Chapter 3: Slip n' Slide
I looked at my shoes as I walked along the hills not far from my house. I couldn't bear the thought of anyone seeing my face right now.
"Cheese, why do these things always happen to me?" I sulked as I sat down on the top of a plateau overlooking the sandy beaches below.
"I never really admitted to myself I even liked Sonic, but seeing him with Amy brought on all the feelings I guess." I sighed heavily as I stood up and headed back home.
"Today sucked." I said plainly as I shoved the door closed after heading inside.
I woke up around eight thirty and trudged into the kitchen to get some yogurt and juice before I curled up in front of the TV.
There wasn't much on, so I quickly got dressed after eating and headed downtown.
"What am I going to do today? I've got the whole week off!" There was something to be happy about at least.
I couldn't find much to do in town, so I dropped Cheese off at the new chao garden while I moped around some more.
"Maybe a snack will cheer me up." I reasoned with myself as I headed into the bakery.
I didn't see anyone behind the counter so I rang the little bell.
"Just a minute." A voice called from the back room.
A couple of seconds later I saw a very familiar fox open a door and step outside.
"Sorry to keep you wai-. Oh hey Cream! What can I do for you?" Tails grinned as he stepped behind the counter.
Tails was wearing one of the cute white coats and had a baker's hat on.
"Tails? What are you doing here?" I couldn't believe Tails was in a pastry shop.
"Ahh...it's just some part time work. The money doesn't hurt. Plus the manager was really desperate to find a somebody that could fill in." He explained.
"You're a chef?" I was surprised to say the least, but knowing Tails I guess I shouldn't have been.
He rubbed the back of his head, seeming a little embarrassed.
"Haha. Not really, but I can get by. I'm not all about fixing planes and stuff you know. But what brings you here today Cream?" He said light- heartedly.
"Oh, I'm just feeling a little down and wanted a couple of Macadamia Nut cookies to cheer me up." I told him.
"Is something wrong? I mean, if you don't mind me asking." Tails asked me hesitantly.
"Well, not really. But.....yeah." I sort of answered his question.
"Nothing a few cookies and a glass of milk won't solve." I quickly added, trying to downplay my sulky mood.
Tails slid open the door behind the counter and pulled out three cookies.
"Wanna stay here and talk while you eat?" Tails offered as he placed my cookies on a saucer.
He then reached for a nice crystal glass and poured some milk.
"Yea, that sounds nice. Thanks." I took the plate of cookies from him as walked over and sat at one of the tiny tables in the empty shop.
"So, how have you been lately?" Tails asked, picking around the Macadamia nuts in his cookie.
"Pretty good, I guess." I breathed out as I leaned back in the hard plastic chair.
He simply nodded in response.
Tails and I enjoyed our snack in mostly food induced silence, but soon after he spoke up.
"Well Cream, I've got get back to work. There's a few cakes that were special ordered that I've got to ice." He told me.
I smiled and stood up as Tails quickly went through a door that led to the kitchen. I started to head out when I realized I never paid Tails for my snack. I quickly popped my head through the door to ask him how much I owed.
"Hey Tails, how much for the cookies and milk?" I gasped when I saw him splatter icing off the side of the cake he was working on.
"Ahhh Tails! I'm sorry! I didn't mean to startle you." I stepped in the room, feeling a little guilty.
Tails took a deep breath out of what seemed like startled fear and then laughed.
"Don't worry about it Cream." He assured me as he took his gloved hand and carefully removed the misplaced icing from the side of the cake.
"I have the privilege of eating the mistakes." He told me as he quickly devoured the innocent streak of light blue icing.
"If you want some, there's tons of it in those squeezing tubes over there." He pointed me in the general direction.
"Sure, I'd love to take some home. Thanks!" I grabbed a small container and began dispensing white icing into it.
"No. This icing is for tasting only!" Tails laughed as his voice sounded very close to me. Suddenly I felt a small stream of white icing trickle down from above and land on my nose and mouth.
"Tails, what the...?" I turned around to get another blast of icing in the face.
Tails doubled over in laughter.
I immediately grabbed the nearest tube of icing beside me and squeezed it at Tails, but he had already dashed over to the far corner of the room.
"Gahhhhhhh!" Tails "growled" as he flew toward me with a yellow container of icing.
"Ahhhhhh!" I laughed as I flapped my ears quickly to get out of the way. I circled around and squeezed as much icing as I could over the confused kit's head
"Hahahaha!" Tails walked right through my icing shower and covered both of my ears in the yellow topping.
I took to the air again and tried to avoid his continued assault by diving around the spacious kitchen.
I saw him stop for a moment to grab a fresh case of icing when I dive bombed straight for him.
"Waaaaaahhhhaaa!" He looked up just in time as I collided with him through the door that led back into the main room.
We tumbled to a stop against the back of the counter wall. Tails tried to douse me with more icing but I stumbled to my feet and used one of the tables as a diversion.
"You can't get away!" Tails taunted as he tried to shoot icing shots across the table at me that were narrowly missing.
He soon flew into the air, as did I and we were squirting icing all over the main room as well.
I landed not far from the door as Tails was on the other side of the room.
"I'm free!" I chirped, starting to move for the door but my shoes slipped across the icing smeared floor as Tails charged at me again.
He lightly tackled me, thankfully breaking my fall as I slid to a stop against the glass door refrigerator next to the wall.
"Feeling better?" Tails smirked and at the same time blushed as he looked down on me.
"Yea." I broke out in a little uncontrollable laughter as we held hands to help each other up, surveying the damage we'd done.
Tails and I were too busy laughing to hear the bell on the door ring when someone entered.
"I'm guessing you guys are closed?" Rouge gawked as she looked at the icing all over the room.
"Hahaha. No Rouge. Uhhh.......here's your order. It was safe and sound inside the case." Tails tried to stop grinning so much as he pulled out Rouge's pastries.
She quickly paid him and left the messy store in a hurry.
"Don't worry. I'll flip the sign over on the way out." Rouge laughed a little herself as she turned the sign on the door from open to closed.
As soon as she was gone, Tails and I collapsed to the floor again in uncontrollable laughter.
Hope everyone enjoyed this. I'm thinking about continuing writing this and turning it into a series but let me know what you think. Thanks a lot for your thoughts and opinions. By the way, sorry if the chapter names in this story sound particularly bad, but I haven't come up with many good ideas lately.
Have a good weekend everybody!
I looked at my shoes as I walked along the hills not far from my house. I couldn't bear the thought of anyone seeing my face right now.
"Cheese, why do these things always happen to me?" I sulked as I sat down on the top of a plateau overlooking the sandy beaches below.
"I never really admitted to myself I even liked Sonic, but seeing him with Amy brought on all the feelings I guess." I sighed heavily as I stood up and headed back home.
"Today sucked." I said plainly as I shoved the door closed after heading inside.
I woke up around eight thirty and trudged into the kitchen to get some yogurt and juice before I curled up in front of the TV.
There wasn't much on, so I quickly got dressed after eating and headed downtown.
"What am I going to do today? I've got the whole week off!" There was something to be happy about at least.
I couldn't find much to do in town, so I dropped Cheese off at the new chao garden while I moped around some more.
"Maybe a snack will cheer me up." I reasoned with myself as I headed into the bakery.
I didn't see anyone behind the counter so I rang the little bell.
"Just a minute." A voice called from the back room.
A couple of seconds later I saw a very familiar fox open a door and step outside.
"Sorry to keep you wai-. Oh hey Cream! What can I do for you?" Tails grinned as he stepped behind the counter.
Tails was wearing one of the cute white coats and had a baker's hat on.
"Tails? What are you doing here?" I couldn't believe Tails was in a pastry shop.
"Ahh...it's just some part time work. The money doesn't hurt. Plus the manager was really desperate to find a somebody that could fill in." He explained.
"You're a chef?" I was surprised to say the least, but knowing Tails I guess I shouldn't have been.
He rubbed the back of his head, seeming a little embarrassed.
"Haha. Not really, but I can get by. I'm not all about fixing planes and stuff you know. But what brings you here today Cream?" He said light- heartedly.
"Oh, I'm just feeling a little down and wanted a couple of Macadamia Nut cookies to cheer me up." I told him.
"Is something wrong? I mean, if you don't mind me asking." Tails asked me hesitantly.
"Well, not really. But.....yeah." I sort of answered his question.
"Nothing a few cookies and a glass of milk won't solve." I quickly added, trying to downplay my sulky mood.
Tails slid open the door behind the counter and pulled out three cookies.
"Wanna stay here and talk while you eat?" Tails offered as he placed my cookies on a saucer.
He then reached for a nice crystal glass and poured some milk.
"Yea, that sounds nice. Thanks." I took the plate of cookies from him as walked over and sat at one of the tiny tables in the empty shop.
"So, how have you been lately?" Tails asked, picking around the Macadamia nuts in his cookie.
"Pretty good, I guess." I breathed out as I leaned back in the hard plastic chair.
He simply nodded in response.
Tails and I enjoyed our snack in mostly food induced silence, but soon after he spoke up.
"Well Cream, I've got get back to work. There's a few cakes that were special ordered that I've got to ice." He told me.
I smiled and stood up as Tails quickly went through a door that led to the kitchen. I started to head out when I realized I never paid Tails for my snack. I quickly popped my head through the door to ask him how much I owed.
"Hey Tails, how much for the cookies and milk?" I gasped when I saw him splatter icing off the side of the cake he was working on.
"Ahhh Tails! I'm sorry! I didn't mean to startle you." I stepped in the room, feeling a little guilty.
Tails took a deep breath out of what seemed like startled fear and then laughed.
"Don't worry about it Cream." He assured me as he took his gloved hand and carefully removed the misplaced icing from the side of the cake.
"I have the privilege of eating the mistakes." He told me as he quickly devoured the innocent streak of light blue icing.
"If you want some, there's tons of it in those squeezing tubes over there." He pointed me in the general direction.
"Sure, I'd love to take some home. Thanks!" I grabbed a small container and began dispensing white icing into it.
"No. This icing is for tasting only!" Tails laughed as his voice sounded very close to me. Suddenly I felt a small stream of white icing trickle down from above and land on my nose and mouth.
"Tails, what the...?" I turned around to get another blast of icing in the face.
Tails doubled over in laughter.
I immediately grabbed the nearest tube of icing beside me and squeezed it at Tails, but he had already dashed over to the far corner of the room.
"Gahhhhhhh!" Tails "growled" as he flew toward me with a yellow container of icing.
"Ahhhhhh!" I laughed as I flapped my ears quickly to get out of the way. I circled around and squeezed as much icing as I could over the confused kit's head
"Hahahaha!" Tails walked right through my icing shower and covered both of my ears in the yellow topping.
I took to the air again and tried to avoid his continued assault by diving around the spacious kitchen.
I saw him stop for a moment to grab a fresh case of icing when I dive bombed straight for him.
"Waaaaaahhhhaaa!" He looked up just in time as I collided with him through the door that led back into the main room.
We tumbled to a stop against the back of the counter wall. Tails tried to douse me with more icing but I stumbled to my feet and used one of the tables as a diversion.
"You can't get away!" Tails taunted as he tried to shoot icing shots across the table at me that were narrowly missing.
He soon flew into the air, as did I and we were squirting icing all over the main room as well.
I landed not far from the door as Tails was on the other side of the room.
"I'm free!" I chirped, starting to move for the door but my shoes slipped across the icing smeared floor as Tails charged at me again.
He lightly tackled me, thankfully breaking my fall as I slid to a stop against the glass door refrigerator next to the wall.
"Feeling better?" Tails smirked and at the same time blushed as he looked down on me.
"Yea." I broke out in a little uncontrollable laughter as we held hands to help each other up, surveying the damage we'd done.
Tails and I were too busy laughing to hear the bell on the door ring when someone entered.
"I'm guessing you guys are closed?" Rouge gawked as she looked at the icing all over the room.
"Hahaha. No Rouge. Uhhh.......here's your order. It was safe and sound inside the case." Tails tried to stop grinning so much as he pulled out Rouge's pastries.
She quickly paid him and left the messy store in a hurry.
"Don't worry. I'll flip the sign over on the way out." Rouge laughed a little herself as she turned the sign on the door from open to closed.
As soon as she was gone, Tails and I collapsed to the floor again in uncontrollable laughter.
Hope everyone enjoyed this. I'm thinking about continuing writing this and turning it into a series but let me know what you think. Thanks a lot for your thoughts and opinions. By the way, sorry if the chapter names in this story sound particularly bad, but I haven't come up with many good ideas lately.
Have a good weekend everybody!