Here's chapter 6! Oh and to mj-hedwig13 and my cousin Eli: IN YOUIR FACE! I UPDATED! NOW YOU CAN'T PESTER ME ANYMORE! Yeah it's short, but I already have the next chapter planned out so it should come quickly.

Chapter 6: Stuck in a Bind

Amy slowly strolled down the beach. The night air was brisk, but she didn't mind. She was overwhelmed by all that had happened to her in the past hours. First Shadow had told her he loved her then not an hour later, Sonic admitted the same thing. How was she supposed to choose between two of her best friends? Was she even supposed to choose at all?

Amy shook her head trying to clear her thoughts. Why did it have to be her? Why did she have to have two boys like her? She would admit she liked them both. Sonic was funny and caring, but at the same time, impatient. Shadow on the other hand was very protective and calm, but never very funny. Amy had no idea what she would do, but she didn't want to think about it right now. She continued her walk down the beach until she came to a stop. In front of her was a shadow. Amy blinked wondering who else could be out at this late at night. Amy followed the shadow up to its owner to find Rouge standing on the beach, staring out into the sky. Amy slowly walked up to her. Rouge noticed her coming and quickly wiped some tears that were forming in her eyes. Amy noticed as she got closer to her.

"Hey Rouge. What's wrong? You look like you've been crying." Amy said.

Rouge turned away. "Nothing's wrong… You wouldn't understand anyways."

"C'mon Rouge you can tell me. That's what friends are for!" Amy said.

Rouge sighed. "Well… okay… You know how Knuckles went into that kind of battle thingy in his head?" Amy nodded and Rouge continued. "Well, he came out of it and we began talking. Then it turned into a fight. I guess I kind of started it. All I wanted to know was why we couldn't have a relationship. We both like each other, so I kept questioning him why we couldn't be together. He only responded by saying the Master Emerald was more important to him then a relationship. We began yelling at each other until I ran into the bathroom. I heard Knuckles stomp out of the room and I broke down and cried. He came back to try to apologize, but I didn't believe he was sorry. He left again and I haven't seen him ever since." Rouge explained.

"That's not as bad as what happened to me…" Amy muttered. "Just a couple of hours ago, Shadow and Sonic both admitted they loved me minutes apart from each other. I don't know what to do. They both love me and I know I'm going to have to choose between one of them soon, but I… just don't know." Amy sighed.

"At least you have two people that love you. Knuckles got really mad at me. I don't know if he'll ever make it up. It's actually better he hasn't tried yet. I know we'd just end up getting into a bigger fight." Rouge said.

"Rouge, you know Knuckles still likes you and you know you still like him. You know how he is when he's angry. He says things he doesn't mean. Maybe he didn't mean what he said." Amy tried to reassure her friend.

"But he said it twice, each time yelling it in my face. He's still an idiot. Putting a lifeless object in front of a friend… Anyways, what are you going to do about Sonic and Shadow?" Rouge asked; trying to get off the subject of Knuckles.

"I… don't know. I was hoping you could help me." Amy said.

"I wish I could, but I haven't had experience with love except for what I'm going through with Knuckles. And I'm still trying to figure out what to do myself. I just wouldn't choose right now. Wait until later or something." Rouge said.

"You're right. I might not even choose between them at all." Amy yawned. "Well, I'm going to bed. Night Rouge. Thanks for the help."

"You're welcome…"

Amy walked off leaving Rouge standing there. Rouge sighed and tried to sort out her own problems.

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Knuckles slowly made his way back to the hotel room trying to think of a way to apologize to Rouge and win her heart back. Right now, he was muttering apologies out loud to see if they sounded good or not.

"Rouge… I'm really sorry. I didn't mean what was said I-. No that's dumb, she won't believe that… I need to do something so she'll know I think she's more important to me then the emerald." Knuckles muttered. He slapped himself in the head. "God, I'm such a jerk. If I had kept my mouth shut, this never would've happened. What am I to do?"

He seriously never meant what he said to her. He did think she was more important to him then the Master Emerald, even if he was its guardian. He always says things he doesn't mean when he's angry and that's exactly what had happened. But how could he prove to her it was the truth?

Knuckles eventually arrived back in the hotel room and found the bathroom door open to his surprise. That must mean Rouge had left. Did that mean she had forgiven him? Knuckles then looked around the room, noticing how quiet it was.

"Rouge?" Knuckles called. "Batgirl?"

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"For the last time guys she isn't my girlfriend! I just met her!" Espio yelled at Vector and Charmy.

"It sure seems like it." Vector smiled.

"How?" Espio asked.

"Well… for one you keep defending yourself and stuttering." Vector replied.

"And your cheeks just continue to get more and redder!" Charmy laughed.

"That's because you guys are ticking me off!" Espio growled.

"Uh-huh… sure it is." Vector smiled.

Espio growled before turning invisible and running out of the room. He never should have told Charmy of all people his secret. He knew he'd spill sooner and later and sure enough he did. Espio walked down the hallway heading for the elevator. Once he was there, he felt a strong gust of wind rush past him. Espio spun around just in time to see Kit turn the hall. Espio cocked his head and followed after her wondering where she was headed. He quickly followed after her.

She eventually led him into the courtyard. Espio was out of breath and wanted to ask her where she was going. He did the only thing that came to mind and called out to her.

"Kit, hold up!" Espio shouted.

Kit turned around, but couldn't find the holder of the voice. She looked every which way, but couldn't see anything or anyone. It took Espio a moment to realize he was still invisible. He growled before turning visible right as Kit turned to where he was standing. He must have scared her because she jump and let out a small yell.

"Sorry, didn't mean to frighten you." Espio apologized.

"It's okay. I just wasn't expecting you to come out of nowhere. Where you invisible just then or something?" Kit asked.

"Yeah, I was."

"Cool! I wish I could turn invisible." Kit whined.

"Anyway, I saw you running and I wondered what you were up to. Where were you going?" Espio asked.

"Well, you'll never believe it, but my mom just called me! She's alive, Espio! She called and said she's up in Vermont and got me a plane ticket to go up there whenever I wanted!" Kit smiled.

Espio's heart sunk. Did that mean Kit was leaving? She couldn't! He had just met her he didn't want her to go. He hadn't even said how he really felt towards her.

"Espio? Are you okay?" Kit asked; noticing he was staring at her.

"Oh. Uh… sorry. That's great news Kit. But…" Espio looked at his feet, "do you really have to leave right now?"

"You want me to stay?"

"Well, we just met and all and I still want to hang out with you more. You're the only person I've met that accepts me for who I really am. I just don't want you to leave right after we became friends." Espio explained.

Kit appeared to be thinking. "Well, I suppose I could call my mom back and tell her I'll stay the rest of the week. That'll give us three more days together." Kit finally replied.

Espio's face brightened. "Really? You'd really do that for me?" he asked.

"Sure, if that's what you want." Kit replied.

Espio smiled. He knew exactly what he wanted to do with her and how he was going to do it. He also had a special thing in store for her that he wasn't going to even mention until the time came. The next three days would be the ones Espio would never forget.

Short huh? Okay, this is the last chance to send in your votes for a ShadAmy or SonAmy. You can vote more then once, but only one vote per review. The standings so far are SonAmy with 10 and ShadAmy with 8. It may just turn out to be a SonAmyShad ending anyway, but I'll see what I can do. Keep voting! I'll probably have one chapter each for KnuxRouge, SonAmyShad and EspioKit endings and one for TailsCream and VecVan. So that'll be about 4 more chapters plus one which is the Epilogue. Later! I gotta get to work!