Sonic and reached Amy's house and placed her next to the front door. "There you go," he smiled.
Amy looked at him with eager eyes. "Thank you so much, Sonic!" she cheered happily, "Do you wanna come inside? I'll make cookies, hotdogs, cake... ANYTHING YOU WANT! Even turkey...though it's not Thanksgiving yet."
Sonic sweatdropped. At least she's back to her old self. "Uh..." Before he gave his answer, it showered forcefully. "..."
Amy giggled. "I guess you have no choice now!"
"Think again, Ames," Sonic winked. In a blue flash, he was gone. "Thanks for the invite though!"
Amy pouted and went inside her warm house. "He always does that!" she mumbled to herself angrily, "Everytime I try to invite him inside, he always runs away!" She prepared herself a cup of tea and stirred in some sugar. Whatever. It's not like this is anything new...
"Mr. Shadow?" a soft, pitchy voice squeaked. A "Chao!" followed it.
Shadow turned around and saw a bright-orange rabbit with an umbrella and a chao. "You are..." he paused to recollect his limited memories. "Caramel?"
Cream sighed and sweatdropped as Cheese laughed. "I'm Cream, Mr. Shadow. And this is Cheese." Her brown eyes shimmered.
"Cream and Cheese?" Shadow repeated, "Is that a joke?"
Cream turned bright red and so did Cheese. "No, it's not!" she cried in embarassment, "It's our names!" Her ears rose and she stomped towards him.
Shadow sweatdropped. "Sorry. I didn't mean to offend you." Geez! I didn't know she'd have a reaction like that!
Cream calmed down and asked, "What are you doing at Amy's house? Are here to visit her, too?" She smiled, her expression full of hope. "She's been a bit down lately..." she suddenly spoke, her tone turning down.
This caught Shadow's attention slightly. "And why's that?"
"Mr. Sonic," Cream sighed, "Amy asked him out on eight dates- all of them he missed."
Shadow huffed. "Yeah, I heard. She told me all about it earlier this afternoon."
Cream looked at Cheese sadly and added, "But I'm worried. Mr. Sonic's apologies... They didn't seem deep. They sounded like plastic and wood. Not lucid glass."
Shadow looked at her and then turned away. "Then go ahead and visit her. If you don't get under something soon, you'll catch a bad cold."
"Chao!" Cheese chirped and clung on to Cream.
Cream nodded and ran off. "Goodbye, Mr. Shadow!"
Shadow didn't bother to watch her go and left. "Fools. These emotions of theirs will be their own downfall. Just they wait and see." He took out a red chaos emerald and shouted, "Chaos Control!" He vanished in a bright flash.
Amy was about to take a sip of her tea when she heard a knock on her door. "Come in!" she replied, too tired to get up.
The door opened and Cream entered with Cheese on her back. "Hi, Amy," she greeted sweetly, "Are you busy?" She took out a small package from her bag. "I was baking some cookies and made too much. So, I decided to give you some." She placed it on Amy's table. "When the rain stops, I'm going to give some to Mr. Sonic and Tails."
Amy smiled fondly at her compassionate best friend. "Thanks, Cream. And you, too, Cheese. I'll help you two with the deliveries later, okay?"
Cream blinked in surprise. "Amy, are you sure? Tail's house is a bit far."
"I need the exercise!" Amy lied, stretching her arms. Yeah, right! I just need to give that Sonic a piece of my mind!
Cream shrugged. "If you're willing to do it, then I won't stop you." She laughed. "Oh, and by the way, I saw Mr. Shadow outside."
Amy nearly dropped the two glasses of milk she was carrying. "SHADOW?! What was he doing outside?!"
"He was looking at your sign and house. Is...there something going on between you two?" She looked at her friend worriedly. "Amy?"
Amy blushed. "What?! No, of course not! Sonic's my first and only love!" She placed the drinks on the table.
"Amy, I think you actually LIKE Mr. Shadow!" Cream gasped in shock.
Amy's blush reached its reddest point and she assured the small rabbit frantically, "C-Cream! What makes you think of such things?! I'm not in love with Shadow! I'm in love with Sonic!"
Cream frowned a bit. "Are you sure?"
"Positve!"
Cream looked out of the window, shrugging off the topic without much care. "The rain doesn't seem like it's stopping..." she moaned, placing her head in her hands.
"You can stay over for the night. You can use the phone to tell your mom about it."
"Okay, thanks!" Cream ran to the living room and picked up the phone. Just as she was about to dial a number, a knock came from the door.
"CREAM!" a familiar voice called from the window.
Cream looked up with curiosity, seeing Sonic jumping around wildly, flailing his arms about. "Mr. Sonic!" she yelped and nearly dropped the phone.
Sonic ran back to the door and this time, Cream was there to open it. "Phew, that was close!" he gasped as he cautiously stepped in.
Hearing the comotion and the lightning, Amy ran to the living room and found her blue hero standing by the door with Cheese. "Sonic!" she cried and ran to him. "Are you okay?"
Sonic swept his wet spikes back with his hand. "Yeah, just a little wet. No need to overreact." He grinned.
Amy turned to Cream and asked, "Cream, can you please go get the towels?"
Cream nodded and ran off with Cheese. "Aye-aye!"
Amy seated Sonic and herself on the couch. "What brings you back here?" she asked all of a sudden.
"My...uh...house got flooded."
"House?"
"The rainforest a few hundred miles from here," Sonic admited.
Cream arrived with the towles and announced her entrance. "I have them, Amy! Please hang on Mr. Sonic- Ahh!" She tripped on her own foot and sent the towles flying towards the two hedgehogs. "Sorry!"
Mentally huffing, Amy fixed the towles and laid them on Sonic comfortably. "There. You should be all right now. I doubt that you'll get a cold."
Sonic nodded. "Thanks, Ames." He smiled at her and his green eyes sparkled from the rain.
Amy blushed furiously, holding her breath and smiling with happiness. "I-I'll get you something warm to eat and drink," she stammered and ran back to the kitchen.
Sonic smirked. "Never fails."
Cream stood up and looked at Sonic with sadness in her eyes. "Mr. Sonic..."
"Chao..." Cheese mewled with he same tone.
Sonic looked up and winked. "Hiya, Cheese! How ya been? Haven't seen you in a while. You hardly come by Tails's house anymore. He's kinda worried."
Cream blushed a bit and muttered, "Well, I don't get much time now that I have to help my mom out around the house." She smiled nervously.
Amy came back with a cup of hot chocolate and some of Cream's home-made cookies. "Here you go!" she said enthusiastically and handed them to Sonic, who gladly took it.
"These cookies are great!" Sonic complimented after taking a bite out of one.
"I made them!" Cream exclaimed proudly, "I'm glad you like them, Mr. Sonic." She took one of the cookies from the kitchen and ate it, smacking her lps afterwards.
Sonic offered a cookie to Amy. "You're hungry aren't you? C'mon. Eat some!"
Amy shook her head, a bit shy yet happy that Sonic thought of her feelings for a change. "No, it's okay! I'm not hungry at all-" Her stomach then growled, loud enough for both Sonic and Cream to hear. Her blush became brighter and she slowly took the cookie into her hands. "Umm..."
Sonic laughed. "Way to have your stomach do all the talking!"
Amy took a pillow from her couch and threw it on Sonic. "hey! It's not my fault that I stayed out too long today!" Then, randomly, "Besides, I have better hair than you!" She swept her soft pink quills and smiled. "See? It's so shiny!"
"Of course it is," Sonic mumbled emotionlessly, "You're a GIRL. Guys like me don't like to put our 'hair' down like that. It makes us look ugly!"
Cream nearly choked. "Ah- Oh!"
"SONIC THE HEDGEHOG!"
