Okay I know my chapters have been short but I hope this one will help makeup for it and the next might be decent length too.
Chapter 7: My Dreams My Passion
Rouge and Cream had woken up earlier than usual to check on Amy but she wasn't in her room. They ran down stairs and to their great relief she was sitting at the bar drinking a cup of coffee.
"Amy!" Cream ran up behind her and embraced her in an inescapable hug. "I'm so glad you're not hurt."
"Thanks Cream." Amy smiled as the rabbit released her.
"Where were you last night?" Rouge asked as she sat down on the stool next to Amy.
"I fell asleep in the park I'm sorry it's just yesterday I was so tired I couldn't seem to get enough sleep even if I had slept all day I don't think it would have been enough, but I'm okay now." Amy took swallow of her coffee. "You don't have to worry."
"I've got a go guys I'll see you later." Cream got up from the bar and headed for the door.
"You're not eating breakfast this morning?" Rouge questioned.
"Yea I am." Cream turned and put her hands behind her back fidgeting a bit. "I told Tails I'd have breakfast with him this morning."
"Ohhhh." The bat and the hedgehog looked at each other and smiled.
"Guys…" Cream rolled her eyes and then just walked out the door.
Amy got up from the bar and was putting her dishes in the sink. "Well I've got to go to go out for a while I'm in desperate need of some guitar picks, you need anything?"
"Just for you to come back on your own." Rouge said as she put her head in hands.
"Hahaha do you need anything else?" Amy asked as she headed for the door.
"No I'm good." Rouge answered.
"Ok see ya in a few."
Rouge sat down on the couch and was relaxing while reading a magazine. She sighed her mind was on something else really. She hadn't been sitting there long when she heard a knock on the door. She dropped the magazine on the coffee table and went to answer the door. When she opened it she was rather excited when she saw who was standing there. "Hey Knuckles."
"Hey Rouge." He was standing there with his guitar.
"Where are the other guys?" Rouge asked as she noticed he was alone.
"They'll be here soon I was ready so I just came. Are you here by yourself?"
"Yea the others went out for a while." Rouge opened the door and allowed him in. "I was just waiting for them to get back." She jumped over the back of the sofa and retook her seat.
Knuckles did the same and sat next to her. "Hey Rouge."
"Yea." She looked at him with a soft expression.
"You seem a little off today is something wrong?" Knuckles head was tilled in a cute fashion that uttered confusion and worry.
She scooted closer to him as if she though it might help her feel safer. "I've just been thinking a lot lately."
"What about?" Knuckles desperately wanted to put his arm around her but he was afraid it might upset her.
"I've always set goals and limits in my world and through my life I've tried to fulfill
those goals and I just never thought that maybe it's possible to get through them all and still feel…" She stopped mid sentence unsure if she should go on.
"Empty." Knuckles finished for her. He could understand how she felt he often had the same feelings.
"Yea like even after you've done all you've set out to do you'll still feel incomplete in the end." Rouge sighed and looked away. "I'm sorry I know I sound really stupid right now."
"No." Knuckles put his hand on her shoulder and turned her back around. "You don't sound stupid, far from it." He leaned in close. "I know how you feel. It's hard to feel like you're the only one who worries about what happens past the haply ever after."
"Knuckles…" She looked in his eyes feeling something deep inside pushing her to become closer to him. "I want to make it to haply ever after and…I want to make it there with you." She leaned into him and she felt his arms wrap around her back.
"You really mean that?" Knuckles couldn't believe that she actually wanted to stay with him.
"I do I never stop thinking about you and I hate being apart." She looked up into his perfect face. "I have so many feelings about you and I was scared at first but now I feel something I can't mistake." "I love you Knuckles." She admitted with a kiss that he gladly returned.
He laid her back on the couch and continued kissing her. Rouge wrapped her arms around his neck as he began kissing hers. Knuckles started to run his hand under the edge of her shirt when suddenly Sonic, Cream, and Tails walked in. "Rouge?" Cream blurted out.
Knuckles had jerked himself up off of her and she had sat up immediately they were both blushing a deep red. "Ah hey Cream." Rouge said nervously.
"Hey Knuckles." Sonic said as he crossed his arms and leaned against the wall. "What cha up too?"
"Shut up Sonic." Knuckles barked.
"Ah Knuckles you can set your stuff up in the garage ok." Rouge said trying to keep an argument from breaking out.
Knuckles picked up his base guitar and walked out the door a bit of a smile on his face as he realized what this meant. "Hey Knuckles wait up." Sonic yelled as he followed his friend out the door Tails walked after the two knowing he was going to be need as a referee.
Rouge rolled her eyes and fell back on the couch with a sigh. Cream walked to the couch and leaned over the back of it. "So do you have anything you wanna tell me?"
Rouge opened her eyes and looked up at the rabbit. "Yea I think I have a boyfriend."
"Looked like you were having a serious make out Knux how much did ya have to pay her." Sonic joked as he set up his drums.
"Yea I know you're jealous you couldn't even make out with a yourself." Knuckles retorted as he plugged some cords in.
"I don't know what Rouge sees in a dense idiot like you." Sonic argued.
"Maybe it's the fact I'm not a pencil dick like yourself." Knuckles snapped.
Right as Knuckles and Sonic were about to kill each other Shadow walked into the garage with his guitar in hand. "What are you two fighting about now?"
"Sonic want shut and back off!" Knuckles answered.
"Tails and me caught Knux during one heck of a make out with Rouge."
"Really?" Shadow looked at Knuckles who wouldn't make eye contact. "Well it's not like that's a surprise Knuckles can easily get a make out with any girl he's a horny bastard." Shadow replied as he began unpacking his stuff.
Knuckles smiled as Shadow gave a wink to say 'I love pissen off Sonic'. Sonic glared and then went to set up his drums.
Shadow was just tuning his guitar when he was suddenly distracted by a pink girl standing in the large doorway. She was wearing a camo green skirt with a black tank top and some black boots. She returned his stare for a moment and then walked over to he own guitar. Shadow shook his head throwing out his thoughts.
All the members of both bands were present and accounted for now. They were discussing how they would work their music and who would be singing and when. So far they had decided that they would sing still as their individual groups and that they would more or less take turns with their music and songs but they would play together more than anything.
"Amy." Shadow was messing with his guitar strings as he spoke. "You've heard us sing and play can we get a demo of your music?" Shadow wanted to make sure he was teaming up with a decent band.
"Okay." Amy pulled her guitar over her shoulder and looked at Rouge and Cream and then back at Shadow. "We'll sing 'Complicated'."
The three girls started to play and Amy took her position at the microphone.
Lifes like this
cause life likes this
chill out what cha yelling for
ly back it's all been done before
ad if you could only let it be
yu will see
I like you the way you are
When we're driving in your car
qnd you're talking to me one
on one but you become
somebody else round everyone else
you're watching your back like
you can't relax you're trying to
be cool you look like a fool
to me. Tell me
why'd you have to go am make things so
complicated see the way you're acting
like you're somebody lese gets me frustrated
life's like this you fall and you crawl and
you break and you take what you get and
you turn it into honesty promise me I'm never
gonna find ya fake it
no no no…
Amy glanced at Shadow from the corner of her eye she could see the armament in his eyes he couldn't seem to take his eyes off of her and the strange thing was she liked it that way for some reason.
you come over unannounced dressed up
like you're something else where you are
aint where it's at you se you're making
me laugh out when you strike you're pose
take off all our preppy clothes! You know
you're not fooling anyone when you become
somebody else round everyone else
you're watchin your back
like you can't relax your trying
to be cool you look like a fool to me
tell me
why'd ya have to go and make things so
complicated see the way you're acting
like you're somebody else gets me frustrated
life's like this you fall and you crawl and you
and you break and you take what you get and
you turn it into honesty and promise me
I'll never find ya fake it
no no no… (no no no no)
chill out what cha yellin for
lay back its all been done before
and if you could only let it be
you will see
somebody else round everyone else
you're watching your back like like you can't
relax you're trying to be cool you look like a
fool to me. Tell me!
why'd ya have to go and make things so
complicated see the way you're acting
like you're somebody else gets me frustrated
life's like this you fall and you crawl and you
and you break and you take what you get and
you turn it into honesty and promise me
I'll never find ya fake it
no no no…
why'd ya have to go and make things so
complicated see the way you're acting
like you're somebody else gets me frustrated
life's like this you fall and you crawl and you
and you break and you take what you get and
you turn it into honesty and promise me
I'll never find ya fake it
no no no…
The guys all shouted and clapped as the girls finished the song. Tails was standing next to Cream complimenting her on her drums. Knuckles was of coarse telling Rouge how he loved her base guitar notes. Shadow was slowly debating on whether or not to say something to Amy but she was demanding it now.
"So how'd we do?" Amy was waiting to see what Shadow had to say about their music.
"You did great defiantly past my expectations." Shadow replied.
Amy smiled in an understanding way. "Your expectations weren't to high were they."
"Well that doesn't really matter you blew them at of the water none the less." Shadow reassured her.
"Well I like our arrangements so if there's nothing else we need to do I guess practice is over." Amy sat her guitar down and walked out the garage into the warm afternoon sunlight.
The girls had gotten their practice in so they didn't worry about playing anymore for the day but the guys were now taking over the music floor so they could get in some practice.
Amy was enjoying the afternoon she just walked out into the green grass of the front yard and fell back onto it, the soothing sound of music filling her thoughts as she listened to the boys play.
The day past quickly and good news followed it. Rouge had announced that she had gotten them a show at a spring festival that was happening in four weeks at the city park. It would be the first time they all preformed before an audience and as a group.
Shadow and the other guys had finished up practice for the day and had packed up their stuff. It had been decided that they would stay and order out for pizza with the girls. Everyone was inside getting ready to eat. Shadow had noticed though that someone was missing Amy was still outside on the lawn laying in the same spot. He left the busy kitchen to go see what she was doing.
Amy was looking outward over the small houses she could see the sun starting to see over them and hints of red, orange, and yellow stained the rooftops. She heard the door shut from behind and she knew right away who it was by the cold tight silence she felt in the air. "Shadow can you come sit with me?" She posed the statement as more of a question so that he had a choice. He didn't answer he only took the seat beside her and sat there hunched over his knees. Amy arched her brow slightly as she looked at him. What was with this guy he seemed to be less of an enemy now but he still had a thick layer of ice around him that just wouldn't crack. She sat up and leaned a little closer to him. "Do you hate me?" She looked at him with an expressionless face.
Shadow faced her and thought where did that come from. "What?"
"Do you hate someone or something maybe the world?" "You seem so closed why don't you open up a bit?" She rested her head on her knees looking once more to the setting sun. "I think that deep down you're a really good person."
"And why do you think that?" Shadow asked as he gazed at the same sunset as well, his body relaxing more as he leaned back on his palms.
"When I first me you I thought you were the biggest jerk to ever walk the planet." There was a little tension in her voice as she remembered all those unpleasant times. "But then I think of yesterday." Her tone became softer and calmer as her memories became reassuring. "If you really were as cold hearted as you pretend to be then you wouldn't have helped me." She looked at him and had a little smile on her face. "You reminded me that there are still some people out there worth meeting and I thank you for that." She had one more thing she wanted to do. Amy wrapped her arms around his upper waste and hugged him. "There's one more thing." She lifted her head from his shoulder slightly and whispered something. "I'm sorry."
Shadow's eyes widened for a moment as he realized what she had just said. He remembered quite clearly how she said she would never apologize and yet here she was embracing him and saying she was sorry. There was one question on his mind now. "Why?"
"Because I was wrong about you and the things I said were also wrong I don't have any reason to hold back an apology now."
Shadow hesitantly put his arms around her and gave her a hug. "I'm sorry too." At that very moment Amy could feel the thick layers of ice starting to melt away.