Me: Hey everyone! I got chapter 3 up!
Sonic: And in that time in between, how have things been for you? You seem stressed.
Me: I'm fine really. Just a little rushed at work. But then I spent time with my baby nephew, and we had fun.
Amy: What do you and your nephew do, AK?
Me: Oh he likes baseball. Man you should have seen him cheer when the Giants won the world series. God that was a good night.
Sonic: Does he like anything else besides baseball?
Me: Well he seems to be a big fan of YOU.
Shadow: You got a three year old kid addicted to Sonic's games?
Me: Yep. I even taught him the names of all you guys and everything.
Knuckles: I'm sorry. But is there a reason you're talking about this instead of introducing the chapter?
Me: So I like to let people know how I'm doing. Is that such a crime? I didn't think so. But you're right. Who's up for it this time? NOT IT!
Everyone: NOT IT!
Rouge: Huh. Oh well. Might as well use my new voice. AK only owns the plot of this story. He owns none of the characters. How was that? Perfect?
Me: It's just the chapter intro, Rouge. In fact I'm pretty certain most people find this part irrelevant and unnecessary.
Tails: So then…why do you do it?
Me: I don't know. I just always have. But who gives a crap? Enjoy chapter 3 everyone!
Don't Stop Believin'
Chapter 3: Some Will Win, Some Will Lose
(Sonic's House; 5:30 PM)
It was the same evening. And Sonic was impatiently pacing back and forth around his house waiting for the phone to ring so Cream could tell him her status. Never in his life had he been this anxious to hear his phone ring. Usually whenever someone called him, it was usually an obsessed fangirl other than Amy just calling to hear this voice. And Sonic said the same thing every time. He asked them how they got his number and they responded with,
"My heart knew what it was."
It was one of the stupidest lines he had ever heard and he knew it was a lie. Amy was the one who coined it. Even Knuckles being as stupid as he is would know that. Sonic always suspected that Shadow gave his number to those girls just to screw with him. But he had no proof so he could never call him on it. But oh well. It's just a day in the life.
But still, he was worried about Amy. He would never openly admit this to anyone, even Tails who he considered to be his brother. But if he had to choose which crazed fangirl he considered to be his favorite, it had to be Amy. He thought that was a little weird to have a favorite fangirl. It was kind of like saying you're in love with someone who stalks you. Which is also kind of what it's like with him and Amy. But she was more fangirl than stalker. And for that, he was thankful. But he did find it creepy when he spotted her peeping through his window once a month in the night.
But still, all the creepy stuff aside, the two of them were friends. And for the work that she pulled of putting Shadow and Tikal together, she actually deserved this date. But how could there be a date if she never tells him where or when it's gonna be?
"Come on, Cream. How late does Miss Vanilla let you stay out anyways? You're six. I thought you would be home by now."
*RING RING*
Before it could ring again, Sonic already had his hand on the phone and had it up to his ear.
"Talk to me, Cream."
"Hey, Sonikku."
He froze. Only one girl called him that. And it certainly wasn't Cream.
"Amy?"
"That's my name."
Sonic was shocked to hear her voice. But he was also relieved to know she was alright.
"Where have you been the past week? I've been worried about you."
And of course that was enough to make her girly.
"I knew you cared about me, Sonic!"
Sonic slapped his forehead.
"Oh why? WHY did I have to say it like that?"
Now he had to correct himself to set it straight.
"Easy there, Amy. I'm just saying I thought Eggman got hold of you again and I thought you'd need to be rescued. But still…where've you been?"
"I've been cooped up in my room trying to figure out where to go on our date. And guess what? I've got it all planned out. You wanna hear?"
"Umm…sure."
Sonic braced himself for whatever Amy had planned. What was it gonna be? A shopping trip to the mall? A Celine Dion concert?
"I've made reservations for us at Café Lemoore. 7:00 on Friday night."
What? That was it? Just dinner? Sonic was relieved but also surprised at the plan. Nothing girly whatsoever. Just a nice dinner with just the two of them. He could do that.
"That sounds…just fine, Amy. Sure. I'll be there. Need someone to pick you up. Like me for instance?"
"No. It's alright. Miss Vanilla will drive me."
"Alright then. See you there."
"Great." But Amy remembered something before they hung up. "Oh and Sonic?"
"Yeah?"
"Café Lemoore is the fanciest restaurant in Station Square. So dress nice. Bye!"
Those words made Sonic freeze right up again. The two words he hated almost as much as he hated Eggman.
"Dress nice".
Sonic HATED clothes. His body was all fur. That's why none of the guys wore clothes. None of them liked the feeling of a shirt messing up their fur. They only wore shoes. The girls on the other hand HAD to wear clothes because of…well I'm sure that's pretty obvious. Knuckles even remarked once that he thought Rouge doesn't wear enough clothes.
But back with Sonic, he had no desire to dress nice. But Amy had all the shots called on this date, so he had to abide by her rules. But he would rather burn a suit before he wore one. This made a problem arise. He had no clothes of any kind, much less anything to wear to a nice place like Café Lemoore.
He needed to get his hands some nice clothes. And fast. It was already Wednesday. He had two days. Well, technically one and a half since this day was half-over. He went to his room and grabbed a few bucks out of a drawer in his nightstand. He always kept a few wads of money around in case he ever needed it. And unfortunately for him, he was going to blow one of them on clothes. He was probably going to have to use another one to pay for that dinner. Café Lemoore was a great place to go. But it was expensive.
Tucking the roll of bills behind his long quills, he took off for the mall. It was the closest place he knew that sold clothes for Mobians. He had to walk when he entered because there were too many people around to run at full speed. He found a men's department store and walked into it. He asked one of the clerks to tell him where the nice clothes section was. The clerk pointed him to the back of the store and that's where the hedgehog went.
He found blazers, pants, shoes, there was no way e was any other shoes but the red sneakers he loved so very very much. Black shoes were not him. The only one of them who might be able to pull off black shoes is Shadow because his fur is black.
"This is gonna be harder than I thought. Should I go full on tux? Or just wear a jacket and hope she likes it?"
Also, another reason Sonic himself hated clothes. He shares this reason with Shadow and Silver. They have spikes coming out of their backs. It's kind of hard to find a nice jacket to wear when you have spikes in your back that tear holes in it. It was a growing problem for all Mobian hedgehogs today.
But then Sonic went on a bit further to spot something. It was in the section that had the most up-to-date stuff in that section.
There were Mobian sized tuxes. And some of them even had special holes cut out in the back just in case the buyer happened to be a hedgehog.
"Wow. They actually made this. Dammit."
A tall human serviceman walked over to Sonic.
"Can I help you with anything, sir?"
Sonic looked up and nodded.
"Yeah. Do all these right here have to be bought as one whole suit or can I buy them one piece at a time?"
If you mean, can you take the jacket off a tux and by it separately, then no."
Sonic frowned.
"Ah. Alright, thanks."
The man nodded and walked off. But then someone else came up.
"Sonic?"
He stood straight up and his back went stiff. He looked up with very nervous eyes.
"Please don't be Tails. Please don't be Tails. PLEASE don't be Tails."
"Sonic?"
He slowly tuned to the right and….
"Dammit. It's Tails."
His little brother was there in the store and he had his cyan eyes locked on Sonic with very much surprise.
"Should I ask why you're here?"
"Please don't." Sonic begged.
"Too late. Why are you here looking at clothes?"
Sonic sighed. But then he thought of a way to change the subject.
"I'll tell. But you first. Why are you in here?"
Tails had nothing to hide.
"I was buying some new tools for my shop when I saw you come in. But then I saw you come in here."
Well that plan backfired. He sighed again and explained himself.
"Amy finally called me with the time and place for the date. Café Lemoore. 7:00 on Friday. But she also asked me to, 'dress nice'."
Tails smirked and chuckled.
"I knew there would be a catch with whatever she had in her head. But to make you wear clothes, that has to be low for you."
"Don't remind me. You know none of us guys can stand clothes."
"But Amy has total power over this date. So if she wants you to dress up, than you have to dress up."
Sonic rubbed his forehead.
"Could you please help me out so I can get the hell out of here? I'd would much rather be in one of Eggman's prison cells than here."
Tails thought of something right there.
"Sure I'll help you out. But then afterwards I'm gonna be left with the clear memory of seeing you in a store looking for nice clothes. And I'm not sure I'm gonna be able to keep that secret."
That tone. He knew that kind of tone. He got it from Rouge.
"Are you blackmailing me?" Sonic asked.
"Yes I am."
"But…but why?"
"Honestly, I'm bored. The Tornado is running perfectly and when I saw you, I thought, "Hey. Let's screw with Sonic a bit."
Sonic thought of the first thing that would buy him off.
"I'll get you a Chaos Emerald. Will that shut you up?"
"Well it would. But I know for a fact that you won't get one."
What? Tails did know who he was talking to. Right? He was smiling too.
"What do you mean? I can go and find one in less than five minutes."
"No you can't."
"Yes I can."
"Can't."
"Can."
"Can't."
"Can!"
"Can't!"
"Why not?"
"Because if you recall correctly, Shadow has all of them. And I highly doubt that he would give one to you just like that."
Sonic sweatdropped. He totally forgot. One week ago when Shadow and Tikal got hooked up, Shadow had used all seven Emeralds to go Super for Tikal. And he still had them.
So Sonic had to think of something else.
"Alright. What do you want?"
Tails already had his answer ready.
"Help me ask out Cream."
Ask out Cream? Sonic thought he was going to ask for money or something. But this was news.
"Since when do you want to go out with Cream?"
"Don't ask don't tell anyone about this or I'll go public with what I see in front of me."
"Hmph. Fine. I'll see what I can do. Now can you help me out here?"
Tails and Sonic shook on the agreement and then they both looked around at the selections. Tails had been around Café Lemoore a few times. He said that he saw Mobian males wearing full on tuxes every time he went by. So Sonic decided to go full on too. He tried on a few before deciding on an all black tux with a white undershirt and a black bowtie. He despised the way it felt on his fur. But it was only for one night. He could live through that. And Amy would kill him if he showed up in his famous natural look.
But another problem was the store he was in, didn't do rentals. So he had to actually buy the thing full time. And it was a hefty amount. But he paid it anyway and went home leaving Tails there to finish up his tool shopping.
Friday was right around the corner. Would Sonic be able to survive it?
Me: And that's it for chapter 3.
Sonic: Oh yeah. I forgot to ask you, how far are you on Sonic Colors?
Me: Oh I've already beaten the whole thing. I actually just recently unlocked Super Sonic.
Tails: Oh yeah I've heard about that. How is it?
Me: It's really cool. But it kinda defeats the purpose when you've already beaten the game entirely.
Sonic: Who cares? I'm yellow, I'm glowing, and I'm awesome.
Amy: And hot too.
Me: Okay then. I'll get chapter four up soon. Until then, peace bitches.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!