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Chapter Twenty: Still With You

May 13

After taking a long shower, getting dressed, and packing up his things, Shadow made his way to Jet and Wave's place. He still couldn't believe what happened. Raven having the nerve to come to his suite, trying to seduce him, then telling him that he was indeed the father of Sage. What made the whole thing more frustrating was how much resemblance Sage and Shadow had.

He gripped the stirring wheel tighter when the stinging sensation on his cheek came back. Shadow was raised to never lay a hand on a woman in a violent way, but when Raven slapped him, his hand was itching to retaliate. He started to get more frustrated when he was thinking how he should tell Amy. He didn't know how she would react to it or if she would even want to still be with him.

With all his thinking, he didn't realize that he pulled up to the condo building that Jet and Wave reside in. After parking the car, he got his luggage from the trunk and made his way inside. Once inside, he went to the elevator and pressed the button for the fifteenth floor. As the elevator went up, he caught himself thinking about Amy. At first, his original plan after arriving at his friends place was to call his girlfriend and tell her what happened. But he decided to tell her after dinner. He was still very on edge about it and wanted himself to be calm when he tells her.

After stepping out of the elevator and finding the condo he was looking for, he gave the door a few knocks. It only took a few seconds when the door opened to reveal a very happy looking purple bird.

"Shadow!" exclaimed Wave as she gave her friend a hug. "It's been so long!" Wave looked pretty much the same when Shadow last saw her. The only physical change was her not having a huge pregnant belly anymore. She was still beautiful, her long hair still reached her tail, and she managed to keep her figure after giving birth to her daughter.

The ebony hedgehog chuckled and returned the hug. He grabbed his luggage and walked inside with Wave closing the door behind him. "Where's Jet?" he asked as she placed his luggage down.

As if on que, Jet came out into the living room, carrying a little light purple baby bird. "Hey you made it," said Jet as he smiled, "look who woke up just in time to see you."

Shadow smiled as he laid eyes on the cute baby in Jet's arms. Jet motioned for Shadow to grab Sky, and he happily took the baby in his arms. The last time he saw Sky was actually ten months ago when she was in the middle of being born. It was around the same time when he ended things with Raven. It was the week when he was moving to Florida. A few days before his flight, he received a phone call around two in the morning that Wave went into labor. He went to give Wave emotional support, seeing as how Jet was to busy freaking out in the delivery room.

The baby in Shadow's arms resembled both of her parents perfectly. Her light green feathers were from her father, her already medium length purple hair were from her mother, and she had light blue eyes like both parents. Sky giggled as she reached her tiny arms up and rubbed Shadow's cheeks. Shadow smiled and tossed her around in his arms, turning her giggles into squeals of fun.

"She's adorable," Shadow said as he handed her to Wave. "Is she walking yet?"

"Little by little," said Wave as she fixed her daughters hair. "You and Jet can sit at the table. I'll be right out with dinner."

Soon enough dinner was served and everybody was seated at the table. Including Sky, who was seated in a high chair and being fed by Wave. The couple asked Shadow how his new life was in Florida, his new friends, and especially about his girlfriend. Wave seemed to be impressed about what she's been told about Amy. She told Shadow that she sounds more grown up and mature than Raven.

"So what happened when Raven came to your room?" asked Jet.

Shadow sighed with a roll of his eyes. "She was trying to persuade me to get back together with her and she told me that I was the father of her baby." Jet nearly choked on his drink while Wave's eyes widen. "I really don't want to believe it, but he looks so much like me."

After catching his breathe, Jet shook his head. "There's no way. There has to be some type of trick that she's trying to pull to get you back."

"I know Raven is crazy," said Wave, "but I don't think she's that crazy to do something to her child to make her look like Shadow. I'll be honest. A while ago I saw her at the store with her son. When I saw him, he kinda did look like Shadow."

"So you're saying that the baby could possible be his?" her husband asked.

Wave shook her head. "I'm not saying that. Stranger things has happened." Wave looked over at the ebony hedgehog and noticed that he looked mentally drained. He came back to New York for business, not to possible become a father. "Have you told your girlfriend yet?"

Shadow shook his head and sighed. "After dinner I will. I'm just not sure how she's going to take it."

"There's a computer that you can use to face time her with," said Jet as he poured himself some water. "You can use it if you like."

Shadow nodded his head and thanked Jet. He couldn't deny that he was nervous to hear what Amy would say when he told her.

After visiting her mother and going to the store with Blaze, Amy arrived back home with bags of groceries. After she put her groceries away, she fed Luna and cleaned up around the house. She was feeling better after the talk she had with her mom. Plus, it was almost Friday, so Shadow would be home soon. She couldn't wait to have him back home and in her arms. She was smiling ear to ear just thinking about it. Just as she was thinking about him, her phone started to ring.

She walked over to her phone and realized that it was in fact her boyfriend trying to face time with her. She quickly fixed up her hair and made sure her makeup wasn't smudged. When she thought she looked good enough, she took a seat on the couch and answered the phone.

"Hey Shadow," she greeted as she smiled.

"Hey Rose. How was your day?"

"It was okay. Not much happened." She noticed that Shadow looked tired and a bit irritated. "Shadow, are you okay? You don't look like yourself."

Shadow sighed and slowly dragged his hand down his face. "There's something that I have to tell you, and I'm not sure how you'll take it."

Amy's eyes were suddenly full of worry. "What is it?" Shadow closed his eyes and sighed again. He leaned his forehead on his hand, showing that he had a massive headache. "Shadow, what ever it is, you can tell me," she said softly.

Shadow took a deep breathe and looked Amy in the eyes. "For starters, my ex girlfriend Raven knew what hotel I was staying at and decided to come to my suite."

Amy's eyes narrowed at the mention of Raven. "What did she want?"

"She was trying to get back together with me, but of course I shot that down." Shadow took another deep breath for the worst part of what he had to tell her. "She also told me that I'm the father of her son."

The color in Amy's face seemed to have drain as she looked at Shadow with big eyes. She thought she was hearing things, but the look on his face told her that he was being serious. "W-What? How can that be?" she asked in complete shock.

Shadow shook his head. "I really don't know. The amount of times that she's cheated compared to the times we've been intimate doesn't add up to me being the father. What makes this whole thing even more frustrating is that the baby looks like me."

Amy couldn't believe what she was hearing. She didn't know what to say or how to react. Just by looking at Shadow, she could tell that he was just as confused as she was. She was expecting to hear something about Shadow's ex doing something, but she didn't expect something this big and serious. "So what does this mean for us?" she asked timidly as Shadow looked at her with a questionable look. "Does this mean that you'll go with her and take care of the baby?"

Shadow looked at her as if she was crazy. He actually expected for there to be an argument between them, but there's not much to argue about. Just by the look on her face and the sound of her voice, he knew she was nervous about this situation.

"No," he simply said as he shook his head. He looked into eyes and continued. "There's no way in hell that I'm leaving you. I know that this isn't what you wanted to hear, but I know that something isn't right. Raven is just trying to get me back and she's doing everything she can to make that happen. But I would be a fool to leave a beautiful woman like you." Amy's frown turned into a small smile as tears brimmed her eyes. "Whatever happens with this situation won't interfere you and I. The amount of feelings that I have for is too strong to just let go. I'm still with you, Rose."

Amy couldn't help but let a few tears roll down her face. She smiled as she wiped away her tears. "You don't know how happy I am to hear you say that," she said. "I really thought this conversation was going to take a turn for the worst."

"I'm glad it didn't," Shadow said. "Don't cry anymore," he said softly. He wished that he could be there holding her in his arms.

The hedgehog wiped her tears away and smiled. "You're so amazing," she said with as her smiled widen. "So since she know's where you're staying, did you change hotel rooms?"

"I'm actually staying at my friends place. I told them what happened and their letting me stay here until I leave."

"Well that's good to hear," Amy said, "you don't have to worry about anybody invading your privacy again. Tell them I say hi!"

"Would you like to tell them yourself?" Shadow asked with a grin. Amy was a bit surprised but she nodded her head. Shadow called out for Wave and Jet to come in the room. A few seconds later, the bird couple, including Sky, came through the door. "Amy, this is Wave, Jet, and Sky," he introduced. "Guys, this is Amy. My beautiful girlfriend."

Jet looked at Amy then back at Shadow with a smirk. "So you're the famous Amy that's been making my friend all happy," he said as Amy blushed.

"It's nice to meet you," said Wave as she smiled at Amy.

Amy smiled back as she did a little wave to Sky. "Likewise."

For the next twenty minutes or so, Jet and Wave were getting to know the pink hedgehog. Of course Jet had to embarrass Shadow a little as he told Amy that the ebony hedgehog could literally talk about her all day at work. Wave got to know Amy, asked her about basic things like what she does for a living and such, and the two even exchange contact. Mostly to talk about Shadow when he wasn't around. Eventually Wave and Jet day goodnight and left the two to talk.

"Only two more days till I'm home," Shadow said as he grinned.

"The sooner you're here, the better. I hope your last two days at work are peaceful," she joked as she giggled.

Shadow chuckled and sighed. "I sure hope so too." He looked into Amy's eyes and smiled. He was truly grateful to have such a mature and understanding girlfriend. He was glad very happy to see that she was understanding of the situation and that she tried to blame him for it. "Goodnight my Rose. I miss you."

Amy smiled and blew him a kiss. "Goodnight. I miss you too."

When their face time call ended, Amy deeply sighed as she leaned back into the couch. She was thinking about this whole baby thing. She still couldn't completely understand it. The thought of Shadow possible being a father was a lot to take in. She still couldn't believe it, and the look on her boyfriend's face told her that he didn't believe it either. Even though she was a bit worried about the truth of it all, she knew that Shadow still be with her.

May 14

"So you're telling me that Shadow could have a son?"

"Didn't see that coming."

Amy, Rouge, and Blaze were inside Rouge's condo having breakfast. Neither of them had work today, which they were all thankful for. Especially Amy. When the pink hedgehog woke up this morning, she woke to quite a mess. Mother nature decided to greet her in her sleep, and she came at her hard. Amy figured the stress about Shadow's situation triggered her monthly friend to visit her early. So there she sat out on the balcony with her two friends as she told them what happened with Shadow.

"That's exactly what I'm saying," Amy answered Rouge.

"This Raven person sounds like a real trouble maker," said Blaze.

Rouge shook her head. "Shadow is the last person I'd expect to have possible baby mama drama. Did he show you what the baby look like?"

"Nope," Amy said. "Trust me, I'm still trying to wrap my head around all of this."

"What if Shadow is the baby's father?" asked the purple feline. "Would you stay with him."

"Absolutely," answered Amy, not missing a beat. "I know this whole thing sounds crazy, but I would still be with Shadow. He told me last night that whatever happens, it won't affect him and I being together. Besides, if he ends up being the father, I don't want to keep him away from his son. It wouldn't be fair. And this whole drama started before Shadow and I even met. His ex cheating on him and telling some other guy he was the father is what broke them up."

"And now she thinks she can just slide back into his life and expect everything to be fine," Rouge commented as she shook her head. "Typical whore move." Blaze and Amy laughed at the ivory bat, who giggled and shrugged her shoulders. "It's true! Come on, after all these months, she chose now to confront Shadow about him being a father and trying to seduce him. She probably had this all planned out."

Blaze tilted her head to the side. "What do you mean by that?"

"Just like Amy said. Shadow told her that Raven showed up to his hotel suite because his boss called her and told her that Shadow was taking his place for the business trip. So when she heard that, she probably planned to find a way to get him alone so she can seduce him. Obviously that didn't work since he told her he's dating Amy. So she went ahead with the other part of her plan and dropped the dad bomb on Shadow. And after that, she'd probably thought that Shadow would do a asshole move and dump Amy to go back with her and take care of the baby. For all we know, this could just be a trap to get Shadow to raise a baby that's not even his. Maybe she doesn't know who the real father is."

Amy and Blaze slowly nodded their heads as they took in what Rouge said. "It makes sense," said Blaze. "Rouge has a point. Why would she wait this long to say something? She must of had this whole thing planned out."

Rouge nodded her head. "Exactly. Who knows? Eventually she might find her way down here to harass Shadow some more."

"If she thinks that's gonna happen, then she is sadly mistaken." Amy crossed her arms as she narrowed her eyes. "Shadow is my boyfriend. Not hers. She had her chance but she fucked that up."

Rouge and Blaze glanced at each other with grins on their faces. "I love when you're on period," said Rouge as she leaned on her hand. "You're extra bitchy and I think it's so entertaining." Amy rolled her eyes and giggled along with the feline and bat.

"Well anyway, anything new about this wedding?" asked Blaze.

Amy shook her head. "Nothing actually."

Rouge raised an eyebrow. "Is Sally stilling creeping around with other guys?"

"I'm not sure actually," answered Amy. "I've talked to Sonic a few times for the last couple of days and he says that everything is fine. My mom went out to dinner with his mom the other day and even his mom said that he hasn't said anything about Sally acting weird."

"Maybe Sally realized that what she was doing to Sonic was wrong," said Blaze as she shrugged her shoulders.

"Or maybe she realized Sonic was starting to become suspicious so now she has to be real low key about what she's doing," Rouge said lazily.

Amy and Blaze looked at each other and nodded their heads in agreement. "Sounds about right."

Sonic, Silver, and Knuckles were on their way to Shadow house's to pick up some car tools. Sonic wanted to fix up his engine but didn't have the proper tools to do so. So he called the ebony hedgehog, who said it was okay to use his tools. The guys stopped by Rouge's condo to get the key from Amy to get inside Shadow's house. Once they were there, Knuckles parked his car and they all got out of the vehicle.

Sonic took the key and unlocked the door. As Knuckles and Silver turned to go to the garage, Sonic kept walking forward and ended up in the kitchen. "Sonic, we're here to get the tools from the garage. Not raid Shadow's fridge," Knuckles hollered out to Sonic.

Said hedgehog walked out of the kitchen with his mouth full of food. "Excuse me for being hungry," said Sonic with a roll of his eyes. Silver opened the door to the garage and led the two inside. Shadow's black Mustang was parked in the middle of the garage. It looked brand new with the way it shined in the light. Sonic raised his eyebrows and whistled. "Hey, do you guys think Shadow would let me take this sexy beast out for a ride?" he asked as he slid his hand over the hood of the powerful muscle car.

"If you feel like dying when he gets back, then sure, go ahead," Silver answered nonchalantly as he looked around for the tools. "So Sonic, how's soon-to-be married life going for you?"

"Pretty good," answered Sonic as he continued to check out Shadow's car. "She got her dresses picked out, everything she wants in the wedding is being handled. Soon enough we have to go pick out the cake."

"What about your tux?" asked Knuckles as he continued to look for the tools. "That's kinda important to have for the wedding, don't you think?"

Sonic chuckled with a wave of his hand. "All under control dude. When we come back from the California trip is when we go to get fitted for the tux's. So try not to get fat while we're on vacation."

Silver rolled his eyes. "Exciting," he said with heavy sarcasm. He some boxes aside and found the tools they were looking for. "I found them guys. Now let's get going before Sonic steals Shadow's car."

As the trio walked out of the house and back to Knuckles' car, the red muscular male looked at his friends with a curious look. "Shadow comes back from his business trip tomorrow. How'd you think that went?"

"I'm pretty sure he was trying his best to stay awake at those meeting," said Silver as he took a seat on the passenger side.

Sonic laughed as he lounged in the back seat of the car. "He texted me a while ago saying that a bunch of shit went down. But knowing him, it's probably something minor. You know he can be a drama king sometimes."

Knuckles and Silver glanced at each other and shrugged their shoulders. With that, Knuckles backed out of Shadow's drive way and sped back to Sonic's house.

Amy was back at home, lazily laying on her couch as she flipped through various tv channels. She had her long pink hair up in a messy bun, her makeup was off, she wore an over-sized grey t-shirt that ended mid thigh, and she wore black knee high socks. On the coffee table in front of her laid various snacks that the pink hedgehog crazed for. From chips with hot salsa, pizza rolls, even french fries with cheese instead of ketchup.

'Having your period gives you the weirdest cravings,' she thought to herself as she sipped on some soda. She absentmindedly ran her fingers through Luna's thick fur, who was laying next to her on the couch.

The pink hedgehog was on the phone with Shadow earlier, but she could sense that the ebony hedgehog was exhausted. He decided to the end the phone call early, but Amy didn't mind. Tomorrow was the day that her boyfriend comes back home to her. She's been itching to have him back in her arms since the minute he got on the plan. But she figured that Shadow was more excited than her to be coming back home, considering what has happened to him.

Her cell phone began to ring, snapping her out of her thoughts. She lazily stretched her arm out to reach for her phone from the table in front of her. The caller ID showed that Sonia was trying to reach her. She slid her thumb on the touch screen phone and placed it on her ear.

"Hello?"

"Hey Ames! What's up?"

"Ahh nothing much. Just lounging on the couch with Luna by my side and trying to ignore these period cramps I'm feeling."

Sonia giggled on the other end of the phone. "Aww the time of the month. Just take some pain killers and you even notice the pain. Well anyway, have you heard the news?"

Amy scratched her head as she looked at the tv screen. "What new's?"

"News about the wedding. Manic and I went to our moms house for lunch earlier, and Sally stopped by to talk about the wedding. She told us that she has an official date for the wedding."

"Really now? And when is it?"

"She said two weeks after you all get back from your couples vacation."

Amy nearly chocked on her soda as her eyes went wide. "That soon?! That's only a few weeks from now!"

"Yep! I don't know why she wants that soon though."

"Yeah, it's kinda weird. Let me ask you, has Sally been acting strange at all? When I asked Sonic, he said that everything is pretty much back to normal between them."

"She's hasn't been acting secretive at all anymore, now that I noticed. She stopped bickering with Sonic over the smallest things, she's comes over for family dinners, she even talks about kids with my mom."

"Sally and kids? She's the last one I'd expect to have kids, considering she once got into a yelling contest with a baby at Denny's before."

"Wasn't she drunk?"

"Yeah but it was still fucking weird." Amy yawned as she stretched her body across the couch. "I should be heading to bed. I have to get to work early in the morning."

"Ugh same. I have to take yearbook pictures tomorrow."

After saying goodnight and hanging up the phone, Amy stood up from the couch, a few bones cracking from being in one position for so long. She cleaned up her living room, placed all the food back in the fridge, then took Luna outside one last time to use relieve herself. After all that was done, Amy led Luna up her stairs to her room. The Siberian husky got comfy in her plush bed and shortly after went to sleep. Amy crawled up in her bed and made herself comfortable. Before she went to sleep, she looked at a picture of she had of Shadow on her phone. She smiled to herself, knowing that tomorrow she finally gets to have him all to herself again.

Authors note: Shadow comes back in the next chapter! He'll finally be away from his crazy ex.

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