Chapter ten-

"So Amy likes Shadow now does she?" Rouge angrily thought. She could

feel the flames of hatred burning through her. "That little bitch! She taking

all the good ones! I'll have to end up with Sonic… or worse…. Tails." She

shuddered at the thought. "Wait! Shadow doesn't necessarily love her

back! I must find out the truth, now." Rouge thought the plan out quickly,

and was gone. She knocked on Shadow's apartment door and it took him

a while to get there. "Uh sorry it took so long, I fell asleep again.." Shadow

said quickly, his voice cracking a bit. "No problem. Why were you asleep

at 12:30? Did you score last night or something?" "What? NO. I just have

a huge hangover." Rouge laughed. "Don't worry I was just joking. I do

have something to ask you though." Shadow looked at her oddly. "Yeah?"

"Yeah. Do you… in any way… love Amy Rose?" She looked straight into

his eyes, and he looked away. "Why… why do you ask?" He stammered.

"Well, just out of curiosity, I suppose. And maybe something else if you

answer the question." Rouge looked very serious. Shadow turned away.

"This is irrelevant and does not matter at the moment." Rouge grabbed his

arm. "It does to me. Answer the question. If it isn't irrelevant, then why is it

so hard to answer?" Shadow thought for a bit. "I.. honestly… don't know.

It's confusing, so there." Rouge loosened her grip. "Still not the answer I

wanted… Cause I love you. I gave you my heart, and that was a mistake.

Maybe the biggest mistake I've ever made, other than going out with

Knuckles. With you, I feel like I'm walking on hot coals here!" She threw

his arm aside. "What's your problem anyways?? You love her! I can tell!"

Angry tears slid down her cheeks. She stormed out and slammed the

door.