Don't Trip
Chapter: 6(still in flashback)
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Sonic woke up from a long rest in his bed. He looked at his clock to see the time. It was six o'clock in the morning. It had been a day since Sonic had asked Amy out and today was the day that he had to go to the hospital and check her out. This excited Sonic because he knew that now he would be able to spend more time with her. That thought was a weird one for him because it was only a few days ago that he said he hated her. It is strange how feelings can change so quickly and unexpectedly. Well, really Sonic's feelings for her have not changed, it just took an experience like Amy falling down a pair of stairs, for Sonic to realize what his real feelings for her were.
As Sonic got up he thought to call Knuckles and see if he wanted to go with him to the hospital. Sonic also wanted to tell him that he was now going out with Amy. Sonic stumbled over to his phone and punched in Knuckles' number. He waited patiently as the annoying ring tone went on and on, drilling the sound into his head.
Sonic was relieved when Knuckles picked up the phone, "Hello?"
"Hey Knuckles, it's Sonic."
"Yo buddy, how's it going?" Knuckles asked.
Sonic smiled, "Extremely good. How about yourself?"
Knuckles sounded a little confused at his last remark, "I'm fine myself. So, why are you in such a cheery mood this early in the morning."
Sonic laughed, "Well, because I did my part in our little deal that we have going on,"
Knuckles gasped, "Sonic, you didn't!"
"Yep. As of now, Amy and I are officially a couple," Sonic said.
"I'm happy for you, I really am, but I would be lying if I didn't say I was a little jealous," Knuckles sounded a little depressed.
"Thank you Knuckles, but why are you jealous, you have Rouge," Sonic asked.
"Well, I just can't get myself to ask her out. Every time I go to do it, I get nervous and say that I have to get going," Knuckles finished.
"I was nervous to, but you just have to do it," Sonic said, "You will feel so much better after you do it, too. Trust me, I know. Maybe you would feel more comfortable if I was there with you when you ask her out?"
"I don't know. I guess it would be worth a try since I get nervous every other time," Knuckles said.
Sonic thought of an idea, "Knuckles, here is what we are going to do. I want you to call up Rouge right after you hang up with me. Tell her that you, me, and Tails are going to the hospital and ask her if she wants to go. Tell her not to eat breakfast because we will eat on our way to the hospital. There, you can ask her out and then we will meet up with Tails who will already be at the hospital. So, how does that sound."
Knuckles seemed excited, "That sounds like a great idea. I will call her now."
"Ok, call me back and tell me what she says," Sonic finished.
"Right," Sonic heard a click as Knuckles hung up.
Sonic just sat in the chair that was right next to the phone and waited for the phone to ring.
About ten minutes later the phone rang and Sonic picked it up, "Knuckles?"
"Yep, it's me. She said that she would be out in front of my house with her car in five minutes. Rouge said that she would pick you up before me so you better get ready," Knuckles said.
"Ok, I have to go and get down to the front of the apartment. I will see you in a few, bye," Sonic finished as he hung up the phone.
Sonic rushed and got ready to go to the hospital. He took a shower, brushed his teeth, combed his quills, and went down to the front of his apartment building in under two minutes. Not five seconds later Rouge pulled up in front of him with her red convertible. She waved for Sonic to come into the car. Sonic jogged to the car and jumped into the back seat.
Sonic spoke up, "Hey Rouge. How's it going for you today?"
"Oh, it's going pretty good. I can't wait to get Amy back to her house. I bet she is happy she is getting to leave the hospital," Rouge said as she sped up the car, on her way to Knuckles' house.
"Yeah, she probably is excited to leave. So, what's been going on with you lately?" Sonic asked.
"Well, nothing has been going on with me, but I think that something is up with Knuckles. He has been acting really strange around me and I don't know why."
Sonic smiled, "That's weird. Sometimes it is just hard to understand him," Sonic said, covering up for Knuckles.
Rouge put on the breaks as we came up to Knuckles' house. Knuckles lived in a small, blue house that he rented. It was a nice little house that was perfect for one person. It was about half a mile away from where Sonic lived. Rouge beeped the horn to let Knuckles know that we were out front. A minute later, Knuckles came storming out of his house and into the car.
Knuckles spoke, clearly out of breath, "Hey guys."
Sonic and Rouge both greeted him with our normal cheery voices.
Sonic smiled as he noticed how out of breath Knuckles was because he was most likely getting ready for the big event that was about to take place when we go out to eat.
Rouge turned back to Knuckles and Sonic, who were in the back seat, and said, "Where were you guys planning on eating at?"
"How does I-HOC sound," Sonic asked.
Knuckles laughed and turned to Sonic, "We always eat at the International House of Chilidogs and besides, it is breakfast."
Sonic sighed, "Well, do you have a better idea?"
As Knuckles sat deep in thought, Rouge came up with an idea, "We could eat TgiThursdays, they have that breakfast special."
"Yeah that sounds great," Knuckles came in.
"Lets go there," Sonic said.
The ride to the restaurant was spent in silence as the three of them thought of different things. Sonic was mainly thinking about how Knuckles will ask Rouge out. He also thought about how uncomfortable it would be if Rouge said that she did not want to go out with him. Sonic just forgot about these thoughts as Rouge pulled into the parking lot. All of the parking spots were taken up out in the front and the was a crowd of people waiting at the door of the TgiThursdays.
Rouge spoke to the two in the back of her car, "It looks like other people knew about the breakfast special. Here, you guys get out and sign our name in and I will circle the parking lot until one of those cars move.
"Ok," Sonic spoke to Rouge, "But only one of us has to go in, I will see you guys in a minute." Sonic thought that if he left, Knuckles would have a chance to talk to Rouge alone. He knew that Knuckles would be shy, but he just has to get over that. Sonic looked back at the car and Knuckles was giving him a pleading look like he was saying, 'Sonic, what are you doing? I can't talk to her." This made Sonic smile and as he was walking to the restaurant, he gave Knuckles a thumbs up.
Sonic walked into TgiThursdays and walked up to a little podium where a man waited to seat people. He looked at his name tag on his uniform to see his name, which turned out to be Rob. Sonic spoke up, "Excuse me, " Rob turned to Sonic, "Hi. How long of a wait is it for a party of three?"
"About ten minutes," Rob answered. Rob noticed who he was talking to, "Ok Sonic, we will call your name when the table is ready."
Sonic nodded and sat in a seat in the waiting area of the restaurant. He sat right next to a window to see where Knuckles and Rouge were. Sonic noticed that Rouge's car was parked, so he figured that Knuckles and Rouge were on their way in. About two minutes later, the two came into the restaurant. Rouge and Knuckles stood at the front door, looking around for their friend, until Sonic waved them over to where he was sitting.
Sonic stood up so Rouge could sit down, "Hey guys. I was told that it is a ten minute wait about three minutes ago."
"Ok, thanks," Rouge smiled to Sonic.
The three of them continued in their normal friendly conversation, until they heard, "Sonic.. party of three. Sonic party of three."
Sonic got to the front first and was greeted by a young woman that was probably still in her teens. Sonic, once again, looked at her name tag and found her name to be Jen. Jen ushered the group to their table and gave them there menus. Sonic sat by himself on one side of the booth and on the other side, sat Rouge and Knuckles.
"Welcome to TgiThursdays, I am Jen and I am going to be you server this morning. Would you guys like to here the specials that are being served this morning?"
Sonic looked to Jen, "No thank you, that is alright. We have eaten here before, so we pretty much know what we are going to get."
Jen nodded, "Well, can I start you guys off with anything to drink?"
"I'll have a milk," Knuckles came in.
"Yeah, me too." said Rouge.
"Hmm... I think I will have a milk. A chocolate milk," Sonic said with a laugh.
Jen chuckled, "Oh my! Looks like we have a risk taker here!" The group laughed as Jen finished, "Well, I will go put your drinks in. I will be back to take your orders."
Sonic nodded as Jen left. About a minute later she came back with the drinks. As she placed the drinks down in front of us, she said, "So what can I get for you guys this morning?" She took out a pad of paper to write the orders in.
Sonic spoke first, "I think that all of us are going to have the breakfast special." Both Rouge and Knuckles nodded to Jen.
"Ok, that's easy enough. I will be out with your order in a bit," Jen said as she left.
The rest of the time in the restaurant was spent on making jokes and eating their food. Sonic was wondering when Knuckles was going to ask out Rouge. He thought, 'Here it is, I am about to pay for the food and leave the restaurant and Knuckles hasn't even said a word to her.' Sonic knew he had to do something. He got up from the table and looked to the group, "Well, I have to use the restrooms. I will be right back." As he was walking to the bathroom he tapped Knuckles on the shoulder and waved him to come with him.
Sonic did his business in the bathroom and as he was washing his hands Knuckles came in. Sonic looked at him in the mirror that was in front of him. "Knuckles, what are you doing, or should I say, what are you forgetting to do?"
"I know...I know. I just can't get myself to do it. I thought that it would be easier with you there, but it is not, I am still getting nervous."
"Look Knuckles, asking someone out can be a stressful thing, but look at it this way, you have nothing to lose. Even if she says no, you will still be friends. You would get over it after awhile, too. Now, I want you to go out there and if I sit down at that table again and you haven't asked her out, you will see a Sonic that you don't want to see, trust me."
Knuckles put his hand on the door knob to go out into the restaurant, but he hesitated. He looked over to Sonic, smiled, and said in a soft voice, "Thanks buddy, I owe you one."
Sonic nodded and said, "No prob, now go get her." Sonic gave him a thumbs up as Knuckles walked out. Sonic was shocked when he heard a toilet flush from one of the stalls because he thought that he was the only one in the bathroom. Minutes later, a heavy set man came out of the stall with tears in his eyes, "That was the most beautiful thing I've ever heard. Can I have a hug?" The man ran up to Sonic a gave him a hug.
Sonic struggled and got out of the mans grip. He ran out of the bathroom in a hurry and moved to the booth on the other side of Rouge and Knuckles, so that they could not see him. It seemed that Sonic got there just in time to here the good part, as he listened in.
Sonic could hear Knuckles' voice, "Um Rouge, you probably noticed that I have been acting really strange around you lately. Well, it is because I have been wanting to tell you something, but I am just to shy and nervous to do it. Well here goes nothing...Rouge, if you are free sometime, would you like to go out with me? It doesn't have to be a date or anything, lets just call it a get together."
Sonic peeked over the booth a little to see them. He smiled when he saw that both Knuckles and Rouge were blushing.
Rouge smiled to Knuckles, closed her eye somewhat, and tilted her head to the side, flirting with him, "What if I want it to be a date."
Knuckles looked flustered by that statement, "I...errr...um... that would be... ummmmph." Knuckles last part of the sentence was cut off was Rouge softly placed her lip on to his. Knuckles soon calmed down and kissed back, wrapping his arms around her to deepen the kiss.
Sonic stopped peaking at them and let them have their privacy. He thought that he would let them be alone for a few minutes. After waiting a few, he figured he would go back to his table when he heard Rouge and Knuckles laughing and giggling with each other.
Sonic decided that he was going to play dumb when he sat down at the table, "What have you guys been up to?" Sonic asked even though he knew the answer
"We actually haven't talked that much," Rouge answered Sonic. He noticed that after she said that, she winked to Knuckles.
As they finished talking to each other, Jen came to the table and picked up the check, "I will be back with the change."
Sonic shook his head, "That's alright, you keep the change."
Jen look confused, "Um Sir, there is a twenty dollar tip in here."
Sonic smiled, "Good service deserves good money."
"Wow! Thank you. It was a pleasure serving you guys. People like you make my job fun, I wish there was more like you. Well, I hope to see you guys again," Jen said as she waved to the group who waved back.
The crisp morning air filled Sonic's lungs up immediately after exiting the restaurant. It almost made him light-headed from the good feeling it gave him. It was one of those mornings where the sky was blue and each breath you took, a smile would be plastered on your face. It was almost like a day like this could turn you back into a child again, eyes full of wonder and excitement of worlds yet explored and places yet to be seen. Then, there always is that moment where you are shocked back into reality and Sonic's happen to be a truck on the highway honking its horn.
Rouge led the group back to her convertible and within minutes they were back on the road again. It would take about five minutes to get to the hospital, traffic permitting.
Sonic was thinking hard for something to say, to break the silence, but Rouge came in first, "Hey Sonic, you'll never guess what just happen to me while you were at the bathroom."
Sonic decided to play dumb again, "Your right, I won't guess. Tell me."
Rouge smiled, "Well, this hunk of a guy came up to me and asked me out on a date."
Sonic faked a surprised voice, "Your kidding...and who is this lucky man?"
"You might know him pretty well. He happens to be the guy sitting right next to me!" Rouge said, pretty much screaming.
"No way! Not this Knuckles," Sonic elbowed Knuckles in the side and gave him a thumbs up.
As Knuckles and Rouge continued their conversation in the front of the car, Sonic thought to himself, 'Hey, I haven't told Rouge about Amy and I. This would be the perfect chance.'
"Well Rouge, you are not the only one who is not single anymore," Sonic said with a smile.
"No way! Sonic finally got a girl. So...who is she," Rouge said with enthusiasm.
Sonic laughed, "She is someone that you might know, too. I just can't seem to remember her name," Sonic joked.
"Oh come on. Tell me her name," Rouge's curiosity was killing her.
"Ok. She goes by the name Amy Rose," Sonic smiled.
"My God. Tell me I did not just hear Amy Rose," Rouge sounded like she was going to cry.
Sonic was confused, "Yeah, Amy Rose. Are you crying?"
"Yes, I am just so happy. I just thought that you guys would be so perfect together and now you are. I am also happy that Amy finally got the man of her dreams," Rouge cried some more as she drove to the back end of the hospital, where all of the parking spots were.
The three of them walked to Amy's room in silence up until a nurse in the hospital stopped them, "Hi, may I help you?"
Sonic was first to speak, "No, no. We are here to take Amy Rose home."
"Oh, Amy Rose," the nurse said, "what a character. You will be glad to hear that she has made a lot of improvement since the last time you were here. She is not limping on her leg as much as she was."
Rouge smiled, "That is good to hear. Well, thanks for the update. We will be on our way now."
The nurse stopped us, "Well wait. I think that it is not safe for her to be by herself yet, she still has some healing to go through. I think that she should stay with one of you guys for a few days. I just want to make sure, if she falls, someone will be there to pick her up. She won't be able to pick herself up with that bad leg."
Sonic nodded, "She could stay with we for a few days, I don't see that being a problem."
"Sounds good. I am just looking out for her. Well, she is ready to go, you guys can meet her in her room. Seeya guys later." The three waved to the nurse as she walked off.
Knuckles stopped at room A55 and knocked and the door to make sure they could go in. Tails peeked around the door as he opened it to see who was at the door. Tails suddenly brightened up, "Hey guys, come in!"
Rouge, Knuckles, and Sonic all greeted both Amy and Tails as they walked into the room. Sonic was a little confused by the reaction that Amy gave him when she greeted him. She seemed a little shy and embarrassed about something, but Sonic knew that she wouldn't say what was wrong in front of everyone, so he decided to bring it up later.
Knuckles spoke up, "You all ready to go, Amy?"
Amy seemed so excited, "Yeah, I've been ready for days. Lets go!"
Rouge helped Amy as she started to walk out of the door. Sonic picked up Amy's bag of accessories that she had been given during her stay at the hospital. Sonic thought to himself, 'Man, I am new at this boyfriend, girlfriend thing. Shouldn't I be the one who is helping her walk around? I don't know, but I just don't like the way she greeted me when I came in the room. It definitely wasn't a hello that you would give your boyfriend.' This thought depressed Sonic. He was so anxious to see what was wrong. Sonic decided to just shrug it off until then.
After leaving the hospital and a long struggle to get Amy in the car, the five of them were off to Sonic's house. Sonic then remembered that he needed to tell Amy about her housing arrangements, "Amy," Amy looked over to Sonic, who was on the other side of the car, "The doctors told us that you should not live by yourself for a few days, due to the fact that if you were to fall, you would be unable to lift yourself up with your bad leg."
Amy look confused, "Ok, so were am I going to live for a few days?"
"Well if it is ok with you, your welcome at my house. I have that guest bedroom." Sonic said.
Amy looked completely shocked, "Is everyone hearing this, or is it just me? Sonic the Hedgehog is asking me to stay with him."
Sonic was utterly confused at Amy's last comment. Sonic thought, 'Has she lost her memory? I just asked her out yesterday and she is so surprised that I offered my house. Hell, I even made out with her. I just don't get it. God, I wish I could just ask her what is wrong now, this is killing me!'
The rest of the car ride was spent in silence as Sonic thought about the last words Amy spoke to him.
LATER THAT NIGHT
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It was around nine o'clock at night when Amy was all packed into Sonic's guest bedroom. Rouge, Knuckles, and Tails had all left Sonic's house about one hour ago and he was finally alone with his girlfriend. Well, he thought that she was his girlfriend, but she has been acting real strange lately. Sonic saw the perfect opportunity to talk to her as she sat down on his couch to relax. He sat down next to her.
Sonic signed before he spoke, "Amy, I couldn't help but notice that you have been acting really strange around me all day."
Sonic saw Amy blush before she spoke, "It's nothing Sonic, it really is."
"Oh come on, Amy. You can tell me. I promise not to tell anyone," Sonic said.
"Well...I can't believe I am about to tell you this, but...I had this dream yesterday, about you," Amy said.
"Well this is getting interesting! Go on," Sonic blushed a little.
Amy continued, "You came to the hospital and we had this long talk about us and our relationship. It ended up with you giving me a hug, it felt so real, like you were there, touching me. As you were hugging me, you said that you loved me and then we kissed each other passionately. The next day, it felt like you actually kissed me. It was the most vivid dream I had ever had. So, I guess when I saw you today, it reminded me of the dream."
Sonic looked at her completely shocked, he thought to himself, 'I can't believe that she thought that it was a dream, she must have been on painkillers and when she woke up the next day, she thought that it was a dream. Well how do I explain this to her? It was actually kind of humorous.'
Amy was confused when she heard Sonic chuckle, "See, I knew that I shouldn't of told you."
"No, it's not that, it's just...umm..hmm," Sonic looked hard for the words, "well your dream wasn't a dream."
This time Amy laughed, "Yeah right Sonic, good one."
"Why do you think the dream was so vivid? It was real," Sonic smiled, "trust me."
"Well, before this conversation gets any weirder, I am going to bed," Amy said.
Sonic grabbed her arm as she got up, "Let me remind you." Sonic pulled Amy close to him and looked right into her eyes. He grabbed hold of one of her hands and intertwined his fingers with hers. Amy looked shocked as Sonic tilted his head so he could kiss her. Sonic placed his lips softly against hers to start the kiss. He pulled away from the kiss shortly after and looked into her eyes. He would lose himself every time he would look into her eyes; his heart would skip a beat. Sonic continued that pattern for a few minutes, softly pecking her lips and then looking into her eyes. This time Amy took the initiative to deepen the kiss with Sonic. He had his arms tightly around her as they continued the kiss for at least ten minutes. When they parted their lips, Amy was madly blushing and she had a grin that stretched across her face.
Sonic smiled, "Believe me know?"
Amy didn't answer, she kept her eyes away from Sonic because she was embarrassed. A few minutes later, she spoke, "Sonic, you're a good kisser."
"Right back at ya, Sweetheart. Damn your a good kisser!" Sonic said as they both blushed and laughed.
Amy looked away from Sonic again so he placed his hand on her chin. He moved her face to look into her eyes. Sonic spoke to her softly, "I love you...and this is not a dream this time." They both moved to each other so they could kiss again. Sonic knew, right at that moment that this was more then the average relationship. He loved her so much that it almost made him want to cry with joy.
TO BE CONTINUED.......
A/N: Well, I finally got this chapter done. It took so long. I had an alternate version that I canned a few weeks ago because I didn't like it. I think that this one is a little better, well I hope so anyway. Let me know what you think. Once again...sorry about the wait.
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Sonic woke up from a long rest in his bed. He looked at his clock to see the time. It was six o'clock in the morning. It had been a day since Sonic had asked Amy out and today was the day that he had to go to the hospital and check her out. This excited Sonic because he knew that now he would be able to spend more time with her. That thought was a weird one for him because it was only a few days ago that he said he hated her. It is strange how feelings can change so quickly and unexpectedly. Well, really Sonic's feelings for her have not changed, it just took an experience like Amy falling down a pair of stairs, for Sonic to realize what his real feelings for her were.
As Sonic got up he thought to call Knuckles and see if he wanted to go with him to the hospital. Sonic also wanted to tell him that he was now going out with Amy. Sonic stumbled over to his phone and punched in Knuckles' number. He waited patiently as the annoying ring tone went on and on, drilling the sound into his head.
Sonic was relieved when Knuckles picked up the phone, "Hello?"
"Hey Knuckles, it's Sonic."
"Yo buddy, how's it going?" Knuckles asked.
Sonic smiled, "Extremely good. How about yourself?"
Knuckles sounded a little confused at his last remark, "I'm fine myself. So, why are you in such a cheery mood this early in the morning."
Sonic laughed, "Well, because I did my part in our little deal that we have going on,"
Knuckles gasped, "Sonic, you didn't!"
"Yep. As of now, Amy and I are officially a couple," Sonic said.
"I'm happy for you, I really am, but I would be lying if I didn't say I was a little jealous," Knuckles sounded a little depressed.
"Thank you Knuckles, but why are you jealous, you have Rouge," Sonic asked.
"Well, I just can't get myself to ask her out. Every time I go to do it, I get nervous and say that I have to get going," Knuckles finished.
"I was nervous to, but you just have to do it," Sonic said, "You will feel so much better after you do it, too. Trust me, I know. Maybe you would feel more comfortable if I was there with you when you ask her out?"
"I don't know. I guess it would be worth a try since I get nervous every other time," Knuckles said.
Sonic thought of an idea, "Knuckles, here is what we are going to do. I want you to call up Rouge right after you hang up with me. Tell her that you, me, and Tails are going to the hospital and ask her if she wants to go. Tell her not to eat breakfast because we will eat on our way to the hospital. There, you can ask her out and then we will meet up with Tails who will already be at the hospital. So, how does that sound."
Knuckles seemed excited, "That sounds like a great idea. I will call her now."
"Ok, call me back and tell me what she says," Sonic finished.
"Right," Sonic heard a click as Knuckles hung up.
Sonic just sat in the chair that was right next to the phone and waited for the phone to ring.
About ten minutes later the phone rang and Sonic picked it up, "Knuckles?"
"Yep, it's me. She said that she would be out in front of my house with her car in five minutes. Rouge said that she would pick you up before me so you better get ready," Knuckles said.
"Ok, I have to go and get down to the front of the apartment. I will see you in a few, bye," Sonic finished as he hung up the phone.
Sonic rushed and got ready to go to the hospital. He took a shower, brushed his teeth, combed his quills, and went down to the front of his apartment building in under two minutes. Not five seconds later Rouge pulled up in front of him with her red convertible. She waved for Sonic to come into the car. Sonic jogged to the car and jumped into the back seat.
Sonic spoke up, "Hey Rouge. How's it going for you today?"
"Oh, it's going pretty good. I can't wait to get Amy back to her house. I bet she is happy she is getting to leave the hospital," Rouge said as she sped up the car, on her way to Knuckles' house.
"Yeah, she probably is excited to leave. So, what's been going on with you lately?" Sonic asked.
"Well, nothing has been going on with me, but I think that something is up with Knuckles. He has been acting really strange around me and I don't know why."
Sonic smiled, "That's weird. Sometimes it is just hard to understand him," Sonic said, covering up for Knuckles.
Rouge put on the breaks as we came up to Knuckles' house. Knuckles lived in a small, blue house that he rented. It was a nice little house that was perfect for one person. It was about half a mile away from where Sonic lived. Rouge beeped the horn to let Knuckles know that we were out front. A minute later, Knuckles came storming out of his house and into the car.
Knuckles spoke, clearly out of breath, "Hey guys."
Sonic and Rouge both greeted him with our normal cheery voices.
Sonic smiled as he noticed how out of breath Knuckles was because he was most likely getting ready for the big event that was about to take place when we go out to eat.
Rouge turned back to Knuckles and Sonic, who were in the back seat, and said, "Where were you guys planning on eating at?"
"How does I-HOC sound," Sonic asked.
Knuckles laughed and turned to Sonic, "We always eat at the International House of Chilidogs and besides, it is breakfast."
Sonic sighed, "Well, do you have a better idea?"
As Knuckles sat deep in thought, Rouge came up with an idea, "We could eat TgiThursdays, they have that breakfast special."
"Yeah that sounds great," Knuckles came in.
"Lets go there," Sonic said.
The ride to the restaurant was spent in silence as the three of them thought of different things. Sonic was mainly thinking about how Knuckles will ask Rouge out. He also thought about how uncomfortable it would be if Rouge said that she did not want to go out with him. Sonic just forgot about these thoughts as Rouge pulled into the parking lot. All of the parking spots were taken up out in the front and the was a crowd of people waiting at the door of the TgiThursdays.
Rouge spoke to the two in the back of her car, "It looks like other people knew about the breakfast special. Here, you guys get out and sign our name in and I will circle the parking lot until one of those cars move.
"Ok," Sonic spoke to Rouge, "But only one of us has to go in, I will see you guys in a minute." Sonic thought that if he left, Knuckles would have a chance to talk to Rouge alone. He knew that Knuckles would be shy, but he just has to get over that. Sonic looked back at the car and Knuckles was giving him a pleading look like he was saying, 'Sonic, what are you doing? I can't talk to her." This made Sonic smile and as he was walking to the restaurant, he gave Knuckles a thumbs up.
Sonic walked into TgiThursdays and walked up to a little podium where a man waited to seat people. He looked at his name tag on his uniform to see his name, which turned out to be Rob. Sonic spoke up, "Excuse me, " Rob turned to Sonic, "Hi. How long of a wait is it for a party of three?"
"About ten minutes," Rob answered. Rob noticed who he was talking to, "Ok Sonic, we will call your name when the table is ready."
Sonic nodded and sat in a seat in the waiting area of the restaurant. He sat right next to a window to see where Knuckles and Rouge were. Sonic noticed that Rouge's car was parked, so he figured that Knuckles and Rouge were on their way in. About two minutes later, the two came into the restaurant. Rouge and Knuckles stood at the front door, looking around for their friend, until Sonic waved them over to where he was sitting.
Sonic stood up so Rouge could sit down, "Hey guys. I was told that it is a ten minute wait about three minutes ago."
"Ok, thanks," Rouge smiled to Sonic.
The three of them continued in their normal friendly conversation, until they heard, "Sonic.. party of three. Sonic party of three."
Sonic got to the front first and was greeted by a young woman that was probably still in her teens. Sonic, once again, looked at her name tag and found her name to be Jen. Jen ushered the group to their table and gave them there menus. Sonic sat by himself on one side of the booth and on the other side, sat Rouge and Knuckles.
"Welcome to TgiThursdays, I am Jen and I am going to be you server this morning. Would you guys like to here the specials that are being served this morning?"
Sonic looked to Jen, "No thank you, that is alright. We have eaten here before, so we pretty much know what we are going to get."
Jen nodded, "Well, can I start you guys off with anything to drink?"
"I'll have a milk," Knuckles came in.
"Yeah, me too." said Rouge.
"Hmm... I think I will have a milk. A chocolate milk," Sonic said with a laugh.
Jen chuckled, "Oh my! Looks like we have a risk taker here!" The group laughed as Jen finished, "Well, I will go put your drinks in. I will be back to take your orders."
Sonic nodded as Jen left. About a minute later she came back with the drinks. As she placed the drinks down in front of us, she said, "So what can I get for you guys this morning?" She took out a pad of paper to write the orders in.
Sonic spoke first, "I think that all of us are going to have the breakfast special." Both Rouge and Knuckles nodded to Jen.
"Ok, that's easy enough. I will be out with your order in a bit," Jen said as she left.
The rest of the time in the restaurant was spent on making jokes and eating their food. Sonic was wondering when Knuckles was going to ask out Rouge. He thought, 'Here it is, I am about to pay for the food and leave the restaurant and Knuckles hasn't even said a word to her.' Sonic knew he had to do something. He got up from the table and looked to the group, "Well, I have to use the restrooms. I will be right back." As he was walking to the bathroom he tapped Knuckles on the shoulder and waved him to come with him.
Sonic did his business in the bathroom and as he was washing his hands Knuckles came in. Sonic looked at him in the mirror that was in front of him. "Knuckles, what are you doing, or should I say, what are you forgetting to do?"
"I know...I know. I just can't get myself to do it. I thought that it would be easier with you there, but it is not, I am still getting nervous."
"Look Knuckles, asking someone out can be a stressful thing, but look at it this way, you have nothing to lose. Even if she says no, you will still be friends. You would get over it after awhile, too. Now, I want you to go out there and if I sit down at that table again and you haven't asked her out, you will see a Sonic that you don't want to see, trust me."
Knuckles put his hand on the door knob to go out into the restaurant, but he hesitated. He looked over to Sonic, smiled, and said in a soft voice, "Thanks buddy, I owe you one."
Sonic nodded and said, "No prob, now go get her." Sonic gave him a thumbs up as Knuckles walked out. Sonic was shocked when he heard a toilet flush from one of the stalls because he thought that he was the only one in the bathroom. Minutes later, a heavy set man came out of the stall with tears in his eyes, "That was the most beautiful thing I've ever heard. Can I have a hug?" The man ran up to Sonic a gave him a hug.
Sonic struggled and got out of the mans grip. He ran out of the bathroom in a hurry and moved to the booth on the other side of Rouge and Knuckles, so that they could not see him. It seemed that Sonic got there just in time to here the good part, as he listened in.
Sonic could hear Knuckles' voice, "Um Rouge, you probably noticed that I have been acting really strange around you lately. Well, it is because I have been wanting to tell you something, but I am just to shy and nervous to do it. Well here goes nothing...Rouge, if you are free sometime, would you like to go out with me? It doesn't have to be a date or anything, lets just call it a get together."
Sonic peeked over the booth a little to see them. He smiled when he saw that both Knuckles and Rouge were blushing.
Rouge smiled to Knuckles, closed her eye somewhat, and tilted her head to the side, flirting with him, "What if I want it to be a date."
Knuckles looked flustered by that statement, "I...errr...um... that would be... ummmmph." Knuckles last part of the sentence was cut off was Rouge softly placed her lip on to his. Knuckles soon calmed down and kissed back, wrapping his arms around her to deepen the kiss.
Sonic stopped peaking at them and let them have their privacy. He thought that he would let them be alone for a few minutes. After waiting a few, he figured he would go back to his table when he heard Rouge and Knuckles laughing and giggling with each other.
Sonic decided that he was going to play dumb when he sat down at the table, "What have you guys been up to?" Sonic asked even though he knew the answer
"We actually haven't talked that much," Rouge answered Sonic. He noticed that after she said that, she winked to Knuckles.
As they finished talking to each other, Jen came to the table and picked up the check, "I will be back with the change."
Sonic shook his head, "That's alright, you keep the change."
Jen look confused, "Um Sir, there is a twenty dollar tip in here."
Sonic smiled, "Good service deserves good money."
"Wow! Thank you. It was a pleasure serving you guys. People like you make my job fun, I wish there was more like you. Well, I hope to see you guys again," Jen said as she waved to the group who waved back.
The crisp morning air filled Sonic's lungs up immediately after exiting the restaurant. It almost made him light-headed from the good feeling it gave him. It was one of those mornings where the sky was blue and each breath you took, a smile would be plastered on your face. It was almost like a day like this could turn you back into a child again, eyes full of wonder and excitement of worlds yet explored and places yet to be seen. Then, there always is that moment where you are shocked back into reality and Sonic's happen to be a truck on the highway honking its horn.
Rouge led the group back to her convertible and within minutes they were back on the road again. It would take about five minutes to get to the hospital, traffic permitting.
Sonic was thinking hard for something to say, to break the silence, but Rouge came in first, "Hey Sonic, you'll never guess what just happen to me while you were at the bathroom."
Sonic decided to play dumb again, "Your right, I won't guess. Tell me."
Rouge smiled, "Well, this hunk of a guy came up to me and asked me out on a date."
Sonic faked a surprised voice, "Your kidding...and who is this lucky man?"
"You might know him pretty well. He happens to be the guy sitting right next to me!" Rouge said, pretty much screaming.
"No way! Not this Knuckles," Sonic elbowed Knuckles in the side and gave him a thumbs up.
As Knuckles and Rouge continued their conversation in the front of the car, Sonic thought to himself, 'Hey, I haven't told Rouge about Amy and I. This would be the perfect chance.'
"Well Rouge, you are not the only one who is not single anymore," Sonic said with a smile.
"No way! Sonic finally got a girl. So...who is she," Rouge said with enthusiasm.
Sonic laughed, "She is someone that you might know, too. I just can't seem to remember her name," Sonic joked.
"Oh come on. Tell me her name," Rouge's curiosity was killing her.
"Ok. She goes by the name Amy Rose," Sonic smiled.
"My God. Tell me I did not just hear Amy Rose," Rouge sounded like she was going to cry.
Sonic was confused, "Yeah, Amy Rose. Are you crying?"
"Yes, I am just so happy. I just thought that you guys would be so perfect together and now you are. I am also happy that Amy finally got the man of her dreams," Rouge cried some more as she drove to the back end of the hospital, where all of the parking spots were.
The three of them walked to Amy's room in silence up until a nurse in the hospital stopped them, "Hi, may I help you?"
Sonic was first to speak, "No, no. We are here to take Amy Rose home."
"Oh, Amy Rose," the nurse said, "what a character. You will be glad to hear that she has made a lot of improvement since the last time you were here. She is not limping on her leg as much as she was."
Rouge smiled, "That is good to hear. Well, thanks for the update. We will be on our way now."
The nurse stopped us, "Well wait. I think that it is not safe for her to be by herself yet, she still has some healing to go through. I think that she should stay with one of you guys for a few days. I just want to make sure, if she falls, someone will be there to pick her up. She won't be able to pick herself up with that bad leg."
Sonic nodded, "She could stay with we for a few days, I don't see that being a problem."
"Sounds good. I am just looking out for her. Well, she is ready to go, you guys can meet her in her room. Seeya guys later." The three waved to the nurse as she walked off.
Knuckles stopped at room A55 and knocked and the door to make sure they could go in. Tails peeked around the door as he opened it to see who was at the door. Tails suddenly brightened up, "Hey guys, come in!"
Rouge, Knuckles, and Sonic all greeted both Amy and Tails as they walked into the room. Sonic was a little confused by the reaction that Amy gave him when she greeted him. She seemed a little shy and embarrassed about something, but Sonic knew that she wouldn't say what was wrong in front of everyone, so he decided to bring it up later.
Knuckles spoke up, "You all ready to go, Amy?"
Amy seemed so excited, "Yeah, I've been ready for days. Lets go!"
Rouge helped Amy as she started to walk out of the door. Sonic picked up Amy's bag of accessories that she had been given during her stay at the hospital. Sonic thought to himself, 'Man, I am new at this boyfriend, girlfriend thing. Shouldn't I be the one who is helping her walk around? I don't know, but I just don't like the way she greeted me when I came in the room. It definitely wasn't a hello that you would give your boyfriend.' This thought depressed Sonic. He was so anxious to see what was wrong. Sonic decided to just shrug it off until then.
After leaving the hospital and a long struggle to get Amy in the car, the five of them were off to Sonic's house. Sonic then remembered that he needed to tell Amy about her housing arrangements, "Amy," Amy looked over to Sonic, who was on the other side of the car, "The doctors told us that you should not live by yourself for a few days, due to the fact that if you were to fall, you would be unable to lift yourself up with your bad leg."
Amy look confused, "Ok, so were am I going to live for a few days?"
"Well if it is ok with you, your welcome at my house. I have that guest bedroom." Sonic said.
Amy looked completely shocked, "Is everyone hearing this, or is it just me? Sonic the Hedgehog is asking me to stay with him."
Sonic was utterly confused at Amy's last comment. Sonic thought, 'Has she lost her memory? I just asked her out yesterday and she is so surprised that I offered my house. Hell, I even made out with her. I just don't get it. God, I wish I could just ask her what is wrong now, this is killing me!'
The rest of the car ride was spent in silence as Sonic thought about the last words Amy spoke to him.
LATER THAT NIGHT
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It was around nine o'clock at night when Amy was all packed into Sonic's guest bedroom. Rouge, Knuckles, and Tails had all left Sonic's house about one hour ago and he was finally alone with his girlfriend. Well, he thought that she was his girlfriend, but she has been acting real strange lately. Sonic saw the perfect opportunity to talk to her as she sat down on his couch to relax. He sat down next to her.
Sonic signed before he spoke, "Amy, I couldn't help but notice that you have been acting really strange around me all day."
Sonic saw Amy blush before she spoke, "It's nothing Sonic, it really is."
"Oh come on, Amy. You can tell me. I promise not to tell anyone," Sonic said.
"Well...I can't believe I am about to tell you this, but...I had this dream yesterday, about you," Amy said.
"Well this is getting interesting! Go on," Sonic blushed a little.
Amy continued, "You came to the hospital and we had this long talk about us and our relationship. It ended up with you giving me a hug, it felt so real, like you were there, touching me. As you were hugging me, you said that you loved me and then we kissed each other passionately. The next day, it felt like you actually kissed me. It was the most vivid dream I had ever had. So, I guess when I saw you today, it reminded me of the dream."
Sonic looked at her completely shocked, he thought to himself, 'I can't believe that she thought that it was a dream, she must have been on painkillers and when she woke up the next day, she thought that it was a dream. Well how do I explain this to her? It was actually kind of humorous.'
Amy was confused when she heard Sonic chuckle, "See, I knew that I shouldn't of told you."
"No, it's not that, it's just...umm..hmm," Sonic looked hard for the words, "well your dream wasn't a dream."
This time Amy laughed, "Yeah right Sonic, good one."
"Why do you think the dream was so vivid? It was real," Sonic smiled, "trust me."
"Well, before this conversation gets any weirder, I am going to bed," Amy said.
Sonic grabbed her arm as she got up, "Let me remind you." Sonic pulled Amy close to him and looked right into her eyes. He grabbed hold of one of her hands and intertwined his fingers with hers. Amy looked shocked as Sonic tilted his head so he could kiss her. Sonic placed his lips softly against hers to start the kiss. He pulled away from the kiss shortly after and looked into her eyes. He would lose himself every time he would look into her eyes; his heart would skip a beat. Sonic continued that pattern for a few minutes, softly pecking her lips and then looking into her eyes. This time Amy took the initiative to deepen the kiss with Sonic. He had his arms tightly around her as they continued the kiss for at least ten minutes. When they parted their lips, Amy was madly blushing and she had a grin that stretched across her face.
Sonic smiled, "Believe me know?"
Amy didn't answer, she kept her eyes away from Sonic because she was embarrassed. A few minutes later, she spoke, "Sonic, you're a good kisser."
"Right back at ya, Sweetheart. Damn your a good kisser!" Sonic said as they both blushed and laughed.
Amy looked away from Sonic again so he placed his hand on her chin. He moved her face to look into her eyes. Sonic spoke to her softly, "I love you...and this is not a dream this time." They both moved to each other so they could kiss again. Sonic knew, right at that moment that this was more then the average relationship. He loved her so much that it almost made him want to cry with joy.
TO BE CONTINUED.......
A/N: Well, I finally got this chapter done. It took so long. I had an alternate version that I canned a few weeks ago because I didn't like it. I think that this one is a little better, well I hope so anyway. Let me know what you think. Once again...sorry about the wait.
