I've always made rash decisions, its become my specialty at this point, but those decisions have never really screwed me over…until now of course. Having a crush on someone for years is torturous enough, but being close friends with them? Two thousand times worse.
I was making the first decent decision of my life after graduation, moving out. I passed up my dream college to stay in Station Square with my friends, and Sonic. I was living with him and our friend Knuckles for a while, but it was driving me crazy, after a long talk with my friend Rouge we decided to find me an apartment and try to start a journey of self-discovery.
Three weeks later, and I'm unpacking cheap furniture and drinking off brand soda with a few of my friends.
"I think all we have left is the living room," Shadow wiped his forehead before sighing, "Then this hell will be over."
Knuckles laughed slightly as he and Tails entered the apartment with the couch, "You say that as if you've been doing anything! Amy's done more than you and all she's done is straighten things!"
"Hey! I take extreme offense to that! I don't have the upper body strength of a robot, like you guys!" I flashed a playful smile at Knuckles before continuing to fill the fridge.
Four hours passed, and everything was finally finished. The three guys were collapsed on the couch and floor asleep, while Rouge, Cream and I sat on my balcony.
"So Sonic really didn't show up? I told you he was worthless Amy, and you know how often I'm right." Rouge waved her finger at me a smirk across her face.
"Rouge c'mon, he could've just been busy." Cream sipped at her coffee, "Besides, the guys got the work done just fine without him. Amy moved out so that she could get away from the Sonic nonsense."
I laughed slightly and sunk more into the wire couch, "It doesn't matter anyways. I can't keep letting my life revolve around him."
"If I remember, you said that senior year, right before you turned down Sunset Heights University to go to Station Square Community College just because he was feeling insecure about being the only one of us that was going to a community college."
"I would've done that for any of you, and you know that."
"Pffft, you're a better friend than I am. I would've said bye bye and started working on my tan."
Cream started saying something but was interrupted by a loud knocking on my front door.
Shadow was the one who opened it, his voice groggy and annoyed from the rude awakening he just suffered. Sonic rushed past him and looked around before sighing.
"Yeah Blue, you're a tad late." Rouge teased him as she walked back inside, "Don't worry though, Amy is in a forgiving mood."
"Oh good," He popped outside and frowned at me, "I really am sorry Ames, I just got caught up in some stuff."
"No, yeah, um don't worry about it. We got stuff taken care of." I motioned around, trying to collect myself. I've always had problems forming coherent sentences around people I like, but Sonic made me speak broken English.
"It looks nice, I feel like a proud parent right now. You're out on your own, a real adult now." He smiled at me, crossing his arms and looking around.
My flustered mind could only force an embarrassed smile and raise my glass towards him slightly before chugging the rest of my water. At least when I was living with him I was able to brace myself for conversation. Being alone has completely destroyed that security blanket.
A/N: wow okay! I haven't written anything in a long while especially a sonic fanfic so excuse my messiness. I've actually missed these characters. I've tweaked them a little to fit more into the story, but I'm trying my best to keep them in character. Favorite and follow if you'd like! I'd really appreciate it because I tend to lose motivation lol. Umm criticisms are greatly appreciated! So let me know your thoughts! Alright I'll see you in the next chapter!