Chapter 9 (Part 2) A love story

Sonic

It was 6:29 PM. Sonic smiled to himself, he was early. A while ago, he would never have thought he would be early to a date with Amy. It was a sign.

Or maybe he was just looking forward to it.

Ringing the doorbell, Sonic stepped back to brush his quills straight. Grinning when he heard Amy call down to him, he patiently waited.

"I'm coming!" Amy sang, her voice sounding elegant and happy. The red painted door was wrenched open. When Sonic set eyes on Amy, he didn't believe what he saw. This couldn't be Amy!

Standing in front of him was a gorgeous pink hedgehog. And not just your average gorgeous. Her hair was curled slightly at the ends, giving her a hair a bouncy and cute look. On her body, Amy was wearing a long flowing red dress. The folds fell beautifully as they reached the floor. The dress stopped above her bust, without any straps or sleeves. Tied around her wrists were two ends of a piece of silk cloth, which hung down at the back. It almost looked like a shawl, except it didn't go around her shoulders; it went around the back of her waist. However, it was just the right length so that Amy could move her arms freely. She looked incredible. Sonic felt sad to think that he hadn't noticed how beautiful she was before now. He hated irony.

Luckily, Amy hadn't seemed to notice that Sonic was beating himself up about that simple fact.

"Hey Sonic!" Amy paused, waiting for Sonic to compliment her. However, Sonic's mouth just hung open.

"Oh wow...huh!? Oh! Amy! You look..." Sonic was too stunned for words.

"I look...nice? Right?" Amy's voice had wobbled a bit.

Sonic grabbed Amy's hand, twirling her around. Still holding her hand, Sonic uncurled a stray strand of hair from behind Amy's ear. The blue blur smiled,

"Amy Rose...you look incredible. No other word for it," Sonic smiled, confidently. He meant every word he said, but it still felt weird. The words didn't roll off the tongue, no matter how much Sonic wanted them to. He needed to tell Amy how he felt. But it wasn't that easy. First of all, how the hell was he going to tell her?! He wasn't even sure if Amy liked him anymore. Maybe she was crushing on Shadow. Sonic didn't blame her if she was.

No matter how much Sonic tried to tell himself that he could do this, the blue hedgehog had a crease of doubt in his mind. Was it that easy to tell someone you loved them? Especially when you were still deciding?

But Amy wasn't going to wait forever for him. He had to do this...or risk losing Amy.

"Thank you Sonic," Amy bent forward and quickly kissed Sonic on the cheek, giggling when Sonic blushed madly.

"Erm...okay! I-I..th-thanks. Let's go!" Sonic started to speed-walk out onto the street, with Amy hot on his heels. Sonic stopped in his tracks, while Amy carried on walking,

"Sonic? Ermmm...the beach is this way..." Amy wore a confused look on her face.

"They don't call me the speed demon for nothing! You're taxi is waiting, miss," Running at super Sonic speed, Sonic ran past Amy, picking her up in his arms. Holding her with both arms, Sonic ran out of the city and towards the forest, which was a short cut to the beach. With the moon full and the stars bright, Sonic loved running through the woods. There was so much danger; it made Sonic's heart race. If his calculations were just slightly off, Sonic would come crashing into a tree at hyper-speed. The hedgehog smiled, feeling Amy clutch onto his fur. She looked slightly worried, but she was smiling back at him. It made Sonic feel...powerful. And dangerous.

After racing through the forest in seconds, they soon reached the sandy edge of the beach. Admittedly, the beach made Sonic feel nervous. That amount of water didn't look appealing. But it seemed the perfect place for a date. So it was a sacrifice that Sonic was willing to make. For Amy.

Digging his sneakers into the sand, Sonic skidded to a halt. A trail of grey smoke was still behind him, leading back into the woods. Sonic laughed, placing Amy back on the ground. She was breathless.

"Ha ha! Now, that was faster than walking!" Sonic grinned, happy with the time it took him to clear that distance.

"Oh wow. That...was...that was...unbelievable!" Amy was out of breath, as if she had been the one doing the running. Sonic smiled, that was the reaction most people had.

"Yeah...that's me," Sonic said, modestly. He wanted to impress Amy in the only way he knew how. By speed.

Amy sat down on the sand, a fair distance from the sea. Sonic guessed that Amy had chosen to sit there for Sonic's sake. He was grateful for that.

However, there was still something he needed to do. Well...two things.

"Be back in a flash!" Sonic said, already speeding off before the words were out of his mouth.

True to his word, Sonic was back in a couple of seconds, carrying a whole bag crammed with food. However, Sonic did have Tails to thank for most of the food. He had helped Sonic prepare it this morning. Thanks bro, Sonic thought to himself before sitting down beside Amy.

"So..." Sonic said thoughtfully, while taking a bite out of his chilli dog. He had been dreading this all day, when he had to tell Amy how he felt. It wasn't that he didn't want to tell her. It was the reaction he was dreading. Would she laugh? Cry? Hit him?

"Sonic?"

Amy was looking at him, expecting him to say something. It was now or never. C'mon Sonic, he thought to himself, just tell her.

"Well...urgh...Amy," Sonic started, the words forming into one inaudible sentence, "I gotta tell you something,"

"Sonic...I know why you're doing this," Amy said, firmly.

"W-what?"

"You feel bad for me. Because of Shadow. So...the date...everything. It just to make me feel better. I know that you only want us to be friends," Tears were starting to roll down Amy's cheeks, "And I get it. I get it. I won't bother you. Thanks for everything today. I just...ju-"

Amy started to get up, but Sonic grabbed her wrist to prevent her from leaving. No! Amy! You've got completely the wrong idea! Sonic screamed inside his head, How come when I didn't think I liked you; you thought I did! And now...when I'm trying to tell you I like you, you think I don't!

"Amy, no! Wait!"

"S-Sonic? Let go of me!"

"You've got it wrong!"

"No, Sonic. I understand..." Amy started to cry harder. But she still tried to pull away.

I've got no other way of doing this. What do I say?! What do I do!? I...what would Shadow do? No...what would I do?

The answer struck Sonic like lightning.

Well...here it goes, Sonic pulled Amy so that she was facing him and placed his hands on her shoulders. With his heart throbbing, Sonic leaned in and kissed Amy on the lips.

Wow...Sonic thought to himself. His heart was still thumping against his chest but he felt at ease. Once she had overcome from the shock, Amy's shoulders relaxed and she put her arms around Sonic to stop her from falling over. Running her hands through his quills, Amy was blushing when the two hedgehogs pulled away from each other.

"You-I-wha-I-Son-...you kissed me?!"

Sonic blushed even harder, so hard it was surprising he wasn't the same shade of red as Knuckles. Thank god Knux isn't here, Sonic mentally sighed with relief.

"Ermm...yeah. Yeah, I did. Cause...I think I..." Sonic was silently kicking himself, "I think I love you, Amy Rose!" He blurted out. Sonic's heart felt like it had shattered when Amy simply said nothing.

"Aren't you going to say anything? Not anything? Nothing?" Sonic started to panic, his face burning again.

"Okay, you asked for it...stupid, arrogant, unbelievable and annoying! All of these things are used to describe you!" Amy's voice flared, her temper raising. Sonic stepped away from her, feeling taken aback,

"W-what?! I don't understand! I thought you would be over the moon!"

Amy stepped towards him, "Sonic, you might be all of those things...but you're MY stupid, arrogant, unbelievable and annoying hedgehog. Cause I love you too,"

Sonic laughed to himself, thinking how ironic it was that Amy could say that with such ease. The two lovers stepped into each other's arms, while opening their hearts to one another, saying all the things they needed to say. The waves were washing in on the sand, setting the romantic scene. The sun was sinking below the horizon, the sky all different shades of colours. Awash with colours ranging from burnt orange to dark blue, the sky was like an artist's canvas.

Sonic took Amy's hand once more and pulled her along the beach, towards the forest,

"C'mon. As much as I'd love to stay on the beach with you forever..." This is gonna take some getting used to. Looks like I'm going to have to be a romance guy by slowing down, Sonic thought to himself, "...there's somewhere you've got to be,"

"Where? I didn't make any plans...?" Amy looked like she was thinking back to see if she had made any plans. Sonic smiled, knowingly.

"Nope. You didn't make any plans. But the rest of us did..."

"What? Why-"

Sonic picked up Amy again, and started running off. He knew exactly where he was going.

"You'll see when we get there,"

The Blue Blur ran off with his Rose in his arms. He couldn't wait until they arrived. Every mystery would be solved and everything would be crystal clear.

But first...they had to get there.

Ha...no problem...Sonic laughed along with Amy as they ran through the trees, speeding off to the source of all these mysteries.