It's Not Supposed to be this Way
Summary: When Amy and Shadow accidentally have an intimate night together, Amy decides to get to know him better. Will she develop feelings for him? Or will Shadow's interest be a one way love? Shadamy
A/N: Hello! This chapter, well Prologue is super long but super necessary. And trust me... by the end of this thing, it is ONLY the beginning. Just wait until the Actual Story is out! And I know this chapter seems OVERWHELMED with drinks and crap but it was needed!! It was the only way I could make this "accidental" I suppose. Oh, and sorry that this might have been rushed. Just read! ^-^
*sigh* I do not own anything…
Prologue:
"Do I look okay?" asked a concerned pink hedgehog.
"For the 12th time Amy, yes, you look fine! Are you ready to go now?" Rouge the Bat asked. She had been ready to go for 15 minutes now. Where are they going you ask? There is this huge benefit party tonight that the Station Square Hospital is hosting and everyone in town is invited. It is the biggest event of the year! Rouge and Amy even bought new party dresses for this event. The two girls decided to go together so they wouldn't go alone. They were meeting up with Sonic, Knuckles, and Tails of course. Rouge had her coat on and her purse in hand. All she had to do was wait for Amy, who was throwing a fit about her dress.
Amy grabbed her purse and threw on her coat. She looked in the mirror one last time. "Ah, I'm just so nervous!"
Rouge sighed. "Amy, calm down. There's going to be games, dancing, food, and now that you're 21, you can drink! It will be so much fun with tons of people there." Rouge then thought of something. "But just don't drink that much."
"What? Why? What will happen to me?" paranoid Amy asked.
Rouge rolled her eyes. "Nothing Amy, you'll be okay. I promise." she startet. "I was just stating the fact that you're a lightweight and can't handle that much. Just be careful that's all. Now let's go!" and with that she grabbed Amy's wrist and rushed her out the door.
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When Rouge and Amy arrived at the benefit party, they quickly found Sonic, Knuckles, and Tails sitting at a table. The guys were all wearing tuxes tonight. The three tuxes looked the same except for the fact that Sonic was wearing a blue tie, Knuckles a red, and Tails had a yellow tie. Figures, doesn't it?
"It's about time you girls showed up" Sonic said.
Tails nodded while looking at his watch. "Weren't you guys supposed to be here 20 minutes ago?"
"Yes, but –somebody- was throwing a fit about her dress." Rouge glared at Amy.
Amy rubbed the back of her head nervously. "Ha ha, sorry, I was worried if my dress would look okay."
"Well let's see it." Tails said.
Amy and Rouge then took their coats off at the same time to show off their new dresses. Rouge's was red, while Amy's was purple, both very short, and both very revealing. The girls had some guys from the other tables around wolf whistle at them when they did this and even had some "save me a dance!" added in. Rouge winked at some of them. Knuckles felt a burning fire of jealousy in him. The girls smiled.
"Looks great!" Tails complimented.
"Why thank you Tails." Amy replied.
Sonic and Knuckles tried their best to keep an emotionless face on.
"Meh," Sonic started.
"It's okay." Knuckles finished. Rouge and Amy rolled their eyes as they took their seats. The lights dimmed and the announcers took the stage. Let the benefit speeches begin!
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After what seemed like hours of speeches, the DJ started playing some music, the card dealers were getting the games set, and the waiters were bringing out the drinks. Now the party was –really- starting!
The group got their first round of drinks, except for Tails of course. Sonic raised an eyebrow at Amy.
"Uhm maybe you shouldn't be having that Ames." He questioned.
Amy smiled. "Sonic, I'll be fine. I promise." She winked.
"But I mean, it's your first time, just watch what you do. Don't have that many." He commanded.
She got annoyed look. "I can have as many as I want." She didn't feel like being bossed around by Sonic today. She came here to have some fun after all.
Rouge cut in. "Amy will be okay, Sonic" she smirked.
"Whatever, tried to help" Sonic said throwing his arms in the air.
Then a really great dancing song started playing.
"Oh Knuxy! Let's go dance!" She said as she stood up.
"No" he frowned.
"I see. I guess you couldn't handle my moves after all." She started walking slowly onto the dance floor, knowing that Knuckles would follow.
Poor Knuckles tried as hard as he could to stay put but he just couldn't resist a challenge. He stood up quickly. "Batgirl, wait!"
"Sonic, we should go dance too!" Amy suggested.
"I don't really want to Ames."
"Awe come on. please?" she begged.
"Not now." Sonic got up. "C'mon. Let's go play some poker!" Amy frowned but followed along with Tails. Amy's face soon lit up when she saw a waiter carrying drinks along the way. Since she finished her previous glass, she took another one from him. Sonic saw this and looked annoyed.
"Amy…"
"I'm Fine!" she said winking.
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The night traveled on. Rouge and Knuckles were having a blast dancing; Sonic was in a very exciting game of poker against Tails and some other important people at that game; and Amy was taking more and more drinks. She eventually got super bored of watching their game of poker so she walked back to their now empty table. Staggered might I add. She sat down and rested her head on the table. It didn't take long before someone would notice her.
"You!" a dark hedgehog with crimson red stood at Amy's table.
Amy squinted her eyes to look at the hedgehog standing right above her. "..Shadow?" she smiled. "What are you doing here, boy?"
Shadow rolled his eyes. "Having a little too many drinks, are we?" he said coolly. Amy looked appalled.
"No! Of course not! I'm just fine."
"Whatever. Where's Faker?" Shadow asked as gloomy and grumpy as he possibly can.
Amy shrugged. "I don't know."
"Yes you do! Where is he?!" he demanded.
She got a sudden urge to tease with him. "Not until you sit down and have a drink with me, first!" she said with a smile. She patted the seat next to her. Shadow looked disgusted. He eventually glared at her.
"No. I don't drink."
"Sure you do! C'mon. Just one. Plllleeassseeeeee??" she begged with a big ol'cute smile on her face.
Shadow continued to glare at her. Nothing was getting through to him tonight. "No." he answered again.
Amy's smile on her face turned into a look of disappointment and sadness. She rested her head on the table again.
Shadow sighed. 'Why am I doing this?' He thought before he made his next action. "Hey you!" he called out to a nearby waitress. "Two." He said as he gestured towards the drinks in her had. She started making her way over to the table.
"Score one for Amy Rose!" she said excitedly.
"You're pathetic." He sat down next to Amy.
"Nope!" she winked, "I'm just intoxicated…" she slurred that last word big time.
"Speaking of which," Shadow started as the waitress arrived at their table. Shadow took the drinks from her. "Promise me this will be your last one." He said before handing Amy her drink.
"Nope!" Amy smiled as she grabbed her drink from his hand. Shadow couldn't help but smirk.
"So!" Amy took a sip of her drink. "What exactly –are- you doing here Shadow?"
"None of your business." He replied. "Why are –you- drinking, pinky?" he decided to reverse the attention to her.
Amy looked appalled again. "I don't see what the big deal is? Everyone is like… asking me not to drink or something. I'm 21 you know!"
Shadow shrugged. "Just doesn't seem like your style, I guess."
"Yeah well, neither does you going to this party."
Shadow couldn't help but smirk again. "Touché". He took a sip of his drink.
Back towards the dance floor, Rouge and Knuckles were currently dancing to "YMCA". Knuckles was having a little to much fun.
"Y.M.C.A! It's fun to stay at the- Y.M.C.A..!!" he sang terribly off key, wailing his arms up in the air to form each letter. Rouge was laughing hysterically at him. Who knew they would have so much fun? During a spin Knuckles gave her, Rouge glanced over at her table. She spotted a babbling Amy talking to a patiently listening Shadow.
"Oh look Knuckles!" she interrupted Knuckles' dancing for a minute and directs his attention to the table.
"Shadow? What's he doing here?"
"I don't know. But let's go check it out."
"Awe, but don't you want to stay dancing?" a disappointed Knuckles asked
Rouge laughed since he didn't want to dance in the first place. "We'll go back. I promise." Rouge took Knuckles' hand and guided him out of the flood of people on the dance floor. They made their way to the table.
"Since when do you go to parties?" Rouge said in a tone when they got there. Shadow and Amy looked up at her and immediately spotted her and Knuckles hand in hand still.
"Since when did you and Knuckles get together?" he replied mocking her same tone. Knuckles instantly let go of her hand.
"We're not." He said blushing. Rouge ignored all of this and smirked at Shadow.
"You look nice. Great tux." She commented. Shadow was wearing a black on black tux. Figures. He shrugged.
"Not really my style." he said this as he loosened his tie a bit.
"That's what I was trying to say!" Amy said before taking the last sip of her drink. Rouge raised an eyebrow at Shadow.
"I gave her one. Sorry that I don't care about her enough to watch how many drinks she's taking. " Shadow said a bit annoyed. He wasn't about to be anyone's babysitter. Even if he really did care how much she was drinking, or just about her. I wonder which one it was. Rouge crossed her arms.
"Geeze. Am I the only one who does?" as soon as Rouge finished her statement, the song 'Whoomp (There it is)' started playing very loud. Knuckles got excited.
"Rouge! Let's go! This is my Jam! C'mon!" a tipsy Knuckles said as he grabbed Rouge by the wrist and dragged her out on the dance floor. Apparently, this song was Amy's 'Jam' too, as to she was dancing in her chair.
"What are you doing?" Shadow glared at her. "You look really stupid."
Amy stopped. "Dancing, Da! We should go dance too Shadow!"
"I don't dance." He answered swiftly.
"What? Sure you do! You said the exact same thing about drinking and look where we are now? Let's go!" Amy stood up and grabbed Shadow's arm and began pulling him on the dance floor. Well Shadow must have been having an off night because he didn't resist this time.
He rolled his eyes "Just don't hurl." He said as he was being dragged. Amy began laughing into hysterics. 'It wasn't that funny?' Shadow sighed. The two eventually joined Knuckles and Rouge on the dance floor.
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It has now been hours later. Knuckles, Rouge, Amy and Shadow had been, surprisingly, dancing the whole time. They were now finishing up the last slow-ish/fast-ish song that was playing. Sonic and Tails had been roaming around the whole place the past couple of hours. Playing games mostly, but they became chatting with some of the doctors here too.
Sonic stretched and yawned. "Well I had a lot of fun! I'm ready to head out now though." He said as him and Tails approached their table.
Tails nodded in agreement. "I'm glad we came!" They both reached the empty table. Sonic was surprised that he didn't find Amy lying here looking miserable without him. Actually, he kind of was hoping he would.
"Hm. I wonder where they all are? Must be dancing still" Sonic then averted his gaze to the dance floor. He began to search through each couple trying to find his friends. He eventually spotted Knuckles and Rouge, but it was the couple next to him that left the blue hedgehog speechless. He saw Amy Rose, his Amy Rose, dancing with a certain someone. Her back was against his body, as he had his arms wrapped on her waist. His head was resting down on her shoulder, leaning into her neck. Even though the site was unbearable, it was the certain someone she was dancing with is what made Sonic go crazy inside. Shadow the Hedgehog.
"Soonic? Hello!" Tails said waving a hand over Sonic's face. He averted his eyes to wear Sonic was looking. "Oh…" was all he had to say.
Sonic crossed his arms. "Boy. Amy sure does love to piss me off tonight doesn't she?" he said extremely angry.
Tails sighed. "They're just dancing."
"Yeah. Okay" he said sarcastically as he watched the song ended as Amy smiled at Shadow. "Let's go Tails."
"But aren't you supposed to take Amy home?"
"Not Anymore. C'mon!" Sonic grabbed his jacket. Tails didn't feel like messing with Sonic tonight. Besides, he figured Rouge or Shadow would get her home safely.
Sonic and Tails were just about to leave when…
"Faker!" Shadow called out. Sonic turned around to face Shadow walking towards him dragging Amy by the arm. He shoved her into Sonic. "Make sure she gets home safely."
"Sonic!!!!! Where've you beeen?!?!" asked a more than ever drunk Amy.
Sonic replied harshly with "Avoiding you." He shoved Amy back into Shadow. "You take her home if you really care about her so much!"
Shadow looked extremely irritated. "This isn't some kind of joke! Just take her home, will you?!" he pushed Amy back into Sonic.
Sonic pushed Amy back to Shadow. "Why can't you?!"
"I'm not some kind of pathetic babysitter!! YOU'RE the one she's obsessed with!!" he shoved her back at Sonic. Amy was getting dizzy.
"But we're not dating! You know, I told her not to drink but she did anyways and look where she is now" he shoved Amy back into Shadow. Amy stumbled into the nearest bathroom to go throw- up probably. Both Sonic and Shadow felt bad for her at this point. Sonic didn't want to back out now, though. "She's 21. I'm not responsible for her."
Shadow was just about ready to punch him in the face. "You know this is wrong. She's not able to make it all the way home by herself!"
Sonic lowered his temper. He didn't feel like yelling anymore "Then take her home…" Just when Shadow was about to say something, or even punch Sonic; Rouge and Knuckles rescued the day.
"What's going on here?" Rouge asked. Knuckles looked extremely confused.
"Nothing," Sonic said glaring at Shadow. "We were just leaving." Sonic then stopped walking when he realized his best friend wasn't following. "Tails?"
"Sorry Sonic. But, I'm going to take Amy home." Tails announced. Way to go Tails!
"No." Shadow started. "I will." He sounded very serious in his voice. They all stared at him. Tails raised his eyebrow at him.
"A…Are you sure? It's no problem for –"
"I'll make sure she gets home safe." Shadow interrupted. Tails nodded and began to follow Sonic out of the building. Sonic gave one last glare at Shadow before he left. Was this really the best idea for Sonic?
Amy then stumbled out of the bathroom and went to Rouge.
"My coat! You found it!" she exclaimed.
"Yeeeeah" Rouge started a little bit confused from the previous scene "Amy, are you okay?"
"I feel much better, -now-." She put her coat on. Rouge eyed her.
"Ookay. Well Shadow said he will take you home. So go with him, alright?" she said making sure her friend will be safe.
Amy smiled. "Thank you so much Shadow!" she gave Shadow a hug. He didn't hug back. He was quite irritated from a few moments ago.
"Alright then, see you guys later!" Rouge and very confused Knuckles, then began to walk out.
"Bye you two love birds! Don't have too much fun tonight!!!" Amy yelled off a little bit too loudly. Both Knuckles and Rouge couldn't help but let out a blush. He was just taking her home after all. He'd be lucky if he even gets a hug! Shadow the Hedgehog then scooped up Amy in his arms and sprinted to her house.
Amy snuggled close to Shadow's chest. She felt safe in his arms. For some reason, she got this feeling that no one can hurt her there. She trusted Shadow. She smiled up at her carrier. She noticed how angry and annoyed Shadow looked. Was he angry and annoyed at her? She wondered. 'I bet he's upset that he had to take me home.' Amy looked away and frowned. She felt really bad. She wanted to cry right there.
Shadow seemed to notice this and took a good guess about what she was thinking. "I'm not angry that I had to take you home." He said in his irritated voice.
Amy was caught off guard "What?" Amy looked up at him. Shadow then set her feet on the ground. They were standing in front of her house. Shadow turned to face her.
"You were thinking that, weren't you? That I was angry and extremely annoyed that I had to take you home." Amy just stared at Shadow. She was just surprised about how close they were. "Well, I'm not. Where are your keys?" Amy continued to stare at him, or the situation for a while until it finally processed through her head.
"Oh!" She dug through her purple purse that matched her purple dress. When she pulled out her keys, she handed them to Shadow. He opened the door and held it open for Amy to walk in. He closed the door behind him.
Amy got excited. "You're staying?!"
"No." Amy looked disappointed. Shadow looked around the cozy house to locate the kitchen. He walked in the kitchen.
"Wait! Where're you going?" Amy asked from the spot. When Shadow came back from the kitchen, he had a glass of water in one hand. Using his free hand, he took off Amy's coat and guided her to the couch. She sat down.
"Drink this." He demanded as he gave her the glass. Shadow sat on the same couch as she did, way on the other side though. Amy took a giant gulp.
"Its soo refreshing!" she exclaimed taking a deep relaxing sigh afterwards. Shadow smirked.
"Yeah, probably because it doesn't have alcohol this time." He tried mocking her tone, only he couldn't be that excited. Amy laughed and scooted closer to him on the couch. Shadow's smirk faded.
"I guess. Thanks so much for taking me home Shadow!" Amy said happily, scooting closer to him again. Shadow tensed up.
"Whatever" He looked irritated once again. Amy looked confused.
"You said you weren't mad that you had to take me home. So why do you look mad when I bring it up?" she asked scooting even closer.
"I'm not mad that I had to take you home. I'm mad that the blue hedgehog didn't" he said angrily.
"Who Sonic?"
"Of course! What other blue hedgehog do you know?!" Shadow used his temper to talk for him.
"Sorry." She said lowering her gaze down to her feet.
Shadow took a sigh of guilt. "He couldn't set his anger aside for one second to take you home?" he asked, to himself mostly. Amy frowned and had a bit of tears in her eyes.
"I guess you're right." She said with more tears forming in her eyes.
Shadow noticed this and tried to lift up the mood before she started crying. "Honestly, I don't know why you chase after him." He smirked at her, Bad Idea. Amy smiled back.
"Me neither." She said as she scooted closer to him. Their bodies were finally touching. "I need to go after someone kind, caring, and incredibly handsome." She winked at him. Shadow turned his face away from hers to hide a blush that was creeping upon his face. Amy took Shadow's face in her hands and made him look at her. "Someone like you." She smiled hoping to get one in return. Instead, he frowned.
Shadow took her hands away from his face. "You're drunk." He said irritated.
Amy shook her head. "No I'm not. I'm fine." She took his head in her hands again.
He just took her hands away again. "You've been saying that all night."
"I'm feeling better then I did before" she said as she took his face in her hands one last time, hoping, just hoping that he wouldn't resist.
"I'm leaving." He said as he stood up.
"What's the problem?" she asked, a tad bit annoyed.
Shadow sighed. "I don't like you, Amy" he started walking towards the door.
"Then why would you go through all this trouble?"
He shrugged. "I guess you can say we're friends?"
"Or we could be more" Amy said. She wasn't really hitting on him. She said it more as a 'stating a fact'.
"I don't want it to be more. We're fine just how we are." Shadow said hanging his head low. It was so obvious it wasn't true.
"How do you know? You never even gave it a shot!"
"I don't –want- to give it a shot."
That's it. "Shadow!" Amy finally yelled out. She was annoyed. Shadow stopped walking towards the door. She means business. "It's me! I had such a GREAT time with you tonight! You have to admit it was so much fun!" by this time, Shadow's back was facing her, so he let out a little smile remembering tonight's events. "Why are you resisting, SO much?"
"You like Sonic, Amy." He frowned "It's not supposed to be this way."
"Well would it kill you if it were?"
She got him there. He couldn't think of anything next to say. Amy took his moment of silence to stand up from the couch and walk slowly right in front of him. They stood staring at each other for the longest time. "Would it?" she asked again. Shadow slowly shook his head no. Then, Amy decided to do something risky. She began to inch her face closer and closer to his. Shadow stood stiff, as if he was holding his breath. He probably was. Before their lips could touch, Shadow backed his head away ever so slightly. Amy stopped advancing toward his lips for a small second. Then she proceeded and soon, she closed the space between them with a passionate kiss. Shadow winced his eyes shut at first, as if it was going to hurt, but he loosened soon after. It was more than he could have ever imagined. This was so wrong, but it felt so right! Amy deepen the kiss. Shadow held tightly onto her waist. He didn't dare move them from that spot. But for some strange reason, some force inside him moved his hand to her shoulder, and slipped the strap of her dress, off her shoulder…
"No!" he yelled as he backed away to the wall. "Amy…I-" he struggled to find his words. "I can't." he eventually came up with.
Amy had a relaxed smile on her face. She walked towards him slowly. She took Shadow's face in her hands again. "Relax…" she whispered with a beautiful smile. Then Amy –and- Shadow, both leaned in and kissed. Shadow didn't want the kiss to stop this time and was disappointed when Amy backed away.
"See, that wasn't that bad, was it?" Amy said with a lovely smile on her face. Shadow lost it then.
"No." He said as he grabbed her waist and pulled her closer to him. He smirked at her. Then went for it, and kissed her with a deep kiss.
Amy was surprised at his sudden outburst, but soon returned the affection. She wrapped her arms around his neck. Shadow kept giving in. His defense wall was breaking. And it was breaking for her. He couldn't resist her anymore. Why would he even bother trying? He never experienced a feeling like this before. It felt so right for him. Why would he want a feeling like that to stop anyhow? Shadow was being selfish though. He just wanted to have more, and tonight was the only night that he was given the chance. Still kissing her, he scooped Amy up in his arms, and headed for the bedroom...
A/N: Sorry, the cameras couldn't follow them in the bedroom after that, I guess you can say lol. Hope you liked it. Around the ending, Amy's drunk-ness started wearing off, especially after she threw-up (at least that happens with me lol) so I assumed that people were smart to get it. I trust you guys! Sorry that it was soo long.. but like I said, it was very necessary. I wasn't sure if I should make this the Prologue or the First Chapter. But it defiantly was the Prologue. Can you believe that it wasn't even the beginning of the story? But hey, that's a good thing. There's WAY more in store ;)
