Heart Breaker

There's a first and last time for everything. In this case, the difference can be life and death, or hatred and love. Either way, once it is lost, it may never be restored. Cheating death can be one thing, cheating love is another.

Sonic knocked on Amy's door. His thoughts were all mixed up. What will he say? She still thinks Sonic is dead, will she willingly give up his possessions?

"Hello?" Amy asked cheerfully, opening the door, "Uh oh… Look, just leave me alone and quit pretending that you're Sonic! Get out of here or I'll call the police!" And she slammed the door on him.

"…Ow…" Sonic muttered as he fell over, a red slam mark visible on his face, but he couldn't back down now. He knocked again.

Phillip answered the door, "Hey, I thought Amy told you…" Before he could finish, Sonic zoomed into the room behind Phillip, "Or… Come on in…"

Sonic had a stern look on his reddened face. "Okay, all I want is my stuff, and I'll leave you alone forever, got it?"

Amy ran into the room, "Get out of my house you faker!" She picked up a broom and swung it at Sonic.

"Hey!" Sonic dodged the swings with ease, "Watch it! I already got a bruise from you hitting me, I can live without another!"

"No you can't, because you're not alive!" Amy argued, but the Phillip took away the broom and broke it in two.

"…I only have one of those... You owe me ten dollars…" Amy said most unhappily.

Phillip looked at Sonic, "I believe that you are Sonic, and if you'll cooperate, I can make Amy believe it too,"

Sonic thought it over before answering, "Okay…"

Phillip looked at Sonic again, "Okay, these are a few questions that only Sonic would know… First, what was the first thing you did when you met Amy?"

"I ran like there was no tomorrow," Sonic answered.

"Lucky guess…" Amy pouted.

"Second," Continued Phillip, "What was the first thing you saw Tails doing when you met?"

"He was taking apart my plane piece by piece, trying to make it work better." Sonic replied, wondering how Phillip knew these were right.

Amy was speechless.

"And last, what were you're first reaction to seeing me,"

"Personally, I wanted to tear you limb from limb and feed you to a pack of hungry lions,"

"Sonic!" Amy cried, latching onto the blue hero, "It is you! I'm so sorry I didn't believe you!"

"It's okay, but can I have my stuff please?"

"But… why? You live here? Remember?"

Sonic sighed, "Amy… I cannot be with you, for I do not love you anymore…"

Amy looked crushed as Sonic pulled off his golden band they each wore, their engagement ring, and dropped it onto the floor. He then walked past her and walked into her room, pulling out the box that was filled with his belongings. Without a good-bye, Sonic then walked out of the apartment and shut the door.

As Sonic walked into his new apartment, he noticed something odd. "Uh… Hey Tails, are you there?"

"I'm…In…here…Sonic!" Tails voice rang out, but it was choppy.

Sonic walked into the bedroom, where Tails was jumping up and down on Sonic's bed. "You… okay Tails?"

"I'm…Fine! …Never… Better!"

Sonic sighed and shook his head, "I was actually commenting whether you were still sane or not…"

Tails fell onto the bed laughing. Sonic then realized how much younger Tails was. Five years, that would mean Sonic, of course, was an adult of 20, but Tails hadn't aged at all. He was still the young boy he was so long ago, only 8.

Sonic smiled. It didn't matter the age difference anyway, considering no matter how much younger he was, Tails would always be about 200 times smarter than Sonic.

"Hey Sonic? What's the matter?" Tails asked.

"Oh it's nothing…" Sonic said finally, "Hey, how'd Cream take the fact that you aren't moving in?"

"She seemed a little too happy…"

Sonic practically fell over laughing. "Aw… does Tails feel rejected?" Sonic said in a mocking tone. Tails threw his pillow at him.

"Hey! Ow! What's in that…" Sonic spoke dizzily, as if something heavy just hit him.

"Oops! Uh… Sorry Sonic… One of the parts for the Tornado was in there."

Sonic tried to stand up, "A part? You sure the whole plane wasn't in there?"

Tails just laughed as he pulled the part out, "Hey… your head gave it a dent…"

"More like it gave my head a dent."

"Oh! Sorry about that…" Tails said, taking the part and putting it on the side table. Tails then leaped over at Sonic's box of stuff and opened it to see what was inside.

"Hey! Who said you could look there?" Sonic joked, trying to sound mean, but with no prevail.

"What you bring me?" Tails asked.

"Uh…" Sonic looked over Tails' shoulder, "Looks like I brought you… clothes ten sizes too big and a notebook…"

"Hey! I found your diary!"

"It's a journal, and fork it over!"

"No way!" Tails flipped it open.

"Hey! Don't read that! Not for your eyes!" Sonic yelled, snatching it away.

"I thought we were friends…" Tails said dramatically.

"Come off it, Tails. We're JUST friends."

Tails quivered his lower limp, giving Sonic the "Puppy Dog" look, "You mean… we aren't… best friends? I feel hurt!"

"Uh! Wait! Of course we're best friends, you're like a little brother to me!"

Tails suddenly looked happier, "So I can read your diary?"

"No… actually, you're more like that annoying little brother that gets in the way."

"Ha! Ha! Very funny!"

After awhile, Sonic and Tails had finally settled down a bit and just kind of sat lazily around the apartment. Sonic was halfway on the sofa and halfway on the ground when he pointed out, "I'm bored…"

"Me too…" Tails answered.

Sonic then rolled off the couch and with a great effort, tried to keep from slipping. After five minutes, he finally tore off the cushion and hit the floor with a thud.

Tails burst into fits of laughter as Sonic threw his pillow at him.

"This means war!" Tails cried, tossing his pillow at Sonic.

"Missed me!"

Then Tails rolled off to the side, avoiding another one of Sonic's attacks and them leaped behind a chair, "Man the fort! We're under attack!"

"I'll get you yet!" Sonic shouted, diving behind the couch and, grabbing a pillow beforehand, whapped Tails with it.

Finally, both landed in a heap in front of the television, laughing so hard, both their sides must have split.

"I just don't understand…" Amy told Phillip, "Why doesn't he love me anymore?"

"Perhaps… It's because you cheated on him…"

"Hey! It was ONE KISS! And it meant nothing… right?"

Phillip sighed, "Maybe to you, for you wish to remain loyal to Sonic."

"What are you, a psychiatrist?"

"No, but now that you mention it, I did take a few courses of psychology…"

Amy sighed again, "I still don't get it… Why did this all have to happen?"

There was an awkward silence before Phillip answered, "I don't know Amy… I just don't know…"

Again, silence. They both sat on each end of the dining table. Amy, with her head sitting on the lace tablecloth, and Phillip, lying back in the wooden chair, his mind lost in thought.

"Perhaps…" he finally said, "You should find Sonic and sort things out?"

"Sort things out? With Sonic? You may as well tell me to sprout wings and fly to the moon. He would never listen to reason, Sonic just isn't that kind of guy…"

"Then tell me this… If you aren't willing to reason with him, why do you still want to be with him?"

Amy stood up, "I don't know, okay? I just don't know!"

"Amy, you're starting to yell…"

"I am not starting you yell! And if I am, it's my house, and I can do whatever I want to!" Amy yelled, storming out of her own apartment.

Amy ran down the street. I'll show him! I'll go find Sonic and convince him to come back! After a few minutes, she knocked on Tails' door. Sonic answered, knowing it was she.

"What do you want?" he said most unfriendly-like.

"Look. I just want to talk, okay?"

"Fine. Tails, I'll be right back," Sonic called without turning back. He stepped outside and closed the door behind him, "What?"

"Look… I know… you said… you don't love me anymore, but… Okay, I'm sorry for being an $$ back there… but I didn't know what to think…"

Amy felt tears well up in her eyes. I got to stay strong. I don't want to win him back on pity.

Sonic wasn't convinced, "I still do not change what I said before, and I still do not forgive you." His eyes were cold and seemed as if they could never smile. Amy shivered.

"S-so that's it then… We have one argument and it's over…" Amy managed to say, but then came back stronger, "Can't for once you just forget about yourself and care about someone else's feelings?"

Sonic remained silent at this, giving Amy his message quite clearly.

"I-I'll go then, and you'll n-never hear from me… again…" Amy stuttered, then she turned tail and left down the narrow hallway.

Sonic watched as she left. No good-bye tears would be shed this time, for neither one will miss one another again in their lives. Once good friends torn apart by death, only to be torn farther by hatred.

There's a first and last time for everything. In this case, the difference can be life and death, or hatred and love. Either way, once it is lost, it may never be restored. Cheating death can be one thing, cheating love is another.

The End

I've Officially Ran Out Of Things To Say

In This Spot That Is

Whatever

Patterns Look Nice

Don't They?

In Memory…

::Tries to think of a person::

Uh… I'll just say…

In Memory of the Many People

Who Die Every Eight Seconds

Due To Tobacco

CURSE YOU CORPORATE BEINGS!

Wishes are Eternal