More Than Best Friends

"So, made any new friends?"

Shadow asked her when they were coming back from their school. "Nope. Not a one," Rouge said, shrugging.

"Don't you dare laugh, I'm warning you," said Rouge eyeing Shadow with the corner of her eye.

"Hey, besides that, do you think that Sonic is really your framer?" asked Rouge, curious of what Shadow thought.

"I'm not exactly sure. I don't really think it is the faker for some reason now," said Shadow, "but I kind of have a type of conclusion."

"Who?"

"I'm not sure, so I don't think I'll tell you."

"OK then…" Rouge said, curiosity in her voice.

Rouge took out the keys to her house and opened the door, and fell on the couch in exhaust.

 "I think I'm going to for a walk…" Shadow said after a few minutes.

 "Are you sure? Not that I'm suspicious, ya might get run over or something."

"I'll be fine."

Shadow walked out the door, almost knocking down several pictures on the wall. Rouge quickly out them back into their position.

"Jeez…"

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Shadow walked past all the crowds, who seemed to back away from him. Typical… he thought to himself as he walked over to Rouge's headquarters.

This must be the place… he thought, as he walked in. It was dark inside. He opened a door, and saw something in a tube. Something that looked like… him. Shadow backed up a little, and retreated to the doorway.

"Then does that mean… the president is framing me?" he said to his apprehension. "I knew it wasn't that faker…" Shadow said to himself.

 "I guess I have to get this thing away from here so I can't get framed again…"

He grabbed his look alike, and then uttered two words silently.

"Chaos… Control!"

~*~

Shadow opened Rouge's door, looking to see if she was there. Then he snuck his look alike in the closet, and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Eh? Shadow, sis you just put something in my closet?" asked Rouge. He came out of the bath with a towel wrapped tightly around her.

"Um… no…"

Rouge looked at Shadow, raising an eyebrow. "I think I'm going to look then…"

Shadow waved his arms in front of Rouge. "Um, there's nothing there, I just… put… my shoes in there!"

"Shadow, you're wearing your shoes," Rouge said flatly.

Rouge took a step toward the closet, but Shadow got in her way again. "There's nothing, really!!"

 He lost his balance, and he… kind of… fell right on top of Rouge. Rouge squirmed under Shadow's weight, and pushed him off, but not before he towel slid underneath the top of her body. Shadow's eyes widened, and Rouge tied the towel around her, blushing.

"OK Shadow. You're hiding something from me."

"No, I'm not."

Rouge finally got behind Shadow and opened the closet door, after what seemed an eternity.

"What are you doing with a clone of yourself?!"

"Well, I went to your H.Q, and I found it there, so I took it so the President couldn't frame me."

"Whoa… the President?! Why did he want to frame you?"

"Not really sure," Shadow said.

"Hold on a sec. We'll talk this over when I change.." Rouge said, trying to get he towel to stop from slipping.

~*~

"… and that's what happened, really."

"Wow… then I guess the President must have been framing you from the start." Rouge got up and stretched.   

"I guess we need to tell Sonic. But I doubt he'll believe that…"

~*~