Chapter 1- The Beginning

Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep!
Mmmppphhh… 'I hate that alarm' I thought as I hit the snooze button a third time. Not five seconds later, I felt an ice-cold bucket of water hit me square in the face. "What the hell, Sonic!" I sputtered as I bolted up. Sonic laughed, nearly bursting into tears. . "Hey, Lynx! I want you to meet someone!" he said, after his laughter subsided. "During my beauty rest? It's a wonder that you can breathe and think at the same time." I snapped at him. "hey, hey. We're all friends here," Silver confided coolly as he walked in. still a little pissed, I threw my pillow at him. Just as it happened before, as it happened anytime, the pillow came back. And as it happened before, I was knocked off the bed.

Maybe this day wouldn't be as good as I thought it would be.

Stripping out of my night time boxer shorts and white t-shirt, I took a look in the mirror. Sighing, I realized that nothing had changed. I was still a lanky, blond, scruffy bobcat that only a mother would love. Of course, my mom wasn't around enough to love me anyway. When I was just a cub, she ran off with another man. Or tiger. Or whatever the hell it was. Same difference.

Good old dad was never around to begin with. He ran off when he found my mom was knocked up, and by his doing. No pun intended.

After I showered, got dressed in my usual black shirt and blue jeans, I wandered downstairs for breakfast. Whoop-de-freaking-doo. As I was getting ready for another miserable day with the three stooges, I heard the doorbell ring. 'the hell could that be?' I thought to myself. Just thinking that it was a girl scout or a retard telling me who to vote for, I opened the door. Then I felt my heart stop.

"she's beautiful." I thought, mouth slightly agape. "hi, I was wondering where sonic is? He asked me to come over." my god, even her voice was angelic. "Y-yeah. H-he's in there." I stuttered, loosely pointing to the dining room. "thanks." she giggled. I was transfixed. The only thing I saw was her. But, as quickly as the thought popped into my head, I brushed it off. She was Sonic's girl. Not mine. Yet.

Feigning grogginess, I wandered into the kitchen, grabbing the box of cereal and milk, not thinking anything about it at the time. I hardly ever thought hard about anything involving food. Call it not being a finicky eater, call it stupid, call it what you want. After I moved in this dump, the only one who ever took care of me was shadow. Talk about bad cooking. This is why I usually eat TV dinners and cereal. Shadow could burn water. He did once, I watched him. The strangest thing is, we hardly ever see him anymore. Always off doing the things he does. He says that he is going out to fight the forces of evil, but we all know he just goes to the local strip joint, pub, whatever catches his eye first. Ever since rouge left him, he hasn't been the same. Oh well, you can't win them all, right?

Anyhoo, I wander into the dining room to eat my corn flakes in peace and quiet. Instead, I see the pink angel hanging all over Sonic, doing what you would expect from a flirty chick. Everything seems fine, till I caught Sonic's gaze. He was petrified. All I could see was him mouthing "help me!" I guess karma is real. Anyways, I go to sit down at the other end of the table, just me, breakfast, and the paper. And guess who I see?

Sonic, on the front page, saving the town. Again. I tear the page out, slide it down the table, and grimace.

"hey, it's you! I didn't know you fought criminals!" she flirts.

"he doesn't." I mumble.

"hmm?" She never knew I was there. God dammit.

"I said, he doesn't. I do, he just gets the credit because he was there." I mused.

"is that true, soniku?" angelic girl (her nickname) questions him.

"ye-" sonic sighs and then confesses "yeah, he does the actual job. All I do is be in the right place at the right time."

"well, then..." angelic mumbles, scooting away from ol' blue quills.

She faces me. Faces me! And "so, I never knew your name, o mighty hero."

I quickly speak up. "lynx, at your service, madam. And may I ask..." using my suave technique

"Amy. Amy rose." she giggles.

I blush. Blush! And answer "Well, Amy. I am at your service, any time of the day. In fact, any time you may need it."

she giggles, and says "you're a real flirt, you know that?"

Not bad, lynx. Not bad.

After that exchange, I went about my daily routine , but something was different. I couldn't focus on anything for long. My mind kept flashing back to her comment. 'You're a real flirt, you know that?' Whoa. I never thought I would say that about anybody, let alone a stranger. But I knew it was true, from the moment I laid eyes on her.

I was in love with Amy rose.