CRAZY IN LOVE OR JUST PLAIN CRAZY?

Chapter Two

"Picnics Can Be Hazardous to Your Health"

"I'm going to see Tails and Cosmo in the park, Mom!" Cream said one day. She and Cream were halfway out the door.

"You wouldn't be going to see that Bokkun, would you, young lady?" Vanilla demanded.

"Oh, Mom!" Cream said. "I'm just seeing my friends. You don't worry this much when I help Sonic fight Dr. Eggman!"

"Dr. Eggman doesn't want to go out with you," Vanilla said.

"Eww!" Cream said. "Don't give me nightmares, Mom! Anyway, I think he likes Rouge. Most boys do."

"Don't go hanging out with Rouge either," her mother told her.

"I won't!" Cream said. "Bye-bye! Come on, Cheese!"

"Chao chao!"

Actually, the truth was that Cream was going to see Bokkun in the park. She hated lying to her mother, but her heart started hurting if she went too long without seeing that goofy little grin of Bokkun's.

"I'm not sure I like this," Tails told Cosmo while they sat on a park bench, waiting for Cream and Bokkun. "That guy worked for Eggman for years!"

"I worked for Dark Oak," Cosmo pointed out softly.

"That's not the same thing!" Tails insisted. "You didn't have any choice! Bokkun did!"

"Bokkun doesn't even know if that's his real name or not," Cosmo said. "We shouldn't judge, Tails. After all, we're dating despite the fact that your mother says you can do a lot better, and your father calls me a talking rosebush." She made a face. "And my father said…well, I won't repeat what he said."

"Hi, Cosmo! Hi, Tails!" Cream called.

"Chao chao!"

"Hi, Cream and Cheese!" Cosmo called.

"Hi," Tails said.

Cream looked around. "Where's Bokkun? I thought he'd get here first."

Suddenly, there was the sound of a branch breaking overhead.

"AAAAHHHH!!!" CRASH! "Oof!"

Bokkun had just fallen out of the tree they were sitting under, landing on Tails.

"Bokkun!" Cream cried. "Are you okay?"

"Tails!" Cosmo gasped. "Are you hurt?"

"I'm okay!" Bokkun said. "I landed on something soft. Wow, Tails, you've been putting on weight!"

"Get off, moron!" Tails cried.

"Well you don't have to be rude!" Bokkun said as Cream helped him to his feet.

"Here, Tails," Cosmo said, helping him up. "Sit down on the bench while you catch your breath."

"See?" Tails said, holding his stomach. "I told you this guy is bad news!"

"Why were you up in a tree?" Cream demanded. "You don't have a jetpack anymore, you know, and you can't fly without one."

"I was scared your mom might follow you here and hit me," Bokkun said. "Do you forgive me?"

"Do you promise to stay out of trees?" Cream asked.

"Apologize to Tails," Cosmo said. "I defended you, and you hurt my boyfriend!"

"I'm sorry!" Bokkun said. He reached into a pocket and pulled out a mushy candy bar. "Who wants chocolate?" It had melted right into the wrapper.

"Eww!" Cream said.

"You have got to be kidding me!" Tails said.

"You can have it!" Cosmo told Bokkun.

Gulp! Bokkun grinned, then made a face. "Maybe I should've unwrapped it first, huh?"

"Is there anything you won't eat?" Tails demanded.

Bokkun considered this for a minute. Finally, he snapped his fingers. "I don't eat glass!"

"The way you eat anything in sight," Tails suggested as they started walking, "I think you might be part mountain goat."

"I tried eating a tin can once," Bokkun said thoughtfully, "but I didn't like it much. Of course, I was still a robot then."

"Don't eat tin cans now!" Cream ordered. "I don't want to have to ask my mother to let me visit you in the hospital…again!"

"I keep forgetting I can't fly anymore!" Bokkun said.

They spread out a blanket near the lake. Cream and Cosmo set out a picnic lunch. Tails and Bokkun helped. Well, Tails helped…

"Potato salad…" Cream said, handing a dish to Bokkun.

"Yumyumyumyumyyum!"

"Deviled eggs…" Cream said.

"Gobblegobblegobble!"

"Peas and carrots…"

"Chompchompchompchomp!"

Cheese took a small package of "Hot as Blazes Hot Sauce," and poured it all over the next dish.

"Spaghetti and meatballs…"

"Gulpgulpgu…BLEARGH!!! Aaahhh!!!"

"Bokkun!" Cream cried, as her boyfriend started running around in circles. "What are you doing?"

"Hot hot hot hot hot!!!" Bokkun shrieked. "Water! Water! Me want water!"

Tails couldn't resist. "Go jump in the lake!"

Splash!

"I've been waiting my whole life for a chance to say that to somebody!" Tails said.

"That was mean," Cosmo said.

"Yeah," Cream said, "you shouldn't…what happened to all the food I just set out?!?"

"Chao chao!" Cheese cried, pointing at Bokkun, who was laying stunned in the lake.

"Bokkun!" Cream cried. "Did you eat all that food?"

Bokkun didn't answer. He just…floated away.

"Bokkun!" Cream cried, diving in to save him. Cosmo helped her pull him back onto land. Tails checked his vitals.

"He's okay," Tails said. "Except for a couple of blisters in his mouth."

"Bokkun, speak to me!" Cream sobbed.

"I don't think I like spaghetti and meatballs!" Bokkun said. "Too spicy!"

"I didn't put any spices in the…Cheese?" Cream noticed the chao looked guilty. "What did you do?"

"Chao?" Cheese grinned from ear to ear, then hid in the picnic basket.

"Hey!" Bokkun cried. "You made a fool out of me in front of my girl!"

"Chao chao!" came from the basket.

"What do you mean, he was a fool before he met me?" Cream said. "Cheese!"

Bokkun reached into the basket to grab the chao. Snap! He pulled his hand back. There was a mousetrap on his fingers.

"Owie! Owie! Owie!" Bokkun cried, running around in circles again.

"Where did you find that?" Tails asked.

"Chao chao?"

"I bwoke my widdle hand!" Bokkun wailed. "I bwoke my widdle hand! I bwoke my widdle hand!"

"Ella gave it to you when we left Earth two years ago?" Cream said. "Where did you have it hidden all this time?"

"Get it off! Somebody get it off of me!"

"Chao chao!"

"The cellar?" Cream cried as Cosmo took the mousetrap off of Bokkun's hand. "I thought you said you were afraid to go in the cellar alone?"

"Chao chao!" Cheese grinned sheepishly again.
"My hand's all owie!" Bokkun sobbed, holding it in front of Cream's face. "Kiss my boo-boo!"

"Don't embarrass me in front of my friends, Bokkun!" Cream hissed.

"You don't love me!" Bokkun sobbed. "WAAAHHHH!!!"

"I think we should leave them alone," Cosmo said to Tails.

"NO!" Cream shrieked, stamping her foot. "You!" She pointed to Bokkun. "Stop making a scene! And you!" She pointed to Cheese. "Be nice! And you!" She pointed to Tails and Cosmo. "Sit down and be pleasant company! NOW!!!"

"She's scary when she's angry," Tails said to Cosmo.

"Hush, she'll hear you!" Cosmo said softly.

And so the five of them had a pleasant picnic. And when it was over, and Bokkun had gobbled down the leftovers, they packed up and started back.

"I think everything went surprisingly well, don't you, Cosmo?" Cream asked sweetly.

"If you say so, Cream," Cosmo said.

"Hi, honey!" Vanilla cried, coming down the path. "I thought I'd take you to the mall after your picnic and…Bokkun!" She looked around, grabbed a big stick, and started chasing him.

"Had a great time, Cream!" Bokkun cried as he ran wildly down the path with Vanilla in hot pursuit. "See ya, guys!"

Cream sighed. "You have no idea what kind of trouble I have, Cosmo!"

"Oh, I think I can guess," Cosmo said, as Tails' mother suddenly showed up.

"Miles! What did I tell you about talking to that alien plant…thingy!" She grabbed Tails by the ear and dragged him home.

"Ow! Sorry, Cosmo! Bye! Ow! Mom!"

"Bye-bye, Tails!" Cosmo called. She looked at Cream. Cream looked at Cosmo.

"Well," Cream said. "At least if I wind up an old maid, I'll have company!"

"Looks like another member of the old maids club is coming," Cosmo said.

There was a blur blur. Amy came huffing and puffing up to them. "Darn it! He got away again! So what's up with you two?"

"We were thinking about forming a club," Cosmo said.

"Old Maids Incorporated," Cream said. "Want to join?"

"Sure, why not?" Amy said. "I don't care if I ever see that Sonic ag…Sonic!" She leaped in the air, and grabbed…Shadow.

"Hey! What the…? Get her off me! Get her off me!"

"Maybe Amy needs glasses," Cream said. "Want to go to the mall when Mom gets back from chasing Bokkun?"

"Sure," Cosmo said. "I need new shoes."

How does Amy feel about Cream dating Bokkun? Find out next time!