"I'm glad that you decided to come to the volcano with me, Sticks!" Amy said as Sticks and she were heading home.

"Me too," said her best friend. "It was needed after SOMEONE ha- "

"Are we STILL on this?!" Amy interrupted. "Those icky-looking frogs are back where they belong, aren't they?"

"Yeah," Sticks sighed sadly. "Now I have to go back to my poor, empty borrow before the government takes it over with their brainwashing power!"

"Stop being dramatic!" Amy laughed, rolling her eyes.

Finally reaching the beach, the loud outbursts from the blue blur's shack caught their attention. It was coming from the primary-colored trio crowded in front of a T.V.

"Oh, I'm SO gonna win again!" said Sonic, cockily.

"A 0% chance of me winning won't stop me from winning!" Knuckles proclaimed with a confident smile.

"Forget it, you two!" Tails yelled. "This race is mine!"

And the boastful bragging went on and on. They didn't even realize their company behind them.

"Weren't they supposed to wait for us at Meh Burger?" Sticks asked, not even quietly. The guys were so caught up in the game, their ears fell death to the rest of the world.

"Yep!" Amy sighed madly, but quickly grew an evil grin on her face. "Guess I'm gonna have to ruin their fun".

The end of the 'race' was near. This match was unlike the others, because they recently decided to add some "fun" to it, by allowing the winner to choose the craziest tasks for the losers to do (that weren't anthropomorphic-like at all).

"Almost there," Sonic said to himself out loud.

"C'mon, little car guy!" Knuckles begged to his game character. "Drive faster!"

"Not losing this time!" claimed Tails with full determination.

The moment was getting ready to happen. You could almost feel the tension between them as their eyes were glued to the screen. A mixture of enthusiasm and anticipation displayed on their faces. 5...4...3..2.. CLICK!

"NOOOOOOOOOO!" cried the three.

"What happened?!" the echidna cried.

"Amy?!" Tails whimpered. "How could you?!"

"That'll teach you guys to follow directions!" Amy smiled with the T.V plug still in her hand. "Maybe next time, you'll be at Meh Burger waiting for us as planned!"

"Seriously?" Sonic freaked. "Didn't you JUST get back from the volcano seconds ago? There's NO way we'd wait for you two that long!"

"Yeah!" The other two joined in.

"That's enough!" Amy yelled, walking over to Sticks, who was standing in front of the table near a window. "Next time you boys aren't where you're supposed to be, I'll force you all to play Rise Of Lyric!"

"NOOOOOOOOOO!" the guys stood in protest.

"ANYTHING but that!" Sonic yelled in more disgust. The girls chuckled.

"Gee," Tails said with his hands on his stomach. "I am starting to feel hungry now".

"Then let's go!" Amy demanded with a smile. As she began to walk out of the shack, something fell out of her purse.

"You dropped something, Ames," Sonic said instantly. Before Amy could turn around to see it, Sonic picked up the fallen item.

"Whoa!" Sonic laughed. "What are you doing carrying around a picture of me?" The rest of the crew gasped. If embarrassment could kill, Amy would have died immediately. When it came to battle, she was always brave about damaging with her hammer at any moment. When it came to her crush, however, the pink hedgehog was speechless. And with this discovery, her friends were going to make her even pinker.

"Awww!," Knuckles started. "Amy has a crushy wushy!"

"No I don't!" Amy spat, half angry.

"Then why the picture of Sonic in your purse?" joined Tails with a persuading smirk.

"Why didn't you tell me you had a crush on Sonic?" Sticks asked sarcastically. "We are best friends, after all!"

"Because I don't!" Amy said with obvious embarrassment, as she crossed her arms and turned her face.

"SOONIC AND AAMYY SITTING IN THE TREE," Knuckles started to sing.

"K-I-S-S-I-N-G," the others joined in.

"She wishes!" Sonic said admiring the picture still in his hand.

"Give me that!" Amy demanded, trying to take the picture from him.

"Aww, she still wants to carry me around with her!" Sonic teased, lifting the picture up high with his arm. He was enjoying every second of it.

"Can we go get something to eat now?" Amy asked irritated, giving up on getting the picture back.

"Don't worry,sweetie," Sonic grinned flirtatiously with a smoky tone as he lowered his eyelids. "I'll get you anything you want". The others were laughing their butts off while Amy was getting madder and madder by the second. She was still a bit embarrassed, but she couldn't let her friends think she actually fell for this adorable blue loser, could she?

"How could I have not known?" Tails asked still giggling. "I mean, pink and blue really attra- Hey, wait a minute!" Everyone else stopped laughing, and looked at the twin-tailed fox.

"That day when I made my robot, U.T," he began.

"I remember that thing!" Sonic blurted out.

"Hated it!" said Sticks with her arms crossed.

"Yeah," murmured Tails, a little annoyed by the interruptions. "Anyways, on the first day that I showed U.T to you guys – If I remember correctly, Amy seemed to already know what he was going to say."

"That's right!" Sonic exclaimed, curiously grinning at the girl. Amy blushed at the sudden memory. She felt more close to exposure than she did that day. Still, the even pinker gal was refusing to be humiliated – At least, she wasn't gonna show her friends that she was.

"I don't know what you're talking about," declared Amy as she turned her face and closed her eyes. She must have thought that crossing her arms made her look cool about the situation, but her friends could hear the wariness in her voice.

"Wow!" Knuckles said in amazement. "Amy must be a wizard!" He then ran up to her. "Ooh! Tell me what I'll look like in the future!"

"I am NOT a wizard," gruffed Amy through gritted teeth, her arms unfolded as if she was ready to punch him.

"What if you ARE a wizard tho?" Sticks asked, walking towards her best friend. "And what if U.T was going to translate your evil scheme that you were planning behind our backs to join the government in their most catastrophic, mind-controlling agenda of the universe?!" Sticks started to shake her.

"Actually," Tails said while scratching his head, "It sounded like U.T was going to say she loves something.." Suddenly, it hit all of them like a bullet.

Shut that stupid thing off before it tells Sonic that I lov-

They all gasped at the realization. Amy and Sonic's eyes were glued on each other with the same expression. It was almost as if they both knew what each other was thinking. He wanted to know, she wanted to leave, so he was going to chase. Amy knew that it would only take half a second for the fastest thing alive to catch her. And that's exactly how long it took for her to make up her mind on what she was going to do.

BAM! Sonic went flying and hit the floor. Before he landed, Amy was already gone.

"Oh no you don't!" Sonic yelled, a second before taking off after the pink hedgehog.

"They SO like each other," Tails grinned.

"Yep!" agreed Sticks.

"Totally," smiled Knuckles. The three friends then giggled their way to Meh Burger.