Meanwhile Amy was putting on her makeup, she still wasn't ready yet. She had to put on her eyeliner on and her pink eyeshadow, then she would be ready. "There we go, the final touches," she mumbled to herself as she put away her makeup into her drawer, 6:59, " And with one minute to spare." She decided that she would wait outside on her porch swing. To her it was always so calm outside. She didn't live in a busy neighborhood for it was gated. She felt a cold wind go past her, she shivered for a moment then felt fine again. The sky was a wonderful shade of navy blue, and she could see the clouds, faded away by the nighttime sky. The moon and the stars were a great light source so she went back into her house and got a book. 'What time is it? I hope he's not late,' she thought. she peeked into the kitchen where her clock was, 7:15, "Not again, Sonic," she said, shaking her head.

the minutes ticked by, until finally she looked at the clock again, 8:32, "That's it, I'm going inside." she slammed her book closed and threw it on the couch when she went back inside. She went back into her room and got changed into her pajamas. She turned on the TV and went straight to Disney to watch Hannah Montana. To Amy it was a cool show, she liked singing to the theme song. She got tired of watching it so she put in the CD and sang through a couple of songs. -ding-dong-

She got up and answered the door, "Hello, Sonic, what brings you here?" She said, sarcastically, obviously upset for she had an evil look in her eyes.

"Well, I can explain, you see there was this kid," He nodded to make sure she understood the first part of what he was making up.

"And blah blah blah, you helped him didn't you?" She said interrupting him," What's the excuse going to be this time Sonic?" she said, leaning against the door frame.

"And he was stuck in the..."He glanced over at the clock, "Whoa, is it really that late? Well I got to get going!" He said quickly trying to run away, she grabbed his arm and pulled him back. "What is wrong with you Sonic, you invite me to this banquet, I go and buy a beautiful dress, and you show up late just like you promised you wouldn't be?!" He just stood there, emotionless, she walked inside, sat in a chair and crossed her legs. Sonic followed her and stood right next to her. Sonic scratched the back of his head, "Sorry Ames, " He said, letting his voice dissipate. Amy sat there for a moment taking all of this in. She was tired of taking this crap from him. "You know what Sonic? Get out, get out of my house and don't EVER come back!" She pushed him outside and slammed the door. -knock-knock- She yanked open the door, "WHAT NOW?!" Then about ten Girl Scouts ran off screaming. Sonic ran down to the gate of Amy's neighborhodd and chuckled. His plan had worked perfectly.

Still at the party Shadow was getting bored, everyone was just standing around talking, Sonic had apparently gotten his award before the ceremony and long before left.

Shadow decided to leave as well. He chaos controlled back to his apartment.

Amy had gone to sleep by now, she was sleeping on the couch, she didn't feel like getting up to her room. -knock-knock- She rubbed her eyes and yawned. She ralized that she had been sleeping on her book, she threw it yet again, but this time on the coffee table. She walked past all the junk on the floor and went to the door and opened it, "Helloooo," she said, the words were twisted into a yawn. "Hey, Amy, are you okay?" Shadow said kindly. Him and Amy were kinda sorta friends.

"Why wouldn't I be, I'm kinda upset at Sonic for being late? But that's all," She replied, as she strated to lean against the door frame again, except this time she was more tired. She yawned and rubbed her eyes again, "Why do you ask?"

"Oh, um, no reason, just wanted to make sure that you were still okay, when I saw Sonic at the party without you I got kinda worried. I mean, you're always with him." Shadow said, scratching the back of his neck.

Amy gritted her teeth,"He went to the party?" Now she was awake, and more mad then ever, you could see it in her face. Her eyes got big

and she stood up."Uh, yeah, why do you care if he went to the party?" Shadow asked, he knew the reason, but wanted Amy to track down Sonic and hit him with her Piko-Piko Hammer. He found it hilarious whenever he saw Sonic getting what he obviously deserved. he was never treating Amy the way that she was needed to be treated and she always forgave him on the spot and kissed him on the cheek saying, 'It's okay Sonic, just don't let it happen again" or just kissing him and skipping happily off. but lately he could see that she was starting to get a hint and realize what was happening.

"Because, well, it's a really long story, why don't you come inside?" Amy said. She went into the kitchen and made some coffee, "Shadow," he looked up, "coffee?" He shook his head.

Amy told Shadow everything, she didn't know why she trusted him and neither did Shadow. "Wow," Shadow said, "You know, there is a part of this story that you don't know..."

Amy's eyes widened, "What is it?" She said, taking a drink of her coffee.

"The reason is that Sonic has a girlfriend and he didn't want to hurt you."