A/N: I haven't written anything under this particular genre in a long time, so I thought it would be fun to challenge myself to it again.

Disclaimer: Sonic Team owns everything except for this plot.

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Amy had been waiting for what felt like forever. Eggman had captured her again and now she was alone in some random cell in his base, bored out of her mind.

It was always the same old thing.

Eggman would order one of his clunky robots to capture her.

She'd get locked up in some stupid cell.

Sonic would come to her rescue like the hero he was, but he'd run off before she could thank him.

She'd then go home, feeling rejected, and she'd try to call him only to have Tails answer the phone and say that he was out, even though she could have sworn she had heard Sonic's voice telling Tails to say just that in the background.

She'd sadly hang up, go to sleep, and the cycle would repeat itself as soon as Eggman came up with a new 'latest and greatest plan'.

Sonic didn't return her love and she knew that if she continued to try and force a relationship on him, he would stop being her friend entirely. It was already starting, she realized. At least Sonic used to humor her, running away from her slowly so she could keep up or actually talking to her on the phone for a couple minutes. But now he hardly ever spoke to her. Heck, even Eggman spoke to her more often than Sonic did, even if he was just ranting about his 'newest foolproof scheme'.

"Hurry up, Sonic..." Amy muttered to herself. She stared out of her cell hopefully, longingly, but she was sure she'd be there for at least a few more hours.

Or maybe Sonic would just stop coming to her rescue, she worried. Maybe he was getting so sick and tired of her loving him that he'd just stop rescuing her.

But that's silly... Sonic's a hero and a glory-hog. He'd want the attention at the very least.

Amy giggled to herself cutely, but the thought hadn't really cheered her up all that much. After all, Sonic was probably only saving her to play hero and not necessarily because he wanted to anymore.

I wish there was some magical way to get him to like me... But how can I do it?

She had already tried everything, it seemed.

She tried dressing up in beautiful, elegant dresses, but he wouldn't give her a second glance. Or a first glance, for that matter.

She tried dieting and exercising to lose weight in case he thought she wasn't skinny enough, which seemed to annoy him rather than impress him.

She bought him a brand new pair of running shoes on his birthday (and she had made him a cake that was shaped like his face... which seemed to creep him out).

She even tried playing hard to get, but that only made him stop talking to her (he had assumed she was angry with him, and he was waiting for it to blow over).

Yes, she had tried all but one thing, which had just popped into her mind.

She had to make him jealous.

She snapped her fingers the moment the thought entered her head, feeling that a light had turned on in her mind. How on earth hadn't she thought of it before? If she dated someone else, then Sonic would become jealous and practically come crawling to her. Especially if she dated a friend or a rival of his...

"But Shadow and Knuckles... Neither of them would humor me with so much as a pity date. Who else is there?"

She stopped talking, hearing the sound of approaching footsteps. Was it her knight in shining armor, the one and only Sonic the hedgehog? Had Sonic finally showed up to rescue her (and perhaps confess long feelings of passion for her)?

She looked up excitedly, but was disappointed to see Tails in his place. She sighed and lowered her head, but she quickly perked up as another light seemed to go off in her head.

Tails!

"Tails!"

Amy hadn't meant to say the young fox's name out loud, especially at such a noisy volume. She blushed in embarrassment as Tails jumped, not expecting her to shout so suddenly.

"Wh- wh- what?" Tails asked warily. He looked around carefully, checking to see that there wasn't a robot that he had missed earlier behind him. He was sure he had cleared the area thoroughly...

"Oh, it's... It's nothing," Amy said, feeling embarrassed with herself. "I was just... thinking out loud, that's all."

Tails had recovered from his shock and went to picking the lock on Amy's cell door. He was always so good with picking locks...

"What were you thinking about?" Tails asked, jarring Amy from her thought.

"Oh, you'll think it's stupid," she answered.

The door to the cell was open in no time. Tails politely held the door open for Amy as she got out (like a perfect little gentelman...). They walked together out of Eggman's base, both of them knowing that Sonic had already taken care of any robots that could have harmed them on their trip out.

"No, I won't," Tails said. "I don't think anything you say is stupid."

He's such a little sweetheart...

"Are you sure?" Amy asked warily. "It was a pretty stupid thought."

"I'm sure I'd love to hear whatever was on your mind," Tails explained cheerfully. (I'm sure your thoughts weren't about me, though...)

"Well... Okay. Just promise not to get freaked out or anything."

"Of course I won't get freaked out," Tails comforted. (She couldn't have been thinking about me, could she?) "So tell me. What were you thinking about?"

Amy looked to Tails for a moment, taking in his somewhat eager, childlike expression. He was the smartest person she knew, but he was still just a kid on the inside.

But he is close to my age...

"Well... I was thinking about Sonic... You know, as usual... And... I was trying to think of ways to make him like me back. As usual."

Why on earth was this so hard to say to Tails? He was one of her best friends, he'd hear that she was considering asking him out and they'd both laugh it off together, both knowing that the thought was just silly.

"And..." Amy continued. She stole another glance at Tails, who was still listening eagerly. She took a deep breath before continuing. "I... I thought that maybe if I dated someone else... You know, to make him jealous..." She blushed.

Amy... wasn't considering me, was she?Tails thought excitedly. Would she really consider...? No, it was probably someone else. Yeah, it had to be someone else. Probably Shadow or Knuckles...

Tails found himself matching Amy's blush with a deep red blush of his own. "So, uh, who were you considering dating?"

"Do you promise you won't get completely freaked out?" Amy asked again. Tails nodded eagerly, so Amy continued. "You."

Great, now he's going to think I'm a freak and I'll lose my best friend, well, I guess I'll still have Cream, but still...

Amy actually considered me? Tails thought. Would she really...?

"M- me?" Tails asked stupidly, quite unlike himself. "Y- you'd actually consider dating me?"

"See, I told you it was stupid," Amy said sadly. (I really thought he might actually...) "Just... forget I even said anything, it's not like I was being serious or anything..."

"You... weren't?" Tails asked, feeling his heart sinking to the bottom of his stomach.

Amy looked at him, surprised. "What, would you have said yes?"

Tails blushed a little but tried to hide it. "Yes. But you said you weren't being serious, so..."

"Everyone says that when they don't really mean it!" Amy exclaimed. "Of course I meant it, I just didn't want you to think I was a total lunatic!"

"S- so you'd actually... be my girlfriend?" Tails asked hopefully.

Please say yes, please say yes, please please say yes...

Amy grinned. "Only if you'd seriously be my boyfriend," she said in her usual friendly way.

"O- of course!" Tails answered, slightly flustered. Were relationships usually this awkward at the beginning?

By now, the pair was out of Eggman's base and in the outskirts of the city. Amy grinned and grabbed both of Tails' hands gently in a sort of happy gesture.

"Then I guess it's official!" Amy said with a smile on her face. "As of right now, we are boyfriend and girlfriend!"

This'll teach Sonic! Amy thought happily.

Tails couldn't even think straight. Finally, Amy Rose was actually his girlfriend...