CHAPTER 12

SHOPPING WITH THE GIRLS

The next morning, Rouge was laying in her bed catching up on some much needed rest until she heard Tikal call out to her and shake her body to wake her up.

"Rouge? Wake up, Rouge?" Her voice called.

Rouge heavily opened her eyes and saw the orange female echidna standing beside the bed holding a tray full of food. "Uh?"

"Good morning, Rouge!"

She lazily sat up from the bed and noticed that the curtains to her room had been up letting in the bright sunlight in the bedroom. She placed her hand on her forehead and moaned slightly.

"Rise and shine!"

She watched as Tikal placed the tray of food on the bed in front of her.

"I made you breakfast." She watched as Rouge mindlessly stared at it.

The tray had eggs, bacon and orange juice on it.

She noticed she didn't touch the food yet so she assumed she didn't want to eat it. "Um, don't you like it?"

"Of course I like it, hun. It just takes me a minute to get my shit together in the morning."

Tikal made a warm smile and sat in front of her on the bed.

Rouge studied at what Tikal was wearing for her nightwear. She was wearing a large gray t-shirt and underwear even though they weren't visible since the shirt was almost as big as her body. "Heh, we're def gonna get you some new clothes today, Tikal."

"Oh? You want your underwear back?"

"…You stole my underwear?"

"…Was I not supposed to?"

The bat paused for a long time until she shook her head and began to eat some of the eggs that were on her plate, "Keep it, hun."

"Thank you."

"Mhm."

"Is it good?"

"Mhm", she spoke again while she was eating the food.

"I absolutely can't wait to go shopping with you and Tonya today. Tonya is so nice. She let me stay over her house while you and Shadow went on that mission the other day."

Rouge drunk a little bit of the orange juice, "Yeah Tonya's a pretty cool chick. Just stick with me and her and you'll be just fine."

"Us girls gotta stick together right?"

She made a small smile towards her, "Right."

Later during the day, Rouge and Tikal had met up with Tonya at the mall ready to go shopping and getting themselves ready for their outing.

Tonya was sitting at a small table in the food court area drinking a small milkshake until she was Rouge and Tikal approach her. "Oh hey, girls! Ready to do some shopping?"

"You know it!" Rouge spoke in excitement.

"I'm quite excited to spend some quality time with you two", Tikal spoke.

"Girl, when we're done with you, you won't even be able to recognize yourself!" Tonya said in eagerness.

A sweat drop formed on the side of the echidna's head, "Um, should I be worried if I don't recognize yourself?"

"As long as I keep you away from the bodysuits, you should be just fine." The cat made a sly look towards Rouge from the comment she made.

"Hey! Don't be dissing on the bodysuits!"

Tikal smiled wide at the two.

Much later, Rouge and Tonya were debating on what Tikal's style should be. Tikal sat on a bench inside of a store while Rouge and Tonya were trying to debate on what would look better for her.

Tonya was holding up a yellow sundress, "Bright and colorful dresses suits Tikal's good natured style."

Rouge held up a green halter top and a pair of blue skinny denim jeans. "Yeah right! If you wanted to make her look like a banana!"

"What? You're the one who wants to show off every inch and curve of her body to the public! We're trying to make her blend in with society!"

Rouge and Tonya gave each other glares then turned to Tikal. "What do you think?"

"Um…um…I'm sure I can always try them on." She spoke with a small uneasy laugh.

It was hours later of Tikal trying on many outfits and Tikal had finally decided what kind of outfits suited her. "This is it, girls! I found the inner me!" She shouted from the dressing room.

Tonya and Rouge waited eagerly outside of the dressing room to see what she had wanted to wear for her outfit. "Come on out, Tikal! Let's see!"

"Okay girls, feast your eyes!"

When she finally stepped out of the dressing room, Tonya and Rouge were completely silent.

The two were gazing upon the clothes she was wearing. She wore a green long sleeve blazer with a white collar shirt underneath, a green pencil mini skirt to match, and black high heeled shoes.

She noticed their silence and wasn't quite sure if they liked it or not. "Well? What do you think?"

"Well uh…" Tonya began. "At least your somewhat well covered up and professional."

Rouge crossed her arms and rose an eyebrow towards the cat. "She looks like a damn secretary."

"What!"

"She spends one night with you and you turn her into some kind of naughty secretary."

"Oh please! She got the mini skirt and the high heels from you!"

While the two were arguing, she admired at the way she looked in a big door mirror. She spun around and giggled softly. "I think I look fabulous!"

Tonya and Rouge smiled warmly at how happy she was.

"Well, we got enough clothes for her anyway", Rouge said.

"Yeah" Tonya agreed. "Let's get ready to hit the club tonight."

A/N:

Espio: Bout time you ladies got here!

Charmy: This place sure is rocking!

Espio: Make sure you ladies don't drink too much.

Tikal: Oh Espio, you worry too much.

Rouge: ...What are you doing here?

Shadow: You and I belong in the darkness...