Chapter 24: Learn, Love, Laugh and Live.

One last chapter to go everyone.

Rosy's POV

This month is the month. The month I will finally get to see my awaited baby boy but I don' t know what day he will be coming. I can't wait for a number of reasons. My over grown stomach has caused me to be on bed rest most of the week, Scourge won't stop putting me in the mood knowing that I can' t do anything, he also won't stop telling our son to 'hurry the hell up' and I'm ready to hold my baby boy. Today me and Scourge are going out to eat but with his family. Me, him, Amy, who is also now engaged, Sonic, Manic, Rouge, Sonia, Shadow, Scar, Alejandro, Leon, Amethyst, Bliss, Bark, their twins, and Jules.

You could all imagine when I told my mother I was getting married she was overjoyed about it. I think my grandmother was too I couldn't tell but she was laughing in the background anyway. My father was disapproving at first but he knew I an adult and there wasn't much he could do. I cried after I hung up the phone with my family down south and of course my Scourgey knew why.

I was always hoping that when I walked down the isle, out of respect, I would have my father walk me down the isle but my uncle would do it too. But he can't do that now and I when I thought about it, it really hurt. Scourge just held and let me cry it out. If I wasn't pregnant I would been more mad than sad but I guess that's hormones.

I finished putting on my lip liner and lip-gloss. I loved how beautiful I could make myself look even when I'm heavily pregnant. The only thing that made me worry was Jules. Scourge had made a ultimatum but he still hadn't made a decision. Meaning if me and Scourge got married my son would…

I can't think about it. I gently cleaned the tears from my eyes lucky I wore pencil black eye liner so it's most likely not to mess up. I took a deep breathe before forcing a smile on my face. This is going to be a good day I wasn't going to cry or have unwanted questions or emotions peaking their little heads up.

"Hey, Rosy you ready?"

I turned looking at my sister. Of course, she had on her beautiful ring. It was almost similar to mine. She had a sapphire diamond with silver band. Her smiled dropped when she saw my fake one.

"Rosy, was you about to have another break down?"

I let my smile fall and let my head fall. "Yes."

She sighed walking over to me and making me sit down on the bed as she did the same.

"Look, Rosy I know you are sad about Uncle Rob'O not going to be there in person but I can guarantee you he will be there in spirit. Okay?"

I nodded cleaning my other tears. I hated crying I really do but I just couldn't help at time. On my heart I felt like these wouldn't be the only tears to shed today. On my heart it felt like it.

"Now come on because if Scourge sees you like this then we'll all have to wait a hour before he is convinced you are okay."

I chuckled at her. "Okay." We made our way down stairs with Scourge and Sonic waiting for us.

I was pretty sure Scourge noticed something so Amy quickly grabbed our coats and protested that we were alright before pushing me outside and inside the car. I got in the back with Scourge while Sonic drove and Amy sat in the front with him.

The whole ride to the restaurant Scourge babbled at the baby. I could only give him a crazy look because he seemed to be going crazy.

I looked back out at the window seeing it was going to rain. Oh my gosh, it's only going to make it colder today. I'm so happy I wore my thick coat even though Scourge made me take it off so he could play with my stomach. I jumped when I felt him poke it with his finger. Though, I really jumped because that caused my son to kick back…and hard.

"Scourge." I whined.

"What? I'm trying to get his attention."

I sighed trying my best not to laugh. "Scourge…you had his attention already. Would you please not poke me?"

He sighed. "Yeah, I guess I can…Just can't wait for him to get here."

I chuckled. "Me too. Me too." I looked and noticed he didn't have a coat.

"Scourge where is your coat?"

"Chill I have it, it's in the trunk."

"Why is it in the trunk?"

"Sonic has the air on why would I have it on?"

"Not to have it on in here. To have it on outside! It's gonna rain to day!"

"So."

"So?! Scourge you need it remember what happened last time you didn't put your jacket on"

"I got a little cold, so what?"

"So what?! Scourge, you need it!"

"I'll get it when we get to the damn restaurant!"

"HEY!"

We both looked to Amy looking back at us with narrowed eyes. "Your not married nor have you had your son yet but you guys are CONSTANTLY arguing. And over the most stupid mess."

"Amy, it's gonna rain! He could get sick! Again!"

Amy sighed at me. I know we sounded stupid but I had to get my point across.

"Rosy, let me deal with that! Again!"

I huffed and pouted. Making Scourge groan and start looking out his window and Amy roll her eyes and sit back right in the front seat. Sonic couldn't do anything but chuckle at this.

Scourge's POV

We pulled up to the restaurant to find everyone but my father, was already there just waiting for us. Scar was tapping her foot angrily which I knew she was. I got out and helped Rosy get out before we all went up to the others.

"Uncle Scourge!" I was almost tackled to the ground by Leon. Slowly but surely Bliss's twins made their way to me. 10 months and their already walking. I was sure Bark was proud of that. Amethyst almost jumped out of Scar's arms to get to Rosy.

"What in the hell took you guys so long?"

I only adjusted my coat saying, "You take that up with Rosy."

She raised an eye-brow at me as she then looked to Rosy who was playing with Amethyst. "He needed to have his coat out."

"Really, that argument again?" I heard Bark ask as I walked away letting the girls talk. I gave Woof and Howl to the girls because Leon wasn't leaving my side.

"Yes, she wasn't going to let it go this time."

Shadow chuckled. "Well, last time she did. You got sick."

I rolled my eyes everyone's attention was brought to the black limo that pulled up. My father stepped out wearing a business suit as usual.

"I see I was still late then."

"Yes, you were father." Sonia said. She was first to go up and hug him with the rest of girls following suit.

I was little surprised he actually touched Rosy's stomach before kissing Amethyst on the forehead. He actually wanted to hold her too. He then picked up Howl before coming over to us.

He nodded to us guys before saying, "Let's eat shall we?"

X

We had the whole second floor of the place to ourselves which, couldn't be possible if we didn't because this area was only met for family dinners and gathering. Our family dinners and/or gatherings. We had Vanilla as our personal chef and Cream as our personal waiter. We had already ordered our food with Rosy and Bliss ordering most of the food. Bliss had no reason to order as much food as she ordered. Fatass.

"So, I'm pretty sure you guys didn't bring me here for nothing…" My father said.

I looked to Rosy as she looked back to me and I cleared my throat. "Well, your right. Me and Rosy are getting married after the baby is born."

He looked surprised and happy. That made my tail wag and heart leap. I used to do that when I made him happy. It made me happy to make him happy I guess. Rosy showed him the ring.

"Nice ring. I'm surprised you didn't give her your mother's ring."

"Too late!" Scar yelled showing him she was wearing it.

He chuckled before looking at Amy and Sonic who was smiling at him. "I'm guessing your engaged as well."

Amy beamed nodding her head quickly. "Yes, but we're still deciding if we are going to have our wedding on the same day as Rosy and Scourge's."

"We're not."

"We're still deciding."

My father laughed which caused me, Sonic and Manic to look at one another kind of confused. Our father hasn't shown this side of him…in a long ass time. Sonia, Bliss and Scar seemed happy to see it though.

"What about you Shadow and Sonia?"

Sonia looked to Shadow as he looked back at her smirking. She chuckled and said, "Not just yet dad. Shadow still needs time."

Shadow rolled his eyes as we laughed at them. "She's the one that wants to wait."

My father nodded before looking back at me. "Well, doesn't matter as long as my children are happy I can live with that."

We were all surprised I was sure now. He noticed we were silent and said nothing. He looked down at the table and sighed.

"I have come to a decision…"

My heart almost jumped out my chest. When we said nothing again he decided to continue.

"Scourge, when I die, you, Sonic and Manic will take my place. You know I have enough to split with the three of you so there."

I heard a chair move and saw Amy run around the table and tackle my father with a hug. I was pretty Rosy would have gotten there first if wasn't for her being pregnant. Surely enough she made her way to him and hugged him. I had never seen my father so surprised in my life. Eventually Sonia, Bliss and Scar joined in with the hug.

"Thank you…" I heard Amy whisper to him. "Thank you so much."

My father sighed and hugged them back as best he could saying, "Your welcome."

Me and my brothers smiled at our father with gratefulness and happiness. Because for the past 22 years we hadn't.

When dinner came my father and rest of us looked at Rosy and Bliss seeing all the food they had.

Rosy saw this and looked at us with a annoyed look. "Don't look at me like that, I'm eating for two here. Look at her." She said pointing at Bliss and continuing to eat her food.

Bliss narrowed her eyes at us. "I may not be eating for two but I haven't eaten all day."

"It afternoon and you haven't eaten yet?" Bark asked looking at her surprised.

"No, because I knew we're coming here."

My father shook his head and rolled his eyes. "Yeah, because she knew I was paying for this dinner." He said making us chuckle.

"Right, you are uncle. Right your are."

"For the love of MARY! I have ignored you putting your hands in my plate girl and I'm am tried of doing so."

We all looked down the table seeing Alejandro stopping Amethyst from picking more food out his plate. When she noticed she couldn't get anymore she went into a fit.

"Awwww, Amethyst. You can't eat out of daddy's plate."

I shook my head seeing Howl do the same thing to Bark's plate. What is up that? Does that run in the family or something?"

"You know…you guys used to do that."

Alejandro was too busy cleaning Amethyst hands as she continued to throw a fit and Bark finally noticed Howl doing it to him and stopped her.

"We used to that?" Sonia asked.

My father nodded. "Every last one of you actually."

"Awwww." I heard Amy said.

My father chuckled and continued. "Your mother thought it was cute but I found it really annoying. I started making you guys at your own table which didn't help because then you started doing it to each other. Your mother found that annoying, I, on the other hand, found it funny."

I chuckled as I watched Leon and Woof start doing it to their mothers. I couldn't help but laugh with the others. I didn't expect this dinner to turn out as good as it did, but it did. We all laughed to the point of tears at one point and loved. We also learned some things. My father told Rosy, Amy, Alejandro, Shadow, Rouge and Leon about what happened to his parents and how he even started a gang with great Dr. Finitevus Echidna.

After we was full and miserable as Rosy and Amy calls it. Night time had arrived and sure enough it was really cold from the rain. We all walked outside to say our 'see you laters' to one another.

Scar and Alejandro was going to their car with Bliss and Bark following. Me, Rosy, Sonic, Amy, Shadow, Sonia, Manic and Rouge stayed a little while to speak with my father. For some reason Rosy was squeezing my hand. I could feel her trembling as if she was nervous.

I brought my lips to her ears. "What's wrong?"

She looked up at me a bit afraid. "Scourge, something doesn't feel right."

"What do you mean?"

I couldn't answer as my father brought the attention back to us. "So, Rosalinda am I going to learn the name of my grandson yet?"

She smiled and was about to answer till black SUV turned on the corned going I don't know how fast but pretty damn fast. And it was coming our way. I knew all to well what the hell that meant.

"GET DOWN!" I heard Shadow yell which he didn't have to tell me twice.

I pushed Rosy to her knees before taking out my gun. I was going to fight back till I saw my father didn't get down fast enough. It was like that night Sonic got shot, everything went into slow motion and I couldn't fight them back but seemed like they got their target because they stopped shooting and kept driving.

I didn't think Scar and the other was that close because Alejandro and Shadow were the only ones that retaliated. Alejandro was able to get the front wheel of the car while Shadow got the back. This caused the damn thing to flip over and crash into a clothing store down the street.

I looked back at my father as I watched Sonia kneel beside him tears streaming down her face. I hadn't even noticed I was crying. Shadow came to her and tried to pull her off him but she only pulled away from him. Blood was all over her dress. I slowly kneeled to my knees taking my father and holding him up. He was having a very hard time breathing.

I hadn't even noticed I was crying worse than before by now. I could hear everyone else and my father's harsh breathing.

Sonia, "Why…Why…Why…WHY!?"

Scar, "OH GOD NO! PLEASE, PLEASE!"

Manic, "THIS IS FUCKING BULLSHIT!"

Amy, "Sonic, wait please! They got them! Stay with me! PLEASE, JUST CALM DOWN!"

Others from inside the restaurant came out to see what was going on. I knew once Vanilla saw this she was going to call the police.

I felt Rosy place her hand on my shoulder and kneel behind me. I looked back at her my father's blood spilling all over me. She looked so out of it and shocked.

"Scourge…"

"Scourge-"

"Rosy please, help him…" She looked to me. I could see in her eyes it hurt for her to see me this way.

I looked back to my father who was looking at me but he looked in peace. Why? I don't know. Rosy gently made me lay him back on the ground. I could see the tears rolling down her face as she forced herself to stay calm and open his coat and take a look. She only cried harder and shook her head. I just knew that couldn't mean anything good and it wasn't.

My heart dropped as she turned to me and shook her head. I looked back at the car and stood up as Rosy took my father's hand. I watched as she put her lips to his ear and whispered what he wanted to hear.

"That's…a good name…"

"Thank you." She said gently.

I watched as he slowly moved his gaze me. I couldn't look at him. Not in the state I was in. Tears continued to fall as I felt a part of me broke into pieces.

"Sc-Sc-Scourge."

I looked back at him and fell to my knees. My other siblings and cousin began to crowd around him as we heard the sirens of the emergency trucks coming our way. But we knew they were too late. Way to fucking late. I took his hand as Rosy got behind me and her arms around my waist to keep me up. To let me know she had my back. Sonic took his other hand as Sonia put his head in her lap. She could barely hold it together none of us could. Manic just couldn't look up, he only placed his hand on mine.

"I'm sorry-"

"Daddy, please don't talk." Sonia begged. I knew she had that hope that he would make it but we knew it wouldn't. We just knew.

"Sonia, let him talk."

"But Scourge-"

"Just let him talk!" Manic yelled at her. I couldn't do it.

My father's breathing got worse so he tried his best. "I'm sorry…f-for what I put…you through…I shouldn't have…I shouldn't have done it… I shouldn't made you…do what you did…I'm sorry…I did what I did…to make you all…strong…" He spit up blood causing Bliss to whimper and cry harder. She placed her hand on Sonic's and she couldn't hold her head up and just laid it on her and Sonic's hand.

"I know I never really showed it but I love you all…And I am complacent to know that…I'll leave this world…and know you all will be okay…I am…so proud of all of you."

I nodded to him. His words were true and from his heart I knew that but I still couldn't grasp that he was going to give up.

"I love you too, dad." I said.

Sonia kissed his forehead followed by Scar and Bliss. He smiled his eyes slowly closing.

"Your…strength…and determination…really you mother gave it…to you…" I felt his hand go weak and weigh me and Manic's hand down. My father was really strong that is one reason why he still had my respect and always will.

When Scar realized he was gone she screamed the loudest I had every heard her scream. Sonia just completely broke down along with Bliss. Rouge had to hold Manic as he completely broke down too.

I could only stare at my father's lifeless body. Somewhere deep down my father held that in for a long time. I began to wonder did he really want us to ever follow in his foot steps? Why didn't he fight? All those other times he fought and come out victorious, why did he not fight back? Was he tired of living?

I displaced myself even as we arrived back home. No one spoke. Shadow, Alejandro and Bark thought that it would be best to stay at my home. I knew what they meant. Rosy tried her best to help me but I just couldn't calm down.

I went in the room and sat on the edge of the bed. I closed my eyes and covered my face with my hands. Trying to calm down, trying to understand what the hell just happened.

I felt someone sit on the bed beside me and I slowly looked up and saw Rosy. She took my hands pulled me to her. I don't know why but once I was in her embrace I let it go…I cried the hardest I had ever cried since my mother dead.

"It's gonna be okay…" She said trying to hold it together herself. "It's gonna be okay…"

X

A week later…

I walked through the halls of the hospital going to Rosy's room. Three days after my father died we buried him. It wasn't easy Sonia, Scar and Bliss was having the hardest time to keep it together. My father's funeral was big. Many came even enemies. I made sure they came out of respect though, which they did. How could they not when he bested them most of them having been in this game much longer than him. Much longer.

I took the business my father owned. Restaurants, hotels, bars, clubs. Sonic took the Battle Bird property. I helped him pay Jet the money for our father's half which he happily gave us. Manic took the strip clubs, escort services and such Rouge taking the other gender half of it.

You would think I would close down my garage having all this money being thrown my way but I didn't. My life was that garage and it was going to stay in MY name.

I arrived to room and took a good breather before I entered. There she was laying in the hospital bed holding a small bundle and cooing at it.

I smiled as I walked up to her. She looked at me with the biggest smile on her face. "Isn't he handsome?"

She uncovered my son letting me see him. His fur was a aquamarine color, his eyes were green like his mothers and his skin a little bit tan. But when you looked in his eyes, you could tell he was my son.

I sat on the bed and just marveled at him. This was my son. My creation. I couldn't believe I created something so small and so damn handsome. Out of this entire week Rosy and my son are the only things that have brightened my days after what had happen. I couldn't wait to hold my son I knew he would maximize my happiness and mood for the week.

"What's his name?"

Rosy giggled making me look at her. "I haven't given him one yet, I was waiting till you got here. And we might need to hurry Amy's only going to be gone for just a second."

I chuckled looking back at my son who was looking right back at me. "What's up little dude…Do you know how long we have waited for you?"

Rosy rubbed my back as she moved to where she was seating beside me. "I wanted to name him Jules."

I looked to with raised eye-brow. "What?" She asked. "Out of respect for your dad."

I shook my head. I was happy about what she meant but I really didn't like my father's name beside I already told Sonic he could name his son after Jules. Whenever he has one.

"No, it's alright I would rather name him something else."

Rosy nodded in understanding. "What would that be?"

I thought about it for a second. I didn't want him to have my name. I don't care for the junior even though I was sure Rosy did.

"Syro…Syro Dariuz Hedgehog."

I watched Rosy smiled and kissed me. "I love it."

I looked back at my son. My bundle of joy. I know I'm supposed to be this big bad guy but when it comes to my son. I can't be that. I hugged Rosy to me. This was my little family. I couldn't have been any happier.

Rosy's POV

It was only 3 months later and here I was holding my husband to be hands. Amy was holding baby Syro while me and Scourge did our vows.

Scourge wore this handsome black tux with knitting and white shoes. I wore a white dress that was much similar to Fiona's but mine was autumn themed it had two trails twisting around the dress. I let myself cry today because I know they were tears of joy.

The preacher looked to Scourge smiling and said, "Scourge Drew Hedgehog, do you take, Rosalinda Telia Rose, to be your lawful wedded wife? Do you promise to love and cherish her, in sickness and in health, for richer for poorer, for better for worse, and forsaking all others, keep yourself only unto her, for so long as you both shall live?"

"I do."

My heart just for joy and I began nervous yet really excited when he turned to me.

"Rosalinda Telia Rose, do you take, Scourge Drew Hedgehog to be your lawful wedded husband? Do you promise to love and cherish him, in sickness and in health, for richer for poorer, for better for worse, and forsaking all others, keep yourself only unto him, for so long as you both shall live?"

"I do." I answered with my head held up and my emerald orbs looking right into his sapphire ones.

"I shall ask you both, do you together promise in the presence of your friends and family that you both will at all times and in all circumstances, conduct yourselves toward one another as you become Husband and Wife?"

"We do?" We both answered proudly. I was squeezing his hand so ready to let our lips meet. I hadn't kissed him all month and I refused to till this day and this moment.

"Do you together promise you will love, cherish and respect one another throughout the years?"

"We do."

The pastor smiled bigger looking to us both as closed the Bible and said, "With the power invested in me. I, now, pronounce you husband and wife. You may kiss your bride."

And the Scourge did. He quickly pulled my face to him holding me and place as I wrapped my arms around his neck.

With our love we stuck up for one another, stood at each other's side and created a new being of life.

This seemingly good country girl and this seemingly bad city boy. A man and woman. We parted as I looked into the eyes of my husband. I believe were brought together by fate and by love will remain with one another as...

"MR. AND MRS. SCOURGE DREW HEDGEHOG!"

Epilogue, anyone?