YAY! SilverDawn's okay! And I think it's so cool that almost all of you who reviewed last chapter cared about her too. That's just awesome. Once again you guys rock!

And now it's time to see what Sally has going on in her head. Usually it's not like me to make Sally as much as a bitch as she is now, but I did it for a good reason just so everyone knows that. It's gonna help Sonic in a way. So enjoy.

And one more thing. I'm not entirely proud of this chapter. I don't know why.

Don't Stop Believin'

Chapter 14: Strangers

It was 8 o'clock in the morning and the rain had finally stopped a few hours ago. And in Sonic's house, Sally was the one to wake up first. And when she did, she felt something around her. Actually she felt two things. Those two things were Sonic's arms and they were wrapped around her.

Sally smirked evilly once more when she realized this. If there was one thing she had known about Sonic in all the time she had known him, it was that he moved around in his sleep. And if there was someone or something in that same bed with him, sooner or later, he would grab hold of that person or thing. They used to have sleepovers all the time, so she was usually the victim of his sleep grabbing.

This is what she had been waiting for. Her vest was right beside the bed. She slowly reached into it, and then she pulled out a digital camera of hers. Without waking Sonic, she put the camera up in the air, turned it around so the lens was pointed right at the two of them, and then took a picture. She smirked when she saw the pose was perfect. Sonic had his eyes closed and his arms completely around her stomach.

"When Amy sees THIS, she won't even want to live in the same CITY as Sonic."

That was her whole plan. Get some sort of evidence of any kind that showed Sonic and Sally doing something very strange together, and then show it to Amy so she'll stay away. She had the picture. Now all she had to do was go over and show Amy. But she couldn't do that. If she just went to her house and just shoved the picture right in her face, the hedgehog would get suspicious and know she was lying. She was smarter than that. But then luck seemed to turn in her favor when she heard these two sounds.

*DING-DONG*

"Sonikku! Rise and shine!"

It was the doorbell and Amy. The girl hedgehog had gotten back from the spa a few hours early and decided to stop by her boyfriend's house and take him out for breakfast. She thought it would be a nice surprise. But boy did she get a surprise. And not in the good kind.

No sir. The surprise she got came a few minutes later when the door opened and Sally was there wearing one of Sonic's T-Shirts that said "Crush 40" across it. And needless to say, Amy was at a loss for words. But she was able to get a few out.

"Sally? What….are you doing here?"

Sally smirked.

"Sonic invited me to stay with him for the night."

Amy made a confused face.

"Why would he do that?"

"I don't know. But he did say he missed me and asked me if I could come."

Amy started to breathe deeply as the words processed through her head. And that evil smirk Sally head only grew as she took out that camera and then showed her the picture.

Sonic seemed really comfortable wrapped around her. Tears started to sting the outer edges of her eyes as Amy stared right at the picture. When she went to grab the camera, Sally pulled it away.

It couldn't be. It just couldn't be true. Sonic would never cheat on her. But that picture…they were so close. That was enough. She couldn't take it anymore.

"When Sonic wakes up, tell him I never want to see him again."

Sally smirked again.

"I'll make sure he gets the message."

With that, Amy turned around and ran away and Sally closed the door. And right as she did, Sonic came out of his room and yawned. When he saw Sally, he froze. He was going to ask what she was doing in the only shirt he ever wore anywhere, but he noticed she had closed the door, signifying that someone was there.

"Who was at the door?" he asked.

That evil smirk came back to Sally once more.

"No one, just a salesman."

Sonic shrugged and then he walked to the kitchen to get some breakfast chili-dogs. And then Sally excused herself to the bathroom and Sonic showed her where it was.

As he closed the door, he walked away with a sigh. It was very weird having her in his house. It was weird that night at the karaoke bar just being around her for a few minutes. But then again, all exes feel a bit weird around each other. Thoughts like these ran through his head as he ate his breakfast. All he wanted to do was get Sally out of his shirt, and then out of his house. And then he could go and see Amy. That's all he wanted.

Twenty minutes passed by. And Sally still hadn't come out of the bathroom quite yet. And it was starting to get on Sonic's nerves. He wanted Sally to leave right now. He already had her luggage by the door so she could get the hell out of there. But then he decided to go and check for himself what she was doing.

He was about to call her name, but instead he heard her voice from behind the door. It sounded like she was talking to someone but there was no one in there with her. The conversation went like this.

"The trip was a complete success! I did what I came here to do. Now all I have to do is convince him to leave this sad sac of a town and get him to move back to New Mobo with me."

Sonic had his ear up against the door as he listened to this. What did she mean by success? And was that "him" she was referring to, actually Sonic?

"Amy? Please, it was easy to get her out of the way. Just one snapshot of me and Sonic together and she went of running and crying like the baby she is."

Now she was talking about Amy? Who was she talking to? But more importantly, Amy out of the way? What did that mean?

Bam.

Faster than he could run the mile, Sonic put the puzzle together. That must have been Amy at the door and Sally drove her away. Oh what did she do to her? And would she honestly confess to doing anything?

Fuming with anger and not even caring if she was really using the bathroom anymore, Sonic kicked the door open and saw that Sally was standing against the wall with a cell phone to her ear. But she nearly dropped it when Sonic burst it.

Twenty seconds passed by and it was just a staring contest between the two of them. Sonic was glaring and Sally actually looked scared. But Sonic finally broke the silence.

"Who was at the door?" He hissed.

Sally stuttered, but she replied.

"I…I told you. It was a salesman."

"DON'T LIE TO ME!"

Sonic usually never yelled, but this was about his girlfriend.

"I know you're lying to me, Sally." He growled. "And there is no chance in hell I'm going anywhere with you."

Now Sally got even more frightened as she looked at her phone.

"How much of that did you hear?" she asked him.

"Unless there was a GOOD part…all of it." Sonic looked like he was going to kill her. "Now you tell me right now. Who was really at the door? And don't you dare lie again."

Sally sighed. There was no use lying now.

"It was Amy for you information. I told her to stay away so you and I can be together like we're supposed to."

Sally tried to walk by him. But Sonic grabbed her arm and squeezed it.

"Stop it, Sonic. You're hurting me." Sally said.

Sonic growled at her again as if he was ready to burst a blood vessel.

"Hurt? You don't know the meaning of the word."

Sonic dragged Sally out to his living room and then practically threw her on the couch.

"Why? Why would you do that?"

"Because you were blind, Sonic." Sally was still holding her ground. "You and her were never going to last. If you weren't going to dump her, someone had to do it for you."

"And you thought I would just run back into your arms? NO WAY! And for the record, you and I, NEVER going to happen! It was a mistake the first time I was with you. THAT is when I was blind!"

"Get it through your head, Sonic. You belong in New Mobotropolis. You always have and you always will."

Sonic was about to punch a hole in his wall. He couldn't believe this was happening.

"Is that the reason you came here, Sally? To get me to come back?"

"As a matter of fact, it is." Sally replied. "I'm going to be the queen soon. But I can't become queen unless I have a husband to marry. And I want that to be you."

So that was her plan. Unless she had someone to marry, Sally couldn't become the queen and the line of Acorns would be no longer royalty. And that only made Sonic madder. He thought the two of them left things on good terms. But only now is he finding out how psycho she really is.

"Well your plan just hit a huge roadblock, Sally." Sonic hissed. "I'm not gonna marry you. I'm not gonna be friends with you. I don't even want to be anywhere NEAR you! Now get the hell out of my house!"

"I'm not leaving, Sonic!" Sally shouted and stood back up. "There's nothing here for you and you know it! And if you like Amy so much, then tell me! How is she so much better than me?"

"How is she better than you? Okay. Here's a list. For one, I've only dated her for one month. And in that time, I was TWICE as happy than when I was with you." Sonic hoped that would get on her nerves. Which it did. "She's nice, loving, caring, brave, strong, and I love her."

Those last three words repeated over in Sonic's head as he realized how true they were. And it made him a bit angry at the same time because it took all this crap to realize it was true. He loved her. With a deep breath, he looked at Sally. And he seemed to be a bit more clam this time.

"Wow. Sally, thank you."

What the hell did Sonic have to thank Sally for?

"You doing all this crap has helped me realize that I truly love Amy. And I feel nothing for you. I did at one time in my life, but that was the past and this is now." And then he looked down at her chest. "Now get the hell out of my Crush 40 T-Shirt before you jinx the band and they break up."

Sally growled. All that work, all that planning, for nothing. She was about to take off the shirt, but then her right hand opened up and she swung it right at Sonic's cheek.

But Sonic caught her wrist before the hand made impact.

"Not this time." Sonic muttered as he released Sally from his grip.

Sally stormed over to the door, threw off Sonic's shirt, and opened the door while she glared at this.

"You're going to regret this, Sonic Hedgehog!"

With that said, Sally slammed the door behind her and hopefully the two of them would never have to even see each other for as long as they lived. But now Sonic was left with a job to do. He had to make sure the damage Sally had caused to Amy's heart was not too severe.

He picked up his phone and dialed in her number. But she didn't answer it. It went to her voicemail.

"You've reached Amy Rose. Sorry I'm not in right now, but leave a message and I'll get back to you as soon as I can."

*BEEP*

"Amy, I know you're there. I don't want you to talk, just listen. I know you were here not too long ago and whatever Sally told you was a lie. I would never do anything like this to you!"

"Oh save it, Sonic!"

Amy picked up the phone and her voice sounded broken.

"She showed me a picture of the two of you in bed together! You still have feelings for her don't you?"

Sonic didn't know about the picture. Sally thought ahead.

"Amy, you don't understand."

"I understand completely, Sonic! You're still carrying a torch for Sally!"

Amy was lying on her couch right now with tears flowing down her face.

"No! That's not true!"

"I don't want to hear it, Sonic! You and I are through!"

Sonic gave a small gasp. When he heard that last word it damn near made him start crying too.

"Amy, please listen to me." He whispered.

"There's nothing for you to say, Sonic."

Amy's doorbell was heard in the background.

"Amy, please don't hang up."

"I'm sorry, Sonic." With one press of a button, Amy threw the phone on her couch and went to answer the doorbell.

But what she didn't know was that she hit the wrong button by mistake. Sonic was still on the line and he hadn't hung up. And it was a good thing he didn't.

"Amy! Please don't do this!" Sonic cried.

But when he heard her answer the door, he then heard this.

"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!"

That scream came from someone who was enraged. And it was a female shriek. And then other noises came through the earpiece of Sonic's phone and he listened intently. He heard wood breaking, glass shattering, and paper flying around.

Sonic thought Amy had gone berserk with rage towards him and was now on a rampage destroying her own house. But it wasn't that at all.

"YOU RUINED MY LIFE YOU BITCH!"

That was NOT Amy. That voice was Sally. She was over there right now. And she was in a fight with Amy. And that got Sonic REALLY angry. Not only did Sally break the two of them up, now she was over there trying to hurt Amy.

And there was no chance in hell Sonic was going to just let that fly. He turned off his phone, cracked his knuckles, and then sped off for Amy's house.

It took him no less than ten seconds for Sonic to get there and see the front door was wide open. And then he saw the two girls.

Sally and Amy were crazy. The two of them were screaming, kicking, punching, and throwing everything they could at each other. But then Sally tackled the pink hedgehog and then pinned her to the ground and started to wail on her.

"YOU STOLE MY MAN!" Sally screamed.

Amy was too busy getting hit to respond. But when Sally tried to throw another punch, Sonic grabbed her arm and threw her off of Amy. And that was when everything froze.

"I'm not your man, Sally." Sonic growled. "Now get out of here."

Amy couldn't believe what was happening. She thought Sonic cheated on her. But if that was true, why would he protect her?

"Why her, Sonic?" Sally hissed. "You could have any girl you want and you pick the ditzy stalker. Why?"

"I told you why already. I love her. Does that not make any sense to you?"

I love her? Sonic actually said that. Amy stood back up and then she grabbed his hand. Sonic looked back at her.

"You were telling the truth." She realized. "Sally was just trying to break us up so she could have you for herself."

Sonic smiled at her and then squeezed her hand.

"I told you. I'd never do anything like this to hurt you." And then he said it to her face. "Amy, I love you. I really do."

Sally just watched in disgust as Amy melted into his arms. And then she said,

"I've always loved you, Sonic. You and I are nowhere NEAR through."

And just like that, Sonic's troubles were over. He had Amy back. But Sally was still in Amy's house.

"You two are freaks." She sneered. "Fine. You want to be with her? Have fun in your screwed up life."

With that said, Sally turned and stormed out the door. And then Sonic looked closely at Amy's face. There were bruises, scratches, and even a few cuts on her arms. Sally had gotten in a few good shots. And Amy was glaring at Sally as she walked out.

"Can I please?" she asked.

"Go ahead."

One smile later, Amy was at her open front door and a hammer was in her hand.

"Hey, Sally! Have a parting gift!"

As hard as she could, Amy threw the hammer right at Sally. And two seconds later….

*WHACK*

"OOOWWW!"

Amy scrunched her face as she saw the hammer make impact with Sally's head.

"Have fun gettin' out a bump THAT big!"

She slammed the door and then Sonic approached her and stood right in front of her.

"I promise you. I will never put you through anything like this ever again."

"Good." Amy replied. "Because she had some nails on her."

She was referring to the scratch marks she had on her arms. Her dress was even a bit torn.

"Yeah just so we're clear, I have no other crazy ex-girlfriends. Just crazy fangirls."

Amy giggled when she heard that word. Fangirl. Just like she was once. She still was but now she was way more than that. She was his girlfriend. And they loved each other. Amy and Sonic were both happy he got it out there finally. Sure it wasn't really in the way Sonic wanted it to be in, but things happen in life.

And then the two hedgehogs became lost in the moment as they connected their lips with each other's in what they considered to be the most passionate kiss they have ever had. Never before had Sonic felt a kiss like this, and nor did Amy. This was true love speaking to them through body language. It was saying that nothing could come between them. Not words, actions, crazy ex-girlfriends, nothing. These two were bonded by the strongest force in the universe.

As the kiss ended, Sonic whispered the words again into her ear.

"I love you, Amy."

"I love you too, Sonic."

After one more kiss, the two of them decided to straighten up Amy's house. When Sally ran in, she knocked quite a few things over and broke a few glass items. So after half an hour of sweeping, moving, and cleaning, the house was as good as new.

"By the way, how did you know Sally was here?" Amy asked not knowing.

Sonic smiled at her.

"You didn't hang up your phone. I heard you guys scream."

The phone was still on Amy's couch. She went over and picked up to see Sonic was right. She pressed the wrong button. She pressed the right one hanging it up for sure this time and then Sonic asked something.

"Do you think you could come to my house?" he asked. "I was hoping you could help me burn some stuff."

"Burn stuff? Like what?" Amy asked completely confused.

"Like my bedsheets." Sonic replied.

"Or in translation, anything Sally touched in your house?" She caught on quickly.

"Yeah."

Amy understood why Sonic needed to do that. So she agreed. They gathered up everything in Sonic's house that Sally had come in contact with. The bed sheets, blankets, towels, Sonic even torched his whole freakin couch. But he was hesitant on destroying the Crush 40 T-Shirt that he loved so very very much. But Sally ruined it by wearing it. So it had to go. Besides, they were touring next month so he could get a new one then.

After the backyard bonfire, the phone rang in Sonic's house. And surprisingly enough, it was Shadow who was on the other end of the call. Sonic put the phone on speaker.

"Hello?"

"Faker, it's me."

"I know Shadow. It's called caller ID." Sonic replied. "So what's up?"

"Listen. Tikal and I are going out tonight at The Brethren. And I want you and Rose to come."

Amy and Sonic both thought they were hearing things. Shadow was willingly inviting them out to dinner with him and Tikal? This was turning out to be a very weird day. And it wasn't even noon yet! So what gives?

"Shadow, is Tikal making you say this?" Amy asked wanting to be sure.

"No. I'm doing this on my own free will." Shadow snapped back.

"But you can understand our skepticism." Sonic shot back at the black one. "So why the invite? Is it getting boring with you and Tikal?"

"No. In fact tonight I plan to make things a lot more interesting. I've already called everyone else and they're gonna be there."

"Everyone as in…who?" Amy asked.

"Silver and Blaze, Knuckles, and Rouge, fox boy, I even invited the rabbit girl and her mother to come. Are you in or out?"

Sonic and Amy exchanged a very confused look. This was still very hard to believe. But maybe this had to do with why Shadow had been so quiet lately. Maybe he was finally going to explain why he was turned down.

"Alright we'll be there. What time?" Sonic asked.

"Come at 6:30. Goodbye."

Shadow hung up and then Sonic and Amy collapsed on the chair already exhausted from what had happened this morning.

But if they thought it couldn't get any more shocking, boy were they in for s surprise tonight.

XXX

Alright. I'm just gonna say it. I suck at love triangles. Originally I was going to have this go a whole different direction and not even have Amy and Sally fight with each other. But then I went back and edited the whole damn thing. And I'm still not completely satisfied but oh well.

Anyways, be prepared people. The next chapter is the final chapter. And that chapter will actually lead into the planned sequel for this story. Yes you heard me right. There is a sequel in mind and I already have it planned out. All I have to do is finish this one and it will be underway.

BTW: There's a movie reference somewhere in this chapter. See if you can spot it. I'll let you know what it is next chapter.

I know this is a day late, but Happy Valentine's Day everyone. So until the next chapter which is the last one, peace bitches.