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Chapter Fifteen: Motherly Advice

May 5

Dear diary,

Yesterday was perfect! I finally got the chance to introduce my mom to Shadow and everything turned out great. My mom definitely approves of Shadow and she proved it by showing him all the motherly love she has to offer. But of course, she just had to be embarrassing at some point. She showed Shadow some pictures that should of never been shown. One picture she showed him was when I was a freshman in high school and I had braces. Ugh, I hated that picture so much. My hair was super short, I wore these ugly glasses, and of course there was a few blemishes on my face.

Thankfully the rest of the pictures she showed him was when I was looking hot. Another one she showed him was when me and the girls were in our sorority and we were doing car washes to raise money. Of course, I was wearing extremely short jean shorts, a bikini top that pushed up my breast (that grew in just in time for college) and my long hair (which I grew out in high school) was up in a high pony tail. I was leaning up against a car and Rouge was behind me as she sprayed me with the hose. Blaze and Cream were seen in the back, wearing a similar attire, as they attracted more guys to get their car wash. Shadow must of really liked that picture of me since he had a tint of red on his cheeks. Ha ha!

Anyways, I'm having my mom come over today. I need some helpful motherly advice about the situation with Sonic and Sally. Plus, I want to talk to her more things about Shadow. Like when he was living in New York and what his stupid ex girlfriend did to him. Ugh, I'm still mad about that. But Shadow's mine now so that ex of his is totally irrelevant and she'll stay irrelevant as long as I'm around.

I definitely can't deny that my feelings for Shadow are growing day by day. But I'm not complaining. I just look forward to seeing him, talking to him, kissing him, and everything else that involves him and I just being together. And I just know he feels the same way. He proved last night when he talked about us being together to my mom. And every chance he gets, he proves it physically. We can barely keep our hands off each other.

Even though Sonic and I have dated on and off for years, he wasn't the only I was with. Sure, none of the guys I've been with were my boyfriend, and trust me, they weren't close to boyfriend material. But that didn't stop me from having my own little fun. But there is one thing I've noticed ever since I started to date Shadow. Well, before we even started dating. I've never felt so sexually attracted to somebody before like I am with Shadow. I remember when I first saw Shadow, I would touch myself just about thinking about him. And when we started talking and getting to know each other, I just wanted to pounce on him.

With other guys, it felt like they were trying their hardest to make me notice them. But with Shadow, there's no force in it. That's just who he is. A sexy, attractive, muscular, handsome guy.

Hah, listen to me. I sound like a horny school girl again. Maybe it's because I haven't had sex in months and because Shadow is always getting me in the mood.

By the way, I went to visit Shadow at his job yesterday, and of course, something happened. He started kissing my neck and rubbing my sweet spot. I was getting so turned on just by the way he touches me. I told him that we couldn't do what we wanted, since it was his office and anybody could walk in. He stopped when he pulled his finger out of my flower and sucked on his finger. Ugh, just by him doing that I wanted him to take me right there. He said if we weren't there I would of gotten my reward. Was it sex, or something along those lines? I better find out soon before I loose it.

Sincerely,

Amy

"Sonic and Shadow know each other?"

"Yep. I was surprised too."

Amy and her mom were downstairs in her living room. Amy was still in her pajamas and was wrapped up in a blanket on her couch. Her mother sat beside her, wearing floral sundress and was also wrapped up in a blanket. The mother and daughter were sharing a small tub of chocolate ice cream as they gossiped.

"Small world," said Abby, "how do they know each other?"

"There's this yearly car show that happens in July. Sonic was with his friends Knuckles and Silver, and that's where they met Shadow. Then they pretty much bonded once they started talking about cars and all that."

Her mother swallowed a spoonful of the ice cream and shrugged her shoulders. "That's predictable."

"Yeah," Amy sighed and placed her spoon inside the ice cream container. "Speaking of Shadow, I wanted to explain more about him. We didn't get to yesterday."

"Sure honey," Abby said as she got comfortable, "go ahead."

"Well," Amy started, "Shadow was born and raised in California. But before he moved here, he use to live in New York. He lived there for a few years and he also had a girlfriend there." She spat out the word 'girlfriend' with an annoyed tone but calmed her self down.

Abby raised her eyebrows. "Really now?"

"Mhmm," her daughter hummed, "he said they've dated for a few years and she eventually moved in with him. Shortly after she moved in with him, she found out she was pregnant."

The older hedgehog leaned in closer to her daughter with wide eyes. "Shadow has a kid?!"

"No, no, no!" Amy exclaimed as she shook her hands. "But trust me, it gets worse from here."

Abby leaned back in her seat and continued to eat the chocolate ice cream.

"So when Shadow found out she was pregnant, he was super excited about it. He told me how took her to all her appointments, he went out and bought all sorts of baby supplies, and was even getting a nursery ready at their apartment." Amy sighed and reached for her spoon in the ice cream container and swallowed down the cold dessert. "So weeks later, Shadow started to notice that she was acting different. And it wasn't because of her hormones. He said that she would come home later than usual and wouldn't have full answers to his questions. So one day while she was gone, Shadow went through her laptop and found bunch of emails between her and some guy. Turns out, she was having an affair. In one of the emails, she told the guy that he was actually the father, not Shadow."

"Oh my god," gasped Abby, "that's terrible! He must of been so heart broken when he read it."

Amy nodded her head sadly. "Want to know the worst part?" Her mother hesitantly nodded her head. "He was planning on proposing to her."

Abby wasn't sure how to react to all of this. She was shocked to know that something like that happened to Shadow. And to make matters worse, he was going to make this woman his wife.

"Actually, the worst part was when she tried to make Shadow believe he was the father. He said that pretty much most of the time they used condoms, so there was no way the baby could be his."

Her mother sighed deeply and ran her hand through her hair. "Well when Shadow told me he had a bad relationship, he wasn't kidding."

Amy nodded her head and sighed. "Long story short, he confronted her about it. Of course she lied about everything but he smart enough to not believe her. So he kicked her out, sold the apartment, pawned the ring, and left New York. When he moved her, he crashed at a friends house. Then that's when I saw him at the open house and shortly after at the club. Now he lives in the house that I sold to him."

"Well if that isn't a love story, then I don't know what is," joked the older hedgehog. Amy giggled along with her mother.

"So when we became official, he went ahead and told Sonic about us. I was extremely nervous at first because I wasn't sure how'd he react. You know, him and I being ex's and me suddenly dating his friend. But shockingly, he was really happy about it.

"Well that's good," Abby said, "I'm sure you wouldn't want Sonic and Shadow fighting over you. By the way, how is Sonic? I haven't seen him in a while."

Amy awkwardly laughed and twiddled with her fingers. "Funny you should ask. There's a problem going on with Sonic."

"Between you and him?"

"Oh no. Thank goodness," the younger hedgehog sighed. "I just need some advice."

"Go ahead sweetie," her mom said, "I'm all ears."

"Where should I begin?" Amy asked herself. "Well, obviously you know about Sonic and Sally being engaged." Her mother nodded her head. "Okay. So recently, Sonic asked me to help Sally out and plan their wedding. Of course, me being way too nice, I decided to help. So I met up with Sally and her friend at a restaurant to discuss the wedding." She rolled her eyes and sighed. "You should see the list of what she wants for this wedding. But I'll explain that later. So anyway, I went up to go use the restroom and what not. But when I was on the way back, I over heard some scandalous information."

Abby leaned in with anticipation. "Like what?"

"Sally is cheating on Sonic," Amy answered as her mom gasped. "She was talking about being with some guy and that they need to see each other again. She says that she doesn't see it as cheating. It's just her experimenting and having harmless fun."

Abby leaned back into the couch and sighed. She looked as if she had all of the worlds problems on her shoulders. "This is definitely scandalous."

Amy nodded her head and shrugged her shoulders. "I don't know what to do. I don't know if I should tell Sonic or Just let him figure it out for himself. What would you do mom?"

Her mother hummed in thought as she thought up of an answer. It surely is a difficult situation to be in. "Well honey," her mother started, "as hard as it is, you're going to have to say something to Sonic."

Her daughter groaned and whined as she leaned her head on her mothers shoulder. "Really?"

"Yes really. Think about it. This isn't just a regular relationship. Those two are engaged. When two people are engaged, a man and a woman, a man and a man, or a woman and a woman, that means that they truly love each other to get married. But what Sally is doing...that isn't love. If Sally truly loved Sonic as much as she says she does, she wouldn't be sneaking around with other men. I know it'll be hard, but you have to tell Sonic before it's too late. I'm sure you wouldn't want him marrying this woman just for her to continue what she's doing behind his back. And plus, I'm sure if Sonic were to find out if Shadow was cheating on you, you would want him to tell you about it. Right?"

"Your right, mom." Amy knew her mom would be right about this.

Abby ran her fingers through her daughters hair and sighed. "Your not the only one who's feeling this way about Sonic and Sally. I was talking to Aleena the other day about it."

"What did she tell you?"

"She's skeptical about their relationship. She told me that Manic and Sonia have talked to her about how they feel about it, but their not sure if they should tell Sonic." Amy rolled her eyes and groaned. "Even if Sonic doesn't listen to you and doesn't believes what you say, just tell him. He may not do anything about it, but sooner or later he'll confront Sally when he's ready."

The mother and daughter spent the rest of their morning enjoying their time together. Amy knew what her mom was saying was right. At some point today, she would meet up with Sonic to tell him the news.

Inside of a classroom filled with loud and rowdy teenagers, Sonic sat at the teachers desk, letting the students do what they want. Usually the blue hedgehog would be out on the baseball field coaching the team, but it was currently raining outside. Also, the teacher that has this class was out today, so the office asked for Sonic to take her place for today. He was going to deny it and ask for the office to just call in a substitute teacher, but he saw it as a way to kill some time.

As he lounged on the comfortable chair, he was testing his brother and sister. He wanted to know Manic and his band could perform at the reception and if Sonia could take their wedding photos. He was hoping that they would say yes, being siblings and all. He noticed that whenever he would mention anything that has to do with Sally or the wedding, they would both act weird.

'Do they not like Sally?', he asked himself. 'Sally is really nice to Manic. Her and Sonia have been out to the mall and stuff before. Sonia came back looking annoyed, but I'm sure they get along just fine.'

Sonic has been pushing away his denial of Sally being unfaithful in the back of his mind for weeks. It's to the point where he doesn't even think of anything wrong when Sally comes home late, is always out of the house, or any other sketchy thing that would make him question her. His mother had tried to talk to Sonic about Sally, but he tells his mother that he loves Sally and that Sally loves him back.

He was snapped out of his thoughts when his cell phone began to ring. He looked and saw that Amy was calling. He stepped out of the loud class room and walked into the hallway where it was quiet enough.

"Hey Ames!" he said as leaned against the wall.

"Hey Sonic. What are you up to?"

"Subbing a class. I think the teacher got drunk again and was too hung over to get out of bed. What about you?"

"My mom just left my house a while ago. Listen, do you think we can meet up somewhere later? I have some things I want to talk about in person."

"Sure. Just tell me when and where and I'll be there."

"Okay. Bye Sonic!"

"See ya later Ames!"

After the phone call ended, Sonic stuffed his phone back in his pocket. He couldn't help but notice that Amy sounded a bit a stressed. 'What ever she wants to talk about must be really important'.

When he walked back into the class room, he was hit in the face with a very wet spit ball. "Sorry Mr. Hedgehog!" yelled one of the students.

Sonic just sighed and wiped away the spit ball from his cheek. "That lady better be back tomorrow."

Inside of a conference room was a very tired ebony hedgehog. He got through sitting in a meeting that almost lasted two hours without falling asleep. He even yawned only three times. It was a new record for him. The meetings they usual have are just about sales and things of that nature. But after the meeting was over, Shadow's boss pulled him aside.

"Shadow," said Mr. Johnson, an older hedgehog, "you've been working here for a while now and I really admire your dedication to coming to these meetings. Even though sometimes they could be pointless."

Shadow chuckled and shook his hand. "Thank you, Mr. Johnson."

"Now, I have an opportunity for to make extra money. You would be doing me a huge favor."

Just from hearing the word 'money', Mr. Johnson had Shadow's attention. "What is it?"

"There's going to be a few meetings at the office in New York for a week. I was going to attend them but some important family related things came up. If you take my place, I'll give you a very hefty raise," the tan hedgehog smirked, "your paycheck will look outstanding."

"When is it exactly?" asked Shadow. "I'll be on vacation for the first week of June."

"Don't worry about it. It's next week, from May 11th to the 15th. So what do you say?"

Shadow was weighing out this offer. The positive thing was that he would be making extra money. Money that he could use for the trip to California. But the negative thing was that he would be away from home for a week. And being away from home for a week means he would be away from a certain pink hedgehog. But he also thought about what he could do for her with that money when he comes back home. He can buy her something or take her out on a romantic dinner. He smirked and shook his boss's hand.

"It's a deal."

"Perfect," exclaimed Mr. Johnson, "I'll be sure to call the New York office and tell them that you'll take my place. You won't regret it, Shadow."

The boss left and Shadow was headed back to his office. He was thankful that he completed the stack of paper work he had before he went to the meeting. As he took a seat, he wondered how Amy would react to him leaving for a week. He figured that she wouldn't be so bummed about it. Suddenly, his phone started to ring. He smiled when he saw who was trying to reach him.

"I was just thinking about you."

"Aww you're too sweet," Amy said, "so how's work?"

Shadow thought of telling her now, but he thought it person would be better. Just in case if she were to freak out. "It's fine. I made it through another long meeting and I got some work done. I'm just waiting till it's time to leave."

"Well that's good! So listen, I had my mom over this morning and she was giving me advice about this whole Sonic and Sally thing. So long story short, I'm going to meet up with him and just tell him. I don't want to say anything at all and watch him get hurt, you know?"

"I understand. Let's just hope he won't be stubborn about it. Where will you both be?"

"Hopefully. We're meeting up at Starbucks."

"You have an obsession with that place, don't you?" Shadow joked as he chuckled.

"I can't help that I'm craving it," Amy giggled, "well I'll let you get back to work. I'm about to leave. Bye babe!"

"Goodbye, Rose."

Shadow sighed and reclined in his seat. He looked up at the ceiling and groaned. "Now I'm craving Starbucks."

"Vanilla ice coffee for Big Daddy Blue."

"That would be me."

Inside of the popular coffee shop were Sonic and Amy. The pink hedgehog was enjoying her vanilla latte while going over her plan in her wasn't exactly nervous, she just didn't know how Sonic would react. 'Why should I be worried? I'm not the one that's cheating.'

When Sonic came back to the table with his drink, Amy gave him a strange look. "Really? Big Daddy Blue?"

The blue hedgehog chuckled. "What? It's catchy!" Sonic smirked and leaned his elbow on the table. "Remember when I wanted you to call me daddy when we would get busy?"

"Yes," answered Amy as she leaned on her hand, "I remember cause I always thought it was weird and refused to not call you that."

"Sally thinks it's weird too," he mumbled before taking a sip of his drink. "By the way, you must really love this place. You always want to come here to talk."

"The smell of coffee puts me at ease," said Amy as stirred her drink. She thought about how to tell Sonic the news.

'Should I try to beat around the bush or just come out and say it? Ugh whatever. I'll just come out and say it.'

"Sonic, there's something really important that I have to tell you."

Sonic sensed the seriousness in her voice and nodded his head. "What's up?"

Amy took a deep sigh. "When I was helping Sally and Fiona plan the wedding, everything was going smoothly. I went to go use the bathroom and when I came back I overheard their conversation." She took another breathe because she knew this was the hard part. "Sally was telling Fiona about a guy she was with one night, and the guy wasn't you. She said that he liked the outfit she wore for him and that they need to get together again." With every word that came out of her mouth, Sonic's face dropped lower and lower. "She says that she doesn't see it as cheating. It's just her experimenting and having fun."

Sonic wasn't sure what to say. He didn't even know how to act. But looking at his face, he looked completely caught off guard. "...What?"

"She's cheating on you. Your relationship with her is just a big lie. She wants to marry you just to say she's married."

"But..I..," he ran his hands through his quills and sighed, "are you sure that's what you heard? Maybe you just over heard them wrong."

Sonic was clearly still going through his denial, and Amy knew that. She expected him to act this way. One, because her mother told her to expect this reaction. And two, she's known him for years. She's gotten use to Sonic's stubborn behavior. She realized that Sonic is the type of person that won't believe something until he sees it him self.

"Trust me. I heard with my owns ears," Sonic went to say some but she cut him off. "I know you're unsure of it, but I'm only telling you because I care about you. I don't want to see you marrying her and then finding out about her infidelity when it's too late. I don't want you thinking that I'm only saying this because I want you to be miserable. I'm just trying to prevent that from happening."

Sonic sighed and nodded his head. He was truly speechless and sat there and took in the information. He opened his mouth a few times to say something, but nothing seemed to come out. He knew what Amy said was true, him being stubborn and all. He also knew that what she was saying was truthful, not just something to make him feel horrible. When he finally found his voice, he let go of the breathe he didn't know he was holding in.

"Thanks Ames," he said as he held her hand, "I guess I'll talk to her about this later."

"Whatever you think is best," Amy said as she squeezed his hand. "Does somebody need a hug?" she asked with a smile.

Sonic chuckled as he stood up from his seat. "You know me to well."

The two wrapped their arms around each other and enjoyed the warm hug. When the two let go of each other, Sonic grabbed his drink.

"Well, I better go. Got a lot of things to think about."

When the two said their goodbyes, Sonic left the coffee shop while Amy sat back down. She decided to finish her drink and go through her phone. Even though what she told Sonic wasn't good news, she was glad she got it off her chest. She only hoped that Sonic would do the right thing. Just as she was getting up to leave, a certain ebony hedgehog walked in.

"I'm shocked that you're still here," said Shadow as he approached his girlfriend, "where's Sonic?"

Amy smiled and stood on her toes to give him a kiss. "He actually just left," Shadow held her hand and walked her outside. "I finally told him."

"How did that go?" he asked as he leaned against his car.

The pink hedgehog shrugged her shoulders. "As expected. I told him what happened and of course he was still kind of stubborn about it. He thought that I heard them wrong but I told him it was true. At least he didn't blow up at me about it."

"I guess your right," he gently pulled her towards him. "I have something that I need to tell you, but I'm not sure how you'll take it."

Amy raised an eyebrow. "Is it something bad?"

"Good news and bad news," he answered. "Good news is that my boss is giving me a big raise. Bad news is that I have to fly out to New York for work to get that raise."

Amy frowned as she looked up into Shadow's red eyes. "For how long?"

"It's for a week. From this Monday to Friday."

His girlfriend pouted and whined a little as she leaned on his chest. "But you won't be here with me for a week. I'll have to deal with all this drama by myself." She started to make sniffling noises, trying to fool her boyfriend that she was crying.

Shadow knew what she was doing and rolled his eyes with a smile. "Think of it this way. I'll be making extra money that I can use when we go on vacation," he leaned his forehead on hers, "maybe I can take you out some where special when we get there."

Amy giggled and pecked his lips. "I guess that sounds great. But I'm still upset about it."

"You'll get over it," he said as he nuzzled into her neck. Shadow smirked when she squirmed in his hold. "Are you doing anything later?"

"Nope," she answered as she returned the smirk.

"May I come over to your place?"

Amy stepped out of his embrace and sauntered her way to her car. When she opened the door, she turned around with the smirk still on her face. "Follow me there," she sat her seat and started the car with a push of a button. "Try to keep up. I like going fast."

Shadow sat in his car and turned it on, the engine roaring to life. He looked over to her with a wide smirk, showing his sharp fang. "You don't have to tell me twice."

Inside of the grocery store, Blaze was going up and down the isles. She was at her boyfriend's house a while ago, but when Silver offered to cook dinner, he realized he didn't have what he needed. So the purple feline offered to make a quick run to the store.

When she got the ingredients for dinner, she walked over to the freezers to get some ice cream. She figured Silver would like something sweet after their dinner. When she got to the right isle, she was surprised to see Sally there. The chipmunk was pushing a cart with one hand and talking on the phone with the other. Blaze's ears twitched as she eavesdropped on the one sided conversation.

"I'll be home soon...what do you want me to wear," she giggled flirtatiously. Blaze walked closer to hear better. "Of course I'll wear the school girl outfit for you...anything for you, Daddy."

Blaze was very creeped out at the name. She remembered when Rouge would call Scourge Daddy, and she shivered at the thought of it. 'Ugh, so gross.' She decided to make herself known so she won't hear anything else too disturbing.

"Hey Sally!"

The chipmunk gasped as she spun around. She ended the call and returned Blaze's smile. "Oh hey! Didn't expect to see you here."

"Just picking things up for dinner," the feline said. "So I couldn't but over hear your conversation. Seems like you and Sonic are always flirty with each other, huh?"

Blaze noticed the nervous look in Sally's face, but it was quickly replaced with a grin. "Yep. Gotta keep my man entertained, you know? Don't want him getting bored, right?"

"Of course," Blaze said, "got to keep things interesting."

Sally nodded her head and sighed. "Welp, I better get going. Can't keep him waiting. See you later!"

The chipmunk quickly walked away, leaving a very skeptical Blaze behind. The feline just shrugged her shoulders and continued on with her shopping. "That was awkward."

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More interesting things will be happening soon once Shadow leaves for New York! He'll be there for a week after all.

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