Thanks everyone for the reviews! It was really cool to hear them as per usual. I'm actually going to update this weekend, against my original attentions because I'm no longer taking the SATS. A tragedy happened...one of my close family members passed away in an accident at a young age. Please pray for me and my family during this time.

On a happier note, here's the next chapter since I haven't been able to leave the house. I do not own any Sonic characters, but personalities are mine!

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"Milk, eggs, and I need you to drop off the check at Mr. Burns'."

Sonic switched his phone to his other ear and said confidently, "Got it, Mom."

"Please don't forget. It's important."

The blue hedgehog strolled down the streets of the tiny town center. "I won't," Sonic said mockingly with an eye roll.

"What time will you be home tonight?"

"Later than usual. I've got plans with Amy."

"I still don't approve of this fake dating thing."

"Something tells me I shouldn't have told you about it," Sonic remarked humorously. She sighed over the phone, changing Sonic's mood instantly. "It's not hurting anyone, Mom. It's helping me. Promise."

"If you say so..."

Sonic heard someone cry out in front of him. He saw Sally standing next to Vector and by the looks of it, she wasn't happy. She had her arms crossed over her chest and her usual warm brown eyes were cold. Vector was bright red in the face and seemed to be talking in a harsh, hushed tones. Sally shook her head and took a few steps back.

He looked at the scene in suspicion and said, "I gotta go...I'll come back with the stuff." He said a quick I love you and shut the phone. Sonic shoved it into his pocket and walked towards the two.

"Forget it, Vector. I'm tired of you making all of these false accusations."

She tried to walk away, but Vector grabbed her hand roughly to keep her from going anywhere. "You're not leaving until I'm done talking."

"Let go of me!" She shouted, trying to yank her hand out of his iron grip.

Sonic's pace quickened and he jumped in between the two. He yanked Sally's hand out of Vector's grip and stood in front of her protectively. "I'm pretty sure she said let go," Sonic snarled at Vector coldly, shooting him a murderous glare.

Vector growled and boiled with anger. "Why don't you mind your fucking business, Sonic. You think you're so chivalrous for always jumping in all the time on the behalf of girls. You're just a fucking pest."

"Tell me how you really feel, Vector," Sonic said mockingly with narrowed eyebrows. His emerald eyes flickered dangerously, as if daring Vector to cross the line.

"We are not done discussing this, Sally," Vector snarled, looking straight at her with venom.

Sally looked at him coldly. "I think you should go now."

Not wanting to start another fight and get his ass kicked by Knuckles and the football team later, Vector spat on the ground and walked away. Once the angry crocodile was out of sight, Sonic's hardened expression faded. He turned to look at Sally. "Are you okay?" He asked her gently.

She rubbed her wrist and said, "I think so. I'm sorry about that. I feel like every time he acts like an ass, you're always around to witness it," She said miserably.

"Bad luck?" Sonic suggested to make her feel better, but it was only half hearted. He knew Vector was an asshole. He just hopped Sally would realize it one day and dump his ass.

Sally sighed. "I guess." She looked down and saw the envelope in his hand. "What's the envelope for?"

"My mom needs me to give it to Mr. Burns."

"Need any help?" She asked hopefully, a smile sliding onto her face.

Sonic shook his head, trying to stick to Amy's hard to get policy. It was hard not to let her come. He wanted her to...

"Oh. Okay. Seeya around," She said with an awkward wave and turned to walk in the opposite direction. Sonic nodded and pulled out his phone, thinking of Amy. He sent her a quick text message:

Plans 2nite. Surprise. Pick u up at 7.

He smiled and stared at his phone, wondering if Amy would like his surprise. She had to...he worked on it for days now. Lost in his trail of thought, Sonic didn't notice Sally staring back at him wistfully.

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Amy shivered in her cardigan. "Where are we going?"

The blue hedgehog looked at her with a smirk. "You'll see."

She rolled her eyes and muttered, "Cryptic." He laughed and laced their fingers together.

"You'll see, Ames. Be patient...try anyway."

She scoffed, but said nothing. In silence, they walked hand in hand through the park. Amy looked up at the moon and the bright stars surrounding it. It was a quiet, beautiful night. She looked at the side of Sonic's moon lite face with a tiny smile.

As if he knew she was looking at him, Sonic turned to look at her with a grin. "We're here." She flushed and looked away from him. Amy saw a beautiful lake a few yards away.

"This is Gilligan's lake..."

Sonic smiled and said, "I know."

Amy stopped in her tracks and turned to look at him. "You didn't have to do this."

"I wanted to."

Amy hesitantly stepped forward, speechless. Her breath hitched and she walked straight. Sitting in front of her and the lake was a checkered blanket with a picnic basket perched on top of it. A candle sat in the middle, casting a romantic glow around the area.

She closed her eyes and felt the breeze caress her quills. Amy smiled warmly and turned away from Sonic to wipe her glassy eyes. Opening her eyes, she turned back to look at Sonic.

"Thank you," She whispered softly. Sonic smiled widely. Her face was glowing and her happiness was contagious. He grabbed her hand and led her over to the blanket. Sonic opened the picnic basket and unpacked the food. Amy filled her plate with pasta salad and chicken. She turned to look at the dark lake and stared at the reflection of the moon and the stars in the dark body of water. It was beautiful. Amy sighed calmly, taking in the sight.

"My dad used to take me here. We would take our kites and try our best to fly them as high as we could. We would laugh and laugh because the kites always got stuck in the trees. He would always put me on his shoulders and I would climb up the tree to retrieve them. It was our thing..." Amy's voice trailed off, her smile widening at the memory.

Sonic looked at her sideways with a boyish grin. He knew how much this place meant to her and her father. It was especially important because her dad passed away a few years ago. It was devastating for Amy and her mother. The pink hedgehog eventually recovered, but she still had a tendency to keep an outer shell to protect herself. Mrs. Rose, on the other hand, suffered a great deal and lost herself. This, in a twisted way, justifies why she married Mike the Moron.

Sonic opened the picnic basket and took out two brightly colored kites. He grinned at Amy and said with enthusiasm, "Want to fly them?"

Amy turned her head towards him and sucked in her breath when she saw the kites. She looked up at Sonic with widened, wet eyes. Amy willed herself not to cry. The pink hedgehog nodded and started laughing. "Do you remember everything I say?" She asked with amusement.

Sonic smiled slyly. "Most of the time. Sometimes you rant on and on about something...that's when I zone out."

Amy tried to keep the smile from forming on her face, but failed miserably. She grinned and bumped his shoulder playfully. Amy grabbed the red kite and raised an eyebrow at Sonic. "Are you ready for this? I mean you are an amateur at this..."

Before Sonic could retort, Amy stood up and ran away laughing. "Try and keep up, Hedgehog!" She threw her kite up into the wind and started to chase it. Sonic laughed and followed in her footsteps.

Sonic caught up to her and then, they were both running side by side with their kites. The blue hedgehog mentally patted himself on the back for thinking of this. This was the happiest he had seen Amy in days. Scratch that, it was the happiest he had seen her in months. He figured he owed her for all of the nice stuff she always did for him...like pretend to be his girlfriend. Sonic looked over at Amy who was glowing with happiness. She looked at him with wide, playful eyes and broke out into a fit of laughter.

God, he missed that laugh.

And her smile. Her beautiful, radiant smile.

Bringing him out of his thoughts, Amy fell to the ground laughing. Smirking, Sonic asked, "What's so funny?"

She simply pointed in the direction behind him and held her stomach to relieve her pain from laughing so hard. Sonic turned to look behind him and found that his kite was stuck in the tree. Amy stood up, still laughing and said, "Come on. I'll help you out."

She stood at the base of the tree and turned around to ask, "Give me a lift?"

Sonic nodded. Amy pressed her hands against his shoulder blades and pushed herself up his body. Springing to the tree, Amy landed on a thick branch and carefully scooted towards the kite.

Smirking, Amy cockily called out, "Told ya you would fly it straight into a tree!"

Sonic rolled his eyes, but couldn't stop his smile from forming. "Yeah. Yeah. Just hurry up."

"Patience, grasshopper," She said mockingly, untangling the kite. Amy threw the kite down and carefully gripped the branch. She looked down at Sonic with widened eyes.

"Will you catch me?"

"Always."

Amy smiled, a blush forming on her cheeks. Stop that. He just said that to be cute. He doesn't think of you romantically. "Ready?" She called out, preparing herself to drop.

"Ready."

Amy closed her eyes and let go of her grip to jump. Just as he said he would, Sonic caught her and the two tumbled to the ground gently. "Nice catch," Amy said with laughter. They both laid on the grass at the base of the tree, entangled with each other. Amy's body was pressed against his, but he didn't move to get up. A dark blush crept onto Amy's face. Sonic smirked at her, oblivious of their closeness. Amy listened to the rhythmic sound of their heavy breathing and made a quick decision.

You only live once.

Amy pressed her lips against his. Although he didn't move to push her off of him, it was clear that Sonic was surprised by Amy's bold move. She took notice of this and quickly pulled away.

Cover up your tracks.

Amy smirked and challenged, "Race ya." She stood up quickly and sprinted towards the far away picnic basket. Watching her sprint away, Sonic sat up, dazed. Did she just kiss him? Was she practicing for their fake dating? Or was she mocking him?

Or maybe she was into him?

"Hurry up!" She called out, without looking back.

Sonic broke away his thoughts with a shake of her head. This was Amy he was talking about. She didn't like him. They were just good friends. The blue hedgehog chuckled to himself to overthinking the situation. He shook his head and took after her.

Sonic tried to ignore the fact that he was still tingly from her brief, sweet kiss.

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Amy sat on her bed, pressing her pillow against her chest. She couldn't believe how incredible her night had been with Sonic. It was perfect. Just when she thought it couldn't get better, Sonic planned a perfect date. He took her to the place she used to go with her father as a child.

And she kissed him in the heat of the moment.

Amy debated back and forth whether or not that was a smart idea...kissing him. They were just friends and he clearly just saw them as friends because he didn't bring up the kiss the rest of the night. Sonic just walked her home with their fingers entwined. To other people, it would look like they were dating, including Amy herself. But to Sonic and her, holding hands was always a term of endearment, friendship.

On the other hand, she kissed him and he didn't reject her. Maybe he was confused...maybe he was starting to like her? It could be possible...

Amy giggled to herself, wishing she could kiss him a million times a day. He was just too cute, too perfect. All of the girls at their school swooned over him because of his charisma, his charm, and his sweet personality. The girls didn't know him like Amy did and he was a hundred times better if you actually knew him.

Maybe she should go talk to him...maybe he would say he felt the same sparks she did on their first date and tonight. Maybe he would finally reciprocate her feelings. She had to try didn't she? If she didn't, she would never know. And if he didn't like her back, she could justify her actions by saying she was drunk because Mike was being a moron again.

Amy stood up from her bed excitedly and looked at the clock. 9 pm. He would still be up. Sonic listened to his music until he fell asleep which he didn't listen to until about 11. She rolled her eyes at how weird it was that she knew his daily routine. When you're that close, how could you not know?

Amy reached into her closet and pulled a dark blue windbreaker over her clothes. He gave it to her for her birthday a year ago along with this beautiful silver key necklace that she never took off to this day.

Opening the door, Amy ran out of her room with excitement. It was now or never.

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Sonic couldn't stop thinking about the time he had just spent with Amy. It was really nice. It was obvious that she had a blast because the whole time she was smiling and laughing. And whenever she was having a good time, he always did too. It was a friend thing...right?

The kiss. Sonic replayed it over and over in his head. Was it in the heat of the moment? Was it to distract him as she sprinted forward? If so, it served its purpose. He couldn't help but wish he had kissed her back to feel what it would be like to kiss her without an ulterior motive. It was a sweet kiss. Simple. And he felt something, he was sure of it.

Did that mean he liked Amy? It couldn't be. They were just friends...

Sonic blew out his breath and plugged in his earphones. He hummed along to Coldplay, still replaying the kissing scene in his head. The blue hedgehog honestly didn't know what it meant. He laughed, wondering what Amy would think if he told her he thought about their kiss all night. She would roll her eyes and make some comment about men being horny.

A knock came at the door. Strange. Usually, his mom would knock briefly and come in. Sonic popped one of his earphones out and called out, "Come in."

The door opened and Sonic gazed at the girl in surprise. She simply said, "Your mom let me in."

Sonic popped out his earphones and turned his Ipod off. He set it aside and sat up. "What's up Sal?" Why would Sally Acorn of all people be here? Of course his mom let her in. He once mentioned her name and his mom couldn't stop asking questions about this mysterious dream girl of his. Moms.

Sally smiled nervously. "Can I come in?" Sonic nodded and gestured for her to come sit on the bed. She shut the door behind her gently and sat down on the bed next to him.

"I'm sorry for being terribly rude...it's late, maybe I should go..." She stood up to leave, but Sonic put a hand on her arm.

Sonic laughed. "Sally, it's nine and you didn't come all the way here to tell me you should go. What's up?" He asked with amusement.

She nodded slowly, sucking in a breath. Sally sat down again and clasped her hands together nervously. "Here goes. Vector and I broke up."

Sonic raised an eyebrow. "I figured something might happen after this morning..."

Sally nodded. "I'm still really sorry about that. It's so embarrassing," Sally said putting her hands in her face. Sonic laughed and removed her hands from her face.

"What did you want to talk about?" Sonic asked gently, with a small smile.

"I didn't just break up with Vector because he was acting like a jerk. I mean I should have anyway because he was just...out there. I mean I guess what I'm trying to say is that I like you a lot. And it's cool if you don't like me because you're with Amy and..."

Sonic interrupted her by kissing her. Sally responded by immediately wrapping her arms around his neck and pressing herself closer to him. He pulled away and pressed his forehead against hers. "I like you too."

Sally looked at him in confusion. "What about Amy?"

Sonic chuckled. "We were just pretending to go out to make you mad. Clearly, it worked."

Speechless, Sally opened her mouth to say something, but no words came out. She started laughing with a hand over her mouth. "I can't believe you made me think you two were dating!"

They both laughed with grins on their faces. Sally's grin slipped away for a second. "Are you sure Amy knows that?"

Sonic raised an eyebrow. "Of course she does. It was her idea."

Sally opened her mouth to say something else, but she changed her mind last minute. "I'm glad you two aren't really dating."

Sonic grinned. "What would you say if I asked you out?"

"I'd say yes."

"As expected," Sonic said cockily, crossing his arms over his head.

Sally scoffed. "Why expected?" She flirted.

Sonic closed his eyes and smirked. "Because women can't resist me."

Sally raised an eyebrow. "Really? Well, we'll see." She stood up and took a few steps towards the open window. Sonic opened one eye to see the wind breeze through her dark brown hair. "I'll leave you to your brooding then."

Sonic stood up quickly and took her hands into his. "Let's not be too hasty." She giggled and allowed Sonic to pull her in for a long, deep kiss that made her weak in the knees.

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Sonic's mom opened the door and saw Amy standing in the doorway. She instantly smiled, "Amy, how nice to see you. Will you be staying here tonight?"

I wish, Amy thought. She smiled and said, "No, but I really wanted to tell Sonic something." The pink hedgehog could hear the bubbliness in her voice and although normally it would bother her, she couldn't contain her excitement.

Sonic's mom smiled. "Sonic has a visitor right now, but you could wait for him in the living room?"

Amy's eyebrows furrowed. "Visitor?"

"Yes, that Sally Acorn he always talked about is upstairs with him right now as we speak."

Amy's bright mood shattered. "Oh." Her smile slipped and all traces of cheeriness left her eyes.

"You're welcome to wait honey."

Amy covered up her tracks quickly. "No, that's okay...I just needed to borrow his...bio textbook," She finished lamely. Amy's pulse quickened and the back of her throat was swollen, as if her air supply was giving out. Amy tucked a pink strand behind her ear and walked towards the door.

"You don't have to tell him I was here. I'll just go borrow that book from Mina or someone..."

Sonic's mom stared at her retreating figure in concern. Amy was peppy a few seconds ago and now she looked distressed. "Are you sure?"

"Absolutely. Actually I'd prefer it," Amy said, trying to crack a smile, but failing miserably.

She yanked the door open and shut it behind her. Amy walked around the back until she found his bedroom window. In the lighted room, she could see two silhouetted figures standing close to each other. With her fists clenched, Amy listened to their laughter until their groans of pleasure took over. She forced herself to look up at the kissing couple pressed against each other to punish herself. This image would be stuck in her head for a long time and that was a good thing. Never again would Amy convince herself that Sonic liked her. To him, they were only friends. And how could they be more with perfect little Sally Acorn in the picture?

She was beautiful, intelligent and an all around fun girl. Everyone strived to be like her and all of the boys were attracted to her like a magnet. How could she compete with that? Amy unclenched her fists and stared down at the ground blankly. Her eyes filled with tears and she bit her quivering lip to keep from sobbing. Amy looked back at the window.

This is what you get for diluting yourself into thinking he could ever love someone like you.

Amy turned away from the sight in despair. She squeezed her eyes shut and did the only thing she could thing of, the one thing she always did when she was afraid or dejected.

She ran.

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Likie?

I must say this chapter is actually one of my favorites because it is fluffy all around (EXCEPT FOR THE ENDING) and it illuminates Sonic's playful, romantic personality which we haven't seen much of until thus far!

Poor Amy...again.

How will she cope? What happened to Sonic's conflicted feelings?

Hmmm...to be continued.

PS I STRONGLY RECOMMEND EVERYONE WATCH SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL. Or check out some clips on you tube of Keith and Watts.

This is one of my all time favorite movies and it's where I got the idea of this story and also Taylor Swift's song Invisible popped up on my Ipod.

Then it was destiny to make this story!

Press that button and review ducklings.

Con mucho amor,

Anime.