-Sigh you'll find out soon enough what comes after this chappie, loyal reviewers. Try to enjoy-

Chapter 12

Amy's Happy Ending

Amy yawned. She opened her eyes, after a good night's sleep, to see her apartment. Amy climbed off her bed and looked around. "Home sweet home" she said and smiled. Amy dashed to the windows and threw them open. The afternoon dawned on her. She covered her eyes, still grinning. "I miss that feeling, sunshine streaming through the windows!" Amy skipped around and collapsed on her couch. "This is turning out so great for me"

-Over to Sonic-

Sonic was at the casual restaurant again, this time with Shadow and Knuckles. "I'm tellin' you Knuckles! It's over!" Sonic exclaimed to his red echidna friend who just plainly shook his head.

"I don't believe that Amy has gotten over you"

Shadow sighed. "I've got to go with Knuckles, it's just impossible"

Sonic growled. "Is not"

"I don't have time for arguing" Knuckles grunted.

"… New subject; what about that girl?" Shadow asked, a pure look of curiosity on his face.

Sonic turned to stare at Shadow. "Who told you about Kathryn?"

Knuckles grinned. "So, Kathryn's her name"

"You told him, didn't you Knuckles?" Sonic said, his voice mixed with amusement and anger.

Knuckles shrugged. "Now we're even; you make me buy lunch, I tell Shadow about your girlfriend. We're square"

Sonic got quiet. "…We broke up" His friends got two very surprised looks on their faces.

"What?" the red echidna stammered.

"I thought you had a crush on her" Shadow said.

"I did … but it didn't last. Plus, I needed to help Amy out" the blue hedgehog sighed.

"With what?" Knuckles and Shadow asked at the same time.

"Her relationship with Jake"

"Jake? As in Jake the Hedgehog?" The red echidna struggled with words.

"His columns are … deep" the black hedgehog commented with his usual emotionless face.

"Yeah" Knuckles agreed.

Sonic grinned. "He's a good guy; he'll be nice to Ames"

Knuckles and Shadow both nodded. "Good" they said. The hedgehog and echidna walked up to the food counter and ordered a large pizza with three large Cokes.

"On me" Sonic told them. He took a left over twenty dollar bill and gave it to the cashier. The three friends sat down at a table.

"So, you never had a crush on Amy back? I always thought you did" Shadow commented, he took slice of pizza and ate some.

Sonic shrugged. "Nope, Amy and I were never meant to be"

Knuckles started to smirk. "Really? I have to recall all the times you've saved her from Eggman"

Sonic closed his eyes and cracked his knuckles. "Heh, that geezer isn't as tough as he seems. Amy just seemed to feel more comfortable around me at the time"

Sonic's friends chuckled. "Or maybe you felt more comfortable around Amy at the time" Shadow said.

"What?" Sonic choked on his pizza.

Knuckles grinned again. "Yep, you sure did"

"Did not" Sonic snapped, his eyes a tiny bit harsh.

"It's a possibility" Shadow closed his eyes. "Perhaps, at the time, you got used to her and were expecting her to always be around you"

Sonic chuckled. "I was used to her except no crush included" he admitted.

Knuckles closed his eyes too. "Knew it"

Shadow nodded, his eyes had remained closed as well. "It was obvious"

Sonic stared at Shadow. "How would you know? You weren't around long enough"

"Knuckles told me, and I'm very observant of you. Even on ARK, I believe you were used to Amy"

"You guys seem to know an awful lot about Amy and me" Sonic growled. His eyes got a curious/sarcastic look.

"Heh heh" Knuckles looked sheepish.

Shadow pointed to the red echidna. "Blame him"

Knuckles glared at the black hedgehog. "Blame me? For what?"

"It's your fault"

"How so?"

"It just is"

"Okay, it is. Wanna make something of it?"

"No, I don't waste my time fighting breeds like you"

"What's that supposed to mean?"

Shadow shrugged.

The red echidna cracked his knuckles. "Perhaps you do want to make something of it"

Shadow finally opened his eyes, although they were narrowed. "Why do you care?"

Sonic looked from one friend to the other. "Just forget what everybody said"

Knuckles sighed. "Logic, perfect logic"

Shadow shut his eyes again. "You could've just listened to me"

The red echidna opened his mouth to say something, but shut it in frustration. "I'm not going to argue with you anymore Shadow" he grunted.

Shadow nodded and opened his red eyes. "You better not"

Sonic gave a death glare at the black hedgehog.

Shadow caught the glare and immediately got silent.

The silence lasted for 10 minutes before Shadow leaned over to get a second slice of pizza and, as if it were a chain, Sonic and Knuckles did too.

"Okay, sick of silence" Knuckles finally said. "Somebody say something"

"…" Shadow didn't say anything.

"… Good pizza" Sonic commented. Everyone stared at him. "What? It really is good"

"Yeah" the red echidna mumbled.

"…" The black hedgehog was mute as his mouth was full with pizza. He just nodded.

The three friends all became quiet again. After five slices each, the pizza disappeared and Sonic threw it out. Everyone then took sips of their drink until, that too, was gone.

Shadow threw his trash out.

Knuckles threw his trash out.

Sonic threw his trash out.

They all opened the door. "Nice seeing you again Sonic" the red echidna said as he walked in a different direction then everyone.

"Ditto" the black hedgehog gave a slight wave and headed off.

"Bye" Sonic sighed. Soon, his friends were out of sight. The blue hedgehog started walking down the sidewalk "I couldn't be better" The blue hedgehog smiled. "My best friend's got a boyfriend … I think I'm better off solo, with no date, for now anyway" Sonic looked up at the setting afternoon sun. "My troubles, and flames, are over" With that, he ran off.

-… Thank you all who supported me on this story. Special thanks to sonicfangirl12, AnimeKittyCafe (an anonymous reviewer), Kentaru the Hedgehog, Sonickid92 (another anonymous reviewer) and Guest/Chaos rock! (anonymous) for all the reviews. Thanks again to everyone who read this story and reviewed, it's very well appreciated. Keep on writing! ;-)

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