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“Thanks for dealing with that, guys,” Sonic said to his friends, a little shaken. He took a brief pause to wonder what kind of things Eggman made him say. “When Egghead had my body, did he say anything horrible?”
“The only thing that was horrible was how bad he was at being you,” Knuckles explained.
“He tripped over his feet during badminton ‘cause my serve caught him off guard,” Sticks added. “I thought you were acting off ‘cause the parasite taking you over didn’t know how to work your legs yet. Turns out it was just your arch-nemesis in your body.”
“You were kinda close,” Sonic said with a nod.
“You need a rest, Sonic?” Tails asked, picking up the purple rock with a pair of tongs and placing it in a bag. “This meteor is pretty powerful stuff.”
Sonic dusted off his shoes, happily readjusted to his body.
“Nah, all that Egghead nonsense really made me want to keep moving!” he quipped, running a small lap as a demonstration. “It's lame not being the fastest thing alive!”
“Well, is everyone still down for that hike today?” Amy asked.
The crew quickly agreed, making their way together to the hiking path.
In this uncharacteristically slow moment, Sonic took out his planner and scanned the pages for anything weird. He noticed the handwriting for today was scrawled differently.
Badminton with Sticks at 4:30. Already happened. Might need to have a rematch, though.
Hike with the gang at 5:30. Very definitely happening right now.
Video games with Nibbles at 7:00. Sonic assumed that was Knuckles. Shouldn't Eggman’s fake PhD at least help him remember one name?
Chick flick with girlfriend at 9:00. Wait, what? His eyes widened, and he shut the notebook hastily.
“We’re not a thing…” Sonic grumbled. Eggman may have not won, but this sentence sure got under Sonic’s skin. The more he thought about it, the more flustered he felt.
“Yo, Amy,” Sonic said, interrupting whatever idle chit chat he wasn't paying attention to. “Are we watching a movie tonight?”
“Mhmm, we planned that this morn—oh.” Amy caught herself, trying to hide her disappointment. “We don't have to go though,” she shrugged.
Knowing Amy, she probably already bought the tickets. It wasn't Sonic’s first choice on what he wanted to watch, but he wasn't about to complain, either.
“Nah, I’m down,” Sonic offered. “Why not?”
“Sooo, it's a date?” Knuckles chimed in. Sticks and Tails shared a smug glance.
Anyone could tell by his face that Sonic wasn’t ready for the teasing, but Amy knew how to steer the situation.
“In the expression sense,” she rolled her eyes. “We have a date and time to watch a movie. Y’know, how friends are allowed to do.” Amy was patient and didactic, like a teacher trying to explain to a student.
Sonic cleared his throat conspicuously. “Knucks, if you're gonna be like that, we got a date when we get back.” He flashed a cheeky grin. “We’ve got another round of button mashing to do so I can get back my Tomatopotamus record.”
“Ha! You're on!”
Tails gave Amy a small nudge and grinned knowingly before jumping in on the boys’ conversation. She smiled, content.