1Author's note: wow...I forgot to mention I don't own ANY of the characters in this! . how stupid can I get!...I guess it must have something to do with not posting here in a while...anyway, sorry 'bout that! now you know, please don't sue!

Lady of the Squirrels

Chapter 4: A day in the Life of Shadow

Though the couple had shocked the group, they all pretty much still loved Sonic and Shadow on a friendly basis. They still al hung-out and made fun of each other and had their fun wrestling. Then sooner or later Amy Rose would interfere in their games by yelling at Shadow for "confusing" Sonic.

"Why would you make poor Sonic think he loves you!"

"Amy–."

"Sonic! Stay out of this!"

"Amy...I didn't even confuse him! I didn't even seduce him! He came onto me!" Shadow moved out of the way of Amy's Piko-piko hammer.

"Damn straight," said Sonic, "that's why I top!"

Shadow blushed as Knuckles's mouth did the whole fish out of water thing again.

Amy tried to hit Shadow again and failed. Then she heard a growling noise. Apparently Shadow heard it too because he had froze and Amy found this as her opportunity. She brought her hammer down but instead of hitting Shadow, she'd hit Sonic.

As soon as he was able to move again, Sonic stood and got into Amy's face. "If you try to him ONE MORE TIME, I swear I will kill you. For not only would it hurt him...It could kill our baby."

Amy froze at the thought. Sonic would kill her? For Shadow? She dropped to her knees and began to bawl as Sonic went over to Shadow to see if he was alright.

Rouge shook her head at Amy then sat at the table in Tails's workshop. Tails and Knuckles soon joined her. The small group and declared themselves neutral to the situation, but they all agreed Amy was in the wrong at the moment.

changed of place

Shadow walked through the grocery store the next day. He was quite content at the moment and was looking for the last items on his and Sonic's grocery list when Amy walked past him. She glared as she walked past and Shadow shrugged it off.

He spotted his destination, the lean pocket freezer, and walked towards it. When he got to it he put four boxes into the cart and crossed them off the list. His pen rested on his lower lip as he scanned the list through to see if he needed anything else.

In a second he felt a large pain in his stomach and a can lay at his feet. He looked down the aisle to see Amy Rose glaring at him with a small smirk on her face. Soon after he fell over and writhed on the ground a little. Fortunately a worker was nearby and ran over and sat him against the wall carefully.

When they looked around Amy was walking towards them with fake worry etched into her features. "Shadow! Are you okay!"

"I'm fine," murmured Shadow. He coddled his stomach and spoke soothingly to himself as the worker went to call an ambulance for Shadow. Amy kneeled down and picked up the can setting it on a shelf as the worker hurried back over.

"Mr. Shadow, are you alright?" The worker felt Shadow's forehead and Shadow smiled calmly, which was a rare sight for any civilian. Though the whole city knew him and Sonic were together now, Shadow never smiled unless he was at home with Sonic.

"I'm fine..." Shadow studied the name tag quickly, "Stacy."

"That's good to know Mr. Shadow...there's an ambulance coming for you, I hope it didn't hurt your stomach sir."

"Not too much I'm sure." Shadow kept his calm smile while talking with the young lady waiting for the ambulance. It was odd how he felt a connection with her tho he'd only seen her this one time.

"Come visit, you're an interesting person to talk to Stacy," said Shadow as the Ambulance arrived.

Stacy smiled, "I will Shadow...Is this your cart?"

"Yeah...do you mind ringing it all up and taking it to Sonikku? He'll pay for it, I'll even advise him to give you extra for running it to him." Shadow smiled promisingly as the medic came into the building and lifted him on a stretcher.

It wasn't until then that Amy realized what could've happened just then and hoped for the best. She knew Sonic would never speak to her again if something bad happened to their child. She stared at the can and then at her hands and walked out of the store guiltily.

Stacy walked to the front of the store and rang up Shadow's items amazed at how little Sonic and Shadow actually ate in a week and then went and loaded it into her car, afterall, she had just started her half hour break when this happened and she was willing to be a few extra minutes late as long as Sonic knew what had happened.

She pulled up to the house to see Sonic step out and look at her car oddly then walk to her, "Do you need directions?"

"No, I brought your groceries," Stacy smiled kindly and got out of her car. She got the groceries out and Sonic led her into the house and had her set them in the living room. "Nice place you two have for heroes...I expected a very unkempt house."

"Shadow enjoys cleaning and usually I keep it clean so he has less to do and more time to spend watching his TV shows," Shadow smiled nervously at almost revealing his lovers passion for watching Soap Operas. "Where is Shadow anyway? He walk home?"

"OH! No! That's something I wanted to tell you...I think someone threw a can at him and it hit his stomach, he's at the hospital right now, I'll drive you if you would like..." Stacy smiled kindly as Sonic handed her, her tip and money to pay for the food.

"No, that's quite alright, I can get there faster by running, thanks for the offer tho, now I really must go make sure everything's alright, I'm sorry to make you leave in such a hurry!" Sonic grabbed his house keys and walked out with Stacy.

"That's alright, I understand. I will see you soon, Shadow has invited me over as long as I call first." She smiled and waved as she got back in her car. She watched Sonic lock the door and start off for the hospital before pulling out of the driveway.

End of Drama