(A/N I'm sorry everyone, but this may be the last chapter of the story. However, I thank you all greatly for you reviews and comments, and also apologise for the inconvenience of my formatting previously, though it was only due to my inexperience with the current system for editing online.)

Chapter 3: Second Thoughts

Rouge carefully trailed her fingers over the pieces of paper before her, she was speechless. Those beautiful words he had sung, and those three little words that he'd said, had been to her. It was like a dream come true. Then her gloved hand slowly moved so that her fingers gently trailed over the drawing he'd done, he must of spent a long time on it. There it was though, a piece of paper that depicted her dreams perfectly...the two of them, kissing. A small tear of happiness invoulantarily trickled from the corner of her right eye as she hesitantly removed her hand from the papers, as if they would vanish as soon as she removed her hand.

She straightened her posture a little, feeling a little light headed from the wonderful shock of finding out Tails loved her. She wondered if he'd intended to leave that out, but wasb't sure about it and pushed the question to the back of her mind, knowing that the answer wasn't really that important. She checked she looked at least half decent before leaving Tails' workshop, hoping to find out where he had gone.

Tails himself was far in the distance, at the other end of field area as he looked up towards his workshop once more with thoughts of Rouge. Then he saw her, the love of his life, knowing that now she must of seen what he'd left out for her to find. Though he couldn't see her facial feautures from such a great distance, so had no idea of how she'd reacted to what she'd discovered. At that instant, Tails was overcome with worry. What if she didn't feel the same way about him? What if she was angry for acting on his feelings so soon after she'd broken up with Knuckles? He was to afraid to stay, he swallowed hard as he looked around.

There had to be somewhere he could go, he didn't know exactly what he was doing, but he suddenly just couldn't confront her. He quickly flew up towards the train station, directly to where the train was about ready to move off. He swiftly moved into the train as the doors closed behind him, the train immediately beginning to travel as he found a seat and sat down. Rouge came to a halt at the bottom of the train station steps, looking a little saddened as she watched it take off with the one she'd fallen for. "I won't give up though, I know what I'll do." Rouge thought to herself, slowly beginning to walk up the stairs as she awaited the next train. She also realised that her illness had completely vanished through just one day staying at Tails', it had made her feel wonderful to spend a night so much closer to him than before.

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The train continued to travel along as the rails clattered beneath it in a sort of rhythm. Tails didn't make even the slightest sound the entire time, unable to take his mind of Rouge and what her reaction would be when he inevitably encountered her once more. The train soon slowed to a halt as people began to move out of the doors, Tails also slowly moving out of the train.

He hung his head sadly, thinking he'd surely ruined his chances of ever being with Rouge now, thinking he'd moved too fast. He slowly plodded out of the station and looked around, it looked like it was about to rain again, though right now that really didn't bother him. He walked towards a bench beneath a tree, and sat in it's center, not wishing to share it with anyone right now. A slight drizzle began to pour down around the area as the people around the city briskly began to return to their homes. He was safe though, the rain was mostly being stopped by the leaves on the branch that hung over his head.

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The train once more returned to it's station in mystic ruins, slowing to a halt again as Rouge quickly leapt to her feet from the bench she had sat on while waiting. She stood beside one of the doors, tapping her foot impatiently as she awaited a few people to come off the train before getting inside herself. She quickly took the first seat she could find, unable to help her feet tapping against the floor of the train impatiently. If she didn't get there soon, Tails may of gotten too far away, but she needed to find him and tell him how she felt. It had been building up inside her for quite a while now, and she was desperate to confess her love to him.

The train doors eventually once more closed as it began to move, clattering against the rails once again at its fair speed. She continued tapping her foot against the floor impatiently, muttering a little beneath her breath half in worry of not being able to find Tails, half in anger as she felt as if the train was moving at an amazingly low speed. A slight sigh escaped her parted lips. "Fox boy...please let me find you...I need to tell you, to tell you that I...love you." She whispered to herself with a little worry, her eyes slightly widening as she realised what she'd said. Love...she actually..loved him? She never thought she'd say that, not to anybody. Her relationship with Knuckles before had never involved love, she guessed it was mostly a physical attraction to each other.

So she loved him, she was pretty much sure of that now. Those would be the exact words she would tell Tails, that she loved him. She smiled slightly as another thought entered her mind unwillingly, something she'd never really thought about before...marriage. No, she was getting a little ahead of herself, however that thought remained there. Perhaps Tails was her soul-mate though, and they would last forever with each other. However, for now she had to push these thoughts to the back of her mind as she felt the train begin to slow to a halt. She hoped he wouldn't of gone too far, she needed him, she wanted to tell him how she felt terribly.

As soon as the train fully stopped and the doors opened, Rouge leapt from her sleep and pushed past other people to get out of the train. She didn't have time to wait around, for all she knew he could be long gone by now. She raced down the steps of the station, almost tripping over her own feet as she burst out of the doors, immediately noticing Tails sat in the distance, precisely where she had been sitting before going to visit him. She inhaled heavily and held her breath for a moment, gathering up what courage she had in emotional situations, before exhaling heavily also and beginning to walk nervously towards the fox boy; who had not yet noticed her and continued looking out ahead of him with his back to her.

(A/N Well, I only said it MIGHT be the last chapter, not that it definetely would be. P So, next time it really will be the next chapter I'm afraid, and I thank you all once again for your reviews and encouragement throughout this story, and would appreciate it greatly if you could continue to review my work.)