Sonic woke up on the couch snuggled up to a warm, soft hedgehog. "Ah, Amy..." He whispered. He thought he was still dreaming; a dream come true, where he'd wake up next to her. He leaned up to kiss her, eyes still half closed, and froze.
"SHADOW?!" Sonic yelled, jumping off the couch. "What the hell."
"Mmmmh, Sonic..." Shadow moaned as he stayed on the couch, not awake. Sonic's eyes widened and he freaked out, dashing out of the room. He found Rouge and Knuckles, making breakfast, and said,
"Guys, did you see anything weird happen last night? I hardly remember much."
Rouge and Knuckles grinned. "Nah, nothing. But you pissed off Amy, and let Shadow comfort you when you were sad. Nothing else."
"Yeah... nothing else." Knuckles confirmed.
"Thank god." Sonic sighed. "Wait, what did I do to Amy?"
"I made a pass at her on behalf of you, which caused her to storm out, taking her lesbian friend with her."
Sonic stared blankly and Rouge laughed. "Sally."
Sonic looked even more confused and shook his head. "Argh... I can't comprehend this right now. It's Saturday, let's go get some coffee."
"Sure, just let us finish our breakfast and we'll go. Oh, and maybe wake up Shadow." Knuckles suggested.
"Mmm, dunno, think he was having a pre-tty good dream." Sonic grinned and blushed.
"What about your dreams?" Rouge smirked.
"Oh. They're fine. I'm gonna go and have a shower." Sonic dashed out of the room, not stopping past Shadow's sleeping zone.
Sonic, Knuckles, Rouge and Shadow sat at a table in the local cafe. They all had drained looks on their faces, but they were so excited for caffeine that it didn't matter.
"Knuckles, why are you having milk in your coffee? Are you like, not even hung over?" Shadow enquired, as everyone else drank iced black coffees.
"I'm pretty tough, my man. Not sure if you noticed." Knuckles drank his coffee chuckling, and then put it down. "Ah... yeah... I see your point."
Shadow smiled and shook his head, avoiding eye contact with Sonic completely.
Outside, Amy, Sally, Blaze and Silver walked past, heading toward the cafe. They clearly hadn't seen everyone else yet, because they were still happy. But once they walked inside, their faces went down.
Sonic stayed in his seat, eyeing Amy softly.
"Don't," Rouge urged. "Don't bother. There's nothing you can do."
"If she could just see...I'm not really a jerk..."
Shadow groaned, and stood up, surprising everybody. He walked over to Amy and Sally and started talking to them.
"Oh my god. What is he doing?" Sonic said with fear.
After Shadow had talked to Amy and Sally, he left the cafe and Amy and Sally smiled. Amy came over to Sonic's table and sat down where Shadow was, across from Sonic.
"Hey guys. Shadow told me you wanted me to come and say hi. And he said some other stuff, too." She beamed at Sonic, who smiled nervously in response.
"Ummmm... Cool!" Sonic smiled. "Do you want me to get you a coffee Amy?"
Amy smiled and nodded. They both stood up and went to order.
Rouge and Knuckles smirked, and Knuckles said, "Man, well that turned out alright, didn't it?"
"Yeah, sure." Rouge went blank. "I hope Shadow's okay, though. You know... he really does have feelings for Sonic... But I think Sonic just kinda... ignores it."
"Maybe because he's not gay? I mean look at the way he looks at Amy..." Knuckles pointed as Amy ordered her coffee, Sonic gazing after her. He pointed to items on the menu and made her giggle, which caused his face to glow with joy and pride.
Sonic was so nervous - that was clear. Amy however, was quite confident. Clearly, Shadow had said something that made her feel a bit safer around Sonic. But what was it?
Amy and Sonic sat down. Amy was the only one on the table who had life to her - everyone else was hungover.
"Do they serve bloody mary's here?" Knuckles asked, causing Sonic to laugh. "No, Knux. I doubt it. Besides, you need to recover for tonight."
"Oh yeah, tonight." Knuckles grinned mischievously. "Heh."
Amy smiled, and said, "What's tonight?"
Sonic was surprised of her interest and remarked, "Well, it's ... our annual sleepover. It's kind of a big deal, Amy. Maybe not your thing."
Amy frowned, and Sonic quickly retaliated. "No no! I mean, you can come! But theres only a few of us that go. Knuckles, Rouge, me... Shadow... we usually don't expand the group. You can come, but... You'd have to come alone." Sonic said nervously.
Rouge cocked an eyebrow and watched Amy stutter. "I-I can't bring Sally?"
"No, honey." Rouge grinned. "But we'll look after you."
"What does this sleepover entail exactly?" Amy asked, unsure.
Rouge went to speak, and Sonic bit his lip. Knuckles answered for them:
"That's best kept a secret... It changes every year, but it's usually a bit hardcore."
"What do you mean, hardcore?"
"It's just... It's for big kids, Amy. You're welcome to come, sure. It could be fun. I just don't want you to feel uncomfortable." Sonic smiled and put his arm on her shoulder lightly. Maybe she is more fun than I thought.
What did they mean? Like... they'd get drunk? Hire strippers? Play full on truth or dare... Pfft, I can handle that, easy. "I'm in," Amy said, smiling faintly. Sonic should protect me, considering he's so close with a good guy like Shadow... And I'm sure he won't hit on me considering they woke up together last night!
