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Chapter Fourteen

Today was in important day with more than one event.

It had been a week since Sonic and I were official, and Shadow was supposed to be coming back to school. Poor Shadow. He had been at the hospital all this time. Sonic really did a number on him. Maybe he even got Shadow's brain back in the right place.

I searched my room for the perfect thing to wear to welcome Shadow back. I found a little short black shirt and a tight black top that was low cut, and showed just a little bit of my stomach. I completed my outfit with a pair of black studded heels. Taking a quick look in the mirror, I approved. Sonic was right. I was beautiful and perfect. I smirked. Shadow was going to regret every cheating on me.

I ran downstairs and headed out the door, not even bothering with breakfast. As usual, Sonic was outside waiting for me outside, grinning.

"Hey!" I greeted, almost bouncing from joy, though I wasn't sure why.

"Hey, Ames. You look... different."

"Is that bad?"

"No! No, not at all. You look beautiful. You always do."

It took everything I had to say "thank you," instead of saying I know. I didn't know why or how, but I could feel my old conceited ways coming back.

Sonic shot me a smile before holding my hand. I returned the smile as we started walking to school.

Just as we were walking up to the school, I noticed a black figure standing with Rouge.

Shadow!

"I'll catch up with you later," I told Sonic. I let go of his hand and ran over to Shadow. I stood right in between Rouge and Shadow, staring at him. "Hi!" I said, as joyful as humanly possible.

"Can I help you?" Shadow said in a bored tone.

"Well, I would sure hope so! I wouldn't want to be disappointed!" I winked.

He looked up at Rouge, "baby, can you give us a moment?"

"Sure," she mumbled, walking away.

"So, what can I do or you, Amy?" his voice changed from bored to amused.

"You could start by ditching that slut," I whispered, slightly leaning forward, giving him a clear view of my cleavage.

"What do I get out of that?" his eyes fell down to my cleavage.

"Me," I whispered as seductively as I could.

"Well, Amy. I must admit, you have become much hotter. What's gotten into you?"

"You have," I smiled. "You were right. I was so pathetic, and naive, but I've changed. Let's have some fun."

"I don't know, Amy. I'm not one to cheat on a girl."

I laughed sarcastically. "Oh it's easy. There's no guilt involved. Besides, Rouge won't mind. She likes it when boys cheat."

Shadow's eyes suddenly focused on something behind me. I figured it was probably Rouge or someone stupid. "If you say so," he smirked. "Come here, baby," he held his arms out for me.

I happily stepped into his awaiting arms, standing on my tippy-toes to make his lips more reachable. "I knew you'd give in," I whispered before wrapping my arms around him and kissing him.

It felt nice, almost normal, like I was back where I belonged. There wasn't nearly as much passion as there was when I kissed Sonic.

With Sonic I could tell he loved me, but with Shadow, all he wanted was fun.

Shadow pulled away and licked his lips. "I'm surprised. You got better."

"Only the best for you, Shadow."

"If you keep this up, I might just have to leave Rouge for you."

-x-x-

"Sonic!" I called, jogging over to the blue hedgehog standing by his locker.

He looked over his shoulder at me, then went back to whatever he was doing.

"What's up?" I asked when I reached him.

...No reply.

"Sonic? What's wrong?"

He looked over at me. He did not look happy. If looks could kill, I would have died. "What do you think, Amy?"

"Do you think I would be wasting my time asking if I knew? What's your problem?"

"That," he slammed is locker shut. "That right there. You. What happened to you? You're not the same Amy I knew two days ago. The Amy I know would have never cheated on me, let alone kiss Shadow." He was suddenly gone.

I felt like a wall of bricks had just fallen on top of me. What have I done?

"Hey, baby."

I turned around to see Shadow, grinning.

"Hey, Shadow," I couldn't help but smile.

"How's it feel?"

"What?"

"Getting caught cheating. Doesn't it just tear your heart apart?" Shadow has never said anything so sarcastic in his life.

"Totally," I tried to mimic his sarcastic voice, but I ended up sounding sad.

"Amy. Don't tell me you've gotten all soft again. I only go for bitches."

"That came out wrong," I shut my mouth when I realized I was getting defensive. If I wanted to keep Shadow, I would have to be a bitch. "What I meant to say was I don't give a fuck. Poor baby can go cry to his mommy." I felt bad about talking about Sonic like that, but I had to.

I had originally planned to make Shadow suffer like he had made me, but I just can't let go of him. No matter how mad I was for what he did, I loved him. Shadow was my first love. No matter what, I'd always have a place for him in my heart.

Shadow leaned in to kiss me, but I turned my head. He sighed, "what did I just say?"

"Oh, I'm a bitch," I laughed. "Would you like some proof?"

He nodded once.

I leaned towards him. I was so close, I could feel his breath. "I'm gonna be a bitch, and not kiss you." I caressed his cheek, before running away.

I ran to find Sonic. With any luck, he should be in the cafeteria. I ran through the doors, scanning the area. The blue hedgehog quickly caught my eye. He was already looking at me.

I took a step towards him, but then froze dead in the tracks. What was I supposed to tell him? I kissed Shadow because I wanted to make him suffer? Sonic wouldn't understand. Kissing Shadow was giving him what he wanted, making him happy, not making him suffer. I hadn't even finished my plan.

My thoughts from the morning rang through my head.

I was beautiful and perfect. Shadow was going to regret every cheating on me.

Sonic's words sank deep. They brought back my conceit. The conceit Shadow had mentioned the day we broke up. The conceit I had tried to get rid of.

Sonic was trying to cheer me up and make me feel better, but I kept repeating his words in my head, so many times, my conceit came back, and my bitchiness came along with it.

I couldn't put how bad I felt into words. Sonic had done so much for me, and I thanked him by betraying him.

He didn't deserve that. I didn't even have a full reason.

I wanted to hurt Shadow so bad, but I ended up hurting the one I cared most for.

I broke the gaze I had been sharing with Sonic and slowly looked down at my feet. I couldn't talk to him. I had no way of explaining anything.

Suddenly I saw Sonic's shoes in front of mine.

"I'm sorry," I whispered.

"Why did you..." he trailed off. His voice cracked on the last word. He sounded so sad. Broken. He was hurt.

I opened my mouth, but no words came out. I had no words to use. I let him down. How could I explain this?

"Amy... I need to know."

I closed my eyes. His hurt voice was going to be the death of me. "I... It doesn't make sense," I whispered.

"Make sense of it."

His broken voice was going to be the death of me. I looked up at him, into his eyes. I could see everything he felt. It was devastating, heart breaking. I caused that. I wish I could just wrap my arms around him and kiss him. I wanted to apologize a million times and make everything alright. I messed up big time, though. It would take a lot to fix this.

"I..." I was speechless. I wasn't worthy of even being in Sonic's presence. He had such a pure, honest, loving heart. I was so evil.

"Amy..."

"Somewhere else?" I finally managed.

Sonic stood there, staring at me, for what felt like an eternity. Finally, he let out a small sigh. He picked me up and began running.

He set me down on my livingroom floor. He stood on the other side of the room, his arms were crossed over his chest and he was looking down.

I looked down at my feet. "I was stupid," I whispered, almost inaudible.

"I know," Sonic said coldly.

I looked up at him, surprised that he heard me. "I, um. What you said, on our date, it, well, effected me."

He looked up at me, as well. "What part?"

"You're amazing, and beautiful. You're perfect the way you are," I quoted him. "It just. I repeated it, over and over. I eventually had myself convinced that I was that. I lost my insecurities, and became conceited again..." I trailed off, not knowing how to continue.

"You kissed Shadow because you felt good about yourself?"

I couldn't help but crack a smile at the was Sonic spoke those words. "With my conceit, my bitchiness was brought back. I wanted to make him suffer like he made me." I stood up, taking a step towards Sonic. "I thought if I could... I didn't know what I was thinking."

Sonic mirrored my movements, taking a step towards me. "You must know what you were thinking. You don't do things with absolutely no thought. Tell me. I don't care if it doesn't make sense, we can make sense of it."

We. Was he wanting to work things out? Stop it, Amy. Don't get your hopes up for something that might not happen. You just cheated, for crying out loud. "I thought I could get into his head. Make him leave Rouge, for me. Then I would get my revenge..."

"Why did this require kissing him?" he took another step towards me.

I shook my head, and stepped towards him. "I don't know. I hadn't fully thought out my plan. I guess, I just... I love him," I blurted out, regretting saying those three words before they had even left my mouth.

Sonic took a step back, his face turned completely blank.

I froze. "I didn't... I mean... Shit! Sonic, I -"

"I didn't expect that you would get over him just like that. I also didn't expect..." he trailed off, staring at the ground.

"Sonic, no. He was my first love. I don't love him. I do, but I... I'm in love with you."

Sonic just stood there like a statue, not moving.

I fell to my knees. What was I to do? I lost Shadow to Rouge, now I'm going to lose Sonic, all because of my stupidity. "I'm sorry," I whispered. "I don't know what came over me." I felt a tear escape my eye.

"You... I thought you were different," Sonic whispered back. "From the moment I first met you, I thought there was a nice girl inside. Someone who wasn't capable of doing evil things unto others. I guess you proved me wrong. Whatever came over you, might as well not go away. You and Shadow? You're perfect for each other."

I looked up, to see Sonic, but he was already gone.

I felt my heart shatter into a trillion pieces, that would never be fully put back together. I didn't care about Sonic's words, not right now. All I cared about was that I let him down. He was the one person who cared. The one person I could count on. The one person who made me happy. The one person who I truly loved, more than anything in this entire universe, and I let him down, in the worst possible way.

A/N: This took quite a while to write. I didn't know what to write. So, my apologies for putting so much stuff together all in one chapter ._.

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