Told you I would update during Turkey break. Thanks everyone for the FABULOUS reviews. The "almost kiss" was in every review which just cracked me up and kept a smile on my face during exams...well mostly : )

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He almost kissed her last night.

What the hell was he thinking? She was upset and lonely and he was still going to kiss her? Jesus, that would've solved nothing and made the situation worse if she hadn't interjected. Part of him was surprised that she stopped the kiss from happening, but he was mostly embarrassed. What came over him? Standing there in the light breeze with the sun going down, Amy looked so lost and hurt that he wanted to take her sadness away.

Again, what the hell was he thinking?

"Are you alright, Sonic?" His mom asked with worry. She handed him a glass of orange juice and a stack of pancakes. Sonic nodded and gulped down the juice quickly before moving on to attack the pancakes.

He didn't want to talk to his mom about it. She would see right through the whole situation. His mom would suggest that he wanted to kiss Amy not only because he cared about her. That's what moms did. They suggest ridiculous notions about hiding his feelings.

Ridiculous. Or was it?

Maybe, just maybe he wanted to kiss Amy. And maybe, just maybe, he caught a glimpse of longing in her expression even though her lips said no.

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"Do you like flowers?"

"Sometimes."

"Do you like wearing dresses?"

"Depends."

"Amy."

She smirked. "Alright, alright. Sure, I like those things. What's with the twenty questions?"

"Will you go to homecoming with me?"

Amy looked over at him with an amused. Damn, he was so cheesy. "If I say yes, will you stop asking me questions?" She teased, playfully bumping his shoulder.

Jet smiled sheepishly. "Yes."

"Then yes. Fair warning though, I usually skip out on these school shindigs. So if I act socially inept, don't be surprised."

He laughed. "Thanks for the warning."

Amy was about tease him again, but someone caught her eye. Her teasing smile vanished instantly and a shy smile played on her lips. Seeing her change in attitude, Jet followed her glance and to his annoyance, he realized she was staring at Sonic, who was standing with some of his buddies in the English hallway. He crossed his arms over his chest and wondered why Amy still liked this guy even though he broke up with her for Sally.

"Because he's been my friend since kindergarten," Amy said defensively, still looking at Sonic. Jet hadn't realized he spoke aloud.

"I still don't like this guy..."

"Be nice. He's my...best friend," she said lectured, but her voice turned soft at the end of her words. Jet looked worriedly at Sonic, who turned to catch Amy's gaze. The blue hedgehog waved Amy over with a smile, ignoring Jet completely. Jet watched Amy bit her lip to keep from smiling, but the grin was growing on her face. He didn't want to admit it, but he was jealous of the relationship Amy had with Sonic. Whenever they looked at each other, it was as if the two of them were lost in their own world.

"I'm going to my history class. I'll see you later," Jet said forcefully, but made sure to kiss Amy's cheek in front of Sonic to let him know who she was going out with.

Amy turned to look at him with an eyebrow raised. "Jet, history is this way," she nodded towards the hallway Sonic was standing in.

"Yeah well...I forgot my book in my locker," Jet finished lamely before turning in the opposite direction.

Confused, the pink hedgehog watched Jet go and wondered what that was all about. The instant Jet caught sight of Sonic, his cheerful mood completely transformed into a glum mood.

"Ames, are you just going to stand there?"

The pink hedgehog rolled her eyes and smiled playfully. She turned to look at Sonic and said, "Patience is a virtue, Hedgehog!" She walked towards him and her smile widened when she saw he was pleased to see her. There was no awkwardness from last night...

"Yeah, yeah," he teased as he pulled her into a hug. She squeezed him tight and then let go with a smile.

"Glad you here, Amy. He was driving us all bat shit crazy with wondering where you were," Knuckles remarked with a smirk. Sonic punched his shoulder as Amy laughed.

"How sweet," Amy cooed with laughter. Sonic ran a hand through his quills and shrugged. He shot Knuckles and Shadow a death glare. His friends laughed and said good bye to Amy before running off to tease someone else.

"What was that all about?" Sonic asked quickly, changing the subject. He nodded towards Jet's retreating figure.

Amy scrutinized his face and noticed that Sonic was wearing a tight smile even though he sounded curious. She wondered what this big beef between Jet and Sonic was all about. "Jet just asked me to Homecoming."

"You don't look happy."

"Should I be?" Amy retorted with a cocked eyebrow.

Sonic laughed and said, "I know you hate school parties. You hate how schools try to organize fun, blah...blah."

She smirked and said, "Damn straight. Jet really wants to go so I guess I'm going."

The blue hedgehog grinned. "Should I bring my mom's camera to record this moment in history?" He teased.

"If you do, I'm throwing your camera into the cliché spiked punch bowl," she returned with saccharine.

Sonic wrapped his arm around hers as they walked into their history class. "You going to Charmy's party tonight?"

"Who is that?"

"Exactly," Sonic said with amusement and then continued, "Good. Cause I'm taking you out tonight."

"Haven't you already treated me to many surprises?" She asked dryly, thinking about the night before. He hadn't mentioned the fact that he tried to kiss her yet. This clearly meant that he didn't want to talk about it and that he didn't actually like her. He was probably overwhelmed by her emotional state and felt she needed a pity kiss. If anything, she was embarrassed that he would try to cheer her up with a kiss. Was she that pathetic?

Sonic looked at her with affection as he sat down in his seat. Amy took the seat next to him and propped her head up to look at him. "You've been pretty down lately and I figured..."

"That I would want to spend time with you?" Amy interrupted. Realizing that her comment was slightly defensive, she sighed and said, "You know me too well. That'd be nice. Where are we going?"

Sonic grinned slyly. "If I tell you, you won't want to come."

Amy groaned and banged her head against the desk.

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She pressed herself against the hall doorway with her arms crossed over her chest. Mike rushed out of the kitchen with his brown briefcase. He eyed her wearily and she returned his steely gaze. "Have a nice trip, Mike," she said coldly.

"I will."

"Oh, I'm sure of that," Amy spat as he grabbed the front door handle.

"Tell your mother I love her," he said indifferently, without looking back at her. He shut the door and rushed down the steps that led to the driveway.

She shut her eyes and pinned herself harder to the wall. "Liar," Amy whispered to herself.

"Amy, did Mike leave?" Her mother called from upstairs with curiosity.

"Can't you tell from the peace and quiet?" She yelled back upstairs with an eye roll. Pulling away from the wall, she sat down on the living room couch. Listening to her mother's heels clack down the stairway, she pulled out a magazine and lazily skimmed through it.

"You know I don't like it when you talk about Mike that way."

Amy turned her head and saw her mom standing in a black dress with a gray cardigan. Her hair was pulled up into an elegant bun and her favorite pearl earrings dangled from her dainty earlobes.

Ignoring her mom's statement, Amy asked, "Where are you going out tonight?"

"The girls and I are going out to celebrate Patty's birthday. Don't wait up tonight because I won't be home until late."

"I have plans so that won't be necessary."

"With who?" Her mother asked stiffly.

"Sonic."

Her mother's lips tightened. "I see."

"And what exactly does that mean?"

Her mom blew out a sigh and shook her head. "Nothing, Amy. I just...think you should hang out with your other friends once in a while. All you do is make plans with Sonic. Try spending time with Mina or even that nice boy, Jet, I met the other day."

"What's wrong with Sonic?" She asked defensively.

"I just don't want your entire life to be revolved around him."

Amy stared at her mom coldly and snapped, "It doesn't."

"I'm just trying to give you advice."

Amy didn't know why, but she felt anger boiling up inside of her. She finally gets Mike to leave and her mom wants to impose rules on her? Her mother has always liked Sonic so why what was her problem?

"Has Mike been trying to give you advice?" Amy blurted out, unable to contain the anger she was feeling. It was unbelievable that even when Mike wasn't here, he had a hold on her.

Before her mom could continue, Amy snapped, "Because if anything, Sonic has been there for me through thick and thin when you haven't been."

Her mother looked away in hurt and stared at the ground in defeat. Amy felt like punching herself for saying that. Just because she was angry with her mother for marrying Mike, she couldn't get mad at her for this. Her mom didn't say she detested Sonic. She just said that she should spend more time with her other friends.

Amy needed to stop overreacting to everything. "Mom, I'm so-"

"Have a nice night tonight. Give Sonic my regards, " her mother said faintly as she grabbed her small black purse lying on the loveseat. Without another word, her mom walked out the front door, leaving Amy behind to deal with her overwhelming feelings of guilt.

Amy stood up and threw the magazine at the coffee table. Silently, she walked up the stairs to her bedroom and shut the door behind her. Flinging her closet open, Amy picked out a purple cocktail dress with tights and black boots. Pulling out her bright red lipstick, Amy had a strong urge to go partying and forget about all of her problems.

She was tired of getting into constant fights with Mike the Moron over petty things.

She was tired of exploding on her mom because she hated that her mom loved Mike.

She was tired of acting like she could continue going out with Jet when she knew that he liked her a lot more than she liked him.

She was tired of the cycle she and Sonic were stuck in. No matter how hard she tried, she would always be in love with him. Amy would be angry with him at one moment and then the next moment, she would have a desire to kiss him. One moment, it seemed like he didn't return her feelings and the next moment, he would try to kiss her or do romantic things for her.

A knock came at her door. "I don't think the pizza guy is supposed to be here yet," she said dryly as her bedroom door opened.

Humor. It was her defense mechanism.

"Ha. Ha," Sonic said dryly as he laid down on her bed. "Are you almost ready?"

"What did I say about patience?"

"It's a virtue," he grunted, which made her laugh. Amy applied the red lipstick and smacked her lips together. Satisfied with her reflection, Amy turned to look at Sonic and said, "Please tell me we're going to a stranger's party."

"Sort of," Sonic said, sitting up. He checked her out and grinned. "Did I tell you how gorgeous you look in that dress?"

Amy tried her hardest not to blush, but she couldn't help herself. She stumbled to say something, but she couldn't because she was entranced by his seductive appearance. He was wearing a nice shirt with a black sports coat over it and dark washed jeans.

Leaning in towards her ear, Sonic whispered, "I made you blush." Amy flushed at his words and at how close he was to her. She could feel heat radiating between the two of them and he was just inches away from her lips.

Before she could do anything about it, Sonic laughed and pulled away. "Let's go." He tugged her by the arm towards the door.

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"I thought we were going to a party!" Amy shouted over the loud DJ music and blinked a few times to see where Sonic was going. The lights flashing from the ceiling were starting to give her a headache and they just got here. Club Disaster. No wonder the owner called it that because the club seemed like a disaster just waiting to happen. She could barely see where she was going due to the blinding lights. She bumped into a few people already who were pretty occupied and had to apologize with embarrassment.

"Ames, a club is a party."

She rolled her eyes. "I just can't believe we got in."

"Scourge works here as a bartender and as soon as I mentioned that I was bringing you, he immediately agreed. I think he had a thing for you his senior year."

Amy snickered. "Your cousin had a thing for me? I was bitch to him because he thought he was the shit." Well, this was interesting. One hedgehog had liked her, just not the right hedgehog.

Sonic grinned, lacing his fingers with hers. "You know my cousin. He likes to be treated like shit." Amy squeezed his hand and grinned at him in return. "Speaking of him, he wanted to see you so let's make a pit stop at the bar."

Amy poked her tongue out at Sonic and whined, "This was not a part of the deal."

"Just snap at him and we'll be off on our merry way. He'll be happy and so will you. It's a win, win situation, Ames." He led her to the bar where they both sat down on the dark colored stools. Amy bit her lip to keep from saying something snarky when she saw the side of Scourge serving a women a beer. By the looks of it, he was flirting up a storm. Somethings never change.

"I get off work at 2 if you can wait that long," the green hedgehog flirted with the brown rabbit who giggled as he ran his hand through her hair.

Sonic rolled his eyes. "Hey, asshole. Are you going to come and say hi?"

Hearing him, Scourge stepped back from the pretty bunny and opened his mouth to shout at the interloper. Seeing Sonic, the green hedgehog grinned good-naturedly and walked over with two glasses. "What's up cuzz?" He asked.

"You remember Amy."

Flashing her a flirtatious smile, Scourge picked up her hand to kiss and said, "You look as stunning as usual, Rose."

Amy pulled her hand away with tight smile. "And you're as blunt as usual."

"Still feisty, I see. How about you join me for a dance later?"

"I'll make you a deal. If you serve us beers, I might have a conversation with you." Sonic laughed as Scourge grinned with amusement.

"Coming right up, Rose," he said as he turned to fill the glasses.

"It's Amy."

"Whatever, Rose."

She couldn't help but grin. This was the relationship they had. She almost missed it. Grabbing the beer that Scourge handed her, she tipped the glass to her mouth and chugged it down. Sonic looked at her in curiosity as she wiped her mouth on her arm.

"What?" She asked him with a cocked eyebrow.

"You don't like drinking."

"No. I don't usually drink, but I like it. There's a difference," she said with shrug as tipped the glass to her lips.

"So you don't want to talk about it?"

"Talk about what?" She asked with exasperation before asking Scourge to ready another glass because she was almost done with this one.

He looked at her pointedly. "Don't play games, Ames."

"I'm not playing games. I just want to drink and have fun. Is there anything wrong with that?" She asked, grabbing the second glass Scourge laid out for her. "Cheers," she said, clinking her glass with his.

He sighed and downed his beer. Feeling his phone vibrating, Sonic reached for in his jean pocket and snapped it open. "Hello?"

"I thought you were coming to Charmy's."

Sally. "I left you a voicemail saying I couldn't make it," Sonic said shortly, not in the mood to talk to her.

Pause. "Where are you? I hear loud music..."

Sonic sighed. He didn't have time to explain anything to her right now. Amy was almost done consuming her second beer and her eyes were already starting to look glassy. "I can't talk right now. I'll call you tomorrow." He shut the phone without another word and knew he was being very vague with his girlfriend, but Sally would understand. Amy needed him right now.

And he needed her.

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Can't make it tonight. Rain check?

Jet shut his phone in frustration after staring at her text for the millionth time. She didn't give any reason as to why she couldn't go on their date tonight. It was a last minute text when he was practically pulling into her driveway. He took a swig of the beer and wondered where his asshole friends went. They ditched him a while ago saying that he was acting like a chick during her bitch week and mentioned that they were going to find some 'chicks' to hit on.

Jet grunted to himself and took a swig of his beer, wondering what Amy could possibly be doing. Was she just tired of him? Did she just stay at home alone and watch a movie to avoid him? Or did she go out with her friends to discuss how lame it was that he wanted to spend time with her? Or maybe she was spending time with Sonic?

God, he was an ass for assuming she was avoiding him or cheating him. He needed to stop willowing in his insecurities or drinking, whichever came first.

"Can I sit?"

Jet nodded at the seat and put his drink down. "What do you want?" he asked with curiosity.

Looking over at him with worry, Sally opened her mouth to say something, but no words came out. She shook her head with embarrassment and stood up. "Never mind. It's stupid."

Jet put his hand on hers. "It was important enough to come talk to me about. Sit."

Sally sat down and put her face in her hand as she blew out a sigh. "It's about Sonic."

Jet raised an eyebrow and frowned. "What does that have to do with me?"

"Well, it's about Amy too..."

Tipping his head back, Jet grabbed his drink and poured it down his throat. With a burning sensation clogging his throat, Jet closed his eyes and said, "Intriguing. Go on."

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"How much have you had to drink?"

Amy snorted into laughter and held up her fingers in Sonic's face. She stuck up two then three then four fingers as she continued to laugh. "You?" She asked loudly in his face before hiccupping into laughter.

Sonic's nose scrunched up as he thought about it. "I lost count."

This made Amy explode into more laughter. "You wanna dance?" She shouted, standing up from the bar stool. Sonic hesitated and even though Amy's mind was clouded, she knew he didn't think he was a good dancer.

"If you don't I'll dance with someone else," she said playfully, tugging on his arm to follow her. Instantly, Sonic jumped up from his seat and the two hedgehogs stumbled onto the dance floor.

Amy could already feel the heat intensifying around her. Sweat dripped off bodies as they moved with each other in sync. She grinned flirtatiously as Sonic pulled off his jacket and threw it to the side somewhere before returning her grin. Listening to the loud pumping beat of the rock music, Amy closed her eyes and moved her hips to the beat. As if entranced, Sonic watched her hips sway from side to side and quickly followed her movements.

The pink hedgehog pulled him closer to her body and watched him open his mouth slightly. They locked gazes throughout the entire song as they moved against each other, pressing closer and closer. Sonic noticed how bright Amy's cheeks were and how sexy she looked with her quills whipped back. He watched her faded red lips curve into a smile before his eyes gazed into her seductive, glassy green eyes. Hazily, Sonic pulled her out of the crowd of people and into a secluded hallway. He needed her now.

Amy ran her hand through his sweaty quills as he put his hand on her neck. Smirking, Amy yanked his head down towards her, but didn't make a move towards his lips. Unable to contain his desire any longer, Sonic growled and attacked her lips. She groaned in his mouth and pulled lightly on his quills with her fingers. His hand moved from her neck down to her waist. Sonic pushed her up against the brick wall behind her and in response, she wrapped her legs around him as their tongues battled for dominance. His hands ran down her thighs and tore at the tights because he desperately wanted to touch her skin.

Amy whimpered and pulled away to catch her breath. Laughing, Amy tore at her tights and allowed Sonic to run his hands down her bare thighs. Attacking his lips once again, Amy clung to him tightly, trying to breathe in him as much as she could. She felt the entire room spin and tried her hardest to focus on his lips, but her vision was slowly blackening. Something in the back of her mind screamed to think about what she was doing, but Amy ignored this voice in her head. She's loved Sonic for all of these years and she's wanted him to kiss her like this for years now. Amy deserved this; she needed this.

All she could think about was how right it felt.

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SBK. Sexy Bar Kiss.

FINALLY. Not an almost kiss, but not exactly a kiss. It was a drunk kiss...well mostly anyway : )

I decided this needed more fluff EVEN if it is a story about a love triangle where Amy's love isn't returned...blah blah blah.

Dying to see what my readers thought of this chapter regarding Amy/Mom, Sally/Jet, and ESPECIALLY SBK.

Review my lovelies.

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