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Chapter 14: Gifts and Realizations

Saturday, February 27th

Only one thing registered in Amy's mind as she gained consciousness, it was cold. Not that she was cold but why was her bed so cold? Amy opened her eyes and saw the tiled floor. As she sat up she realised that not only was she not in her bed, it wasn't even her house. All the events of the previous night came flooding back to her. She was at Cream's house. The rabbit told her that she could sleepover and, of course, she jumped at the offer. Amy looked across the room and saw Cream curled up on the floor with a blanket.

"Oh yeah," Amy said remembering something. "Cream and I must've fought about who was getting the bed again." It was true, they always fought over who got the bed and most times it ended up with both of them passed out on the bed. This was one of the rare times that they both ended up on the floor.

"Amy?" Amy snapped her head in the direction of the voice. She saw Cream rubbing her eyes sleepily before focusing them on the pink hedgehog.

"Hey Cream," Amy replied. Cream glanced at her before lying back down.

"Hey, can you get me ..." Amy listened intently for the rabbit's request, "a coconut?" Amy face palmed at that.

"A coconut?"

"A coconut." Hearing the seriousness in Cream's voice, Amy burst out laughing. Soon Cream joined her and started giggling herself.

"Um, Amy?" Cream suddenly said.

"Yeah?" Amy asked hoping it wasn't another silly request.

"Why are we on the floor?" Cream asked finally realizing her position. Amy resisted the urge to laugh again. Cream was hilarious when she was tired.

"Remember when I pushed you off the bed you took my leg and dragged me to the floor," Amy explained. "And we were too lazy to get up?"

"Oh yeah," Cream muttered. Then she was up and running around the room.

"What are you doing?" Amy asked staring wide eyed at the other girl.

"Sally's party, it's today," Cream told her before disappearing into her closet.

"Yeah, so?" Amy said still confused.

"I have nothing to wear," Cream said as if it was obvious while heading into the bathroom. Amy sighed. She didn't know why Cream was panicking. The party started at seven and everyone was going to come late anyway. Amy's thoughts were cut off by music.

Your stare was holdin',
Ripped jeans, skin was showin'
Hot night, wind was blowin'
Where you think you're going, baby?

Realizing it was her ringtone, Amy quickly got up to search for her phone. She made a mental note to kill Blaze for the song.

Hey, I just met you,
And this is crazy,
But here's my number,
So call-,

At that moment, Amy found her phone and answered it, not even checking the caller ID.

"Hello?" Amy answered.

"Hey Ames." Sonic? Why was he calling so early in the morning?

"Hey Sonic, why are you up so early?" Amy asked him. Then she heard chuckling.

"Ames, it's past twelve," Sonic pointed out. Now Amy could see why Cream was panicking.

"Oh my god I have to find something to wear," Amy said not knowing that Sonic had heard. More chuckling greeted her.

"Don't worry, I figured you would want to get an entire wardrobe." Amy wanted to glare at him when he said that. "So I was on my way over to take you shopping." Amy couldn't believe her ears. Sonic was actually volunteering to take her shopping. Normally she would have to ask.

"Wow, is something up?" Amy asked. Sonic paused for a second.

"Amy, is it really so weird?" he asked.

"Yes."

"Then yes, something's up," Sonic replied. "You're being cranky like how you always are in the morning and I'm trying to give you a nice day, as your friend." Amy scowled and gave up on trying to get anything out of him.

"Fine, thanks, I'm at Cream's house," she told him. Amy could just imagine Sonic smirking.

"I'll give you ten minutes," Sonic told her before hanging up. Amy sighed and went to change into the clothes she brought to Cream's house. After fifteen minutes (Sonic only having to wait seven of them), Amy came down wearing a jeans jacket over a black tank top, jeans shorts and her converse.

"That didn't take long at all," Sonic commented when she walked up to him.

"Shut it you sarcastic jerk," Amy told him. "Let's go." She had already told Cream that Sonic would be taking her shopping and Cream just said it was fine. Amy climbed onto Sonic's back and they sped off to the nearest mall.

X X X

"Hey, I promised I'd help Sally set up," Amy told the blue hedgehog before getting on his back. "Can you drop me off at her house?"

"Sure," Sonic said. With that he took off. After a couple of seconds, Amy's eyes adjusted to the colours and blurs and she noticed the place getting more and more familiar.

'Wait, this is my neighbourhood,' Amy noticed. One more second and she was in front of her house. Amy was more confused than ever.

"Sonic, what are we doing at my- ...Sonic?" Amy said when she realized that he wasn't beside her anymore. "Sonic?" Suddenly, she couldn't see and before Amy could reach up to find out what happened, her hands were tied behind her back. Amy then realised that she had a blindfold on.

'Oh no you don't,' Amy thought before dropping to the floor and sliding her legs in a random direction, effectively tripping the person holding her. Then she felt someone grab her legs so she started kicking with no results so she rolled backwards making the person flip over her. She briefly wondered if she could summon her hammer with her feet but gave up on the idea.

"Damn it, I forgot she was a fighter," she heard a familiar male voice say.

"Don't worry, you hold her feet and I'll pick her up," a different voice said.

'Wait, that's Sonic?' Amy identified the second voice. She felt someone hold her legs together while Sonic picked her up bridal style. Then the hands left her legs and she tried to move them but found them tied together.

"Stop struggling," Sonic told her. Amy rolled her eyes. He really expected her not to struggle while she's being bound against her will.

"What's going on?" Amy asked.

"You'll find out," the other voice said. A minute later (eternity to Amy), she was put down and her arms and legs were unbound.

"Don't take the blindfold off yet," Sonic told her. Amy just shrugged and complied. She heard some shuffling and a bit of laughter before finally being told to take off the blindfold. What greeted her eyes was the last thing she ever expected.

"SURPRISE!" many voices yelled at the same time. All of her best friends were there, in her garage as she later recognised. They were Cream, Blaze, Silver, Tikal, Knuckles, Tails, Rouge, Sally, Sonic and Shadow. 'Oh, Shadow must've been the other voice,' Amy thought. That they were all in her garage wasn't even what the surprise was. In front of them was a brand new motorcycle. It was black with pink flame patterns. On it was a helmet with a picture of a pink rose on the side.

"This is mine?" Amy asked clearly shocked. A few people laughed.

"Yes," Sally replied stifling her own laughter.

"You're sure?" Amy asked still not believing it.

"It's all yours, Ames," Sonic assured her. Hearing that, Amy let out an excited scream and immediately began hugging everyone she could get her hands on.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you," Amy repeated over and over again. When she finally calmed down, Amy asked the most sensible question since seeing her gift. "Why?"

"Well, after your car crashed, we figured you'd want another way to get around," Blaze started.

"And my parents wanted to find a way to thank you for saving me," Sally continued.

"So we all came together to find out what we could get you, Sally's parents paying of course," Tikal added.

"Shadow said you liked motorcycles and we went out and bought one," Cream said. "Sonic picked it out."

"Then I took it and made it better than any motorcycle could ever be," Tails stated. "Its speed practically matches Sonic's."

"And, of course, we needed a plan to make sure that you weren't at your house so we could set up," Sonic said. "So-."

"Cream had me sleepover, Sonic took me shopping and both he and Shadow kidnapped me and brought me here at the right time," Amy finished. "Am I right?" The majority of the room nodded.

"Oh right, how'd that go?" Knuckles asked referring to the 'kidnapping'. Hearing that, Sonic began scratching the back of his head and Shadow groaned making Knuckles laugh.

"Let's just say that we underestimated her," Shadow supplied.

"Oh, sorry about that," Amy apologized. "Who did I trip and who did I flip? I couldn't see." Knuckles laughed even harder.

"She did WHAT?" Knuckles got out before dropping to the floor clutching his stomach.

"You tripped Shadow and flipped me," Sonic replied answering Amy's question. Everyone started laughing again.

"Why couldn't I have been there?" Rouge complained. Both hedgehogs were blushing brightly and Amy decided to relieve them of their torture.

"So, when can I try out my gift?" Amy asked already opening the garage door and leading the motorcycle outside.

"I guess right now," Sally said knowing that Amy was going to try it out no matter what she said. By the time everyone was outside, Amy was ready to kick off.

"Hold on, why not make this a race?" Sonic suggested. Amy smiled and nodded although no one could see the smile because of the helmet. In response, Shadow drove his motorcycle up right beside Amy's.

"I have an idea," Cream said with excitement. "The race is to Sally's house. I'm going with Amy to make sure she doesn't cheat."

"Or you just want to ride on the bike," Rouge said before getting behind Shadow on his motorcycle.

"Maybe," Cream said getting behind Amy.

"If you don't mind, I'm going the normal way," Sally told them while getting into her car and driving off.

"Yeah, I'm going with Tails," Blaze said following Silver into the two tailed fox's car. Tails waved to the remaining people before driving off.

"Guess that's our cue," Knuckles said. "Come on Tikal." With that, the two echidnas left. The competitors waited a couple of seconds before riding or running off. Cream screamed at first when Amy kicked off but soon found herself enjoying it. Sonic was in front and he was showing off to everyone behind by running backwards, making faces, etc. Amy was a bit behind Shadow but was quickly coming up on him, thanks to Cream's words of encouragement being yelled in her ear.

"You're doing great, Rose," Shadow told her when she was close enough to hear.

"Thanks," she yelled back. Then something Tails said came to her mind.

"Its speed practically matches Sonic's."

All Amy knew was that right now her motorcycle was definitely not going Sonic speed. She couldn't look down at the controls to find the switch to make her go faster because she might swerve out of control so she came up with a better idea.

"Cream, can you help me go a bit faster?" Amy yelled over her shoulder knowing that Cream would read her mind. They were just that close. Cream reached over Amy's shoulder and flipped a switch.

"Get ready for a mega boost," Cream advised. Suddenly, the motorcycle jerked forward before speeding away from Shadow faster than Amy thought was possible.

"Whoa, this is AWESOME!" Amy yelled between laughter. Cream laughed and screamed at the same time while hiding her face in the back of Amy's jacket. Sonic nearly tripped when he saw the speed Amy was going. However, he just smirked, glad for a challenge. Sonic stopped all games and actually started racing. Still, Amy caught up to him.

"Tails really worked on that thing, huh?" Sonic said when he and Amy were neck at neck. They were only a mile away from Sally's house.

"Yeah, and I love it," Amy told him. "This thing could beat you."

"Ha, let me show you real speed," Sonic said before accelerating his legs putting some distance between him and Amy. Amy tried to go even faster making Cream hold her tighter. When they reached Sally's place, the only thing Amy saw was Sonic crossing his arms and smirking.

X X X

The party was packed, but somewhat less than last time. This was when the girls decided to finish beautifying themselves and come downstairs. Amy wore a green one shoulder top with a black skirt that stopped mid thigh and converse (she couldn't bother to wear any other shoes). Sally and Rouge both wore shorts but Rouge wore a striped pink and white halter top while Sally wore a strapless orange top with her traditional fishnet stockings. Cream had on a grey off the shoulder top and some capris. Blaze just wore some skinny jeans and a red shirt with the sleeves reaching her elbows. She claimed that she didn't have anyone to impress so she didn't dress up. And finally, Tikal wore a short sleeved shirt that said 'Cry Me a River' and a pair of jeans.

When they reached the main party area, a bunch of people came to greet Sally so the others took that as a sign to leave. Amy was the only one who stayed behind. Amy was lost in her thoughts when she heard Sally shouting.

"What the hell are you doing here?" she yelled. Amy looked and found out that the people in front of Sally were her former 'friends'.

"Oh come on Sal," one of them said. "We always show up at your parties, that's what friends are for."

"Friends? Some friends you are, laugh in my face one moment and try to crawl back in my life the next," Sally told them. "You guys weren't even invited."

"Oh, and she was?" another one said pointing to Amy.

"Yeah," Sally said stepping back to stand beside Amy. "Because, she's my friend, you aren't. Now get the hell out of my house before I call security." The girls then shuffled away, Amy assumed they were leaving the party.

"Sally," Amy called. "Ignore them, you know who your real friends are and I'm glad I'm one of them."

"Thanks," Sally responded. "Are we supposed to hug now or something?" Amy laughed.

"We could try it," Amy said before moving to hug Sally. Sally awkwardly hugged back before relaxing and pulling away.

"It's not as weird as I thought it would be," Sally told Amy and Amy nodded in agreement.

"If you don't mind, I'm gonna go find the others," Amy told Sally, leaving to go to the dancing area. She looked around the room before landing her eyes on a blue figure sitting down. She walked over to him and sat down beside him.

"So, you come here often?" Amy asked. Sonic let out a laugh.

"This is so not the time, Amy," he told her. "But no, I don't come around here much." Amy giggled a bit.

"Where's the energy that I normally see when you're around?" she asked. "Why aren't you dancing?"

"I don't feel like it," Sonic replied. "I'd much rather watch people make fools of themselves."

"Alright, I think I'll join you," Amy said leaning back on the chair she was sitting on. Amy thought about what was bugging Sonic so much that he was sitting still voluntarily.

"I haven't danced since the night of the Valentine's Dance," Sonic suddenly said. Amy looked at him and gestured for him to continue. "It doesn't feel the same."

"What's the difference?" Amy asked.

"I guess it's that she's not with me." Amy didn't have to think to figure out who the 'she' was. "I've never moved like that with anybody. She was easy to talk to, like I could trust her with everything, everything except my name."

"Maybe she ran off because she was scared," Amy suggested. "One of the clues said she liked you, didn't it?"

"Yeah, so?"

"What if she thought you wouldn't like her back?" she said. "I know I'd run off if I were in that situation." Sonic sighed.

"Why do girls have to be so weird?" he asked. Amy laughed.

"I don't know, it's like we're a completely different species," she told him. "But you guys wouldn't last a day without us."

"I'd like to make that bet," Sonic said.

"Sure, I could use some extra money," Amy told him.

"As if you would win."

"As if you would live." Sonic raised an eyebrow while Amy playfully glared at him. Amy only stopped glaring at him when the song the DJ was playing changed.

"Oh my god, I love this song," Amy exclaimed. It was 'Locked out of Heaven' by Bruno Mars. Sonic laughed at how easily she was distracted.

"Then go and dance," he urged her. Amy smiled before going to where everyone was dancing. At first it wasn't really dancing, just jumping and waving her hands in the air. It made Sonic laugh. Then she got into the music and she started moving as if she had choreographed the dance and practiced it. It held Sonic in a trance. By the end of the first chorus, Amy had noticed that Sonic was watching her. She didn't like seeing him alone, not being his usual self, so she went over to him and held out her hand.

"Dance with me," Amy told him when he looked at her hand.

"Ames," Sonic groaned.

"Come on, just one dance," Amy begged. "Please, for me." Sonic only hesitated once before taking Amy's hand and heading back to the dance floor.

"What do you want me to do?" Sonic asked when they got to the spot Amy was previously dancing on.

"Do whatever you want," Amy replied. "Listen and move. It's that simple." Amy took one of his hands and spun herself. When she turned completely around she raised her eyebrows as if saying 'See? I told you'. Sonic sighed and started moving with her. Mid way through the second chorus, Amy had her back against Sonic's chest and she crossed her arms so that Sonic could take them.

"Try this," Amy suggested and when Sonic took her hands she started to rock. "Now move side to side like this," she instructed and Sonic did it. After a couple seconds of doing that, Amy told Sonic to roll her in and out. They kept dancing, not caring if they looked stupid or amazing, just two friends having fun. In the middle of the bridge of the song, Sonic was spinning Amy around longer than she was used to.

"Whoa, dizzy," Amy muttered before falling forward. Sonic caught her and held her steady.

"Don't worry, I got you," he told her. When the world stopped moving around Amy, she realized how close their faces were to each other and she glanced down at Sonic's lips. It seemed as if they were moving closer to her but then someone accidentally bumped into Sonic.

"Sorry, man," the guy said before turning back to what he was doing. Amy stepped away from Sonic and looked away awkwardly, blushing.

"Um, I think I'm gonna sit down," Sonic told her. Amy nodded her head and when he had turned away, she ran out of the room. Sonic was trying to sort out all his thoughts. That was the second time he had almost kissed Amy. Did he like her? What about the mystery girl? He thought about how no one else had moved with him so easily and how he'd been proved wrong. Amy was almost as good as the mystery girl, maybe even better. But Amy was his friend.

'She wanted to kiss you too,' a voice in the back of his mind said. Sonic thought about it. What if she liked him back? Sonic only knew that he had to choose between the mystery girl and Amy and that a party was certainly not the place to think about it. So with that thought, he left.

Oh, so close. Well, that's the chapter. This should have been out earlier today but you can blame late Christmas shopping. So, that promise is still up, 5 reviews= quicker update. Come on, this story could be finished by Christmas. Help me out here. Please review and thanks for reading. Warning, the next chapter has Sonic sorting out his thoughts. I know you want to read. Anyway, Good Day, Good Night, Eat some Pie, Until Next time,

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