Authors note: here comes the nest chapter! Took me awhile to write this because I'm still trying to find a way to finish 'Our Lives Now'. So annoying. Also because I'm jotting down bunch of ideas for GTA. BUT, never mind that.

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Chapter Three: Work Time and Date Time

March 13

Dear diary,

Sorry I haven't kept you updated in the past week. I've been so damn busy with work! I had to another open house, except this time it was a mansion! I have to remind myself to never do that again. There was way too much walking and so many people!

But anyway, let me tell you what happened on birthday.

Rouge got me this really cute charm bracelet from Pandora! It's pink and it has two charms. A cute cupcake and the number '28'. And Blaze got me a bottle of my most favorite perfume, Gucci Guilty, and a new belly ring! I've been meaning to get a new one anyway.

So as expected, Rouge and Blaze took me out clubbing. At least it wasn't some cheesy looking one. Rouge managed to get us in without waiting in the line since she's been there before with her sugar daddy.

The club was huge inside! There was bunch of booths to sit at and VIP sections. The dance floor had a bunch of people just dry humping each other. Others looked like they really were doing the nasty in the middle of the dance floor, which is gross! Keep that shit in the bedroom!

Anyway, after walking through the crowd, we got to the bar. We were in the middle of looking for drinks, when suddenly, Rouge saw him. And by him, I mean the guy from my open house last week! He was looking right at me! I thought I was going to pee on myself!

When he came to say hi to me, his voice definitely got me. His voice is probably the most sexiest and smoothest voice I have ever heard. At that moment, I literally wanted to bounce on him. He's just so fucking hot! Let me tell you the things I know so far about him.

His name is Shadow the Hedgehog. Ugh, his name alone just gets me hot. He's 29 years old, and he recently just moved here from New York. He said he wanted a change of scenery and because he hates it when it snows. I don't blame him though. I love winter, but to an extent. But he has nothing to worry here. The weather here in Miami is basically always hot as hell. The only things here he has to worry about is the rain and the hurricanes.

But back to Mr. Tall, Dark, and Handsome.

Shadow asked me if about the house from the open house last week to see if it was still up for grabs. When I told that it still is, he said that he wanted the house! He said that he would come by and talk terms about it. When he told me that, I asked if he was looking for a home for his family. I was wayyy to nervous to ask him if he has a girlfriend, a wife, or kids for that matter! But luckily, he told me he is completely single with no children. He gave me this look that just made my heart melt and said 'Not yet at least'. I swear to you my heart started pumping faster.

Even though I just met him that night, I was already really attracted to him. Talking to him for that short amount of time, I could already tell that he is a real gentleman. He even bought me a drink since it was my birthday. Unlike most guys that you meet at the club, their either trying to impregnate you on the dance floor, or just looking at your boobs the whole night.

After some flirting back and fourth, we exchanged numbers. Before he left, he took my hand and kissed the back of it. His lips just felt so soft and warm. And I'm not sure if it was because it was kinda dark or what, but I could of sworn I saw a tongue ring! If it is, I can only imagine the things he can do with tongue of his on me.

Oh my god, there I go again. Before I start touching myself again, I should probably get to my office. Shadow is coming by to talk about the house.

Bye!

Sincerely,

Amy

Amy was already dressed and just needed to brush out her hair. Since it was Friday, she decided to dress more casual. Well, sexy casual. She wore a sleeveless white top that had black flowers, black high wasited skirt, and black high heeled wedges. She put her hair up in a high pony tail. Her makeup was just eyeliner, mascara, and pink lip gloss.

As she was getting her purse and car keys, she called Rouge to see if she was at work. After a few rings, Rouge picked up.

"Hello?"

"Hey Rouge, are you at work yet?" she asked as she open the door to her car.

"Yep! Actually, Mr. Tall, Dark, and Handsome just walked through the door about five minutes ago. I was just about to call you!"

Amy froze as her eyes widen. "R-Really?! Oh my god! I hope he isn't mad that I'm not there!" she banged her head against her steering wheel as she groaned. Rouge giggled as she replied back. "Don't worry pinky. Right now, he's just sitting at the lobby."

As Amy drove over to the office, she sighed as a sign of relief. "Well I should be there in the next ten minutes. Keep an eye on him for me."

"Will do."

They both hanged up as Amy sped her way to the office.

xXxXxXx

As Rouge put her phone away, she peeped out her office window to see what Shadow was doing. He was just sitting down on the sofa watching the tv. He would occasionally pick up a magazine and browse through it. She got up from her desk and walked over to the lobby. She cleared her throat to get his attention.

"I just got off the phone with Amy. She should be here in about five minutes." He nodded his head as he placed the magazine down. "Your one of Amy's friends aren't you?" he asked. Rouge sat in front of the ebony hedgehog as she smiled. "That's correct," she exclaimed, "we've been friends for years actually. I could see from the other night that you were very interested in her." She smirked as she noticed a small tint of pink form on his muzzle. "You got me there." He said as he chuckled. "She doesn't have a boyfriend, right?"

Rouge's smirk widen. "Nope! She's single and ready to mingle. Ever since she dumped that loser boyfriend of hers, she's been looking for a real man."

Shadow nodded as he listened to the bat. He knew right away that her and Amy were close friends, and that Rouge was protective friend. If he were to hurt Amy in any kind of way, he would have to keep an eye out for her. "I'm guessing this guy she was with really played her, huh?"

Rouge nodded as she rolled her eyes. "You have no idea. I don't want to say too much, but he's a real jerk."

Blaze walked past the duo as she was on the phone, giggling like a little girl with a slight blush. Rouge instantly knew she was on the phone with Silver and smiled. The day after Amy's birthday, Blaze decided to take her friends advice about the fake blind date. She hasn't actually went on the fake date yet, but she has been a little more flirty towards Silver.

Suddenly, Amy came speed walking into the lobby as she saw Rouge and Shadow. She walked over to them as she sighed. "I'm so sorry I'm late!" she said to Shadow as she had a nervous smile. Shadow stood up from his seat and shook his head. "It's okay," he looked at Amy's outfit as he smiled, "you look beautiful by the way." Amy blushed as she said thank you. Rouge decided to go see what Blaze was doing.

Amy lead Shadow to her office while she was on the phone with another client. As Shadow walked behind her, he checked her out from head to toe. He liked how long her pink toned legs were and how here hips swayed from side to side as she walked. He caught himself looking too long and looked away as he rubbed his face. He couldn't deny the fact that Amy was very attractive, but he didn't want her to think that he was just some other guy looking for his next bang.

The two reached her office soon enough. They spent the first thirty minutes talking about the house. Shadow ended up buying the house, which made Amy happy because now she has one less house to worry about selling.

After they were done with business, Shadow decided to talk about more exciting things, like their date.

"So about the date," Shadow said as he smiled at Amy, "where would you like to go?" Amy was just a little caught off guard. Not about the date itself, but by the fact that he asked her what she wanted to do. When she was with Sonic, she was used to doing what he wanted to do. "Hmm I'm not really sure. Do you know any good restaurants?"

"There's a really good Italian place on the beach." he suggested as he continued to think. Amy's eyes lit up as she smiled. "I love Italian food! That sounds great!" Shadow was glad to see how excited she was and his smile grew bigger. "That's good to hear. How about tonight at 7?"

"It's a date." answered the pink hedgehog as she giggled and twirled her hair. "I'll pick you up tonight." He got up from his seat, grabbed her hand and kissed the back of it.

"Bye Rose."

Amy just sighed dreamily as she waved. "Bye Shadow."

'Seven o'clock better come quick.'

xXxXxXx

Inside Blaze's office, Rouge was sitting in the chair in front of Blaze's desk. "So what was all the giggling and blushing about?" asked Rouge as she smirked. Blaze rolled her eyes and smiled. "Just Silver and I talking is all. He was just telling me how work was going."

Silver works as a physical therapist. He mainly works with children and teenagers. "So when are going to do the whole 'fake date' thing?"

"Hmmm." Blaze thought as she looked up at the ceiling. "I'm not really sure. I mean, what if this whole thing just blows up in my face and we don't have a friendship anymore?"

Rouge didn't want to happen to Blaze. She always thought the two of them would look so cute together and they seem to complete each other. "Well," Rouge said as she sighed, "there's not much else you could do. It's either the fake date, tell him how you really feel, or just sitting back and watching some other chick take him away from you. Either one you choose, I believe everything will work out. Besides, I have a feeling he has something for you."

The purple feline looked at her friend with widen eyes. "You really think so?" she asked with a hint of hope in her voice. Rouge smiled as she nodded her head. "I absolutely do. Who knows, he's probably just as nervous as you to tell you how he really feels."

"I guess your right," Blaze said as she sighed, "well anyway, how's the whole Scourge thing?"

Rouge rolled her eyes at the sound of his name. "I'm so down with him. I thought about what you guys said last week about being in a loveless marriage and how whenever Scourge and I hang out, it's always late at night. I just hate being the other woman, you know? I deserve a man that shows me off and actually takes me out places when the sun is up!"

Rouge was straight up pissed at this point. She continued to vent to Blaze about her shitty situation. She got so emotional about it that she almost started crying. "What the fuck am I doing?" she asked herself as she wiped away the tears. "You know what," she said as she stood from her seat, "I'm going to his house and telling him straight up that this whole thing we have is done."

Blaze jumped out of her seat as she went to stand over by Rouge. "Are you sure? Do you want me to come along? What if his wife is there?" She was frantically asking questions because she knows how Rouge can be. She is the cray friend after all. "Whether she's there or not, I'm going to get to over with."

She grabbed her purse and marched out of the office with her head held high.

Blaze sighed heavily as she plopped back into her chair. "Hopefully she wont get arrested."

xXxXxXx

Rouge was inside her white Mercedes as she drove her way over to her soon to be ex sugar daddies house. She didn't really want to get into an argument, she just wanted to end things calmly. But it had to come to an argument, she would definitely not back down.

As she drove up into the neighborhood he lived in, she pulled into his driveway and got out her car. She noticed a that he car wasn't there. Instead there was a blue BMW parked out front. She didn't really think about it and walked up to the front door. She knocked and rang the doorbell, but nobody answered. "Hello? Scourge?" she called out to see if anybody answered.

She waited a tad bit longer before she reached for the door knob. The door was unlocked, and of course, she walked right in. She looked all around downstairs to see if he was anywhere in sight. She didn't see him, and decided to walk up the stairs to see if he was probably in his room.

As she was walking up the stairs, she noticed that somebody appeared in front of her. She thought it would be him, but to her surprise, it was his wife. She's never met his wife before, so she was a little thrown off guard. She was about to speak, when the fox cut her off.

"Who are you?" she asked with a rude tone. She stared Rouge down as she placed a hand on her hip.

"I'm Rouge." the bat said with uncertainty. She actually felt a bit nervous.

"Ohh," Fiona smirked, "your the 'Thursday through Saturday nights' chick. I was wondering when i would finally see what you looked like."

Rouge looked completely confused. She wasn't sure if Fiona was kidding or not. She went to say something, but was once again cut off. "Your not the only one you know. There's the 'Monday morning run'. The Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon 'lunch break'. And finally the Thursday afternoon special."

Fiona continued to glare at Rouge with much hatred. Rouge felt her temper rising as she finally spoke. "Don't act like you're all hurt and surprised. I saw you a few times out in public with all your little boyfriends. I can go your husband right now if I want." She took out her cell phone as a threat that she'll call him.

Fiona, instead of becoming nervous, just laughed in her face. "You see, my husband and I have an agreement. We can have fun on the side, as long as none of our 'pets' come inside our home."

"Who the fuck are you calling a pet?!" Rouge yelled as she started to become red in the face. She was slowly losing her cool. Fiona just giggled at how frustrated she became and continued to taunt her.

"What did you think was going to happen? That he would somehow fall in love with you, leave me, and both spend the rest of your lives together with all the money you could spend?" she giggled as she wagged her finger. "No. That won't happen. It will never happen. Because at the end of the day, I'm the one in this huge house. I'm the one driving all the fancy cars. I'm the one who gets the money. And lastly, I'm the one that gets to sleep with Scourge."

Rouge tried to calm herself down by breathing slow and counting to ten in her head. She so desperately wanted to pull Fiona down the stairs by her hair and teach her some manners. But she decided to put up a front. She smirked as she looked the fox in the eyes.

"I only came here to tell your husband that I wanted to end what we had. I mean sure, he told me that I'm way better than you in bed on multiple occasions. And that I'm not 'loose' down there, unlike you. But since he's not here, I'm sure you can tell him what I said."

Fiona was fuming as her left began to twitch. She closed her eyes and took a deep breathe. She opened her eyes back up as she glared at the bat. "Get out of my house, you whore." She turned and stomped her way back up the stairs and slammed the door to the master bedroom.

Rouge giggled to herself as she waked down the stairs. But before she decided to leave, she wanted to get the last of what she thought she deserved for her time. She sneaked in the downstairs office and peeped through the door. No one was inside, so she crept inside. She walked over to the desk and opened the drawer to find stacks upon stacks of money.

"Well looky here." she whispered to herself. She picked up a stack that estimated to be about one thousand dollars. She smirked as she grabbed twenty stacks of money. She quickly stashed the money inside her purse and closed the drawer. She knew that Scourge leaves money lying around all the time, and when he did, she would always pick it up.

She walked out of the house as she put her sunglasses on. As she walked over to her car, she laughed to herself. "Dump sugar daddy: Check. Unexpectedly gain twenty thousand dollars: Check."

xXxXxXx

It was now 6:30 at night, and Amy was finishing getting ready for her date with Shadow. She wore a black midi halter dress (AN: Just look it up on Forever21, it's super cute). It had a deep veep cut and showed the right amount of cleavage. The was no back to the dress, which showed off her back. It ended right at the knees. With the dress, she wore white strap heels.

Her waist length hair was nicely curled and she had her bangs pinned back. For her makeup, she had smokey eye shadow, black eyeliner, mascara, and ruby red lipstick. She of course sprayed on her favorite perfume to finish her cute look.

She was currently on the phone with Blaze and Rouge as she waited for Shadow to arrive.

"Where is he taking you again?" asked Blaze.

"This Italian restaurant at the beach." answered Amy as she smiled.

"So will you two be getting to know each other in the back seat of his car?" asked Rouge as she giggled.

"Oh my god!" exclaimed Amy as she laughed. She heard the sound of a car pull into her drive and she looked out the window from her bedroom. She saw that it was Shadow's car.

"Girls! He's here!"

"Have fun!"

"We're coming over tomorrow so you can tell us what happened."

The girls said their goodbyes as Amy heard the sound of the doorbell. She grabbed her white clutch and walked down the stairs. Before she opened the door, she took a deep breathe to get rid of the nerves, then opened the door. Outside of the store stood Shadow, looking very handsome. His attire for the date consisted of a white button up and long sleeve shirt with the sleeves rolled up, black slacks, and black shoes.

Amy looked her date up and down as she blushed. "You look fantastic." said Shadow as he checked her out. "Thank you," she said as she stepped out and closed her door, "and you look very handsome."

Shadow chuckled as he lead her to the passenger side of the car. He opened the door for her and helped in her in the car. The gentleman thing to do. As he got into his seat, he reached to grab something from the back. "I got you something," he handed her a small sized gift bag, "think of it as a late birthday gift and a 'thank you' gift for the house."

"How nice of you!" exclaim Amy as she opened the bag. Inside was a pair of pink earrings with a match necklace. "Aww thank you so much, Shadow!" She reached over and kissed him on the cheek, causing him to blush. She giggled as she put on new jewelry.

Shadow turned the ignition of his mustang, making it roar to life. He backed out of the driveway and started to drive to the restaurant.

Inside the restaurant, the two hedgehogs were chatting while they waited on their food to arrive.

"So tell me about yourself." said Amy as she smiled. She really wanted to know all about Shadow. She was already really attracted to him physically, but she want to know what makes him who he is. "Well what would you like to know?" asked the ebony hedgehog. Amy placed a finger on her chin as she thought about what she wanted to know.

"We're you born in New York?"

"I was actually born and raised in Los Angeles. I lived there until I graduated from high school. The I went over to New York for college." Amy nodded her head as she listened.

"What did you go to college for?" she asked. "I majored in business." he answered. Amy was already really enjoying the conversation. Now she knew that she liked Shadow because he was really attractive and because he also has brains.

"What about you?" asked Shadow, "where are you from and such." He leaned in to listen as he smiled. She giggled a little as she met his gaze. "I was born and raised here in Miami. After I graduated from high school, I didn't feel the need to leave for college. I just really love the city life, and you always feel like your on vacation here."

"That is the number one reason why I moved here." he joked as they both laughed. "Well you already know what I do for a living," said Amy, "what do you do?"

"I work for a pet company that sells all types of things like clothes and beds and all the other necessary pet needs." he answered as he chuckled. Amy's eyes lit up with excitement. "What do you do for the company?"

"I'm on of the main people in charge. I make sure that different pet stores like Petsmart and Petco get our products."

"That's so cool," she exclaimed, "do you have any pets?" Shadow chuckled as he took out his phone. "It's funny you asked." He showed her a picture of a Siberian husky with beautiful ice blue eyes. Amy felt like her heart melted as she looked at the beautiful creature. "Her name is Luna."

"She's absolutely adorable!"

As they continued with their conversation, their waiter came back to give them their meal. Shadow got lasagna and Amy got chicken Alfredo. Throughout their meal, they made small talk, as they were too busy stuffing their faces with the delicious food. After they were done eating, they continued their conversation.

"This has been on my mind since the night at the club," said Amy, "but do you have a tongue piercing?" she asked as she smiled shyly. Shadow chuckled as he rubbed the back of his neck. "Yep," he opened his mouth and stuck out his tongue to reveal a silver stud on his tongue, "I got it about a month ago."

"Did it hurt?"

"To be honest, I'm not sure. I was with my two other friends and we were pretty drunk."

Amy laughed as she saw Shadow's face turn red from embarrassment. "I have a piercing too!"

"Oh really? Where?"

"My belly button," she said with a giggle, "I got it during spring break last year with my friends. It hurt like hell, but it was worth it." Shadow imagined what her body would look like with her cute belly ring. He slightly blushed as she pushed the thoughts out of his head.

"Was it the same friends you were with the night at the club?" Shadow asked. Amy nodded her head as she smiled. "Those are my two best friends. I've known Rouge since high school and then we met Blaze in college."

"I met Rouge today when I was waiting for you at the office." Shadow said as he thought back to earlier today. "She seems like the over protective friend. Am I right?"

Amy laughed as he laughed along with her. "Rouge is very...expressive."she said as she laughed nervously, "She's kinda like a loose canon. If something doesn't goes her way, she has a fit about it."

Shadow chuckled as he listened to his date. "She sounds like my friend. He can be the same way. Once you get him started, there's no stopping him." Amy thought back to the club when she met Shadow. She remembered that he was there with friends. "Speaking of friends, you said you were with friends that night at the club. Who were they?"

"I'll show you." He scrolled through his pictures to find a picture of friends to show. "The one on the left is Knuckles. He's the one who I said is the same as your friend, Rouge. And the guy on the right is Sonic. He's a asshole, but you learn to get use to it."

The minute she heard her ex boyfriends name, she choked on her water. She started to cough as she tried to catch her breathe. Shadow looked concerned as he reached over and grabbed her hand. "Are you okay?!"

She calmed her self down as she fanned herself down. "Did...did you just say...Sonic?" she asked with doubt. Shadow nodded his head as he kept an eye on her. "Yeah, is there something wrong?"

Amy sighed as made eye contact. "This is kinda awkward to say but...i use to date Sonic."

Shadow's eyes widen as his mouth was slightly open. He remembered that Sonic was telling him and Knuckles about an ex girlfriend of his that he hooked up with recently. "So...you were the one he hooked up with at the wedding?"

Amy covered her face with her hands and she sighed with frustration. "It's not what you think." she removed her hands from her face as she continued. "We've been dating on and off for three years and last year I was just over it. He cheat on me, lie to me, and I feel like he was just with me for the sex. The night before the wedding, everybody went out for dinner. Long story short, I got really drunk and we unfortunately went back to his suite. Then I find out that he's engaged afterwards. I already felt disgusted with myself, so when I found out about Sally, I felt gross."

Shadow listened to every word that Amy said. He could tell that she was being truthful about everything. He's only known Sonic for a little over a year, and he knew how he could be with the ladies. "I hope I didn't make things awkward," said the pink hedgehog, "I'm having real fun with you."

He reached out and grabbed her hand. "It's fine. Trust me, I know how he can be. He's your past now." He kissed the back of her hand tenderly as she smiled and blushed.

"Well enough about our blue friend," Amy said, "now about your friend Knuckles. I have an idea. But first, is he single?"

"Yeah," the ebony hedgehog nodded his head, "why you ask?"

Amy smirked as she answered. "What if for the next date, we have a double date? I feel like they would be very great together."

When Amy saw the picture of Knuckles, she immediately noticed how built he was. It looked like he lived at the gym. She also noticed his left arm was an entire sleeve of tattoos. She knew that Rouge would love to get to know him.

Shadow smirked as he leaned in. "So there'll be a second date then?"

Amy giggled as she twirled her hair and looked him in the eyes. "Yep. That is, if it's okay with you." She batted her long eyelashes as she looked into his eyes. His smirked widen as he leaned back in his seat. "I'm definitely okay with it."

"Then it's a date."

After spending a few more moments at the restaurant, Shadow drove Amy home. When he pulled up in front of her house, he got out his car and opened the door for her. He walked her up to her door to say bye.

"I had a lot of fun tonight Shadow. Sure, we both found out with both know a certain asshole, but I really enjoyed my time with you." He chuckled as he held both of her hands in his. "So did I, Amy. I can't wait for our next date. Especially since we'll be bringing our friends along."

Amy giggled as she shook her head. "I have a feeling she won't be disappointed when she sees him." she joked as they both laughed. As their laughter calmed down, they got lost in each others eyes. Amy really wanted to kiss him, but she wanted to tease him.

She leaned in and kissed the very corner of his lips. She looked back into his eyes and noticed he blushed as he smirked. He pulled her hands up to his mouth and kissed them. "Goodnight, Rose."

"Goodnight, Shadow."

They let each others hands go as they both turned to leave. Amy was inside her house looking out her door and Shadow sat in his car and turned it on. They made eye contact and Amy blew him a kiss, causing him to smile. He drove away and Amy closed her door. She leaned on it as she slid down to the floor with a smile wide on her face.

'He's perfect.'

Authors note: and that's chapter three! I hope you enjoyed it! I haven't gotten any reviews, but I did get favorites and follows, so I'm guessing I'm doing something right. Chapter will be up soon enough.

Thanks for reading! :)