Authors note: Hey guys! Sorry I haven't updated in a while. I've been a cruise for the past week and had to live with no wifi :-( The struggle was very real.

The Joining, I understand where you are coming from, but you have to remember that this is my story. I have my reasons as to why the story is the way it is. This fanfic is listed Romance and Humor. I understand that usually everybody looks forward to seeing drama between the characters, but a lot of readers enjoy my fanfic the way it is. I'm not going to write unnecessary drama ust for the sake of having drama in a fanfic. I can't please everybody. If your looking for a type of fanfic that has constant drama happening left and right, then read something else. Just like what Kosma Bandra said, this is just fanfiction. I'm not going to stress myself out over it.

I'm not saying that everything in my fanfic will be look perfect. There will be some sort of conflict happening but in later chapters. After all, this does take place throughout the whole year. You can't rush a story. Especially when it's not your own.

I'm not trying to come off mean at all, I'm just simply explaining myself.

Anywayyy, enjoy the story!

Chapter Thirteen: Suspicion

April 11

It was now Saturday. Laying comfortably under her silk lavish bed sheets and snuggling into a fluffy pillow, Amy was peacefully enjoying her sleep. Thankfully, her windows were covered by the blinds, successfully blocking out that unforgiving Florida sun. All she could hear was the sounds of the birds chirping and occasionally the laughs and giggles of the small children who played outside. Which was good enough for her. She really enjoyed the days when she got to sleep in and would take advantage of every second that pasted by.

Unfortunately, something just had to wake her up from her deep slumber. Her phone started ringing on her nightstand. Very loudly to her displeasure. She sighed and leaned up on her elbows as she rubbed the sleep away from her eyes. Once she was somewhat awake, the pink hedgehog reached out and answered her phone without looking to see who was calling her.

"Hello," she mumbled as she laid her head back on her pillow.

"Hey Amy!" greeted a cheerful and wide awake Sally, "Sonic just gave me your number. Just calling to remind you that we're going out to discuss my wedding today! As if you would forget, right?" She laughed as Amy raised her head from her pillow and yawned.

"Of course I didn't forget," the pink rose said as she rolled her eyes, "I was just about to start getting ready."

"Great! I'll send you the address of the restaurant we're meeting at. Bye!"

She hanged and tossed her phone on her bed. Amy sat up on her bed and stretched while she yawned. "I should learn how to say no," she mumbled as she got out of bed, "Sonic totally owes me after this."

As she walked over to her closet to pick out an outfit, she remembered what Shadow told her last night at the pizza place.

'Be a good girl, Rose. Good girls get rewards when they behave.'

Amy smirked to herself. "I will most definitely be a good girl," she pulled out a black plain halter dress that ended mid thigh, "at least I'll try to be."

She laid her chosen outfit on her bed, stripped out of her pajamas, and went to shower. The warm shower helped to wake her up fully as she washed up. She made sure to wash her hair, since it kind of smelled funky from yesterday. As she showered, she imagined how this brunch would turn out with Sally. 'Maybe it won't be so bad. All we're doing is planning out a her wedding. Her very extravagant wedding.'

Once she was fresh and clean, she stepped out of the shower and dried her self off. She towel dried her hair and walked back into her bedroom to get dressed. She looked in the mirror and nodded her head in approval of her outfit. Al she needs to do is pick out a nice pair of heels and some accessories.

Amy then walked back into her bedroom and laid out all her makeup that she would use to fix up her face.

"Let's get this over with."

Sonic and Sally were laid out on their bed. Both completely naked with satisfied grins on their faces. Sonic had his arms behind his head with Sally laying on his chest.

"Forget a good breakfast," Sonic said as he ran his gloveless fingers through her hair, "that's a perfect way to start your day."

"Mhmm," Sally hummed in agreement. She sat up and stretched. "I need to start getting ready. I already Amy and I need to text Fiona." She stood from the bed, and just before she walked off, Sonic reached over and smacked her ass. She giggled and looked over her shoulder with a smirk.

"I'll be expecting some more action later today," he said with a smirk. She blew him a kiss and sauntered her way to the bathroom to get cleaned up. Sonic stayed in bed and turned on the tv. He smirked to himself as he replayed the exciting and satisfying events that just took place.

There was a tiny part of him that still wondered if Sally was being truthful and faithful to him. But a big part of him, mostly his denial, told him that she was of course being loyal to him. 'What am I thinking? Of course Sally is only with me. She loves me.'

As he watched tv, he wondered what he should do today. Since it was Saturday, he doesn't have to be at school coaching the baseball team. Usually he would just sleep and just work on his car all day, but he felt like getting out of the house.

'Hmm. I know for a fact that Silver is with Blaze. Knuckles will probably be with Rouge.'

He flipped through the channels, occasionally stopping on a channel that looked interesting, and continue channel surfing.

'I could just go to Shadow's house. I'm sure he isn't doing anything since Amy will be out.'

He lazily got up from the bed, stepped into his boxers, and grabbed his phone. After a few rings, the phone was answered.

"Hello?" answered a sleepy Shadow.

"Yo Shads. You doing anything today?"

Shadow yawned and groaned, indicating that he was enjoying a nice stretch. "Nothing that I know of."

"Good! I'm gonna be bored with Sally being gone with Amy and her friend. I'll just come by and we can do whatever."

"Hmph. Fine."

"Awesome! I'll be over soon."

The blue hedgehog hanged up the phone and made his way into the bathroom. Sally had already showered and was already dressed in a form fitting long sleeve blue dress that ended above the knees. She was already done with her makeup and was doing some finishing touches on her hair. Sonic turned on the shower and stepped in when the water was warm enough.

"While your gone. I'll be over at Shadow's house."

"Okay babe," she sprayed on some hair spray, "I'll probably be with Fiona all day today, so I won't be back till later tonight."

Sonic stuck his head out of the shower door and smirked. "Then we get to start round two, right?"

Sally giggled and twirled her hair. "Is that even a question?" Her phone buzzed, signaling that she received a text message. "Fiona is almost at the restaurant. I need to get going." She took one last look in the mirror and flipped her hair. "See you later tonight babe!"

She walked out of the bathroom, grabbed her purse, and walked down the stairs. She then got into her car, and sped of to the restaurant.

At the restaurant, Sally and Fiona were seated at a table sipping on mugs of coffee. They were were making conversation as they waited for Amy to arrive.

"So how was your morning," asked Fiona with a smirk, "from the look on your face, I'd say it was great."

"It was very great," answered Sally with a giggle. "What about yours?"

Fiona pulled down the front of her dress just enough to show hickey marks on her chest. "Very eventful." The two women giggled and clinked their mugs together. "So this Amy chick," said the fox, "she's cool with you?"

"Why wouldn't she? Her and Sonic are no longer together anyway. She shouldn't be bothered by it. She moved on to Shadow and Sonic clearly saw something better in me to propose." She looked at her ring watched it glistened in the light. "It's the least she can do."

"Oh, she's the one dating Shadow?" asked a shocked Fiona, "Ugh, he's so fucking hot."

Sally raised her eyebrows with a smirk. "Easy there, you have a husband back at home."

Fiona playfully rolled her eyes and smirked. "You know the arrangement Scrouge and I have. None of our little playmates are allowed in our home. Well, except for one." The women gave each other a knowing look and giggled.

Amy walked in the restaurant and searched for Sally. When she finally spotted her, she sighed, put on her best smile, and walked over. When she was close enough, Sally noticed her and smiled. Amy took a seat at the small circular table.

"I'm glad you made it," said Sally. "Amy, this is my best friend Fiona. Fiona, this is Amy."

"Nice to meet you," Fiona said with a smile.

Amy returned the smile. "Likewise."

'Hmm. So far, so good.'

At Shadow's house, the ebony hedgehog was in his kitchen eating a bowl of cereal. Luna was at his feet as she ate her bowl of food. Shadow pulled out his phone and went through his message. He started to check his emails. Some were coupons from various stores, some were spam, and most of them were from work. He opened one and scanned through the message, but only got halfway when he received a text from Amy.

It was a picture of her in her car. She had half lidded eyes, a grin on her muzzle, and her long hair was laid down on her chest. Shadow smiled as he admired the picture of his girlfriend. He sent back a message that said: 'You look stunning. Have fun, and remember to behave yourself.'

He smirked when he remembered how much she blushed. He had all sorts of 'rewards' that he could give Amy if she were behave herself. Just as he began to daydream all of the things that could happen between him and his Rose, there was a loud knock on the door. He sighed and stood up from his seat. He walked over to the front door, with Luna right behind him, and answered the door.

"Hey dude," greeted Sonic as he walked into the house. He fist pumped Shadow and followed him into the living room.

The two hedgehogs took a seat on the couch and flipped through the channels on the tv to find something to watch. Shadow was laid back on the couch as Luna came and snuggled up next to him. Sonic was on the other couch with his feet up on the table.

"So," started the ebony hedgehog started, "how do you think Amy is doing with the wedding planning?"

Sonic shrugged his shoulders. "I'm sure it's going fine. I'm just glad she's doing this."

"Why's that?"

The blue hedgehog sighed and ran his hands through his quills. "I didn't think weddings were this stressful to plan out. Get the dress, the tux, a big cake, enough food for everybody, pick a place for the honeymoon and all that shit. Plus, with Sally being on my back about everyday day drives me crazy."

"I guess that's the part of getting married," said Shadow as he gave Luna a belly rub, "you have to please your woman."

Sonic huffed and slouched in the couch. "I think the most annoying thing about it is that it seems like she complains just for the sake of complaining. It's makes my balls itch."

"...you should probably get that checked out."

Shadow was still very suspicious about Sally. He still believed that she wasn't being faithful to Sonic. He really wanted to say something about it, but he decided not to. At least not yet. Not until he had some type of proof to tell him.

Back at the restaurant, Amy was writing down all the ideas that Sally and Fiona had.

Amy looked up from her note pad to Sally. "So where is the wedding happening?"

"I decided that I want the wedding to be held at Fiona's house. Her and her husband own a beautiful mansion and it has a big enough back yard for the ceremony."

"Mhmmm," the pink hedgehog jotted down on the note pad. "Now, how many people will be attending?"

Sally hummed in thought. "Maybe likeee three hundred people. I have lots of friends and family that will be attending. And there will be a few bridesmaids and groomsman. Fiona is going to be my maid of honor and I know that Shadow is going to be Sonic's best man." She gasped and clapped her hands together. "Since Shadow will be the best man, I can make you a bridesmaid."

"Oh, um, thanks?" said Amy as she wrote it down on her notepad, "that's sweet of you."

"Speaking of Shadow," said Fiona, "you are sooo lucky to be dating him! He's totally sexy and so smart. When I heard about that slutty girlfriend of his getting pregnant by somebody else, and just thought who would do that to somebody like him, right?"

"Uhh, yeah! Totally," she grabbed her phone and purse and stood up. "Excuse me you two, I'm going to the restroom."

Amy walked into the restroom and stood in front of the mirror. She didn't need to actually use the toilet, she just wanted to fix up her appearance. She combed her hair, reapplied some lip gloss, and sprayed on some perfume.

As she looked at herself in the mirror, she thought about this brunch with Sally and Fiona. 'I actually thought this would turn out worst. Well, besides Fiona calling Shadow sexy. But I'll let that slide. She's not wrong.'

After she was satisfied with the way she looked, she gathered her things and walked out of the bathroom. When she reached the ended of the hallway where the bathroom was, she stopped at the ended when she over heard a conversation between Sally and Fiona.

"The other night was really fun, wasn't it?" asked Fiona.

Sally smirked and nodded her head. "Tons of fun. He really enjoyed the outfit I wore for him."

"Did he call you last night?"

"Yeah. I was at the pizza place with Sonic and his friends. I couldn't let him hear me so I had to stand away from them."

Fiona giggled and leaned in. "What did he say? Anything interesting?"

"He says we should all do it that again sometime. Which we definitely should."

"Has Sonic said anything? Does he know anything about it?"

"Oh please," she waved her hand, "he's so clueless about everything. When ever I come home late I just tell him I was with you out at the mall, which is half true. As long as I distract him every other night, he's fine."

"Good," said Fiona, "he can't be getting in the way of your fun."

"Exactly. Besides, I don't see it as cheating. I see it as experimenting and having harmless fun."

Amy leaned against the wall with wide eyes and her mouth open. "What the fuck?!" she whispered to herself with a hand over her mouth. 'I knew something was up! She cheating on Sonic!'

She had to calm herself down from freaking out. Just when she thought the day was going well, she just had to over something like that. But she was glad she did, because now she knew that Sally wasn't being faithful.

After she was calm enough, she had on a fake smile and walked back to the table.

"Oh Amy," said Sally as she and Fiona stood up, "I think we got enough things planned for today. If I have any other ideas, I'll be sure to text you."

"Sure! Text me anytime," she said with a fake giggle.

After paying for the bill, the women walked out of the restaurant. Sally and Fiona said their goodbyes and soon left. Amy got in her car and sighed.

"How am I going to tell Sonic this?" she asked herself as she ran her fingers through her hair. "I'll just go to Shadow's house and tell him about it. Maybe he'll know what to do."

Meanwhile, Rouge and Blaze were in her condo with their boyfriends watching Spanish soap operas. Much to the boys dismay. Silver and Knuckles were baffled as to how they started watching a few funny movies and ended up watching this. When ever they would suggest to watch something else, the women would shush them.

"Rouge, baby, don't you think we can possibly watch something else?" asked Knuckles as he wrapped his arm around his girlfriend.

"Shhhh! We have to find out if Maria will stay with Jorge or go back to Raul!"

Silver also tried to help with the situation. "Blaze, you don't even speak or understand Spanish!"

"Shhhh! You can tell whats going on just by looking at their faces!"

Suddenly, Rouge's cell phone began to ring. She looked at her screen and so that Amy was calling. "Pinky is calling," she told Blaze, "she's probably going to tell us how annoyed she was with Sally."

Her and Blaze walked over to the kitchen to talk to Amy. When they were out of site, Knuckles quickly took the remote and flipped through the channels trying to find something more entertaining.

"Hey Pinky! I'm with Blaze, I have you on speaker."

"How was it?" asked Blaze.

"Sally is cheating on Sonic!" she blurted out.

"Well I could of told you that," Rouge said, "but what makes you say that? Did something happen?"

"I overheard Sally and Fiona talking about some guy that Sally had fun with the other night. She doesn't think it's cheating, it's just her having a good time."

Blaze sighed. "That karma is a serious thing. What are you going to do?"

"I'm on my way to Shadow's house. I'm hoping that if I tell him, he'll know what to do. Hopefully."

"Well good luck with that," Rouge said, "let us know if anything else happens."

"I sure will."

Rouge hang up the phone, leaned against the kitchen counter, and deeply sighed. "There's going to be a whole lot of drama happening soon."

"You can say that again. I kinda want to be around when the shit hits the fan though."

"You and me both." The two walked out of the kitchen to see that the channel on the tv has been changed. "Hey! Who said to change the channel!?"

When Amy arrived at Shadow's house, she cursed when she saw Sonic's car in the drive way. "Shit. Just when I thought this could be easy." She took a deep breathe and fanned her self. "Just go inside, talk to Shadow, and possibly try to tell Sonic."

She turned off the engine of her car and stepped out. She locked it and walked over to the front door and gave it a few knocks. Five seconds barely passed when she heard the sound of Luna's barking and scratching of the door. The sounds stopped when the door opened and the large husky attacked the pink hedgehog with affection.

"Well hello Luna," Amy cooed as she gave the dog belly rubs, "you're just so cute!"

"I hope I get that same type of affection from you."

Amy looked up and made eye contact with blood red ruby orbs. Shadow grinned and raised an eyebrow, as if waiting for her to greet him. She giggled and stood up. She walked over and stood on her toes to give him a kiss. Even in her heels, Shadow is still a bit taller than her.

"I didn't know you were coming by. Why the surprise visit?" he asked as he lead her inside with Luna in toe.

"I actually have something to tell you. It has something to do with S-"

"Hey Ames," exclaimed Sonic as he approached his ex with a hug, "I didn't know you were coming by. How was the little meeting with Sally and Fiona?"

The three hedgehogs made their way into the living room and took a seat on the couches. Sonic sat in the recliner while Amy and Shadow sat on the other couch. "Uhh it was great," Amy replied with forced smile, "we made some good progress. I'm sure will meet again to discuss about more details and such."

'That's if this wedding we still be happening by then.'

"I hope she didn't overwhelm you with a bunch of ideas," joked Sonic, "she's been babbling about it for weeks."

Amy had to force a laugh, which came out very awkwardly. Shadow looked at her with a questionable look. He nudged her and mouthed 'are you okay?'. She kept her awkward smile on her face as she shook her head. She darted her eyes from his face to the kitchen.

Sonic's phone then began to ring, and Amy found it to be perfect timing.

"Excuse me guys, gotta take this call." The blue hedgehog stepped out to the back yard. Before Shadow could even blink, he was being dragged to the kitchen by his jumpy girlfriend.

"I'm guessing what you have to tell me is very important," the ebony male said as he crossed his arms. "What happened?"

Amy sighed and looked her boyfriend in the eyes. "Well the little brunch was okay. But then I happened to over hear something that I shouldn't have heard..."

"Like?"

"Fiona was asking Sally is she had fun the other with some guy the other night. And Sally was branging about how this guy loved the outfit she wore for him and that they need to do it again sometime. And that Sonic is clueless about everything and that she doesn't see it as cheating, it's just her experimenting and having fun!" she took a deep breathe after she spat every word out.

Shadow titled his head. "Experimenting?"

Amy shook her head with her hands up in defensive. "I don't know what that means. But what I do know is that Sonic needs to know about this. She isn't in love with Sonic at all. She's just in love with the idea of being married," she sighed again as she leaned her head on his shoulder, "I don't know what to do."

Shadow patted her back and shrugged. "Maybe we should confront him about it."

"What, like an intervention?"

"Something. Then again, whatever we tell him will probably go in one ear and out the other. You know he's stubborn about her."

"Ugh, I know. It's gross."

Just then, Sonic came back inside. He grabbed his keys and faced the couple. "Well you guys, I'll be on my way now."

Shadow looked at his clock and noticed it was only one in the afternoon. "Why so early? You usually stick around and annoy me all day."

"My lady called," Sonic said with a smirk, "she's on her way home. She was going to hang out with Fiona, but I guess she felt like continuing what we started this morning. Can't say I blame her."

Amy scuffed and rolled her eyes as Shadow just shook his head. "Have fun with that."

"I sure will buddy. I sure will." Sonic said his final goodbyes and walked out the door, leaving the two alone.

Amy's sudden frown turned into a smirk as mischief sparkled in her eyes. "On the bright side, I behaved myself like a good girl. And you said so yourself, good girls get rewards when they listen." She looked up at him as she batted her long eyelashes and twirled her hair.

Shadow returned the smirk and grabbed his girlfriend by her hips and pulled her closer. "I did say that," he leaned down to point where his lips grazed her ear, "but I never said when you'll get that reward, now did I?"

The pink female pouted and crossed her arms. "How long do I have to wait for this 'reward'?" she asked as she used air quotes.

Her boyfriend simply chuckled and grabbed her hand as he lead her back to the living room. "Good things comes to those who wait, my dear Rose." He took a seat and pulled her down beside him. "For now, how about we just relax."

"Fine. But I better get this reward of yours soon," she said with a smirk.

They shared a kiss, a kiss that slowly turned into a makeout session. But Shadow was quick to end it, since he knew what Amy was trying to do. They snuggled together, and enjoyed the rest of their Saturday together.

Authors note: Another chapter down!

I hoped you all enjoyed this chapter. I'll try to have the next one up hopefully by the end of this week.

Thanks for reading!