"Mornin', Ben!" James shouted. His cousin, Ben, was cooking in his kitchen, as usual. Ben was a fantastic cook, and loved to practice his art for the Chaos Team.
"Well, well, well, it's our intrepid heroes! What'll ya fancy, the usuals?" Ben asked jovially. Not only was Ben an incredible cook, he was also an honorary member of the Chaos Team and an excellent fighter.
They all ordered their usuals and settled down at their table. Ben's Diner was the best place to eat in all of Mobius, not only because the food was top notch, but the place itself was a marvel to look at. You could see the technology built into the walls. It was filled with top of the line defense systems and housed James and Ben's lab underneath where some of the most important scientific research was being done.
Once they were done, Ben came out and joined them with a fresh plate of his famous fried apple and banana sandwiches. They sat eating and conversing happily. When the conversation started to die down, Hustle started to pull out his wallet.
"Hey, put that thing away!" Ben snapped. "Every time you guys come in I tell you that you don't need to pay! Saving the world more than pays your tab."
"Awww, come on, Ben, I feel wrong taking your food. Please? Just this once?"
"Nope. Well, if you will excuse me, I've got an experiment I need to attend to. James, would you mind assisting me?"
"It's not that gross Lunar fungi again, is it? That stuff reeks!"
"'Fraid so. I really need your help though."
"Alright," James said unhappily, "But I've gotta run to the store first. I need some stuff for my experiments, like extra face masks to keep that stench away!"
With that, the remaining members of the local Chaos Team left Ben's diner. When Ben wasn't looking, Hustle ran to the register and deposited double what the meals cost, chuckling to himself.
"Hey, guys," Clipse said, "where should we go?"
"Let's go to the mall!" Natasha said.
"Well, I do need some new shoes," Brain said.
"Yeah, and we can all look at all the cute boys!" Natasha exclaimed.
"What do you mean?" Hustle asked, "I thought the cute boys were right here." He pointed at himself. Everyone else just laughed and walked off.
"What? I'm cute, aren't I?"
"I'd say so." A very pretty hedgehog said, grabbing Hustle's hand.
"Good," Hustle said, "I was starting to think I wasn't good-looking anymore. Hi, Jen,"
They hugged and kissed briefly before running to catch up with the others.
After an extended afternoon at the mall, they all went home. Swift was watching TV when Hustle walked in.
"Hey, good to see you up." Hustle said as he walked into the kitchen. He nonchalantly opened the fridge and absentmindedly looked inside.
"Huh?" Swift asked, looking up from his TV show.
"Never mind. Man, we don't have anything to eat, do we?"
"Nope. Sorry."
"Hey, sorry you couldn't come to the mall today," Hustle sat next to Swift on the couch. "It was fun"
"Meh," Swift muttered, "I had make up work to do anyway. Dad made me do it."
Hustle's cell phone rang. He pulled it out and saw Jen's picture on the display. He quickly pressed the 'answer' button and put the speaker next to his ears.
"Hello?"
"Hey," she said, "we should do something tonight."
"Alright, sounds good. Wanna go to dinner? We can double with Brian and his flavor of the week."
"Yeah, I'd like that. Let's go somewhere nice. Not Ben's, we go there all the time. How about…I dunno, Edaseo's? We haven't been there in a while."
"Italian sounds good. Pick you up around seven?"
"Yeah, I'll see you then! Love ya."
"Love you too, sweetie."
"'Bye," She hung up.
"Who was that?" Swift asked from his seat without removing his eyes from the TV screen.
"Only the most beautiful girl I've ever met. I've got to get ready!"