It was strange to me that despite how much time I'd spent with Sonic that he still cast such a strong spell over me. No matter the situation I would find myself struggling to find words before finally coming to my senses.

"How's work?" His voice was harsh, we'd argued about me taking a position in Vanilla's bakery.

"It's good. I really don't know why you were so against it. Cream and Vanilla are practically family to the both of us."

"It just puts you far away. I know that you can protect yourself, but what if something happened and you needed me?" He grabbed my arm softly and my heart stopped.

"You'd be there. Sonic, I can't be your partner in heroic actions forever."

"Heroic actions? You think I'm a hero?" A smirk dressed his face as he teased me, "I can see you why you'd think that. My dashing good looks, my charismatic personality."

"Oh, shut up for once."

We laughed, and I felt something in the air. Static or something of that nature, it wasn't very strong, but it was there. I remembered a story Vanilla had told me after a bad night I'd had.

When I met Cream's father, I knew right away he was the one for me. It was like the entire world was screaming at me. The way we clicked, how easily we got along, everything about it. There were even sparks in the air. Amy, when you feel that, then you'll know you've found the one.

I looked at Sonic again and smiled. Vanilla was right, I'd felt sparks.

Weeks had passed since that night, and while I was certain that something had happened between the two of us Sonic remained silent. We weren't talking any more or any less, and our conversations were simple. I was more than disappointed, but I couldn't have been too surprised. Sonic was known for running, and between all our friends, he was most known for running away from his feelings.

"Amy, it's about to storm are you sure you don't want me to stay here with you?" Cream was hanging up her apron, "I feel bad leaving you here to close up on your own."

I turned the open sign to closed and shook my head, "You need to go now C, your mom's sick and the roads will get bad."

"Are you sure?" She hugged me from behind, "She'll understand."

"Yes! I am sure. If worst comes to worst, I'll just camp out here until it clears up. The news is on, so I know what's going on, and we have a backup generator."

"Fine. Okay. I'm going!" She gave me a half smile, "Thank you."

I winked and waved her off, "Be careful!"

The sound of stale pastries being scraped off a pan haunted my dreams, and now with the background noise of a tired news anchor and historic storm, it really would be the soundtrack of my nightmares. I ran the hot water and stuck the pan under it, going back to the front of the store to get the rest of the old pastries.

I froze in shock when I saw the man knocking on the door, pleading to be let in. He looked familiar, almost identical to Sonic, but he was obviously different. He was drenched from the storm and from the clothes he was wearing he could either be wanting to rob me or just a really badass guy caught in a storm.

Every bone in my body wanted me to stop walking to the door, a life of regretting my decisions was working against this. I made eye contact with him through the glass and my breath hitched. Something inside me was fighting against every instinct telling me to walk away. Of course, I didn't. I opened the door and changed my own life forever.

A/N: Sorry this is so short! (is it short? I don't know honestly) but I plan on updating again tonight but I thought this was best left as a cliff hanger of sorts. Who is it? How is her life changed? Blah blah blah. Anyways, thanks for reading of course! What do you guys think so far? What ships would you wanna see or what do you think should be end game so far? Make sure to leave a comment and let me know! I'd love to know what you guys think is gonna happen. Alright thank you so much for reading! -B