Chapter one...

Disclaimer that is cool like that: Okay. Here is what I gotta say before ya'll read: Okay 1. I dunno if Knuckles lives with Chris, but im 50 sure he does. 2. I dunno if Rouge lives with Chris. But I sencerly doubt it. Also, I dunno if Rouge has anywere to live at all! So Please do not comment on the things listed above. Thank you. Also, I dun own sonic. Just had to clear this all up.

It was raining hard this poticular night. So very hard. In the dark, one poor soul was left unshelterd from the pelting rain and the cold wind. Shivering, this soul wounderd aimlessly untill it hit a wall. A big, cement wall. A headache shot through her head as she staggerd in pain. She let out a loud moan when the collision took place. The pain throbbed as she walked beside the wall, Keeping near the wall by walking with her hand on it. The soul was Rouge. Her homeless pain was never a bother to her, untill it rained. It pelted against her wet head as she searched for some kind of decent shelter, just for the night...

"Rouge?" A voice asked from behind her. She quickly turned to meet the shadowy gaze of the person whom knows her name and called out to her. "Rouge what are you doing here?"

"What do you want?" Rouge snapped viciously. When the person came into gaze, Rouge saw no other but Knuckles stairing back at her.

"I want to know, Why are you out here in the rain?" He asked kindly. Though, he was cautious about why she was here.

"I just ended up here. Why do you care? and no im not here to mess up sonic." Rouge told him. Viciously. (Wow. I use that word like...twice so far! coo )

"Arnt you with the-" Kuckles began to say but was interruped by Rouge's sneeze. He smiled lightly after that and put the umbrella that he brought over Rouge's head. Rouge was suprised by his kindness. Though cautious. They were never the best of friends. Nore where the even friends to begin with. Enemies was what they mostly were. So they had to be cautious around one another. "Here. Dont catch a cold. Your welcome to stay with us at Chris's Mansion."

"Thanks but no thanks. I can take care of myself.." She snapped. Not angerly though. Knuckles grabbed her wrist as she began to walk off.

"C'mon Rouge. You'll get sick if you stay out in the rain." He told her, seriously. No friendlieness in his voise.

"I don't care. I'll get better." She told him, sneezing again afterward.

"Rouge, I can't let you stay out here. You probably already caught a cold. c'mon, come into the mansion and warm up." He orderd, though humbly, not visiously.Rouge just shook her head, that now felt light.She fell to her knees and then onto her face. "Rouge! Rouge!"

The pain in her head throbbed. Pounding and hurting.

"Will she be alright?" A voice asked in the void of Rouge's sleep. The voice sounded like Chris.

"Yeah. She'll be just fine. A slight headache..but I suggest you not allow her to be as active as before for a few days.Not to mention she has a cold, which will take a week or two at the most to be taken care of." another, unfamiliar voice awncerd Chris's voice. Rouge staired into the black space of her sleep. Where was she and why were they saying these things? Her head hurt so much...so so much.

After a few hours, Rouge's eyes flutterd open to see herself in a room on a fluffy yellow sheeted bed. She looked around and saw Sonic coming in from the door.

"Good morning" He said cheerfully. Rouge blinked at him in amazement.

"Morning?" She repeted. In shock. She had spent the night at this house/Mansion. Sonic nodded.

"Yep, and look who was worried about you." He smiled, pointing behind her. She turned her head and saw Knuckles sleeping beside her. Curled up over the blankets. Rouge 'eeped' in suprise. Nearly falling off the bed.

"How long did he sleep there?" Rouge asked. Eyes wide with unwelcome morning suprise.

"Ever sence everyone left the room last night. I know because I snuck back in as he got on the bed and lied beside you. He was really worried you know. When you collapsed, he ran in with you in his arms yelling. Scared the hell out of cream." Sonic told her. Thinking back to hours ago, when that all took place. Rouge glanced at both Knuckles and Sonic. Then she just slid out of her bed, winsed, and held her head.

"I should go. Bye." She said, walking to the balcony, quickly, so quickly that she had no idea that she was going to the balcony and eventually, fell over. She fell so fast. That before it came to her that she had fallen she was too late to fly and had fallen head first into the pool. As if she didnt have enough of a headache. Sonic saw it all and right when Rouge fell in, he ran to Kuckles and woke him up.

"Get up damnit!" Sonic scolded feircly, nearly biting his head off, a fraze, which here means: To yell at Knuckles untill he was fully awake to tell him that Rouge had fallen over the balcony. Which is just what he yelled to get Knuckles awake.

Instantly, Knuckles was off of the bed and to the balcony, He dove in head first and once under water, his body caused pressure under the water to produce bubbles.

He swam around in the pool, searching for Rouge. Finding her on the diving board above him. He glared and poped his head out of the water.

"What the hell are you doing out here? You are suppost to be in the room asleep!" Knuckles scolded as he thrashed to grab onto the board.

"I can swim." She told him teasingly. He jsut glared as Rouge helped him onto the diving board. Holding onto his gloves. Knuckles noticed this, blushed but did nothing. He rather liked it. Wait...he liked it! He liked having Rouge hold his hands! He was redder at his disbelieve. Why did he not mind? Normally he would have taken his hands away and left Rouge to stand on the diving board alone. Secretly hoping that she would fall off into the water. But now, he just wanted to keep her safe from his very own want. He wanted her to keep his hands and he wanted to hug her, but he didnt dare. Incase she would hate him. Wait...why did he even care in the first place what Rouge thought?

After a while, Rouge let go of his hands. She just smiled at him teasingly.

"You wanted to hold my hand didnt you?" She asked teasingly. Knuckles blused, he really did want to hold her hand.