Me: Alright no time to waste I want to start this show so I will be brief. First for those who do not know me, and you probably don't I'm not that popular…yet, I am Jonman14 and this is my first Sonic story that isn't center around the pairing of Sonic and Amy, so I'm sorry if this isn't the greatest thing you have ever read. Next matter of business is that this story was a request from the author Gargel, who is super awesome by the way, and this is also my first request for a brand new story. I don't think I forgetting anything so I inform you that I do own any Sega characters, in anyway shape or form. Now here is the story.

On the Road to Parenthood

Chapter One: Results

"Rouge the Bat!" a young Purple lioness in scrubs called," The doctor will see you now."

"Thank you," Rouge stated curtly rising from the rather uncomfortable chair. Suddenly she heard a pair of larger feet also rise. She turned a heel to look at her half risen boyfriend Knuckles. She raised an eyebrow and he stopped moving a slight look of surprise on his face. "And where are you going Knuckie?"

Knuckles tried his best to stay calm and not reveal it, but even after knowing her for 4 years and dating her for 1 of them, getting called "knuckie" by her still irked him. "I am coming with you."

"Oh no," she responded pushing him gently back down," I can handle the doctor and I will tell you what he says." Knuckles was about to protest when a slender gloved finger was placed in front of his lips. "Don't worry, I got this." The hand retracted and Rouge walked off with the nurse.

Knuckles sat back down and crossed his arms as he watched her walk away. He didn't like just sitting there with nothing to do. Maybe it was just the feel of the hospital, maybe it was he was kind of a celebrity on Mobius and people were looking at him, maybe it was just the feeling that there was no one near the master emerald he wasn't sure. What he did know is that he didn't like sitting there with nothing to do. Even if what was in that room was awkward, it would have been preferred. Suddenly a ding was heard and someone walked into the door. He didn't look up from the tiles he had been starring at until he realized he knew the voices.

"I don't need shot mom!" Cream continued to yell," Please let's go!"

Vanilla rolled her eyes at her daughter. "Just sit down okay?" she pleaded to her daughter in her kind voice," I mean seriously, ten years old and still scared of needles?"

Knuckles quickly grabbed the closest magazine and hid his face pretending to be interested in why Charlie Sheen was winning, though still listening to the two argue. "That isn't fair Mom! I mean Sonic is like nineteen and he is still afraid of needles!" Knuckles couldn't help but snicker at the comment. He buried his face deeper in the magazine to make sure they didn't catch that.

"Look if you stop pouting then maybe we can go get ice cream later, how does that sound?" Vanilla stated.

Cream smiled letting her naturally niceness take over. "Alright mommy." The two then sat down and waited.

"Knuckles the Echidna?" The nurse called into the waiting room," You had better come in here."

Knuckles put the magazine down and walked behind the nurse not noticing the look of curiosity on Cream's face or, more importantly, the look of worry on Vanilla's face. Knuckles followed the lioness into a room where Rouge lay on an inclined blue chair with a nervous look on her face. A tall Grey owl in a lab coat rose from a wheelie chair and spoke as he and the nurse walked out of the room," We will leave you alone to discuss the results."

Knuckles looked at rouge. His purple eyes focused on her giving her the feeling of being in trouble. In a way they were. "Knuckles," She began," I'm… I'm pregnant."

Knuckles couldn't keep his jaw completely closed. It was ever so slightly agape as the words sank in. Pregnant? He wished he could say something but what could he say? He didn't want to admit it but he did already know the when, how, and, slightly guilty, the why. Finally he decided the most intelligent thing was to focus on now. "What should we do?"

Rouge propped herself on her arms to sit up. "What do you mean?"

Knuckles wasn't sure if should say what he had in mind but knew that he had to." Should we abort it?"

Rouge hoped out of the chair and glared at him with her jade eyes." How can you even say that!"

Knuckles was a little confused. He knew what he was suggesting was bad but why was she reacting like this? He saw her face and it hadn't been happy or excited or anything positive. What he had seen the girl's face was something he rarely saw on here, nervousness, worry, and strangest of all a tinge of fear. "So you want to have a baby?"

Rouge hesitated, her anger dissipating," I didn't say that."

"So why is aborting it so outrageous?" Knuckles questioned.

"Because," Rouge began hoping this would make sense," We were given the chance to live so what right have to not give he or she a chance to live?"

Knuckles had no way to refute that so he changed his argument. "What if we aren't ready to take care of a baby?"

"Well," Rouge began," Even if we aren't it still gives us no right."

"But Rouge," Knuckles began to protest but Rouge cut him off.

"Look I get why you are pushing this, I do," Rouge assured," you feel bad about what happened… that night. You regret and so do I but we can't just forget it no matter how hard we try. We got reckless and made a mistake and now whether it is a consequence or some kind of hidden blessing we have to live with it." She wrapped her arms around the boy's waist and looked into his eyes," I am making sense?"

Knuckles really wanted to tell her that he didn't understand her, that she was making no sense, and being silly about this whole thing. But as the words sank in and he looked in to her eyes he knew that saying those things would be lying to someone he had grown to care so much about. They did have to live with their actions and he knew that he was wrong to suggest what he had. "You do," he responded quickly returning the embrace.

Rouge smiled at him. "How about we go home so we can figure out how best to proceed, hmm?"

"I think," Knuckles began, "I might know someone who can help." Rouge turned her head to the side in curiosity.

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Vanilla sighed when the story was finished. She had had some suspicion, but was hoping she had been wrong. She looked at the two of them, and then focused on Rouge. How lucky Rouge was compared to herself. Vanilla had gone to her own mom for help, with no one by her to give support, and was turned down. Though she would not be telling Rouge she was lucky, Vanilla would have given anything to have someone like Knuckles by her side or someone to teach her how when she had been pregnant with Cream. Instead of being disowned for making a mistake. She wasn't going to leave them alone. "Alright," she said not realizing that her voice was shaking at the memories," Come to the house around noon and I will tell you what I can."

Knuckles and Rouge sighed with relief. They both began thanking her and telling her they would see her tomorrow. They then both left back for the little house on Angel Island that they lived in. Just then Cream came back into the hallway fiddling with the bandage on her arm. She looked at her mom and saw the look on her face. "Is something wrong mom?"

Vanilla wiped her eyes, realizing what was happening. "Nothing dear," She lied," Come on let's go get a sundae."

Cream jumped with joy," Alright! Let's go!"She grabbed her mom's hand and led the way back to the car. Vanilla continued to think about Rouge and Knuckles. She knew what her job was. If Knuckles wasn't going to be like Cream's dad, then she was not going to be her mother. She smiled at Cream, knowing the main reason. Because her mom had been wrong.

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Me: Alright everybody that's chapter one. Sorry if this was a little depressing. I'm pretty sure most of the rest of this will be a general "feel good" story but I'm not entirely sure yet, maybe I'll throw in some drama. Also I made up the Vanilla's mom thing myself I thought it would add to both her reason for helping them and to her character in general. Anyway I'm on spring break so I might update within this week if not probably in a week or two depending on conditions and inspiration. But don't worry I don't people to think I died so it won't be too long. Anyway Read, Review, and Tell your Friends. Till next time.