Okay guys sorry! I've been busy this past week, and had a setback that was very saddening…

R.I.P.

Ace the Italian Greyhound

March 2004 – Aril 15, 2013

Love you buddy!

But anyways, here's chapter 4!

Detour

Shadow growled and plopped down defeated in the sand. "He's not answering."

"I told you, give him some time." Shadow rolled his eyes, scooping a pile of sand into his hand and letting it fall between his fingers. Amy sat beside him, lying on her stomach on a beach towel. They'd been waiting to hear from Silver for over a half hour, and Shadow was becoming impatient. Amy sighed, a grin appearing on her face as her hands came to rest underneath her chin.

"Sooo... How'd you guys meet?" Shadow shot a glare at the pink hedgehog.

"..Don't even start." Amy pouted as she sat up.

"I'm just trying to pass the time grumpy pants. Yeesh..."

Shadow glared at her again, but it soon faded as he sighed and checked the time; 12:36 A.M. 'Should I text him?' He ran another hand through his quills. 'Idiot!' he mentally cursed himself. That mission was a curse. But, it would have given him all the money he needed for Silver's ring.

He shook his head, their previous conversation still fresh in his mind. 'What if something big happened?' Had Silver figured it out?

The unanswered question ate at his mind, so he stood up and began to pace around the campsite, ears slightly pinned. Amy sighed and shifted on the towel.

"Look, Shadow, CALM DOWN. Silver isn't the type of person to hold a grudge. The longest I've ever seen him pissed was two hours." Shadow stopped to consider, but quickly started pacing again. Amy rolled her eyes and gave up trying to convince him otherwise. Shadow stopped and chewed on his lower lip, looking up at the dark sky and placing his hands in his pockets.

"I'm goin' after him."

"That would not be the smartest –!"

Shadow ignored her, heading up the sandstone path to the parking lot. They could talk this out, everything would be fine. His bike's engine erupted into the silence, sending a few birds into flight. He shook his head to clear out all the negatives of the situation, replacing it with a positive thought. 'Everything would be alright…'

Shadow rode an even 75 as he entered the city limits. The cops probably wouldn't be happy to chase him at this hour, but he didn't care. 'Everything will be alright…' The saying still ran through his head. The cold took no break freezing the tips of his ears as he weaved through the city streets, coming to a halt in front of a small white house with cracked cement steps in the midst of repair. He checked the time again; 1:23 A.M.

He jogged up to the front porch, tapping on the screen door; no answer. His thumb pressed the doorbell and waited; still nothing. He leaned over the porch railing and cupped his hands around the front window. The house was dark besides the small "nightlight" as Silver called it, in the dining room. He sighed in confusion and looked down into the driveway. Where was Silver's car? He walked down the stairs and turned to look down the side street; nothing but streetlamps. He chewed on his lower lip again. Where could he be? He pulled out his phone typing in Amy's number, hearing it ring four times before she picked up.

"Well?" Her answer came in an I – told – you – so manner, making Shadow's eyes narrow. He sighed.

"He's not here."

"What?" Shadow rolled his eyes.

"HE'S. NOT. HERE."

"I know THAT moron. Where do you think he is?" Shadow paced lazily in front of Silver's porch, mind jumbled with questions.

"I don't know. I would have said Blaze, but she's at the beach and he'd have no way to get into her place." His ears twitched as heard Amy mumble something to herself. A long silence hung in the air before she finally sighed.

"Do you think you could have made him upset enough that he went back in the future? To stay with his parents?" Shadow winced at the thought, but Amy made a good point. He slid his hand down his face before setting his fingers on top of his eyelids, thinking.

".. I don't know, maybe?"

"Well, that's all I can think of…Check there tomorrow. Maybe he'll be there and clamed down enough to come home." Shadow sighed again, saying goodnight to Amy before taking a seat on his bike to head home. Hopefully she was right.

Sooo here's chapter 4! Sorry, I needed another chapter before the LEMON, so that's why this one is so short! Hopefully I can type that one without dying of a major nosebleed… and sorry my chapters are always so short – I just CANNOT make them any longer for some reason.. Review!