A/N: My first ever story! Whoopee! I hope to update around once a week, now that I'm on holiday it should be easy :-) enjoy the story!

Amy Rose, at 19, sat in her cream coloured lounge, looking at pictures. Sighing, she turned the album page, gazing at the old photos, some of which she hadn't seen in years.

She had woken up that morning, and being the only one in the gang without a girl/boy friend, she didn't have much to do except chill out at home.

She had long-ago given up on Sonic, accepting that he wanted Sally, not her. Cream and Tails had gotten together a few months ago after Sonic "accidentally" let slip that Tails had a crush on Cream. No one really knows what happened with Rouge and Knuckles, but one day they just declared themselves an item and that was that, no questions asked (well they were asked, just not answered).

While Amy was looking at pictures she noticed that the side of one was bent back behind the rest of the photo. Curios, Amy removed the picture from the socket and stretched it out. There, on the side of the picture separated by the crease, was a non-smiling black and red striped hedgehog.

Flashback

A 14 year old Amy Rose was walking down the pathway in the park, with her best friends Cream and Rouge by her sides, all deep in thought. "Has anyone seen Shadow?" Cream suddenly asked. The other two girls shook their heads absent-mindedly, carrying on their daydreaming, although Amy suddenly had a slightly pained look on her face. Cream shook it off and continued walking with her friends, not giving the whereabouts of Shadow a second thought.

End flashback

Even though she didn't show it, because her friends would think weirdly of her for missing someone so...different from them, she still missed Shadow and wished he would come back.

Amy sighed running her finger over the side of the picture, thinking about where Shadow was now and what he was doing. She was in the middle of straining her brain to tell her where he had gone when a loud DING DONG DING DONG DING DONG (A/N haha the doorbell goes DING DONG-how cliché!) interrupted her thoughts.

"I'm coming" she shouted placing the album gently on the couch and standing up. She opened the door with a frown on her face and glared at the person standing in front of her. A male, about 4 inches taller then her was casually leaning against the doorframe. His black hoodie hiding his face, and his hands stuffed in his pockets. His long black trousers went down to his ankles and you could just make out the black tips of his trainers.

"Let me in" he demanded, with menace in his voice. "No" was the reply he received from a now very pissed off pink hedgehog. She was about to slam the door in his face when he stuck his foot between the door and the frame. "I don't have time to argue, just let me in, Rose"

Amy was about to answer with a very rude reply when she froze. The last time someone had called her that was five years ago, and that was by a certain somebody that had gone missing some five tears ago.

"You!" She suddenly said, trying to see under the hood. The figure removed his gloved hands from their pockets and brought them up to his head, slowly pulling down the hood to reveal a 20 year old, black and red striped hedgehog. "Me" he said simply with a slight smile on his face.

All Amy could do was stare. Shadow. The missing link in her life. The one she would spend hours thinking about, trying to find out where he had gone. Without warning Amy suddenly glomped him in a way she hadn't done to anyone since she gave up on Sonic all those years ago, though she still had an iron grip.

"Rose...let...go...can't...breath" Shadow said, whilst trying to pry off the pink hedgehog, but without success. Amy let go for a second and stared at him again, before pulling him into another not-so-bone-crushing hug.

'The last time she did that first hug to me was when she had confused me with that faker' Shadow mused, before coming back to his senses by the female still hugging him. He slowly wrapped his arms around her waist bringing her closer to him. Truth be told, he had missed Amy, even if it was just a bit (ok maybe a tad more than a "bit"), but that was more then he could say about anyone else, so he wasn't complaining about the hug.

Amy was still in complete shock, when she pulled away from the hug, but suddenly turned red in embarrassment when she realised that she had just given THE Shadow the hedgehog (who was looking VERY hot might I add) a hug which he had returned.

To hide her embarrassment she quickly ushered him into her house and shut the door. Steering him to the living-room, she sat him on the couch and ran into the kitchen to get some juice, although the second she stepped out of site she started squealing in her head in a way that she hadn't done for quite some time.

'I can't believe Shadow is in my house, in my lounge, sitting on my couch after all these years! I wonder where he's been all this time...'

A/N: Finally! My first ever chappie-complete! Yay for me! Please Please Please review, I want to know what you guys think!