Chicken Soup for the Hedgehog's Soul

"So are you guys ready to go?" Chris said as he stood at the door. "Ella and Mr. Tanaka are already in the car."

Tails, Cream, Cheese, and I nodded.

"Is Sonic going?" I asked hopefully.

"No, he's sick Amy. He's upstairs in bed. He said he wasn't even going to go running today." Chris told me.

I couldn't believe that.

Sonic always went running.

Every day.

Unless it rained of course.

"You guys go on ahead without me. I...changed my mind. I don't want to go."

Everyone immediately turned and stared at me, wondering why I wouldn't want to shop.

Cream then whispered something to Tails and everyone headed out the door for their afternoon at the mall.

I figured Sonic would still be asleep so I hurried into the kitchen and worked on making him some chicken soup and a warm glass of tea. Once I had everything prepared and placed on a tray I headed upstairs to where Sonic was sleeping.

I peeped through the slightly cracked door and saw he was lying there looking up at the ceiling.

He looked kind of funny with a bottle of pills and a box of Kleenex on the night stand next to him.

"Knock knock knock." I tapped on the door lightly as I entered with Sonic's get well food.

His eyes immediately zoned in on me as I approached.

"Hey Amy, what are you doing here? I thought you were going shopping today?" He asked, sitting up.

"I couldn't go shopping and leave no one here to take of you." I grinned as I put the tray in his lap. "I made you some soup and tea. I hope it makes you feel a little better."

"Oh thanks Ames! I really, sniff sniff. appreciate it. Ugh, I hate having a cold."

"Oh, it was nothing."

I sat down on the corner of the bed as Sonic graciously sipped on the warm soup and tea.

"Well, I guess you'll be going running later today?" I asked, hoping it was true what Cream had told me.

"Nah, not today. I don't really feel like it."

"Well, I'll let you get some rest." I smiled at him sadly as got off the bed.

"No Amy wait! I was about to play some Super Monkey Ball on the Gamecube. Wanna join me?"

"Sure!" I chirped as I leaped back onto the bed.

Sonic and I played Monkey Race 2 for about an hour and I beat him four times out of ten, but I think he let me win those.

"Well I think I'm about monkey balled out for the day." He said as he turned the system off.

"Yeha, that was fun. Are you feeling any better?" I asked him.

"Yeah, I think so."

"Are you tired?"

"Nahh, not really. Just bored."

I smiled at him.

I wished we could do something even this simple every day.

"Amy?" He asked me suddenly.

I looked at him quickly.

"Why did you fix me that soup and stay with today?"

"Wha' do you mean why? Somebody had to stay here and take care of you."

"Yeah, but then why did you fix me a pizza for lunch yesterday? And why do you always try to talk to me when I say I never want to talk?"

I wasn't sure why he was asking me this, but I decided to tell him what I really thought.

"Because I wanted to make that pizza for you. And you deserve it. You're really wonderful after all. I mean, when you saw Cream talking about flowers and her mom you ran all the way to that lake and brought back some so she could make her flower crowns. You care about other people first and I really admire that about you Sonic."

"And as for trying to talk to you," I continued. "I just want you to like me. It's not...the only reason I do those things though. I love you Sonic so much. Ever since we meet I've always loved you and I know you don't feel the same way, but I—"

"Who says I don't?" Sonic stopped me in mid sentence.

He flipped back the covers and stood up beside me next to the bed.

"Amy, I probably owe you a million ice creams and pizzas for all the times you've done things for me, but I do care about you. I'm just not very good at showing it. I've never had a relationship before. Especially with someone that cares about me as much as you do." He confessed. "I'm afraid I couldn't live up to your expectations of me being so perfect all the time."

I was speechless. I couldn't think of anything to say.

"I just want you to know, and I think today kind of gave me a chance to let you know, that I love you. You're the only girl for me. You've always been my friend and I can never thank you enough for that, but here's a start..."

He wrapped his arms around my waist and pulled me in.

"Nah ahh ahh! I can't kiss someone who might give me the flu!" I pulled back from his attempt to kiss me, grinning slyly.

He looked shocked for a moment and then smirked.

"Cough Cough!" He proceeded to jokingly cough twice in my face. "Now you're gonna be sick too!"

He laughed as he wrapped his arms around me. He tried to kiss me again and I more than happily accepted.

We stood there kissing for what seemed like hours. I pulled back for a moment and smiled as I looked into his eyes. I returned to our hug as I felt his right hand petting my quills. It felt so wonderful, because it was.

Author's Note: This is repost of an old story I wrote. Now with improved spacing! I learned how to use the Enter button since I originally posted this! Ha ha ha!

I had been asked to fix the spacing on some of these old stories and now I've finally gotten around to doing it. As always, any comments or suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thanks very much! If you have any ideas for future stories, Sonamy or otherwise, feel free to leave me a suggestion. And thanks again very much for reading!