Chapter 10

Espio was sitting at the bar reading the news paper with his feet kicked up and a water bottle on the counter. He folded the paper back into its original form showing that he was irritated and smoking a cigarette.

Espio: When I said that you two could be free nd open with your relationship, I didn't mean this free and open!

Amy and Shadow were not only angry about him being there-listening and watching in on them-but their mood was killed.

Amy: Epio, why are you even here I thought you went back to the studio to pick up something?

Espio took a long and hard drag of his cigarette still thinking of their little "deal", well their other "deal".

Epsio: I did, it was another letter from your father.

Amy: Huh?

With Espio already being there he explained the letter.

Amy: What?! What do you mean that they put a restraining order on Shadow?!

Shadow: They don't even know me, let alone know what I look like.

Espio: They do know were you go to school though, so apparently they talked your principle and he had no choice but to put the restraining order on him because they blackmailed him.

Shadow: How'd they do that?

Espio: Well Mr. Robotnick used to be apart of illegal experiments when he was in high school and it got him into trouble with the law on several occasions.

Well even though this was one thing to keep in mind when asking their principle on ideas for the next science fair, this also meant that her parents are starting become ruthless.

Amy: How stupid can they be, honestly.

Espio: Well, you get your smarts from your mother so yea this explains a lot.

Espio finished his cigarette and throws it into the trash can next to the counter. Amy hopped of the counter and went over to Espio, she puffed lower lip and sunk her head in to her shoulders. She looked p at her older brother with the biggest emerald jewels that he loves. He looked at her and rubbed her hair and her cheek.

Espio: Awww, you can't get rid of me that easily little girl.

Amy: DAMN IT!

Shadow: Was that your way of trying to get rid of him?

Amy: It was all I could think of at the moment.

Shadow: You have a hammer.

Amy: He took away from me this morning because he thought that I would use it on Sonic and Sally.

Espio: Though I made the right choice in taking it from you, I still shoud've used it on them myself.

Shadow: It would've improved the entire day.

Amy: Agreed. So I' gonna go to bed.

Shadow: I think I'll just go home, I'll come back in the morning to pick you up for school.

Espio: Don't worry about that, I'll take her to school myself, she gets distracted too easily.

Shadow understood that Amy had a short attention span, but when it came to him? Hell, she would've missed three months of school just looking at him work out. Shadow drank the rest of his drink and walked over to Amy. He stood behind her and patted her head while kissing her left cheek.

Shadow: I'll call you later Rose, sweet dreams tonight, too.

He walked away from her leaving her in a dazed state. He shook hands with Espio, it's like their brothers now.

Shadow: See ya Espio!

Espio: Night kid!

Amy held her hand up to her cheek where Shadow had kissed her. She could still feel his lips there, and his soft, low voice whispering to her about the ten things about her he can't live without.

Espio: Seems somebody left quite an impression on you!

He said in a sing-song voice and stiffling a little laugh. Amy, released from her trance, punched him in the arm. He retaliated by putting her in a head lock and giving her a nuggie. They stopped their joking around and they walked upstairs to Amy's bedroom.

Espio: Is this how you really feel about him?

Amy tuned to her older brother as she was taking her clothes off, he was facing the wall opposite of her closing his eyes out of respect for his little sisters' privacy.

Amy: Yeah, it is.

Espio: He has the qualities of a top-notch, gentleman-like, bad boy, greatest fighter, softy boyfriend.

She stepped into her white and green T-shirt and grey flannel pants. She sat on the bed and Espio loosened his tie around his neck.

Amy: Just don't call him a softy in front of his face, he'll get angry.

Espio: He won't be a match for me. But seriously...

He took his tie off and tied it around her head over her eyes. He began to take off his clothes and change into night wear that he leaves in her room. He changed into a black tank and purple flannel pants. He took the tie from Amy and took the remote sitting on the night stand. Amy, acting like a little kid, rolled over to the other side of the bed and let Espio lay where she previously sat. He pressed a button that opened the walls in front of the bed. A flat screen TV showed and the screen lit up to "America's Got Talent."

Espio: You know that there will be a lot of problems for you two, like there was today and last week, so all I'm telling you is that don't let others ruin your happiness. Don't let your insanity of all things that they caused, help them in the future.

Amy: You told me this when I was little, and I didn't even know what you were talking about.

Espio: Yeah, well your old enough now and don't say that you don't understand now.

Amy got under the covers and snuggled up to Espio. She laid her head in his lap.

Espio: Your never this close to me when I stay over, normally you sleep at the foot of the bed giving me more space to spread my arm-

Amy: Thank you.

He was caught off guard when she said that. She sat up and threw her arms around his neck burying her face in his neck. He put the remote down and put his right hand on her back.

Espio: Amy, you don't have to say that.

Amy: Of course I did, you came to the beach and put up with Sonic and Sally and all the things they did to me, you accepted Shadow...sorta, and then everything with mom and dad.

Espio: I'm supposed to do those things; I'm your older brother for god sakes. No blood relation whatsoever, but your brother nonetheless.

Amy: ANd that's what I love about you.

She squeezed him tighter and he threw his around her small body and hugged her.

Espio: And I'm glad to have a little sister like you.

Espio held her as she started to cry in his shoulder, he smoothed her hair down and kissed the side of her head.

Espio: C'mon big girl, you have school tomorrow and I have work as well. So why don't we get to bed?

She pulled away from him with her head held down, she knows that she's seen him cry before but it was never out of happiness. He lifted her head so he could see her face; it was stained with tears and covered in red blotches. Her watery eyes made her big emeralds look like the rivers in the Amazon. He wiped away some of the tears with his thumbs and chuckled.

Espio: Never seen you cry these kind of tears before.

Espio wiped the rest of her tears away with the bottom of his shirt, He laid her down next to him bringing the quilt up to her shoulders. He got under the cover and they watched TV till Amy fell asleep. Half way through the night, Espio wakes up to Amy tossing and turning in bed. He turns the lights on and tries to shake her awake.

Espio: Wake up! Amy, wake up! Open your eyes damn it! Open you eyes Amy!

It took him fifteen minutes to get her to wake up, and when she finally opened her eyes, she started crying and screaming. Espio has never seen her do this before, he's never seen her toss and turn this much in her sleep and then wake only to scream and cry. What exactly brought this on?

Amy: It hurts...i-i-it h-hurts...

Her hysteric crying ceased and she spoke through her hiccups.

Espio: Amy, what hurts? Tell me, what's wrong?!

The suspense was driving him into a corner, this is the first time as to where he has no clue as to whats going on with her. Amy started to curl into a ball and her crying hysteria began again. He threw the covers back wanting to know why she was curling into a ball.

Espio: Oh my god.

A majority of her T-shirt and her pants were soaked in blood, even the sheets were soaked. He looked down to see that even the blood was on his clothes. She's in pain, horrifying, excruciating pain. He grabbed his cell phone and blue tooth and put on one of her old flip-flops lying under the bed. He carried her the way she was knowing that If he made her stand that it would do more harm than good. 'How is she bleeding? Why is she bleeding like this and this much?! But that doesn't matter now I need to get to the hospital now.