Chapter 10 : Confession

Amy pulled away from Sonic, Breaking their kiss.

"What's wrong Amy?"

"This isn't a date Sonic."

"Isn't it?"

"No it's not! you told me we were going out tonight to try and cheer up Tails."

"Well he looks-"

Sonic stopped half way through his sentence as both he and Amy noticed that Tails was gone.

"Where is he?"

"Don't worry Amy, He probably just went to the bathroom."

Amy nodded as they both continued to watch the movie, Amy started to get a little worried when Tails still hadn't returned after fifteen minutes.

"Sonic he still isn't back yet."

Sonic sighed as he stood up from his seat.

"It's ok Amy, I'll go and look for him."

Sonic walked away and returned a few minutes later, Amy got up from her seat when she saw that he was alone.

"Didn't you find him?"

Sonic shook his head.

"No, He wasn't in the bathrooms."

Amy started to raise her voice a little.

"Well where is he then?"

"Calm down Amy, Maybe he just got tired and decided to go home."

"No, He would have told us if he was leaving."

"Don't worry, I'm sure he's fine."

Amy frowned at Sonic.

"You said that a few days ago and you were wrong! Come on we need to find him!"

Amy ran out of the theatre before Sonic could reply, He followed her out into the entrance hall. The only person in the hall was the snack vendor, Sonic rushed over followed by Amy.

"Hey, Have you seen the fox who was with us?"

The guy nodded.

"Yeah, He came rushing out of there about twenty minutes ago. He was crying, Looked really upset about something."

Amy started to panic, She had no idea what could have upset him. She ran out the main doors and into the street, Sonic just started to walk out after her. He knew there was no point in rushing, Tails could be a long way away by now. Amy looked at him as he caught up to her, Sonic noticed the tears in her eyes and held her hand.

"Hey, There's no need to be so worried. He's obviously still upset about the same thing that he was upset about earlier in the week, He probably just went home to have some time alone. Come on, Lets go and watch the end of the movie."

Amy pulled her hand away quickly and began shouting at Sonic.

"We still don't even know what's upset him! He's your best friend, Don't you even care about how he feels?"

Sonic returned Amy's frown as he spoke.

"If he was my best friend he would trust me enough to tell me what's upset him!"

Sonic looked away from and sat down on the sidewalk, Amy walked over and sat down next to him.

"Sonic, I'm sorry for shouting, I'm just really worried about him right now."

Sonic turned and smiled at Amy.

"It's ok Amy, Let's go and look for him, I'll check around here and you go and see if he's at home."

Amy nodded and they both stood up, She ran off in the direction of the station but Sonic just made his way back to his apartment.

Half an hour later

Tails continued to cry as he walked down a nearby street, Heading for the station to catch a train home. He had no idea what to do, He was deeply in love with Amy and he knew his feelings for her would never go away. He thought about what would happen if he was to tell her how he felt, Time and time again he tried to imagine that she shared his feelings but he could never manage it. Then he wondered how Sonic would act if he told him, The prospect of losing him as a friend was unbearable. But he couldn't leave things the way they were, He knew the pain he was in would only continue to get worse.

'I've thought about this a million times, It doesn't make any difference. I can't see any good way out of this, But I can't carry on feeling like this.'

Flashback Begins

"I don't know why you won't tell anyone Tails, But when you decide you want to talk about it just give me a call and I'll be right over."

Flashback Ends

Tails turned around and started to head towards Sonic's apartment, It was far to much for him to deal with by himself. He was worried about Sonic's reaction, But he just couldn't keep going. He had to tell someone.

Sonic was sitting on his sofa flicking through the tv channels when his phone began to ring, He leaned over and picked it up.

"Hello?"

"It's me Sonic."

"Hey Amy, Did you find Tails?"

"No, He's not at home. I'm really worried that something bad might have happened to him Sonic, You know how depressed he's been."

"No way Amy, Tails wouldn't do something like that."

Just then Sonic heard a knock at his door.

"Amy I need to go, Someone's at the door."

"Is It Tails?"

"How should I know? I'll call you back."

Sonic placed the receiver down and went to answer the door, It was Tails. Sonic could tell Tails had been crying the moment he saw him.

"Hey buddy, You ok?"

"Sonic... I need to talk to you about something."

Sonic smiled a bit and gestured with his hand.

"Come on in."

Tails followed Sonic into the apartment. After they both sat down Sonic gave Tails a comforting look.

"So what's it all about then?"

Tails looked down at the ground as he answered.

"Amy."

Sonic was puzzled, How could it be about Amy? He was still friends with her, She had even stayed with him for a couple of days.

"What about her?"

"Well... I like her Sonic... As in more than a friend."

Sonic looked at Tails for a few moments before bursting into laughter, Tails lifted his head up to look at Sonic.

"Come on Tails, You can come up with something better than that."

Tails started to get a little upset that Sonic didn't believe him, He tried his hardest to fight back the tears.

"Do you really expect me to believe you got that upset just because you've developed some silly little crush on Amy?"

Tails suddenly started to feel angry towards Sonic, He had told him about his feelings for Amy and Sonic was acting like it was a joke.

"Some silly little crush? I LOVE HER!"

Sonic couldn't believe what he had just heard, Tails continued to shout at him.

"For years I've had to cover up my feelings for Amy, And watch her chasing after you! Every time you upset her by saying no she would come running to me and tell me all about it! It made me so angry the way you treated her! All she ever did was love you and all you did was ignore her! You don't deserve her Sonic!"

Sonic had one of his fists clenched in anger, He looked over to the other side of the room.

"Get out!"

Tails suddenly felt really guilty for the things he had just said, He began to cry again.

"Sonic, I-I'm s-sorry... I Di-"

"NOW!"

Tails continued to cry as ran out of Sonic's apartment, He stepped into the elevator and pressed a button on the control panel. He kept on crying as he leaned his forehead on the interior wall of the elevator.

'What have I done?'