Not Running Anymore

Chapter 1--- Running in the rain

The sun shone through the city of Station Square with it's warming touch.

Cars bustled by and people hustled this way and that.

Then, among all the people moving fast, was one that was slow.

Her step was small and almost irrelevant as her pink quills bounced lightly in the breeze.

In her hands was a flower who's petals were a deep purple and they twisted lightly in the wind.

Amy didn't care for the flower, she cared to see the petals move, their ways dictated solely by the wind.

"Sonic" she breathed as she finally arrived at her destination.

It had taken her ten minutes to make a five minute walk but she was now at the pier and she was glad she had taken it so slow.

"More time to enjoy the way there." Amy thought to herself as she sat down at the end of the pier.

She gazed out at the waves and their blue depths.

"Sonic" She breathed for the second time.

Turning from the sea Amy looked to the flower in her hand.

The breeze blew through its petals making them slowly rustle.

"Sonic" Amy breathed once again.

Amy looked down at the flower and threw it carelessly into the water.

"How can everything remind me of him?" Amy screamed in her head.

Just then Amy felt the wind blow in the opposite direction than it had previously.

"Sonic" Amy said as a statement.

Sonic chuckled a bit, "Hey there Ames, we still on for tomorrow?"

"Yes, tomorrow at lunch" Amy said without turning around.

"Well then, See you then Ames" Sonic said before running off.

"WHY!" Amy screamed in her head.

She and Sonic had been dating for over a year now but still she wasn't happy.

"I thought he would be all I needed..." Amy thought out loud as she looked to the waves.

"I've gotten Sonic, I have him in a steady relationship... So why am I not happy..."

"WASN'T THIS WHAT I WANTED!" Amy stood up in her self anger.

"But... I want more..." Amy sighed quietly.

"I'm... not selfish, am I?"

(…)

Amy stood to leave.

She turned and looked at the bustle of the city.

Amy trudged on towards the crowd of people too busy to notice her.

Nothing eventful happened for a few steps until a loud boom wretched open the sky.

Amy turned her head up in time to see the lightning fading.

Another flash bloomed across the clouds and was followed by yet another boom.

Amy stared up at the dark clouds with their dancing lights of power.

A solitary raindrop fell and landed squarely on her forehead.

The people moving as oblivious figures suddenly began to notice.

Bustling interrupted they all ran for cover and a few opened umbrellas.

Amy simply shook it off and kept walking, she couldn't care right now.

As she walked on, the rain drenching her, Amy though about why she was unhappy.

"He said he loves me, but that was over three months ago..."
"But he still said he loves me, and it did make me nearly melt when he said it..."

"And that was three months ago, since then nothing has changed, things haven't gotten more involved."

"Did I expect them too though?" Amy stopped at this.

Her step returned a moment later.

Amy looked up and realized she was still a good ten minutes away.

She had been walking the wrong way.

Suddenly Amy began to notice the rain.

A cold chill crept over her.

Amy began to run, her wet quills feeling like dead weight.

In her hurry Amy misstepped and lost her balance.

"Ah" Amy breathed as she began to fall through the air.

She braced herself for the cold hard pavement but instead she felt a cool wind and then a warm pressure on her arm.

"Huh" Amy said seeing she had stopped falling.

"Watch it there Amy" Sonic said with his trademark grin.

"Sonic?" Amy asked curiously.

"I wanted to make sure you got home before the rain got too heavy, guess I was a bit too late."

Sonic pulled Amy back to her feet and stood there with her.

Amy jumped forward and Sonic's arms comforted her as she locked lips with Sonic.

He added his to the fray and both were soon pulling the other closer.

"Sonic?" Amy said softly into his ear as they began to pull away.

"Yes Amy?" He said while running his fingers through her quills.

"Can you take me home... or better, how about your place?"

Sonic seemed to ponder this for a while.

"Come on Sonic... I'm waaiiiiiiting" Amy said mocking him.

Sonic simply looked to the sky before gathering Amy in his arms.

"Hold on tight"

(…)

Boom.

They were off, tearing through the streets so fast there was smoke coming from the rain as it hit the ground.

Amy held herself closer to Sonic, she only remembered a few times when they had gone this fast and still those cases it was normally something of importance.

Amy nuzzled closer, her heart betraying her earlier thoughts.

"Oh come on Amy, one moment you are angry, then confused, and now you are happy?" She heard herself yell inside her head.

"Why wouldn't I be happy? I'm with Sonic aren't I?" She turned against herself.

Amy felt herself coming up with another argument but her thoughts were soon lost.

"Ah" Amy said without meaning to as she felt Sonic speed up.

Sonic looked down with concern on his face, "You ok Amy?"

"Yes, sorry, just startled a bit" Amy said cursing at herself for the outburst.

"Sorry" Sonic said as Amy felt him speed up again.

"Um, Sonic, why do you keep speeding up?

Sonic chuckled a little bit before he answered.

"Haven't you noticed? It's raining" He said with his smile beginning to grow.

"All the more reason to take it slow right?" Amy said with a tinge of worry.

"Normally, but this is one big storm..." Sonic said without a hint of slowing down.

"All the more reason to take it slow right?" Amy repeated with an air of concern.

"Yes, but this is worth the risk" Sonic's grin was wider than ever.

"Falling and sending us both across the ground at speeds over the speed of sound?" Amy said with genuine worry in her voice.

"Heh, Ames, just look at the rain, and not at me for a minute" Sonic said still keeping his grin.

Amy blushed a little before she listened and turned to look.

What she saw amazed her so much she was left speechless.

The raindrops were falling at their same rate, but compared to how fast they were moving they were quiet literally frozen midair.

The drops of water were hanging there for mere milliseconds before they whisked away but it was still an amazing effect.

The rainbow shone through the water and cast all the world into an aura of every color imaginable.

"Running in the rain, it's best done at high speeds" Sonic said as he brought them to a stop.

Amy was panting heavily still unable to speak.

"Sonic, that was amazing... is it like that every time?" Amy asked once her breath had returned.

"No, This was different" Sonic said with his grin fading a bit.

"Different?" Amy asked afraid of the answer.

"It was different because I got to share it with you" Sonic said as he softly set Amy down.

Amy felt her feet hit the ground and then her lips ignite.

Sonic had her with only her feet on the ground, leaning back into his arms as he kissed her.

"I was going to wait for our date tomorrow but the rain changes things." Sonic said as their embrace ended.

Amy was confused as he slowly pulled her to a stand.

"Amy, will you" Sonic started then was gone in a flash.

Amy fell forward a bit in the sudden absence.

"What?" Amy said in confusion as she stumbled forwards.

Looking around Amy saw that she was up on a mountain, in the middle of nowhere, the closest thing was some thrice accursed desert a good bone-liquifying drop down from the ledge she was next to.

Amy began to cry, "He left me, he just left me..."

Amy's crying however lasted only long enough for one tear to form.

This was due to her looking down at the vast desert and seeing huge clouds of dust begin to fly.

A second went by and the cloud cleared revealing a large trench in the desert.

Amy was puzzled until all the cloud cleared away.

In the desert, written in the dirt, was two words, two words that let that one tear begin to roll down her face.

Sonic reappeared in a quick gust of wind.

He looked at Amy for a moment before kneeling.

In his hand now sat a velvet black box.

Amy reached forward and opened the box.

As she stood there marveling at it, that sole tear had finally reached its' destination and it proceeded to fall squarely on the diamond.

Amy blinked as the tear splashed off the ring now in her hand.

"Yes" Amy said with more tears starting to form.

Sonic and Amy embraced with flaring passion as Amy slipped on her new engagement ring.

Down in the desert, written by feet moving many times faster than the speed of sound, were those two words.

"Marry Me" They said, completing Sonic's words from earlier.

Sonic and Amy broke from their kiss several moments later.

"Sonic?" Amy said still looking strait into his eyes.

"Yes Amy?" Sonic said returning her gaze.

"Can your new bride-to-be request a gift?"

"Anything in the world Amy"

"Let's go for another run" Amy said putting her head against his chest enjoying his presence.
"In the rain?" Sonic asked as he began to gather Amy in his arms.

"You read my mind"

Boom.

They were gone.

(…)

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