Oh my goodness, I think the gap between the last chapter and this one was the longest ever... I was out of town for around two-ish weeks, and I couldn't bring my laptop or anything.

But thanks to the wonderful people that are still reading this story, hopefully you like this chapter.

DISCLAIMER:: I don't own Sonic the Hedgehog.

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Amy smiled tiredly as she woke, yawning. She was tangled up in Sonic's embrace, but she was still wearing her clothes. She realized they had fallen asleep together. Then, the events with Scourge came rushing back.

She bolted straight up, rousing Sonic slightly. "Amy… Come back… I love you… NOOO!"

He jumped, instantly awake. Amy touched his shoulder, ruffling his fur. Sonic was breathing deeply, eyes glazed, as he thought of his nightmare. Amy touch calmed him down a bit, but the nightmare was still fresh in his mind.

Sonic let out a deep breath, clutching Amy's hand. "Let's go get ready for school. We might as well go, it's Friday." Amy nodded, before they got up and trudged towards the bathroom.

After about five minutes of playing around while brushing their teeth, they seperated to change. Amy ended up wearing a knee-length black skirt, and a red crop top. She wore many golden necklaces, and wore black high heels. She had her quills up in a ponytail, secured with a dark red hairband.

Sonic wore a black t-shirt, and khakis, with his traditional red shoes. He decided to be somewhat casual for today.

When they were ready, they were about to go down the stairs, before they caught a glimpse of one another. They froze for a full two minutes, just staring. It was Sonia's exclamation of, "Are you guys ready?" that brought them back.

"You look great, Ames." Sonic said first. Amy blushed, but he knew that she was returning the praise. He offered his hand to her, and she took it. She couldn't help but blush more, when she saw that Sonia and Manic were already sitting at the table, eating.

Sonic sat beside Sonia, and Amy sat beside Sonic. Manic sat next to Sonia on the other side. Sonia leaned over to whisper something to Sonic, who blushed furiously, and spit out his breakfast in shock. "I'M LEAVING NOW." he stated quite loudly, and turned to Amy, "Meet me outside, okay?" Amy nodded, but was confused why he was so flustered.

Amy grabbed the rest of her breakfast, which was simple buttered toast, and dashed out the door. She saw Sonic drumming his fingers on the steering wheel of the car, and relaxed when she saw him glance in her direction.

He smiled and waved at her. Amy grinned, and hopped into the passenger's seat. "Hey Ames." Sonic greeted, and they pulled out of the parking lot area, and drove towards the school.

Amy took out her board, before writing, "Why did you leave like that? Did Sonia say something?" Sonic blushed, before nodding. "We slept in the same room… You can probably guess what she thought we were doing."

Amy's eyes widened, and she blushed too as she realized what Sonic was saying. Sonic chuckled, glancing over at Amy, "Exactly. That's why I left." Amy nodded slowly, barely registering that they were almost at school.

For some reason, she felt a bit nervous. Sure, she was happy to be dating Sonic, but something seemed… off. She pushed away her nervousness. It'll be fine! Just another school day, right? ...Right?

Amy realized that the car was parked and Sonic was looking at her worriedly. "Ames? Are you okay?" Amy nodded happily. Nothing was going to happen today.

Her confidence was boosted when she saw her friends. She clutched Sonic's hand and quickly made her way over to her friends. "Amy!" they called, running over to her with smiles on their faces. They laughed, and Amy let Sonic walk over to his circle of friends.

"Hey guys. What's up?" Sonic asked as he made it to his friends. He saw them glance at one another, before Silver finally leaned in and whispered, "Is it true?" Sonic blinked. "What's true?" "That you and Amy… you know..."

Sonic blushed furiously, yelling, "NO! Why would I do something like that?! We just started dating yesterday!" Shadow shrugged, "You and Rose act like you've been together for centuries." Sonic bit his lip, "Even so… I wouldn't do anything unless Amy consents. Which isn't going to be anytime soon, I'm guessing."

Frost placed a hand on Sonic's shoulder. "It's alright, Sonic. We know you wouldn't do that. Right guys?" A chorus of 'yes!'s and 'absolutely's answered, and Sonic calmed down. "Well… look who's here!" a voice said. Sonic turned to see Fiona, and beside her, Sally.

"Sally? What are you doing?" Rouge asked, narrowing her eyes. Sally scowled, and looked away, before grabbing Sonic and kissing him square on the mouth. The students who were watching let out gasps of shock, some murmuring terrible things about Sally. Sonic's eyes widened, before he pushed her away, eyes flashing. "Sally, I thought we were over. We agreed to stay friends!"

Sally smirked, saying, "I've changed my mind. I want us to get back together." Sonic's eyes narrowed. "Well, too bad! I'm with Amy now." Amy, on the other hand, was completely shocked. Sally acting like this? What world am I in? Cream, however, was a bit more proactive than Amy wanted to be right now.

"Sally?! What the hell is your problem? I thought you were our friend!" Cream yelled. Rouge, surprisingly, came up to support Cream. "Exactly! Why are you suddenly acting like a bitch?" Sally flipped her hair as she walked up to the pair. "I've joined the dark side, ladies. If you've got a problem, then deal with it. But, with Pinky here..."

Sally walked up to Amy, grinning. "I want you to join the cheerleaders. Since Shadow and Frost are part of the football team, I'd like you to come support them. Okay? Good." Amy looked at Sally, hurt glistening in her eyes, before she nodded. Suddenly, a hand placed itself on her shoulder.

"Sal, please leave." Surprisingly, it wasn't Sonic, but a familiar feminine voice. Tails gasped, and Amy's eyes widened. Sally was shocked, but shook it away and nervously left. "Sis?" Tails asked, sounding both excited and nervous. "Hey Tails. How's it going? And I see Rosy grew up too. Or should I say Amy?" Amy spun around, and launched herself onto the pink-and-purple fox who the voice belonged to. The fox squeaked, but then returned the hug, chuckling.

The students mumbled among themselves, before going along their own way. The group barely noticed, however, and continued to glance at one another.

They looked very confused. "Tails, who's this?" Frost asked for them. Tails snapped out of his daze, answering, "Oh, right! Sorry… Everyone, meet my sister, Sweetpea. She's been gone for a few years now, off to some special medicine program." Sonic looked confused, "Medicine?" Tails laughed, "Oh, right. Sweetpea has this special ability where she can deduce practically anything, like the living Sherlock Holmes."

Sweetpea blushed from her spot under Amy, "Oh Tails, stop making it sound bigger than it actually is… I want to be a pediatrician, and have a side-job as a detective." she told Sonic. Tails added, "And she can control water and grow plants."

"Whoa… Hey Frost, isn't that similar to your own powers?" Silver asked, turning to Frost. The black-and-blue fox shrugged, blushing slightly but looking at the ground. "I guess so… It's no big deal, really." Shadow huffed, before saying, "Well, let's introduce ourselves then. I'm Shadow. This silver hedgehog is Silver. The blue faker is Sonic-" "Hey!" Sonic chipped in, before he crossed his arms and let Shadow finish. "-The red echidna is Knuckles. That white bat is Rouge. The purple cat is Blaze. The purple hedgehog is Twilight. And you know everyone else."

Sweetpea finally managed to get up, but left an arm around Amy's shoulders. "Thank you, Shadow, for the introductions. I really appreciate it. Now..." Sweetpea turned to Amy. "Who's the lucky guy?"

Amy raised an eyebrow at her, and Sweetpea giggled. "You can't play dumb with me, Amy Rose!" Amy smiled, and pointed at Sonic, who smirked. Sweetpea raised an eyebrow. "No. Way. Tails, why didn't you update me on this? This is the best day ever! You two are so cute!"

Sonic and Amy both blushed, and Amy tugged on Sweetpea's arm to get her to shut up, which it did. But then she continued to explain her schedule. "So… I have Science with you and Cream first, don't I? I'm pretty sure I have your exact schedule, Amy, so this should be fun! Well, except for Biology, which I'm sure someone else has..."

"Me. I have Biology, fourth period." Sweetpea spun around, and caught sight of Frost.

Both foxes froze, eyes locked. Sweetpea's blue-green eyes bore into Frost's golden ones, and they both whispered, "It's you." Sweetpea and Frost ran towards one another, before there was a SHING! that sounded oddly like metal. Frost skid quickly to a stop, stopping centimeters in front of a glistening silver dagger. "You… Frost… I-I..."

Sweetpea had tears coming out of her eyes, but her face was twisted into a scowl. The dagger she held in her hands shook, showing just how shaken up she was. "Where did you go?! I was worried sick! I thought-I-I..." she took in a shaky breath, before she whispered, "I thought you were..." she grimaced, "...dead."

Frost gently put her arms down and, without letting go, gently kissed her cheek. "But I'm here now, aren't I, Princess?" he said quietly. Sweetpea smiled weakly, and tried to laugh, even though tears were streaming down her cheek. She threw her arms around his neck and hugged him tightly, dropping her dagger, which fell with a clang.

They seperated, but then blushed, realizing that they had an audience, so they jumped back. Tails' eyes looked like they were going to pop out of his skull. "Um… I can explain…?" Sweetpea offered, the statement sounding more like a question. "Please do. But first, class is about to start and we are all going to be late."

Sweetpea picked up her dagger, sheathed it, and ran off to Science with Amy and Cream. The others ran to their perspective classes, but Sonic scooped Amy up, dashed off to Science to drop her off, and then ran to his own class. Sweetpea and Cream continued running, with their backpacks still on their backs.

Once they made it to the classroom, and Cream sat beside Tails, who mysteriously made it to the Science room without being seen. Sweetpea talked to the teacher, whispering, "I'm new here, Mrs. Jakesin." The teacher smiled slightly, before saying, "There is a seat beside Amy, you're welcome to sit there." Sweetpea raised an eyebrow, murmuring, "Are you alright?"

The teacher huffed, before softening at the worried tone. "I'm fine, dear. Thank you for the concern, but class is about to start." Sweetpea dipped her head slightly before making her way to Amy.

Once she sat down, Amy scribbled something. "So, what was that thing with Frost? And why do you have a dagger?" Sweetpea smiled, before whispering, "When I was away at Medical Camp, there were many… disturbances. There were a lot of criminals around the area, and I was very worried about my safety. This teacher, my Biology teacher, Ms. Blanli, saw my discomfort and after class one day, gave me this dagger."

"She said to call the weapon Annabelle, and told me that nobody besides her, me, and my friends could see it, so I thanked her and left. When I got home, I fashioned this leather belt to carry it it, and a metal covering for the pointed dagger part. After that, it was fairly easy to threaten any thieves around, simply by whipping the dagger near their throat and, after seeing it temporarily, they would run away."

"The next day, Ms. Blanli mysteriously disappeared, and she left this note on my desk. It read: 'Good Luck, Ms. Prower.' and then the note disappeared too. I later learned that Ms. Blanli was killed the day before I got the dagger, and, needless to say, I was spooked. But in any case, I still have the dagger and use it. Now with Frost… He and I met one day at a store in the mall, and began chatting."

"After a while, we exchanged numbers and headed our own seperate ways. We soon began dating, and it was a very good time in my life. He was a real sweetheart, but we wanted to keep the relationship a secret, as I still had Camp to finish, and I didn't want to be distracted too much. This was after Ms. Blanli disappeared, and I was still a bit jumpy, so when Frost disappeared, I feared the worst."

"And now, I see him and… I got a bit angry. I mean, just leaving without a word to your girlfriend was a mean thing to do. But, now we're good. I hope..."

Amy took Sweetpea's hand, and gave it a reassuring squeeze. An annoucement from the front of the room made them both jump. "Now class, I have some news. I have to have surgery this Wednesday, and I wanted to go home and rest. Now, I have a substitute teacher that will be arriving shortly… In the meantime, do this worksheet. I'll pass it around."

Soon, everyone was working silently, and the click of the door handle turning brought all work to a hault. Everyone looked up in anticipation at the substitute as he walked in the door with a sheepish grin. "Sorry I'm late!" He quickly set his stuff down on the desk, and looked up, smiling at the class. He was a fox, Amy noticed, and looked about in his late twenties. But he looked oddly familiar...

"Hello everyone. I'm Mr. Tomolin, Nathaniel Tomolin."

Amy's world flipped upside down.

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And that is chapter 7! Again, really sorry about the large gap between chapters, but like I said, I was out of town for a week or two.

Thanks so much for reading!

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