Chapter One: Change

"Amy time to get up! You don't need to miss the bus again."

"Ugh." I had to live with this for nine months. The waking up early in the mornings and the dizziness of getting out of bed.

The reason I missed the bus yester day was I had bought me a pink, battery operated, alarm clock. I thought it would be alot easier on mom, so she wouldn't have to wake me up.

Well the next morning it went off, it scared me and pissed me off at the same time.

So I simply grabbed it and chunked it across the room making it shatter into million pieces, when it came in contact with my wall.

I guess thats the reason she decided to wake me up because she knew that I couldn't chunk her across the room.

"Are you awake?!?" screamed mom again.

"Yes mam!" I screamed back.

"Good. Now come down and eat breakfast."

"Ok"

I slowly turned and put me feet on the floor. The coldness of it made me jump, as I reached to turn on the bedside lamp. I sighed and stretched again.

It was time to start the boring day.

I used to love to go to school, but now that we've moved to an unfamiliar place, it sucks.

It seemed even with all the freshmen, every one considered me as the new girl. I haven't made any new friends yet, but I think things may work out.

I stood up and walked out of my room toward the bathroom. I turned the water on and washed my face with a cold rag. I guess mom was right, it does make you feel more awake.

After that I slowly climbed down the stairs. The sent of frying bacon was lingering in the air as I walked in to the kitchen.

"Well good morning sleepy head." said mom with a smile while setting my breakfast in front of me," are you ready for another great day?"

I stared at the plate.

It was decorated in a shape of a smiley face she had the eggs and a piece of bacon on it.

"For one mom I'm not four any more, so quit with the stupid smiley face plates and another thing, what makes you think it's going to be a great day?"

"Well usually..."

"All I'm going to do is go to school where a bunch of unfamiliar faces stare at me like I'm a vampire or a monster of some sort while having to learn useless crap. Do you call that a great day?!?"

I stuffed a piece of bacon in my mouth.

"Well it seems like some one got up on the wrong side of the bed this morning."

"Sorry mom," I pushed the plate away, "I'm really not hungry."

I turned around and walked back up the stairs.

What makes her think, that because she's got the ideal job that I'm going to be happy as I am. I was completely fine with where I was in Arizona.

My life I'd say was perfect. I always looked forward to school starting and I had the sweetest boy friend Robert, an aqua blue hedgehog with orange eyes. No one stared at me like I was a freak because every one knew me. I wished things would be that way again.

But....Since her and dad got divorced, it always has been change.

First it was them fighting for custody over me, then mom getting a new job, and now this.

Life sucks right now.

But for some odd reason I feel like to day is going to be a very interesting. Good or Bad? I don't know, but it's going to be change.

And I hate that.

About an hour later I was riding the bus to school. I was sitting in a seat towards the end of the bus. I had my eye on a little girl who looked like she was in 1st or second grade. She was a rabbit that was orange and tan. She had her ears pulled back with two pink bows in it and Hazel eyes that sparkled in the morning sun. The thing was the sparkles where tears from all the insults the others on the bus threw at her.

"Yeah you little booger eater, you sad cause your mommy isn't here." cried A black and white rabbit.

"Whahhhh!!! I want my mommy." picked a little yellow bird.

"Cry baby cry baby" mocked another.

"Please quit," cried the little girl, " quit being mean."

They all just laughed.

Even with this going on I just sat there. Until. It all came undone. A white bat, with caked on blue eye shadow sat by the little rabbit.

Then there was fear in her eyes.

All of a sudden the big girl grabbed the girl's hair and pulled her head back.

"Please don't. Quit, my mommy done my hair don't mess it up." cried the girl

"Awe. Isn't that sweet. Her mommy made it for her." she looked around smiling while the others laughed.

Then she pulled out the little bows and threw them to the floor and crushed them under her feet.

"Now where is my lunch money?"

I couldn't take it any more.

"Hey leave her alone." I screamed as I jumped up.

"Then every thing went silent as the girl slowly tuned around to me.

"Are you speaking to me?!?" asked the brute with her hand grabbing the girls hair.

"Yes as a matter a fact I was." I said back, "It shows how tough you are by teasing and being mean to such a small girl."

"Why don't you come and say that in my face."

"Why do you want me to repeat it in your face? If you didn't hear me the first time then you must need a hearing aid."

"Ohhhhhh....." said every body around me.

"Oh why you!" said the girl standing up.

"MISS ROUGE ROBERTSON!!!" screamed the bus driver. Who was green Aligator named Vector. "COME TO THE FRONT SIT DOWN NOW!!!"

" Grrr...." mumbled Rouge under her breath, then pointing at me." Watch your back missy."

Never in my life. I never knew that there where mean people like that in the world. Just to pick on a small helpless girl like that.

The girl was still in tears, so I stood up and sat in the seat with her.

"Tha... Tha... Thank you." said the girl. "My name is Cream. I don't know why she's so mean to me."

"She's just a mean bully." I told her, "My name is Amy. It's nice to meet you."

"Now my hairs messed up. Every ones going to pick on me again."

"Well lucky for you Cream, I brought an extra hair piece and hairbrush."

I unzipped the purse I had brought with me that day and in it I had a black hair piece and my brush.

"Here we go."

She turned around with her back ward me and I pulled her ears back up.

"Thanks," said the little girl.

"You're welcome."

There was a slight moment of silence.

"So... what grade is this bully in?" I asked.

"I don't know" replied Cream shrugging her shoulders.

"I do!" screamed a voice behind me. "She's in the eleventh grade."

"What?!?" I screamed in bewilderment, "I'm also in the eleventh grade."

Great! Not only did I have to deal with her on the bus. I had to deal with her at school.

"ALL HIGH SCHOOLERS TIME TO GET OFF!!!" yelled the bus driver again "Well I've got to go," I told Cream while gathering my stuff, "Now try not to get into any more situations okay."

The bus aisle got crowded immediately with other high school students.

Slowly the bus came to a stop.

The driver opened the door and slowly every one stepped off.

Once off. There was a set of steps that lead to the courtyard, where every body stayed until the whistle blown. I went to the far corner of the oval shaped courtyard where no one else was.

I had just sat set down when I felt some one touch me on my shoulder. I jumped as I turned around, I could have sworn that it was Rouge but it wasn't.

"Sorry I didn't mean to scare you."

It was a boy hedgehog. He was nicely dressed. He was wearing a black v- necked jacket with gold trim, and under it he had a white tee-shirt He had dress pants and shoes. He had blue quills that went to his shoulders. He had a small earring in one ear, and he had green eyes. He was tall but not too tall.

"Hey I saw what you did on the bus for that little girl." he said, "I wanted to thank you for it."

"Why it was nothing really."

"Yes it was something." replied the boy, "Look. No one, I mean no one has ever stood up to Rouge like that before. Not even the guys."

I kind of wasn't hearing what he was saying because I just kept looking out him and thinking to myself.

Man he looks so fine. Forget Robert. This boys looks can out do any model any day.

"So if you don't mind if I ask. What's your name?"

"Oh... My names Amy. Amy Rose. Yours?"

"My name's Sonic Olgilvie Hedgehog, but you can call ne Sonic for short. It's nice to meet you."

So Sonic Olgilvie Hedgehog is his name. It has a nice ring to it.

"It's nice to meet you too." I said." So where do you live? I kind of wasn't paying attention when I got on the bus."

"Oh that's ok." said Sonic with a smile, "I live three houses down the road from you. I see you are new to the area. So where did you come from?"

"I came from Phoenix, Arizona."

"That's a pretty long ways from here."

"Yep it sure is." I replied, "So who do you have first period?"

"I have Mrs. Nelson for English 3." said Sonic looking at the crumpled up schedule that he pulled out of his book bag.

"Wait, so that means you're an eleventh grader?"

"Yes, why?"

"Well I'm also in the eleventh grade and it so happens I also have Mrs. Nelson for 1st period." I said with a Cheshire grin on my face.

Wow things are going great. I stood up to the meanest girl in high school and I'm making friends with a complete hottie. Things are just like I thought they were going to be. Maybe, change is good.

"Amy, the whistle blew." said Sonic tapping me on the shoulder.

"Sorry, "I said, "I had just zoned out for a minute there."

Well I walked through the double doors that lead to where Mrs. Nelson was, and still beside me was the still good looking emerald eyed Sonic.

Well I walked past the office where there are windows for who you can see who's going to the principle and there sat the brute girl Rouge who wanted to kill me earlier. With a mad look on her face.

But who cares any way.

Well walking into the class room I sat down in a seat toward the back of the class. The walls were decorated with sayings from famous people like Mark Twain or Helen Keller.

We were allowed to choose our own seats until she decided to move us.

Well I sat down and right beside me Sonic set his book bag on the floor while taking a seat.

When every one was finally in the class Mrs. Nelson shut the door.

"Okay today since we are in the third day of school I want you to write me five paragraphs on what you main plans for this upcoming school year is. I don't want any nasty or inappropriate stuff written. You will not be required to read it out load unless you want to." said Mrs. Nelson while she sat down at her computer. "You have three days to complete it. Now start."

I pulled out a sheet of paper and sat there staring at it.

This for me was hard. There were a lot of things I wanted to do this year. So what should I write about?

Should I write about passing the eleventh grade, to find the love of my life, or just to have complete change the way I want it to be?

I was so lost deep within my thoughts I didn't realize that Sonic had passed me a note. He slightly tappe me to get my attenio.

I stared at it for a second. It was shaped like a minature envelope with a tab on it that said pull.

I always wondered whats wrong with just folding it in half, but I should get upset over small stuff like that. So I grabbed and unfolded the note and read:

Hey, Amy,

I was wondering would you like to go to eat pizza with me this evening, or just come to Jack's pizza parlor to... you know... hang out?

---- Sonic.

Behind his name was scribbed his logo.

I couldn't believe it. I just met him this morning and he's already asking me to go hang out with him after school. Good times keep coming.

I then grabbed the note and wrote back:

Sure. What time?

I then could have just handed the note back to him, but instead I spent the next five minutes trying to fold it back. Which never worked so I frustratingly placed the note back in front of the blue hedgehog, who simlply chuckled.

I then turned back to my essay and waited for him to reply, and yet again this letter was folded back into the same manner as before.

"Don't expect me to fold it back." I wispered.

"Mrs. Rose." called the teacher, "No talking."

Sonic smirked as I opened the letter again.

How about... 7:00? Maybe there I can teach you how to fold letters. LOL.

I then cut my eyes over to him for a second before returning back to the letter.

Very funny, and I can't Laugh out Loud, Mrs. Nelson would probabbly have a heart attack. Oh and sure that time sounds great.

I folded the note in half and half and handed it back to him.

He took the note back and smiled as he stuck it in his pocket and turned to the essay in front of him.

I smile. Boy am I lucky, I stood up to the meanest girl in school and I've got a date with Sir. Sexy himself.

Ya know most of the time I hate change, but I love this one, and before I returned to working on my paper I scribble a heart that said : S&A.

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