I know, I know, It's been like a month since I wrote this and I REALLY SHOULD be working on A Whole New World right now...but I've gotten so many people asking and wondering what happened between Jet and Wave and I like to keep my readers happy. So I decided to add the deleted scene between them. Besides, we need more Jave on this site.

Hope you all enjoy!


Chapter 4

So where is Mr.-I'll-be-there-in-10-minutes? Jet wondered. He glanced at his watch again. 5:26.

He sighed a little as he watched the sky turn orange form the setting sun, wondering how he got into this mess.

Maybe Sonic was faster in terms of raw speed (and that was debatable), but the thing Jet had going for him was his experience and skill using Extreme Gear. Racing was about more than being fast, it was also about quickly outmaneuvering your opponent. And that was Jet's biggest strength. He felt like he was a better racer than Sonic was.

Without a question Sonic was his biggest rival, and to see him humiliated by kissing his stalker would be funny. But then Sonic had turned the tables on him. So now there was a good chance that he was going to have to kiss Wave.

Now Jet didn't even know where to begin with his feelings on that topic. He'd always liked girls with attitude and backbone, and Wave certainly had both of those traits. She had always been one to not take any crap, and to put him in his place. Jet liked that about her.

But to tell her? Uh, uh, no way. First off, she'd probably laugh in his face or just give him some sarcastic comment. There was no possible way she liked him.

All her comments echoed in his head.

"You're welcome, Jet," a voice broke his thoughts.

The hawk jumped about a foot in the air and his feathers stood straight up. What was she doing here?

"Wave? I thought you had useful things to do today," he said sarcastically, and crossed his arms. Dang it, now he was blushing. Curses.

"Well, let's just say that when I found out what this was all about I changed my mind," the swallow said.

Jet blinked. How had she found that out? Oh crap.

Suddenly she exploded. "I can't believe you'd do something so...so...if you liked me, you could have at least told me to my face instead of making some stupid bet-"

"Hold up! Sonic was the one who started this whole thing!"

She huffed. "Now why is it that I have such a hard time believing you, Jet? Why is that?"

"I didn't, I swear it! And I don't like you like that."

Wave studied him. "So you sure you don't like me?"

Two pairs of blue eyes locked for a second, trying to discern true feelings, but before a decision could be made by either, they were interrupted by a gust of wind created by a supersonic blue hedgehog. Jet broke the stare.

"You're late, Sonic," the hawk said, almost glad for the interruption.

Sonic huffed. "I'm never late. Just on time."

"So where's your girlfriend?" Jet taunted. "Pity she didn't show up."

"I see yours did," Sonic shot back.

"Hmph. Let's go, Sonic."

"Go? I'll be at the finish line before you start, buddy."

"There's no way I'm gonna lose."

Sonic and Jet both headed for the starting line, ready to go at it. Sonic looked over at the hawk, sizing him up. This would be a cinch. Jet was really all talk for the most part.

Tails did a countdown, and the two racers took off.

Jet pulled out ahead first, with Sonic right on his heels. Sonic wasn't worried, though. This just prevented it from being too easy. Actually, this was the way to beat Jet: hang back, let him get cocky and relax and then speed up at the last second.

Yep, Sonic was just content to stay behind the hawk, waiting for a good moment to make his move. Yes, he was holding back a little, confident that he could make his move at the right time. He could even see Jet relaxing a little up ahead of him.

He didn't know why Amy's face suddenly popped into his head right then, but it did. Her green eyes tearing up...I'm sorry, Sonic...and that more-than-sympathy feeling that was just tugging at his heart...all the times he'd pushed her away and how she kept coming back to him...

"Wow Sonic is that the best you can do?" Jet called back at him. "You must really want to kiss that girl, huh?"

Sonic heard Jet laughing at him from a few feet up, and Sonic narrowed his eyes in concentration. They were almost to the finish line, anyway. He put the jets on and zoomed ahead of the cocky green hawk so fast that he didn't even notice Sonic until the blue hedgehog had crossed the finish line in front of him.

"NO!" Jet's cry boomed across the whole city.

Sonic pulled up and smirked at him. "You'll never learn, will you? I'm still the fastest thing alive!"

Jet couldn't look at Sonic, or Tails, or...Wave. Gah, she was going to kill him. It wasn't fair, he'd been in front the whole time...

"Well? Aren't you going to keep your end of the bargain?" Sonic asked.

Jet continued to stare at the ground. Well, he had to man up now.

He didn't grab Wave at all; the only thing that touched was their lips. He pulled away after just a second, as the shock that raced up his spine had been too overwhelming. He was just about to make a break for it when Wave grabbed him.

"C'mere you idiot." she pulled him close again. Jet's eyes got huge and he managed to get a small squawk out before he was cut off by Wave's lips. The swallow held him close to her, kissing him firmly. When she finally released the now bright red hawk, he blinked.

"I didn't know you liked me like that..." he somehow managed to say.

Wave laughed. "I don't. I'm just trying to embarrass you in front of Sonic."

Jet's eyes got big and he tried to throw her off, but then she whispered.

"I'm joking you idiot."

Oh.

And then her lips were on his again.

There were way too many feelings racing through Jet's heart right now. Feelings that didn't even have words, he was sure. Sure, maybe he was slightly embarrassed, but there was no way he was pulling away from those other feelings. They were just too thrilling.

Now it was Wave's turn to be shocked when Jet started clutching her and kissing her back. But it was a pleasant shock. Her left leg popped up as she kissed Jet passionately.

I always knew he liked me, how he'd blush when we argue and thought I didn't notice. Oh....what a guy.

So the two birds continued kissing, totally oblivious to the hedgehog and fox watching them. Tails was getting slightly disgusted, but Sonic watched them thoughtfully.

"C'mon Tails. Let's leave these 'lovebirds' alone," he quipped, trying to make a joke out of it. But, for some reason, watching them kiss gave him no satisfaction whatsoever.

"You're jealous, aren't you?"

"Shut up Tails."

He hated it when Tails was right. Because, in a strange way, he felt that even though he had won the race, he had lost. Because, just as Jet had said, pushing Amy away was truly his loss.

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And why did I leave this scene out again? It kinda makes sense, doesn't it? And I know it's awkward because they have beaks, but just go with me here that they can make them soft if they want to....Anyway....Hope you all liked it (and sorry for not adding it in the first place.)