Back to Sonia! Yay! And of course someone else… but that's spoilers! Comments!

gwencarson126: Will do! I'm glad you enjoyed it!

Zosonils: You're welcome! I'm glad I'm not the only one who hates reading all about that. Honestly, I love shipping, but when it just turns into kisses it gets old, REALLY fast. *salutes back* Well, I'm sorry that I made you rethink your life… I rethought my life about four years ago and I'm happy with the path I'm on. And hey! The wait wasn't super long. I guess this chapter was typed faster than I thought it would be. *blushes* Thanks for that compliment. I'm glad you enjoy it that much.

Autumn: … I'm glad you're not dead. Honestly, I don't know what Halo was thinking…

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Sofia's POV:

I could go into detail of my first few weeks in Station Square, but it would be a waste of time and very boring. Those days mostly consisted of me wandering around, trying to locate Manic, and avoiding getting robbed. Learned my lesson of 'how to get noticed' back in Westopolis and did not want to repeat it.

After one week, I figured out that I needed some more cash. Uncle Chuck's envelope held a pleasant sum of money that would cover about two months of apartment rent, but other then that, I had spent pretty much all of my money.

So a few days later I landed a job at a cute little boutique called Magnolia's Wardrobe, using my charm and finesse (and it helped that the boss was desperate for female employees). I started that Friday at two pm and was actually pretty excited. Clothes were kind of my niche, after all.

If only I hadn't lost track of time. My mind had been focused on this really interesting documentary on the Mystic Ruins that was on TV that the job completely slipped my mind until a half an hour before I was supposed to be on the job. Then, very rushed, I threw on a simple dark purple blouse, white skirt, and some white sneakers, grabbed my handbag and ran out the door. And of course that was the one time I accidently left the headlights on my Motorcycle and the Chaos Cursed battery was dead. Which meant I'd have to take a bus and then run the rest of the way.

Chaos, I'm so getting fired...

You know that feeling you get when you know you're going to be late, but you can't do anything about it? It's one of the worst situations you can be in because you can't stop scolding yourself and cursing the world for it. And time just seems to move slower and slower until you're moving at the speed of a snail. So you can just imagine the stressful bus ride I had. In fact, I missed my stop because I was so stressed out. This was just not my day.

And it was even more so when for the first time in history, someone ran into me. When I say ran into me, I mean rammed into me.

I had just stepped of the bus and was cursing myself for so foolishly missing my stop, adding time to my already long walk. Speed walking down the street, a red blur suddenly burst out of a nearby alley straight into my side. I went flying and skidded to the ground, along with my purse, which lost half its contents upon impact.

"Oh Chaos, I am so sorry! Here, let me help you!"

I was shocked to reply to the offender. Someone knocked me over. Like, literally ran into me and I fell on the ground.

Yeah, I know. That happens to everyone at some point. Well, I'm the crazy psychic who knows what to do to dodge everything. I mean, I'm called 'Dodger' in Westopolis. So who in Chaos managed to hit me?

I found my answer when I finally pushed myself up to my knees to take a look at the red echidna who was scrambling to pick up the scattered items from my purse as people just hurried by. He kept mumbling apologies and stuffed everything in reach back into my bag. Without taking my eyes off him, I reached around and picked up my wallet and a stray tube of lip gloss.

Now I'd heard about Echidnas, but never had actually seen one before. I had kinda assumed that the rumors were true; that the entire race had kind of died out over time. But here was a living one in front of me, so I guess you really can't trust rumors.

The echidna held out my purse. "Chaos, I'm so sorry. I'm such a clutz… I need to look before I just rush out."

I just continued to stare at him, not even reaching to grab the offered bag. Who the Chaos was this guy? Maybe my instincts just were not working because I was stressed…

"Um, miss? Your purse?"

Realizing that I was being rude, I took my bag and slipped it over my shoulder. The echidna stood up and offered his hand out. He helped me to my feet and looked a little awkward.

"Again, I'm really sorry, miss."

"It-it's alright." I finally stammered out. "Sorry, I just didn't expect to get knocked over."

The stranger rubbed the back of his neck, "Yeah… Sorry, I'm in a rush. Some... friends of mine are going to see a movie that starts at two-ish and I'm running late." He shrugged. "Usually I don't like movies, but I can't pass up the new Montana Badger movie."

I smiled, "I'm running late too. First day of work."

He smiled. "Well then, I'll let you go."

"You too."

Both of us turned to the right and took about three steps, then started laughing.

Red pointed, "You headed this way too?"

I nodded, "Yep. The place I work is in the mall."

"No way, that's where the theater I'm going to is!"

"Really? That's so weird!" I laughed.

He grinned. "I know, right? ... um, you wanna walk together or something?"

I shrugged. "Why not?"

The two of us fell into step and began to head down the street. At first, we didn't say anything. But when two drivers on the road almost hit one another and a large honking battle started, the echidna winced slightly.

"This is why I don't like the city. I'm more of a country person." he admitted, sounding sheepish.

"Eh… I don't mind the city, but I do enjoy the country. So peaceful and quiet."

He smiled. "Yeah! I love the outdoors. You?"

"Mm-hmm. I used to go camping all the time with my Uncle. S'mores are the best!"

"I camped out with my Dad every once in a while. He'd take me out and we'd stare up at the stars, trading stories. His were always the best."

"Sounds wonderful."

We fell into silence again, and I decided to start the conversation this time. "So… Montana Badger, huh?"

"Yeah, I've been a fan since the first movie."

I smiled, "Don't worry, I love Monty. Adventure movies are my favorite."

"Right? I can't stand sci-fi! I mean, the logic just makes, like, zero sense."

"Okay, hold on I need to ask you this," We paused at a crosswalk and waited for the light, "In The Nova Conflicts trilogy, did the light swords drive you crazy? You can't have a beam of light that just suddenly stops in mid-air-"

"-and is enclosed! Yes!" he rolled his eyes, "I love a good fight scene, but the light swords just made it so I couldn't focus on the actual fight. What the Chaos?"

Both of us laughed and the echidna caught my eye. Blushing slightly, I went back to talking about Monty.

For the next ten minutes we debated which Monty movie was better (Bandits of the Holy Grail or The Final Journey) and laughed on about some of the troubles that that badger had gotten himself into.

Before either of us knew it, we had arrived at the mall. The echidna opened the front door for me and we wandered into the lobby. Neither of us really knew what to do at this point.

"So, um, I guess this is goodbye?" I fumbled with my purse, feeling awkward.

The echidna shuffled his feet and didn't seem to know where to look, "Yep…"

We stood there just staring at each other for a moment. An idea suddenly popped in my mind, "Hey… do you have a phone?"

He perked up. "Uh, yeah."

"You can, y'know…" I said slowly, rubbing the back of my head. "Call me… if you want."

"Uh, sure. What's your number?" He pulled out a cell phone and looked at it a little confused, "Um… I don't really know how to work this thing?"

Instead of helping him with the phone, I wrote the number down on a gum wrapper I had at the bottom of my purse and handed it to him. "I still haven't gotten your name."

The echidna pocketed the gum wrapper and looked a little ashamed of himself. "Sorry, I'm Knuckles."

Huh. Odd name. But I pretended not to be surprised, as not to be rude. "Sofia." We shook hands firmly before I finally dashed off to Magnolia's. I was shockingly only five minutes late.

I worked for the next six and a half hours as a customer service representative, answering customer's questions and complaints. It wasn't exactly fun, but definitely better than working at a fast food restaurant. Plus, one of my co-workers informed me that as an employee, I got a 50% discount on everything in the store, and that little tidbit alone made my day (the clothes they sold at the boutique were fabulous).

The day went by really fast after that, and also very boring. When I finally got home around eight thirty that night, I was exhausted, but pleased at how smoothly my first day had gone.

Tomorrow, I fix my bike. No way am I doing that again…

My mind couldn't help but wander back to my encounter with Knuckles. He certainly seemed nice, but had a hermit sort of vibe. I could understand that, after all; I wasn't much of a people person myself. Having a bad history with kids calling you 'freak' every day of your life can sort of ruin your outgoing nature.

But the thing that caught my attention the most wasn't the fact that he enjoyed Montana Badger as much as I did, but the fact that he bumped into me. How had I not seen him coming? I didn't think my powers were messed up. Later at work that day, I managed to save a young woman's purse from hitting the floor because of my intuition.

So what was up? For once in the past few months my thoughts were taken off of Manic as I tried to understand this odd echidna. Part of me really wanted him to call me… and the other part really hoped he didn't. I mean, come on, he was still a total stranger. He could be a serial killer or one of those other awful people I see on the news.

I shook these thoughts out of my tired brain and crashed on my bed. I'd figure out all of this some other time… or at least I hoped I would.

Yay! Knuckles and Sonia is so much fun to write because I get to come up with the funniest conversations and situations for them to get into.

So I decided to make a little fun of Star Wars, but please don't get mad at me. As Halo will attest, I am a TOTAL Star Wars Geek and I love the franchise. But I had a friend who was a lot like Knuckles and Sonia and since I didn't think they'd be interested in science fiction, I decided to have the argument in their conversation. Also, Montana Badger… Indiana Jones… I haven't actually seen those movies (yet) so we won't really go into that little fake movie title I came up with. But enough about movie parody titles, let's get to the more important part.

Knuckles and Sonia's love languages are Quality Time and Gifts. Meaning once again, not a lot of lovey dovey kissing, etc. It's mainly just taking one another out on a date to different places and giving one another surprises (such as two tickets to Montana Badger). This is one reason I love writing these two.

I think you'll enjoy these chapters too.

Anyway, please review!