Chapter Two-
Another night of restless slumber... left him moodier than the day before.
He exited out of his apartment to get some groceries and Rouge flew
down right in front of him. "So where do you think you're going?" Rouge
asked. "Just the grocery store, nothing special." Shadow replied, as he
attempted to turn away. "Mind if I accompany you?" Rouge added. "No,
but shouldn't you be with Knuckles?" Shadow asked, still trying to get rid
of her. "Aw, no, he's so dull and all he does is show off how strong he
thinks he is. It's quite entertaining actually." Rouge responded. "But aren't
you--" Rouge interrupted. "What? Going out? Together? Of course not.
He's not my type... " "Then what is?" Shadow asked. Rouge considered
this for a moment. "Well if this was high school.. let's categorize everyone.
Sonic and Knuckles are the Jocks. Tails and Cream are the nerds. Amy is
the cheerleader. I'm the sexy popular girl that everyone wants to be
friends with. You're the loner-" "Hey!!!" Shadow yelled. "Well, you gotta
admit it, you're not really part of 'The Group'" Rouge said. "Yeah... well... I
suppose." Shadow admitted. "And since you and I are exact opposites,
sexy & popular, loner & outcast.." Rouge went on. "We aren't exactly
opposites.." Shadow stated. "Yeah, well then who is?" Rouge said, lightly
placing her hand on his shoulder. Shadow decided not to answer that one.
He headed towards the grocery store. "Wait, I'm not finished talking to
you!!" Rouge shouted. "Well, I am" Shadow replied bluntly. Rouge
grabbed his arm. "Do you love me?" Shadow looked away. "Yeah… sure."
And he walked away. Rouge called out, "I love you too Shadow."
Shadow's ear twitched as he walked away. "Hmmmm... he is an
interesting one," Rouge thought to herself. She smiled slightly, before
turning away. Shadow finished up with the groceries, and began to head
home. He heard Sonic bitching about something, probably something very
trivial. He heard him mutter something about Amy, which immediately
caught his attention. Sonic ran off with Tails, and Amy appeared on the
horizon. As she ran past Shadow, he caught her dress collar and
attempted to stop her. Why he did that, he had no idea. The result: He
ripped her dress. Not much, just a little tear, but she was angry. "Crap"
Shadow thought to himself. "Why did I screw that up? hmmm... But if he
could just have managed to tear the dress a little more..." "-adow!" "Huh?"
Shadow blindly replied. "Jeez, you were majorly zoning out there." "Oh,
sorry." Shadow said, blushing slightly. Sonic managed to run back. "Amy
where'd you go?" Sonic asked. "Oh, nothing... Shadow ripped my dress a
bit. So Shadow, what were you thinking about?" "..." Shadow didn't want
her to know what he was thinking... then he blushed, very much. Sonic
noticed this, unlike the oblivious Amy, and shouted "You perv! Thinking
about what's UNDER the dress, huh!?" "Uhhh, noooo." Shadow looked
away from Amy. Amy walked away, looking disappointed. Probably with
him. Oh well. She was just an annoyance. Glad to be rid of her. Sonic
walked over to shadow, and whispered "haha, don't worry about it. That's
what I was thinking too." Shadow stared in awe as Sonic walked away
, and winked. "What a stupid ass-hole. How could anyone like such a
shallow hedgehog??" Shadow thought. Well, there was no denying... he
was jealous of all the attention Sonic got. Did he have to be like Sonic to
get anyone's attention? He sighed as he carried the groceries into the
house, in for another nocturnal night.