OMG I am sooooo sorry for the long wait! I have been working a lot lately and I just moved as well! Again I am really sorry but here is the next chapter.
Enjoy!
"I love you, Rouge."
Rouge felt herself smiling and what Shadow just said to her. She didn't know what to think, do, or say to him. All she could do was just smile at him, which caused Shadow to smile back.
Shadow was relieved that Rouge wasn't mad at him, until…..
SLAP!
"Damn it, Shadow! When I told you yesterday that I was missing something….you couldn't understand that I was missing you!" Rouge was in rage and mad at Shadow for not realizing that she was in love with him.
Shadow just held on to his cheek where Rouge slapped him and it stung a bit.
"How is this my fault? I didn't think of falling in love…it just happened." He replied back still touching his cheek.
"Stupid, see this!" Rouge put up her left hand holding up her ring finger, showing Shadow her engagement ring. "What are we going to do about this?" she yelled.
"I don't know! I just wanted to tell you that I love you…what to do about it. I have no idea-"
"Shut up, Shadow just shut up! You are confused. I was confused. Okay let me think."
"Yeah think." Said Shadow still holding his cheek and watching Rouge pace back and forth. She then figured out what to do. Rouge stood in front of Shadow, who was still holding on to his face.
"There's only one way out. We'll have to run away. Today itself. Before anyone suspects us." She said in a serious tone.
"Run away?"
"Yes."
"Have you gone mad? This isn't a film where you can just run away. And what will people say? That 'Shadow ran away with his soon to be sister-in-law'." Said Shadow as he was yelling at her.
"Shadow, so you will spend all your life knowing...that you love your sister-in-law?" replied Rouge.
"But Rouge, we can't do that." Argued Shadow. Rouge was getting very annoyed by his actions and didn't want to listen to him.
"Whatever you needed to do you're done with it. From now on I'll do everything. Alright? We're going to run away. That's final!" said Rouge very firmly and clearly to him. Shadow was trying to stop Rouge but failed to.
"Rouge-" he was then cut off when Rouge put her hand over his mouth to keep him from talking.
"Tonight at 12…. You have spilled everything!" said Rouge and then walked away without saying another word.
Shadow tried to stop her so he can reason with her but it was too late cause she was already gone. Shadow starting throwing a tantrum and was ready to scream off the top of his lungs. But he cooled off by taking a deep breath and sighed.
Look what you've done. You had to fall in love with your own brother's bride. He thought to himself but then his thoughts were interrupted by the sound of his brother calling his name looking for him.
"Shadow!"
"Coming Older Brother!"
(In Rouge's room)
Rouge was packing her bags really fast. Once she got everything she checked the time. Its 12:00am. I better go get Shadow.
She opened her door and peeked her head out to make sure no one was there. When the coast was clear, her ran straight to Shadow's room. On the way there, she saw a guard asleep on a chair. She saw that he had a gun and took it without waking him up.
Shadow's POV
I was getting ready for bed until I heard a knock at my door. Who could it be at this hour? I opened the door and was surprised by a gun at my face.
"Oh Shit!" I was about to fight until I saw the one girl who is crazy enough to do this. Rouge. She was aiming it at me and closed the door behind her and pushed me against the wall. I grabbed the gun and tried to get it out of her grasp.
"Rouge, what are you doing? Where did you get the gun?" I asked her in a lower whisper so no one would wake up.
"I stole it from the guard." She said still pushing me against the wall.
"Why?"
"Because if you don't run away with me, I'll shoot you."
I was a little taken back by what she said then I realized that she wouldn't shoot me, she's just trying to scare me into running away with her. But I won't allow her to get me that easy.
"Rouge! The gun will go off!"
"We are running away."
"I'm not running away."
"You have to."
"I won't"
"You have to!"
I let go of her and moved away from the wall. "Rouge, shoot me if you have to, but I'm not going anywhere."
I walked towards the bed and started throwing the extra pillows on the floor in frustration.
"She makes me fall off the scooter, she slaps me, threatens me with a gun. Is this a girl or a Bandit Queen? I can't take any more of this. Can't believe what I've gotten myself into." I mutter to myself. During my frustration, little did I know that Rouge was putting something in my glass of milk I had on my side table next to my bed. I was still throwing pillows then I finally laid down until I felt something touch my butt.
"What?" I said turning my face to her still holding the gun. Her face softened a bit then she spoke.
"Okay, we won't run. Sorry. Now don't get upset. Goodnight. Sleep well." She said to me smiling then started walking towards the door. Her behavior was very odd but I didn't let it bother me. I just wanted some sleep is all. As she was leaving, I spoke to her.
"Return that gun." And then went to drink my glass of warm milk.
I was finishing my milk until Rouge spoke up.
"Shadow?" I turn to look at her smiling with a layer of milk on my upper lip. "You're such a wuss." I frowned at her then she left. Suddenly I started to feel very sleepy. My eyes became very heavy and started to close. In no time at all, I was in deep sleep.
Rouge's POV
I knew those sleeping pills would knock him out. Now is my chance to get him and get out of here.
I walked slowly back into Shadow's room making sure hes asleep and he was. I quickly went over to him and wrapped a blanket around his body and put a mask on him that show his eyes. As I was putting the mask on him, I looked at his face and smiled at his features. He indeed was a sight and very handsome at that. I put the mask on him and picked him up and put him on a wheel chair that was my grandmothers. I made sure no one was in sight and quickly got out of the house. One of my cousins saw me but thought it was my grandmother roaming around at night and said go to sleep then walked away.
I managed to escape the house with Shadow still asleep in the chair, and found a rickshaw and the driver was asleep at the wheel. Really?
"Oh Heck! Excuse me. Wake up quickly!" I shook the driver and the rickshaw to wake him up.
"What happened, madam?" he asked me as he picked up Shadow and put him in the vehicle.
"He's really unwell. We need to go to the hospital. Please hurry." I lied. I didn't want anyone to know about us running away. So I kept it to myself.
"Where do you want to go?" he asked.
"Just drop us at the highway. I'll manage from there. Please hurry." With that we left.
"Shadow! Wake up please!"
During the whole trip, Shadow wasn't waking up and it worried me. Thinking I may have over dosed him with the sleeping pills, which turned out to be 'Resting Pills'.
It was around 9am and im pretty sure people at home were already wondering where we are. But I didn't bother me much cause I was with Shadow and that's all I want. But he still wouldn't wake up. We were on the side near the highway and I put Shadow down on the floor next to me. I started to cry because I have givin up thinking that he might be dead. I cant live my life without him. I love him so much. I put my knees to my chest and buried my head in them, crying my eyes out.
Normal POV
While Rouge was still crying, Shadow finally woke up and noticed how bright it was. He realized he wasn't in his room. He was outside, on the dirt, wrapped in a blanket, and that he is wearing a mask. He managed to get up on his feet and take the blanket off of him. Then he heard crying and saw Rouge curled up on the floor crying. He then started to speak.
"Where are we? What's going on?" he said. Rouge shot her head up to see that her lover was alive. But still continued to cry.
"On the highway."
"You idiot! Don't you remember? We've run away!" she yelled at him.
"Run away? When did we run away?" then he realized what she meant. Rouge pretty much kidnapped him to run away with him. "Shit! Oh shit! Rouge! Rouge, what have you done! What's wrong with you! Shit! Shit!" Shadow yelled throwing the mask down and kicking the dirt in frustration. Rouge then got up and went to him.
"What other option did we have?! I love you." She confessed still crying.
"Why are you crying?" he asked.
"I was scared that you died off an overdose." Rouge said still crying.
"Rouge, please try and understand. We can't run away." Shadow said trying to put some sense into her.
"But why?!" she yelled falling back on the floor.
"Because I'm not Aamir Khan...and you're not Juhi Chawla from Qayamat se Qayamat Tak. (it's a really good indian movie if you ever want to see it) What were you thinking? We'd climb a mountain and make a house there? And I'll work in a factory and you'll bring lunch for me tied in a cloth?" he yelled out to her.
"Shut up, Shadow!"
Shadow then took a deep breath and kneeled down in front of the white bat. Her head was lowered as she softly cried. Shadow then held on to her shoulders and started to speak.
"Rouge...I love you. But please try and understand. We're middle class people, we've grown up with middle class values. No matter how progressive we become...some things will never change in this country. I can't live my entire life away from my parents and brother. And I'll become a joke for the whole society, right? A brother ran away with his brother's to be bride! And just think about your family. Will you be able to live away from your dad, mom and Chase? And the shame that you'll bring to their name. What about that?" Rouge then quickly got up and starting yelling at him again.
"So what should I do? Fine, I'll marry your brother! Okay! Let's not complicate anything!" she then walked a few feet away from him and sat on a rock with her head down. Shadow's heart skipped a beat when Rouge mentioned that she will marry Sonic. And there was no way Shadow would let them get married. He loves her too much.
Shadow walked over to Rouge and bent down to her level and put his hand on her cheek, but she pushed it way. He then put both his hands on her cheeks to get her attention. Rouge tried to push way his hands but he kept them there.
"Hey listen. Listen. We are in love, right? You are going to get married to me. But Rouge, the situation is very complicated. You are my brother's fiancé. How are we going to solve this problem? I'll have to rack my brains. Rack something you have." She looked at him and smiled. Shadow smiled back and kissed her forehead then got up and looked around. "How do we go back home?" they had to think of some way to get home without anyone thinking that they ran off at night. Rouge then thought of something.
"I've got an idea." Shadow then looked at her thinking what she had in mind cause it might be another runaway show.
Rouge took Shadow to a nearby store and got him some clothes so the he was not in his night clothes. When they exited, Shadow was wearing a yellow shirt Rouge bought for him with the words 'Women are from Venus' printed in black on the front. He looked at it strangely then looked at Rouge. All she did was smiled as she carried a bunch of shopping bags with her. "You look great. C'mon."
When Shadow and Rouge got back, they saw that the wedding décor is gone and everything has been taken down.
"What happened? Why are you pulling down everything?" asked Shadow.
"The wedding got cancelled, Sir." Said one of the helpers.
"Cancelled? Who said so?" asked Rouge.
"Your father. Who else?" he said then walked away. Shadow and Rouge looked at each other in fear hoping no one figured them out.
"Damn." Was all Rouge could say. They both then quickly went inside to see the family. Once they were in, they saw their parents talking to another then looked at them. Shadow was more focused on his older brother who was talking to Silver, Espio, and Chase. Chase then saw Rouge with Shadow.
"Hey, Dimple's here." He pointed out. Sonic then turned around and saw Shadow with Rouge behind him. Sonic had a straight yet angry face on. He then started walking up to him. Shadow felt fear throughout his whole body. Rouge felt it too. Sonic then came face to face with his younger brother then started to speak.
"Where's your phone? I've been calling you since this morning." He said in a serious tone.
"I forgot to take it in all that hurry." He said trying to cover up for him and Rouge.
"Come outside. I want to speak to you in private." Said Sonic then they both left.
Oh dear! does Sonic know? Find out in the next Chapter!
~shadowxrougeforever14~
