AUTHOR'S NOTE: I misspelled "lonely" on purpose. It sounds funny. If you've read this story, sorry for the lack of a new chapter. I'm a big ol' lazy bum. Go ahead, laugh. It's true!

Enjoy this slightly longer-than-the-last-three-chapters... Chapter! Looks like Mary and Tail's are getting' a bit more chummy, I'd say.

...Or maybe she wants to chop off his head with a toothbrush.

Who knows?

...Well, I do...

So...

Err...

CHAPTER.

Chapter 4: "It Was an Accident!"

Tails woke up the next day, well rested and well ready for anything, except for what he was about to see. Opening his eyes, Tails noticed he and Marigold were lying side-by-side, his arm over her. As he tried to get up, accidentally awaking her. With a fury that could easily match, if not shadow, Amy's, Mary yelled, "Aah! Tails, what exactly are you trying to do?" and jumped up from the couch.

"Sorry! I'm sorry! I didn't know I was doing anything!" Tails said as he looked at Mary and put his hands up defensively.

"Well... Heh... I guess we both kinda' fell asleep, huh?" Mary, blushing and lowering her voice, looked down at Tails still raising from his laying position.

"...Pizza... Sleep agents... Grease..." Tails muttered under his breath as he grunted and raised to a sitting position.

"...Mhmph!" Mary, hands over her mouth, began to snicker and giggle.

"What? What's wrong?" Tails, looking down at his torso, noticed a slice of greasy, cold, cheesy pizza stuck to his fur.

"Oh, man!" was all Tails said before jumping up, removing the pizza from himself, throwing It in the nearest wastebasket, and jogging towards the bathroom. Speaking to the giggling vixen over his shoulder, "I need to take a shower. Be right back, help yourself to the fridge."

Walking towards the large, metal makeshift refrigerator, Mary quickly looked herself over for any left-overs. Whew, I thought I might have had something on me for a minute! Mary thought to herself, I don't want to look as silly as Tails did, hehehe!

Taking an orange soda can of an unknown brand from the cool fridge and wiping the top off on her tail, Mary sat back down on the couch as she decided to watch a bit more television, when something out the window on the horizon caught her eye. What the Devil is that? Mary thought to herself as she started to flip through the channels, ignoring it. Looking out the window again, the couch-borne vixen noticed the blip to be getting bigger. What is that thing? It sure is fast... Mary again thought to herself, as suddenly the blip turned into a blue blur, and then that blue blur turned into a person, running faster than she had ever seen a person to run before. It's coming straight for me! Mary thought as the blur slowed down and looked to be a walking, blue hedgehog. A knock came from the door. Should I answer it? Mary thought to herself as she got up, Well, if that guy attacks me, I'm dead for sure, he's just too fast... Maybe it's one of Tails friends. I've seen my fair share of strange things around here these past few years. Slinking back from the door, Mary suddenly remembered who the blue hedgehog was, and thought to herself, Wait... It can't be!

Mary walked over to the door and opened it, to reveal a skinny blue hedgehog wearing a Hawaiian-type vest and a lei.

"Hellooo, and who do we have here?" the blue hedgehog looked over Mary with a quick glance.

"Hi there, my name's Mary. I bet ya' lookin' for Tails?" Mary said, smiling.

"That is what I'm here for." the hedgehog said as he walked in without being invited.

"And you are, Sonic, am I correct?"

"The Blue Blur himself, at your service."

It was at this time that Mary finally made the connection. She was at the house of the world-famous superhero Tails! Why hadn't I figured this out before? Mary thought. Friend and fellow crime fighter to the one and only Sonic the hedgehog, the captor of the infamous Dr. Robotnic! Trying not to show her surprise, Mary said "How come I haven't seen ya' around town savin' lives lately?" as she sat down on the couch again, taking a swig of the soda and placing one leg on top of the other. However, she was slightly lost in thought, Sonic was the one that saved me from the plane crash. I passed out, but I remember seeing him on TV with Tails. I should thank him, I couldn't before.

"Eh, hasn't been too many problems lately, with Eggman gone and all," Sonic muttered as he flopped down a ways away from her.

Snapping back to reality, Mary replied after a short pause, "I wonder where that maniac went..."

"Well, I hope where ever he is, he don't come back anytime soon!"

"What's with the getup?" Mary remarked as she looked at the strange flowery ring around his neck.

"I went to Hawaii!"

"Ha-what?"

"In this other universe, there's this cool place called Hawaii. It's on this huge island, and they have a whole bunch of awesome clothes, dancing competitions, food stands and unique cultures, but mostly good food." Sonic smiled as he removed his lei.

It takes Sonic to praise the food the most... Mary thought to herself as she remembered the numerous eating contests Sonic had won in the past.

"Hey, guys." Tails yelled excitedly from the other side of the room.

"Hey, buddy! What took 'ya so long?" Sonic spoke happily and turned around in his seat to watch his friend jog over and flop down on the couch in the middle of him and Mary.

"Hiya, Tails! How'd getting' that pizza off go?" a gleeful Mary smiled at Tails.

"It was smelly and hard to get off. On top of that, it was all crusty." Looking at his chest, Tails said, "I'll probably smell like pizza for another week."

"Who ever said that's a bad thing?" Sonic added as he turned back around fully and laughed.

Joining in on the laughter, Tails was feeling better already. To his left, Mary was giggling too.

Switching back on the television – that was turned off by Mary when Sonic came to the door – the trio watched television and shared stories, played board games, had wing-eating contests, and just basically sat around and chatted. A few hours later, Sonic got up suddenly and remarked, "Well, gotta' go make the rounds."

"Aww, so soon? We were about to get Risk!" Mary said, putting on the best imitation of Tails' puppy expression, but to no avail.

"Sorry, I have ta'! You never know, might be some bad dude waltzin' around shootin' stuff!" Sonic said sadly as he walked to the door, "I'll be back later. If I'm not, then see ya' tomorrow."

"Call me if ya' need any help." Tails added before Sonic turned around and said, "Oh, I forgot! Tails, I need ta' ask ya' something..."

"M'kay." Tails said as he got up from his and Mary's recently finished game of Scrabble; Tails had won by almost one hundred points.