CRAZY IN LOVE OR JUST PLAIN CRAZY?
Chapter Three
"A Fishing Story"
"Hi, Amy!" Cream cried as she met her best friend near the park.
"Cream, hi!" Amy called. "How are you doing?"
"Well, I wish I could see Bokkun more often, but my mom really doesn't like him," Cream said.
"You don't need a goof like him anyway," Amy assured her. "There are a whole lot of fish in the sea!"
"What?" Cream said. "I don't want to date a fish!"
"Well, let's go on to the park," Amy said. "I heard Sonic will be running by here sometime today."
"Oh, Amy," Cream said, walking towards the park gates with her. "You can't catch Sonic by running after him!"
"Hope springs eternal!" Amy cried, punching the air. "Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou, Romeo? Deny thy father, and refuse thy name, or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, and I'll no longer be a Capulet!"
Cream knew that when Amy got like that, she'd be awhile, and she and Cheese started picking flowers.
"Duh, hey, Froggy! Come back!"
"Oh, dear," Cream said. "Big's lost Froggy again!"
"Big," Amy said. "Hmm." She grinned. "Come on, Cream! Let's help him catch his dumb frog!"
Catching Froggy was easier said than done. Froggy liked his independence, and had had a lot of practice at getting free and staying free. Cream leaped at him, and ended up in a patch of dandelions.
"Ribbit! Ribbit!"
"I'll get him!" Amy cried. She sprang, and landed in the lake. SPLASH!
"Ribbit! Ribbit!" It sounded like he was laughing at them!
"Duh, I'll get him!" Big cried. He tripped over a tree root and landed on Cream. KA-RUNCH!
"Glackkk!!" Cream shrieked. "Get off! Get off!"
"Duh, sorry, Cream! He's a slippery little devil, isn't he?"
Amy shook herself as she came out of the lake. "Stupid frog!" she yelled. "You stop running or…" Suddenly, her pico-pico hammer was in her hands, "…or I'll clobber you!"
"Ri-biiit!" Froggy cried, apparently fainting.
"Duh, come on, little buddy," Big said, picking up Froggy. "Let's go fishing!"
"Hmm," Amy said again. "Let's join him, Cream!" Amy suggested.
"Duh, but I'm not coming apart!" Big said. He looked at himself. "Am I?"
D'oh! Amy thought. Big was a moron! But even he would be better for Cream than that Bokkun!
The entire chase had been viewed by the former messenger robot. "Hey!" Bokkun sputtered. "That big galoot Big's after my Creamy Cream!"
Bokkun watched them go to Big's regular fishing spot. "Steal my girl, will you, blubber gut?" Bokkun muttered. "I'll fix you!" He ran to the water's edge and made a mighty leap into the air. "Up! Up! And awauughh!" KER-SPLASH!
"What was that?" Cream asked. They couldn't see Bokkun because the view to where he had just fallen in was blocked by the branches of a weeping willow tree.
"I didn't hear anything," Amy said.
"Sshh!" Big hissed. "Duh, you'll scare the fish away!"
Bokkun climbed out of the water. "You can't fly anymore!" he told himself. "You can't fly anymore! You can't fly anymore!"
"You gotta be awfully quiet, or the fishies won't come any where near you!" Big explained. If there was one thing he knew about (and only one) it was fishing.
Cream looked at Amy. Cream hadn't gone out with Big because of exactly this. Big was not a fun date. At least Bokkun made Cream laugh when he wasn't being mean.
"So, Big," Amy said, "what do you do besides fish?"
"Well, I chase Froggy a lot," Big said.
"And what else?" Amy asked.
"And…I like fishing!" Big said.
D'oh! This could take awhile!
"I'll get that fat tub of goo for going after my girl!" Bokkun said. He put a straw in his mouth, then went into the water. He started walking. Soon the water was up to his neck. Then it was over his head. Then it was over the straw.
"Gack! Bleagh!" he cried, coming up, sputtering. "I'll need more straws!"
"Somebody's splashing someplace," Cream said.
"Maybe it's a flying fish!" Big said, his eyes big. "I saw one once! It was so pretty! But when I tried to pet it, it bit me! Did you know they have sharp teeth? I didn't!"
Cream was half asleep now. Amy was wondering if she should try setting Cream up with Charmy.
Bokkun had managed to find a long reed and was now using it to breath underwater. He started swimming towards them. "I'm gonna get him, and save my sweetie!" Bokkun said to himself. Reaching the fishing line in the water, Bokkun grabbed the hook, and looked around for something to attach it to. He finally hooked it onto a rock.
"Duh! Hey, I caught something!" Big cried. He started to reel it in. "Oh ho! You're a tricky devil, aren't you, Mister Fishie-Fish? But I'll land ya yet!"
Bokkun snorted, making bubbles come out of the reed. Luckily, Amy and Cream were too busy helping Big land his catch to notice. Unfortunately, Cheese did notice.
"Chao?" Cheese's face twisted with anger. "Chao chao!" Cheese looked around, noticed the reed, and flew over to it. "Chao!" He flew back to shore, looked over the pebbles there, then picked one that seemed the right size. He flew back and pushed it into the reed.
"Blubble? Blubglubble?" Bokkun swam off, leaving his reed. He dragged himself onto shore just out of sight of the others. "Hack! Gack! Blup! Kaff! Kaff! What the heck just happened?"
"Chao chao chao!"
"You!" Bokkun gasped. "I should've known! You dirty rat!" He leaped at Cheese, who simply flew straight up. Splash!
"Chao chao! Pbbbtttt!" Cheese flew back to Cream.
"Oo, I'm gonna get that cheeseball!" Bokkkun said.
"Duh, pull, you guys!" Big cried. Finally, the rock came flying out of the lake, where it smacked Big right upside the head.
"Big!" Cream cried. "Are you okay?"
"French toast, please!" Big said, falling over on his face.
"Big!" Cream and Amy yelled.
"Duh, I fell down and went boom, didn't I?" Big asked as they helped him up.
"What happened?" Cream asked.
"This rock hit him right upside the head," Amy said. "Maybe you should see a doctor."
"Nah, I'm fine," Big said. "Bad rock!" He took it and tossed it away.
Bonk! Down Bokkun went.
"Oo, look at the grouse!" Bokkun said to himself. His major claim to fame on Earth was the fact that he'd watched every Three Stooges film ever made. Strangely, Cream had not been impressed.
When Bokkun woke up, he crawled under the branches of the weeping willow tree so that he could get close to Cream. She looked like she was almost asleep. Cheese looked already asleep. Amy looked annoyed. Big looked…like he was fishing. And Froggy…
Bokkun grinned. He picked up a pebble, and tossed it past Big. Splish.
"Duh, what was that?" Big asked out loud, looking towards it.
"I didn't hear anything," Amy said, looking at her feet.
Bokkun crept over and grabbed Froggy, who was just starting to slowly hop away from the big lug again.
"Ribbit!"Bokkun tossed Froggy far out into the lake. Splash! "Ribbit!"
"Duh, Froggy!" Big cried. "You quit splish-splashing around! You're gonna scare the fish away!" He started into the water after his pet.
"Big!" Amy yelled, jumping up. "Get out of the lake! He's a frog! He's supposed to be in the water! You're a cat! You're supposed to stay on dry land!"
"But I gotta get Froggy!" Big insisted.
During all of this, Bokkun crept up to Cream. "Cream!" he hissed. "Cream!"
"Huh?" Cream said, opening one eye. "Oh. Hi, Bokkun. Cream go sleepy-bye now!"
"Come on!" Bokkun whispered. "You don't wanna hang out with Mr. Stupid do you?"
"Don't be mean," Cream said. "Big's very nice. Now get out of here, before Amy sees you!'
Luckily, Amy was too busy dragging Big out of the lake to notice Bokkun make a dash for cover. Unluckily, Cheese noticed him. Cheese also noticed a crab. He picked it up and dropped it on Bokkun.
"Owie!" Bokkun cried as it pinched him. "Owie owie owie!"
"Bokkun!" Amy yelled, pico-pico hammer suddenly in hand. "Death from above!" Pow!
"That…felt…good…" Bokkun said, falling over backwards with a grin.
"Amy! Leave Bokkun alone!" Cream cried. She shook her finger at Cheese. "You too. Bad chao!" She slung the still unconscious Bokkun over her shoulder. "Let's go, Bokkun!"
"Moe, Larry, the cheese!" Bokkun cried.
"Yeah, I've heard your Curly impressions," Cream said. But Bokkun wasn't quite as coo-coo as he appeared to be. Although dazed, he'd noticed Cheese fly over with a lit firecracker. Who knew where Cheese got this stuff from?
"Here!" Cheese said, handing the firecracker to Bokkun.
"Hey, thanks!" Bokkun said, eating it. Bang! "Buuurrrp! 'Scuse me!"
"You're making a mistake," Amy said. "But I like your guts." She watched Cream carry Bokkun away, then grinned.
As Sonic raced down the highway, he suddenly came upon Amy, laying in the road.
"Amy! What happened?" He bent down to help her up.
Bam! Down he went. Amy slung him over her shoulder. As she carried him happily home, she passed Bokkun, running wildly from Vanilla with a broom. "Poor Cream," Amy said. "Oh well, I got mine!" She carried Sonic to her house. She locked the door behind her.
"Hey, what?" Sonic moaned, coming to. "Where am I?"
"In me power!" Amy yelled, pouncing on him. "Thousand kiss attack!" Smooch!
"Hey!" Sonic cried. Smack! "Quit it!" Smooch! "I said stop it!" Chu! "Help! Help!"
"Oh, hush!" Amy said. "Only nine hundred and ninety-six to go!"
Well, Amy's against Cream and Bokkun too. What are two young people in love to do? See what they decide next time!