I woke up in a hospital.

I sat up quickly, and immediately regretted it. Pain shot through my entire body, but at that point, I didn't care.

"Blaze!" I called out, still groggy and unable to see clearly.

"She's not here right now." I heard tails say.

"Yeah, but she'll be back soon." Knuckles added.

My vision cleared and I saw Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles in my hospital room.

"Where's your girlfriend, Sonic?" I asked, but I already knew the answer, Amy was eating with Blaze, they are best friends after all.

"Well" Sonic said "She's eating with Blaze, downstairs."

"Yeah." Tails said "We had to practically force Blaze to go down and eat, she wouldn't leave your side. Thank god Amy came, because she talked Blaze into eating."

"Ok" I said before standing up.

"Whoa, whoa." Sonic said "You're supposed to stay in bed for at least three weeks."

"Really, how long's it been?" I asked.

"Three days."

"Long enough."

I started walking towards the door.

"Don't make us stop you" Knuckles said.

"Do you really think you can stop me?"

"Probably."

"True, but please, just let me go"

"Fine" Tails said " Apparently there'll be no reasoning with him, so let him go, guys, he'll learn his lesson."

"Ok." Sonic and Knuckles said, sighing in unison.

"Thank you." I replied before walking out the door, every step felt painful.

I limped to the elevator and got in. I pressed the button to go down waited. When the doors opened I walked out and into the cafeteria, or café, as the staff call it(But then, aren't cafes supposed to have good food?).

I saw Blaze and Amy immediately, they were sitting at the table closest to the door.

Blaze's back was turned away from the door, and Amy was facing me.

"Um, speaking of Alex" Amy said to Blaze "There he is."

Blaze nearly fell out of her chair, but somehow, I closed the distance between us and caught her.

"Alex?" Blaze asked.

"In the flesh."

Then she slapped me across the face.

"How dare you walk out of your room, you could have gotten severely hurt, you moron. And another thing-"

"I'm sorry Blaze, I just wanted to see you."

"-I love you."

Then I kissed her, deeply and passionately, not noticing anything other than Blaze's beautiful eyes. After a long moment, Amy cleared her throat.

"Yes?" I asked after breaking off the kiss.

"Um, Blaze? Can I speak to you privately?" She answered.

"Sure Amy. Hang on Alex, I'll be right back."

"I'll be waiting." I replied.

Amy and Blaze walked away and after waiting for about five seconds, I followed them. They had gone into the women's restroom. I waited at the door, listening to their conversation.

"Ohmygod, ohmygod, ohmygod!" Amy cheered. "Blaze, you and Alex are perfect for each other!"

"I know, but I just wish it didn't take Silver almost raping me for me to understand that. I can't believe I killed him, he used to be one of my best friends. Until that day…"

"Yeah, but he was a jerk anyway."

"You're right, let's go back to Alex."

Crap, crap, crap. I thought as I attempted to run back to the "Café".

About halfway there, I tripped and fell.

"Son of a bitch" I muttered.

I started getting up at about the same time that Blaze and Amy walked up to me.

"Hi guys" I said.

"Hi" Blaze said. "What's up?"

"I…needed to use the restroom, I started walking over that way, but I fell."

"Oh, ok" Blaze said before she and Amy helped me up.

Amy said "So, Alex, how's recovery coming along?"

"No idea, I just woke up, like, twenty minutes ago."

"Ok" Amy replied "Well we should go back to your room."

"Wait," I said "I remembered something important."

"What is it, Alex?" Blaze asked me, clearly concerned.

"Right before Silver died, I swear I heard him tell me 'take care of her'."

"What!" Amy said, shocked "that doesn't sound like him, recently, anyway."

"I know, but I also know what I heard."

"I believe you, Alex," Blaze replied "Because he told me he was sorry."

We all walked back to my room in silence, each of us lost in thought. Personally, I couldn't get my mind off Silver. And before you say anything insinuating that I'm gay, let me explain. I was thinking about his sudden change. One day he was the nice guy we all knew, and the next, he was a raging psychopath intent on having sex with Blaze. And why would he apologize ? What brought on the change, and why so suddenly? Only time would tell, and tell it would.