Don't Trip Chapter: 4 (still in flashback)

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The sound of laughter and giggling echoed down the halls of the hospital as Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles walked down the hallway to see their friend. Both Knuckles and Tails had been joking with Sonic about Amy the whole way to the hospital. After a while, Sonic had joined in with the laughter, having a good time with his friends. It seemed to keep his mind off of who he was about to confront. Sonic thought that instead of formulating a whole speech for Amy, he would just wing it and hope that Amy's forgiveness would be the result. The thought that Amy might be angered at Sonic for a long period of time worried him.

'Knuckles is right,' Sonic thought, 'After I tell her that I am sorry for what I have done, she will forgive me. I just hope that she is not angered at me for too long.'

"Hey, Sonic," Knuckles said, "I learned one thing about girls over the years. If you want them to forgive you, just write a poem. They love that stuff."

"Oh Yeah?" Sonic said with a smile, knowing that he was probably joking with him.

"Yeah, and today is your lucky day," Knuckles said with enthusiasm.

"Why is that?" Sonic asked in a less then interested tone.

"Because, I have a poem for you."

"Ok, then, let me hear it," Sonic said with a smirk. All the while, Tails was giggling crazily at Sonic.

Knuckle started the poem, "Roses are red, Violets are blue. You are pink, and I want you." Both Knuckles and Tails started to laugh like madmen after the joke.

Sonic also laughed and put his hand on his forehead, "You are an idiot Knuckles. You know that, right? How old are you anyway?"

Knuckles just lightly pushed Sonic into the wall and kept on walking to Amy's room in the hospital.

"Do you remember what room the secretary said that Amy was in, Sonic?" Tails asked.

"Yeah. If you weren't to busy laughing at me, you would of heard her say that she was in room A55."

"Hey, I can't help it," Tails said to his buddy, "Knuckles is funny and besides, we need a laugh after yesterday. You just happen to be the victim of our wise cracking."

Sonic just nodded to Tails. Then looked forward and saw the room A55 right to the left of him. As he saw that room number, all nervousness that he had a few minutes ago turned into pure fear. 'What am I afraid of? I have nothing to lose, well, except for a good friend. Man, what did I get myself into?' Sonic watched as his friends excitedly walked into Amy's room. Sonic could not get himself to go in.

Knuckles turned around and saw Sonic waiting at the door, "You coming in?"

"Um...Yeah. Just give me a few seconds to think." Sonic replied.

"Alright. Well, you know were to find us."

Sonic nodded as Knuckles closed the door to Amy's room. Sonic sat in a chair that was right next to Amy's door. Sonic bent over, placing his elbows on his knees and then he put both of his hands on his temple. He just sat there, too afraid to see what Amy's reaction would be when he walked in the room, but too headstrong to ask for advise from anyone. Sonic could hear Amy scream in excitement to her two friends that had just went in to visit her.

Sonic listened in on their conversation, "Tails, Knuckles, how are you guys?!?!?!?," Amy asked.

"We're fine," Knuckles replied, "The real question is how are you?"

"Oh, I feel great, Knuckles," Amy answered, "I feel like I could do laps around the hospital, but the doctors told me that I broke my leg and I should stay off of my feet for a while."

"And you should, Amy," Tails said, "The doctors know what they are talking about."

"I know, I just am saying that I feel good." Amy said, a little annoyed that her leg was broken. "So... where is Sonic? I need to talk to him." Amy asked.

"Well, he was right behind me, but.....," Tails was suddenly stop in what he was saying. Sonic figured that Knuckles had stopped him realizing that he didn't want Amy knowing that he was right outside the door.

Knuckles finished what Tails was saying, "But, he had to go back to talk to one of the doctors about another matter."

"Oh...well, when he gets here, I want to talk to him alone." Amy said to both Knuckles and Tails.

'Why does she want to talk to me alone?' Sonic pondered to himself, 'She must have something important to say to me.' Sonic now blocked out the conversation that was going on in the other room and tried to gather up all of his courage to enter Amy's room.

Sonic stood up and put his hand onto the door-knob, but did not open the door. He watched his hand on the handle, almost like telling his hand to open the door because he could not do it consciously. Sonic suddenly looked up at the door with the same determination he had before at the park when he was saving Amy. 'What am I doing. I am Sonic the Hedgehog. I am not afraid of anything and here I am, questioning whether to go into a room because I am frightened of what one of my friends will say to me. If I can take on the biggest and most horrid mechanical creatures that Eggman can craft, I think that I can take what Amy has to say to me.' With a sudden adrenalin rush, Sonic opened the door and walked into the room.

Sonic saw Knuckles and Tails first as he walked into the room, then Amy came into view. She was lying in a white hospital bed that was sitting upright. Sonic noticed that Amy's leg was in a sling so it could be lifted off of the bed. Her room was littered with medical equipment and painkillers. The room was square shaped and it had a little hallway that led back to the main hallway in the hospital. On one of the walls was a window that almost seemed like it was not centered with the rest of the room. The sunlight that entered the window bounced off all of the white walls, creating a bright glow in the room, that was only intensified by the light on the ceiling.

'Why is everything in this hospital white?' Sonic thought to himself as he looked around the room.

It all sickened Sonic. Looking upon Amy with all of these medicines being pumped into her for a pain that he caused. As the group realized that Sonic had entered the room, both Tails and Knuckles got up to leave the room.

"Um... Tails and I are going to see if we can find the food court. Do you want anything, Amy?" Knuckles asked.

"No that's alright, Thanks. Seeya in a bit." Amy answered.

"Yep," Knuckles finished as he was walking out. When he passed by Sonic he winked and gave him a thumbs up.

After the door shut and both Tails and Knuckles were gone, Sonic looked at Amy and was a little surprised to see her staring right at him.

"So....How are you doing, Amy?" Sonic said nervously.

"Oh, and now you act like you care," Amy said with a flare of anger detectable, "You said that you didn't even want to be my friend before. I am not stupid Sonic! Do you take me for a fool?!?!?"

All of the nervousness went away after that comment and now he focused all of his attention on getting Amy to believe that he was sorry. "Amy, forget all of those words I said before, they were all out of anger," Sonic said calmly to her.

Amy calmed down and then said, "Think about it, Sonic. What were you angry about. I can tell you, you were angry at me for showing up to the chilidog stand. You see me as an annoyance, a little tick on your back that you can't reach. Well I have accepted the fact that you don't like me, which leads me to what I wanted to tell you. After I feel better and I can walk again, I am going to move away... far away so you won't have to see me again!"

"Amy...Amy, what will that solve. You would be replicating what I have been doing all of my life, running from my problems. You would think that if you ran away from every little dilemma, that the problem itself would go away, but that is far from the truth. That problem will stay with you, not in life, but in your mind. There it will fester into a wound that is almost impossible to free yourself from. That is what happen to me at the chilidog stand yesterday. I have been running from my problems for a long time, and they were starting to catch up to me. That is why I blew up on you yesterday. It is not your fault, Amy. To move away would only hurt you more in the future. Take it from me, someone who has had a lot of experience in that field."

Sonic moved a chair that was in the room and put it next to the bed that Amy was resting on. Amy looked up at Sonic and sighed, then she said in a weak voice, "But still, the fact remains that your words hurt me. They hurt like a punch to the face."

Sonic took Amy's hand into his and looked right into her eyes, "I know that I hurt you Amy, and for that, I am deeply sorry. I mean that from the bottom of my heart and to the depths of my soul. Your friendship means more to me than being a hero or anything like that. Hell, it means more to me than life itself. I hope that you can forgive me for being such an ass. If you do, I promise I will spend the better half of my life making it up to you," Sonic said softly to Amy with a smile.

While looking into Amy's green eye's, Sonic noticed that she was starting to cry. Amy open her mouth to speak, "Sonic....that means so much coming from you. Your friendship means the world to me, too. That is why I was so crushed by your words. I guess that it was kind of childish to just expect that my problems would go away just by moving. Oh....to answer the question on whether I forgive you or not," Amy smiled, "I think that you already know the answer."

Sonic stood from his chair, still looking into her eyes and holding her hand, "I think that I have one of the best friends in the world."

Sonic smiled, leaned over the bed, and wrapped his arms around Amy. She sighed into his arm and returned the hug. Sonic whispered into her ear, "Thank you." After saying that, Sonic got up from the hug, but was still leaning over the bed.

Sonic wiped away the tears that had trickled down her face. As he was doing this Amy spoke, "Thank you, for what?"

"Thank you for a lot of things. For one, thank you for forgiving me. Also, thank you for being there for me. Lastly, I wanted to thank you for just being who you are," Sonic said smiling. Sonic moved back to his chair and put his other hand on top of hers, sandwiching her hand in his. He used his hand on top to massage her soft hand. Sonic and Amy sat like this for a few minutes, staring into each other's eyes, looking deep into the other person's soul.

Sonic moved his hands away from hers as he heard the door open. He saw both Knuckles and Tails enter the room.

"How are you guys doing?" Tails asked in a curious voice.

Sonic looked at Amy and then to Tails, "Um....we are doing pretty good. How about you guys?" Sonic winked to Knuckles, who smiled back.

Knuckles laughed and then said, "We had a great time at the cafeteria. The food here is great. We are going to have to rotate on who gets injured so we can eat here more often. Next week we can push Sonic down the steps." The group laughed at what Knuckles had suggested.

They all calmed down a little as they heard the door to the room open and someone enter. Both Knuckles and Tails greeted the person because they could see who it was from where they were standing. Knuckles moved out of the way to let the person enter the room. The man happened to be the doctor that they had all seen before, Jim.

"It is nice to see you all," Jim said in a cheery tone, "And by all of the laughter I am hearing coming from this room, I would estimate you guys are having a good time. If it is any of my business, what were you guys laughing at?"

Knuckles turned to Jim to reply, "It's a long story, but it begins with the food in this cafeteria and ends with Sonic falling down a pair of stairs."

Jim laughed, "I'm sorry I asked. Well I came in here to inform you guys that Amy will start a rehab program to get her up and walking again in about a week."

"Sounds great," Tails said, "The quicker she starts rehab, the quicker she will be on her feet again."

"Now Amy," Jim turned in her direction, "Sonic has volunteered to go through the program with you, is that alright with you."

Amy turned to Sonic, as he turned to her, and said, "Sounds great, Jim."

Sonic smiled to her and shook her hand. He laughed and said, "Alright, it's a date."

That got a laugh out of everyone in the room. Jim spoke to the group again, "Well a nurse will be in here in about two minutes to help Amy get a shower, so I am sorry to tell you guys but, you will have to leave during that period. She can use her phone to tell you when she is done. Well, I have some other patients to see, so I will see you all later."

"Seeya," the group said simultaneously.

After Jim shook the hands of everyone in the room, he left, closing the door behind him. Knuckles turned to Amy and spoke, "Well, I guess that is our cue to leave. It's been fun. Talk to you later," both Knuckles and Tails waved to Amy as they were on their way out.

Sonic turned around to Amy as he felt Amy put her hand in his. She pulled him down for another hug. They both wrapped their arms around each other tightly. She whispered into his ear, "Thank you, Sonic." Sonic's heart fluttered as she did this. He felt so warm being next to her.

Sonic pulled away from the hug with a smile, "Why did you say thank you?"

"The same reasons you said it to me before." Amy replied.

Sonic laughed and then spoke, "Well give me a call when you need company again."

"Will do," Amy said

Sonic waved and said, "Well I will seeya later then."

"Ok Sonic. Bye"

"Bye-Bye," Sonic did not move.

"Umm....Sonic.....isn't this the part where you leave," Amy laughed.

Sonic cleared his throat, clearly uncomfortable, "Oh yeah, sorry I was just not thinking." Sonic gave Amy a thumbs up and then walked out of the room. As he closed the door to Amy's room, he sighed to himself, 'Amy...What are you doing to me. I have never felt like this before. Oh well, I am just glad that she forgave me and we are all good now.' Sonic walked down the hall to the exit of the hospital to meet up with his friends who were waiting outside for him.

Knuckles was the first to speak to Sonic as he was exiting the hospital, "Hey Sonic, I was thinking, shouldn't we go over to see Rouge and tell her about Amy's current situation. I mean she doesn't even know that she is hurt."

"And we could finally play that Zelda game," Tails added.

"Yeah, maybe we should go over to her house," Sonic said, "But it is lunch. I am getting something to eat first."

"Ok, we will get something on the way. Lets get going." With that, the three started the walk to Rouge's house.

Sonic smiled to himself as he thought about what had happened today. The only thing that really mattered to him was Amy's forgiveness. This had turned out to be one of the greatest days in his life.

The sun shined down on the three as they walked down the streets of Station Square. As the breeze hit Sonic's face, he looked up at the sky and thought to himself, 'Man, life is good!'



To Be Continued.....

A/N: Well, how did you guys like this chapter? Please review. Also, I am sorry for the wait on this chapter. I will try to update this story once a week (that is if nothing comes up).