Sonic's POV

End of the day. The last bell rang and we let our classmates leave before we even got up. It was kind of funny to see them kind of just huddle up at the door waiting to leave. We got up and started walking out.

"I'm going to head to the computer lab, maybe start organizing that footage." Tails announced. "Can anyone hang back for a bit?"

"I can Tails. My mom won't be here for a while." Melody told him.

"Great. There's a lot of organizing that needs to be done."

"That's for sure." Rocky said. "That closet looked terrible, it was like walking in a tomb."

"Only you would say that." I told him.

"Hey, it's me." he replied.

We all had a laugh. We decided to walk Tails and Melody to the computer lab before Will, Rocky and I leave.

Tails walked into the computer lab and said, "I'll see you guys tomorrow."

"Bye." Melody said before she planted one on Rocky's cheek and closed the door to the computer lab behind her.

Rocky stood there in a daze while Will and I shared a knowing look. When Rocky turned back and looked at us, he said, "Shut up." Then he started to walk away.

"We didn't say anything." I told him while Will and I caught up with him.

"Didn't have to."

"Of course." Will said.

"Exactly, what's going on between you two anyway?" I said.

He sighed and I saw a blush creeping on his face.

"Nevermind."

Rocky looked at me with a weird look.

"Relax Rocky, there was no harm done."

"Well – I mean, I guess. Argh!" He looked at us both. He sighed. "Well, at least there's no shame in it."

"There you go." I told him and ruffled his hair like my brother does to my quills.

"Hey!"

I laughed while he fixed his hair.

We made it outside the building and Rocky got his hat out from his bag. "Much better." He sighed.

"Do you really need a hat to relax?" We continued walking, going down the stairs real slow-like.

"Hey, this hat was passed down to me from my grandpa. It really means a lot to me."

"Did your grandpa give you that fedora you gave me?"

"No, that was a birthday present. I don't think I ever wore it. Not a lot of archeologists wear those."

"So you handed it to me because…"

"Sonic, a lot of detectives, particularly private detectives, depicted in movies and TV, wear fedoras." Will stated.

"Oh, really?"

They each gave me a nod.

"Well this is news to me." I told them giving them both an annoyed look.

"I believe the fedora became rather apparent decades ago." Will said.

We stopped at the end of the stairs

"Well, I'll see you guys tomorrow." I sped right out of there before they could say anything and headed for the playground near the elementary school building. I ran around the playground a few times before I spotted Amy standing by the swings with her bag in her hands. I smiled, took her in my arms and ran for home. I ran until I reached her porch. I looked down at Amy and saw that her eyes were closed and had one of her hands covering her mouth.

I laughed and told her, "Amy… you can open your eyes now."

She opened one eye and looked around. Then she opened her other eyes and took her hand away from her mouth.

"Sorry Amy." I said, knowing that she got scared. I don't really blame her.

"It's okay Sonic, but mind slowing down next time. I think you might have bruised my shoulder."

"Oh, sorry, I'll make sure to slow down next time." I placed her down.

"Thank you. Now let's get inside." We walked in and Amy called out, "Mama… I'm home, and Sonic's here too." We took off our shoes.

Mrs. Rose came out of the kitchen. "Oh, hey you two. How was school?"

"It was… school." Amy said. Mrs. Rose smiled.

"Of course. You two want a snack? I have some cereal treats in the oven."

"Umm…" Amy and I looked at each other. We shrugged. "I guess Mama."

"All right, why don't you two go into the living room and put on the movie okay?"

"Okay. Come on Sonic." I followed Amy into their living room. There was a low table and a widescreen in front of it. There were three bean bags chairs behind the table. I told Amy she should pick this time. Last time I picked something we both couldn't really sleep for a while. As Amy looked through the DVDs I planted myself on a bean bag chair. "Say Sonic?"

"Yeah?"

"What happened with Blake today?"

I just looked at her with her back to me shocked. How does news like this travel all the way to the elementary building that fast? "Oh, um, it was nothing Amy."

"Sonic." She looked back at me with this knowing look. So I went on explaining to her what happened while she set up the movie. "Are you sure your head is okay?" She said with this worried look. She was already sitting next to me on another bean bag chair.

I smiled. "Yeah, no worries. I've been through worst, remember?"

"I know Sonic, but still..."

I smirked and kissed her nose. "I'm fine Amy." She smiled at me. "So, how was your day?"

She then got a weird look on her face.

"Amy?" I grew worried and then a bit angry. If any of them hurt Amy they'll be sorry. No one hurts Amy and gets away with it.

"It was… weird." She had this look like she wasn't sure if weird was the word she should use.

"What happened?"

"I don't know. I mean… it was like an interrogation but it wasn't. At recess the kids surrounded me and Cream and then just started to ask me questions."

"What kinds of questions?"

"Normal ones." She sounded surprised. "You know, what school did I go to before the transfer, where I live all that jazz. It's just the surrounding that freaked me out. Oh, oh, and and they all had this blank look like they were robots or something."

I listened to what she said. "That is weird."

"You see, Cream thought it was just a nervous thing with them, but…" She had this uncomfortable look on her face.

"Actually…" I thought about it. "…maybe it is."

"What?" Amy looked at me funny.

"No, no think about it Amy. Blake has influence over the whole school, everyone is on the look-out for anything suspicious or weird. They probably just wanted to make sure you were an okay person."

"Well, they didn't have to surround us like that. It was scary."

I looked at Amy with a gentle smile and pulled her into a hug. "It's okay Amy. I promise I won't let anyone hurt you." And I sure as hell was going to keep that promise. Amy means a lot to me and I hate seeing her cry or hurt. I'll protect her no matter what.

Amy hugged me back. "Thanks Sonic." She nuzzled her head into my neck. When we pulled back she gave me a quick kiss. I just smiled goofily.