A/N: iKill-Snow: Hey guys 3rd chapter aren't u excited? I iz. Anywhos we are trying to update more often. Here is Bruggle

BruggleStar: Haloos. This has been frivolous yet meaning. I'ze been enjoying it! :D

DISCLAMIER: We do not own Sonic or his buddies. SEGA owns them. We only own our OCs

Chapter 3: The Game

"Why are you not at the game?" Jake asked Emily. Emily shrugged, "Why aren't you?" she asked. "Good point." They sat in an awkward silence. "So what book are you reading?" Emily asked Jake. "Umm… It's a book about webpage techy type stuff. How about you?" Jake replied. "Well, it's a modern day Cinderella story I guess." Emily said. After a long awkward silence Emily put down her book. "Can I tell you something really weird?" Jake looked up, a puzzled look on his face. "Uh… sure. I guess." He closed his book. "Well, I was drawing something for the art DVL and when I finished, it turned out to be a really weird watch. But… I know I had been drawing people. What do you think?" Jake widened his eyes. "C-can you describe the watch?" Emily nodded." Well, I had used charcoal, but I could somehow tell how it was supposed to look. It seemed to be gold with a silver face, and black numbers and hands." Jake dropped his book. "That is exactly like the watch that I saw in my webpage I had been developing."

Emily gave him a puzzled look. "What do you mean by that?" she asked. "I had been making a webpage and when I finally got it up and running, a watch exactly like the one you described popped up," he explained "But the hands were moving and I know I never put in an animation like that. But then it disappeared." Emily looked at him in shock. "What do you think it means? I mean, I don't think it's a coincidence that the same watch popped up in my mind and your webpage." Jake sighed. "I know, but their isn't really anything we can do about it." She nodded then looked at her phone. "I think it's about time I went home," Emily said softly "The last time I stayed out late, I got in huge trouble." She stood up. "You coming?" Jake shook his head "Naw… I think I'll stay here for a little while." "Alright. Well bye. See you tomorrow at school!" She waved and started walking away. "See you," He answered "And stay away from weird watches!" He added, earning a laugh from Emily. He loved it when she laughed at the random things he said. "Now to get back to that book…"

As Zack walked towards the locker room, he was surprised to see Erica standing by his locker. "Hey babe." He said going for a kiss, only to be stopped by Erica's hand. "Save it loser!" she said with disgust pushing him away. "I am not your babe anymore, or your trophy you self-absorbed jerk!" Zack blinked in surprise. "What do you mean by THAT?" he asked Erica. "I'm tired of being paraded around like some sort of trophy. We are OVER Zack, OVER!" she yelled in his face, earning laughs from Zack's teammates. With a quick glare from Zack, the laughter stopped suddenly. Turning back to Erica, he asked sweetly "You don't mean that babe do you?" "Yes, I do." She said. And with that, she turned her back on Zack and walked out.

The locker room was dead silent. Then, one of Zack's teammates laughed and said "You just got dumped." Zack shot him a death glare and he shut up. "I'm not worried." Zack said confidently. "She'll be back before you know it." "I'm not so sure man," another teammate said "She seemed really P.O ed" "Shut up" he said. "I know Erica, and she WILL be back."

"Yep, I broke up with him in front of ALL his friends!" Erica said laughing. "He was soooo mortified, you should have seen his face!" she told her friend. "Hang on." Erica said as she paused to press the "cross street button". But, before she could cross the street a man wearing all black appeared in front of her. she screamed, dropping her phone on the ground. "Don't panic! I'm not going to hurt you, I just want to give you this." He said, holding out a gold and silver watch. "Why should I trust you?" Erica asked shakily. "I don't have time for this! Just take it, please." He said shoving it into her hand before disappearing. "Hello Erica?" a voice came from her phone. Erica bent down to pick it up, her hands shaking. "Y-yeah." She said "Are you okay?" her friend asked. "Yah, I gotta go." She said, hanging up on her friend. Crossing the street, she shoved the watch into her pocket, determined to figure out what was oh so special about this watch…

Mumbling under his breath, Zack proceeded to open his locker. But it took him a few tries to finally opening it. Zack sighed putting his uniform in his locker. Why is this break up bothering me so much? He wondered I didn't even like her that much. He was about to close his locker when he noticed a watch lying on top of his uniform. Funny he thought. I don't have a watch, and defiantly not one this weird. He turned it in his hands and looked at it from every angle. He didn't recognize it as one of his teammates either. "Strange." He mumbled.

Maybe Erica left it for me while we were still dating. He thought. No, don't think about it, you're not supposed to care. He leaned up against the locker and closed his eyes. The truth was, he actually cared about Erica. I should ask her if she will take me back. He sighed. That was a stupid idea, he couldn't let her know he cared. He looked down at the watch. If she did leave it for me, I want to keep it he thought. Shoving it into his gym bag, he turned his back and tried to leave thoughts of Erica behind him.

It was dark by the time Jake left the library. His thoughts traveled back to this morning. Being tormented by Zack and his crew was terrible, except for Erica. She didn't torment him, she just looked at him with a snooty smirk and her sparkling green eyes. Jake loved her eyes. And her lips. And everything else about her, except her loser boyfriend. Jake sighed. Why is it that things are always so complicated? He asked himself. Suddenly a rumble of thunder rolled across the sky, and a chilly breeze swept through the streets. Shivering, he grabbed at the front of his jacket closer to himself. I had no idea it was supposed to rain. He thought . He hurried on his way.

It was drizzling when he reached his house. He walked up the porch steps and was about to put a foot right in front of the door when a gleam caught his eye. He looked down and saw a shadowy object. He picked it up and held it close to his face. He studied it for a minute, not able to make out what it was. Then a sudden flash of lightning lit up the sky and he saw what it was. He nearly dropped it out of shock, it was the exact same thing he had seen on his webpage, as well as what Emily had described so perfectly. It was a gold and silver watch.

I can't be lost! I just can't! Emily was panicking. She had been walking home from the library like she did almost everyday, and had somehow ended up lost. She ran right into a puddle, causing her already wet pants to become soaked, but she hardly noticed. Where is it? She silently screamed. Suddenly lightning flashed through the sky, causing Emily to stop in her tracks and covered her ears. She had always been afraid of loud noises, including thunder. Shivering, she looked around. The streets were deserted, yet a cold chill ran down her spine, she felt like something or someone was watching her.

Turning around she stuttered, "H-h-hello w-who's there?" she asked shakily, suddenly a figure dressed in black, hair plastered to its face appeared with a finger to their lips. The figure held out a watch in her other hand. "W-who are you?" Emily asked, eyeing the figure warily. "Hush little one. I am not here to hurt you," replied the figure "however, my time here is limited. Here in my hand I have a powerful item. When the time is right, press the button under the band." Emily took the watch in her hands and studied it for a moment. She wanted to ask why she had gotten it, but when she looked up, there was no one there. Puzzled she turned her attention back to the watch. A flash of lightning ripped across the sky, but Emily was too shocked to worry about the thunder. In her hands, was the object Jake had described, and that she had drawn and visualized so well. In her hands was a gold and silver watch.

A/N BruggleStar: HA! Le third chapter is done! Me and iKill-Snow both wrote this one instead of her writing it and me making minimal changes. Can you spot the differences between our writing styles? ^_^

iKill-Snow: This is the longest chapter so far, but some of the later may be longer, so what do u think of the romance factor? Hmm things are getting sausy.