The day dragged along slowly, like a snail trying to move across a room from one place to another. The longer the wait, the more anticipation built up on the return of the blue blur. Everyone was waiting for him to return for the same reason, except for Amy of course. They wanted to know if this actually happened. Even if it didn't, the random story would sure leave quite a commotion among the others.

Finally, around 7:30 he returned. Tails, Chris and Cosmo had already told Knuckles about Amy's strange news. Even with his gullibility, he too doubted her statement. The only one who seemed to even consider it was Cream, the others unsure of what exactly to think.

Everyone except Amy and Cream had been in the control room of the ship, Tails was reading, Knuckles and Chris were sitting against the wall tossing a ball back and forth, while Cosmo sat there watching the others. The door opened abruptly, and everyone looked up to the source of the sound. Standing there, was none other than Sonic the Hedgehog.

"I'm baack~" he chimed, walking into the room. Chris and Knuckles stood up.

"Hey Sonic!" Chris greeted to his friend, walking over. "How was your run?" The hedgehog yawned and stretched.

"Fine." he said back, and walked away. He sat in one of the control chairs and put his arms behind his head, crossing his legs. Chris shot Tails an awkward glance, and he shrugged. Chris stumbled over to where he was sitting.

"Anything interesting happen?" he blurted out, causing Sonic to open one eye and raise an eyebrow. He jolted back in embarrassment. "Like...seeing anything odd or off? Because the Metarex and Eggman are still out there a-and all?" He stammered, trying to think quickly. Sonic blinked and sat up, then hopped down off the chair and away from him. He walked halfway across the room, then randomly stopped and stood there, crossing his arms. "Nope." he answered.

Chris let out a heavy sigh. He looked at Tails as if to say 'Now what?!' Tails looked away and thought for a few moments. He then looked back at Sonic. "Did Amy ever find you? She left earlier after you did, trying to follow you." the fox forced out, uncomfortable trying to find this out.

Sonic turned his head over to Tails with a strange look in his eye. He then turned away. "Yeah, she found me." he finally replied, looking outside. "She followed me out to that tree that is on the edge of that cliff." he gestured his hand to the left. "I eventually gave up and hung out with her for a while, but I left." Sonic finished, walking over and sitting down by it.

"Did you talk?" Knuckles said randomly, causing Chris and Tails to glare at him. Sonic glanced back up.

"Why?" he questioned, flicking an ear. Tails bit his lip and looked at Chris. He sighed.

"Amy said you guys talked." he answered, shrugging. "No reason, really." Sonic's eyes seemed to widen the slightest bit at this, but he looked away as if nothing happened.

"...yeah, we did." he confessed, looking up. "About the whole Metarex thing. To be honest, I don't blame her for being homesick. I like exploring all these new places on these planets, but I also miss our home. It'd be nice to go back to beating Egghead in a familiar place, ya know."

The three all looked at each other. That part was true, but what about the thing they wanted to know? Was that what Amy fibbed about? Or was he deliberately trying to avoid it?

"That all?" Knuckles said impatiently. Sonic looked at them strangely. He seemed to have no idea what they were talking about. Maybe there really isn't anything else, Chris thought. The blue blur turned away closing his eyes, and sighed. He didn't reply.

"Well you could have just said so!" Knuckles growled, jolting away from the others. He walked away. Chris glanced at Tails who sighed. "I can't believe we almost fell for that..." Tails whispered in slight annoyance, beginning to walk away too. Chris watched him pad off, and looked back at Sonic. He opened an eye and closed it. Chris turned too, only to be interrupted.

"Wait.." Sonic's voice sighed. "Okay fine, there's more." Tails and Knuckles turned around and came back. They all looked at him in curiosity. Cosmo, reappearing from her observance in the distance approached too at this. Sonic bit his lip and turned away from them.

"I..." he began, unsure where to start with his words. Even though it was so simple, he just couldn't seem to put them together. He didn't know why he even said it. Maybe he did, and he just didn't know it, but at this point he was as confused and surprised with himself as the others.

Sonic, now realizing that they probably already knew from their strange behavior, huffed. "She already told you, didn't she?" he guessed. When the others didn't reply, he felt like kicking something. "I had a feeling she would."

Chris sighed. Either it was true or something else between them happened. The way he responded to it only made it more clear. "Sonic...why..?" Tails trailed off, unsure how to finish the sentence. He didn't seem to reply, only biting his lip and clenching his fists.

"I...don't know." he quavered, lost in thought. "I don't know why." He stood up and brushed between Tails and Chris before leaving the room, closing the door behind him.

"That was out of character." Knuckles snorted, Chris looking at him funnily. He sighed. It happened. Whatever it was, he didn't know, and he had a feeling he wouldn't know anytime soon.

Here's chapter 2! I will try to make chapter 3 soon. Please R/R! Thank you!