Chapter 2
A couple hours have passed and everyone was still getting everything
cleaned up.
Espio and Salley were picking up the garbage that was on the floor.
Salley picked up one of the cans in disgust. "Ick! You sure know how to
make a mess, Vector."
"Hey," said Vector, dusting off the shelves.
Salley put the can in the garbage bag and finished her job.
Espio did the same thing. "That takes care of it."
Just then, Charmy came in the room, wearing a white shirt and a black
bow tie.
"I'm finished vacuuming and getting myself ready," he said.
Salley was confused. "Charmy, what are you doing?"
"Just making myself look nice for when the girls come." Charmy inhaled
some pepper spray.
"Oh, no," said Espio. "Not again."
"What?" asked Salley. "What's the matter?"
"It's this strange obsession that he has with women. Every time a girl
comes over, he wants to have a little 'pucker up' time with them. He tried to do that
last time before you first came over." (A/N: See Chapter 2 of "My Feelings for You"
to see what really happened.)
"Oh." Salley faced the little bee. "Charmy, don't you think you're a little
too young for that?"
"Aw, c'mon, Salley," said Charmy. "Don't be a stick in the mud like Espio."
"I am not!"
Espio didn't want Salley and Charmy to start an argument. "Guys, please."
Salley sighed. "Never mind."
"You'll see," said Charmy. "I might get lucky." He flew away to a different
area.
"Will he ever learn?" asked Salley.
"Not sure," said Espio.
Salley looked at her messy hands. "My hands are sticky. I better go wash
them."
"You do that." Espio watched Salley walk to the bathroom and close the
door.
He then heard something. He looked out the window and saw three girls
coming towards the house.
"Here she comes, Vector," he said.
Vector walked towards the door. "Okay, guys. Get into your positions."
Espio and Charmy stood near the doorway.
Vector then noticed that something was missing. "Where's Sal?"
"She's in the bathroom," said Espio. "She'll be out in a minute."
"Oh, okay." Vector held his hand onto the doorknob. "Alright, let's give a
warm welcome to our old friend, Julie the Wolf." Vector opened the door and inside
came a gray wolf with white hair. She had light purple eyes, light purple lips, a purple
headband, a purple see-through shirt, a purple jacket, purple small-heeled shoes, and
purple glasses. She also had a black wristwatch, white golden studs, and a golden
heart-shaped locket around her neck.
When she saw the chameleon, she smiled. "Espio!"
"Julie!" Espio said, wrapping his arms around the wolf in a hug.
"I missed you," said Julie.
"I missed you too," Espio said back.
Julie let go of Espio and said, "It's been years since we've seen each other."
She kissed Espio on the cheek.
It made him blush. "I know."
Julie walked over to her friends.
One of them was an orange hedgehog with yellow hair. She had gray eyes,
a black and gray shirt, black pants, a black choker, a black belt, black spiky cuffs,
little black gloves, and black sandals. She also had white golden earrings.
The other one was a black panther with dark green hair. She had blue
eyes, pink lips, green sunglasses, a green jacket, green shorts, and black and green
shoes. She also had golden bracelets around her wrists.
"Espio, you remember my friends, Moriah and Tammie, right?" asked Julie.
"Oh, yeah," said Espio. He held out his hand. "Nice to see you guys
again."
"You too, dude," said Moriah (the orange hedgehog). She punched Espio's
arm.
Espio winced a bit and giggled. "I remember those punches you used to
give me…ouch."
"Yeah, that was fun. You were my punching bag after all."
Espio then faced Tammie (the black panther). "And how do you do,
Tammie?"
Tammie gave Espio a cold stare and said in a low voice, "Just the usual
boring things in my life."
Espio was startled. He never heard Tammie talk like that before.
Julie then whispered in his ear, "Um, Espio, Tammie hasn't been in a good
mood since her grandparents died two years ago."
"Oh."
"What's been up with you, Romeo?" asked Tammie.
"It's Espio."
"Whatever."
"She still never got my name right," Espio thought.
Then, Julie faced Vector and Charmy. "Hey, guys!"
"Nice to see you again, kiddo," said Vector, shaking Julie's hand.
"It's been a while, huh?" asked Charmy.
"Yeah," said Julie.
Just then, Salley came out of the bathroom and saw the others. When she
looked at the wolf, she figured that she was Espio's ex-girlfriend. She didn't think
she'd be that beautiful.
Julie faced Espio. "So…where's this new worker of yours?"
Espio then saw Salley. "Oh, she's right there." He called to the cat, "Hey,
Salley! Come over here!" Salley slowly walked over to the others.
Espio said, "Julie, this is Salley Hallivan. She's my detective partner."
"And his girlfriend," Salley added.
Julie was surprised. "Really?"
"Yep," said Salley. "We've been going out for almost six months."
"Wow. I didn't know that. Well, it's nice to meet you." Julie shook hands
with Salley. They stopped after a few seconds.
Salley faced Julie's friends. "Are these your friends?"
Julie nodded. "This is Moriah the Hedgehog and Tammie the Panther."
Moriah shook Salley's hand. "You're a pretty chick."
Salley let go of Moriah's hand and said, "Uh…thank you." The cat-girl then
faced Tammie. "Hi, there."
Tammie gave Salley the lazy eye. "Do you like green?"
"Um, yes."
"Then you're okay with me."
Salley was confused. "Wha…?"
"I only like purple people or people who like purple if they also like green."
"Why's that?"
"Because purple is the opposite of green. And that makes them the
enemy." Tammie faced Julie. "No offense, Jul."
"None taken," said Julie.
Then, Vector clapped his hands and said, "Okay, why don't you girls get
yourselves situated for a little while?"
Before everyone moved from their spots, Charmy spread his arms open and
said, "Hey, girls. Anyone want a hug or kiss from me? Well, do you?"
The three girls laughed.
"Sorry, Charmy," said Julie, "but no." The girls walked pass Charmy.
"Aw man…" the little bee complained. "Not again."
Poor Charmy. Looks like he'll never get a girl. Or is that what he thinks? I really
don't know myself. R&R.