Chapter 20: The True Meaning of Friendship

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"Does his strength equal his speed?"

Honest was stumbling towards the door after the bell had rung and released her from her first period business class on March 7th, 2019 when suddenly, as she was pushing the right door open, the left one was slung open as the result of some incredible force acting upon it, scaring the poor blond feline half to death. She caught just the slimmest glance of the source of the force-- a red shoe.

"How's that for an answer?"

"Was that really necessary?" came the slightly aggravated remark of a black-spined rodent as the three turned onto the sidewalk, aimed in the direction of their second period classes.

The blue-spined disrupter of morning tranquility laughed. "You asked, so I set up an experiment in order for you to see the answer for yourself."

"Let me guess-- you have science next," Shadow said. Honest was trying to ignore them the best she could, so she stayed silent.
"AP Biology," the azure hero said in an assured manner. "Where are you going next?"

"As if I'd tell you," he told him crossly.
"He has English next!" Honest exclaimed. The red-striped rodent started puffing steam from his noggin.
"Why would you tell him that? If you couldn't already tell, I didn't plan to tell him so that he wouldn't know where I will be. Now he's going to bother me for the rest of eternity," he explained. "Thanks for nothing."

Honest felt taken aback. She looked to Sonic. "Is he in a bad mood today?"

"He's always in a bad mood in the morning time," he told her, seeming downcast. "I don't think he's much of a morning person."
What was that pointless old saying again? Something about a blue flower calling a yellow flower blue? Or was it a green turtle calling a brown turtle green? Or maybe it was a striped cat calling a spotted cat striped? Whatever it was, Honest felt that was exactly what was happening here.
"But you're the one who is always making us late to school because you have trouble waking up in the mornings," Honest pointed out. "Shadow's always up early enough to make breakfast and drink a whole pot of coffee with me before you can even sit up."

Sonic must not have been listening to her because he suddenly changed the conversation back to its earlier focus. "Tell us what class you have next, Honest."

She suddenly sped off and ducked around the corner of a building.
Honest really didn't feel like being late to her second period class today. So what it was just study hall-- there was no "just" about it! Study hall was one of the only places, aside from the lunchroom if she happened to have her phone with her, where Honest could make major advances in her fanfiction. If she happened to miss that period due to some pointless conversation, she wouldn't be able to work on her story at all today. That would be horrible.
As she made her way down the hallway of the agriculture building, Honest encountered someone she remembered who shared her study hall with her running down the hallway towards her-- Silver.

"Hey!" he exclaimed, showing her a slip of paper. "When you get to the room, the teacher will give you a slip to go to the library. I'll wait for you at the door!"

Honest watched him pass then hurried to the room down the hall. So... no working on her fanfiction today... but she still could in the library, right? There were computers in there. She's seen them before. Vector was usually always sitting in there using one during his lunch period.
Upon entering the main building, Honest thought about maybe hiding out somewhere else instead. After all, the library was a big, boring place. If she spent time somewhere else, like maybe in the hallway where she had encountered Rosy in the middle of some sort of fight that one time, Honest could raise her chances of encountering something to write about. After all, if she didn't have anything cool to write about, what was the point to going to the library at all?

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