Normal P.O.V.

"Good morning Shads!" Rouge yelled from downstairs," Come on lazy head get up and come down for something to eat!" Shadow stirred in his sleep and took a deep breath. He groaned loud enough for her to hear and rolled back over.

"Don't make me come up there with Kacie!" Shadow threw the covers off his face with wide eyes. Kacie was a 5 year old girl that Rouge had offered to take care of while a friend of hers was on a honeymoon with her husband in Paris. She was just as energetic as her parents, and more annoying than the wretched blue hedgehog. "I'm coming," He called back.

Shadow's P.O.V.

I got up and stretched than got up to brush my teeth and tame the nest of quills on my head. Slowly I made my way downstairs and sat down at the table. Kacie was playing with her fork, her dark black hair and large yellow rabbit ears in her face. "Good mornin' Sadow!" That's what she calls me because her 2 front teeth are gone. "Mm," was all I said.

"Good morning handsome," Rouge purred as she set a large pile of bacon down in front of me. I drooled and prepared myself to dig in. "Why does Sadow eat so musch?" Kacie asked curiously. Rouge smiled warmly. "Shadow is a big boy," she patted me on the head;" He needs more than you do."

"My mom thold me if you eat thoo musch you get fat." She finished her sentence and looked at us with innocent eyes. I held back a deep scowl as Rouge held back a laugh. I leaned toward Kacie and looked straight at her. "Well guess what Kacie, since I'm not like you, I could sit on my ass all my life and eat nothing but fat and not gain an ounce."

Rouge slapped me hard, really hard. I fell out of my chair and looked at her in shock. "Quit cussing at Kacie!"

"I'm just telling her the truth!"

"I don't care she's only 5 we don't need to be teaching her things she doesn't need to know at her age!"

"She'll learn it eventually!"

"ENOUGH SHADOW! WHEN SHE IS AROUND YOU DON'T MUTTER A WORD LIKE THAT OR I SWEAR YOU WILL GO WHERE MARIA WENT!"

I looked at her shocked for a moment to register what she said. My chest started to hurt extremely painfully, my stomach felt sick, and my throat got choked up. I felt my eyes water and I turned away and ran back up the stairs.

Rouge's P.O.V.

Oh crud, I sighed, I went too far. I look at Kacie who was wide eyed. "Do you want eggs?" I asked her. Slowly she nodded and played with her fork again. I look back at the stairs and sighed.