Chapter 2 : Over The Edge

Tails slowly awoke from a deep slumber, he was glad to have finally gotten some sleep. He hopped out of bed and stepped up to his window, he pulled the curtains open and sighed. The sun could barely be seen through the thick layer of black clouds, Tails really hoped the weather would improve soon. The young fox glanced over at his clock just before leaving the room.

'Eleven? Wow, I must have been really tired.'

Tails suddenly remembered he was to be at Amy's house at Twelve, He knew he would have to hurry if he was going to get there on time. He made his way into his bathroom and quickly got washed, Afterwards he wasted no time pulling his sneakers on and darting out the front door. On the way to the station Tails couldn't help thinking about what today would bring, He knew he would enjoy spending some more time with his friends. He knew he would enjoy spending some more time with Sonic. He arrived at the station and sat down on a nearby bench as he waited impatiently for the train.

At Amy's Apartment...

Sonic knocked on Amy's door and waited, She opened the door and immediately pulled Sonic into a tight hug. He pulled himself free and walked into the apartment with her.

"Hello would have done."

Amy just laughed.

"Yeah right, Like you would be happy if I only said hello."

Sonic nodded straight away.

"Yes, I would."

Amy completely ignored Sonic's last comment, they entered the main room of her apartment and Sonic could see two familiar people seated at the dining table. Amy headed back to the kitchen to continue cooking, Sonic took a seat at the table with the others.

"Hey Knuckles, Shadow, What's up guys?"

"Hey Sonic."

Knuckles looked pretty bored, Shadow glanced up from the newspaper he was reading just long enough to say a single word to Sonic.

"Hey..."

Amy came back into the room from the kitchen, She looked up at the clock before turning to the others.

"Why isn't Tails here yet? The foods almost ready."

Sonic shrugged his shoulders.

"I haven't seen him since we all met up last week, Try and call him."

Amy nodded before walking over to the sitting area and picking up the telephone. Sonic was a little confused, It wasn't like Tails to be late for anything. Knuckles tapped Sonic on the shoulder to get his attention.

"Hey Sonic, Can you smell that? She might have actually have made something edible this time."

Sonic nodded in approval, Whatever Amy had made certainly smelled good. The pink hedgehog came back over to the dining area and shook her head.

"There was no answer at his house."

Knuckles gave Amy a clueless look.

"Well I guess he ain't coming."

Sonic shook his head.

"No, That's not like Tails, If he decided not to come then he would have told us."

Amy walked back into the kitchen and returned a few moments later.

"Well the foods ready now, We can't wait any longer."

Amy had barely finished her sentence when there was a knock at the door, She went out into the hallway and opened the front door.

"Hey, Sorry I'm so late, The train was delayed."

Amy walked back into the apartment with Tails following her.

"You're just in time, I'm just putting the food out now."

Tails was greeted as he sat down at the table. Knuckles said hi, Shadow just glanced up from the paper and nodded at him, Sonic gave him his usual grin. Amy made her way into the kitchen and started to bring the food out, She sat herself down directly beside Sonic as they all started to eat. Knuckles was surprised at how well prepared the food was, he just had to compliment Amy. The others nodded in approval as he spoke.

"Hey, this is pretty good."

"Well, could I do any less for my darling Sonic?"

Tails was looking over at Sonic who closed his eyes and exhaled loudly, He obviously wasn't impressed by Amy's choice of words. Everyone continued eating in silence before Tails decided to speak up.

"So, What's everyone getting up to this week?"

Shadow just shook his head a little, Knuckles gave him a full answer.

"Nothing really, Just sitting guarding the emerald as I usually do."

Tails turned to Sonic and Amy, Sonic looked as if he was about to say something but he was cut off when Amy started speaking.

"I'm not doing anything this week, But I've got a feeling that Sonic might invite me out tomorrow night."

Sonic rolled his eyes upwards as Amy finished speaking, Tails decided it would probably be best to change the subject again.

"So uh... Pretty cold day today isn't it?"

Knuckles nodded in agreement.

"Yeah, It looks like it might r-"

Knuckles was interrupted when Sonic started laughing, Everyone looked over at him to see what was so funny.

"Heh, I'm sorry. Its just, We haven't seen each other in a week. And now that we've all met up again, We end up talking about the weather? I mean, Don't we have anything interesting to say to each other?"

Amy immediately jumped in.

"Well, I've got something interesting I could tell you Sonic. But I'd better wait until we're alone."

The silence continued for another little while as everyone finished their food, Tails had given up on starting a conversation.

'Amy is really starting to annoy me, I can't talk about anything without her mentioning Sonic. Why the heck does he put up with it? He clearly isn't happy about it, so why doesn't he tell her to stop?'

Everyone had finished their food now, Amy got up and collected the plates. As the pink hedgehog carried the dishes into the kitchen, Sonic leaned over the table a little, Getting Tails' attention.

"Now that we don't have anyone to interrupt us, How have you been Tails?"

Tails drank some more water from the glass in his hand before answering Sonic.

"Okay I guess, But I've been a little bored lately. There's just nothing to do when I'm on my own, Don't you ever get fed up of doing the same thing everyday?"

Sonic was about to answer but was again interrupted by Amy who had just walked back in from the kitchen.

"Of course he doesn't get bored, He can always call me if he's feeling lonely."

Tails was started to get angry now. He hadn't seen Sonic in a week, And now that he met up with him again he can't even talk to him without Amy sticking her nose in.

"Don't you have dishes to wash?"

"Nah, I can leave them until you guys are gone, Anyway what are we gonna do tomorrow Sonic?"

Sonic shook his head as he answered.

"I'm a little busy tomorrow Amy."

Tails was really annoyed now, He drank the rest of the water from the glass and did his best to calm down. She continued with her requests, Completely ignoring Sonic's refusal. Tails couldn't listen to it any more, He had to say something.

"Amy he said no, If you actually listened to him you would have heard that."

She just laughed a little as she answered Tails.

"Yeah but he's just teasing me, He loves me too much to refuse to go out with me."

Amy turned her attention back to Sonic before continuing.

"That's right Sonic, Isn't it?"

Tails had heard enough, He slammed the glass down on the table shattering it beneath his hand. This got the attention of everyone in the room.

"Damn It, HE DOESN'T LIKE YOU! When the heck are you gonna realise that!?"

The fox quickly got up from his seat and left the room, Everyone was still shocked by what had just happened. A few moments of silence went past before Sonic got up and headed out the apartment as well. Both Shadow and Knuckles turned their attention to Amy, She remained silent a moment longer before speaking up.

"I think I'll go wash the dishes now."

Outside the apartment building...

Tails was sitting on the stone steps outside of the apartment building, He was trying to make up his mind between going back up to Amy's apartment and apologising, Or just going to the station and getting the train home. Tails heard someone else exit the building, He turned to face him as he sat down beside him.

"Sonic, I'm sorry. I just lost my temper, I didn't mean to-"

"Hey, You don't have to be sorry, I should have done that years ago."

"Yeah, But still...I haven't spoken to you for a while Sonic, And today I kept trying to talk to you and Amy kept interrupting. It just got me really mad."

Tails looked down at the ground, Sonic placed his hand on the fox's shoulder before speaking again.

"I told you, Its okay. We can talk now, Can't we? So how have you been?"

"Okay, I just get a little lonely sometimes. When are we gonna do something together again?"

"Well we all met up today didn't we?"

Tails shook his head as he looked back up at Sonic.

"No, I meant just me and you. We used to hang out together all the time, we were always together. I miss that..."

Tails' words had got Sonic feeling a little guilty, he wanted to make it up to him.

"I'm sorry Tails, I know what you mean. Listen, I promise that we'll start spending more time together, Okay?"

Tails was smiling now, He nodded as Sonic continued.

"In fact, I'll come over and stay at your house tomorrow night. we can play some video games or watch a movie or something, Whatever you want."

Tails was happy now, He had something to look forward to.

"Thanks Sonic, I feel a lot better now."

Just as he finished speaking, Tails felt a sharp pain in his hand. As he looked at it, both he and Sonic noticed as small patch of the fur had turned red with blood.

"I wish I had remembered my gloves today, I left them at home."

"Come on, You'd better get that cleaned up."

Tails nodded as he followed Sonic back into the apartment.

Okay, Thanks for reading this far, The next update should be up in about a week. See you then.