Wow… you guys are still reading? Man, I thought… since I was in a pathetic writer status in those last two chapters that you guys would have stopped reading. Whatever… on with the show!.. err… story…

Dear Diary,

I can't believe this… I'm crying in front of Amy… and I don't care! Normally, I would just stop and tell her that I'm okay… but I don't care! I want to share my problem with someone! I just want someone to talk to me, without feeling any pity for me… I want someone to talk and just… listen… understand me…

"Rouge, why, what happened?" Amy asked.

"He's gone! He's gone for some long mission and he didn't take me!" Rouge cried out.

If I call to you, my love… Will my love ever reach you? If I shout to the heavens, proclaiming my love… will you ever receive it? Where are you now, my love? Are you safe? Please tell me so…

Knuckles…

"Oh shit! Eggman… is protecting all the things…" Knuckles said.

He noticed Eggman's robots all around the 2nd emerald he needs. Look, shitball… I need these emeralds… when I went to get the 1st emerald… I thought it was just a coincidence that you were there… but now I know… you found about my mission…I hope that Rouge is still okay…

Rouge…

She was still softly crying. "Why? Why didn't he take me with him?"

"It sounds as if he was caring for you…"

"If he cared for me… then why didn't he take me with him? There's still a slim chance that he may not come back! That's why I'm like this!"

"He didn't take you with him, because he didn't want you to get hurt…"

I never saw it that way… but why worry about my safety when he's the one on the dangerous assignment? Why my love, must you put your life on the line to save mine?

"Oh, don't worry… why don't you get someone to replace him while he's gone? That's kinda what I do…" Amy said.

"But… no one… can be as nice, caring, kind, loving, passionate and… whatever… as he is! No one can replace the hole he left inside my heart!" Rouge said.

"How about… Sonic? He's a nice person… he's been friends with Knuckles… so maybe he'd be a good friend to you." Amy said with a smile.

I just don't know… of course I trust these people… they are like my family… but… can someone really replace Knuckles? Of course, I know that Sonic has been a nice friend… everyone's been a nice friend to me… have I paid them all back?

"Thanks… Amy… you're like a sister to me…" Rouge said.

"So… you're going?"

Rouge nodded.

"Okay… because… I gotta chase Shadow around… he replaces Sonic temporarily!"

Rouge laughed.

Again, I know she cannot write while she flies… but who really gives a dam-?

Dear diary,

I have so many friends… Too bad I cannot pay them all back… but is it possible that what Amy said was true? Can someone 'temporarily' replace my love? I will have to find out for my own…

Oooh… cliffhanger… wow… enjoyed? Or not? If not… then you can review me telling me how I can improve it…