Amy couldn't sleep. She tossed and turned in her bed; at least until her blanket fell off the bed and onto the floor. She sat up and turned on her bedside lamp, shivering. Pulling herself to her feet, she walked over to her bathroom door and took her furry sky-blue robe off its hanger. Wrapping it around herself, she walked to her door and opening it, walked out into the dark hallway. If she couldn't sleep, then she might as well watch a little tv or something. When she got to the stairs, she looked down the steps and saw that a light was on downstairs. Was someone else up? Or did Knuckles leave the light on again? Clutching the wooden handrail, she walked down the grand steps, listening for any sound. She heard the loud voice of a news reporter, so someone downstairs was watching the news. When she got to the foot of the stairs, she looked into the living room and saw Sonic sitting on the couch, remote in hand. He was in a t-shirt and boxers. Amy was surprised that he hadn't heard her coming down the stairs. He had better hearing than anyone in the house besides Shadow.
"Hey, Sonic. What are you doing down here?" She asked, walking over and sitting down next to the blue hedgehog on the couch. She glanced at the tv. The reporter was interviewing someone, and there was a park in the background. "Oh hey, Amy. I could ask the same thing." Sonic's voice brought Amy's attention back to the blue hedgehog. "Well, I, for one, can't sleep very well at the moment. What's your excuse?" She asked, propping her bare feet on the coffee table. "Eh, same here." Sonic said, changing the channel to the cartoons. "Awesome! Found the cartoons!" He said happily, propping his feet on the table as well. "Oh cool, Chowder's on." Amy said, watching her second favorite show. Her first favorite was, of course, House M.D. But that wasn't a cartoon, was it? "I'm gonna go make some tea, you want something?" She said, getting to her feet and walking to the kitchen.
Flipping the light switch on, she filled a kettle with water and set it on the stove. As she set the stove on a high setting, Sonic softly shouted from the living room, "Tea sounds good. But hot chocolate sounds better." And in a flash, Sonic was in the kitchen as well, getting the milk and hot cocoa mix out. Then he stopped and watched with a smile as Amy tried to reach the shelf with the coffee cups. He came up behind her and, putting an arm around her waist, grabbed a pink cup and set it on the counter. Amy smiled back at Sonic and gave him a peck on the cheek. "Here, I'll make the tea. What kind do you want?" He asked, looking into the pink hedgehog's eyes with one of his famous smirks. "Oh, you don't need to-" Amy began before Sonic cut her off with a finger to her lips. "I want to. What kind would you like?" The cobalt hedgehog walked over to the cabinet and rummaged through the big box of tea packets. "Hmm, I'll have a honey lemon, please." Amy said, walking back into the living room. Sonic, meanwhile, stirred the hot cocoa mix into the mug of hot milk while eyeing the kettle on the stove. After he reached into the cabinet and brought out the marshmallows, the kettle started making a high whistle noise. Rushing over, he took the kettle off the hot stove and poured it into Amy's cup with the tea bag in it. Letting the tea steep, he brought his cup into the living room and sat next to Amy. "I love you, Sonic." She said, looking up at her blue hero. Sonic looked into hers, saying, "I love you too, Ames."
Just as their faces starting zooming in, Knuckles pounded down the stairs in his striped boxers and sat right between them, putting his feet on the table. "Hey, lovebirds." He said, grinning and watching the cartoons. "Totally ruined the moment, Knucklehead." Sonic said with an annoyed smirk. Amy just pouted. "Be right back." Sonic got off the couch to go retrieve Amy's tea. When he got back, he put the mug into Amy's hands and gave her a kiss anyway. "So what are you doing up, Knuckles?" Amy asked sipping her tea. "Eh, I'm usually up this early. You guys are just never up at this time to see me. Hey, what time is it?" He asked. Sonic looked around for the clock. "About 6:00-ish. Blaze and Tails should be up in about an hour. Why?" Sonic answered the echidna. "Because I'm probably gonna go hit the gym for a little bit." Knuckles always exercised early in the morning and came back for breakfast.
As Knuckles went upstairs to go get changed, Amy got to her feet, saying, "Well, since its early, I might as well take a shower and get dressed. Be back in about an hour." Amy followed Knuckles up the stairs after putting her mug in the sink. After she was gone, Sonic walked over to the game cabinet and pulled out Assassin's Creed. While he was gaming away, Knuckles had put on a workout shirt and some basketball shorts. Grabbing the car keys off the table and saying 'see you later' to Sonic, he walked outside and looked at the five cars that Sonic and Co. owned because they were filthy rich. He picked his usual, a red Audi. Pulling out of the driveway, he drove off down the gravel road out of the courtyard and onto the street. Five minutes into the trip, he could already see the city of Soleanna, which stood out against the steadily brightening sky. After stopping at a stop light, he rolled down the window and stuck his elbow out, looking around at the traffic. He sighed. Usually traffic didn't get this bad in the mornings. Must've been because it was a Monday.
Amy put her radio on as she took a shower. When she stepped out she dried herself off, wiping the clouded mirror so she could see her reflection. "Looking good, if I do say so myself." She said, smiling. Brushing her hair, she failed to see the spider that was now scurrying across the tile floor. When she did though, it got loud. Sonic jumped to his feet, startled, as he heard Amy scream. Boy, that girl sure could scream. He rushed upstairs and into Amy's room. Amy was on her bed, shrieking in her robe. "Spider! There's a spider in the bathroom!" She screamed at the top of her lungs. She was deathly afraid of spiders and anything else with eight legs. Tails suddenly appeared in the doorway, rubbing his eyes. "Wha..what's going on?" He asked, trying to protect his sensitive ears from Amy's screaming. "There's a spider in the bathroom. You know how she gets." Sonic jerked a thumb in Amy's direction. Tails nodded. He walked into Amy's bathroom, looking around on the floor for the spider. When he saw it, he couldn't help but feel sorry for it. The spider was cringing in the corner. Obviously Amy's screaming was getting to it too. Tails walked over to it and held out his hand on the ground and gently pushed it onto his hand. Tails didn't really love spiders, but he thought they were okay.
While Sonic was coaxing Amy off her bed, Tails walked downstairs and out the door. Kneeling down on the grass next to the driveway, he lowered his hand on the ground and watched as the spider scurried away into the grass. The spider probably wouldn't be coming back anytime soon. He almost jumped as he heard a loud shout coming from the house. Shadow was up. He felt sorry for Sonic and almost went to go help him, but decided to enjoy the May weather. Sonic could handle it. He lay down on the grass, putting his hands behind his head and breathing in the warm air. He decided to take a little nap. And nap he did, through the banging of Sonic and Shadow's wrestle match. Yep, pretty soon everyone else would be woken up. Tails would have to make an extra yummy breakfast so everyone wouldn't be grumpy all morning. All the fox needed was more fights to break the antiques. Chocolate chip pancakes. Yep, that sounded good.