As soon as Amy got back to her dorm room, it was already 3:07. She sat on her bed waiting for Blaze to come through the door. While Amy was waiting, she laid down on her bed. She felt sorry that she had to leave Sonic, and hoped he wasn't mad. Time went by and the clock struck four. Amy saw the time and was getting frustrated at how late Blaze was. She grabbed her phone which was on top of her nightstand. She opened it and just before she called Blaze the phone said she had one missed call. Amy went to her voice mail and listened to the missed call. It was from Blaze which said:
Hey Amy, it's me Blaze. Um I'm not going to be able to hang out with you today. I'm really sorry, but I will make it up. In case your wonder where I am, I am at the fair downtown with Silver. Again, sorry. See you when I get back, also I might not be able to get my work from my classes so if you can, pick up my work. Thanks!
The voice mail ended. She checked what time she called. Apparently she called around 2 'o clock. She was mad at herself now. If only she took her phone with her. Now she wished she could go back in time, so she could be with Sonic and see the campus garden. Amy looked at the clock one more time. I had only been a couple of minutes. She got up off her bed and grabbed her coat. The forecast called for a cold breeze tonight. She was going to pick up Blazes work. She didn't want to but knew it was the right thing to do, and besides Blaze owed her big time. When she walked into Blazes first night class everyone stared at her. She walked up to the teacher and asked if she could get Blazes work. He asked why, so Amy made up some story.
"Blaze got a cold so she couldn't come to class today, but she will most likely be her tomorrow." Amy half lied.
The teacher gave her, Blaze's work. There was quite alot. Most of it could have been done in class it seemed. Amy went to Blaze's other classes and got an equally amout of work like the one before. When she gathered all of her work, she started to walk back to the dorm room. As she was walking she was wondering on what Blaze should do to make up what she did. Not looking wear she was going, Amy ran into a dark figure dropping all of Blaze's work on the ground. It was already dark out so the person she ran into was shrouded in darkness. Amy got down on the ground picking the many papers on the ground. The dark figure also got down on the ground helping her.
"I'm very sorry about running into you. I guess I should watch where I'm going." Amy said while franticly picking up the papers.
"It's alright Rose it was only an accident" Amy knew that voice. She looked up into the dark silhouette's eyes and saw the bright crimson in the dark of night. It was Shadow she had run into. Amy got up off the ground embarrassed of the situation she was in. Shadow also got up off the ground and handed her some of the papers he had gathered when she dropped them. She took them from his hand and said thanks. He nodded. Amy stared at the dark hedgehogs eyes. They were so fierce and yet so beautiful. They were silent for awhile, until Amy snapped out of her trance.
"I'll see you around, and thanks again for helping me." When Amy started walking away, Shadow grabbed her wrist tightly, just like the night he asked for her name.
"Rose, don't go, at least not yet." Amy started to blush madly. She felt as if it could be seen in the darkness.
"I have to go. I have to drop Blaze's work off back at our dorm." Amy explained.
"I understand, but how about we go to dinner, after you drop off the work." It sounded great, just two friends having dinner together. But she was debating on whether she should go or not.
"I don't know if I should" Amy really wasn't. For all she know, he might skip out on the bill and she will have to pay. She wasn't worried about spending to much money, because her dad was rich, but she didn't want to spend a whole lot either. The last guy who invited her to dinner didn't pay the bill; instead he left without saying goodbye. It hurt Amy, but that was then. She was snapped out of her thoughts when she heard Shadow's voice.
"Please Rose; I want to get to know you. I want to know more about you. And don't worry about the money, I'll pay for everything"
So he says Amy thought. But after a moment to think about she decided to go.
"I just have to drop off Blaze's things" Amy said starting to walk off. Shadow released her wrist when she agreed to have dinner with him.
"Wait!" Shadow yelled. Shadow ran up besides Amy.
"What are you doing?" Amy asked confused of why he was following her.
"I'm coming with you." Shadow answered.
"But why?" To Amy, no guy has ever wanted to come with her anywhere, instead they'd rather let her go alone and never thought about the possibility of her getting mugged, or worse.
"Because, I can't leave a fine young lady unattended at night. Who knows what could happen." Amy looked at him and nodded her head and smiled. When Amy got to the dorm room, she opened the door, walked in and set Blaze's things on her bed. She looked around to see if Blaze was her, but no one was in the room, well except for her and Shadow. Amy grabbed her cell phone in case. She also took her wallet again in case. Amy and Shadow walked across campus; in fact they walked off of campus. They walked into the parking lot, which wasn't considered college campus. There was a motorcycle in a parking space. They walked to the motorcycle.
"I hope you're not afraid of motorcycles." Shadow looked at Amy to see if he can spot any fear in her eyes, but to his amazement there wasn't. Usually girls were terrified to even be near one.
"Nope, but I have never ridden one. So if something goes wrong then I will be afraid of them." Shadow got on as did Amy. Amy looked around for a helmet but didn't see one.
"Why don't you have helmets?"
"Because, I like the feel of the wind rushing past me, and I know you will to." Shadow started up the engine. He drove out of the parking lot and out onto the street. It felt so wonderful to be going this fast, to feel the wind blow though her hair. And the rush of it all was amazing. They went into the main part of the city. It was beautiful with all the glowing lights in the dark. Then after almost half an hour of driving, Shadow had finally driven into a parking lot, parked and turned off the engine. He got off the motorcycle, and helped Amy off of it. Amy looked around to see she was at a very fancy restaurant. She's heard of this place before. Her dad told her the place had every food known to man and 12 known to dolphins. They walked inside. The place was packed with people which didn't surprise her since this place was the best place in the country. Shadow took Amy's hand and walked up to the waiter.
"I have a reservation under the name of Shadow" Shadow told the waiter. The waiter looked down his reservation list and found the name.
"Awe, yes, Mr. Shadow. Your table is right this way." The waiter grabbed a couple of menus and showed the two hedgehogs to there table. The table was a window seat. It was nice to see the light of the city. The waiter asked if they wanted anything to drink.
"I will have pink lemonade please." Amy said looking for something to eat.
"I'll take a coke." The waiter left. Shadow already knew what he was going to have and decided to make conversation.
"So Amy what do you think of U.C. Davis?"
"It's pretty cool, but the classes are a little harder than I'm use to, but I can cope." Amy found what she was going to have and wanted to ask Shadow something. Before she asked, the waiter came back with there drinks. They told him what they wanted to eat, when he asked, and then he left again.
"So, I was wondering why you ditched Sonic today? He said you two were suppose to hang out, but when you ditched him he came to me, and instead we hung out together." Amy said explaining today's events.
"Oh, I see. Well, I had some work to do. So I went to the library. What did you two do anyways?" Shadow said suddenly changing topics.
"All we did was go to the campus park. We ran around for a bit, then watched the clouds and felt the warm breeze. We were supposed to also go to the campus garden, but I had to leave to meet up with my room mate, who apparently ditched me to hang out at the fair downtown." Amy again explained.
"Speaking of fair, I was wondering if you wanted to go, after dinner of course." Amy was amazed. She was starting to think this wasn't some friend being with another friend thing. This was starting to turn out more like a date.
"Sure, I'd love to." Amy answered. They got there food, and began to eat. They started to learn more about each other. Amy told him all about her life back home, and Shadow told her something's about him but not much. He at least told her why he was working at the restaurant back on campus. Apparently he needed to work because his parents weren't paying his bills for school anymore. They said he was out on his own now, so he could deal with the bill himself.
After dinner, Shadow paid the bill. Amy and Shadow got on his motorcycle and headed downtown. When they reached the fair, they both got off the bike and headed towards the entrance. Shadow bought tickets to go on some rides. They walked around playing games and going on some rides. When Shadow had to go to the bathroom, Amy sat on a bench and waited. While waiting she saw Blaze with a silver-white hedgehog. She looked like she was having the time of her life. Blaze spotted Amy sitting on the bench, and joined her while Silver also went to the bathroom.
"Amy what are you doing here?" Blaze asked.
"Hanging out with a friend." Amy said.
"With who and where are they?" Blaze said looking around.
"He's in the bathroom."
"Wait. He? As in a guy?" Blaze gave a confused look.
"Yes Blaze." Blaze then got excited.
"Whoishewhoishewhoishewhoishe?" Blaze kept saying non stop until Amy answered.
"It's Shadow. Shadow the Hedgehog." Blaze then gave a look of shock and got even more excited, if that was even possible.
"OMG! You're on a date with Shadow the Hedgehog? Wow, you must be like the luckiest girl on the planet." Blaze squealed.
"Blaze calm down it's not a date. It's just two friends spending time together. That's all" But inside she knew it was more.
"Sorry Amy, but you are on a date. Your hanging out with a guy, which is considered a date. Did he ask you if he wanted to hang out with you tonight?"
"Yes" Amy answered again.
"Did he take you to dinner?"
"Yes" Amy answered again
"Then you're on a date. And don't deny it, because you know as well as I do that this IS a date." She was right Amy just didn't want to accept it, but she was on a date after all.
"Jeez, you're right Blaze. But we're still just friends."
"Amy if you're asked out on a date that means the boy who asked you likes you, and in other words, Shadow totally LIKES you." Hearing these words actually shocked her. Did Shadow the Hedgehog actually like Amy Rose? When Amy asked this in her head Shadow walked out of the bathroom and looked at both girls. Amy stood up.
"Shall we go to the Farris Wheel? I do have 2 tickets left." Amy nodded. Shadow held out his hand, and Amy took it. They both walked to the Farris wheel.
Blaze watched as the two hedgehogs got on. While waiting for Silver to come out, she started to look around, until something caught her eyes. In the crowd she saw Sonic the hedgehog looking around quickly for something. Of course she didn't know what. She watched as he looked at Shadow and Amy getting on the Farris wheel, and then suddenly sprinting to them. He got on the Farris wheel after them. As Blaze watched the blue hedgehog get on, she saw an odd expression on his face. A look of plotting an evil scheme, but Blaze couldn't fully tell what he was doing because Silver came out of the bathroom, and they walked away from the area.