Author: Ok, first of all, I would like to apologize for the seriously long wait. Things have been really CRAZY. After I uploaded the last chapter, I got REALLY sick and I didn't get better until about 3 months later. Then as soon I started to feel better I became busy with classes and on top of that I also had writer's block. So sorry for my shenanigans. I'm going to get started on the next chapter as soon as I can but I can't promise you guys how quickly I will have it up. Because I am remodeling my room and I'm going to be out of town nearly the whole month of May. But don't worry, I will find a way to squeeze some time in and I promise it won't take as long as this one did.
Anyways, thanks so much for your patience and support guys. Enjoy! :)
Morning came sooner than I expected. I opened my brown eyes and got up out of bed. I stretched out my limbs as I walked over to the window and opened the curtains. Sunlight flooded the room, temporary blinding me. "Hsssss!" I unintentionally hissed as I shielded my eyes.
Stupid sunlight! Always so bright!
After blinking a few times to regain my eyesight, I shuffled out the room and went downstairs. I made my way to the kitchen to find Amy already up and dressed. "Good morning, Sasha!" I forced myself not to flinch at her shouting. "Morning..." I mumbled. Amy's smile suddenly turned into a disapproving frown. "You undid your hair? But it was so nice." I smirked at her before sticking out my tongue. "You're hopeless." She said as she rolled her eyes.
"Anyways, I'm going to the mall to buy a new outfit. It's been almost a week since I've seen my Sonic and I wanna make sure the next time he see's me that he won't be able to take his eyes off me!" Amy exclaimed dreamily. Now it was my turn to roll my eyes.
And I'm the hopeless one?
"Do you want to come with me and help me pick out which dress Sonic would like?" "No thanks. *yawns* I'm still feeling pretty tired. I think I'm going to stay in today."
I really don't feel like hearing her talk about Sonic all day.
"Hmm alright. I'll see you when I get back. Oh, here is a key to the house in case you want to head out." She said handing me a small silver key. I nodded as I took the key from her hand. "Thanks." With that being said, she dashed out the door, leaving me alone in the house. This was the first time I had been left alone for a whole day since I came to this world. I looked around the empty house and blew on my brown bangs.
Well...looks like I'm alone today.
I grabbed a bowl from the kitchen cabinet and picked out my favorite cereal.
I can't they have fruity pebbles on this planet!
After filling the bowl with milk and cereal, I sat at the table and started eating. A sigh of relief escaped my lips as I sat back at the table to finish my cereal. When I was finished, I washed out my bowl before going up to my room. As soon as I walked in, grabbed my phone and plopped lazily on the bed. My phone would have been completely dead by now but thanks to Tails I have a newly built charger.
Aimlessly, I began searching through my phone out of complete boredom. After a few minutes, I ended up in my photos, which turned out to be a mistake. Most of them were old selfies I took a while ago that I'm too lazy to delete while others were pictures of me and Anthony. Almost all of them showed Anthony smiling his bright smile while I was shyly covering my face. Some them showed Anthony pinching my cheeks or tickling me in order to get me to smile. I couldn't help but crack a small smile at the memories of my best friend but it soon faltered.
...I really miss him...
In order to distract myself from the memories of my best friend, I began searching through my playlist. I quickly found a song and played it on full blast. Stressed Out by TOP
I propped my head on my hand as I thought about what to do today. "Hmmmm..." I thought out loud to myself as I glanced around the room. My brown eyes landed on some paper and a pencil sitting on the nightstand. Feeling a little bit artistic, I grabbed them and began sketching nothing in particular.
I have always been a really good artist, but I don't draw that much anymore. I forgot why though. As I was sketching, my mind still lingered on Anthony.
Poor, Anth. He must be worried sick about me. I remember he almost had a panic attack when I forgot to tell him that I had to leave school early for a doctor appointment. By now, he's probably losing his mind... maybe I should go back...
I began to consider the choice of returning home to my beloved best friend, until my thoughts began to shift.
But...If I stay here...I could probably start over with a new life...yea...Pffft! Why should I go back?! Just so I can go back to being bullied?! Treated like trash?! Like everyone's human punching bag?! HA! SCREW THAT! I'M NOT GOING BACK! I HATE THEM!
It wasn't until the sound of my pencil being snapped in half brought me back to reality. I glanced down at my drawing and was disturbed by what I saw.
Now I remember why I stopped. I used to love drawing all kinds things and I used to be really good at it. My family believed I could make a living out of it. I was actually going to go for it, that is, until the mistake I made got in the way. At first, my drawings were just as normal as usual but later began to get more... gruesome. Such as, hearts with bloody knives impaled into them. Some were even worse than that. Now, I can barely draw a decent picture without losing control like a mad person. Good thing mom isn't here to see or else she might actually consider...nevermind.
Maybe I should go for a walk to clear my head...
After ripping the drawing to shreds and throwing it away along with the broken pencil, I shuffled over to the closet to pick out something to wear. I stripped off my black T-shirt and gray sweatpants and threw on a baggy, long sleeve shirt that was dark blue and had black rib cage, black ripped jeans, and dark blue converse.
Once I was satisfied with my look, I grabbed my phone along with the key Amy gave me to the house and headed out. I strolled along the path, taking in all the different sites and sounds. The soft wind whipped through my long dark brown hair.
This is actually pretty nice.
"ACK!" Something or someone crashed into me really hard causing me to fall into the grass and dirt."Sorry!"
Too bad that didn't kill me...
I looked up to see concerned emerald green eyes meet my dull brown eyes. "Are you ok, Sasha?" Sonic asked me, as he held out a hand.
If you're going to run into me, at least hit me a little harder...
"I'm fine." I responded bluntly. I grabbed his hand as he pulled me up to my feet. I dusted myself off of any dirt that was on my clothes. "I was actually just coming to check on you. How are you?" Sonic said.
Dead inside as usual.
"I'm fine and you?" I replied with a small smile. "I'm doing great actually." "That's good." I said as I continued walking down the path with Sonic walking along next to me. Honestly, I preferred to walk ALONE but I guess I don't mind the company. "Where's Ames?" "She gone for the day. She said something about needing to shop for a new outfit or something." I decided to leave out the part about her planning to look for him later. Glancing in the corner of my eye, I could see a wave of relief wash over his face. I did my best to suppress the smirk that was growing on my face. "So whatcha up to today?" He asked curiously. I shrugged my shoulders. "I don't know. Just walk around and explore some, I guess." "Hm, sounds cool." He said. We continued walking in silence.
Not that I'm not enjoying your company Sonic but...BYE!
Suddenly, I felt my wrist being grabbed causing me to gasp and stiffen at the sudden at the sudden contact. "Wh-What are you doing...?" I asked slightly shocked. "C'mon, Sasha!" Sonic said as he began to run, but slow enough for me to keep up. "Where are we going?" I asked. I heard him chuckle as he looked back and winked at me. "You'll see!"
Oh gosh...
~Time Skip~
S-s-stupid...S-sonic...ma-making me...run...
"How you feeling?" I panted a little more before standing up straight. "Y-yes. I'm f-fine."
I glanced around my surroundings. We were at a huge lake that was full of shiny floating gold rings. "Where are we?" I asked as I stared in awe. "This is the Lake of Rings."
Oh, duh.
Being the nerd I am, I reading about this place looks so much cooler seeing it in person. If I remember correctly, aren't chaos supposed to live here. As if on queue, cute little chaos came fluttering from all different directions.
"Chao!" I turned my head to see one flying straight towards me. I watched as it landed in my arms. "That one really seems to like you." I glanced down at the little chao in my arms as it snuggled closer to me. A small smile graced my lips as I cuddled the little being.
Sooooo soft!
"Ahh!" I exclaimed as I felt something glomp on my head. "Chao! Chao!" Sonic chuckled. "Looks like that one likes you too." Before I could even respond, I was caught completely off guard. "Chao! Chao! Chao! Chao!" "WAIT, WHA-!" Before I knew it, I was tackled to the ground by an army chaos. "WOAH! Sasha are you ok!?"
Sonic's P.O.V
"WOAH! Sasha, are you ok!?" I asked as Sasha, who was now buried under a pile of chaos. I worriedly waited for an answer, but the answer I got was completely unexpected. "HAHAHAHAHAHA!" She's...laughing? "Haha, don't worry. I'm fine." She replied, as she smiled at me. Not just any smile, but she's actually smiling a REAL smile. I almost couldn't believe it.
Her smile is beautiful...WAIT WHAT AM I THINKING?!
Shaking those thoughts out of my head, held out a hand for her to take, which she willingly did. I helped her sit up as I sat down next to her. I watched as the chaos happily played with her while she giggled away. Almost hard to believe this the same girl that hardly shows any emotions. Kinda reminds me of a certain black and red hedgehog...
"Are you ok, Sonic?" I blinked a few times, before answering. "Yea, I'm fine. Why you ask?" "You were staring at me."
Oops.
"Heh heh...sorry about that." I said, nervously scratching the back of my neck. "It's fine." She said. "You know, this first time I've seen you ACTUALLY smile." Her face suddenly turned into one of disdain as her ears drooped. "Uhh-no, no, no! I didn't mean anything thing like that!" I said, hoping I didn't offend her. "No, you're right. It's been a while to be honest..." I released the breath I didn't realize I was holding. "You should smile more often." It's just...when you're me... you don't have that much to smile about..." She said, solemnly patting one of the chaos she was holding. "That's too bad. You have such nice smile." Her eyes widened as she tried not to blush. "Oh-um...thanks."
She so cute...NO, SONIC! STOP THINKING LIKE THAT!
"Hey, Sasha?" I called to her. "Yea?" She said, not taking her brown eyes off the chao she was playing with. "Promise me that you will smile more often."A gasp escaped her lips as she looked at me with widened eyes. "Only if you promise to give me a reason to." She replied. "Cross my heart and hope to die." I said, extending my pinky to her. She stared at me with an unsure expression. I gave her a reassuring smile to let her know she can trust me. A smile soon spread across her lips. "Stick a needle in my eye." She said, as she wrapped her pinky around mine.
I'll do anything to keep that smile of yours on your face, Sasha.
~Time Skip~
I opened my eyes as I sat up and stretched.
I must have fell asleep.
Glancing next to me, I saw Sasha curled up and snoozing away. Noticing that her shirt was revealing a bit, I tugged it back down. My fingers accidentally brushed against her side, causing a small giggle to escape her lips. I couldn't help but smirk at this.
So, she's ticklish, huh? I'll make a mental note of that for later.
We spent the whole the day just messing around and getting to know each other. Sasha is a really cool girl once you get to know her. I actually learned a few things about her. Turns out she is an animal lover and she likes rock music and video games like me. I told her we should definitely play together sometimes. There are still some things I don't know about her yet. Like what she meant when she said she doesn't have that much to smile about. I wanted to ask her about it but I didn't want to sound like I was being nosy about her personal life. Maybe she'll open up about it later.
I looked up at the sunset sky and noticed it was getting late. As much as I didn't want to, I better wake Sasha up so I can take her back to Amy's place."Sasha?" I called to her, while shaking her gently. She stirred a little bit but didn't wake up. "Sasha, wake up." I tried again. "...not yet, mom...the zombies...stole my cookie pizza..." She mumbled in her sleep, causing me to chuckle. "Wake up, Sleepy head!" I said, shaking her again. This time, she finally sat up and stretched her arms. "What time is it?" She asked in between a yawn, as she sleepily rubbed her eyes. "It's late. We should probably get going." I said and she nodded. "Yea, let's go."
Sasha's P.O.V.
We arrived back at Amy's house in almost no time at all, thanks to Sonic, of course. After saying goodbye to Sonic, I took the house key out of my back pocket and unlocked the door. "Amy?" I beckoned as I walked in and closed the door. "Hey Sasha! Where you been?" "Oh, I was-" I bit my lip and froze as I thought about what to say.
If I tell her that I was with Sonic all day, ESPECIALLY when she was looking for him today, she is gonna throw a hissy fit and try to kill me. I better play it safe and keep my mouth shut.
"Um...I just went for a walk around town, that's all. Nothing much." I said, shrugging my shoulders as I started making my way to the bathroom. "Seems like that walk put you in a pretty good mood. You're a little less grumpy than usual." I stopped in my tracks after hearing that. "Heh...yea...I guess it did." I said as continued my way to the bathroom.
I walked into the bathroom a closed the door. Letting my back rest on the door, I blew on my messy brown bangs.
Today was...interesting.
I turned on the shower, and began stripping down my clothes.
Today was the first time I actually talked with someone that wasn't Anthony or Angel or even mom. Not to mention I ACTUALLY smiled a REAL smile in two years. It felt almost foreign but also good. Sonic seamed to have noticed too. Almost nobody can see through my fake smiles. If they do, they never seem to care though. I still could not get Sonic's words out of my head.
"Promise me that you will smile more often."
A small smile grazed my lips.
I'll try.
With that being said, I finally stepped in the shower.