Shadow looked outside the window. A few large gray clouds were gathering, and the wind was getting more brutal. He sighed and looked at Silver and Knuckles (His two best friends). They were busy having their eyes glued to the TV.

"…And more reports on the thunderstorm after this break."

Knuckles looked at Shadow. He then elbowed Silver who looked over to Shadow and smiled. They then chuckled. Shadow jerked his head toward them. "What the fuck you guys laughing at?!?" Knuckles calmed down. "Well, I know you can't stop thinking about her…"

"Who?" Shadow asked, not noticing he was slightly blushing.

Silver grinned. "You know…Maddie."

FlashBack

Shadow walked into a cafe along with Silver and Knuckles. A breeze of hamburgers, ice cream, soda, and all that other food blew into their faces. He watched as he friends sat beside their girlfriend's

"Hey Rouge.""Hey Knux." "Hi Silver!""Sup, Blaze?"

Shadow saw a new face. She was a lavender hedgehog with 2 bangs that covered her midnight blue eyes. She had quills that reached her back. She wore a white tank top that stopped above her belly button. She had jeans that reached a little below her knees and converses. Shadow had no choice but to sit by her, since all the seats were taken. "Who's she?" Shadow asked. Blaze looked at the Shadow and smiled. "Oh, that's Maddie. She's new in town." Maddie smiled "Hi." Shadow nodded in reply. The waiter came over and took their orders. Silver ordered a hamburger and milkshake to share with Blaze. Knuckles ordered a hot fudge sundae to share with Rouge, and Maddie ordered 3 hamburgers, much to Shadow's(who didn't order anything) surprise. "You ordered 3 hamburgers?" Maddie nodded, slightly blushing. "Um, yeah. I'm a big eater." Shadow grinned. Maddie leaned back in her chair, and fell back.

A huge crash was heard and everyone in the café. Shadow was the one who was most concerned. "Maddie! You okay?" Maddie laid there for a minute, a blank expression on her face. She then started laughing. She got up, dusting herself off. "I'm okay! No need to worry." Shadow stared at her in awe.

Flashback ended

Ever since then, Shadow and Maddie became good friends. After a little while, Shadow started having strange…feelings about her. He would always be happy when she was there, and he would seem to not be Mr. Tough when she was around.

Shadow blushed harder. "I'm not…It's not…I mean…"

Shadow felt confused. His feelings were all mixed up, like an extremely hard and annoying non-solved jigsaw puzzle. He always denied loving her, but these feelings…

"I…I gotta get some fresh air." Shadow stammered, grabbing his jacket. Silver and Knuckles jaws dropped open. "But Shadow…the storm." Shadow ignored them, walking outside.