(Note: Two chapters in two days? Wow I'm pretty cool ... Not. But hey I hope you like this one!)

CHAPTER 2

A week has passed since Amy had lost her old job and a lot has changed since then. She hasn't got a call back from the bakery yet but she's not too worried about it. But on the bright side, she did get enough money for food that week when she took up a short babysitting job down the street. So Amy sat down with a bowl of cereal and added up the amount of money she has to pay for rent.

"Only off by fifty or so." Amy mumbled to herself. She sighed and mentally praised Mr. Kin for letting her pay a week late. She was really struggling with money as of now. She took a quick shower, because she didn't want to raise the water bill, and got dressed into high waisted black flowy shorts with a black v-neck crop top with no sleeves to accommodate for the hot weather outside. After pampering herself, started cleaning the house. She wiped down every surface, vacuumed and dusted twice. She wanted to leave this apartment with it being extra clean just because Amy is a bit of a germaphobe.

Today was the day she was to move all of her stuff to Sonic, Shadow and Silver's place. Amy began brushing her hip length quills, making sure they were in place. She looked at herself in the mirror and smiled a bit. She never really was happy with herself and to see herself with her stomach exposed and skin tight top made her feel more confident since it was a step forward to her liking her appearance.

As if it was on cue, she heard a knock at her door. She scurried to the door and unlocked the deadbolt and the door opened to reveal Silver, Shadow, Sonic, Knuckles, and Tails.

"Hey moving crew!" Amy giggled and stepped aside to let them in.

"NIce place Amy" Tails complimented her observing the small apartment, "It's small but clean and cosy."

"Yeah It's a nice place, just can't afford something this big, even though it's not big at all." Amy shrugged and turned to the small stack of boxes in the corner of the room. "I got all the small stuff in those boxes the rest to lug down the stairs is my mattress and the dresser."

"That's all the boxes you have?" Knuckles motioned to the two small boxes in the corner in astonishment.

"Yeah, I had a bunch of crap I was hoarding but I got rid of it all. It's only the necessities." Amy smiled.

"Well this ought to be easy! I'll go get the truck ready." Tails exclaimed as he ran out the door of the apartment and down the stairs to the truck parked outside. Sonic and Shadow both went for the boxes and dashed out of the house while Knuckles lifted up the dresser almost like it was a feather. He carefully but quickly made his way out of the room with it on his shoulder. Silver went into the back room and using his telekinesis, lifted the mattress in the air, making sure to tilt it to get through doorways and took it down to the truck parked downstairs.

Amy stood there in astonishment, as she was expecting to help in some sort of way. She took one last look back at the apartment, thinking of all the good memories she has had there and walked out closing the door behind her. When she got down to the truck out front, the guys had already finished loading it and were standing waiting for her.

"You guys should do this professionally." She laughed and they all let out a chuckle.

"I think I will stick to inventions, no offense guys." Tails smiled as he made his way to the driver's seat.

"None taken, foxy." Knuckles chuckled patting him on the head. Tails glared back at him which made him laugh even more. Knuckles got into the passenger seat and Amy and Silver got into two back seats.

"Shadow and I are going to run back." Sonic said backing away from the truck and smirking at Shadow.

"Alright faker, I'm always up for a race." Shadow chuckled and sped off with Sonic closely following.

Silver smiled watching them run off. "They do that way too much."

"You can say that again." Tails laughed, turning out of the parking lot and towards the house. Amy stared out the window of the truck and smiled a bit knowing this was a start to a new beginning. Amy looked over at Silver who was listening into Knuckles and Tails' conversation about how cocky Shadow and Sonic are. Amy continued to scan Silver and butterflies swept through her as she was seeing him in a whole new way. He has changed a lot since the last time she saw him. He was taller, had longer quills and also seemed more mature.

"I haven't seen you in a long time Silver, how have you been?" Amy asked and Silver looked over to Amy.

"Im quite alright actually, Blaze and I got back together again and living with my best mates is pretty great." Silver smiled, leaning back in the backseat. "And now that you're coming to live with us for a while it's going to be even more fun."

"Awh yay i'm glad you and Blaze are back together, you guys are really cute together. And I am so excited to move in." Amy said with a smile. Silver smiled as he looked in front of him noticing they were already at their destination.

"No Problem, it's more of a long sleepover if you think about it." SIlver smiled as he opened the door of the truck and hopped out, along with everyone else.

Sonic and Shadow were already there standing in the front lawn Shadow with his arms crossed and Sonic complaining about how Shadow got a head start and that the race wasn't fair. But the black hedgehog ignored his complaints and stepped forward to help unload the truck.

"It's nice to see you again Rose." Shadow smirked at Amy. She blushed and mentally scolded herself for letting these hedgehogs get to her just by existing. She normally never lets anyone get to her.

"It's nice to see you too Shadow." Amy smiled as she helped Tails get one of the two boxes. Shadow went over to grab the dresser from the back and Knuckles came over to help him even though he probably didn't need it. Silver lifted the mattress as he did before and Sonic unlocked the door for everyone to come inside.

Once Amy was inside, Sonic showed her to her room, a small yet cosy room at the end of the hallway. The house was quite big for only four people to be living in it. All the bedrooms were located on the top floor, which was very convenient for staying together. After Silver placed the mattress in the corner where Amy suggested, she started to unpack her belongings and putting her clothes in the dresser. The boys left her to herself so she could get situated while Knuckles and Tails were getting ready to leave.

She placed her picture frames on the dresser next to the small window and stood on her toes to try and see out of the window, but it was a little too high up to the ceiling. The set up of her room reminded her of a basement, which made Amy feel a little uneasy but she decided not to worry about. Amy got done unpacking and raced down the stairs just in time to see Tails and Knuckles heading out the door. She ran down and gave them both a big hug,

"Thank you guys for helping me today." She pulled apart from the two and motioned to everybody, "really all of you."

"It's no problem Amy." Tails smiled. "We will see you guys around soon."

Tails and Knuckles left leaving the four hedgehogs standing by the doorway. Silver was fiddling with a magazine, showing off his telekinesis and Amy just snorted and started to walk to the living room.

"All done unpacking?" Silver asked, letting the magazine fall into his hands before he set it on the counter next to him.

"Yep!" Amy smiled, leaning against the back of the couch in front of all of them.

"So what do you guys wanna do now?" Sonic asked, looking around at the three other hedgehogs.

"We could watch a movie in the living room." Shadow suggested, still keeping a straight face but looking intently at Amy. She was unaware of him staring at her because she was already too busy staring at Sonic. Once the idea of watching a movie together on the couch came to mind, Amy immediately thought about how she had an excuse to sit close to Sonic.

"I'll make the popcorn!" Silver said excitedly as he dashed off into the kitchen. Amy was still blushing thinking about cuddling on the couch to watch a movie to respond so Sonic went off to the living room to pick out a movie, leaving Shadow and Amy alone.

"I see you Rose, I see how you look at him." Shadow stepped closer to Amy, making her back up to the wall. "I know you still have feelings for him. And by now he knows it too, but I am sure you can find someone far more superior."

"I-I" Amy was blushing a bright red, partly because she was so transparent when it came to having feelings for someone and partly because Shadow was so close that she could feel his warmth from where she was standing.

"You don't need to say anything Amy." Shadow cut her off by putting a finger on her lips, "Because I won't say anything about it either. Your not-so-secret is safe with me."

Shadow then walked off leaving Amy speechless and wondering what the hell just happened. That feeling she got when he got close, was the same feeling she's been having with Sonic. But, Amy remembered that she doesn't let anything get to her, so she took three deep breaths and walked into the kitchen to help Silver with the popcorn. As Silver was reaching for the microwavable popcorn on the top shelf of the pantry, he turned his head to see Amy walking in all flustered.

"You alright Amy?" Silver asked, grabbing the bag of popcorn and tossing it in the microwave. He leaned against the countertop and eyed Amy closely, "You look like a ripe tomato ready to be made into a salad, what's going on?"

"Yeah I'm fine Silver I just get these hot flashes it will go away soon." Amy lied as she went to the refrigerator to get some butter for the popcorn.

"Alright Amy, stick your head in the freezer maybe that will help." Silver said jokingly, making Amy turn and glare at him.

"Ha ha, very funny." Amy mocked him, as they filled the bowl with popcorn as well as some butter.

Amy and Silver both walked into the living room, seeing Sonic had already picked a movie. Silver sat down in the middle of Shadow and Sonic leaving only one spot left, on the one seated reclining chair. Amy was disappointed she didn't get to sit next to Sonic but also relieved that she didn't have to worry about her newfound feelings for Shadow.

"Oh no...did you put on a scary movie?" Silver asked as he noticed the style of the opening credits. Sonic let out a loud laugh as he looked at Silver's face.

"You'll see Silv." Sonic put a hand over his mouth to try and cease the laughter. Shadow was smirking a bit too and Amy just had her head in her hands. "I think you will love this movie."

Silver looked at Sonic questioning his honesty and looked to see what the title of the movie was. SIlver's eyes widened as he saw the title of the movie and grabbed a pillow and hit Sonic repeatedly with it, causing the rest of the crew to laugh. "The Blair Witch Project are you kidding me?!"

Sonic just laughed through Silver's screams, but eventually he stopped hitting him with the pillow in his hands and he sat back down. "Chill dude you will love it."

Amy smiled at Sonic and he looked over to her. Amy blushed because he caught her staring and Sonic just gave her a wink and turned back to the movie. Amy was now red, smiling to herself as she turned to the movie. Shadow had seen their little moment and he had crossed his arms and stared blankly at the TV screen.

Shadow had always felt something for Amy. Maybe it was the way she reminded him of his friend Maria who passed away a long time ago. Or maybe it was the way her nose would crinkle when she was mad. Or how sensitive she was, which Shadow liked because he needs someone who is kind to help him see the good in the world. But little did he know, Sonic was developing a crush on Amy slowly, yet assertively. And neither of them knew about each other's feelings for Amy and how both of them were going to act upon those feelings very soon.