Chapter 34: Snails?

Tails (Hmm. Don't see that everyday)

It's depressing, isn't it? Well, this day was certainly chaos. Firstly: me and Marine had... well, I had decided to bake a cake and teach her how to make one at the same time; Sonic had rung me up saying him, Benny and Silver needed to be picked up. So, I left Marine with the cake.

After I picked up Sonic, Silver and Benny... after the parents of the children had yelled at Sonic for Benny thrashing them all the children with his energy-blasts... I came home to find the smell of something burning. I had to sniff three times before it hit me.

Marine. Had. Left. The. Cake. In. The. Oven.

And, I had told her what to do if the cake was done. I walked over to the kitchen, only to find Blaze setting fire to an old tea towel of mine. When she saw me, she quickly hid the tea towel behind her.

"Blaze, why are you doing that?" I had asked her.

"Nothing..." she had replied, looking away sheepishly.

I had just shrugged it off.

Secondly: Benny became obsessed with my new invention. A portable television. He was now lying on his stomach staring at the TV screen watching this weird programme named 'Sponge Bob Square Pants'.

Weird.

Thirdly: Silver had knocked over my kettle, which sent a load of hot water pouring all over the floor. He had apologised a lot to me, but I had told him to forget it. Sonic had come through and had slipped over the water, causing him to go straight into the flaming hot water.

"YOOOOOOW!" he had screamed, jumping up and down trying to grab his back where it hurt, "SOMEBODY HELP!"

Of course, me and Silver had been in a panic. But, Blaze simply came in and filled a mug of water, and poured it onto his back.

Fourthly: I had forgotten about the cake in the oven. So, it was burnt. Great. However, when I had not been looking Benny had been nibbling.

HOW CAN YOU EAT A BURNT CAKE!

Fifthly: Sonic and Blaze were going out.

So, Sonic couldn't shut up about it - and Blaze wasn't too happy about it. I didn't want it to end as it did at Sonic's: the house burnt down.

The time was seven o' clock in the evening. I was sitting at the table reading the Sunday newspaper (two weeks old) when Blaze came running into the room, somewhat almost out of breath. I raised an eyebrow when I saw her.

"Where's Marine?" she enquired.

I shrugged.

"I don't know. Probably lounging around in our room," I explained.

"Oh, okay... Our room?" she repeated.

"Yeah," I smiled, looking at her, "gotta problem with that?"

"Ur... no," she replied, slowly, "just... yeah, thanks."

And, she quickly ran out of the room. Or, strode. As she does. I sighed and looked at my newspaper again.

"Tails... Tails! Oy! Hello? Are yer receiving?... Bladdy fox..."

"Now, then you!" I exclaimed, pointing at Marine, who now had a worried expression and was now cross-eyed because of my finger, "Don't... I repeat... Don't call me... a bloody fox. 'K?"

"Sure," she replied, simply.

I removed my finger and nodded.

"D'ya know where Blaze is?" she asked me.

"Yeah, she's looking for you," I replied, absently, looking at my newspaper, "ooo! They've got fifty percent off tools in Argos."

"Ur... Tails?"

"Yeah?" I looked at Marine.

"That's a week old..."

"No, it's two weeks old," I corrected.

"Yeah, well, still! What kinda loony would read a bladdy two weeks old newspaper?"

"Ur... a loony you're married to."

She scrunched up her nose at me, which usually meant she'd had enough, and walked out of the room. I sighed when she closed the door behind her, and took a sip of my tea nearby...

"URGH!" I exclaimed, spitting the cold tea out.

"Oh, sorry," Silver's voice came along.

I saw him sitting opposite me in a chair. He had an apologetic look.

"What for?" I asked, quietly.

"Ur... I made the tea cold," he said, smiling really angelically.

"Why...?" I asked, slowly, raising an eyebrow.

"Well, I was experimenting, y'know? I kinda put ice in the tea and I wanted to see if it was cold and-"

"Well, why did you test my tea?" I interrupted him. "Everything was going swell, and you ruined it."

"Oh, yeah, sure," Silver said, sarcastically, "first with the burnt cake-"

"It's called sarcasm, Silver," I said, flatly.

"Ur... I knew that."

I sighed, and extended my arm with the tea in.

"Could you get me another tea, please? A hot one this time?" I asked.

He stood up, and brushed back his rather weird hairstyle.

"Yes, sir. Anything else, sir?" he asked.

"Yes. A biscuit would be nice, too. Now, snap to it," I explained, he took my mug, and I resumed reading the newspaper.

"Yes, sir," Silver said, slowly.

The door closed and I carried on reading. Suddenly, the door was barged open, and Sonic came flying in. He did a front roll and looked at me, his hands on his hips. I saw what he was wearing. A shirt with a massive collar and baggy black trousers. He had combed his hair flat, which just looked really weird.

"Put quite a bit of effort into this, haven't you?" I enquired.

"This is my one night. And, I can't afford to slip up," he explained, proudly.

"Mmm."

"So... what do you think will happen?" he asked, with gritted teeth.

"Knowing Blaze probably nothing. Hope you have a good time, though," I said, trying to brighten him up.

His smile faded, and he raised both of his eyebrows.

"Yeah, we'll see. I can impress any girl... except this one," Sonic explained.

"Ironically enough, the one you do want to charm."

"I know, tell me about it."

I nodded slowly and continued reading.

"Okay! Here is your tea, sir, and your biscuit," I heard Silver say, in an attempt to sound like a butler.

I raised my head and looked at him. He was walking over to me, with a tea towel round his arm and a tray with a mug and biscuit on. Sonic looked from behind with a raised eyebrow. He had a confused look.

"Thank you," I said, "just put it here, thank you."

Silver put the mug and biscuit on a table near me, and bowed when finished.

"Anything... Oh, Sonic! Eh heh... Hi," he blushed, waving at Sonic.

"What have you done to him, S-tails?"

"Snails?" I asked, confused.

Sonic scratched the back of his head, embarrassed.

"I mean-" he started.

The door so happened to be closed at the time, and Sonic was standing beside it. The door opened whilst he was speaking, causing him to get squashed by the wall and door. Blaze came running in again.

"Has anybody seen Sonic?" she asked me and Silver.

"Um..." I slowly looked towards the door, as did Silver.

"MMM!"

Blaze jumped and looked at the door.

"It's talking..." she said.

"Behind the door, Blaze," Silver said, bluntly.

"Oh! I see."

There was silence between us.

"MMMMMM!"

"OH! Okay, I'll open it, okay," Blaze said, and she removed the door from Sonic.

The hedgehog fell to the ground with a splat. Blaze looked down at him, with a finger to her lower lip.

"Ur... So-"

"What?" he exclaimed, now standing up and glaring at her.

"Fine," she said, and shrugged, "I thought you wanted to go to dinner with me..."

"Okay, I'm sorry, Bwaze... I mean Blaze," he said, quickly.

"Oh, dear. I've been dreading this moment for days... and I have good reason to."

I stood up and walked over to them, chucking the newspaper at Silver, who caught it quickly.

"So!" I clapped my hands together and saw what they were wearing.

Sonic was wearing the shirt and trousers and Blaze was wearing what she usually was wearing. Oh. I looked her up and down, and she folded her arms.

"You gotta problem, mate?" she asked, in an australian accent.

"Yeah: you're not wearing anything particularly special," I explained.

"'Particularly special'? Tails, if there's one thing you should know about me, it's that I always wear special clothing."

"Well, we goin'?" Sonic asked, rather impatiently.

"If we must," Blaze muttered.

"Oh, c'mon, Blaze, it'll be a blast!" Sonic cheered.

"That's what I'm worried about."

The two walked out of the house, and waved their good byes. Marine turned up and said good bye, too. Then, ran back into the house. I had no idea what the rush was for. Suddenly, Benny came running out of the door, but I grabbed him by his dungaree strap. He started running in mid-air.

"Whoa, what is it? What is it?" I asked him.

"Gah! I want to go outside!" he exclaimed, sadly.

I smiled and gently brought him back in.

"Sorry," I said, "it's dangerous out there."

I looked back at Sonic and Blaze. The feline whispered to me, before she left: "If I'm not back before twelve ring the police."

I nodded slowly. O-kay.

"Good bye, Unca Zonic! Good bye, Auntie-"

"I'm not your auntie! And, I don't intend to be," Blaze explained, and turned away.

Sonic waved to us, then the two walked away. As soon as they were out of the gates, Blaze ran a different direction from him.

"HEY!" Sonic yelled, "Don't run away! C'mon! Blazey! One night, please! BLAZEY!"

"DON'T CALL ME BLAZEY!" I heard a loud yell from a distance.

"Well, come 'ere, then," Sonic said, calmly.

I closed the door.

Blaze

I snarled and stopped in my tracks.

"Oh, Blazey!" I heard Sonic call for me.

I shook with rage. This night was going to be worse than I thought. And, what I thought was bad enough. I whirled around on my heels and glared at him straight. He came jogging up to me with a smile.

"You're so happy, Blaze," Sonic chirped, and slung his arm around my shoulders. "C'mon! We're gonna have sexy time."

"URGH! Go away!" I exclaimed, and freed myself from his grip.

"Well, c'mon, let's just have a pizza or something," he explained, calmly.

I folded my arms. Then, shrugged. Pizza. Nothing wrong with that.

"Fine," I replied.

"Oh, cool! Oh. Do you think we would get it for free, 'cause y'know you're princess an' all-"

I growled.

"On second thoughts, maybe not," he said, happily and turned around, "c'mon."

He put his arm around my shoulders and walked forward. I took his arm and interlocked it with mine.

"That's better," I murmured.

A smile crawled up on his face. We both walked into a town, which I recognised from this afternoon. The lights shone in the darkness, and it was annoyingly romantic. I looked away from Sonic, pretending something had caught my eye. Sonic, however, seemed as happy as ever.

"This place is great!" he said, "me and Tails used to come here every so often. But, when you and Marine..." I looked at him, raising an eyebrow as a warning, "... came along, it kinda changed."

"Oh? How?"

"Well," he shrugged, "Tails likes to hang around with you two and Silver... and probably Benny."

Oh, him. Yeesh.

"As do I," he added.

Yeah, 'cause you do, Sonic!

"Well, there wouldn't be anywhere else for you to go now, would there?" I enquired.

"... 'Wouldn't be anywhere else for me to go'?" Sonic repeated. "It's like you don't know me at all, Blaze: where wouldn't I be welcome?"

"The home of the Eggmen?"

"...Well, a few years ago, maybe. They're fine, now, though."

"Oh, good for you," I murmured, looking away again.

"Why, hello there!"

My eyes twitched.

That was Rouge! I quickly unlinked my arm with Sonic's, and walked away a little from him.

"Oh, Blaze, dear, you've sure cheered up," I looked over at the bat, to see she was looking at me with a smile.

I twitched one back, and looked away. Bit rude, but there you go.

"... Hi, Sonic. How are you?" Rouge asked the hedgehog.

"Fine, fine," Sonic replied, quickly, "so, what brings you here?"

I slowly looked at her. She folded her arms.

"Oh, no reason really. I just wanted to see the... see the town. Knuckles also wanted me to come as well, so..." she explained, trailing off.

"Knuckles? Where's he?" Sonic asked.

"Oh, he reserved a table in one of these restaurants... It's an Italian one, because he wanted pizza... 'Blue Moon Restaurante', that's the one... Anyway I'm sure I'll find it..."

I noticed Sonic's happiness fade a little.

"Oh, well, that's just where we were going!" he explained, shrugging.

Oh, no! There's no we! There never was a we!

"Oh, isn't that sweet," Rouge said, somehow she detected Sonic's slight disappointment, for she added, "don't worry, Sonic. I'm sure you'll find a table from our interference."

Sonic attempted to deny, but Rouge put up her hand to stop him.

"You don't have to do that, Sonic," she said, "I'll see you two later, then."

Sonic could just nod and smile.

"Bye," I said.

"Good bye," and she went away.

I slowly looked at Sonic, who slowly looked at me.

"Let's go," he said.

He walked forward and I quickly caught up with him.

Maybe, this night won't be that bad. Will it?

Well, there wasn't much of Marine. Heh. Please review. The more reviews the more enthusiastic I shall be to update. Thank you!

End of Chapter 34