ONE YEAR LATER

A year later it was Knuckles birthday and Rouge had convinced everyone to throw a supprise party for him. She led him away from the island on another date, but what she didn't know was Knuckles also had been away from the island and was planning something special of his own. When knuckles offered to walk Rouge back to her house as usual, she said
" How about I go to your little island Knuckles?". Knuckles raised his eyebrows then said
" Why not?". She flew him back to the island and made sure he walked past the spot where the party was. Suddenly Knuckles stopped and took a deep breath, as if he was going to say something important. But before he could he was interupted by a loud call of
" Supprise!". With that Sonic, Tails, Amy, Talim, Espio, Aquariun, Vector, Seringety, Shadow, Tikal, Chaos ,Omega, Charmy and Siberia jumped from surrounding bushes and let off some party popers. Well Shadow and Chaos didn't shout becuase caous Can't talk and Shadow ...well, hes to cool to do anything like that . Knuckles looked around in supprise as Sonic walked over to him and said
" Hey happy birthday man!" Said Sonic shacking his hand. Knuckles glared at him a little angry, Sonic didn't know it but he and his freinds had just stopped Knuckles from doing something very important. Sonic stared at Knuckles a little confused and said
" What is it Knux man? Don't you like birthday parties?". Knuckles realised Sonic was dissapointed and smiled nervously
" Er , ive never been to one" he said, embarissed. Sonic laughed and said
" Is that all? Well you don't know what your missing! And since were on an island in the middle of no-where, we can have a mega party! Music up full blast! Drinks! And it doesn't even matter if we get mess everywhere, ha! its gonna be great!". After that Knuckles lightened up. Sonic bought out a battery powered cd player and turned it on, music pouring out full blast. Knuckles , after a while of just wondering around, decided to join in and have a little fun. Of course there was alcahol and by 2 hours a few people were drunk.
"Ok people!" Said rouge , luckily she wasn't one of the people who were drunk. She smiled and turned to Knuckles " Lets give him the gifts!". Knuckles looked around in supprise, gifts! This day got better and better. One by one people walked up and gave him a present. He got a picture frame from Vector and Seringety, who didn't really know what else to get him. A ninja spike thing from Espio and Aquarian. Tails got him an all in one exercise machine that he built himself. Omega bought a robotic secrerity device, Charmy gave him protrait , as he was becoming quiet the artist. . Shadow gave him a book on fighting technicks which he handed to him promted by Sibera and said with as much eithuism as he could
" Happy birthday". Sonic gave him a pair of trousers and a hoody as a joke present, he knew Knuckles never used clothes. Finnally Rouge gave him a necklace and bracelet with spiritial markings on them, they looked very expensive and Knuckles gave Rouge a deep kiss in thanks, only to be interupted by a chorus of wolf wissles from Sonic, Tails, Charmy and Vector.
As the party drew to its end Knuckles saw his chance to do what he had wanted to do 3 hours ago. He led Rouge over to a large tree that blocked them from the veiw of all the others. Knuckles suddenly flet his nerves build up inside of him and kept arguing in his mind wether or not to take the chance. Rouge saw Knuckles looking uneasy and wrapped her arms around him.
" Whats wrong Knuckles?" She said. Knuckles sighed heavily and turned round to face Rouge. Now or never, he thought, exactly what he had thought when he asked Rouge out for the first time. He hoped he would get the same reaction. Knuckles looked into Rouges eyes and began poring out his heart
" Rouge , i'll admit, if I had seen myself like this when I first met you, I would have thought that I had gone insane or something" Rouge gave a gently laugh at this and Knuckles smiled weakly back before continuing " But since i've known you i've began to realise that beneath all of that conifidence and charm is a really caring person. I can't imagine living my life without you now and I don't know how I ever coped before. But I realised that I need you by my side... forever". He nervously got down on one knee and projuced a small case from behind his back. Rouge gasped when Knuckles said " Rouge , will you marry me?". Rouge's brain went into total shock mode, she couldn't believe it. She knew what her awnser was, but somehow she couldn't get it out.
Knuckles waited for Rouges awnser, but when none came he started to close the box and began to get up. Why did I ever think she would say yes? He thought, how could I have been so stupid? He should have known their was nothing In her love but physical attraction. He felt that he was such a fool to believe Rouge felt the same as him.
But as he began to get up, Rouge came back to her sences pulled him back down to his knee. She smiled and said
" You stupid Knucklehead, did you seriosly think I would turn down a proposal from you? I love you Knuckles , so you figure out the anwser"she said, and couldn't help but smile widely down at him . Knuckles face lit up and he hugged Rouge tightly. Rouge hugged back, she knew that she wanted to marry Knuckles and seeing that he wanted to as well made the world seem perfect. Knuckles slid the ring onto Rouges finger and she pulled , savouring the moment. He then was pulled into a pationate kiss by Rouge that wasn't interupted this time by a chorus of wolfwhistles.
When everone went home Knuckles and Rouge headed for Knuckles small, hand built house.
Knuckles had planned to let Rouge sleep on his bed while he had the couch. However , it seemed Rouge had other ideas. When Knuckles led her to his bed room she closed the door behind them. Knuckles was a bit confused and nervous but began to feel excited too. Rouge grabbed his hand and led him onto the bed. She layed down and pulled Knuckles with her and he began to kiss her roughly. Soon Knuckes began to feel a huge rush of excitment and began to forget everything apart from Rouge. He kicked off his shoes hastily and Rouge unzipped her clothes. This is it , he thought, feeling so excited he couldn't stop shuddering. ( ok I won't write anymore becuase I have no experiance in this er...feild. Well I could try but it would probably be completly wrong so I won't bother. So use you imagination)
When Knuckles awoke the first thing he saw was the ring that Rouge had on her finger. He smiled, thinking he couldn't be any happier right now. Rouge woke up and saw Knuckles staring at her dreamily. Rouge smiled and kissed him on the lips.
" So , how was it?" She said , slightly tired from last night. Knuckles sighed and said while still in his own world slightly
" Unbelivable" he said , sounding blown away. Rouge grinned and cuddeled into his chest. She tilted her head so she could feel his heartbeat. Knuckles closed his eyes and sighed , he finally had everything he wanted. A few minetes later Rouge looked up.
" That was your first time, wasn't it?" She asked curiosly. Knuckles blushed.
" Well... Yeah" he said, embarrissed. Rouge laughed and said
" I can't belive it was your first time, virgin" she said, poking Knuckles in the chest with her last word. He wriggled in defence and said
" Hey! It's not my fault! Besides..." He said, leaning in and wispering cheekily in her ear " I'm not a virgin anymore...". She giggeled and he closed his eyes again. Knuckles looked at her ring and said
" So when are we going to tell everyone, after all , we have to invite them along on the day". Rouge thought for a moment then replied
" Well we could never tell them, have a secret wedding and live in solitude" she joked. Knuckles rolled onto his back and stared at the celling.
" No , ive had enough of living away from everyone, if im gonna keep living here im gonna want some company"
" Is that an invition for me to come and live with you?" Said Rouge cheekily. Knuckles faced her again and replied
" Why not? We're getting married an lets face it, a huge island is better than a tiny flat". Rouge pretended to look hert and said in a fack sad voice
" Are you saying my flat is horrible?". Knuckles laughed and said
" No, im just saying its a little small thats all". Rouge saw an oppotunity to tease Knuckles and said casually as they both rolled onto their backs
" Yeah , you need a big place... If you gonna raise a family". Knuckles nodded then realised what Rouge had just said. His eyes went wide and he shot upwards, the cover falling off of him. He turned to rouge and yelled
" WHAT!". Rouge laughed and said
" Only kiding silly!" Knuckles calmed down and place his head on the pillow again. Rouge looked up at the celling and said in a serious voice " Besides, even if we had wanted kids there no way that could happen so..." She trailed of. Knuckles sighed. She was right, they were differnt species so it was imposible for them to have children. For him , a child was something he would never have, he was the last of his race.
Still , saved monney on protection.