Nerd Love
Chapter 7
"Come on Tails, I think this store might have one." Said Sarah, dragging her boyfriend by his hand.
"Ok Sarah, slow down a little." said Tails, having his hand pulled by his girlfriend.
The couple had now officially been together for a whole month. Tails and Sarah had finished the Tonado for the most part. All of its upgrades and weapon capabilities included. While the plane was finished mechanically, they were still continuing to add cosmetics and enhancements. They both were currently in their local mall, trying to find the perfect radio to install into the Tornado. As the two of them walked into the store, they began looking around for the perfect radio. Looking shelf by shelf, they both struggled to find the right one.
"Hey Sarah, what about this one." said Tails, holding up a radio.
"Hmmmm, not sure about that one. I don't think it would fit. Besides, I don't think the color would blend well with the Tornado." said Sarah.
"We could always paint it." replied Tails.
"Yeah, I guess. I'm not too sure though." Sarah replied.
"Can I help the two of you with anything?" asked a bored and somewhat familiar voice. Both Tails and Sarah turned around to see the same bored human who worked at Mc Wendy King. "Do you need any help or not?" he asked in his same boring voice.
"Um, aren't you the same guy from Mc Wendy King?" asked Sarah.
"Please don't sass me ma'am. And no, I'm just his twin brother..." he said sarcastically, while rolling his eyes. "Yes I'm the same guy! You act like you've never seen someone with more than one job before." he said in a monotone way.
"You know, you probably should be nicer to customers." said Tails.
"Please don't sass me sir. Now, do you need help finding anything." he asked again, in his same bored voice.
"Yeah, we're looking for a good radio that can fit into a G-96 control panel." said Sarah.
"And can function properly with a FT-45 wire connection." said Tails.
"Can you please speak in English instead of nerd please. I can't understand what you're saying." said the bored employee.
"Ok look, maybe!" Tails began to say, getting ready to yell at him, before Sarah cut him off.
"Hey Tails, look at this one." said Sarah, holding up a radio she just found. "This is just what we're looking for." she said.
"Um, yeah. I think that ones perfect. I guess we'll get that one." said Tails.
"Glad I could help you." said the bored human.
"But you didn't hel... Oh never mind! Ready to check out Sarah?" he asked his girlfriend.
"Yep, this one is perfect." she said, smiling.
The two of them walked over to the checkout counter with the radio. Sarah set it up on the counter, and the human employee rang it up. "That'll be 30.45." he said. Tails nodded and handed him the money. He put the radio in a bag and handed it to Tails.
"Can you give me my receipt please?" asked Tails, holding out his hand.
"Can you give me a wife who doesn't bitch at me every time I come home?" asked the employee.
"Ummmm... No..." said Tails nervously.
"Then no." said the employee, throwing the receipt away.
"Wha... But you... Oh, never mind! Sarah, you ready to go?" Tails asked.
"Um... Yeah, let's go Tails." said Sarah, grabbing her boyfriend's hand.
The two of them walked out of the store, and into the halls of the mall. Walking hand n' hand, they walked past a few more stores. Sarah now feeling the lemonade she drank earlier hitting her. "Hey Tails, I've gotta use the restroom real quick." said Sarah.
Tails turned his head and looked at her. "Oh, ok Sarah. I think there's a bathroom somewhere around here." Tails said, looking around. The young fox saw a bathroom section two stores down. "Oh, there it is." he said, pointing in the direction of the bathroom.
The two walked over to the bathrooms. "Be right back Tails." Sarah said. Feeling that lemonade getting ready to hit her, she quickly dashed into the ladies room.
Tails chuckled to himself. "She drank three cups of lemonade. I was wondering when it would finally hit her." he said, continuing to chuckle to himself. The fox walked over to the water fountain, hit the button, and began taking a few sips. After he was refreshed, he leaned against the wall, waiting for Sarah to come back out. "Ug, I can't believe that store employee. Like who does he think he is?" Tails said to himself.
"You still talk to yourself?" asked a familiar female voice.
Tails tilted his head to the side. Standing there, was his old friend Amy Rose. "Amy, like you don't talk to yourself every now and again like some kind of video game character?" Tails responded to her quite smugly.
"Ok, you got me there." she said, laughing to herself. "So, what brings to the mall today?" the pink hedgehog asked.
"Oh, just picking up a new radio for the Tornado. I'm rebuilding it because... It blew up while me and Sonic battling Eggman... again... But, it's mostly finished now."
"The Tornado blew up?... again?... well, the last time it blew up, it took you much longer to rebuild."
"I know, but this time I help from my new gi..."
Tails was cut off by another familiar voice. "Amy! Why the heck do you have to buy so many clothes, if you're just going to wear the same red dress everyday?" shouted Tails other friend, Knuckles the Echidna. Knuckles was carrying over 20 shopping bags. For someone who's lifted boulders and trees in the past, he struggled to carry several shopping bags filled with female clothing. The red echidna struggled walking over to the two of them.
"Because, I like this dress." said Amy, throwing another shopping bag on his arm.
"Ug, AMY!" Knuckles growled.
"Hey there Knuckles." said Tails, waving to his friend.
"Oh, hey there Tails." said Knuckles, still struggling with the bags.
"Knuckles owes me some money. I told him he'd be paid off if he carries my bags while I went shopping." said Amy, putting another bag on Knuckles's arm.
"Ah, I see..." said Tails, witnessing his friend struggle with the bags.
"Anyway, why are you just standing here by the bathrooms all by yourself?" asked Amy.
"Oh, I'm just waiting for my girlfriend to come out." said Tails, smiling slightly.
Both Amy and Knuckles stared at him blankly for a moment, then busted out in laughter. Tails smile quickly turned into a slight frown, as his two close friends laughed at his statement, thinking it was a joke. All of his confidence from before, crushed in just a few moments.
"Ha ha ha, good one!" laughed Knuckles.
"Tails, you're so silly sometimes!" said Amy, continuing to laugh.
"G-G-Guys, stop laughing. It's not a joke, I actually have a girlfriend now!" Tails said, trying to get them to stop laughing.
That proved to be ineffective, as their laughing only got louder. Knuckles could hardly breathe from all his laughter. Tears were coming from Amy's eyes from laughing too hard. Tails frown grew once again, having them continue to think he was joking about having a girlfriend.
"Stop it Tails, stop it! You're killing me!" Knuckles said, still trying to catch his breath from laughing so hard.
"Ok, ok, ok, ok, ok Tails. It was funny the first time! You can stop now." said Amy, wiping the tears from her eyes.
"B-But, I really hav..." Tails began to say, before being cut off by another familiar female voice.
"Hey Tails I'm back." said Sarah, walking out of the bathroom. "I heard really loud laughing." she said, giving Tails a kiss on the cheek.
Both Amy and Knuckles stopped laughing. Their faces turned from that of laughter, to dumbfounded expressions. Their jaws dropped as they saw the purple wolf girl, kiss Tails on the cheek.
"Oh s**t, she's real." said Knuckles to himself.
"Amy, Knuckles, this is Sarah." Tails said cockily.
"Hello there, nice to meet you two." said Sarah, holding out her hand.
"Um, uh... Nice to meet you Sarah." said Amy, shaking her hand.
"I would shake your hand, but I'm carrying all these bags." said Knuckles.
"Oh, no problem." replied Sarah.
"She and I came here to pick up the Tornado's new radio." Tails said.
"We were both going to head over to the food court after this. You are both more than welcome to join us." said Sarah, grabbing Tails's hand.
"Thanks, but no thanks. I have to be heading home anyway. Knuckles here has to carry my bags all the way back to my house." said Amy.
"Not looking forward to it." said Knuckles.
"Well then, see you guys later." said Tails.
"See you guys some other time, it was nice talking to you." said Sarah.
"Ok, bye." said Amy waving, as the two walked away.
After the two of them walked away, Knuckles looked over at Amy with a smug look on his face. "You see Amy, I told you he wasn't gay. You loose the bet." said Knuckles.
"Ok, ok, ok, you win." said Amy, knowing she lost the bet with Knuckles that they made behind Tails's back.
Amy gave Knuckles the money that she owed him. "Ha, now I can pay you back, and I don't have to carry your stupid bags!" said Knuckles, dropping all the bags onto the floor. "See yah later Amy!" said Knuckles, walking away.
"Dang it!" said Amy.
Tails wanted to get away from Amy as soon as possible. The last thing he wanted was for her to start bombarding him with questions about Sonic. Especially since Sonic was with Kate at the moment. Tails knew that he couldn't let Amy know Sonic had a girlfriend... Especially after what Amy did to the last girl that dated Sonic... She's still in the hospital.
Tails and Sarah approach the mall's food court. It was quite high tech, being completely automated by machines. All you had to do was simply place your order into the machine, pay for it, then the machine would cook and dispense your order onto a try. Pretty high tech stuff. They both walked up, and got their food. Tails got a burger and fries, while Sarah got a chicken patty and curly fries. They both got lemonade to drink as well. Both of them found an empty table, and sat down.
"Wow, machines automating the service line. Talk about some advanced technology." said Tails, eating some of his fries.
"Yeah I know. This food court is more automated than Sonic Forces." said Sarah, giggling a little.
"True dat." said Tails, giggling as well.
"Ok, so we got the radio. Anything else we should pick up while we're here?" asked Sarah.
"Nothing I can think of at the moment. We should be fine for now. Maybe just pick up some paint on the way back though." said Tails, dipping a fri in some ketchup.
"Ok, sounds good to me." said Sarah, finishing off her lemonade. "Hey Tails, can I have some of your lemonade? I'm out." she asked.
"Sure, no problem." said Tails, sliding his lemonade over to her.
The two of them finished up their food and threw their trash away. Just as they finished, Sarah started to feel the lemonade she just drank, hit her once again. It was bound to happen again, considering she just drank two large cups of lemonade.
"Hey Tails, before we go, I have to use the bathroom again." said Sarah.
"You know Sarah, you should probably lay off the lemonade." said Tails, giggling a little and scratching the back of his head.
