This is my first Sonadow, so be nice! I decided to try at this pairing, seeing as I've done other yaoi stories before! This takes place directly after the Solaris incident.

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Sonic was wondering about something he had felt about a certain hedgehog. A certain hedgehog by the name of Shadow, someone who he at first, thought was just a friend, but, as Sonic was realizing,he couldn't help but feel there was...something more then that about the ebony hedgehog. Sonic studied his homework, an assignment about pre-med, while he pondered the issue of how he felt. It had been awhile since he'd seen Shadow, the two of them(three including Silver) had gone to separate collages after high school, Sonic wanting to get his medical degree like Metal Sonic had suggested. Silver went and got his degree at an arts college, while Shadow, for some unknown reason, had done Culinary arts. Shadow and Silver saw each other often(almost daily in fact), while Sonic saw them only rarely these days.

Sonic gave up his work for now with a sigh, knowing he wasn't even concentrating on it at all, only having thoughts about explaining why he always felt different around Shadow then anyone else. Amy had long gone to do fashion design in another city, but he had never really had interest in her anyhow. Sonic sighed for what seemed like the millionth time that day. I wonder why I feel like this only around Shadow...is it only because he's far away? I can't even tell if I felt this way about him all along or not... Sonic's phone yanked him out of his thoughts, making him hope it was Shadow.

Sonic was happy when he looked at the caller ID, seeing Shadow's name on it "Hi Shadow! Long time no see man!" Shadow was silent on the other end "Y-yeah...its been a long time Sonic.." Shadow seemed strangely...nervous, which Sonic picked up on "Somethin' wrong?" Shadow cleared his voice "I w-wanted to know...you want to hang out later today?" Sonic's eyes widened "I would like that Shadow...this pre med stuff is hard! Can't keep my focus on it!" Shadow snickered "I can't stand this school anymore...I need to go somewhere else for a change!" Sonic couldn't help but laugh at this Figures Shadow's just like me in that regard...can't stay in one place too long without getting restless! I better figure out my weird feelings today....but better not let him notice it. "Are you still there?" Sonic sighed, he had spaced out and Shadow had noticed "I'm here man..." You could hear an irritated sigh from Shadow "Meet me and Silver at Emerald coast in one hour then. Hope you don't forget to invite Metal Sonic." Sonic frowned "Sure man...whatever."

Sonic called Metal and they both hurried to the beach to meet the others "It will be a pleasure to see them again...will it not?" Sonic nodded "yeah! Wonder if they have anything planned?" Metal shrugged "Who knows? Perhaps we can surf today." Sonic shivered "Y-yeah...right Metal..." Sonic couldn't believe that Metal wanted to do THAT. He had partially gotten over his hydrophobia, but surfing...he wasn't sure if he could without panicking. Then again....Shadow would be there with him and would pick on him about it, coaxing him to the water, like he often did.

Shadow and Silver were waiting for them, but it was unclear how long it had been since they had arrived. Silver was wearing dark blue swim trunks, with markings similar to the pattern on his hands, while Shadow had bright cobalt blue trunks on that said his name in black writing. Sonic raised an eyebrow Wonder how this'll end?Hope its not too bad.... Sonic nervously glanced around, being on a beach was making him slightly panic. The fact that Shadow and Silver had surfboards like Metal didn't help either, knowing surfing was exactly what they were doing. Shadow noticed his quietness I wonder what's bugging Sonic? He usually is all calm and cool acting....he has such...curves...strange...never noticed them before now. Must be cause I can see him wearing clothes that flatter his figure....those swim trunks sure do the job... "Shadow?! Something wrong?" Shadow glared "Nothing at all..." Sonic raised an eyebrow at him "Any reason you were staring at me for?" Shadow decided to play it low for now "I'm trying to imagine you surfing...but I'm not seeing it happening..." Sonic's face went crimson from embarrassment "T-that's not funny Shadow...." Shadow smirked "You are a hopeless boarder Sonic...." Sonic flattened his ears "I can air board just fine Shadow...can't say the same for you...you crashed in the first 30 seconds!" Sonic grinned, obviously thinking he had won, but Shadow said otherwise "Your pissed I beat you in the world grand prix Sonic..." Sonic growled "I don't even care you won!"

Silver and Metal were on the side staring at them. Metal sat on the ground, then choosing to go into the water "Let's go surf....who knows how long they will argue?" Silver shrugged "I'd rather be on the water then wait for them...let's go!" Metal and Silver grabbed their boards and raced to the water, causing Shadow and Sonic to notice their absence. Shadow and Sonic stared at each other, then at where the others were, causing them both to grab their boards and go towards the water themselves.

Sonic was dead nervous about being in such deep water, but figured the others probably wouldn't notice, seeing as they were having too much fun. Sonic decided to try to out trick Shadow. Bet I can pull off my triple backflip.... Sonic readied himself to flip his board over for the flip, but miscalculated the distance and ended up knocking himself out on the last flip, causing him to fall. Sonic hit hit face on the back of the board and started sinking.

At first, even Shadow didn't notice. He was having a good time and not even thinking about it. He happened to glance around, realizing he couldn't see Sonic anymore. Shadow strained his eyes to see in the water, then realizing something. Sonic wasn't on his board anymore! In fact, the board was drifting outwards Where's Sonic I wonder? He had his board wristband on....there's no way....unless...damnit! Shadow panicked "Metal! Silver! I can't see Sonic!" Metal whipped his head around to face him "He was there a second ago....." Shadow pointed to his board "His board is drifting outwards!"

Metal scanned quickly "He must have fallen off! We need to quickly find him!" Silver grabbed the board with his psychic powers, only to realized the wrist line had snapped, meaning Sonic wasn't safe! Shadow didn't wait, diving into the water after him, hoping Sonic was okay. Metal called the lifeguard to call an ambulance, while Silver could only hope Shadow found him okay. Silver then noticed a current near the area where Sonic was last "Metal! There's a rip current!" Metal kept his cool the best he could "I hope the hedgehog is okay..."

Under the water, a small water hedgehog spotted Sonic sinking to the ocean floor. She used her ability to call a large shark to go retrieve him, realizing he was a surface dweller and needed air from the surface! Shadow, unfortunatly, only saw the shark going towards Sonic. I better act fast! Sharks eat animals our size! I should....huh? Shadow stopped in mid thought. The shark was helping some other hedgehog get Sonic to the surface! Shadow swam over, helping the little girl lift him to where the two of them could get air. They finally reached the surface, causing Shadow to draw in air, as his lungs were starting to burn from the lack thereof.

Shadow looked to Sonic, realizing he wasn't breathing! Shadow started to panic, the little girl whimpering thinking she was too late, but he remembered the class he took with Sonic. Sonic had to have a partner in a CPR class and asked Shadow to help him in it, Shadow agreed to, and he was now glad for that information, as it now proved most useful. Shadow glanced at the young hedgehog "Get us to shore as fast as you can!" She nodded, commanding the shark to swim towards the beach. She then noticed the rip current "The current's too strong! We need to go farther down to get out of it!" Shadow nodded "Do what you can!" The young girl commanded the shark to dive and swim under the current, which was only in a small area, and back to the surface.

Shadow could see paramedic waiting for them on the beach, along with Silver, Metal, and many others who were watching on shore. The shark stopped suddenly "Sharkie can't go any farther....its too shallow!" Shadow nodded at her "I can take it from here thanks." Shadow picked Sonic's unconcience body and slung him over his shoulders and raced to the shoreline.