Disclaimer: I do not own Sonic or any of the official characters! All OC's either belong to me or Echidnagirl!

And, just so you know, I'm going to be using some football terminology in this chapter. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, as I know practically NOTHING about football other than what I've learned from being in marching band.

Chapter 29

-Friday, night of the homecoming football game-

The entire school was in the football stadium for a pep rally. The band was playing, and a paper mache replica of the visiting team's mascot, a knight, was set out on a pole above a fire pit. The cheerleaders, who were down on the field with the football team, had a large banner out, reading "Nuke the Knights!" with a picture of a chess piece knight being about a millisecond away from being blasted to smithereens with a nuclear warhead. Clearly someone on the cheerleading squad had some anger-management issues. But hey, the beginnings of the words both made the same sounds. The band was currently playing the school's fight song, which the cheerleaders were dancing to. As the song ended, Omeleteman stepped out onto the field with a microphone, communicating with the students through the speakers.

"Thank you! Now, are you all ready for tonight's game?" He spoke enthusiastically, but didn't yell. He was answered by loud cheering from the stands.

"Well, then…" He walked over to the pole holding the knight mascot up, then picked it up and lowered it into the fire until it caught, where he held it up so everyone could see. "Best of luck, football team! Nuke the Knights!" With that, Omeleteman handed the microphone off to the senior president of the student council to finish the festivities.

"Well, folks, looks like this game is going to go down to the wire to determine the winner with the current score being Fighters: 14 Knights: 14, Fighters with ownership of the ball, and with 2 minutes left to go in the fourth quarter!" The announcer guy said over the speakers. The cheerleaders were getting the crowd pumped, the bands played their school's fight songs, the crowds on either side were all revved up.

The quarterback for the Fighters, a senior, had gotten injured while playing, and as a result the coach sent Shadow out, despite him being a freshmen.

As the teams received their instructions and broke out of the huddles, lining up, the crowd cheered even louder for their teams.

The cheerleaders went into their giant pyramid, with Rouge at the top, when Ms. Batson had decided would be a good luck charm for the football team. The rest of the school that wasn't on the field was in the stands, as this was the most important game of the season- given they don't make it to playoffs.

The play was made, the ball thrown, clock ticking down- the runner was tackled. The clock stopped. A minute and 27 seconds left, 2nd down with 6 yards to go. Next play. Ball gets sent back, the player runs… and is tackled. 1st down, 10 yards to go, 1 minute left.

That's when Shadow got the signal from the sidelines: Use the secret weapon. He announced the plan to the other team members, and they lined up. The clock started ticking. The code was called out. Shadow faked a pass, then started running for the end zone. He narrowly avoided being tackled a couple of times, but once he broke away, there was nothing stopping him. The crowd went into an uproar.

"TOUCHDOWN FIGHTERS!" The announcer guy yelled. The band played the fight song enthusiastically. All of the football team members, save for Peter, Butch and Spike, of course, mobbed around Shadow and jumped up and down, him receiving a beating on his helmet and pads. As the clock ran down and the buzzers blared, the two teams lined up and gave each other high fives, as good sportsmen should.

Back in the dorm, everyone awaited Shadow, Knuckles, and Storm's arrival, all talking and excited about the victory. Tails had gone all out for this- he had temporarily dyed his fur green, keeping the tips of his tails white, and was wearing all green and white, as well. He had brought flags to the game itself, which were now in storage in his room.

Amy and Rouge remained in their cheerleader uniforms, which had been completed by green makeup and LOTS of glitter, by means of glitter hairspray, green eye glitter, and just body glitter- you can guess who decided on that uniform detail.

Sonic, never to give up his blueness, had merely gone shirtless and wore green shorts, while painting a large green "F" on his chest. Jet, already being green, painted a white "I" on his chest, and wore just white shorts. Silver opted for a green "G", while Espio had been forced to have an "H" painted on his chest. Kevin was more cooperative than Epsio, though reluctant, to paint a white "T" on himself. The other three letters were a group of three sophomores, who had signed them up for the deal in the first place.

Cam and Blaze had both painted black lines under their eyes, mimicking the technique football players used to keep the light out of their eyes. Cam was wearing a green hoodie with the school logo on it and comfortable white pants. Blaze basically had the same outfit, only the colors were switched. Wave had opted to wear black, much like she always does, though the black t-shirt she wore had the school logo printed on it, very large, and very green. She switched her bandana to a green one, as well.

All of them were armed with party poppers. As the door opened and they walked in, there were a series of loud "POP!"s, and showers of confetti rained down on the football players. Shadow didn't even flinch, carrying the game ball with him and still in-uniform (minus the pads and helmet, of course), while Knuckles instinctively put his fists up, ready to fight, and Storm dove for cover.

"Congratulations!" The group said simultaneously, through snickers at Knuckles and Storm. They closed the door.

Shadow made an attempt to brush all of the confetti and mini-streamers off of himself, to no avail. Cam smiled and walked up to him, helping him pick it off. Vector stepped forward.

"Good job, Shadow. That was good work out there."

Knuckles, who by now had regained his composure, cleared his throat to get attention.

"Oh, we're leaving Knuckie out." Rouge said. Then she turned to Knuckles. "Good job keeping that bench warm, Knuckie!" She playfully punched him in the arm, showering him with glitter.

"Good job becoming a pixie, Batgirl. Try keeping your dust to yourself." He brushed the glitter off of his arm.

Vector interrupted them. "Okay, it's late, everyone needs to get a shower and go to bed." He completely ignored the massive party popper mess that was now on the ground by the doorway. "Big day tomorrow."

With some murmurs of disapproval, the group did as they were told, splitting up to their respective sides of the dorm. In the girls' side of the dorm, Wave waited until Rouge and Blaze had gone to their rooms when she grabbed Cam and Amy, giving them the international sign for 'shhh!', and pulling them into her room.

"What is it, Wave?" Amy said in a harsh whisper.

"We need to make a plan for tomorrow's dance. We need to get Silver and Blaze, then Knuckles and Rouge, together." She said.

"And how, pray tell, do we do that?" Cam asked, crossing her arms.

"It's a dance. We get them to dance together." Wave said as it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"I mean, what do we do to make it happen?" Cam re-worded.

"What if we just make Blaze and Silver be in on the plot to get Knuckles and Rouge to dance together? Blaze can dance with Knuckles for a bit, and Silver can dance with Rouge. I'm sure they'd be more than willing to trade off. That way, Blaze and Silver will end up dancing together as well." Amy suggested.

"Brilliant, Pinky!" Wave said. "Come on, let's go."

She led them over to Blaze's room, and knocked on the door. They received a swift answer from Blaze.

"Yes?" The lavender cat asked, already in her pajamas.

Wave immediately let herself in. "We have a plan, and we need your help."

Blaze sweatdropped. "Sure, come in, guys. What kind of plan?"

Cam and Amy took this as a cue to come in as well.

"We're going to get Knuckles and Rouge together, tomorrow. But we need you and Silver to put the plan into action." Wave explained.

Blaze raised an eyebrow. "May I ask why?"

"The plan involves getting them to dance together by having two people dance with them, then trade off." Wave started.

"Face it- they're not going to buy it if Sonic and I do it." Amy continued. "You two would be the least suspicious if you were going to dance with them, then switch off. You're not officially together with anyone, and since you are best friends, it would be perfectly reasonable to assume that you would want to dance together." Blaze seemed to think about this for a minute, after a brief period of silence, she looked up and nodded. "Okay. Let's tell Silver." She went and pulled out her laptop, typing in all of the necessary things to call Silver with her webcam.

When he answered, it looked like he had just gotten out of the shower, as his quills were all droopy, and his fur was generally damp-looking.

"What's up, Blaze? Are you alright?" He asked.

Blaze giggled. "Yes, I'm fine. But I need your help with something."

"Sure. Anything." Silver seemed to settle down a bit, and sat down in front of the laptop.

"We're planning on getting Knuckles and Rouge together at the dance. We're hoping that getting them to dance together will do the trick… What we're thinking is that you'll ask Rouge to dance while I ask Knuckles. Then we'll switch off on the dance floor after a minute. Sound like a plan?" Blaze explained.

Silver nodded on the screen. "Yep. Let's do it. See you tomorrow, Blaze."

"Thanks, Silver." Blaze replied. They both ended the chat at the same time.

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-The night of the homecoming dance-

Knuckles knocked on the door to the girls' hallway impatiently. "What is taking so long, Batgirl?"

There was a muffled response from the other side of the door, but still clear enough to hear: "Girls need more time than you! We actually have to put on more than a new shirt, Knucklehead!"

"It's been half an hour!" Knuckles argued. The door swung open, revealing Cam. Along with her dress, she had on silver high heels, and a silver necklace, which was made of several different shapes. They went around her neck, while in the front there was a line of about three shapes that dropped down, resting just above the top of the dress. She carried a tiny silver clutch purse as well to carry money, her phone, and some band-aids just because of the fact that some girls' shoes were going to be killing them by the end of the night. Her makeup was also silver, and she looked annoyed.

"They spend 10 minutes perfecting makeup, and Blaze and I weren't allowed to do our own. Could you please be patient for another 5 minutes?" She asked. Not waiting for an answer, she closed the door again, and the clicking of her heels could be heard going back to another room.

Silence.

"Shadow, you are one lucky-" Silver was cut off when the door opened again, when all of the girls came out.

Then there wasn't just silence from the guys. There was utter silence. Not that the girls really noticed.

Blaze had on silver heels very similar to Cam's, and her makeup was also silver, but with more of a smoky eye effect to it. Amy had on gold heels with just two straps in the front that crossed in an X shape. She also had on a gold bracelet that had a rose on it, which reflected the light in a way that made the petals flawlessly transition from gold to brown. Rouge's heels were silver, but had many straps going up them, and many sparkles all over them. She also wore what looked like a diamond necklace. You couldn't see Wave's heels all that well, but they looked black, and open-toed. She wore two bracelets, one silver and black, and the other pink. Both were made of circles that were connected together in a loop.

"I don't care what you say, Blaze, that makeup looks perfect on you." Rouge said.

"It's too much!" Blaze went to wipe it off, but Wave grabbed her hand.

"Try it and I kill you." Wave said, a little too seriously.

Blaze looked dejected, giving up.

Amy just kind of poked the three of them, then pointed at the guys. It looked like their brains broke. It was only when the girls started staring back that the guys seemed to snap out of it. Sonic was the first to speak.

"Wow, Amy… You look fantastic." He went up to her and took her hand.

"Wave, you're dressed like a girl! A totally non-depressed girl! What the heck?" Jet yelled.

Wave glared at Jet. "Shut up."

Tails cleared his throat. "We should go… the dance starts in 5 minutes."

A small chorus of agreement went throughout the room, and they walked out.

The gymnasium was given a complete makeover for the purpose of the dance. The bleachers were retracted into what just looked like walls, which were decorated with streamers in all different colors. There was a small stage set up at the front, and the DJ was located right next to said stage. Part of the gym had tables and various chairs for people, as well as a few snack tables. Most of the gym between these two areas, however, was to be used as a dance floor. Chairs lined the walls, balloons were popping up everywhere, either tied to chairs or tables or attached to the places where the streamers met up. No music was playing, however, and the teachers instructed the mob entering to go in front of the stage. When the mob was finally in, Omeleteman stepped onto stage, getting a mic.

"Hello students. Before we start the party, I want to first congratulate the football team for their success. Also, I want to be clear. There will be no dirty dancing tonight. Teachers will be watching and they will kick you out if you partake in it. Now, I've been asked by Jannette for the ballroom dancing class to perform for you, followed by each member asking a non-member of the club to dance, teaching them that dance. Please, everyone not in the club, take a seat…"

The students that were in the class stood there awkwardly as the other students went and found seats.

Jannette went up and took the microphone from Omeleteman. "Alright, get into your pairs. We're going to be doing the Viennese waltz. Then when you teach the other students, we will do a basic waltz."

Wave and Jet got into dancing position with the other students, while Cam did the same with Hiko, looking none too happy about it. Jannette signaled to the DJ, who turned on the music, and they started dancing.

This particular dance was much faster than anyone had expected a waltz to be. The pairs spun around while at the same time moving around the dance floor. Hands linked, girls with their hands on the boys' shoulders, and boys with their hands on the girls' backs. The girls were all leaning their top half away… all of a sudden, they let go, leaving their hands linked. The boys spun the girls in place. Back together, they started spinning the opposite direction. Their feet were moving so fast, it was a wonder how no one had tripped or stepped on someone else's foot yet. Spinning, spinning, spinning… wait, they changed the direction they spun again! Okay… they stopped moving and now both of them are spinning over one spot… then the guys dipped the girls. Then they started spinning the other direction again, still in place. They stopped, then leaned forward, then back, and forward again, then started side-stepping, away from the direction they were looking. A small kick out, and the guys backed away from the girls. The girls left their arms out for a second before gracefully putting them down. They bowed to each other, and it was over.

The DJ played an applause soundtrack to give the students an idea.

"Alright, everyone, go get a partner. Those who don't get a partner in the class, find a partner and just watch the others. Try to learn from them." Jannette ordered.

The students dispersed, going to their friends to find dance partners. Cam automatically went up to Shadow, holding out her hand for him. Shadow sighed, standing up.

"Oh, don't worry, it will be fine." Cam encouraged.

"I don't like dancing." Shadow argued.

"That doesn't mean you can't learn." Cam said, pulling him out to the dance floor.

Wave scanned the group of guys to see who would be her victim… she saw Espio and walked up to him.

He looked up at her calmly. "Yes?"

Wave put out her hand. "Come on. You're learning to waltz."

Espio maintained eye contact, but did not take her hand. "Forgive me, but I don't dance."

"Ha." Wave tapped her heel on the floor impatiently. "That wasn't a question, ninja-boy. Move your feet." She grabbed him by the arm, pulling him forcefully into dancing position.

Espio blinked, startled, but he didn't pull away. "Indubitably..."

"Put your hand on my back," Wave instructed. "And stand up straighter!" Espio shook his head but did as he was told.

"Now, there are going to be three steps to this… you step forward with your left foot…" She stepped back with her right foot, and Espio stepped forward with his left. "Then you step out with your right foot…" They stepped out together. "Then you put your feet together." Their feet went in. "Then you do it the opposite way, with the right foot going back." They completed that flawlessly.

"Not half bad, ninja-boy." Wave smirked. She let go and let him out to the dance floor. "Let's see how you do with music."

There was a slow waltz tune on, designed to let people learn. Cam and Shadow were already out, obviously getting used to the music. Hiko was dancing with Anna, but having some trouble with getting the dance into her head.

Espio picked up on the dance really well. In fact, they were probably the best pair that was out there, now that the ballroom dancing class had dispersed.

"You know, dancing isn't so bad when I don't have to haul Jet around with me…" Wave thought out loud.

"Many things are better when you don't need to supervise your teammates." Espio said, nodding.

"You too, huh?" Wave asked, almost sympathetically.

"Hn."

"I always have to yell at them. But it never works. Maybe if I was calmer they would listen… you seem to be calm enough when you have to deal with things."

Espio shook his head. "My teammates never take me seriously. I would do well to adopt some of your volume and brutal honesty."

Wave laughed. "I'd give you some if I could."

Even Espio managed to crack the tiniest of smiles.

Jet looked around, searching desperately for any girl to dance with him. Looking into a small crowd of cheerleaders, he pulled one out and led her to the dance floor, not waiting to show her the moves.

"Hey, what the heck are you-?"

"I'm teaching you to dance, now shut up and move your feet!" Jet commanded.

"OW! You stepped on my foot!" The cheerleader cried.

"I wouldn't have stepped on your foot if you wouldn't have put your foot in my way." Jet said, going on obliviously.

The cheerleader's screams of pain could be heard very often, and they ended up arguing, before the cheerleader angrily limped off. No other girl agreed to dance with Jet after that.

Kevin stood up. No one had asked him to dance, so he decided to find a partner. Looking around the room, he spotted a pretty, light-blue cat who was in their grade sitting down, looking around shyly. He walked up to her.

"Hey, Prosephone. Want to dance?"

Prosephone snapped her head up. "U-um… Sure, Kevin."

Kevin offered her his hand, which she gladly took. They walked over to the dance floor, and started figuring out the steps by watching the others. At one point, Prosephone was bumped from the back by one of the upperclassmen pairs, making her push onto Kevin. They stopped dancing.

Prosephone was blushing like crazy. "S-sorry…"

Kevin just laughed it off. "It's fine. You don't have to be so nervous. I don't bite." He helped her stand up.

They started dancing again, to the song that seemed to never end.

"You know what?" Kevin asked.

Prosephone turned her head to look at him again. "Umm… what?"

"You're kind of cute when you-" He was cut off.

The same pair of upperclassmen bumped into Prosephone again, and this time, they locked lips. In that instance, sparks flew between them. Prosephone jumped away, her usually white muzzle now about as red as a tomato.

"…blush." Kevin finished. Both of them had completely stopped, and were staring at each other.

Prosephone blinked a couple of times. "I… I'm sorry…" She started running off, making Kevin snap out of his daze.

"Hey, wait!" Kevin called after her. He followed her through the crowd and outside the building. He found her sitting on the steps inside the school building, and wordlessly sat down by her.

"Th-that… was my first kiss." Prosephone admitted, to no one in particular.

Kevin took it as a statement towards him, since no one else was around. "…It was mine, too."

Prosephone turned to look at him, remnants of the blush still on her face. "Really…?"

Kevin smiled and nodded. "Really."

Prosephone adjusted her gaze back to the ground. "W-well… the other girls… really don't know what they're missing."

It was Kevin's turn to blush. He couldn't help it. "Um… so… it's a little late for this and all, but… wanna be my date?" He scratched the back of his head with a sheepish grin.

Prosephone smiled up at him. "Sure, that would be nice."

"Well, then…" Kevin stood up, offering his arm to Prosephone. "Shall we make our way back to the party?" His British accent was terrible, which made Prosephone laugh while she stood up and looped her arm around his.

"Yes, let's." Her accent was much more convincing.

When they re-entered the room, the waltzing lessons had ended, and now fast music was playing, which most of the students were jumping to. Somehow jumping had turned into the equivalent of dancing. The girls who were a little more practical just kind of bounced or swayed, or a combination of the two.

Prosephone stared at the dance floor uncomfortably. She never was one for that kind of dancing.

Kevin seemed to notice this. "Come on, let's find a place to sit." He led her to one of the tables that were there. They started talking, getting to know each other.

After about 20 fast songs, the DJ finally took the mic. "Alright, I'm going to play some slow songs now before we wrap things up. Couples, or even just friends that want to dance, this is your chance to get out on the floor!"

Blaze and Silver looked at each other, nodded, and started to put their plan into action. Blaze went over to where Knuckles was sitting and being anti-social.

"Hey, Knuckles, let's dance." She said, grabbing his arm and pulling him up. She kept talking as she led him out onto the dance floor. "You haven't danced at all today. It's against the rules. You dance at a dance."

Knuckles looked completely dumbfounded, but did as he was told anyway.

Silver approached Rouge and some upperclassmen as they were dancing. The boy couldn't seem to keep his eyes in the right place.

Silver tapped him on the shoulder. "Mind if I cut in?"

Rouge answered for him. "Of course not." She quickly switched over from the upperclassmen to Silver. The upperclassmen, dejected, walked away.

"What a perv." Rouge said as soon as the upperclassmen was out of earshot.

"I hate guys like that." Silver agreed. "Always glad to help a friend out."

With that, they ended their conversation. Over the course of a couple of minutes, Blaze and Silver had gotten over by one another. In midst of a turn, Blaze acted surprised.

"Oh, hey Silver! There you are!" She let go of Knuckles.

Silver smiled at Blaze. "Hey, Blaze."

Blaze turned to Rouge. "Do you mind if we swap off dance partners?"

Rouge shook her head. "Not at all." She let go of Silver and went over to Knuckles.

"Hey, Knuckie." She said, looping her hands around his neck.

"Batgirl." Knuckles replied. Without anything else to do with his hands, he put them around her waist. He looked around to see if there were any quick ways to get out of this. No such luck. They were in the middle of the dance floor, and surrounded. But, looking around, he did notice one guy whose eyes were wandering a little too much in their direction. They stopped dancing, and Knuckles let go of Rouge. "Hey, punk. Keep your eyes up." Knuckles warned.

Rouge looked over to the person he was talking to, and she stiffened. "That's the jerk who was dancing with me before and couldn't keep his hands or eyes to himself…"

The guy walked up. "You got a problem with me, freshmen?" He was about a head taller than Knuckles, and looked to be on the wrestling team.

"Keep your eyes to yourself." Knuckles warned, cracking his knuckles.

"What, she your girlfriend or something? Girls who aren't taken are fair game, dude." The guy said.

Knuckles then put his arm around Rouge, pulling her closer. "Yeah, she is, so back off."

The upperclassmen glared at Knuckles. "Fine. Prove it."

"Prove it? What more proof do you need?" Knuckles said, getting annoyed.

"You two kiss, and I'll leave her alone." He demanded. "And I'd better not see that you're lying to me later…"

"Fine." Rouge glared at the upperclassmen. She put her arms around Knuckles' neck and kissed him, without any hesitation. Both of their eyes closed. It took many seconds for them to break apart. When they disconnected, Rouge turned back to the guy, hands on her hips. "Happy now?"

"No." He said. "Fine. But if I find out you two are lying…" He didn't finish his sentence, just walked away instead.

Knuckles had a blank look on his face. Rouge waved a hand in front of him. "Mobius to Knuckie, Mobius to Knuckie. Come in, Knuckie."

Knuckles snapped out of it. "What?"

"We were dancing?" Rouge pointed out.

"Oh… right." They went back to dancing.

Ted, the upperclassmen, walked up to Amy and Sonic, who were sitting nearby, tired from all the fast dancing.

"You do it?" Amy asked.

"I almost got my face beat in, but I did it." He said.

"Good. Thanks." Amy reached into her glove and pulled out a twenty, handing it to Ted.

"Looks like everything's going according to plan." Blaze said, watching Knuckles and Rouge kiss. "I hope this gets them together."

"Well, if it doesn't, I wouldn't mind doing something like this again." Silver said, smiling. "Dancing with you is nice."

Blaze smiled back at him, playing with the quills on the back of his neck. "Yeah, it is. It's definitely better than dance lessons back home…" Her face dropped.

Silver's face flattened out. "I would hope so. Whenever you talk about it, you get upset."

"I do not…" Blaze argued half-heartedly.

"You know you can't lie to me, Blaze." Silver said.

"Yes, I know." Blaze said this as if she had heard it a million times.

"Come on, let's forget about that." Silver suggested. Just then, Blaze stepped on his toe, making him wince.

Blaze quickly removed her foot. "Sorry, Silver. I wasn't thinking."

Silver smiled again. "Hahaha, no worries."

"…Can we stop now? My feet are killing me." Blaze suggested.

"Sure." Silver took her hand, and helped part the sea of people as they waded through. They sat down at the table. Silver went and got them some punch, then sat back down by Blaze.

"I hate heels." Blaze grumbled, pulling them off. As soon as she was done with that, she pulled her skirt down a bit. "And I hate skirts."

"That's too bad, you look great." Silver commented. "Not that pants don't suit you. Everything does."

"Silver!" Blaze playfully punched him in the arm.

"What? It's true!" Silver stuck her tongue out at her.

Cam and Shadow sat down by them, and Cam seemed to have the same action as Blaze after sitting. Just then, a teacher they didn't know walked by, getting Blaze and Silver's attention.

"Oh, you two are such a cute couple!" The teacher said.

As soon as Blaze and Silver's focuses were away, Cam poured a tiny bit of powder into each of Blaze and Silver's drinks.

Blaze and Silver looked at each other. "We're not a couple." They said at the same time, blushes appearing on their faces.

The teacher just giggled. "Oh, that's even cuter…" She walked off, smiling to herself.

"Hey, Shadow, let's go get a snack." Cam said. Shadow merely nodded, and they left once more.

Blaze and Silver picked up their drinks, not noticing anything.

"She was crazy. I hope we don't end up in one of her classes." Blaze said. She took a sip of her drink and looked at Silver.

Silver nodded in agreement. "With our luck, we will." He took a drink as well.

They froze for a second, looking at each other.

"Yeah… our luck…" Blaze said, almost in a dream-like state.

Silver noticed an imaginary dot on Blaze's cheek. "Hey, you've got something…" He put up his hand to wipe the imaginary substance off, but his hand stayed there. He stared at Blaze for a second before removing his hand. "Do you want to dance…?"

"Sure." Blaze answered. She stood up with Silver, leaving her shoes behind.

They started dancing to the slow music. But it was more like hugging than dancing. Hug Dancing.

From the snack area, Shadow speculated on the scene. "What kind of stuff did you put in their drinks?"

"Oh, nothing major. It wasn't like a love potion or anything. I made it so that they wouldn't worry about their friendship being ruined by their relationship. I don't know how to describe it. But I can make potions for very specific functions. It really opened their eyes, don't you think?" Cam said, swirling her own punch in her cup.

Just then, Silver and Blaze leaned in and kissed each other.

"Aww!" Cam smiled at the two of them.

Shadow looked at her. "Why did you say that?"

"It's cute." Cam said in a huff.

"I don't see that." Shadow said uncaringly.

"Wh-" Cam started to ask.

Shadow cut her off, smirking. "You're much cuter."

Cam rolled her eyes, but smiled all the same. "That was cheesy. You know that?"

"Yes."

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After the dance was wrapped up and the students kicked out, the teachers guided them back to their dorms. Because of the mass of the mobs, different groups of friends got back to the dorms at different times.

Jet, Storm, and Tails were the first ones to get back. Vector was waiting for them.

"Why do I have the strange feeling that we're going to be the only ones who are single?" Tails asked.

Sonic and Amy were the next to walk in. No surprises there. Cam and Shadow were after that. Still no surprises. Next were Silver and Blaze, their hands intertwined. The effects of the potion had already worn off, but had done the trick. Amy looked excited, like she was trying to hold in a squeal. Next was Knuckles and Rouge. Knuckles had his hand around Rouge's waist. This had Amy really antsy. All that were left were Wave and Espio…

There was a knock at the door. Vector went and answered it. It was a teacher, holding Wave and Espio by the arms. One arm for one hand. "These kids are in your dorm, right?"

"Yeah." Vector nodded.

"They were kissing behind the bleachers. Keep an eye on them." The teacher warned, letting them go.

Vector could hardly keep himself contained as he nodded and closed the door. That's when he exploded. "Espio, you got a girlfriend?" He started laughing. Laughing so hard, in fact, that he doubled over. He even started crying.

Now it was Jet's turn. "Wave, you got a BOYFRIEND?" Jet started laughing as well, joining Vector doubled over on the floor from laughter.

The swallow and the chameleon both gazed level-headedly at their teammates. When the laughing didn't stop, they exchanged glances.

"Jet…"

"Vector…"

"Do I need to get the wrench out…?"

"Do I need to let my girlfriend after you with a wrench…?"

This shut their traps.

Wave grinned at Espio, who smirked back at her. "I think this will work out nicely." She said.

Another knock on the door was heard. Vector got up, winded, and answered it. It was Kevin. He and Prosephone were holding hands. "I left my bag in here earlier."

Vector nodded. "It's on the table."

Kevin acknowledged this, and walked in with Prosephone, grabbing his bag off the table.

Cam freaked out. "Oh my gosh! Kevin got a girlfriend!" She went up to both of them, arms outstretched. "Both of you, hug, now."

Prosephone shyly joined the hug, while Kevin had become used to it.

After the hug, they left, before Cam could think of anything else to say or do.

"Alright. All of you, bed." Vector instructed.

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Phew! It's done! I'm glad I got this out when I did. The school year is in full swing, and I have a really busy after-school schedule this year. I just want to say thank you to those of you who have reviewed, favorited, or added my stories (or me) to your alerts! It really means a lot.

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