Want

by Missy the Cat

Amy Rose wanted to become pregnant, now she met Shadow and Sonic and started to develop romantic feelings for them.

5. Chapter 5

Chapter 5.

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Everyone in their usual outfits.

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A few weeks later.

New Mobotroplis.

DEC Goods Store.

Day Time.

Amy Rose hated grocery shopping.

It was a boring task to buy stuff that would sooner or later be consumed and thus needed to be replaced which then led to more grocery shopping. Like a vicious circle. Plus the adults in the supermarket were usually stressed out, the kids whiny. So there were things Amy would rather do on a Saturday morning but Shadow and Sonic had promised their mother to buy the things she would need to cook a 'substantial homemade dinner', as she had called it, and Amy wanted to spent some time with the 2 hedgehog brothers.

Of course, the supermarket was crowded, as was typical for a Saturday morning. Amy started to regret her decision to accompany Shadow and Sonic as she should have followed Aleena's advice to take a nap because she was really exhausted.

"Shadow, Sonic, hi, haven't seen you in ages. How are you, lads?" a drawling female voice called while Shadow and Sonic were pushing their shopping cart through the fruits and vegetables section.

The 2 hedgehog brothers froze, looking at each other with uneasiness. Amy frowned at Shadow and Sonic, then she turned towards the source of the voice.

It was a beautiful and tall red and cream colored fox woman with shoulder length red, spiky hair, cyan blue eyes, and killer curves.

Sonic cleared his throat, then he also turned towards the red fox woman, smiling his typically bright smile. "Fiona! Hey, what a coincidence! We thought you moved away. What happened? Wasn't the big city to your liking? Did you get homesick and missed good, old New Mobotroplis?" he asked Fiona.

Fiona rolled her eyes. "Oh, don't ask, it's a long story. Let's just say that I've met someone in the city who happens to be from this area... We have decided to settle down here and therefore we have an appointment with an estate agent. I'm just running some errands while my fiancé visits with his family. So, what about you 2? Still living with your mother and uncle?" she asked then curiously looking at Amy while asking that question.

Amy felt uncomfortable as the pregnancy was taking its toll on her body. Although Amy's belly still appeared to be rather flat, she had noticed that her red one piece top didn't really fit her anymore around the waist, therefore she preferred wearing leggings or sweat pants in her free time and then her quills! It was almost impossible to style it, so Amy mostly went for a low ponytail, a loose braid or a messy bun but worst of all was the morning sickness which was rather an all day sickness. Due to the constant vomiting Amy had even lost a couple of pounds instead of gaining weight although she was almost 10 weeks pregnant. Furthermore, Amy's skin was paler than usual, there were dark circles beneath her eyes and she experienced the occasional dizzy spells or headaches. That was the reason why Aleena insisted that Shadow and Sonic came over for the weekend, so that they could take good care of Amy, comfort her.

The only advantages so far were Amy's bigger breasts, she even needed to buy a new bra the other day and Shadow's and Sonic's constant regard and devotion.

"Um, no, actually not." Shadow said to Fiona. "We recently moved in with our girlfriend, Amy. So, let me introduce you... Fiona, this is Amy Rose, our girlfriend. And Rose, this is Fiona Fox, our, well, um..." seemed to be at a loss for words and Amy could imagine what Fiona had been to the 2 hedgehog brothers.

Fiona helped Shadow out, extending her right hand towards Amy. "Let's just say a good old friend. It's nice to meet you, Amy, especially since you seemed to have been able to drag the lads away from their mother's apron strings to which they had been tied for years." she said, smiling conspirationally at Amy.

But somehow Amy felt some kind of resentment towards Fiona and it wasn't because she was jealous.

Of course, she had reason to be, Fiona looked fantastic in her perfectly fitted, a yellow bow on the top of her head, a black belly top, black elbow-length fingerless gloves, a grey belted-skirt with a black buckled-belt, and black skinny pants that have grey padded shoes attached to them, silver hoop earrings, and her impressive engagement ring on her left finger.

Compared to that, Amy looked like very plain, wearing black leggings, one of Shadow's loose-fitting college hoodies and trainers, her quills was pulled together in a messy bun and she wasn't wearing any makeup at all after vomiting twice before breakfast and once more afterwards, she decided to not bother with her looks, being content to just take a hot shower, wash her face and brush her teeth.

Nevertheless, Amy faked a smile, shaking Fiona's right hand with her left hand. "Nice to meet you too, Fiona." she said.

Fiona studied Amy with a raised eyebrow for a moment. "You look rather tired, my dear, I imagine these 2 wouldn't let you get a lot of sleep, right? Oh, I remember vividly how exhausting they can be between the sheets..." she asked.

Amy got the hint of her words, as did Shadow and Sonic. Amy could feel the 2 hedgehog brothers moving closer to her and while Shadow just cleared his throat, Sonic drew his eyebrows together and put his left arm around her shoulders.

"No, we take good care of her and treat her well because she is important to us, especially now when carrying our child. By the way, that's the reason she looks tired: her pregnancy." Sonic said.

For a moment, surprise and envy were visible on Fiona's face then she put back on her mask of false friendliness.

"Oh, well, I think congratulations are in order, then. So, now I must leave you 3 to your grocery shopping because my fiancé is waiting for me and I promised to get some champagne for later. I'm sure we'll meet again on occasion! Goodbye, you 2! Oh, and Amy!" Fiona said then she headed for the meat section.

"Well, that was interesting." Amy said, freeing herself from Sonic's left arm, starting to push the shopping cart further through the fruits and vegetable section, crumpling up the shopping list in her right hand.

"You're pissed, aren't you?" Sonic asked following Amy, putting his left hand on her right arm.

Amy shook it off Sonic's left arm. "Of course I am." she said, stopping in her tracks to face Sonic. "Do you have any idea how I feel right now? Running into your gorgeous looking ex-lover while I look and feel like death warmed up? Do you have any idea how hard this pregnancy is on me?"

Sonic looked helplessly towards his older brother.

Shadow sighed, joining Sonic and Amy. "Hormones." he said to Sonic then he smiled down at Amy. "Well, to us you look beautiful, especially because you are with child. Our child! And Sonic was telling the truth. You are important to us, more than she ever was, more than any other girl we have dated. We love you, with body, heart and soul! And nothing will change that, no matter how many other ex-lovers we happen to meet again."

Amy believed Shadow but there was something in his statement that caught her interest. "How many are there?" she asked as she wanted to know.

"What?" Shadow asked confused.

Amy took a deep breath. "Ex-lovers. How many?" she asked.

Shadow and Sonic had never talked about former relationships for whatever reason, maybe it was a mistake that they hadn't. Maybe it would be a mistake to do so. But Amy needed to know with how many women Shadow and Sonic had shared their bed or how many women had taken them to theirs. Shadow and Sonic glanced at each other, seemingly communicating without words. Then, Sonic shrugged his shoulders, nodding slightly. Shadow sighed again.

"About 6? Maybe more..." Sonic asked.

"Maybe more?" Amy asked slowly.

Shadow shrugged. "It depends whether you just want to count the relationships or also a couple of one-night-stands..." he said.

Amy huffed and shook her head. "Oh, my god." she said, whispering and started pushing the cart again with both hands. Amy wanted to get out of here.

"Hey, I don't understand your attitude right now. I know that you are upset about meeting Fiona and I know that you are not well due to the pregnancy. But you must have certainly assumed that you were not our first lover." Shadow said to Amy.

Amy stopped, closing her eyes.

Of course, considering the 2 hedgehog brothers' talent in bed, it had been clear to her that they had some experience. Surely more than Amy. But Amy had thought. Well, to be honest Amy hadn't thought about Shadow's and Sonic's former lovers at all. Until now.

Shadow and Sonic approached Amy, tentatively reaching out to her. Amy let them touch her, feeling Sonic's left hand on her lower back, Shadow's right hand on her left shoulder.

"Everything okay again?" Shadow asked.

Amy nodded. "Yes." she said, whispering.

Shadow smiled genuinely down at Amy then he took her face between his hands, pressing their foreheads together.

Afterwards, Sonic did the same. "It's true, you know, we love you more than anything else in the world... well, except from our child. Or each other. And mom. Oh, and..." he said but was cut off.

Shadow cleared his throat. "It's okay, Sonic, you should better shut up now. Before you'll ruin everything again." he said.

That made Amy laugh because she couldn't be angry with Shadow and Sonic, not for long because she loved them, more than she was ready to admit. For now.

"Okay, I say, let's finish the grocery shopping and go home, let's have some tea and watch a movie or whatever it is you want to do Rose." Shadow said.

Amy smiled up at Shadow. "Tea sounds good. Herbal tea. And we should talk. Really talk." she said.

And Shadow, Sonic, and Amy would do so in private as they had already entertained the people in the supermarket enough with their drama and it was time to speak about the skeletons in their closests.

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20 minutes later.

The Hedgehog House.

When they came home from the grocery shopping, Shadow and Sonic helped their mother and Chuck to store the food in the refrigerator and the pantry, while Amy headed upstairs to lie down and take a nap in Shadow's and Sonic's room, she really was tired. When Amy woke up, the 2 hedgehog brothers were sitting on the other bed, a tray with 3 tea cups plus saucers and a teapot as well as a plate with sandwiches were waiting on the nightstand next to the bed she had occupied.

Shadow and Sonic smiled fondly at Amy.

"Hey, beautiful." Sonic said as Amy opened her eyes.

Amy stretched. "What time is it?" she asked, sleepily.

"Lunch time." Sonic said, grinning from ear to ear then he got up from the bed lifting the tray with both hands, unfolding the little legs attached to it and gesturing for Amy to sit up in bed, which she did.

Then Sonic placed the tray on the bed. "Chuck made us some sandwiches when we told him and mom that you were not feeling well and that we would prefer to watch over you instead of having lunch with the family. Mom made some herbal tea which should help you with your sickness. But she is worried, of course." he said, poured the tea into the cups with his right hand, handed one to his older brother with his left hand, placed a second one on the floor next to the bed while sitting down cross-legged, looking expectantly at Amy.

Amy frowned at the plate with the sandwiches as they looked delicious and she was really hungry, but she wasn't sure if she could risk eating. Maybe the tea would help Amy to keep the food down, so she lifted the cup to her lips with her left hand, taking a small sip. It tasted surprisingly good and sweet. "Why is it sweet?" she asked with a raised eyebrow.

Sonic shrugged. "Mom put some honey into it, said it would be good for you." Amy smiled fondly. "Yes, that sounded like Aleena." she thought.

Shadow, Sonic, and Amy sipped their tea in silence for a while then Sonic cleared his throat.

"So, what about the talking part?" Sonic asked.

Amy put her tea cup down, taking a deep breath. "Well, first of all, I'm sorry for causing that scene in the supermarket. I clearly overreacted." she said.

Sonic snorted. "Don't worry about it. You are allowed to overreact. It's just the hormones." he said, which caused Shadow to wrap his right knuckles against the back of Sonic's head.

"You are not very sensitive, are you?" Shadow asked, scolding his younger brother while kneeling down on the floor next to him.

"Ouch, that hurt!" Sonic said complaining, glowering at his older brother.

Amy giggled. "Boys, no fighting." she said in a mock serious tone but then she turned serious in earnest. "Yeah, maybe it's just hormones, but I really felt uncomfortable in that supermarket. I wasn't prepared to face any of your previous lovers and then, well, there was something about her that provoked me. Maybe it was her good looks or her perfect styling or the way she talked down to me, as if I wasn't good enough for you, as if she wanted to hook up with you two again." she said.

The talking helped Amy to come to terms with her feelings for the 2 hedgehog brothers, her insecurities concerning this relationship.

Shadow and Sonic exchanged a look for a moment.

"Well, I don't think she was interested in hooking up again. Did you see that ring on her finger? Her engagement ring? Shads and I would never have been able to afford something like that. And besides, our relationship with Fiona was more... casual. She had her fun with us, we had ours with her. That's it!" Sonic questioned.

Amy drew her eyebrows together, nodding. "And... what about the other girls you mentioned?" she asked finally, not being able to look at Shadow and Sonic.

"Well, I had my first girlfriend when I was 17 and we stayed together for 4 years." Shadow said. "She was the only girl who meant almost as much to me as you."

Amy felt a slight twinge in her stomach when hearing this, but she was thankful for Shadow's honesty.

"And I was 15 when I had my first girlfriend and I have to admit that I was totally in love with her for as long as it lasted, which was about 3 years." Sonic said while taking Amy's left hand into his right hand, entwining their fingers.

For some reason that hurt Amy more than Shadow's confession. Maybe because Amy enjoyed how emotional and affectionate Sonic was towards her, and she didn't want to imagine him acting the same way towards somebody else.

"And then?" Amy asked wanting to know, pressing his right hand slightly, looking him in the eyes.

Sonic shrugged. "After Perci and Staci Bandicoot, that were their names, they were twin sisters by the way, we never had separate girlfriends again, always sharing the same women. Of course, girls who are ready to have a threesome are normally not looking for anything serious." he said then and after a nudge from Shadow. "Of course, you are different. That's why we love you so much."

Sonic smiled at Amy and pressed a soft kiss to her left hand.

"Rose, you might not be our first, but you will definitely be our last!" Shadow said, gently stroking Amy's right cheek.

This confession prompted Amy's next reaction, pulling Shadow in for a heated kiss while Sonic had the presence of mind to place the tray on the far floor before joining in and since the single bed really was too small for 3, she slipped from the bed, onto the floor, into the 2 hedgehog brothers' arms.

Shadow and Sonic hadn't been intimate in quite a while because Amy wasn't in the mood for it feeling too unwell due to her constant sickness and being too stressed out due to her heavy workload and she was glad that the 2 hedgehog brothers had respected her wishes, never urging her, but now she wanted to feel, to touch, to taste them again, craving their kisses and caresses.

Amy let Shadow and Sonic undress her while helping them with shedding their own clothes and then, they were finally naked. Shadow was embracing Amy from behind, nuzzling her neck, cupping her breasts with both hands as he teased her nipples, while she could feel his hardness pressing against the small of her back, and Sonic was kissing down her stomach while gently spreading her legs, kissing her most intimate body part, pleasuring her with his mouth. It didn't take Amy long to reach her peak.

"Sonic!" Amy said yelling as she pulled on Sonic's quills with both hands.

Then, when Amy finally came down, Shadow and Sonic switched places, now Sonic was holding her, caressing her breasts with both hands, kissing her throat, while Shadow was settling down between her thighs, using his lips and tongue to satisfy her. Again Amy climaxed very soon, being still sensitive from her first orgasm. While Amy was shuddering with aftershocks, she felt something wet and sticky on her lower back.

"Sorry." Sonic said whispering into Amy's right ear then he kissed her temple.

"Oh my, did he just... Without being touched? Only from watching me cum?" Amy thought wondering, smiling smugly. "Well, he was quite young but older than me, after all."

And then when Shadow crawled up Amy's body, she noticed that his member also wasn't as erect as before.

"What's wrong Shadow?" Amy asked, looking questioningly at Shadow.

Shadow winked at Amy. "Took care of my own needs while pleasuring you, so that you wouldn't have to bother with it afterwards!" he said then he kissed her forehead.

Shadow, Sonic, and Amy rearranged their positions, settling down on the rug between Shadow's and Sonic's beds, the 2 hedgehog brothers pulling down a colorful wool blanket from one of the beds, spreading it over their naked, sweaty bodies, holding her close, all of them slowly dozing off.

"Ames? What about you?" Sonic asked, suddenly wanted to know.

Amy didn't understand. "What do you mean?" she asked.

Sonic was holding Amy from behind, his right hand gently caressing her stomach, while her head was resting on Shadow's furry white chest, listening to his heartbeat. Amy was surrounded by Shadow and Sonic's warmth and their scent, Shadow's like caramel and coffee, Sonic's like licorice and cinnamon, feeling secure.

But then Sonic elaborated. "Your ex-lovers. I remember you mentioning something before we made love for the first time, about your last time with a guy. You said he hadn't been gentle..." he said.

Amy closed her eyes, taking a deep breath. Amy would rather not talk about it, but Shadow and Sonic deserved to know the whole truth. After all, Shadow and Sonic had been honest with Amy as well.

Amy cleared her throat. "He... he raped me." she said to Shadow and Sonic, thus admitted it to herself.

"What?" Sonic asked sharply, sitting up looking at Amy with a horrified expression.

"Rose, oh, my god! I'm so sorry! Do you... want to talk about it?" Shadow asked as he was also sitting up, dragging Amy with him holding her close with both hands.

Amy nodded and then she told them everything that had happened when she was 21, how she went home with Mephiles, how he suddenly turned into a monster, hurting her, the shame she felt afterwards.

Sonic was hugging Amy from behind, kissing her quills. "Why didn't you tell us earlier? That was something we definitely needed to know before sleeping with you! We would have been more considerate then." he asked.

Amy smiled. "You were considerate enough for me. Both of you!" she said.

Shadow and Sonic fell silent again.

Shadow cleared his throat. "But he wasn't your only experience." he said.

Amy shook her head, smiling. "No, fortunately not." she said.

Amy told Shadow and Sonic about meeting her first real boyfriend when she was 15, how they had split up almost 2 years later, only to get together again when she had been 18 and met him coincidentally at university because they enrolled in the same course. This time, their relationship only lasted 1 year, but she finally lost her virginity to him. When Amy had been 20, she had met her last boyfriend before Shadow and Sonic, but the relationship had also been over after only 1 year, when she was 21.

"And you didn't have any sex during all those years? No one-night-stands?" Sonic asked unbelievingly.

Amy blushed. "No. My only attempt at a one-night-stand or a casual fling or whatever went terribly wrong, remember? After the rape I wasn't really interested in sex anymore!" she asked.

Shadow took Amy's face between his hands, looking into her eyes. "Well, obviously you changed your mind about that or... are you only doing it to please us? Because you don't have to, you know?" he asked to Amy.

Amy smiled up at Shadow. "Oh, don't worry, I'm not that selfless, I really enjoy the sex with you 2!" she said.

Shadow smiled down at Amy. "Good. But I think we should clean up, drink the tea and eat the sandwiches. I'm sure that sooner or later Mom or Chuck will ask us to help with dinner preparations and I'd rather not face them like this, naked and smelling of sex..." he said.

Both Sonic and Amy chuckled but agreed with Shadow.

...

Night Time.

1 hour later.

The dinner, cooked by Chuck and Aleena, looked and smelled wonderful. It consisted of steaks well-done for Amy, because she was pregnant, medium rare for Chuck, Aleena and her older sons, rare for Charles, whereas little Manik had some chicken, spinach because it was full of folic acid, something every pregnant woman needed, though the boys despised it and fried potatoes because it was Shadow's and Sonic's favorite.

Since Amy really felt better, Aleena's tea actually seemed to have helped her, she felt confident to eat and keep down this rather hearty meal she had already eaten one of Chuck's peanut butter and blackcurrant jelly sandwiches in the afternoon without throwing up afterwards.

However Amy could feel Aleena's eyes on her and whenever she looked up, the older hedgehog woman was regarding her with a concerned expression then, Charles dropped a bombshell.

"There was a rather interestingly young lady in our shop today, saying that she was friends with you, Shadow and Sonic." Charles said and the 2 hedgehog brothers turned rather pale while Amy dropped her cutlery onto her plate, startling everyone around the table, but especially little Manik, who immediately started crying.

Amy blushed. "I'm sorry." she said, lowering her gaze.

Chuck was busy to comfort his son, so he didn't notice the tense atmosphere.

"What friend?" Aleena asked sternly.

Charles shrugged while cutting his steak into little pieces. Amy could see the bloody meat juice gathering on Charles's plate and felt bile rising in her throat.

"A tall and beautiful red fox who has just signed a sales contract for a nice mansion in one of the neighboring towns, together with her husband-to-be, and asked if we could design and built the fence for their property as well as the front door." Charles said.

Sonic cleared his throat. "That's great, isn't it? It sounds like a huge order and will certainly bring a lot of money, considering her engagement ring her fiancé seems to be ri–ouch!" he said but was interrupted by his older brother who nudged him with his right elbow.

"Sonic! You really should learn when to shut up!" Shadow said.

Aleena looked between her brother and her sons, eyebrows drawn together. "How do you know about her engagement ring, Sonic? What's going on?" she asked.

That was too much for Amy. Mumbling an excuse, Amy rose from the dinner table and stumbled towards the bathroom, emptying her stomach. For a while Amy was only focused on her vomiting and her contracting stomach, until her body got rid of what little she had already eaten of the delicious dinner then, she felt a warm and gentle left hand on her back.

"You okay, dear?" Aleena asked.

Amy wiped her mouth with the back of her left hand and nodded.

Aleena gestured for Amy to sit down on the rim of the bathtub then she flushed the toilet and wetted a washcloth, which she handed over to Amy with her right hand. "Here, clean yourself up." she said.

Amy did just that, enjoying the feeling of the rough terry cloth in combination with the cool wetness and smell of fabric softener. Afterwards, Aleena offered Amy a toothbrush mug with lukewarm water with both hands so that she could rinse out her mouth.

"Thank you." Amy said then started crying, for whatever reason.

In an instant, Aleena was at Amy's side, hugging her, offering motherly warmth and comfort.

"Shh, my sweet girl, don't worry, the boys adore you, they would never risk what they have with you for a little bit of fun with some slut!" Aleena said.

In the background, Amy could hear Charles yelling at his nephews while Shadow and Sonic seemed to defend themselves and Chuck was alternately trying to calm down his distressed son and furious lover. Shadow and Sonic had revealed what kind of relationship their uncle had with Chuck.

Amy completely let go. It was the only motherly embrace Amy had received in quite a while, clinging to Aleena like a drowning woman, crying and sobbing as if there was no tomorrow.

When Amy was finally calming down, Aleena wiped away her tears with her thumbs, then kissed her forehead.

"So, let's now just wash your face and make you presentable, so we can go back to dinner and interrupt the men before they kill each other!" Aleena said.

Amy had to smile at that comment. For months Amy hadn't been sure if Aleena really liked her or was just interested in her womb and her ability to bear children. But now, after this moment they had shared, after the tenderness this woman had shown towards her, she was convinced that Aleena really liked her for who she was.

When Aleena and Amy entered the kitchen, Amy could see that Chuck and Manik had fled the scene, Charles was fuming, Sonic was pouting and Shadow looked really uncomfortable.

"I never want to see that woman or her goddamn husband setting a foot on our property again, is that understood?" Charles asked, glaring at his nephews.

"They are not yet married." Sonic said.

"Sonic!" Shadow said, angrily.

Aleena cleared her throat. "So what was this shouting match all about? I can see that you frightened away Chuck and my youngest son, Charles. This wasn't only about the possible infidelity of the boys, was it?" she asked.

Shadow winced. "Mom, how can you even assume something like that? We love Amy!" he asked, incredulously.

Aleena snorted. "Men. I know you, you are all the same. Though I raised you better." she said, her strong right arm was still wrapped around Amy's shoulders as she led her over to her chair then she sat down as well. "So? I'm still waiting for an answer. What was this all about?"

Charles sent one last warning stare at his nephews, then he turned towards his sister. "Well it's bad enough that this woman is one of your sons' ex-lovers, but what is worse is that this woman is engaged to T.W. Barker's son!" he said.

Aleena's eyes widened. "What? That bastard who is to blame for our parents' and grandparents' deaths?" she asked.

But Amy barely registered her words, the name 'T.W. Barker' was ringing a bell. Suddenly Amy remembered a sharp pain in her most private body part, a sharp pain expression on her face, a pressure on her wrists, a pressure on her mouth. An acid and metallic scent and taste. Valentine's Day. Amy couldn't properly breathe. And then, everything went black.

...

A few hours later.

When Amy came back to her senses, she was lying on Aleena's brown corduroy couch, from left to right Shadow and Sonic kneeling on the floor next to her Shadow's left hand on her left shoulder, Sonic's right hand in hers, their fingers entwined, Aleena was sitting on said couch, checking her pulse. Chuck, rocking a thumb-sucking Manik with tear-tracks on his cheeks in his arms, was also looking at her, a worried expression on his face.

Immediately, Amy tried to sit up. "What... happened?" she asked and was pressed back down by Aleena.

"Shh, my dear girl, nothing serious, you just fainted, Dr. Aardvark confirms that it's normal to happen to pregnant women from time to time... Here, drink this!" Aleena said, pressing an orange cup to Amy's lips with her right hand which smelled of different herbs and contained a warm liquid.

Amy made a face.

Aleena snorted. "I know, it doesn't smell and taste well, but according to Diane, it will help you with your sickness... and other pregnancy related problems." she said.

Then suddenly a tall gray furred middle-aged aardvark woman appeared behind Aleena, smiling fondly at Amy. "Hello, my dear, you really should try to relax, to let others take care of you, you are too tense, it's not good for the baby." she said.

The grey aardvark woman's words made Amy wince.

"Why was everybody in this stupid town suddenly informed about my condition? Why didn't I stay in the anonymity of my home? Watching movies, reading books, listening to music, like I did before she met Shadow and Sonic?" Amy thought.

Suddenly Amy felt bad for her own thoughts as she loved the 2 hedgehog brothers and she knew that they and their family were just concerned about her and of course her baby.

"So, why was I feeling such anger towards them from time to time? Was it really just the hormonal changes in my body due to the pregnancy?" Amy thought.

"Diane Aardvark is a midwife. She helped me through my pregnancy with Manik and his delivery. I called her already this afternoon because I was concerned about your constant sickness, and then I called her again after you fainted and she immediately agreed to come over and have a look at you." Aleena said.

Amy had mixed feelings about this. On the one hand, Aleena's care touched Amy, but on the other hand she felt patronized.

So Amy just smiled took a deep breath and tried to sit up again this time, Aleena let her.

"Thank you, Aleena. But I think I don't need a midwife. I'm already seeing a gynecologist. Actually I have an appointment with him Monday afternoon because of my morning sickness." Amy said, friendly but determined.

Aleena frowned. "Well, I'm happy to hear that, but seeing a gynecologist doesn't mean you can't also see a midwife, actually I was also seeing a gynecologist during my pregnancy with Manik." she said.

Amy considered Aleena's answer. "Maybe Aleena was right." she thought.

So Amy nodded, while smiling sweetly at Aleena. "Yeah, I'll happily let her examine me and will talk to her, if it appeases you." she said.

Aleena smiled genuinely at Amy, caressing her right cheek with her left hand. "Thank you!" she said.

…

A few days later.

Station Square.

Crème de la Crème.

Day Time.

When Amy entered the Crème de la Crème for a quick lunch, she couldn't believe her eyes.

Sitting at Amy's favorite table was someone she would rather not see a beautiful red fox woman, cunning. It was Fiona Fox.

Amy decided to leave immediately, but before she could flee, Fiona spotted her, calling out to her as if they were good friends. Well, according to Fiona, she once had been a good friend of Shadow and Sonic, maybe this circumstance made her believe that she was also good friends with her former lovers' girlfriend and the girl her fiancé had raped once.

"Hey, Amy, over here!" Fiona said.

Since Amy didn't want to cause a scene because some of the other guests were curiously looking at her, Amy took a deep breath, smiled a fake smile and went over to Fiona.

"Hello, Fiona what a surprise to meet you here." Amy said, unconsciously putting her right hand to her lower abdomen.

For a moment, Fiona drew her eyebrows together at the gesture, but then she was all smiles and politeness. "Yeah, what a coincidence! It's great to see you again, especially since you are looking better than the last time we met!" she said.

Amy had to admit that this was probably true. Diane gave Amy a mixture of different herbs she should use to brew a strong tea 3 times a day and taught her methods to relax. It was really helping Amy with everything she had to deal with, like the changes in her body, Sonic just claimed the other day that she started to show a baby bump whereas Shadow was not so sure, the mood swings, the cravings, the occasional morning sickness which now really only occurred at morning, job-related stress.

Amy remembered her good manners and answered smiling. "Thank you, you also look great" she said hoping, that her voice didn't sound as fake as she thought.

But Fiona simply smiled back and extended her left hand, gesturing towards one of the chairs. "Come, have a seat!" she said.

Now it was official. Amy would have to spend her lunch break with Fiona, if she hadn't wanted to avoid her colleagues' gossip, she would have spent lunch break at school. Amy couldn't decide which was worse, Fiona's company or her colleagues' chatter.

So, Amy sat down, ordering a peppermint tea when the waitress came over, serving Fiona's caramel macchiato.

Fiona took a sip, then she smiled blissfully, licking her lips before putting the glass back down with her right hand. "This is really good! No wonder our estate agent recommended this café to us." she said.

Amy remained quiet.

Fiona didn't seem to notice. "Anyway, I'm glad to meet you again without the boys. The situation in the supermarket, well, it was a little bit tense, wasn't it? I understand, you weren't feeling well due to your pregnancy and not prepared to meet someone from Shadow's and Sonic's past, but let me assure you leaving them and leaving town was my best decision. Otherwise I wouldn't have been able to push my career and make all this money and I certainly wouldn't have met my fiancé! So there is no reason for you to be jealous!" she asked.

Before Amy could say anything, the waitress brought her peppermint tea. Thankfully Amy took a sip with her left hand then she forced herself to smile. "Don't worry Fiona, I wasn't jealous. You just met me at a difficult moment. I have to admit, I really felt unwell, but now it's better. So no hard feelings!" she said, hoping that she sounded convincing enough.

Fiona studied Amy for a moment then she smiled broadly. "Fine! I'm glad to hear that." she said.

For a while Fiona and Amy were sipping their drinks in uncomfortable silence.

At some point, Amy had to go to the toilet.

...

5 minutes.

When Amy came back, Fiona had almost finished her caramel macchiato. Fiona and Amy were having some light small talk then Amy coming to the conclusion that the red fox woman didn't mean any harm and probably didn't know that her fiancé was a rapist and it wasn't her job to tell her.

"Anyway, it was nice to talk to you, Amy. I know, that we won't be friends, but at least we can be civil with each other when our paths cross the next time!" Fiona said then she gestured for the waitress to come over in order to settle her bill.

Amy frowned while finishing her own cup of tea, she wasn't sure but somehow it tasted a little bit off, bidding Fiona farewell then Amy also paid for her drink and left.

…

Station Square.

Scourge and Amy's Apartment.

Night Time.

When Amy woke up, she experienced a minor cramp in her lower abdomen as if she was getting her period but she was pregnant!

Panicking, Amy sat up in be, disentangling herself from Sonic on the right side, reaching over to switch on the bedside lamp on the left side. That was when Amy noticed something wet and sticky between her thighs and upon checking she saw that it was blood, pressing her hand to her mouth, she whimpered.

"That couldn't be!" Amy thought, sadly.

"Sonic." Amy said, whispering.

Of course, Sonic didn't react so Amy shook his left shoulder.

"Sonic!" Amy said.

Sonic woke with a start, looking at Amy with an unfocused gaze.

"What...?" Sonic asked, rubbing his eyes with his right hand.

"I'm... I'm bleeding!" Amy said.

Sonic needed a moment to understand Amy properly as he really wasn't a morning person, contrary to his older brother.

"You... What? What do you mean?" Sonic asked.

Amy took a deep breath in order to explain it to Sonic, when his eyes wandered down to her lap where a huge blood stain was visible on the front of her light yellow sleeping shorts.

Sonic's eyes widened. "Oh shit!" he said then his eyes met Amy's. "Amy, does that mean..."

Sonic didn't finish his sentence and just stared at Amy as she could tell that he was as afraid as she was.

"I don't know. I need to see a doctor." Amy said but didn't make any move to get out of bed.

Sonic ruffled his quills with both hands, obviously thinking hard. "Right. A doctor. I will call an ambulance. They'll bring you to the hospital. Don't worry, everything will be alright." he said, trying to reassure her but it didn't really work.

Amy knew what it meant that she was bleeding and having cramps. Amy was losing the baby!

Sonic got out of bed searching for his phone and when the bedroom door opened and Shadow walked in, a white towel wrapped around his waist, his black and red, spiky quills wet from the shower.

"You guys saw a ghost or something?" Shadow asked when he noticed Amy's and Sonic's frightened expressions.

Sonic scowled. "She is bleeding, you idiot!" he said, yelling at his older brother.

Shadow's eyes widened. "What? Rose, is that true?" he asked, concerned.

Amy simply nodded, tears burning in her eyes.

Now, Shadow also looked frightened, pressing his right hand to his mouth breathing hard, he seemed to think about what to do next while Sonic still searched for his phone.

"Right." Shadow said. "We'll call Mom. Wait! No, we'll call Diane. She will know what to do."

Sonic stopped his search. "What to do? We need to get her to a hospital!" he questioned.

Amy started shaking her head. "No. My gynecologist. Take me to my gynecologist. Maybe he can help." she said with a suspiciously low and panicked voice.

Shadow nodded. "She is right. Sonic, can you stop doing whatever it is you are doing? You are making me nervous!" he asked.

Sonic pouted. "I'm looking for my phone!" he said.

Shadow rolled his eyes. "You don't need your phone right now. You need to get ready! It's not yet 7 o'clock. I assume that the gynecologist's surgery will open around 8 o'clock. I'll get dressed and you should get dressed too! Do you... do you need help with cleaning up?" he asked, directing the last part at Amy.

Amy looked at Shadow with big eyes. "No!" she said, feeling embarrassed at the thought that one or both hedgehog brothers would help her to wipe away the blood from between her thighs from her private parts.

When Amy got up from the bed, she felt a slightly stronger cramp and could feel a gush of hot blood running down the inside of her thighs.

Of course, Shadow noticed and extending his right hand towards Amy's left hand.

"Come Rose, let's get those shorts off of you and clean you up a bit! Sonic, get dressed and put out some fresh clothes for her, something comfortable, and don't forget her underwear!" Shadow said to his younger brother.

The spiky cobalt blue hedgehog male swallowed but nodded.

Shadow however took Amy's left hand into his right hand, guided her over to the bathroom. "Let's clean away the blood." he said.

Amy hesitated. "I can do it myself." she said, whispering.

Shadow turned towards Amy. "I know that you can. But, please, let me take care of you!" he said.

Amy bit her lip and lowered her gaze, nodded.

Shadow was very gentle when pulling down Amy's blood-stained and sticky shorts and underpants with both hands, kneeling next to her looking straight into her eyes then he gestured for her to sit down on the edge of her bathtub, while he wetted a washcloth. Then Shadow came back to Amy, again kneeling next to her, nudging her knees apart so that he could wipe away the blood with his right hand.

Amy could feel her cheeks burning with embarrassment, yet she also appreciated the gesture. When the washcloth was more red than white Shadow got up and washed it out in the basin then came back to Amy, continued the cleaning.

Finally, Sonic brought Amy's temporary clothes, grey sweatpants, a long sleeved olive green t-shirt with a black bra and black panties, and Shadow helped her to get dressed.

"I need to put a pad in my knickers... s-so that I won't bleed all over the sweat pants..." Amy said, shyly.

Sonic furrowed his brow. "Where do you keep them?" he asked.

Amy gestured towards the shelf next to the basin. "Third drawer." she said.

Sonic rushed over to the shelf, took out a pack of pads, handed them over to Amy.

After Amy had placed one of the pads in her panties and was properly dressed, she tried to pull her quills together in a loose braid. Unfortunately, her quills needed straightening in order to be manageable, but she didn't care about it right now. Not under these circumstances!

Shadow and Sonic guided Amy over to the living room.

"Keep her company while I get dressed!" Shadow said.

Sonic nodded.

So Amy was sitting on her couch, doubled over because the pain was getting worse, while she could feel that more blood was seeping into her pad. Sonic's right arm was tightly wrapped around Amy's waist.

...

6 minutes later.

Shadow came back, now fully dressed in his temporary outfit light blue jeans, a white t-shirt and a black cardigan. "I wrote a note for Silver and Scourge." he said then they left the apartment.

Shadow, Sonic, and Amy took Amy's car. Shadow was driving while Sonic was sitting with Amy in the backseat, holding her close. At some point, Sonic took off his black hoodie with the red band logo and handed it to Amy with both hands.

"You're shivering. Take it." Sonic said.

"Thank you." Amy said to Sonic though she didn't elaborate that the shivering was rather due to fright, not cold.

To Amy the drive to the gynecologist seemed to last hours. Of course, Shadow, Sonic, and Amy were too early, the surgery hadn't opened yet, so they had to wait in front of the building. Shadow, Sonic, and Amy weren't the only ones though, 2 other patients were waiting there with them, looking curiously at her, from left to right standing between Shadow and Sonic, both hedgehog men supporting her because the cramps were getting worse by the minute. Furthermore, Amy feared that her pad wouldn't be able to absorb all the blood and other stuff that was rushing out of her and later it turned out that her assumption had been right, her sweatpants blood stained while she was still waiting for her turn to see the doctor.

...

Tommy Turtle Memorial Hospital.

Waiting Room.

Morning.

In the end, Amy didn't know how long she had to wait to be called into one of the surgeries, but by then she was convinced that it was too late, the cramps were too strong and there was too much blood, to save the baby.

Dr. Ovi Kintobor only confirmed it. Amy's baby had already died without her noticing Dr. Kintobor explained that officially she was 11 weeks and 4 days pregnant, but the baby was only as big as it would have been 4 days ago and he couldn't hear a heartbeat. The baby was dead, he or she had died in Amy's womb.

While Amy only felt numb not being able to even grasp the concept, Sonic started crying heartbreakingly, but neither she nor Shadow could comfort him, dealing with their own grief in their own way. Amy remembered Shadow turning pale while his facial features froze and thought that maybe she looked the same.

Dr. Kintobor explained to Shadow, Sonic, and Amy what was to be done next. Amy was in dire need of a curettage to remove everything from her womb as it could be dangerous to have the dead tissue inside of her, it could lead to an infection which could cause infertility or, in the worst case, lead to her death.

On the other hand, the surgery Amy had to undergo also harbored some risks. Amy's uterus could get damaged and then would have to be removed and she would never be able to have children on her own or, again she could get an infection afterwards. Which then would also lead to infertility.

However, the risks were higher if Amy didn't agree to the surgery so she did.

Amy's gynecologist called the clinic to make an appointment for her for the next day.

Amy couldn't really recall anything after her seeing her gynecologist and receiving the bad news. Amy barely registered the drive home, how Sonic helped her to take a shower or rather showered together with her, crying the whole time in order to clean away the fresh blood, Scourge assailing her with questions which Shadow answered in her stead, Silver explaining that he had told her school what was going when they called because she didn't show up.

Amy was like a puppet on a string, drank some water when Scourge put the glass to her lips, ate some soup when Shadow placed a bowl in front of her, went to bed when Shadow and Sonic guided her to her bedroom. Amy wasn't even embarrassed anymore when Shadow helped her change her pad.

...

Tomorrow.

Scourge and Amy's Apartment.

Day Time.

The next morning it was the same. Shadow and Sonic helped Amy to take a shower and get dressed, then they drove her to the clinic in her own car. Scourge and Silver went with them, following them in Scourge's car.

...

A few hours later.

Tommy Turtle Memorial Hospital.

Operating Room.

Amy barely noticed the preparations for the surgery, the paper she had to sign, the medication. At some point Amy had to change into a hospital gown, was hooked to an IV. Shadow and Sonic had to take their leave, both of them hugging Amy tightly, kissing her briefly and she could feel Sonic's tears, Scourge and Silver had already left, Silver looking extremely worried, Scourge openly crying and they were now sitting in the waiting area.

Then the general anesthetic was administered and Amy blacked out.

...

A few hours later.

Waiting Room.

From left to right, Shadow and Sonic were sitting in grey metal chairs in the clinic's waiting area, then from left to tight Scourge and Silver sitting a few feet in front of them.

The small hospital had orange walls, light grey metal chairs, grey linoleum floor, posters with pictures and information about the different stages of pregnancy, about women's diseases and STDs. Shadow felt silent tears burning in his red eyes while holding his younger brother Sonic, who was crying into his right shoulder. From time to time, Shadow rubbed Sonic's back with his right hand or kissed his quills.

Shadow looked over to his younger cousin, Silver. The white quilled young hedgehog man's left arm was tightly wrapped around Scourge, whose face was buried his face in his hands, his right shoulder's shaking. For a moment, Shadow caught Silver's golden eyes and there was some understanding between them. Scourge and Silver had to be strong, they were not allowed to cry as their only signs of grief were Shadow's red-rimmed eyes and Silver's deep scowl.

Shadow had been strong for Amy when the doctor found out that her child-their child-had died in her womb, now he had to be strong for Sonic while the doctors removed any trace that was left of their child from Amy's body.

Dilation and curettage, Dr. Kintobor had explained the procedure to them. To Shadow it sounded brutal and barbaric, but it was something that had to be done.

48 hours ago, everything seemed to be fine. 48 hours ago, Shadow was supposed to become a father or an uncle. Who knew. Now Shadow, Sonic, and Amy would never know. Shadow's child or Sonic's child wasn't allowed to live.

Shadow, Sonic, Scourge, and Silver were not the only people in the waiting area. Shadow looked at the right side and spotted a yellow male echidna that looked to be in his mid 20s who was holding a little orange wolf-echidna hybrid boy on his lap. The echidna man looked sad, the boy confused. Maybe the male echidna's wife or girlfriend underwent the same surgery at the moment like Amy. But the male echidna already held a beautiful and healthy wolf-echidna hybrid boy in his arms. Shadow and Sonic didn't as they only had each other.

11 weeks and 4 days. Amy Rose was 11 weeks and 4 days pregnant when the bleeding and the cramps started. There was so much blood and Amy was in so much pain. Life was not fair. Or maybe it was? Some people said that their relationship was unnatural, wrong, sinful. 2 brothers, Shadow and Sonic sharing one woman, Amy getting her pregnant. Maybe Shadow, Sonic, and Amy were punished for their lifestyle, for their relationship, their love.

But why? Shadow believed that love, true and honest love, could never be wrong or sinful and what he and Sonic shared with Amy was that kind of love. Real love.

The door to the waiting area opened and the doctor came out, wearing his usual outfit.

"Mr. Rose?" Dr. Kintobor asked.

Of course as Amy's older twin brother Scourge was Amy's next of kin.

The green hedgehog looked up, wiping away his tears with his left hand for a moment.

"Yeah?" Scourge asked then he reached for Silver's left hand with his left hand, seeking comfort.

Dr. Kintobor gave Scourge a sad smile. "According to the circumstances she is fine." he said.

Shadow let out a breath he wasn't even aware of holding.

Scourge looked relieved, as did Silver.

Sonic stopped crying and lifted his head from Shadow's right shoulder. "When can we see her?" he asked.

Dr. Ovi Kintobor looked at Sonic, frowning. "She is still under the influence of anesthetics and therefore sleepy. But one of you can go and sit with her." he said then left.

Shadow and Sonic shared a look, then glanced over to Scourge and Silver.

"Who should go?" Shadow asked.

Silver and Scourge looked at each other, then Scourge looked at Shadow and Sonic, his face serious.

"She is my sister, but it was your baby." Scourge said carefully to them. "I think one of you 2 should go."

"I want to go." Shadow thought.

But if it was Sonic's wish to go to Amy first, Shadow would let him.

Sonic cleared his throat. "I-I think it is better when you go, Shadow. I will definitely cry when I see her because now it's all over and I don't want to upset her even more. But you... you are as solid as a rock." he said.

Shadow took a deep breath, nodded, and stood up.

...

1 hour later.

When Amy came to again she needed a moment to understand what had happened, where she was. A male beige wolf doctor was checking in on her, a young green dog nurse tended to Amy then they left and she was alone again. Amy dozed off and only woke up when she felt a strong and calloused right hand holding her left hand. It was Shadow.

Shadow smiled down at Amy when he noticed that she was awake.

"Hey!" Shadow said

Amy frowned. "Where...where is Sonic?" she asked as she wanted to know.

Shadow reached out his left hand to push back a stray strand of Amy's long quills then he frowned as well. "Only one of us was allowed to sit with you. We decided it was better that I went to you." he said.

Amy wanted to ask why but feared the answer. Maybe Sonic's feelings towards Amy had changed. Amy wasn't carrying their child anymore after all.

"It's over, Shadow. It's all over now. Our baby..." Amy said.

Amy couldn't say more. It hurt too much. Amy wanted to cry, but she couldn't. For some reason Amy couldn't. There was still this numbness.

Shadow looked into Amy's eyes, then he got up from the chair he had been sitting in, settled down on the bed next to her right side, embracing her tightly. "I know." he said, whispering. "I know."

Shadow and Amy remained like this for quite a while until the doctor checked in on her again and decided that she was well enough to go home.

...

Shadow, Sonic, and Amy were silent when they climbed the steps to their apartment. Shadow's right hand was shaking as he unlocked the door. Amy went straight to their couch, lying down on the left side, facing the TV without switching it on. Amy's arms were still wrapped around her stomach. Shadow wanted to go to Amy, to take her into his arms, to comfort her, but he couldn't.

Sonic didn't even look at Shadow or at Amy, he went into their small kitchen, opening the fridge with his right hand, grabbing a beer with his left hand, sitting down at one of the chairs at the kitchen table.

Silver and Scourge arrived. While Silver joined Sonic in the kitchen, Scourge went straight to his and Silver's bedroom. Shadow looked at the blackboard in the kitchen. The last ultrasound image of their child was still pinned to it, but the child was no more.

Shadow sobbed as it was the first time that he lost his composure as he sat down on the living room floor, burying his face in his hands, and cried and cried even more by the second. Shadow felt 2 pairs of arms wrapping around him.

"It's okay, Shadow. You can cry, we are here." Sonic said.

Amy didn't say anything as Sonic just held Shadow, just like he had held her after the curettage, when they knew that everything was finally over.

When the telephone rang, Silver stood up and walked over to it before he answered with his left hand. It was Shadow and Sonic's mother, Aleena. Of course, Aleena wanted to know how everything went, but Shadow couldn't talk to her. Not now.

Sonic released Shadow walked over to the telephone and took it out of Silver's hand with his right hand as he told their mother that Amy was alright, but she lost the baby. Aleena was great as always and she promised to check in on them tomorrow.

When Shadow couldn't cry anymore, he stood up and went over to the couch, sitting down on the left side, Amy still at his side.

…

4 days later.

Scourge and Amy's Apartment.

Day Time.

Amy couldn't sleep.

Sitting on the couch in the dark living room, Amy's laptop on her knees, she was watching video after video about women who miscarried, who had stillborn babies, whose babies died within the first year due to sudden infant death syndrome. It wasn't fair, and it was so sad. Parents who mourned the loss of their child. Amy couldn't stop crying.

Each new video let fresh tears well up in Amy's eyes because she felt for them, she felt for all those potential mothers and fathers. Of course Amy did as she was one of them now.

This was how Shadow found Amy.

"Hey, what are you doing here, it's half past 3 in the morning?" Shadow asked quietly, coming over to Amy on his bare feet, wearing grey boxers and a red t-shirt then he frowned. "You are crying! What's wrong? Are you in pain? Shall I take you to the hospital?"

Amy shook her head and wiped away her tears with right hand. Amy hated to cry in front of others. So far Amy had been the only one not crying about the loss of their baby, Sonic had cried, as had Shadow and even Scourge. Silver didn't though. But it hadn't been Silver's child who had died, it had been Amy's!

"Why couldn't I cry about it? Why did I need to watch sad online videos in order to feel anything? What was wrong with me?" Amy thought, sadly.

And even Shadow thought that Amy was crying because she was in pain, not because she mourned their child.

"It's not fair!" Amy said sobbing, breaking down completely.

Shadow was instantly at Amy's side on the right, taking her into his arms holding her and kissing her quills. "Shh, I know. I know it isn't." he said.

Amy buried her face in Shadow's chest, deeply inhaling his familiar scent like coffee and caramel, not caring in the slightest that she was drenching his t-shirt with her tears and, well, snot.

Shadow didn't care either just holding Amy, being there for her, supporting her. Sonic wasn't, though. Sonic had barely looked at Amy and definitely not talked to her since the curettage, which had been 4 days ago. Maybe Sonic blamed Amy for the miscarriage. To be honest, Amy blamed herself somehow.

Amy remembered her anger after meeting a gorgeous looking Fiona in the supermarket while she looked terrible and even felt worse due to the symptoms accompanying her pregnancy. At that moment, Amy had wished that she weren't pregnant then, so that she would have been equal to Fiona, her boyfriends' ex-lover. Later, of course Amy understood how stupid her jealousy had been, both Shadow and Sonic had reassured her that Fiona had only been an affair, nothing serious. Even Fiona had admitted to Amy that she didn't regret leaving the 2 hedgehog boys because her life had only become better since then though Amy couldn't understand why, considering Fiona's terrible choice for a husband-to-be.

Suddenly, the thought of Amy meeting with Fiona unsettled her, almost as if that was the reason for her baby dying. Well, Amy didn't want to go down that road now, it was too much to grasp.

However, Sonic's behavior towards Amy had definitely changed.

Sonic had been so delighted about Amy's pregnancy and had acted very affectionately towards her the whole time she was carrying their child, barely being able to keep his hands off her, but now it was all over. Not only the pregnancy, but also Sonic's affection for Amy, she could tell. That was what seemed to hurt most.

"I miss him, Shadow, I miss Sonic so much! But... but he doesn't love me anymore! He thinks it's my fault that I miscarried!" Amy said.

Shadow tensed and grabbing Amy's upper arms, he held her at arm's length so that he could look into her eyes. "How can you say that? Do you know how much he is suffering? He loves you, Rose, but he also loved our child. He just doesn't want to upset you with his grief. He cries himself to sleep every night, he thinks I can't hear him, but I do! Of course you don't know, you don't let us sleep in your bed anymore..." he questioned.

Amy slapped Shadow's right cheek with her left hand but he was right of course. Amy had banned the 2 hedgehog brothers from her bed on the evening of her curettage because she couldn't stand their closeness, their grief.

It wasn't Amy's hardest punch, though. Being a kick boxer not only a ballet dancer, mind you Amy could have done better. Amy was glad she didn't. Pressing her left hand to Amy's mouth, she looked apologetically up at Shadow.

"I'm sorry, Shadow, I didn't mean to..." Amy said.

Shadow shook his head, smiling sadly. "Oh, I think you did! But I don't blame you, I shouldn't have talked to you like that. It was so wrong, verbally attacking a woman who has just lost a child... Man, if Mom knew this, she would have slapped me herself, or worse!" he said.

Amy could imagine that, a furious Aleena being angry with her oldest son. Amy laughed, while there were still tears streaming down her cheeks.

Shadow had to laugh as well while he loosened his grip on Amy's arms, suddenly frowning. "Did I hurt you? I know you bruise easily, so if this leaves any trace..." he asked then he shook his head, pulling up her sleeves with both hands, checking her peach skin.

"You didn't hurt me, Shadow, I know you never would, not on purpose." Amy said whispering, searching Shadow's eyes.

Shadow met Amy's gaze and for a moment they forgot everything around them.

"You should talk to Sonic, you know. He is very unhappy. And he misses you too. But he doesn't know how to approach you after what happened. You have to make the first step. I know my brother, he is waiting for you to reach out to him. You say that he blames you, but I think he blames himself, for whatever reason. Maybe he thinks that he no that we failed to protect you and our child." Shadow said.

Amy bit her lip and lowered her gaze. "I didn't know he was hurting that much. I was too focused on my own grief." she said.

Shadow put his right fingers under Amy's chin, forcing her gently to look at him. "And you have every right to. But don't shut us out, okay? We are all hurting and we all have to come to terms with the loss of our first child. Let's do it together, then. I don't want this, us, what we have, to crumble under the weight of grief. We have to be honest with each other, support each other." he questioned.

Amy knew Shadow was right and she would try to talk to Sonic. Tomorrow. Now Amy was just exhausted, emotionally, and physically.

"Shadow, can you stay with me? At least until I'm asleep?" Amy asked.

Shadow smiled down at Amy, kissing her forehead. "Yes, of course. But no more watching sad videos, oh, don't look like that, I'm not stupid, I know what you have been doing. And will you let me take you to your bed? I don't think the couch is big enough for the two of us!" he said.

Amy smiled up at Shadow. "Yeah, of course." he said.

So, Shadow carried Amy to her bed and settled down next to her, his arms protectively wrapped around her upper body. Shadow's broad chest touching Amy's back so that she could feel his body heat. It didn't take Amy long to fall asleep.

...

Tomorrow.

Morning.

When Amy woke up the next morning, Shadow was still holding her but he wasn't the only one.

Sonic was also in bed with Shadow and Amy, firmly pressed against her front, his arms tightly wrapped around her waist.

Amy assumed that at some point during the night, Sonic must have woken up and in search for his older brother, ended up in her room. Of course, when Sonic saw Shadow and Amy snuggled up like this, he didn't want to be left out and, therefore, took his place in her bed. Thinking about this scenario, Amy smiled.

Then Amy noticed the tear tracks on Sonic's cheeks and frowned as they were proof to what Shadow had told her, about Sonic crying himself to sleep because he mourned their dead baby. Amy's heart broke at that thought.

As soon as Sonic woke up, Amy would talk to him.

Amy would never allow anything to drive a wedge between the 2 hedgehog brothers and her.

...

10 minutes later.

Sonic woke up to see Amy looking at him sadly.

"Good morning, Sonic." Amy said.

Sonic hesitated. "G-good morning, Amy." he said.

Sonic and Amy became silent for a moment.

"Sonic, I'm so sorry for treating you like that." Amy said.

Sonic held Amy even closer. "You have nothing to apologize for. I should be the one apologizing to you, I ignored you." he said.

Amy started to cry before Sonic pulled her closer, kissing her forehead.

...

2 weeks later.

Kitchen.

Shadow came into the kitchen to see Amy sitting in one of the chairs and sipping some tea from a cup with her left hand. Amy placed the cup down and turned around to see Shadow staring at her.

Shadow and Amy became silent for a moment but felt like hours.

"W-w-we c-can... try again..." Amy said, whispering.

Shadow only nodded. Of course they could. And they would, of course.

...

1 month later.

Amy's Bedroom.

Morning.

Their first time after Amy's miscarriage was awkward.

Shadow and Amy were naked.

Shadow kept thrusting into Amy, hard and deep, but couldn't find his release, neither could she. Lying beneath Amy's right slim leg wrapped around Shadow's hips, the left one thrown over his shoulder, she was moaning and moving in his rhythm, but not climaxing. Shadow could feel Amy nails scratching his back with both of her hands with every thrust, maybe drawing blood, but he didn't care as they needed it rough and they liked it rough. At least Amy liked it rough with Shadow.

Shadow knew that Amy was acting differently when she was with Sonic as their lovemaking was always sweet and gentle, but she didn't choose Sonic tonight. Amy chose Shadow.

Shadow changed the angle, going faster, trying to make Amy cum. Shadow slipped his left hand between his and Amy's bodies, massaging her clit. Amy reacted immediately, arching her back, moaning deep in her throat. Shadow continued with the extra stimulation until he could feel Amy's body shaking beneath him, her muscles twitching around him and her tail wagging.

"Shadow!" Amy said, moaning.

That was all Shadow needed to reach his peak. With one final thrust Shadow spilled deep inside Amy. It wasn't the best orgasm of Shadow's life, but it was his first orgasm with Amy after she lost the baby.

Maybe Amy would conceive, maybe this time their child would live.

Shadow collapsed on top of Amy, breathing hard, burying his face on the left side of her neck, inhaling her sweet scent, like vanilla and cherries. Amy wrapped her arms and legs around Shadow's, kissing his forehead. Shadow was still inside of Amy, feeling their juices mingling, hoping that they created a new life.

"I love you, Rose." Shadow said whispering, pressing a kiss to Amy's collarbone.

Amy remained silent. It didn't matter to Shadow. Expressing Amy's feelings wasn't easy for her.

Then a knock at the door.

"Are you guys done yet?" Sonic asked.

Amy sighed, trying to sit up, pushing against Shadow with her right hand. Shadow got off of Amy, slipping out of her, almost instantly missing the intimate contact. The room smelled of sweat and sex. Shadow and Amy didn't put on any clothes, just covered themselves with a dark purple blanket.

"Yes, you can come in, Sonic." Amy said.

Normally, Sonic wouldn't have waited outside while Shadow and Amy had sex. Neither would Shadow when Amy and Sonic made love, but since the miscarriage something had changed between them.

Sonic opened the door with his right hand, waiting at the threshold, shyly looking at Shadow and Amy. Sonic looked so young and lost at the moment, it almost broke Shadow's heart. Almost.

"Do you mind if I join you tonight? I don't want to sleep alone." Sonic asked.

Of course. In all Shadow's life, Sonic had never slept alone. Sonic had always shared a room with Shadow and after they had met Amy, they had more often than not shared her bed. Literally and otherwise.

Amy smiled that smile she only used with Sonic, full of affection and love. "Of course." she said.

Shadow rolled his eyes. Amy's bed was only queen-sized, so with 3 fully grown animals in it, it was rather crammed. And Sonic was a restless sleeper.

But Shadow loved his little brother more than life, so he could manage. And it was less awkward for Shadow to lie stark naked in Amy's bed with his fully clothed little brother between them than without.

...

Tomorrow.

Morning.

Sonic was finally healing.

Of course, from time to time Sonic still thought about their baby and what could have been but never would be. From time to time Sonic still felt sad and even cried when no one was looking, but this happened less and less and it didn't mean he forgot about their child, though.

Sonic knew that Amy kept a small box with all the memorabilia of their child, like her positive ovulation test and her positive pregnancy test, the first ultrasound images, the light blue plush bunny Sonic had bought for their little one right after Amy had told them that she was pregnant because he was convinced that it was a boy, whereas Shadow and Amy thought that it was a girl, the poem she had written for their child when everything was over, after the doctor told them that the baby had died in her womb, after the miscarriage, the curettage.

Sonic, however, didn't need any items to remember their child. Whenever Sonic closed his eyes, he could see Amy and Shadow and himself with a beautiful baby hedgehog boy that was lavender and dark red like his older brother and him. This was how Sonic had imagined their child, their future with their child, now it was a memory for him. A memory of what could have been.

But Shadow, Sonic, and Amy weren't giving up as they would try again. But first, Sonic needed more time to heal.

Therefore, last night, Sonic didn't really respond to Amy's advances, unlike Shadow. It had been quite a while since they were last intimate due to the curettage Amy had to wait at least 3 weeks before having sex in order to avoid infection and then she wasn't in the mood but they decided to wait more than 7 weeks to continue.

However, Sonic didn't blame his older brother, but he couldn't stand the thought of getting Amy pregnant so soon after the miscarriage because it was possible that she miscarried again. It wasn't likely but possible and Sonic didn't want to lose another baby or be the cause for Amy's suffering.

And suffer Amy did. Not only when Amy's body tried to get rid of their dead child in a very bloody and painful way or when Dr. Kintobor told them that the remains of their baby and the related tissue had to be scraped from her womb, but also afterwards, when she was too sad to even cry.

But maybe now Amy was healing as well because last night she told them that she was ovulating and that she wanted to try again and Shadow was fine with it but Sonic couldn't. Amy understood.

And now, in the first light of morning, Sonic was lying in Amy's arms in her bed, with his older brother beside them, and for the first time in weeks he was sure that soon everything would be alright again.

Their first time after Amy's miscarriage was special.

It happened the morning after Amy and Shadow had been intimate without Sonic. It wasn't planned, at least not on Sonic's part, but when Amy started kissing him, still naked and smelling of sex she had with his older brother but still, his body responded. A part of Sonic was reluctant to touch Amy like that so soon after the miscarriage, images of her being in pain and heavily bleeding fresh on his mind, but she was ovulating and had set her mind on getting pregnant again.

And this time Sonic couldn't resist the temptation Amy's gorgeous body and beautiful face provided, unlike the night before. It felt like heaven, when Amy straddled Sonic, taking his cock deep inside her pussy. Amy felt so good, tight and hot and wet around Sonic. Lying on Sonic's back, while Amy was moving her hips, rocking back and forth, Sonic tried to cherish every moment of their union.

Sonic loved the sight of Amy on top of him, how her long pink quills spilled over her back, tickling his stomach with every movement she made. Sonic loved how Amy's small but well-shaped, pink colored breasts were bouncing up and down in rhythm with her motions, the feeling of her hands tenderly caressing his chest while their bodies were connected in the most intimate of ways and he loved the expression of pure ecstasy on her face, the sounds she made.

Sonic's hands roamed over Amy's body, stroking her flanks, her thighs, massaging her backside, her breasts then he brushed his thumbs over her dark pink erect nipples.

"S-Sonic!" Amy said, moaning.

Sonic could feel that Amy was close as was he.

Sonic let his hands wander over Amy's slim but strong arms, from shoulder to wrist, in order to entwine their fingers, never breaking eye contact with her. Those beautiful jade green eyes. Sonic felt that he could drown in them.

Amy increased the speed of her movements until her whole body went hard while she was arching her back. "Sonic!" she said, yelling.

Sonic could feel Amy's inner muscles convulsing, prompting his own release. It was pure bliss.

"I-If I died now... I would die a happy man." Sonic thought as he came down from his peak.

Amy then smiled at Sonic. "I love you, Sonic." she said whispering, leaning down and kissing Sonic's lips.

Sonic wrapped his arms around Amy, holding her close and pressing his forehead against hers. "Love you too, Ames." he said.

And Sonic did, more than he would have ever thought was possible for a man to love a woman.

Sonic rearranged their position, so that Amy was lying next to him, facing him, her left leg wrapped around his waist while he was still inside her, looking into each other's eyes, holding each other close, kissing.

"Finished?" Shadow asked.

Of course, Shadow had to ruin the moment. To be honest, Sonic had totally forgotten that his older brother was in bed with them. When he had woken up, Shadow had been fast asleep and then his focus was solely on Amy. Sonic didn't know if Shadow had been witness to the whole act and he didn't care. Shadow had Amy all to himself last night, now it had been Sonic's turn.

"Maybe. Maybe not." Sonic said, smirking.

Shadow laughed.

Then Sonic felt the mattress moving while Shadow also changed his position, spooning up behind Amy, wrapping his arms around her from behind. Finally, it was Shadow, Amy, and Shadow of them together again and who knew, maybe she conceived and they would soon be a real family.

...

A few days later.

Station Square.

Scourge and Amy's House.

Living Room.

Day Time.

When Sonic came home, he found Amy and Scourge sitting on the couch in the living room, talking quietly and sharing a bottle of wine while watching something stupid on TV.

Sonic immediately knew what that meant. "You didn't conceive." he said, simply.

Amy looked up at Sonic sadly. "No. Got my period today. I even did an early pregnancy test, just to be sure. But it was negative." she said then took a sip of wine with her left hand.

"Oh shit." Sonic said mumbling and sat down next to Amy on the left side, taking the glass out of her hand with his right hand, emptying it in one drain.

Scourge became annoyed with Sonic. "You know, this was no cheap booze, but one of my father's finest rosé wines!" he said.

Sonic made a face. "Well, to be honest, I didn't taste any difference." he said.

Scourge snorted. "Of course not. You have no palate for exquisite wines." he said.

Amy pinched the bridge of her nose with her right hand. "Guys, stop it, please. I can't stand your quarrels now." she said.

Sonic pouted. "He started it." he said.

Scourge shook his head. "You can be grateful that I allow you to live here, that I let you bang my little sister..." he said.

Amy got angry. "Scourge, stop it, will you!" she said.

Now Scourge pouted as well, but kept quiet.

...

20 minutes later.

From left to right, Sonic, Amy, and Scourge sat on the couch for the next hour, watching TV, without talking to each other. At some point Sonic put his right arm around Amy's shoulders and she leaned into him on the left side.

Then, Shadow came home.

"Oh, what a welcoming atmosphere." Shadow said, sarcastically while hanging his black leather jacket and messenger brown bag on the coat rack, shedding his shoes with both hands and crossing the room to join them on the couch.

"We didn't get her pregnant, Shadow!" Sonic said, as his older brother sat down next to him on the left side.

Shadow first looked at Sonic then at Amy. "Are you sure you are not pregnant?" he asked.

Amy sighed. "Yes." she said, looking almost as desolate as when she miscarried their first child. Maybe for Amy it felt similar.

Shadow nodded understandingly and tried to comfort Amy with the same words she had used on him, after his breakdown. "We can try again." he said.

A sad smile crossed Amy's face. "Yes, and we will." Amy said and reached over Sonic's lap to clasp his left hand with her right hand.

Sonic entwined their fingers. Sonic noted this gesture of affection and smiled to himself while kissing her left temple. "What's for dinner?" he asked.

It was Scourge who answered, while his gaze was glued to the TV screen. "Silver promised to bring some pizza when he comes home." he said.

Everything seemed to be normal.

...

1 week later.

Day Time.

Shadow, Sonic, and Amy wore each other's names on their skin.

Sonic's name was inked in curved, black letters on the inside of Shadow's left wrist, while Shadow's name adorned the inside of Sonic's right wrist in the same manner. Shadow and Sonic were brothers, they loved each other and belonged together, always and forever, and they wanted the whole world to know that and then, later, there was Amy as she belonged to them as well.

Therefore, one night after Shadow, Sonic, and Amy had gone through the whole ordeal of her miscarriage and their failed attempt at getting pregnant again, she told them about her decision to get the insides of her wrists tattooed as well, with their names, Sonic on her left one, Shadow on her right one, a token of her love for them.

Shadow and Sonic were overjoyed, deciding spontaneously that they would also get Amy's name inked into their wrists because they belonged together, loved each other, all three of them, and they wanted to show just that.

And so, finally, Amy's name graced the inside of Sonic's left wrist and Shadow's right wrist, and their names hers.

Eventually, hopefully sooner than later, Shadow, Sonic, and Amy would be connected by their child, the child being the proof of their union, but until then those tattoos were their connection, proving their unusual bond and they didn't care anymore what other people thought about it.

Shadow remembered a red mongoose woman with shoulder-length black hair in the drugstore in Station Square, Amy's hometown one Saturday night, dressed in a light yellow skirt, a long sleeved white shirt, brown sandals, hair perfectly styled, looking disdainfully at them as they were buying their first pregnancy test together. Amy was almost 2 weeks late, something which hadn't happened since her teenage days.

Shadow and Sonic were overexcited, touching, embracing, kissing Amy; it was clear to see for everyone that Amy was involved with them both, that either one of them could be the father.

"People with such low morals shouldn't become parents. It's a shame! Decent women, married and faithful to their husbands, can't have children, but the likes of you..." the red mongoose woman said then shook her head and walked past them.

It was like a slap in the face, especially to Amy. Shadow would never forget Amy's devastated expression. Shadow wanted to counter something, to take verbally revenge, but it was Sonic who said.

"Well, having sex with only one man your whole life doesn't make you a good person, as having sex with two men at the same time doesn't make you a bad one!" Sonic said as his voice was rather loud, so several people turned their heads into their direction.

The red mongoose woman froze.

Shadow was afraid that the whole situation would escalate, so he grabbed his little brother's right arm with his left hand while wrapping his right arm around Amy's shoulders.

"Let's go." Shadow said simply.

Shadow, Sonic, and Amy did just that, paying for the pregnancy test and leaving.

And then, their child, this child, tiny and innocent in its mother's womb, died later, cursed by this woman, intolerant and narrow-minded, and others like her.

But now Shadow, Sonic, and Amy were stronger, their love, their bond, was stronger. It wasn't only about sex, it was more, all-encompassing, it was about friendship, trust, desire, love. A unique relationship, sacred as any other between people who truly, deeply cared for one another. Shadow and Sonic had always known that they were inseparable, and finally they found the perfect woman, to love, to cherish, who understood.

And the names they wore on each other's skin were proof to that. Like wedding bands and friendship bracelets, only different.

...

A few days later.

Scourge and Amy's Apartment.

Amy's Bedroom.

Sonic loved being inside Amy.

Not only during coupling, but also afterwards, staying inside for as long as possible, prolonging the feeling of closeness, of connectedness, sometimes even growing hard again while still inside, which then led to another round of love making.

Sonic knew that Shadow felt different as his brother had told him that, of course, for some time after sex he enjoyed the feeling of her around him, Amy's tight and hot wetness, the intimate contact, but not all night long, like Sonic did.

That was one of the reasons why Sonic always let his older brother have Amy first, so that he could take his time with Amy later, cherish her, pleasure her the way he thought she deserved and he was convinced that staying that long inside her afterwards contributed to her becoming pregnant, because this way he prevented at least to some extent their seeds, his and his older brother's from immediately and completely trickling out of her, so that it had more time to find its way into her womb, to impregnate her.

Of course, Shadow, Sonic, and Amy didn't always make love only in order to become pregnant but this time they did again.

Propped up on his elbow, appreciating all of Amy's reactions, Sonic quietly watched as his older brother took her from behind, both of them kneeling on the bed, her backside tilted upwards while she supported herself on her forearms and eyes closed, holding Sonic's right hand with her left hand, while Shadow kept thrusting into her, hard and fast, his fingers pressing deeply into the flesh of her hips, bruising, both of them moaning. Sonic didn't know why but he loved to see Amy together with his older brother, as Shadow enjoyed seeing her with him. To some people it seemed unnatural, kinky, but to Sonic and Shadow it felt right. And Amy didn't mind, accepted it, even liked it.

Then Sonic could see Amy's whole body going hard before shaking.

"Shadow!" Amy said loudly as she reached her peak.

Sonic noticed Shadow thrusting a couple more times into Amy before following her over the edge, groaning deeply, then collapsing on top of her back, his arms wrapped tightly around her waist, pressing light kisses between her shoulder blades and on her neck.

Even though Shadow and Amy liked it rather rough during sex, they always showed their affection for each other before and after with gentle kisses and caresses.

Shadow and Amy remained like this for a while, until their breathing became a little bit calmer, then Shadow pulled out of her, causing her to gasp, before settling down on his back, covering his eyes with his left forearm, sighing contently.

Now it was Sonic's turn, pulling Amy over to him, until their bodies were aligned while she was facing him, still lightly panting, her cheeks flushed.

Sonic started kissing Amy, first softly, then with more stamina until she was pressing her body close to his so that he could feel her erect nipples against his furred chest, the wetness between her legs against his crotch. Sonic wasted no time rolling Amy onto her back, settling between her thighs while she wrapped her legs around his waist, slowly and carefully guiding himself inside of her. Sonic and Amy both moaned when he was all the way in, just enjoying for a moment the feeling of being connected like this then he started moving, pushing in and out of her deliberately and deeply, his eyes never leaving hers.

At some point, Shadow drew closer, lying next to Amy on the right side, also propped up on his right elbow, cupping her left breast with his left hand, teasing her nipple with his left thumb, kissing the sighs and little screams from her lips.

It didn't take Amy long to climax, her inner muscles rhythmically clenching around Sonic, prompting him to come as well, crying out her name, seeing stars.

When Sonic finally came down lying on top of Amy, his face firmly pressed into the crook of the right side of her neck, breathing in her vanilla and cherries scent, he was still inside her, intending to stay like this for the rest of the night.

It was Shadow who draped a blanket over all 3 of them with both hands, settling close to Amy, gesturing for her to place her head on his right arm, which she did. Shadow, Sonic, and Amy didn't speak a word but didn't have to as they knew how they felt for each other.

And Sonic was sure that this time Amy would conceive. Amy had to.

After their initial immediate success which ended dramatically with Amy's miscarriage, they had already missed one cycle and failed the other.

Now it would happen. Sonic felt confident about this.

...

2 weeks later.

Scourge and Amy's House.

Living Room.

Evening.

When Shadow came home, he found from left to right Amy and Sonic sitting on the couch in the living room or rather, Amy was sitting while Sonic was lying on the couch, his head resting on her lap while her fingers played absentmindedly with his quills. Sonic and Amy looked expectantly at Shadow.

Shadow took his time to hang his messenger bag on the coat rack and shedding his shoes with both hands. "You guys are bored or something?" he asked while heading into the kitchen, opening the fridge with his right hand and grabbing a bottle of beer with his left hand.

"Shadow, can you please come in here for a sec? We need to tell you something!" Sonic asked, impatiently.

Shadow chuckled, but obeyed his little brother. Meanwhile Sonic wasn't lying on the couch anymore but sitting next to Amy.

Taking a swig from his beer, Shadow entered the living room again. "So? What is it you have to tell me?" he asked, looking from Sonic and Amy.

Sonic seemed to be about to burst while Amy just appeared content. Nevertheless, they waited a moment, exchanged a glance and after a slight nod from Amy.

"We are pregnant!" Sonic said.

Shadow almost dropped his beer. "What? Are you sure?" he asked.

Amy nodded, smiling. "Yeah, I'm almost a week late and I did a pregnancy test this morning. It was positive!" she said.

"Oh my, that's great, Amy!" Shadow said and crossed the room, kneeling down in front of her, putting his beer down on the coffee table before taking both of Amy's hands into his, kissing them.

Amy beamed.

Then Shadow felt a pair of arms wrapping around him. "We did it, Shadow! We got her pregnant again. Now, we will become fathers!" Sonic said.

Shadow reciprocated his little brother's hug, but couldn't help to feel a little bit worried. A couple of months ago, they had already been in this situation. And it ended badly. Of course, Shadow hoped for the best, but there was no guarantee that Amy wouldn't miscarry again or something else could go wrong.

"Is something wrong?" Amy asked, running her right hand through Shadow's spiky black and red quills. "Aren't you happy?" she studied his face with her intense green eyes.

Shadow forced himself to smile as he didn't want to burden Amy with his worries. "Of course, I'm happy." he said, taking her face between his hands, kissing her lips and released her before he stood up.

"Come on, let's go out tonight, let's celebrate! Where are Silver and Scourge?" Amy asked. "I don't know for sure, but I think Silver is still at the university and Scourge is at the gallery, planning his exhibition."

Shadow nodded. It would have been nice to include them as well, knowing that Silver was still mourning a child he didn't even know existed until it was too late and that Scourge, who was convinced to never have children on his own, would love Amy's child with all his heart but if they had other things to do, well then they would celebrate with Amy's twin brother and their cousin later.

Nevertheless, tonight Shadow wanted to take out his little brother and their girlfriend for a nice dinner.

...

Restaurant Swa.

Evening.

The restaurant looked rather fancy, black and white interior, red flowers on the tables, modern art on the walls.

Shadow was glad that he had been able to make reservations for this evening on short notice as he couldn't hide his smile while he was following the young waitress to their table for three. From left to right Sonic and Amy were directly behind Shadow, he could hear them giggling and whispering with each other and when he turned around, he saw that Sonic's right hand and Amy's left hand were connecting, acting like newly weds.

Shadow knew that Sonic and Amy had already made love that afternoon. Sonic had confessed it to Shadow while he was taking a shower, getting ready to go out after a long and hard day of work, because the good news about her pregnancy had totally overwhelmed his little brother, as he explained, and he wanted to show Amy how much this, how much she meant to him but despite their agreement to never have sex with her or the lovers they had shared before her without the other knowing or while the other was absent, it didn't bother him. Maybe because Shadow felt that all the rules that he and Sonic had established and all the agreements they had made didn't really apply to this relationship. It was something special, unique. Amy belonged to Shadow and Sonic, they belonged to her. Nothing could, nothing would change that. Period.

And if Sonic was honest he had somehow already ignored that agreement himself when Amy had tried to seduce them some time after her miscarriage in order to get pregnant again. Sonic had refused Amy whereas Shadow couldn't resist the temptation her beautiful face and gorgeous body provided. So, while Sonic was sitting in the living room, watching TV, he had sex with Amy in her bedroom, though, admittingly, Sonic took his turn the next morning.

As soon as Shadow, Sonic, and Amy were seated, the waitress lit the candle and asked them what they wanted to drink. Shadow would have liked to order a bottle of champagne to really celebrate their baby, but he thought that it would not be fair if he and his little brother drank alcohol while Amy couldn't so she just ordered a bottle of water. The way this place looked, the water would sure, enough cost almost as much as a bottle of champagne.

Then, when the waitress brought them the menus, Shadow could see for himself how much something simple like a bouillon or a salad cost and he felt his suspicions confirmed. Maybe this restaurant was not really what they could normally afford, but Shadow felt that Amy deserved this treat after all she went through.

"Wow, Shads, did we win the lottery or what?" Sonic asked.

Shadow chuckled. "No, Sonic, but don't you think that once in a while we should take out our girlfriend to a nice restaurant? And don't worry, little brother, when I say we I mean of course that I will pay tonight, even for your dinner." he asked.

Sonic rolled his eyes at him while Amy took his left hand into her right hand.

"Thank you, but that wouldn't have been necessary. You two are too good to be true!" Amy said.

Amy leaned over to Shadow, kissing him on the lips then she turned towards Sonic, kissing him as well.

Shadow heard someone at the table next to theirs gasp and he froze.

...

The family sitting at the table next to theirs was clearly offended by what they had just witnessed.

Sonic could see it in their faces, or rather in the face of the brown chipmunk woman who was in her mid 40s, with fake breasts, peroxide neck length blonde hair and a face that definitely underwent too much plastic surgery, orange eyes, in her usual outfit, a beige dress that reached her knees and beige high heels, her husband, a dark brown squirrel, looked to be in his late 40s, short black hair, dark blue eyes, in his usual outfit, a light grey tuxedo, white dress shirt, and black shoes, that sat there with a neutral expression and the 2 squirrel-chipmunk hybrid kids, a boy and a girl in their early teens, looked rather confused and curious. The boy had brown fur, short blonde hair, blue eyes, and he wore his usual outfit, a blue vest over a white shirt, long green pants, and yellow belt on his belt buckle and the girl had brown fur, shoulder length black hair, long sleeved lavender dress that reached her ankles.

"I can't believe they let people like this eat here, it's disgusting." the chipmunk woman said.

Sonic got furious. "People like what?" he asked.

Sonic could feel Amy's right hand on his left arm.

"Sonic, please, don't make a scene." Amy said whispering, smiling apologetically at the family.

Luckily, Shadow came to Sonic's aid.

"Sorry Amy, but Sonic is right. We deserve an answer. What do you mean with 'people like this'?" Shadow asked.

The squirrel man sent a warning glance at his wife and shook his head. "Nothing, my wife just thought out loud. We didn't mean any offense." he said.

However, this comment seemed to infuriate Squirrel's wife.

"Of course, as always, you are backing out, George. Could I ever count on you in my life to support me? No, you just simply ignore the things you don't like." the chipmunk woman asked then she turned again towards Shadow, Sonic, and Amy. "Working class people like you and your friend who don't know how to behave in a place like this and people like the little whore you two brought along!"

Sonic couldn't believe his ears. Did this woman really call their girlfriend and the mother of their child a whore? This remark seemed to anger Amy as well.

"Excuse me, what did you say about my boyfriends and me?" Amy asked as she wanted to know.

The chipmunk woman raised her left eyebrow. "You understood me pretty well... whore." she said.

Sonic was shocked and glanced questioningly at his older brother, they couldn't let this woman get away with this, they needed to act. Sonic could see that Shadow seemed to agree, slightly nodding. But before Shadow and Sonic could do anything, Amy laughed humorlessly and shook her head.

"I can't believe that we have to endure insults from intolerant people like you when all we wanted to do tonight was to go out and celebrate my pregnancy. And, yes, it's exactly as you assume: I don't know who the father is, it could be either one of them. So, now please don't bother us any longer!" Amy said then she turned her attention back to the menu.

Sonic was impressed. "It seems to be true what they say about pink hedgehogs. They're not only very passionate in bed but also really have a temper." he thought.

Sonic sent a victorious look at that chipmunk woman, then started to peruse the menu as well, hoping that he would never be on the receiving end of Amy's anger.

...

1 hour later.

It was supposed to be an ordinary night out, with good food, some drinks well, in Amy's case without alcohol, due to her pregnancy and a lot of fun because Shadow, Sonic and Amy wanted to celebrate Amy's pregnancy with Scourge and Silver as well.

Until Shadow, Sonic, and Amy ran into this dark grey hedgehog with greyish-blue streaks and his two friends, a green hawk and a green woodpecker outside a pub. Sonic would never forget how Amy tensed, trying to hide behind Shadow and him, her fingers digging into his left arm and then, when he looked over to his cousin and Scourge, he saw a similar reaction.

On Scourge's face, pure disgust and panic was visible and considering what Silver had told them about Scourge's past, Sonic understood. This was the guy, Mephiles who did not only rape Sonic and his older brother's girlfriend but also their cousin's boyfriend. Big, bulky, brutish, macho. The description fitted perfectly.

"Please, let's go!" Amy said, whispering.

Sonic nodded as Amy was carrying his, no his and Shadow's child after all and he didn't want to endanger her or the baby. Exchanging a glance with Shadow, Sonic saw that his older brother agreed.

Then Mephiles provoked them, laughing out loud. "I'd never imagined that the 2 of the best fucks of my life hanging out together! Amelia and Scourgey? Am I right?" he asked.

This was obvious and the names were close. Mephiles couldn't mean anyone else.

Sonic could have lived with it but Silver seemed to have a different idea. "Scourge? Is that him? The asshole who hurt you and made you bleed?" he asked as he wanted to know.

Scourge simply nodded.

Amy froze. "What did he say?" she asked sharply, turning her gaze towards her older twin brother, understanding dawning on her face.

"Oh, shit." Sonic said.

Until then Amy didn't know what had happened to her old twin brother and Scourge didn't know what had happened to her.

"He did this to you too?" Scourge asked, scowling.

Amy bit her lip and nodded.

Scourge balled his hands into fists. "You disgusting bastard! How could you! How could you hurt my sweet and gentle sister? How could you even dare to touch her?" he asked.

Mephiles the Hedgehog laughed. "Dare to touch her? She was like a bitch in heat, couldn't wait to have my cock inside of her cunt!" he asked.

Sonic wrapped protectively his left arm around Amy's shoulders, looking at his older brother.

Amy had confided in Shadow and Sonic, telling what had really happened with that guy, Storm.

Shadow moved in front of Sonic and Amy to shield her from that bastard and his insults but Amy countered Mephiles's claim.

"Yet that doesn't give you permission to hurt anyone during sex, I told you to stop, pleaded with you, but you hit me and held me down. And that's rape!" Amy said.

Mephiles narrowed his eyes. "Rape? I don't need to rape anyone. People are having sex with me willingly. And I like it rough, if they don't, well, then that's their problem, not mine, Bitch!" he asked.

Sonic's eyes turned from emerald green to crimson red. Without thinking twice, Sonic stormed towards Mephiles, punching him in the face with his right fist as he knew that of course, Mephiles and his 2 bird friends would strike back, but for him it was worth it as this bastard had hurt Amy and now he was even taunting her. Sonic felt how someone, surely Mephiles's 2 friends, grabbed his arms, holding them behind his back then hit him into the stomach with his right fist. It hurt like hell, especially when Sonic heard Amy scream his name as he hated that he caused her to worry.

"You asshole! First you hurt my girlfriend then my little brother!" Shadow said, coming to Sonic's aid, attacking Mephiles as well, but was restrained by Mephiles's hawk friend.

"Your girlfriend, freak? I thought she is together with the blue rat here!" Mephiles asked then he punched Sonic again into the stomach with his right fist, before hitting Shadow into the face with his right fist, kicking him in the groin hard with his left leg.

...

6 minutes later.

Sonic couldn't say what hurt more, the punch he received or to see how his beloved big brother was beaten up.

"That's enough!" Silver said.

Their younger cousin definitely tried to help Shadow, moving in front of him to shield him from more blows, defending him.

"Ah, Silvey, let's just chat about your lover, shall we? Does the Princess still cry like virgin on her wedding night when he gets a cock shoved into his ass?" Mephiles asked.

That provocation made Silver furious as he tackled Mephiles to the ground, hitting him several times until Mephiles cried for his friends to help him and they did. Sonic felt the grip on his arms loosen, then he was free while his captor tried to get Silver off of Mephiles, supported by Mephiles's woodpecker friend who had held Shadow.

Sonic glanced into his older brother's direction. Shadow was kneeling on the ground, doubled over. Of course, Sonic wanted to help his younger cousin, but first he had to make sure that his older brother was alright then, to his relief, he saw how Scourge came to Silver's aid, while Amy stormed over to Shadow, checking on him. Sonic knew that Shadow was in good hands, so he decided to help Silver and Scourge to fight against that bastard and his friends. And together they were able to win the upper hand in the conflict.

"Come on, Mephiles, let's go! The white hedgehog is as crazy as fuck, like a berserk! They all are! I don't want to end up in hospital tonight!" the green woodpecker said, grabbing his companion, taking flight.

Mephiles however stayed. "That's not the last time we've met, assholes. And if I run into any of you the next time, I'll fucking kill you." he said then he looked seethingly at them, then bolted as well.

Sonic could see how Silver and Scourge embraced tightly, then they were fussing over each other's wounds. Sonic stumbled over to Amy and Shadow, who were both kneeling on the ground, Amy's arms wrapped around Shadow while he was leaning against her.

"Shads? You okay?" Sonic asked, placing a hand on his older brother's back, lowering himself down next to him.

Shadow tried to smile. "I'll live, Sonic, though I'm quite glad we already knocked Amy up, I don't think I will be of any use in the bedroom for the next couple of weeks." he said.

The 2 hedgehog brothers chuckled, then Sonic hugged Shadow, pressing their foreheads together.

...

6 weeks later.

Tommy Turtle Memorial Hospital.

Day Time.

Sonic hated the waiting room at Amy's gynecologist.

The last time they had been here, all three of them, was when Amy had lost their first child. Sonic remembered vividly how Amy had been sitting in one of the fake leather chairs, doubled over, bleeding, being in pain, wearing her old green sweatpants, blood stains visible, and the grey hoodie with the logo of Sonic's name on it in blue letters on the front he had given her because she was shaking, her quills in a disarray, her face pale.

Sonic sat on the left side of Amy while Shadow sat on the right side of her, trying to shield her, although they hadn't been really able to shield her or their child from any harm as they had failed. Shadow and Sonic had failed protecting Amy and they had failed protecting their child. Of course it hadn't been their fault nor Amy's that something had gone wrong, the child being in trouble. But Shadow and Sonic had promised each other then and there that their first priority would always be to protect Amy and their child, no matter what.

Sonic would never forget the curious and sometimes even judging stares of the other patients because it was clear that the three of them were involved in some kind of relationship, both he and Shadow had been busy to comfort Amy, like rubbing her back with his right hand, embracing her, kissing her quills. But not all stares were just curious or plain judging as some were sympathetic, especially when people noticed Amy's blood-stained pants.

From left to right, Shadow, Amy, and Sonic had been sitting like this in the waiting room for almost over 2 hours because they had had no appointment, as the receptionist had explained, about 2 hours in which Amy had been in pain, bleeding, being afraid. About two hours in which he and his brother had felt completely helpless, useless, devastated.

Yes, that was why Sonic hated this place. But this time, they didn't have to wait that long.

The young nurse who led them into the surgery looked confused when all three of them got up. "Please only the patient and the father-to-be." she said.

Shadow and Sonic shared a glance.

"Yes, that's what we are, all three of us." Sonic said.

Shadow chuckled.

The nurse raised an eyebrow but didn't say anything.

Sonic was thankful for that as he wasn't in the mood to defend their relationship. They had been in that position too many times by now.

On purpose, Sonic nudged his older brother, signalling that each of them should be taking one of Amy's hands into theirs. Shadow understood, doing as Sonic suggested. Amy looked questioningly at both Shadow and Sonic but remained silent and that was how they entered the surgery.

Dr. Ovi Kintobor smiled at them.

Sonic liked the guy as Dr. Kintobor was rather old and wise and didn't judge. All those weeks ago when Amy had lost the baby, Dr. Kintobor had been very understanding, taking his time to examine Amy, finding out that she had lost the child, handing Sonic some tissues as soon as he started crying, explaining to them patiently and detailed what had happened that Amy's baby, no their baby, had somehow died in her womb several days ago and now her body wanted to get rid of the dead baby as well as the placenta and the amniotic cavity, therefore she had been experiencing the cramps and started bleeding severely, her endometrium shedding, and what the usual procedure was, meaning that Amy would have to undergo some surgery in order to make sure that everything was removed from her womb, that she wouldn't get an infection which could lead to complications like infertility.

And what Sonic especially liked about Dr. Kintobor was that he had been furious with the receptionist who had let them wait that long despite the fact that Amy clearly had been an emergency.

Now, Amy was lying down so that Dr. Kintobor could do an ultrasound in order to find out how far she was into the pregnancy, though Shadow and Sonic already knew that it must be about 7 weeks, as the doctor confirmed, since they could remember the night their child must have been created, how the little one was doing.

For a moment, Sonic experienced some kind of déja-vu as he last time they had been in this situation, he had had a vision of a hedgehog boy with Shadow's red marks, Amy's eyes and lavender quills. Sonic had even already secretly named the child, despite the fact that Amy and Shadow also would have had a say in this.

This time however, Sonic couldn't envision their child for a moment he saw a hedgehog girl with purple quills and his emerald eyes then he saw a little boy with Shadow's quills, but instead of red marks he had orange marks, and Amy's jade green eyes. Maybe it is a good omen, Sonic tried to reassure himself that means everything is possible, nothing will go wrong this time.

Then Dr. Kintobor raised his eyebrows, looking surprised. "Oh, well, that's interesting. And unexpected!" he said.

Sonic could feel his heart leaving out a beat, then resuming its activity with double speed. Instinctively, Sonic grabbed Shadow's left hand with his right hand.

Amy went pale. "What's wrong?" she asked breathlessly and Sonic took her hand into his free one, expecting the worst.

Shadow's stomach clenched at Dr. Kintobor's words.

"Oh no! Not again." Shadow thought, fearing the worst.

And then, when Sonic took his left with his right hand and Amy, brave, strong, gorgeous.

"What's wrong?" Amy asked.

Shadow thought that it was over and that they were not destined to become parents.

So, for a moment Shadow pressed Sonic's right hand with his left hand then reached out his right hand to place it on Amy's left shoulder. If there were bad news, Amy would need all the support she could get. Yes, it was also Shadow's or Sonic's child that might be in trouble, but this was something that happened inside of Amy's body. Shadow was sure he couldn't even imagine what it must be like for Amy.

But then fortunately, Dr. Kintobor explained. "Nothing's wrong, Ms. Rose. Don't worry. It's only that I can hear 2 heartbeats and see two amniotic cavities. That means you are expecting twins. Fraternal twins. Congratulations to you and... the...father?" he asked.

Shadow couldn't believe his ears. So the baby, no babies were fine. "Babies. Twins. Oh, my god. 2 children." he thought he would faint.

Sonic, however, seemed to be confused. "What does that mean, 'fraternal twins'?" he asked.

It was Amy, who explained it to him. "It means non-identical twins." she said.

Sonic needed a moment to digest that then, he was enthusiasticly happy. "Awesome! 2 babies! This time, we really were successful, Shads. I am certain that one is mine, the other yours!" he said.

Shadow and Amy blushed as they never openly told Dr. Kintobor about their relationship, but now Sonic didn't leave a doubt about how they were interrelating.

"I don't think it works like that, Sonic." Shadow said as that was all that he could say.

Dr. Kintobor had other ideas. "Oh, biologically, it does. I don't want to imply anything, but if the mother has sexual intercourse with 2 different partners around the time she is ovulating, the offspring when being fraternal twins, as opposite to being identical or identical twins, can have 2 different biological fathers. Despite the fact that from a medical viewpoint they would not be considered twins then." he said.

Shadow didn't even want to contemplate what that meant as he and his younger brother and Amy had always dreamed about one child.

When Shadow and Sonic had met Amy for the first time, they had made sure to convey that they wanted to sire the child together, so that neither knew who the father really was but now, this condition offered completely different options. On the one hand, it could be that both babies were fathered by either Shadow or Sonic. On the other hand, it could be like Sonic suggested, and what Dr. Kintobor confirmed, that he and Shadow had both been lucky to impregnate Amy.

Amy, who had remained quiet so far, just commented. "My older brother and I are non-identical twins. I didn't know that this could be genetic."she said.

Dr. Kintobor shrugged. "Considering the possibility of having fraternal twins, it is genetic." he said.

Shadow was happy and he really was but he couldn't show it like Sonic.

Sonic was leaning down towards Amy, kissing her. "I love you, Ames. I love you so much!" he said.

Sonic just patted Amy's right shoulder with his left hand. "Yeah, it's great. Wow!" he said.

Amy looked up at Sonic, drawing her eyebrows together, while her lips were locked with Sonic's, but he just shook his head. Later. Sonic would explain everything to Amy, but later. Amy needed to understand that yes, Sonic was happy, but that he was also worried about the news.

As far as Sonic knew, being pregnant with twins wasn't easy for the mother and also included risks for the babies. Sonic just didn't want anything bad to happen to Amy's or their child or children again.

...

6 weeks later.

Scourge and Amy's Apartment.

Day Time.

"This apartment is definitely too small for 5 grown up animals I don't want to even imagine what it will be like when the babies are born!" Shadow said then sighed, settling on the couch next to his younger brother on the left side who was watching something stupid on TV.

The spiky cobalt blue hedgehog immediately looked at Shadow, sighing as well. "I know! Only this morning I walked in on a half naked Scourge in the bathroom. He screamed bloody murder and threw his hair straightener at me!" he said, complaining.

Shadow chuckled. "I really regret to have missed that!" he said, mumbling.

Sonic shrugged. "I'm sure you will get the chance to witness something similar in the near future. But anyway, it's annoying that we have to make a schedule for using the bathroom! Why can't Scourge and Silver stay at Scourge's place? Or why can't Scourge move out so that we, Amy, you and me have the apartment to ourselves?" he asked.

Shadow frowned. "Honestly? You know that Scourge still lives with his parents, so there's no privacy. Furthermore, Scourge owns half of this apartment, remember? So why should he move out? We are the intruders here." he questioned.

Sonic groaned. "But soon we will be a family, have babies, we need some space! You and I, we have saved some money, maybe we can convince Scourge to sell his share of the to us? Then we 2 can live here with Amy and our children" he asked.

For a moment, Shadow study his answer.

It was December and Amy was already 3 months pregnant with their twins. Sure, if Scourge moved out, the apartment would be big enough for a small family. Scourge's bedroom could be the nursery then. Yet babies tended to grow into toddlers then kids and finally teenagers, meaning that at some point in the future the apartment would become too small for their family anyway. And maybe Shadow, Sonic, and Amy would have more children than just the twins, who knew?

No, buying Scourge's share of the apartment would not be the ideal option.

"Maybe we should get our own place." Shadow said.

Sonic raised his eyebrows. "Seriously? You think that Amy, you and I should buy our own home? That would be so cool! I mean, I like this flat, especially since Amy has furnished and decorated most of it. Yet I think it would make us feel more like a real family if we three go to an estate agency, tell them what we want and need and then have a look at all our potential new homes!" he asked.

"You make it sound as if it is a game to you. Sonic, buying a house is serious business!" Shadow said, reminding his younger brother.

Sonic pouted. "You never take me seriously! Of course I know that buying a house is not a game! I know that we have to make the right decision, make sure that we are able to pay the mortgage and so on." he said.

Shadow buried his face in his hands.

Shadow was tired after a long and hard day of work and could kill for a hot shower, a cold beer, and a hearty meal.

Yet the bathroom was currently occupied by Scourge and it was Scourge's turn to make dinner, meaning that they would be eating something without meat and calories and taste.

"I'm sorry, Sonic. For me you are still the shriveled up and reddish looking baby that Uncle Charles put into my arms when I was 2 and 1/2 years old." he said.

Immediately Sonic wrapped his arms around his older brother and leaned his head on the older one's right shoulder.

"It's okay, Shads, I know that you love me!" Sonic said.

Shadow reciprocated the embrace and for a moment just enjoyed the peace and quiet with his little brother.

"When will Rose be home?" Shadow asked.

Sonic shrugged. "Late, I think. She went shopping with Blaze, then they wanted to have an early dinner at this fancy new asian restaurant before going to the movie." he said.

Shadow drew his eyebrows together. "I don't like the idea of her being on her feet the whole day. She should take better care of herself. I don't want her to have another miscarriage!" he said.

Sonic huffed. "Don't let her hear that. She doesn't like being patronized. By the way, I don't like it either that she is always so busy nowadays. But she says going out is not stressful and provides a good opportunity for her to relax." he said.

Shadow nodded slowly. That made sense. Shadow and Sonic used to go out in order to relax as well before they met Amy. Shadow vividly remembered his and his younger brother's drunken sprees, like bar brawls, blackouts and one night stands, but that was all in the past now as he and Sonic had become rather domestic.

"I just worry." Shadow said whispering, burying his nose in Sonic's cobalt blue quills, inhaling the familiar scent of licorice and cinnamon closing his eyes, feeling content.

"Eww, can you please stop that? I find it kind of disgusting to see you 2 cuddling on my couch!" Scourge asked.

"Oh yeah? Do you know what I find disgusting? Some of your green quills in the shower every morning!" Sonic asked.

Shadow bit his lower lip in order to prevent himself from laughing.

"Whatever! I just wanted to let you know that dinner is ready!" Scourge said shallowly and stormed back into the kitchen.

"Do we really have to eat the dinner he has cooked?" Sonic asked quietly.

"We don't have an excuse not to." Shadow said, disentangling himself from his younger brother.

Sonic grinned deviously. "Well, we can tell him that I'm sick and you have to take me to the doctor... Once we're out, we can go and eat somewhere else." he said.

Shadow shook his head, smiling fondly. "Good plan, yet I'm afraid I'm too exhausted to leave this apartment. So I'd rather eat Scourge's tasteless dinner than going out." he said.

Sonic sighed dramatically. "Fine! But if I die tonight of food poisoning, it's your fault, meaning that I will come back as a ghost and haunt you for the rest of your life!" he said.

Sonic got up from the couch, extending right hand to Shadow. "Well, then, old man, I'll help you!" he said.

Shadow took his brother's hand and let himself being pulled to his feet. "Just you wait, you rascal!" he said

Then both 2 hedgehog brothers laughed.

...

7 months later.

New Mobotroplis.

Day Time.

The living room looked gorgeous, as far as Shadow could tell. Shadow and Sonic's mother and Amy's mother had outdone themselves by decorating it. Grinning from ear to ear, Shadow let his camera sweep over the room, capturing everything on film, the tables, the floral arrangements, the candles.

Of course, Aleena had tried her best, considering the fact that Sonic's wedding would be the only one in this family since Shadow would never marry, Amy was the only woman he really loved and since she would become his older brother's in 30 minutes, that ship had definitely sailed, of course, reconsidering everything, Blaze had also grown into a fine young woman and if she hadn't already committed herself to Knuckles, Shadow would still have considered her a possible bride and Manik with his autism would definitely have difficulties to find a woman to marry once he had grown up.

Actually, the camera had been a present Amy and Sonic had given to him for his 29th birthday in April, after Sonic had revealed to Amy after drinking too many beers and too much schnapps on New Year's Eve that Shadow liked filming and taking pictures maybe in another life he would have become a photographer or a director, who knew, but he was stuck in this life now, she had insisted on buying him this expensive camera and of course Sonic had agreed, despite the fact that they were short on money.

With the advance of Amy's pregnancy, it had become more and more clear to them that sharing a 3 bedroom apartment with Amy's older twin brother and Shadow and Sonic's cousin wasn't the ideal option and they had started to look for affordable houses to buy since Amy didn't want to rent anything. And then, in November, Aleena had found that cute little house in the next village, perfect for them and their requirements. Amy had instantly fallen in love with it and all 3 of them had signed the contract, meaning that shortly before Christmas they, Shadow, Sonic, and Amy had moved into the new house and Silver had officially moved in with Scourge, buying Amy's share of the apartment.

So, yeah, all of them had become pretty boring.

Then, Shadow felt someone tapping his right shoulder. Turning around, Shadow could see that it was his little brother.

"Shadow, I can't do this!" Sonic said, looking pale and sweating.

Shadow frowned, turning the camera off. "What do you mean, Sonic?" he asked.

Sonic swallowed hard, trying to loosen the black bow tie Shadow had just secured around his neck a couple of minutes ago. So, Shadow played his "big brother card" by slapping Sonic's hands away.

Sonic cleared his throat. "I mean the wedding, it's too big! What if I screw up?" he asked.

Shadow wasn't sure what his younger brother meant. "Screw up?" he asked.

Sonic nodded enthusiastically. "Yeah! What if I forget my marriage vows? Or what if the ring doesn't fit? And afterward, at the reception, what if I get too drunk to... perform later?" he asked.

Shadow couldn't help but chuckle, wrapping his arm around his younger brother's shoulders. "Oh, Sonic, I think being drunk has never before affected your ability to... perform. Besides, Rose already knows about your prowess in the bedroom, so this wouldn't be a problem. And I'm standing right next to you during the ceremony, so if you forget your vows, I'll be there to help you out. And the ring must fit if she didn't put on 10 pounds in the last 2 weeks." he said, trying to reassure his younger brother.

Sonic sighed, then he embraced Shadow tightly. "I love you so much, Shadow, I wouldn't be anything without you." he said, although the wedding hadn't already started.

Shadow had to wipe away Sonic's tears with his left hand.

...

Critically, Amy regarded her reflection in the mirror as she was wearing a sleeveless, strapless wedding dress in off-white Aleena had advised her to choose this color since it complimented her complexion and after having given birth, bright white would have been unfitting because this color was supposed to symbolize virginity, made from wild silk, and a veil of the same color made from Brussels lace.

Maybe Amy should have waited with the wedding until she was in shape again, not only 8 weeks after giving birth to twins and while she was still breastfeeding.

"You look gorgeous, Ames, stop making that face, it's your wedding, not your funeral." Shade said, stepping up to her and placing her hands on Amy's bare shoulders.

"I'm fat!" Amy said complaining, turning towards her childhood friend.

Although Shade and Amy didn't see each other that often any more, they still shared a special bond.

"You are not fat, you've just got some womanly curves! I'm sure your husband-to-be will appreciate it mine certainly does." Tikal said from her place on one of the chairs.

Tikal was 7 months pregnant with her first child and the pregnancy was taking its toll on her body.

Amy drew her eyebrows together. "Do you say that your husband is checking me out?" she asked.

Tikal chuckled. "Well, I don't think Yanar is checking you out, he better not if he wants to keep certain body parts but he mentioned to me that you now look more like a woman and not like a girl." she said while taking a sip from her cup with herbal tea with her right hand.

It was a special blend for pregnant woman, one of Diana's recipes. After her good experience with the midwife, Amy had recommended her to her friend Tikal.

The door opened and Tikal, Shade, and Amy all turned around, it was Blaze.

Blaze blushed because all attention was focused on her. "Have you seen Sticks?" she asked, looking only at Amy.

"No, sorry." Amy said, picking at her quills with both hands which was arranged in some kind of fancy half-up.

Aleena had found a picture of this hairstyle in one of her magazines about the rich and the famous and claimed that it would look wonderful on Amy, so Scourge's mother, Nancy, had styled Amy's quills like that only a couple of hours ago, before Shade had applied Amy's make-up.

Blaze made a frustrated sound. "That girl will be the death of me! She is supposed to change into her flower girl dress! The ceremony is about to start in thirty minutes!" she said tearing her fur, almost ruining her perfectly arranged lavender fur.

Shade rolled her eyes, walked over to the table on which a bottle of rosé champagne was resting, filled one of the champagne flutes and handed it to the younger animal woman.

"You need to relax, girl." Tikal said then after briefly glancing at Amy she filled another champagne flute and walked back to her.

"Here, drink this, you are as tense as your little friend over there," she whispered. Amy frowned. She knew that Shade didn't really like Blaze and that Tikal barely tolerated her, but why she had no idea. Blaze had been so nice and welcoming when Amy had met her for the first time, so that they had instantly become friends.

"Oh, Shade, I can't, I'm breastfeeding." Amy said, rejecting the champagne.

Shade rolled her eyes again. "You told me that you were pumping milk all morning so that your brother-in-law can feed the babies with your precious milk instead of using formula when baby-sitting them while you will be having lots and lots of sex with your new husband on your wedding night!" she said.

Amy turned bright red. "Shade! I've never said such a thing!" she said.

Shade, however, turned towards Tikal and they laughed.

"I know, you would never say anything like that, yet what do you think a wedding night is about, hey?" Shade asked.

Amy shook her head. "No, I can't drink this now, I still have to pump some more milk and I still want to breastfeed Eclipse and Coral as long as possible today. Later, okay? I will drink with you later." she asked.

Shade regarded her for a moment then she smiled and took a sip of champagne with her right hand.

When Amy turned towards Blaze because she wanted to know if everything was all right with the boys, especially with little Manik who would be their ring bearer Amy still remembered the argument Chuck and Aleena had after Chuck had informed her about their pediatrician's suspicion that Manik might be autistic, Aleena had flat out refused to do any more tests while Chuck wanted to know what was going on with his son, she could see that Blaze was re-filling her champagne flute.

"Blaze? Are the boys ready?" Amy asked.

Blaze took a large sip of champagne with her left hand. "Oh yeah, Shadow and Sonic are bickering like an old-married couple because Sonic doesn't like wearing a bow-tie and Shadow insists that he needs to wear one for his wedding, Scourge and Scourge are getting drunk with the booze Vector has originally provided for the bridegroom and his best man, and Chuck and Charles are instructing Manik that he has to bring the rings to you and Sonic when Antoine says the key word." she said then emptied the glass of champagne before re-filling it again.

Amy sighed. Everything seemed to be as normal as it could be with Amy's family and friends.

...

Sonic was nervous as he was finally tying the knot and with the woman of his dreams, nonetheless. Yet Sonic wished that Shadow hadn't insisted on him wearing that damned bow-tie, it was really strangling him. But if Shadow insisted...

Sonic was still grateful that his big brother didn't mind him marrying Amy, although they had promised to love and cherish each other equally till the end of all days, no matter what, only a couple of months ago after Amy had lost their first child and she had decided to have her wrists tattooed with Shadow's and Sonic's names to show her commitment to them.

And Amy had remained serious about that promise. While Amy and Sonic had been deciding on wedding bands, she had made it clear that she also wanted to have one commissioned for Shadow as well, with the same engraving and made from the same material to show him that he was still an integral part of their relationship. Of course, Sonic had complied. For Sonic, Shadow was his other half, he couldn't imagine a life without his big brother. Therefore, proposing to Amy had been a bold move on Sonic's part.

"Stop fidgeting." Shadow said whispering.

Sonic obeyed.

A part of Sonic regretted that he and Shadow had condoned that Scourge and Scourge had drunk almost all of the good Irish Whiskey that Vector had provided for the bridegroom and his best man. Yet Knuckles had talked Sonic and Shadow out of really drinking it since it wouldn't be good if the bridegroom babbled his marriage vows without really meaning them. Maybe if Sonic had had more than just a few sips from Scourge's glass he wouldn't be that nervous now.

And then the music started:

" I heard there was a secret chord

That David played and it pleased the Lord

But you don't really care for music, do you?"

The whole congregation stood up and looked expectantly towards the entry of the small chapel where they had all gathered.

And then a 12 year old Sticks with freshly skinned knees and a messy ponytail, Sonic knew why she had been playing soccer only 10 minutes ago with some of the boys whose parents had also been invited to this wedding and who were some distant relatives of Chuck made her entrance, wearing one of those flowery and lacy dresses she actually despised, throwing freshly plucked flowers to her left and her right while sporting a smile that rather looked like a grimace.

"The poor thing! I don't know why Mom insisted on her being the flower girl." Sonic said but Shadow just shushed him.

And then, Blaze, the Maid of Honor, followed, wearing a sleeveless and strapless, knee-long, lavender colored nightmare made from taffeta and tulle, smiling as if this was her wedding and not her friend's.

When Blaze spotted Knuckles in the crowd she enthusiastically waved at him with her right hand and Sonic couldn't help but feel nauseous due to his cousin's infatuated expression and maybe he even made some gagging noises.

"Sonic, get your act together, will you!" Shadow said, hissing.

Sonic tried to behave and look all responsible and serious in spite of everything else.

And then Amy made her entrance, looking more beautiful than ever and Sonic was sure that he certainly looked as infatuated with as Knuckles had only a few moments ago:

"Well your faith was strong but you needed proof

You saw her bathing on the roof

Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you"

Amy really looked gorgeous, Sonic could hear his older brother gasp next to him and couldn't help but think.

"Mine!" Sonic thought.

Yet this wasn't right, Amy still belonged as much to Shadow as she did to Sonic, no matter what. Amy had made this decision when agreeing to marry him and Sonic was cool with it. They only needed to tell Shadow again who still seemed to believe that he had been excluded from their relationship, although Sonic and Amy had told him otherwise on several occasions.

...

Shadow couldn't help but feel proud of his little brother though he had to chastise him several times while waiting for the bride's arrival. Sonic looked so handsome and all grown up in his black 3 piece suit, the light blue button-down shirt and the black bow-tie their mother had made herself.

It was the same bow-tie Charles wore, yet their uncle was wearing a 3 piece suit in dark-blue as well and a white button-down shirt, while Shadow had decided to honor their late uncle Luke, who had died 15 years ago, by wearing his old, dark grey 3 piece suit, the same light-blue button-down shirt like Sonic to show their brotherly bond, and a brown bow-tie which had belonged to his father, as Aleena had reluctantly revealed, and which matched his new patent brown leather shoes he would most certainly never wear again.

Maybe it had been a mistake to go shopping with Scourge and Knuckles who had seemed to be over-excited about dressing up and forcing their friends to get dressed-up as well.

Yet, when looking at the ladies, Shadow felt relieved. Wearing suits and uncomfortable shoes wasn't as bad as wearing those nightmarish dresses. Whereas Aleena and Amy's mother wore classic sheath dresses his mother in dark-blue and Amy's mother in dark-green, Amy's friend Shade wore a lemon-colored, sleeveless, long evening dress made from wild silk and lace, with a very low-cut V-neck and a flared skirt, her friend Tikal wore a knee-long, apricot-colored sleeveless and strapless, form-fitting cocktail dress made from taffeta, accentuating her enormous baby bump honestly, her stomach was almost as big as Amy's had been, though she had been expecting twins.

Yet, those dresses were nothing in comparison to Sticks's and Blaze's.

Whereas Sticks had been forced to wear a yellow dress with a floral pattern in lavender and off-white to compliment Amy's and Blaze's dresses, lace applications and puffy sleeves Shadow remembered his mother uttering her wishes and Amy's mother providing the design while both women were sipping Baileys, Blaze wore a monstrous dress which rather distorted her slim, petite figure instead of accentuating it unlike Shade's and Tikal's dresses, so that her décolleté appeared to be too bony, her breasts too flat, her waist-hip ratio almost non-existent. Maybe Aleena had chosen this dress on purpose so that Blaze who was about 2 years younger than Amy wouldn't steal the bride's show.

However, Shadow couldn't complain about Amy's appearance; she looked gorgeous, as always, taking his breath away. Yet Amy wouldn't be Shadow's, but his younger brother's, though Sonic and Amy had assured him that nothing would change their unique relationship.

Shadow just couldn't believe it. For Shadow, marriage vows were sacred, and after Sonic would pledge himself to Amy and she would pledge herself to him, he couldn't imagine that they would still consider him an equal partner in this relationship.

But that wasn't a problem. Shadow loved his little brother more than life, so as long as Sonic was happy, he would be happy too.

And then the real ceremony started.

Amy was standing next to Sonic, beaming at him and beaming at Shadow, who was shyly smiling back, while Zax the Echidna, their pastor who had already baptized Shadow, Sonic and Manik when they had been little babies), was jabbering about unconditional love and devotion, that the love between a husband and his wife was sacred and that 'what God hath joined together, let not man put asunder'.

Then it was time for the ring bearer to bring forth the rings and contrary to Amy's engagement ring, Shadow had had no say in the choice, which Manik accomplished without any incident, making Chuck and Charles proud.

The rings were beautiful, made from damask steel and titanium, displaying different shades of black, coal, grey and silver in a wave-like pattern, something extraordinary, as was fitting for his little brother and their, his bride.

Sonic's fears had been unfounded, though. Sonic had no problems remembering his marriage vows which he had written together with Shadow after getting drunk on stout ale.

"I pledge myself to you, and I promise to be your best friend, your lover, and your companion. I promise to help you raise our children. And to overcome all obstacles together with you. There will be no one else in this world who loves and cherishes you more than I do. Whatever lies ahead of us, we will face it together. This is my sacred vow to you, my comrade, my teacher, and my accomplice. I will love and respect you now and forever." Sonic said.

As was arranged, Sonic put the custom-made ring on Amy's left ring finger after saying those words.

Then it was Amy's turn to say her vows before placing her ring on Sonic's left finger.

"I take you to be my partner for life. I promise to live in truth with you and to give you my hand and my heart. They should be a sanctuary of warmth and peace for you. From now on, we will walk hand in hand together, joining our love and our lives, breathing, laughing, hurting together, forever." Amy said.

Shadow was touched, really touched and he wasn't the only one. Chuck, who had been filming the ceremony in his stead since it wouldn't have been fitting for the best man to have a camera attached to him during his little brother's wedding was sobbing shamelessly and Shadow hoped that the pictures weren't blurred since he really wanted to show them to Eclipse and Coral one day.

"I declare you to be husband and wife. You may now kiss the bride." Zax said.

Shadow was sure that he had never before, well except for the twins' birth, seen his baby brother that happy before.

...

1 hour later.

The wedding reception went really well.

After the ceremony had ended, there seemed to be an endless queue of well-wishers who wanted to congratulate the newly-weds.

"Now you are one of us, Ames, welcome to the club." Shade said while embracing her friend tightly, kissing her on the right cheek.

"Yeah, we definitely need to meet more often from now on, to complain about our husbands, like real wives do." Tikal said jokingly, embracing and kissing Amy as well.

Then the 2 animal women turned towards Sonic, embracing him, whispering something into his ears which made him blush before stepping aside.

Amy drew her eyebrows together. "What did they say to you?" she asked, wanting to know.

Sonic chuckled awkwardly. "I'd rather not repeat it not as long as my mother and my babies are in the same room." he said.

Amy sighed. Of course, Shade and Tikal had to make lewd comments. Maybe it was Shade and Tikal's revenge because Amy didn't want to have a hen night, at least not a classical one with strippers and lots of booze, as Shade and Tikal had suggested. It would have been inappropriate, not only because Amy was taking care of her babies but also because her mother and her future mother-in-law as well as a 12 year old Sticks would be there.

Shade, however, had just rolled her eyes when hearing Amy's objections. "Oh, come on, your mother has a younger lover from the Caribbean, your future mother-in-law has 3 sons with 3 different men and little Sticks doesn't have to attend the party maybe she could make herself useful and take care of your babies while we are having fun!" she said, trying to persuade Amy who had remained adamant.

And so, they had all just gathered in Amy's new home, talking, listening to music, drinking the wine Amy's mother had provided actually everyone over eighteen who wasn't pregnant or breastfeeding drank it or Aleena's homemade lemonade like Sticks, Amy and Tikal, trying to be civil with each other. Actually, Amy had been glad when the night was over.

After all the guests had expressed their congratulations, it was time for taking some photographs. Luckily, Miguel, the new partner of Amy's mother, was a professional photographer and would take over the task.

So, while the rest of the wedding guests were sipping champagne or orange juice or a mixture of both and eatinging exquisite canapés, the newlyweds, their parents and guardians, their siblings and babies, as well as the Maid of Honor and the flower girl were asked to come outside.

At first, Miguel just took several pictures of Sonic and Amy and of Sonic and Amy with their babies then of Sonic and Amy with their respective parents and guardians, Amy's mother and father as well as Aleena and Charles, afterwards pictures of Sonic and Amy with their best man, Maid of Honor, flower girl and ring bearer, and finally pictures of the bride with her family and of the bridegroom with his family including Chuck before taking some group pictures.

Then Sonic approached Miguel. "Can you please just take a few pictures of Shadow, Amy and me as well as the 3 of us with our babies?" he asked.

If the attractive light green hedgehog man in his mid 30s with his coffee-colored skin found this request weird, he didn't show. "Yeah, sure." he said with his Jamaican accent.

For a moment, Amy considered to give Shadow his ring then and there, so that all 3 of them could wear their wedding bands on the photos, but then she decided against it. It would only raise questions from their guests and she wasn't in the mood to defend their unique relationship.

Anyway, Sonic and Amy had agreed to create a special moment during their honeymoon when they would give Shadow his ring and she didn't want to spoil the surprise they had planned for him.

...

Night Time.

After taking pictures and before eating cake, Amy had to breastfeed Eclipse and Coral.

Therefore, Amy left the reception room and went over to the side room where she and the girls had gotten ready for the wedding. Blaze went with Amy, carrying the bag in which Amy kept all the supplies for their little ones.

Sonic couldn't help but let his eyes follow Blaze and Amy longingly. Sonic would have loved to go with his bride, yet she didn't ask him to come with her. Maybe Amy needed some alone time with her babies and a female friend.

"Stop undressing her with your eyes, you can show her tonight how much you appreciate her and you better make her happy." Shade said next to Sonic.

And Shade was placing a glass with a greenish looking liquid in front of Sonic with his right hand.

Sonic raised an eyebrow at Shade, ignoring her comment on purpose. "What is that?" he asked nodding towards the glass.

Shade smiled sweetly at Sonic. "Gin and Pep. My favorite drink. Try it!" she said, raising her own glass with her left hand.

Carefully, Sonic sniffed the contents. It smelled like peppermint, sugar and alcohol. Shrugging, Sonic clinked glasses with Shade with his right hand, then he took a small sip. It tasted well, interesting.

Putting the glass back on the table, Sonic studied his bride's childhood friend for a moment. Sonic didn't know why, but he somehow had the feeling that Shade didn't really like him, as if he wasn't good enough for Amy. Well, maybe Shade was right, maybe Sonic wasn't, yet he loved Amy and that was the only thing that mattered, at least to him.

"You don't like it?" Shade asked, taking a sip from her own drink.

Sonic tried to loosen his bow-tie again as he knew that Shadow had insisted on him wearing it, yet, after the ceremony was over, after the pictures had been taken, maybe he was allowed to take it off? Sonic would ask Shadow as soon as possible.

"Well, it's definitely not the kind of drink I would prefer." Sonic said.

Shade laughed and Sonic could tell that she was already tipsy.

"I know! Amy told me that you prefer beer and whiskey." Shade said.

"And mead and corn schnapps." Sonic said.

Sonic started to feel uncomfortable. Where was Shadow? He needed his big brother!

Shade took another sip from her drink then she regarded him for a moment. "Are you going to adopt the babies then?" she asked

Sonic looked at Shade incredulously. "Why would I do that?" he asked.

Shade shrugged. "They are yours, aren't they? Ames doesn't sleep around. She's so uptight about sex! Yet the babies were born before your marriage to Amy and she confessed to me that according to their birth certificate, they are officially of unknown paternity, at least that's what she told me..." she said, taking another sip.

Sonic was confused. "But we have a contract! We signed it at Christmas Eve almost two years ago. The contract states that Shadow and I will share custody equally with Amy. Eclipse and Coral are as much mine and Shadow's as they are Amy's!" he said.

Sonic might have raised his voice since some of the other guests were looking towards him.

Shade seemed to observe Sonic's answer, swirling the contents of her glass reflectively. "I didn't know that. And I don't really understand: She barely knew you then - I remember her telling me that she just met you last december, and she definitely wasn't pregnant then, she couldn't have been, the twins are only eight weeks old, so what's this rubbish with the contract? And what has your brother to do with that?" she asked.

Sonic was shocked. "Could it be that Amy hadn't told her friends about her wish for a child? That she hadn't let Shadow and I in on her decision to become a co-parent? That she had kept her polygamy relationship with me and Shadow a secret? And what was worse: Hadn't she told them about her miscarriage?" he thought.

...

10 minutes later.

As soon as Shadow saw Amy and Blaze leaving the reception room, he grabbed his camera with his right hand and followed them. Amy had been carrying both of their babies and Blaze their 'baby-bag', meaning that Amy was definitely going to nurse the babies or change their diapers or both. Shadow wanted to capture that on film.

So, Shadow politely knocked on the closed door to the side room with his left hand, waiting for one of the girls'.

"Who's there?" Blaze asked.

Shadow told Blaze and Amy that it was him then he waited before they allowed him to enter.

Amy was sitting in a chair, holding both babies who were crying and squirming, while Blaze was opening the laces of Amy's bodice.

"Wow, you two look hot together!" Shadow said, focusing his camera on Blaze's hands and Amy's décolleté.

Amy rolled her eyes. "Oh yeah? Just wait until Blaze takes the diapers out of my bag and decorates me with them, just in case Eclipse and Coral decide to use it after feeding." she asked.

Blaze smirked while exposing Amy's swollen breasts with their enlarged nipples with her right hand.

Shadow could feel his manhood stir, immediately rotating the camera around the room, focusing on the baby bag and Blaze, who was rummaging through it, clearing his throat. When Shadow heard suckling noises, he thought that it was safe to focus the camera on Amy and the babies again.

And yes since their little ones were drinking greedily, a huge part of Amy's wonderful and large breasts were covered by them, especially her gigantic and dark pink mouth-watering nipples.

"Make sure to film her babies, not her breasts, Shadow." Blaze said, laughing and placed the diapers on Amy's shoulders with both hands.

Shadow cleared his throat again. "Well, it's difficult to separate one from the other, isn't it? I mean the babies are quite attached to her breasts." he asked.

Amy rolled her eyes.

"One more comment about my breasts and I will tell Blaze to throw you out of the room, Shadow." Amy said.

Shadow chuckled, sitting down on a free chair. "No, that won't be necessary, I will try to behave." he asked.

"Did you hear that Ames? He said he 'will try'." Blaze asked.

"Yeah, I did. So, there is still the possibility that he won't. So you know what you will have to do in that case Blaze, don't you." Amy said.

Shadow, Blaze, and Amy all laughed.

For a while they sat there in silence, the babies feeding, Amy humming a lullaby, Blaze holding little Coral's foot in her hand, smiling fondly at the baby, while Shadow held one of Eclipse's tiny hands, filming the whole scene.

Then there was a knock at the door.

Amy groaned.

"Who's there?" Blaze asked.

"It's me. Can I come in? I need to talk to my bride!" Sonic asked.

Amy sighed. "Yes, come on in Sonic!" she said.

Carefully, Sonic opened the door a little with his right hand and slipped into the room. When Sonic noticed Shadow, he seemed to be surprised. "Didn't know you were here." he said.

Shadow shrugged. "I saw Amy and Blaze leaving and decided to follow them because I wanted to film Amy nursing and changing the babies." he said.

Sonic nodded. "Oh yeah, the babies... I've just had a strange conversation with your friend Shade, Amy." he said.

Amy tensed. "Oh yeah?" she asked.

Sonic nodded. "Oh yeah. She told me funny things, like what's on the babies' birth certificates..." he said, studying Amy.

Now, Shadow was confused, having no clue where this conversation was leading.

"What did she say?" Amy asked, looking her husband straight in the eyes.

Sonic tried to loosen his bow-tie again with both hands and Shadow had to resist the urge to slap his hands away.

"She said they were of unknown paternity. Is that true?" Sonic asked.

Amy shook her head, looking down at her babies. "No, of course not. Your names are on their certificates like we agreed, your name Sonic is on Coral's and Shadow's name is on Eclipse's." she said.

"Oh." Sonic said then he sat down next to Blaze on the right side.

"So Shade got that wrong?" Sonic asked.

Amy shook her head, looking at her husband again. "No, I did tell her that white lie about the unknown paternity. I had no other choice!" she said, defending herself.

"Why?" Sonic asked, wanting to know.

Coral had apparently finished drinking and let go of Amy's left raw looking nipple, leaving a mixture of saliva and breast milk behind. Blaze immediately assisted Amy by wiping the fluids away, covering her breast with one of the diapers and arranging the baby in an upright position so that Amy could burp Coral.

"Why?" Sonic asked, repeating his question when everything was done.

Amy sighed. "She doesn't know about me and Shadow. I've only told her about you, Sonic. She wouldn't understand. Yet claiming that the babies were only yours didn't seem right to me, Sonic. So I came up with the twins' unknown paternity." she said, confessing.

Sonic buried his face in his hands, taking a few deep breaths then he looked Amy directly in the eyes. "Are you ashamed of our relationship? Of what Shadow and you and I have?" he asked.

Shadow felt it was time to interfere. And to turn the camera off.

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End of Chapter 6.

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