~Friday: Chaotix Orphanage (7:50 A.M.)~
Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick...
Besides the constant ticking clock hanging on the kitchen walls, Silver finished his plate of scrambled eggs in silence and placed them in the sink, turning on the faucets and let the water wash all of the few scraps and crumbs off the blue plate. Once he finished cleaning up the plate, Silver looked to see if Espio is downstairs in the living room, but he wasn't there, tossing his car keys like he always does every morning. As a matter of fact, Espio hasn't left the room ever since Silver woke up fifty minutes ago! What could be taking him so long?!
Usually, Espio is up at 6:30 making breakfast with Vector for everyone, putting his clothes on in ten to twenty seconds, waking up the orphans since some of them go to school, and waited for Silver to be finish with everything by this time. Today, Espio didn't do any of that; especially the part of waking up at 6:30. He always wakes up at 6:30 regardless on what time he slept or what day it is. This is probably the first time Espio hasn't woken up at 6:30! And of all days, it had to be a school day. And on a Friday.
Curious if Espio is awake, Silver exited the kitchen and hurried through the stairs in his gray boots to enter his room he shared with Espio. The two shared this room together ever since Silver arrived at the Chaotix Orphanage nine years ago, and they never had problems with each other besides the minor arguments on various topics such as school, taking turns to watch the little orphans, who's going to the market to buy groceries, and much more.
Once Silver entered the room, he spotted Espio still sleeping peacefully in his bed, his head buried in his black pillows. Either Espio drink two glasses of warm milk last night, or he had trouble sleeping due to his rough day at work (and by rough, suffering from Scourge's rap music for a while, having to deal with flirty teenage girls, and arriving home at almost eleven thirty due to some last minute cleanings in the bathrooms!). Silver was about to wake up Espio by tapping him on the shoulders, but Vector stormed through the door, carrying a bucket filled with cold water and ice cubes.
Oh. Dear. Lord. Whenever Vector does this, it usually means that if someone in the orphanage doesn't wake up when he tells them to the first time, he'll throw the bucket of sub-zero water to them. Silver knew that because Vector did that to him on his first day of High School last year! And it wasn't pretty.
"TAKESHI KANEKO! WAKE UP FOR GOD'S SAKE!" Vector screamed before throwing the bucket.
Seeing this, Silver used his psychokinesis to stop the water and ice from splashing Espio in mid-air, the water barely touching the sheets, and levitated the cold liquid into the bucket before returning it to Vector.
"Vector, that's no way to wake up Espio," Silver lectured his thirty-two year old guardian.
"Sorry," Vector apologized to Silver, "but Espio should have been up eighty minutes ago. He's the earliest risers in this house besides me."
"I know, Vector," Silver agreed with Vector, knowing that fact is true. "He did arrived home looking all exhausted last night from work. Maybe that's why he isn't waking up."
"But he still wakes up early even when he's dead tired!"
"Or maybe he has a nightmare," Silver tried to guess again.
Clearly frustrated and confused on why Espio isn't awake, Vector kneel down on his knees, put on his headphones while choosing a song from his iPod Shuffle, grabbed Espio's black electric guitar and cleared his throat a couple of times.
Oh great. Why did it have to come to this? Silver groaned in his mind, seeing Vector is going to do his worst in a few seconds: singing. With a guitar. Vector is excellent when it comes to playing any type of instrument, but with singing: it might be enough to destroy a high-tech robot army or two.
Luckily, before Vector opened his mouth and started strumming the guitar, Espio lifted his head off the pillow and growled to his green-haired guardian, "If you start to sing, I'll throw my shurikens at you. And put my electric guitar back where you found it!"
"Thank god you're awake!" Vector cheered while putting Espio's electric guitar in his guitar stand. "You had us worried for a moment!"
"Huh?"
"You didn't wake up at 6:30 like you always do," Silver told Espio. "Not to mention it's the first time you've woken up at a different time."
"Oh," was all Espio can say before yawning.
However, his orange-yellow eyes shot wide open when Silver mentioned the words 'different time'. If he didn't woke up at 6:30, then...
"What time is it?" Espio rashly asked Silver and Vector, sitting up in his bed.
"Uh..." both Silver and Vector manage to say.
Actually, they had no idea what to say to Espio! This is the first time Espio asked "What time is it?" in the mornings. Sure, he said that line during school, at both Asia Diamond and Sapphire, and at someone's house (mainly Sonic's) whenever it's getting late, but never when he wakes up. Instead of telling Espio the time, Vector snatched the gray wireless digital alarm clock from the desk and gave it to Espio to see the time.
Silence remained in the room once Espio took hold of the alarm clock, but the silence quickly died once Espio threw the alarm clock with enormous force at the wall before jumping out of bed and yelled, "It's 7:57?!"
"Yes," Silver and Vector answered silently as they slowly exited the room before storming down into the living room, plummeting into the couch.
"I never thought Espio would react like that," Silver commented, getting back into a sitting position.
"Me neither," Vector agreed with Silver. "I wonder why he didn't wake up at 6:30?"
But before Silver can come up with an answer to Vector, Espio rushed down the stairs looking all ready with his hair neatly combed, wearing a plain blue long-sleeved shirt, a black cross necklace, gray pants, and his signature black Adidas shoes, tossing his car keys in his hands. But instead of telling Silver to get inside the car like he always does, Espio stormed through the kitchen doors and ended up grabbing a bottle of whole milk and two pieces of toast filled with strawberry jelly; one hanging from his mouth.
Normally, Espio would have some eggs, a green apple and a glass of orange juice for breakfast, but not today. There's no time for Espio to make breakfast as he needs to get to school quickly to see if Tikal has already signed up for Homecoming Idol! Not to mention he doesn't want to end up being late for school as traffic is extremely lethargic and he always stops at that cursed stoplight! How much he hates that stoplight.
Removing the toast from his mouth, Espio ordered Silver, "Venice, get in the car now."
Hearing this from Espio, Silver leaped out of the couch, grabbing his backpack off the wooden floor and rushed out of the orphanage before Espio put the toast filled with jelly back into his mouth. Espio grabbed his black backpack from the front door, but before he can exit out of the door and into his car, Vector blocked the door for Espio, causing the sixteen-year old to kick Vector in the face as hard as he can. However, Vector shielded him face by using his left arm and grabbed Espio's leg with his right arm.
"Vector, what the hell?!" Espio viciously yelled to Vector.
"Okay, Espio. Talk to me," Vector simply said to Espio in a calm voice.
"Talk to you about what?!"
"About why you overslept. That's what I want to know."
"I just... Just simply had a-"
"Hard day at work. I know," Vector finished Espio's 'answer'. "But I doubt it's that. You're always full of energy even when you're exhausted. Now tell me the real reason why you've overslept. Is it about a dream of your parents?"
Even though Espio still dreams about his parent's death every few months or so, not this time.
"You had a nightmare?"
Nope.
"Uh... This might sound stupid, but were you dreaming about a girl?" Vector guessed for the third time.
Oh. Crap. Why did Vector had to ask this question?! Why?!
Because this is the reason why he didn't wake up at 6:30! The girl Espio dreamed last night: Tikal. From that dream, Espio remembered seeing Tikal singing all alone under a tree full of cherry blossoms until he appeared and listened to Tikal singing some songs, including a Japanese song: Sakura, Sakura. And in that dream, Espio remembered him giving Tikal a small yet sweet smile to her. God, thinking about this dream is making his cheeks blush a little, though enough for Vector to notice.
"I knew it was about a girl," Vector chuckled to himself. "I can tell because you're cheeks are-"
"Shut up, Vector!" Espio yelled to Vector in an annoyed tone.
"Oh, come on! Tell me, who's the girl you were dreaming about?"
Before Espio can answer Vector his answer, he can hear Silver yelling, "Espio, are we going now? It's already 8'o clock!"
Hearing this, Espio shoved Vector out of the door and he exited out of the orphanage and quickly entered his black Toyota car, along with Silver. He then put on his seat-belt, inserted the keys, twisting them for the car to start, and hastily pushed the gas pedal with full force that he almost crashed into an incoming mini-van.
"Espio, be careful!" Silver commented. "You could have killed someone!"
"Sorry," Espio apologized to his white-haired friend.
"You know, you've just woken up three minutes ago and I think it's not a good idea for you to drive. Maybe we can-"
Screeching the car into a complete halt from not seeing an incoming stop sign but hearing Silver asking a question, Espio suddenly yelled to his friend, "NO! WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET A RIDE FROM SOMEONE ELSE! AND I'M PERFECTLY CAPABLE OF DRIVING, VENICE! OKAY?!"
"I... I got it, Espio. You don't have to yell at me. I was just giving you a suggestion."
After the short yet harsh argument from Espio, Silver didn't talk to him for the entire car ride and ended up listening to his iPod while staring at the window.
~Emerald High School (8:37 A.M)~
Hearing the first bell echoing through the whole school, Blaze rose out of the bench near the front doors, grabbing her backpack and her Battle Royale book with her and started walking to her English class when she spotted Tikal in the front office, holding a clipboard along with a pen her hands. Curious on what she's doing, Blaze decided to walk towards Tikal and patted her head to get her attention.
"Good morning, Tikal," Blaze greeted Tikal.
"Oh! Blaze! Good morning to you too," Tikal replied back to her older classmate. "What are you doing here?"
"I should be asking you that question. What are you doing at the front office?"
"Uh... I was... Well... I'm signing up for Homecoming Idol," Tikal nervously answered, showing Blaze the clipboard that has the names of the students who signed up, which now included her name on the list.
"Really? I didn't expect you to sign up," Blaze commented. "Why did you sign up for Homecoming Idol?"
Because I love to sing, Is what Tikal could have replied to Blaze, but she didn't as she doesn't know if Blaze would believe she could have an amazing voice.
Instead, Tikal answered, "I signed up... because no freshman has ever been Homecoming Idol and I thought I could try."
"Does anyone else know you've signed up for Homecoming-"
"No. Not yet," Tikal answered before Blaze finished her sentence.
Expect Takeshi-san, Tikal commented in her thoughts before placing the clipboard back to the counter.
"How come?" Blaze questioned the orange-haired freshman.
"Um... I-"
But before Tikal can come up with an answer to Blaze, Silver and Espio rushed inside the school building, only for the two to end up slipping on a wet floor and suddenly crashed into the two girls, falling flat into the tiled floor. Silver quickly got up back to his feet after the sudden crash, and his golden eyes widen when he spotted Blaze on the floor, rubbing her forehead.
"Oh my god! I'm so sorry, Blaze! I didn't mean to crash into you like this!" Silver apologized to Blaze. "Honest! Espio woke up late and we ended up in traffic, taking us longer than usual to get here, and then..."
"Okay, I get it." Blaze told Silver, getting back on her feet while wiping some dust from her magenta shirt. "And if you ask if I'm injured, no I am not."
"Thank god." Silver sighed. "So, are you walking to English class?"
"Yes. The first bell already ringed and we have about ten minutes right now to get there."
"Oh, then can I walk with you to English?"
"Uh... sure." Blaze nodded her head with Silver joining her walk to English. But before she can start walking, she added, "But isn't your friend joining us?"
Silver turned to Espio, who's currently helping Tikal up off the floor, and shouted to him, "Hey, Espio! Are you coming with us to English?"
Espio shook his head no and replied back to Silver with, "No thanks, Venice. You and Barbara can go ahead. I'll be there before 1st period starts."
Silver nodded his head to Espio before leaving the front doors and into the main hallways with two staircases filled with some students either sitting in the steps with their friends or walking up to their classes for today. The two quickly walked to the stairs, with Blaze holding onto the rail, and ended up in the second floor in less than fifteen seconds. While the two continued to walk to the hallways filled with students, Blaze cleared her throat and brushed off some loose strands of her lavender hair out of her shoulder before turning her head to Silver's side and started a conversation with him.
"So, why are you walking with me in the first place?" Blaze wondered.
"Well, I thought I can talk to you about our project." Silver replied to his partner.
"And what about it?"
"We did talk about Battle Royale yesterday, but we didn't start on our questions that we're required to answer. So I was thinking..."
"Yes?"
Silver took in a few deep breaths before telling Blaze his answer. He thought about this ever since yesterday and never got the chance to ask her this: invite her to the Chaotix Orphanage. He really wanted to do this so Blaze might get to know him a bit well, along with Espio and meet some of the orphans. Not to mention he needed some way to get together to work on the project.
However, Silver didn't manage to ask Blaze when Sonic suddenly leaped behind him while yelling, "Good morning Vennie!"
"Holy-"
CRASH!
The two sophomores fell straight flat onto the floor, with Silver's face almost touching the floor, and Silver struggled to get up with Sonic lying on his back. He knew Sonic gives out a surprise hug to all of his friends, including Amy, whenever it's Friday, usually on the mornings. Silver doesn't mind the hugs at times, but it does get annoying when he always lands on the floor no matter what.
"Vennie, where the heck were you this morning?" Sonic asked, still hugging his white-haired friend.
"I'll answer if you get off of me!" Silver told his spiky haired friend.
Sonic simply released Silver from his hug and the two got back up to the floor, with Sonic picking up his backpack near some rows of lockers.
"Sorry, buddy." Sonic apologized to Silver in his humorous tone, laughing. Shortly after he ended his laugh, Sonic spotted Blaze who's giving him a confused look on what's currently going on. He ended up walking towards Blaze and ended up greeting her, "Hey, Blaze! How are you doing today?"
Blaze didn't know how to respond to Sonic. Just two days ago, Sonic ended up scolding her for soaking Silver in milk and didn't like her at first, but now he's greeting her like that event never happened in the first place? Huh?
Brushing off a strand of her lavender hair away from her shoulder, Blaze answered, "Just fine... Uh... Sonic."
"Well that's great to hear! Me, I'm doing amazing!" Sonic exclaimed, jumping off the air for a moment. "Anyway, you're on your way to English with Vennie, right?"
"Yes."
"Cool. Can I join?"
"Yes you can, Sonic." Silver agreed to Sonic's request after getting back with Blaze. "But no surprise hugs to her. Okay?"
"Gotcha, Vennie!" Sonic replied while the three were walking in the hallway to their English class. "Now, tell me what happened this morning?"
"Okay. It involved Espio waking up at 7:57, and-"
Silver didn't manage to finish his sentence when Sonic started to burst out laughing loudly in the hallway, eventually falling to the floor and laughing harder than a few seconds ago. Some of the students walked passed by Sonic as they knew Sonic has a tendency to laugh very hard that he sometimes falls to the floor laughing and rolling.
"Sonic!" Silver yelled to his blue-haired friend. "Stop laughing!"
"I... I can't, Vennie!" Sonic managed to say while laughing. "It's hard to imagine Espio waking up at that time!"
Sighing, Silver continued his story. "Anyway, Espio woke up late and he hastily started the car, almost crashing into a mini-van."
Sonic ceased his laughter when he heard the words 'crashing' and 'hastily' all in the same sentence. Espio almost running over a car in the morning? That doesn't sound like Espio at all! Sonic went back on his feet again once more before continuing walking with Silver and Blaze.
"My god, that's horrible!" Sonic commented.
"Yeah. And when I told Espio we should let someone else take us to school since he woke up a few minutes ago, he yelled at me in the loudest voice I've heard from him."
"Yikes."
"Indeed. And if that wasn't enough, we were stuck on traffic for about ten minutes and then stopped on-"
"The stoplight that stays on the red light for six minutes?" Blaze guessed, knowing this since her dad stopped on one of those lights before.
"Uh... yes. That's pretty much what happened. Harsh morning, right?"
"Yes." both Sonic and Blaze agreed, with the former walking backwards.
"But you'll be okay for today?" asked Blaze.
"I'll be fine! I've handled mornings worse than this." Silver answered in a calm voice.
"Good to hear that."
"Sweet!" Sonic cheered, jumping high in the air, bumping his head in the ceiling, cheerfully muttering, "Ow. Didn't see that coming."
Both Silver and Blaze ended up laughing at Sonic's blunder that they banged their fist on the lockers to prevent themselves from falling into the floor like Sonic did moments ago. Well, that certainly made Silver forget about his morning for a moment.
BRIIINGG!
The second bell. That means...
"Guys, five minutes til 1st Period starts." Blaze reminded the two boys.
Silver stopped his laughter while Sonic got up from the floor for the third time this morning, and ended up running in the hallways. Luckily, they were close to Ms. Robinson's classroom and Sonic dashed from the middle of the hallways and to the classroom, followed by Blaze, halting her sprint by letting her black heels (inch-and-a-half by the way) screech on the floor and finally Silver, panting hard from his intense run and ended up falling to the ground.
"God... Blaze... How do... you run... in... heels?" Silver questioned Blaze, taking a seat next to the front door.
"Yeah, I'd like to know too!" Sonic said, taking a seat behind Silver. "I'd never seen a girl run that fast in heels before! Tell me!"
Nobody asked Blaze this question before. Blaze has been running in heels ever since her mother gave Blaze her first high heels (about two inches) as a birthday gift on her 10th birthday, and once her mother said to walk in them, Blaze instead sprinted the whole house in them. And did she gain any red marks while running in heels? Not even one. She did ran in sneakers, boots and flats while gaining at least one red mark, but zero with heels.
How Blaze answered the two boy's question? This:
"I know how to run in all types of shoes. Including high heels. And to be honest, I gain only one or zero red marks on my feet."
Both Silver and Sonic remained speechless on what Blaze has answered. Running in all types of shoes with little to no marks on her feet. That's enough for Sonic to mutter, "Damn." to himself in a volume that Ms. Robinson can't hear.
Silver ended up breaking the silence by commenting, "That's amazing! I know Amy and Rouge can run in tennis shoes, flats and boots, but not heels. Yet you're the first girl I know who can run in high heels and not complain about it! And again, it's amazing!"
"Thanks, Silver." Blaze said to Silver.
"No problem. Oh, and I wanted to ask you something before Sonic interrupted us earlier."
"Are you asking her out on a date?" Sonic guessed, trying to hold his laughter.
"No!" Silver told his friend. "Why would you think about that?!"
"Oh, nothing Vennie. Nothing." said Sonic before bursting out laughing about what he said earlier on Silver asking out Blaze and lying on the floor once again.
Ignoring Sonic's laughter, Silver continued his conversation with Blaze. "Um... As I was saying, I was just wondering if you would... I don't know... work on the-"
"Hey, Silver!"
Great. Interrupted once again from asking Blaze to his place. Silver turned around to see who called him, and spotted Jet and Wave standing near his desk, with Jet holding a copy of The Kite Runner in his hands.
"Oh, hey guys." Silver greeted Jet and Wave. "What's up?"
"Nothing much," Jet replied to Silver. "Is Espio here?"
"No. He told me he'll be here before 1st Period starts. Why are you asking me that?"
"Well, can you tell him that he not only has today off but tomorrow off as well?" Wave requested.
"How come? I thought he has work tomorrow."
"He did, but Scourge ended up taking his shift for tomorrow. The shift that lasts from noon to closing time."
"But Espio told me Scourge had no work for-"
Silver stopped talking when Wave held her red orb necklace and opened it up to reveal the schedule for all employees of Asia Diamond. And Silver can guess that Wave hacked into Asia Diamond's computer just to change the schedule.
"Espio can thank me later at the Chaotix Orphanage after school." Wave commented, taking her usual seat.
"What do you mean by that?" questioned Silver, twisting his head to the left.
"She means we're going to your place after school to work on the book report." Jet answered to Silver, with the former staring at Sonic still laughing on the floor. "And Sonic, why are you on the floor laughing again?!"
Sonic quickly got up from the floor and wiped a tiny tear from his eyes before answering to Jet, "Oh. Silver..." but Sonic paused when he spotted Silver placing his index finger over his mouth, telling Sonic that he shouldn't mention his earlier comment on Silver asking Blaze. He gave his friend a thumbs-up before continuing. "...Silver told me yesterday that Vector sang 'Highway to Hell' so terribly that it broke one of the windows next door! Just thinking about it still makes me laugh!"
Nice save, Sonic. Silver sighed.
What Sonic told Jet was actually true. Silver remembered on Wednesday that Vector singed 'Highway to Hell' while washing the dishes, it almost not only the windows next door break but one of the dishes to break! He had to wear his headphones while listening to his iPod on max volume just to avoid Vector's singing!
Shaking the thought of Vector singing, Silver looked at the clock which reads 8:48 and then turned away from the clock to the front door to see if Espio has entered the room. He did spot Amy and some other students entering the classroom, but no sign of Espio and class starts in two minutes! What could be taking him so long?
He snapped back into reality when Blaze called out to him. "Silver, you said you'd like to ask me something earlier? What is it anyway?"
"Oh, right." said Silver as he sat up straight. "Well, I was wondering that after school, maybe you'd want to work on the project at-"
"Good morning guys!" Amy cheerfully greeted her friends, sitting next to Sonic.
Oh, jeez. When will Silver ask Blaze this question without being interrupted?!
Ignoring 'that' question for a while, Silver replied to Amy, "Oh, good morning, Ames."
"Silver, what happened to you this morning?! You didn't appear at the courtyard at all!"
"Well, Espio woke up late for the first time..." Silver told Amy before face-palming himself since he has to tell this story again.
"And traffic problems occurred." both Sonic and Blaze finished Silver's sentence.
"Wow, that's a pretty harsh morning for you." Amy commented, setting her pink backpack on the floor.
"I know, but I got over it quickly."
"Because yours truly made him have a good laugh!" Sonic popped in, pointing to himself.
"Well that's a good thing, Silver. And speaking of Espio, where is he?"
"I don't know. He said that he'll be here before 1st Period begins." Silver sighed, looking at the clock that now reads 8:49.
"You sure? Because 1st Period is going to start in about twenty seconds. And unless he sprints here, he'll receive his first tardy in his whole school career."
Espio always arrived in class on time regardless if the class is far away or he just got out of class really late for some dumb reasons, but this time, Espio might not make it before the bell rings! Ms. Robinson doesn't tolerate tardiness in her class, unless the student gives out a understandable excuse, and he'll receive his first tardy from her! Oh, god... Silver prays that Espio will enter the classroom before...
BRIIINGG!
...The bell rings. Too late.
Ms. Robinson walked out of her desk full of folders and papers and stood in front of the classroom, greeting her students, "Good morning class. I know you're excited about the upcoming weekend. Am I right?"
All the students gave out various cheers such as 'Yeah', 'You bet, Ms. Robinson!' and some other cheers spread out in the classroom.
"Well, I thought about giving you the entire period for-"
But before Ms. Robinson can finish her announcement about her planned agenda to the class, Espio entered the classroom with no tardy slip with him, still carrying a bottle of milk in his hand with him. He gave out a long breath before placing his backpack on front of a desk next to Silver and walked towards Ms. Robinson to explain why he's about a few seconds (seventeen seconds to be exact) late to her class.
"Forgive me for being late to your class Ms. Robinson," Espio started, not caring if the whole class can hear him. "I had to take someone to the computer lab since she doesn't know where it is. I thought I had some time to make it to your class, but it turns out I didn't. So again, I'm sorry for interrupting this class because of me."
Espio was about to walk back to his desk before Ms. Robinson grabbed his hand and told him, "I forgive you. But since this is the first time you've been late to any class Takeshi-san, I won't mark you tardy. Just promise me this won't happen in the future. Okay?"
He nodded his head before walking back to his desk, placing an arm on his chin to prevent it from falling to the desk.
"Now, as I was saying, you'll have the entire period to work on your English project. It'll give you time to answer some of the sixteen questions from the rubric." Ms. Robinson announced. "And I want to hear conversations about your book, not your plans about your weekends."
After Ms. Robinson finished her announcement, people started to move their desks around, sounds of books being placed into the desks, along with the chatter about their assigned books, and already the sounds of pens or pencils scribbling on a sheet of paper. Sonic ended up moving his desk next to Amy's to avoid being dragged by force by Amy again, while Espio got out of his desk to work with Jet and Wave.
Silver pulled out his copy of Battle Royale out of his backpack, along with a sheet of paper and a mechanical pencil before moving out of his current desk and sat next to Blaze, reading another chapter of Battle Royale.
"Blaze," Silver called his partner to get her attention. "Shall we begin right now?"
"Sure thing," Blaze nodded her head. "Where should we start with?"
"The questions. And we should split the questions in half just to make things easier for us. Would that work for you, Blaze?"
"Uh..."
"What's wrong?" Silver asked, noticing Blaze can't come up with a clear answer. "You don't think that's a good idea?"
"N...No..." Blaze answered in a somewhat nervous tone. "It's just that... I'm used..."
"...To doing things on your own? Am I right?" Silver guessed.
"Yes... How did you know?"
"I know people who are like that."
Those people who's used to doing things on their own: Shadow when it comes to pretty much everything, Knuckles when it involves cooking (the decorating part that is), Amy for an obvious reason (getting Sonic), and Rouge trying to do her school work without being tutored by someone else besides Shadow. Yet they don't mind getting help from others when they needed it the most.
But due to her harsh background, Silver assumed Blaze has always did things on her own since Kindergarten, even if things needed to be done with a partner or a group. Suggesting the idea of separating the questions might sound like a horrible idea to Blaze since she thinks Silver won't do the project and let her do all of the work, but Silver is thinking the reverse in reality. He's always committed when it comes to projects; no matter who he works with!
Espio? No problem.
Sonic? Besides him constantly using the annoying nickname, they can work well.
Tails? Simple, though he's very picky with every detail. Every. Detail.
Knuckles? With anything History related, it's going to be easy. But on Science, Silver will tutor him on some parts.
Amy? Surprisingly committed with anyone.
The list can go on for hours, and even then, Silver is willing to work with anyone most of the time regardless. Why most of the time? The exceptions are Sally and Mina since those two will force their partner to ALL of their work for them.
Still going on with the suggestion on splitting the questions in half, Silver draw some stars on some of the numbered questions on the rubric and handed the sheet to Blaze.
"Why did you drew stars on some of the questions?" asked Blaze, looking at the rubric all weirdly.
"That's the questions you'll be answering." Silver explained, pointing to the stars on the rubric. "The ones that aren't marked will be the ones I'll be answering. And of course, we'll answer eight questions each."
"Um... I'm not sure if it'll work out."
"Of course it will! I always split the work when working in groups."
Blaze gave an "I don't believe you" look to Silver after he told her it'll work out fine for him.
He ignored the look and said, "Just trust me. I know it'll work."
"You 100% sure?" Blaze questioned Silver once again.
"Not 100% sure, but 110% sure. I promise."
"Well... Since you're positive about this idea, I guess I'll agree to it."
"Yea!" Silver silently cheered to himself. "And I have one more thing to ask you before I get interrupted by someone else."
"And that's..."
"Do you think you can come to the Chaotix Orphanage after school to work on our project?"
Finally, I asked her that question! Silver happily shouted in his mind.
"I don't know."
And this is the answer he gets. Great.
"I have no idea where the Chaotix Orphanage is, and I'm not sure if my dad will take me there." Blaze added.
"Oh, don't worry! Espio will take us after school," Silver reassured Blaze. "He wouldn't mind it at all if I just ask him."
Now all Silver hopes is that Blaze will say yes to this.
"So, will you go to the Orphanage after school?" Silver repeated the question, though asked differently.
Tapping her hands on the desk a few times, Blaze answered to her partner, "Sure."
Alright! Silver cheered to himself.
"Where will we meet?" Blaze also added.
"Um... at the front of the school. Espio will be driving in a black Toyota by the time we exit out of class." Silver informed Blaze. "Sounds good to you?"
Blaze nodded her head in agreement before opening her book to the chapter she's currently on. Silver sighed in relief that he finally got that question out of the way early today and can't wait til 4:05 arrives. It'll be-
"Hey Vennie!" Sonic slightly yelled to Silver behind him, dropping his Battle Royale book on the floor.
Picking up the book off the floor, Silver asked his friend, "Sonic, what the heck was that for?!"
"Sorry, Vennie. We can't help but overhear your conversation with Blaze."
"What do you mean by that Sonic?"
"I also heard it as well!" Amy happily said, now sitting on a desk next to Silver.
"Guys, that was a private conversation." Silver told his two green-eyed friends.
"And what are you two doing here anyway?" Blaze popped into the conversation, asking Silver's friends. "Shouldn't you two be working on your project?"
"We made good progress on our project, and we thought we should take a break and talk to you guys. Or to be more specific, Sonic wants to talk to you." Amy told Blaze in a casual tone.
"About what?"
"If I can come with you guys right after school. Is that cool with you, Vennie?" Sonic asked his friend.
No way, Sonic! Is what Silver thought of answering to Sonic, but knowing that Sonic tends to have nothing to do during the weekends besides running around the neighborhood and the park, he instead answered to Sonic, "Sure. And Amy can come if she likes to."
"Alright! Thanks, Vennie!" Sonic silently cheered to himself to avoid being stared by his classmates. "Ames, you want to go?"
"I wish, but I'm going to spend the day with Cream right after school." Amy told her blue-haired crush.
"That's cool. Does Blaze mind it that I-"
"Not at all." Blaze answered before Sonic can finish his sentence.
"Yes! I can't wait 'til school ends!" Sonic accidentally shouted in the classroom that everyone turned their heads towards him. This is the fourth time he pulled this stunt this school year. Seeing all eyes on him, Sonic added, "Sorry, guys!" before the whole class started to burst out laughing after seeing Sonic's blunder.
Or second blunder for Silver and Blaze. Shortly after the class started laughing, Sonic himself ended up laughing at his own blunder, falling to the floor for the fifth time today. And it's not even the afternoon. However, Sonic wasn't alone laughing on the floor. Amy somehow laughed so hard after seeing her crush falling on the floor, that she fell to the floor as well, banging her fist on the floor while crying out:
"Sonic! You're so cute when you're laughing on the floor!"
Hearing this comment made Silver laugh a little harder than before once he saw Sonic cease his laughter and his face blushing bright crimson.
"S... Sorry about that Sonic!" Amy apologized to Sonic before getting up from the floor, returning back to her desk, and reading the next chapter of her book.
Sonic didn't say anything, but he did gave out a small smile to Amy when he returned to his desk. He also gave out a thumbs-up to Silver and Blaze, telling them that he can't wait 'til school ends. And judging from Silver replying back with a thumbs-up as well and spotting Blaze giving out a small but pleasant smile, they can't wait for school to end as well.
Author's Note: FINALLY! It took at least six days just to write this, but at least it's finished! Yea! Now, what's going to happen in the Chaotix Orphanage after school? You'll have to wait for the tenth chapter to appear!
And speaking of Chaotix, I'm going to do Vector's name (first and last) since it's been a while since he appeared. His first name is Latin for "carrier"; carrying all the responsibility of taking care of the orphans. His last name, Maher, is Irish for "kindly" or "generous"; generous to give Silver, Espio, Charmy, Marine and the other orphans a home when they don't have one and is kind to everyone if he's not provoked.
And wow, I've gotten over 2,000 views and almost 50 reviews in less than a month! I didn't expect my first fan-fic to have that many hits!
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