Chapter Three: Boys Ogle and Girls Pack
The girls trotted up to the guestroom where Cream and Rouge's stuff was, and kneeled down on the floor as Amy opened a closet; she pulled out three huge suitcases-one pink one, one purple one, and one cream-colored. Amy sat back and sighed.
"What?" Rouge asked.
Amy blinked and looked at them. She smiled.
"I was just thinking about the first time you guys brought these here. Our first sleepover." she said thoughtfully.
"That sleepover was the best ever! Remember we were too young to reach to where the TV remote was so we made a pyramid?" laughed Cream.
"Yeah, then we got all freaked out because it was 9:00 and two hours passed our bedtime, so we pretended to be asleep when we heard even one small noise because we thought it was my mom" smiled Amy.
"I remember Amy wetting herself when I accidentally turned off the lights at night" Rouge said with a sly smile. Cream laughed and Amy turned red.
"Well I seem to remember a certain someone running around outside in her Barney underwear because she was so excited Knuckles was there that she forgot to put on pants after getting off the toilet" Amy smiled. Cream laughed even harder.
"HAHAHA! He was all 'where are your pants' and you like tripped an-an- AHAHAAHAHHHAAAA!" Cream said with hysterical laughter. Rouge crossed her arms.
"I ALSO seem to remember someone accidentally calling the guys, thinking it was her mom, to bring some clean underwear over because SHE forgot them for the next day!" Rouge spat. Amy cracked up. So did Rouge. Then, finally, so did Cream. They all lay on their backs in a circle, their heads barely touching each other, and let out a content sigh and smiled.
"Ever since then, we've always brought these back packs over" Cream reminisced. "And look at us now."
Rouge sat up. "Oh yeah that reminds me," she said, turning to Cream "don't we need to get SOME stuff from our houses?"
Cream tilted her head.
"No, I think everything is here" she said, and then thought. "Maybe we should go check to make sure though" she said. Rouge nodded in agreement.
"Yeah, I might have my credit card there" she said. Amy began to stuff some clothes in her pink suitcase.
"How long has it been since you guys went to your own houses? Like, three months?" Amy asked. "It's probably really dirty there"
Cream's eyes widened.
"Ugh, I hope my maid actually CLEANED and didn't just sit around watching the Star Wars trilogy the whole time. She totally did that once." Rouge said, flopping down on the bed.
Amy's mouth dropped open a little.
"How do you know she does that?"
"Well, for a couple of weeks last year, when she cleaned, she cleaned less and less as every week went by. But she would always leave early before I could ask her what was up. So I came home early one day and I found her watching it on my big flat screen in the basement" Rouge sighed.
"But you still didn't fire her?" Cream asked. Rouge shrugged.
"She's been cleaning for my family for generations. But I think now all those generations are getting to her. And so what? I barely live at my house, and I would do the same thing if I was her."
"Well I don't even have a cleaning lady! My house is going to be a MESS!" Cream said.
"Let's go then" said Rouge, getting up from the bed.
"'Kay, we'll be back in about an hour. Or two, if my house is that bad" Cream said.
"Ok, just make sure to remind the guys on your way that they need to come to my house to pick us up" Amy said. They both gave thumbs up, and then left the room.
"Speaking of the guys, I wonder what they're doing right now" Amy said to herself, looking out the window.
Sonic sat on his red sofa, watching TV. Tails walked in with two cans of Red Bull, handing one to Sonic.
"Thanks" Sonic said, popping the top and guzzling it down. Tails plopped on the red chair beside the sofa.
"Don't you think you have enough energy, being the fastest thing alive?" he asked. "Promise to keep yourself under control?"
"Ahh, don't worry so much. I've drank it with Knuxs before, and everything was fine" he grinned. "Just don't ask him what happened." Tails nervously laughed.
"When is he gonna be here?" he asked impatiently. Sonic checked his pretend watch.
"Soon. He said he was just picking up the car for the ride, but I bet he went to go buy more food. You know how much he loves food"
"Yeah, I hope we don't starve or anything during the trip with all that food he goes through"
"Dude, he has 99 million. I doubt we'll go hungry" Sonic said.
"Yeah," Tails said, leaning back "guess you're right"
Sonic let out a mean burp. Then Tails did.
"Areyouchallengingme? Sonic said, slightly talking fast.
"Yes!" he burped back.
"Okthen" he burped. Then Tails burped. Then he burped. Then Tails burped. Then he burped. Then Tails burped. Then he burped. Then a car horn beeped.
"He'shere!" Sonic said with speed. He ran outside, leaving Tails to desperately catch up. They came out to see a bright red, extra stretch SUV with clear windows, and the words "Knux's Road Trip '10" professionally spray painted on the side. Sonic ran up to give it a hug, but just ended up running into the window. Hard.
"Nice car dude!" Tails said, slapping Knuckles on the back.
"Haha, thanks"
Sonic continued babbling while his arms moved up and down in a crazy way.
"What's wrong with him?" Knuckles asked.
"Uh, Red Bull" Tails responded. Knuckles looked shocked and his mouth hung open.
"You-you gave him WHAT?" he screamed.
"I'm sorry! It was in your fridge and he said he would be alright and-"
"HE ALWAYS SAYS HE'LL BE ALRIGHT! LAST TIME I GAVE IT TO HIM HE SPRINTED ALL THE WAY TO FREAKIN' AUSTRALIA!" Knuckles yelled.
"Well what do we do?" Tails asked. Knuckles thought for a moment, then smiled.
A couple minutes later Sonic was in the back seat of the car, tied up.
"Haha, good plan" said Tails, holding up his thumbs approvingly.
"Yeahh, I had to do this one other time to a cousin of mine….." said Knuckles, flipping the brim of his trucker-like hat. Tails looked disturbed.
"..Anyways, I thought we were getting a limo. I mean, not that I don't like this but what's with the sudden change?"
"Well, I just thought that, you know, limos were more for just cruising around and not so much for road trips. You know, with the tinted windows and the fact that it's low. I just thought this would be more appropriate 'cause it was higher, to see better in, it didn't have tinted windows so we could see outside better, and the fact that the four chairs in the middle can move around so we don't have to be facing each other the whole time."
"Ah, true. Oh and by the way, the girls came over to remind us to pick them up at 1:00 at Amy's" Tails said.
"Yeah. You guys packed right?" Knuckles asked. Sonic then burst out of the car door.
"IforgotmyBull!"
Knuckles slapped his head.
"This is gonna be a longggg road trip"
Tails offered a sympathetic smile.
"OH MY GOD!" Cream yelled as she walked in her house. Rouge also screamed from five miles away at her house. Cream's house had cockroaches, spider webs, dirt, dust, anything you could think of. She walked in and tripped on at rat, then fell into a spider web.
"AHHHHH!"
Meanwhile, Rouge was basically doing the same. She passed through a big spider web that was on the opening to her basement, and walked down the dusty stairs to find her whole basement sparkling clean-with her maid sitting on a black leather recliner with popcorn and soda cans all around her, glued to the plasma screen.
"Irene!" Rouge yelled. The person in front of the screen jumped up and ran straight over to Rouge as fast as she could hobble. The gray old fox's green eyes were covered by crooked glasses, and her floor-length dress was crumpled. She looked like she'd been living there.
"Yes, Miss Rouge" she replied sleepily.
"How long have you been here?" Rouge said "The house is a mess! Have you even been upstairs?"
"No, I was watching my shows. You get great reception and-"
"Irene!"
"Ok, ok, I'm sorry! I just love Pauly D!"
Rouge sighed.
"Just please clean upstairs. I'm going to be going on a road trip for a couple of weeks and I don't want to come back and find-"
"Ugghhh!" Irene flopped down on her chair. Her eyes closed, and then opened slightly. "Miss Rouge, I do not mean to cause you trouble" she sighed "I think these years are getting to me….." she managed a weak smile.
"So…you're saying you want to….quit?" Rouge said, her voice a mix of sadness and happiness. Irene's eyes shot open.
"Heck no! I just think I need some help! And that is why I've employed…." She ran up to the basement door that led outside "my great niece…Sunny!" she opened the door, her hands spread wide.
In stepped what looked like a younger version of Irene. She was a slender, tall, yellow fox with a white tip on her tail. She had emerald green eyes, a shade lighter than her great aunt's, which sparkled with energy. She looked maybe about 16, and wore a classic maid outfit only a lot shorter with black knee- high boots. She had the maid hat on top with a little feather duster in her hand. The girl was a walking model. She ran straight up to Rouge.
"Oh my goshes! So YOU'RE the girl?" she said, running energetically up to Rouge. "Oh my gosh we are going to be best friends!" she hugged Rouge really tightly.
"Can't…breath!" Rouge whispered. Irene noticed this and tapped Sunny on the shoulder. She saw that Rouge's face was purple and immediately let her go. Sunny blushed.
"Oh my gosh! I am so sorry! Are you ok? Do you need anything? Water? How about water?" But before Rouge could answer she had zoomed up the stairs then zoomed back down with the water to a speed that rivaled Sonic's. Irene smiled and shrugged as Sunny handed her the water.
"Uhh…um….thanks" Rouge said. Sunny closed her eyes and smiled in a too-cute-to-be-a-teen way.
"Yeah I just know we will have the bestest time ever together!" she said, hugging Rouge again.
"Um, dear, why don't you start on the upstairs?" Irene asked her. She nodded enthusiastically.
"Yep yep yep!" she said, quickly running upstairs. Rouge looked at Irene.
"Is she ALWAYS like that?"
"Her parents insisted on giving her Red Bull as a child….." Irene trailed off. "But she is a diligent worker, a chip off the old block!" she said. Rouge sighed.
"I just hope she chipped off you when you were younger"
"Don't worry, I'll still be here watching her everyday, you know, making sure she doesn't get distracted or stop working or….."
"Somehow I think she'll be watching over you more"
"Ok well I better get my stuff" Rouge said, walking upstairs. Irene followed. Rouge gasped as she came up to the now sparkling rooms in her house. Sunny leaned up against a mop.
"All done!"
Rouge flew her way over to Cream's house, holding Sunny. Irene had insisted she'd come with her to help load the car. Rouge flew to the house with Sunny and landed on the front lawn. The door to Cream's house slammed open, and she fell out. Rouge ran over to her, with Sunny following.
"Uhgg…..too…much…cleaning…..can't finish!" Cream said, letting a feather duster fall from her hand. Sunny quietly picked it up and ran inside. Cream hadn't made much progress; the place was still a pigsty. Rouge helped her friend up.
"How long have you been at it?" Rouge asked.
"The whole time! I did get my stuff though" she said, pointing to a small pink Dora the Explorer backpack on the ground.
"All done" they heard a voice say. Cream and Rouge turned around to see that Sunny had quickly cleaned up while they weren't looking. Cream's eyes grew wide.
"Who IS she?"
"I'll explain on the way to Amy's; we need to go, now!" Rouge said. Cream nodded, grabbed her pack, and flew off. Rouge grabbed Sunny and her few things and followed.
Once they returned they rejoined Amy up in the guestroom, while Sunny made some snacks in the kitchen. UGG boots, designer clothes, and makeup filled their bags. Rouge had four full suitcases.
"Ok, now this tank top," Amy said, holding up a red one "or this one?" she said, holding a white one.
"Red" Cream and Rouge said. She nodded and slipped it on, putting on a denim mini jacket over it with cargo shorts. Rouge wore a pink plaid mini dress with black leggings, and Cream had on a red short dress with straps that had a white tee shirt underneath.
"Ok, let's hurry, they'll be here soon" Cream said, looking at the time. Sunny then burst in.
"I'm finiiiishhhedd!" she said "With alllll the snacks!"
Rouge rolled her eyes.
"Ok, well, just wait till the boys come, then you can help us load the car" Rouge said. Then a car horn honked twice.
"Alright, time to blow this place!" Amy said, slipping on some huge Gucci sunglasses. Cream nodded.
"Come on Sunny!" Rouge yelled. Sunny smiled and grabbed all Rouge's bags.
"No problem!" she smiled while being consumed by the huge suitcases. The girls nodded to each other before stepping outside. They linked arms and opened the front door, and walked towards the car side by side, slowly and gracefully in a model way. They saw Knuckle's big stretch SUV and stopped in front of it, watching the boys standing beside it, or, in Sonic's case, sitting on the hood.
"We're ready!" Amy said, making a pose.
"Finally" Knuckles sighed. He looked at the girls' suitcases. "God, those are huge!" He then looked to see that, surprisingly, Rouge had none. "Where are your suitcases?" he questioned.
Rouge smiled wickedly.
"They're coming"
Sunny walked across the front lawn, her face completely hidden by the suitcases.
"Who's that?" Sonic said. Everyone watched.
"Here yo goww" said Sunny's muffled voice from behind the cases. She took a few steps closer to Rouge, but then dropped all of them, revealing her beautiful face. "Oh my goshes I'm sooooo sorry!" she said, looking pitiful. They boys all stared, their mouths ajar. Sonic jumped right off the hood.
"No need to be sorry, beauty" Sonic said, winking. She smiled. "A beautiful girl like you shouldn't be carrying all these bags. Allow me to help you."
"Us to!" Tails and Knuckles said, scrambling forward. The girls crossed their arms in disbelief and pity. When everything was safely loaded, Sunny grabbed the boys into an EXTREMELY tight hug.
"Aw, you all are too cute! Thank you so so so much!" she said. She was at least a head taller then all of them. The guys all blushed as she hugged them.
"Let's just go, PLEASE!" Rouge said impatiently. The guys all nodded dumbly. The girls piled into the car while watching the guys outside flirting with Sunny. "Come ON!" Rouge yelled out an open window. The guys closed the trunk and got in the SUV.
"Oh yeah! Road trip, here we come!" Sonic yelled. Everyone cheered.
"So, who's driving?" Cream asked. Knuckles stopped cold.
"Wha-what?" he said.
"You DIDN'T GET A DRIVER?" Rouge yelled.
"Well-well…I didn't I-I-I…."
"You IDIOT! WHAT WILL WE DO NOW?" she yelled. Sunny ran up to an opened window.
"I couldn't help but hear your problem. But don't worry, I have an idea!" she ran behind the car, to the side, and then opened the driver's door. "I'll drive!"
"NOOOOOOO!" the girls all screamed. The boys cheered.
"NOOOOOOOOOO!"
