I am really excited about this one. It took me a while to get it how I wanted but I think the extra time used to get to it was well worth it.
Enjoy!
Sonic's POV
So, it was the end of the week. I was with Amy by the pond for a picnic lunch. I promised her that it would just be the two of us. I haven't seen much of Amy lately. As great company as the guys are, I also just want to spend some time with Amy.
"So, what happened with you this week Sonic?"
We were on the picnic blanket. I was about to unpack everything. "Well, after we found my niche-"
"Wait you found it?! What is it?" Amy was up in my face with that smile of hers. She grabbed my shoulders and shook me hard enough to shut down my senses. When she finally stopped, I could've sworn I saw three Amys. I wasn't sure which one was the real one so I just answered.
"Uh, detective work…so to speak." Eventually the three turned back into just one Amy that was walking around the blanket. She wasn't paying much attention to me as I just stared at her.
She kept repeating, "My boyfriend the detective," in different ways. I just laughed silently to myself. She's just so… cute. I love this childish wonder about her. It makes me feel like I never lost my own childhood when I'm with her. For a while, I just stared at her and smiled.
"Okay, okay, come on Amy, don't hurt yourself." I patted on the empty spot next to me. She smiled and giggled. I handed her the fruit salad when she finally sat back down.
"So what happened next?" She asked and then plopped a grape into her mouth.
I took a turkey sandwich in my hands. "Well, we went over to Tails' the next day. He gave me his old laptop."
"Wha? Really?" She looked at me funny.
"Yeah, it surprised me too. It wasn't even old; it came out like six months ago." I took a bite while still trying to wrap my head around it.
"I wonder how many computers Tails has had."
I laughed. "A lot. What I want to know is why he keeps them all in their old cases in a safe."
"A safe?!" She looked at me kind of shocked and worried.
"Yes, a safe. I don't know why he just doesn't sell them or something." I took another bite.
Amy took a sip of water while she pondered over what I said. "Maybe, they're like pets."
"Pets?" Where was she going with this?
"Well, knowing Tails, he cares for his computers like we would our fish. So you don't just want to throw them away when you've bonded with them."
I nodded in understanding… sort of. But hey, who am I to judge Tails over his computer obsession.
"Why did he give it to you?" Amy asked. She took about out of her sandwich.
"I don't know, every detective needs a good computer, I guess. There are some programs in there I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do with. And there are these sort of simulation of different kinds of cases."
"Does that mean it's like a game?"
"I… guess you can call it that." I started to nod slowly. "I mean no one ever really gets hurt." I finished up my sandwich and rubbed my hands together to get rid of the crumbs.
"So, it's like practice for the real thing?"
"I guess." I took a sip of water. "But the real thing is scary business." I looked at her.
She nodded. "Yeah, I know. My uncle Jeff is a cop. He nearly lost his life when they were trying to rescue some girls from this crazy guy who took them away from home."
I was taken back by this. I never heard anything like this come from Amy. She looked kind of glum. I took a good look at her.
"That's really horrible, why people do that."
I just stared at her. She… understood the situation… she knows that some people are just… bad. I mean yeah, she knew not everyone was nice, but to understand crime like this… Even through her experiences with people, she still managed to grow up with that wonder of hers that I just love. Sweet, sweet Amy…
"Sonic?"
"Huh, um sorry I just…"
She looked at me kind of weird. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah, sorry I just…I never knew you… understood the kind of danger that comes with being a cop."
"Oh, well, yeah… I mean they carry around guns for a reason."
"Right." I looked at her still not believing it. My sweet Amy… more grown up than I realize. There was some silence.
"Um… what else happened?" Amy asked.
"Oh, um…" I was relieved Amy got us out of that. "Will gave me some books on forensics, some mystery novels, one on guns that he had lying around."
"How many books did he give you?"
"A lot. That kid has books all over the place. There was rack with a few books in his bath room."
She spit out the water she had started to drink. "The bathroom?!"
"Yes, the bathroom. It kind of scared me." I nodded all slow like.
"I… guess he got tired of reading the paper in the bathroom." We laughed.
"Maybe."
She giggled one last time. "Then what?"
"Rocky have me few magnifying glasses… a lot of tiny brushes… and a fedora." I said the last thing more like it was a question.
"A fedora?" She looked at me funny.
"Yeah… I don't even know why. He just handed it to me." I shrugged.
She nodded. "What about Knuckles?"
"He gave me this." I pulled it out from under my shirt. It was a black stone, with this weird kind of diamond shape carved into it that was held by a piece of string around my neck. There was some white paint that defined the shape.
She came closer and took the stone in her hand. "It's pretty." She smiled.
"It's some kind of charm. It's supposed to stimulate my brain and help keep my thoughts collective and reasonable."
"Does it work?"
"Maybe when I take on my first case." We looked at each other. It suddenly dawned on me that we were so close. We didn't move and I felt myself getting hotter. I couldn't move… I couldn't say anything. I was stuck just staring at her. I felt myself tremble a little and my heart beating fast I could hear it in my ears.
Then, for some reason, Amy brought her hand to my forehead and then my cheek. She had this concern look on her face. I was… confused."Hm… no fever."
"Fever?" I looked at her funny.
"Well, you looked ill for a few seconds. I thought you could be getting sick like Mommy."
I remembered that her mom caught the flu earlier this summer the day of her first sleepover with the girls. "Oh, um… no Amy I'm perfectly healthy."
She kind of eyes me and cocks her head to the side. She looked so cute I wanted to laugh. I bit my lip to keep myself from laughing. "Okay… Sonic, if you say so."
I sighed in relief. "So… how was your week?" I asked her wanting to get out of this awkward moment fast.
"Oh, let's see…oh we went over to Melody's house."
"Really? What's it like?" I smiled at her enthusiasm.
"It was big… really…big. I was almost scared to go in." She scrunched up her body and hugged her knees. I could see her cheeks grow red from embarrassment.
I smiled at how she acted. "Aww… come on Amy. It couldn't have been that scary." I smirked.
"You weren't there. That thing could have eaten us up."
I grew suspicious.
"Amy?"
"Yeah…"
"Did you and the girls watch that evil house movie the day before you went over there?" I looked at her with a look that told her I had her cornered and that she should just fess up.
"I don't know what you mean." She un-scrunched her body. She tried to act clueless but she was on the verge of failing pretty badly.
"Amy…" I urged her.
"What?"
I eyed her.
"Oh, fine, so what if we did?"
"You know what horror films do to you Amy." I told her. I learned that one the hard way. For a week I ended up staying with Amy in her bed until she fell asleep after we watched one of those old kind black and white films I thought would be hilarious instead of scary. Apparently, I was wrong. Amy wouldn't sleep without me. She was convinced that, because of the movie, the only thing that would keep the monsters away was to have her… special someone with her at night. Don't get me wrong, I mean… it was nice being with Amy and all. But… it was just annoying every time she woke me up because of a noise that was easily explained. I really like Amy… but I also like sleep.
"I know…" She pouted and looked at me with these innocent eyes.
I sighed feeling defeated. "Okay… um, what else was up other than the giant house."
"Mmm… Oh she has a cool music room. There was this giant piano and there were chimes…and, and a few drums. There were some more instruments on the wall…I think they were all like violins and cellos. There were a few wind instruments. I can't remember what they were all called though."
"Sounds like Melody has one heck of a collection."
"It was cool, and she had a camera with a um… what did she call it… a green screen. We made our own music videos."
"Seriously?" I didn't admit it but I was feeling a bit jealous towards Amy and her fun with the girls.
"It was fun. We're planning our next sleepover at Melody's and Cream's bringing her costume trunk. It's going to be a blast."
"And let me guess, I'm not invited." I said with fake hurt.
She smiled weakly. "Sorry Sonic, but you know the rules to girls' sleepovers." She said all cheeky. This is new.
"Yeah, yeah. Whatever. I'll be fine home… all alone." I was taking on my brother's drama king thing he has going on. "Don't mind me Amy. You go on." Wow… I'm not half bad at this drama king thing.
"Sonic!" I smiled. She punched me playfully and we laughed. Oh, how I've missed this. I've missed Amy. It's all thanks to her I'm out of my shell. I, actually for the first time in my life, am not dreading the school year… which is actually not too far away… just a few days. Well, with Amy and everyone else… I think… I'll actually be happy there… or at least, not care that everyone else will look at us funny. It might be weird at first… but I think we're a stronger group than I give it credit for. We can do this… together.
A butterfly came by. It landed on my nose. Amy giggled at it and tried to convince the butterfly to climb onto her finger. The butterfly didn't agree and started to fly away with Amy hot on its trail.
"Come on Sonic!" She exclaimed as she chased the winged insect. I just looked at her kind of dumbfounded but then I shrugged and thought to myself, What the heck? It won't kill me. The butterfly came flying towards me and when it passed me, I got up and started chasing it too. It was strangely amusing just chasing it mindlessly. I guess this is what Tails feels like when we just toss a ball around. It was… strangely liberating, I honestly don't know how to explain it. I felt… so childish and free. I liked it… there was this feeling of no worries, no obstacles, no bad people in the world…
I didn't notice it, but Amy came up from behind me and passed me. Then the butterfly did a real swift turn around with Amy just following it when – Smack! We… crashed into each other.
"Ow!" I took my head in my hand and rubbed it. I was on my knees with one hand still touching the ground. "You all right Amy?" I stopped rubbing my head and well… I noticed that I was on top of Amy. "Gah!" I got up and somehow I ended up in a tree hugging the trunk. "I'm sorry Amy."
"I'm fine Sonic. Besides, I'm the one who ran into you." I looked at her, she sat up. "Are you okay?"
"Fine." Darn it. I said it too fast for my own liking. Not to mention the whole voice change thing is really starting to take its toll. I turned away. I heard something disturbing the branches. I looked down and saw Amy climbing up the tree. "Amy?"
"Well, I had a feeling that you weren't going to come down for a while. So… I thought I'd come up here with you."
I sighed, grabbed her hand and helped her up. She smiled at me and sat down on the branch. I did too. We looked at each other and then… she giggled.
"What?" I asked.
She held her hand to her mouth.
"What?" I urged wondering what I was missing.
"The… the butterfly… it's on your head."
"What?" Just then I felt the butterfly walk onto my forehead. I kind of scrunched up as I felt the critter move. As much as I like butterflies, them crawling on me, doesn't sit well with me. It felt weird… just weird. It flew away. I sighed in relief while Amy went ahead and laughed on my behalf. I looked at her with a cocked eyebrow.
"I'm sorry. You just looked silly. It was like you were wearing a bow in your quills."
I imagined it and shuddered at the thought.
She giggled again. I just smiled and looked at her. I liked the sound of her giggle…like soft bells, it was sweet… She smiled back… and well… I leaned towards her and… kissed her. The world… seemed distant, but I could still hear the birds singing. I felt free… like a child. I know this is going to sound so overdone but… although it was only like two seconds… it seemed like an eternity.
When I pulled away, I felt my cheeks grow hot and I looked at Amy who had this shocked look on her face. I noticed her cheeks growing red too. I weakly smiled at her and she looked at me kind of funny but ended up smiling so widely at me. Then… wouldn't you know, the butterfly came back and landed on my nose.
"Okay buddy, seriously. What is up with you and my nose?" I talked to it as if it could talk back. I gave it a glare as it brought out its straw like thing. Amy giggled and tried to get the butterfly to climb onto her finger. It did and I sneezed.
"Bless you Sonic."
"Thanks." I told her. The butterfly flew away again.
Weird bugs.
Edited by That Sky-Fox11 aka The Pipe Bomb.
All right, you've had your fun. Now let it go kid.