I was pleased to see all the Marine support :)
Anyway ... *squeal* Glee season 2 arrived :D - so much KLAINE :3
In fact I'm watching the disc right now ... ''Baby It's Cold Outside'' is now one of my favourite songs ...
That couple ... oh my goodness. They make lines that sound like they belong in Twilight - ''There is a moment, when you say to yourself ... oh! There you are ... I've been looking for you forever'', ''Watching you, do ''Blackbird'', this week ... that was the moment for me ... about you.'' and ''I'll never say goodbye to you'' - some of the most romantic things ever.
Though Blaine is like, the offical king of mixed-signals. I swear, TWO episodes after they do 'Baby It's Cold Outside'' he asks Kurt to help him sing to another guy on Valentine's Day ... seriously Blaine? You're worse than Amy ... and Sonic. And like, a million times more oblivious than Blaze. Yes, the same Blaze who never realised that her best friend had been in love with her since I don't know ... forever?
Okaaaay. I should lay of the Klaine fanfiction. Though I'd just turn to Taismo or something ... seriously, I've been re-watching SonicX and it reminded me why I love Taismo so much ...
Believe it or not, it's because of Taismo you got this story.
I had spent the last few months reading Highschool!Sonamy stories, and I couldn't help but say to my friend;
''You know, just once I'd like to see a Sonamy story WITHOUT Taiream ... I just never got that pairing ... like ever. And I'd love a Taismo story without loads of ANGST. God, us Taismo fans would kill for a sweet, fluffy story, like every other ship gets!''
and he was like
''Then just write a stupid fluffy fanfic about them! *facepalm*''
(Thank you J, for the idea :D)
So I decided to try a Taismo story, but I couldn't find a way to make the secret dating thing a proper plot to last for a whole story, so I just thought ''Screw this!'' and decided to make it a sub-plot for some other pairing ... I thought up the basic idea for this in an hour and yup.
The sub-plots though ... seriously, I spent weeks thinking up stories for the other pairings.
Anyway, hope you enjoy this :) Alot of it is about Marine (and taken from ''Kiss'' by J. Wilson), but I think it's an important subplot.
I want this story to be realistic ... and in real life, you get involved with your friend's relationships. You're not the only person with stuff going on. I wanted to show that in this story :)
And in real life, some people are gay. People should get over it.
Enjoooy :)
I don't own any fanfics mentioned ... they're just ones I really enjoy :)
Marine didn't come back to school after she came out to us. We were all worried sick about her ...
'I wonder who broke her heart ...' Blaze said after school one day. This was our main topic of conversation these days ... but could you blame us? If you're friend had gotten their heart broken, you'd want to know who broke their heart and mess with them too.
Marine had been really suprised about how quickly we accepted her sexuallity. Rouge admitted that she had always sorta suspected it, Maria, Cosmo and Cream had hugged her, telling her that they loved her anyway and Tikal came right out and asked if she had ever had a crush on one of them.
She admitted to liking Cosmo when she had first moved here, which had made Cosmo blush. And everyone else laugh.
She let us tell the guys, who were really cool with it.
It's funny, I noticed that most people accept lesbians quicker then gay men ... a boy in my old school had come out, and everyone had tried to make his life a living hell - calling him ''fag'' to his face, beating him up all the time ... really awful stuff. He ended up trying to kill himself, but his attempt didn't work. He was moved to a new school.
But a girl came out a while before him, and nobody really minded. Yeah, there were a few homophobic comments, but it was nothing compared to what happened to the poor boy.
That's kind of sexist ... and stupid.
I didn't really mind that Marine was gay ... I mean, she was still Marine ... the only change was that she couldn't gush over how hot some guys were. It made her feel uncomfortable when we did, so she had said that if we didn't do it too much, then she wouldn't talk about how hot some girls were... we agreed.
It would of been really awkward for us.
'Mabye it was someone in her football team?' Maria suggested, twisting a lock of hair around her finger. 'I mean -'
'Don't,' Cosmo said softly. 'Don't talk about it ... Marine wouldn't want us to.'
We stopped talking about it after that. Instead, Blaze and Rouge talked about Yearbook Commitee, while Maria and Cosmo fangirled over fanfiction -
'Pretty Little Loner is the best Rimahiko story EVER!'
'I think Nagihiko the Liar and Rima the Hypocrite is better. Rima Can't Spell is good too.'
'Ask Rei was cool ... and I enjoyed Rush Hour, but it's only a one-shot. But it's really funny!'
'Have you read The Real Memory? The Harry Potter one?'
'Oh my gosh! That was depressing!'
'I know! I wept buckets at the end!'
'I like The Prince. It's about Snape becoming friends with James and the others.'
'Sounds cool.'
'Have you read any good Klaine fanfiction this week?'
'I just started Roses In December ... it's pretty good.'
'I'll look it up.'
'Do it! Do it! Do it!'
Cream, Tikal and I complained about school and homework, and then Cream started gushing about Monty. Tikal and I rolled our eyes.
This was normal for us.
'Hello girls!' a sing-song voice from behind us said.
We turned around, to see a smiling fox. 'Hey Aishling!' Maria grinned, 'What can we do for you?'
'Oh, I was just wondering what happened to Marine.' Aishling admitted, suddenly sounding shy, 'She hasn't been at football for a while ...'
Blaze blinked, 'You're on the football team then?'
Aishling nodded, 'Yes. I'm in defence with Marine.'
'Oh,' Cream paused, biting her lip, 'Er, Marine hasn't been feeling well ...'
We nodded, 'Yup. She has a pretty bad cold.' Rouge added. Maria, Cosmo and Blaze nodded. Aishling's smile faded.
'What? Is she okay? It isn't serious is it?' she asked, eyes wide. Maria and I shared a confused look ... why was Aishling so worried about Marine? Marine had never mentioned knowing Aishling before.
'I guess Niamh was right then.' Aishling added, shrugging. Blaze looked at the pretty Irish fox, puzzled. 'Huh? What do you mean?'
'You know, Niamh? The badger from my school in Ireland,' Aishling said, her eyes glowing when she mentioned her country, the same way Marine's glowed when she talked about down under. 'I asked her if she knew what had happened to Marine, and she said that she was really sick.'
All of us had the same expression of confusion on our face. We were all thinking the same thing;
Why would Niamh of said that Marine's sick, when she isn't?
Aishling waited for us to say something. When we didn't, she smiled at us, 'Well, give Marine my best! Tell her I miss her, and hope she gets well soon.' she beamed, skipping off.
For a few seconds we all just stood there, still trying to figure out what Niamh had meant.
'What did Niamh mean, that Marine's sick?' Tikal asked us, voice soft. Rouge and Cream shrugged, 'No idea.'
Maria bit her lip, 'You don't think ...' she didn't finish whatever she was going to say. I looked over at her, 'Think what?'
'It's just ... Niamh said that Marine was sick ... but ... that might mean something else ...'
I froze, when I realised what Maria was trying to say.
'No ...'
'What?' Cream asked, not understanding.
Maria sighed, 'I think Niamh is the one who broke Marine's heart. She does English and Science with me, and she says some pretty homophobic stuff ... like, she's the type of person who'd use ''gay'' as a put-down. And she's always making jokes about gay people ... '
'What does that have to do with Marine?' Cosmo asked, eyes narrowed. I could see that she was planning what she was going to say to Niamh if what Maria thought was true.
'I don't know,' Maria confessed, slightly downcast. 'I just thought - '
'Maria thought that Marine liked Niamh, and that Niamh's the one who broke her heart because she's obviously straight.' I told the seedrian, sighing. Maria nodded, while Cosmo's eyes widened in astonishment.
'Wait.'
We looked over at Rouge, who looked slightly shifty, avoiding our curious gaze. 'This might be nothing ... but the other day, in town, I saw Marine hanging out with Niamh, Aishling and Ciara. I just saw them walk past, and Niamh was saying something. Marine looked like she was hanging on her every word. And she had the same look Tails and Silver get when someone mentions Cosmo and Blaze.'
Cosmo and Blaze blushed slightly, but because we're so nice we pretended not to notice.
'So ... Marine liked Niamh? And Niamh turned her down ...'
Cosmo's face became stony, 'That bitch,' (that was when I knew Cosmo was upset. She only ever swears when she's really angry about something) she hissed, teeth bared. 'How could she do that to her! Marine's been crying her eyes out!'
'It's unreal ... I mean, I get that she's not gay but seriously, she could of been nicer!'
'Poor poor Marine ... we should go over to her place and talk to her.'
'Yeah, and tomorrow we can sort Niamh out!'
Cream hadn't joined in with our angry outbursts; she was silent, and looked thoughtful.
'What was with Aishling though? She seemed really weird about Marine ... like ...' the rabbit trailed off, her brown eyes becoming bigger. 'Oh my gosh!'
'What?' Rouge and I demanded. Cream grinned slyly, 'I can't say ... I'm going to have to do something first ...'
Cream began to run off in the same direction as Aishling, waving at us. We all looked very confused ... we all felt very confused.
What was going on?
I slammed my locker door, sighing. I was exhausted from staying up last night, talking to the girls on the phone - we had been trying to figure out what Cream had meant earlier on, what would happen if you put a bananna in the microwave (Maria) and what was the plural of the word ''platypus'' (Cosmo, Tikal and Rouge who had been trying to solve the same crossword)
It didn't help that I had double maths today, and Glee club. We had to sing a song about beauty or a lack of beauty on the inside or outside - Maria and I were doing ''Pretty/Unpretty'' together, and Cosmo was singing ''Beautiful'' by Christina Aguilera.
'Amy?'
I turned around to see (to my dismay) Sally Acorn, standing behind me. She looked serious, but anxious at the same time.
'Hey Sally, what do you want?' I asked, trying to sound curious. Which was hard, because I just wanted her to go away ... I hated seeing her ... she made me feel so guilty.
Sally was so friendly, and kind to everyone ... and I was falling for her boyfriend.
'Oh, I wanted to talk to you ...' she said, her voice becoming a whisper, 'About Sonic.'
I froze, my heart thudding.'Why?' I asked her, trying to sound cool, 'He's your boyfriend ... I don't even know him that well.'
Sally gave me a ''bitch please'' look, rolling her eyes. 'Yeah, right. Please Amy. It's important.'
'Fine,' I groaned, 'But make it quick ... the bell's gonna ring soon.'
'It will only be a minute.' Sally promised, walking towards the girl's bathroom. I followed her in, watching her sit up on the sinks, legs crossed and arms folded. I stood there for a minute, feeling awkward.
'So ... what about Sonic?'
Sally played with the zipper on her jacket, biting her lip. 'What's going on between you two?'
I blushed, and avoided her gaze 'Nothing. We're just friends.'
'I didn't know that being friends with someone meant constant blushing, flirting and staring at each other from across the room.'
I winced at the accusing tone Sally was using. I looked up at her, wincing again when I saw her hurt expression. I knew there was no point in lying ... I'm horrible at it.
Oh, and it's wrong ... but mostly the first one.
'Sally, I'm sorry, I - '
The squirrel shook her head, smiling sadly. 'I know Amy. It's not your fault.' Sally sighed, tipping her head back.
'Something's wrong with Sonic though ... he's been acting strange.' she paused, 'You remember that fight between him and Elias?'
I nodded.
'Well, I saw him too ... and he was so angry with him. I didn't know what to do. It was so horrible, I had to choose between Sonic and my own brother.'
Sally looked at me, her blue eyes narrowed, before she continued speaking 'When Elias and I got home, I asked him about the fight ... and ...' she chewed her lip again, 'He said Sonic was upset because you kissed him - Elias I mean.'
I narrowed my eyes, 'When did I ...?'
Suddenly I remembered the Valentine's Disco, when I had kissed Elias' cheek. That?
I giggled, finding the whole thing ridiculous. Sally looked taken-aback. 'What's so funny?'
'Its just,' I gasped, 'Sonic's upset because I kissed Elias on the cheek? That is so ... stupid! I mean, Cream kisses Charmy on the cheek, and she doesn't like him like that - I won't say anything about how he might feel though.'
Sally couldn't help but smile, 'That is kind of funny. I mean, a blind man could see that there was nothing going on between you two. Elias has loved Megan ever since she attacked him with crayons in infants school, and you and Sonic ...'
Sally looked a little sad again, 'You two are head over heels for each other.'
I stopped laughing, when I saw the tears in her eyes. I squeezed her hand, 'I'm sorry Sal. It's just ...'
'I understand Amy. The heart wants what the heart wants.' she said, voice cracking. 'If I really love Sonic - which I do - I'll want to see him happy. And ... you make him happy Amy.'
Now I felt really uncomfortable ... seriously, I almost wished that Tikal would pop up and ask one of her awkward questions, just to distract us both.
Almost wished.
Just then, the bell rang. The two of us jumped, and Sally slid off the sink. She looked over at me, sadly, 'I'm not breaking up with Sonic. I really love him Amy, and ... he hasn't figured out how to approach you yet. Until he does ...'
'I wouldn't expect you too end it with him. I couldn't be with him anyway ...'
Sally blinked, 'Why not?'
'Just ... family stuff ...'
'Arranged marriage?'
'Yeah, I - ' I spun around, eyes wide. 'How do you know?'
Sally looked down at the ground. 'I'm in the same boat ... mother and father think they know what's best for Elias and me ... Elias is gutted because he knows they'll never accept Megan - she's an atheist, and they don't like that idea. And her mother and father aren't married so ...' she sniffed, starting to cry again.
I forgot that she was dating Sonic, and that I was supposed to hate her for it. I looked at Sally Acorn - pretty, popular Sally Acorn - and saw ... myself.
That sounded stupid.
But ... she just looked so lost, and alone ... which was how I had felt for most of my life. She needed someone to comfort her.
I hugged her - it took her by suprise, but she didn't pull away. 'You'll be fine Sal. I promise.'
'Thank you.'
We sighed, breaking apart. We were silent for a moment, until;
'Didn't the bell ring already?'
And that's how I ended up in detention for the second time that month.
'It's true.'
Rouge's eyes were like bowling balls. Maria was gripping onto her chair so tightly that her knuckles were white. Cosmo and Cream's mouths were hanging open. Blaze looked suprised, and Tikal and I were staring at Marine, as if we couldn't believe what she had said.
'It was Niamh.'
Marine looked ready to cry, but she went on with her story, 'It's just ... at the talent show ... she was just so amazing. She just looked so beautiful, and ... and at the Christmas disco, I went up and started talking to her ... she was so kind, and funny and ...' Marine sighed, 'I shouldn't of done it. She was obviously straight ... she was always saying stuff, but ...'
Marine paused, eyes closed.
'I didn't know what to do. I didn't want to be gay ... I wanted to be normal, and fit in with everyone. But I couldn't ignore my feelings ...and one day, it just ... all came out.'
Now Marine was crying. Rouge passed her a tissue, which she accepted.
'She was so horrible about it!' the racoon wailed, 'She pushed me away, and said that she never wanted to see me again, that I was some sick dyke and she didn't want me making her one too. I tried to explain, that I wouldn't ... try anything on her or anything, and that I just wanted to be her friend ... but she just started yelling, and ...'
'You don't have to say anything else Marine, if it's too upsetting.' Maria crooned, hugging her. Marine tried to say something else, but she was crying so much that she couldn't. Cosmo patted her head, looking sick.
'That was so mean of her.'
We nodded, all thinking about what Marine had told us.
That must of hurt so much ... there had to be a way to make Marine feel better.
'You know,' Cream began, smiling slyly, 'Aishling was really worried about you when you didn't show up in school.'
'Aishling?'
'Yep.'
Most of the girls (including me) looked confused, but Cream winked at us. We realised what she was trying to do and grinned, nodding.
'Aishling's really nice ... and really pretty, don't ya think Marine?' Blaze asked, trying to sound innocent. Marine, realising what we were doing, narrowed her eyes.
'No way.'
'But she is.'
Marine rubbed her eyes, sighing. 'I meant, no way. I'm not doing this ever again. Okay? No way is Aishling gay - she has a boyfriend back home!'
I went bright red, 'Oh ...'
Cream rolled her eyes, 'Ever heard of a beard?' she said. Marine glared at her, 'Aishling wouldn't do that. Trust me.'
'But - '
Marine stood up from the couch, and made her way out of the living room door. 'Thank you for trying Cream, but I'm going home. I'll be back at school next week. See ya then.'
We sat in silence as Marine walked out. As soon as she was gone, Cream let out a big dramatic sigh and rolled her eyes, 'My plan has been ruined.'
Tikal was biting her nails, 'But ... you heard her. Aishling has a boyfriend.'
'Actually, they broke up.'
We all stared at Cream, eyes wide. 'How do you know that?' Blaze asked, sounding suprised. Cream smirked, 'I asked Aishling.' the smirk became bigger, 'I also asked her why she was so worried about Marine ... turns out, Aishling's pretty honest about her feelings.'
We gasped. Cosmo clapped her hands to her mouth, eyes wide. Maria was using her cheshire cat smile.
'You mean?'
'Yup. Aishling has a crush on Marine.'
'Awwww!' I smiled, while half the girls squealed. Tikal, Rouge and Blaze rolled their eyes at our behaviour but had huge grins anyway. Maria shot off the floor, and onto Cream's bed.
'Okay girls! Operation Mashling is now ago!' she exclaimed, eyes shining.
'What the hell is a Mashling?' Rouge asked, eyes narrowed - I swear, I was tempted to say ''a really good finder'' but only Blaze and Cosmo would of gotten the joke.
Maria beamed, 'It's my ship name for Marine and Aishling! Like how we have Klaine for Kurt and Blaine, Romione for Ron and Hermione, Rimahiko for Rima and Nagihiko, Cohen Chang-Chang for Tina and Mike - '
'Maria,' Blaze began, shaking her head, 'This is your weirdest idea ever. Mashling? Seriously?'
'Well it sounded better than Maring!'
'And look!' Maria cried, pulling a sheet of paper from her pocket, 'I have loads of ship-names for us!'
Oh God ... this was not going to be good.
'Okay, for me and Shadow I have Shamaria, Shadia, Shadria, Madow ... you get it. For Sonic and Amy I have ... wait for it! Sonamy!'
Maria clapped, while my face turned bright red. Blaze rolled her eyes, 'Maria, that name makes no sense. It's like ... calling me and Silver ''Silvaze'' or something stupid like that.'
Maria tried to look innocent. But failed at it.
'Or me and Tails ''Tailsmo'' or something!'
'Actually, for you and Tails I have Taismo, Cosails and Costails ... but Tailsmo's good too!'
Tikal sighed, 'The point is, that these names are stupid Maria. We're sorry, but these names will never, in a million years, catch on.'
I nodded, 'Yeah ... I mean, Sonamy?' I snorted, 'Who on earth would use that? - No offence.'
Maria sighed, and rolled up her piece of paper, 'Whatever.' she smiled, 'I guess your right, I mean, it's not like they're that good, or that clever. They won't catch on ...'
Cream and Cosmo nodded, 'So, what was that about getting Marine and Aishling toge - '
'Cream dear?'
We turned around to see Vanilla standing in the door, her arms folded. Her eyes were wide and shiny, and she had a nervous smile on her face. 'Girls, would you mind going home? I need to talk to Cream on my own for a bit ...'
For the second time in a month, one of my friends was crying to me over the phone.
'Cream? Cream? What's wrong?'
Cream gulped, making small choking noises. 'It's mom and Vector - '
'What happened?'
There was a pause.
Cream took a deep breath, 'He proposed. She said yes. They're getting married in a few months'
I beamed, 'Oh that's great! I'm so happy for - '
Cream began to wail again, almost dropping the phone. I realised that I had said the wrong thing.
'No Amy! You can't be happy for them!'
'But ... why?'
'Because, I don't want them together!'
I bit my lip, wondering if I should ask why she didn't want them together. I decided that Cream couldn't really attack me over the phone, so it would be safe to ask her.
'Cream ... why are you so against your mum and Vector being together? They're so happy together!'
I didn't get a reply for a few minutes; I could almost see Cream, sitting in her bedroom, her brown eyes wide as she tried to figure out what to say.
I heard her sigh, 'Amy, you're my friend, so I should tell you.'
'Yeah ...?'
'I - I can't say it over the phone ... so, do you think you could meet me at the park now? It's - '
'Of course! I'll be right there!'
I turned my mobile off, and ran out of the living room and out of the house. The park wasn't far - it only took me ten minutes to get there (but that's because I got a stich while running and it slowed me down)
The park was empty, except for a rabbit sitting on one of the swings - Cream. I opened the gate and ran inside the park, and hopped down on a swing beside her.
'Hi Cream,'
'Hey Amy ...'
We swang in silence for a few minutes, before Cream looked up at me, her brown eyes wide and shining with tears. 'The reason, I don't trust Vector, and don't want him with my mum ... is ...'
She took a deep breath, before she continued. My heart was thudding loudly - I could tell that I was going to find out something really important.
'When, when I was three, I came home from playschool to see my dad home early. H - he was yelling at my mum, and h-he was hitting her.' I gasped, putting a hand over my mouth. I hadn't expected that.
'H-he was put in jail after it - a neighbour heard the yells and got worried. That was the day I first met Charmy - h - he was with Vector, who was asking mother questions about what had happened ... and they became good friends for a few years, before they started d - dating two tears ago.' Cream cried, tears starting to fall from her eyes. 'But ... after my dad hurt my mother ... I stopped trusting grown-up men. I saw their strong arms, and big bodies and could only see my dad hitting mother. I heard their deep voices and heard him yelling abuse at her.'
She closed her eyes, rubbing her head, as if trying to get rid of the images in her mind. I could see them too - a little rabbit crying in the corner, while her father yelled, Vanilla cowering below him, a purple bruise on one side of her face -
' - Vector just ... he was so like my father - not the ... you know, hitting and stuff - but he was like my old dad, before h - he started drinking. My dad used to be f - funny, and kind and all. And ... I guess I was just waiting for him to turn, like my dad did ... I just ... I don't trust him.'
Cream continued to cry, stopping her swing. I awkwardly patted her back,unsure of how to console her. I had never had to deal with anything like this before ... I just couldn't believe that sweet, happy Cream, had been hiding this secret for so long.
'Everyone in the gang knows ... but they don't think I remember it well. I lied to them and said that I only arrived home when the police took him away ... t - they don't know that I saw it h - happen.' she paused, 'O - only Charmy knows that I can remember it all. T - that's w - why he stays a - at my house so m - much. Because sometimes, I get n - nightmares, and I n - need him there.'
'I - I know I act all happy and s - stuff, and I - I suppose I am, but ... I j -just can't forget about it.' she moaned, hiccoughing slightly.
I tried to think of something to say. Something to make her change her mind ... she couldn't just assume that Vector would hurt her and her mum like that. She was being unfair.
'Hey, it's okay to be upset.' I said softly, 'But ... mabye you should talk to your mum about it ... and mabye give Vector a chance? Your mum loves you Cream, and she wouldn't of said yes if she thought it would be bad for you both. You have to trust me on this one.'
Cream nodded, and I smiled at her. I got off the swing, 'I have to go. Daisy May will be home from her friend's house soon. I'll see you in school?'
No reply.
I sighed, and made my way out of the park. I began to cross the road, thinking about Cream's story -
'Amy!'
I turned around, to see Cream at the gate. Her ears were raised, and her brown eyes were wide with fear. 'Amy! Come back!'
'Wh - what?'
I turned around.
A red car was coming towards me. Cream screamed.
Beep! Beep!
A squeal of breaks.
I was flying. I screamed then landed on the road.
Crack!
Shouting, people running to me.
Everything went black.
Amy will survive ... I mean, this story is in her POV. I couldn't really kill her now ... that would be awkward.
Poor Cream ... that scene was hard to write. I had to try and remember something that happened to me years ago for it, which was really tough.
I adore Sally/Amy friendship ... I think it's more realistic than them trying to kill each other -_-
Anyway, anything else?
OH YEAH. A WEDDING. YES. YES. YES!
I have wanted to write this wedding before Vecilla were even hinted in this story - I cancelled OAW (my deviantART sonamy story) BEFORE I COULD DO THE VECILLA WEDDING, WITH FLOWERGIRL!CREAM AND COSMO, AND BRIDESMAID! ROUGE AND AMY!
So yes. You're getting it here :)
There is going to be a few more chapters (I think 6 - mabye more) ... but I think one or two will be filler ones, but hey! IT HAS CUTE FLUFFINESS FOR THE OTHER COUPLES, AND MARIA'S ATTEMPTS AT GETTING SONAMY TOGETHER.
There is also Sonamy!Aplogy, Sonic POV, THE WEDDING!, omfg*freaksout*, the FINAL CHAPTER and the EPILOUGE!
Then the sequal ;)
Anyway, I'll try update ASAP.
Thank you for the 300+ reviews :DDD
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