A New Life
Chapter 3
Amy stood staring. She was absolutely shocked. "How did you find me?"
"It is you!" Tears sprung to the little rabbit's eyes and she embraced Amy. "I missed you so very much!"
Amy looked down at her the young girl. "I missed you too. But how did you find me? Are you alone?"
Cream looked up, tears dripping from her watery eyes. "I'm alone."
"How in the world did you find me?"
"I thought I saw you at the mall so I followed you."
Amy's thoughts went into complete turmoil. What was she going to do? She had been found. "You're going to stay in Station Square now. Aren't you?" the eleven-year-old bunny continued.
"I can't."
"But why not?"
"I just can't. Sorry Cream."
"But I miss you. And so does everyone else."
"I'm sorry. I can't stay Cream."
Cream's lips began quivering and she let out a sob. "Please."
The look on her face was killing Amy. Cream was a pro at making others feel guilty or bad just using the expression on her face. But how was Amy going to get out of this mess?
"Cream I need you to do something for me. I need you to leave and not come back. You understand? And don't tell anyone you saw me. Please. Please do it as a friend."
"I can't Amy. I-
"Please just do it," Amy begged.
Cream heaved a sigh. "I'll do it. But will I ever see you again?"
"Maybe someday," Amy doubted it. "Now you'll have something to look forward to. But now I need you to leave."
"Ok. Bye Amy," the young girl said dropping her head to look at the floor. Tears dripped off her nose and hit the carpet of the hotel hallway.
"Bye Cream. I'll miss you."
Amy watched sadly as Cream walked away until she was out of sight. That had to be one of the hardest things she ever had to do. But now she needed to get Rachel. They were leaving as soon as possible.
Shortly after the confrontation with Cream she headed to the beach. "Rachel!" she called.
Then she spotted her friend lying on a towel just as she had been when she left. "Rachel. I need to leave. I'm not feeling well. I'm sorry to ruin your vacation but we have to leave," Amy said.
"What? We just got here! I'm not leaving. Sorry. You can take my car home and I'll find a way home. But I'm not leaving."
"Fine. I'll see you in a couple days I guess."
"I guess you will."
With that taken care of she quickly headed back to the hotel and packed up her stuff. So much for a vacation. Then she boarded the shuttle at the nearest stop and rode out of town. She managed to fall asleep and woke up at her stop. Then she pulled her luggage out. Next stop would be the bus station. She wheeled her luggage behind her and jogged to the bus station. The bus to her town was leaving as she got there. "Wait!" she yelled running after it.
The bus just continued on. "Shoot!" Amy exclaimed kicking a rock across the blacktop. Now she would have to wait for the next one.
Maybe it would have been easier to just take Rachel's car home but she didn't want to leave her friend with the hassle of having to do this. Plus it wasn't her car so that would have been rude.
Eventually, a bus to her town pulled up and she put her baggage in the compartment below the bus with the driver's help. Then she brought her purse with her onto the smelly vehicle. She paid and noticed there weren't any seats open, so she moved to a spot were she could grab onto the railing.
A long while later the bus came to a stop and some passengers departed. Fortunately, that opened up some seats. Quickly she moved to one of the empty seats and sat down. It wasn't until a few moments later that she noticed a pregnant echidna standing behind her. "Hey. Take this seat," Amy said to the female as she stood up.
"Oh bless you child," she said as she accepted Amy's offer and sat down.
Then Amy glanced around the packed bus. More passengers had gotten on. She grasped the railing and waited patiently for the next stop.
Finally, after many stops the bus came to hers. When that time came she departed the nasty bus and got her luggage. Now she was home free. A short walk later she was home. Home sweet home.
She walked in the door and tossed her luggage onto her bed. Unpacking could wait until later.
Amy collapsed on the bed and started reflecting on the day she just had. Poor Cream. The sweet little girl followed her to her hotel room and Amy broke the poor thing's heart. Then she fled.
Guilt overcame her and tears welled in her eyes. But the reason she did it was to protect her. But that wasn't going to get rid of her guilt.
Tears ran down the sides of her face splashing on her bed spread. She reached for a tissue and blew her nose. Suddenly, she straightened up and ran memories of the last few hours through her head. It all seemed to happen so fast. It was almost a blur in her mind. How had it all started? Oh that's right. She saw Cream at the mall and apparently Cream saw her too. But crying wasn't going to fix anything.
She headed to the kitchen for a soda to calm her nerves. After retrieving the soda she kicked the door to the refrigerator closed. Things would get better. They had to.
A few days later Rachel returned to town. She must have been mad at Amy for ditching her in the middle of their vacation because she didn't call. But she would get over it.
Amy sat at her window watching the rain drops hit her window and slide down taking a few others down with it. She would have to go back to work tomorrow. That wouldn't be fun.
Amy loved the rain. So wet and refreshing. There was this indescribable feeling she got when she was in the rain or even watching it fall. The phone started ringing. Amy got up and shuffled over to the phone. "Hello?" she answered.
"Amy?" a small voice on the other line returned.
"Cream?" Amy asked in complete surprise and shock.
"Hi."
"Cream how did you get my phone number?"
"I saw you talking to that girl at the beach before you left and I asked her if she knew you. She did so I asked her if she had your phone number and she gave it to me. So now we can talk all the time. Isn't that great?"
"Yeah Cream. It's real great," but the enthusiasm Cream had in her voice wasn't in Amy's voice. Talking to Cream would bring back memories. And then she would end this conversation in tears.
"Cream I can't talk right-
"Amy please don't hang up. I want to talk to you. I miss you." Amy heard a tremor in the young girl's voice. It made her heart ache.
"Cream? What did you just say? Did you say Amy?" a voice in the background on the other line asked. Tails. Fear pierced Amy's thoughts. She didn't want Cream to have to lie but at the same time she didn't want to get caught.
"Tails what are you doing in here?" Cream asked.
Fear took over Amy and she hung up. Would Tails be able to track her call? She didn't know. Her heart was racing, beating against her chest. She could feel it. She could almost hear it.
She blew it. Now she would be found for sure. Cream wouldn't lie to Tails. What was she to do now? She needed to calm down. So she went outside in the rain.
The soft beating of the drops against her skin felt great. Rejuvenating. The cool water running down her face and arms. Her heart seemed to slow and her thoughts began to escape the fear she felt just moments before. The overwhelming trapped feeling she felt was gone.
Sitting in the rain for as long as she did caused her to come inside dripping wet. Her thoughts were no longer a jumbled mess. Suddenly the phone rang. Reluctantly, she picked it up. "Hello?"
"Amy? Is that you?" Tailse's voice questioned.
The pink hedgehog froze. What should she say?
"Amy where are you? We miss you so much. If that's you please come back," his voice continued on.
Once again she paused. Then she hung up. What else could she do to prevent herself from being discovered? Guilt began to take over her. She just tried to shake it off. She waited a moment to see if the phone would ring again. But it didn't.
It disappointed her a little, but what would she do if he did call back? Hang up on him again? All she wanted to do was go crawl into her bed and stay there. So she went and did just that.
After lying there for a while she began to get sleepy. By this time she had dried off and warmed up. And so she went to sleep.
The next morning inevitably arrived, and Amy rolled out of bed and onto the floor with a thud. "Ouch," she said.
Slowly she stood up and glanced around and rubbed the sleep from her eyes. Wait. There was something she was forgetting. Work! Oh well. She didn't feel like going in today. She would just call in sick.
Amy decided she would enjoy herself today. So where else would she go other than the mall?
The mall was crowded due to a bunch of sales so she had to work her way through crowds. Something in the jewelry store caught her eye. A shell bracelet. One similar to one she made Sonic once. Then she turned away and walked out of the mall.
To her surprise she saw a blue blur pass by. Not just any blue blur. She had to hide. Or he would find her. Without hesitation she burst through the doors of the mall and ran into the nearest store. Did he see her?
She was facing some clothing pretending to look at it. Then she turned around. And there was Sonic, standing in front of her.
A/N: I kinda left you hanging there huh? So what do you think? Did I do ok on this chapter? I've been imagining this to be the ending of a chapter for a long time. Let me know what you think. Well stay tuned. The next chapter is on its way.
