Sonic Series Fan Fiction ❯ The Great Scam ❯ Chapter 4 ( Chapter 4 )

 

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“The Great Scam” -Chap. 4

 

Eight O'clock. Rouge knew she told that Hedgehog specifically eight O'clock, to meet her in front of the Crystal Light restaurant. She swore she heard herself right. “Just meet us at the `Crystal Light restaurant' around eight.” She knew those were the words coming out of her mouth. But here it was... 8:45, AND NO HEDGEHOG!!!

 

“Sonic you are soooo…dead.” Rouge muttered to herself, as she hugged her arms together in a failed attempt to stay warm. It was slightly chilly that evening, colder than it had been all season. Rouge didn't think it would have been so cold so soon, or she would have brought a jacket with her to wear.

 

She looked over to the side to see the “happy couple.” For the last couple of minutes after they arrived, they only acknowledged her a few select times. Besides that, the two Echidnas were off in their own little world, both whispering things between each other, stealing kissing when the other wasn't look. It was enough to make the white Bat sick.

 

Well it seemed like one of them decided to come out of their loving exchange. Knuckles looked over to Rouge and gave her a smug look. Rouge hated that look on his face. She knew whatever he was going to say to her, wasn't going to be pleasant.

 

“Hey looks like your *boyfriend* stood you up Rouge,” Knuckles continued to grin, as he put his arm around his date. The girl Echidna blushed slightly and Rouge felt a sharp pain in the pit of her stomach. “Let's go inside, so we can TRY to enjoy our evening,”

Rouge nervously looked around. She then turned to Knuckles and answered. “No...He'll be here. I know it. HE'S never lied to me...” she said truthfully. “Not ever...”

 

Knuckles shook his head after hearing her words. He sighed. The Echidna was feed up with all this waiting. He knew there was no guy coming. In fact he was damn sure there was no guy at all. This was just one of Rouge's pathetic attempts to win him back. Trying to make him jealous, Knuckles could have laughed. Did she really think he was that much of a fool?

 

But anyway...the game had gone on for waaaaaay too long. All the bat was doing now was ruining his and his girl's evening. He had to do something or they would be waiting all night for this clown.

 

“Look...He's not here!” Knuckles angrily shouted. “And I'm not waiting any longer...We're going in,” Knuckles went to take Julie-Su inside. He was pissed at Rouge for wasting his time. And he probably would have been inside already, but his temper was instantly cooled by some kind words from his date.

 

“Knuckles...” Julie-Su said while drawing the cerise colored Guardian's attention to her. “Let's just wait, 5 more minutes. If Rouge says he'll be here. Then he'll be here.”

 

For several seconds Knuckles appeared to be in deep thought. He looked at both women and he figured that was really out-numbered on the issued. So in the end he merely just said. “Ok...” The girl Echidna turned to the white Bat and smiled.

 

Rouge looked on to Julie-Su. Even though the girl was supposed to be `the enemy,' Rouge was grateful for her words. “Umm...Thank you.”

 

“It's no problem...” The girl Echidna brushed the apology aside. “We girls have to stick together. Plus I had to wait a few good minutes, for Knuckles to get to my place too. So I can relate,” Julie-Su advised her.

 

Just then the two heard the Echidna in question, clear his throat. Julie-Su giggled. “So tell me about this guy?” The female Echidna asked, while turning back to Rouge. “You hurried off the last time before I could ask anything about him.”

 

Rouge blushed as she remembered the whole incident. She then sighed and took a breath. “Well...” she paused again, as thoughts about the certain heroic Hedgehog entered her mind. “Well…he's real sweet...” she started out saying. “And cute...I guess...” She decided to admitted, “And although he's not the brightest guy in the world, he's always been there for me,” she then looked toward Knuckles, “Especially when I needed it the most...” She made sure to say the last part, so she could draw his attention.

 

Julie-Su smiled as she heard Rouge's words. “That sounds very nice...” she said cheerfully. “Seems like he really cares a lot about you...” she grinned. “Sounds like someone's really lucky too...” The girl hinted while nudging Rouge.

 

The Bat smiled. “I guess...” she said weakly. Then Rouge actually thought about it. She was kinda lucky her and Sonic were so very close. He really was the best friend she ever had.

 

Rouge continued with her thoughts, as the whirling sounds of a certain speedster drew the group's attention. Then within a haze of wind and smoke appeared the blue Hedgehog. The breezed died down as he stood before them. The Hedgehog was dressed in all black, with matching silver, black and gold sneaks.

 

Triumphly he gazed at the trio, glad his entrance drew such an amazed response from the group. He was about to retort a catchy phrase declaring his arrival, but a certain Bat had a few words with him first.

 

“SONIC!?! WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN??!!!?” Rouge shouted down at him. Although Sonic knew it was physically impossible, it was almost like Rouge grew in size. With flames shooting out of her deep blue eyes.

 

But he shook off the feeling. `Too many chili dogs, probably' he decided. “Sorry, Babe...” The hedgehog calmly said. “A school bus filled with grade-schoolers overturned while I was coming. I had to help `em,” he stated while he withdrew a small scribbled drawing.

 

Rouge looked at the photo. She then turned it to the side, and then turned it upside down. She cocked her head to look at the image at an angle. The picture was obviously a school child's drawing, that had some kind of blue thing, hugging a few large blotches that she guessed were suppose to be kids.

 

Knuckles eyes widened to the newcomer. “SONIC????” he gasped. “Sonic is your boyfriend!!!” Knuckles questioned his mind totally bewildered.

 

Rouge turned to the Echidna. “Yes...” she dismissed quickly. Her gaze immediately returned to the Hedgehog. She and the blue hero still had business to take care of. As soon as her blue eyes targeted the speedster, she frowned. “That is still no excuse!!!” Rouge thundered. She wasn't going to let Sonic off the hook this time.

 

Sonic knew this could have got ugly, so he decided to pull out the `big guns.' Right before Rouge could utter another phrase, Sonic brought out a bouquet of violet wild Orchids in front of her, a kinda peace offering. “I'm sorry, I'm late Rouge...” he said softly while looking into her eyes.

 

At this Rouge remain speechless. She just stared at the bundle of flowers in front of her. Every perfume scented flower. Every long stemmed stalk. Every light violet colored petal, a color that was a close likeness to her own eye color. Her eyes then looked over into Sonic's green eyes. The Hedgehog was still patiently waiting. Waiting to see if his small gesture would make things, ok...

 

Apparently it was. Rouge took the flowers and breathed in their aroma. Sonic smiled. He was pleased that things were cool. And they were...for the most part. But Rouge was still kind of shocked by Sonic's actions.

 

The flowers... The flowers were just beautiful. It had been a long time since a guy got her flowers. Especially Orchids! `Not even...Not even Knuckles, ever got me flowers before,' Rouge released.

 

Julie-Su beamed as she looked at Rouge's speechless reaction. She was happy for her new friend. She then looked over to Sonic. “You got her Orchids?” The hedgehog turned to the Echidna and nodded. “Awww!!!” the girl swooned, over the total Kawaii-ness.

Sonic merely shrugged, “Yeah...” he answered nonchalantly. “I thought the whole rose's thing was so passé. So I picked those out for her. So now she'll always know it was from me...” he said while turned to Rouge for a brief second and smiled.

 

He was about to go into the long story of how it hard it was, to actually find Orchids on Mobius. Being there is only one place that grows them, he just recently found out. But his tale was amazingly cut short by the sudden arrival of Rouge's voice.

 

“Orchids...” She began softly. “Orchids are my favorite....” She said while wiping away a small tear. She turned to Sonic. “How did you know...I never wrote it in the...” Rouge was about to say. She didn't even write that little fact in the mock relationship book, she gave the hedgehog.

 

Sonic shrugged. “I don't know honestly...” he revealed to her. “I just thought it was something you'd like...” Rouge remained speechless. Sonic turned to the side and gave her a side profile. “Plus when I saw them, they kinda reminded me of your eyes.” He then turned and looked directly into the deep blue spheres that reflected back at him. “I was just trying to find something, just as beautiful.”

 

The Bat turned away and blushed. Suddenly Sonic's emerald green gaze was too much for her. Julie-Su was smiling at the couple in the background. Moments later a small, “Thank you...” erupted from Rouge's lips.

 

The girl Echidna turned to her date and frowned. “Why can't you do stuff like that for me, Knuckles?” she questioned, while lightly pounding on her date's shoulder.

 

“I...Ummm....” Knuckles was stuck. Not only did Rouge have a guy. But it was Sonic. Not only that...the dude was only here for like five minutes and he was already making the Echidna look bad. “Hey are we gonna stand around her all day or are we gonna get a seat...” Knuckles stated while trying to steer the conversation away from himself.

 

Julie-Su blinked and thought about it. “Yeah I'm hungry!” It had been a good while since she had anything to eat. After her evening aerobics, she always did forget about getting something to eat.

 

“We'll meet you inside.” Rouge stated, as the pair started to go inside the restaurant. “Me and Sonic still have a few things to talk about...”

 

Knuckles & Julie-Su both nod as they opened the door. Julie-Su broke away from Knuckles and stuck her head out. “Yeah you tell im' girlfriend!” She shouted as she walked inside.

 

The bat laughed as she waved her inside. “Ok...” She finished with a smile. Rouge continued to hold the smile all the way till Julie-Su was finally inside. The white bat let out a low sigh. She nearly jumped as she felt Sonic put his hands on her shoulders.

 

“You ok?” he asked her.

 

Rouge looked over her shoulder to him. “Yeah...” she said softly. Rouge then turned around to face him. She paused as she actually got a good look at what he was wearing. “You know...” she started. “You look very good Sonic. It's hard to believe such a handsome guy is under that coarse Hedgehog exterior,”

 

The hedgehog frowned and scratched his head. “Umm...Thanks...I guess...” He wasn't sure if that was a compliment or not. Sonic then did a double-take as he began to notice how Rouge was dressed.

 

The nocturnal girl was dressed in a fine red silk Chinese styled dress. The gown had a slight slip up the side which allowed a view of her long, soft shapely legs. Her hair was slightly curled and fell down in locks around her face. She even wore nice open-toed pumps, which fully enhanced how sexy her legs looked.

 

Sonic was at a lost. “Umm...Turn around for a minute…” he asked her. And in return, Rouge looked at him strangely. “Please...” Sonic begged her, while putting his hands together in a praying motion. Rouge sighed and spun around once for him. As she did the ends of her dress fluttered around her body. Sonic was amazed. “Wow...You look really great Rouge. I mean...the Hedgehog is speechless,”

 

Rouge turned away from him and blushed slightly. “Thank you...” she took a breath and looked toward the door. “Ok...Can we go in now?”

 

“Yeah...sure...” Sonic complied. The bat was about to go inside but paused a minute. She looked to Sonic, who was looking at her strangely. “You ok?” he asked her.

 

Rouge nodded. Her mind was thinking for some reason something didn't seem right. She looked to Sonic. “You sure you still want to go through with this?” she asked him. “You don't have to you know...I know this wasn't exactly a part of our agreement...”

 

Sonic walked up and stood besides her. The girl was eye level with him now, cause of her pumps. But she still looked very small in his eyes. “Rouge...Will you stop worrying about our *agreement.*” He pleaded with her. “I'm not doing this because of that, I'm doing this because you're my friend and I want to help you...”

 

“Your friend...” Rouge echoed his words. Sonic nodded again, comforting his statement. Rouge looked to him and smiled. “Since when did I get upgraded to being your friend anyway?”

 

The hedgehog grinned. “Ever since you decided to wear that dress,” Sonic jested. “GOD YOU LOOK HOT!” His outburst was followed by some whistles and hoots.

 

A deep crimson fluttered to Rouge's cheeks, as she laughed at his antics. “God, you're such a Hentai...Sonic” The hedgehog laughed. He didn't care, he was just being honesty. “Anyway, come on…Mr. Sonic T. Hedgehog, Knuckles and Julie-Su are waiting…”

 

“Yes Ma'am!” Sonic saluted as the two finally decided to go inside. Rouge and Sonic peered inside the restaurant as they opened the door. They found out from one of the waiters where the two Echidnas were sitting. Julie-Su noticed them standing by the entrance and waved the couple over to them.

 

Sonic smiled and waved back to the girl Echidna. But all Rouge could see was the cold, loathsome look Knuckles was giving her. The girl was totally frozen in place by his hateful gaze. So when Sonic started to move to their table, he was puzzled when she didn't move.

 

“Rouge?” he called to her. But the girl made no response. He then moved in front of her. “Rouge?” he asked her again.

 

The Bat seemed to come out of her trance, as she looked into his green eyes. “Oh...Yeah Sonic?” she shook her head slightly, trying to get the image of Knuckles burning glare out of her mind.

 

“You ok?” he asked her.

 

Rouge didn't respond at first, she was still shaking off the after effects. “Yeah...” she finally responded. She didn't know it, but her hands were shaking at the moment.

 

She didn't notice it. But Sonic did. He gently placed his hands over top of hers. She looked down as Sonic's gloved hands were holding hers. She then looked up into his eyes. She blinked a few times, because she just released something. Rouge didn't know why she didn't notice it before but Sonic kinda had really nice eyes.

 

She disregarded the thought and looked to the floor. But as she did, she found Sonic's gentle hand guided her up to look at him. She was puzzled at first, and then she blushed from his boldness.

 

Sonic didn't notice her reaction from his gesture. He just knew she wasn't comfortable with everything going on. And he didn't want this night to go badly for her. He was going to do everything in his power to make sure everything would be ok. So when he said. “It's gonna be ok...” He really truly meant it.

 

Rouge just nodded at his words and smiled. The two continued to walk to the table. Totally unaware they never stopped holding each other's hands.

 

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“Hey, so how are you guys doing?” Sonic said as he and Rouge came to the table. He was just about to sit down, when he noticed that Rouge was still standing behind her chair, with her eyes looking at him.

 

For a second Sonic paused. He knew this was one of those manners things. He just couldn't remember which one. Then when Rouge cleared her throat and all of a sudden it connected.

 

`The dude is supposed to pull the chair out for his girl.' So in a flash, Sonic was on his feet to smoothly slide out the chair for his date.

 

Rouge stared at him for a brief second, and then sat down at the table. She smile and looked to the Echidna couple, as they got their menus out.

 

“So, like I was saying…” Sonic continued, while returning to his seat. “How are you guys doing?”

 

“We're fine, Sonic.” Julie-Su answered. “Is everything ok with you and Rouge?” she asked the pair. The Echidna then flipped through her menu, while waiting for their answer.

 

Sonic looked over to Rouge, who smiled in return at him. “Yeah…We're cool.” he answered merrily.

 

The hedgehog then decided to peek inside his menu. His brow frowned for a little bit. He then proceeded to flip to the next section of his menu. His blue face frowned even more as he flipped through the rest of the pages.

 

After a few minutes he slid over to Rouge's chair and whispered into her ear. “Eh...Where's the Chili dogs?”

 

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To be continued....

 

HAHAHAA!! THOUGHT THE WHOLE THING WAS GOING TO BE IN ONE PART Huh? SORRY!!! Next chapter friend...Next chapter...