Chapter 4 Frankie's Girlfriend
Author's Note: Sorry for the long wait, but I got lazy. The genre has changed to romance/drama because this chapter gets pretty dramatic. Plus, it was never very humorous anyway... Oh well. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: Go away.
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Knuckles sat on the couch with his head in his hands, thinking,
'Man,' he thought, 'Rouge sure knows how to make a guy feel guilty.'
He knew he had to apologize to Frankie, after all, he had said some cruel things. But apologizing was not something Knuckles did well. In fact, the only person he could ever remember apologizing to before was Rouge. It had been at Meteor Herd, after their fight...
Knuckles shook his head, but stopped because it hurt. Now was no time to stroll down memory lane. But what could he do? He didn't know how to apologize to someone.
He slowly got up, staggering a little from the pain in his head, and made his way up the stairs. Each step seemed like a mile as he climbed up to Frankie's room, dreading the moment he'd finally get there.
He wished that they could just forget the whole thing happened and move on, without having to say he was sorry. That's what he always did when he got into arguments with his other friends...
Knuckles sighed, realizing that there was no way out of this mess. He would just have to put away his pride and say he was sorry.
After what seemed like forever, Knuckles finally stood in front of Frankie's door. He raised one trembling fist in front of it, hesitating to knock. It was amazing that someone as fearless as Knuckles could be afraid of saying a simple word. But to him, saying sorry showed weakness, or surrender, things that just weren't in his nature.
But there was no turning back now; he had to do this. Reluctantly, he knocked on the door and waited for an answer.
"Come in," he heard Frankie muttered.
Knuckles took a deep breath. Once he opened this door, there was no getting out of it. Running from apologizing would just show more weakness than actually doing it. He turned the knob, and stepped into the room.
"Hey," he whispered, nervously.
Frankie looked at him and then turned away. He had been expecting Rouge...
"What do you want?" he asked bitterly, "Did you come to fight some more?"
Knuckles bit his lip and looked down. "I actually came to tell you something..." he muttered, trailing off.
Frankie still refused to look at Knuckles. "What, did you come to tell me to get out of your house?"
"No..."
Frankie stole a glance at Knuckles, who was still looking at the ground. "Then what is it?"
"I'm sorry..." he muttered as quietly as he could.
"Huh?" Frankie asked, who had honestly not heard.
Knuckles sighed. Frankie just couldn't make this easy could he? He looked up at the ground and looked straight at Frankie. "I'm sorry," he repeated, clearly.
At first, Frankie didn't believe that Knuckles's words were true. But with one look at his face, he could tell that his words were sincere. "I forgive you," Frankie replied, "And I'm sorry about the dictionaries."
Knuckles laughed. "So, uh, Frank, do you think we could start over and forget this ever happened? Do you think we could be... friends?"
Frankie nodded. "I think that would be good."
Knuckles nodded and was about to walk out of the room when an idea struck him. "Hey Frankie?"
"Yeah?"
"Me, Rouge, and a couple of our other friends are going to the club tonight, you wanna come?"
Frankie was a little uncertain. He always was shy to meet new people. "I don't know..."
"C'mon , man, it'll be fun!"
Frankie sighed. "All right, I'll go..."
Knuckles smiled, "Great."
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Knuckles and Frankie walked into the club, trying to spot the guys, as Rouge went to join the girls.
"There they are!" Knuckles exclaimed, pointing to a table where Sonic, shadow, Spike, and Sonic were sitting.
Spike waved at them and signaled for them to come over. Knuckles and Frankie approached the table and greeted the guys.
"Guys, this is Frankie, he's an old friend of Rouge's, and a new friend of mine. His name is Frankie."
"Hey Frankie!" they all chorused. Frankie simply smiled as him and Knuckles took seats at the table.
The guys chatted, but Frankie stayed quiet. He seemed to be focused on something, or... someone.
"Hey Frankie what's up?" Knuckles asked, looking at his friend curiously.
The guys followed his gaze and it landed on a purple hedgehog with black stripes. She was wearing a light blue shirt with a purple "J" on it, and a periwinkle skirt. She was talking to Rouge Joan and Amy.
Shadow smiled. "Looks like Frankie's got a crush."
Frankie snapped back to reality at hearing Shadow's words. "Wha? No way, I-I don't have a crush on her!"
Spike smirked, "Her name is Jasmine, and she's my wife's best friend."
"Speaking of which, where is your wife?" Knuckles asked, not seeing Marie chatting with the other girls.
"She forgot her cell phone. She went home to get it."
Frankie was still staring at Jasmine, blocking the whole conversation out. "Jasmine..." he whispered.
Sonic waved a hand in front of Frankie's face. "Dude, if you like her, go talk to her!"
Frankie sighed. "What interest would she have in a guy like me?"
"You never know until you try!" Shadow assured him.
Frankie got up from the table. "It's worth a try," he whispered.
Meanwhile, the girls were having a similar conversation.
"Who's that hedgehog talking to the guys?" Jasmine asked.
"Oh, that's Frankie," Rouge answered, "He's an old friend of mine. Why do you ask?"
Jasmine smiled. "He's cute."
The other girls smirked.
"Go talk to him, Jazz!" Amy suggested.
Jasmine shook her head, "I don't know..."
"Hey, Jazz, he's coming this way!" Joan told her.
"Yeah, Jasmine, he's gonna talk to you!" Amy whispered excitedly.
Just as the girls predicted, Frankie came up to Jasmine and smiled.
"Hi," he said nervously, "I'm Frankie."
Jasmine smiled shyly, "I'm Jasmine."
"Could I like, buy you a drink or something?"
Jasmine nodded, "Sure."
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The guys and girls watched Jasmine and Frankie as they sat and talked. They appeared to be having a great time.
Jasmine said something to Frankie, and then got up to go to the bathroom. At this moment, the guys ran up to Frankie and started bombarding him with questions.
"How'd it go?"
"Does she like you?"
"What did you talk about?"
Frankie held up a hand to signal silence.
"Everything went fine, and I really like her."
Knuckles looked at him, "Did she ask why you never take off your sunglasses?"
Frankie nodded, "Yeah, but that's okay we'll work around that."
Now Sonic stepped up. "Okay, so you like her. Ask her to be your girlfriend!"
Frankie gave a worried look. "Should I?"
All the guys nodded and hid again once Jasmine came back. This time, they were close enough to hear what they were saying.
"Uh.. Jazz?" Frankie asked.
"Yeah?"
Frankie took a deep breath. "I had a great time tonight, and what I'm trying to say is, will you be my girlfriend?"
All the guys and girls smiled as they waited for Jasmine's reply. "I'd love to be your girlfriend Frankie, but that means one thing."
Frankie nodded, telling her to continue.
"Being my boyfriend means no lies, and no secrets."
"I understand that." Frankie assured her.
"So take off your sunglasses."
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Yep, I think I'll end it right there! I'm so evil! Sorry for shortness, but I wanted it to end there. Next chapter... The Secret Behind Frankie's Glasses Is Reviled! If you want, try and guess what he's hiding! Please review!
Author's Note: Sorry for the long wait, but I got lazy. The genre has changed to romance/drama because this chapter gets pretty dramatic. Plus, it was never very humorous anyway... Oh well. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: Go away.
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Knuckles sat on the couch with his head in his hands, thinking,
'Man,' he thought, 'Rouge sure knows how to make a guy feel guilty.'
He knew he had to apologize to Frankie, after all, he had said some cruel things. But apologizing was not something Knuckles did well. In fact, the only person he could ever remember apologizing to before was Rouge. It had been at Meteor Herd, after their fight...
Knuckles shook his head, but stopped because it hurt. Now was no time to stroll down memory lane. But what could he do? He didn't know how to apologize to someone.
He slowly got up, staggering a little from the pain in his head, and made his way up the stairs. Each step seemed like a mile as he climbed up to Frankie's room, dreading the moment he'd finally get there.
He wished that they could just forget the whole thing happened and move on, without having to say he was sorry. That's what he always did when he got into arguments with his other friends...
Knuckles sighed, realizing that there was no way out of this mess. He would just have to put away his pride and say he was sorry.
After what seemed like forever, Knuckles finally stood in front of Frankie's door. He raised one trembling fist in front of it, hesitating to knock. It was amazing that someone as fearless as Knuckles could be afraid of saying a simple word. But to him, saying sorry showed weakness, or surrender, things that just weren't in his nature.
But there was no turning back now; he had to do this. Reluctantly, he knocked on the door and waited for an answer.
"Come in," he heard Frankie muttered.
Knuckles took a deep breath. Once he opened this door, there was no getting out of it. Running from apologizing would just show more weakness than actually doing it. He turned the knob, and stepped into the room.
"Hey," he whispered, nervously.
Frankie looked at him and then turned away. He had been expecting Rouge...
"What do you want?" he asked bitterly, "Did you come to fight some more?"
Knuckles bit his lip and looked down. "I actually came to tell you something..." he muttered, trailing off.
Frankie still refused to look at Knuckles. "What, did you come to tell me to get out of your house?"
"No..."
Frankie stole a glance at Knuckles, who was still looking at the ground. "Then what is it?"
"I'm sorry..." he muttered as quietly as he could.
"Huh?" Frankie asked, who had honestly not heard.
Knuckles sighed. Frankie just couldn't make this easy could he? He looked up at the ground and looked straight at Frankie. "I'm sorry," he repeated, clearly.
At first, Frankie didn't believe that Knuckles's words were true. But with one look at his face, he could tell that his words were sincere. "I forgive you," Frankie replied, "And I'm sorry about the dictionaries."
Knuckles laughed. "So, uh, Frank, do you think we could start over and forget this ever happened? Do you think we could be... friends?"
Frankie nodded. "I think that would be good."
Knuckles nodded and was about to walk out of the room when an idea struck him. "Hey Frankie?"
"Yeah?"
"Me, Rouge, and a couple of our other friends are going to the club tonight, you wanna come?"
Frankie was a little uncertain. He always was shy to meet new people. "I don't know..."
"C'mon , man, it'll be fun!"
Frankie sighed. "All right, I'll go..."
Knuckles smiled, "Great."
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Knuckles and Frankie walked into the club, trying to spot the guys, as Rouge went to join the girls.
"There they are!" Knuckles exclaimed, pointing to a table where Sonic, shadow, Spike, and Sonic were sitting.
Spike waved at them and signaled for them to come over. Knuckles and Frankie approached the table and greeted the guys.
"Guys, this is Frankie, he's an old friend of Rouge's, and a new friend of mine. His name is Frankie."
"Hey Frankie!" they all chorused. Frankie simply smiled as him and Knuckles took seats at the table.
The guys chatted, but Frankie stayed quiet. He seemed to be focused on something, or... someone.
"Hey Frankie what's up?" Knuckles asked, looking at his friend curiously.
The guys followed his gaze and it landed on a purple hedgehog with black stripes. She was wearing a light blue shirt with a purple "J" on it, and a periwinkle skirt. She was talking to Rouge Joan and Amy.
Shadow smiled. "Looks like Frankie's got a crush."
Frankie snapped back to reality at hearing Shadow's words. "Wha? No way, I-I don't have a crush on her!"
Spike smirked, "Her name is Jasmine, and she's my wife's best friend."
"Speaking of which, where is your wife?" Knuckles asked, not seeing Marie chatting with the other girls.
"She forgot her cell phone. She went home to get it."
Frankie was still staring at Jasmine, blocking the whole conversation out. "Jasmine..." he whispered.
Sonic waved a hand in front of Frankie's face. "Dude, if you like her, go talk to her!"
Frankie sighed. "What interest would she have in a guy like me?"
"You never know until you try!" Shadow assured him.
Frankie got up from the table. "It's worth a try," he whispered.
Meanwhile, the girls were having a similar conversation.
"Who's that hedgehog talking to the guys?" Jasmine asked.
"Oh, that's Frankie," Rouge answered, "He's an old friend of mine. Why do you ask?"
Jasmine smiled. "He's cute."
The other girls smirked.
"Go talk to him, Jazz!" Amy suggested.
Jasmine shook her head, "I don't know..."
"Hey, Jazz, he's coming this way!" Joan told her.
"Yeah, Jasmine, he's gonna talk to you!" Amy whispered excitedly.
Just as the girls predicted, Frankie came up to Jasmine and smiled.
"Hi," he said nervously, "I'm Frankie."
Jasmine smiled shyly, "I'm Jasmine."
"Could I like, buy you a drink or something?"
Jasmine nodded, "Sure."
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The guys and girls watched Jasmine and Frankie as they sat and talked. They appeared to be having a great time.
Jasmine said something to Frankie, and then got up to go to the bathroom. At this moment, the guys ran up to Frankie and started bombarding him with questions.
"How'd it go?"
"Does she like you?"
"What did you talk about?"
Frankie held up a hand to signal silence.
"Everything went fine, and I really like her."
Knuckles looked at him, "Did she ask why you never take off your sunglasses?"
Frankie nodded, "Yeah, but that's okay we'll work around that."
Now Sonic stepped up. "Okay, so you like her. Ask her to be your girlfriend!"
Frankie gave a worried look. "Should I?"
All the guys nodded and hid again once Jasmine came back. This time, they were close enough to hear what they were saying.
"Uh.. Jazz?" Frankie asked.
"Yeah?"
Frankie took a deep breath. "I had a great time tonight, and what I'm trying to say is, will you be my girlfriend?"
All the guys and girls smiled as they waited for Jasmine's reply. "I'd love to be your girlfriend Frankie, but that means one thing."
Frankie nodded, telling her to continue.
"Being my boyfriend means no lies, and no secrets."
"I understand that." Frankie assured her.
"So take off your sunglasses."
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Yep, I think I'll end it right there! I'm so evil! Sorry for shortness, but I wanted it to end there. Next chapter... The Secret Behind Frankie's Glasses Is Reviled! If you want, try and guess what he's hiding! Please review!