Chapter 2
Neo loses Coco

Everyone on the bus was as normal as they were before the
new term. Tiny and Tara were still going out with each other,
Dingodile and Taradile were still planning to get married,
Trophy still sat on the back seat with all the girls such as
Liz, Ani, Isabelle, Isabella, Megumi, Crystal, Roxz and Mel, Taz
and Crash sat upstairs like they used to. But where Neo used to
sit, there was what looked like a white cat with very large ears
sitting all by herself, reading a book called "Midnight hour of
the Bats by M.T. Rat." Rather than Neo being rude, he decided to
sit next to her. Seen as no one else was sitting in their usual
places minding their own businesses as per usual. As Neo sat
down next to her, she marked her place, put it in her bag, and
turned to face Neo. She had a white face, apart from a brown
peachy coloured part around her mouth. She had a small upwards
pointing nose, small white fangs like a cat, (Neo decided she
was a cat) large eyes with purple-blue eye shadow, extremely
large ears, and she had a pair of bat-like grey wings sitting
out of her back through her uniform, which she had sticking out
over the edge of the seat. She slightly smiled, as she looked
Neo up and down.

Neo: Hi there! My name's Neo, what's yours?

The cat still stared at Neo. Neo asked her again.

Neo: My name is Neo. N-E-O. That's how you spell Neo. What is
your name?

Rouge: Neo. My name is Rouge. Rouge the bat.

Neo: Right. Well, I thought you were a cat that's all. Know
anyone here?

Rouge: Neo. Knuckles. I love Knuckles. (Turns towards
Knuckles sitting opposite them) Oh, Knuckles!

Knuckles: (walks over and sits in the space between Neo and
Rouge) Why, Rouge. You look awfully, beautiful. More beautiful
than when I last saw you. (Puts his arm round Rouge) And you're
a very sneaky little bat. But you're gorgeous. Extremely
gorgeous. (Lifts Rouge onto his lap and puts his other arm round
her waist) I wrote a poem for you. Want to hear it?

Rouge: (Leans on Knuckles and puts her arms round him) Oh,
Knuckles you're so romantic. Tell me your poem about me.

Knuckles: Your hair is like velvet cushion, your body like the
ocean current. Here I sit with you on my lap.

Without Knuckles realising the bus indicated into Crash's usual
bus stop, where Crash's sister, brother and girlfriend Coco,
Squid and Tawna, Taz's sister Ami, Nathan and Oxy Gin, and a
load of new kids were getting on the bus. Neo moved further down
the bus with Nathan and Coco. Coco immediately started moaning.

Coco: It's awful Neo. There's this new girl who lives in that
house down the road that used to be for sale, and she has been
picking on me all day. (A Pink hedgehog gets on the bus) There
she is! (Points at the pink hedgehog)

Neo: (Looks at what Coco's pointing at) What did she do? Fall
in a can of pink paint?

Neo, Nathan and Coco started laughing at Neo's joke. But
down at the front of the bus, Knuckles didn't notice the pink
hedgehog until it was too late.

Knuckles: And as the priest calls out the names of the married
couple. He says, "The married pair, Knuckles the Echidna and."
(Suddenly looks up to see the pink hedgehog) SONIA!!

Rouge: (Looks at the pink hedgehog as well) SONIA!!

Sonia: (Looking at Knuckles) KNUCKLES!! (Sees Rouge)
ROUGE!!

Knuckles: (Stands up and drops Rouge on the floor) This is not
what it looks like Sonia. (Starts walking backwards towards the
stairs on the bus) Rouge was just.she was just.ermm.look Sonia I
wasn't.

Sonia: Do you think I'm stupid? You were asking Rouge out.
Weren't you? (Walks right up to Knuckles's face, so their noses
were touching) WEREN'T YOU???

Knuckles: No. I was practising.our English project. It's
called.ermm.oh I think someone's calling me from upstairs, Bye!!
(Knuckles runs upstairs, Sonia runs after him)

Neo: God, she is one bloody bitch.

Coco: Hang on. I'm going out with that red guy!

Neo: WHAT!?

Coco: Long story Neo. I met him in the park opposite our old
primary school, he just seemed so sweet. And you always told me
that red is the best colour to have, he was red, he asked me
out, how could I say no?

Neo: Just say it, duh!

Coco: Well, I'm off to see him. Bye!

Coco puts her stuff on one of the racks, and then walks
upstairs. As soon as Coco went upstairs, Rouge the Bat walked
over to Neo and Nathan.

Rouge: Hi Neo! Where's Coco off?

Neo: She's off out with Knuckles.

Rouge: How can she? I'm going out with Knuckles!

Neo: Not my problem.

Rouge went all huffy puffy, and marched upstairs to where
Knuckles was getting kinda stuck.

Rouge: (Facing Knuckles) Alright you have a lot of
explaining to do. Why are you going out with Coco instead of me?

Sonia: Well for your information, Rouge. Knuckles is going
out with me!

Coco: You're both wrong! Knuckles is going out with me, he asked
me out when I was in the park. So there you pink cotton candy
pillow! And you the old granny!

Sonia: Who are you calling a pink cotton candy pillow, you
blonde haired dipstick!

Rouge: You can talk Sonia!

Sonia: Keep out of it you old hag!

Rouge: You think you're so cool, just because your Mom's
the Queen, and you're a princess. Well you're not!!

Knuckles: WILL YOU THREE BE QUIET!!!!! (Everyone goes quiet)
Thank you. Right I will go out with all three of you.

Sonia: NO! You have to pick one of us.

Knuckles: Oh, fine then. Well first of all, Sonia. You already
have two boys. You've got your other two triplets, to love and
to look after.

Sonia: For your information, Sonic is gay and Manic is wet!
Plus they're both at the police station today with our Mom!

Knuckles: Well, I'm going out with (Puts one hand over his
eyes and points at Coco with his other hand) Coco Bandicoot.

Sonia: WHAT!? (Slaps Knuckles across his face and walks off
downstairs)

Rouge: (Slapping Knuckles as well) I hope you're happy!
(Follows Sonia downstairs)

Coco: Don't worry Knuckles, I love you! (Kisses Knuckles then
walks back downstairs)

Knuckles: Oh, god.