Chapter 1: Flashback (Amy 16 POV)

It was a beautiful day today in Mobotropolis. The weatherman decided to mess up the forecast and say it was going to rain today. Looking outside, the skies were clear and the sun was shining extremely bright.

My best friend Cream and I decided to go to the park today to have a little picnic. It's been a while since we hung out so we thought maybe today was the perfect day to do so. I got my small sandwiches and juices ready to go and put them neatly into the other side of my picnic basket. My sheet was covering the other side. I then turned the light off in the kitchen and left out of my house setting my alarm and walking out the door.

A wave of heat slapped me in the face. It was as though I stepped out into a steam room. The humidity was almost suffocating. Well if we don't sit outside, we can sit in my car with an AC. I put my sunglasses over my face and got into my car putting the picnic basket on the passenger side seat.

It was just as hot in my car as it was outside. I turned it on and read the thermostat that said 95 degrees! In an instant, I rolled down all of my windows and turned my AC on full blast so the heat would escape. After a good 3 minutes, I rolled my windows back up and took off to the park.

It was a quarter to 1 when I left and the park was 10 minutes away from my house. Cream was meeting me there. Her mom was in town s she dropped her off there. I remember when I was 14, not having those privileges. It was because I was too immature. Her mom was my mom. She didn't just drop me off somewhere unless Sonic or the others were there too.

Traffic was light as ever today so I made it to the park in exactly 10 minutes. I guess it was too hot for a lot of people to come outside park was still packed with mobians all around so finding a parking spot was a nightmare. I went up and down every row about 5 times until I saw that someone was leaving. I parked, got out of my car, and made my way to the park entrance. Once inside, it took me a minute to find Cream because there were a lot of young people like myself and kids running around ramped. I spotted Cream about 10 feet away under a big tree with all of her things situated. I didn't know that she was bringing a basket of her own.

I greeted her and looked around her sheet, seeing all of the food that she brought.

"You made all of this?" I asked.

There were gourmet ham and turkey sandwiches and two gelatin desserts.

"With the help of my mom, yes. The gelatin was the first thing to make this morning. Since it was going to be really hot, I had to leave them in the fridge longer. We might as well eat them first because they're melting" She said.

I sat my basket down beside her and took my things out. My simple sandwiches didn't touch her's whatsoever so I left them in my basket and took out the juices.

"Where's your food Amy?" Cream asked with a confused look on her face.

"Well you see, I didn't really go all out with my sandwiches so I left them in here. Heh heh" I replied with an embarrassed laugh.

"It's alright Amy. Besides, they're all gonna be eaten anyway." Cream replied.

She was right. There was no use in just leaving them in my basket to spoil or get eaten by ants so I took them out and put them on my cover. We ate and talked for a while. I looked around and saw the many children playing and young couples in love. Sometimes I wish that were me and Sonic. He's been so distant and I don't know why. I started to feel an uneasiness in my heart. It's like he was there laughing and stuff one day then the next, all of it stopped. He's been giving me the cold shoulder ever since.

"Have you talked to Sonic lately?" Cream asked.

I swear every time I think deep about something, she addresses it out loud like she's some kind of mind reader. I do the same thing to her too.

"No. He's been keeping his distance from me and I don't know why. Did I do something wrong?" I asked.

"Not at all, but I'm sure he's just busy with hero work or taking a small vacation." Cream said trying to cheer me up

" I guess you're right." I lied. I didn't tell her about the cold shoulder. She would've made a trip to him to have a talk. I didn't want that.

"I know I'm right. Sonic wouldn't do such a thing. He's too nice." Cream said. I smacked my lips in the back of my head. Sure he is.

For about 30 minutes, we continued to talk about the good times we all had as younger people. Beating Eggman and all. There hasn't been an attack from him in a long time. Are we finally at peace? I was laying on the cover while Cream was sitting up. The heat didn't bother us at all really. It actually started to cool down and some clouds were rolling in.

"Hey Amy isn't that Sonic over there.?" Cream asked.

My body shot up and my head snapped in the direction of where she was looking. It was Sonic! Had destiny brought us together? My heart began to pound. Then I thought, does he even want to see me?

"Don't let your insecurities get to you. He seems like he's in a great mood, go over and talk to him" Cream pushed me.

I then set my doubts aside. I ran over to him and gave him a huge hug. I guess it was destiny because he was taking it.

"It's been forever since I've seen you!" I said happily.

Everything was well for about 15 seconds until all of a sudden, I felt a force push me back and I landed on the ground, hard, ending up with a scrape on the back of my thigh. Did he just push me down? I looked up at him and he glared down at me. He mood changed rapidly. What was the problem?

"Don't touch me!" He said with a firm voice. It sent a shiver throughout my body. What the hell did I do?!

"I was just trying to be nice and give you a hug" I replied. Trying to keep my smile.

"I don't want a hug. Especially from you." He said.

Something has been off. This wasn't him. I managed to get myself off the ground and face him. I felt my smile drifting from my face. Then in a matter of seconds, the smile dissipated and I became serious.

"Okay Sonic, I have a few questions for you. What's your damn deal? Why are you treating me this way? What is it with the sudden cold shoulder that you're giving me?" I questioned coping an attitude

"Isn't it obvious Amy? I don't like you and I never will." He replied with a much firmer voice.

"What?" I said with confusion.

"I knew that was going to come out your mouth. Look here, I'm tired of taking your Bullshit. I'm tired of people telling me that you call me your boyfriend and you get captured by Eggman on purpose so I can save you. I'm tired of it! How about you save yourself the next time you get captured!" He said making his voice louder.

I felt my heart drop. Anger then replaced sadness.

"Wait wait wait hold on a second. First of all, where ever you're getting your information you can drop them because clearly they're out of date. Me, still calling you my boyfriend? Oh please, that was 2 years ago. Second of all, why would I purposely get captured by Eggman? Do you not understand how dumb you sound right now? You know that he sneakily catches me and uses me as bait to lure you out. You really need to get checked because I'm pretty sure something is messed up in that head of yours. " I said with bass in my voice. I noticed in my peripherals that people were turning around.

"ME MESSED UP?! OH PLEASE DON'T GET ME STARTED ON YOU. HOW ABOUT YOU STOP BEING AN OBSESSED ANNOYING ADOLESCENT CHILD THAT CAN'T CONTROL THEIR HORMONES!" He yelled. More people were focused on us.

I was in shock. How could he say this to me? I felt my blood begin to boil.

"Sonic?" I gritted through my teeth

" DON'T SONIC ME! STOP THINKING THAT YOU'RE A DAMSEL IN DISTRESS BECAUSE I CAN GUARANTEE YOU THAT YOU AREN'T NO DAMSEL! NOT EVEN DECENT! SO DO ME A FAVOR AND GET OUT OF MY FACE! YOU ARE A NUISANCE TO MY LIFE AND YOU'RE WASTING MY TIME!" He yelled. I then felt a fiery sensation cut across my right cheek. I felt a force take me to the ground and caused me to hit my head on the concrete.

There were gasps everywhere. I blanked out for a second. Once I felt my senses coming back to me, I put my hand across my cheek. It was stinging as though a knife cut deep into it. He slapped me across my face...Tears began to stream down my eyes. The salt burned my cheek.

"A-amy? I'm sorry! I-I..." Sonic stuttered.

Ignoring the people around me trying to aid me, I got up to my feet with a quickness and stared at all of my might, I sent a powerful punch to his nose making him stumble back and cry out in pain.

He looked at me with tears in his eyes from the impact of my punch. Blood was dripping from his gloves that were covering his nose. He was in shock. I wanted to do more to him, but something told me that I needed to go.

"Burn in hell." I managed to get out. Tears stained the top of my dress. I stomped back over to the picnic site. Cream tried to calm me down but I gently pushed her out the way. I packed all of my things up and headed for my car. Cream followed suit. I was her only ride home. As much as I wanted to run with all my might, I couldn't. My emotions were too tired after what just happened.

Not even hallway to my car, I fell down on my knees and I broke down crying. Cream took me in her arms and held me.

"I can't believe him...I HATE HIM! AFTER EVERYTHING I'VE DONE FOR HIM AND THIS IS THE THANKS I GET?! CRUEL WORDS AND A SMACK TO THE FACE?!" I managed to yell out.

Cream was at a loss for words. She didn't have to say anything. All she could do was console me. Big rain clouds began to roll in. Of course. A cliche moment. I got myself together and Cream and I went to my car before the rain began to pour.

"Amy, are you okay to drive?" Cream asked me with concern in her voice. I nodded my head yes, turned my car on and was off to take Cream home.

"Why didn't he just tell me then that he didn't like me instead of waiting until now?" I asked out loud not looking for an answer.

The rest of the ride was silent. The rain poured down as I rode on the road. My emotions were being pushed back. The place here Sonic slapped me still stung as if he just slapped me in that minute. When I got to Cream's house, I decided that I was going to go home, get some clothes and stay there.

"Feel better Amy..." She said with a sad expression on her face. I could tell she was really hurt after saying Sonic wouldn't do what he had just did a short while ago.

I drove off going to my house. Once I got home, I went into my house, sat my picnic basket down on the table, and began tearing down posters of Sonic and ripping the heads off of the plush toys. I couldn't stand to see another thing that reminded me of him. I knew I wasn't going to get back to Cream's house tonight so I slowed down and took my time looking through things to throw away.

By midnight, I had 3 huge garbage cans filled with things that reminded me of Sonic. The mark on my face evolved into a pus filled bruise. A blister if you will. It was throbbing in pain with it's brownish color, a purple and yellow mix. I was exhausted but couldn't sleep. The events that took place today kept replaying every time I closed my eyes.

For the majority of the night, I was tossing and turning. I had no type of relief. Even though it was raining, it didn't help one bit. Every time I woke up, I cried a little. It wasn't until the grey sky started to show through my window that I fell asleep exhausted of crying.

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