Time went by. Sonic and his team won and they each got a trophy. Everyone was back on the plane. It was a long ride home, but everyone slept on the way. Once everyone was back home Sonic let everyone have a week off. Amy took a picture of the whole team once the plane landed. Everyone went to baggage claim. A lot people ran over to Sonic and asked for pictures. Amy didn't mind. She knew Sonic would see right through everyone. Lights were shining in his eyes. Amy grabbed their bags. She had enough of everyone. She pushed people away and told them to back off. Amy grabbed Sonic's hand and pulled him away.
"Easy Ames. I got fans now." Sonic said.
"I want to see our kids, Sonic. We haven't seen them in forever!"
"Good point." Sonic said kissing Amy. "Let's go."
There was a bus waiting for everyone. They dropped everyone off. Sonic and Amy went back to their house. Amy went upstairs with their bags and started to unpack everything. Sonic was on the phone with Tails. He could hear Flash and Lilly in the background. He got a smile on their face when he heard his kids. They could go pick up their kids at anytime. Sonic hung up and ran upstairs and into his room. He jumped on the bed and watched Amy do all the work.
"Do you mind helping?" Amy asked.
"Wanna pick up the kids?"
"You read my mind."
Sonic and Amy got up and ran downstairs. The couple walked to Tails and Cream's house. Sonic and Amy enjoyed their time alone without the kids. Sonic rang the doorbell and they waited. Amy was jumping up and down as they waited. They heard the door unlock. Their heart started pounding. Cream opened the door and a smile came on her face. She screamed and hugged Sonic and Amy. She pulled them into the house and their kids were in the living room watching TV. Tails was sitting with them. All their eyes were glued to the TV. They were watching the games.
"Tails recorded the games and has been watching it ever since." Cream said rolling her eyes.
"That's Tails for ya." Sonic said walking into their living room. "Flash! Lilly!"
Flash and Lilly turned their heads at the strange voice. Their eyes went wide as they saw their parents again. Flash got up and walked over to them. Lilly crawled their way. Sonic picked up Flash and hugged him tight. Amy grabbed Lilly and held her close to her chest. Amy cried a little as she held her kids again. She missed that feeling. Sonic walked over to Tails and sat down next to him. Now his eyes were glued on the TV. Amy, Cream, and the kids went into the kitchen to talk about the trip. Once Amy was finished telling Cream about the whole trip they left. It was hard getting Sonic out of the house. He wanted to keep watching the games and see how bad Jet was beaten.
"Jet sure learned his lesson." Amy said as they walked home.
"No one can beat me."
The couple got home and their kids were overjoyed by their parents coming back home. Amy got them each a present. She got Flash a t-shirt. She got Lilly a pair of ear rings. Even though Lilly doesn't have any piercing she'll get her ears done one day. Flash and Lilly were glad to be back home. They were getting home sick. They loved Tails and Cream's house, but there no place like home. Lilly was getting tired from today so Sonic took Lilly to her bedroom and put her down for a nap. Amy and Flash went upstairs and finished unpacking. Amy knew she had a load of laundry to do.
"What are we going to have for dinner?" Sonic asked as Amy came down the stairs.
"What do you feel like having?"
Sonic thought for a moment. He could have anything right now, but he knew they would be having something different from their kids. Amy walked into the laundry room. She opened the washer and put their clothes in. She grabbed the soap and started to pour it in the washer. Sonic came up behind her and poked her side. She jumped and dropped the bottle of soap.
"Nice going, Sonic." Amy said rolling her eyes.
"You should have heard me."
Sonic and Amy got on their knees and grabbed some clothes from the washer and dried up the soap. The clothes were getting washed so it didn't matter that they clothes were getting dirtier. Sonic kicked the laundry door shut. Amy didn't hear it since she was to busy cleaning up the mess. Once all the soap was gone they stood up and put the clothes back in the dryer.
"Now they'll be super clean!" Sonic said.
Sonic was blocking the way out and Amy noticed it now. Sonic looked at Amy and winked at her. Amy smiled and rolled her eyes.
"Let me through, Sonic." Amy said. "Flash is upstairs all alone."
"I put him to bed."
"What do I have to do?"
Sonic grinned and grabbed Amy's wrists and pulled her close to him. They shared a kiss. While they kissed each other that's when Sonic reached behind him and opened the door again. Amy broke the kiss and walked out of the room. She walked into the kitchen and remembered she had to go to the store! There was no food at all!
"I have to run to the store." Amy said running upstairs.
"We can always go out to dinner." Sonic called after her.
Amy stopped in her tracks. She was at the top of the stairs and Sonic was at the very bottom. Amy could always go to the store tomorrow, but she had to work tomorrow. She thought about it for a moment. Flash and Lilly would be awake by dinner time, but who would go to the store tomorrow.
"If we go out to dinner tonight, you'll have to go to the store for me." Amy said.
"Deal."
Sonic had no idea what he was getting himself into. He didn't like the store at all. Plus, he would have to take Flash and Lilly with him. He had no idea what tomorrow was going to be like. Amy went to take a shower. Sonic stayed downstairs to listen if Flash or Lilly woke up early. He watched TV, but snoozed off...
"Dad! Dad!"
"What's wrong, Flash?" Sonic asked sitting on the couch.
"Guess what happened at school!?"
"You get an A on your math test!?"
"N-No." Flash said with a smile. "I asked this girl to homecoming and she said yes to me!"
"That's my boy!"
Flash was a freshman in high school. Flash is 14 and Lilly is 12 years old. Sonic felt like he only blinked and his kids were growing up. Flash was already in high school, and Lilly was still in middle school. She was starting to wear make-up and she was getting moody. Sonic and Flash stayed away from Lilly when she was upset. Amy knew what to do when she was crying over a boy. She mostly liked the friends Flash hung out with. They were older and taller than her by a lot. Although, Lilly loved her friends and she loved school for the most part.
"Did you and mom go to homecoming together?" Flash asked.
"Kinda. It's a long story between your mother and I."
"I wanna hear this." Amy said walking into the living room.
"To sum it up you uncle, Tails, made a machine that could make Amy talk and it worked and we were the only single friends in our group and we just stayed together the whole night." Sonic said.
"That's not how it went! Sally came into place still madly in love with your father, but I won." Amy said to Flash.
"Don't tell him that." Sonic said. "The only thing that matters is following your heart."
"And having fun." Amy said.
"Yea look where that got us."
"Mom, dad. I think you're both right." Flash said walking upstairs to his room. "Mom and dad are being weird again!" Flash yelled to Lilly.
"They're always weird!" Lilly said from upstairs.
Sonic and Amy both rolled their eyes and looked at each other. They couldn't believe it's been 14 years since Flash was born and 12 for Lilly. Where did the time go? Amy went into the kitchen and started to make dinner. Sonic got up from the couch and walked over by the stairs. He cleared his throat and called for Flash and Lilly.
"Do you guys want to go on a quick run with me?" Sonic called from the stairs.
"No thanks! I'm texting my friends." Lilly yelled from her room.
"I'll go." Flash said already standing in front of Sonic.
"That's my boy." Sonic patted Flash's head.
"Be home in half on hour!" Amy said stopping Sonic and Flash before they went to the front door.
The two male hedgehogs nodded their heads and left for the run. Once the boys were gone Lilly ran down the stairs and cried in Amy's arms. She didn't want to cry in front of her father or Flash. Lilly knew Sonic didn't handle crying so well. Neither did Flash. Amy knew what to do and what to say. She stopped cooking and focused on Lilly.
"Let's see if you can keep up with me." Sonic said to Flash and they started to run.
"I can totally keep up with you. I'm your son."
Sonic and Flash started to have a race. Sonic knew what to do to keep Flash's confidence up. Running help both of them. It kept them stress free. Sonic was ahead of Flash. Even though Sonic had more power than Flash, Flash still developed the same moves as his father. Flash tucked his chin into his chest and turned into a ball. Sonic saw a blue trail fly by him. He grinned and ran faster. Sonic and Flash would always run ten miles. Ten miles to a certain point and ten miles back home. Flash made it first. Sonic stopped running and Flash was standing with his arms crossed.
"I'm waaaiting." Flash said leaning forward.
Sonic started to chuckle a little. Sonic tapped his shoes on the street and looked up. A horn roared at Flash. Sonic's eyes went wide as he watched blood pour everywhere...
"AAAAAHHHH!"
Sonic's eyes shot open. He heard Lilly crying from upstairs. He rushed upstairs and opened Lilly's door. She was standing up in her crib. She saw Sonic and held her arms out towards him. She stopped crying. Sonic picked her up and she cuddled on his chest. Sonic worried about Flash now. He walked out of Lilly's room and into the room next door. He opened Flash's door and he was still sleeping. His feet were up in the air. His legs were kicking. He was running in his sleep. Lilly moved her head out of Sonic's chest and bit him.
"Ow! Lilly." Sonic said holding Lilly away from him. "You can't do that."
Sonic carried Lilly into his bedroom. He made sure Lilly didn't bit him again. Amy was just getting out of the shower. She had a towel around her body. Sonic opened the bathroom door and steam hit Lilly and him in the face. The mirror was foggy. Amy started to whip the mirror so she could see herself. As did that she saw Sonic and Lilly in the backroom.
"God it's so hot in here." Sonic said.
"What do you need, Sonic?" Amy asked as she put her hair in a pony tail.
"I think Lilly needs to be fed. Since I'm not a female I can't feed her." Sonic said holding her out.
"Did she bite you?"
Sonic pouted and nodded his head. Amy giggled and took Lilly from Sonic. They walked out of the bathroom. Sonic turned off the lights and Amy sat on the bed. Sonic left the bedroom leaving Amy and Lilly alone. He shut the bedroom door. He rubbed his eyes and leaned up on the door. His dream felt real. Flash looked just like Sonic. He had his muscle, his quills, his big heart. Lilly was just as beautiful as Amy. They both didn't put up with anything. Sonic signed and went into Flash's room.
"Dinner is ready!" Amy yelled for Sonic and Flash.
Sonic and Flash were in the living room watching TV. Amy already put Lilly back to bed. She passed out once Amy was done feeding her. Lilly loved to sleep. She would rather do that than play with Flash, and Flash always went to play with her. Although Flash had fun with Sonic. Flash was on the floor playing with some of his toys. Sonic was watching TV as he 'played' with Flash. Amy didn't hear Sonic or Flash. She walked out of the kitchen and into the living room. She picked up Flash who dropped all his toys, and stood in front of Sonic.
"What?"
"Dinner. Get up."
"Help me up." Sonic said putting his hands out.
With Amy's free hand she grabbed Sonic's hand and pulled him up to his feet. They sat down at the dinner table together. Amy knew something was off with Sonic. She didn't know if it was because of Jet. He was so stressed out. More stressed than when Amy was giving birth to their first child. Amy didn't want to say anything, but she cared about Sonic. She helped Flash with his dinner. Sonic was picking at his food and just thinking a lot.
"What's wrong, Sonic?" Amy asked.
"I don't know..."
"Sonic."
"I've been having nightmares lately." Sonic sighed. "It's about Lilly growing up and getting hurt, and Flash dying and it's my fault."
"Nothing is your fault. I think you're just scared of seeing them grow up."
"Yea well... my parents had to watch me grow up so I might as well try to do the same."
"Mostly people keep having kids." Amy said. "But we're not doing that again. I can't take another nine months in hell."
"Hell. Heaven. Same thing."
Sonic's phone started to go off. He looked at the screen and grabbed his phone. He answered the phone as he got up from the table. Amy shrugged it off and focused back on Flash. She could tell he was getting tired. Flash finished his dinner. She picked up the plates and put them in the dishwasher. Amy could hear Sonic from his office. He seem upset or stressed out again.
"Let's go see daddy." Amy said picking Flash up.
Amy and Flash walked down the hallway. The office doors were shut and Amy waited by the door. She kissed Flash on his nose and he laughed.
"I have to go." Sonic said hearing Flash laughing.
Sonic hung up. Amy waited for the doors to open, but Sonic wasn't opening them. She was about the reach for the handle when the doors opened. Sonic stood up tall and looked down at Flash. He smiled as Flash and held his hands out. Amy handed Flash to him and they hugged each other.
"I'll put him to bed." Sonic said walking pass Amy.
"Who were you on the phone with?" Amy asked.
"Someone I'm going to fire soon."
Amy knew Sonic wasn't going to talk about it. If he wanted to talk she was ready to listen. Amy cleaned up the kitchen and turned off all the lights downstairs, and headed upstairs. Sonic turned on the lights to Flash's room. He walked backwards and once he was out in the hall he cracked the door. Amy was waiting for him. They walked into their bedroom together.
"I'm so tired!" Sonic said jumping on the bed.
"I know you are."
Amy walked into the bathroom and started to get ready for bed. Sonic managed to get out of bed and do the same thing. He took off his clothes and went into the bathroom with Amy. They both brushed their teeth. Sonic was done first and Amy was right behind him. She spit in the sink as Sonic walked out of the bathroom.
"Your teeth aren't clean enough, Sonic." Amy said.
"I'll do a better job tomorrow."
Amy rolled her eyes and turned off the lights. She changed her clothes. Sonic pulled down the covers and crawled into bed. Amy did the same thing. They kissed each other goodnight and turned their back towards each other.
"If Lilly cries it's your turn to get out of bed." Sonic whispered.
"You're lucky it's my turn." Amy whispered back.
Amy kicked behind her and kicked Sonic's leg. He kicked her back and they fell fast asleep on each other. In the morning, Amy got up early. She had to go to work. Sonic still had the week off. Amy left notes for everything Sonic had to do before she got home from work. Sonic was up by the time Amy left. She kept reminding him to feed Flash and Lilly. Flash's food was already made, and Lilly was still on breast milk.
"I don't have boobs though." Sonic said.
"I left some in a bottle." Amy said walking out the front door.
Sonic went into the kitchen to see the kid's breakfast. Sonic debated if he should wake the kids up or they should wake themselves up. He would let them some rest, but then they would have more energy. If Sonic woke them up now then their energy would be low by mid afternoon and they'll have to take a nap. Either way Sonic would make Lilly take a nap. She would need it. Maybe Tails could come over and help him out. Sonic would spend today with his kids, and only his kids. It's just a couple of hours without Amy. He could do it. Just then, Sonic's ears shot up and he hears a cry from upstairs.
"The day begins." Sonic said heading upstairs.
Lilly was crying her eyes out. Sonic walked into her room and she stopped once Sonic walked in. She picked her up and walked passed Flash's room. He was sitting up and looking around his room. Sonic ran downstairs so Flash wouldn't see them. Sonic walked into the kitchen and got out a bottle for Lilly. There was a note on the bottle. Amy left a lot of notes. She left notes everywhere.
"How many notes does this woman need to make!?" Sonic yelled.
Sonic put Lilly's bottle in the microwave and waited for it to heat up. Sonic set Lilly on the counter. They both looked at each other. Sonic didn't know what to say to her. Lilly started to suck on her hand. Sonic pulled her hand out of her mouth, but her hand went back into her mouth.
"Lilly, you can't do that. Your teeth are going to get ruined." Sonic said pulling her hand away again. The microwave beeped and Sonic took out her bottle. He held it in front of her and she grabbed it. She started to feed herself. Sonic picked her up and set her down in her high chair. Sonic got Flash's breakfast out and went upstairs to get up. Flash was crawling out of his crib by the time Sonic got to Flash's room.
"Stop it!" Sonic yelled running over to Flash.
Sonic picked up Flash and held him close to his body. Half of Flash's body was out of his crib. He could have fallen on his face and broke his neck! He could have died. Sonic wouldn't be fast enough to save his child. Sonic shook that feeling out of his body and they headed downstairs to get breakfast. Sonic feed Flash and Lilly. Breakfast was taken care of. There was another list. Sonic read that one. He groaned and it said that the house had to be cleaned before Amy got home from work. Sonic would do that one last. He hated cleaning the house.
"Do you want to clean the house, Lilly?" Sonic asked her.
Lilly just ate her breakfast without saying a word. Flash was finished and it was nice to relax a little. Sonic put both kids in front of the TV and turned it on. Their eyes were glued on the screen. Sonic sat on the couch and took care of some work. He answered emails and took a few phone calls. He stayed in the same room as the kids in case they wondered off. Sonic got off a phone call and looked at his kids. They never moved from their spot. They never moved their heads too. It looked like they weren't alive!
"I think it's time to play outside." Sonic said turning off the TV.
Once Sonic turned off the TV, Flash and Lilly turned their heads at Sonic. Sonic picked up his kids and they headed outside. They played in the driveway. Sonic was teaching Flash some running moves, while Lilly was pulling out grass. She flew it in the air and tried to grab it. Sonic took some pictures, but not as much as Amy would have.
"I call this my spin dash!" Sonic said.
Sonic got on his hands and arched his back. In a blink he turned into a blue ball. He started to roll around the driveway. Flash couldn't take his eyes off his father. Sonic was moving so fast. Flash got up and ran after his father. Flash was starting to get better at running. He was fairly good at walking, but not to Sonic's level yet. Sonic jumped in the air and did a flip. He landed in front of Flash and fell on his butt. He clapped his hands and shouted. He wanted to try. Sonic started to talk him through the steps. Flash was almost there. He put his hands on the ground and arched his back.
"Think like a ball now." Sonic said.
Flash looked up at Sonic. He looked down at Sonic's legs and smiled.
"What are you smiling at?" Sonic teased.
Flash pointed and Sonic looked back. His jaw dropped and a blue line was behind him. Lily was in the street. She followed a butterfly and there was a car coming down the road. Sonic moved his feet faster. The car honk and Lilly looked down the street.
"LILLY!" Sonic yelled.
The car went by and Sonic stopped in his tracks. The car was gone and so was Lilly. Sonic was on the sidewalk. He fell to his knees. He couldn't believe what he just saw. His hands fell to the ground and he couldn't speak at all. Lilly wasn't there. She was no where to be seen. What if the person driving picked her up at the perfect moment? Sonic's hung his head low and sat all the way back.
Sonic felt a small finger poke his back. Maybe Flash was something that he didn't see! Sonic turned his head around and let out some air. He started to laugh and he stood up and picked up Lilly. He hugged her tight and she was sucking on her hand.
"I was so worried! I would have been dead!" Sonic said as he started to calm down.
"Se fun." Flash said.
"And you're talking! Come on, I think we need some ice cream now."
The kids were all happy now. They walked down to the ice cream store. Flash was starting to talk and Lilly was save and sound. Sonic wondered what Lilly could have done. Sonic never saw her move. All he saw was the car pass by. What would she have done. Sonic knew she couldn't have ran. She doesn't know how to yet. Sonic thought about it. Flash said something though. Se fun. Could Flash say 'she's fun'.
"She's fun." Sonic said as they walked home. "She's fun. She is fun..." Sonic said to himself.
"Se fun daddy." Flash said pointing to Lilly.
"You guys are fun."
"No..."
Flash shook his head. Flash stopped and started to move his feet fast. Flash must have a lot of energy now that he just ate some ice cream. Maybe getting ice cream was a bad idea. They were full of sugar now. Sonic could never put them down for a nap now! Lilly needed the nap the most. She could be wide awake now! This is going to be a long day for them.
"I'm home!" Amy called out as she walked through the front door. "It looks nice in here!"
Amy set her purse down and looked in the living room. No one was there. The TV was off. She called out for Sonic and the kids. She checked the kitchen. There was no one. Sonic wasn't in his office and the kids weren't in the bed. She checked the time. It was time for their nap. She crossed her arms and started to think. Where could they have gone!? Amy walked into her bedroom. A grin came on her face as she saw Sonic holding Flash and Lilly in his arms. They were all dead asleep. Sonic and Flash were drooling, while Lilly was curled up in a ball. Amy took a picture and the flash was on. Sonic moved his head and Amy left the room before he could see who was there.
"Amy... I have to tell you something." Sonic said sitting up in bed.
"Go ahead?" Amy said reading a book in bed.
"Flash said something I can't figure out what he said. He said 'she fun'."
"She fun? Or she is fun."
"This is what he did."
Sonic got up from the bed and stood up. He told the store of how they went out to get ice cream. Sonic never told Amy about Lilly playing the street and almost getting run over by a car. They were talking and Flash started to talk again.
"He started to run in place kinda." Sonic said moving his feet as if he was running.
"I think Flash was trying to say is 'she ran'."
"She ran... SHE RAN!" Sonic yelled getting the picture.
Lilly must have ran out of the way before the car hit her! Sonic was over joyed now. Amy didn't know why. Sonic said punching the air and was so happy. His heart rate went up and he sat on the bed. Amy closed her book and turned off the lights.
"Lilly must have ran out of the street." Sonic said as he got into bed.
"What!?" Amy yelled sitting up.
"Good night!" Sonic yelled closing his eyes before he could see Amy's rage face.
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I'm so sorry for not updating! I'm going to try to post a new chapter every other week. It's kinda like how my pay check works. I get paid every other week, so updated well be every other week.