Author's Note:

Why hello there!

And I really appreciate the time you have given to read this story. In all pure honestly, this was actually one of my oldest stories that were stored away in one of my folders, and I thought it was actually pretty adorable...-After a few tweaking, fixing the grammar a bit, spelling mistakes of course. :P And I'd also like take note, that this story is in dear Amy's point of view. During that time I wrote this story, I thought the plot would look better if it was told by the rose hedgehog herself. :3

And lastly, I'd like to point out, the beautiful disclaimer to end this little note. I don't own any of the characters featured in this story, they all belong to SEGA. I only own the story line and the idea. :)

Now I present to you my first story. I hope you will all like and enjoy it!~ :DDD

xMisty


.:Counting Stars:.

First Night.

I looked up and saw the sun slowly setting, signalling that the day is almost ending and that the night will soon take over. The sky displayed beautiful and warm colors of orange and pink, as the clouds slowly begin to fade. The sun slowly set from the horizon, the color of the vast and endless sky being replaced by shades and hues of midnight blue. The stars came out and decorated the sky, shining ever so brightly. Everything looked so wonderful, and amazing...

"...There sure are a lot of stars out tonight." I whispered, staring at the sight behold to me.

In my imagination, it was as if the entire sky was a canvas. Everything was so well painted and all seemed to be in their proper places and it looked so...perfect. It was jaw-dropping, and never in my life would I have ever thought how wonderful the night time would be...

It was starting to get late, and I was running errands for Vanilla. She is probably be worried sick about me, and that I wasn't able to come back early.

But looking at this view...It's funny, I remember people telling me a certain myth...or legend...was it.-That they say that if you count ten stars in ten nights, and you say your wish at the last day, it will come true. But come on, it couldn't be real, could it? Just hearing it sounds quite silly. I giggled to myself.

One.

Two.

I shouldn't be acting like a child right now, believing in magic and stuff like these... But there are a lot of stars out tonight, so it wouldn't hurt to try, right?

Three.

Four,

Five.

And besides,

Six.

Seven...

Eight.

What if what I wish for, might actually become true?

Nine...-

"Ten." I looked around me, nothing seemed to change or happen. Nobody was around, and I was only sitting on this park bench, all alone.

I heaved a heavy sigh, I found myself pathetic. Seriously...thinking that wishing on a star, or doing any of this, could make him ever love me.

I didn't give up on him, even if I said that I was over him. I lied, but I realized that I was causing him discomfort and that I was becoming an annoyance to him. Tears threatening to fall from my eyes. Just thinking about that time, makes me wanna cry and weep in a corner. I'm weak, useless, and I could never move on with my life. I'm immature, and a nuisance. I hate myself so much.

"He only said that he loved me as a sister, and cared for me as a bestfriend." I muttered, it hurts so much. My heart seemed to shatter at his words, but during that time, I was able to force a fake smile and said that I understood him.-but I didn't.

I shook my head, I can't let my feelings get to me. "My emotions are messed up, and are all over the place..." I said, letting out a slight laugh. I swept my bangs away from my face. A cool breeze passed by me, giving me shivers up my spine and goosebumps on my skin. I got up, staring at the sky once more before heading off back home...

After all, it's still the first night.

X0x0X0x0X0x0X

I woke up from my bed with a start, and looked at the monstrous, loud device sitting on top of my bed desk. I moaned in annoyance, and hit the snooze button. "Stupid alarm clock..." I grumbled, glaring at it. I lifted myself up from my bed, and adjusted my position before letting my feet onto the cold, tile floor.

I looked at my alarm clock once more. It showed that it was 7:38, and it was Saturday today, much to my relief. I got up carefully, and stretched before heading out my bedroom.

"I could go for some coffee..." I mumbled sleepily, slowly reaching out for the door handle after arriving at the bathroom door, pushing it, and entering inside.

I looked at myself at the mirror. God, I looked horrible. My hair was sprawled everywhere, like it had a mind of it's own. My face looked messed up and I had a hard time keeping my eyes open. I shook my head a bit, hoping it would wake me up a bit, but it only made me dizzy and my vision was still blurry.

"Ugh..." I groaned as I turned on the faucet and splashed water on my face. I brushed my teeth and fixed my hair, although I was too lazy to properly comb it. I left the room and went back upstairs to my bedroom, and changed more suitable clothes-because if you haven't noticed yet, I look like a total wreck that got hit by a truck.

After a few minutes, I was finally ready so I headed out the door. I inhaled deeply, letting the scent of the morning air into my lungs. I sighed, letting a smile grace on my lips.

I headed over to the coffee shop that wasn't quite far from here. It was only a few blocks away, and Cream just happened to work there. It was a few blocks away, so I began walking. Seeing some familiar faces, I greeted them and they smiled in return.

I arrived at the cafe. I swung the door open, a little jingle sound emitting the entire room. The sweet scent and aroma of coffee greeted my nose, and I sniffed the air. A certain rabbit seemed to take notice of me, and waved. "Hiya, Miss Amy!" She greeted cheerfully.

"Hey there Cream!" I replied, grinning at her. I went up to her and leaned on the counter, "Nice to see you again, how are you?" I asked,

"Good I guess. My mom told me you visited her yesterday and helped her with a few errands, huh?" I nodded,

"Sorry that I wasn't there to see you, I was quite busy with the shop yesterday." She apologized, rubbing the back of her head with a little smile plastered on her face.

I waved her off, and shook my head lightly. "Oh not at all, it's perfectly fine."

Cream nodded at me, "So I'm guessing the regular again?" She giggled, and I did too. She knows me so well. "Yep. Here's the payment." I said, and reached in my bag and pulled out my wallet, giving her the money.

"Thanks." She pointed to an empty table, and motioned me to go and sit. "Have a seat while waiting, this will probably take a while."

"A'ight." I said, and took a seat.

There weren't that many people around as I'd expected. I guess they were all busy at work, or the fact that Valentine's Day is just around the corner. I frowned a bit, it used to be my favorite time of the year. I guess not anymore, after all, I don't have anyone to practically spend it with...

I chuckled a bit, it wasn't as if Sonic ever agreed to come with me to go to Twinkle Park last time. I remember when I used to kidnap him, instead of letting him decide on his own... I smiled bitterly, but it was one of the memories I treasured most.

I heard the bell jingle once again and I lifted my head up to see who the new customer might be, much to my surprise and shock.

"S-Sonic...?" I whispered, hoping he didn't hear me.

He didn't, but he sure did notice me. He grinned cockily and waved at me, "Hey Ames!" I cringed slightly, as he approached me. He casually took a seat on the other side from where I was sitting, "Didn't expect to see you here, what's up?"

Times like these were the ones I cherished most, even if he didn't like me back, at least our relationship between each other wasn't awkward.

"Nothing much, I just happened to by here for some coffee to wake me up a bit, what about you?" I replied,

He laid back on his chair a bit, folding his arms. "I was with Tails on working on the X-Tornado, but I was bored so I decided to stop by here for a little break." I giggled a little at that, he was still the same as ever.

"Poor Tails, why would you leave him to do all the work?" I teased him, and my blue hero only laughed.

"I was bored! Besides, you know Tails can do it by himself. I don't know anything on fixing planes either."

"Typical Sonic. I seriously don't know what Tails would do with you,"

"I don't know!" They both laughed at this, and honestly, I was genuinely happy that I could still spend these moments with him like this. Even after what happened between us.

"Hey Amy, here's your order!" I looked up and saw Cream skipping over to us, and giving me my ordered coffee. She seemed to notice Sonic and looked at me worriedly, I smiled at her-Sonic didn't notice.

Between the incident that happened between me and him, Cream was the only one the knew all about it. To everyone, it was like time flew so fast since I suddenly stopped chasing after that day. It was hard for me, but it soon became a habit that died out. And it turned normal over the months.

Cream nodded at me, and I knew what her eyes were telling me. "I trust you."

"So Mister Sonic," The bunny finally turned to Sonic, "What would you like to order?"

Sonic shrugged his shoulders, and put his hands behind his hand in a carefree style way. "Just regular coffee then, I guess." Cream clicked on her pen, and scribbled his order on her little note pad before bowing politely.

"Your order will be here soon, Mister Sonic. It should be out in a few minutes." She said before scurrying off to another table to assist another customer.

Sonic looked at me with a smile on his face. His smile is so heart-melting... He said something that I couldn't hear, that I didn't understand.

His eyes are so bright and beautiful.

But I couldn't have him.

He doesn't like me.

Soon, I found myself in my own world. I didn't hear anything, and an eerie silence engulfed the entire room. There were tears out of the corners of my eyes, but I blinked them back. My life has had it's up and downs, and all I ever wanted was to be with him...

It would be silly for me to do it again, and there's a most likely chance that my wish could never come true. I might be only playing with myself, toying with my emotions...but all I can do is pray that a miracle might happen.

Tonight.