14 Days of Love (Sonic Style)

Chapter 7: Cookie Troubles

Deathy: What am I doing? I have homework to work on. I tried to publish this chapter earlier today, but got service unavailable message. So here you guys go. Sorry it's so late! As an apology, I'll post the 8th chapter in about an hour.

Disclaimer: What do I own? Abosultely nothing.

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Charmy gulped as he stared at the mess. He hadn't meant for it to end up like this. He was only trying to bake cookies. Instead the kitchen looked like a twister had swept through it. Espio and Vector would surely say so. He needed to clean it up, but he just had one problem. Where did he start?

He got the broom, mop, bucket, and dustpan out of the closet and swatted the cobwebs off of them. "Should I start from the bottom or the top?" He hummed to himself as he surveyed the mess. "The top!" He decided. After all, things from the top would just fall to the floor anyway. He began cleaning, and hoping that his team mates wouldn't explode if they came back before he had finished.

Unfortunately, the fates weren't the little bee's friends today. Vector walked into the Chaotix with a pep in his steps. He had been given a good size check for finding that lady's precious poodle the other day. He hummed as he walked into the kitchen thinking of the sandwich he was about to make.

"Charmy!" He yelled as he saw the mess in front of him. "What did you do?" he glared at the bee.

Charmy gave a cheesy smile from where he was scrubbing the cabinet. Charmy chose his words wisely, trying not to upset the crocodile any further. "I'll clean it!" He blurted.

"I see that." Vector waved his hand around the destroyed kitchen. "But what DID you do to cause this?"

Charmy looked down as he moved to the next cabinet. "I tried to bake cookies." He mumbled.

"What?" Vector removed his headphones. "Speak louder Charmy."

At the moment, their local ninja, Espio walked into the kitchen. "Oh chaos!" he gasped. "What happened here?"

"Charmy. That's what happened." Vector stomped his foot.

"What did he do?" Espio surveyed the destruction with wide eyes.

"That's what I'd like to know. Well Charmy?"

"I tried to bake cookies!" he finally screamed, tears springing to his eyes. He had been trying to bake cookies since the two left that morning. The book made it sound so easy. Instead everything was a disaster. He went back to his cleaning.

Espio arched an eyebrow as he opened the cabinet. He eyed the box of cookies inside. "Why were you trying to bake cookies, Charmy?" He pointed inside the cabinet. "There's a box of cookies right here."

Charmy looked over at Espio and then went back to cleaning.

Vector arched an eyebrow at this fact. He walked over to where the failed cookies were. He picked one up and stared at thee shapes. Some were circles and other were hearts. "What's her name?" He asked softly.

Charmy stayed quiet.

Vector sighed. "We'll help you clean this mess up and make another batch. Okay?"

Charmy nodded.

It took two hours, but they finally had the kitchen spotless. Espio gathered the ingredients. Charmy did his best to help as Vector just sat at the table observing. They got the cookies bakes and Espio placed them on stove to cool.

"So… are you gonna tell us her name or are we gonna play a guessing game?" Vector asked.

Charmy stared into his lap and played with his fingernails.

Vector looked up at the purple chameleon. "You're thoughts?" he asked with his eyes.

"He's shier about this then I thought he would be." Espio's glance answered.

"So… What do we do?"

Espio shrugged.

"We'll have to follow him then, huh?"

"Seems like it."

"Would you two stop having eye conversations?" Charmy asked, looking up. He could never figure out how the two could have full with just their eyes. He also knew that the two only had conversations like that when they discussing how to handle him. Usually when they had to decide who would give him a lecture or for talks like explaining his fish had died.

Vector held up his hands. "Sure thing. Is there anything you'd like to talk about, Charmy?"

Charmy stared up at Vector. "Not really." He lied.

"Well the cookies are cooled." Espio wrapped the cookies up in a bag and tied it with a yellow ribbon. He held the bag out in front of the bee. Charmy held his hands out and felt the weight in his hands. Charmy stared down at the bag, it was a lot heavier then he thought it would be. Espio moved the bee's head to look up at him. "I want you to be home before dinner." He ordered like a mother.

"Okay." Charmy nodded before flying off.

"You're not going to follow him?" Vector asked as he watched Charmy's retreating form the window.

"If we follow too soon, he'll realize and become self-conscious." Espio answered as he began washing the dishes. "Now are you going to help me or not?"

Charmy flew up to a large field. He had to be careful. There was a bee hive nearby and he didn't want to be caught by any of the guards. He smiled as he spotted her. She was sitting in the field, picking flowers. Charmy landed a few yards away.

"Uh-hmm." He cleared his throat.

She looked up at him and smiled. "Hello again."

"Hey." He gave a small wave. "I… huh… I brought you some cookies." He walked over and handed the cookies to her.

She smiled at the cookies. They looked delicious. "Did you make these?"

"I had help." He shuffled his foot on the ground.

She nodded as she put the cookies in the basket. She pulled out a necklace she had made of flowers. She slipped it over his head. "Thank you." She placed a small peck on his check. "I'm glad to see you're doing well."

"Same." Charmy frowned as he heard several wings approaching. "I have to go." He began to fly away. "Bye Saffron."

"Bye." Saffron gave a soft wave before turning. She put some more flowers in her basket and smiled at 4 soldiers landed. "Hello." She greeted.

"Lady Saffron." They saluted.

"We've come to escort you back to the hive." One of them stated.

"Very well." She picked up her basket. She looked over her shoulder and smiled. She could still faintly see Charmy flying away. "Let's get going." She flew off in the direction of the hive.

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Krissie: I really like this pairing. So, which pairing would you guys like to see next?