Even though Silver was ready to sleep, he wasn't able to fall asleep easily. He couldn't get the image of Sonic out of his mind. Sonic standing there so open in front of him, letting almost nothing be left to imagination. Silver buried his head into his pillow and gave a quiet scream trying to remove the lewd thoughts about his trusted roommate. He had lived with Sonic for a long time and never had these thoughts before. Did Blaze's comment trigger something in his mind?

Silver decided to distract himself from his thoughts by playing a game on his phone. As he went to unlock the screen, however, he saw a message from Shadow.

"You're welcome. Why don't we do it again tomorrow? Same place, same time." Read 8:11 PM.

Silver's face lit up when he read the message, partially from the phone's brightness, but mostly from how satisfied he was with the response he received.

"I would love to! See you then!" Message sent 8:12 PM.

Silver smiled and blushed as he set down his phone. As he laid his head back down on his pillow, he instantly remembered he would not have a car tomorrow to go out to eat. Sitting up straight, he grabbed his phone and shot another text at Shadow.

"Oh my gosh! I totally forgot my car is going to be in the shop tomorrow. I don't have a ride to get to the Café… I'm sorry…" Message sent 8:12 PM.

Feeling disappointed, Silver put his face in his hands. He really did not want to mess things up with Shadow. He knew they had only met twice, but there was just something about the dark hedgehog that made him feel butterflies. When Silver first saw the hedgehog's eyes when he removed his helmet, he felt something that he hadn't felt before. He hadn't really been on many dates nor had he had a true relationship. All these feelings were so new and strong.

Ding-Ding!

Silver took his hands away from his eyes when he heard the familiar text tone. He reached over and examined his phone.

"I can pick you up on my bike if you want." Read 8:20 PM.

"Are you sure? I don't want you to be late back to work…" Message sent 8:21 PM.

"Of course I'm sure. I'll be there at 12 in the back." Read 8:22 PM.

"Okay! As long as you are okay with it, I am too! :-)" Message sent 8:22 PM.

"Anything for you, babe." Read 8:25 PM.

Silver's face flushed red as he read the text over and over. Being called that name from Shadow- it made him feel so warm inside. He locked his phone and reattached the charger as he had the message still burned into his retinas. For his second date in a row, Silver was going to need to look his best tomorrow. His mind wondered as he rested in bed, fantasizing about tomorrow's events, until he slowly drifted off to sleep.

'Silver, you need to get these printed as soon as possible! The meeting is happening in an hour!' said a suited figure.

'I can't possibly get a million copies of a ten page document in that amount of time! It's no use!' Silver shouted as he was dealing with three paper jams at once, trying to fulfil an impossible request.

A printer's paper holding chamber bursts out of its location and hits the front desk. Soon after, all the printers' chambers shot out hitting the desk with loud bangs. The business man hits his hands on the desk with strong force adding to the noise.

'Silver!' the business man shouts, more bangs come from the desk as Silver tugs on the printer's paper jam.

'Siiiiillllvveeeerrrr!' the man screams again, his fists hitting more rapidly.

"Silver!" Sonic yelled from outside his roommate's door, knocking to try and wake the sleeping hog. "Are you going to get up? It's already 6:20!"

"Huh? What? 6:20?" Silver slid his body from out from under the sheets. "It is already 6:20? What happened to my alarm?" Silver swiped his phone off the night stand and examined the problem; he set the alarm for PM, not AM.

"Can't I do anything right for once?" Silver cried out to himself as he rushed toward the bathroom to get ready.

"Yeah, there are plenty of things you can do right!" Sonic answered the rhetorical question of his roomie. "You are a really safe driver, you are super clean and organized, you always look so formal, and you miraculously manage to remember all of your passwords for your online accounts, even though they are all different!"

"Aw, thanks Sonic! I'm glad I am not a total failure in your emerald eyes," Silver responded as he undressed to get showered. "I'll be ready in thirty minutes. You might want to start the car before I get in case it decides not to work today."

"You got it, sleepy-head," Sonic replied as he took the keys off the kitchen counter and jingled them in his hand. Sonic had already been up since 5:00 AM. He went out for his morning run around the block and came home to shower. He was watching the morning news after his shower when he realized Silver had not woken up yet. He knew that his roommate usually hit snooze on his alarm clock, but today required punctuality. True to his caring nature, Sonic had to be the good guy and check on his resting buddy.

Spastically washing his quills, Silver rushed through his morning shower. Tardiness could not be an option today. His eyes remained wide open from the shock of accidently sleeping in and his movements were almost conditioned as all he could think about was finishing his current task to move onto the next. Silver's morning routine was not for the lethargic: wake up, get in shower, wash body, shampoo hair, condition hair (but only every other day), get out of shower, deal with unsightly blemishes, brush teeth, gargle mouthwash, floss, blow dry quills, dry body, put on clothes, tie tie, gather documents, eat breakfast, and leave for work. Miraculously, Silver was able to do all of those in the 30 minutes he told Sonic it would take.

Sonic was sitting in the car fiddling with the radio. The engine managed to start with only a few trials and that gave Sonic some time to find a station he liked. All of Silver's preset stations were pop and electronic, so Sonic had to tune manually to find the rock stations he listened to. As Sonic found his favorite station, Silver walked opened up the car door, almost startling the other hedgehog.

"That was fast," said Sonic. "But, still not as fast as me."

"I am just going to take that as your form of a compliment," Silver replied. "We need to get going. I can't be late for work!"

"Alright, alright, clam down," Sonic smirked. "I'll get you there just in time so you can take your lunch with your biker boyfriend."

Silver put his face in his hands to hide his blush. "Just drive, please!"

Sonic chuckled as he turned up his tunes and pulled onto the street. He loved seeing his roommate get red in the face. He almost saw it as cute.

"Thanks for driving me, Sonic. You can pick me up when I'm off right?"

Sonic nodded. "No problemo, amigo!"

"Do you need any help finding the mechanic's workshop?"

Sonic pulled out his smart phone. "I have a good GPS on here. Do you have his business card? I'll plug the address into it."

"Yes, I do," Silver pulled the card out from his wallet. "Be sure to mention Tails sent you so I can get the discount. Also, here is my debit card. Do not spend my money on chilidogs this time, okay?"

"That was only one time and it was years ago!"

"It was last week, Sonic."

"Tomato, tomato."

"Alright, bye for real. I have to get into work. My workload is pretty heavy these days."

"Catch ya' later, Silver! I promise I will get this car to the shop in no time."

Silver shut the car door and made his way into the glass skyscraper that was his work. He was a bit nervous about Sonic driving his car since he rarely sees Sonic drive. He mainly can just run everywhere he needs to, so Silver could never gage his driving abilities. But, he knew Sonic was reliable, and he trusted his roommate to get the job done.

Stepping into his office, Silver closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and exhaled slowly to relax before starting his busy morning. A lot of printing requests can be sent by night, and many of those sent need to be ready for afternoon meetings. Then, Silver still had to fulfill walk-ins and e-mails sent during the day. He hoped that Tails got his printers fixed well enough to take the day's workload.

It was about 11:30 when Blaze came in to visit Silver.

"How go the presses?" she said, eating from her salad bowl.

Silver lifted his head from under the counter to talk with his coworker friend.

"I finished getting all the night submissions printed, and now, I am starting the morning submissions. Luckily, I haven't had any walk-ins."

"Ah, well allow me to change that for you," Blaze said handing him a sheet of paper.

Silver looked at the sheet. It was a half sheet with "You're Invited" in large font on the front with details about a birthday party on the back.

"You want me to make copies for your birthday invites?"

"Yes, I am going to need 10 of them, and of course one extra for yourself."

"Oh, Blaze! I would love to come! It says that you are having a place called: Passions?"

"Yeah, it is a club downtown. I know that really isn't your kind of scene, nor is it mine, but my friends said that I need to loosen up a bit."

Silver scanned the document into the system and started the print job.

"Well, I guess I could use some fun. Work has been pretty rough lately."

"Yes, you could!" Blaze agreed. "And, you are more than welcome to bring a plus one. Maybe that biker guy you've been seeing?"

"Oh, um, I-I guess I could ask him today to see if he is interested. I am not sure if he likes those kinds of places…" Silver brought Blaze her print request as he trailed off.

"The worst thing he can say is no, right? Ask him when you see him today at lunch."

"Yeah, I guess I can give it a shot," Silver paused, "Wait, how did you know I was seeing him again today? I didn't say anything about him today."

"Silver, I know you," Blaze said, "You have been working twice as hard as usual today so you can relax during your lunch. You also have that shine in your eye like you did yesterday. I can tell you really like him, Silver. Ask him."

Silver's face flushed with red as he tried to hide his reaction to Blaze outing him. "O-Okay," he said softly, "I'll ask him to come with me."

"Well, I suggest you get going then," Blaze said.

Silver looked down to his watch: 11:58. "Is it really lunch time already?" he cheered, finishing up the last print job of the morning. He folded the invitation into his pants pocket and rush out the door to clock out for lunch. As he was signing out, his phone vibrated in his pocket.

"Here in the back." from Shadow.

Silver was texting as he walked toward the elevator. "Great! I will be down in a minute." he replied.

The elevator dinged and started to descend into the parking garage. Silver's foot tapped with anticipation for his lunch date. As he thought about riding on Shadow's bike, he thought about how things were going with Sonic at the mechanic's shop…