Chapter 5: Unrequited Love - Part II

Sonic chuckled, "Alrighty, I'll be back in a flash." In a matter of seconds, he was off to Station Square to get Tails some food.

Sonic thought to himself, 'I gotta hurry, that poor guy must be starving.'

After a few minutes Sonic had arrived at the pizza parlor. He walked up to the counter to order.

"Hello, may I take your order?"

Sonic nodded, "Yeah, I need a large pepperoni pizza and a large order of breadsticks. And could ya make it snappy?"

The cashier nodded, "Okay, that comes to $15.07."

Sonic handed him the money and received the change. He took a seat in the nearest chair. After a few minutes, he began getting impatient.

Sonic looked over at the cashier, "Hey pal! What's the hold up?"

The man gave a smug expression, "We're going as fast as we can."

Sonic chuckled, "Whatever you say."

A few more minutes passed and his order was finally ready. He grabbed the food and took off for the Mystic Ruins. Shortly thereafter, Sonic had finally arrived to Tails' home in hopes that the food didn't get cold.

He walked towards Tails' bedroom and just as he was about to step foot in the room; He stopped and his jaw fell to the floor, "What the Hell!"

Amy immediately jumped off of Tails and acted as if nothing had just occurred in the last few minutes, "Oh, hey Sonic! I see you got the food for Tails."

Tails jumped in before Sonic could say anything, "Oh, great! I was starving!" He walked over to Sonic to grab the food but Sonic only saw red at this point.

Sonic lightly shoved Tails in the opposite direction and sternly replied, "Sit down, now."

Amy and Tails became extremely frightened. They had never seen this side of Sonic before.

Sonic continued, "Anyone care to explain what just happened here?"

Tails tried to cover up the issue at hand, "Nothing really, we were just playing around…"

Amy nodded, "Yeah…yeah that's right. Just having a little fun. That's all."

Sonic glared at Amy, "Fun? Amy! I saw what you were doing! You think I'm THAT stupid to believe you were just playin' around?" Sonic wouldn't let either begin talking, he pointed at Tails and continued, "And you! Don't think that I'm letting you off the hook. You had an equal role in this."

Tails interjected, "But Sonic I-"

Sonic wouldn't let him finish, "I don't want to hear it."

Amy stood up and walked over to Sonic, "Look…you and I need to talk about this right now."

Sonic glared at Amy and nodded, "Fine." Before he left the room, he grabbed the food, threw it in Tails' direction, "Here's your damn food. You owe me 15 bucks." He turned around and slammed the door shut.

Tails just sat there, stared at the floor and the tears began to flow. "What have I done…what have I done?" He buried his face in his pillow and continued crying.

Meanwhile in the next room over…

Sonic sat there with a blank, yet hurt expression on his face, "How could you Amy? After I decided to change my ways and give you a chance, this is how you thank me? By making out with my best friend?"

Amy let a few tears flow down her cheeks, "Sonic…I'm so sorry. Please understand that the kiss meant nothing. I don't know what came over me. Please…please don't leave me. I've always been true to you."

Sonic shook his head in disgust, "I…I just can't believe what I saw. Amy, I know we've been dating for a few months…but this really hurt me."

Amy hung her head low and the tears began to flow, "Oh, Sonic. I'm so sorry."

Tails heard some crying coming from his sitting room. He got up and quietly exited his room so the sound of the door wouldn't startle Sonic and Amy. Then he carefully tiptoed to the end of the hallway. He reached the end of the hallway and stood there, slyly peeking his head around the corner to prevent either Sonic or Amy's awareness of his presence. He quietly listened to their conversation.

Sonic sighed, "Amy…I don't know what to say right now. I'm just really confused. Lately you've seemed really attached to Tails. I know you're two are best friends and that's fine…but now that I saw you two in a lip lock…I dunno what to think of the two of you. I mean…are you ONLY just friends? Or is there something I should be aware about? I really need to know Amy…tell me the truth."

Amy sighed, "Okay, I'll be honest. Sonic…I-I only see Tails as a friend. That kiss meant nothing. I'm sorry to have caused so much trouble Sonic. Please…please forgive me."

Tails stood there completely expressionless. His heart completely destroyed itself after hearing what she said. 'She…but…I can't believe it…she really doesn't love me the way I love her. So now the truth comes out. :sighs:'

Sonic looked at her unsure of what to think or say…but he had to keep her calm, "Amy…I'm sorry."

Amy looked up confused, "What? Sonic, why are you sorry? I was the one kissing Tails, not you."

Sonic chuckled, "Amy…I shouldn't have blown up like I did."

Amy widely opened up her eyes, "Are you kidding? Sonic…you had every right to react the way you did. Please don't put the blame on yourself, it's all my fault."

Sonic shook his head, "Amy it's not ALL your fault, Tails was kissing you back too you know."

Tails began to feel depressed, 'Sonic…I'm sorry for disappointing you. I think it's best if I leave for a while. Let you two fix things up. I'm of no use being around you two.' He walked back to his room not wanting to hear anymore of that conversation. He took out a small sheet of paper and began to write a farewell note…

Dear Sonic and Amy.

Please accept my apologies for what happened today. I had no intentions of causing any harm to your relationship. Sonic, I'm so sorry for disappointing you. I betrayed your trust and even worse, jeopardized our friendship. I hope you can forgive me with time. Amy. I'm so sorry for causing you this much pain. You know how much I care about you and how much it hurts me to see you hurt. I hope that we can still remain friends after this calamity. I wish both you and Sonic all the best in the future.

Until we meet again…

Tails

He put the pencil down, tears streaming down his face, a few of which landing on the note he just wrote. He had never written something so sad in his life. Just thinking about what he wrote hurt him so bad… Hastily, he packed a few things up in a small suitcase and took a secret passage from his room to the airplane hangar where the Tornado was kept. Tails was the only one who knew that passageway existed. He built it in case of an emergency and needed to leave in a hurry.

He threw his suitcase into the cargo hatch of the plane, jumped in and fired it up. The door opened and he glanced back in the direction where Amy and Sonic were. 'Goodbye you two. I'll miss you. Don't worry, I WILL be back. You'll see.'

He turned the throttle up and the plane began its take-off.

A Few Minutes ago…

Sonic shook his head, "Amy it's not ALL your fault, Tails was kissing you back too you know."

Amy nodded, "Yeah, but…I…I kissed him first." She turned beet red.

Sonic's eyes opened widely, "You...you did?"

Amy looked away trying to conceal her embarrassment, "Yeah. I'm sorry. I just…I couldn't control myself."

Sonic put his hand on her shoulder to regain her attention, and looked her in the eye, "You said it meant nothing right? Just don't-" He stopped mid-sentence. "Amy, do you hear that?"

Amy nodded, "Yeah, it kinda sounds like a plane."

Sonic suddenly realized what it was, "Oh my god, it's the Tornado!" He quickly stood up and ran outside, closely followed by Amy.

She looked up and noticed Tails flying away, "Sonic look!" She said pointing at the plane.

Sonic tried yelling out loud, "Waaaaaiiiiiiiit! Where are you going Tails!"

Amy let a few tears go, "No! Tails! Please don't leave." She fell to her knees crying, and quietly whispered to herself, "No…I...I'm sorry Tails. I didn't mean to hurt you."

Sonic kneeled next to Amy and put his arm around her, "Amy…I'm so sorry. Come on. Let's go back inside." She nodded and they walked back into Tails' home.

Sonic raised a brow once he realized something, "You know what? How come we never heard him leave in the first place? He has to walk out the front door to get to the airplane hangar. That doesn't make any sense."

Amy nodded and sniffled lightly, "Yeah. That is strange. Maybe he has another way to get to the plane." She shrugged.

Sonic raised his arms, "Who knows. I just hope he left for a bit to think things over."

Amy began walking towards his room, "Well, as long as he didn't leave a no-" She stopped walking as her eyes just fixated on the piece of paper sitting neatly in the middle of Tails' desk.

Sonic entered the room and looked at Amy seriously, "Amy, what's wrong?"

She put her hand over her mouth signaling that she would begin crying again. She slowly stretched out her other arm and pointed at the note.

Sonic exhaled heavily, "Oh no…" He picked it up and began reading it out loud, "Dear Sonic and Amy. Please accept my apologies for what happened today. I had no intentions of causing any harm to your relationship."

Sonic sighed, "Oh man…he thinks that it's all his fault." He continued reading, "Sonic, I'm so sorry for disappointing you. I betrayed your trust and even worse jeopardized our friendship. I hope you can forgive me with time.

Amy sat on Tails' bed and really let the tears flow. She couldn't believe that this was happening. It was truly one of her worst nightmares. "S-Sonic…t-this hurts so bad. He's such a good friend…and now…he might be gone forever." Just the thought of never seeing Tails again made her cry harder.

Sonic sighed as he noticed the next part was for Amy, "Amy. I'm so sorry for causing you this much pain. You know how much I care about you and how much it hurts me to see you hurt. I hope that we can still remain friends after this calamity. I wish both you and Sonic all the best in the future. Until we meet again…Tails." Sonic put his arm down and let the letter fall to the floor. He stood there with a hurt expression. "He…he really left for good. What have I done?" He hung his head low…but he wouldn't cry, not in front of Amy. He knew that he needed to be strong at times like this, especially for her sake. Lord only knows how she would cope without anyone to help her through this.

Sonic sat next to Amy and held her close. "Don't worry Amy. He will come back."

Amy looked into Sonic's eyes, "But you don't know that for sure. He had to have been really upset to just leave like this. It's not like him to just ditch everything. Face it Sonic…he's gone for good."

Sonic shook his head at the thought, "No Amy. Don't talk like that. I don't care how long it takes and how much pain I'll go through, I must find him…no…WE have to find him."

Amy nodded, "But…where would we begin. He could've gone anywhere."

Sonic shrugged, "I don't know Amy, but we gotta start somewhere. How about we look around Station Square first?"

Amy lightly nodded, "I suppose that'll work. I mean the both of us live there so it would make sense if we did start there."

Sonic nodded confidently, "Okay. Let's get going then."

Back in the Tornado…

Tails took a deep breath thinking about what he's about to do. He didn't want to just up and leave like that…but he couldn't withstand the pain he was in. He needed to leave, his heart begged and plead for him to find a new place to call home for a while. After what Amy had said to Sonic…how that kiss meant nothing. He thought it did. He thought she DID have feelings for him…but now it was obvious that she didn't. Tails broke his attention from the horizon to the CD case he had next to him. He popped one of his CD's in the player. He forwarded to Track 7. There was the slow intro…then the beat began to slowly introduce itself until it fully made its presence…then the lyrics began…

(Author's note: Yeah, there used to be lyrics here...until they threatened to close down accounts for making a songfic. :rolls eyes: Unbelieveable!)

He looked into the distance…letting the tears flow. He knew how lonely he was, and how bad he wanted to be with Amy. Oh how he wanted to hold her close again, to gaze deeply into those beautiful green eyes and how he wanted to kiss her again. That last kiss they shared on his bed was incredible. He smiled and turned red just thinking about it, but that smile became a frown in a matter of seconds when he remembered what Amy had said. Those same four words echoed through his mind every few seconds… "That kiss meant nothing…" God, how he wanted to pull a kamikaze dive and just end it all right here and now, but he knew…if he did that…Sonic, Amy, Knuckles…everyone would be devastated to see him go.

Tails shook his head at that thought, "No. I've gotta be strong. Things will change, and I'll move on. Taking my own life would only be the easy way out and obviously get me nowhere." He nodded to himself. But where would he go? Whom could he confide in? He continued to fly and in the distance he saw the answer…Angel Island.

Tails smiled and thought to himself, 'Yeah. Maybe Knuckles wouldn't mind having some company.'

As the island came closer, he put the landing gear down in preparation for arrival. He landed the plane a little roughly and eventually came to a stop quite a distance from the Master Emerald Altar. He didn't want to make his presence known just yet. He hopped out of the plane, grabbed his bag full of things and made his way towards the Altar to greet the Guardian in hopes of having a place to stay.

Well, there you have it. I know this chapter was much shorter than the others, but I didn't want to overdo the argument. And for the Tails/Amy fans out there…don't worry, things will get better, I promise. So have a happy holiday, and don't forget…review, review, review! Peace.