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Chapter 2: Blaze and Mandy's Sweet Cafe?

"Amy Rose Hedgehog, eh?" I repeat, feeling a grin coming up out of nowhere on my muzzle,

Wait- no! I shouldn't be interested in any girl…not this soon!

But for some reason I can't help myself to get nosy in other people's business. Though, I did determine myself not to date ever again, nor get myself up and running with a girlfriend so quickly,

I've dated a lot of girls, not a whole lot to be titled a Womanizer, but I've had my fair share. The only problem that I had, and it wasn't just one or two- but all of them, wasthat they had past boyfriends and older brothers who wasn't too fond of me dating their ex-girlfriends/sisters.

I even dated a girl who was loaded and had a lot of money! We did everything together (Not to mention the longest relationship I've ever had). She even cared to be the one buying things for me instead of it being vise-versa. Later coming to find out that she had very strict father who grew to hate any boy that were to date his daughter,

So I guess I'm in the dog house for now…now and forever,

"Yeah…you sound interested…?" The grey hedgehog remarked, probably noticing the grin I had on all this time. I had to struggle to wipe it off,

"Wh-w-what?" I stammered upon my words, trying to make up a lame excuse, "I don't have any affections for this Amy…I didn't even see her in person yet!"

"You don't need to; you just hear the name and-BOOM- you fall under her love spell. Easy as that!"

"Well I didn't…" I shrugged my shoulders and eyed Miles' friend, "Why, you like her or something?"

I would expect him to say 'yes' or 'I'm currently dating her', but instead…

"No! I have a girlfriend- I-I mean I have a friend who I like!" He exclaims in a pouty manner, blushing like mad,

Yeah right…

"You two are already starting something and you guys just met," Miles shook his head and gestured his hand from me to the other fellow, "Sonic, this is Silver the hedgehog!"

I nodded at him, which he did the same in return- but with a little friendly smile on the side,

"So I'm sensing you're new here, correct?"

"Yep! Moved here from Coast East. To make me an official freshman here, all I need to do is get-"

"-THE PAPERS CHECKED!" Miles exclaimed, so loud that it startled both me and Silver, "You need to pick the classes you want, and you haven't picked the dorm room you wanted— GAH! I'm such a bad guidance to you, Sonic!"

Some of the students passing by, or just standing around, turned their attention toward the three of us, eyeing at us weirdly,

…I like having attention and all, but not this way!

Man…that fox can shriek!

"Okay! Okay! Let's not panic…" Silver gestured his hands up and down, trying to calm the kit's nervousness,

But then…

"T…there you…are! I've…been looking—woo!-all over for you, Tails!" An elegant looking violet-lavender cat girl approached us, seemingly out of breath. She didn't look angry, but sure didn't look jolly either.

She had piercing gold eyes, mostly like Silver's. The girl had on white leggings with a purple tank top. Around her ankles and wrists were some white fluffy-looking cuffs. There was also a red diamond type thing pinned in the middle of her forehead too,

I never saw anyone like her before…

"Uh, what's up Blaze?" Miles asked, still in his panic voice,

As a couple of seconds went by, she finally caught her breath to speak again, "I…Cosmo I should say, was looking for you. She sent me to ask you if you'd want to meet her by Mandy's Sweet Café shop."

As soon as she said that, Miles' cheeks went crazy red all over,

"Well?"

"S-sure I can come…" Miles faltered as he twiddled with his fingers, wagging both his tails,

Looks like someone has a crush I see, I thought to myself, smiling on the inside,

The cat girl, Blaze I'm assuming from what Miles called her, rolled her eyes and grabbed his hands, pulling him up from his seat, "Don't worry Tails, I'm coming along as well so it wouldn't be awkward with you two alone,"

Soon enough, Silver started to raise his hands and asked excitedly, "Can I tag along with you guys?" all childlike.

Blaze's mood changed from a bit annoyed to a soft smile, "Of course, Silver,"

Okay I know this seems like a mushy friendship moment…but I kind of feel left out,

Even though I don't even know these people…but I still feel awkward being here and nobody making conversation with me,

As on cue, Miles gave a quick look toward me, probably seeing if I was still here, and gave a weak smile, "Oops, I'm sorry Sonic! Hey Blaze, I want you to meet a new friend I met today; Sonic the Hedgehog,"

Friend…?

"Sonic, hmm?" The cat questions while extending her hand to me, "I never heard of you…you must be new here,"

I took her hand and nod my head as an answer, lightly smiling…

What? I can't help being polite to girls,

But this still doesn't make us friends, right?

"Well, my name is Blaze Cat; nice to meet you!" she nodded her head also as our hands broke free, "I'm sorry if we made you feel a timid awkward while talking…would like to come, too?"

I wasn't expecting an invitation so sudden on my first day here. "Huh?"

"To Mandy's Sweet Café?"

I had a lot on my mind at the moment when she asked; Should I? But what if I get too quickly attached to these people? I'm not really in the mood to be dealing with other people in my life right about now…remember, work comes first!

But it's just a little break to the Café, man. Relax!

Ah, what the heck!

"Yeah, I'll come," I sighed, not too sure if this will be a good idea for me,

"Alright, let's go. I'll text Cosmo that we're going to make it; we'll just have one more person to add on our back!" Blaze responded firmly, as she took out her iPhone and walked straight down the hallway, not giving us another look back,

Silver whistled off-tuned and tried to catch up with her,

What she said…was that a compliment or…? I wondered while walking way behind them, having the fox next to me,

"Don't worry; in her language, that's very much a compliment!" Miles chuckled slightly, elbowing me,

"Oh." Was all I said,

Once again, he read my mind somehow…

(XXX)

I hate, hate, hate walking anywhere! I'd rather run, but I know the others were barely as fast as I am, so I chose to walk with them instead,

But…we finally made it!

I have to say though; the walk from the University to the café, which was at least 5 blocks apart from each other, was strange for me. Besides the walking itself, the guys tried to make conversation with me, hoping I wouldn't feel left out, while Blaze had her eyes straight ahead the entire time; straight face and all,

That's real friendly,

But I guess I haven't did my share of friendliness around here myself,

Too bad that the café wasn't located on the other side of the building, where we could've have passed the dorms so I can see what they looked like….ah well,

"BLAZE! TAILS! SILVER! OVER HERE!" A girl who had rose petals on both side of her head beamed at us when we stepped inside, waving her hands rapidly in the air toward our direction,

"Cosmo!" Miles waved back at her while grinning happily. All of us started walking to where the girl was sitting at; a sofa.

The café shop wasn't really crowded like how I vision it would be. Just three guys that looked like seniors smoking in the corner, where I guess the staff worker probably wouldn't catch them, and a freshmen-looking saber tooth tiger girl sipping her beverage while reading a book,

The room was really bright with all the lively colors around, each wall painted a different color and all. The tiles on the floor all had the word 'freshmen' and below the word were a couple of names signed on each one. There was also, surprisingly, a lime-green leathered couch sitting in the middle of the room. Nobody was sitting on it but the girl who called our names herself,

"Looks like you chose this spot, once again I see?" Blaze questions, giving the girl a quick hug before sitting down next to her. Silver sat on the other side of Blaze, while Miles sat on the other side of the girl with the petals,

Which…left me standing in front of them like an idiot…

"Of course!" The girl exclaimed clapping her hands together, "Aaaand, I made sure that we wrote our names on the tile closest to this spot, too!"

"Good grief, Cosmo…" The cat shook her head and crossed her legs, "Labeling something next to an object won't make it our property to claim!"

"Hey, it's worth a shot, right?" The girl shrugged,

"Ha, it's alright Cosmo—it's like what Knuckles did to me when I moved in with him," Miles confirmed, looking up right at me, "Wanna hear the story?"

The girl looked up at me and gasped, "Oh! I didn't know he was with you guys," The girl frowned and turned her attention to me, "I'm sorry that I was rude—are you new here?"

I crossed my arms and nodded, "Yeah, just moved here last week for the campus tour and came to the University this morning,"

"Ooh, I love new people!" She clapped her hands again, "My name is Cosmo…I'm a seedrian, not—"

"—an alien-plant girl." Silver finished for her, smiling over at the Cosmo chick when she gave him a playful grin. "Yes…what he said. I can't tell you how much I dislike it when people mistake me for one!"

"Nice to meet you, I'm Sonic the Hedgehog!" I stated as we both shook hands, with her giggling after me introducing myself. I just laughed with her, not knowing what was so funny,

"That's nice that you know each others names now, but can I please tell the story?" The impatient fox whined, making Cosmo giggle once more, "I apologize, go on with your story,"

I didn't know if it was going to be long or short, so I just chose a seat next to Miles.

"Oh great…" Silver rolled his eyes. Blaze just nudged him on the side.

"Well when my old dorm buddy dropped out in early October, I guess he couldn't take the hard work here, the campus adviser told me that I needed at least one roommate- all freshmen needed to. So he got with one of the room attendants to get me a new dorm mate to stay with. All the dorms were already full with at least 3 people—except for one room…"

"Yep. Knuckles'." Silver states with a bored look,

"Right. And he hearing this news wasn't really joy to him." Miles then turned to me, "So after I unpacked my things in his room, I find out he's been dividing the room with tape behind my back the entire time!"

"Wow!" I couldn't help but laugh at the thought of that happening, "That's cold!"

"What a child that echidna is," Blaze commented without showing any emotion,

Cosmo began to laugh and let herself lean against Miles' shoulder, "I never get tired of hearing that story, Tails!"

The fox's muzzle turned slightly pink.

"I sure do…" Silver remarked, resting his head on his hands,

"At least I'm not stuck with Shadow,"

"Quit bringing that up! It's bad enough I actually do!" Silver stuck his tongue out,

"Okay," The cat got up and faced all of us but had her eyes toward me, "I'm going to go order my usual. Want anything?"

"Yeah, thanks-!" Silver got cut off by Blaze, "I wasn't referring to you, Sil', I was talking to the other hedgehog over there,"

"Aw…"

"But, you can come with me if you wish,"

"That'll be cool," Silver said, getting up with his friend, smiling widely,

I looked over to Blaze and shook my head no.

"Alrighty then…Cosmo?"

"I already ordered before you guys came,"

"Tails?"

"No, but thanks anyway!"

And with that Blaze walked away from us to the dude behind the counter, Silver following behind her tail,

I sighed to myself, wondering why I came here in the first place—

"Sonic?"

I looked to Miles and Cosmo, finding out which one called my name—it was more of a girl voice so my guess would be Cosmo, "What's up?"

"I can't help but to think that you feel left out here…Are you?" The seedrian spoke softly, rubbing the pink petal bud attached to her hair,

How do I answer to that without saying that I wouldn't want to be their friend?

Because that's just wrong no matter how hard I'll try to rearrange that sentence,

I try to think of something to say without sounding offensive to them, "I…no I don't…but…I'm…" Finally I give up my act and told them firmly, "I'm …not the friendly type of guy. I wasn't planning on making any actually…"

"So, that's been what was biting you all this time?" Miles narrowed his eyes as Cosmo bit her bottom lip, looking saddened,

"Do you not want to hang out with us?"

Great…now I got put in an awkward situation that I can't squeeze out of- I knew I should've kept my mouth shut!

This was certainly awkward,

Just when there couldn't be any more surprises coming up, the café door opened, letting off a bell ringing sound, making the three of us turn our heads around—

Two girls stepped inside…

One looked like a rabbit with a baby-blue mini dress, nerdy glasses, two tuffs of honey brown fur on both sides of her head and for bangs, and seemed about Miles height,

That's when everything stopped in place when I turned my attention to the other girl; a pink hedgehog with a green smiley face shoulder-less shirt, and a black mini skirt. Her quills were cut short, but had a little curl sticking out from her green headband next to her big bangs…

Suddenly the awkwardness fell from the room,

Suddenly, I felt like this girl may change my plans…

And suddenly all of my determination of not trying to friend anyone this year came to a halt, as my eyes was glued to her the entire time,

Damn…

Hormones.