Amy Rose breathed in the sent of fresh early morning air as she was making her way through the city of Station Square with people roaming about getting towards their destination. Much like Amy was looking for someone all too familiar.
"Today's the day!" She thought grinning from ear to ear."Today is the day Sonic and I have that date. And after the date, We'll sure to get married!"
Amy's heart immediately started thumping when she thought about just her and Sonic for the rest of their lives. She will never forget the first time they met when he saved her from Metal Sonic years ago. Ever since his emerald green eyes landed on hers, Amy knew it was true love.
For today's accasion, Amy changed into her brand new yellow dress with a white head band and matching shoes. And with just a bit of mascara and eyeliner to make her jade green eyes pop, Sonic is sure to pay attention to her. So Amy thought.
All she had to do was find him.
Okay, maybe Amy got a bit too excited yesterday when she asked Sonic out on a date to leave out important details, such as location. As soon as she heard the words "I...guess?" From her blue haired hero, Amy ran the other direction squealing her way back home. Nothing was exactly planned, But Amy was determined to make it work just as soon as she fin-
"Oh my gosh, there he is!" Right as Amy blurted out the obvious, She immediately pressed her body against the cool glass window to inspect what was indeed true. She saw Sonic seated by himself on a bar counter with his back facing her. He wore a tight grey and black sweater with jeans. Amy didn't mind much of his outfit for their first date. The only thing that mattered was him showing up!
Amy, bouncing on her heels, quickly walked inside and made her way towards the empty seat next to her crush. "Hi, Sonic!" Sonic looked around before turning next to him to find Amy already seated on the stool.
"Oh," He greeted her with a warm smile that always managed to make Amy's cheeks turn pink. "Hi, Ames." Every little thing Sonic does always makes Amy's heart flutter. And the way his straight blue hair falls just above his gorgeous green eyes doesn't help much either.
"So," Amy started off with her smile far from faltering. "Where should we go first?"
Sonic's smile slowly faded while his eyebrows knitted together in confusion, staring at her.
"You know," She said her smile fading also. "For our date?"
Sonic stared at her for a few more seconds before his brows shot up in realization and goes, "Ohh. That was today?" He chuckled. "Sorry Amy, must of slipped my mind."
Of course. Only Sonic would forget something that's important to Amy. For the hero of Mobius, he's not one to usually take things seriously.
"Well, that's okay!" She said regaining her smile. "You're here now, so-"
"Actually..." Sonic rubbed the back of his head while giving her a sheepish grin. "I kinda have plans today."
"What kind of plans?" Amy asked bitterly.
"I'm meeting an old friend of mine today, and I wanted it to be just me and..." Sonic's eyes drifted from Amy to the window behind her, and his smile suddenly turned into huge grin when he exclaims "There she is!" He jumped off from his seat before speeding outside.
Even with the breeze that Sonic made while he ran past her, Amy sat still. "An old friend?" She thought bewildered. "Not once has he ever mentioned an 'old friend' to me." And not only that, but that smile of his was huge...
"Wait a minute..."
"She?!"
Amy couldn'thelp but slam her tiny fist on the counter, which caused a couple of heads turning towards her direction. But Amy paid no attention to her audience as she turned around to look outside. She couldn't help but gape at the scene in shock.
Sonic ran up to a girl and picked her up in a hug while spinning before putting her back down. They began to talk. Amy couldn't hear them, but by the looks of Sonic's huge smile and his expanded pupils in those green eyes of his, Amy knew he had interests in that girl.
It enraged Amy even more.
The girl's back was facing Amy. All she saw was long brown hair, shorts and a sweater.
Amy swallowed back an angry growl, as she calmly made her way outside towards her blue hero.
o0o
Amy had no idea what she was going to do once she reached Sonic and the girl, but she will make sure to keep Sonic away from her.
The indistinct chattering between Sonic and the girl didn't stop when Amy was standing right behind her blue hero. Amy didn't know what was worse, the fact that they couldn't stop talking, or being completely forgotten by Sonic. What ever it was, it ticked Amy off anyway.
She cleared her throat. "Ahem." She was ignored. Sonic wouldn't shut up and the girl probably didn't hear her. Amy growled. "I said," Amy declared stomping her foot. "Ahem! " This time, Sonic did turn around and smiled apologetically at Amy.
"Oh, sorry Ames. Didn't see you there." Amy opened her mouth to say something but got interrupted by Sonic. "Amy, I'd like you to meet my best friend." Sonic kept his usual warm smile on his face when he pushed the girl in front of him.
Amy was immediately taken aback when she finally got a good look at the the girl. She was absolutely beautiful.
Her hair was a light brown, her lips were pink, and her brightly blue eyes lit up more beautifully than a star. Amy didn't like her already.
"Hello." She waved, and stuck her hand out in front of Amy. "I'm Sally Acorn. It's nice to finally meet you, Amy." Sally gave her a warm smile; one Amy wished that she could easily muster right now instead of looking so sour. Despite her frown, Amy slowly shook her hand.
"Nice to meet you too." Amy didn't stop shaking her hand.
"Wow. You got a tight grip there, Amy."She either didn't sense the malice Amy snuck in through the handshake or she was just really good at hiding the concern, but Sally kept the warm smile on her face.
Oh... This girl was good.
"It's been so long, Sally!" Began Sonic as soon as they stopped shaking hands. "Just wait until Tails sees you again. He's grown so much since-"
"Wait!" Cried out Amy, fuming. "Tails knows her?"
"Since he was four." Interjected Sally timidly, now aware of Amy's discomfort. Amy ignored her and instead shot daggers at Sonic.
"Yeah." He answered simply staring at her with raised eyebrow, obviously confused at her little tantrum. "What's the matter?"
"How come you never mentioned her to me?" She asked, her tone shifting from irritation to genuine hurt.
"Oh! Well..." Sonic looked at Amy sympathetically and rubbed his neck. "I'm sorry Ames. I guess I just never had the need to bring it up."
Amy huffed in annoyance as his response made her realize how stupid and selfish she sounded asking that. Of course nobody is going to start to randomly bring up friends from the past in conversations that usually won't correlate to it. Amy unballed her fists and tried to regain her composure. She spoke more calmly now.
"I guess you're right." Sighed Amy. Suddenly, she perked up and gave them both an unusually wide smile that didn't at all reach her eyes. "Well then." She tried to speak in a somewhat sweet voice. "I would like to know more about the two of you. How was your childhood?"
Amy was sure Sonic wasn't buying her sudden change in attitude, but he found it the perfect moment to change the mood.
"Well," Sonic's gorgeous smile resurfaced and pulled Sally close to him with his arm around her shoulder. Amy twitched, but her smile never faltered.
"Sonic never held me like that before..."
"We used to play a lot when we were younger!"
"And by 'play a lot'," Sally intervened and teasingly crossed her arms staring at Sonic with an adorable smile. "You mean: getting into a lot a trouble?"
Sonic scoffed and fully faced her, mimicking her scolding stance. "I was a saint."
"Were you a saint when you flooded the bathroom?"
"Were you a pure of heart when you stole all of my cookies that one time?"
Sally giggled. "I guess I was hungry."
Sonic full heartedly laughed. "We ate before I got those cookies!" Then he slightly bounced in excitement when he asked: "Remember when we made those mud pies?"
"I remember when you tried to eat them." She said amused.
"Me?" Sonic stated accusingly. "It was your idea!"
They both started laughing.
Amy was still like stone but was screaming on the inside. They were ignoring her again.
Sonic was ignoring her again.
Why was this girl making her so mad? Sally never did anything to upset Amy in the short span that they met.
Maybe it was the fact that according to Sonic: He had no interest in any girl, or dating in general. Which gave Amy some hope that just maybe, She can win his affections.
Then Sally comes along.
She hates to admit, but, this girl seems to have a much higher chance at winning Sonic than Amy does at the moment, seeing that Sonic is paying attention to her only.
Amy's green eyes suddenly flooded with tears, but refused to let them fall. It would of made her look even more pathetic and childish than she already was. One part of her screamed to run away and get them out of her sight. And the other told her to chin up and stand her ground.
Then...
Amy had a crazy idea stranded in between those two thoughts in her head. One Amy couldn't believe she would be able to pull off, but if this idea worked...
She could get her Sonic back.
"This is a far stretch," She thought. "But I have to try something."
"You know," Said Amy loud and clear, cutting in between their conversation. "You two sure had a lot of fun. It kinda sounds like the relationship me and my boyfriend have."
That was it. She dropped the B-bomb.
Amy tried so hard not to giggle in triumph when Sonic suddenly stopped smiling at the word.
Sally wasn't fazed like Sonic, but she bought it.
"I didn't know you a had a boyfriend, Amy. What's he like?"
"Oh you know," Amy played off casually. "He's really tall, really cute, really strong-"
"You do not have a boyfriend, Amy." Said Sonic calmly, all signs of jokes and happiness suddenly gone.
His sudden seriousness caught Amy off guard. "Excuse me?" She blurted.
"Sonic." Scolded Sally from his sudden rudeness. He ignored her.
"Amy, I've known you for years. I know you don't have a boyfriend."
"I do have a boyfriend, Sonic." She cut in curtly."
"Then how come I never met him?" He argued back.
Amy spat back mockingly as she threw her hands up. "Oh I don't know. I guess there wasn't a need to bring it up."
Sonic's brows furrowed in rare anger and opened his mouth to say something when Sally got between them.
"Guys, calm down." She said pushing them apart, then looked at Sonic. "That was uncalled for, Sonic."
But Amy didn't stop there. "Why are you so mad, Sonic? I thought you would be glad that I'm not chasing you around anymore."
"Then why did you want to go out with me today?" He accused, noting the suspicion.
"Maybe I just wanted to do something I never got to experience with you when I was single!" Cried out Amy, shocked that the lie rolled off her tounge smoothly.
Sonic was deathly calm, but she swore she saw a flicker of hurt in his eyes before quickly vanishing. "Prove it." He demanded.
Amy spoke before thinking. "How about the four of us go on a double date tomorrow at Twinkle Park?"
"Fine."
"Fine. Hmph." Amy turned and walked away, not believing what just happened. She didn't know if she should be worried or excited. For the most part, She was actually happy. Was Sonic's sudden anger jealousy? Sonic? Jealous?
It sounded too good to be true, but Amy decided to believe it and squealed in delight. If things go as planned tomorrow, Sonic will grow more jealous and would want to date Amy. Just one problem...
Amy didn't have a boyfriend.
But Amy spoke to herself nonchalantly. "Not a problem. I'm irtisistable. I'll find a pretend boyfriend by tomorrow!"
o0o
"How am I supposed to find a pretend boyfriend by tomorrow?!" It was late in the afternoon, and after giving it much thought, Amy realized how hopeless this idea was.
Amy sat alone on a park bench with her hands in her face, talking to herself. "I know Shadow won't accept something this stupid, Silver is already going to the beach with Blaze tomorrow, Espio is too kind to be dragged into this mess, Tails is too young, and I can't just ask a random stranger! This is a disaster."
"And I can't just tell Sonic the truth." She wailed. "He'll never trust me again and then he'll hate me forever. That's it, I'm done for." Amy sat there feeling hopeless ad she also contemplated more on her ruined chances with Sonic. That's when she suddenly heard heavy footsteps that were coming closer.
"Hi, Amy." They said casually, as they passed by.
"Hi Knuckles..." She said on instinct, recognizing his voice. She listened to the sound oh his footsteps receding. Knuckles is a good friend of hers, all he does is stay on Angel Island and guard the Master Emerald. But other than that, he usually has nothing better to-
"Knuckles!" Amy shot her head up and looked at a startled teenage boy, who was comically holding his giant green possession close. No doubt, heading back to Angel Island after another jewlery rescue mission from the clutches of a certain flirtatious theif everyone knew so well.
"You didn't have to yell. I'm right here."
She didn't comment, but Amy looked up at him jubilantly as she waved him over.
On impulse, Amy began to inspect him as he came closer. Knuckles was tall (close to six feet.) He was strong, he has the broad chest and well muscled arms to show for it, and with his dark brows and long red dreads, Knuckles was actually very attractive to look at. Amy was surprised that her description of her 'boyfriend' coincidentally matched Knuckles. Maybe this plan can still-
"Amy." Knuckles snapped his fingers in front her face. She blinked and looked up at him. "You kinda zoned out. Did you want something?" He asked, putting the Master Emerald down.
"Can you be my pretend boyfriend for a day?" She blurted. No point in sugar coating anything. Amy was desperate.
Knuckles stared at her, baffled. He was obviously trying to process what he heard was actually real. But before he had the chance to speak, Amy quickly stood up and took his large hand in both of her tiny ones to keep him there in case he tried to run away.
"Just hear me out." She said, her tone in a reproaching hope.
As Amy accompanied Knuckles to Angel Island, she explained everything along the way
"Wait." He cut in, as he placed The Master Emerald back in place on the shrine they stood. "So let me get this straight. Sonic and this girl are going to Twinkle park tomorrow, they're not dating, and you need me to be a fake boyfriend to make Sonic jealous?" He asked incredulously, with a raised eyebrow.
"I mean..." Amy looked down at her shoes and tried not to feel intimidated under Knuckles' intimidating stare. Though, he didn't sound mad, he just seemed more confused than anything, as if this whole idea sounded ridiculous in his head.
"When you say that out loud..." She said, sheepishly. "It does sound a little stupid, since they're not even dating and all."
"Well." He said nonchalant, and nearly dropped Amy when he patted her back. "Then I guess you don't need me for tomorrow." He grinned and started to walk down the steps.
"Knuckles!" She whined, pitifully.
"Come on, Amy." He sighed, his tone now sounding apprehensive as he realized she wanted go along with this crazy plan. "I'm not even a good actor."
"It's only for one day." Amy jogged down the steps and grabbed his hand. She then stared up at Knuckles with her wide jade green eyes and pouted. Already, Knuckles grew uncomfortable and quickly averted his eyes. Amy knew nobody could resist her adorable gaze.
"This isn't going to work, Amy."
"Please, Knuckles?"
"No."
"Please?"
"No."
"Pleeeeease?"
"No."
"Please!"
He sighed. "Alright fine. But only because it'll be funny to mess with Sonic."
Amy squealed in delight. "Yes!"
Knuckles immediately got the wind knocked out of him when Amy squeezed him into one of her death hugs then quickly let go. Amy stared up at Knuckles, beaming.
"We leave at four tomorrow," She said. "But, I'll come by early to help you get ready!"
That caught him off guard.
"Wait, what?"
But Amy was already skipping away. "See ya tomorrow, Knuckles!"
o0o
As expected, Knuckles' peaceful afternoon was interrupted when a small foot kicked open his front door with full force coming from a tiny and surprisingly intimidating figure if one were to get her angry.
"Good afternoon, Knuckles!" Cheered Amy as she stumbled into his tiny apartment carring large shopping bags before placing them on the carpet in front of Knuckles.
"You seem awfully cheery for someone who just busted through my door." Knuckles was lounging on his couch in sweats and gave Amy a bored look.
Amy looked back and winced when the door slowly swung back to reveal the wall had cracked...
"Welp!" Amy turned back with a slight bounce and beamed at Knuckles, ignoring the small destruction. "Guess I don't know my own strength."
Knuckles sighed and ran a hand through his locks. "This is going to be a long day..."
Amy grabbed his hand and started tugging. "Come on Knux." She said now pulling. "Get up." She began to use her full weight and leaned back. Knuckles didn't budge. "I bought you some clothes, you're a size large, right? We need to get you ready." Then she started running in place while grunting. He didn't budge. "The date is in two hours. We'll be late if you don't get up!"
Speaking of being dressed, Amy looked quite ready for the date already. She had on a small white dress that reached her thighs, black stockings with white shoes, and her short pink hair was pulled back half up with a large white bow.
Knuckles couldn't help but show off a tiny smile in the middle of her struggling. "Hm... She kinda looks adorable." He admitted in his head.for someone who's pretty annoying."
"Alright." Said Knuckles as he suddenly stood up which made Amy squeal in surprise as she fell back. "Let's just get this day over with."