21. Vacation
Taking a moment to admire the gift, Sally pushed her bangs out her face for the fourteenth-billionth time. It was such a nice gift; the newest model around, to be in fact. Heck, it was a model that hadn't even been released yet! Well, to the public, at least. Since Shadow had so much money (and since he was so high up in G.U.N.), his and Amy's gift had been very… extravagant, to put it simply. Because of that, Sally was pretty sure that the gift had been Amy's idea.
Smiling once more at the gift, Sally nodded and turned around. The air was warm and the breeze was light and fluttery, providing the perfect weather for testing out their new present. Of course, that was if he was willing enough to cooperate, which Sally seriously doubted. Sonic had never been one to like… water.
And as soon as she saw him, she knew that any begging she tried would have virtually no effect on him. Even though he was already in a jammer swimming suit and a life jacket, his arms were folded and his expression itself was stubborn. Swaying his opinion would be as simple as pushing a boulder the size of Eggman up a cliff.
"Sonic, do you want to—?"
"No. No way am I going on that—" He struggled to find the right word. "Thing."
Sally narrowed her eyes at him. "It's called a wave-runner, Sonic."
He rolled his eyes and shook his head. "Sally Alicia Hedgehog I've told you once, and I'm not telling you again. I'm not going on that thing, and there's no way you can make me try it." Sally opened her mouth to speak, but he quickly beat her to it. "We're on vacation, Sal, and that means that I'm supposed to have fun. Do you think I would enjoy something like that? "
"You would enjoy yourself!" She exclaimed, throwing her arms into the air, "Think about it! It's a fast vehicle and even if you fall in, you'll have a life jacket! They can keep anyone floating; heck, even Big the Cat can—"
"Nope! Don't want to hear it!" Sonic exclaimed, pulling a hand up. "I don't want to do it, and that's that."
Sally nearly pouted, even though she always hated seeing others do it. "But Sonic…"
"No buts, Sal. I'll do something with you later, but this is where I draw the line."
Sally simply stared for a moment, sighing in defeat after a few seconds. "Fine."
Sonic's gaze became lighter, and he smirked. "Don't worry about it, Sal. We'll do something together later, okay?"
She nearly nodded. "Alright."
Sonic nodded in response as she turned around to prepare herself for the ride, and he watched her for awhile. After several seconds, it became obvious that she had believed him to have left. "Here I am, Mrs. Always-Stuck-up-and-Never-Willing-to-Try-Anything, trying to convince the most reckless being on the planet to do something fun. What on Mobius is going on? It's ridiculous! You'd think we'd have switched minds with how eager he was to say from this thing…"
Her mumbles made Sonic smirk and feel a bit guilty. It was true; it was rather odd that he wasn't doing something reckless for once and Sally was. It would have made Bunnie proud of her, and it would have made… well, everyone else laugh at him. Sonic the Hedgehog not taking up a challenge? The idea was ridiculous!
The blue hedgehog blinked as the reality of the situation took over. His pride was at stake, as well as his carefree nature. And also equally important—to Sonic's realization—was that if he didn't go, he was going to be leaving his wife to be all by herself, which made him feel even more guilty. What kind of a guy was he if he left Sally all by herself when there was anything related to H20? He did have a life jacket, so if he fell off, he'd be able to resurface no problem…
Finally reaching a decision, Sonic cleared his throat. "Okay Sal, it's later." He said out loud, making Sally jump and whip around in surprise. "I'll come along with you."
At first, she looked like she didn't believe him. Then when his words sunk in, she smiled. "Really?"
Sighing, the hedgehog nodded. "Yeah. Just be really—whoa!" The princess had suddenly grabbed his hand and led him to the edge of the dock where the wave-runner was bobbing in the water, cutting off his speech once again. It was obvious that they both had a terrible habit of interupting one another…
Despite this, though, Sally had understood what he had started to say. "Don't worry Sonic, you will be."
"I will be what?"
"Careful driving."
Sonic's heart skipped a beat. "Excuse me?"
Sally merely smiled. She didn't respond to his question, and she didn't give him any instruction to get on the wave-runner or start it. Only after they both resurfaced from their first wipeout did she say anything, and when she did, Sonic didn't know quite what to say. "Water you doing Sonic? You shouldn't crash like this!"
"Heaven help us Sal. You're using puns."
Sally smirked. "I learned it from you, my dear."
"Then I trained you well."
I had fun with this one. :) I like vacations! ^^ And sorry I didn't update yesterday, I got a little side-tracked.
Thanks to ShadowEmpress76 and brave kid for reviewing! And also to Yami's got game, who reviewed in chapter 4, I know that he had dark eyes, but since some of these are AU, oh well! I like him with green eyes. :)