A/N: Sorry if chapters are kind of short. Will try to make them longer in the future.

My thanks to reviewers...I wouldn't be here without you guys! (tear, tear)


To: Amy Rose From: Penelope the Panther Subject: You're late

Miss Rose,

I am sending you this message to inform you that this is your second consecutive lateness this week. I understand we all have an off day, but incessant tardiness is simply unacceptable.

Please remember that you start at eight thirty am not nine fifteen. Organization and proper work performance are the keys to success. Don't you want our newspaper company to be successful?

Sincerely,

Penelope


To: Sophie the cat From: Amy Rose Subject: My tardiness

Is that Penelope always like this? Okay. Yesterday, I did oversleep, but today so wasn't my fault.

Didn't you see that huge snowstorm we had last night? Well, I didn't until morning so I was up at 6 am trying to dig a pathway out of like four feet of snow.

By the way, I was watching Rent last night and in the commentary they totally pointed out something totally weird. That part where there in the subway, you know when they sing Santa Fe, there is a lady behind Mark that just disappears! Then, like a few seconds later she comes back! Isn't that sooo freaky?

Ugh. I almost choked on a skittle. Well…….talk to you later, Amy.


To: Amy Rose From: Sophie the cat Subject: Please don't choke

I was never good at the Heimlich maneuver. Once I tried to do it to my brother at his eighth birthday party, he was choking on some plastic toy form the piñata, I hit his back to hard and he threw up.

I'm afraid Penelope only gets worse from the moment you meet her. You just learn to cope by screaming into a pillow. I'm in the mood to watch Rent now.

See you at lunch.

Sophie

p.s. Hey why don't they put blue skittles in the regular bag? It says taste the rainbow, but blue is part of the rainbow, isn't it? So, why no blue? What's up with that?


Ring.

Ring.

Ring.

Answering Machine:

"I'm every woman,

it's all in me,
Anything you want done baby
I'll do it naturally
I'm every woman, it's all in me
I can read your thoughts right now
Every one from a to z

Whoa…Whoa…Whoa,

I can cast a spell
With secrets you can't tell
Mix a special brew
Put fire inside of you
But anytime you feel
Danger or fear
Instantly I will appear,

Cause I'm every woman,

It's all in me…"

BEEP—"Hey Amy, it's me…Sonic. Just uh, callin to say thanks for the sidekick…so uh, yeah…thanks."

(Song: I'm Every Woman By: Chaka Kahn, yeah kind of weird name, but it's a cool song)


To: Amy Rose From: Jim the funky monkey Subject: Smells good.

What is that alluring scent? Did you bring us another fudge cake. How isit that you work here and you still possess the will to live in the outside world? You have to give me your secret.

Okay, no you don't, but you do have to give me this recipe.

Your's truly,

Jim

p.s. Here come the scavengers, lol.


To: Jim the monkey From: Amy Rose Subject: Sure thing

Thanks for the compliment. Here is the recipe, it's not too hard to follow, there's nothing really secret about it:

1 (18.25 ounce) package chocolate cake mix

1 1/2 cups milk

8 tablespoons all-purpose flour

1 1/4 cups butter

5 tablespoons shortening

1 1/2 cups white sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

1 pinch salt

1 cup white sugar

1/4 cup milk

1/4 cup butter

Directions:

1. Bake chocolate cake mix according to package directions for two 9 inch layers. Let cakes cool then split layers in half.

2. In a saucepan mix 1-1/2 cups milk with 8 tablespoons flour, cook until thick and set aside to cool.

3. Beat 1 1/4 cup of butter and 5 tablespoons shortening until fluffy.

4. Add 1-1/2 cups sugar and mix well. Stir in the flour mixture. Beat until mixture stands in peaks. Stir in vanilla.

5. Spread this mixture between the cake layers and refrigerate for 2 hours.

In a saucepan combine cocoa, 1 cup sugar, salt, 1/4 cup milk, and 1/4 cup butter. Cook over low heat and bring to a boil. Boil mixture for one minute, do not stir. Remove from heat and add 1 teaspoon vanilla and beat until thick, this may take a few minutes. Once thick pour mixture over cooled cake and let drizzle down sides of cake and over top. Keep cake refrigerated.

Really, it's not even my recipe. I got it off of an all recipes website. Hope you like it anyway.

Amy


(Italics: Amy's thoughts)

Café de Verona

Appetizers:

Caesar Salad……………………5.99

Garden Salad…………………...5.99

Hmm…Salad? But then I might not eat much of my main meal.

Mozzarella Sticks………………3.75

Maybe I won't get an appetizer.

Entrees:

Parmesan Chicken…………….11.99

Balsamic Chicken……………..11.99

I'm a vegetarian.

Lasagna………………………10.99

Penne al Vodka……………...10.99 (a/n: you don't get drunk from eating it)

Pasta Fazul……………………10.99

Spaghetti and Meatballs...10.99

I guess I could get spaghetti w/o meatballs. Now what to drink?

Drinks:

Fountain drinks……………….3.99

Lemonade……………………..3.75

Iced tea………………………..3.75 (Free refills)

Alright, I'll get lemonade. Wow…spaghetti and lemonade. We have to start going somewhere else.

Normal Pov :

(oh, bet you didn't see that coming.)

Sophie and Amy finally decide to split the spaghetti since the meals are fairly large here and they don't have the time or the appetites. After all this was only a one hour lunch break.

"Hey Amy, how do you think they make different kinds of cheeses? It all comes from milk right? Do they mix it with other ingredients or something?"

Amy responds, "I guess."

Sophie says, "Yeah, but then why does Swiss cheese have holes in it? Does it just come out that way? You think they just poke holes in it because it looks funny?"

Amy shrugs, "You're asking the wrong person Sophie, I have no idea."

Sophie puts her hand to her chin, "Hmm…"

The girls finish their meal picking up pace as they realize that their lunch hour is almost up. As the girls walk back to the office Amy notices a poster hanging on a nearby lamppost, it read:

"Yes that's right! The Station Square Town Fair is BACK!

Admission…only 5 dollars per person.

Come spread the fun with our:

-Shop till you drop Sales: Everything 50 percent off.

-All you can eat buffets from various cultures.

-Games! Games! Games!

Bring a Buddy and share the smiles with someone special.

"Wow, but Sonic would never go…oh well. I'll just go with my friends then."