"Slow down!" I yelled at Shadow, who was going about a billion miles per hour.
"I'm not going that fast," he argued.
"You're speeding!"
"You mean like this?" he floored it, smiling.
I got pushed back in my seat as the sudden burst of speed hit me. Horrified he was going to kill us,
I pulled onto my seatbelt to lock it, and covered my eyes.
Shadow chuckled, "so where do you live?"
I looked at him. He was flooring it, and he didn't even know where he was going? What kind of
dangerous psycho does that? "Go straight at this intersection, take a right, then a left," I said simply, not wanting to ruin our first few minutes together.
Shadow sped through the intersection, then made a sharp right turn, but slowed down to make the
left.
Thank goodness. "Okay, now make another right, take the first left and my house will be the fourth
on the right."
Shadow made a smooth left right turn, into my subdivision. He took the first left, and stopped the
car just outside my house.
"You could have warned me," I told him, unbuckled my seatbelt.
"About my driving?"
I nodded.
"I told you I was wild."
"That's not wild, that's, argh! I can't believe I'm still alive, and you didn't get pulled over!"
He laughed, "it's amazing how many people say that. Am I really that bad?"
"You're not bad. You're just a little..." I paused, trying to find the right word. I didn't want to
say crazy or anything along those lines, with what people think of him, he might think I think those
things, too. "Wild," I finally finished. I felt a smile appear on my own lips.
"That's the best compliment I think I've ever gotten about my driving."
"Really?" It would be nice of someone said something nice about his driving, even of they didn't
mean it.
"Yes. Everyone else has lied," he leaned in close to me. I could feel his breath as he spoke,
"either you're the best liar I've ever seen, or you have a high tolerance for wild things," the
corner of his mouth pulled up into quite the sexy half smile.
"You should see me drive sometime," I joked. I've never driven a day in my life. I would probably
fall into a ditch, in a lake, or off a cliff. Possibly even all three. Knowing me, I'd find a way.
"I'd love to. Maybe next time you could drive me home."
I suddenly heard a knock coming from behind me. I turned to see the blue hedgehog who forgot my
birthday standing outside Shadow's truck, with his hand pressed against the window.
I sighed.
He lifted up his other hand which held a bundle of roses.
"Don't take him back," Shadow whispered.
I looked at him. He was frowning. His eyes had a mixture of sadness and anger. "I never will," I
gave a small smile.
"Can I pick you up tomorrow morning?"
"Sure," my smile grew bigger.
"Alright, I'll pick you up at eight thirty."
"Can't wa-" I got interrupted by Sonic knocking on the window again. Closing my eyes, I let out a
bigger, frustrated sigh. "Sorry. I'll see you tomorrow." I opened the door, and jumped out.
"See ya," Shadow said just before I closed the door. I waved as he drove away.
"What was that about? Why were you with him?" Sonic asked, offering me the red roses.
I took the roses, and grabbed the lighter that I always carried with me out of my pocket. I lit the roses on fire, and dropped them to the ground. A few roses couldn't make up for forgetting my birthday. "None of your business," I told him, walking over to my house.
"Why did you do that?"
I turned around to see Sonic standing with the burnt roses in his hands. He looked so hurt. If I wasn't so mad at him, I might've felt bad.
"Why are you here?"
"I came to fix things."
"Fix things? There's nothing to fix. Sonic, you forgot my birthday. Didn't you understand what I
meant earlier? We're over. Done. History. I'm sorry, but you don't care." I opened my front door, and walked in my apple smelling house. I closed and locked the door.
"What was that about?"
I jumped, turning around. To my complete surprise, Scourge was standing before me. "How did you get here?"
"I drove?"
"You couldn't have been faster than Shadow..." Scourge was a safe driver. Shadow was so fast and
wild.
"What did you just say?"
"Uh... You couldn't have been faster than Shadow?"
"Shadow? Shadow Robotnik?"
I nodded, "yep, that's him."
"What were you doing with Shadow Robotnik? Don't you know he's psycho?"
"Not you too!" I rolled my eyes. "He's not bad. At all. Get to know him!"
"I did, three years ago. We were best friends. Let's just say he became mean. No, he became evil. He's still evil, if not worse."
"So... you're saying Shadow is a bad person, and will never change?"
"Yes! Couldn't you tell by his driving? He's a bad driver and a bad person."
I laughed, "you're a good driver, but you're an ass. Explain that!"
"Just stay away from him, alright? I don't want to have to go kick his ass," with that, he walked upstairs to his room.
"Well, let's see if I do," I turned around and flung the front door open.
I was completely taken off guard as I saw Shadow standing right in front of me. Did he hear
everything?
"Hey," he said, rather casually.
"What did you hear?" I unthinkingly blurted out.
"About what?" he cocked his head slightly to the side.
A wave of relief washed over me. "Never mind," I smiled.
He chuckled, "alright. Wanna go somewhere?"
"Sure, " I stepped outside, Shadow and I were now only inches apart. I closed the door behind me.
"Where do you wanna go?"
As if someone had burnt him, he quickly jumped backwards. "I, uh," was all he said. He just stood
there, frowning. Out of nowhere, he turned around and started running away.
"Shadow?" I stood at my doorstep, watching as he ran out of sight. What did I do?
"Don't waste your time on him. He'll always be like that." I heard Scourge's voice coming from above me.
I took a few steps forward, and looked up at the house to see him leaning out of his window, casually eating a chocolate bar.
I shook my head, "he probably remembered he had somewhere important to go. Don't be so quick to jump to conclusions."
"I'm not jumping. I know him. He'll act cool one second, the next he'll be gone. Any plans you made will be ruined. He'll stand you up all the time." Scourge went back in the house, closing the window.
I sighed, about to go in the house myself.
"He's right," a voice said.
I turned around to see Sonic. Of course. "What do you want now?"
He handed me a heart shaped box. I opened it to see chocolates.
I looked up to see his smiling face. I shook my head, trying to figure out how to get him to leave me alone without being too mean. I was never one to be mean. "Thank you, but this doesn't change anything," I managed.
"I'm sorry, Amy, please forgive me."
"Okay, I forgive you, but you don't get another chance. You forget everything. My birthday was just over the line."
"I won't forget anything ev-"
"I know," I interrupted, taking a step back, "you won't forget because there's nothing to remember now. I'm sorry, but it's over." I quickly opened the door, almost running into the house, quickly shutting it behind me.
"That's how you do it," Scourge said, suddenly in front of me. "Reject him and keep the chocolates!" he took the heart shaped box of chocolates from my hand and headed back upstairs.
I rolled my eyes, and headed up the stairs. Could today get any weirder?
Forgetting about everything else, I laid down on my bed. I need a nap! I got comfortable under my blankets, and closed my eyes.
"Today there is going to be rain all day. A low of only three -"
I turned my alarm clock off, and looked out my window. Rain. Dammit. I sighed.
Rainy days were always my favorite days, the sound of the rain was so peaceful. However, whenever it rained, it was always a bad day. Today Shadow was supposed to pick me up for school, a rainy day is the last thing I need.
I got out of bed and walked to the bathroom to wash my face. I looked in the mirror. No bags, today.
I yawned. Damn, I slept for a long time.
I walked back into my room and pulled out a pair of dark blue jeans, a long-sleeved black shirt, and a pair of white socks.
After getting dressed, I searched my room for a hoodie to wear.
Not finding anything, I was about to give up until a blue sweater in the corner of my room, behind my door caught my eye.
"Sonic," I whispered. I walked over to the sweater and picked it up, examining it. It was definitely Sonic's. I lifted it up to my face, and breathed in the scent. It smelled just like him. Without so much as a second though, I put his sweater on. I'd have to give it back to him sometime, why not wear it until I see him?
I smiled at the memories wearing Sonic's sweater brought back. All the times we would spend hours together, and I'd get cold so he'd always give me this.
Stop it, Amy. Sonic is history, you're getting involved with Shadow now.
I shook off all the thoughts of Sonic, and went downstairs to make breakfast.
Scanning the cupboards, I didn't feel like doing a lot of word this morning. I grabbed a bowl, some milk and the box of lucky charms. I put the milk and the lucky charms in the bowl and put them back where they belonged, before sitting down at the table.
"Where's mine?" Scourge asked, standing at the other side of the table.
"Get it yourself," I said, rolling my eyes.
"Fine," Scourge replied, walking into the kitchen, getting his own breakfast - for once.
I finished the last big of cereal, and put the bowl in the kitchen sink. "When are you gonna leave?" I asked Scourge, watching him as he put milk in the bowl.
"What time is it?"
I looked over at the stove to check the time. "Twenty after."
"Fifteen minutes, more or less," he shrugged. "Aren't you hitching a ride with psycho?"
"He's not psycho, he's just misunderstood," I said defensively. "And, it's raining."
"You don't still believe rain causes bad days, do you?" he scoffed.
"Maybe..." I walked out the kitchen, heading back up to my room, ending the conversation.
I grabbed my brush off my dresser and ran in through my hair a few times, making my hair nice and smooth.
I put my bush back down, and sat on my bed, putting my shoes on.
As if right on cue, I heard someone knocking on the door. I ran down the stairs yelling "bye, Scourge," before opening the door to see Shadow.
"Hey," he smiled.
"Hi," I breathed. His smile was so breathtaking.
"Ready?" he asked.
I nodded.
"Oh, by the way. These were here when I got here," he held up a bundle of red roses.
I took the roses, noticing a note. I unfolded it, and read it: Amy. These are just some more roses since the other ones got pretty burned. Love, Sonic.
I shook my head, and threw them on the ground in front of me. "Thanks, but they're garbage," I smiled.
"Aright," Shadow said, his smile smug. He must know who they were from. We started walking towards his truck, I stomped on the roses as I passed them. Shadow opened the car door for me, again.
"Thank you," I smiled, climbing into his huge truck.
"Anytime," Shadow winked, before closing the door and walking to the other side of the truck to get in.
"Amy!" I heard a familiar voice call. My eyes widened as I saw who had called me. Not now, I shook my head.
Rainy days really were my cursed days. No doubt about it.
A/N: hehe, poor Amy, she's got an obsessive ex, and no one approves of her new guy... [x
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