"Ahhh, feels good to relax, right Tails?"

"Right on, Sonic!" The dynamic duo high-fived one another. Contrary to popular belief, Sonic wasn't CRAZY about running. True, he loves feeling the wind blast past his fur, but not all the time. Sometimes, what the blue blur needs is a gentle breeze, a soft comfy towel, an ice-cold drink, a nice warm sun on a lovely beach, and a buddy to enjoy it with. But, coming his way was the very pink blur he didn't need to see…

"Sonic-KUUUNNNN!!" Amy dashed across the beach, kicking sand into anyone unfortunate enough to be in or near the line traceable between herself and Sonic.

"YAAAAAH!!" Sonic instantly knew what had to happen; he had to get away, FAR away. "Tails, I'll see ya at home, k?"

"All right then, Sonic!" Tails called after, mentally sighing once he was gone. Darn that Amy; she can NEVER leave him alone. She's almost worse than Eggman in a way.

"Come back here, SONIC-KUUUUN!! You promised me a date after you beat Eggman!"

Cream skipped along after Amy in much the same way that Tails used to follow Sonic's footsteps back at South Island, but paused briefly after she saw Tails laying down. "Hi there, Tails!" She spouted (she felt no need to prefix the "Mister" as they were about the same age). "So, what did Amy ruin this time?"

"Nothing much; but that's the problem!" They took a chuckle at the expense of their "big siblings."

"I see. …Mind if I take Mr. Sonic's spot?"

"Not at all, Cream; not at all." She laid down on Sonic's towel after straightening it out. "So, when do you think Sonic will finally give in?"

"Not soon, I'd bet. But I could be wrong!"

"Somehow, though, I get the feeling that maybe… somehow… he doesn't have to give up to her; like maybe he has to give up to himself."

"Hmm. You may just be on to something there, Tails."

"When am I not?" They shared another chuckle. "…Y'know, we're really startin' to grow up here, aren't we?"

"Maybe we're getting older, but I wanna put off growing up as long as possible!"

"Same here, Cream; same here."

"…Well, I better catch up to Amy," Cream complained, getting up and rolling up Sonic's towel.

"Hang on; I'll join you. Laying here by myself woulda gotten boring eventually." Tails got up and rolled his towel up as well. "…On second thought, you go ahead; I need to put this stuff back at home anyway."

"Ohh, Miss Amy can handle herself for a little longer; I'll help! After all, it IS her fault you're stuck with clean-up."

"…Really? …Thanks, Cream."

"Aww, it's O.K." With that, the two pre-teens flew off to the Sonic Cave (as some called it) to return the towels… fighting their blushes the entire way.

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AWWWWW, Taiream flurffynesh!! Iddn't it cute? --

And the obligatory disclaimer: SEGA owns the characters they made, I own the one fan character and the storyline. R&R kthxbai!!