A/N: Hi! Okay, I'm reeaaally sorry for not getting to this right away. I had a big move to Florida. I now work for WDW. Cool huh? and I somehow got convinced to pick up a lot of hours at my job, so I'm a bit busy. BUT, I love reviews! Every time I get one I add something new to the next chapter lol so thanks for reminding me! Anyways enjoy!
Chapter 2: Turning of a New Leaf.
Shadow and Amy started to make their way through Twinkle Park. They both decided to wait a while before finding the gang. This was their first official 'Date' as a new 'Couple' in Station Square, and they weren't about to share this with their annoying, in-your-face, embarrassing friends. Besides, Amy wanted to get to know the dark hedgehog better on her own, without trying to impress her blue hero.
"Shadow, we should go into the Tunnel of Love!" Amy intertwined her arm with Shadow's. Amy was beginning to like this boyfriend thing.
And Shadow was beginning to hate it. "I'll break up with you if we do."
Amy gasped. "Shadow! I am appalled! What kind of boyfriend is that?" she said angrily. She stomped her feet and began to drag him over there herself.
"I'll do it." The annoyed hedgehog managed to say. Amy turned and looked at him in his eyes. She put on the best puppy-dog face she can sum up.
"Shadow Please? Sonic would never go with me, and I just thought after last night, that we had something. I just wanted to get to know you better. Is that a crime?" Amy sighed a ridiculously fake sigh. "It's okay if you don't want to get to know me…" she pretended to wipe a fake tear away, "I just thought..," Amy sniffed, trying to hide her smile.
Shadow glared at her in disgust. "Are you done yet?" he asked annoyed.
Amy continued. "And besides, you did kind of take advantage of me." Amy bit her lip from smiling, realizing she was taking advantage of the situation at hand.
Shadow had to take a step back and look at her. Is this really the same Amy from the previous night? He shook his head to wipe the memories away. If he could take back the night, he would. But, he did owe one to this pink hedgehog. Shadow sighed. "You're making this very hard for me to leave."
Amy giggled. "Heehee, I have that charm I suppose!" she had a huge grin on her face.
Shadow glared at her. "You're pathetic." Amy's grin soon vanished after that.
Amy sighed. "Well are we going in or not?" Shadow was tempted to say 'no' at first but anyone could clearly see that the answer was already there for him.
He can still try, right? "No" the hedgehog said.
Amy decided to go with the threatening technique. She pulled out her hammer. "Shadow… you better go with me on this ride..." She said in her threatening voice.
Shadow looked at her in disbelief. "And if I don't?" he said cocky. After all, what could this little hedgehog girl do to hurt the ultimate life form anyways?
*WHAM*
Shadow the Hedgehog, The Ultimate Life Form, fell to the ground and grabbed his head. "What the hell was that for?" he asked.
"There's more of that if you don't go with me on this ride." She said with her head in the air and hammer still at hand.
Shadow groaned at the headache that was now forming in his head. "Alright, we'll go! Damn, you're feisty." Shadow got up from the ground.
Amy smiled. "I know!" and with that she took his arm and dragged him to the line for the Tunnel of Love.
For those of you who don't know, Twinkle Park is an amusement park. You can be sure to see rides, games, food and entertainment while you walk. And what amusement park is not complete with those annoying, in your face Carneys that try to get you to play a game so they can scam you of your money.
"Step Right Up! Step Right Up! If I can guess you're weight within 5 pounds, you loose. If I can't, you can win any of these amazing prizes!" shouted the carnival attendant, drawling in the crowd around his booth.
Knuckles grumbled. "Guess my weight? Hmph, that's rich." He said crossing his arm, joking around with his friends.
"You there, in Red! Don't believe me?" shouted the Carney. He was trying to make himself as loud as possible so any bystanders will be able to watch the scene.
Knuckles rolled his eyes. "No, I don't. Besides, within 5 pounds? That sound's lucky if you ask me."
"Alright, I'll make a deal. If I guess your exact weight, you give me 5 bucks." said the Carney. A crowd started to form around the area.
"5 Bucks!" Knuckles grumbled. You would think he would turn down the challenge, but then again, Knuckles just can't resist one. "You're on!" Knuckles walked up the steps and stood on stage.
Sonic laughed. "He knows what he's doing Knucklehead."
Tails nodded. "They do this all the time. He'll probably guess right." He sweat dropped.
Rouge shook her head and chuckled.
When Knuckles got on stage, the Carney examined him. He took in all his features, including his muscles and height. It wasn't long before the Carney finally announced, "88 pounds."
"No! Ha, you loose!" Knuckles said proudly. He began to walk off the stage.
"You have to stand on the scale, you idiot." Rouge said from where she was standing.
Knuckles looked behind him and saw a huge scale for everyone in the area to see. He stepped on it. Everyone was waiting in suspense to see his final weight. When the arrow stopped, it showed 88 pounds, on the dot.
Some of the Crowd clapped as they walked away. Cream covered her mouth and giggled as the rest of the crew busted out in fits of laughter. Knuckles shook his head and grumbled, as the Carney held out his hand to take the money. He gave him the money and walked off stage quickly.
"I'm done here. Let's go on a ride." He said annoyed.
"We have to catch up with Shadow and Amy, though." Sonic said for the billionth time since they've been in Twinkle Park.
Rouge covered her ears. "Sonic! I don't want to hear another word out of you about Shadow and Amy!"
Knuckles rolled his eyes. "Seriously dude, it's annoying."
Sonic gave him a smug look. "At least I didn't loose 5 bucks." Knuckles glared at the Hedgehog and balled his hand into a fist.
Rouge didn't want a fight to start between the two. "Okay! Look, there's the Tunnel of Love! Knuxy, let's go!" she said quickly.
"No way!" he protested.
"Too bad! You owe me!" She said as she grabbed his arm.
"I don't owe you shit!" replied the Echidna. But it was too late. She started dragging him over there.
Sonic chuckled. "Rouge has been spending way to much time with Amy lately." Referring to the way they drag their men around.
Tails rolled his eyes but laughed. He knew Sonic said that statement, just so he could bring up Amy's name in a conversation. He then turned to Cream. "Want to ride with me, Cream?" he asked in his sweet fox boy voice.
Cream smiled at the fox and replied with "I would love to, Tails! Thank You!" Cheese added in his "Chao Chao" Cream then took the fox's hand and the two walked over to the line.
Sonic smiled at his best friend holding hands with Cream. He knew the boy liked her and he was glad that their friendship was beginning to blossom into love. When Sonic was done thinking about Tails and Cream, he looked around. Where was Amy? He wasn't use to the girl not being around to drag him over to the Tunnel of Love. Sonic actually kind of missed it. He looked around at his surroundings. He quickly shook off the feeling and followed closely behind Tails and Cream.
When the gang headed for the line, they quickly spotted Shadow and Amy already waiting. Amy had her arm intertwined with Shadow's. To most people, It would look like they were a real couple, but it was actually merely for Shadow not to escape.
Rouge and Knuckles entered the queue line first. "Hey-a love birds! Thanks for looking for us." Rouge said to grab their attentions. Amy and Shadow turned around at her voice.
"Hey! Sorry Rouge, We didn't feel like it" Amy laughed. Rouge nodded then turned to Shadow.
"Tunnel of Love? You pick this out?" she said with a sly look.
Shadow glared at her. "Yes, I decided to ride the Tunnel of Love" he answered sarcastically in a monotone voice.
Knuckles laughed and Rouge clapped her hands together. "Awe, how thoughtful are we?" she said over exaggerating. The dark hedgehog rolled his eyes. Amy let out a giggle.
"Hey!" the four turned to see Sonic wailing his arms in the air. He excitedly cut Tails, Cream, Knuckles and Rouge in line. He was now behind Amy and Shadow. "Amy, I'm really sorry for being so mean to you lately. To make it up to you, do you want to ride this with me?" he asked in the sweetest voice he could come up with. He felt like getting her attention back. He wanted to be as nice as he could possibly be to this girl and he knew she couldn't say 'no' to ride with her blue hero.
Amy hesitated. He was hard for her to resist. The power he has over her is fascinating. One minute she'll be mad at the blue hedgehog and the next, she's head over heels. Plus, he was making this tempting to say 'yes'. "Aw, Sonic, Thanks but I'm actually going to ride with my 'boyfriend'" Amy made sure to emphasizing that word to make him jealous. She squeezed his arm. Shadow raised an eyebrow at the girl.
Sonic lowered his ears. "Oh... Okay. No problem. I didn't feel like riding anyways. It's not really my style" He said with a wink. He then got out of line, and dashed over to the exit. "I'll wait here for everyone to get out." Sonic was hoping Amy would come and join him.
But all she said was "Okay!" and turned to be seated for the ride.
When the swan boat approached the dock, Shadow stepped down into the boat first. The dark hedgehog decided that this was too big of a step for Amy so he lifted her up and set her down into the boat. Amy smiled at Shadow.
"Thanks Shady!" she squealed.
"Don't call me that." He said as he sat down. Amy rolled her eyes and sat down next to him. 'I wish I could ride with Sonic.' She thought.
After their boat took off, Rouge stared at how kind Shadow's gesture was. As the 2nd boat approached, Rouge was hoping Knuckles would do the same. Knuckles stepped down into the boat first and sat down. Rouge put her hands on her hips.
"What?" Knuckles asked innocently.
"Aren't you going to help me in?" she said angrily.
Knuckles laughed. "You're the one who wanted to ride this stupid thing." He crossed his arms behind his head.
Rouge huffed and stomped into the boat herself. She sat down but not before giving Knuckles a hard shove. "Jerk" she said as she crossed her arms.
As the 3rd boat approached Tails stepped down and offered a hand to Cream. Cream took it and was helped down into the boat. "Tails, you're too kind." She said happily. Tails laughed.
"Hehe, I know."
The whole ride through the tunnel of love was boring. Although not asleep, Shadow sat there with his eyes closed while Amy was looking at the scenery. It's safe to say that this ride was indeed awkward.
When the ride was over, Sonic was still waiting at the exit as the swan boat approached to a stop. He was leaning against a wall with his eyes closed. He opened one of his eyes when he saw Shadow and Amy's boat pull up. Shadow got out of the boat first. He did the same thing as he did previously. With one foot on the dock and one foot on the boat, Shadow picked Amy up as if she was a child and placed her on the dock. Amy smiled back in gratitude to Shadow. Sonic closed his eyes, pretending he didn't see that.
Amy walked over to Sonic. "Hey, how was your nap?" she asked politely and cheerfully.
Sonic smiled. "Pretty good. How was the ride?" he asked to make conversation.
Amy smiled up at Shadow. "It was fun. Right Shadow?" Shadow shrugged. Sonic knew that if she would have rode with him, she would have had a better time.
Knuckles and Rouge got out of the ride bickering. When they got off the ride, Rouge made sure to give him one last hard 'push'. Knuckles mumbled something about her under his breath. Cream, Cheese and Tails were the last ones to arrive to the group.
"I'm hungry, we should eat." Tails suggested. Knuckles groaned.
"No! We can eat later, rides now!" Knuckles demanded. Tails hung his head low.
"Actually Tails, let's all go eat now. Knuckles was just being rude." Rouge said proudly. Knuckles flipped her off. She ignored it and blew a kiss back at him.
"Cheese is getting kind of hungry." Cream said holding a sad chao in her hands.
Knuckles sighed. "Alright. But I'm picking the place." Everyone rolled their eyes but agreed as they followed Knuckles stomping off.
The gang arrived at one of the various food courts in Twinkle Park. There was a huge area to get food, with many different lines, and a huge area to sit down. The place was crowded with wall to wall people.
"Great idea Tails." Knuckles said sarcastically. Rouge shoved the Echidna.
Sonic whistled. "Wow. Look at all the open tables." he said sarcastically.
"There!" Cream yelled as she spotted an open table. Sonic dashed over at his lightening fast pace, claiming the table. The table was already equipped with 3 chairs. Knuckles, Shadow and Tails jogged after, each pulling an empty chair from other tables. The gang now had 6 chairs. The four guys sat down first, while the girls finally approached the table. Cream took a chair herself and held Cheese on her lap. Rouge took the empty chair next to Knuckles and Shadow. No place for Amy. How perfect.
Amy looked around the court to see if she can spot an empty chair somewhere. Unfortunately, the place was just too crowded. She hesitated. After a couple of seconds, the gang began to realize Amy didn't have a place to sit. She was beginning to feel uncomfortable. Rouge nudged Shadow from where she was. Shadow sighed but was a gentleman. He got up and offered his chair to Amy.
Amy gave him an 'Are you sure?' look. Shadow answered with "I'll stand."
Amy hesitated and said "But-"Shadow quickly pushed her down in the chair and pushed it in. She looked back up at the hedgehog. "Shadow… you should sit down."
Sonic spoke up. "Yeah Shadow. Amy can sit on my lap and you can have your seat back. Is that okay Amy?" he asked her nicely. Amy shrugged her shoulders but nodded. But right when Sonic was reaching towards Amy, Shadow quickly picked her up, sat down, and sat Amy on his lap, all in a blink of an eye. Sonic blinked and sat back in his chair. Rouge tried to keep herself from laughing out loud. She didn't know if she was laughing at how jealous Sonic was, or how jealous Shadow was.
Tails got up, "Well, I'm going to go get some food." He turned to Cream. "Would you like to join me?" he asked politely. He always has a soft spot for the girl.
Cream smiled and said "Yes of course! Thank you!" she stood up. Cheese smiled and answered with "Chao Chao!"
"Sure!" Tails said and they made their way to the many lines of the food court.
Rouge, again, was jealous of how sweet Tails was being to Cream. She turned to Knuckles, "Want to get me something?" she flirted.
Knuckles huffed. "No." he said point-blank. Rouge slammed her hands on the table and stood up. She stomped over to the food area.
"Well," Sonic said standing up. "I'm going to get a chili dog!" he said excitedly. And to keep up his 'being nice to Amy' streak, he turned to her and said "Chinese for the pretty lady?" Amy blushed at how nice Sonic was acting towards her.
"Sure" she said with a sweet smile. Shadow got annoyed. When Sonic got up, Shadow practically tossed the girl off his lap and into Sonic's chair. Amy blinked. "Thank You?" she questioned.
Shadow shrugged.
Amy decided to spark a conversation with him. "Sooo.. having fun?" she asked.
Shadow closed his eyes. "No."
She stared at him. "Are you having fun with me?" she asked instead.
He kept his same posture. "Not really."
Amy saw a silver lining in everything. "Well, you said 'Not really', so that means that a little part of you is!" she said smiling.
Shadow was a nice enough guy that he didn't want to let her down. "It is a little amusing to see that blue faker get jealous."
"Really! You think he's jealous!" Amy shouted excitedly.
And for some reason that he didn't understand, Shadow got, what they call, jealousy in the pit of his stomach. He found himself getting mad at the pink hedgehog's excitement.
Shadow quickly covered up his jealous. He was notorious for covering up his feelings. "Sure," he shrugged. "Only because you're dating me, and I'M the ultimate." Shadow paused. What in the world was he saying? Way to cover up his jealousy.
Amy sighed. "Yeah, you're right. He wouldn't be jealous if I had a boyfriend, he'd only be jealous it you were." She smiled, "So I'm glad you are!" she squealed and hugged him.
Shadow was once again angry. He shoved his 'girlfriend' off from her bear hug. He didn't care this time if she saw that he was angry. Which she did.
"You can at least pretend like you like me." She said angrily crossing her arms.
Shadow felt like arguing the fact that Amy said they would date to get to know each other, not to make Sonic jealous. He should have known though. It was SO obvious. Still, it made the dark hedgehog mad.
When the gang returned with their food, they all sat quietly making small talk here and there. They started to finish up their food, deciding on what to do next on this night in Twinkle Park.
"Okay, now let's ride some rides." Knuckles said punching his fists together.
Sonic chuckled, "Okay, Knucklehead we can." He turned to Amy and decided to ask her again. "Would you like to ride the coaster with me?" Sonic really tried to put on his best puppy dog face. He looked her in the eyes hoping she would get lost. Of course, he didn't really need to. He had her at 'would'.
Amy smiled. She was contemplating on whether or not she should ride it with her love or her boyfriend. She figured she was being a pretty good girlfriend all day, so why not ride one little ride with her beloved. "Okay…" she said finally giving in.
There it was again, that feeling inside the dark hedgehog's stomach.
Rouge looked at Shadow, "Want to ride with me?" she asked her friend innocently.
Shadow's jealously turned in to anger. "No!" he said a little too angrily. Rouge went wide eyed for a second and caught on to the hedgehogs rage. She just figured she would ride with Knuckles.
The gang left the food court and made their way towards the ride section. They all agreed to ride the roller coaster first. Everyone decided to ride. Even Cream and Cheese. Tails said that she can hold his hand if she gets scared. How precious. Shadow however decided to stay behind.
"Shadow, why aren't you riding?" Amy asked as they started to get into the queue.
Shadow felt like being angry at her. He gets angry with everyone, but for some reason, being Amy's new boyfriend made him feel like he was more allowed to. He had this feeling like she was supposed to be making him happy. At least, that's what he always thought relationships were for. But I guess this relationship is kind of fake so it can't really count in the first place.
"Because I don't want to." He stopped walking and stood on the outside of the coaster.
Amy shrugged. She was done trying. "Suit yourself." Besides, she wanted to ride with her favorite blue hero.
"Knuckles, don't loose anymore money." Rouge teased. The gang began to chuckle.
Amy looked confused. "What?" she asked her. They were now approaching the line towards the rollercoaster.
Rouge laughed. "Oh, a Carney bet Knuckles 5 bucks if he could guess his exact weight. And he won." She snickered.
Amy nodded and smiled. She rolled her eyes. It was SO him.
"Well, I guess it was pretty neat. That takes some talent!" Knuckles said, as if he proudly lost is 5 bucks to some amazing magician.
Sonic chuckled. "Yeah, it takes a real talent to look on the internet and research someone's weight."
Amy laughed at his joke and glanced over to where Shadow was. He was standing there with his arms crossed. Amy's smiled faded. 'Poor Shadow. He doesn't really have anyone does he? Wow, I totally just ditched him for Sonic.' Amy looked up at her Blue hero. "You know what, Sonic? I'm not feeling so good. You guys should go ride it without me instead."
Sonic looked at her in concern. "Are you sure? Want me to come with you?" he asked.
"No it's okay, I must have ate to much at dinner! Really, go on without me! I'll meet you guys when you're done." And with that, she leaped over the queue line and left. She walked over to where Shadow was.
"Hey you!" Amy said excitedly. She was kind of hoping Shadow would be grateful about ditching her friends to stay behind with her…'boyfriend'.
Shadow looked at her. "Aren't you suppose to be riding the ride?" he asked annoyed.
Amy wasn't expecting that response. "I… left to stay with you… I thought you'd be happy." She said.
"Well you thought wrong." Shadow said annoyed as he crossed his arms. Amy felt a rush of sadness. She felt little tears build up in her eyes.
"Fine! Don't appreciate a nice gesture!" She said as she started to walk off. Shadow rolled his eyes. Amy walked about a block away from where he was. She found a nearby bench and sat herself down.
Shadow sighed and decided to follow the girl. He sat down on the bench next to her. "You didn't have to stay behind, Amy." Shadow managed to say.
"But I wanted to! I was being nice, okay?" Amy answered a little more angrily then she expected.
Shadow smirked. "I know. I guess I didn't realize you were taking this seriously." The dark hedgehog said coolly.
Amy looked confused. "Take what seriously?" she asked.
"Take this relationship THING seriously." He said a little big annoyed. Amy made an 'Oh, I see.' face. Guess she didn't know she was taking it that seriously either. To be honest, she wanted to make Sonic jealous. She started to feel bad. That really isn't what relationships are supposed to be about. Shadow spoke up. "I assumed you were taking everything as a joke, but I guess I jumped to conclusions." He said.
"I told you I was serious!" she yelled in defense. Well, now she is serious.
Shadow gestured her to calm down. "I know. But, now I see you meant what you said. I appreciate it." He said nicely, although not smiling.
Amy smiled and said "You're welcome?" she questioned. She couldn't tell if that was a 'Thank You' or not. Shadow smirked.
The pink hedgehog decided to make this moment a little bit more special. "So, … can we go on a date?" she asked excitedly. She wanted to be pampered.
Shadow's smirk faded. "No."
Amy glared. She decided to get out her hammer and threaten him. "Shadowww….."
He winced at the hammer. He really didn't feel like getting a headache right now. "Fine. But just one."
"YAYEE!" she said excitedly throwing herself on him. Although this time she threw herself a little too hard, knocking them both down on the ground with Amy on top of the dark hedgehog.
They both stared at each other for a second. "Uh…." Amy was flustered. Shadow was just waiting to see what she would say to get herself out of this one. Amy's embarrassment turned into giggles. She was now on the hedgehog laughing and giggling.
Don't know what it was, maybe it was the way she laughed, you know how some laughs are contagious. Or maybe it was the ridiculous look on her face when she laughed hard. Well, whatever it was, the dark hedgehog found himself chuckling and smirking. This lasted for about 30 seconds when their hilarious moment was interrupted.
"Ahem!" Sonic said loudly, arms crossed, eyes glaring at the two. The crew were around them a little wide eyed themselves.
Amy was too embarrassed to move. In a blink of the eye, Shadow sprinted up to his feet from under Amy, and lifted her up to her feet as well. Sonic stood in his same stance… glaring at the two and stomping his foot impatiently.
"H..How was the r..ride?" Amy managed to say fixing her dress.
"Fun."
"D..Did you like it?" She asked to lighten the mood again.
"Yes?"
Sonic was trying his very best to make the conversation as awkward as possible and he was succeeding. From an outsider's point of view who didn't know anyone or the situation, it would seem like Sonic and Amy are a couple, and that Amy was just caught cheating on her boyfriend with Shadow. But that is not the case. Amy was done trying to impress Sonic. It was time to pull out the stunts.
"Uh, Sorry about that guys … guess we couldn't help ourselves." She said smiling at Shadow. Rouge and Knuckles couldn't help but smirk. Sonic made a hideous disgusted look on his face.
"Oh please, get a room!" He argued back. It was the best he could come up with.
Amy smirked, "Maybe later." She shrugged. He set himself up for that one. Shadow looked down at the pink hedgehog. In a way, he was a little proud of her inside. She shouldn't have to tip toe around Sonic's feelings. She's a big girl who can take care of herself. Rouge was proud of her as well. Her smirk turned into a huge grin nodding.
Sonic glared. "I'm out of here" and with that, he dashed as fast as he could away.
Tails felt uncomfortable. He didn't like having his friend be upset. He scratched the back of his head. "I guess I should see if he is alright." He turned to Cream. "I'll walk you home if you'd like?"
Cream smiled ear to ear. "Of course! See you guys later!" she hugged Amy and left with the two tailed fox. Cheese added a final "Chao chao" and followed the young lovebirds.
Amy and Shadow were still a little uncomfortable from being caught in their moment. They looked at Knuckles and Rouge, who were caught up in a little conversation about drinks.
"Just come to the bar with me and I'll fix you the drink. It's so good!" Rouge insisted genuinely.
Knuckles saw right through her. "Nah, I don't want you to get me drunk and take advantage of me." He said without knowing the situation. Rouge couldn't help but glance at Shadow and Amy. Although, she caught herself doing so and quickly went back to Knuckles.
Shadow and Amy stood still. Talk about awkward.
"Well," Rouge started, "That's rude Knuckles. You think I would do that?"
Knuckles looked confused. "Yes?" She frowned.
"Shadow, Amy, would you like to go to the bar with me and Knucklehead?" she asked.
Amy shook her head nervously. "Oh! No…no no no nono no. That would defiantly –not- be a good idea" she laughed.
"Oh please, the night's still young. Just don't drink. Have fun" she said crossing her arms.
Amy was hesitant. She looked at Shadow. "I mean… only if you go I guess." That was a good girlfriend gesture she thought.
Shadow didn't really care at this point. "Sure. Just don't get trashed again" he said smirking at Amy. She went wide eyed with embarrassment. Rouge and Knuckles started laughing. The gang soon headed towards the bar.
A/N: Yay me for continuing on with this. Uhm.. so yeah stay tuned for the Bar. Fun fun right? Sorry for taking so long. But I have free time now and I got all my documents back lol so please review and Thanks for reading! Until next time!