Yay! Finally a new chapter. I made this a songfic chapter though, just because I heard this song and I really thought it was fitting. It's "Say Goodbye" by Skillet. Anyway, I started this chapter awhile back but I just now finished it. I really like how this chapter played, out and I hope you do too. Maybe though I like it because it's 3 o'clock in the morning and I just finished it. Thanks to Starbucks. Well, enjoy and I will update my stories more now. =)
Amy stopped kissing Sonic awkwardly and bowed her head in shame. The emotions running through her were confusing her.. She was married to Shadow, so why did she enjoy that kiss with Sonic so much? She was glad they had went no further than just a kiss. But then again was it just a kiss? She looked at the clock on the wall which told her that Shadow was an hour late getting home. She hoped that nothing had happened to him and that maybe he was just stuck in traffic.
"Maybe it would be best if you just went to get a hotel room," suggested Amy as she stared at the wall behind the couch. She could not look into Sonic's eyes because every time she did it was like a knife was cutting into her heart. She had wronged, no worse she had betrayed Shadow.
"Hmm, maybe so," he replied cutting into her thoughts. He walked out the door without saying Good-bye. Tears formed in her emerald eyes as she lay down on the couch. She dialed Shadow's cell on the cordless phone as she tried to collect herself and stop crying.
The dial tone rang in her ears as she awaited the sound of his voice on the other end. "Hello," came his voice.
"Shadow," she said weakly. "I did something. When are you coming home?"
"I know what you did, Aim." More tears rushed from her eyes. He had seen them together. This was bad, very bad. Her heart beat very fast and tears fell faster and she could barely speak.
"Let me explain," Amy said into the phone trying to remain calm, but it seemed impossible .Would he understand?
"Y-you can't explain anything!" The dial tone went dead in her ears, he had hung up the phone. He did not understand. The phone dropped to the ground unaware that Lina was standing on the stairs watching her silently with tears forming in her own eyes. She had seen it all.
Things are changing
It seems strange and
I need to figure this out
You've got your life, I got mine
But you're all I cared about
Shadow was sitting in the bench in front of the fountain at Mobotropolis College. He fondly remembered the night that Amy and him had pledge their love to one another. In front of that fountain that rose 12 feet above the ground with its statue of a white tiger that had a crested moon on his right paw. He smiled as he recalled walking through the maze of shrubs and garden walls to get to the center. He was so surprised when he saw her in that long elegant dress crying. For some reason this was a memory that he retained and could clearly see the vision of that night in his mind.
"Sonic got to him, it happened, he's...he's dead," she yelled and hot tears of anger gushed from her eyes.
"Who's dead," asked a voice. Amy looked up and immediately jumped up and grabbed Shadow around his waist, nuzzling his left shoulder.
"It was terrible, I had this nightmare and in it Sonic killed you. I thought it might've actually happened. Thanks god your alive," she stammered as more tears, this time of joy, stained her cheeks. Shadow was wearing a tuxedo of black and white. Amy who had never seem him dress in this manner especially not just for her started to squeeze Shadow tighter, but he didn't seem to really mind. Though the black of the tux blended in with his fur it made his red tips stand out more.
"Yes, my princess. I will never let Sonic stand between our growing love which burns like an eternal flame," said Shadow. "You don't still have feelings for him do you?"
Amy stared into Shadow's eyes which seemed not so mysterious anymore. "Well, no. I hate Sonic he's such a big jerk." She clutched Shadow tuxedo and then loosened up and brought him into a hug. Shadow kissed her lightly on the lips, for the second time since she had snapped out of her comma they had kissed.
"I'll love you for all eternity forever and ever the flame will grow, and we shall overcome all of our problems whether big or small,"said Shadow. For once in her life, it felt like everything would turn out okay and that the old memories wouldn't flood the better ones with venom. She hoped that everything would turn out okay, after all that was all she could control.
"It was all just a lie," he mumbled under his breath. "She has forsaken me." His heart felt empty for the first time in many years. He punched the fountain with force and when he pulled it way his knuckles were scraped.
Yesterday we were laughing,
Today I'm left here asking,
Where has all the time gone now,
I'm left alone somehow,
Growing up and getting older,
I don't want to believe it's over
"Mommy, what's wrong," Lina had walked over to Amy and was sitting in front of the couch. She had seen her kiss Sonic but still she was unsure why she was crying. Tears were flowing from her eyes because she hated to see her mom cry. They were both crying. "Mommy!" she persisted.
Amy sat up and picked Lana up from the floor and placed her in her lap. "Nothing, hunny. Everything is going to be alright. Now stop crying." Amy wiped her own eyes with her hands and then handed Lina a Kleenex.
"Where's daddy," Lina asked as she wiped her eyes. When she was done she leaned her head against her mother. Not really believing that everything was 'alright'.
"I don't know, baby. I don't know..." The house was silent as they sat there together watching the sun set outside through the window.
Don't say goodbye,
'Cause I don't want to hear those words tonight
'Cause maybe it's not the end for you and I,
And although we knew this time would come for me and you,
Don't say anything tonight if your going to say goodbye.
Shadow and Amy sat by a Christmas tree. It was brightly lit with multicolored lights and ornaments of all shapes and sizes. A small child was bundled up in a holiday themed blanket in front of them sleeping. Amy had her head nestled in his lap. A blazing fire burned in front of them in the fireplace. He smiled at her and kissed her gently on her forehead. The child stirred and woke up.
"Dadda," the words rolled out of the child's mouth.
Amy sat up quickly. "She said her first words and they were for you," she said enthusiastically. She hugged him tightly. "Well are you going to answer her or not?"
Shadow picked up the child. "My little Lina," he said, "I love you so much and I will never stop." He gave her a little hug and put her back down on the blanket.
"What about me will you ever stop loving me," Amy teased. Shadow grabbed her hand and said:
"Of coarse I will always love you no matter what, I promise you. Through rain or shine I will be there for you," he then kissed her on her lips passionately.
"Aw, that's so sweet, baby," she replied when he was done kissing her,
Do you remember in December,
How we swore we would never change,
Even though you're leaving; our feelings,
would always stay the same.
It was getting late outside so Amy fixed dinner and put Lana to bed. When she was done she pulled an old photo album from the bookshelf in the living room. She flipped through the pictures of Shadow and her as kids and finally got to the ones of their wedding. They looked so happy. It was suppose to be forever. Whatever happened to forever? It was all her fault. I was stupid for inviting Sonic over thinking that he had changed. I love Shadow, yet I have betrayed his trust by kissing Sonic. What's worse is that I enjoyed it. Why did this have to happen like this.
She stopped flipping the pages and looked at a photo that was taken more than a year ago. Shadow was hugging Amy and Lina rested on his shoulders. She smiled faintly and a tear escape from her eyes. She wiped it with her hands trying to push away the tears and the sunken feeling her heart had. She turned the page and saw a photo of the three of them at the beach. Lina and her were burying Shadow in the sand. She chuckled fondly remembering that day.
I wish we were laughing instead I'm standing her asking,
Do we have to end this now can we make it last somehow,
We both know what we've gotta say; not tonight,
'Cause I don't wanna leave this way.
Shadow was still sitting on the bench and had been for hours. Memories still floated around in his head but he tried not to think about them. He remembered the scene with Lina the night before last.
"Daddy, why haven't I met some of your's and Mamma's friends like in the picture in the hall," she asked while her dad heated up milk on the stove. He walked over to her and stroked her quills gently while he thought and then replied, "I guess we just drifted apart."
"Kind of like how Maryl's parents did?" Lina fidgeted with her hair hoping that her parent's wouldn't do the same as her dream replayed itself in her mind. She waited as the black and red hedgehog thought. He hadn't changed much in the past seven years besides getting a few inches taller.
"Not exactly," he said pouring the warm milk from the pot into two glass mugs. "It's not the same our friends, even ourselves, became absorbed in our own lives and we never really stopped loving each other. Understand?"
She sipped milk out a red tinted mug. "Yeah, I think I do." She jumped down from the counter and then added. "Do you still love mother?"
"Of course, I do and I love you, too," said Shadow and kissed his daughter on the forehead once more. These words of comfort seemed to cheer Lina up. She smiled at her dad warmly.
"I love you, also," she replied sipping the last few drops of her milk. She yawned the clock on the wall ticked loudly. Shadow rinsed out their cups and then hugged his daughter once more.
He couldn't even imagine why Lina would feel like they didn't love each other anymore. Does she think that we don't love each other now? He shook he head of the thought. Of coarse she didn't..How could she?
Don't say goodbye,
'Cause I don't want to hear those words tonight
'Cause maybe it's not the end for you and I,
And although we knew this time would come for me and you,
Don't say anything tonight if your going to say goodbye.
Amy fell asleep on the couch the album lying open beside her. It was turned to a picture of her wedding day. They seemed so affectionate with one another, excited to get to start a life together, The page was tear stained. Lina woke up in the middle of the night and dragged her blanket into the living room and curled up beside the couch and slept there. Just being beside her mother made her feel comfortable and not so afraid.
"Where are you, daddy," she said to herself a tear streaking her cheek.
And if its over,
It hurts but I'm giving you my word,
I hope that you're always,
Happy like we were, happy like we were.
Lina feel into an uneasy sleep, but she woke up not long after. She sat up, and glanced over at her mother. Amy was still asleep. She grabbed the phone off the ground where it still was and walked into the other room. She dialed her dad's cell phone number which she knew by memory.
"Hello," a voice from the other end said to her.
"Daddy, it's you," she said happily.
"Lina, why are you up so late," he inquired.
"I missed you so much, I couldn't sleep," she replied. "Are you coming home?"
Don't say goodbye,
'Cause I don't want to hear those words tonight
'Cause maybe it's not the end for you and I,
And although we knew this time would come for me and you,
Don't say anything tonight if your going to say goodbye.
There was silence on the other end. It was unnerving. She swallowed hard wanting her dad to say something, anything. "Are you coming home," she repeated disappointed when he still didn't answer. She knew he was still there because he could hear his soft breathing.
Yesterday we were laughing,
If you're going to say goodbye,
Today I'm left here asking,
If you're going to say goodbye.
Shadow didn't know what to tell her, because truthfully he didn't know himself whether he was coming home or not. "May, I speak to your mother?"
"Oh okay," she replied. She walked in the living room and nudged Amy's shoulder. "Mommy, wake up. Daddy's on the phone." She stirred and then grabbed the phone from Lina.
And although we knew this time would come for me and you,
Don't say anything tonight if you're going to say Goodbye.
"Hello," Amy said into the receiver.
"Amy..." She heard him say back to her.