UPDATED 23/12/08 – certain things have been corrected and/or re-written to what I believe is better
-Thanks for the awesome reviews guys! Sorry if I made you wait a little, anyway, here's the chapter-
Chapter 5
The Info
Amy dashed into the closest telephone booth and felt her pockets. "Darn, no change." She left the booth and entered the corner store next door. "Can you give me change for this?" Amy asked the man behind the counter, slapping down a five-dollar bill.
"What would you like it in?" The man behind the counter was a bulky, bald man with a thick black handlebar moustache.
"Quarters, I guess."
He pressed a few buttons on his cash register, put the bill in, and then gathered out a handful of quarters.
Amy reached out to accept the quarters from the man's sweaty hands. "Thank you." She was about to leave when he tapped her on the shoulder. "Oh, did I forget something?" Amy asked, searching the store with her eyes.
The man nodded and handed her a copy of the newspaper The Station Square Times.
"Whoops."
"In my store, the local newspaper is free," the man explained. "Be sure to check page 13. There's a new journalist on that page with a great column."
Amy opened up the newspaper and browsed through. "Hmm…the Station Square Hummingbirds won their latest baseball game…a new brand of cell phone is going to be released in stores soon…movie reviews…"
The man reached over and swiped the newspaper from her. He flipped the pages until he came to page 13 and then he handed it back to her, pointing out a column with one meaty finger. "Here is what I was talking about. Take a look."
Amy read the column, and then glanced at the writer's name. It said by Jake the Hedgehog. Her eyes widened and she smiled. "Jake's a columnist!"
The man nodded again.
"But how did you know that I knew him?"
"I was going to tell you that you also left behind this." He handed Amy a piece of scrap paper with Jake's name and phone number (Amy had written down his phone number after he called her at her apartment to arrange a date) on it.
Amy's face flushed. "Thanks." She left the store, newspaper tucked under her arm, and re-entered the telephone booth. She put in the required number of quarters to gain access to the phone, and, reading off the piece of paper, dialled in his phone number. Amy waited.
"Hello?" It was Jake on the line.
"You didn't mention that you were a columnist for The Station Square Times."
"Ah, you saw today's paper? How'd you like it?"
"It was great…very honest and thoughtful," Amy informed him.
"I'm glad you think so. I do try."
"Anyway, I think I've settled on a good idea for our first date."
"Just tell me when and where."
Amy remembered back to what Sonic said. "The Bijou cinema at 7:00 tonight. Is that good for you?"
"Yeah, it's good. Which movie are we seeing?"
"I think there's only one movie being shown there at 7:00…" Amy checked the newspaper. "Yes, it's called Attack of the Evils. Sounds scary."
"Cool. I'll see you at 7:00."
"Bye, Jake."
Amy put the phone back on the receiver. "Huh. The plan just might work out after all."
-Totally short, I know. I'll make a really long one for chapter 6 at 15 reviews. Anyway, short but okay. I hope this one slightly peaked your interests-
