Chapter Three-
Amy woke up with a start, ready for another day of chasing Sonic. She got
dressed, applied some mascara, and headed out. Today was Tuesday—
that meant that Sonic was most likely going to be at Tails' house, helping
to fix the Tornado II. She took the train to Tails' workshop and, of course,
as predicted, she saw a flash of blue run out. And the chase began.
Again. Did he just like torturing her, purposely forgetting her behind so she
would have to run after him? Jeez. How rude. Oh well... he was worth it.
While they were passing Shadow's apartment, she saw Sonic run into
Shadow. Shadow looked really pissed. As Amy was passing Shadow, she
thought she heard him sigh. Not just like, a sigh of frustration or anything,
but like, of... admiration almost? uh, whoa. How about no? Although it
was somewhat appealing to her that she now had a hedgehog gazing at
her. She went back to chasing Sonic. After chasing him around to where
Knuckles lived, she decided to take a break. "Hey Knux, mind if I stay
around here for a while?" Knuckles was obviously just kicking back and
relaxing. "Sure. Where's Sonic though? Shouldn't you be chasing him
around somewhere?" Amy thought about what she should say. She
decided on a risk-free answer. "No, that got boring after a while." "Yeah, I
was wondering when you'd give that up," Knuckles replied indecently.
"What do you mean?" Amy asked. "Oh, nothing much, it's just... you can't
spend your entire life chasing the guy of your dreams. You're going to
eventually realize that you're not meant for each other and let him go."
Amy quickly went into denial. "But what if we are meant for each other he
just hasn't realized it yet?" "Well... I think it's just... time for you to move on. Find someone more... I don't know, your type. Like someone who's
strong, and can protect you." Suddenly Amy looked up into Knuckles' eyes
and realized, for the first time, how unbelievably deep and purple his eyes
were. Knuckles had such an intense gaze... it seemed to be looking right
through her. Knuckles slowly wrapped his arms around her and brought
her close. Amy could hear him breathing and it was making her slightly
uncomfortable. He began to kiss her, but she quickly pulled away. "Isn't
this wrong? I mean, you're going out with Rouge, and I'm obviously still in
love with Sonic, so please, let's not." Knuckles pulled away, looking
ashamed of himself and blushing. "Yeah, you're right. I can't believe I
almost did that... it's just... you're so pretty.." Amy hardened her gaze.
"Knuckles... I love you, but as a friend. I'm sorry. I should leave." She
headed toward the door, surprised at what had almost happened.
Knuckles grabbed her arm, and quickly kissed her. It was small and cute.
Knuckles blushed. "Sorry... I had to. I hope you understand that there has
always been a part of me that belonged to you." Amy looked into his sad,
begging eyes. "Sorry Knuckles... I just can't bear to leave things like this..
and I don't want to be the one to break you." She turned away and closed
the door. "Oh what a day..." Amy muttered. She sighed, and headed home
to think things over.