A/N: To chaos angel: Yes, I am planning on having another couple. You
will start to see it form in this chapter. I am not going to go into too
much detail about that relationship in this fic., but you never know, maybe
it will inspire me to write a side story.
Don't Trip Chapter: 5 (still in flashback)
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Sonic took the last few bites of his chilidog, as he saw that Rouge's house was coming into view. Rouge lived about half a mile outside of Station Square, in a large, red brick house. To say that Rouge was wealthy would be an understatement. She had ten acres of land, with a huge, three story estate planted in the middle of it all. The land around her house was beautifully crafted with gardens and trees as far as the eye could see.
As we came to the front gate of her house, Sonic hit the button on the intercom to let Rouge know that we were in front of her house. As he pressed the button, a little beeping noise could be heard, that rang throughout Rouge's estate to warn her of visitors.
Rouge's feminine voice came through the intercom, "Hello? Who is it?"
Sonic answered, "Hey, Rouge, it's Sonic. Can we come in?"
"We?" Rouge asked.
"Oh yeah, Knuckles and Tails are with me," he finished.
Rouge laughed, "O boy, a party! Sure, you guys can come in."
After that, the large gate, in front of her house, opened, letting us finish the rest of the walk to her house. We were greeted by one of Rouge's gardeners as we approached the house.
It was obvious that Rouge had changed the most, out of all of their friends. She made her money about one year ago, when she was still a treasure hunter. At this point in her life, Rouge was getting desperate to find some type of valuable jewel because she had no money to live off of. She didn't even have a house to live in so she moved in with Knuckles and Tails. One day, she was walking along a beach when she stumbled into a whole in the ground. What she found in that hole was what had changed her life to what it is today. As she got up from falling into the whole, she found out that she was standing on millions of gems. Rouge described it as red gems as far as the eye could see. Later, after cashing in her new found fortune, she found out that each little gem was worth more than what most people make in a year, and the rest is history.
Rouge was waiting for the group at the front door, as they were climbing up the stairs to her house. She gave us her usual, warm welcome, "Hey, guys. Come on in. Make yourselves at home."
Sonic, Knuckles and Tails all thanked her simultaneously. The first room you see when you enter her house is a large room, that had a grand staircase that led to the other two floors. This room connected to all of the other areas in her house. The walls were filled with wood carvings that were of sentimental value, to her. At the top of the grand stair case, was a huge carving that stretched to the ceiling, of Sonic, Knuckles, Tails, Amy and herself, all arm in arm and smiling. Sonic loved that carving of the group because it had so much detail in it that it was almost life-like, if it was not for the wood that it was carved out of.
Rouge ushered the men to her first-floor living room. She spoke with enthusiasm to them, "Go ahead guys, have a seat."
"Thanks, Rouge," Sonic said.
There were many places to sit down in Rouges living room. It was pretty much a square room with seating all around the walls. There were many windows in the room that let in the bright sunlight, which bounced off all of the light green walls. On one of the walls, was a fireplace that kept the room warm in the winter.
All four of them found their seats and sat for a few minutes in comfortable silence. Sonic looked upon Rouge, noticing that her appearance hasn't changed much. She still was the feminine bombshell, that the men of Station Square would drool over when they saw her. She still had on her pink and black outfit that she always had on, to show off her body. Also, she had the same makeup on her face, that showed off her light blue eyes.
Rouge started the conversation, "So... what brings three hot men up to my place, at this time of day," Rouge smiled as she flirted with them.
Lucky for him, no one in the room saw that Knuckles was blushing madly at that statement. Knuckles spoke up, "Well... it's about Amy."
"I don't like your tone Knuckles. What happened to Amy? Is she alright?" Rouge asked with concern.
Tails then came in the conversation, "She is fine, but uhhh....umm." Tails looked to Sonic to finish.
"Well Rouge," Sonic stated calmly, "Amy is in the hospital right now. Don't worry....," Sonic was interrupted.
"WHAT!!! SHE IS IN THE HOSPITAL!!!!" Rouge screamed.
Sonic finished, "Calm down Rouge, she is alright, she just had a big fall at the park. She fell down a pair of stairs and knocked herself out. She also broke her leg in the fall."
"Oh no, she broke her leg, that is horrible," Rouge spoke sadly, "How did she fall down the steps? Was she not paying attention to where she was going, or what?"
Sonic answered, "Well this is the part where you will probably get mad at me. You see... I was in a bad mood prior to seeing her, but when she showed up, my anger just multiplied. I yelled at her and said some things that should of never been said to her and that is when she ran off crying, not watching where she was going, causing her to fall down the steps."
Rouge was gasping the whole time Sonic was saying this. She pointed her finger at Sonic and yelled, "How could you do something like that to her? That is so not like you. Did you even apologize to her?"
"Yes," Sonic answered, "And Amy accepted my apology. We are all good now and I, personally, think that our friendship is stronger then ever."
"Well that's good," Rouge sighed in relief, "Can I go see her?"
Tails answered this, "Yeah, just give her a call and let her know that you are coming."
Rouge got up from her chair and looked to Tails, "Tails, can you come with me to my office and give me her number and everything."
"Sure," Tails got up and left the room with Rouge.
After the two left, Sonic turned to Knuckles and spoke, "I saw you blush when Rouge called us 'hot men'," he said smiling.
"I wasn't blushing," Knuckles said with anger.
"Aw... come on. I admitted to you that I liked Amy. Don't worry, I won't tell anyone," Sonic nudged his buddy in the side.
"Alright, Alright... so I have a little crush on Rouge, what's the big deal?" Knuckle sighed.
"Why don't you ask her out?" Sonic asked.
"Well... because I am not good at that stuff, and besides what would someone as beautiful and wealthy as her want with someone like me?" Knuckles asked.
Sonic sighed, "Oh come on! You can't tell that she has a thing for you?"
Knuckles looked over to Sonic, confused, "Why do you think that she has a thing for me?"
"Well, for one, just the way she looks at you, it is obvious that she checks you out every once in a while," Sonic said with a laugh.
"Are you serious, Rouge checks me out." Knuckle said surprised.
Sonic nodded, then finished the conversation, "You also can tell that she likes you just by the way she smiles at you. I am telling you Knuckles, she likes you, too."
Knuckles blushed and then spoke, "Well... maybe I will ask her out, but not now, I don't think that now is the right time."
Sonic sat up as he thought of an great idea, "Knuckles, I have a great idea."
"That's not good," Knuckles joked.
"Shut up," Sonic said, "Now listen. How about we make a little agreement. By the end of this month, we both have to asked out our crushes."
"You mean that if I ask out Rouge, you will ask Amy out?" Knuckles asked.
"Yup," Sonic finished.
Knuckles laughed, "Ok, Deal." Knuckles got up from his seat and shook Sonic's hand. After shaking hands, Knuckles sat back down and spoke, "I guess anything is worth seeing you go out with Amy," Knuckles said with a laugh. Sonic just nodded with a smile.
As Knuckles finished the conversation, Rouge and Tails came back into the room. Tails went back to his seat, but Rouge stood in the doorway.
Rouge spoke to the group, "Well guys, I don't like to just walk out on my company, but I want to go visit Amy in the hospital. You guys can stay as long as you would like. You know where everything is, in this house, right?"
"Right," Sonic said to her.
"Well, I will seeya guys later," Rouge waved to the three as she walked out.
"Bye," the three said simultaneously.
After Rouge left, Sonic looked to the group and spoke, "Well guys, I didn't get much sleep last night, so I am going to head home."
Tails turned to Sonic and smiled, "Ok. Knuckles and I are going to stay for a while and play Rouge's Gamecube."
"Alright...well... I will talk to you guys later," Sonic waved to the guys as he walked out.
As soon as Sonic stepped outside, he sped off into the distance at speeds that humans couldn't even fathom. He reach his apartment in about ten seconds. As Sonic walked inside, he noticed that his answering machine had one message on it. Sonic pressed the button for the message to play.
Sonic's heart jumped as he heard Amy's voice, "Sonic, It's me, Amy. Well, I just wanted to leave a message to tell you that I would like it if you would come to visit me tomorrow. It doesn't matter when, I just want someone to talk to. Well...I hope I see you tomorrow. Bye..," Sonic sighed and smiled to himself as Amy's message ended.
'Well I guess I better get to bed so I can go see Amy early,' Sonic made a mental note.
Sonic got ready for bed by brushing his teeth and getting a glass of cold water to sip on. After he was ready, he slipped into bed and fell asleep within seconds. This was probably going to be the first full night of sleep he'd gotten in a while.
A WEEK LATER..........
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It was early in the morning as Sonic was walking to the hospital again. He had been going to the hospital everyday for the past week now, visiting Amy and helping her get through the hard times. Amy liked his visits. She would get excited every time that Sonic walked through the door to her room. Today, Sonic was a little nervous. It is the first day of Amy's rehab. Sonic knows that it is going to be hard for her, hell, it would be hard for himself. It is like learning how to walk all over again which is going to be a frustrating thing to go through. He knows that she can do it, though. She is a very strong woman, that has determination like no one else.
Sonic breathed in, letting the brisk, cool, morning air fill his lungs and cool his insides. The sun had not even risen yet at this hour, but light started to shine over the horizon. Sonic decided to take it slow and not run to the hospital for that it was such a nice morning. As Sonic walked by the park, he heard the sounds of birds chirping and singing to one another. Sonic knew that it was going to be a beautiful day.
When Sonic entered the hospital, he walked over to the secretary to ask if Amy was in her room or at the gym. He was told that she was getting ready to go to the gym, but he could still visit her in her room. Sonic made the long journey down an endless line of corridors to make it to room A55. When he made it to room A55 and opened the door, he was surprised to see Amy right in front of him, as she was about to exit the room. She was in a wheelchair, being pushed by a nurse.
Amy jumped a little from her chair, startled to see Sonic right in front of her. "SONIC!" Amy yelled, happy to see him.
"Hey Ames," Sonic said smiling back. Amy pulled Sonic in for a long hug. Sonic loved hugging Amy. It made him feel good just to wrap his arms around her tightly. It almost gave him a sense of security to be next to her.
Sonic got up from the hug and looked at the nurse, he spoke, "Is she going down to the gym?"
The nurse nodded to Sonic.
"Well, I can take her down for you," Sonic smiled to the nurse. She, once again nodded and let Sonic take Amy to the gym.
Sonic got behind the wheelchair and started to push. Sonic smiled when he thought of a good plan.
"Oh no," Sonic said smiling, "I am losing control of the wheelchair!"
Sonic, then proceeded in speeding down the hall with the wheelchair, making tire screeching noises to add to the effect. Amy was laughing and screaming at the same time.
Amy decided to play along, "AHHH! Help me.... Run away wheelchair!"
Sonic laughed as he swerved the wheelchair to a stop right in front of the gym. Sonic said in a deep voice, "Would this be your stop, miss?"
Amy laughed, "Well, yes, this would be my stop. Thank you sir."
The two giggled crazily as they entered the gym. Sonic wheeled Amy up to a male nurse that was waiting for us in the gym.
"Hello," the nurse said to the two, "My name is Al and I will be Amy's trainer for the next few days, before she is released from the hospital."
Sonic stuck his hand out to shake Al's, "Hi Al, I'm Sonic. Nice to meet you."
Al nodded and then looked to Amy, "Ok let's start the exercise," Al pushed Amy in her wheelchair, to the side of a wall. The wall had a long bar on it which lead to another chair. "Amy, what I want you to do is get up off the wheelchair and walk to the other chair and sit down in that one. Now Sonic, I want you to walk along side of Amy and let her use your shoulder as a support. Normally, I would do that, but it would be more comfortable for Amy if you did it. Ok Amy, lets see if you can do it."
Sonic walked up to Amy and offered his arm. Amy used his arm as a support as she attempted to rise up from her chair. After struggling for a few minutes, Amy finally got up. Her feet were a little wobbly as she tried to take her first step. She pushed down hard on Sonic's shoulder as she made her way to the other chair. About halfway to the other chair, Amy fell down to the floor and screamed in frustration.
Amy looked to Sonic, "I can't do this Sonic. It is too hard." Amy started to cry as she looked at Sonic.
Sonic sat down on the floor next to her and put his arm around her. Sonic spoke to Amy, "I know that you can do it Amy. You are stronger than this. Come on, I will help you up."
Amy took Sonic's hand with a smile and slowly lifted herself up and put her hand on the bar again. Amy started to walk again toward the chair.
Sonic spoke words of reassurance into Amy's ear as she neared the chair, "Come on Amy, almost there. Just a little bit more."
Sonic cheered as Amy sat down in the chair, "Great job, Amy! You did it!" Sonic gave Amy a tight hug as she sat in the chair.
The both let go of each other as they heard Al speak, "Excellent, you might be able to leave the hospital sooner then first thought. Well, your not done with your exercise yet. Now I want you to come back to your wheelchair, Amy."
Sonic widened his eyes when he heard Al say that. He looked over to Amy who just sank down in her chair and sighed, "Here we go again." Sonic laughed after that remark.
ONE HOUR LATER........
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Sonic wheeled Amy back to her room in the hospital after a hour work out. She was a little exhausted after all of the walking, after being off of her feet for a week. She just rested her head on the back of the wheelchair as Sonic neared room A55.
"Amy, you did a great job today," Sonic said softly.
Amy smiled and said, "Thanks, it was really hard to walk, but I think that I will be up and walking soon."
"That's good to hear," Sonic said, "Here we are," Sonic finished as he entered room A55.
"Here, let me help you get onto the bed," Sonic said to Amy.
Sonic lifted Amy up from her chair, making sure not to hurt her leg, and put her back onto the bed. After he set her down, Sonic went to get a chair and set it next to her bed. Neither of them spoke to each other for a few minutes, which gave Sonic some time to think. All of his thoughts led to the deal he had made a week ago with Knuckles.
Sonic thought to himself, 'Maybe I should just ask her out now. It would be nice to say that I asked out Amy first before Knuckles did to Rouge. And besides, now is the perfect opportunity to do it. Well, Sonic, here goes nothing.'
Sonic cleared his throat and then spoke, "Umm....Amy....this is kind of hard for me to say."
Amy looked over to Sonic with concern, "What is it Sonic?" Amy asked.
Sonic took Amy's hand into his, "Well, Amy," Sonic looked deep into her eyes, "I have known you for a while now, and I have gotten to know you very well."
Amy interrupted, "Yeah, I know you pretty well, too."
"What I am getting at is that I realized recently, that you have changed in the past few years. Not a bad change, but a good one. You have matured a great deal and you are not all over me like you use to be," Amy blushed after he said that. Sonic went on, "Now, when I look back on all of the times that you chased me around, a good memory comes to mind."
Amy looked at Sonic confused, "What are you getting at Sonic?"
Sonic tightened his grip on Amy's hand, "Enough with the delays, I will just get to the question. Amy...when you are feeling better and can walk again, I was wondering if you would like to go out with me, to someplace."
A flair of excitement burned in her eyes, "Sonic, are you asking me out on a date?"
Sonic smiled, "Yes, I am. Your answer?"
Amy looked right into Sonic's eyes, "Of coarse, I will go out with you. It is like a dream come true, Sonic the Hedgehog, asking me out on a date."
Sonic smiled at Amy as he got up to give her a hug. This time, the hug meant more to Sonic. It felt like a hug between lovers, not friends. At this moment, it seemed the right time to say it, so Sonic whispered into her ear, "I....I love you."
Amy let go of Sonic, tears already running down her face, "W...What did you say?"
Sonic smiled as he wiped away her tears. He look deep into her eyes, "Amy, I love you," Sonic said softly to her.
Amy just sat there and cried. She tried a few times to choke something out, but it finally came out, "I love you too, Sonic," she said in no more then a whisper.
Sonic's body went into autopilot as his face drew closer to Amy's. He really didn't know what he was doing, but it felt like the right thing to do. His face was just inches from hers. Amy was still lightly crying as their lips met. To Sonic, it felt like a bolt of lightening surged throughout his body, as he felt Amy's lips meshed with his. Sonic angled his head so he could deepen the kiss with Amy. This was the most incredible feeling Sonic had ever felt and he never wanted it to end. Sonic massaged Amy's hips, feeling her quills on his fingertips. Sonic slowly pulled his lips away to catch his breath. After looking into Amy's eyes, Sonic started the kiss again. He went a little further this time as he placed his tongue onto her lips. Amy parted her lips slightly to let Sonic's tongue enter her mouth. Both Sonic and Amy continued their little make-out session for about four minutes, until the door to Amy's room opened. Sonic moved away from Amy quickly, with a little smack as their lips parted. Sonic made it back to his seat just in time as the doctor, they had come to know very well, entered the room.
"Well," Jim looked to the two with a smile, "I won't ask what you guys have been doing." Sonic was a little taken back by this statement, he didn't know how Jim knew what they were doing. Later, Sonic would find out by Amy, that her lipstick had smeared onto his lips.
Jim continued, "Well guys, I have some good news. Amy will be able to leave the hospital tomorrow and go back to her house. We still suggest that you," he turned to Sonic, "keep an eye on her."
"Will do," Sonic said with a smile.
"Well Sonic," Jim said, "It is about that time where we help Amy get a shower, so Sonic you are going to have to leave. Sorry."
"Ok," Sonic said.
"I have to get going myself. I will see you guys later," Jim waved to the two as he exited the room.
When Jim left the room, Sonic spoke to Amy, "As much as I hate to, I have to get going."
"Ok Sonic, I will seeya later," Amy smiled.
Sonic bent down and gave Amy a peck on the lips. "Love you," Sonic said with a smile.
Amy smiled back and wiped the lipstick off of his lips with her fingertips, "I love you, too,"
Sonic waved to Amy as he was leaving. When he shut the door to Amy's room he sighed and leaned back against the door. Sonic felt a strange feeling in his stomach. It felt like he had a loss for breath, but at the same time it felt good to him. Sonic didn't know it then, but he would soon find out that he had fallen head over heels in love with Amy Rose.
TO BE CONTINUED.............
A/N: So....how was this chapter. Please review, thanks.
Don't Trip Chapter: 5 (still in flashback)
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Sonic took the last few bites of his chilidog, as he saw that Rouge's house was coming into view. Rouge lived about half a mile outside of Station Square, in a large, red brick house. To say that Rouge was wealthy would be an understatement. She had ten acres of land, with a huge, three story estate planted in the middle of it all. The land around her house was beautifully crafted with gardens and trees as far as the eye could see.
As we came to the front gate of her house, Sonic hit the button on the intercom to let Rouge know that we were in front of her house. As he pressed the button, a little beeping noise could be heard, that rang throughout Rouge's estate to warn her of visitors.
Rouge's feminine voice came through the intercom, "Hello? Who is it?"
Sonic answered, "Hey, Rouge, it's Sonic. Can we come in?"
"We?" Rouge asked.
"Oh yeah, Knuckles and Tails are with me," he finished.
Rouge laughed, "O boy, a party! Sure, you guys can come in."
After that, the large gate, in front of her house, opened, letting us finish the rest of the walk to her house. We were greeted by one of Rouge's gardeners as we approached the house.
It was obvious that Rouge had changed the most, out of all of their friends. She made her money about one year ago, when she was still a treasure hunter. At this point in her life, Rouge was getting desperate to find some type of valuable jewel because she had no money to live off of. She didn't even have a house to live in so she moved in with Knuckles and Tails. One day, she was walking along a beach when she stumbled into a whole in the ground. What she found in that hole was what had changed her life to what it is today. As she got up from falling into the whole, she found out that she was standing on millions of gems. Rouge described it as red gems as far as the eye could see. Later, after cashing in her new found fortune, she found out that each little gem was worth more than what most people make in a year, and the rest is history.
Rouge was waiting for the group at the front door, as they were climbing up the stairs to her house. She gave us her usual, warm welcome, "Hey, guys. Come on in. Make yourselves at home."
Sonic, Knuckles and Tails all thanked her simultaneously. The first room you see when you enter her house is a large room, that had a grand staircase that led to the other two floors. This room connected to all of the other areas in her house. The walls were filled with wood carvings that were of sentimental value, to her. At the top of the grand stair case, was a huge carving that stretched to the ceiling, of Sonic, Knuckles, Tails, Amy and herself, all arm in arm and smiling. Sonic loved that carving of the group because it had so much detail in it that it was almost life-like, if it was not for the wood that it was carved out of.
Rouge ushered the men to her first-floor living room. She spoke with enthusiasm to them, "Go ahead guys, have a seat."
"Thanks, Rouge," Sonic said.
There were many places to sit down in Rouges living room. It was pretty much a square room with seating all around the walls. There were many windows in the room that let in the bright sunlight, which bounced off all of the light green walls. On one of the walls, was a fireplace that kept the room warm in the winter.
All four of them found their seats and sat for a few minutes in comfortable silence. Sonic looked upon Rouge, noticing that her appearance hasn't changed much. She still was the feminine bombshell, that the men of Station Square would drool over when they saw her. She still had on her pink and black outfit that she always had on, to show off her body. Also, she had the same makeup on her face, that showed off her light blue eyes.
Rouge started the conversation, "So... what brings three hot men up to my place, at this time of day," Rouge smiled as she flirted with them.
Lucky for him, no one in the room saw that Knuckles was blushing madly at that statement. Knuckles spoke up, "Well... it's about Amy."
"I don't like your tone Knuckles. What happened to Amy? Is she alright?" Rouge asked with concern.
Tails then came in the conversation, "She is fine, but uhhh....umm." Tails looked to Sonic to finish.
"Well Rouge," Sonic stated calmly, "Amy is in the hospital right now. Don't worry....," Sonic was interrupted.
"WHAT!!! SHE IS IN THE HOSPITAL!!!!" Rouge screamed.
Sonic finished, "Calm down Rouge, she is alright, she just had a big fall at the park. She fell down a pair of stairs and knocked herself out. She also broke her leg in the fall."
"Oh no, she broke her leg, that is horrible," Rouge spoke sadly, "How did she fall down the steps? Was she not paying attention to where she was going, or what?"
Sonic answered, "Well this is the part where you will probably get mad at me. You see... I was in a bad mood prior to seeing her, but when she showed up, my anger just multiplied. I yelled at her and said some things that should of never been said to her and that is when she ran off crying, not watching where she was going, causing her to fall down the steps."
Rouge was gasping the whole time Sonic was saying this. She pointed her finger at Sonic and yelled, "How could you do something like that to her? That is so not like you. Did you even apologize to her?"
"Yes," Sonic answered, "And Amy accepted my apology. We are all good now and I, personally, think that our friendship is stronger then ever."
"Well that's good," Rouge sighed in relief, "Can I go see her?"
Tails answered this, "Yeah, just give her a call and let her know that you are coming."
Rouge got up from her chair and looked to Tails, "Tails, can you come with me to my office and give me her number and everything."
"Sure," Tails got up and left the room with Rouge.
After the two left, Sonic turned to Knuckles and spoke, "I saw you blush when Rouge called us 'hot men'," he said smiling.
"I wasn't blushing," Knuckles said with anger.
"Aw... come on. I admitted to you that I liked Amy. Don't worry, I won't tell anyone," Sonic nudged his buddy in the side.
"Alright, Alright... so I have a little crush on Rouge, what's the big deal?" Knuckle sighed.
"Why don't you ask her out?" Sonic asked.
"Well... because I am not good at that stuff, and besides what would someone as beautiful and wealthy as her want with someone like me?" Knuckles asked.
Sonic sighed, "Oh come on! You can't tell that she has a thing for you?"
Knuckles looked over to Sonic, confused, "Why do you think that she has a thing for me?"
"Well, for one, just the way she looks at you, it is obvious that she checks you out every once in a while," Sonic said with a laugh.
"Are you serious, Rouge checks me out." Knuckle said surprised.
Sonic nodded, then finished the conversation, "You also can tell that she likes you just by the way she smiles at you. I am telling you Knuckles, she likes you, too."
Knuckles blushed and then spoke, "Well... maybe I will ask her out, but not now, I don't think that now is the right time."
Sonic sat up as he thought of an great idea, "Knuckles, I have a great idea."
"That's not good," Knuckles joked.
"Shut up," Sonic said, "Now listen. How about we make a little agreement. By the end of this month, we both have to asked out our crushes."
"You mean that if I ask out Rouge, you will ask Amy out?" Knuckles asked.
"Yup," Sonic finished.
Knuckles laughed, "Ok, Deal." Knuckles got up from his seat and shook Sonic's hand. After shaking hands, Knuckles sat back down and spoke, "I guess anything is worth seeing you go out with Amy," Knuckles said with a laugh. Sonic just nodded with a smile.
As Knuckles finished the conversation, Rouge and Tails came back into the room. Tails went back to his seat, but Rouge stood in the doorway.
Rouge spoke to the group, "Well guys, I don't like to just walk out on my company, but I want to go visit Amy in the hospital. You guys can stay as long as you would like. You know where everything is, in this house, right?"
"Right," Sonic said to her.
"Well, I will seeya guys later," Rouge waved to the three as she walked out.
"Bye," the three said simultaneously.
After Rouge left, Sonic looked to the group and spoke, "Well guys, I didn't get much sleep last night, so I am going to head home."
Tails turned to Sonic and smiled, "Ok. Knuckles and I are going to stay for a while and play Rouge's Gamecube."
"Alright...well... I will talk to you guys later," Sonic waved to the guys as he walked out.
As soon as Sonic stepped outside, he sped off into the distance at speeds that humans couldn't even fathom. He reach his apartment in about ten seconds. As Sonic walked inside, he noticed that his answering machine had one message on it. Sonic pressed the button for the message to play.
Sonic's heart jumped as he heard Amy's voice, "Sonic, It's me, Amy. Well, I just wanted to leave a message to tell you that I would like it if you would come to visit me tomorrow. It doesn't matter when, I just want someone to talk to. Well...I hope I see you tomorrow. Bye..," Sonic sighed and smiled to himself as Amy's message ended.
'Well I guess I better get to bed so I can go see Amy early,' Sonic made a mental note.
Sonic got ready for bed by brushing his teeth and getting a glass of cold water to sip on. After he was ready, he slipped into bed and fell asleep within seconds. This was probably going to be the first full night of sleep he'd gotten in a while.
A WEEK LATER..........
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It was early in the morning as Sonic was walking to the hospital again. He had been going to the hospital everyday for the past week now, visiting Amy and helping her get through the hard times. Amy liked his visits. She would get excited every time that Sonic walked through the door to her room. Today, Sonic was a little nervous. It is the first day of Amy's rehab. Sonic knows that it is going to be hard for her, hell, it would be hard for himself. It is like learning how to walk all over again which is going to be a frustrating thing to go through. He knows that she can do it, though. She is a very strong woman, that has determination like no one else.
Sonic breathed in, letting the brisk, cool, morning air fill his lungs and cool his insides. The sun had not even risen yet at this hour, but light started to shine over the horizon. Sonic decided to take it slow and not run to the hospital for that it was such a nice morning. As Sonic walked by the park, he heard the sounds of birds chirping and singing to one another. Sonic knew that it was going to be a beautiful day.
When Sonic entered the hospital, he walked over to the secretary to ask if Amy was in her room or at the gym. He was told that she was getting ready to go to the gym, but he could still visit her in her room. Sonic made the long journey down an endless line of corridors to make it to room A55. When he made it to room A55 and opened the door, he was surprised to see Amy right in front of him, as she was about to exit the room. She was in a wheelchair, being pushed by a nurse.
Amy jumped a little from her chair, startled to see Sonic right in front of her. "SONIC!" Amy yelled, happy to see him.
"Hey Ames," Sonic said smiling back. Amy pulled Sonic in for a long hug. Sonic loved hugging Amy. It made him feel good just to wrap his arms around her tightly. It almost gave him a sense of security to be next to her.
Sonic got up from the hug and looked at the nurse, he spoke, "Is she going down to the gym?"
The nurse nodded to Sonic.
"Well, I can take her down for you," Sonic smiled to the nurse. She, once again nodded and let Sonic take Amy to the gym.
Sonic got behind the wheelchair and started to push. Sonic smiled when he thought of a good plan.
"Oh no," Sonic said smiling, "I am losing control of the wheelchair!"
Sonic, then proceeded in speeding down the hall with the wheelchair, making tire screeching noises to add to the effect. Amy was laughing and screaming at the same time.
Amy decided to play along, "AHHH! Help me.... Run away wheelchair!"
Sonic laughed as he swerved the wheelchair to a stop right in front of the gym. Sonic said in a deep voice, "Would this be your stop, miss?"
Amy laughed, "Well, yes, this would be my stop. Thank you sir."
The two giggled crazily as they entered the gym. Sonic wheeled Amy up to a male nurse that was waiting for us in the gym.
"Hello," the nurse said to the two, "My name is Al and I will be Amy's trainer for the next few days, before she is released from the hospital."
Sonic stuck his hand out to shake Al's, "Hi Al, I'm Sonic. Nice to meet you."
Al nodded and then looked to Amy, "Ok let's start the exercise," Al pushed Amy in her wheelchair, to the side of a wall. The wall had a long bar on it which lead to another chair. "Amy, what I want you to do is get up off the wheelchair and walk to the other chair and sit down in that one. Now Sonic, I want you to walk along side of Amy and let her use your shoulder as a support. Normally, I would do that, but it would be more comfortable for Amy if you did it. Ok Amy, lets see if you can do it."
Sonic walked up to Amy and offered his arm. Amy used his arm as a support as she attempted to rise up from her chair. After struggling for a few minutes, Amy finally got up. Her feet were a little wobbly as she tried to take her first step. She pushed down hard on Sonic's shoulder as she made her way to the other chair. About halfway to the other chair, Amy fell down to the floor and screamed in frustration.
Amy looked to Sonic, "I can't do this Sonic. It is too hard." Amy started to cry as she looked at Sonic.
Sonic sat down on the floor next to her and put his arm around her. Sonic spoke to Amy, "I know that you can do it Amy. You are stronger than this. Come on, I will help you up."
Amy took Sonic's hand with a smile and slowly lifted herself up and put her hand on the bar again. Amy started to walk again toward the chair.
Sonic spoke words of reassurance into Amy's ear as she neared the chair, "Come on Amy, almost there. Just a little bit more."
Sonic cheered as Amy sat down in the chair, "Great job, Amy! You did it!" Sonic gave Amy a tight hug as she sat in the chair.
The both let go of each other as they heard Al speak, "Excellent, you might be able to leave the hospital sooner then first thought. Well, your not done with your exercise yet. Now I want you to come back to your wheelchair, Amy."
Sonic widened his eyes when he heard Al say that. He looked over to Amy who just sank down in her chair and sighed, "Here we go again." Sonic laughed after that remark.
ONE HOUR LATER........
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Sonic wheeled Amy back to her room in the hospital after a hour work out. She was a little exhausted after all of the walking, after being off of her feet for a week. She just rested her head on the back of the wheelchair as Sonic neared room A55.
"Amy, you did a great job today," Sonic said softly.
Amy smiled and said, "Thanks, it was really hard to walk, but I think that I will be up and walking soon."
"That's good to hear," Sonic said, "Here we are," Sonic finished as he entered room A55.
"Here, let me help you get onto the bed," Sonic said to Amy.
Sonic lifted Amy up from her chair, making sure not to hurt her leg, and put her back onto the bed. After he set her down, Sonic went to get a chair and set it next to her bed. Neither of them spoke to each other for a few minutes, which gave Sonic some time to think. All of his thoughts led to the deal he had made a week ago with Knuckles.
Sonic thought to himself, 'Maybe I should just ask her out now. It would be nice to say that I asked out Amy first before Knuckles did to Rouge. And besides, now is the perfect opportunity to do it. Well, Sonic, here goes nothing.'
Sonic cleared his throat and then spoke, "Umm....Amy....this is kind of hard for me to say."
Amy looked over to Sonic with concern, "What is it Sonic?" Amy asked.
Sonic took Amy's hand into his, "Well, Amy," Sonic looked deep into her eyes, "I have known you for a while now, and I have gotten to know you very well."
Amy interrupted, "Yeah, I know you pretty well, too."
"What I am getting at is that I realized recently, that you have changed in the past few years. Not a bad change, but a good one. You have matured a great deal and you are not all over me like you use to be," Amy blushed after he said that. Sonic went on, "Now, when I look back on all of the times that you chased me around, a good memory comes to mind."
Amy looked at Sonic confused, "What are you getting at Sonic?"
Sonic tightened his grip on Amy's hand, "Enough with the delays, I will just get to the question. Amy...when you are feeling better and can walk again, I was wondering if you would like to go out with me, to someplace."
A flair of excitement burned in her eyes, "Sonic, are you asking me out on a date?"
Sonic smiled, "Yes, I am. Your answer?"
Amy looked right into Sonic's eyes, "Of coarse, I will go out with you. It is like a dream come true, Sonic the Hedgehog, asking me out on a date."
Sonic smiled at Amy as he got up to give her a hug. This time, the hug meant more to Sonic. It felt like a hug between lovers, not friends. At this moment, it seemed the right time to say it, so Sonic whispered into her ear, "I....I love you."
Amy let go of Sonic, tears already running down her face, "W...What did you say?"
Sonic smiled as he wiped away her tears. He look deep into her eyes, "Amy, I love you," Sonic said softly to her.
Amy just sat there and cried. She tried a few times to choke something out, but it finally came out, "I love you too, Sonic," she said in no more then a whisper.
Sonic's body went into autopilot as his face drew closer to Amy's. He really didn't know what he was doing, but it felt like the right thing to do. His face was just inches from hers. Amy was still lightly crying as their lips met. To Sonic, it felt like a bolt of lightening surged throughout his body, as he felt Amy's lips meshed with his. Sonic angled his head so he could deepen the kiss with Amy. This was the most incredible feeling Sonic had ever felt and he never wanted it to end. Sonic massaged Amy's hips, feeling her quills on his fingertips. Sonic slowly pulled his lips away to catch his breath. After looking into Amy's eyes, Sonic started the kiss again. He went a little further this time as he placed his tongue onto her lips. Amy parted her lips slightly to let Sonic's tongue enter her mouth. Both Sonic and Amy continued their little make-out session for about four minutes, until the door to Amy's room opened. Sonic moved away from Amy quickly, with a little smack as their lips parted. Sonic made it back to his seat just in time as the doctor, they had come to know very well, entered the room.
"Well," Jim looked to the two with a smile, "I won't ask what you guys have been doing." Sonic was a little taken back by this statement, he didn't know how Jim knew what they were doing. Later, Sonic would find out by Amy, that her lipstick had smeared onto his lips.
Jim continued, "Well guys, I have some good news. Amy will be able to leave the hospital tomorrow and go back to her house. We still suggest that you," he turned to Sonic, "keep an eye on her."
"Will do," Sonic said with a smile.
"Well Sonic," Jim said, "It is about that time where we help Amy get a shower, so Sonic you are going to have to leave. Sorry."
"Ok," Sonic said.
"I have to get going myself. I will see you guys later," Jim waved to the two as he exited the room.
When Jim left the room, Sonic spoke to Amy, "As much as I hate to, I have to get going."
"Ok Sonic, I will seeya later," Amy smiled.
Sonic bent down and gave Amy a peck on the lips. "Love you," Sonic said with a smile.
Amy smiled back and wiped the lipstick off of his lips with her fingertips, "I love you, too,"
Sonic waved to Amy as he was leaving. When he shut the door to Amy's room he sighed and leaned back against the door. Sonic felt a strange feeling in his stomach. It felt like he had a loss for breath, but at the same time it felt good to him. Sonic didn't know it then, but he would soon find out that he had fallen head over heels in love with Amy Rose.
TO BE CONTINUED.............
A/N: So....how was this chapter. Please review, thanks.
