"So…when will this all start?" asked a kind of nervous pink hedgehog. She was sitting in a nice white chair in a white room. Everything in the room was white. Just to represent the clean atmosphere and the pure intentions of the people working here. They too were dresses in white. But even if they were only women, they weren't brides waiting to find the perfect wedding dress for the special day. No, they were just people, women, working to make the life of other women easier and happier. Why? That was their job and they were all female. So why was a twenty almost three year old Amy here? And what exactly was she holding in her hands after she had read it a couple dozen times already. It was a pamphlet with green decorated… yes, yet again white paper .In front of Amy sitting in a far more comfortable chair was a young lady in white clothes. She was calm. But she had that serious and knowing face, which somehow seemed to make her patients more at ease. Knowing that she knew what she was doing and that she was a person to trust.
"When? Well, we can start right now or even after a month or two. It is your choice. After all you have to be calm and ready for it." informed the lady without a single trace of surprise from her patient's eagerness and readiness. She had seen way too many girls, either older or younger than her to be surprised. She had experience. That's for sure. She might be emotionless but she feels the inner world of the people whom she speaks. Not that it was a gift. It was necessary. Both for her patients' wellbeing and for her job. Yes. She was a doctor in a well respected female clinic. The best one in town if we may say.
"So…there's a guaranty that it will be a success? No complications?" Amy had a reason to ask so many questions. She, for starters, has never been to a place like this. Plus she wants everything flawless. She had wanted this for such a long time. There was no way she would let a minor issue get in her way. Not now, not ever. This thing is not the least cheap. It took her almost three years to collect the money for it. And her job was highly paid. She had stile and knew how to make things go on without sacrifices…to some extend… If she did things like that from the very start, she would have had a hot Sonic in her hotel room in her silk covered bed. But alas! Things don't always turn out the way you want them. She hadn't seen him for years already. He had his job, so did she. There was nothing more to discuss. Soon she got over him thanks to a secret way, she wouldn't tell anyone. No one knows it and it's not even recorded in her diary. She pushed a lock coming down her face from her tied long hair and looked at the doctor.
"Well you know there is no one hundred percent guaranty that things will go on smoothly. You saw it in the pamphlet. There is risk of no success. I hope you understand." The doctor sure knew that Amy was a person that wants things perfect. She has to be though. That's what her job want. But in this case…it was a bad part of her character. Even if they say too good to be true, Amy had to step over that poverty and make things unrealistically beautiful. You could see it in her appearance. The neat eyeliner that gently marks her eyelids and you can never know that it's there. Same for her lipstick. Her lips would seem so tempting as if they just want to be caressed. Everyday she would be with a different hairstyle and clothing combination. Now she had a beige silk shirt with shoulder length sleeves and low-necked, followed by a short black skirt with a slip by the right side and for her feet – black body-clung boots. She had her hair tied in a bun and sometimes short locks would try to disturb her. But if you look at her from a special angle, you can see that she has taste, she has style, and she knows how to show it.
"I understand it completely. I just… want this to go on well…" Of course she wanted it to go on well. After all, it was something that was unnatural. It is supposed to be done by a specific way, yet it is now. So why shouldn't she be cautious if not worried. Besides, after some experiences, she so didn't want to do it the natural way. She didn't want to have anything to do with the one, who is supposed to take the place of the supposedly second piece of the puzzle. She took a deep breath seeing as the doctor was going to say something important. They had gone through this part of the conversation quite some time now, but this time seemed different.
"Look Amy, I understand you completely why you want things perfect. And you're not the only girl that tried this last for them option. But I have to say that… you are a one hundred percent healthy girl, that can have what she wants the natural way… Why don't you try it and then come to me when it doesn't work? It would be a waste of money…"Amy immediately knew where this was going. Not that the doctor didn't want the money, she just wanted to skip the trouble for her. She was indeed young and could bare it naturally. It was just that… Amy didn't find the perfect someone that would want her and love her for her personality, not her sexy appearance and high position. She had had enough of such men. Sonic was perfect for her, but he was not that someone that would want her. He never tried to get to know her for who she was. He would do his job, no interest in the people around him…That was not the guy Amy was looking for.
"There's no way I would go in bed with a guy. That's the reason I'm here. I want to have a baby, but I don't want a man to drag me down. I came to have an artificial pregnancy. Is that too much to ask?"
"No, dear, no. Just that… Have you ever tried to get pregnant the natural way?"
"…no…" Amy murmured. She was kind of embarrassed by that statement, but she had to be honest. This is not a place to think about pride or anything. Every information would give a different treatment.
"What? Oh…no…Don't tell me… oh… I know that reaction…You're still a virgin, aren't you?"
"…so…is..is that a problem? Does it change anything?"
"Oh, dear, don't tell me that you didn't understand. We take eggs from you, try to make an embryo, implant it back in you. And we take five eggs and try to fecundate it with sperm cells. How can we take them from you if you're a virgin? If we rip your virginity away forcedly… it would get very complicated. Either infection or damage the uterus. If you don't want that, find someone to have sex with you. I can give you pills but after that wait for two weeks."
"There's no way I would get in bed with someone I have never known and do something so intimate. I'm not a whore. I won't do it."
"Well if not with a flesh penis, why not with an artificial one…"
"…I don't get it…"
"You know. Sex shops. Those big and colorful penises… Buy it, use it, recycle it, problem solved!"
"WHAT?! I will NOT masturbate!! Not for a single thing in the world!"
"Those are your two options…unless you want to get unable to ever get pregnant…"
Out of the clinic went a somewhat furious yet disappointed hedgehog. That was not something she had planned. All her hopes and all that waiting gone just because of her still a virgin!! And the options she had! They were just absurd. How can she go in bed with someone she would have just met?! And masturbation… Oh the world must be going to an end! She had taken two weeks off from work so that she could have her peace and concentrate on this event. It was a big thing. Becoming a mother! Having her own baby instead of just signing over other people's happiness. Deciding to just head home through a shortcut in the park, she stormed in that direction. She didn't have any interest in the people looking at her. She was still angry over the twist of facts just now heard. Maybe if she wasn't in such a mood, she would have noticed the wonderful weather. It was a cool sunny afternoon, fresh air, singing birds… everything expected in spring. The trees were green and some of them even had some flowers in their big dresses. It sure would have been relaxing to have a picnic or something. But all those things were far away from her. Taking the narrow path in the park's somewhat huge forest, she didn't pay any attention to who was watching her. Two of them were, but one had good intentions, the other… Let's just keep that aside from our troubled Amy. Even if there were many leaves already on the trees, they didn't stop the sun's light from reaching her. Her clothing was inappropriate for a walk in the park, but it still seemed to succeed in calming her down just a little. It was just a minor effect, but still noticeable. As she was walking, she slowed down a little and started to breath in deep. It was relaxing in the quiet, fresh aired and lonely forest. Or maybe it wasn't a goon thing for it to be lonely. A badly dressed over thirty-year-old man was staring at her with lustrous eyes. He had some intentions to do and there was nothing to stop him. She was alone already deep in the forest and so happened for him to be there. He licked his lips as if already tasting her body and pain. She seemed like an easy pray and why not have what he wants. Plus she seemed quite wealthy. He could even "get paid" for having some fun with her. With a satisfaction he stepped out of his hiding place a few meters ahead of her. He was in front of her and was looking at her straight in her eyes. Amy knew by that posture and look what he wanted to do. Simply said he could take away her issue…
"You know that you have pretty good taste in clothing…"
…but …
"Too bad my taste is only interested in what's underneath any clothes. Now take them off silently…" he said in almost a whisper as he came closer to her. Amy was not the least scared. Plus she was still in pressure from earlier. "…Or I'm going to rip them apart…"
…there was no way she would let someone like him to violate her.
"I don't think so." she said in a low voice as a fast and great fist made contact with his face. It was her fist full of all the anger of being too pure to have her dream come true. The pervert was on the ground and with a heavy bleeding nose. Amy on the other hand was again on her way pass the trouble maker and heading forward. It was a mistake to turn her back to him and not run away. For he got on his feet with a knife and the intention of killing her on the spot for what she did.
"You bitch…I'll give you a lesson to know what a bitch like you is supposed to do…" he said in a threatening low voice. Amy just turned around in shock only to see that he was kicked hard against a far away tree. In his place she could see a taller than before blue hedgehog standing up from his by blow. Her eyes were fully opened as she could not believe what she sees. Of all places…
"Sonic?"
"I've gotta say you have a good right punch. I'm impressed!" stated Sonic with some pride in his voice. Amy smiled from ear to ear and hugged him tightly… that is less than before, but it still was a strong grip around his neck.
"Sonic! I haven't seen you for years!"
"Hey, hey," he said as he tapped her back with a smile. "If you don't let go, people would become jealous." Amy was a little taken aback and she did let go and moved away a little.
"Get jealous of what?" she wondered.
"Of me, of course! Getting a super model in my arms after just spotting her…" he explained with a smirk. Amy smiled by that and looked at him suspiciously.
"Are you saying things like that to all girls you save?"
"Well of course I do! But this time I decided to try it out on an ordinary girl. Don't take it personally." he added with a wink. Amy got the joke. She laughed a little and decided to tease him for this.
"Ok, so if this is a joke, then I'm not just some ordinary girl, right?
"Yep. No ordinary girl could deliver a blow like yours."
"So that means that you don't say things like that to girls at all."
"Hmm…Don't you think I have the right to keep this information a secret from you?"
"So you don't. Then that means that you're still uninterested in the female part of this world."
"…"
"What?"
"All right, all right! You got me! You happy now?"
"Well I don't know. It's such a waste for a guy like you to be running after Eggman when there can't be any romance between you." she couldn't take it and giggled at her somewhat cruel joke. Sonic glared at her for a while until he started to walk towards her with a menacing expression. Amy saw that and turned around to run for it still laughing. She knew that there was no way to outrun him and he knew that as well. So why not play with her until he actually catches her? It was a good strategy of Amy to run in zigzag. Between trees and under their protection was her thumb card. Sonic had some difficulty from the start for underestimating his target. So he was a little back on catching up to her. But the pink hedgehog was still in not a good outfit for walks in nature, let alone running around randomly. And so soon tiredness got the best of her and she stopped and leaned against a tree to catch her breath. She was breathing heavily and needed if not a minute to relax, at least a glass of water. What a great opportunity to get caught. But she didn't mind though. She knew that he understood her hint and that he wouldn't come and kill her or something. She saw the look on his face before she ran off. He was also playing around… At least so she thought until she realized that she had been on that spot for quite some time now, and there was no sigh of Sonic. Maybe he did get offended by her comment. So then he must have given up on looking for her and probably went somewhere else. She let out a sigh and noticed that her bun was gone. She had her hair let down to its full length and from that tight bun, you could see the many curls she had down to her lower back. She took a deep breath before she started to move away from the tree's shelter. She was kind of disappointed by this meeting. It hadn't turned out the way it should have… But it was nice to see him again. A noise in the nearby bushes made her stop dead in her tracks and looked panicked to the way she heard the noise. No one. Could it be that pervert from earlier? It's not as if she was too far from that place. He was not completely unconscious, just stunned from Sonic earlier. He had a reason to want revenge… Then there was that rustle again, but from high above. And another one after it behind her. She was spinning around trying to figure out what was going on or find the source of all the racket. No such luck. She started to walk backwards as if trying to hide back next the tree she was so far safe. She didn't notice it until it happened. Someone grabbed her from behind with the barely heard words "got ya" and the world span around her as she noticed that she was held bridal style and… on a high tree's branch?! She was let down to her feet and given a chance to move freely on the branch but… With high-heeled boots, doing so was a mistake. For her feet couldn't stay still and she lost balance. It was a good thing that someone got her and held her closely and tightly. She was also gripping as tightly as possible onto the one holding her. Amy took a hesitant look beneath her and the height made her tighten her grip even more and press her body hard against the one saving yet threatening her. She looked at that someone and realized that her face was so close to his that their noses were touching. She knew it was Sonic the moment she saw the color of his eyes. As she opened her mouth to say something, Sonic whispered in a cocky way,
"You were saying something about my love life?"
"You scared the hell out of me!!" shouted Amy as she hit slightly in protest his shoulders, on which she was grasping tightly until now.
"I did? I wasn't even trying."
"What do you mean? Don't tell me you can do better!" And he did show her he could scare her if he wanted to. He moved his hand from her lower back to his waist. His other hand was holding the branch above him to keep himself steady. Ever since Amy let go of him to protest with slight hits, there was nothing else to hold her but his hand around her and the not so safe feet of hers. Sure she was on her toes, but that was not stable. And with the lack of Sonic's hand to hold her, she could feel herself leaning the opposite direction – towards the ground. She froze by that thought and her heart went to her throat. Sonic seemed too calm and full of himself to catch her now...maybe ever… She stretched out her hands and grabbed a hold of him again. Because of his one hand holding something above, she had to wrap her hands around him kind of romantically. One arm under his, and the other above his one. Not to mention that she still was on her toes and that made things more embarrassing for her. Not only was she pressing her body against his, the way she was holding him but the lack of distance between their faces was making her blush. Sonic on the other hand hadn't moved by any way to make her more at easy. He was enjoying this to its fullest. Amy was breathing nervously and finally collecting her courage she said in a some what shy way,
"Can you… please put me down?" Sonic smirked by what he heard. Just for a final tease he nuzzled his nose against hers only to feel her tremble by that.
"If you insist…" and in a moment they were both on the ground and Amy could finally relax. She didn't let him go right away. She loosened her grip and looked him in the eyes with a serious stare and said,
"Don't ever do that again." she moved away and turned her back against him.
"Fine, fine. I won't. Can't you take a joke?"
"I'm supposed to be as relaxed and calm as possible. Not put myself in stress!"
"Earlier you didn't seem anywhere near relaxed nor calm."
"Because…I found out about an issue in the thing I'm supposed to be calm about."
"What it that thing and that issue?"
"It's…personal…"
"We're good friend! You can share."
"Well…earlier I was at the…Female Healthcare Clinic… I was about to start something but…because of the issue…it's paused…"
"Healthcare?! Is there something wrong with you?"
"No…"
"Then why going through the trouble?"
"…I want…er…I…want to…get pregnant…"
"So? What's the problem? Is it in your half?"
"What?! No! No… I'm single… I'm not with anyone…That's why I want to get pregnant artificially…"
"Oh? Why not the natural way?"
"If I wanted it the natural way, I would have done it already. It's not like I can just like you have almost every representative of the opposite sex."
"I can tell…" he admitted under his nose.
"What did you say?"
"Er? ...Are you that popular?"
"Well…I do work in a popular hotel…I meat famous people there…And sometimes I get in the centre of attention because of my position. Many guys have wanted to date me just because they can get closer to the real celebrities. Same for girls. Have to say that it'a a somewhat lonely life there. Even if I become friends with any of the stars there, they don't stay for very long. And well…That's why I wanted to have a baby without anyone being half responsible for it and blackmail me."
"Wow… what do you work there?"
"I'm the head manager. My main job is to make sure all the rooms and longing places in the hotel are above the poverty "too good to be true"."
"I can see it in the way you dress. You sure do have high class taste."
"Well that what's expected… in Grand Hotel Shelby…"
"You work there…"
"Yes?"
"As a head manager…"
"Yes?"
"So then you life there…"
"Yes but how did you guess?"
"Well…lets just say that once I was invited to stay there for three days and they said that every one from the staff can assist you twenty-four seven. They live there, so that they won't need to employ people for different shifts. And that way the guests there would feel more at ease."
"Wow… you knew a lot!"
"Can't call it knowing what's going on there…"
"Wait, so you didn't go there?"
"Nope."
"Why?"
"Too high class for my taste…"
"Oh…And staying on three's is just the class for you?"
"It has it's good points. Fresh air all the time, nature, plants…"
"Hail…"
"Yeah…hail and…wait…Say what?"
"What? Don't you know? Little ice balls falling instead of rain…"
"No, no, no, no. I know what it is but when was the last time such happened?"
"Don't remember."
"So…if we go back to our previous topic… what was that issue you said?" Amy blushed and looked away. Sonic noticed that but couldn't tell what was wrong.
"Can I just say that it's way too personal to share with even a close friend?" Sonic shrugged by that comment but agreed. If he is supposed to know, he'll know. He didn't want to pressure her any more on that topic if she didn't want to share.
"So um…It was great to see you today!" said Sonic with a smile. Amy looked at him for a while and also smiled.
"Yeah…It was great…It had been…what…six or seven years since we last saw each other face to face! I would have hardly recognized you if it weren't for all the news reports. By the way… how did you recognize me?"
"Hmm…By your never dying passion for boots even when it's hot outside."
"Guess you're right. I guess we should be parting now…"
"Yeah…but hey…can we see each other again sometime?"
"Eh?"
"Well just like you said…we haven't seen each other in such a long time. We have a lot of things to talk about."
"Yeah…you're right…"
"So when are you free?"
"Oh…Because of the clinic business I've taken two weeks off from week."
"Really! So how about tomorrow? Here. Same place." invited Sonic with great hope. Amy noticed that and smiled warmly. She could see that he had changed for all those years. So has she. She wanted to get to know the new Sonic and see what changes she had. What better way than this?
"Ok. Sure…So…See you tomorrow. Bye!" said Amy as she turned around and was drawing away from Sonic. She still had that smile on her face and kind of seemed languorous. It was nice to see him again. And after the trouble today…she needed something like that to distract her a little. Sonic on the other hand was following her with his eyes till she was out of sight. He was smiling too. It was true that he kind of missed her being around. It was boring with just guys to hang out. Not that Tails and Knuckles were bad company. It was better with all of them together with Amy, Cream and Rouge. They were such good friends. Why did they have to part? True that fighting robots was not a girls favorite thing to do. Plus the risk was getting bigger and bigger every time they fight Eggman. Better robots, more targets… They didn't want that at all. That's why they split up.
"Such a waste for a guy like me to be running after Eggman when there can't be any romance between us, huh. Perhaps I'll get interested in girls soon enough…"
