A/N: Blaaahhh. Hmm.. I have nothing to say. Well I guess I do. It's been awhile since I updated this story. Again, remember this story takes place 2 years after everything so the gang are a bit mature –ish. Uhm, Sorry It took so long to update this. To be quite frank, I forgot about this for a while. Anyways, here you are and enjoy!
I do not own anything! ;)
The Third Date
Chapter 2: Twinkle Park
Sonic the Hedgehog didn't know what to do. What is going on in the world? Why does Tails want him to ask Amy out on a date? He will admit, he gave it some thought. But asking Amy, Amy Rose, out on a date sounds SO wrong to him. He doesn't want to have a repeat from 2 years ago, where Amy would stalk him and chase him around town. Sonic shuddered at those old memories. He really likes things the way they are. She is his friend. Don't get him wrong, he likes her a lot, and he loves to hang out with her, but their friendship is the same friendship he has with his buddy, Tails. Nothing more.
He stopped at his train of thoughts.
Although, Amy was indeed very pretty, and he couldn't help smile every time she would smile. And whenever she would talk about something she really likes, her eyes would glisten. It's really beautiful. Sonic shook away those thoughts about her. Seriously though, Amy Rose was just his friend. Just a really, really, good looking friend.
"You ready?" Tails asked, interrupting Sonic's thoughts about his really, really good looking friend.
"You bet!" he said smiling. Tails went to grab his coat. "So… you and Cream. That's exciting right?" Sonic asked casually. He felt bad. His best friend, his little brother, didn't tell him about the girl he liked. Sonic was suppose to know about everything in his life!
Tails smiled. "Yeah, you know I always liked her as a friend and I love hanging out with her so I thought, hey, why not ask her out on a date. It might be good for me." He chuckled to himself at his 'joke'. It was the same thing Tails said to Sonic about Amy.
Sonic glared at his buddy, yet smiled. "Yes, but the difference is that you want to go on a date with Cream. I don't want to go on a date with Amy." He patted Tails on the head. "I told you buddy, I like her as my friend. If I wanted to go on a date with her, I would. But I don't. I'm sorry." He gave Tails an apologetic smile.
Tails smiled in return and nodded. He had a feeling that now the idea was placed into Sonic's head, he won't stop thinking about it tonight when he hangs out with her. Tails decided to use the 'inception' idea. You know, planting the idea in his head and all. "Well, let's go before we are late!"
Meanwhile, Amy Rose invited Cream over for some advice. She needed help picking out her outfit. Of course a girl cannot leave for a very important evening without asking her friends if it looks good on her first! That would be unheard of in girl world, or at least Amy's world.
"So!" Amy said coming out of the bathroom in a dress scary similar to the one she wears everyday. "How do I look?" she asked with a huge grin on her face.
Cream the Rabbit smiled. "You look lovely Amy." she said in her little high pitched voice. "I'm sure Sonic will love it." Cheese responded with an approving. "Chao! Chao!"
"Thanks Cream!" she gave her friend a huge hug. "I'm just so excited and nervous! Oh, I really hope he asks me out on a date!" Amy realized she was being a little head over heels right now. All she is doing is talking about herself! She turned back to Cream. "Are you excited to see Tails?" she smiled, nudging her.
Cream blushed. "Oh Amy, Tails is so sweet. I know were friends and all, but if he asked me out that would be very sweet of him." She smiled. She was always so positive and optimistic about everything. Way to go Cream!
"Knock Knock!" The two were interrupted by none other than Rouge the Bat. She barged right into Amy's room and sat herself down on her bed.
Amy couldn't help but roll her eyes. "Gee, does anyone actually knock on the door anymore?" She stood up and examined her outfit in the mirror again.
"Hey, I said it didn't I?" Rouge then looked at Amy and her outfit. "You're not seriously wearing that are you?" she said in complete disgust. She did not approve of the dress.
Amy wasn't actually mad from the comment. In fact, she was more sad than insulted. "You seriously don't like it? I thought it looked good." she said with disappointment in her voice. She examined herself in the mirror once more. "What's wrong with it?"
Rouge laughed. "Only the fact that you wear it every day." Rouge searched through Amy's closet and found a pale pink dress. "Wear this." She insisted.
Amy showed discomfort. "Really?"
"Duh! Do you want to impress Sonic? Put it on!" Rouge shoved the dress to Amy and pushed her into the bathroom.
A couple minutes later Amy Rose stepped out in a beautiful pale pink dress. It was flowy at the end and it had flowy sleeves. It looked flawless on her. She had matching pumps on and a matching headband of course.
"Beautiful!" Cream clapped.
"I love my taste." Rouge smiled. She then searched the closet for a nice coat to wear with it. She found a white colored light weight pea coat to go with it. She put her hands on her hips. "Honestly girl, if this doesn't get Sonic to ask you out on a date, I don't know what will."
Amy looked at herself in the mirror and ended up loving it. "Oh Rouge, Thank You!" she gave her a huge hug. Rouge smirked but pushed her off. She put her hands on Amy's shoulders.
"Okay Amy, listen. You really have to step up your game tonight. Your mission: Do not hug the hedgehog. Okay? By the end of tonight, he'll be craving your body… well I mean… next to his." Amy nodded. Simple enough.
"Anything else?" she asked.
"Yes. Now, Sonic isn't the jealous type, so flirting with other guys will only get you nowhere. However, Sonic considers you and Tails his best friends, and he likes when you guys look up to him, or consider him a 'hero' if you will. So naturally, he would get jealous if you or Tails suddenly had a new 'hero' best friend. So try talking highly about someone." She suggested.
"Who do I talk highly about?" Amy said confused. Sonic was her blue hero. She just couldn't imagine anyone else in comparison.
"I don't know… uhm… Shadow." Rouge shrugged. Good enough. Plus Sonic already gets jealous of him in the first place.
Amy looked confused. "Shadow? What is there to talk highly of about Shadow?"
Rouge was getting frustrated. She was thinking too much into this. "I don't know! Just say something! Talk about how nice he was when… he helped you out… that one time..." Amy was right. Shadow wasn't exactly someone that people talk highly of.
Amy was hesitant. "I'll try."
"Great! And Cream." She turned her attention to the little rabbit. This is where Rouge's plan comes to action. Her favorite part. "We have to make sure they get plenty of alone time. So maybe you can hang out with Tails for a while?" she asked. "Oh. I guess I'll do the same with Knuckles. That should be fun." She tried to make it sound like it would be a pain. Yet, secretly that's exactly what she wanted.
Cream smiled. "Sounds fun. I don't mind spending time with Tails at all." She said excitedly. Amy smiled at her.
"So are we ready Girls?" Amy was excited, yet oh so nervous.
"Sure are." And with that, the girls left.
Meanwhile, Sonic and Tails were waiting at the entrance of Twinkle Park. The best friends were sharing a conversation. For a while they were contemplating on whether the Echidna would show up or not. Of course, their thoughts ended when he eventually did.
"Hey-a Knucklehead, I guess even guarding the Master Emerald requires a break sometimes." Sonic laughed. He couldn't resist teasing the hot headed echidna.
Knuckles sighed. "I don't know why I agreed to go to this."
"Well, glad you can make it!" he said with a smile. He patted him hard on the back. Knuckles crossed his arms and let out a 'humph'.
Knuckles then looked around suspiciously. "Have you seen Rouge?"
Tails smiled. "Well, look at you, Mister Antsy. She'll be here." The young fox teased. Knuckles frowned.
"I'm worried she'll steal my Emerald. You can't just trust her with anything you know!" he said matter of factly. Tails and Sonic both rolled their eyes. "Don't roll your eyes!" barked Knuckles. "It's sacred!"
"To you!" Sonic laughed.
Kncukles glared at him. "The Master Emerald was created by the gods! They saw that people were using the Chaos Emeralds for evil and equipped the gem to be able to negate the energy of the Chao-"
"Okay okay. We're sorry Knuckles. We love your Master Emerald and we apologize for making fun of you about it." Sonic said finally cutting him off from his speech. Knuckles mumbled some hate words under his breath. Luckily, the topic ended shortly when the girls finally arrived. Rouge and Cream walked up to the small group first as Amy trailed behind.
"Took you long enough." Tails said annoyed. He directed his comment to his friend Amy and maybe even Rouge, but unfortunately Cream heard.
"I'm so sorry Tails!" Cream apologized with a worried look on her face. Fearing, that Tails is upset with her.
Tails blushed. "No, I'm sorry! I'm just kidding! We don't mind! I'm sorry!" he kept saying. 'Great, what an idiotic start to the night.' he thought.
Rouge smiled devilishly at Knuckles. "Are you ready for a night of fun and excitement?" she flirted, intertwining her arm with his.
He gave her an unconvinced look. "No. I'm ready for this night to be over." He took his arm away from hers.
"Awe, Knuxy, you're no fun." She pouted. Rouge moved aside as Amy Rose finally came into Sonic's site.
Sonic the Hedgehog was caught off guard. He glanced at Amy for a split second but had to do a double take. Was that Amy? Her outfit was different yet so beautiful. In his mind, she looked as lovely as a flower. No, as lovely as a rose. Just like her last name. He found himself smiling for his friend. 'A really, really good looking friend' he reminded himself.
Amy smiled and walked right up to Sonic. "Hey Sonic! You look nice!" she said, her eyes glistening.
Sonic was still in somewhat of a daze. "Hey Ames, you look…..really really good looking…" his daze ended right there. Shoot. Did he just say that out loud? What he wanted to say was 'lovely' but unfortunately that didn't come out of his mouth.
Amy looked confused, yet smiled. "Thanks?" Sonic laughed his mistake off. "Oh hey! I made those cookies." She said knowing all too well that the hedgehog would be excited.
And he was. Sonic was beaming. His mouth was watering thinking about how delicious the cookies were. "Yes! They are the best. Thanks Ames!" he extended his arms out to give her a hug.
"No problem!" Amy quickly said and walked fast to Tails. She acted like she didn't know he was extending his arms for a hug.
Sonic was left hanging. 'Did she just reject my hug?' he shrugged it off however because little things don't really bother the blue hero that much. 'Weird'
The small group approached the Ticket Booth to Twinkle Park. It was just before the Elevator that lead to the amusement park.
Rouge smiled at the lady in the booth. "Hi, we have 3 cute couples ready to go in!" the lady in the booth looked at Rouge and the gang behind her.
"Congratulations! Cute couples get in free today." She handed them each a set of tickets.
"But we're not-" Knuckles started to protest but Rouge stomped on his foot. "Ow!"
"Thank you!" Rouge smiled.
They all proceeded to ride the Elevator that took them up. Once inside, the small group made their way over to the directory. Every single one of them stared at the map to see what to do first. Who knows why since they've all been here before many, many times.
Knuckles smirked. "How 'bout I take a 'wack' at Wack-a-Mole." He chuckled at his 'joke'. Rouge intertwined her arm with his.
"I would 'love' to see that." She said winking. Amy giggled but then Rouge nudged the pink hedgehog.
"Oh! The Tunnel of love!" Amy said excitedly. She then realized what she just said and looked up at Sonic quickly. She sighed of relief when she realized Sonic wasn't paying attention. She didn't want a repeat from 2 years ago.
"I …uh… would like to go to the Arcade." Amy said so they can all split up. She knew Sonic would want to go to the arcade as well. Rouge smiled in approval.
Tails caught on to the girls plan about splitting up. "I guess I wouldn't mind going to ride some rides." He shrugged.
"Well looks like we all have to split up." Rouge smirked. "Knuckles and I can go play the Carnival games."
Sonic weighed his options. Arcade, Carnival Games or Riding some coasters. Being the only one not in on this whole plan, he didn't think any harm would be done when he said, "I guess I'll go with you guys." He said referring to Knuckles and Rouge. Everyone stared at each other. How do get themselves out of this one?
"Nonsense Sonic, you wouldn't want to keep Knuckles and I from enjoying ourselves would you?" she squeezed the space between her and Knuckles tighter.
Knuckles smirked. "Actually, I wouldn't mind." Rouge gave him a death stare.
Sonic rubbed the back of his head. "Ah, you're right, you're right. Sorry. I'll go to the arcade, if that's okay with you Ames?" he said smiling at her.
Amy wanted to come up with something cute. "Sure! That would be grine!" Amy paused. Shoot. What did she just say? She was debating to say either 'great' or 'fine', unfortunately, both came out. Everyone laughed as Rouge smacked her forehead.
Sonic chuckled too. "Would that be grine, Amy?" he said making fun of her attempt to say 'Great' or 'Fine'. Amy laughed along but was clearly embarrassed. Sonic then noticed Cream didn't have any preference on where to go. "Cream, care to join us?" he asked.
Cream smiled. "I think I'll go ride some rides with Tails. Thanks though!" she said to the Hedgehog. Cheese followed up with a "Chao! Chao!"
Tails got excited that Cream wanted to join him, but it soon faded when he realized that she probably only said that so they could get Sonic and Amy alone.
"Okay. We'll catch up with you guys later!" Tails said as everyone set off in different directions.
Tails walked along the streets of Twinkle Park with his crush, Cream the Rabbit. He was looking forward to this his whole night.
"So, Amy's got quite the plan huh?" he said trying to make small talk with the girl.
Cream smiled. "I think Sonic would have fun going on date with Amy, don't you think?" she asked in her cute little high pitch voice.
Tails laughed. "Yeah. He just doesn't realize it yet." Tails paused. He wondered if he should bring up something about them two at this point. "By the way, you look lovely." He said as he blushed.
Cream blushed as well. "Thank you Tails." She smiled. "You look very handsome yourself."
"Nah, I look the same as I do every day." He said shrugging his shoulders. He smiled at her. "H-How have you been?" he asked but mentally yelled at himself for uttering those words.
"Tails, I've been great. I just wish I saw you more." The small girl hung her head low. She loves her friends so much.
He smiled. "I agree. This little scheme kind of works out perfectly. We all get to hang out with one another." The two stopped walking once they got to a roller coaster called "Alpha". Tails looked excited while Cream got nervous.
"This looks a bit scary." She said with her worried eyes. Tails felt bad. She probably didn't want to tag along with him after all.
"Yikes, I'm sorry Cream. We don't have to ride this, let's go on something else." He said reassuring.
However, the small rabbit shook her head. "I'm fine. Just scared, that's all. I want to ride this with you." As she said this, she grabbed Tails' hand. They both blushed.
"Ah…ok." He uttered. The two made their way in line.
Rouge the Bat stood there with Knuckles the Echidna. She watched him play this 'Wack-a-Mole' game. This is what she has been waiting for the whole night and she didn't even know what to say? How unlike her. Well, she didn't know what to say without getting into an argument with him. Why can't she just have a normal conversation with the guy?
"So how's that Master Emerald?" she asked. Was that really the best she could come up with?
Knuckles smirked. "Figures you would ask that right away."
She smiled. "Hey, I said I would back off, didn't I?"
"Oh, we'll see how long that lasts." He glared.
Rouge pouted, "You know, if you gave me a chance, I bet you'd really like me." She said with a smirk.
Knuckles looked at her like she was dumbfounded. "Really?" he said sarcastically. "What makes you think that?"
"Well," she started. "I like a jewel, you like a jewel. I'm a treasure hunter, You're a treasure hunter. I kick, you punch. Why, we're almost a perfect match!" she said smiling.
Knuckles looked at her as if she was stupid. "You're right. I'm so drawn to bat girls who try to steal something that is very sacred to my people. Just too irresistible. " he said sarcastically.
"Oh will you just leave that to rest already!" she exclaimed.
"Humph" Knuckle said crossing his arms. "Sorry, but if you want to be okay with me, then you have to be okay with the emerald."
Rouge rolled her eyes. Was he for real? Why is he so uptight about his dumb Master Emerald? Rouge shook her head. This plan was going to take a lot of hard work and patience. Though, she knew that he will eventually come around.
Sonic the Hedgehog and Amy Rose went straight towards the arcade when they parted with the group. Amy got nervous. Now is her chance to be alone with Sonic. She tried to remember everything Rouge told her at the beginning of her day. To not touch him, and talk highly about Shadow. She sighed. This will be difficult. Amy was lost in thought.
"Well, look who's awfully quiet tonight." Sonic laughed as he put his arm around her shoulders, in a friendly way of course. "Cat got your tongue?" he chuckled again at his joke.
Amy giggled as cutely as she could. "I guess so!" She then slipped out and under from Sonic's arm.
He gave her a suspicious look. "Everything ok?" she normally doesn't reject a gesture from Sonic, let alone a hug. Something must be up in his mind.
She smiled at him. "I'm fine! Never been better!" she laughed.
Sonic wasn't convinced but it was good enough for him. "Okay," he said a bit skeptical. "If you say so." The two then continued into the arcade.
Sonic headed straight to the counter to get some coins for them. Amy stayed behind. She was fiddling with her fingers, her hair, or her nails. She was so nervous. She didn't know how she could keep this up the whole night. 'Why does he make me so nervous?' she asked herself.
The blue hedgehog came back with a bucket full of coins. He whistled. "With these babies, we'll be here all night!" he exclaimed. "Let's play a little game of air hockey, shall we?" Amy nodded and the two headed over to the air hockey table. Sonic put some coins in the machine and they started playing.
"Hi-Ya!" Sonic yelled trying to beat out the pink girl. Amy laughed but wasn't too excited about their Air Hockey game as he was. She was so focused on what to say to him. Amy still hadn't come up with anything yet. Sonic noticed how un-bubbly she was being tonight.
"Ames…" Sonic whined, "Why are you so quiet tonight?" he gave her s sad look. He loves when his friends are happy and hates when he sees his friends sad.
Amy shook her head. "I'm sorry Sonic, I guess I've been lost in thought." She smiled. However, it probably wasn't the best thing to say.
"About what?" he asked interested, without missing a beat in this air hockey game. He scored a goal.
Amy paused. What does she say? "Uh…" she couldn't tell him what really was on her mind. She let a couple of seconds pass by. "About Shadow." She eventually spat out. Amy started a new round of air hockey. Within seconds, she scored a goal.
"Shadow?" Sonic stood there dumbfounded. "Why Shadow?" He wasn't exactly jealous, at least not yet. Just a bit confused.
Amy hesitated. Now she had to say something nice about him. "I… was walking home with my groceries one day, and I bumped into him. He offered to carry them home for me." That was the best she could come up with. And besides, her story was half true. She did run into him not too long ago. But he didn't offer to take home her groceries.
Sonic chuckled a bit. "Oh." He said smiling at himself. He felt stupid for almost getting jealous about Shadow the Hedgehog.
However, Amy could tell that Sonic was thinking that. "Yeah, I guess he was a real 'hero' that day." She chuckled lightheartedly, and a little over exaggerated. Amy scored another goal as Sonic regained his thoughts.
Sonic looked a bit insulted. "Amy, you know I would help you with your groceries any day, right?"
She smiled at him. "Of course I know that Sonic. It's just that, you're always busy, and I hate asking you. So it was nice to having someone there." she mentally applauded herself for that perfect sentence. At that moment, Amy scored a goal. She cheered of excitement as she won the whole game.
Sonic look defeated, but not because of the air hockey. "Uh, I'm done with the arcade. Not in the mood." He shrugged as he walked outside. Amy followed but kicked herself in the head for making him so upset.
As soon as they walked outside, Sonic spotted Knuckles and Rouge at one of the carnival stations. Sonic couldn't help but think how perfect timing this was. Amy was acting too weird for him, and to be honest, it was making him upset.
"Hey guys!" Sonic yelled catching up to where they were at. "We decided to join you two after all." Amy nodded reluctantly and trailed behind.
Knuckles was also very thankful for this as well. "Great!" He smiled. Now he didn't have to be left alone with Rouge anymore. He and Sonic walked to a booth. They both started to play a carnival game involving gambling with a mouse to see where it will go.
Rouge shot Amy a death stare, wanting more alone time with the Echidna. She held Amy behind so they can talk privately behind the boys. "What happened?" she couldn't help but ask in an annoyed tone.
Amy shrugged. "Sorry, but our conversation wasn't going well." She now frowned, thinking she ruined the whole operation.
"What do you mean? How could it not?" she asked.
"Well, I said something nice about Shadow and now he's all upset."
Rouge sighed of relief. "Oh really? Well, he'll come around then. Just you wait." Amy nodded unconvinced while the two girls caught up with the boys. Rouge was still a tad bit annoyed that her time was interrupted as well.
"And Bingo was his name-O!" Sonic sang as he won the mouse game. "And on the first try too! That match was nothing for the world's fastest hedgehog!" he yelled proudly.
"Always the showoff I see." Rouge looked unimpressed.
Knuckles threw his fists on the counter. "This game is rigged. I'm not leaving till I win." He announced.
Rouge rolled her eyes. "Great." She said unenthused.
Sonic turned around to Amy. "What do you want?"
The girl was caught off guard. "Huh?" she asked. 'I thought he was mad at me?'
Sonic laughed. "C'mon Ames, I won! Now, collect a prize." He said giving her one of his award winning smiles.
Amy stood there stunned. "Uh, I don't need anything Sonic!" she said being polite.
Sonic rolled his eyes playfully. "Alright." He looked up at the prizes. "I guess I'll take that teddy bear." He said with a shrug. The man brought down a cute little teddy bear and handed it to Sonic. Sonic then handed it to Amy. "Here you go!" he said proudly.
Amy was about to protest but she smiled and took the prize. "Thanks Sonic." Sonic took this opportunity to try to hug the girl again, after all, he has her undivided attention. He stretched his arms out for a hug.
Amy paused. There was no way getting out of this one. But Rouge told her to not hug him. She leaned it with one of her arms and her shoulder. It was the best she could come up with. Sonic was baffled. 'What an odd hug.' He thought to himself. He quickly shrugged it off. Again, Sonic doesn't really care about the little things that much.
Tails and Cream left the roller coaster with delight. They both had a great time but Cream was indeed scared. She still had a fun time however because they held hands the whole time. Tails defiantly was on cloud 9 tonight.
Cream now held Cheese in her arms. "Tails, I loved that ride! I'm glad I rode it!" she exclaimed happily followed by a "Chao Chao!" from Cheese.
"That's a relief. I was worried you'd get scared." He scratched the back of his head nervously.
"Not at all!" she said smiling. The two little ones decided to walk around Twinkle Park to find their friends. "So you really think Sonic will ask Amy on a date?" she asked.
Tails nodded. "Oh yeah. He can deny it all he wants but he defiantly likes her." he ending this sentence with a reassuring wink.
Cream blushed a little. "But how will he ask her out on a date?"
Tails shrugged. "I don't know. He needs a little push I think."
"Like what?" the girl asked.
Tails pondered for a moment. What will set this hedgehog off? "That's a good question."
"Hello Ladies." A very handsome fox with an equally handsome dog approached Rouge and Amy while they were walking ahead of Sonic and Knuckles. The whole group were heading to another game before they were stopped. "Are these your boyfriends?" the Fox nodded at Sonic and Knuckles behind the girls.
Rouge and Amy turned around. Both boys had their arms crossed. Knuckles looked annoyed while Sonic looked bored. The girls happily turned around with a "Nope!" they both said instantaneously.
"Excellent" the dog answered. "May we accompany you two to the Tunnel of Love?" he said winking. They each held out an arm for Rouge and Amy to take.
Amy hesitated. She wanted to say yes because what girl doesn't love a little flattery? But would Sonic get mad at her? She turned around to look at Sonic again. He was already talking away with Knuckles. 'I guess he really doesn't care then. I'm only a friend to him.' she thought sadly. She couldn't help but think Rouge was right earlier about how Sonic isn't the jealous type.
Rouge already held on to the Fox's arm and nudge Amy to take the dog's arm. Amy reluctantly took his arm. The two couples started to walk away until...
"Wait a minute." Sonic called out. He took Amy's hand. "Now, I may not be her boyfriend but I just so happen to be a boy and I just so happen to be her friend. I'm not going to let her walk away with some stranger." He chuckled to himself as he took Amy away from the handsome dog. Amy smiled because he held onto her hand tightly.
Everyone now held their attention at Knuckles, waiting for him to say something about Rouge. Sonic nudged Knuckles.
"Uh." He said unfolding his arms. "Yeah, and she's my date for the night." He grabbed Rouge's arm and took her back.
Rouge smirked at Amy. This was perfect for her. "Am I your date, Knuxy?" she teased, intertwining their arms again. Knuckles blushed.
"Sort of." He said angrily as he let go of the girl. He rolled his eyes. Rouge didn't mind. It was a great answer.
The two men rolled their eyes. "I see. Well, if you two get bored with your dates, come seek out us." They both made sure to give quote hands for the word 'date'. They left as fast as they came. Random for sure, but that's what happens when you hang out with two pretty ladies for the night, random guys will try to hit on them.
Sonic and Knuckles seem to have forgot everything when they went over to a carnival game involving catching gold fish. They both traded in some coins for fishing rods. Amy and Rouge stood behind them as they watched.
Amy smiled at Rouge and whispered only loud enough for her to hear. "Did you see how jealous Sonic got? I knew it! I just knew it! He loves me!" the young hedgehog danced around for a minute. Rouge looked at her in disgust.
"Calm down, pinky. He hasn't asked you out on a date yet." She said rolling her eyes. Though, Rouge couldn't help but smirk at Knuckles' jealousy as well. Rouge then looked perplexed. If THAT wasn't enough to get Sonic to ask Amy out on a date, she doesn't know what will! Maybe he won't after all...
The two girls watched 'their boys' play this fishing game for a while. They were both very competitive with each other. Of course, Sonic and Knuckles are always competitive together. Sonic eventually scored enough fish to win.
Knuckles frowned. "I'm playing again!" he said angrily. Why can't he beat any of these games tonight?
"Amy Rose." Sonic said turning to face her. She was a little caught off guard. "Want to play?" he asked politely.
Amy was still happy from his act of jealousy earlier. "No, I'm good Sonic." She said with a smile.
Sonic nodded and turned to Rouge. "How 'bout you play for me." He said handing her his fishing net.
"Gladly." She smirked as she stood in Sonic's previous spot next to Knuckles.
Sonic stood next to Amy. She smiled. "Are you having fun, Sonic?" she asked her blue hero.
He gave her thumbs up. "Sure am! It's not every day I beat Knuckles at carnival games." He winked. Amy looked away to hide a blush.
But Sonic saw this. He stared at her in 'awe'. 'She doesn't still like me, does she?' he asked himself. Sure, she had the BIGGEST crush on him 2 years ago, but once they put everything aside, he figured they were just friends. Sonic didn't know what to say. He continued to stare as Amy tried to hide her blush. Sonic went wide eyed. 'That explains the kiss!' he thought to himself about when Amy leaned in closer for a kiss. It was weird but Sonic was unfazed by it at the time. Sonic then snapped his fingers. So that's why everyone has been pressuring him to ask her out on a date! 'Holy Cow. She still likes me!'
How did he not see this before? He couldn't think Amy would give up Sonic THAT easily. But of course, he did. He had thought they were nothing but friends. Maybe he should ask her out on date? After all, the girl clearly still likes him, and he kind of misses her too. Plus, she isn't anything like she was back then. She is quite pleasant now.
"So uh, Ames?" Sonic asked.
Amy smiled. "Yes?" she looked at him. He was scratching the back of his head while looking down at his feet. She couldn't help but notice this was an odd look coming from him. Certainly one she's never seen.
Sonic took a big breath of air. "Uh…" he paused to laugh. "I don't know how I'm going to say this." He started laughing at himself. Amy just stood there confused. "Well, Amy." He paused once more. Can he really say this?
"Will you, go out… with me… sometime?" he managed to say.
Amy smiled but wasn't satisfied. "Sure Sonic! I always love hanging out with you."
Sonic blinked. "I actually meant like, as a date." There he said it. And breaking it up in two sentences was a much easier way of saying it too.
Amy stood there stunned. "You're asking me out on a date?" she said jaw dropped forming into a smile.
Knuckles and Rouge heard this and turned around subconsciously. Sonic paused. Everyone was watching him. "Uh…" he rubbed the back of his head again and looked very uncomfortable. He quickly was asking himself if he really wanted to do this. His mind raced with thoughts of her 2 years ago, hugging him, crushing him, and begging for a date. She's matured since then and the two became really great friends, but maybe he missed some of the young Amy. He missed that attention, and maybe, he really did like it all. He looked back up at her face. He saw the smile form on her lips and knew she hadn't really changed after all. He smiled back. "Yes." He opened his arms. "Amy Rose, can this goofy blue hedgehog take you out on a date?"
Amy rushed into his arms like old times and held him into a tight hug. "Oh Sonic. I will! I will! Thank you!"
Sonic almost couldn't breathe from her grip but laughed it off because he hasn't had one of these hugs in years!
Rouge turned back to her game. Great. That was easier then she expected. Now she has a time limit to try to get closer to her secret crush. She saw Knuckles turning around laughing.
"What's so funny?" she asked the Echidna.
Knuckles shrugged. "I don't know." He stopped laughing. Rouge was waiting for him to say more to that sentence but smirked when she realized that Knuckles really didn't know why he was laughing.
A/N: Yay done with this chapter! Well please Read and Review! Ugh, I made the DUMB mistake of juggling stories. So sorry it took so long. But luckily for me, I'm not one of those authors who writes a chapter and has no idea how the rest of the story will be. I'M different, and every chapter I post, I know exactly how I want the rest of the story to be. For example: I already know how this story will end ;)