Black Rose

Song: the One-Skillet Rating: 9

Chapter 36-Sweet and Sadly

After only a day there we had to leave, though we'd be back in a few weeks. Everyone enjoyed meeting each other, my siblings and all of our friends who lived out there. I was sure that my plan would work after seeing how well everyone reacted with one another. I couldn't help wondering why I hadn't thought of this sooner, but the obvious answer leaped on me at once and I tried to forget that point.

A few weeks later, everyone had their winter break and we left early the morning of their first day out of school. We arrived in the after-noon and, even though it was an awful, bitter-cold day, everyone jumped out and started running around the open country land near the beach and Tails's workshop, trying to scrape together enough of the scattered snow to have a snow ball fight, but with hardly any luck.

I made them all come in since no one was dressed for the cold and Sonic came out of the huge shed, he had run there ahead of us, and hugged me against him, still refusing to let me use my own crutches.

"Wow, you were only gone for about a day and it's still so nice to see you again." He said, holding me against him and away from the cold.

"The next few months are gonna be awful." I said pouting.

"But imagine how good it'll be to see each other again." He said, and it was true. That was the only purpose of our agreement that he wouldn't come and check up on me. Plus I wondered if he trusted me on my own for that long anymore.

"Guys, get in here! It's freezing!" Rogue called out the door, pulling us back to reality just before we came close enough for our lips to meet. But the wind and snow were too real to waste time in and Sonic sped back into the workshop after everyone else.

Sonic let me down on the little sofa next to Cream so she could say hi while he went to greet Brian and the little kids with some of the others.

"Hi Cream." I said as she leaned over to hug me.

"It's so great that you get to come back here forever again Amy!"

"I know! I wish I could have seen you more often in the past few years; I feel like there's a lot we missed out on together."

"Me too." She agreed. It would have been a sad moment, but Cream had a way of making sadness a physical impossibility.

We stayed for the whole week they had off from school, making out final plans for construction and location to the houses we had all agreed on for our big move. Finally, everything was set and everyone had to say a few last goodbyes to last for a few months, however long it took to get our old house sold and the new ones built.

When we left that time, the twins, Jason, Hannah, Tony, Brian, Charlotte, and Sonic all stayed to help Knuckles and Tails build a few houses. Brian and Charlotte would have their own house who-knows-where (they were both staying to decide together), Carly would share a house with Hannah, Samuel, and Michelle right next to mine with another connected to it for Carson, Jason, Tony, and Timmy. Of course, since they were connected, they could all switch out as they pleased. Joseph and Angie would share the extra bedroom and my (and Sonic's) house. It had four bedrooms, originally one for me, him, and two extras, but we wanted to keep at least one designated extra room for when Carly or Carson needed a break. Basically it wasn't very strict on who went where, but we at least wanted to build some basic guidelines to know what we were working with.

Sonic and I had to keep our 'mushy-romancey-stuff' (as the little kids called it) to a minimum, which also gave none of the others any idea as to our now more intimate relationship. It was kind of funny, really. How they could notice little traces of us together when everyone was around each other. But since I was a part of it, it seemed much easier to pick on the sparks set off by the others.

I saw the way Cream and Tails would brush slowly by each other or linger in one another's gaze for extended periods. Than there was Knuckles and Rogue, who didn't take into account that some of their company was under 16 and didn't quite understand why their lips would search all over each others bodies, having NO boundaries like most other people. Or the way Knuckles's hand might start on Rogue's shoulder or hers on his knee and slowly make its way to a more…restricted area. I couldn't help but suppress a giggle every now and than when they ended up making out for no apparent reason in the middle of some group discussion.

At night, Sonic would always sneak off into my room after the others had gone to bed and we were able to talk in private or just enjoy the comfort, or in my case warmth, of one another's arms. It was funny, ending up not really trying to hide us being together but than seeming like it was a big trick to see how long it would take them to find us hiding around a corner to enjoy each other's lips or how he didn't just hold me, but our bodies were always pressed together in some way. He had kept his word quite well on never letting me go again. But of course, that couldn't last forever.

When we left, Vanilla agreed to let Cream come with us back to my house. I hadn't had much time to catch up with her and we both thought it would be fun. Plus, I think Sonic had told her to go and make sure I did little to nothing in packing everything and trying to get the house sold. We went around saying our goodbyes to everyone, longer for some since it would be the first time in a long time I'd be away from some of my siblings for so long and the first ever some of them would be apart. I hugged all of them and Sonic carried me to the car, setting me in the driver's side opposite to everyone else, so that we were out of view while they finished up their own fare-wells.

"You sure you'll be okay?" he asked me.

"The question is, will you?" I teased slightly.

"We'll just have to wait and see." He said with a smile. "Just remember; I'm only a phone call away."

"And 10,000 miles." I added, but he shrugged like it was nothing, though to him it might have been.

I kissed his cheek, which he turned away from so that it was his lips. In an attempt to not get carried away, I broke away slowly before it could heat up too much, though heat would have been quite welcome at the moment. I looked over to the others, finishing their hugs and making their way over. Cream kissed Tails on the cheek, causing them both to blush fiercely, though I thought it was more of being seen than having an awkward moment with each other.

"I'll miss you." He said, kissing my cheek quickly before I had to close my door.

"I'll miss you more." I said certainly, "Bye."

"Goodbye sounds too permanent. How about, see ya?"

"That works."

Our conversation rolled away just before the car did, leaving all of them for almost three whole months.

"So," I began as Cream closed her window from waving and we got onto the highway, "you and Tails, huh?"

She blushed again.

A/N: Sweet and Sadly; name says it all, huh? At least its not forever this time! I'll try to update soon, but right now I have French fries burning, so bye everyone! Review for a swifter update!