UPDATED 24/12/08 – certain things have been corrected and/or re-written to what I believe is better
-Here's the next chappie. Before I let you guys start reading, Here are two things: One, I recently got a review about with the words 'Sonic/Amy', okay, just to be clear, this is NOT a Sonamy fic. No romance between the two, just so you guys won't get confused and two, the later character is mine only for this chappie, she is NOT one of my official fan characters ;-)
Chapter 6
The Dates
It was 6:45 that night. Amy was waiting at the Bijou cinema, eyeing couples enviously as they entered the theatre without a care in the world while she stood by herself at the cinema entrance. "Where is Jake?" she muttered, checking her wristwatch for the seventh time in the last five minutes. "We're going to be late and miss the previews."
"Hey, Amy!"
Amy wiped her forehead in relief and turned to see Jake rushing up to meet her, out of breath.
"Sorry I'm late, Amy – my boss had suddenly decided to keep me in a little later."
"That's alright. Things happen, after all," Amy replied.
"Thanks for being so understanding." Jake smiled at her happily. "And to make up for it, I'll pay for the tickets and popcorn."
"Well, if you insist. But we have to hurry up or else we'll miss the beginning of the movie."
The two of them made their way to the ticket stand, buying two adult tickets to see Attack of the Evils, and then to the concession stand to pick up one large popcorn and two medium drinks; Pepsi for Jake, water for Amy.
Seconds after they sat down at their seats in the theatre, the previews started.
Amy peered subtly around at the people sitting around them – Sonic wasn't here. "Crap," she hissed under her breath.
"Did you say something, Amy?" Jake asked her in a hushed whisper as the previews continued.
"No, no," she told him quickly. "I coughed." She did a fake cough to emphasize her point. "See?"
He gave her an odd look, a little confused. "Right."
Still nervous about Sonic's absence, Amy began tapping her shoe on the ground absentmindedly.
Jake swivelled his body to face her again. "Alright, I'll bite. Is everything okay?"
"Hmm?" Amy had her fingernail in her mouth, chewing on it.
"You seem…anxious about something."
"Anxious?" she repeated innocently. "Why do you think I'm anxious?"
"Because," Jake said, "of that," pointing to her bobbing foot, "and that," motioning to the fingernail she was nibbling. He raised his eyebrows at her.
"Oh, it's nothing. I'm just…anxious about the movie," Amy lied convincingly. "You see…I don't usually like going to see thriller movies."
"But you were the one who chose the movie." Jake scratched his head. "I suppose we can leave the theatre if you want…"
"That's not necessary," she interrupted. "Just be prepared, though, in case I jump into your arms at any scary parts." Amy's stomach was in a knot; she hated leading him on like this, but it was essential that Jake not know about Sonic and her plan.
Jake smiled at her. "Alright. I can handle that."
The lights dimmed, signalling that the movie was about to start.
Where in the world is he? Amy bit her lip. Maybe I heard him wrong…
Then a blue blur sped through the theatre doors holding hands with a reddish-brown blur; obviously Sonic and his date had arrived. Unfortunately, they took their seats in the row closest to the movie screen, so Amy wasn't able to get a good look at him or her and vice versa; so much for making Sonic green with jealousy when he spotted Amy with another guy.
Amy cursed to herself quietly and sunk in her seat a little. She glanced sideways at Jake to see if he had noticed her; it was clear he hadn't, as his attention was now on the movie being shown. Feeling defeated by Sonic, Amy gave up and joined Jake in watching the movie.
Despite missing a few minutes of the movie trying to get a glimpse at Sonic's girlfriend, it wasn't hard to catch up on what was happening. Two teenagers – a girl and a guy – were on a plane to Brazil to go on a jungle expedition led by the guy's uncle. All seemed to be going well on the expedition, until the two teens became separated from the guy's uncle and together stumbled upon ancient ruins. They explored the ruins for a while, unaware that natives who lived in the jungle and were extremely protective of the ruins were stalking them. Eventually the natives captured them and whisked them back to their village, where they were planning to offer the kids up as a sacrifice to powerful and murderous creatures living underneath the ruins. However, when they were tied down and offered to the creatures, the guy managed to slip free. He taunted the creatures and had them chase him through the jungle, while his female friend wriggled loose from her bonds during the distraction. She ran into the jungle after the guy, and bumped into him. He said that he had lost the creatures, and it was true; after they had been exposed to above ground for that long a time, they had become rather comfortable…comfortable enough to run off and terrorize the rest of the world. Then it was up to the girl and the guy to hunt down the creatures and kill them, as they had been responsible for releasing them on civilization in the first place.
Two hours flew by, and the film finished, prompting the lights of the theatre to return. Amy stretched her arms and legs and stood up. Jake did the same.
After they left the theatre, Amy linked her arm through Jake's and looked up at him. "So…what did you think of the movie?"
"Do you really want to know?" He raised his eyebrow.
"Mmmhm."
"Well…I didn't find it scary whatsoever, the CGI was lame, the plot was predictable, and the actors overacted." Jake grinned. "All in all a good movie."
Amy laughed. "At least you're honest." She patted his arm, and then looked at her wristwatch. "Hmm…the night is still young. What do you say to dinner? On me this time."
He sighed. "I'd love to, but I have to work on a newspaper article tonight – the deadline's tomorrow."
"That's too bad." Amy frowned.
"I had a fun time tonight. Can we do this again soon?"
She nodded her head. "Absolutely. I'll see you around, Jake."
"Bye, Amy." With that, Jake was off.
Amy was about to head out herself, when:
"Hey, Ames!"
She turned around to spot Sonic coming up to her, a happy expression on his face.
"What are the odds that we would both end up at the same movie?" he said, shaking his head.
"Hmm. Small world." Amy shrugged, pretending not to care.
An attractive mahogany ferret appeared at Sonic's side. She had sparkling blue eyes, her hair tied up in a high ponytail, and she wore a white halter-top with black jeans and flat shoes. She held out a hand to Amy. "Hi there. I'm Kathryn."
"Um…I'm Amy."
Sonic shifted his weight from one foot to the other. "So, um, yes…this is Kathryn, my girlfriend."
Amy forced a friendly smile onto her face. "Of course you are. I was wondering when I would meet you."
"Well, here I am," Kathryn said. An awkward silence followed.
Amy broke it. "Sonic, I wish you could have met my date for the night."
"Your date?" Sonic was embarrassingly surprised.
"Yes, silly. Is it so hard to imagine that I might be dating someone too?" She looked over at Kathryn. "His name is Jake the Hedgehog…maybe you've heard of him?"
"Oh yes! Station Square's new hip, young columnist! I'm in love with his writing," Kathryn exclaimed. "You're dating him? Wow…you're a lucky girl."
Sonic flushed and cleared his throat. "…But not as lucky as you are, babe, to be dating me."
Kathryn giggled girlishly. "You are so full of yourself." She punched him playfully.
Amy froze. What had just happened? Had Sonic gotten jealous? Of Jake? The plan was working! She continued, "Yes, Jake is such an amazing guy. He makes me laugh constantly, and he's so charming and witty, and-"
Sonic cut her off. "Yeah, yeah, he seems like a good catch. Anyway, Kathryn and I have gotta run; we're going to grab some pizza down the street."
"It was nice meeting you, Amy," Kathryn told her, letting Sonic drag her away. "Catch you later!" They disappeared from sight.
Amy smirked. Yep – that was jealousy, all right. And now that she knew it was there, she needed to make another date with Jake, as soon as possible!
-Yea! I'm done a fairly long chapter! Yippee! Hope you liked that one! And, again, Kathryn's NOT my character, just for this story, then she's gone with the wind. I don't wanna add her to my list of characters. Anyway, please review-
