R.I.P Prince! Did you know people complain about free news papers? No? Neither did I. I own nothing! Enjoy!

A few minutes later, Sonic and Tails were sitting in a trailer behind Robotnik's Automotives, in front of a computer. "Tell me what you think about this. Koni adjustables. Gonna save us about two pounds. And they're gonna give us better traction for the whole shot. All right? This is your basic layout of the car, and that's pretty much what it could look like when it's finished. Red. Green." Tails explained, pushing a few buttons and pointing to different articles on the computer screen.

Sonic turned to look at him, eyebrows knitted together. "Man, you should be going to MIT or something."

"Yeah, right. No, I got that.. Oh, what's it called? That attention disorder..."

"Oh, uh, A.D.D.?"

"Yes, that shit. Yeah. You know, I was good in algebra. And like math and shit. Everything else I failed. Dropped out of school. I don't know. It's just something about engines that calms me down, you know?"

After two weeks of work Silver pulled his recently repainted Gold Skyline into the driveway before Blaze's purple 240SX. Knuckles walked up next to him. He saw Sonic talking to Shadow and handed Silver his bag of ice.

"I'm outta here," Knuckles said.

"Aw, c'mon dog!" When the other man made no move to come back to his friends, Silver turned to the back yard: "Yo, Shadow."

"Knux, come ove' here and give us a hand!" Shadow shouted, watching Knuckles walk away.

"Looks like you got all the help you need, brother!" Knuckles shouted back. He got into his car and drove away.

Twenty minutes later Silver and Blaze were playing basketball, Shadow stood at the grill, and Tails, and Sonic walked out of the house carrying salad and beer. "Amy!" Shadow shouted.

"All right, already!" she shouted back as she walked down the stairs.

"The chicken's dry already," he called over to her.

"I'm coming out."

"Aww." She walked straight over to her half brother, wrapping her arms around his waist.

Five minutes later everyone sat at the picnic pulled a piece of chicken onto his plate. As he went to grab it Shadow's hand shot out to stop him. "Hey, hold up. Since you we're the first one outta all of us to reach in to grab the chicken," Shadow said to Tails, "you say grace. C'mon."

Everyone folded their hands and closed their eyes. "Dear heavenly, huh-" Tails started.

"Spirit," Silver offered.

"Spirit, thank you," Tails nodded and shared a look with Shadow. "Thank you for providing us with the direct port nitrous, uh, injection." Silver kept urging him on by nodding his head. "For core incoolers and ball bearing turbos and, um, titanium valve springs. Thank you."

"Amen!" Silver shouted, raising his hands in the air as everyone clapped.

"Prayin to the car gods, man!" Blaze smiled.

"If he's not the best-" Shadow started.

Silver looked up to see Knuckles standing a few feet behind Shadow. He smiled, "Look who it is. Old Coyotes 'R' Us. I thought you weren't hungry pumpkin."

"You know I gotta eat," Knuckles shrugged helplessly.

"He's always hungry," Blaze added.

Sonic sighed, "Aight, sit down." As Knuckles walked by he kissed Shadow on his head. Shadow looked at Sonic and Silver realized that Knuckles would be sitting across from him.

"How ya doin' Ames?" Knuckles asked as he walked passed. He accepted the beer Silver handed him with a, "Thank you," and sat across from Sonic "Hey, Tails, hand me that chicken, bro?" Silver asked, pointing to a piece of Chicken. Knuckles and Sonic continued their staring contest until Blaze slapped Knuckles shoulder, "Let's eat some grub, man. Want some of that chicken?"

Silver turned to Knuckles "So where'd ja go? Rent a movie or something?"

Later that night the team sat in the living room, watching a movie and eating popcorn while Amy and Sonic stood in the kitchen, cleaning ,"Need a hand with anything else?" he asked, handing her the last plate found on the table. "I'm good. You can go join the boys watchin' the movie."

"Well, you see. The cook does the cleaning where I come from."

Amy laughed lightly, rolling her eyes. "I'd like to go there."

"I think we should go out sometime."

Still up to her elbows in soapy water, she replied: "No. I don't date Shadows friends."

Sonic grabbed a plate that she had just cleaned and began drying it off. "Wow, that sucks. I guess I'll have to kick his ass then."

Beside him, Amy chuckled. "I'd love to see that one. No, I would, I would pay to see that one, actually."

In the living room, the Team was watching a movie when they ran out of popcorn. Immediately, Knuckles stood up, offering his services. He walked into the kitchen, placed a bag of popcorn in the microwave and pushed a button, looking at Sonic and Amy. "Wash my car when you get done."

"What was that?" Amy asked indignantly.

"Nah Amy, I'm talkin' to the punk. And wear your favorite dress, cause when your done I'm puttin' you on the street where you belong, cutie." When the microwave didn't start right away, he began pushing random buttons. "Is this thing broken? What's wrong with this thing?"

"Knux? What was-? What was that Cuban restaurant you wanted to take me to? The one with the picadillo and the-"

"Little red candles and the wooden table?"

"Yeah, the plantain too. Food all over the place what was it called?" Amy turned around, Sonic turning with her.

"Cha Cha Cha?" Knuckles asked hopefully.

"Yeah, that's it."

"Yeah."

She turned to the hedgehog next to her, "Well, you can take me there. Friday night at 10:00. Is that good for you?"

Sonic never took his eyes off the other man as he answered, "Yeah, it's perfect."

"Good."

Furious, Knuckles walked out of the kitchen, making his way towards the door. His path, however, was blocked by Tails who held up a bowl that should have been filled with popcorn. "There's no popcorn?"

Knuckles knocked the bowl out of the kit's hand, sending kernels all over the living room. "Make your own friggin popcorn!"