Disclaimer: Just Lily, no one else.

A/N After thinking it over, I've decided to go back on my word

about writing 3 or more chapter stories, but don't expect

anything from March the 9th to March the 22nd.

The Finale

Amy slowly slipped in and out of the shadows late that evening. She had to make sure she wasn't seen. She was near Tails' apartment, trying to get as close as she could without being spotted. "Why am I doing this again?" she wondered. Then she remembered. "Oh, yeah, a date with Sonic. I need to get this done, quick!" Then she saw Lily and Tails walk out of the building, holding hands. "Wow, they look cute together." She thought. "Why would Sonic want to break them up?" She looked on. They were talking about something, but she couldn't hear them. After a while, Lily gave Tails a peck on the cheek, and left. "About time!" Amy thought. "Now to see where she lives."

Amy silently followed Lily through the twists and turns of the city a good ways behind her, occasionally stopping to hide. "Hopefully, this won't take too much longer," Amy thought. Luckily, it wouldn't. Soon, they reached a street with a deserted alley, and a green house at the end. "I hope that's it. My feet are killing me!" she thought.

Amy then noticed that Lily was walking slower, and more carefully. Then Lily stopped. In this split second, Amy thought, "Oh no! She's on to me!" and dived in the alley just as Lily turned her head. "Hello…is anyone there?" Lily wondered. "It feels like someone's following me…" and started to walk to the alley. "Oh, great!" Amy thought. "Now what am I going to do?" She looked around. There wasn't even a trash can to hide in. Then she got an idea. She had seen this in a movie only once, and even then it didn't work, but she had no choice. She jumped as high as she could, and doing a perfect Chinese split, managed to stick herself between the alley walls. She then quickly pushed herself as high as she could go, and prayed Lily wouldn't look up.

As expected, Lily came into the alley, half-expecting someone to kidnap her. "Hello! Is anyone here?" she called. Amy was still high above her, hoping her feet wouldn't give out. Lily looked left and right, but didn't see anyone. "I need to get home. I'm starting to hear things." She said. Then she left. "Thank goodness! I thought she would never leave!" Amy thought. Then her legs buckled. "Oh, no." she thought. She had forgotten that she was in the air, and her legs gave out. She fell about 20 feet before landing with a thud. "Ouch… that's going to hurt in the morning. I hope this is worth it…"

Meanwhile, Sonic was at the beach, having second thoughts about sending Amy to break the two up. "I hope this was worth it. Tails is my best friend, and I'd hate to lose him to a girl. I need to do what's best for us…" He let that sink in, and then realized. "…and that would be to let Tails live his life. I can't keep him under my wing forever…might as well let him go now." He looked up at the sky. "I'd better get home. It would be best to tell him now." He stood up, brushed himself off, and sped home. "It's going to be hard to let him go." He thought.

By the time Sonic got home, Amy had just finished her job. "That should stop her." She thought. She had somehow boarded up all the windows and doors without alerting Lily or her mother. Amy smiled at her handiwork for a moment, and then frowned. "What am I doing?" she wondered out loud.  "This isn't worth a date with Sonic. I shouldn't have to try to stop true love just to get Sonic to date me! He should date me only if he wants to, and figuring that, he'll probably never date me…but I won't give up!" She then started to pry the boards off, even though it would take half the night.

Later that night, at their apartment, Sonic and Tails were having a good heart-to-heart talk. "Tails," Sonic started, "I've noticed that you and Lily have grown close over the last few days." Tails nodded. "Yeah, it's great, don't you think? We found out that we've got a lot in common, like that we both like mechanical stuff, we like the same kind of movies, and that we both like the same kind of …well, stuff." Sonic felt worse and worse, like he was going to do something he shouldn't. "Yeah…well, Tails, I was thinking that…maybe you wanted to…I don't know…leave here and set your own path with her instead of me." There. He had said it. Now all he had to do was wait for the worst.

At first Tails seemed shocked. Then he fell on the floor, laughing uncontrollably. He managed to regain himself, and look at a surprised Sonic. "Y-You thought that I would leave you for Lily? That's crazy! Sonic, I may like Lily, and she may like me, but you're my best friend. Besides, I don't know her that well."

"So you're not going anywhere?" Sonic asked. Tails shook his head. "Nope. So think of it this way. You're not losing a friend. You're gaining one. Now we should get to bed."

Later that night, Sonic thought about what Tails had said. You're not losing a friend. You're gaining one." He let that run through his head before finally going to bed. "Tomorrow's probably going to be the start of a new friendship," he said.  

That's it. Hope you liked my first fanfic! There'll be

a few 1-2 chapter stories soon, so look out for them!