CH. 6 – What Does Your Heart Say?
Sonic left his room, leaving Amy to think about his words as he returned to the party. When he entered the large living room, all his guests were back to having a drink in one hand and making conversation. Manic and Sonia both came up to him, with sad looks on their faces.
"Sonic," Sonia started, "we're sorry for eavesdropping on you and Amy."
"It's alright," he replied. "I guess that'll teach you about putting your noses where they shouldn't. And speaking of noses, how's yours feeling, Manic?"
"Screw you," Manic grumbled, still angry at Sonic for getting him twice with the door in the span of less than an hour.
"Well, you shouldn't, A: eavesdrop like a fly on the wall, and B: be right behind a door in case it opens."
"But otherwise, how'd it go?" Sonia asked.
"I told her everything. The reason for the party, Eggface, last Christmas Eve, the present, and everything else."
"Now does she believe what you said?" asked his brother.
He sighed. "You only needed to look at her eyes to see what she was feeling. I hope that she believes me. I really hope so, because if she didn't…" he trailed off as he looked down at the floor, avoiding eye-contact. "No, she has to believe me. I didn't put on an act with her. I was completely honest… and don't say 'What if she doesn't believe you?', because I know she does."
His sister smiled and put her hand on his shoulder. "I hope you're right."
"I know I am. Well, it is almost midnight, so let's play another tune or two." They nodded and got their equipment all together. When they turned it on, it made a slight feedback sound, catching everyone's attention.
"Alright, folks, Christmas morning is almost here, and I certainly hope that the real Santa will be making his rounds to this place shortly."
"YEAH! BECAUSE THE FIRST SANTA WE HAD SUCKED!" yelled Rotor the Walrus, getting a big laugh out of everyone.
"Yeah… I didn't even get a new pair of shoes!" Sonic added, getting a few more chuckles. "But anyway, we've decided to do a few more songs before the clock strikes twelve. Now, for this one, I'm going to ask that those guys with their girls stay out on the floor, and to those guys who want to dance with that special girl and/or try to make a move on one, then ask them if they want to dance." They did as they were told. Out on the floor were the following couples: Knuckles and Rouge, Tails and Cream, Mr. and Mrs. Khan, Mr. and Mrs. D'Coolette, Silver and Blaze, and Shard asked NICOLE to dance as well. The rest of them went off the floor to give the dancers their space.
"Alright, guys. Lonestar. Sonia, start us off." With a sweeping piano, Sonic began to sing ( watch?v=dtvJIw0Nx2Y).
Presents underneath the tree
Candles burning bright
Stockings hung with lots of care
On this silent Christmas night
What makes this season magical
Is what made my dream come true
Just seeing you
To be here with you
X
Oh, this Christmas time is the best one ever
The greatest gift in life is you and me together
And I thank heaven for sending you here tonight
This Christmas time
X
As Sonic sang, Amy emerged from his room. She had walked to the back of the pack looking very conflicted. She was still trying to muster up courage to say what she felt about her hero, but a war was going on in head once again.
"Go to him."
"You don't think I want to?"
"Go to him."
"But he's singing. He wouldn't want to me to interrupt him."
"You can't be serious. He wouldn't care."
"I know, but everyone else would."
"Okay, that's the weakest excuse I've ever heard. Go to him."
What Amy did not know was that Sonic saw how nervous she looked after leaving his room. The song's next verse pertained to her so much that it could have been considered a fault.
Some people hope for rings of gold
All that money buys
Children have their list of toys
Prayin' Santa gets it right
The one thing that I wish for
Came true when you walked in
To hear you laugh again
To see you smile again
X
Oh, this Christmas time is the best one ever
The greatest gift in life is you and me together
And I thank heaven for sending you here tonight
Oh, this Christmas time
X
And oh, this Christmas time is the best one ever
The greatest gift in life is you and me together
And I thank heaven for sending you here tonight
Sending you here tonight
This Christmas time
The civil war within Amy's head raged on, and she still stood like a statue, trying to figure out her newfound nervousness.
As Sonic finished the piece, a good round of applause came from the rest. "Thanks, guys," he said. "This next one isn't a ballad, so everyone can come back out to the floor if they want to. Our next song has a classical feel to it, despite it only being about a decade old. Here's a little Josh Groban." With that, he signaled his sister, who started a beautiful piano solo. As she did that, Sonic grabbed the mic, getting ready. Sonic didn't choose this song for the sake of putting together a killer Christmas music playlist, but with this song, it had a lyric that said, "Believe in what your heart is sayin'." That was what he told Amy to do when they talked. He made sure that Amy was going to hear this tune.
He ditched the guitar by putting it at his feet, and the started to croon ( watch?v=XjQ1smPQJbs).
Children sleeping, snow is softly falling
Dreams are calling like bells in the distance
We were dreamers not so long ago
But one by one we all had to grow up
When it seems the magic slipped away
We find it all again on Christmas Day
X
Believe in what your heart is sayin'
Hear the melody that's playin'
There's no time to waste
There's so much to celebrate
Believe in what you feel inside
And give your dreams the wings to fly
You have everything you need
If you just believe
X
Amy heard every note, divulged every lyric, and heard him sing with such passion. He kept looking at her throughout the tune. During the song, Amy's legs began moving without her permission, walking closer and closer to the stage. She weaved her way through the crowd. There was nothing to stop her. She was not in control of her legs, they just started moving. She wanted to stop, but the thought was cast aside as her legs powered on.
Trains move quickly to their journey's end
Destinations are where we begin again
Ships go sailing far across the sea
Trusting starlight to get where they need to be
When it seems that we have lost our way
We find ourselves again on Christmas Day
X
Believe in what your heart is sayin'
Hear the melody that's playin'
There's no time to waste
There's so much to celebrate
Believe in what you feel inside
And give your dreams the wings to fly
You have everything you need
If you just believe
X
If you just believe, if you just believe
If you just believe, just believe, just believe
By the time the band stopped, she was next to the stage, looking up at Sonic with tears in her eyes. He looked down to see her pink face, and he could not help but smile. Everyone remained dead silent, gawking at the two hedgehogs. The silence was maddening, and the estranged lovers only looked into each other's eyes, waiting for someone to break the silence.
He knelt down to get a better look at her and gently asked, "What is your heart sayin', Amy?" The tears remained in her eyes, but did not fall.
"A few things," she said simply. He offered her a hand to come up on stage, which she took. When she was on stage, he stood up with her. She quickly set her gift on the edge of the stage.
"What things?" he asked.
"W-Well," she started, getting choked up about the whole thing. "Firstly, it told me that I was stupid for blaming you, Sonic. I didn't know about how Eggman… well, you know." He nodded understandingly. "Secondly… secondly, I don't deserve you, Sonic. How could you still love someone like me after I said what I said, did what I did, and just hate you for something that wasn't even your fault?" A tear had begun to fall. He put a gentle right hand to her left cheek, cupping her face, and wiping on stray tear from her face with his thumb before taking it away slowly.
"I guess I learned that from you, Ames. I'm sorry too, for-."
"Sonic, we both made mistakes. I know that with what you said that you've forgiven me." That much was true, and brought a bigger smile to his face. "But how could you ever forgive me for what I did?"
"You don't need to worry about it, angel."
"Why?" she pleaded.
"Because I'm saying now that I forgive you. You said it; we both made mistakes. But it's whether we can forgive ourselves for the things we did. Can you forgive yourself?"
"I'm having a hard time doing that, actually," she said in a quieter tone.
"Me too." The hero smiled warmly. She loved it when he smiled at her like that. Sonic, with his right hand, cupped her left cheek again. Then she put her left hand over his right hand. He shuddered at her gesture as his hand started to tremble. Oh, how he missed this. All of it. Her love, her touch, her jade green eyes, everything. "You have no idea how much I've missed this," he said, speaking from the heart. In one fell swoop, he took her right hand with his left and brought it up to his face, kissing the back of her hand.
She could not take it anymore. She jerked her hands free and put her arms around him tightly, pressing her body against him. He quickly returned the favor. Her arms were around his back, and his were around hers. There was no room for air in between them. For one whole year, they had not had this. They squeezed and would not let go.
Both of them started crying tears of joy, enjoying the moment. His tears fell silently, but hers did not. Amy was sobbing. It was not loud, but loud enough where everyone could hear her and see her. He started rubbing her back to try and calm her down. As much as he loved the feel of her very slender back, he wanted her to stop crying. There had been enough of that between the two to last the rest of their lives.
"You never stopped, did you?" asked Amy. He was slightly confused at the question, and he looked at her with his eyebrow raised. "You never stopped loving me, did you?" He smiled at her and kissed her forehead.
"'Stop' isn't exactly in my vocabulary," he said.
He looked down and he broke the hug. This got her attention and wondered what he had done, only to smile warmly when she saw what he had picked off of the ground.
"May I?" he asked. She nodded and turned to face the small crowd, holding up her quills so that he could put it on. He opened the box, took out the gift, and set the box back down.
Everyone saw the gift and its magnificence. The guys' eyes lit up because of it. The girls all went, "ooooooooh," and some covered their mouths in absolute surprise.
Knuckles grabbed Rouge's wing and whispered in her ear, "Don't. Even. Think. About. It."
"Who?" Rouge asked sarcastically. "Me?"
"Yes, you," he whispered sternly.
The necklace itself had a chain made of sterling silver. It was neither too tight nor too loose. The chain was connected by a small silver hoop atop a flat, thin, heart-shaped silver plate that held the jewels and was no more than an inch in length and width. That plate was slightly bigger than the precious stones that were on it. There were two hearts on the necklace. The bigger heart was a rare pink diamond that took up the majority of the silver plate's area, but it had a smaller diamond, a blue diamond, that had also been cut into the shape of a heart. The two jewels were separated by a thin, heart-shaped sterling silver outline that was no more than a half-millimeter in width.
As he put it on her, he kissed the back of her neck, sending a shiver down her spine and giving her weak knees. It was off-putting to the rest of their friends, but Big Blue could not care less. He wanted to let everyone know that he loved this girl. He wanted to make up for lost time, and how fitting that it involved something that he never had the chance to give her last year.
When it was on, she looked down to see it shine. She turned to him with a twinkle in her eye.
"When I picked it up," Sonic said, "the guy who gave it me said, 'You wouldn't believe how hard it was to find pure pink and blue diamonds.' My only regret is that you didn't get it last year. It's priceless… just like you." A collective "awwww" came from the ladies and the guys either shook their heads or rolled their eyes.
"It's beautiful. Thank you," she said going in for another warm and comforting hug.
She hung onto him like it was the last time they would ever do this. There was no denying that she missed being with Sonic, being able to touch his fur, take in his warmth, and above all, be loved by him. They could finally say that they were back together.
As the clock neared midnight, Sonic broke the hug and put his mouth to her ear and whispered, "We have time for one more song." She looked up with a matching raised eyebrow. "I'm sorry for that little number I forced you into earlier, but there is one more song I'd like to do before midnight strikes. Remember that song we sang last year?" She smirked and nodded. "Alright, then." He turned to his brother. "Yo, Manic! Toss me another mic!" Manic did so, and Sonic, once again, caught it without even looking, impressing the pink hedgehog. He gave her the mic and told the crowd. "Alright, folks, we have time for one more song tonight before the stroke of twelve, so get the carriage ready. And guys? Make sure your girl isn't wearing any glass slippers when 12 o'clock hits. I'll ask that couples be the ones out on the floor one last time. This time, Amy will help me sing."
The crowd thinned out to leave the couples from before and Amy flipped her mic on. "Ready, angel?" She smirked, nodding as she did it. He returned the nod and signaled his sister to tickle the ivories.
As she started, Sonic faced Amy the entire time. They were set to do a song that they had performed for their friends last Christmas ( watch?v=KvQXwHh42VU).
Amy: Winter snow is falling down
Children laughing all around
Lights are turning on
Like a fairy tale come true
Sitting by the fire we made
You're the answer when I prayed
I would find someone
And baby I found you
X
Amy: All I want is to hold you forever
All I need is you more every day
You saved my heart
From being broken apart
You gave your love away
And I'm thankful every day
For the gift
X
Sonic: Watching as you softly sleep
What I'd give if I could keep
Just this moment
If only time stood still
But the colors fade away
And the years will make us grey
But baby in my eyes
You'll still be beautiful
X
Sonic and Amy: All I want is to hold you forever
All I need is you more every day
Sonic: You saved my heart
From being broken apart
Amy: You gave your love away
Sonic: And I'm thankful every day
Sonic and Amy: For the gift
X
As the musical interlude played, he turned off his mic and tossed it aside. He slid his arms around Amy, and they danced slowly, sharing the mic when the tune resumed.
Sonic and Amy: All I want is to hold you forever
All I need is you more every day
Sonic: You saved my heart
From being broken apart
Amy: You gave your love away
Sonic: I can't find the words to say
Amy: That I'm thankful every day
Sonic and Amy: For the gift
As Sonia ended the song on a sweeping piano piece, the clock struck twelve o'clock. Midnight was here. Christmas Day had come.
The other couples kissed (strangely) at the same time, leaving Sonic and Amy as the only ones as the only couple not smooching their lips off. The crowd cheered for the duet and the fact that it was finally Christmas Day when the room's grandfather clock tolled its bell a dozen times. Amy went in for another big hug, which he gave her. He laid a kiss on her head, rubbing the back of her head with his right hand, playing with her pink quills. Her face was nestled snuggly into his chest, hearing the heart that beat for her, making her smile as warm as she was pink, though no one could see it.
"You're the best present I'll ever have," he said. "You know that, right, Amy?" She nodded into his neck, tickling him. He smiled warmly, not noticing that almost everyone was waiting on them.
One of the band members could not take it anymore.
The sound of impact vibrating metal peaked both of the lovers' curiosities as they looked around to see what had happened. Everyone started chuckling at them.
"What's so funny?" asked Sonic. Sally pointed above them. The hedgehogs both looked up to see a shuriken star stuck in the ceiling with a mistletoe plant intertwined throughout it. The lovers looked at the band, more specifically at the only one that was a trained ninja. "Espio, I just got this house, and you're already destroying the place!" he said annoyed and sarcastically with a shaking head to boot.
"Oh, just kiss the girl!" he exclaimed with annoyance.
He looked down and Amy and smiled devilishly. "Don't mind if I do," Sonic said, grabbing her back with his right hand. She giggled and smiled at his gesture, liking his arrogant attitude about the whole thing. She yelped when he put his entire arm around her, pulling her in tight. With no time to waste, he went in for the kill.
When their lips touched, fireworks went off in both of their heads as they searched around each other in the midst of the most passionate kiss that they had ever shared. All of the emotions the two had felt about each other without each other for one year were put into their embrace, making sure the last ounce of the steam was blown off and that they would never be alone ever again. To deepen it, he dipped her, almost hiding the lip-lock from the crowd, but not to the band members. They saw the whole thing, clear as day.
She gripped him tighter, holding on for dear life as she tried to match his passion level. It was so bad that she had to grab onto the large blue quills that rested on his head just so she would not lose him. And she did not want to lose him ever again, and neither did he about her.
The amount of love put into it was as unfathomable. They could not stop, nor did they want to, even if everyone else was getting mildly uncomfortable. For them, time stood still. All they wanted was to stay right there with each other, even if the world was ending. Both of them enjoyed the pleasure that the physical connection brought out. It felt so good, that it felt like that it should have been outlawed a long time ago, but they needed this. They could not just sit around and think what might have been. They needed something that would cheer them both up, and keep them happy for years to come.
Reality sent in for the two of them after about a minute of non-stop lip-locking. He brought her back to an upright position, still lip-locked, and Amy put the coup de grâce, on the deal with her leaning into him more as her left leg popped up à la The Princess Diaries, leaving all of her weight on her right leg.
The two finally stopped and looked around, to see incredibly disgusted faces from the guys and bright and stupid smiles from the ladies.
"Don't give us those looks," he said smugly. "You try not kissing the girl you love for a whole year."
AUTHOR'S NOTE:
Corny hedgehog love! Corny hedgehog love everywhere! Yes, this chapter ridiculous for how the two lovers get back together, I'm fully aware of that. But with that said, I did say way back when (and by that i mean yesterday) that this story is more light-hearted. The story's not done yet, and there's a short epilogue to follow, so be aware.
All characters in this story are the property of SEGA and Archie Comics. All songs are the property of their respective artists and record labels.
