Second Chapter, Whoop! : D I finally decided on doing this…Yay! This is a shopping spree; so yeah…Let's get this over with!
Oh, and Wal-Mart doesn't belong to me, Ok?
Christmas Wishes: Chapter 2: Shopping
Halley reached Wal-Mart in seconds, thanks to her sonic speed car. She opened the door and got out, the wind blowing some of her curly hair across her face. Any boys that were walking by whistled and she gave them an annoyed look. Sure, a LOT of boys liked her, but she was too tied up with her evil sister Miranda to date at all. Besides, she only liked one person, and that was Randal. She liked all of him and then some. She just wished he'd notice…
She walked in, pushing a buggy in front of her. Thoughts would have to wait, and she knew it.
Before she had left, she had written a list of people to get gifts for. She looked at it now as she walked by the clothes isle.
"Let's see, first is Butterfly then Flame…."
A red hedgehog with two spikes protruding from the back of his head stood behind a pole. He was wearing baggy blue jeans held up with a black belt and had on a white shirt. He had burning gold eyes, which were watching Halley intently.
"She's getting something. Looks like I gotta wait." He walked outside and leaned back onto the building, closing his eyes.
Back with Halley, she was at her last person on her list, which was (no surprise) Randal.
"Hmm, what will I get him?" She scratched her head, a wondering look on her face. She made sure she had everything in her buggy, stalling herself for a moment. She suddenly snapped her fingers and ran towards the outdoor isle.
"Good morning Ma'am." Said a burly man at the counter. He wore a typical Wal-Mart uniform and had a nametag that said 'Joe'.
"Good Morning. What is the newest gun you have in stock?"
The man scratched his head. "Do you have a hunting license, Ma'am?"
"Yes." She held out a card and the man appraised it.
"Okie-Dokie, this looks like it is all in order. Well, our newest gun came in today…a shipment of magnums…Will they do?"
"Just fine. How much?"
"300 rings" He said, looking at the cash register in front of him.
She went through her purse and pulled out a credit card, scanning it and putting in her pin.
"Pleasure doing business, sir." She said, a smile on her face.
"Same to you, ma'am. Have a nice day!"
She bustled out of the store, everything already paid for, when a red hedgehog caught her attention.
The red man looked at her intently, like she was a brand new Fire truck in a toy store window, which made her uncomfortable. The feeling grew when he walked towards her.
"You Halley Appleby?" he asked.
She bit her lip. "Yes…."
"Hi, I'm a big fan." He said, blushing.
Halley blushed. "Er, thank you." She said, smiling timidly.
"Er, sorry, my name is Ryley. I'm sorry if I bothered you." He sweat-dropped.
A startled look appeared on Halley's face. "Oh, your not a bother! It's just I never knew I had a fan…" said Halley, biting her lip.
"Oh, really? Then I'm honored to be your fan." He smiled warmly.
"Oh, stop making me blush." She said, smiling stupidly.
"I think you look cute when you blush."
This surprised Halley a lot. "Um…thank you for the c-compliment." She said, trying to hide her blush.
"What? You don't get compliments? Because I think you should, a pretty girl like you should get compliments." He smiled warmly.
She looked away, a very frazzled look on her face. "Sorry, I'm not used to compliments, especially from people I've just met."
He scratched his head. "You look like you need some help. Why don't I help you with those?" he said, gesturing to the bags she had in tow.
"T-Thank you, er, Ryley." She said, walking to her car.
"Hey, it's no problem. I love helping people with a kind heart." He responded. "Now, where do you want these?"
She popped open the trunk. "Right there, please." He placed the bags in the trunk, closing it.
"Well, that's it." She said, fumbling through her purse and getting out a piece of paper and a pen. "Now, I'd love to talk later when I'm not so busy. Do you have a number I can call?"
"Yes, let me see the paper and pen please." He said, and she handed it to him. He scribbled down a number and handed the paper to her. She took it and stuffed it in her purse.
"Ok then, I'd better go. Goodbye, Ryley." She said, holding the knob to open the car door.
"Goodbye, beautiful." He said, winking. She blushed and got into the car, sticking her key into the engine. The engine revved to life, and Ryley moved out of the way so she could go. The car slipped by him smoothly, and before she knew it, she was out of the parking lot.
"Now I gotta go home and wrap all of those presents." She murmured to herself. She looked at her watch. "And the party starts in two hours! What am I to do?" she thought for a moment, and she looked up to see that she was about to miss her driveway.
"Crap." She turned and made her way up the paved driveway. She admired how her car smoothly went up, almost like it was floating…
Then she got an idea.
"I got it! I'll get Cheese, Celeste, and Layla to help me! I'm so awesome!" She exclaimed, leaning back in her seat. "Now, what can I do to repay them? Maybe I can get a chao garden built in my backyard…Yeah, that'll do." She said, getting out and popping open the trunk again. She grabbed the bags and scurried inside, setting them down on the living room floor. She grabbed the phone from the hook and dialed Cream's number, asking her if she could see Cheese for a little bit. She said yes and she told her to send him right away. Then she called Celeste's number and said the following words:
"Do you want to help me wrap gifts?"
Okay, that's chapter two! Sorry for the hold up, guys. By the way, Ryley is my character; it took me an hour to come up with a look for him. Let me know if someone stole him or this story or anything else I have, okay? No flames would be nice, too. And I'm also sorry about the shortness of the chapters. I usually write in a bigger font, and what looks like six pages isn't much on Fanfiction. All right, that's it, so bye! * waves *