Chapter Four

Shadow's death look suddenly turned into a fit of laughter. His laughs boomed all throughout the

hallways of the school.

After what seemed like a thousand years, Shadow finally caught his breath and stopped laughing. "You

think I killed my ex? Oh, that's golden. This is the crazy bullshit people make up. My ex moved away. The only reason she told me she cheated on me was because she didn't want to leave then have me find out from someone else. I didn't kill or hurt anybody. Ever." He walked away, leaving me in the hallway, as if I didn't exist anymore.

-x-x-

"Amy!"

I groaned. Sure, it was nice having Sonic finally learning to pay attention to me, but not after I left him. Especially when I was getting into Shadow, which is who I was trying to catch up to. I did not need Sonic tagging along.

Ignoring Sonic, I jumped in front of Shadow and smiled. "Hello!"

He raised an eyebrow at me, "shouldn't you be running away from him?" he turned around and stared at Sonic who was standing about ten feet away from us, holding a rose in his hand.

I rolled my eyes, "no. We're over."

"He doesn't think so. Maybe you should go remind him," he shrugged by me, and walked away. Again.

I watched him walk away, completely dumbstruck. What was wrong with him? Did I do something?

"See, we don't need him. We got each other," Sonic handed me the rose.

"We? Sonic, there is no 'we' anymore. You forgot my birthday, along with a million other things. We're over." Maybe Sonic's presence was what made Shadow leave?

"Come on, Ames. You don't mean that. It was just a silly mistake, we all make 'em."

"No, Sonic, it wasn't 'just a silly mistake,' it was a mistake no committed guy makes. Thanks for making everything clear to me."

Be careful, Amy. Don't hurt him, I reminded myself. I sighed, walking away.

Of course, Sonic followed, keeping up with my pace easily. "Amy, please. I'm sorry. What more do you want? Just forgive me and let's move on."

"Sonic, it's not..." Don't hurt him, I repeated in my head. "It's just not that simple."

"Why not? We can bring back all the -"

"No, Sonic, we can't," I interrupted. Why didn't he get it? He never cared before, why now? "It's. Not. That. Simple," I said slowly, trying to get it to go into his hollow head. "I'm sorry, Sonic. We're over."

-x-x-

I walked outside, expecting to get a ride from the bus driver. Instead, Shadow had his truck parked outside the doors, holding up the busses. I smiled.

"Need a ride?" he asked, grinning. He opened the passenger door for me.

"Sure," I returned the smile as I climbed into his big truck.

He closed my door, and walked around the truck to get in. He drove off, and we were greeted with

silence.

"So," I said, finally breaking the silence. "I thought you were avoiding me?"

"I was," he responded simply.

I frowned. That wasn't the answer I was looking for, but I guess he got extra points for saying the truth.

"You look puzzled."

My frown got deeper as Shadow chuckled. "I am. Why were you avoiding me? What did I do?"

"You didn't do anything."

"Then -"

"Don't worry about it," all friendliness in his voice disappeared.

"Are you going to keep avoiding me?'

"Probably."

"Why?"

"Don't worry about it," he repeated, turning into my driveway.

"Is it Sonic?"

"No. Amy, please. Just don't worry about it," he was gripping the steering wheel tightly. It looked like it would snap at any given moment.

I sighed in defeat. "Alright," I opened the door, hopped out, and closed it without another word.

Shadow backed the car out, and sped off again.

-x-x-

"I don't get it," I said, flopping down on my bed.

"I think that's good," Cream said, spinning around on my chair, "he's dangerous. You shouldn't be around him."

I sighed, "there's something about him, though. It's different..."

"Danger?"

"No," I smiled, "something good. Something special."

"Amy, please," Cream stopped spinning, and looked at me, "tell me you're not falling for him."

"I... I don't know if I can."

"Amy! He's a demon! He's evil, dangerous, horrible! He killed -"

"No one," I interrupted her, sitting up. "His ex moved away. He got word just before she had to leave. Cream, how would you like it if someone made up such horrible lies about you? What's said about him isn't true."

"How do you know?"

"Shadow told me."

"You trust him?"

I shrugged, "well, yeah. I mean, why not? He hasn't given me a reason not to."

"He's been avoiding you... maybe he doesn't want to kill you..."

"Cream!" I tried to sound angry that she would think like that, but I ended up laughing. Shadow even

thinking about killing me was just... insane. "Shadow'd never do that. He's probably got a good reason. Besides, he didn't leave me stranded after school. He drove me home."

"Maybe he's going to get in an 'accident' and -"

"Cream, come on! Have a little faith in the guy. He's not that bad, at all. There's a good guy deep down."

"I don't know, Amy. He's just so... creepy."

"You only think that because of the rumors."

-x-x-

"Hi," I said, walking beside Shadow.

"Why do you keep talking to me?"

Ouch. "Should I not?"

"You shouldn't have so much faith in me," he smirked, "I really am dangerous."

Faith? He sounded like he knew about the conversation I had with Cream last night... "How did you?" was all I managed to say, uncertain of the situation.

"Like I said before, don't worry about it."

I sighed, "why not? Why are you acting so... weird?"

"Weird? How do you know this isn't my normal? Or maybe I'm just trying not to kill you," he chuckled

before walking into his next class.

Had he really heard?

... Did he also know what I said about loving him?

A/N: 'Ello!

I haven't updated in 18 days. So sorry!

Anyways, with Christmas coming up, I probably won't be updating until after the holidays.

... Then again, it might not be until 2012 D: My dumbass "brother" is bringing his son over for a few weeks. Guess who gets to babysit while he's getting high?

I'll try to update again ASAP , but no promises as to when that may be.