I'm back and so quick for once. I've been on a Sonic nostalgia trip for while and I couldn't be happier, I starting a re-watch of Sonic X so lots of inspiration will come out of it.

Special Thanks to , NeckBreak and Flydaze for reviewing the last chapter.

Enjoy!

#39 Boom! Quick Change

"I have you now, Sonic!" Eggman shouted from his eggmobile. Like clockwork, it was time for the heroes and villain to have their weekly battle outside Eggman's lair.

"Sureeee you do Eggman." Sonic rolled his eyes. This was the sixth random attack in a week. Surely Eggman had better things to do on a weekend he thought. 'Better make this quick.'

"Amy! Homerun Derby!" He yelled out to his partner in crime for the day.

"On it!" Amy replied, prepping herself for the move. They had only practised it a few times. Sonic charged up his spin dash while Amy arched her back, hammer in tow, to time her swing until...

"Now!" Sonic gave the signal and Amy swung her hammer as hard she could at Sonic in his ball form, giving him enough acceleration and force to destroy Eggman's Obliteratorbot in one fell swoop, leaving a Sonic-shaped hole in the robot. Sonic uncurled out of his ball form to claim victory over the Doctor on top of the now destroyed robot.

"Ah yeah! Victory is ours!" He took moment to pose on the corpse of the robot to mock the villain whose anger flared up at his quick loss and also making Amy laugh as Sonic gave her thumbs up.

"You may think you've won now but I always have a backup plan." Eggman proceeds to press a button on his wrist which seemingly activated something. Sonic instinctively prepared for another swarm of robots only to hear Amy's sudden cry for help. "Amy?!"

It looked like Amy disappeared as she was nowhere to be seen. "Where have you taken her!?" Sonic demanded, only for Eggman to reply, "She's where she belongs. In the trash." Sonic turned around and found a trap door. Upon further inspection, Eggman was right. Amy fell down into the Doctor's trash shoot.

"SONIC!" Her voice echoed in the foul prison.

"AMY!" In a surprising twist of events for Eggman, Sonic immediately sprung to action and voluntarily dived down into the shoot headfirst.

"Well, that didn't go as planned... I was hoping to use my Electricbot to taze Sonic before I pushed him in, but oh well, at least Sonic and his girlfriend are out of my hair for good. Two out of five ain't bad."

"But boss if you crush them in the garage shoot, you won't be liable for the insurance if it breaks due their human tampering policy."

Eggman groaned. "Oh for the love of..."

"Ugh, it reeks down here. Amy, are you alright," Sonic called out to her in a wasteland of rubbish. "I'm here, Sonic," she said whilst being suffocated by garbage bags. Sonic rushed over and pulled her out.

"Thanks." Amy took a moment to clean her dress. She took a harsh sniff and instantly regretted it. "EW, Sonic you smell."

"Yeah, and so do you, but more importantly we have to find a way out of here."

They both scrambled to find any sort of escape from their rancid cage. The place seemed airtight, no amount of wall climbing or jumping was going to get the pair out anytime soon. 'I wish I brought Tails along', they lamented simultaneously. "Ugh, it's no use, I'll call Tails for backup." Sonic sent out an SOS on his communicator but the device's weak beeping suggested their message may not have gotten through due to the poor signal.

"What are we supposed to do until then."

"Hold our noses, I guess."

Suddenly a buzzer went off. The hedgehogs were on high alert in case this was a part of Eggman's plan. Amy gasped, "Sonic, the walls are closing in!" Sonic immediately tried to combat the walls with brute force, attempting to push the walls back but with no such luck. Amy attempted to help shift the walls as well but it was no use. Then, in sheer desperation, Amy pounded the wall with her hammer, trying to make a hole in it, or at least stop it moving. Similarly, Sonic tried to homing attack the walls to push them back but to no avail.

"No good. Amy, don't strain yourself, just focus on keeping the walls back for as long as you can." They both went to their respective corners and pushed as hard as they could to buy them enough time until Tails and the others came to their rescue.

"Sonic... I can't." The walls grew closer by the second. It was not too long until their feet touching. "I'm scared."

"Amy, calm down, we'll be fine, just hold on!" The duo were struggling to keep their energy up, Amy especially, already too tired to keep pushing. Amy was used to being in close shaves. They were not too hard to come by when Sonic was around. However, this was different. Getting crushed by a garbage compactor was not the way either of them wanted to go out. They were directly parallel to each other. Sonic focused all his energy on pushing, whilst Amy was unable to look away from the blue hedgehog. If this was the end, there would be so many regrets.

'This could be the last time I see him and I never even told him that I lov-.'

The walls were getting closer to the point where Sonic and Amy were chest to chest, any form of personal space lost.

"Sonic," she faintly called out to him. Sonic stopped pushing and finally made eye contact with her. He had never seen her so vulnerable before. Amy would always be a strong yet stubborn girl to him, but Sonic knew she had a softer side he rarely saw. The side she always wanted him to notice. Amy stared up at him, wide-eyed. "We're not gonna' make it."

"Don't say that," he tried to comfort her by gripping her shoulders.

"Sonic... kiss me," she breathed out abruptly, taking moment to relish looking into those gorgeous emerald eyes for the last time before closing her eyes to accept her fate. The finality of their predicament was reaching a climax.

'What! No way!' He reasoned. Sonic ran through a debate with himself at light speed.

'No one's gonna' know.'

'She only wants it because she's dying and you're the only one here.'

'You've been waiting for this for years. Take the opportunity!'

Soon, there was no space between them as their lips slowly joined together. It was like bolts of lightning travelling all over this body at light speed. Everything inkling, every urge Sonic ever felt about Amy exploded out into the kiss.

'Is this what I was missing.'

Amy could only feel relieved.

'Finally.'

Time seemed to stop for the couple, the two tentatively joined at the lips for what felt like forever. The two were so caught up in their life-or-death kiss, they didn't realise the walls had moved backwards. It was when Sonic could feel rays of light shone down upon them, he was readjusted into the world of the living. He moved his head back, slightly dazed. His heart stopped when realised the damaged he'd done. Amy's lips were still pursed, clearly still in dreamland. Sonic could not help but scream, his cries finally snapping Amy out of her love dazed stupor. Sonic had released hands from Amy's shoulders abruptly and fell backwards, preferring the comfort of the garbage.

'What did I just do? What came over me?!' Sonic did not dare look back at Amy again, but if he did, he would notice her going through her own personal mortification. It was like going from paradise into hell, the feeling of embarrassment overwhelmed her. She wanted to scream. So many questions went through her mind. 'Did I force him into it? Is he going to tell anyone? Did he enjoy the kiss? Will he still want to even speak to me? Why couldn't we be crushed.' The last part was over dramatic but at least neither would live with the consequences that way.`

Their minds raced until the calvery came through. "Hey guys, Eggman reversed his garbage compactor," Tails yelled out. "I'm coming to fly you both out."

The hedgehogs' eyes met once again as Tails grabbed Amy first and rescued her from the pit. Their eyes briefly met and told each other that things were not going to be the same.

"Have you guys noticed Sonic and Amy acting funny lately?" Tails aired out his concerns to the group while sipping on his juice. The group were eating at their usual hang out spot Meh Burger and Sonic and Amy had yet to arrive. Sticks seconded this. "Yeah, we invited Sonic to play volleyball three times last week and he said he was busy as soon as we mentioned Amy was already there."

"Do you think something happened between those two?" Tails asked.

"Like a fight!" Knuckles always piped up at the notion of violence. Tails considered the thought for a moment. "Maybe that's it... but what could they have been fighting about though?"

"What if Sonic's a government spy, Amy's found out and is too afraid to tell us after he blackmailed him."

"No Sticks, I don't think that's it."

"Hey, guys, sorry for being fashionably late as usual!" 'Speak of the devil,' Tails thought as Sonic approached their table and took a seat at the lone edge of the table. Now that Sonic was here in person, they could pry a bit more, although Sonic was a hard nut to crack emotionally.

"What are you guys talkin' about," Sonic said mid-bite of his chilli dog.

"Just wondering 'bout you and Amy." Sticks casually, causing Sonic to choke on his favourite food. He nervously gulped and mentally prepared for his interrogation. 'Sonic calm down. Don't give anything away. No one saw what happened... unless she told them!'

"What about me and Amy, why did she say something, because it's not true." Sonic leaned over the table demanding answers. His words came out as quick as Sonic could run, ruining any credibility he had. Sonic embarrassingly lowered himself in his seat.

"Ummm, no." Tails, Knuckles and Sticks looked plainly confused.

"Told ya'. Government agent." Sticks whispered.

"Did you and Amy get into a fight?" Knuckles simply asked.

"What no?"

"Then why are you avoiding her?"

"No, I'm not," Sonic argued standing by his word until a familiar voice was heard behind him. Amy ran by the restaurant appearing chipper to see all her friends altogether. Sonic could not avoid her now. She took her usual seating next to Sonic, which she knew would be awkward, but she did not want to give the others fuel to the fire that something happened between them.

"So what you guys gossiping about!"

Sticks groaned. "Amy quick the small talk, admit that you're a spy!"

It was Amy's turn to get confused. "What?"

"Don't ask," the boys simultaneously replied. Tails spoke up. "What Sticks means to ask is what on earth is going on between you two?"

"Nothing!" They both defended, they locked eyes briefly before disconnecting their gaze again. "I'm going for a run." Sonic quickly dashed off, annoying Amy yet again for the fourth time this week.

"Well fine! I'm going write therapeutic poetry that no one will never read!" Amy screamed at Sonic who was already long gone and simmered down back to her home. The gang or at least the fraction left where stunned.

"Man, their fight must have been pretty serious. If this keeps up they won't even want to fight together let alone be near each other." Knuckles noted.

"You're right Knuckles." Tails did a double take for the second time today. "We need them to talk it out."

"And I know just how to do it..." Sticks said deviously.

Sonic could barely enjoy his daily run around the forest, not with the events of last week on his mind. 'What was she thinking? How could she ask me to do... that.' He could even admit the even happened in his thoughts. 'But I can't ignore her forever. The gang is catching on.' Sonic sighed. 'What am I gonna do?' His relationship with Amy Rose was so much simpler last week but this kiss overcomplicated things for him. Amy was a friend. A friend who was funny, easy to tease, strong, cute and... 'STOP IT!' He told himself but would not budge. Not the mention his first kiss with her was in a trash compactor which wasn't a pleasant experience. 'Not that I care about where we kiss.' He reasoned. 'NOT THAT I WANT TO KISS HER AGAIN.'

"HELLOOOO. Anyone there?" His sporadic mind battle was interrupted by Amy's voice again.

"Amy?"

"Sonic is that you?" Sonic followed a voice towards another similar hole, luckily with no trash inside of it.

"Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. Sticks invited me out here to hang out but then I fell down here. It must be one of her booby traps."

Sonic got ready for action. 'Wait a minute,' his inner self reasoned. 'If you go down there, she'll make you talk about your feelings.' He went with his better judgement.

"Ugh... Amy hang in there, I'll go get Tails." He turned to dash to Tails' workshop until he was attacked from behind.

"Ack!" The blow to the head hurt, but before he could punish the attacker, he was pushed down the hole and right on to Amy. Their eyes forced to meet once again, only this time from an even comprising position. Sonic got up and dusted himself off, hiding a blush.

"Hey what gives!"

The surprise attackers revealed themselves. Tails, Knuckles and Sticks stood around the hedgehogs' confines.

Sonic and Amy gasped. "What are guys trying to pull? Get us out!" Sonic commanded. Tails shook his head. "Sorry Sonic, I didn't approve of this drastic action but this is for you're own good." The trio walked off to give the couple time alone.

"And you're not coming out until you kiss and make-up!" Sonic and Amy heard Sticks yell in the distance. 'If only they knew.' Amy joked to herself.

Sonic shuddered and decided to form an escape plan, but unfortunately, the hole was too deep for him to easily jump out of. He turned Amy, looking burned out and tired of the ironic of the situation.

'Here we go again...'

"Sonic, just apologize, so we can get out of this hole." Amy implored with her natural headstrong attitude, a far cry from the cute, vulnerable girl that was asking to kiss him.

"Who me!?"

"Yes, you! You've been avoiding me for days."

"Yeah, because of that stupid-" He hesitated, nervous to acknowledge the event aloud. "...kiss."

"Stupid! You're the one that kissed me!"

"Only because you asked me too."

"You didn't have to if you didn't want to."

Sonic winced. Their argument was going nowhere. "Ugh, we're going in circles. Look, Ames, can we just agree to forget the kiss and we can move on."

"No way! You can't kiss a girl and move on. At least tell me how you feel about it." Sonic crossed his arms, not yielding from his conviction. "I said no."

He unfolded his arms, his expression softening, finally garnering the courage to look at her. "Look Amy we can't."

"Why not?" Amy relaxed too. She tried to reach out to him to comfort him, only to be rejected.

"Because... because" He murmured in frustration until he finally erupted. "Everything will change if it does!" Amy looked bewildered. The laid back Sonic rarely reacted to anything this strongly. Expressing his emotions so candidly was not his style.

"Picnics, movies, going out to eat, even going bowling alone together. No more platonic walks on the beach. No more platonically watching the stars after said beach walk... " Sonic's rant went on, pacing around the dirt prison. "Everything we do together will be different and I'll never hear the end of it! From Knuckles, Tails, Sticks. I'm sure Eggman will want to get a tease in."

Amy laughed sweetly, 'When he puts it like that... have we been dating all this time and not noticed?'

"You're one of my best friends and I don't want that to change."

"Oh Sonic," Amy clutched Sonic's hand and intertwined it with hers. "Even if we date, we'll always be friends. My feelings towards you haven't changed since the kiss. I still think of you as one of my best friends... Even if I've always liked you... more than a friend."

'I said it. Oh no, I've confessed and now I can't talk it back.' She worried internally, but instead of repulsing Sonic like she assumed would happen, 'He's smiling...'

"Wow..." He just stared intently at her eyes that reflected his blue frame, but soon fake coughed to focus himself again and regain his cool posture.

"I guess... I feel... I think, I- I don't know how I feel..."

'Why won't the words come out!'

"Well, how do you feel about me?"

He paused, not knowing how to answer. Only she could get him to talk about his feelings. "That you're my friend, but... I'm not sure if I want to go a step above. Whatever that is."

"Well then, let's test it."

"How?"

"We'll alternate. One week we'll be friends and next week we'll be more than friends. That way we can test the waters and if you find dating me too weird, we'll drop it, and the gang will be none the wiser."

Sonic ruminated over the idea. "Yeah, that's fair." He put his hand out to confirm the deal, "So what week is it now?" Swiftly, Amy took his hand and pulled him into a kiss, granting him his answer.

"I hope you know now that you don't have any excuse to late for our 9 o'clock movie night anymore~" The chick flicks he could do without, but the kisses he could start to get used to.

I have special one-shot ready in my head but it will be included in the story for reasons I'll explain when I post it, so if you like Older!Sonamy set in the future, then be on the look out. I've realised I've made a lot of Boom!Sonamy one shots (mainly because Boom was the only thing feeding me my Sonamy fix for the past few years and I recently re-watched the series) but I promise next chapter we'll be back to basics in the main universe.

Feel free to leave a review or a suggestion of future chapters. See ya' soon!