"OK so all I need you to do is look after her. I have some business with Eggman." Sonic said to the echidna on the other line. Sonic leaned against the counter top and listened to the excuses that came to him.

"Oh but I can't. I have to protect the master emerald remember?" Knuckles taunted from the other line. Sonic laughed and responded with a smirk on his face.

"Oh but aren't you on vacation? That's what you just told me like 5 minutes ago Knucklehead!" Sonic said with a chuckle. Though he could not see it, Sonic knew that Knuckles sweat dropped at this.

"Well…uh…I was but something just came up. Right now. While I was talking to you." Knuckles said nervously. He was always a terrible liar.

"Oh really? Well the master emerald can wait, can't it? It's not going to go anywhere. Plus, this will be practice for you when you become a daddy!" Sonic said and burst out laughing.

"Oh fine! I'm coming over there but just to kick your ass blue fur ball!" Knuckles said angrily, giving in and he slammed down the phone. Sonic wiped the tears away from his eyes and put the phone down.

"Well Clover, I have to go do something important so Uncle Knucklehead is coming to take care of you. Do you think you can be good for him?" Sonic said as he turned to the green hedgehog next to him. Clover Snow looked up from her bowl of cereal and nodded. Who said babies didn't understand what other people say?

A few minutes later, a loud knock came from the door and Sonic knew that Knuckles had arrived. He opened the door, only to be tackled by Knuckles and all of his fury.

"How dare you make fun of me?" Knuckles said angrily. Sonic just pushed him off and smirked tauntingly.

"What, no hello? Or hey there best buddy, how are you?" Sonic said, smirking at Knuckles' reaction. Knuckles clenched his fists and his teeth and was about to lung at the blue blur when Clover crawled in.

"Hey Knucklehead! Don't dare fight me in front of the baby!" Sonic said and picked up the baby girl that crawled next to him. Clover Snow smiled and hugged his neck.

Knuckles seem to soften for a second but then he decided to use this opportunity to mock Sonic without mercy. "Well I didn't know having a baby made you go soft!" Knuckles said with a mocking smirk. Sonic growled and felt Clover's arms tighten around his neck. She didn't like when he got angry.

"Look Knuckles. I'll beat your ass when I get back alright? Just take care of Clover Snow until I'm done with Eggman!" Sonic said and gave Clover over to Knuckles. He smiled then climbed out a nearby window. He didn't even listen to Knuckles' shout but just continued until he found Eggman's current base.

Sonic's Apartment

'What do I do now?' Knuckles thought to himself as he awkwardly held Clover Snow. Clover looked at him strangely and attempted to get herself loose.

"Hey don't do that!" Knuckles said desperately as he tried to get Clover to calm down. She did not listen but continued to struggle. (Oh poor Knuckles. Anyways on with the story!)

"Please stop!" Knuckles said as he felt his anger rising. He was tempted to just drop the baby but knew that if he did that he would be in serious t-r-o-u-b-l-e.

"Listen I'm in charge of you for now and I say STOP IT ALREADY!" Knuckles yelled at poor little Clover. She stood still for second and then her face crumpled up. Knuckles sweat dropped at the sight of the almost crying baby.

"No no no! I'm sorry! Please don't cry!" Knuckles cried with no avail. Clover opened her mouth and let out the biggest wail that she could make.

"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Clover cried out as tears ran down her little face. Knuckles placed her on a nearby chair and covered his poor ears. He could not handle the horrid sound of a crying baby.

"Please stop already!" Knuckles said, picking up the miserable green hedgehog. Clover didn't want him holding her. She dug her claws into his shoulders as deeply as she could and Knuckles cried out in pain. He didn't even hear the phone ring for a few seconds but Clover did and she stopped screaming. The phone rang again and again until Knuckles finally heard it and picked it up.

"Uh hello?" Knuckles said nervously as her observed his shoulders. They were both bleeding but it didn't seem too bad.

"Mr. Knuckles? It's me, Cream. What are you doing at Mr. Sonic's house?" said a voice from the other side of the line.

"Uh well… I was kinda….babysitting for him." Knuckles said nervously. He didn't know that Cream knew all about Clover Snow and he didn't want to ruin her innocent mind.

"Babysitting? Well why didn't he just ask me? Clover isn't really good around strangers." Cream asked confusedly. Knuckles mouth dropped open as soon as he heard this.

"You know all about this kid?" Knuckles asked, referring to Clover Snow. He twirled the phone cord around his finger nervously.

"Of course I do. Where do you think Mr. Sonic got her from?" Cream said firmly. Knuckles gasped and his eyes traveled towards a picture of Sonic. 'That bastard! How could he take Cream's innocence away?!' Knuckles thought darkly.

"I didn't know you and Sonic had a relationship like that!" Knuckles said. He heard Cream gasp on the other end o the line and she was probably blushing.

"Mr. Knuckles! How could you think something like that?! That is just crazy! I found Clover Snow on a park bench one day and took her in! Mr. Sonic is taking care of her now! Why did you even think like that? I would never betray my best friend!" Cream cried out angrily. Knuckles sweat dropped and he felt like a total idiot. Why had he thought like that?

"Look you are obviously not qualified to take care of little Clover so I'm coming over to take care of her myself!" Cream said and slammed down the phone. Knuckles mumbled something under his breath and slammed down the phone as well, though it was not as satisfying as when you were the one hanging up on someone.

It was not even five minutes when Knuckles heard a hard knock on the door. As he opened the door, little Cheese came in and tackled him. He had obviously heard the conversation he and Cream shared and was angry.

"Cheese stop it." Cream said and lifted the Chao off the surprised echidna. She didn't even say hello but quickly headed over to Clover Snow.

"Hey how is my favorite little hedgehog?" Cream said cheerfully and picked up Clover Snow. Clover smiled and wrapped her little arms around Cream's neck quickly but not quick enough that Cream didn't notice the blood on her claws.

"Mr. Knuckles, why does Clover have blood on her hands?" Cream asked nervously as Knuckles walked into the room.

"Uh well… she kind of dug them into my shoulders and well got blood on her." Knuckles responded and shrugged. Cream shook her head and sighed.

"Look I'm sorry for getting angry at you Mr. Knuckles. But now let's forget all about that! I'm going to help you take care of this baby!" Cream cried out happily and Cheese smiled. Knuckles nodded and smirked. How hard could it be with two people?

Two Hours Later…

"Hey Knucklehead! Get up!" a voice cried, waking Knuckles up. Knuckles opened his eyes and there stood Sonic. Knuckles wondered what Sonic was doing at his house but then he remembered that he was babysitting for him.

"Glad to see you're finally awake!" Sonic said with a slight chuckle. Knuckles shook his head and attempted to stand but felt a strange weight on his chest. He looked down and saw Clover Snow fast asleep on his chest. Knuckles smiled but he made it leave his face quickly, before Sonic could see and make fun of him.

"So how did it go? Did you need any help? Was she good?" Sonic asked as he picked Clover up and carried her over to her crib.

"It was fine. Of course I didn't need help! And she was so sweet. She absolutely loved me." Knuckles said lying completely. Sonic noticed this and smirked.

"Oh really?" Sonic said with his mocking smirk. It irked Knuckles but he kept himself calm. He didn't want Sonic to think that he couldn't even handle a baby!

"Then why did I find this?" Sonic said and held up a paper. It was folded up and said 'To: Mr. Knuckles' in the front. Knuckles grabbed it and quickly read the message inside.

It said 'Dear Mr. Knuckles, I'm sorry about how I reacted before. I had a great time taking care of Clover Snow with you. I didn't know you had such a soft side. Well I guess everyone does then. You're Friends Cream and Cheese.'

"Uh well maybe I had a little help." Knuckles told Sonic as he looked at him again.

"A little? She basically did everything!" A voice cried from above. Knuckles looked up there was Rouge. Knuckles gaped at the sight but then demanded to know what his fiancée was doing there.

"Well I had a bet with Sonic that you could take care of Clover Snow all alone and he bet that you couldn't. Man, I lost fifty bucks on this." Rouge said, swooping down. She handed Sonic the money and he smiled happily.

"You bet on me?" Knuckles yelled at Rouge, who smiled and nodded.

"I wanted to see if you were ready to take care of a baby all alone but you obviously need to be trained." Rouge said with a smirk. She turned to Sonic and said, "Do you think Cream could help him?"

"Cream is a nice kid. She'll help." Sonic said as he looked at his new found money.

"Trained? What am I, your pet?" Knuckles screeched in anger. It made Rouge snort and burst out laughing. Sonic just smirked again.

"I am going to get you Rouge!" Knuckles said as he lunged towards his love. But Rouge was too quick. She jumped out of the way and Knuckles crashed into the wall. (Ouch….)

"You are so lucky that I missed! I'm outta here!" Knuckles screeched, rubbing his head. He stood up and walked out of the door, slamming the door behind him.

"Well I better go catch up with him. He is so stubborn." Rouge said with an eye roll. She swiftly flew out of the door but called a goodbye over her shoulder as she caught up with the steamed echidna.

"He really is a knucklehead." Sonic said to himself as he went back to his bedroom to check up on his little girl.

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Knuckles: You humiliated me!

Me: I was just trying to make the story funny. Sheesh…

Sonic: I thought it was pretty funny

Knuckles: Of course you did! (lunges at Sonic)

Me: Hey no fighting! Save that until you leave knucklehead!

Knuckles: What did you call me?

Me: Oops. My mistake.

Knuckles: ANNA YOU ARE SO GONNA GET IT!

Me: Uh oh. Come back for the next chapter people! (runs away)