I had my first 2 GCSE exams! eek (German speaking on Monday and Drama today) lol so yeh now that they r outta the way here's the next chapter. The more exciting stuff will come soon i promise. This is just to build up just how much Shadow looses later on you know? ok lol here we go!

Chapter 3

A few days later, Wednesday finally arrived. The time was 10:30 am and the party was gonna start in 3 hours. Shadow was lying in bed, semi –conscious. Amy had already gotten up.

Eventually, Shadow opened his eyes fully and sat up. He rubbed his face and yawned, stretching his arms out. He stood up and wandered downstairs. Amy was dressed and sitting on the sofa reading a magazine and drinking tea in her favourite spotty giant mug. She looked up as Shadow walked down the stairs.

"I see the creature of night has finally decided to drag itself from it's layer." Amy said chuckling.

Shadow smiled sarcastically.

"Yeah yeah yeah!" he said, half laughing. "What time did you get up?"
"An hour ago, maybe? I just couldn't sleep anymore! I'm just exciting that's all!"
"I can see that."

Shadow sat down beside Amy and kissed her on the forehead.

"We should get ready soon." Amy said.
"We have three hours, hun. Besides Sonic has most of the stuff. I think he's more excited than you are!"

Amy laughed.

"Yeah he's like that, I guess."
She sighed and rubbed her belly.

"He was kicking like mad last night, you know." She said. "Like a premier League soccer player!"

Shadow smiled and put his hand on her stomach.

"Must be eager to get out!" he said.
Amy chuckled.

The two sat there in a moment of bliss, thinking about what this child would bring to their lives.

A few hours later, Shadow and Amy finally managed to get their things together and head down to the beach. As they'd already suspected, Sonic was already there. He'd laid out a huge table of food and drink and there were many deck chairs, each with a little table. A big stereo also sat on the sand and Sonic was just about to put music on when he heard his two friends coming up behind him.

"Hey guys!" he said waving rather frantically.
He was holding a variety of CDs in one hand and a half eaten ice cream cone in the other.

Shadow laughed.

"Hey there. Are you on some kind of sugar rush?" he said nudging his head at the ice cream.
Sonic laughed rather loudly.

"Yeah well I'm just excited about this party and couldn't resist buying a cone because I mean I was just hungry and I thought "Hey the guys wont be here for a bit so ….Yeh!" he said very quickly in one breath.

Amy and Shadow blinked.
"Oooooo…K…" they said.

Just then footsteps could be heard behind them.

"Hey there guys!" said a voice.

All three turned around and saw Tails. He was carrying a large bag of crisps (A/N chips for all u American dudes).

"Hey there Tails! It's good to see you!" Amy said and hugged her friend.
"You too! And you've gotten so big! How long until its due now?" Tails asked.
"About 2 weeks now." Shadow answered.

Just then the three of them got a jump start as music blared from Sonic's massive stereo. Sonic began dancing, ice cream around his mouth. Tails laughed.

"We should all know by now not to let Sonic near ice cream." He said.

As the time went by guests began arriving. Knuckles and Rogue had gotten the message and arrived together. Knuckles was taller and had longer spikes…he hadn't changed dramatically. Rouge was wearing a purple bikini top and white shorts. Again, apart from her wings being slighter bigger and a few little tufts of hair on her forehead, she hadn't changed much.

Cream arrived shortly afterward. She was now 16 and her ears had grown a lot longer. Also, she held her devoted chao friend, Cheese in her arms. Cheese had now evolved into a Hero Chao.

A few hours into the party, some of the others had gone into the sea to play water polo. (Sonic and Knuckles vs Shadow and Rouge)
Amy was sitting in a deck chair, taking in the afternoon sun. Cream was sat on the deckchair next to her.

"You and Shadow look so cute together, Amy. I knew you'd be something one day." Cream said, in her teen like, almost preppy, voice.

"Thanks." Amy replied. "To be honest with you, I'd always thought I'd end up with Sonic."

"Yeah most people did, except Sonic I guess!" said Cream.
"Yeah that's true." Amy chuckled.

Just then she felt a jolt in her belly. She gasped and sat upright, putting her hand on her stomach.

"Amy?" Cream blinked. Amy began to gasp for breath.

"Cream, where's Shadow?" she gasped.
"I'll get him for you." Cream replied quickly. She gasped as she saw her friend's water break.

Amy groaned in pain.
" Why now? Its too early!" she yelled.

"Shadow! Get over here now!" Cream yelled out.

Cream put her arms around Amy and sat down next to her. Shadow was there in a matter of seconds.

"What's happening?" he asked.
"Shadow…the baby's coming" Amy said breathlessly.