"Knuckles! It's Amy, open up!" The pink hedgehog knocked on his door. He opened it up and let her in. "So what is it you need my help with?" She was beaming, excited that she was getting a chance to help out.

Knuckles didn't know where to start so he started from the beginning. "This is going to sound weird, but Rouge and I have been hanging out for a long time. I lost a bet to her so I took her out drinking. At first we were just drinking buddies, but then she became sort of like a best friend." He could see Amy's eyes light up in excitement. "We had this routine for a while of hanging out, drinking and watching movies or the game and what not. After a while we ended up getting really close. We've even kissed, granted it was strictly on the cheek while we were sober." He could tell Amy knew where this was going by the way she was leaning in, wanting to hear more. "Anyways, we hadn't done anything like that in a while because she was dating Espio and didn't want to give him the wrong idea about us. Yesterday when she went to see him though she caught him with another girl. She came here and I guess we must have drank too much..." He didn't want to go on, but knew he needed help. "Amy I slept with her I don't know what to do!"

It took her a second to wrap her mind around what her friend was going through. "Wow. You've really dug yourself into a big mess. Rule number one! When a girl is emotionally distressed don't let her drink. Rule number two! If she still manages to drink or you let her do so, do NOT join her. I'm still a little fuzzy on the problem at hand here. Is she mad at you? Or did you not like her that way?" Amy kept listing possible complications.

"My problem is I... I think... I love her..." After saying it aloud the full weight of his situation hit him. "I think I just royally screwed my relationship with her up..." Knuckles admitted feeling like a complete fool.

Amy stared at him with wide eyes only managing to mumble a mere 'oh'.

While Amy was with Knuckles trying to figure out how to help him, across town Blaze was doing the same thing for Rouge. The poor bat came in and was freaking out about the events. She hadn't even gotten over Espio yet and she had slept with one of her best friends! Blaze poured some tea and handed it to her, waiting for her to calm down.

Rouge drank her tea silently, trying to gather her thoughts together. "I really messed up didn't I?" Rouge asked though it was more of a rhetorical question. She hung her head in shame and her ears became flat. "I know we joke around all the time, but that's all they were! Jokes! Blaze ya gotta help me! I don't know what to do!"

Blaze sat next to her and put her arms around her. "Shhh. It'll be okay. Let's just focus on one thing at a time. Now, did you guys talk at all after?" She watched as Rouge nodded. "Did he sound upset about it?"

Did he sound upset? Rouge had to think about it really hard. "No. His tone sounded rather normal actually." For a second she was relieved, but something in the back of her mind didn't like that he was casual with their conversation. "Should I just look at it like it was a one-night stand?"

Blaze stopped her friend before a whole list of questions could flow out of her mouth. "First of all, if he isn't mad then don't worry, there's no problem. Just give yourself some time to calm down. Second of all... How was it?" A devilish grin grew upon the purple cat's face.

"E-excuse me?!" Rouge blushed hard. Blaze asked again, almost interrogating her for the details. "Well... From what I recall it was actually... pretty great." She looked into her cup of tea as she began to tell her furry friend the details of her drunk encounter.

After her drunken kiss Knuckles pulled her back in for more. She accepted the rough lips of the echidna without hesitation. His arms wrapped around her, slowly landing his hands on her hips. He trailed kisses down her jawline to her neck. Her head tilted back as a crimson blush made its way across her face. He flipped them over and stared deeply into her eyes before crashing his lips onto hers again and penetrating her mouth with his tongue.

It wasn't long before they were pulling each other's clothes off as they kissed. Rouge was down to just her bra and thong by the time they were in the hallway. Knuckles, who was in only his boxers by this point, picked her up. Instinctively she wrapped her legs around his waist and let her arms drape around his neck as their kisses became more passionate. He carried her to the bedroom and pinned her to the bed, grinding against her as he trailed kisses down her body.

Rouge let her hands fall to the bed as her back arched from the pleasure. She gently brought his face back up to her and brought him into another tongue tying kiss. Using her arms to support her she pushed herself up and was able to get Knuckles on his back. She straddled him and took off her bra revealing two large mounds to him. She gasped as he took one into his mouth and caressed the other. They continued like this for a little while longer until they couldn't take it anymore. They stripped themselves of their underwear and immediately went at it.

A very crimson Rouge sat on the couch and lied, claiming she didn't remember anything else after that. Blaze just huffed as she wanted to hear more about this crazy time her friend had. The two continued their talk of 'what if' this and 'what if' that.

The amount of questions and concerns coming from Rouge almost drove Blaze over the wall. "SHUSH!" Blaze covered her ears with her hands. "Look, you won't know anything until you see him again! So if I were you, I'd just act natural and pretend like it never even happened. If he wants to talk about it then talk about it! Other than that there's not much for you to do other than chill out." She got up and started getting some food.

"I don't know if I can be my normal self anymore. I mean, we crossed the line. I had sex with him and I don't even know how I feel about him! I never would have done that had I been sober." Rouge was again flustered by her actions the previous night.

Letting out an annoyed sigh Blaze turned on her heel and faced her friend. "Well obviously you must feel something for the guy! I don't care how drunk you are, you never have sex with some you don't like or are at least attracted to." She watched as Rouge blinked, contemplating what she just said.

Do I... like Knuckles?

Another chapter 'Rebooted'. ... Several more to go!