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Sorry for the long wait! I hope everybody is safe after Hurricane Matthew! This should of been posted a few days ago but I still wasn't done with this chapter. BUT I quickly finished up this chapter since I'm going to HHN this weekend and I didn't want to keep ya'll waiting anymore!

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Chapter Twenty Nine: Moving On

June 16

A little over a week has passed since Sonic had unintentionally busted Sally. Since then, he hasn't been himself at all. He was stuck in a routine that he didn't even know he started. He would wake up, stand lifelessly in the shower, get dressed, drive to work, then come back home to do the same thing all over again. He hasn't been talking to his friends much. They all constantly tried texting or calling him, but he would rarely answer. His mother and his siblings have gotten word on what happened, but he hasn't talked to them either. It seemed as though that Sonic was taking this much harder than he thought he would.

Knuckles was walking down the halls of the high school towards the teachers lounge. Because it was summer break, the teachers at the school had three months off as well. It was only the coaches of various sports that would come by to get things ready for the new school year and the new teams that they would be responsible for. As he was walking inside from the football field, he walked by Sonic's office to see if he was there. There wasn't any sign of the blue hedgehog, who was there earlier in the day.

He looked around the halls but there was still no sign of him. When Knuckles entered the teachers lounge, he expected to see Sonic sitting at one of the tables, but to no avail.

"Hey Rebecca, have you seen Sonic anywhere?" Knuckles asked the cheer leading coach.

The petite grey mouse shook her head. "I think he left early. He didn't really seem like himself. Is there something wrong with him?"

"It's a lot to explain right now," he said as he turned around, "I'll see you later."

Silver was in the middle of doing paper work at the hospital. He's been running up and down all morning from patient to patient, taking doctors orders, and listening out for emergency calls. He was thankful that he finally had a chance to catch his breathe. As he was in the middle of going over a patients chart, his phone was constantly buzzing in his pocket. He took it out and saw that he was involved in a group chat with Shadow and Knuckles.

Knuckles: Sonic left early from work again. I've barely seen him when he was even here!

Shadow: He's rarely been answering anybodies calls. He probably still needs space I guess.

Knuckles: I understand that, but it's been over a week! Yes, he was in love with that sex demon, but we all knew that it was never going to last.

Shadow: You have a point. And we have told him to be careful with her. I guess she really had him fooled.

Knuckles: You can say that again. It may sound harsh, but walking in on all three of them is what Sonic needed to wake up.

Silver knew that Sonic was going through an obvious hard time, but he knew that the blue hedgehog needed his friends around more than ever. Even though it was impossible to get a hold of him, he figured the best way to see him was making an unexpected visit.

Silver: I have an idea guys. Clearly Sonic isn't really answering anybody, so why don't we just go to his house? It seems like he's only been there and work for these past couple of days.

Shadow: That's probably the only way to see him.

Knuckles: I'm down.

Silver: Great! Let's meet up there after work.

Knuckles: Got it.

Shadow: Sure thing.

Inside of the kitchen pouring three mugs of tea was a very upset mother. Aleena has been trying all day to call her son to see how he was doing, but she unfortunately couldn't get a hold of him. She had Sonia and Manic to try and talk to him, but they got the same result. Manic told his mother that Sonic simply wanted some much needed space. It's not everyday you walk in to see your soon to be wife in bed with two of her friends.

"I know he's going through a hard time," said Aleena as she carried the mugs to the dining table. "But he should be able to talk to us about it. Especially me! I'm his mother and I just want to be there for him."

Sitting at the table with the stressed mother was Sonia and Amy.

"That's Sonic for you," said Sonia as she stirred her drink, "always being stubborn, even in his own time of need."

"This is probably just Sonic's way of coping with it, you know?" said Amy. "I'm sure some time this week he'll be around."

Aleena sighed as she ran a shaky hand through her hair. "I sure hope so. I miss my little Sonic."

Sonia shook her head as she took a drink of her hot beverage. "Even though I knew they weren't going to work out, I didn't think that would happen. Let alone him walking in on them."

Amy just numbly shook her head as she thought about the blue hedgehog. She knew that sooner or later this whole situation would blow up in Sonic's face. Especially since her and the rest of the gang warned him about Sally. She didn't want to see Sonic just so she can rub it in his face that she was right and he was wrong. She truly wanted to console him, seeing as how this completely caught him off guard.

"I guess all we can do right now is wait until he's ready to talk."

"Listen up, Shadow. It's been nearly two weeks since I've sent you that email and I KNOW you read it! Don't you remember that you have a son to raise!? Instead of fooling around and wasting time with that stupid girlfriend of yours, you should be focusing on Sage! I expected you to call me a week earlier, telling me that you were wrong to treat me the way you did and that you would move back to New York and marry me. You and I both know that Sage is going to need a father. I would of gone right ahead with option two and make you pay child support. But since I'm such a nice person, I'll hold off just a but longer. But I don't hear from you soon, be ready to start paying for your son's things."

Shadow had the biggest urge to throw his phone right out of his car window as he listened to the long message that his ex girlfriend had left on his voicemail. He purposely been avoiding her. He didn't have the time or mostly importantly the energy to be yelling at her. Although, he did have a few choices words for the ebony feline.

As he placed his phone back down, he continued to drive over to Sonic's house. It's been a few hours since he and the guys decided to check up on the blue hedgehog. Shadow wasn't really sure what to expect to see. He's never witnessed Sonic being emotional and even depressed. He was always loud, wild, and unpredictable. Never quite, or keeping to himself.

After a few turns, he made it to his destination. He saw Knuckles and Silver waiting in the driveway for him as he got out of his car and walked over to them.

"At least we know he's home," Silver said as he gestured to the red Corvette in the driveway. "Hopefully he'll let us in."

The three walked over to the front door. Knuckles knocked on the door a couple of time as Shadow rang the doorbell. "Sonic!" Knuckles yelled out through the door. "It's Knuckles, Shadow, and Silver! Wanna let us in?"

The three stood in silence for a few minutes. They tried knocking again, but Sonic never answered. Getting frustrated, Shadow looked around on the floor to find something to pick the lock. When he looked under the mat, he was lucky enough to find a spare key. He remembered that Sonic would keep a spare key under the mat whenever he forgot his keys somewhere.

The three walked into the house the second Shadow unlocked the door. "Sonic!" Knuckles yelled out. "Where are you?"

A few seconds passed by until they heard a soft voice. "In here," they heard Sonic say quietly. The followed his voice up the stairs and into the guest bedroom. The hedgehog that they saw in front of them was not the same one they were use to.

Sonic was sprawled out on the bed. His quills looked a bit messy, slight bags and dark circles were under his eyes, and all he wore was a pair of grey sweat pants. The guys took notice that there was two empty bottles of beer on the nightstand, so it was a clear sign that Sonic was drinking.

Silver sucked his teeth and looked down at the blue hedgehog. "Really Sonic? Drinking?"

"I ran out of weed so that was the next best thing," said Sonic in a monotone voice.

Shadow rolled his eyes and walked forward to the bed. He took a hold of Sonic's arm and forcefully pulled him up so that he was sitting up on the bed. "It's been over a week Sonic. You haven't talked to anybody and you haven't even been acting like yourself."

Knuckles placed a hand on Sonic's shoulder and gave it a squeeze. "Yeah man. Sally isn't worth it. While you're here drinking away she's probably out there doing her own thing."

Sonic simply slouched as he sighed deeply. It was clear that he was emotionally exhausted. He dragged his hand down his face and sighed again.

"You know, I haven't even slept in my room since that day. I just couldn't get myself to. I'm not sleeping in a bed where Fiona, Scrouge and who ever else Sally brought home while I wasn't around."

The guys looked at each other with wide eyes. Shadow stepped out of the room and looked down the hall where the master bedroom was. Everything indeed looked the same the day they walked in on Sally. Dead flowers were still on the floor, broken glass, and empty condom wrappers littered the floor. He turned back to face Sonic, making a mental note to eventually get his room fixed up.

"I should of listen to you guys," Sonic said as he looked down. "I should of just ended things when I had the chance. Then none of this would be happening."

Silver sat next to Sonic, wrapping his arm around his drooped shoulders. "Listen Sonic. No one is here to rub it in your face or say that you were stupid for not listening. We here as your friends, and we want to help you out. We're not really used to seeing a depressed Sonic, you know?" Silver playfully nudged Sonic's shoulder, earning a small smile and laugh from him.

"Someone you should really talk to is your mom," said Shadow. "Amy told me that she's really worried about you because she hasn't seen you in over a week."

Guilt hit Sonic as he frowned, remembering when his mom and siblings tried to call him days before. He didn't intentionally ignore his family and just didn't really know what to say without exploding in either tears or anger.

"I'll definitely be sure to do that," said Sonic as he reached for his cell phone.

As Shadow and Knuckles left the room, Silver turned to face Sonic and placed a hand on his shoulder. "If you ever need anything, you know you can count on us."

June 17

The next day served to be a much better day for Sonic. After the guys came to visit him yesterday, he called his mother and then went over to her house where she and his siblings were waiting for him. Seeing his family was what he really needed. They didn't treat him badly like he thought they would of. They listened to everything he had to say without cutting him off or belittling him.

He went to work that morning with a better attitude than talked to everybody who greeted him and actually had a full on conversation with them. He still felt a bit down, but not like he did before. He wasn't constantly thinking about Sally and what he witnessed in his own room. Instead he thought back to the conversation he had with Mina.

Mina gave him plenty of advice, mainly to keep himself busy with work, family, and friends. Whenever he did find himself thinking about Sally, he would try to think of anything else that would get him in a better mood. Like being a room filled with beautiful woman that tended to his every need.

Later in the day, when he drove home, he realized there was a familiar range rover that was parked in his drive way. He didn't expect any visitors today, and no one had called him to say that they were coming over. He stepped out of his car and walked inside his house to be greeted by his siblings.

"Manic? Sonia? What are you two doing here?"

"We came to you get Sally's shit out of the house," said Manic as he snacked on a bag of chips.

Sonia looked at Manic with discuss as he burped loudly and continued to eat. "Mom didn't want, and I quote, 'that whore's stuff in my baby's house'. She looked really pissed so we came here as soon as possible."

"It does take a lot to get mom mad," Sonic said as placed his car keys on the hook. "I guess we better get started then."

"We actually got started when we got here," said Sonia as she and her brothers walked up the stairs. "But mister fat ass here decided to eat all the junk food you had in the kitchen."

"Excuse me for being hungry," Manic said as he rolled his eyes.

Once up stairs, the triplets got to work with collecting all of Sally's belongings. Manic and Sonia gathered her clothes as Sonic got all of her makeup and accessories together. The blue hedgehog would some times cringe and feel upset when he came across a certain object that reminded him about parts of their relationship. He picked up a pair of diamond earrings that he remembered he bought for Sally for her birthday. He remembered how surprised she was when she opened up the box and how grateful she was for them.

He quickly placed the earrings in a cardboard box and continued with his task. He packed away various makeup palettes, brushes, and hair accessories. He gathered all of her shower products, endless amounts of expensive jewelry, and sweet smelling perfumes. He stuffed them all in the box and began to tape it close when something shiny caught his eye.

He looked up on the shelf next to the sink to see the large diamond engagement ring. He nearly forgot that he had it when he snatched it off of Sally's finger in a fit of rage. He got up and held the ring in his hand, examining the large diamond and remembering the day he proposed to her.

*Flashback*

Sonic and Sally had enjoyed an entire weekend together filled with a bunch of fun activities. On Friday afternoon, the couple went to the beach and jet skied across the waters. Friday was spent dancing the night away at one of Sally's favorite clubs in the city. Then on Saturday afternoon, Sonic took Sally on a surprise shopping spree to the biggest mall in the city. They walked from store to store, with plenty of shopping bags to carry. Then finally that Saturday evening, Sonic took Sally to a fancy restaurant that overlooked the ocean. They had a secluded table to themselves as they both enjoyed a romantic. So naturally, Sonic definitely got lucky that night when they got back home.

The morning after, Sonic woke up bright and early. He slowly crept out of bed so that he wouldn't wake up his sleeping girlfriend. He went downstairs and whipped up a big breakfast for the both of them. On the dining table was a vase of flowers that was planted in the middle of the table. The two plates were both filled with freshly made waffles, scrambled eggs, hash browns, bacon, a side of sliced strawberries, and two glasses filled with orange juice.

Once everything was set, he walked back up the stairs and into the master bedroom.

"Sally," he said softly as he gently shook her shoulder. "Babe, wake up. I made us some breakfast."

Sally slowly opened her eyes as she lifted her head off the pillow. "You made breakfast?" she asked groggily as she sat up. "You rarely make it unless you try to convince me to do something freaky like-"

"Yeah, yeah, yeah," Sonic interrupted as he helped her out of bed. "Let's go eat before the food gets cold."

When the couple walked down stairs, Sonic led Sally to the table and sat her down. The blue hedgehog then quickly sat in his seat as they both started to eat. Every few seconds, Sonic would look over at Sally. Not because he was staring at her beauty, but to see if she had found anything within her food yet. He stashed the surprise where she would least expect it to be.

"Wow, you actually made really good waffles without burning them this time," Sally joked at she munched away.

Sonic rolled his eyes and chuckled. "At least I'm learning, right?" He watched as she continued to eat the food as his knee bounced with anticipation. "How about you drink some of your drink before you choke. Like how you did last night," Sonic said as he raised his eyebrows suggestively with a smirk.

It was Sally's turn to roll her eyes as she reached for the glass. She took a few sips until she pulled the glass away from her mouth. "Is there pulp in here? It felt like something touched my mouth."

"It might be pulp," Sonic said as he played along. "Just take your spoon and scoop it out."

The squirrel took her spoon and dipped it into her drink. As she lifted the spoon back up, instead of seeing pulp floating around in the spoon, she saw a large sparkling diamond ring. She gasped as she grabbed the ring in her hand and held it up and watched how it glistened in the light.

"S-Sonic," Sally stuttered as she gazed upon the beautiful ring. She looked across the table to see her boyfriend, but he wasn't there. Instead, he was down on his knee right in front of her.

The blue hedgehog gently took her trembling hand in his own and held it tightly as he looked deeply into her blue eyes. "Sally Acorn," he started as he rubbed her hands, "will you marry me?"

Sally's surprised face quickly turned into one of excitement and she smiled widely from ear to ear. "Hell yes!" she exclaimed as she wrapped her arms around his neck.

Sonic then took the ring from her hand and slid onto her finger. He looked up at her with passion in his eyes and he smiled. "I love you."

Sally kissed Sonic tenderly on the lips and leaned her forehead on his. "I love you too."

*End Flashback*

Sonic continued to stand in his place as he head the ring in his hand. The memory floated around his head as he gazed longingly at the ring, twisting it around as if it would show him even more memories. He was so caught up in the ring that he didn't realize his brother was standing right next to him. Manic placed a hand on the blue hedgehogs shoulder to grab his attention.

"You okay man?" Manic asked as he looked over his brother.

Sonic numbly nodded his head as he looked up from the ring. "Yeah I'm fine. Just thinking is all."

Manic looked at the ring that was in his brothers hand and took it in his own. He held it up to the light, twisting it around as he eyed it. He hummed and turned to look back at his brother. "You know, if it makes you feel better, you could always pawn it."

"You think so?"

"Hell yeah," exclaimed the green hedgehog as he tossed the ring back to Sonic. "Take it back from where you bought it from or just pawn it. Either way you'd be getting back stacks of money from this thing."

Sonic sighed as he stuffed the ring in his pocket, trying to block out the memories that would creep back into his mind. "You're right about that one," he said he picked the cardboard box off the floor. "You mind this downstairs for me?"

"Sure thing." Manic grabbed the box from Sonic and left the room to go downstairs.

Sonic walked over to his bed and sat on the edge, leaning his elbows against his knees and resting his head in his hands. He looked his room, noticing how much emptier it looked without Sally's things inside. All of her things, including her fancy vanity, was downstairs to be dealt with.

As he sat there moping, Sonia sat next to him and deeply sighed. She brushed her bangs out of her eyes as she observed her surroundings. "I know what you're thinking," she said as she faced him. "It looks pretty empty in here. But don't worry! I'm pretty sure mom will be here this week to rearrange the room to her liking," she joked as she nudged his shoulder.

Sonic had a small smile as he nodded her head. "She'll sure have a blast doing that."

The pink hedgehog watched as her brothers smile slowly turned into a frown as he looked down on the floor. She wrapped her arms around him and leaned her head on his shoulder.

"We don't expect you to get over her so quickly," she started, "but taking this step will really help you. Now you can have time to heal with out having to be reminded of her with her things around."

Sonic returned her embrace as he leaned his head on top of hers. "I understand. Thanks for coming by and helping me by the way. I'm sure I wouldn't have even gotten started if you and Manic never came here."

They both stayed in their hugging position as Sonia rubbed his back comfortably. The two were rarely this emotional with each other since all they usual do is goof around or have petty arguments. Although it was a sweet brother and sister, of course it had to be ruined.

"Yo! Sonic! Sonia! Let's go out for lunch! Sonic doesn't have shit to eat here!" Manic yelled from down stairs.

"That's because you probably ate everything," Sonia mumbled to herself as got up and rolled her eyes. "Let's get going before some one here starves to death."

Sonic stood and walked towards the door of the master bedroom. He looked back at the room one last time with a blank expression, feeling a bit better than he did before. He grabbed his phone off the table and walked downstairs to meet up with his siblings.

Authors note: I hope you guys really like this chapter! This chapter was mainly focused on Sonic and hinted a bit of Shadow's on going problem with Raven and I KNOW a lot of you are waiting to see what happens with them. That part of the story will soon come!

Thanks for reading! :)