Chapter Two - Work
Cream panted heavily as she lay on Tails' couch.
Tails ragged breath matched her own.
Sweat covered both of them after their rigorous activities.
The heat of the room just added to their panting.
"I need to fix the AC" Tails breathed as he opened a window.
Cream wiped the sweat from her brow as she nodded.
Cheese slowly floated up from the floor, his wings still tired.
"We are never running here from the chao garden again" Tails said as he too plopped down on the bed.
Cream nodded again, her feet sore from the run.
"Choo Choo!" Cheese added as he slumped onto Cream.
"Sorry Cheese, maybe Chocola is just running late..." Cream tried to comfort the saddened chao.
Tails walked over and sat down next to Cream.
"The race was good for getting his mind off it but he's already back at it..." Cream whispered to Tails.
"Sorry I couldn't do more" Tails breathed in defeat.
"It's ok, thanks anyway" Cream responded with her usual smile.
A soft silence set across them for a minute.
Cream was watching Cheese slowly breath when she thought of something to change topics to.
"So my mom says I can start dating once i'm ten."
"Really?" Tails turned to her in surprise.
"And well..." Cream began to sound nervous.
Tails looked on, beginning to feel nervous as well.
"Could... could you..." Cream kept trailing off, still uncertain.
Tails sat there, worry and concern on his face with a mingle of hope.
"Could you... help me ask him?" Cream finally managed to say.
Tails turned his head down for just a second.
"If you don't want to..." Cream began to say.
"No, i'll help" Tails said giving her a smile.
"ALRIGHT!" Cream exclaimed cheerily.
"My birthday is in a few days so can you take this to Charmy?" Cream pulled out a small envelope.
Tails took the letter with an odd feeling.
"It's and invitation, oh and I have one for you too!" Cream handed him another one with his name on it.
"Thanks, you're one of my best friends Tails" Cream hugged him softly.
"Choo Choo" Cheese pipped up from between them.
"And you're another" Cream said giving Cheese his own hug.
Tails took a moment to look at the envelopes.
The soft paper folded over into an envelope was adorned with sloping letters, looping swirls of gold, and a soft flower print for backing.
His name stood out in gold on the one, Charmy's on the other.
His hands ran over the paper as he weighed the two, identical except in the intent behind them.
For just a minute, his stomach felt odd again, but soon he was pulled from his thoughts.
"See you there Tails!" Cream called as she and Cheese exited the house.
"Bye" Tails said as if on auto-pilot.
"Bye" Cream yelled back, waving as she ran.
Cream felt her feet grow sore again and soon she resorted to her ears, granting her legs a reprieve.
Cheese flew after her eagerly, home beckoning them.
"Thanks Tails, you're a good friend" Cream thought as she continued on her way.
(…)
Plastic and metal crashed softly against it's other half.
Electrical currents stopped for a split second before Vanilla picked up the phone again.
Her fingers hooked a wheel, forcing it's way to painted numbers.
Several times she did this until raising the phone to her head.
A clear ringing could be heard from the other end.
Vanilla smiled as it repeated itself from the phone.
A click came followed by a young voice.
"Chaotix Detective Agency"
"Hello Dear, Ms. Vanilla calling." She said with a smile on her end.
"Oh, hi there. VECTOR, IT'S FOR YOU!" Charmy responded before yelling to the crocodile.
"Show some respect" Vanilla heard from the other end.
"Uhm, Hello Ms. 'Nilla, What can we do for you?" Vector cleared his throat before picking up the phone.
"Hello Vector, I have a job for you and the boys." Vanilla found herself smiling.
"Something gone missing?" Vector asked with a hint of excitement.
"Oh no, I actually need a different service from you."
"Hmm? uh... what did you have in mind." The crocodile was glad that you can't blush through a phone.
"Do you still have that band?" Vanilla asked looking around to make sure Cream wasn't home yet.
Vector looked back over his shoulder at the bend mic stand and cluttered 'Stage' in the corner.
"Yes we do? Is this a possible gig?" Vector responded.
"Well, Cream's birthday is coming up and I wanted entertainment and I thought having a band would be perfect."
"Of course we'll play, glad you thought of us. What day did you say it was?" Vector smiled brightly.
"Four days, this thursday. What will your fee be?"
Vector scratched his head, "No fee, this one's on the house."
Espio walked into the room at those words.
"Bye, see you thursday" Vector said as he hung up the phone.
"That was Vanilla wasn't it?" Espio asked Vector.
"Uh well..." Vector felt his cold blood collect in his face.
"YEAH" Charmy yelled from the other room to answer Espio.
The chameleon just began to shake his head.
"Hey, i'm the boss here, cut that out" Vector tried to recover his pride.
Espio smiled for a second before shaking his head again then fading from sight.
"Hey! Get back here, we have to practice!" Vector yelled.
"For what?" Charmy asked as he buzzed back into the room.
Espio came back into view as he stuck to the wall.
"We are playing a gig on thursday, so we need to practice." Vector said tossing Charmy his drum.
Espio seemed to concentrate for a minute before pulling his shamisen from seemingly nowhere.
"So Vanilla got us a gig?" Charmy asked.
"Yep, and it's a very special occasion, we'll all have to do our best!" Vector said proudly.
"So... what is it?" Espio asked as he tuned his instrument.
Vector looked at the chameleon as he stood on the wall.
"What... what is it..." Vector trailed off embarassed.
"Yes Vector, where are we playing?" Espio pushed further.
"We uh... we're playing at Cream's birthday..." Vector finally answered.
He stood there for a minute, his friends and co-workers just looking at him.
"What's with the looks!" Vector finally yelled.
Charmy just started laughing so hard he struggled to stay airborne.
Espio just faded from sight, his shamisen just left to float in the air.
Vector blushed, standing there getting looks from the two.
"Cut it out, it's time to get to work!"
(…)
Heh... sorry... very sorry...
I was sick today... and well...
If normally I am Crazy... then when i'm not feeling myself... i'm well... sane...
For me... it's kinda boring... and well... I couldn't really get this chapter as up as soon as I wanted.
But uh... well... I started to feel better on and off again so there are some parts where my insanity popped back in.
Mainly in the beginning.
Yeah... the uh... gutter trickery... heh...
Well... I uh...
Look, I don't plan on those kind of stories so uh, just take your head from the gutter... even if I put it there...
What! It was funny... right..
Also, i've been having the problem with the fact that I just don't do Vanilla all that well.
Hopefully I can change that before the end of this story thought.
Anyway... i'm starting to feel worse again so uh... so long for now.
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Till Next Time.
- One Psychopathic Maniacal Fox