Chapter 5: Driving Fun
"No, no, no!" Tails said as he nervously pounded on his controller. Bzzzwwww. The game was over. He stared up at the screen. Cream giggled.
"How did you get so good?" he asked. Cream leaned back.
"Just lots of practice. I can teach you some tricks if you want" she said. Tails nodded enthusiastically. Tails held his controller and Cream put her hands over his.
"Ok, see? Up up down unlocks…"
"A brand new car, car, car, car" Sonic came in between them and echoed. They both stared at him as if he was a giant talking cow. Sonic then returned to talking to Knuckles, Rouge, and Amy.
"So, you guys actually PAY to have people do your nails?" Knuckles asked in astonishment. Amy spun around in her seat really fast.
"Yep, sure do" she said while spinning.
"And I couldn't have asked for better results" Rouge said, admiring her purple nails.
"I….have no response to that" Sonic said. Amy got up and walked to the back.
"You'd be surprised at how good a nice trip to the spa feels" Rouge said. "You should try it on one of the stops" she said.
"No way, I'm a dude!" Sonic said.
"Really? I didn't notice" Amy said, handing everyone a soda. Knuckles chuckled.
"Spas aren't just for girls. Guys need hygiene too, I think. I mean, look at you. You won't attract any girls looking like that" Rouge said, pointing to Knuckles.
"Hey!" he yelled.
"Girls are girls. They do some dumb things" Sonic said teasingly to Amy. She rolled her eyes. Sonic opened his soda to have it spray all over him. He jumped up.
"Well, I think that was pretty dumb" Amy giggled. Sonic had a sly grin on his face.
"How about a hug?" he said, holding his arms out.
"Oh no, ohhhh no!" Amy said, unbuckling and starting to get out of her seat. Sonic ran towards her. She ran to the spacious back where the fridge was.
"Ahh!" she giggle screamed as she ran around. Sonic chased her, letting back a little because they were in a car. But even given that, Amy was fast. They ran around and around. Sonic lunged for her. As she ducked out of the way, she ran into Tails who knocked heads with Cream.
"Sorry guys!" she said as she ran.
"Guys, sit back down! Don't be idiots!" Rouge called.
"God how did I ever get such weird friends?"
"You're weird?" Knuckles suggested. She punched him in the shoulder. Finally Sonic landed on top of Amy.
"Oh you're so wet!" Amy yelled, pounding on the floor.
"That's what you get!" he said.
She lied face down and looked up at him. She them turned herself on her back and looked him in the eyes and blushed. So did he. Then she smiled and pinned him to the ground.
"Gotcha!"
"Wow, good one" Sonic said. Amy got up and helped him up.
They then got up and returned to their seats.
"Well, that was fun" Rouge said sarcastically. Sonic pulled out his iPod and stuck a bud in his ear, and leaned on the table. He offered Amy one. She stuck it in.
"See? You beat me finally" Cream said.
"Yeah thanks" Tails said. Knuckles pulled out a mini camcorder.
"What will come out of this newfound gaming interest between the two? Tune in to find out!"
"I can tell you what's gonna become of your camera if you don't stop taping us" said Cream. Knuckles shrugged and turned to Rouge.
"And here is the witch of the west!" he said.
"And here is the loser who watched the Wizard of Oz on a lonely Friday night"
"Not true, I watch…..nothing" he stopped, turning around to Amy and Sonic. They were bobbing their heads up and down.
"Let's see what their listening to." Knuckles said to the camera. He quickly grabbed the iPod.
"Hey man!" Sonic said.
"Ohhhhh, Love Drunk? Are you guys love drunk…for each other?" Knuckles laughed.
"Ohhh totally" Amy said sarcastically. Sonic grabbed it back. Knuckles rolled his eyes.
"Ok, nothing interesting happening, until next time" he said, switching off the camera. He sat back down next to Amy and Rouge. They were both watching "America's Next Top Model"
"Wow. That girl is so UGLY!" Rouge said.
"Is that a dude?" Knuckles said in response.
"No, just a hemaphrodite" Amy responded.
"What is up with these stupid reality TV shows? Some of them are so dumb!" Knuckles said.
"Like….?" Rouge said.
"Like 'The Bachelor'. The dude is pathetic!"
"Shhhh!" the girls said. Sonic rolled his eyes.
"Hey, wanna play craps?" Knuckles said, taking out a deck of cards.
"Craps? Uhhh, I'd rather not." Sonic said. "How about we all play monopoly?"
"Ok," Knuckles turned to Tails and Cream "you guys wanna play?"
"Sure" Cream said. They all picked up controllers and looked at their own TVs.
They carefully navigated through the menu to the start, where you pick your characters.
"I'm the FIRE TRUCK!" Knuckles yelled. Sonic looked at him quizzically.
"There isn't even a fire truck in this game!"
Knuckles pouted.
"Well, what is there?" Knuckles demanded.
"Ummm, an old guy…an old lady…a hearse…a port o potty…"
"I'm sick of this game! It sucks I'm leaving!" Knuckles said as he took at sip of water, spit it out on everyone, and walked away. Everyone stared at him, except for Amy and Rouge, who were too obsessed with TV to notice anything.
"Well, that was stupid" Tails said. Sonic nodded. Knuckles randomly walked back and sat down with a book that looked to be for a second or third grader. On the back of it someone had written as a review "off the wall humor". Knuckles decided to read it. He started laughing hysterically.
"God, is it really THAT funn..."
"NO!" knuckles said as he angrily chucked the book at Amy, who still didn't notice. Everyone stared at each other for a few moments. Sonic took out a mini-marshmallow shooter.
"Marshmallow fight!" he said, hitting everyone. Cream hurriedly looked for her marshmallow blaster, wandering where Sonic got it and if there were more. Tails kindly pointed to where it was under her seat in a pouch. She smiled at him, grabbed it, and shot him straight in the nose. He looked stunned for a minute before firing back. Then Knuckles piled them in marshmallows, and Cream and Sonic quickly shot him, while Tails was shooting Sonic. As they were all shooting, Sonic whispered something in Cream's ear and she nodded.
"Me and Cream are on a team!" he shouted above the firing guns.
"Then so are me and Tails!" Knuckles shouted as he blasted them. Sonic motioned for Cream to hide under the table and called a time.
"Hey! No time outs!" Knuckles yelled. But Sonic held up his hand as they went down. Tails stared at the duo.
"I wonder why Cream chose to be partners with Sonic? I'm obviously better then him. Maybe it's because she…?" he shook the thought from his head as he heard her giggle.
"No!" she laughed.
"Come on!" Sonic said.
"Fineee" she replied. They got up and Sonic immediately shot at Knuckles. Tails prepared to shoot when Cream crawled on top of him.
"Hey there" she said, winking. Tails sat back in his chair confused, then Cream quickly got up to reveal Sonic standing behind her, gun pointed at him.
"Say your prayers, kitsune" he said, the gun inches away from him. Sonic prepared to pull the trigger.
"Nooooo!" Knuckles said, jumping in font of him. But it was too late; the gun fired a single marshmallow that hit Tails directly in the eye. He immediately grabbed it.
"Owww! Not cool!" Tails said.
"General, you promised no one would get hurt!" Cream over- acted.
"It had to be done" Sonic said, staring in front of him.
"What are you doing? You just took down one of my men!" Knuckles said.
"Alls fair in love and war" Sonic said, still looking in font of him.
"W-what do you mean?" Knuckles said. As they argued, Cream looked at Tails' eyes. She brushed her bangs back.
"You ok?" she asked, trying to move his hand.
"No, don't touch it!' he said moving her hand away.
"I can't fix it if I can't see it! Now move your finger!" she said. She sat on his lap, facing him.
"Uhhhh fine…" He said. She removed his hands and she looked in his eyes. He squirmed a bit.
"Stop moving your head!"
"It's not me it's the car!" he replied. She rolled her eyes and put her hands on his head near his eyes to keep his head in place. She looked deeply in his eyes to see if anything was in them. He looked deeply into hers too. Then…
SNAP!
A bright flash of light went on. They both turned to see Sonic with a camera and Knuckles with his camcorder.
"Ahahaha, are you guys gonna kiss or what?" Knuckles laughed. Their faces turned red.
"Ahhh, a good old first road trip blackmail" Sonic said, kissing his camera. "Can't wait to show this to everyone back home" he winked. Cream leapt up off of Tails, looking horrified. Cream and Tails nodded to each other, and then shot them both with their guns relentlessly, until they deleted the picture.
"Don't worry, I've got a back up" Knuckles winked when Cream and Tails were out of hearing distance.
Later that night, as everyone had fallen asleep, Sunny pulled over on the side of an old country road. She got out of the car, and swiftly threw blankets on all the sleeping friends. She tucked them in and quietly said 'goodnight'. That was their first full day of driving.
