smiled.
"Don't be embarrassed." Sara said. "Besides you can help me with my outfit!" Sara exclaimed as she put the faintest eyeliner on, a bit of eye shadow, tannish blush, and pale pink lip-gloss.
"Sure, love to." Shelbie smiled as Sara had a couple outfits on her bed.
"Which one should I go with the red shirt with the black pants, the black dress, or just a casual shirt and jeans?" Sara asked her nervously. Shelbie raised her eyebrows at her uneasiness all of a sudden.
"Well I'm wearing a black dress too..." Shelbie said as she pointed to the black tight sequined dress on Sara's desk chair.
"Then I'll wear mine." Sara said as she slipped into the black dress with small straps.
"Can I ask you something?" Shelbie sighed as she sat down in front of Sara's mirror to get ready herself. She did more make up than Sara. Black eye shadow, mascara, more eyeliner, darker blush, and pale pink lip gloss as well.
"Sure, what's on your mind?" Sara looked worriedly at Shelbie. But Shelbie couldn't see it as she focused on her make up.
"What's... Shadow like?" Shelbie said as Sara smiled at her thinking it was more serious than that.
"Shadow? Well, he's a bit ill tempered, at times anyway. He's dark, he's not as spontaneous as Sonic, or enthusiastic for that matter. But he is okay. I'm sure you'll be fine." Sara reassured Shelbie as Shelbie smiled and relaxed.
"Alright if you say so." Shelbie sighed.
"My turn, what happened with Knuckles this afternoon? Amy called me wondering if I knew where you might have gone." Sara raised an eyebrow at her as Shelbie's eyes saddened and Sara caught it. "What did he do?" Sara said worried.
"He... he just... made a remark about Sonic that I didn't like." Shelbie shrugged, as she started to curl her quills.
"Well? What did he say about Sonic?" Sara asked her as she sighed. She knew Knuckles wasn't the nicest sometimes.
"Basically he said that Sonic is way ahead of me, and I'll never catch up to him." Shelbie grew angry as she said it.
"What? That's crazy! Why would he say something like that?" Sara said astonished at the coldness of Knuckles.
"I have no idea." Shelbie said as she stood up, and slipped on her dress.
"It seems unlike Knuckles." Sara murmured. Shelbie shrugged as she put a little of perfume on.
"Maybe he just doesn't like me." Shelbie commented as Sara frowned.
"That's nonsense! I don't see why he wouldn't! I mean you're..." Sara sighed as they walked out of her small apartment. They walked out into the streets as the night wind made them shiver.
"Don't worry about it. Now how about a little race, huh Sara?" Shelbie grinned, and Sara swore she could have been blindfolded and she would have thought it was Sonic talking. Shelbie continued to grin as she took her black heels off and held them in her hand. Sara smiled as she took her own black heels off.
"You got it, Shelbie." Sara grinned as they both got into position at the red light. Then when it turned to green, they dashed off laughing all the way to Mystic Ruins.
"Hm, I'm surprised no one is here yet, Sonic." Tails said. Sonic smiled as they heard a knock.
"Ya spoke too soon." Sonic grinned as he opened the door, and he found Shadow glaring at him.
"Well, well, isn't it my best bud!" Sonic snickered as Shadow stepped in with a smug look. But smiled at Tails.
"Nice job Tails everything looks nice," Shadow commented at the scenery of streamers, flowers, and centerpieces. Tails smiled shyly, at Shadow.
"Thanks, Shadow." Tails said.
"So where is this pet of yours?" Shadow turned to look at Sonic grabbing a can of Sprite. He popped the tab as Sonic's expression became annoyed.
"She's not my pet. And her name is Shelbie." Sonic growled giving him such a glare that Tails took a step back.
"Right, yeah, so where is she?" Shadow said backing off slightly.
"She said she was coming with Sara..." Sonic seemed worried. Or was that just Shadow's imagination? Shadow blinked twice just to make sure the worried expression was still there.
"What are you doing?" Knuckles walked in with a slightly disgusted look.
"Nothing, Sonic was just telling me about Shelbie." Shadow smiled as Knuckles grunted. Sonic shot Knuckles a look but Knuckles pretended not to notice.
"Don't worry about it Sonic." "She'll be here, and if she's with Sara she's safe." Shadow saw that he was truly worried about this... girl.
"Yah I know." Sonic grinned finally realizing that everyone noticed his worriedness.
"So Tails..." Knuckles walked back in with a can of Dr. Pepper with a small smile. "Why did you have this get together anyway?" Knuckles asked curiously as Tails put a bowl of chips on one of the side tables.
"Well, Shelbie is new in town, and we still don't know Sara all that well. I thought it would be the perfect way for everybody to get acquainted. I'm afraid Shelbie's terribly shy." Tails had his back to Knuckles so he didn't see his annoyed face. But Shadow did and he laughed quietly to himself walking off into another room.
"Interesting..." He thought to himself
"Like you?" Knuckles retorted. As Tails turned around astonished.
"What's wrong? Don't you like her?" Tails asked shocked.
"Infact I don't." Knuckles growled as Tails narrowed his eyes.
"I'm sorry that you don't Knuckles. But, she's our friend." Tails shot back at him as it was Knuckles' turn to be shocked.
"Why do you care so much about what I think?" Knuckles asked Tails as he began to set out other food and Knuckles helped carry it.
"Because Knuckles she is me. She will get easily discouraged. She is so timid. She was almost afraid to look at you at lunch today. Let alone say one freaking word!" Tails slammed the food tray down. Knuckles glared at Tails.
"Calm down Tails. Take it easy." Knuckles approached him cautiously knowing he was angry.
"I'm telling you Knuckles. It took me so long to be well confident... and I don't want her to go through what I did. She depends on him, just like I did. And maybe she'll depend on me eventually. Don't make it harder for her." Tails walked back into the front room leaving Knuckles feeling flabbier-gasted.
"Hi Tails!" Amy cried cheerfully, as she gave him a small half way hug. "I brought a cake if that's alright." Amy pointed to the small package in her hands.
"Oh that's fine Amy, you can set it on the table over there." Tails smiled pointing to the table in the back which already had food on it.
"Hey Sonic!" Amy smiled walking over to him as he smiled back at her.
"Hey there, Amy." Sonic said "Where's Cream and Cheese?" Sonic asked looking around. Amy smoothed her long red dress down with a smile.
"They should be here soon, when I was leaving she said she was just getting ready." Amy said adjusting her ruby headband. Sonic nodded as Sara and Shelbie entered the room out of breath. Sonic's lips curved into a smile as he spotted her. "Oh darling, you look gorgeous!" Amy laughed hugging Shelbie.
"Thank you Amy, is that dress from Milan?" Shelbie asked.
"It is! How could you tell?" Amy was impressed.
"I've been to Milan before. I know their dresses anywhere."
"Oh that reminds me! Your dress is all dry if you want to swing by and pick it up later." Amy said as Shelbie nodded.
"Thanks, I will." Shelbie smiled as Amy hugged Sara next.
"You two look so cute!" Amy giggled
"Oh thanks." Sara laughed.
"Heh I should tell the story huh Shelbie?" Sonic grinned elbowing her gently as she burst into laughter.
"I'm still gonna get you for that." Shelbie smiled as Tails walked over with a cautious smile. "Oh hey there Tails, nice place, I've never seen it before. Care to show me around?" She smiled glancing around. Tails cleared his throat.
"Oh yeah of course follow me." Tails said as Shelbie disappeared with him.
"So that's her." Shadow said from behind Sonic.
"Yeah it is." Sonic eyed him.
"Easy there Tiger." Shadow said with a mockingly smile. Sara watched the exchange between Sonic and Shadow with a frown. She realized how protective Sonic was of her best friend. She smiled at the thought of it. She knew the relationship between the two boys wasn't easy. She sighed as she continued to watch the two hedgehogs argue with each other.
"Hey there," Rouge grinned at Knuckles who opened the door.
"Oh it's just you, Bat Girl." Knuckles growled walking away from the door, as Rouge followed behind him.
"Well aren't you just peachy today? It is Tails' party after all..." Rogue murmured.
"I got my reasons." Knuckles snapped.
"And what are those?" Rogue continued to interrogate him.
"It's that... Shelbie girl! Everyone loves her!" Knuckles gritted his teeth.
"Shelbie?" Rogue looked puzzled.
"Oh right. You haven't met her yet. But when you do I'm sure you'll fall in love with her too." Knuckles walked away from her frustrated.
"Hm," Rogue sighed, she went to go open the door as Cream and her chao Cheese, stood there smiling at her. "Hi there Cream," Rogue smiled.
"Where are the others?" Cream smiled sweetly
"Knuckles stormed off, Shadow and Sonic are in the front room. Sara is with them also. Tails I have no idea. Maybe that Shelbie girl is with him. And Amy... I think is in the kitchen." Rogue said as they walked into the front room together.
"Wow Tails! These planes are so cool!" Shelbie smiled as she ran her hand over the Tornado 2.
"You think so?" Tails whispered.
"Totally! I wish I was smart enough to make one!" Shelbie said quietly.
"You are smart, Shelbie." Tails said.
"Well yeah... but not enough." Shelbie brushed it off.
"Trust me, you're smart." Tails smiled.
"So what else do you got?" Shelbie asked him as she walked into the back room and saw a computer with all kinds of inventions that either have failed, or have been put aside. "Wow, look at all of this... You're probably lonely huh?" Shelbie asked. Tails stared at her as a pink blush deepened in his cheeks.
"You could tell?" Tails sighed as Shelbie put a gentle hand on his shoulder.
"No, not at all. It's just... you seem very quiet, and shy. Not to mention lonely like." Shelbie said.
"Look who's talking." Tails grinned as Shelbie blushed as well. She cleared her throat laughing nervously.
"Well that's different I'm shy around new people. You are shy in general." Shelbie grinned.
"Hey you two!" Amy ran in the back room pulling Shelbie's arm. "C'mon Rogue and Cream are here!" Amy shouted as Shelbie and Tails walked with Amy to the front room. Shelbie took one step into the room and there was a long period of silence. She stood there being stared at. Rogue's eyes widened as soon as she saw her. She took a step back, frowning. Shelbie frowned watching the white bat's reaction but decided to pretend that she didn't notice. Knuckles raised an eyebrow staring at Rogue but he didn't bother to say anything.
"Guys, this is Shelbie." Sonic smiled breaking the silence. Sara went to go stand next to Shelbie quietly.
"I'm Rogue." Rogue finally said, quietly.
"Right. I'm Shelbella Swan, but you can just call me Shelbie." Shelbie said softly.
"I'm Cream!" The cream colored rabbit walked over to Shelbie smiling up at her. "And this is my chao Cheese!" She held Cheese up to Shelbie as she held him.
"He's cute." Shelbie smiled petting Cheese's head.
"Thank you." Cream said, as she took Cheese from Shelbie. She stood next to Amy
"So uh, guys, you're probably wondering why I had this party at the last minute." Tails chuckled nervously.
The group murmured yes. "Well, Shelbie is new to us, and I thought it would help if we all got to know her. And Sara better as well." Tails smiled. As Knuckles scoffed and immediately the fire lit again. As Tails eyed him taking two steps closer to him. "Got a problem with that?" Tails barked as the rest of the group stared at him with shock.
"Tails stop." Shelbie pulled him away from Knuckles shaking her head at him. Tails stared at her and walked over to Sonic gritting his teeth.
"Everyone sure cares about her." Shadow said to Sara, as she gave him a small smile.
"I wouldn't say everyone Shadow." Sara said glancing at Knuckles. Shadow nodded as he walked over to Knuckles pulling him off into a corner conversing with him quietly.
"Go ahead and eat guys." Tails said as the group dispersed and got food.
"You doing okay?" Sara said to Shelbie as they walked back to the front room.
"I'm doing fine. I think Tails is a lot worse than me." Shelbie grinned.
"He is." Sonic said from behind her. And she jumped nearly dropping her plate of food.
"Don't scare me like that!" Shelbie shrieked as Sonic laughed. Sara smiled as she saw the two playfully tease each other.
"Oh don't get your quills in a bunch!" Sonic grinned.
"Oh really?" Shelbie licked her lips as she picked up a cupcake from her plate.
"Oh Shelbie... what... I don't think..." Sonic started to back away slowly when she threw the cupcake at him.
"How do you like that?" Shelbie smiled. Sonic grinned peeling the cupcake off his face.
"Ya want a war? Ya got it!" Sonic grinned. He threw pizza at her, but she ducked as it hit Shadow.
"You did that on purpose!" Shadow yelled as he dumped his pop on Sonic. And soon the food war began.
"Ah take that!" Shelbie yelled as she threw candy canes at Sonic hitting him in the face.
"Oh my dress!" Amy complained as Cream rubbed chocolate all over it. She giggled as Tails threw an egg at her.
"How about it?" Rogue smiled as she crushed cookies over Knuckles' head. Knuckles finally smiled as he got fruit and threw it at her. Sara backed away slowly when she ran into a figure.
"I wouldn't forget about you." Shadow said softly as he smashed cake in Sara's hair. Sara smiled up at him. As she quickly grabbed a can of whipped cream and sprayed him as they both fought.
They all had a blast, when it was all said and done. The place was a mess. They were all a mess. But they created memories to look back on. Which was the whole point of Tails' party. Tails and Shelbie caught each other's eye as they went to go to clean up. Sara followed Shelbie grinning.
"Well that was fun." Sara smiled as they put their hair in the sink washing it.
"It sure was. That was the most fun I've had." Shelbie smiled as they heard a knock on the door.
"Just me." Amy grinned as the two girls took their hair from the sink. They put their hair in towels as they slipped on night gowns. And put their dirty foodified dresses aside. "This was a good dress but oh well." Amy said as she stepped inside.
"You can wash it." Shelbie said.
"I hope the stains come out." Amy said as she slipped into a night gown. The three girls walked into the front room as Sonic stared. Shelbie was in a pink night gown, Amy was in a red one, and Sara was in a sky blue one.
"What?" Amy growled at him.
"Nothing." Sonic said.
"We're gonna get going, Sonic." Shelbie said looking directly at Sara.
"So soon?" Sonic said with a playful smile.
"We're tired, and we should go take showers." Shelbie grinned at him. "Where's Tails? I want to say good-bye to him too."
"He should be in his room, Cream promised that she would clean the rest of the workshop while he went to bed. He's got something to do tomorrow or something." Sonic told her as Sara smiled at her.
"I'll wait here," Sara said as she grabbed both of their coats. As Shelbie walked out of the front room, Amy, Shadow, Knuckles, and Rouge walked out the door leaving. Shelbie wandered down a dark hallway knocking on a wooden door at the end of the hall. She knocked once then stepped inside. The room was pure darkness except for a small ray of moonlight coming from a window. Tails was facing a mirror and saw her standing at the door in the mirror.
"Oh Shelbie..." Tails' eyes were suddenly filled with shock. As he was just unbuttoning his shirt.
"Oh god, I'm sorry. I just... I knocked..." Shelbie stood there apologizing as he smiled at her.
"Don't worry about it," Tails said as he sat on his queen sized bed, patting a spot next to him. Shelbie cautiously sat next to him still embarrassed. "Seriously don't feel bad, it's fine." Tails looked at her deep blush.
"What's up?" Tails asked her as he swung his legs back and forth he still had his dark pants on.
"Well I came to say good-bye. I'm going home with Sara." Shelbie whispered as his light blue eyes sparkled in the moonlight.
"You are?" Tails was disappointed.
"Well yeah, it's late... plus it's gonna take awhile to get this out of my hair." Shelbie grinned as she pointed to her foodified hair.
"True." Tails smiled. "Tell me the truth." Tails looked at her seriously.
"Of course." Shelbie's voice came out in a rush, he knew she was gasping for air.
"Did you enjoy yourself tonight?" Tails asked her, as she smiled breathing normally again.
"Honestly Tails... yes I did. Other than the Knuckles episode, I had a blast. Truly." Shelbie rested her hand on his shoulder staring into his eyes.
"I'm glad, that was the whole point." Tails smiled at her blushing from the intense look in her eyes. He had never been that close to her to notice her eye color. He noticed now her eyes were a flawless dark pink.
"Seriously Tails, I had such a good time tonight. The food war was the most fun I've had in years!" Shelbie smiled finally removing her hand.
"Good," Tails said, as he grinned. "I see you're ready for bed huh?" Shelbie blushed finally realizing how low cut her nightgown truly was.
"Oh shut up!" Shelbie grinned as she hit him playfully. She stood up, as her hair fell perfectly down her back. The pink nightgown, didn't even cover her knees. The bottom and top had light pink lace. The top was low cut, not enough to show off, but just enough.
The nightgown was nearly transparent. It stuck to her skin, it modeled her figure perfectly. Her long legs stood out.
"You know something?" Tails whispered as she was about to walk out the door. She turned to face him as the moonlight hit her face.
"What?" Shelbie smiled at him, as he stood up, crossing his arms over his bare chest.
"You..." "Did great tonight." Tails smiled shyly.
"Ha, thanks genius." Shelbie stuck her tongue out at him as she closed the door quietly. He sat down back on the bed staring into space. He sat there losing his breath.
"There you are!" Sara called as Shelbie walked into the front room.
"About time!" Sonic grinned. "What were you doing counting sheep?" Sonic chuckled.
"Infact I was, so can it." Shelbie growled at him. Sara watched her face with astonishment. She wondered what got into her all of a sudden. For the first time, she snapped at Sonic. "Let's go home." Shelbie said as she grabbed her coat from Sara's hands and walked out the door putting her coat on. Sara didn't waste any time, and followed her. Sonic stared at the closed door, and shrugged. He went into Tails' room to find him changed for bed. No shirt, and blue long pajama pants.
"Hey there, I'm gonna go too." Sonic told his friend.
"Alright." Tails stood up with a smile.
"Cream just left, she finished cleaning." Sonic informed him.
"Great." Tails said.
"Night Tails." Sonic smiled as he closed Tails' door.
Tails whispered goodnight to him but he was already gone. Tails slipped between his cool sheets as the chilly summer breeze drifted in and chilled him slightly.
Sara and Shelbie were just running back to Station Square. Shelbie stopped for a moment, by the hotel staring at the blissful night sky. She smiled as the stars shined brightly.
"C'mon you." Sara beckoned to her as Shelbie grinned at Sara.
"Alright, alright..." Shelbie smiled closing her eyes for a moment. They dashed to Palm Tree Apartments.
They walked inside Sara's apartment, and Shelbie sighed softly. The girls bid their good-nights. And dashed to their beds. Shelbie laid in the bed staring out the window staring at the moon. The wind brushed her face gently and in the wind she could of sworn she heard Tails' voice. The last thing that rushed through her mind was Tails. She knew that night a bond was formed between the both of them. Tails was thinking the almost same exact thing, as he tossed and turned in his bed. The only thing he could see was Shelbie's sparkling dark pink eyes.