Chapter 25- The Dance
Suddenly it's Monday and everyone's at school.
Sonic came into the lunch room to see cheerleaders passing out fliers. He avoided them and sat with Shadow, Knuckles, and Tails. Unfortunately all three of them had the fliers in their hands.
"Hey Sonic, have you seen this?" Knuckles asked handing him the flier.
"Oh goodie." Sonic said rolling his eyes. He took the flier and glanced at it, "A school dance? Yeah right." He gave the flier back to Knuckles.
"I'm with faker here." Shadow said crumpling up the flier.
Tails smiled, "I don't know. I think it sounds nice." he said.
"Who would you ask?" Sonic asked, "Cream's dead."
"No I'm not!" Cream shouted from under the table.
Suddenly Liz ran over to their table and pulled her up by her ears, "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE?" she screamed.
Cream started to cry.
Then Liz dropped her as a cheerleader approached them with a smile, "Hey there fellow school goers, have you heard about the dance yet?" she asked handing Liz a flier. She hesitated then took it from her and looked it over.
She dropped the paper and then exploded with laughter. She was laughing so hard she fell over.
The cheerleader's smile faded then she forced it out again and skipped off towards her friends to keep handing out fliers.
Liz, still laughing, grabbed the flier and ran over to Komodo, Dana, and Mel at their table.
There was a pause where she was talking to them then the four of them all began laughing.
Knuckles was still looking at the flier, "It's guys ask girls." he said.
"Who cares? I'm not going." Shadow said.
"Why not? You should ask Hannah." Tails said.
"Shutup Sonic!" Shadow shouted indignantly.
"Hey, that was Tails!"
"Sorry… impulsive reaction…"
Then they heard another uproar of laughter and turned to see that Hannah had also received a flier and had fallen out of her seat.
"That's only one of the reasons I'm not asking her." Shadow said.
"Since Cream is still alive I'm going to ask her." Tails said happily, ignoring Shadow.
"Where did she go anyway?" Sonic asked.
"I think she ran home crying." Knuckles said, "I think you should ask Amy." he added to Sonic.
"Hmm, maybe. As long as Liz doesn't try to blow up the dance." Sonic mumbled.
"Hey, that's a great idea!" Liz said.
Sonic looked behind him to see Liz standing there with her friends and smiling at him, "Thanks for the inspiration hedgy." Then the four ran out of the cafeteria.
"What have I done?" Sonic said putting his face in his hands.
"Real smooth." Knuckles said rolling his eyes, "Oh well. They'll probably fail miserably anyway. I'm taking Rouge."
"You didn't even ask her yet." Shadow said.
"I don't have to. If she refuses I'll post the footage of her I have of her in the shower on the internet." Knuckles said proudly.
"You sick bastard." Tails mumbled.
"How else would I get her to say yes?" Knuckles asked getting up, "I'll go tell her right now." Knuckles stood up and went over to the girls sitting at a nearby table and began speaking to Rouge.
Sonic and co. watched as she leapt onto Knuckles and proceeded to beat the shit out of him.
"Should we help him?" Tails asked.
"No, lets just let the pervert take what's coming to him." Shadow said smiling.
Later…
Liz sat on the couch watching 'Saw' with a notebook in her hands.
Sonic came in and stared at the screen then at the notebook, "What are you doing?" he asked.
Liz jumped and hid her notebook, "NOTHING!" she shouted. Then she ran up the stairs into her room.
Sonic paused then turned off the TV and went back into the kitchen where Tails was rummaging through the cabinets.
"Where did we put the vanilla extract?" he asked.
"What's that?"
"…nevermind."
"Hey, have you asked Cream to the dance?"
"No, I don't know if I should."
"Why not?"
"Because of that Cosmo thing."
"Oh please! She's a plant."
Just then the flower on the window sill began to sob. Sonic and Tails stared at it for a moment but then Liz came in and pulled it up by its roots and shoved it down the garbage disposal.
"Stupid flower." She mumbled angrily, then she ran into the other room and started watching TV again.
"Well, now you're free to ask Cream." Sonic said with a smile.
Next Day…
Sonic went into his homeroom and saw the fantastic four: Liz, Komodo, Dana, and Mel sitting in the corner and talking in a small huddle.
He sat on the other side of the room and tried to avoid eye contact with them.
The teacher came in and smiled, "Time for the pledge of allegiance everyone!" she shouted merrily.
Everyone ignored her.
"NOW DAMMIT!"
So everyone stood up for the pledge and then it was over and they sat back down and the girls resumed their evil plotting.
Lunch…
Amy sat down near her friends beaming.
"Why are you so happy?" Hannah asked.
"I just know Sonic is going to ask me to the dance!" Amy said, "My Sonikku would love to go to a dance with me."
"No, it's just you who'd love to go to a dance with him." Rouge argued.
"I'm sure he'll change his mind." Amy said defensively.
"I wish Knuckles would change his mind. I have to go with him." Rouge said angrily.
"How did he get that video?" Hannah wondered.
"He has cameras everywhere I bet." Rouge said.
"Hey, I think Shadow might ask you Hannah." Amy interrupted.
"Ha! Good one. No way am I going with him." Hannah said.
"Why not? You two are so cute together." Amy said.
"You better not have called me and Shadow cute." Hannah said viciously.
"It was just a thought." Amy mumbled.
"Back to your dilemma Amy, I think you should go over there and see if Sonic wants to go to the dance." Rouge said.
"Alright, no problem!" she said, then she jumped up and ran over to Sonic's table. All conversation stopped as she approached, "Hi Sonikku." She smiled.
"Uh… Hey Amy." He said.
"Sooo… ask anyone to the dance yet?" she asked.
"No, I don't plan on going." He said.
"Oh, that's too bad." Amy said dejectedly.
Sonic looked up at her, "But… uh… you never know, maybe it'll be fun. Do you have a date yet?"
"SUREI'LLGOWITHYOUTHANKSFORASKINGME!" Amy screamed in a slur. Then she squealed and ran off towards her table again.
"Well I have a date now. That makes two of us." Sonic said, "Now it's just Shadow and Tails who don't have dates."
"coughaskhannahcough" Knuckles 'coughed'.
Shadow glared at him, "Very funny." He said, "No way am I asking Hannah."
"Why not? You two look great together." Knuckles said.
Shadow stood up, "I will kill you. Make no mistake about that echidna!" Shadow shouted.
"Calm down!" Knuckles said, "It was just an opinion."
Shadow sat down, mumbled something angrily, then poked his food with a fork.
"Alright, whatever you say. I have to talk to Rouge about the dance." Knuckles stood up and went over to the girls and spoke to Rouge for a moment. Then he turned to Hannah.
Shadow froze, "What is he doing?" he shouted alarmingly.
Hannah glanced over at Shadow and said something back to Knuckles who smiled and ran back over to his table.
Shadow grabbed him by his throat and pulled him close, "I HOPE YOU DIDN'T JUST DO WHAT I THINK YOU DID!" he screamed.
"She said she'd love to!" Knuckles said with an evil smile.
"I'M NOT GOING!"
"Too late for that." Knuckles said.
"Now you have to ask Cream." Sonic said to Tails.
"Alright, I'll ask her when we get home." Tails said.
Shadow had now threatened to do many unpleasant things to Knuckles if he didn't go back there and explain to Hannah that he was lying.
When Knuckles refused Shadow jumped over the table and began to chase him around the cafeteria with a spork and swearing at the top of his voice.
Hannah watched this with a smile, "It's so much fun to make Shadow miserable." She said.
"Why did you accept?" Rouge asked.
"Because I knew Knuckles was just trying to piss off Shadow. So, why not play along to make Shadow angry?" Hannah said.
"Whatever you say." Amy said with a sly smile.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Hannah demanded.
"Are you sure you didn't just say yes because you really do want to go?" Amy said.
"Are you nuts? I'm not that crazy!" Hannah shouted.
"Well, whatever you have to tell yourself to sleep at night." Rouge said.
Hannah glared at her but otherwise ignored them.