"You lost hun?" A bat er cat er... girl asked.

"Yeah a little," I responded sheeply.

"Who's your next class?" She asked.

"Language arts with Mrs. Derawl," I replied.

"That's so weird! I have her next. C'mon or we'll be late. My name is Rouge by the way," she motioned for me to follow her.

"My name is Cosmo," I said as I slid past a group of people in the hallway, trying to keep up with Rouge.

"Ohhhh so you're the girl Amy was telling me so much about," Rouge opened the door and walked into the room with me following.

"I guess that would be me," I smiled.

"Come over here. I have to introduce you to someone. Oh Knucky!" A red echidna, I believe, looked up from his paper when Rouge called him.

"Yeah, what? Bat," he looked back down at his paper.

"Meet my new friend, Cosmo. Don't be scared of little Knucky, he won't hurt you," she laughed.

"Nice to meet you Cosmo. My name is Knuckles NOT Knucky," he said Knucky in a baby-like voice imitating how Rouge said it.

"Nice to meet you too," I smiled. I am really scared of him, but I would rather be on his good side.

"Don't be mean to little Knucky or he'll give you a knuckle sandwich," Rouge laughed and then made a baby face.

"Shut up Rouge!" Knuckels stood up.

"Whoa calm down big boy," Rouge said while putting her hands up.

"Alright everyone take your seats," Mrs. Derawl walked in. Rouge sat next to Knuckles and I sat next to Rouge. I didn't mind our seats at all. She was teaching the whole time, so I didn't get any time to talk to Rouge or Knuckles. Since we finished early we got to talk for 5 minutes.

"Was the lesson too hard for my wittle Knucky head?" Rouge said in a baby voice.

"No, Rouge, it wasn't. Go be batty somewhere else," Knuckles looked extremely annoyed.

"Awwwww I'm sowy. Did I hurt poor wittle Knuckys' feelings?" Rouge fluttered her eyelashes. All Knuckles did was roll his eyes and look away from Rouge. She leaned in and whispered to me," He's just trying to act cool, but he's a real softy at heart."

"I heard that!" I swear I saw steam come out of his ears. The bell rang and the whole class jumped up and ran down the hall, except Rouge, Knuckles and I.

"Why is everyone in such a hurry?" I ask.

"It's lunch," Knuckles responded.

"Oh," I sighed.

"Do you want to sit with us?" Rouge asked.

"You two sit at the table with Tails, Cream, Amy and Sonic, right?" I ask.

"Yep! C'mon or we'll be late!" Rouge started to run. Knuckles and I followed behind her. Soon it turned into a race. Rouge won, but Knuckles insisted that he did. As soon as we entered the cafeteria I started to get claustrophobic. It was packed!

"Where do you guys normally sit?" I had to scream over the lot of kids.

"Over here! Follow me!" Rouge yelled back. I followed her until we got to the outside portion of the cafeteria. At a table I saw Cream, Amy and Sonic. Sonic waved and Knuckles sat by him.

"Where's Tails?" I ask Rouge.

"Who knows! He's probably still in there trying to push through the crowd of people," Rouge shrugged it off like it was no big deal.

"Hi Cosmo!" Yelled a voice I recognized as Cream.

"Hey Cream! Hi Amy!" I waved and smiled to both of them. They motioned for me to go and sit with them. I glanced into the cafeteria one more time and didn't see Tails so I went over to Cream and Amy and sat down.

"Where's Tails?" I ask.

"He's usually late since he has to buy the lunch here," Cream replied.

"Why? Do you have a," Amy giggled than whispered,"crush on him?"

"I beg your pardon," I say.

"You don't know what having a crush on somebody means?" Amy asked in astonishment.

"No. Why? Should I know what it means?" I ask.

"Yes you should know what it means! Especially in high school!" Amy said.

"Then what it is?"

"It's when you like somebody, but you try to not make it that obvious. Almost like it's embarrassing that you like them," Cream explained.

"Oh. You mean love?"

"No. Love is stronger. Think of a crush like when you love somebody, but the person that you love doesn't know about it," Cream added on to her description.

"Oh I think I get it now! No I don't have a... Crush... On Tails," I replied.

"Speaking of Tails, look at who finally decides to show up!" Amy exclaimed.

"Hey guys! The line was unusually long today. Hi Cosmo!" He smiled at me.

"Hey," I smiled back. Cream nudged me then giggled. "What?" Cream shook her head and kept giggling.

"Can I sit next to you Cosmo?" Tails asked while pointing to the seat on my right.

"Sure!" I exclaimed.

"Thanks," Tails sat down. Cream nudged me again. I looked at her and she winked. I do NOT have a crush on Tails! Or do I? I look over at Tails who is now in a conversation with Sonic. They are talking about a machine of some sort. I never really noticed how blue his eyes are. They look like the picture of an ocean that's hanging on my wall. I've never really been to one before.

"Hey Cosmo, Amy, Rouge and I are having a slumber party at my place on Friday night. You're welcome to come," Cream snapped me out of my haze.

"Huh? Oh, uh, sure! I'd love to... If it's ok with my sister I mean," I reply.

"Ok text me if you can," Cream handed me a slip of paper with her, Amy and Rouges' numbers on it.

"Thanks," I took the piece of paper and put it in my bag.

"No problem! Hope you can come!" Cream said.

"Me too," I mumbled. What would my sisters' boyfriend think of this?