I blinked, trying to figure out where I was. It wasn't my room - the walls were white, the bed I had woken up in was white ... everything was white, clean ...

I tried to sit up, to get a better look of the room ... and winced.

'Don't try to sit Amy, you bruised your ribs.'

I suddenly realised that I wasn't alone, and out of the corner of my eye, I saw Shadow, Maria and ... Sonic.

Maria's face was white, and her eyes were wide, with dark shadows underneath them. Shadow was holding onto her hand, trying to comfort her, though he looked pretty shaken too.

I didn't look at Sonic.

'Hey guys,' I said, smiling weakly. My voice was a mere whisper, and speaking hurt my throat. I tried not to let it bother me though. 'What's going on?'

'Jesus, Amy.' Maria breathed, shaking her head. 'You almost have us a heart attack!'

'Cream phoned us all, after you got hit by the car. That was two days ago. We've all been taking turns at staying at your bedside.' Shadow explained.

I narrowed my eyes, trying to figure out what he had meant ... what car?

Oh.

I remembered what Cream had told me, her screams, the pain ...

'Oh my gosh! I was in a car accident!' I cried, suddenly sitting up. I regretted it at once, gasping from the pain. I rubbed my ribs gently, through my hospital gown.

'Was it bad?' I asked the three hedgehogs, almost scared to hear what they'd say. Maria shook her head, 'No ... well, I mean, nothing really serious happened. Like Shadow said, you bruised your ribs. You have a few bad sprains, one wrist is fractured and you were knocked unconcious.'

I groaned, 'I broke another bone?'

'It wasn't a bad break,' Maria said, trying to reassure me. 'God, Amy ... you were so lucky.'

'It could of been alot worse.'

Maria blinked, her eyes beginning to fill with tears, 'I thought you were going to die.' she whispered, shaking. Shadow squeezed her hand, but the blonde didn't seem to notice. 'I was so scared! We all were ... ' she began to cry, and she looked over at me, tears running down her face. 'Don't do anything like that again Amy!' she wailed, 'You're my best girl-friend! I don't want to loose you.'

She began crying harder, and Shadow had to take her out of the room, to try and calm her down. Before he left, he told me that some of the others would be here soon.

So it was just me and Sonic in the room.

If I didn't know any better, I'd say that the gang planned this.

For a few minutes (which seemed like hours) I decided to chance looking at Sonic. I had to bite back a gasp when I saw his face.

It was like Maria, after Shadow broke up with her, and the Maria I saw five minutes ago, all rolled into one.

He was shaking so much, I was suprised that he hadn't fallen off the chair yet. His eyes were bloodshot, as if he had spent alot of time crying. His face was pale ... he looked almost sick. (That was nice of me to say)

I bit my lip, 'Hi Sonic.'

Sonic just stared at me, shaking his head in disbelief, 'God Ames, don't do anything like that again.'

'Well,' I began, feeling annoyed, 'I didn't exactly choose to be hit by a car. I didn't really want to spend a few days in the hospital.'

'I mean, don't ... just, be careful, okay?' he said, looking at a loss for a words. 'It really scared me, okay?'

'And why do you care so much?' I snapped, glaring at the colbat hedgehog, 'Only last week, you were acting like you hated me.'

Sonic didn't speak for a minute or two; he avoided my gaze.

'I don't hate you,' he whispered, sounding as if he was going to cry. I felt guilty, and muttered a quick apology.

The two of us sighed, looking down at the ground (or in my case, my blanket).

'What happened between us?' I asked, not looking for an answer.

Sonic sighed again, shaking his head. 'I don't even know anymore ...' he confessed, 'I mean, I know. But ... it just ...' this time his sigh was an irritated one, 'I'm not any good with words' he said, half to himself. He looked up at me, expression dead-serious. 'When I heard ... about the accident. Just, nothing else mattered Amy. You were hurt, and ... I don't even know.'

He didn't speak for a while. I decided to say something. I reached out for his hand, which took him by suprise, but he let me take his hand anyway 'Sonic,' I began, staring at him, 'That kiss with Elias meant nothing.'

Sonic smiled slightly, 'I know ... '

I blinked,'How?'

'Sally,' he explained, 'She marched into my house and demanded to see me. She explained what had happened ... I felt like an idiot.'

I smirked, 'I wonder why you felt like one ...?' I teased. Sonic laughed, then became serious again. 'Anyway, I feel like a jerk for not giving you a chance to explain yourself.'

'It's not your fault,' I told him, 'If it's anyone's fault, it's mine.'

He opened his mouth to object, but I silenced him with a glare, 'No Sonic, it is my fault. I kissed Elias ... you just saw what happened and misunderstood. I was just trying to convince Elias to ask Megan to dance, and yeah ...'

Sonic shook his head, 'I feel like an asshole.' he told me, 'He tried to tell me what happened ... then we had a fight.'

'Yeah, well, that was kinda stupid.' I admitted, trying to bite back my smile, 'But he told me that he would be willing to forgive you.'

Sonic smiled, 'I should get my apology speech ready then.' he laughed.

There was silence for a few more minutes, before Sonic spoke again. 'Amy ... I am so, so sorry for what I said to you in the car that day.'

I shook my head, 'Don't worry about it Sonic ... I'm used to -'

'No,' he interjected, 'It's not okay. I had no excuse to say those things ... none of them were true.'

He looked at me, 'Amy, you are ... the most ... amazing person I know.'

I blushed, and had to bite my tounge to stop myself from squealing or doing something equally embarrasing.

'Thank you ...' I said, with this big stupid smile on my face, 'I'm sorry too. You're nothing like the boys from my old school. You were just a teenager who made a mistake. That's not a crime, is it?'

Sonic's grin was bigger than his whole face, 'Thank you.' he whispered, eyes shining.

It was then, that we realised we were still holding hands. The two of us blushed, and stared at each other.

'Sorry, I - '

'I'll just ...'

We were interrupted by the sound of breaking glass. We heard someone swear from outside the door, and someone else hiss at them. I narrowed my eyes, and Sonic got up and pulled the door open.

There, crouching on the other side of the door, were Shadow, Maria, Silver, Tikal, Tails and Cosmo. Maria waved at us, while Shadow shook his head. Silver blushed. Tikal winked. Cosmo and Tails grinned sheepishly.

'Uh ... hi?'

'Guys!' I exploded, 'What the hell are you doing?'

'We were doing that thing where you put the glass at the door, and try to listen in on the conversation.' Tikal explained, as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.

'For the record, it doesn't work.' Tails added, 'In case you were wondering.'

'It does so!' Cosmo told him, 'This door is just stupid, and so is that glass Maria broke.'

Tails rolled his eyes, but he was smiling at her. She smiled back.

That went on for a very long time, and it was so sweet and adorable I almost got a cavity.

I am not even joking. That's how cute it was.

'Seriously, I cannot believe that you listened in on our conversation.' Sonic said, while Silver shrugged.

'If it were me and Blaze, you so would of done it.'

'... fair point.'

Just then a doctor arrived, and she threw everyone out, so she could check on me. As she asked me questions, and examined my injuries, I thought about what had just happened.

Sonic and I had made up ... I wanted to scream with joy, and jump up and down like a jack-in-the-box.

But I was pretty sure that would make my injuries worse.

I was just so happy though! I was friends with Sonic again, things would go back to the way they were ...

Except ...

There was one thing we hadn't talked about.

And that was if we had feelings for each other, or not.

( x x x )

I was able to go back to school almost straight away - I had broken my left wrist, and I'm right handed so I could still write and stuff - and soon, I found myself in Cream's kitchen, with the rest of the gang, Vanilla, Vector, Espio and most of Charmy's family (Gracie and Gabby couldn't come, because their wheelchairs would make things awkward)

Cream had sat down and talked to Vanilla, and now she was open to the idea of the marriage. Actually, she was pretty excited.

All us girls were actually ... most of the guys didn't have alot of interest in it (except Charmy of course)

Vanilla and Vector told us the wedding plan.

They were hoping to get married in July - only three months from now, but they had alot of people helping them out, so they could get things done quickly.

Vanilla's two sisters, and Vector's only sister were going to be bridesmaids ... then Vanilla asked if any of us girls would like to be bridesmaids too. Blaze, Rouge and Tikal said no, but the rest of us said yes. So did Charmy's sisters (seriously, how were we all going to fit in the church?)

This would be really exciting for me - I had only been to one wedding in my whole life, and I had been Daisy May's age at the time. Now I was going to be a bridesmaid!

Vanilla's niece, Posy, was going to be the flower girl (Cosmo's mother would do that flowers) and Espio was Vector's best man.

When Charity (Charmy's eldest sister) asked about the food, and reception and stuff, Vanilla let us go and hang out in the living room, as she could tell that we all wanted to gossip about the wedding, and our dresses and stuff. Most of Charmy's siblings left (including Monty, to Cream's dismay) except for Danny, the youngest. We all made out way to the living room, with snacks and sat down to watch TV. Cosmo found some re-runs of ''Friends'' and we watched that, while we talked amongst ourselves.

'I cannot wait until the wedding!' Cosmo told us, with a smile that could rival Maria's cheshire cat one. 'It's going to be so much fun! I love weddings.'

'Same same.' Cream said, grinning. 'I cannot wait to see the dresses!'

'Does your mum have any ideas for the dress she's going to wear?' I asked the rabbit. Cream nodded, 'She's going to make one.'

I blinked, 'Won't that take a really long time?' I said, 'I mean ... making a wedding dress seems like alot of work.'

Cream giggled, 'No, not really. She already had most of one finished for one of her friends, but then she found out her fiance was cheating and they cancelled the wedding. She only has to make a few adjustment and stuff.'

'So is it going to be the big white wedding?' Blaze asked, tail twitching. Cream nodded, 'Yup. White dress, fancy cake ... everything.'

'I wonder if I could get away with hair like Rachel's ...' Maria said thoughtfully. She was the only one of the girls really watching the show. Shadow ruffled her hair, 'You could do anything with your hair and you'd still look beautiful.' he told her. Maria blushed, and giggled while Shadow just looked at her, smiling.

So. Freakin. Adorable.

It's not even fair how cute they are. If that makes any sense.

'Are any of you planning on getting married one day?' Rouge asked, leaning back on her armchair. Blaze and Cosmo went red, and glanced over at Silver and Tails. All of the guys were focused on ''Friends''.

'Um ... yeah.' Cosmo whispered, biting back a smile.

'Maybe ...' Blaze confessed.

Maria didn't just say anything; she hummed, with a grin a mile wide on her face.

Tikal shook her head. 'Nah,' she told us, 'I mean, if I meet someone I want to get married to then I will. But I just don't think so ...'

Cream nodded, and Rouge and Marine shook her head.

'Well, it's not like I could get married, could I?' Marine said, bitterly.

There was a long, awkward silence, which was broken, only by Maria laughing very loudly at something on the TV.

'Marine,' Rouge began, speaking slowly, 'Why don't you give Aishling a chance - '

'Because.' Marine said simply, pretending to watch the TV.

'That's not an answer.' Tikal noted, while Marine glared at her.

Cosmo put a hand on her friend's shoulder, 'Marine, we just want you to be happy.' she whispered, 'You've been really down lately, and - '

'I don't need to be in a relationship to be happy.' she hissed, taking us by suprise. I could not get used to this angsty, crying Marine.

Maria was looking over at the racoon, smiling sadly (wait, how can you smile sadly? It makes no sense).

'Don't you like Aishling?' she asked, sounding genuinely curious. Marine looked away from us, blushing slightly. 'Sure,' she said, in an off-hand tone. 'She's a good friend.'

'We mean in a more-than-friends way.'

Marine shook her head, and we all let out annoyed sighs.

'It's complicated.' she said simply, 'Now can we please talk about something - '

'Relationship problems?'

We looked up to see Sonic flop down onto the sofa, in between me and Rouge. I stiffened, and sensed my face heating up (which was obviously from the sun coming in through the window).

'Yeah, I'm having those too.' he told us. I looked up sharply, then hissed. My sides still ached, and moving suddenly made them worse.

'Really?' Blaze asked, 'What's wrong with you and Sally?'

'Sally?' Sonic laughed, 'I never said anything about relationship problems with her ... we don't have to worry about those anymore.'

'What?' Cream squeaked, 'Why not?'

Now we were all ears. The girls were all staring at Sonic, silently begging him to tell them what had happened. Even the guys looked curious.

'Because we broke up.'

( x x x )

A/N

Now Sonic's single :D

What will happen?

Oh, and there is MORE then five chapters yet. Maybe ... six or seven. But like I said, two are just fun fillers ... with Maria the matchmaker.

Anyway, thank you all for the reviews :) Each review makes me wanna update faster ... just letting you know ;)

Scarstar xxx