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Chapter 3
Families! Everyone couldn't wait to have one. Just the thought of something tiny and innocent, made everyone want to awe. And as for Amy, her life was being tipped upside down, like a fast rollercoaster, with so many decisions to choose from.
"Hmm…what to choose?" she thought to herself, as she tapped her bottom lip. "Maybe…" she raised her hand across to one side, but quickly pulled it back, feeling slightly unsure. "But then…I could" she growled, sitting back in her chair and staring at the two empty bowls in front of her.
Her lip quivered, and her finger tapped on the table, still undecided. She thought hard, looking down at her bump on her belly, a rounded shape, slightly bigger than a baseball. She wondered what blip would want to eat. This made her laughed at the name. Sonic had called it that once when she was cooking pasta. He had come in and asked if pasta was blip's choice or hers, and the name just stuck.
Mmm…pasta.
She licked her lips at the thought of long soft noodles, drenched in greasy pasta sauce. Now why couldn't she have pasta everyday? Or cookies, or strawberry flavoured milk. This made her belly rumble. Blip was obviously hungry.
She then stared back at her bowls. What was she going to have for breakfast? Sonic wanted her to have a healthy diet, but he didn't know how bad her cravings were. Patting her stomach, she looked up, watching as a tired blue hedgehog made his way into the kitchen, yawning and stretching as he scooted across to the kettle, switching it on.
"Morning Ames" he said cheerfully, feeling her presence in the room. This made the hungry female smile back widely. A good morning from her boyfriend always made her smile. Even though it had been 4 months since Sonic moved in with Amy, the two felt much more comfortable. They both saw each other every day, morning and night and this seriously pleased Amy.
"Sonic, help me out" the girl mumbled, catching his attention. The blue hedgehog turned to her, and shone his eyes at her, making sure she had his full attention. "I need help with breakfast"
"Breakfast?" he repeated after her, staring at her empty bowls. "Right…ok" he looked nervous, confused with what she actually wanted him to do. Did she want him to make her breakfast?
"I can't decide from oatmeal, or watermelon" she gestured her hands between both bowls and looked back up at him helplessly.
"What do you like best?" he asked her, hoping this would solve her problem.
"Well I don't know. Oatmeal is rather oaty, and watermelon is watery…" she paused, staring at Sonic, who lifted his eyebrow, amused. "If you ask me, I prefer pasta, cookies and strawberry milk" her smile grew wider, in hope Sonic would allow her to eat her desired meal, but his reparative tapping of his foot, made her think otherwise.
"Amy you need to eat more healthily, for blip's sake" he sat beside her, ignoring the beep from the kettle and smiled at her. She looked so adorable when she went into sulk mood. Her arms would cross over her chest and her cheeks would puff up, full of anger and sadness. "Just have the oatmeal for now…" this made her sink low in her chair. She wasn't too keen on oatmeal, because to her, it seemed to look like sick. Yucky, lumpy sick. "Amy, it's nice" Sonic said, watching her resistant look on her face. "It will be good for you" Amy sunk lower in her chair, growling at him. "Amy" she sunk lower. So low that he slipped out of her chair and began to crawl under the table, and out freely before running to the living room. But Sonic wasn't bothered by this. He knew however far she was, he could grab her in seconds. After all, he is the fastest thing alive.
An hour passed and Amy gulped down her last bite of oatmeal, with Sonic sat beside her. She obviously didn't like it, because every mouthful she took, seemed to her as foul, disgusting…and swallowing seemed to be the hardest part. It felt like squashed up slugs piling into her mouth. She pulled another sour face before throwing her spoon into the bowl.
"Amy…" Sonic watched her, making sure every bite was gone. "You know, sometimes I wonder whether you're meant to be the mother or the baby" he chuckled to himself, sipping his coffee. But she didn't say a word. Instead she waited until all of the substance was gone from her mouth, before heading into the living room to watch telly.
Amy had flopped onto the sofa, throwing the cushions onto the floor to make herself feel much more comfortable. She then rested her head on her hand and grabbed the TV controller, switching through the channels with boredom.
"Amy, don't tell me you're going to lounge around all day" the male wondered, as he entered the room. He leaned against the doorway and crossed his arms, watching the pink hedgehog gloomily look up at him.
"Mmm" she mumbled, placing her head back down. "There's really nothing to do" she replied.
"It's the middle of May, there's plenty of things to do…how about baking? Or some gardening?" Sonic suggested, as he pointed from kitchen to the living room window. But Amy shook her head, not really interested in what he had to say. But Sonic knew this. This was one of her moods. She had plenty of them, and they were up and down like crazy. "How about we go and visit Cream?" he piped up, walking over to her. "Or Tails?" he added.
"No thanks" was her slow and painful reply.
Sonic growled.
"You have to do something" he urged her up, wrapping his tanned arms around her neck from behind, he then kissed her head firmly. "Do you want me to take you anywhere?" he asked, looking down at her. But Amy shook her head. "Amy…there must be something you want to do" he glanced around the room, and then back down at her, thinking up of more suggestions. Knowing she would turn down every single one of them. But then he smiled to himself, peeking down at the bump on his girlfriend. The baby…
"How about, we go and get some furniture for the baby's room?" he asked causally, feeling her unexpectedly tense in his arms.
"What kind?" she asked back, suddenly interested. The blue hedgehog shrugged his shoulders, letting go of her.
"Everything…we can get paint, or wallpaper, a cot, a changing table…the whole lot" he smiled to himself, watching as the girl's eyes grew bigger with happiness. She sprang up from the sofa and clenched her coat, throwing it on her shoulders and stepping into her shoes.
"Come on Sonic…what we waiting for?" she asked back. Sonic blinked for a second, surprised with her quick reaction. But quickly followed her. And without warning, he grabbed her, and ran to the town centre, within seconds, placing her down on the pavement. "Right Sonic…we'll go in here first" she took his hand and charged her way into the mothercare store, making Sonic drift behind her.
Inside were many baby items, for parents. Things such as plastic bottles, pacifiers, prams and even clothing. Amy's eyes grew, showing her green sparkling eyes.
"Sonic…look" she pulled him across to the newborn clothing, and awed at the pink, white and blue baby grows. "Aren't they so cute? And too think…this is how tiny blip will be" she took one off the stand and smiled, imagining her new born baby dressed in what she was holding. A soft comfortable fabric, only suitable for new babies. "Should we get some?" the pink hedgehog wondered, looking up at her unamused boyfriend.
"Sure Ames…" he shrugged his shoulders, and waited as clothes began to fill up in his arms. "I take it, I'm holding them then" he said with a hint of sarcasm. Amy ignored him, and continued her shop, scanning through items that she knew she would need for her baby.
"These?" Amy asked, as she held up bibs. "Just in case…" Sonic rolled his eyes, nodding slowly, before taking them off her hands and adding them to the pile.
"Shouldn't we be looking more into prams and cots?" he asked softly.
"You're right Sonic! Come on" once again, she took his hand and led him to the wide range of cots, all in flat pack boxes. As the two scanned the products, a helpful grey cat came over, obviously an employee from the store.
"May I help you?" he looked at Amy and smiled sweetly before turning to her partner and gasping silently. "Sonic…wow…what a surprise, how may I help you both" he asked happily. He turned to Amy, who was still eyeing up the cots.
"What's the best appropriate cot you have? That's safe" she enquired, staring at the worker.
"Well miss, the best one we have in store at the moment, is the east side nursery anna drop side cot, only for £144"he showed them the already made cot, and Amy awed happily.
"Is the baby mattress included?" she asked, staring at the employee. And he nodded. "What do you think Sonic?" she turned to the blue hedgehog and smiled wider. "Would you be able to put it together?"
"I could…if not, Tails could do it"
Amy nodded, turning back to the employee once again.
"We'll take it" she said with excitement. The grey cat nodded his head at them, feeling successful that he had just sold a cot to a famous couple. He grabbed a flat pack and took it to the counter, before placing it round the back ready for them to purchase.
"Anything else?" he wondered, glancing at them both.
"We need a pram…or push chair…" Sonic answered.
"Ah, right this way…" he started to lead them both towards a set of prams, all lined up against each other. Many were different sizes, some were different colours, and some were just…weird. As the grey cat reviewed each buggy to the couple, the easier it became to choose the best one.
The better one was the raptor 600; it had everything that was required in a pram. And the seat itself was even detachable, so it could also be used as a carrier.
"I want it!" Amy demanded, as she stroked the soft fabric in the pram. "It's perfect, just right for my baby" she said happily, rubbing her tummy. She was overwhelmed with the service the grey cat had given them, and once paid, she offered him a tip, from Sonic's wages…
"Isn't it exciting…we are almost done" she blinked across at her boyfriend, who smiled to himself softly, while carefully trying not to drop everything he had placed in his arms. Because of this, they had to walk home. Which for Sonic, was horrible since the only speed he could do, was the same speed Amy could do as they trekked across the fields and hills to Amy's home.
"What a delightful day" Amy admitted. "Thank you for getting me out of the house" she said sweetly, kissing his cheek. With the sudden movement from Amy, Sonic suddenly collapsed with all of the things on top of him.
"Oh…great"
