Disclamier: I do not own Sonic the hedgehog
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Cream sighed sadly,
"How in chaos did I get dragged into all of this?" she muttered to herself.
She currently sat on a bus on the way to the famous Emerald gardens shopping centre, to shop for 'non trampy' clothes. She knew that Rouge would deem the outfit she was wearing not good enough and sigh and roll her eyes and consistantly stare at her with a pained expression until they departed. She liked it though, dark blue baggy jeans with a red hoody and some nike trainers which she has scrubbed extra hard with a wet wipe to try and reduce the mud.
Her thoughts drifted to Amy and Rouge. Her helpers. Yeah right..
She knew it was mostly Rouge and Amy was being dragged along because well... Cream knew for a fact that Rouge didn't actually want to be alone with her. Amy was just there ticket to non awkwardness.
Rouge certainly knew what she was doing, or looked like she did.
And then there was Amy, she always had so much going on. She was always on her phone or laughing and giggling about something and her social life seem to be her only life. There was so much drama with Amy and her friends outside the sonic team (which no longer exsisted since Eggman retirement) Cream had the pleasure of meeting some of Amy's friends, her closest one being Penny. Amy worked as a bartender at some bar somewhere, which explains all the connections she has.
Cream was snapped out of her thoughts when she jerked forward at the bus's sudden halt, It took her moment to realise that this was her stop and hurried out the door.
The bus drove off and Cream instantly felt the cold. It was the middle of november, yesterday had been fairly hot by chance but people were brought back to the harsh reality of winter.
Cream smiled at the thought of it snowing has she walked towards across the road to the shopping centre. Walking to the food shop with her mum because the car refused to work in such conditions and drinking hot chocolate when they got in or frolicking around with the neighbours kids.
"And better still," she thought slyly, "I bet you couldn't do much flirting or shopping when theres 5 inches of snow on the ground."
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"Ahh there she is," Rouge grinned, "And on time too!"
Rouge was dressed in her glittery glory, much to Cream's dismay. Purple heels with a glittery purple halter and white jeans.
"Wheres Amy?" Cream asked.
Rouge pointed over to a near by fountain, Amy was talking to Wave.
"I can't believe Mina would say something like that," Amy gushed, "And to Fiona too!"
"I know right! And it's all over Scourge, ugh," Wave said in disgust, shifting her postion into a typical teenage pose, all her weight on to one hip with her arms crossed, "Scourge isn't even worth fighting over, I mean he's not even hot, he's creepy, he looks like a rapist to me, apparently he grabbed Sally's ass," she continued.
"That's so gross!" Amy cried.
"I know right, but I bet Sally liked it." Wave responded primly.
"You think?" Amy aske curiously.
"Yeah well obviously, Sally is like the towns bike. Everyones had a ride, I mean I heard that she even did it with Shade, just for fun, she wanted to do it with a girl to see what it was like," Wave snorted.
Cream cringed in disgust although she knew the statement was unlikely to be true, Rouge wasn't listening just staring at her phone screen. It was turned off, she'd forgotten her compact mirror and she needed to look at herself at least every half an hour or so.
"Umm Rouge.." Cream said tapping her arm.
"Yeah?"
"I need to be home by 3."
"Huh? Oh right!" she said sliding her phone back into her pocket, "Amy! Hurry up, Cream needs to be in by 3!"
A couple of pre-tweens past them and gave Rouge a weird look, the leader sniggered and muttered something to her crew which made them all laugh a bit too loudly and wildly so it looked fake,
"Run along to your mummies kiddies, it's not safe to walk around without an adult," she said in mock concern.
The girls scowled and flounced off.
"I'm here," Amy said smiling, "Sorry, I was just catching up with Wave."
Amy wore a white long sleeved top, a brown bodywarmer, royal blue jeggings and black uggs with her hair done in a braid down her left side.
"I can't stand Wave," Rouge sniffed.
"Wave can't stand you," Amy said matter-of-factly.
"She's jealous of my looks and because Jet keeps flirting with me," Rouge declared flicking her white hair back with a flurish.
"No, because you pushed her off her air board in a race," Amy said in the same tone.
Rouge sighed,
"Shut. up."
"I'm just saying-"
"Shut up!"
Amy sighed and the trio walked around in silence, until Rouge broke it.
"Oh this is the perfect store for you! Come on!" Rouge cried and dragged her into a stylish looking store called 'Unique origins'.
The shop was kinda small, it was red with black crown patterns on the wall with multiple mirrors. Cream dreaded mirrors, not wanting to see what she looked like knowing it would make her paranoid. Out of site, out of mind was her opinion.
Rouge has sprung into action, lobbing a pair of black skinny jeans with silver crowns on the pockets and a red button up blouse with black heart buttons and some red flat. Amy had handed her a pearl necklace and a red hair ribbon.
"Um girls," Cream began.
"What?" Amy asked.
"Where a bit busy picking you non trampy clothes," Rouge finished.
"All these clothes look really nice, and expensive.."
Rouge sighed as she locked through a pile of clothes and picked out a navy sweater with purple hearts all over it,
"I said I'd pay for everything," she said as Amy threw her over a cupcake necklace, "Didn't I Amy? Didn't I say that?"
"Yes, Rouge you said that," she reasurred.
"Yes, I remember but-"
"Trust me hun, all that stuff you got there, I get 4 times as my pocket money. So don't worry, stop whining and let me spoil you."
"She won't take no for an answer," Amy added.
"That's right. God you act like getting stuff without doing anything is bad," she scoffed.
"Actually," she started as a scarf hit her face, "I feel a lot better when I've worked for something, it's makes me appreciate it more."
"Yeah yeah whatever saint Cream," Rouge said, "We're done anyway, that's enough from this store I think."
"For this store!" Cream thought.
The 3 girls made there way to a checkout where Rouge swiped her credit card proudly and smiled in satisfaction when they were out of the store and Cream was holding two shopping bags.
Cream felt a little weird though, it was like that time a couple years back when her super rich, posh grandma had decided to get in touch finally after 9 years and she had litterally broke the bank on Cream, thinking she was like most 9 year olds who could be brought. Little Cream knew better though and refused to go shopping with her again which made the elder rabbit look down her nose at her and ironically deem her 'stuck up'.
"You can wear that to my party tonight," Rouge smiled smugly.
"What party?" Cream asked dreading the answer, hoping that she meant a little get together with her, Amy and a very few amount of other people.
"My super banging extreme house party of course!"
Cream paled,
"It's gonna be jokes!" Rouge said excitedly.
"And everyones going to be there! Sonic, Knuckles, Mina, Charmy, Vector, Tails, Wave, Shade and well the list goes on and on, but you get the idea," Amy said with equal excitment.
"Did she just say...Tails?" Cream thought.
"And it will be a great chance to impress Tails," Rouge winked.
"Yep, she did."
"Do I have to come?"
"Of course," Rouge cried.
"You make it sound like you don't want to come," Amy said like the idea was an alien concept.
"Trust me Cream, you haven't lived until you've come to one of my house parties!" Rouge boasted.
"Haha can you remember last time, when your neighbours called the police," Amy giggled.
"Police?" Cream squeaked.
"And all that sweet beer!" Rouge hooted.
"Beer?" Cream squeaked.
"Don't worry Cream, were not gonna make you drink any beer," Amy said squeezing her shoulder.
"Yeah," Rouge scoffed, "We won't."
"Oh yeah..." Amy said softly.
"What?" Cream said anxiously.
She hadn't drunk beer before, and she didn't want to, she was happy being a 'good girl'. The thought of breaking the law seemed so scary.
"Chanel Breaker.." Rouge said.
"One of me and Rouge's meutral friend," Amy added.
"Yeah, and?"
"Everyone knows her, she's like a celeb only not a celeb," Rouge said.
Cream just stared at them both,
"I'm not getting no where...Can you please just cut to the point!"
Amy sighed,
"Chanel is the meanist, cruelist most popular girl like..ever! She has a super rich dad and her mums like a WAG. She always comes to Rouge's parties and she's the one that always causes havoc. If she sees that you're not drinking any alcohol she'll pounce on you and turn everyone against you...and you're a pretty easy target anyway, no offense."
"Fine! Then I just won't come," Cream said firmly.
"No, you're coming," Rouge said, "You just gotta ditch the innocent little girl act, theres gonna be so many cool people at my party!"
Cream let out a sigh,
"You're scared I'll embarass you?"
"No!...yes, but I'm saying it for you're benefit too! This is an expirence for you! You're getting out for once instead of staying at home with mummy!"
"Rouge!" Amy cried.
"What? She has to be told! She's fourteen! Fourteen! She has no social life what so ever for god sake! she shouted attracting attention.
Cream got really angry this time,
"How dare she!" she thought.
"For your information Rouge, I like staying at home with mummy! She's the only thing I've got, I haven't got any friends! At school, no one even talks to me! I don't have any friends to go out with! Yeah maybe it is my fault for being shy or unsocialble but everythings ok when I go home and my mum's waiting for me!"
Rouge mouth hung open,
"Unlike you! I bet you have no relationship with your parents at all! You probably go to them for money and that's it! You don't care after that! They might as well just be two cash machines, two objects that you use!"
"W-well yeah, maybe I'm not as close to my parents as I should be but..." she trailed off scratching the back of her neck nervously.
Amy looked nervous and hopped on one leg to the other as if she needed to pee,
"So you do realise! But you don't care!" Cream shouted.
Rouge sighed,
"No not really, it's the way they brung me up I guess..."
"They brung you up to only value the material things and always judge people! By the way dress or there hair or maybe there body or maybe how much money they have!"
"So I like nice clothes..." she said winding a snowy lock round her matching finger.
"It's not just that! It's all you think about! These last couple of days you've mentioned my clothes so many times! I dress like this for two reasons! One because I feel comfortable in them and two because I don't care how I look, as long as I'm nice in the inside I'm fine! I don't even want to look in mirrors because I just don't care! But with you..everytime we pass a shop window you have to have a little look! Just how gorgeous you are! And you know it and that's all you care about, that's where all you confidence comes from! A bet if you were some hideous old hag, you wouldn't be such an ego maniac! It doesn't come from inside of you! It comes from the fact that you know that all the boys are staring and that all the girls are jealous!"
Cream huffed and blew a strand of beige hair from her face.
Rouge bit her lip and looked sideways, willing for people to stop staring. Amy was toying with her phone, letting her hair sheild her face.
Cream just glared,
"And don't worry, I won't embarass you either..I won't be coming!"
And she turned on her heels and stalked off.
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Cream huffed again as she stepped on to the bus and found a seat at the back. Why was she still angry? She had got all that off her chest and still she wanted to punch the elderly couple infront of her for just rambling on about what they were having for dinner tonight.
What made her even more angry was that she had walked out with the shopping bags, it would've been a lot more dramatic if she had thrown them on the floor. She was so caught up on telling Rouge off that she forgot they were in her hands and walked out the mall with them. She couldn't begin to imagine what that looked like. Emotionly breaking the white mobain women and then running off with the clothes she had brought her.
Cream sighed again and rested her head in her hand and felt a pang of guilt.
"I'm sure she'll bounce back and become her usual arrogant self again, I bet she isn't even upset. Probably just getting ready for her 'super banging extreme houseparty'." she thought.
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MEANWHILE...
"I can't believe she would say such things," Rouge sniffed as she shoved another crispy cream doughnut that they brought on the way back as soon as Rouge shock wore off and her anger faded and her depression settled.
Amy sighed and nibbled at a doughnut contently.
"I mean..it wouldn't be so bad..*sniffle* but everythings she said was so...true!" and she broke out into fresh tears, burying her head in her pillow.
Amy rubbed her back absently,
"Thanks alot Cream, now I've gotta deal with her. Uggh she's so annoying when she's like this," she thought.
"Come on Rouge, it's only 3 hours until your party, let's get ready."
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As soon as Cream arrived home she ran upstairs, chucked her bags next to her wardrobe, sat on her bed and pouted.
She sighed, her anger was higher now. She had just realised what Rouge had said to her was true. Everyone fourteen year old girl needed friends, but she didn't even have one person she could consider remotely a friend . She had no social life. And she hadn't realised it until now, but it bothered her.
She grabbed her red diary and fluffy blue pen and flipped to an empty page.
Dear Diary
Social lifes are things you create for yourselves. They don't just happen. You have to work to create one and they can be enjoyable. But the trick is to not let your social life
Cream paused and her eyes lit up with realisation,
become your only life. Rouge's social life is to big and mine is too small. We both need to find a balance to be happy.
She closed the book and eyed the bags near her wardrobe.
"Mum can I go to a party!" she called.
"What time!"
"9:00!"
"To what!"
"Like 11:00!"
"No way! I'm not having my baby partying until 11:00! Who's party is it!"
"Rouge's!"
"Nuh uh! No way, sorry Cream! Theres just no way!"
Cream sighed and rolled her eyes.
"I'll show Rouge! I'll prove her wrong, I'll show her just how fun and sociable I can be, I'll make her eat her words." she whispered
Cream emptied the bags onto the floor and searched through them. Finding some black skinny jeans and a white sparkley tank top and some red shiny flats.
Her mum was downstairs watching some comedy program, by the sounds of it.
She sighed and tip toed into her mothers room, grabbed her curling iron that she hadn't used for so long and some of her make-up.
She squealed as she heard her mothers footsteps come up the stairs and ran in her room, shutting the door behind her.
"Ok how hard can all this stuff be?" she said holding up the curling wand with a small smile.
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Amy did a little spin in the mirror and smiled. She wore black high heeled ankle boots with white knee high socks and a white pleated plaid mini skirt with black lace at the bottom and stopped around her upper thigh with a sleeveless white shirt, her hair was done up in a messy high ponytail and she wore little makeup.
She turned round to see Rouge was slumped on the bed.
"Rouge!"
"What?" she said her mouth full of doughnut.
"You said you were getting ready!"
"Mmmm," she groaned frowning, "Call of the party."
"It's 30 minutes before the party! How am I meant to do that!"
Rouge groaned something inaudiable,
"What!" Amy shouted.
"Don't shout!" she whimpered.
She sighed,
"Excuse me Rouge," she said in a soft cute voice, "but um what did you say?"
"I said find a way!" Rouge shouted angrily.
Amy gasped and jumped back.
"Chaos," the pink hedgehog muttered and rolled her eyes.
"Rouge.." she began in her normal tone, "Can you imagine the shame Chanel would put you to when she finds out you canceled your party?"
Rouge looked alarmed and stared at the girl standing in front of her curled up form on the floor.
"Huh?"
"Ya' know...the facebook statues, the blackberry pms, the tweets...she might even post a video on youtube about it, she might even make up a story as to why you canceled..." she said flicking her hair back.
Rouge blinked before getting up and running over to her closet, she swung it open and her eyes sparkled, grinning like a chesire cat.
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Cream smiled.
She was dressed in her jeans, top and shoes with her hair curled so it hung above her shoulders with black eyeshadow, mascara and lipgloss.
"Now, for phase 2."
Cream ripped a page out of her maths book and grabbed a pen from her bedside table,
Dear Mum
I've gone to Rouge's party.
Sorry x 999,99999999999
Love from Cream
She grasped the paper in her hand and tip toed down stairs, holding her breath, afraid to breathe. Fully grown rabbits had 10 times the senses of any other mobian species, so the slightest slip up and she would be grounded faster than you could say 'Epic fail.' Of course she was going to be anyway, she was just glad her mother didn't know Rouge address.
Cream heard heavy breathing from the living room, she peaked round to see her pretty, young looking mother asleep on the sofa, her arms crossed and her back straight.
"No, I'm totally single..A MILF? Oh you charmer," she heard her mother mutter in her sleep.
Cream sniggered and threw a hand over her mouth, she put the note on the coffee table located in the hall and grabbed her black duffel coat from the beg. She took a deep breathe and opened the door cautiously and shut it gently.
Rouge only lived a couple of streets away, so hopefully she wasn't going to be too late.
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"Aaaaand," she grabbed a silver bangle and slipped on her wrist, "done!"
Rouge was dressed in a black mini dress with a grey cropped short sleeved jacket and sliver heels, she had straightened her hair so it went to her shoulders and wore lots of make-up.
"I feel much better now!" she said tucking a strand of pale hair behind her large ear and grinning showing off her straight teeth which matched her fur.
Amy giggled as the door bell rung,
"You go get it Ames.." Rouge said pouting and posing in the mirror.
"It's your house!" she scoffed.
"Just go, be a good girl, run along," she said in a prim tone.
"Her mode depends on the way she dresses. Heh, I can't imagine what she'd be like on her wedding day.." Amy thought as she made her way down the stairs.
She opened the door and rolled her eyes,
"Hi Fiona," she muttered, looking her up and down, she wore a bright pink micro mini dress which showed off loads of cleavage and clashed painfully with her fur and thigh high white boots.
Fiona ignored her and stepped through,
"Where is everybody?"
Amy sighed,
"You're the first here..."
"Oh.. right.." she smiled fakely.
Amy pursed her lips before rushing upstairs,
"Who is it?"
"The slut," she muttered.
"Wave? Already?"
"No..Fiona," she said with venom.
"Oh no no no!"
"What!" Amy said, suprised at her friends sudden outburst.
"Don't leave her down there alone! She'll steal something!"
Amy raised an eyebrow,
"Pot kettle black?"
"Shut it missy! Just quickly go make her a drink or something!"
Amy sighed and walked out of her room,
"And don't do anything to it!" she shouted after her.
The door bell rang again,
"Oh thank Chaos!" she whispered relieved that she wouldn't have to be alone with Fiona for any longer.
She opened the door to see one of her bestfriends, Penny.
Penny was a bronze hedgehog with brown eyes and had meduim length hair which she wore on one side (her right) and black stylish glasses. She wore a white strapless top with black 3/4 lengths and white heels.
"Amy!"
"Penny!"
The two hugged each other and smiled making Fiona scoff.
"Hows you?" Penny smiled.
"I'm good! You never guess what Wave told me earlier today," Amy said widening her eyes and lowering her voice.
Amy proceded to tell Penny about her afternoon, repeating word for word what Wave had told her.
"No way!" Penny squealed.
"I know right!"
Fiona muttered a swear word and made her way into Rouge's fancy kitchen, she opened the fridge and found a bottle of champange,
"Ummm.." Amy said craning her neck, watching Fiona pour herself some of the expensive drink into the equally expensive crystal wine class with the elegant swirling design, she decided to leave her be and went back to Penny.
"Who is she?" Penny whispered making a face.
"Ugghh..Fiona."
"She looks so dumb, pink does not go with brown fur..No way. That's why I never wear it," Penny whispered to Amy all the same time eyeing the girl in the kitchen.
"Yeah, you're right."
"You're lucky Amy, your fur goes with everything. Oh except brown," she added quickly.
Amy giggled and grinned.
"Rouge! Are you gonna be much longer?" Amy shouted.
"No!" she shouted.
Suddenly there was a crash from the kitchen, Fiona had dropped the glass on the floor by accident and was gasping like she had been stuck underwater for 5 minutes.
"My boots! These cost 100 rings! Ohhhh," she whined, near tears.
"Amy! That better not have been one of my crystal wine glasses!" Rouge shouted.
Amy's eye widened,
"Um..no! It was one of your...glass ones!"
"It sounded like crystal breaking then!"
"No it was glass!"
Fiona and Penny stared at her,
"She's got like 3 more boxes of them things in her basement she's not gonna miss it," the young pink hedgehog said as she grabbed a broom and a dustpan.
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End of part 1
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