Chapter 12

"So Knuckles, did you put it in," Sonic asked, clearly excited about whatever he was talking about.

Knuckles grinned. "Yup, it was so easy. With Rouge rushing around trying to figure out where everything was supposed to go, I just pushed the cam-"

"SHH!! No more talking about this until Tails gets here. Deal?"

"Deal. Dude, but why do you want to keep it a secret until he gets here?"

"Cuz I'm looking out for my lil bro. Don't want him missing out on anything."

"If you say so. So, when's he coming?"

"I'm right here," a (still) pre-pubescent voice sounded through the room as Tails walked in, a dazed expression on his face. Sonic stared at him for a couple moments before grinning widely.

"What were you doing?"

"I was not kissing Cream, nope, no way, no siree, nu-uh."

Both Knuckles and Sonic were smiling this time. "If you weren't," Sonic said, "why do you have shiny, sparkly lip gloss on your mouth?"

"Um . . . well . . . you see . . . the girls did a make-over on me! Yeah. I thought I got rid of all the signs, but I guess I forgot about the lip gloss."

"Oh really," Sonic said with an evil smirk, "So then if I call Amy right now, she would confirm this story?"

"W-w-well why would you? You wouldn't want to detract from her fun at the sleepover."

"She has at least three other nights to enjoy herself in an all-girl surrounding."

"And plus, if it's a call from her "Soniku", then she won't care," Knuckles added.

Tails' left eye twitched. "But don't you believe me?"

"Of course I do, who ever said that I didn't," Sonic said with a shocked expression on his face. "Now, if you don't mind, I have a phone call to make." But before he could even dial her number, his cell rang. "Hey Amy!"

"Oh my god Sonic, you won't believe what happened tonight. Our own Miles Prower actually-" BUZZZZZ! One moment Sonic's phone was on speaker, and the next, it was in Tails' hand, slammed shut.

"FINE! I ADMIT IT! I, MILES PROWER ACTUALLY KISSED CREAM THE RABBIT ON THE MOUTH! HAPPY NOW SONIC AND AMY?"

"Actually, I was going to say that you were willing to carry Cream and my suitcases up Rouge's driveway, and I was going to pour guilt onto Sonic to have him do that too," Amy said.

"But, now that you told US (as in all the girls surrounding the phone) that juicy piece of gossip, I have to visit a certain Cream the Rabbit," Rouge said happily. "No wonder Sasha was holed up with Cream!" One could hear the smirk on her face. "So ttfn dudes, and see you later." And with that, the conversation ended.

Slowly, Knuckles and Sonic turned to Tails slowly. But instead of seeing a yellow fox, they heard a great whoosh, a "beep-beep", a slam, and another "beep-beep". After searching the house for 10 minutes, they finally found Tails, crouched in the X-hurricane (his latest plane), whispering to himself, "Find my happy place, find my happy place."

Sonic sauntered up to the twitching kitsune. "Hey buddy. I have a proposition for you."

Tails' head jerked up, and he looked at Sonic. "Have you been trying to read the dictionary in one sitting because of Shadow's dare?"

"Maybe, now listen. Me and Knux have a camera hooked up in Rouge's house in the basement where most of the sleepover's gonna be. All the guys have agreed to watch, except for Razor, and it's gonna start soon. If you want to, you can come and watch and find out if Cream really feels the same way about that kiss ya just layed on her."

"What happens if I say no?"

Sonic grinned evilly, while all the guys walked into the garage. "What's that you wanted to tell us about Tails," Silver asked.

"Your call bud."

Tails stared at Sonic in shock. "You win."

Sonic replied to Silver. "Oh nothing, now hurry up and head over to the basement, we've got some spying to do . . ."

With the Girls . . .

"So, now that everyone finally got here, it has been decided that the sleepover shall begin," Rouge said, finally happy that everyone showed up. "For our first activity, we will begin the painting of both the finger and toe nails. Now Amy and Blaze, please enter."

With that, Amy and Blaze pushed through the room, dragging a 10 foot tall, 20 foot wide make-up kite. Rouge waltzed up to it, and typed in the intricate password (cough Knuckie cough), and the great big box of nail polish magically opened. Inside it, every single color under the sun (and over it to) was represented.

"Dang," Sasha said in awe. "Even I don't have that many colors." There were colors including glitter, crazy swirly colors, pre-painted extensions, and Rouge even had 25 different shades of black. The movie Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist was on while the nails were done, as about half the girls for some reason hadn't seen it yet. They witched at Tris, laughed at the Christmas-like festival, and barfed at the gum's circle-of-life. At the end of the movie, most girls were either swooning over the adorable-ness of Michael Cera (aka Nick), praying that Jonathan B. Wright (aka Lethario/Beefy guy) actually wasn't gay in real life, or crying because it turns out Jonathan B. Wright is 22, and therefore out of their reach (thank you Wikipedia).

With the Guys . . .

Everyone (except Razor) was at a Blockbuster store, hunched over a large pile of DVDs, specifically of Nanip (the movie the girls just watched abbreviated), and all had black Sharpies. "You ready," Sonic asked. They simply nodded, and quickly began to do their damage control. After they finished, they examined their work: every single Nanip cover had Nick/Michael Cera (I love how he's 21, but still looks like a 14 year-old boy . . . and is playing one in his next movie, Youth in Revolt . . . its absolutely adorable!) completely blocked out in black. The guys smiled at their work, and headed over to Best Buy . . .