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CHAPTER II.

*That evening*

The evening was beautiful, as there were no clouds in the sky. The sky looked so beautiful because of the sunset. All those colours made you want to just stop and admire the scenery. Amy came in front of Rouge's house carrying the book. She stopped to take a look at Rouge's house. Rouge lived about one or two kilometres from Amy, and she always tried her best to keep her house looking maintaned.

The house was painted white. Roof, front door and windows were dark purple. Above the front door, on the second floor (yay, it rymes! J), there was a balcony which was connected to Rouge's bedroom. The front lawn was very maintained, with the grass only 4 centimetres long. Next to the white wooden fence, white rose bushes were planted. Lastly, there was a stone path that connected the front door with the fence door.

Amy looked at the book she was holding in her right hand. She finished it this afternoon. The ending was really cute, at least that's what Amy thought. Expectedly, Audrey ended up falling in love with Jake. Amy liked the ending scene so much that she wished for that event to happen to her in real life.

*Book's ending scene*

It was around 11 PM. It was raining heavily that evening. Audrey was sitting near the window and stared outside. She didn't know why though, as it was too dark to see anything outside. She was thinking about Jake, and how she was blind not to see that her perfect guy was her best friend. But yet, she still haven't told him how she feels about him now. She was afraid that he would reject her, because they're just friends. All she wanted now is to know if he feels the same towards her. Then all of a sudden, she heard the doorbell.

„I wonder who could that be", she wondered.

She got up and turned the outer lights on. She saw Jake outside. She was a bit worried, as Jake never came to visit her this late. She rushed to open the door.

„Jake? What are you doing here? Is everything alright?", she asked worriedly.

He smiled slightly at her, then grabbed her hand and pulled her out in the rain.

„Jake! I'm soaked! What in the world are you doing?", she said angrily.

„Fulfilling your dream", he gently said with a smile on his face.

Then he pulled her towards him and kissed her passionately. They were kissing for a fer seconds, and then stopped, looking into each other's eyes.

„A kiss in the rain... But that's silly!", she smiled as she repeated Jake's earlier statement.

„That's why it's special, right?", he smiled back and hugged her tightly. They kept hugging for a while, ignoring the fact that they were both entirely soaked.

*Back to reality*

Amy sighed. Oh, how beautiful would life be if wishes really could come true! That way she'd never be sad... she came to the front door and wanted to ring the doorbell, but she stopped when she heard loud voices from inside. Looks like Rouge and Shadow had a really loud conversation.

„How can you do that?!", Rouge yelled. „How can you look into someone's eyes, ralise that you share a special connection, and do nothing?! She needs someone who truly loves her, and you know that!", she souded really angry.

„Oh, come on. Don't you give me lessons about love! You are doing the same thing with Knuckles!", Shadow answered. „If you're saying that I'm cold hearted, so are you!", you could hear from Shadow's voice that he was really angry. This won't be good...

„Don't you bring Knuckles into this! That's an entirely different thing! He knows that I like him, but I never asked him if he feels the same!", Rouge was really annoyed now.

„How come you say that now, and you usually say he's not your type? Who's in denial now?", Shadow provoked her.

„Argh! Shut the hell up! Why won't you admit it then, huh?! Why don't you admit how you feel about her, huh?! You call yourself The Ultimate Lifeform, but you're nothing more than a coward!", Rouge yelled.

„...", Shadow didn't answer.

„Why won't you answer me?! Am I getting the silent treatment now? You such a child!", Rouge was even more annoyed now.

„...", he still didn't answer.

„Look", Rouge sighed and calmed down. „I'm sorry I was harsh on you, but you have to admit that I'm right about...", she started, but Shadow interrupted her.

„Amy's here.", he whispered. „I can sense her."

„Let's just hope she didn't hear anything and don't bring this out tonight okay?", Rouge said.

Amy was standing outside with her eyes widened. What was that all about? Who were they talking about? Well, she was sure thay weren't talking aout her. Why would they?

„Man, they caught me eavesdropping.", Amy thought to herself. „I'll just pretend I haven't heard anything. Last thing I want is for them to kill each other tonight."

Amy rang the doorbell. Few seconds later Rouge opened the door.

„Hi Ames!", Rouge smiled like nothing happened few minutes ago. „We were waiting for you. Come in!"

Amy walked into the living room. The living room was nicely furnished, just like the rest of Rouge's house. Well, that what you get when you're working for the goverment. Nice! There was a fireplace in the living room, and it was really cozy because of it. Right opposide the fireplace were a black leather couch and a glass coffee table. Walls were painted white, but they appeared somewhat golden due to the fireplace's light. The lights were off because the fireplace gave enough light for the room, and turning the lights on would make the room too bright. Amy saw Shadow sitting on the couch with his arms crossed and staring at the fireplace.

„I guess he's still angry.", Amy thought.

Rouge then came into the room carrying an empty coke bottle in her hand. Amy was a bit confused. Why does Rouge need an empty coke bottle?!

„I came to an idea that we could play „Spin the bottle". You know, when everyone sits in a circle and spin a bottle, then ask „truth or dare" type of questions to their co-players. (note from the author: I don't know what rules do you have when you're playing. So far I played few times with different people and some had their own rules, like giving only dares or only questions, kissing, etc . This is how me and my friends play this game, and I think playing the game this way is more fun then the versions I just told you about. Now back to the story!)

Amy smiled and nodded. „Yeah, I know that game. Good idea."

They all sat in a circle in front of the fireplace. Amy got to spin the bottle.

„Ooh, Rouge! Looks like I got to ask you a question! And I just have a perfect question for you.", Amy smiled devilishly. „But, first you get to choose. Are you choosing truth or dare?"

„I'll choose dare. I don't like that smile on your face. Who knows what kind of a question you were going to ask me.", Rouge laughed.

„Aww. Okay than.", amy faked a sad face, but a second later she had a devilish grin. Rouge realised that Amy tricked her into a really good dare. Of course, good for Amy, not for Rouge.

„Oh crap.", Rouge said after realising her mistake.

„Rouge...", Amy grinned. „I dare you to go outside and fly around the house for two minutes while shouting „I LOVE KNUCKLES THE ECHIDNA!" as loud as you can!", Amy started laughing.
„WHAT?!", Rouge widened her eyes, not believing what she just heard. „YOU WANT ME TO DO WHAT?! NUH-UH!", she protested.

Shadow smirked. „Alright!", he was enjoying this.

„Come on, Rouge, you chose dare!", Amy said.

„Okay, okay...", Rouge was as red as a beetroot.

Rouge went outside. The night has already fallen and you could see the stars now. But, now there were a few clouds in the sky. Anyways, Rouge started flying around the house shouting that she loves Knuckles. Amy laughed so hard that her tummy started hurting. Shadow was just standing there, smiling as he watched Rouge make a fool out of herelf. Suddenly, a phone rang in the house. Amy rushed back into the living room to answer it. Shadow followed her, curious who's interrupting the fun.

„Hello? This is Amy. Rouge is kinda busy right now.", she answered the phone.

„Amy? What are you doing at Rouge's place?", Knuckles was on the other side of the line.

„Oh, hi Knuckles! Uh... I'm just hanging out with Rouge and Shadow here.", she said.

„Shadow's there, too?", Knuckles was surprised.

„Yeah. Why are you calling?", Amy asked.

„Well... I think you should tell Rouge to lay off the wine or whatever she's on. I can hear her shouting that she loves me even up here on Angel Island.", he said.

„Oh... Uh... I'll tell her...", Amy tried really hard not to burst into laughter.

„Okay then. Bye!", Knuckles said.

„Bye!", Amy hung up.

She looked at Shadow. They looked at each other quietly for a few seconds and then they both bursted into laughter. Yep, even Shadow, believe it or not. Rouge came into the house shortly after.

„Who was that? I saw you hung up the phone.", Rouge asked.

„Oh, no one important.", Amy said. „Just... Knuckles... He told you to lay off the wine and that you can be heard even up to Angel Island. Really, nothing important.", Amy grinned.

„WHAT?!", Rouge screamed. „I'll kill you!", she gave Amy a killer look.

Shadow chuckled. „Wait until we finish the game. I'm sure you'll have plenty more reasons to go crazy.", he smirked.

„Ugh... Okay...", Rouge mumbled, and they sat back on the floor.

Hope you like this chapter. Next chapter will be up on 16th of February. Thanks for your support and please review! :)