Disclaimer: I do not own Sonic The Hedgehog or any of the characters, they are owned by Sega and Sonic Team.
December, 2001.
With another year coming to an end and production on Sonic Advance finished, everyone had been wondering the same thing.
What was next?
The studio had set the release date for Sonic Advance for that February, but hadn't announced any other projects.
Ironically, it seemed like things were starting to slow down, but for Sonic, that might've been the best news he could hear.
"A vacation?" Amy asked.
"Yeah, just you and me." Sonic said.
"I don't know." Amy said.
"Come on, it's been awhile since we've had time to ourselves, I love being back on screen, but I want to spend some time with my wife, take some time away from work, go somewhere to relax and just be with you." Sonic confessed.
"Well, when you put it like that." Amy said.
Amy kissed him on the cheek and told him yes.
"Alright, I'll go make the arrangements." Sonic told her.
Before Sonic could even pick up the phone, it started to ring.
"Please don't be work, please don't be work." Sonic hoped.
"Hello." He answered.
"Hey." Rouge said, over the line.
"Rouge, how've you been?!" Sonic said, excitedly.
"I've been doing alright." Rouge said.
"By the way, I saw the premiere event." Rouge mentioned.
Sonic didn't say a word, he just smiled, knowing where Rouge was going with it.
"I didn't know you cared so much." Rouge teased him.
"You know I do." Sonic said, honestly.
"Well I care about you too." Rouge said.
"Speaking of caring, how're you and Amy holding up?" Rouge asked.
"We're doing good, we have some time off so we're taking a little vacation." Sonic told her.
"Oh, where to?" Rouge asked.
"Well, it's this lake house that Tails and Mina own, they said we can use it while she's on tour." Sonic told her.
"That honestly sounds really nice right about now." Rouge said, putting a more exhausted tone into her voice.
"You could always ask Shadow, I heard he's heading for the beach." Sonic suggested.
Sonic heard Rouge sigh and then the click.
"Guess she's still worried." Sonic thought.
Sonic dialed Tails' number to tell him about what he had planned, a little detail he hadn't had the chance to mention to Rouge.
An old friend of Amy's had wanted to see her and of course, Sonic was more than happy to help.