At the Mall

Sonic and Blaze visited many stores and ran into a few fan girls who wanted autographs, a typical day for Sonic. On the way, Sonic saw something that caught his eye as they walked past the food court.

"Hey Blaze, you hungry?"

"Hmm kind of. Do you want something?"

"Yeah a cheeseburger. Maybe two."

Blaze smiled, "Sure I go get it." And with that, Blaze walked off while Sonic used this time to enter a jewelry store. Sonic walked over to the display case to see a gold necklace and the charm was a ruby carved into the shape of a flame. Sonic looked up at the price, and then ran over to the Mac machine only to bump into Rouge.

"Hey Sonic. What are you doing here?" She was wearing a tight, white, tube top with black pants with white flowers designs around them, sunglasses and diamond earrings.

"Hey Rouge. Just getting something for Blaze."

"Huh. So you two are a thing now?"

"Yeah you could say that."

"That's good. What are you buying her?"

"It's a surprise."

"Really? Why can't you tell me?"

"If you wanna see, you'll have to meet me and Blaze at the food court."

"I'll be there."

Sonic looked around. "Where's Shadow?"

"He's sitting over there. He hates shopping with me." Rouge pointed over to a bench where Shadow was sitting there with his arms folded and he looked as if he was sleeping.

"Heh. Well I'll see ya later."

"Yeah. Food court right?"

"Right!" And with that Sonic ran off back to the store. Later Sonic saw Blaze just finding a seat and looked up at Sonic.

"Where were you? You just disappeared."

"Sorry. I had to get something." Sonic said grinning while scratching his head. They both sat down and began to eat. Blaze looked up at Sonic to see him staring at her without turning away.

"Sonic, is there something wrong?"

Sonic got up and walked over and sat down next to Blaze. He was holding a red box.

Blaze's heart jumped, 'Is he doing what I think he's doing? But we just starting going out. He wouldn't… would he?'

"Blaze…"

"Yes?"

"This is for you." He opened the box and Blaze looked down to see a necklace with a flame shaped ruby. Her face lit up and was filled with happiness. Sonic took it out, walked behind Blaze and put it on her. Then he whispered in her ear, "This is a symbol of my love for you. I hope you like it." Blaze began to cry as Sonic sat down next to Blaze and Blaze kissed Sonic.

"I love it. I'll never take it off."

Sonic and Blaze just held each other for a while until Rouge and Shadow walked up. "I hope I'm not interrupting anything?" Rouge asked with a smirk.

Blaze and Sonic looked up at them and smiled. "No." Blaze began. "Please sit with us."

Once Shadow and Rouge sat down the first thing Rouge noticed was the necklace Blaze was wearing. "WOW!!! That's beautiful! I guess being rich has its benefits!"

Blaze began to blush then leaned her head on to Sonic. "Sonic just bought this for me."

Rouge and Shadow looked on with shock while Sonic just scratched his head.

"How much did it cost?" Rouge asked.

Sonic took the receipt out of his pocket. "Um… about 12,000 dollars." He looked up to see everyone staring at him with complete and udder shock. "What?"

"Sonic," Blaze began. "I don't understand. Why did you spend so much money on this?"

"Well with my full scholarship to Georgetown University, and with all of the money I make from endorsement deals, the cost doesn't matter."

"But Sonic, you didn't have to buy this." Sonic then put her hand over her mouth.

"I didn't have to, I waned to. I did it because I love you, Blaze." Blaze couldn't help but fall in to Sonic's arms crying.

Rouge was getting ready to cry but then gave Shadow an irritated look, "Why don't you ever get me anything like that?"

Shadow turned to Rouge irritated, "What!? I just bought you those earrings!"

"Yeah but you never do it unless I ask."

"You mean force." Sonic and Blaze looked at each other then laughed. "What's so funny?" Shadow asked as he took a hamburger out of Sonic's bag.

"Dude! What the hell!?"

Shadow took a bite. "Shut up stupid. You owe me anyway."

"You didn't teach me how to dance, Knuckles did remember!?"

"Not that, tell him Blaze." Sonic turned to Blaze who was as confused as he was until she remembered.

"He's right Sonic."

"What do you mean?"

"If it wasn't for him, I would have never gone to the prom. I was too afraid of seeing you without telling you I loved you but Shadow helped me find the strength I needed. I owe him my thanks, so thank you Shadow."

Sonic turn to Shadow dumbfounded while Shadow grinned and took another bite of the hamburger.

"So you see." Shadow began. "You owe me, blue boy." Sonic began to get aggravated by

Shadow but Blaze kissed his cheek and he claim down. After they finished eating, the four walked throughout the mall with each other. Sonic and Blaze were walking in front of Shadow and Rouge holding each other. Sonic and Blaze turned their heads just a little to see Shadow's irritated face. Rouge followed their eyes to see Shadow angry, and perhaps a little jealous. Rouge remembered their argument from before and felt a little sorry for making Shadow upset. Rouge held Shadow and rested her head on his shoulder. This caught Shadow off guard and shocked him a little causing him to blush. Then Shadow hesitantly held Rouge back and kissed her on the forehead. Seeing this, Sonic and Blaze turned to each other and smiled, resuming their original position. Then suddenly, they heard a crash come from outside. Hearing this, Sonic, Blaze, Shadow, and Rouge ran outside to see Eggman Nega, who was in a giant human-like machine with a mace for one hand and a laser blaster for another.