3-Picnic?
Sonic stopped, staring at Tails, dumbfounded. "Huh?"
"Ya' know, girls. In general." Tails continued walking.
Sonic followed. "Er, they're fine, I guess. Kinda, well, pretty. Annoying when they scream. Or when they chase you," he smiled, adding, "Literally or figuratively."
"Heh-heh. Yeah," said Tails. Amy wanted to know if Sonic liked her. He couldn't believe he was doing this. "If you like someone, you should tell them, right?"
"You mean, like them, or really like them?"
"Eh, really like them," Tails answered quietly.
"Well, usually you should tell them, unless it would hurt someone else… I mean, it's important to let them know how you feel. But if they don't feel the same way, you should respect their wishes."
Tails could feel his face burning with humiliation. He risked a glance at Sonic who was nervously twisting the fingers of his gloves. He looked as if he felt almost as awkward as Tails felt.
"Ya' know," Sonic said, rubbing the back of his head, "I feel really strange talking about this." He looked at his younger friend with a crooked smile.
"Yeah," said Tails, nodding and looking away. "Me too." Tails spotted Amy, but Sonic hadn't seen her yet. And Tails didn't want him to see her till they got closer.
Sonic interrupted Tails' thoughts, asking, "This wouldn't be about Cream, would it?"
Amazingly, Tails' face turned redder than it already was. "No! I mean, that's not what I meant! I mean, I like her, but- I mean not like- that's not what I was talking about!"
"That's okay buddy." Sonic said, patting Tails on the back. "It's none of my business who you like."
Tails was mortified. This was not how the conversation was supposed to go! Tails was saved any more humiliation when Sonic spotted Amy.
He stopped. "What's Amy doing here?"
"I dunno," Tails lied. "Let's go and see." He started to walk towards Amy, then realized that Sonic wasn't following him. "Come on, Sonic."
"Ya' know Tails, she looks kinda busy to me," Sonic said taking a step back. "Maybe we shouldn't disturb her. Talk to her a different time."
He was turning to leave when Tails grabbed his wrist, pulling him along. "C'mon Sonic. We're already here. The least we could do is say hi."
Reluctantly, Sonic followed.
"Hey Amy." Sonic said as he stood in front of her, waving at her with one hand, and rubbing the back of his head with the other.
"Hi Sonic!" she called cheerfully. "You wanna have a picnic with me?" she asked, gesturing to the checkered blanket she was sitting on and the basket beside her.
"I dunno, Amy. I really should be-"
"I packed chilidogs," she coaxed.
Sonic glanced at the basket full of food, then back at the way they had come. "Well… maybe. But I shouldn't stay too long." He sat down on the blanket.
"Here." She handed Sonic two chilidogs. Then she looked up at Tails. "Gee Tails, I think you got too much sun or something; your face is all red."
"Yeah," Tails said sullenly. He walked aways a little bit and plopped down on the sand, staring out at the ocean.
"So, Sonic," Amy said, presenting her best smile to the blue hedgehog. "how's it been?"
"It, it's been fine," he answered, feeling self-conscious sitting right next to her. How did his quills look? Did his breath stink? No, it probably just smelled like chilidogs. Was that good or bad? He knew he was sweating, but he couldn't do anything about that.
"Good," said Amy, looking down at the ground. She looked up at him, into his jade eyes. His eyes stared back for a few moments, then quickly looked away. "Sonic," Their eyes connected again. "why did you run away from me like that yesterday?"
"I um, I told you. I thought I saw Bokkun-"
"No Sonic. The real reason." She edged a little closer. "Sonic," His heart was beating faster and faster, almost as fast as he could run it seemed. "Sonic, tell me the truth; do you like me?"
"Wha-what do you mean, Amy?"
"I mean," she said scooting closer still, "do you like me?" Her eyes were questioning, searching his face for the answer.
Sonic's eyes were wide. "Amy I-"
"Sonic." She leaned closer, their noses almost touching. He could feel her breath on his face. Now he fervently hoped his breath didn't smell bad. He looked into her green eyes.
"I, I should be going," he stated simply, breaking their gaze. He stood up.
"Sonic," Amy protested, "please answer me."
He looked at her, sitting on the picnic blanket, pretty as can be, and answered, "I gotta go." He ran off, leaving Amy on the beach, alone, tear beginning to stream down her cheeks.
Tails, who had been watching the whole thing, walked over to Amy.
"Amy, I'm sure-"
She stood up, shaking her fist after Sonic, yelling, "You'll regret this! You hear me? You'll regret this, Sonic the Hedgehog!"
