Fiona got out of Shadow's and went back home, she unlocked the door, walked in and slammed it, a loud knocking came from the other side.
"RENT!"
She took her clothes off, dropped them to the living room floor in enough time to break a world record and ran to the bathroom and got in the shower. She washed off as fast as she could without missing anything and hopped out, dried off and changed into her new KFC uniform. She looked at herself in the mirror in disgust, wasn't worn yet and already had grease stains, it came with them,apparently the grease was a part of her uniform.
"Fuck my life", she sad mournfully.
She walked out and her landlord whipped the door open, give me rent!
"Ugh shut up!"
"Rent!"
She made her way down the stairs still hearing him yell rent as she ran down the street, the kfc was closer than Shadow's was so she didn't need to ride the bus. She looked at her watch, ten minutes, She pushed her glasses back up her nose as they began falling off. Shepushed by people, running over children and barely managed to make it to work. The kfc was three blocks away, she was sweaty, and exhausted. "Good thing I showered!" She said sarcastically. As she threw the doors open and ran inside to the time clock.
Knuckles stood in front of the time clock glaring angrily at her. "JULIA! WHY ARE Y'ALL SO LATE?!" Knuckles snapped in his fake country accent, knuckles wore a white suit, a white goatee and had even gained fifty pounds, he looked like Ugandan knuckles cosplaying the kernel. He even had a country hat on.
She refrained from rolling her eyes. "Not late yet sir!" She gasped through heavy breaths as she pushed by him to the time clock and quickly punched in.
"Hmph. Be here earlia next taum Woman." He said as he waddled off. His clean snow white suit was a triple extra large because he was so fat now.
Fiona rolled her eyes and got to work. Going behind the counter she started cooking the chicken but as she took it out she dropped it to the floor. "Oops", she picked it up and tossed it into the garbage.
"Woman, what are you doin?! We don't throw food out hair!" He grabbed it and put it into the bucket of chicken. "There was a roach on one of the chicken legs and got fried with it and put into the bucket as well.
"That's disgusting!"
"Y'all tell anyone an ah'll skin ya alauve ya hear?!" He threatened menacingly.
She glared at him, "yes ma"
"Good, now git back ta work." He said as he waddled off again.
Tails had just sat at home, watching tv, and eating junk, he eventually got tired of it and went out to the garage to on polishing up the prototype robot. He really missed Fiona, she annoyed him but her being gone really made him realize how much she meant to him. She was on his mind all the time, even as he worked on his robot. A month had passed without her coming. He didn't even go to see Sonic at Shadow's, he had to have the prototype done by the end of that month and it was still glitching a little when he tested it. He sat on a stool as he tinkered with the robot. Magnifying lenses on so he could see the small intricate details of the parts to be able to work on them properly. He was working with tweezers and replacing a microchip he got it out and was about to put the new one into place when the doorbell rang and scared the crap out of him and he dropped it into the robot, clinking and light banging echoed inside the robot as it hit the bottom.
"OH COME ON!" he yelled, he stood and marched to the door and whipped it open he was surprised to see Sally. "Sally! Hey, um, whats up?"
"Everything okay Tails?" A look of concern on her face.
Tails forced a smile, "y-yeah! Just fine…."
"You sure? I heard you yelling on there and-"
"Yes, yes I'm fine. Please come in." He stepped aside and she walked in and he closed the door behind her.
"So is that robot almost ready?"
"Um… almost! I'm just… y'know…. Tinkering…. Fixing the glitches."
"Are you sure you're alright Tails, you're acting like something is wrong."
"No, no, no, no, no, no. No. No no no n-"
"Tails cut the shit, what'd you do?" She asked arms crossed and a stern look on her face.
"I dropped the microchip I needed to fix the glitch with my robot inside of it because you rang the doorbell and startled me."
"Okay, was that so hard?" She said walking to the garage.
"Where are you going?"
"WE are going to get that microchip and fix the robot."
"Why do you even care?"
"Because, we're friends that's why. Now get in here, I'm not doing this myself!"
"Thats okay. Really I-"
"Tails get in here now!"
"Okay, okay." He didn't have the heart to deny her kindness, they took the robot apart to get the microchip. It was fine and they put it into place and it started working perfectly. "Thanks Sally."
"Anytime, now. Seeing as the robot is good, will you FINALLY come out of your house?"
"Eh. I'd rather chill inside."
"No."
"Oh come on we can watch movies and order pizza."
"Ugh fine but I'm inviting sonic."
"Good."
Tails and Sally were hanging out and decided they wanted to go to kfc. So the two walked in and Tails was surprised to find Fiona working the register. "F-Julia?"
She looked up and smiled at him as she took the order from Big the cat. And Amy, and Cream.
"I'll have three family sized buckets and a large diet coke!" Big said.
"Comin right up sugar."
Tails and Sally soon got to the register, "Julia, this is your third job?"
"No Ah'm just doin it fer mah health." She said with a smug grin.
Tails caught Sally smiling smugly at him, he knew he'd have some explaining to do once they sat down.
"I guess I'll get the sandwich and tenders meal."
"That'll be forty one ninety nine."
"forty one ninety nine?! Never mind, I'll just get a chicken sandwich. No meal."
"Got it sugar", she changed it, "that'll be four ninety nine."
"Make it two."
"Okay then", she changed it again. "Eight ninety nine." Sally gave her a teb and she gave them change and they left to find a seat, but not before Julia gave Tails a wink as she took the next order.
"So tails, you never told me you had a girlfriend now."
"She's not my girlfriend sal. She's just a friend."
"Uh huh, sure. I saw the way you two looked and interacted, you're more than friends."
Suddenly the doors busted open and Shadow walked in. "Everyone, I have an announcement."
Knuckles waddled out, "WHAT'S ALL THIS SON?!"
"You have violated health and safety codes, there's video footage of you putting food on the ground. You're done."
"Everyone spit their food out."
"I don't want this anymore…." The current paying customer said.
"NO!" Knuckles screamed and put Fiona in a headlock with a gun to her head, "Y'ALL ARE GONNA BUY MAH CHICKEN OR ELSE AH'LL BLOW'ER BRAINS OUT! YA HEAR?!"
"KNUCKLES CALM D-"
"SHUT UP! BAH MORE CHICKEN!"
"KNUCKLES I DON'T W-"
He took the safety off. "NOW!"
"Okay okay I'll buy some!"
"This is pathetic." Shadow said.
"YOU SHUT YER-" Knuckles took his gun off her head and she flipped him onto his back over the counter, took his gun and aimed it at him.
"Git up ya sleazeball!"
He got up, "okay. Okay just calm down there lil lady, let's not do anythin-"
She quickly shot him in the kneecap and he fell to the ground with a scream.
"FUCK! YER CRAZY!"
the police soon came in and dragged him out, Shadow looked around him. Everyone come eat at Shadows, Sonic loves chili dogs and you will too. Everyone left to go to Shadows.
"NOO! COMC BACK AH NEED YA!" Knuckles cried out as he fought against the cops as they forced him into the back of their vehicle.
Sally shook her head, "poor Knuckles, I hope he gets the help he needs."
"So do I." Tails said.
"Ma'am are you pressing charges against Knuckles?"
"Ah sure am! Can ah sue kfc?"
"You'll need to speak to a lawyer. But I believe so."
Tails got up, "Julia please, don't do this, Knuckles needs help, the power got to his head is all!"
"Tails he almost killed me!"
"I know but he's my friend, he needs therapy, please! I'm begging you!"
Julia sighed. "Faune. BUT AHM SUIN KFC!"She then stormed out.
"Excuse me sally. L"
"Okay, i'll leave you to talk to your girlfriend."
He ignored this teasing remark and ran off after her, he quickly caught up to her, "Julia, thank you."
"You owe me."
"I know. I'll repay you somehow."
"Ah'll come over and you can make me dinner or somthn."
"I have a better idea."
"Oh? And what's that?"
"Why don't I come to YOUR house?"
She paused for a moment, "because ah dont have one, I have an apartment."
"Same thing."
"No, no. I don't think that's such a good idea."
"You lost your accent."
"Er Did ah?"
"Come on. I don't care if your house is a mess." Swiss cheese… "also do you know anything about Swiss cheese?"
"No, why?"
"Just wondering, it's been on my mind whenever I think of you."
"You sayin ah smell like moldy cheese?"
"No. So, I'll be over at eight."
"No you won't!"
"Yeah I will. You break into my house all the time. It's time I repaid the favor. Give me your address."
"Sugar, ah found your address by mahself. You can do the same", she then walked off.
"Okay I'll just follow you then."
"Ugh! No!"
"Yes. You do it to me. It's time I do it to you, why do you not want me over there?"
"It's a mess."
"Well I'm gonna make fun of you for this. Ill clean up around the place too, for what you didn't do for knuckles."
"Theres no stoppin you, is there."
"Absolutely not, this is happening, the sooner you accept that the easier it will be for you Julia."
She rolled her eyes.
"Ghee, where have I seen that before? Not so fun when the shoes are on the other foot."
"At least ah surprised you, yer just following me like a creep.
"Well….. good point. I'm not gonna stop though, I'm stepping foot into your apartment at least once in this life."