Oh shit. Oh shit. No, no, no, no, no... I fumbled with the door lock on my side. I got it undone, and then fumbled with the door. When I finally got the door open, Sonic put a hand on my shoulder. I froze. "Shadow, hold on a second."

I slowly turned around. "What?" My voice cracked.

"Look, I'm sorry if I freaked you out just then, but if you're gonna leave right now..." He gulped. "Can you just...tell me whether or not you're gonna come back?"

I stared at him. "Are you suggesting that I'm going to break up with you?" My heart raced. It was all I could do to not have a panic attack right now.

"Well, I guess. I'm really hoping that's not the case."

I simply blinked at him. "S-sonic, I would never..."

"Never...break up with me?" He bit his lip. I laughed. Hearing him so concerned that I'd leave him somehow calmed me down a bit.

"Well, yeah." I leaned over and kissed him forehead. "Of course not."

Having sucessfully avoided the question, I stepped out of the car and took a deep breath. I hate the idea of telling anyone I love them. As far as Sonic, well, Jesus Christ, slow down. We've been together for two months-almost three, now that I think about it. Sonic joined me outside. "You're not mad at me now, right?"

"Not particularly." I shrugged. "Why would I be?"

"Well, it's just that I told you I loved you, and you didn't say it back."

I sighed. I hoped that he'd dropped the subject. "Technically speaking, you didn't tell me you loved me. You just asked what I'd say if you did." I started walking inside. He didn't say anything. Instead, he simply followed me closely, clinging to my arm. "So, when is your dumbass brother leaving?"

"Um, at six, I believe. What time is it?"

"Sonic, I don't even know what day of the week it is." I said. My phone started to ring, and I saw that it was Rouge who was calling. "Hello?"

"Hey, so...did you quit, or...?" I heard her voice in my ear. "Because you havn't shown up in like two weeks. Why aren't you coming in?"

"Why? So I can sit at my desk and play Angry Birds? I'm a field agent, Rouge. Do you need me to do something?"

"No." She sounded annoyed. "I was just wondering, because you haven't been here in a while."

"Well, now you know. Goodbye."

"No!" She said quickly. "You should come in to the office. Like, now."

"May I ask why?"

"What, are you busy?"

I glanced over at Sonic. "I guess not. See you there, I guess." I hung up. "Sonic, I have to go."

"Really?" He frowned.

"Don't frown, Sonic. It doesn't suit you." I smirked. He stuck his tounge out at me.

"Well, fine, then." He kissed my nose and skipped inside. "Bye!"

He's so childish sometimes. I reached into my pockets and grabbed a chaos emerald. "Chaos control." I mumbled. I ended up in front of Rouge's desk.

"Well, that was fast. Where were you?" Rouge looked up.

"Oh, you know. Around." I sat on the edge of her desk. "Why do I need to be here?"

"Aw, I missed you." Rouge rolled her eyes.

"The feeling was not mutual." I stared blankly at her computer screen. She was on a fasion website-it appeared I was not the only one who didn't really have anything to do in the actual offices.

"Ouch." She yawned. "I'm so bored! I wish they had something for us to do!"

"I know, huh. It's been months since we were actually doing our jobs." I nodded towards the computer. "You'd be more comfortable doing that at home. Why don't you just stay home?"

"They don't worship me like you. They'll fire me if I don't show up."

"Rough."

"Wanna split and go grab a bite to eat? We can swing by Amy's place and-"

"I'd rather avoid Amy, if you don't mind."

"Why? Didn't you used to be best friends?"

"Yeah, but..." I shook my head. "She and I haven't been seeing eye-to-eye recently."

"Probably because you're so much taller than her. Either get her some major heels, or bend down." She winked. I laughed once, momentarily entertained. "Why aren't you two getting along?"

"Well, um, Sonic..."

"She doesn't like that you hate Sonic?"

"I don't hate Sonic! Where the hell would you get that idea?"

"Oh, nowhere. Let me guess, Sonic's you're friend, so she hate you?"

"Not exactly..."

"Then why?"

I looked down. I had a hard time openly admitting to most people that I was...well...gay. I had an even harder time telling anyone about me and Sonic.

"Oh, God, don't tell me you're gay."

"Um..." I scratched the back of my neck.

"Oh, shit!" She laughed. "That makes so much more sense!"

"Is that an insult?" I raised a brow.

"Yeah, but not really. So, do you wanna go grab something, or...?"

"Do we have to bring Amy?"

"Yes, we do." She stood up and poked my chest. "And you'd better play nice."

"You know, you can just count me out then. I have better things to do." I hopped off her desk and wandered into my office. I heard her sigh behind me. Not caring, I settled into my chair, andt pulled out my phone, opening up my favorite way to kill time in this God awful place-you guessed it. Angry Birds.