Chapter 8- Who Will Crack First?

The whole gang was out in the backyard hanging out. Knuckles, Rouge, and Tails were discussing the possibility of turning their friends' misery into a documentary.

Liz was in the only tree shooting down birds with her nail gun.

Amy was staring at Shadow while he explained his 'we're all in a story on some damned website' theory to her. When he finished explaining his evidence to her she smiled, "Wow, you make a good point." She said loudly, "Maybe you're really onto something."

Sonic, who was with Hannah on the opposite side of the lawn glared over at the pair.

"Stop looking at them! Look at me!" Hannah whispered urgently.

Sonic looked at her for a moment then looked back, "I can't!" he whined.

"Gee, thanks." Hannah pouted.

Sonic looked back at her, "I didn't mean it like that." He said.

"Then how did you mean it?" Hannah asked viciously.

"I… just meant I'm… jealous of Shadow." Sonic mumbled feeling his face flush.

"You can't be jealous of Shadow! You still want to make Amy jealous, right?" Hannah asked.

"What good is it now? Shadow's already convinced her it's a story; there's no way she can turn back now!" Sonic said miserably, "Maybe Amy and I were never meant to be." He added with a sigh.

"Don't say that!" Sonic looked up to see Liz standing there with her gun still in hand, she sat down with the two hedgehogs, "It may be out of character for me to encourage you, but SonAmy is the only good couple that is even moderately displayed in the Sonic series! If you give up now then how will you two ever get-" she stopped mid word, "Whoa, that was close. I almost revealed something for a future fiction."

"Wait, were you going to say Amy and I get ma-"

Liz slapped Sonic before he could finish, "Stop that!" she shouted, "Just don't give up!"

Then she stood and climbed back into her tree to shoot the neighbor's Swedish Schnauzer with her gun.

"Well, what are we supposed to do?" Sonic said.

"Well, it'll be hard to lure Amy away from Shadow. After all, he is way hotter than you-"

"WHY DOES EVERYONE SAY THAT?" Sonic screamed.

Shadow and Amy looked over at Sonic in confusion but then decided to ignore him and restarted their conversation.

Hannah slapped Sonic, "Stop screaming!" she said, "We'll think of something!"

"Let's kill Shadow in his sleep." Sonic mumbled morbidly.

Hannah's eyes grew wide, "Please tell me you either have an evil alter ego or you're kidding." She said.

"Oh… I'm just kidding." Sonic said nervously.

Then suddenly it started to rain.

Sonic squealed and ran inside, "HELP! I'M GONNA DROWN!" he screamed.

Shadow looked over at Hannah, "Remind me why you're dating him?" he said with a smirk.

Hannah glared at him and ran after Sonic, "COME BACK HERE YOU PUSSY!"

Liz stared up at the sky, "I don't think you can drown in the rain… unless you're one of those penguins who stares at the sky with your mouth wide open when it rains." She said.

"Liz, that's chickens." Tails corrected.

"Same difference, they're both non-aerial birds." She argued.

"Come on Shadow, my makeup runs when it gets wet." Amy said as pulled Shadow inside.

"Why did Amy turn Goth again?" Rouge asked.

"Mostly to make Sonic more attracted to her through skimpy outfits, but also because I can't stand that stupid red dress." Liz said, "Well, we should go inside before we're struck by lightening."

"What are the chances of that?" Knuckles asked.

"You'd be surprised…"

ZAP!

"Ooh! Well, don't worry Knux, lightening never strikes the same place twice-"

ZAP!

"Wow, this is not your lucky day, is it?"

"OH SHUT UP!"

Next Day (Monday morning)…

It was still raining as the group readied to go out to the bus stop.

Amy was still reluctant to go in the rain for fear of her makeup dripping all over her face, "Liz, couldn't you drive us?" she pouted.

"NO!" came the unanimous response.

"They only let seniors park at the school." Liz said, "Damn licensing laws…"

Amy grumbled angrily as Liz led the rest of them out the door. Amy stopped Shadow before he could leave, "Shadow, would you carry my books for me?" she asked holding out her backpack.

"ARE YOU INSANE?" Shadow shouted, "The combined weight of yours and mine will kill me!"

"JUST DO IT!" Amy roared forcing her bag into his arms.

Shadow stood there for a moment shaking under the weight, then he collapsed.

"Get up!" Amy commanded.

Shadow struggled to stand but without success so he fell back again, "You can't expect me to carry all these books!" he whined, "A history book alone weighs fifty pounds! Now take them back! I can't breathe!"

Amy took her bag off Shadow's chest, "You're such a sissy." She said, then she stormed out the door after the others.

Shadow stood and glared after her, "The Ultimate Life Form is NOT a sissy!" he screamed. Then he grudgingly ran after her.

As you can clearly see, neither charade is going well. Who will crack first? Well, that's for me to know and you to find out!