(Author note – Yeah really sorry guys I haven't uploaded in so long I was really busy and I kinda lost my flare for writing. I also decided to re- write chapter's 2 and 3 because they were super crappy, so here they are and because I was such a prick and didn't upload for such a long time I'll make sure to upload pretty soon maybe two chapters next week hopefully :P)

Chapter 2

It only took a few seconds for the rain to begin falling heavy and only a few more for Amy's heart to flutter. Running through the park with Shadow, fingers intertwined with each other only made the feeling grow deeper. She couldn't see his facial expression or tell how he felt but all she knew was he was the cause of the unexplainable feeling inside her. She soon found her eyes sinking shut and wishing the moment with Shadow would last an eternity.

The silence and heavy rain didn't stop however the running did. Before Amy knew it. She'd found herself halted at the entrance of a big sandstone villa. They stood in front of two large brown doors, until they opened revealing a beautiful entrance room and set of two curved staircases. Elegance. As she stepped foot in the house she realised her and Shadow weren't holding hands anymore and the feeling of warmth had gotten fainter. As Shadow walked down the hallway Amy followed. They arrived in the kitchen. He motioned for Amy to take a seat at the middle island. She obeyed and sat down. She stared down at her lap nervously playing with her fingers hoping the silence would break.

"Would you care for a drink" he asked. The silence had finally broken. She looked up at the crimson eyed hedgehog debating in her head her reply. She nodded. "Water please" she smiled. "Wait here, I'll get you a bottle". With that said he left the room. Amy sat on the stool patiently, waiting for Shadow to come back. They didn't speak much, but something about Shadow's company drew her in. It made her really want to cherish it. She had her family, Sally and of course other friends however their company just didn't feel anything like Shadow's and she couldn't figure out why. The sound of footsteps appeared breaking her thoughts. She felt relived thinking it was Shadow on his way with her water.

"Good evening pretty young lady, now who might you be?" The person spoke. Amy turned around to look at this person, knowing it was most definitely not Shadow. Instead it was a green hedgehog, with piercing gold eyes shielded by a pair of specs. The hedgehog wore a black dress shirt with grey suit bottoms and to top him off a devious smirk. "You aren't lost are you, because that'd be a shame" he said as he walked closer to her, examining her every detail. "Yes, a real shame". He was now towering Amy. She felt her heart race in panic as he brought his right hand up to cup her chin and placed his free hand on her waist. Frozen, her personal space was invaded. He held his hungry eyes on her, lusting for her to do the same. "Please do tell, what's a gorgeous girl like yourself, doing in a place like this without company?" His actions only getting more eager. With his free hand it went from being placed on her waist to sliding down to her thigh deadly slow. Anxiously, she tried break free and avoid eye-contact as much as possible. When she had finally mustered up the courage to speak someone else began to.

"Leave her alone Glosserick" Growled a familiar voice.

It was Shadow. Amy felt herself at ease when she heard and saw him. He stood a couple of meters away, arms folded, impatiently tapping his foot glaring at the green hedgehog. Glosserick casually backed up from Amy. He looked at Shadow, but his smirk hadn't vanished it had gotten more malicious. "So Shadow has finally brought home a toy for play time" he chuckled. Shadow's glare had only gotten more intense but he didn't speak a word. To him it was a waste of time anyway, Glosserick was always like this. He was a man-whore hungering for entertainment as well as women. With that he continued speaking in his ill-mannered tone to Shadow.

"What? Too good for words". Shadow looked over at Amy, their eyes met. He could tell she was still very uncomfortable. He decided it was time to end Glosserick's fun.

"You continue to always be bothersome I see" Shadow rolled his eyes. "Indeed still as sharp as always little brother". 'What! LITTLE BROTHER!?' Amy thought to herself bewildered. "I can't help but wonder Shadow why it is that you look at me as if I am a mere insect to you". "The answer is within your question; you are a mere insect to me" Shadow spoke. The tension in the air grew to the point where it was almost tangible, these two clearly weren't the best of friends. She quietly watched the both of them pleading mentally for them to stop.

Glosserick didn't seem to care about what Shadow had said he was more interested in the pink hedgehog sitting in front of him. He had taken a liking to Shadow's new toy and intended on swooping her away from Shadow.

In a swift second he grabbed Amy's tender hand and placed a kiss on it. Amy's face turned a light shade of pink in disbelief. "Well, it seems our little meeting must end short, until next time beautiful" He winked. With that said Glosserick exited the room quicker than he entered it making sure to look Shadow in the eye smugly while leaving.

He was out of site leaving the two hedgehogs alone at last. Shadow walked over to Amy and took the seat next to her. She was keen on asking about Glosserick. Before she could open her mouth to speak Shadow bet her to it, again. "That moron you encountered is unfortunately my nineteen year old step brother" Shadow sighed.

"He doesn't really act his age does he" Amy giggled. Her comment made Shadow smirk a little which surprised her she'd never seen him wear such an expression, one that made him look …

"~so good" she cooed forgetting it was out loud. Shadow looked over at her puzzled. Her faced turned immediately red. She didn't mean to let that slip out. The two shared an awkward moment of silence until Shadow cleared his throat and proceeded to speak.

"The rain has stopped, I'll drive you home".

She nodded feeling her heart ache a little. She really didn't want her time with Shadow to end, not at all but it had to. The two exited the kitchen and made their way to Shadow's garage. The garage was pretty big. It had two beautiful looking sports cars in it and a motorcycle. The car which Shadow had walked over to was one very familiar to Amy. It was his black Maserati ghibli. A very classy choice of car. She'd seen him a couple of times standing locking it in the school car park while she drove in.

He opened the passenger seat door. Amy walked over, thanked him then sat in. He jogged over to the other side and sat in. He began the car and then they were off. The ride was quiet at the start of the trip to Amy's home, until she'd thought to herself 'Shadow doesn't actually know where I live'.

"Hey Shadow…"

"Mh"

"Don't you need my address?"

"You seem to have bad memory"

"How?"

"I've been to your home a couple of times, actually many times"

"What!? When?"

"When we were much younger, our fathers are friends, I used to come over often to your home"

"Oh" She smiled. "My memory really is bad" She giggled. Shadow snickered a little in return to her giggle. She couldn't help but smile when she heard Shadow snicker. She felt happy knowing Shadow felt somewhat happy being with her. She decided to continue talking to him.

"Uhm Shadow, how long have you and Glosserick been…brothers?"

"For 9 years now"

"Wow so ever since you were 8?"

"Yes, at the time I wasn't too pleased with the idea of having him around, but his mother was lovely so I accepted it, she's a very kind hearted humble person, I'm guessing that's the reason why my father fell for her"

"What about Glosserick?"

"He's very different from his mother Celia, not even a spec of her personality is within him, he's always looking for a fight, and when our parents go overseas he's always increasingly more bothersome enough so I sometimes end up staying in the guest house or going to a friend's house"

Amy couldn't help herself she burst out with uncontrollable laughter. Glosserick really drove Shadow insane. Shadow smirked at the sight of Amy laughing, he was pleased she was happy more so because of him. It was a lot better than seeing her in tears or a sorrowful expression painted on her face. The talking carried on for the rest of the trip. A river of nostalgia came flooding in when Amy talked about her childhood and how she met Sally. She even slightly started to remember bits of her childhood with Shadow when he told her some stories.

"We're here"

"Oh". Amy felt her throat dry up. She'd had so much fun talking to Shadow that she'd forgotten they'd been on the way to her house the whole time. Shadow parked the car in front of her front gates and walked her up to her house. On the way down her path she'd stopped. The sun was setting and the sky looked gorgeous. It started off as a pale blue cloud covered sky lit with white stars going down in into a merge of pink and scarlet sky and of course a dark redish-orange sun slowly sinking down into the sea of pink.

Shadow noticed her stop so he did so to. He took a moment to look at the sky. He glanced over at her. Her eyes were lit up like the starry sky with astonishment, sparkling like real emeralds. He couldn't help but stare at her as she looked up at the sky, she looked absolutely beautiful. The sky couldn't even compare to her beauty. He walked over to her and reached out his hand. Amy broke free from her trance and looked at him and then glanced at his hand. It were as if they were the only two people in the world. She felt the world tilt, air become lighter and heart sing. Her red glossed lips curled into an innocent smile. She slowly brought her hand up and then placed it on Shadow's. She laced her fingers in between his. He continued to walk her to her front entrance.

They stopped at the door and said their goodbyes.

"Hey Shadow, thank you for this evening."

"You're welcome Keeper"

"So just my last name huh? Not my first?" She giggled. Shadow couldn't help but smile too.

"Well I'll be on my way now, have a nice night Amy Rose Keeper" He said, then began walking. Amy didn't want him to leave just yet.

"Hey! Uhm Shadow…"

"Yes" he turned around. She brought out her rose gold iphone6 plus which was in a transparent phone case covered in purple hearts.

"W-want to ex-exchange n-numbers?" she stuttered nervously. He stared at her in disbelief. Did she really just ask him that? He brought out his cell phone which was the same as hers but in black. He walked over to her. They exchanged numbers and then once again said their goodbyes.

"Goodnight Keeper" He waved.

"Goodnight Shadow" She smiled. She watched him jog down the pathway to his car and then quickly went inside her home. She closed the door behind her and leaned against it. She slowly sank down until she felt the cold marble floor under her bottom through her red skirt.

"Today was just great" She whispered to herself cupping her cheek. It really was a great day because she just couldn't seem to stop herself from smiling for the remainder of the day. Even while eating dinner with her parents or getting ready for bed her smile just wouldn't seem to vanish.

For the first time in a while reality didn't seem that bad.

Yeah sorry guys for a long chapter, I honestly think the ending was pretty crap but hopefully chapter 4's ending isn't really bad. I always get my best friend to proof read my stories 'n' chaps and she says they're good but they don't really seem to satisfy meh ;-;. I promise I'll try and update more often, well that's if you guys want meh too and if you guys have any requests for feel free to ask I'll tries ma best to do requests if I can and stuff if you want 'em and also thanks for the support even though some of my stories are crappy XD